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"Brother Xiu, let's take the three of them to settle accounts with Cai Xiao's old puppet now!" Cao Lei stretched out his hand and pointed at Wei Hu and the three of them, shouting loudly.

When Wei Hu, Li Zhu, and Zhang Wenguang heard this, they almost collapsed to the ground in fright. If you want to confront Cai Xiao by yourself, isn't that equivalent to letting yourself die?

Before the three of them begged for mercy, Shangguan Xiu shook his head first, Cai Xiaoquan leaned towards the government and the opposition, and his power was deep-rooted, how could these three little kidnappers shake it. Boldly found Cai Xiao, not to mention that Wei Hu and the three of them would not survive, I was afraid that my own people would also suffer together.

He glanced at Cao Lei, who had an impulsive temperament, and asked Wei Hu and the others, "What are your plans in the future?"

Wei Hu and the three looked at each other, and no one dared to answer.

Shangguan Xiu said quietly: "Do you really think that you can earn a lot of money by helping the Cai family? You are wrong! In the end, I am afraid that not only will you not get the 50,000 taels of silver, but you will have to be killed and killed." Cai Xiao is the first minister, and he secretly instructed Jiang Yang to kidnap the Gu family's daughter, once this matter spreads, it will be repaid, so in the end, he will definitely do it without leaving a trace, and he will definitely kill you. ”

His words made Wei Hu, Li Zhu, and Zhang Wenguang's faces change at the same time, and the three of them looked at Shangguan Xiu with blank eyes, and they didn't say anything for a long time.

Shangguan Xiu smiled, stood up, and said, "Now, you can go." ”

"Brother Xiu, just let them go?"

"Otherwise?" Killing them makes no sense at all, they are not the culprits, nor the main force of the kidnappers, at best, they are the accomplices of the kidnappers, and they didn't help the black-faced man fight with them just now, and now Shangguan Xiu's opening up can be regarded as a reward for them.

Wei Hu, Li Zhu, and Zhang Wenguang almost couldn't believe their ears, and asked in disbelief, "My lord, are you...... Will you let us go?"

Shangguan Xiu was amused by their words, and asked rhetorically, "Otherwise, you still plan to stay with those dead ghosts?"

When the three of them heard this, they subconsciously shook their heads again and again.

Shangguan Xiu said meaningfully: "Although I let you go, the Cai family will never let you go, I give you a piece of advice, leave Shangjing, immediately return to Zhen County, flee to the barren mountains and mountains to hide, never be seen by the people of the Cai family, otherwise, you will definitely die, and you will definitely die a miserable death!"

Wei Hu and the three of them shuddered, the three of them looked at each other, knelt on their knees, kowtowed forward, and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you for your grace not to kill! Thank you for your grace not to kill!"

Shangguan Xiu waved his hand at them and said, "Let's go, Shangjing is no longer a place of life for you, but a place of death, if you stay for a moment, there will be more danger!"

"My lord's kindness to my brothers and other brothers will be recreated, and if you need it in the future, our three brothers are willing to repay each other with death!

"Shangguan Xiu!"

"We've made a note, my lord, and the villain says goodbye!" As he spoke, the three of them all stood up in unison and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute. Shangguan Xiu suddenly stopped them.

The three of them were shocked, and they all stopped, turned their heads cautiously, and looked at him in horror. Shangguan Xiu smiled, stretched out his hand, took out a silver ticket, handed it to Wei Hu, and said, "Seeing each other is fate, this silver ticket should be enough for you to spend a while in Zhenjun." ”

Wei Hu looked at Shangguan Xiu blankly, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, he took the silver ticket handed by Shangguan Xiu, and looked down at it, there were one hundred taels written on it. He stammered, "Big ...... My lord, this ...... This ......"

"Let's go, it's not easy for Zhenren to make a living outside, I hope you can do it yourself later. ”

Wei Hu, Li Zhu, and Zhang Wenguang once again knelt on their knees and kowtowed together.

They were adrift, and none of the people they met were deceitful, calling them brothers and sisters on the surface, but behind the scenes they were conspirators and calculations, and Shangguan Xiu, who met them in Pingshui, not only kept his promise to let them go, but also gave them a hundred taels of silver tickets for future livelihood, how could this not make the three of them moved in their hearts?

"The great kindness of the adult, my three brothers are unforgettable, and when we get out of the limelight, we will go back to Beijing to find the adult, even if it is to make cattle and horses for the adult, our three brothers will never complain!"

Straight to the point, happy to enmity and revenge, to receive a little water, should be repaid with a spring, this is the character of Zhenjun people.

After Wei Hu got up, he carefully put the silver ticket into his arms, and saw Shangguan Xiu smiling and waving his hand to the three of them, he bowed to Shangguan Xiu again, and then walked out of the secret passage with Li Zhu and Zhang Wenguang.

After the three of them left, Luo Ren walked up to Shangguan Xiu and said, "Brother Xiu really shouldn't let them go, they are all witnesses who can testify against Cai Xiao!"

"I have already chosen the witness, there is still a living mouth in the cave, named Le San, you go and bring him out!" Shangguan Xiu had already made plans in his heart.

Under the command of Shangguan Xiu, they first lifted the unconscious Le San out of the cave, and then gathered the corpses in the cave, carried them outside, dug a pit near the Land Temple, and buried them all.

After disposing of the corpses and cleaning up the traces, Shangguan Xiu and the others left the Land Temple and returned to Shangjing.

On the way, Shangguan Xiu told everyone: "Don't say a word about today's events." As he spoke, he looked at Gu Qingling again, and said: "Qingling, you will live in your uncle's house during this time, if someone asks about your kidnapping, you will say that you secretly escaped from the kidnappers, as for the identity of those kidnappers, you just have to pretend that you don't know anything." ”

If Cai Xiao is made clear about the ins and outs of the whole matter, I am afraid that not only Gu Qingling will be wiped out by the Cai family, but none of them will be able to escape. With Cai Xiao's ability and the power of the Cai family, it would be too easy to want them to disappear silently in the world.

Gu Qingling is not a fool, of course she knows the seriousness of the situation. She nodded again and again, and subconsciously held Shangguan Xiu's hand tightly. She never knew that Shangjing, which seemed to be prosperous, would be so dangerous.

Shangguan Xiu took a deep look at Gu Qingling, who had a pale face, and sighed secretly in his heart, this is the so-called 'Pifu is not guilty, but he is guilty'.

Gu Qingling didn't do anything wrong, the fault was that the Gu family did business too well, and Gu Qingling was Gu Chunyuan's eldest daughter.

He held Gu Qingling's hand and said with a deep gaze: "Don't be afraid, I'm here." He only said six words, but Gu Qingling had an inexplicable sense of peace of mind, as if as long as he was by his side, no one in the world could hurt him.

When he was about to arrive in the outer city, Shangguan Xiu didn't leave, and asked Luo Ren and the others to hire a carriage first. After they brought the carriage back, Shangguan Xiu and the others squeezed into the carriage together.

They first sent Gu Qingling to her uncle Gu Chunfeng's house, then sent the money to the Imperial Academy, and finally, they took a carriage to Yuwang's mansion.

The stakes are so high that Shangguan Xiu himself did not dare to pursue this case, he could only go to Tang Yu.

didn't dare to go to the main gate of the palace, Shangguan Xiu asked the coachman to go around to the back gate of the palace, and then everyone carried Le San off the carriage and sent the coachman away.

Shangguan Xiu holds the jade plate of Yuwangfu and can enter and exit the palace freely.

After he entered the palace, he traveled unhindered along the way, even if there were officers and soldiers patrolling who came up to check, and after seeing the jade plate, they were all respectful and courteous.

Shangguan Xiu asked several people in the palace in a row, and finally found out that Tang Yu was in the courtyard of Yuzhuju.

Yuzhuju is located in the northeast corner of the palace, there are a lot of bamboos planted in it, there are rockeries, artificial lakes and pavilions, clean and beautiful.

As soon as Shangguan Xiu walked to the gate of Yuzhuju's courtyard, he was stopped by the guards at the door. Two of Tang Yu's personal guards really knew Shangguan Xiu, and when they saw him, they asked in surprise, "Lord Shangguan, why are you here?"

He took out the jade plaque and said, "I have something important to see King Yu to order." ”

The guard nodded and said, "Please wait here for a while, I'll go and report to His Highness." After speaking, he turned around and walked into the courtyard, and not long after, he walked from inside and said to Shangguan Xiu: "Lord Shangguan, Your Highness is invited!" As he spoke, he waved his hand upwards and motioned for Shangguan Xiu to open his arms.

Before Shangguan Xiu could figure out what the other party meant, he heard Tang Yu's hearty laughter from the courtyard: "There is no need to search your body, just let Ah Xiu come in directly!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The guard respectfully agreed, leaned to the side, and made a gesture to invite in. Shangguan Xiu realized that the other party was going to search his body.

He walked into the courtyard quickly, raised his eyes, and saw Tang Yu in white casual clothes standing in the pavilion, holding a scroll in one hand and carrying it behind his back with the other.

Shangguan Xiu took a deep breath, walked into the pavilion, bowed his hand, and before he could speak, Tang Yu had already held up his arms and said with a smile: "Ah Xiu, you came just in time, this king was still thinking about you just now!"

His words made Shangguan Xiu's face blush, and it seemed a little ambiguous.

"Your Highness, I have something urgent to report!" Shangguan Xiu didn't have time to chat with Tang Yu now, he said with a straight face.

"Oh, Ah Xiu, what's the matter?" Tang Yu asked with a smile.

"At noon today, a female student named Gu Qingling in the Imperial Academy was kidnapped by the Qun Jiangyang thieves. ”

"Gu Qingling?" Tang Yu didn't have much impression of this name.

"She is the eldest daughter of Gu Chunyuan, a wealthy businessman in Anjun. ”

"Oh. Tang Yu responded lightly. In the eyes of others, Gu Chunyuan is a great business tycoon, but in Tang Yu's eyes, he is just a subject with a little wealth, and he is no different from others.

He frowned and asked, "Who is so bold as to dare to go to the Imperial Academy to kidnap students?"

"Your Highness, now Gu Qingling has been rescued by me, and the kidnappers have been ...... has been subdued, and now there is still a living mouth. ”

"Well, Ah Xiu, you did a great job. Tang Yu listened to it for a long time and felt that this was just a trivial matter, and it was really not worth Ah Xiu's hurried run to see him.

He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since the kidnappers have all been punished, the captured kidnapper should be handed over to the Lieutenant's Mansion for disposal!"

"I'm afraid not. ”

"No?" Tang Yu looked at Shangguan Xiu in confusion.