The spiritual flame blast cast by the face man had affected Shangguan Xiu's body, but the spiritual fire only burned the spiritual armor on his body, not his body.

The reason why he showed his lack of support was just to pave the way for his final blow to the wind shadow duel, and Gu Qingling, who mistakenly thought that he was injured, even helped him put on a good show, making the other party really think that he was seriously injured.

When the face man was defenseless, thinking that he could be slashed to death with one sword, Shangguan Xiu suddenly cast the Wind Shadow Duel, killing with one knife and killing with one blow, and cutting off the head of the face man at a lightning speed.

The sound of the headless corpse falling to the ground woke up Gu Qingling, who was in a daze, she shuddered, looked at Shangguan Xiu blankly, and said in a trembling voice: "Ah Xiu......"

Shangguan Xiu dispersed the broken spirit armor on his body, put away the spirit knife, walked to Gu Qingling's approach, stretched out his hand with a smile, and said softly: "Don't worry, it's okay!"

Gu Qingling was still in extreme shock until now, she involuntarily held Shangguan Xiu's outstretched hand, and suddenly felt that her body was light, Shangguan Xiu had already pulled her up, and then she felt that her body was floating, and she had been hugged by Shangguan Xiu.

"I said, with me, no one can hurt you!" As he spoke, Shangguan Xiu jumped up with Gu Qingling in his arms and walked quickly towards the outside of the cave.

Lying in his arms and feeling the warmth on his body, this one, Gu Qingling's heart seemed to be softened. She instinctively reacted and hugged Shangguan Xiu's neck tightly and hugged it tightly.

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Thinking that she was afraid, Shangguan Xiu's speed was faster, and after a few jumps, the person was already close to the secret passage.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps in the secret passage.

Shangguan Xiu's heart moved, narrowed his eyes, and took a few steps back, and then, he slowly put down Gu Qingling, wrapped one hand around her waist, and held the handle of the knife with the other, a pair of eagle eyes shone coldly, staring at the secret passage without blinking.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the muscles in Shangguan Xiu's body were also tense, ready to attack at any time, and pulled Gu Qingling beside him behind him.

Sou!

A figure suddenly appeared in the mouth of the secret passage, Shangguan Xiu looked at it, and the hanging heart instantly fell back into his stomach.

The one who rushed out of the secret passage was none other than Cao Lei, Luo Ren, Ding Leng, Yuan Mu, Jia Caixuan, Qian Jin and others followed closely behind, and they also ran out one after another.

Looking closely at Cao Lei, Luo Ren, and Ding Leng, there is one person in each hand, who is the three kidnappers who escaped just now.

"Brother Xiu, are you okay?" Seeing Shangguan Xiu and Gu Qingling, everyone shouted, and they all rushed forward and looked at him from head to toe, and when they saw that he was not injured, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Luo Ren frowned and said, "Brother Xiu, why did you come to save Miss Gu by yourself, you should wait for us to come together, you are too dangerous alone......" Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Shangguan Xiu deeply, and whispered: "Brother Xiu doesn't treat us as brothers too much." ”

Shangguan Xiu looked around at everyone, looking at their concerned eyes, he said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't treat everyone as brothers, but the situation is urgent, I can't wait that long, so I rushed over first." ”

As he spoke, he patted Luo Ren on the shoulder vigorously, thanking them for coming over in time. He turned his finger at the three captured kidnappers and asked, "How did you capture the three of them?"

Cao Lei grinned and said: "As soon as we arrived at the Land Temple, we saw these three boys running out, and they didn't look like good people at a glance, they probably might be the kidnappers' accomplices, so we worked together to take down the three of them!"

While speaking, Luo Ren, Cao Lei, and Ding Leng slammed the kidnapper they were holding on to the ground, and the three of them looked around with horror on their faces, and finally their eyes fell on Shangguan Xiu, and said in a trembling voice: "Big ...... Your Excellency, you ...... You promised to let us go, you ...... You can't go back on your word!"

At this time and then, when Shangguan Xiu was fighting alone, of course he hoped that the three kidnappers would run as far away as possible, but now, Luo Ren and the others had arrived, and the three kidnappers had become prisoners, so he naturally couldn't let them go easily.

He walked towards the three kidnappers, but he felt that the back of his clothes was tight, and when he looked back, Gu Qingling's small hands were tightly grasping his clothes, and his big eyes were looking at Luo Ren and the others timidly.

Shangguan Xiu suddenly remembered that Gu Qingling didn't know Luo Ren and them, and he said softly: "Qingling, they are all my friends, and they are my brothers. ”

Luo Ren reacted quickly, stepped forward, bowed his hand, and said with a smile: "Miss Gu, we were called by Brother Xiu to save you, my name is Luo Ren, and their name is ......."

As he spoke, he introduced Cao Lei, Yuan Mu, Ding Leng, and Jia Caixuan to Gu Qingling one by one, as for Qian Jin, he and Gu Qingling had known each other for a long time, so naturally there was no need to say more.

Gu Qingling didn't know that Ah Xiu had so many friends, and they were all students of the Imperial Spirit Martial Academy, if she knew that these people were not only Shangguan Xiu's friends, but also his subordinates, she would probably be even more surprised.

Shangguan Xiu approached the three kidnappers and asked, "What are your names?"

The kidnapper, who was ranked second, said cautiously: "My name is Wei Hu!"

The third said: "Li Zhu!"

Lao Qidao: "Zhang Wenguang!"

The three of them gave their names one by one. Zhang Wenguang hurriedly said: "My lord, we ...... We are Miss Gu who was kidnapped by a ghost for a while, my lord, are you ...... Just let us go......"

Shangguan Xiu stared at the three of them, and after a while, he asked word by word, "Tell me, who is that eighth master in your mouth." ”

Hearing him mention the eighth master, the bodies of the three of them were all shocked, and they looked at each other, but no one dared to speak.

Shangguan Xiu narrowed his eyes and said quietly: "If you still refuse to tell the truth, the gods will not be able to save you." ”

The three of them looked at each other, but Zhang Wenguang asked in a trembling voice: "My lord, if I say it, you ...... Will you let our three brothers go?"

"Don't negotiate terms with me. Shangguan Xiu said: "I only know, tell me the truth, you may still have a chance of life, if you don't say anything, the fate of your accomplices will be a lesson for the three of you." ”

As he spoke, he pointed behind him.

The three of them had the courage to look up, and they saw the headless corpse of the big man lying on the ground. They shivered, glanced at each other again, Wei Hu gritted his teeth ruthlessly, and said, "Eighth Master, Eighth Master is the head of Cai Mansion!"

"Cai Mansion, which Cai Mansion?" Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows.

"First Auxiliary Minister, Lord Cai's Cai Mansion!" Wei Hu lowered his head and said in a low voice.

Hearing him say Cai Xiao's name, the faces of everyone present changed.

Gu Qingling was stunned, she never dreamed that the person who instructed the kidnappers to kidnap her would be related to the Minister of First Assistant. Shangguan Xiu, Luo Ren and the others also frowned, and their faces were solemn.

As the first and auxiliary minister, Cai Xiao controls the power of the government, and he is the top boss of a series of ministers such as the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Since the kidnapper who kidnapped Gu Qingling was arranged by the head of the Cai Mansion, how could it have nothing to do with Cai Xiao?

Shangguan Xiu pondered for a long time, he bent down, approached Wei Hu, and asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

"My lord, at this time, even if I have the courage to tell a lie anymore, although we are a group of Jiangyang thieves, but we have not dared to come to Beijing to commit crimes, if it were not for the instructions of the eighth master, we would not have come to Beijing......"

"Then let me ask you, can this matter be related to Cai Xiao, the first minister?"

Wei Hu shook his head again and again, and hurriedly said: "My lord, we have never met Lord Cai, and we have always been the eighth master of the Cai Mansion......"

"Say his name!" Shangguan Xiu interrupted in a cold voice.

"It's Cai Zhong! All along, it was Cai Zhong who contacted us, and as for whether he was acting on the orders of Lord Cai, we didn't know, and we didn't dare to ask more. ”

Cai Zhong is the head of Cai's mansion, and promised to give the kidnappers 50,000 taels of silver, how could he have so much silver, if he wants to say that this matter has nothing to do with Cai Xiao, even a fool will not believe it.

However, why did Cai Xiao kidnap Qingling, and what was his purpose?

One is a dignified first assistant minister, a member of Zhengyipin, and the other is a female student of the Imperial Academy, two people who can't help but be weak, and can't beat the eight poles, Shangguan Xiu really can't think of anything to do with Cai Xiao and Qingling.

Qian Jin looked at everyone, he walked to Shangguan Xiu's side, pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "Brother Xiu, the Gu family has monopolized the cloth business for many years, and the Cai family has been eyeing this business for a long time, but unfortunately it has not been able to get involved, I think, the reason why Cai Xiao kidnapped Qingling is very likely to be here." ”

Although he doesn't know how to martial arts, and his studies at the Imperial Academy are not very good, he knows a lot about business, and he talks about it like a treasure.

"Fifty thousand taels of silver is a drop in the bucket for the Cai family. And take out the 50,000 taels of silver to hire kidnappers and kidnap Qingling, the Cai family can use this to blackmail the Gu family and force the Gu family to withdraw from the cloth business, so that the Cai family can take the opportunity to take over, and the whole case has nothing to do with the Cai family, it is completely the work of several Jiangyang thieves, and in the future, they will not be able to find the head of the Cai family!"

As soon as Qian Jin explained this, the whole thing became much more reasonable, and the whole case became clear.

"These bastards!" Luo Ren clenched his fists in anger and said angrily: "The dignified first assistant minister, for his own selfishness, actually did such a despicable deed, he is simply a beast in human skin!"

Hearing his scolding, Cao Lei, Yuan Mu, Ding Leng and others all felt the same way, while Wei Hu, Li Zhu, and Zhang Wenguang were scared into a cold sweat, and couldn't help but peek at them, muttering secretly in their hearts: Are these people really from the Duwei Mansion? How dare they blatantly scold the Minister of the First Auxiliary Mansion, the people of the Duwei Mansion are too arrogant!

The three of them shed more cold sweat, and even the first and auxiliary ministers dared to scold them, and they fell into their hands, so can there be any good?;

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