The black shadow behind the old locust tree was taken aback, and immediately turned around and ran wildly towards the distant woods, and in a short time, they got into the woods.

In the courtyard of Huofu, dozens of black-clothed people rushed out from their hidden places, they lit torches one after another, and the courtyard was illuminated as day, and the person led by Zhang Li, the captain of the internal guard, had found Huo Zhishan's home, and Zhang Li led the samurai to Xingyang day and night.

Several warriors pressed the man in black who had fallen into the courtyard, and this person was hit by an arrow in the leg, lying on the ground with a painful look on his face, and kept begging, "I'm not Huo Zhishan, spare my life"

Zhang Li grabbed him by the placket, "Who are you? Why did you climb over the courtyard wall at night?"

"The villain's name is Yang Ping, he is the next-door neighbor, just now Huo Zhishan found me and asked me to climb over the wall to help him open the door, and I agreed-"

"Where is Huo Zhishan?" asked Zhang Li anxiously.

Yang Ping pointed outside the door, "It should be outside"

Zhang Li threw him down and rushed out, dozens of internal guard warriors followed him and rushed out, no one was seen outside the mansion, Zhang Li ran past the old locust tree, only to see a dark forest a hundred steps away in the distance, Huo Zhishan must have run into the woods.

Zhang Li was extremely remorseful in his heart, he could have caught this Huo Zhishan, but he was tricked by this cunning bastard, he was really unwilling in his heart, and waved his hand, "Follow me into the woods to search"

Dozens of internal guard warriors followed Zhang Li towards the woods, at this time, Huo Zhishan had already run several miles away, he leaned on a big tree and panted, secretly glad that he was cautious and escaped a catastrophe.

Huo Zhishan is about 20 years old, medium in stature, and his face is quite handsome, he began to practice martial arts at the age of seven, was taught by famous teachers, practiced a strong martial arts, and with his innocent family background, he was selected into Qianniuwei and became the reserve guard of the emperor's heir Li Dan.

But just a few days ago, in an assassination case, he became a wanted criminal by Dali Temple and Neiwei, Huo Zhishan sighed, he didn't know what he should do? But he needed a sum of money, and then fled from his hometown and hid in the south, he wanted to see his father again before leaving, but there was an ambush at home.

Huo Zhishan pondered for a moment, then turned around and ran away in the direction of the county seat

At the time of the two watches, Huo Zhishan came to the welcome wine shop in the East City Gate of Xingyang County, which was the wine shop opened by his second brother Huo Zhifu, although they were half-brothers and had a age difference of ten years, but the relationship between the two brothers was very good, Huo Zhishan believed that the second brother would help him.

He observed outside the wine shop for a long time, and made sure that there was no ambush in the wine shop, so he knocked on the back door, and after a while, the voice of the second brother Huo Zhifu came from the backyard, "Who is it?"

"Second brother, it's me, Zhishan"

Huo Zhifu's voice at the door suddenly became nervous, "Wait a minute"

After a while, he opened the door, looked to both sides, and pulled his brother into the courtyard gate, Huo Zhifu and his brother did not look like each other at all, Huo Zhishan had a slender face, a well-proportioned and strong body, while Huo Zhifu had a round face, a short and fat body, and a pair of small eyes revealed the cunning and shrewdness of a businessman.

But at this time, his face was full of worry, he waved his hand, signaled his brother not to speak, pulled him into the small room where the sundries were piled up, Huo Zhifu closed the door, lit a small oil lamp, pressed his brother to sit down, and said extremely nervously: "What happened, the county is full of notices for you to want, and today the county lieutenant also brought people to my liquor store to search." ”

Huo Zhishan smiled bitterly and said, "It's hard to say, but can you give me something to eat, I'm hungry." ”

"Waiting"

Huo Zhifu went out, and after a while, he brought a large plate of cold Hu cakes and a pot of rice wine, "It's all cold, there's no way, let's eat it first."

Huo Zhishan was already hungry, chewed like a wind, ate a plate of Hu cakes in a moment, and drank a pot of rice wine to Yu Jingjing, only then did he breathe a long sigh of relief and eat to his heart's content.

Huo Zhifu looked at his brother, and when he finished eating, he said, "Now you can say it, what happened?"

"Second brother, someone is going to assassinate King Xiang, two of our three personal guards died, and I was killed, I was only slightly injured and escaped. ”

"Then what are you running away from, and you are still wanted by Dali Temple, what do you have to do with the assassin?" Huo Zhifu deserved to be a shrewd businessman, and he got to the point in one sentence.

Huo Zhishan looked ashamed and nodded lightly, "I was confused for a while, I didn't resist the temptation of gold, and agreed to cooperate with them, but I resolutely refused to do it, so they retreated and asked me to provide accurate information, so I told them the rules of King Xiang's life, and King Xiang was stabbed in the backyard." ”

"Is King Xiang dead?" Huo Zhifu asked in shock.

"He was lucky and only escaped with his injuries, but when Dali Temple and the internal guards came to investigate, they found my flaws, so I had to flee while they were unprepared. ”

Speaking of this, Huo Zhishan sighed, his flaw was that although he was injured, he was not poisoned, although he explained repeatedly, it still aroused the suspicion of Dali Temple, and he was ready to take him away for in-depth interrogation, except for escaping, he had no second choice, and he didn't even dare to stay in the capital, so he would inevitably be killed by the other party.

Huo Zhifu was stunned for a long time, he knew that his brother had caused a big disaster, and he might be worried about his life, so he asked in a trembling voice, "Then what are you going to do?"

Huo Zhishan was just about to speak, and suddenly felt wrong, he suddenly blew out the light, but it was too late, only to hear a loud bang, the wooden house was knocked open a big hole, and a man in black pounced in, carrying a sledgehammer weighing dozens of pounds in his hand, and smashed a hammer at him head-on, which was extremely fierce.

Huo Zhishan's body was extremely agile, he jumped backwards, his body flipped out, and he dodged the fatal hammer, the man in black was extremely powerful, but his body was also extremely flexible, he smashed the air with a hammer, and then ran closer, swinging the hammer and smashing it, the debris was extremely narrow, and Huo Zhishan had nowhere to hide.

At this moment, Huo Zhifu, who was knocked to the ground, hugged the legs of the man in black and shouted: "San Lang, you run"

The man in black was furious, and the sledgehammer slammed back, smashing on Huo Zhifu's face, only to hear a scream, the sound of a skull shattering, Huo Zhifu's brain shattered, and he died tragically under the sledgehammer.

Huo Zhishan saw his brother's tragic death, his eyes suddenly turned red, but he had no weapons by his side, he seized the opportunity created by his brother for him, and pulled the old tables that were piled high with all his might, and more than a dozen old tables collapsed, lifting the man in black out of the house, Huo Zhishan jumped out of the broken wooden hole, and there were four or five men in black in the courtyard, they were ambushed around, and they swung their swords together to kill Huo Zhishan.

Huo Zhishan broke a table leg and blocked several swords in a row, compared with the hammer holders, the martial arts of these black-clothed men with swords were much weaker, although Huo Zhishan was physically injured, with one enemy and three, he did not fall behind.

The man in black who was knocked over by the table kicked the table away, wielding a sledgehammer and pounced on Huo Zhishan, his martial arts were extremely strong, and several consecutive hammers hit like wind and lightning, Huo Zhishan was suddenly in danger, only to hear 'click, a sound, the table leg in his hand was smashed to pieces.

At this moment, someone on the courtyard wall shouted: "The internal guard is coming, quickly withdraw"

The sound of running footsteps came from all directions, the dancing hammer man saw that he was about to catch Huo Zhishan, but he was rushed by the internal guards, he was unwilling, roared, and smashed more than ten hammers in a row, Huo Zhishan dodged left and right around a big tree, and dodged more than a dozen hammer blows, and the dancing hammer man couldn't help the other party for a while, so he had to stomp his feet and "withdraw"

Several black-clothed people rushed towards the wine shop, but the dancing hammer man didn't know that the hammer that smashed the table leg just now made Huo Zhishan's wound burst, and a large amount of blood gushed out, and he couldn't support it anymore, if he held on for a while, he would be able to kill Huo Zhishan, but unfortunately he fell short.

Huo Zhishan didn't want to be caught by the internal guards, he had already seen a large number of sword-wielding warriors emerging on the wall, so he gritted his teeth and ran, but he only ran a few steps, his eyes were dark, and he fell to the ground.

When Huo Zhishan woke up, he found himself lying in a carriage, the carriage was fast, his limbs were buckled to the floor with belts, his body swayed from side to side with the carriage, and the injuries on his body seemed to have been bandaged, but he was very weak, only to feel extremely tired, so tired that he couldn't even speak.

Huo Zhishan turned his gaze slightly, and found that there were three internal guard warriors sitting beside him, holding long swords, all looking at him coldly, Huo Zhishan remembered that his second brother was killed tragically by himself, and couldn't help but feel sad, tears welled up, and he closed his eyes in pain.

When Huo Zhishan woke up again, he found that he was no longer in the carriage, but lying in a room, his hands could move, but one foot was buckled by a thick iron chain, he slowly sat up, endured the pain all over his body, and pulled the chain hard, and the chain rattled.

At this time, a voice came from behind him, "If I were you, I wouldn't do such useless things." ”

As soon as Huo Zhishan turned around, he saw a tall young man walk in outside the gate behind him, "Are you ...... Li Zhen"

Li Zhen smiled slightly, "There are almost no people in Qianniuwei who don't know me. ”

"You killed my brother?" Huo Zhishan gritted his teeth.

Li Zhen stood in front of him and looked at him calmly, "I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be a fool, did we kill your second brother?"

Huo Zhishan slowly lowered his head, he was angry for a moment, but he knew that the Dancing Hammer Man was one of the people who bought him, he sighed, "Commander Li, I'm sorry, I don't know who is going to assassinate Xiangwang, there are only two of them who contact me, I don't know them." ”

Li Zhen took out the seven-leaf pearl, held it in his hand and asked, "You should know it?"

Huo Zhishan looked at the pearl in a daze for a long time, and then nodded helplessly, "They gave it to me and let me throw it on the spot."

"Do you know how you exposed your flaws?" asked Li Zhen lightly.

"I don't know, maybe it's because I'm not poisoned. ”

"Actually, it's not that, because the person who stabbed you did not have a poison blade, the real flaw is this pearl, after the assassination, the guards have carefully searched the back garden, searched every corner, and found no pearl earrings, but when we went we found it, it was obviously thrown by the pavilion, and no other guards approached the pavilion except you. ”