He thought that in this way, he would be able to fight and tie up with the local officials, and he would form a solid umbrella to protect himself. But what I didn't expect was that the officials and gentry contracted to cooperate just to save the cost of supporting their families, and by the way, they were ready to make him a scapegoat when the incident happened!

A while ago, when I heard that Liu Haojia personally brought people to Nanjing to investigate the case, the officials and gentry who had sworn to advance and retreat with him all changed their minds in the blink of an eye, and avoided him one by one! And at this time, Zhao Hongliang discovered one thing, that is, he did not have these officials and the handle of fighting in his hands!

It can't be said that there is none, but when he didn't know it, those officials and gentry had long since erased the evidence of their crimes! Now, even if he comes forward to testify, these officials and gentry have no evidence! So in desperation, he faced the same choice Hu Qingyan had at the beginning, either fleeing, or the case would not be investigated!

Unlike Hu Qingyan, Hu Qingyan chose a fake assassination. And he wanted to take his own backbone to kill Liu Haojia! As long as Liu Haojia is dead, no one will inevitably pursue it anymore! It's a pity that it fell short!

After listening to this, Liu Haojia asked, "Are you the ones who attacked this official before?" ”

Zhao Hongliang shook his head and said, "No! Not long after the lower official and the people were ambushed in the grass, these people arrived in a hurry. At first, they were worried about being discovered, but they hastily cleared the ground and lay in ambush there, not even looking around. It's just a rabble! ”

Liu Haojia continued: "Then did you see Hu Qingyan and them?" ”

Zhao Hongliang said: "No, they should not come from the road, but from the side." At that time, we only paid attention to the direction of the city, but we didn't see it! ”

When Hu Qingyan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart! It's also a shame that I was careful and didn't enter the ambush site directly from the main road! If that's the case, maybe I'll run into Zhao Hongliang and these people first! It's hard to say what will happen then!

After listening to Zhao Hongliang's explanation, Liu Haojia fell silent. He didn't speak, and the few people around him didn't say anything, and immediately became quiet. All that remained was the sound of the soldiers cleaning the battlefield not far away, and the screams of interrogating the prisoners.

Hu Qingyan and the two of them were beating drums in their hearts, they were only worried that Liu Haojia would regret his life if he regretted it! And Zhao Hongliang was much more relaxed. Because he knew that he had committed a capital crime, and that it was a matter of stabbing left and right! Just when several of them were in a mess in their hearts, Liu Haojia actually began to circle in place. Several people knelt on the ground and could only look at the boots in front of them and walk around.

Suddenly, Liu Haojia's footsteps stopped, and several people knew that the time had come to decide their fate! Sure enough, I only heard Liu Haojia say: "Zhao Hongliang, you are dead, but this official gives you a way not to involve your family, are you willing to accept it?" ”

Zhao Hongliang was overjoyed when he heard this! In fact, he knew that he had committed the great crime of robbing his family and exterminating his family! He was ready for his whole family to be killed, but now that he was suddenly given a hope, he naturally agreed immediately. So he didn't care about the pain in his abdomen and kowtowed to the ground again and again, and at the same time said silently: "Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! ”

Liu Haojia sneered and said, "Don't be in a hurry to thank me first." Hear it clearly before replying. If you die, your family can not be implicated, but you must be incognito, and you can't take away any of your family wealth. And your family will be implicated as well. Although it will not be a capital crime, it is inevitable to raid the house! ”

Zhao Hongliang laughed miserably and said: "My lord, this is already an extrajudicial grace, where do the lower officials have any other requirements!" As long as people live! ”

Liu Haojia said coldly: "Then you will listen to the arrangement of the official!" ”

Zhang Chunyin leaned against the city wall and yawned boredly! Guarding the walls at night was a hapless job, but he still had to do it. Because he and his companions lost their guesses, they had to go up the city wall. But fortunately, Nanjing City has been peaceful for more than 200 years, and guarding the city wall is a kind of work.

After a while, when he is sleepy in wandering the walls, he can find a sheltered place to doze off. Just think about getting up and changing the candles in the lantern and don't let them go out!

Thinking of this, he checked the lantern closest to him and found that the candle inside was still some time away from burning out. And it was still early, and he was in no hurry to sleep, so he leaned his spear against the wall, sat down on the battlement, hung his legs outside the wall, and looked up at the stars.

Slowly, his whole person fell into a state of confusion! He didn't know what it was, but he felt comfortable. Every time he guarded the walls alone, he would pass the time like this.

Just when he was a little sleepy, he suddenly heard a sharp sound of horses' hooves coming from not far away. The sound of horses' hooves woke him up from his confused state and made him feel very unhappy! couldn't help but scolded in a low voice: "Riding a fast horse in the middle of the night, do you want to fall to your death?" At this time, you rushed over and didn't open the city gate, what a hurry! ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard two "bangs" sounding not far away. When he heard this voice, he was a thriller! Because he had heard the sound of the firebolt too! So he hurriedly sat up straight and looked not far away!

Fortunately, his eyes were okay, and he could clearly see a group of people galloping towards here. There were not many of them, only five or six people, and there were more than a dozen people riding horses to catch up. And he clearly saw the group of people behind him shooting at the people in front with their bows and arrows!

Seeing this scene, Zhang Chunyin was shocked, and planted his head from the city wall, knocking his back painfully! But he didn't care about the pain in his back, so he hurriedly got up and lay on the city wall and continued to look out.

In just a few moments, the group of people who fled in front of them was already close to the moat! I heard someone in the crowd shouting, "Call someone!" The commander of the Jinyi Guard has assassinated your lord! ”

Zhang Chunyin was so frightened when he heard this! During the day, he was still discussing with his companions about the commander of the Jinyi Guard. After all, in the past two days, he has often gone back and forth from this city gate, and the appearance of the freshly dressed angry horse makes them very envious!

At the same time, through everyone's discussion, he also knew who this Jinyi Guard commander was! That's the celebrity under the Son of Heaven, and he is extremely favored! He is still a marquis, and he is the master of the same thing in the court! But now he is being hunted and killed outside Nanjing, which is a big deal!