When the wind blows on a winter night, the lights have been turned off in the towns, and they still need to go into the city after dawn to do business, and go to bed early tonight, so that they can have a busy day tomorrow.

The carriage stopped in front of the horse shop, and a group of big men rushed out of the horse shop, all armed with knives and weapons, and the two passers-by stood opposite each other on the main street of the town. Xiahou Xue said with a smile: "The Great Inner Commander is really talented, I didn't expect me to be so cautious, but in the end, I still fell into the trap of you and others." ”

Long Xiangtian said: "Since you know, do you still want to resist stubbornly?" After that, Long Xiangtian's eyes swept to the person with a knife who was facing him.

One of the men in the group said: "Owner, I will protect you and rush out - don't fall into his hands-" After that, this group of men slashed at Long Xiangtian and the others with knives.

Long Xiangtian unsheathed his sword, and the sword qi directly swept down the four or five people in front of him, "Brothers, capture that maid alive-" Long Xiangtian gave an order, and the main street fell into a scuffle.

Most of the residents on the street were awakened at this time, and some of them quietly looked out of the window, and immediately retracted their heads when they saw such a scene. Most of the children in the house were crying with fear, but their mothers had to quietly coax them not to be afraid, but even the mothers were trembling with fear.

The fighting was very violent, there were casualties on both sides, and those swordsmen fought hard with the Dongting Army, and the Dongting Army naturally would not let go of these people easily. Xiahou Xue knocked a few soldiers away with one palm, although Long Xiangtian was surrounded by seven or eight swordsmen, and he couldn't fight her head-on for a while, but there were more and more soldiers in front of her, which consumed too much of her internal strength, but at this moment she had to be strong.

Long Xiangtian had just killed the swordsman in front of him at this time, and was about to capture Xiahou Xue, but he was stopped by three steel knives again, and the soft sword touched the steel knife again and there was a fight. A steel knife took Long Xiangtian seven or eight steps away, and Xiahou Xue was surrounded by four or five big men and the female guards around her, killing into the crowd step by step.

The three big men fell under the sword of Long Xiangtian again, and saw Xiahou Xue being surrounded in the middle, and they were about to take advantage of the chaos to escape. I saw Long Xiangtian pull out the snow dragon from his waist, use enough internal force, and leap into the crowd, blocking the way of the group of people, and the snow dragon hit the crowd directly. The swordsmen held the knife against it, and were directly shocked by the snow dragon's strength, Long Xiangtian directly reached out to catch Xiahou Xue, who knew that the flying needle in Xiahou Xue's sleeve came out and shot directly at Long Xiangtian - it was too late to say that it was fast, Long Xiangtian took the snow dragon horizontally, and the internal force was enough to transport it to his hand, and a wave of air around the snow dragon directly shook the flying needle to pieces.

Long Xiangtian took off a stick at this time, and the snow dragon spun out directly, and a whirling flight hit several people around Xiahou Xue, and those people were instantly knocked down, and the snow dragon flew into Long Xiangtian's hand again. Long Xiangtian put away the sword and directly held the snow dragon to fight with Xiahou Xue. The two fought for seven or eight rounds, and Xiahou Xue gradually lost his tracks, and Xiahou Xue used light skills to go up to the roof of the street, but he was entangled by Long Xiangtian again. Long Xiangtian held the snow dragon and forced Xiahou Xue off the roof again, and the two hit the street again, at this time the Dongting army had killed all those men, and there were still a few soldiers left. Xiahou Xue couldn't resist Long Xiangtian's attack at this time, so she turned her head and ran back, but she didn't know that there was another team of people in the town, and that group of people was the group of soldiers in the Drunken Immortal Building today, and the leader of the soldiers was Pu Mu.

Xiahou Xue was already unable to escape at this time, and Pu Mu said: "Xiahou Zhuang Master, you have finally escaped after hiding in this Xiangyang City for so long. ”

"Hahahaha...... What a painstaking effort to wait...... I lost the bet, but can you get what you want?" Xiahou Xue looked up to the sky and laughed, her laughter was very mad - the fighting had just stopped, but there was such laughter again, and there were still some corpses lying on the street, which made the residents of the town curl up even tighter in this cold night.

Pu Mu said: "You lost the bet, because you think that your peak is the same as before, and it has opened the way for you in the capital, just like you waited for the previous times." And when I heard that I had to search the whole city, you felt that it was an opportunity, so you went out of the city and wanted to hide here, and you were afraid that your husband would confess to you, so you only hid here. ”

"You know what? Tie me up—" Xiahou Xue said.

Long Xiangtian motioned for his subordinates to hold him and tie him up. Pu Mu said to a dozen soldiers: "If you stay, there will be people from the government to clean up the corpses in a few days, and you will maintain order in the town and appease the people, and there must be no mistakes." ”

The soldiers received their orders, and the group left the town and went straight to Xiangyang City. On the official road, Pu Mu talked with Long Xiangtian about the sky again-

Pu Mu said: "Brother Long has made three great achievements, which is gratifying. ”

"If it weren't for Brother Pu reading the mark I left and knowing that I would send someone here, how would they have been tricked? How can I take this credit alone?"

"Brother Long wants to come and have a harvest, are you waiting for me to ask?" Pu Mu said with a smile.

Long Xiangtian didn't reply, and after a while, he stopped his horse and looked at the mountains and forests next to the official road, and everyone stopped. Long Xiangtian said: "You and I will go down and see——"

The two immediately dismounted and entered the forest, only to see a team of guards guarding the forest. That group of guards was naturally the Dongting soldiers who were guarded here by Long Xiangtian last night, Long Xiangtian pointed to the dry well that the guards were guarding, and said, "All my confidence is by this well——"

Pu Mu probed around the well, the corners of his mouth raised, and said, "Brother Long is really observant." ”

Long Xiangtian said: "Brother Pu can also find out, so there is no need to compliment me." ”

For the thorns on the side of the dry well had not been touched at all, and the thorns were still a short distance away from the edge of the well, and there was a high withered grass by the well, but the degree of bending of the withered grass was not at all like a person who had stumbled into the direction of the well, and the weeds were crooked, and there was more than one clump, and I thought that more than one person had been here. Long Xiangtian asked the people who had verified the well, and since the momentum of the weeds was like this, they had not destroyed the weeds. During the day, after Long Xiangtian left the mansion, he first left a mark, which meant that Pu Mu would go to the Drunken Immortal Tower alone, and then he would send someone to come. After that, Long Xiangtian went to the dry well to investigate, and only then did he deduce the details and conclude that the corpse in the dry well must not be Yang Kui, but someone similar to Yang Kui. In this way, the genius of Long Xiang ambushed the men and horses beside the town outside the city and waited for the opportunity to move.

At dawn, all the catchers were concentrated in the government. After Pu Mu ordered everyone in the courtyard, he ordered the arresters to go to the Drunken Immortal Building to arrest people. Everything in Xiangyang City should also change its appearance - Governor Zhao is waiting in the public court, and he is going around in the public court, which should not be patient for him at this moment.

When he was young, the catchers brought the shopkeeper Yan of the Drunken Immortal Building and the Yang County Order. Governor Zhao's eyes widened when he saw Yang Xianling, and said, "Two adults, this is ...... How can this be ......?"

Pu Mu smiled: "Why don't you try it first?"

Governor Zhao replied to the order, and asked Long Xiangtian and Pu Mu to go to the court to try the case together, Long Xiangtian said: "This place is under the jurisdiction of Governor Zhao, we are only responsible for arresting the people involved in the case, and the trial is still handed over to Governor Zhao, and we will wait to observe——"

Governor Zhao said: "So...... Then I will ascend to the church—"

Shopkeeper Yan and Yang County Ling were put on trial, so naturally they also recruited everything. "So, take them into custody first—" So the servant took them into their cells.

Pu Mu and Long Xiangtian got up, and Pu Mu said: "Thank you Governor Zhao, and please ask Governor Zhao to complete the file, and I will take the file and go on the road with the three people." ”

Governor Zhao replied to the order, and immediately sent the master book to sort out the beginning and end of the case and record it in the file. Half an hour later, Pu Mu and Long Xiangtian collected the file, sent soldiers to escort Xiahou Xue, Yang Kui, and Yan Shopkeeper on the road together, and the group went out of Xiangyang City together.

In the Dongting Army, several other people have gathered here, Fan Yun and the rest of the officials involved in the case and some businessmen in the Chamber of Commerce have been arrested, but they are the only ones who are not in the shopkeeper.

Zhou Xingyu saw that all the commanders had returned to the Soldiers and Horses, so he came to the front hall to pay a visit and said, "Hahaha...... You are clever in command, and I think most of the people involved in the case are complete, and you are amazing. ”

Chen Renhai said: "I haven't seen Shopkeeper Yu and Xiahou Xue yet, so I can only wait for Brother Long and Brother Pu to return." ”

At this time, someone sent a message at the door of the Terracotta Division, saying: "Commander Long and Commander Pu have returned, and three people involved in the case have been arrested——"

Everyone smiled and went to the front yard together, who knew that there was no shopkeeper among the people who escorted them, but fortunately, there was Xiahou Xue. Pu Mu sent soldiers to take the three into custody. After everyone greeted each other and greeted each other, they went to the back hall to discuss the matter.

Everyone told everything about these days separately, Pu Mu said: "Everyone, now only the shopkeeper has not been arrested, and the businessmen involved in the Five Lakes and Three Gangs have not all been arrested. ”

Chen Renhai said: "However, the two leaders of the Five Lakes and Three Gangs have been captured, and most of the rest of the minions have been annihilated by us......

While speaking, the gate of the Terracotta Division was opened, and it was Gonggong Wei who arrived, "The officials of the Great Inner Department received the order——"

Everyone immediately went to the front yard, only to see Gonggong Wei holding a token coiled by a silver dragon, and said: "The Iron Dragon Banner has been ordered - the emperor's will, all the people and horses in the inner part of the palace will return to the palace, and the remnants of the Three Gangs of the Five Lakes and the officials involved in the case will be punished on the spot here." ”

This Iron Dragon Banner Order is created for the military room, which is a token used by the emperor to mobilize the people and horses of Ouchi, and it is a special "holy decree" of the emperor and the people and horses of Ouchi.

After listening to the order, everyone was puzzled for a while, and they were all confused. When he was young, Long Xiang Tiancai asked: "Dare to ask Gonggong Wei, how does the emperor know that we have captured these people involved in the case?"

Gonggong Wei said with a smile: "Commander Long doesn't know, a few days ago, the two commanders Bai Yang and Wang Yu had already arrested some officials involved in the case, and later Commander Chen arrested the important people involved in the case and returned. The old slave was thinking that it would be difficult to catch all of them with so many important people, so he wrote a secret letter and sent someone to the palace to enlighten the emperor and ask the emperor for a ruling. Therefore, the emperor ordered a special messenger to send it to the old slave. ”

After listening to the explanation, everyone still didn't understand the emperor's meaning, Chen Renhai stepped forward and asked: "May I also ask my father-in-law, I haven't caught the shopkeeper Yu and other businessmen involved in the Chamber of Commerce yet, do you want to ask the emperor again, let me wait until I catch the shopkeeper Yu and others to make a decision." ”

Wei Gong said fairly: "Hahaha...... Commander Chen was overwhelmed. The old slave sent the list of those who had not been captured to the emperor. The emperor only said that the business matter is not to be feared, but the affairs of the gang need to be resolved, and now there are people from the Soldiers and Horses Division to report to the old slave, saying that the Dragon Commander and the Pu Commander have been escorted back to the owner of the Iron Leopard Village, and the leaders of the three gangs are complete. Therefore, I will let the others in that chamber of commerce go and make plans for the future. ”

Guo Yu asked: "Father-in-law Wei forgive me for taking the liberty, although there is an order from the Iron Dragon Banner to pass on the emperor's order to me, but I still want to ask Father-in-law Wei for the emperor's secret letter to see if it is true or false-"

Wei Gong said fairly: "Commander Guo, I respect you as the commander of the Great Interior, but you should also talk about some rules." The emperor's secret letter has always only been passed on to the inspectors, how can you overstep your authority to check it?"

Duan Gan said treacherously: "The emperor has given me the right to manage the Great Interior, and we have the responsibility of supervising the six departments. This case was a case involving an official of the Ministry of Rites, and we were fully responsible for the investigation, which was authorized by the emperor to us; and at the time of the enthronement, the emperor told us that we have the right to know all the reasons for the case involving officials of the six ministries, and we are directly under the emperor's order, and we are not allowed to be ordered by any official. ”

Wei Gong said: "You ......"

The rest of the people also said: "Yes, I don't see the letter and don't listen to your orders-"

Father-in-law Wei took out the secret letter from his coat pocket and delivered it to Guo Yu angrily, and the rest of the people came close to check it, but everyone's demeanor was surprisingly consistent after reading the letter. The letter was indeed the emperor's handwriting, and on the day of the enthronement, the emperor had seen his own handwriting with eight people, and only they had seen the emperor's handwriting.

The contents of the letter are exactly what Gonggong Wei said, and there is a piece of paper after the letter, which is a list of people to be executed: the leaders of the three gangs, Governor Liu, and the rest of the officials involved in the case.

Pu Mu took the letter and asked, "Father-in-law Wei, may I ask the leaders of the three gangs, can you include the Hu gang leader?"

Gonggong Wei said angrily: "Didn't you say that the direct emperor ordered it?

"But the Hu gang leader has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and we haven't explained this matter to the emperor......" Bai Yang said.

"I have already explained to the emperor in the letter, but this is the emperor's order, and you are still looking for an excuse to disobey?"

Long Xiangtian said: "Killing Hu Hao is difficult to convince the public." I want to write a letter to the emperor to explain this matter in detail - "After that, I turned around and walked to the back hall." At this time, there was another sound outside the door: "The Holy Decree Dao--The Eight Commanders of Ouchi Receive the Order-"

Everyone knelt down, and the father-in-law Pan who passed the decree opened the holy decree and said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I edict the eight commanders of the Great Inner to immediately correct the people involved in the case, and then return to the palace immediately, there must be no mistake——"

The eight people knelt on the ground, and they were completely stunned for a while, and the two urgent orders had already shown the emperor's determination on this matter.

The eight of them reluctantly said, "The minister accepts the order—"

Pan Gonggong then said: "Commanders, the emperor has issued two orders, and eight of them need to enforce the law immediately——"

Pu Mu said: "Pu is a little sleepy, and I won't be involved in today's law enforcement." ”

Zhou Xingyu and Zhang Peng then persuaded him, but Pu Mu still walked straight into the room. The remaining seven did not respond in any way. Long Xiangtian said: "The emperor's holy decree, we can't wait." But the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, Long had to talk about ......"

Pan Gong said fairly: "Commander Long, this is not the time to have the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, and the emperor also gave you an order after careful consideration." Everyone, listen to the old slave, let's execute—"

Wang Yu closed his eyes and sighed: "General Situ, immediately arrange the law field, and just execute in which mountain in Dongting." ”

Situ Kai received the order and was about to send someone to give the order, when Gonggong Wei said: "Commander Wang, how can you be executed in the mountains where no one cares?

"This is an urgent order from the emperor, and it must have its own special features. If Gonggong Wei wants to dwell on the details, the Fa-rectification needs to be carried out at three o'clock in the afternoon, but now it is already past noon, and he still needs to fill out the file before the Fa-rectification, verify the correct body, and read out the guilt. So, it's going to take some time, right?" said Li Defei.

Wei Gonggong said: "Okay, I will do things according to the law, and wait until tomorrow when the old slave comes to the Dongting Mansion to watch the execution, and then I will invite all the commanders to be present as well-" After saying that, Wei Gonggong turned around and brushed his sleeves away.

Seeing this, Gonggong Pan felt that the situation was too stiff to come to such a point, and he had never seen such a thing, but he knew that this matter must reach a satisfactory ending for the emperor. Pan Gonggong sighed: "You know the righteousness, Hu Hao abandoned the secret and turned to the light, but he is still one of the three gang leaders, and you still need to weigh the pros and cons." General Situ, please set up a court in the city, tomorrow you will be the supervisor and the old slave will be in charge. ”

Situ Kai said: "Follow the order of the father-in-law-" After saying that, Situ Kai sent his subordinates out of the door, ordered a hundred soldiers from the garrison, and went to Dongting Mansion together.

Some days have passed since the first quarter of the moon, and the moon is almost full again.

Hu Hao knew about this, he only sneered, and said, "I didn't expect me to end up like this-" After leaving this sentence, he walked out of the back hall by himself and walked straight to the front yard. At this time, only Li Defei followed and said, "Gang Master Hu, you ......"

Li Defei didn't know what to explain to the person in front of him, Hu Hao turned his head to Li Defei and said, "Tell your emperor Lao'er, I won't let him kill me." Commander Li, do you have any wine?"

"Gang Leader Hu, there is still time today...... It's better to ......" Li Defei wanted to speak and stopped, shook his head and went to the back hall to get wine, and everyone walked out with Li Defei at this time.

"There is only tea, no wine-" Li Defei handed the teapot to Hu Hao, Hu Hao said: "Okay, then I will replace the wine with tea today-" After that, he directly took out a packet of medicinal powder from his pocket and put it into the teapot, and said: "There is no cup today, everything is simple-Commander Long, I will respect you for your righteous rescue; Commander Duan Gan, Commander Guo, Zhou Yaoguan, Wang Yaoguan, Zhao Shushi, Yu Gongzi, I respect you for my miracle medicine to be the successor; Prince, I respect your ruthlessness three times, and I will meet you again in Senluo Palace-" In this way, all three sips of tea went into Hu Hao's mouth. When he was young, black blood lay out from the corner of Hu Hao's mouth, he stared at the few people in front of him with wide eyes, his body was twitching, and he fell directly to the ground.

His eyes didn't close, but there was no more gasp. Seeing this, Pu Mu walked into the courtyard, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and sighed: "It's a pity that your abandonment of darkness has turned to the light-" After that, Pu Mu said to Zhou Xingyu: "Brother Zhou, take the secret recipe you have for the development of antidotes and poisonous insects, and burn it to him-"

Zhou Xingyu said: "I haven't backed it up yet, so it's better to ......"

"Burn it to him—" Pu Mu roared.

Chen Renhai immediately stepped forward and said, "Brother Pu......"

Pu Mu didn't reply, and walked straight back to the back hall. Long Xiangtian also left the front yard, and when he left, he directly kicked down a seat in the hall. Guo Yu, Bai Yang, and Li Defei also left the courtyard, and Chen Renhai sighed: "Burn it to him, this is his ......"

Zhao Zicheng also said: "How much do we still remember, but these recipes are only what he abandons the dark and turns to the light." Now that he is not accepted by us, we will leave dignity with him, don't take his life, and take his things away again. ”

Yu Jing said: "Brother Zhou, hand it over-" After that, Yu Jing put his own share of the antidote recipe next to Hu Hao's corpse.

Zhou Xingyu and the others complied, and the paper burned into ashes next to Hu Hao's corpse.