The next day, four horsemen with Zuo Guangdou on the road, I don't feel at ease, in order to protect Zuo Guangdou all the way, I bid farewell to the owner of the village Ma Biao, disguised, followed day and night.

One day, Tiqi took Zuo Guangdou to Ruyang City in Henan. Among the four horsemen, the older one is called Xu Xianzong, who is the younger brother of Wei Zhongxian's godson Xu Xianchun. Xu Xianchun's arrest of Zuo Guangdou this time was based on the advice of Wei Zhongxian's other godson, Ruan Dayue. Ruan Dayue said: "Zuo Guangdou has good popularity and high prestige, don't act rashly in his hometown and even in Anhui, and not near the capital, but he can do it in Henan, and come to see the nine thousand years old with his head." "Xu Xianchun asked his younger brother to do it, so that it was appropriate to teach him face-to-face, so as to ensure that nothing went wrong.

No, as soon as he arrived in Ruyang, Xu Xianzong thought that the opportunity had come and decided to start, so he discussed it with the other three. In the afternoon, when the sun was still in the sky, they stopped leaving and lived in the Phoenix Tower.

In the evening, Xu Xianzong bought good wine and food, and asked Zuo Guangdou to eat with them. Zuo Guangdou was also wary of this kind of "exceptional" hospitality, because he didn't want to die, he wanted to go to Beijing to meet the emperor and confess. At the banquet table, Xu Xianzong was courteous and polite, but Zuo Guangdou was vigilant, and the wine did not touch his lips first, and the dishes did not stretch out his chopsticks first.

At this time, there was a young man with shabby clothes, wearing a shabby straw hat, his face was gray, he picked up a table behind Zuo Guangdou and sat down, called Xiao Er to ask for a pot of wine, a pound of beef, drank and ate meat alone, and glanced at them with his eyes from time to time.

Xu Xianzong diligently persuaded Zuo Guangdou to drink, and said:

"We also acted on orders, and we wronged you along the way, and we didn't treat you well. It's not far from the capital, let's have a good drink tonight, relieve fatigue, and get on the road tomorrow!"

Hearing the word "on the road", Zuo Guangdou was shocked, but he didn't say anything and didn't drink.

The banquet was gone, and it was already dark. Xu Xianzong led Zuo Guangdou to a room upstairs and said, "Lord Zuo, I have to wronged you at night, and my hands will be handcuffed." ”

He then conspired with three other people.

A Path:

"It's better to let Zuo Guangdou fall asleep in the middle of the night, kill him with a knife, and go back to receive the reward from the nine thousand years old. ”

Another way:

"How can you lead the bloody head? It is better to strangle him with a rope and hire a carriage to drag the whole body into Beijing. ”

The third says:

"It's too cheap for him, and he didn't get any silver taels this time, so he wants to blackmail it. ”

Xu Xianzong said:

"There are no acquaintances here, no matter what the result is, it's better to force him to write a confession, and then kill him. ”

The three of them said in unison:

"That's right, you're still smart! Kill Zuo Guangdou, and have evidence, so that Yang Lian and the other Donglin party members can be wiped out, and the nine thousand years old will definitely double the reward. ”

Xu Xianzong said:

Zuo Guangdou is hard-headed, I'm afraid he won't write. ”

One of the horsemen said:

"Beat him half to death, and I'm afraid he won't write. ”

After the four of them finished discussing, they came to Zuo Guangdou's house together. They each held sharp weapons, and they were murderous.

Xu Xianzong's face turned gloomy and said:

"Zuo Guangdou, we are ordered by the nine thousand years old, as long as your head! ”

Zuo Guangdou kept saying that he wanted to see the emperor, and he murdered the minister of the court halfway, and he wanted to cut off his head.

Xu Xianzong laughed cruelly and said:

"I bother Lord Zuo to think about us, if you want to die happily, write a confession. If you don't write it, we'll kill you. ”

He took the Qingfeng sword and tried it, saying:

"You are a caged bird, you are a meat on it, you are a smart man, be happy!"

After speaking, he threw the pen and ink forward.

Zuo Guangdou was furious and said:

"If you want to kill, you will kill, don't think I will recruit a word. ”

Xu Xianzong glanced at a horseman, who stepped forward with a short knife in his hand, and was about to start. It was too late, it was too fast, and with the sound of "banging" from the window of the outer wall, a masked man broke through the window, raised his knife and fell, and a knife killed the horseman. The corpse fell into Xu Xianzong's arms and hurriedly avoided it. The masked man slashed at him, his head was turned outward, his left ear was cut off, and the other two were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, begging for mercy again and again: "Daxia spare his life! Daxia spare!" Xu Xianzong also knelt on the ground, ignoring the earache, and shouted for mercy.

The masked man shouted:

"You are Wei Biao's lackeys and minions, instead of harming people, it is better to kill something!"

Raise a knife to kill Xu Xianzong.

"Wait!" Zuo Guangdou said, "Hero, please be merciful to your subordinates and spare his life." ”

Xu Xianzong kowtowed and begged for mercy:

"Please intercede for me. We want to kill you, it was Ruan Dayue who instigated it, otherwise, the villain would not dare to eat the bear's heart and leopard's guts!"

Zuo Guangdou was taken aback when he heard this, and asked:

"Is that true? How did you find out? Tell me about it. ”

Xu Xianzong said:

"Ruan Dayue recognized the nine-thousand-year-old as his godfather, ranking ninth, and my brother Xu Xianchun ranked eighth, which can be regarded as a worship brother. Murdering you and asking you to write a confession are all Ruan Dayue's ideas, and the villain doesn't dare to have half a lie. ”

The masked man took off his headscarf and revealed his true face, as if Zuo Guangdou had already guessed that the masked man was me Gu Mingqiu, and just nodded politely at me in thanks, without the slightest hint of surprise.

I admired it in my heart and asked:

"Big brother, what kind of character is Ruan Dayue, why does he hate you so much, he has to kill you?"

Zuo Guangdou sighed and regretted:

"I know people, I don't know my face, I don't know my heart, I blame me for recognizing the wrong person. He is a native of Dongxiang, Tongcheng, and he will fail to try, so he defected to me and lived in my house for three years. finally found an official position for him, but he was too small. Later, he got acquainted with Cui Chengxiu, and then befriended Wei Zhongxian, and he never corresponded with me again. It's okay if I don't communicate, I didn't expect him to murder me, such a ruthless and unrighteous person, what do I have to say!"

Zuo Guangdou looked at Xu Xianzong, who was lying on the ground, and said:

"Brother Mingqiu, just spare them, they are just acting on orders!"

I said to Xu Xianzong and others:

"And spare you waiting for the dog's life, go on the road tomorrow, serve Lord Zuo for a good life, and if you are a little neglectful, I will end up waiting for your dog's life - get up!"

Xu Xianzong and the others kowtowed for a while, and said in a loud voice:

"Don't dare!

It is said that Ruan Dayue heard that Wei Zhongxian had sent Ti Qi to Tongcheng to arrest Zuo Guangdou, and he thought that he had a plan and succeeded in framing him, and he was overjoyed. Stayed by the Hakka all day long, and the prostitute was favored by the Hakka, and enjoyed day and night. Wei Zhongxian knew it, although he was also jealous, but he was helpless. As soon as his baby is not on his body, he can't do anything about it, he can only hold the Ke family on his thigh, touch and pinch, kiss and kiss, the Hakka is played with the prostitution, and he can't wait to bite Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian knows that he can't satisfy her, so she and Ruan Dayue are full of talent, and it is a rare pen, and now the Donglin Party has not been cleared, and the heart disease has not disappeared, and Ruan Dayue is also a dog like Ruan Dayue, so that the Ke family can entangle him to work for himself, which is also a good thing that he can't ask for。

Who are the Hakka people? I will explain it later.