The city gate official was very angry, since he was on duty at the north gate of Dunhuang Mansion, it has been fourteen years, and no one has ever dared to make trouble here, and today someone dares to create a riot, obviously not giving him Hu Qi's face. lā

He decided to arrest the troublemakers today and severely punish them on the spot, so that everyone present would know that the official authority of the Dunhuang Mansion would not be blasphemed.

At the same time, he also wants to use the mouths of the people present today to spread his vigorous and resolute means, preferably to Shangguan's ears.

Fourteen years in the same place without moving the nest, he has stayed enough, just take this opportunity to let Shangguan see his ability.

The further Hu Qi walked, the greater the commotion in front of him, but the fleeing crowd saw a group of gate guards coming menacingly, and most of them slowed down their running.

Hu Qi grabbed a young man who was running at the front and asked, "What's going on behind you?" Why is everyone running forward?"

The young man also looked confused and said, "Oh, my lord, I don't know, I saw that everyone was running, so I ran along." ”

Hu Qi was furious, kicked the young man into the ditch on the side of the road, pulled out the waist knife that Tang Bing standard was equipped with from his waist, and yelled: "Stop for Lao Tzu, whoever dares to move again, will break his legs!"

Hu Qi's voice was particularly loud, because of the long-term practice of martial arts, he had enough energy, and with a violent roar, everyone within a radius of twenty zhang could hear it clearly, and most of them immediately stopped, but there were still a few fools who had no eyes and were still running forward.

Hu Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his right hand, and waved it forward, and immediately six tall city gate guards rushed out behind him, each holding a four-foot-long wooden stick with the thickness of an arm.

The sticks rained down on the heads and bodies of the men who were still running.

The guards at the city gate were ruthless, and they showed no mercy under the sticks, and only a few muffled bangs were heard, and the five running men were all knocked to the ground.

Three men fainted on the spot, and two men with more dexterity dodged a blow to the head, were hit in the shoulder or arm, and also fell to the ground.

The two men who did not faint on the spot were even more unlucky, and when they wailed and rolled on the ground, the impatient guards of the city gate swarmed up, and the sticks rained down, hitting them until their heads were bleeding and they fainted.

There were still some people in the city gate guards who were beating and thinking: "What are you hiding! Originally, it was just a matter of taking a stick, and you can go down to the ground after going back to recuperate for three days, but you have to wail here, now it's okay, you have to lie down for at least half a month when you go back." ”

This scene directly shocked the audience, and even frightened the people who were still running in the distance, and everyone stopped.

Hu Qi glanced at the people present with a cold look, and then pointed to a young man in his thirties who was dressed as a scholar and said, "Tell me, what happened ahead?"

The reader pointed to his nose and asked uncertainly, "Is it me?"

Hu Qi said impatiently: "Yes, it's you, I see that you still seem to be an understanding person." ”

The scholar immediately became proud, and glanced at the crowd left and right, meaning that he didn't look at it, but the official master had a vision, and he saw at a glance that I was an understanding person.

The scholar cleared his throat and said in a beautiful Guanzhong dialect: "Tell the city gate official, Sun Shan, who was born later, is a good family in the north of our Dunhuang Mansion, and the family has been teaching for generations, and today I went out of the city to pick up a friend,......

Hu Qi frowned and asked, "Sun Shan, do you have a reputation?"

Sun Shan was stunned for a moment, and replied with a red face: "The late student has not yet obtained fame, why is the adult asking this?"

Hu Qi roared angrily: "If you don't have fame, don't give Lao Tzu a word." Let me ask you what's going on, and you just tell me about it!

Sun Shan's face was flushed with anger, and he pointed at Hu Qi and trembled and said, "My lord, how can you insult Sven? Although I don't have a reputation yet, once I am promoted, you will have to look up to me at that time!"

Hu Qi didn't have the heart to talk to him, and with a wave of his hand, two city gate guards immediately stepped forward behind him, and reasoned with Sun Shan with the sticks in their hands.

Fortunately, the two city gate guards were worried that Sun Shan was a scholar, so they were not ruthless, they just beat this Sun Shan away from the scene, and did not stun him.

Hu Qi was full of anger and said in a gloomy voice, "Can anyone tell me what happened ahead?"

At this time, a fifty-year-old man squeezed out of the crowd, clasped his fists and said, "Master Hu is polite, Xiao Lao'er knows about this." ”

When Hu Qi looked at the old man, a smile immediately changed to a smile on his face: "It turned out to be the shopkeeper Xu, why did the caravan rush back today?" I haven't seen you for more than two months, and I haven't had time to catch up with you before I can talk to you, so I asked you to come out to answer, how embarrassing it is." ”

This old man was Xu Jiu, and he hurriedly said, "Master Hu, you are too polite. Cooperating with the government is originally within my responsibility.

Besides, this commotion was provoked by a virtuous nephew of Xiao Lao'er, and Xiao Lao'er had to take the initiative to stand up and admit his mistakes. ”

The city gate official surnamed Hu was first angry, and then happy.

The angry thing is that this virtuous nephew of the shopkeeper Xu is really hateful, and he made such a big deal on his duty day, obviously not giving himself face!

Since he is willing to come forward to take this matter in public, it means that the matter itself will not be very serious, and he will take the initiative to take responsibility for this commotion, and there must be a lot of benefits for him in private.

Hu Qi pretended to be angry, brushed his sleeves and said: "Shopkeeper Xu, you are also a well-known person in our Dunhuang Mansion, your virtuous nephew is indeed a bit Meng Lang, and he actually caused such a big commotion in front of the city gate, in case of trampling and squeezing injuries, how can I explain to the city lord and the garrison?"

Xu Jiu hurriedly took two steps forward, grabbed the sleeve of Hu Qi's sheepskin jacket, and pleaded: "Lord Hu, although the chaos was caused by my virtuous nephew, he really can't be blamed for this incident.

He just did a great thing for us Datang, but unfortunately he met two timid businessmen on the road, and he didn't ask anything clearly, so he started to run blindly, so it caused a commotion. ”

Before Hu Qi could reply, he suddenly felt something stuffed into his hand under the sleeve of his sheepskin jacket.

Eh, it's quite heavy, two big strips! It's a lot of weight, it doesn't seem to be silver, is it gold?

Hu Qi was secretly happy in his heart, but his face remained serious and serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Shopkeeper Xu, although you are usually honest and steady, but if you have half a lie today, I will take you and your virtuous nephew down together for questioning!"

Xu Jiu hurriedly said: "Master Hu, I, Xu Jiu, have always been known for treating people with integrity, and there is absolutely no half-word in my mouth.

My virtuous nephew followed a stranger to the Tianshan Mountains to learn martial arts at the age of seven, and a few days ago he went down the mountain and returned to Dunhuang Mansion from the Tianshan Mountains alone, killing a hundred horse thieves in the Western Regions along the way, and now I want to dedicate these heads to Dunhuang Mansion and to the Tang Dynasty to strengthen the country's prestige!"

Hu Qi's eyes lit up, if it can be proved that it is really the Tang Dynasty who killed a hundred horse thieves in the Western Regions alone, it can indeed be reported to Suzhou Dao as a merit, and the above praise will definitely not be less, and even his own small city gate official will be stained with a lot of light.

He hurriedly asked: "Shopkeeper Xu, this matter must not be talked about nonsense, it must be true! If there is a suspicion of taking credit, neither of us can escape." ”

The word "we" in Hu Qi's words is used very well, which is equivalent to discovering the credit of such a warrior, at least he also has a share, as long as Xu Jiu is willing to agree to share the credit with him, he is willing to help Xu Jiu report to the top.

How could Xu Jiu not understand the meaning of his words, and immediately said: "Master Hu, thank you for your insight into heroes, why don't you go with me to see my virtuous nephew, so as to make sure that I am indeed not bragging, little old man." ”

Hu Qi immediately nodded: "Yes, yes, Brother Xu is reasonable." Then let's not waste time, let's go and see the strong man who killed a hundred horse thieves in the Western Regions now. ”

When Hu Qi saw the two moving heads of the Jingguan with his own eyes, he couldn't help but stand on the spot, it was too visually impactful!

Each camel has at least 50 human heads on its back, those human heads have been simply treated, most of them have not yet decayed, and they all look extremely vicious, and the hairstyle is the dress of a horse thief in the Western Regions, even if it is a rotten human head, it can be determined by the color of the hair that it is a person from the Western Regions.

There are at least five of them, and Hu Qi dares to conclude that they have definitely appeared on the wanted list of Suzhou Road, as if they are still big thieves and horse thieves with large bounties, and I think that other people are not cheating.

Fifty human heads, more than 400 catties, and only camels can be humped, but fifty human heads are stacked on a camel at the same time, which really looks terrifying, no wonder some timid people will flee from the wind.

Staring at the dazzling human heads in front of him, Hu Qi felt as if he smelled a smell of corpses decomposing at the tip of his nose, and he desperately suppressed the urge to gush from his stomach to his throat, not wanting to lose his temper in front of so many people.

"Vomit...... ...... vomit"

There was a sound of vomiting coming from behind, and the ten city gate guards who came with Hu Qi were usually ruthless in bullying the people, but after all, they had never been on the battlefield, let alone seen such a terrifying Jingguan.

Six or seven of the ten men vomited, and two of them, the fragile guards of the gates, had vomited so much that they were on one knee and could not get up.

Hu Qi's vomiting **, which he had finally suppressed, was directly hooked out by them, and just when he couldn't help it, he suddenly saw Xu Jiu walking over with a masked man who was not tall.

Hu Qi hurriedly calmed down, cleared his throat, forcibly suppressed the feeling of vomiting, and took two steps and said, "Brother Xu, this virtuous nephew is the hero who killed a hundred horse thieves in the Western Regions, right? ”

Li Mao couldn't accept the feeling of being grabbed by a man, so he hurriedly pulled his hand back from Hu Qi's hand, and said in a deep voice: "My lord praised it falsely, I just did my duty as a Tang man, how can I say that I am a hero." ”

Hu Qi was stunned for a moment, then immediately changed to an expression of admiration and said: "What the virtuous nephew said is reasonable! But in your eyes, a very small duty, in the eyes of us ordinary people, that is the national righteousness and national integrity, and I have to thank you for your high righteousness for the people of Dunhuang who have been harassed by horse thieves." ”

Li Mao had no choice but to say: "Thank you for your compliment! I also use the official voice of my lord to sincerely apologize to all the villagers who were disturbed today.

After speaking, Li Maoxiang made a four-way bow, and people from every direction bowed to him.

In fact, after Hu Qi's suppression, everyone was no longer as flustered as just now, plus knowing that the heads on the camel's back were the heads of horse thieves in the Western Regions who were beheaded by the Tang people, they immediately felt that the sense of fear had dropped a lot, and there were even many hot-blooded young people who felt that this masked young man who was beheaded by hundreds of people was the real good man.

Immediately, a sixty-year-old man stood up: "What is wrong with a strong man, as a Tang man, killing thieves for the country is not only not wrong, but also meritorious!"

Our Tang people attach great importance to military merits, and today this little brother has made such great achievements, and I hope that Lord Hu will report to the city lord and the garrison lord according to the truth! Thank you, old man, villagers. ”

The surrounding Tang people echoed and collectively petitioned Hu Qi.

How could Hu Qi not behave at this time, and immediately stepped forward to help the old man who bowed to the end and said: "Uncle, don't worry! I, Hu Qi, will not forget the entrustment of your old man and the villagers, and I will definitely let the heroic deeds spread throughout Suzhou Road and the entire Tang Kingdom!"