"Ling'er, what happened to Fang Zian? Did you help to dissuade them? I asked you to stop them from entering Xinghua Lane in Sanyuanfang, did you do it?" The first time I saw Ling'er.

, Qin Xiqing immediately issued a series of questions.

Ling'er's long hair was wet, and her body was also wet. Perhaps because she was in a hurry to get back, her face was a little pale, and she was even a little breathless.

"Girl, Ling'er was negligent. Ling'er failed to stop those people from entering Xinghua Lane. At that time... it was raining heavily and it was dark. I didn't see those people go in. It's my fault, girl, please punish me.

." Ling'er whispered.

"You disappoint me, Ling'er. I entrust you with such an important matter, is this how you handle it? That's all, tell me what's going on now?" Qin Xiqing said anxiously.

"Girl, I tried my best. I stared at Sanyuanfang for two days and two nights without closing my eyes. It was very hard. Even if I was negligent, the girl didn't even say a word of comfort and said she was disappointed in me. In your heart,

Is Fang Zian so important? Ling'er is nothing in your eyes, right?" Ling'er did not answer Qin Xiqing's words, but complained angrily.

Qin Xiqing's eyes became sharp and she said coldly: "Ling'er, don't forget your identity. I treat you as my own sister, but that doesn't mean you can indulge yourself in this way. If I want you to do something, you can

If you don't do it properly, I will rebuke you. You don't reflect on your dereliction of duty, but you complain for no reason, which is unreasonable. If you feel aggrieved, you don't need to follow me anymore. The prince's house is short of manpower.

The prince has asked me for you several times. Tomorrow I will order someone to report to the prince and send you to his house, so you don’t have to endure my bad temper anymore, okay?"

After hearing this, Ling'er burst into tears and slowly knelt down and said: "The girl saved Ling'er's life. I have already sworn to serve the girl all my life. If the girl wants to drive Ling'er away, Ling'er will only die. The girl is still there.

It's better to kill me with your own hands."

Qin Xiqing frowned and looked at Ling'er, sighed and said: "How could I kill you? I don't want you to leave me, but don't play with your little temper. Fang Zian is Fang Zian, you are you. You are what I regard

If my sister's most trusted person is Fang Zian, I value him. Don't be hostile to him. Don't think I can't tell that something is wrong with you recently."

"As long as the girl doesn't drive me away, Ling'er won't dare to show any temper anymore." Ling'er whispered.

"That's all, just pretend I didn't say what I just said. Why don't you tell me what's going on? Are you trying to kill me?" Qin Xiqing said, chopping her feet.

Ling'er hurriedly wiped her tears and said in a deep voice: "Fang Zian killed someone. Ten went in, nine didn't come out, and only one escaped. He was so ruthless. After I realized the omission, I hurriedly went to check it out in less than half a month.

During the time of adding incense, he had already taken care of all the nine people who broke into his courtyard. Moreover, he showed no mercy at all. Seven of them were killed by him on the spot, and the other two were caught in a trap and fell into a coma, but he stabbed them

Everyone was killed. The one outside the door fled on the spot."

Qin Xiqing felt a chill in her heart. Although the words in Ling'er's mouth were basically consistent with the conversation she overheard between Qin Tan and his men. Nine out of ten people sent by Qin Tan died. This is probably a fact. Fang Zian was surprised by

While his martial arts skills were high, Qin Xiqing also realized that this matter was in trouble, a big trouble. If Fang Zian really killed someone, it would be an extremely difficult and terrible thing.

"Did you help him dispose of the body? Why didn't you stay there to help him clean up the body?" Qin Xiqing said.

There was an imperceptible gloom on Ling'er's face, but she said in a respectful voice: "I wanted to do that, but... But Fang Zian didn't seem to have any idea of ​​disposing of the body. He simply tidied it up and went out.

And... he went to find the officers and soldiers of the city patrol camp at the street corner. It was when Ling'er saw him doing this that he hurried back to report the news, because I was no longer needed there. He seemed to want to surrender.

.”

"What? He went to the patrol officers and surrendered himself? What was he doing? Why was he doing this?" Qin Xiqing was shocked and confused.

"Perhaps I felt that after killing so many people, I could no longer hide it and could not escape from the city, so I simply surrendered. It was probably a helpless act. At that time, the sound of fighting was uncontrollable, and the people around were already alarmed. This incident

I can't hide it. Besides, the girl asked me to help him hide the corpses, but that's impossible. With so many corpses, where can they hide them? How can they be hidden?" Ling'er said softly.

Qin Xiqing frowned and paced, slowly shook his head and said: "Impossible, it is absolutely impossible for him to surrender because of this. He killed seven people, what's the use of surrendering? Isn't it a capital crime? If it is a capital crime, why should he surrender? With his

He can choose to hide himself, he can do it. Then why does he go to the patrol officers and soldiers? Why? "

Ling'er also frowned and watched Qin Xiqing walking back and forth, and said in a deep voice: "Girl, what we have to consider now is not why Fang Zian did this, but whether he will be detrimental to us if he is captured. Fang Zian doesn't listen.

Discouraging and being willful, he brought all this on himself. What I'm worried about is that he will reveal his relationship with the girl and get us into trouble."

Qin Xiqing stopped and said angrily: "Shut up, do you know what you are talking about?"

Ling'er said hurriedly: "Ling'er is wrong. I'm afraid Ling'er is thinking wrongly. At this time, we have to think about how to help Fang Zian out of trouble."

Qin Xiqing said coldly: "You'd better think carefully. Your words and actions now are very dangerous and strange. If you do it again, I will never forgive you."

Ling'er lowered her head and said, "Yes, I don't dare to do it anymore."

Qin Xiqing snorted,

Turning her head and thinking quietly for a moment, she suddenly nodded slightly and said: "I understand, Fang Zidian has his own ideas. He is definitely not a patrol officer to surrender, he is here to escape. Yes.

, It must be so. He must have a plan to escape. Ling'er, you go to investigate again immediately. Qin Tan has brought people there. I want to know the direction of the matter. If we need our assistance, I will provide help at any time. But

We must not be smart, maybe he...he has already thought of everything."

Ling'er stared at Qin Xiqing in a daze, Qin Xiqing said in a deep voice: "What are you still doing? Go quickly."

Ling'er stamped her feet, turned around and walked away, throwing out a mist of water from her long hair, making the candlelight on the table jump and crackle.

…

The lights flickered in the military patrol shop at the intersection of Sanyuanfang South Street. A group of night patrol soldiers patrolling the northwest city were returning here from their rotation to have a rest, drink tea and chat. Suddenly, a shrill, hoarse cry came from outside.

"Help! Help!"

"What's going on?" The leading captain jumped up and rushed out of the door in two or three steps, followed by the other soldiers.

On the street not far away, a figure staggered over, falling down on the muddy street from time to time.

"Dazhu, go take a look." The leading captain shouted with a frown.

A soldier accepted the promise, drew his sword in his hand, and hurried over to meet him. Soon after, he dragged the man to the front. The light illuminated the man's body, and everyone was startled. Only the man's shirt was visible.

It was tattered and muddy, the hair was messy and full of mud, the eyes were bruised and swollen, and there was blood on the bare arms. The whole person seemed to have been pushed into the mud and beaten.

"Who are you and what happened?" the leading captain shouted sternly.

"Master Jun, help me. I'm down here in Zian. I live in the Xinghua Lane alley in front of me. Bandits have entered my house... my house has entered. They started fighting. I was almost killed by them. Help, help."

." The man cried with a sad face.

"What? Bandits? What nonsense are you talking about? Where did the bandits come from in the city?" the captain shouted with a frown.

"It's true. Do I dare to talk nonsense like this? They are still in my house. If you don't believe me, go and take a look. Oh my god, under the emperor's feet, in broad daylight, there are actually such ferocious bandits invading

The private house almost killed me." Fang Zian sat on the dirt and yelled.

"Wu Lieutenant, whether it's true or not, we have to go and take a look. This is our patrol area, and it's our responsibility if bandits appear. Whether what this guy says is true or false, you can tell at a glance." A soldier whispered.

said.

Captain Wu nodded and said, "Brothers, go take a look at the guy. Dazhu, take this guy and lead the way."

More than 20 soldiers patrolling the city soon arrived at Xinghua Lane. When they approached the Fang family courtyard, Fang Zian said with a sad face: "You have to be careful, those people are very vicious and kill without blinking an eye."

The soldiers were a little frightened by what he said, so they drew their swords and approached quietly. When they approached the entrance of the courtyard, they shouted and rushed in together. A moment later, their horrified shouts were heard.

When the lights came on, Lieutenant Wu and the soldiers looked at the corpses lying in the yard and in the house with horrified faces. They were all dumbfounded. The man named Fang Zian was right, this was a large-scale fire fight.

At the scene, these corpses were killed with various weapons, including throwing knives, crossbow arrows, and some even cut themselves in the face. The death patterns were numerous, frightening and confusing. Although some of them were dead, they still maintained mutual respect.

The slashing posture really looks like a fight to death.

"Captain Wu, there are nine bodies in total, all dead." The inspecting soldier reported in a low voice.

Lieutenant Wu's scalp was numb. There was such a big case in his jurisdiction, so many people died all at once, and he didn't even know about it. I'm afraid this matter will bring trouble to him.

"Where's that Fang Zian? Bring him for questioning." Captain Wu said in a deep voice.

Fang Zian, who was covered in mud and water, quickly came to Captain Wu and said to himself: "Oh my God, so many people have died, how can this be good? Why are they fighting here? It's over now

, what kind of bad luck did I have?"

"Don't talk nonsense, Fang Zian, let me ask you, who are these people? How many are there? How did they appear in your home? How did you escape? Answer honestly. If you have anything to hide, you will never do it.

Qingrao." Lieutenant Wu asked in a rapid-fire manner.

"How did I know who they were? It was raining today during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I had to drink a few glasses of wine at home, and then went to bed. Unexpectedly, I heard a commotion in the yard in the middle of the night. I was just about to

When I got up to check the situation, someone rushed into the room and dragged me to the yard. I was frightened to death. Those people asked me how to get to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but how could I know. They beat me and almost killed me.

Then they tied me up and hung me upside down from a tree, and said they would kill me soon. I was scared to death... There were many of them, maybe ten or twenty, and I couldn't see clearly. I was too scared."

Fang Zian shouted.

"Wait a minute, you mean, these people are asking you about the location of the Prime Minister's Office? Which Prime Minister's Office?" Captain Wu interrupted in a deep voice.

Fang Zian shouted: "How do I know which Prime Minister's Mansion it is? I was almost scared to death. These people were murmuring over there, saying that they must confiscate the Getian Pavilion of the Prime Minister's Mansion because there are so many gold and silver treasures in it.

It was very loud. As they were talking, they started quarreling without knowing why. They started quarreling about "three to seven, four to six". Then one person punched the other person's face to pieces, and then they

Then they started killing each other randomly. Knives were flying, and there were bows and arrows. Anyway, I thought

I couldn't survive. Two people were slashing at each other with knives, and they were killing each other next to me. One of them cut off the rope tied to the tree, and I fell down. They were killing each other so hard that they couldn't take care of it.

When it came to me, I secretly untied the rope tied to my feet, climbed out the door and ran away while they were fighting. I had no idea what happened next. Master, are they all dead or have they escaped?

Already?"

Captain Wu shouted: "You ask me, who am I asking? Fang Zian, what do you do? Why do you live alone? Is there no one at home?"

Fang Zian said hurriedly: "I am a scholar, a student of Qixia Academy. I just took the Qiuwei exam a few days ago. I still have a bright future, but I almost died in the hands of these thieves. God bless me, I'm lucky.

Escaped."

"Oh? Are you a student studying for the exam? Did you participate in this year's exam?" Colonel Wu said in surprise.

"Yes, my parents are both dead and I know nothing but reading." Fang Zian said.

"Wu Xiaowei, he should really be a scholar. There is a big bookshelf in his room, full of books." Someone next to him whispered.

Captain Wu nodded slightly and said: "That's disrespectful. But what you said seems to me incomplete and untrue? Why do I feel something is wrong? Why did this group of people come to your small courtyard?

Come?"

"Master Jun, I can't answer your question. You should ask these people why they came to my yard. I didn't provoke anyone." Fang Zian said aggrievedly.

Colonel Wu was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to deal with the situation in front of him. A soldier whispered: "Colonel Wu, why don't we search the bodies of these people, maybe we can know their identities."

Lieutenant Wu suddenly said: "Yes, search them and see what we can find."

The soldiers worked together and began to search the corpse. Soon after, someone found a bloody stainless steel finger tiger on the palm of one of the deceased. This proved that Fang Zian's confession that one person punched the other person's

The face was shattered. The cause of death of the dead body with half of its face sunken was revealed.

Soon after, the soldiers made an important discovery. They found a wrinkled map in the clothes of a bearded deceased. The map had jumbled lines, like a large house. Below it was written

One line of words: Map of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"It's a map of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Damn it, the target of this group is the Prime Minister Qin's Mansion. Look, Lieutenant Wu, there is a red dot in the back garden with the name 'Getian Pavilion' written on it. Oh my god,

This group of people is really going to break into the Prime Minister's Mansion." A soldier shouted.

Captain Wu was shocked when he heard this. Fang Zian, who was standing beside him, secretly smiled with relief.

Another soldier suddenly whispered: "Lieutenant Wu, congratulations, you solved a big case, what a great achievement."

Colonel Wu said in astonishment: "Congratulations for what? Why didn't I understand what you said?"

"Congratulations to Lieutenant Wu for foiling the conspiracy of the bandits who wanted to infiltrate the Prime Minister's Mansion. Isn't this a great achievement?"

Colonel Wu was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed and said: "Oh, it's true."

With the facts in front of him, Fang Zian's narration, and some genius imagination, Captain Wu quickly outlined the entire incident in his mind.

This group of unknown thieves were so bold that they took the idea of ​​Prime Minister Qin Hui's Mansion, intending to sneak into the Prime Minister's Mansion to steal. They gathered here in Xinghua Lane to discuss, because Xinghua Lane in Sanyuanfang is very remote and easy to hide. But it may be

Because of the uneven distribution of the stolen goods, or for other reasons, the bandits started fighting among themselves. One of them killed another person with a fist covered with a finger, triggering a fight with each other. In the end, nine bandits died in a fierce fight.

On the occasion, they discovered that the officers and soldiers had arrived, and the bandits immediately fled without knowing where to go.

Colonel Wu told the story he had sorted out, and all the soldiers nodded and agreed that it must be so. Some soldiers ran to the high wall in the dead end of the alley to check, and surprisingly found many climbing footprints and blood stains. This was even more proof.

The remaining robbers escaped by climbing on the wall in the dead end of the alley.

Lieutenant Wu couldn't help being happy. He thought it was a trouble before, but now it seems that it is a achievement. The corpses of the nine bandits in front of him are the trophies. He only needs to ventilate with his brothers to kill them.

This incident was reported to the superior: I led my brothers to encounter unidentified bandits, so I forced them into the small courtyard to fight, killing nine bandits, and the rest escaped. This is not a great achievement.

What is it? As for Fang Zian's confession, it can be regarded as nothing.

Just as Colonel Wu was making calculations, there were clattering footsteps and noises in the alley. Everyone was startled and rushed out of the courtyard with their weapons to check. They saw dozens of figures heading straight towards the small courtyard.

.

"Damn it, are they really bandits? Did you kill them? You are too courageous." Captain Wu cursed angrily.

But soon, they knew who the visitor was. Qin Tan rushed here with twenty or thirty men and announced his name from a distance.

"Young Master Qin, why are you bringing these people here in the middle of the night?" Wu Xiaoweihu asked after learning the identity of the visitor.

Qin Tan said coldly: "I was just passing by here with my entourage. I heard someone reported that there was a fight here, so I took my companions to check if there were any lawless people. Unexpectedly, you all arrived first.

Can anyone tell me what happened?"
Chapter completed!