A team of horses rode through the snow and galloped through the long lonely street.
Under the guidance of Hengxiang's guards, Xia Zhaoyi reined in his horse and stopped at the intersection of the road near the government office.
"Miss Ali, this is it!" a guard called back.
The ground was in a mess, with splashes of blood everywhere. There were a large number of abandoned weapons left on the ground, as well as crossbow arrows stuck in the snow and corpses.
"We were afraid that they would turn around and come back again, so we took the wounded and left first. We couldn't take care of the bodies of our brothers for the time being," one of Mrs. Qu's guards said.
"There are not many of them, but their attack is too fierce. I have never seen such powerful crossbows!"
"Yes, they relied on crossbows to push us back! Most of our brothers died under crossbows!"
Xia Zhaoyi dismounted and pulled out a crossbow arrow with a handkerchief.
The men gathered around her, but did not dare to get too close to her.
"Miss Ali, this crossbow arrow is very sharp." A guard said.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at the direction of Wenluo on the arrow. She was no stranger to this crossbow arrow.
"Are they using two-gun crossbows?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.
"Two consecutive crossbows?" Konoe said.
Others fell into memories following her words, and someone frowned and said: "It seems that there are two consecutive shots."
"There are two consecutive shots, and there are also single shots." Another person said.
Xia Zhaoyi put away the crossbow: "You stay and clean up the scene, I'll go somewhere."
Seeing her heading towards her mount, a guard hurriedly followed: "Miss Ali, where are you going? Do you need help?"
Xia Zhaoyi thought for a moment and said, "Okay, here are four of you, follow me to Nianhua Zhai."
"Um!"
The horse turned around and headed south.
The wind and snow were getting stronger and stronger. When the horse was galloping, the strong wind blew in the face, which was as cold and painful as a knife.
Xia Zhaoyi took the lead, and Kuangwei and the other four had to work hard to catch up.
With a sweet shout from the girl, the galloping horse stood up. The heavy snow kicked up by the horse's hooves was blown by the wind. The four people behind them hurriedly reined in their horses. While steadying their horses, they looked towards the brand new mansion on the right.
go.
Xia Zhaoyi dismounted his horse neatly and landed on the snow. He turned around and said, "I'll go in and open the door first, while one of you leaves to look after the horse."
"yes!"
The lintel of the door, which was more than ten feet high, was still intact. The girl was as light as a swallow. She stepped on the high wall and jumped up. She turned over the corrugations lightly and jumped over.
The door was opened from the inside, and the guards rushed over. No one was inside the door.
Xia Zhaoyi, who was acting vigorously and resolutely, rushed straight into the main hall. The servants who heard the noise along the way saw the strange girl and hurriedly stepped forward to ask who it was.
The lights were on in the main hall, but there was no one there.
Several servants rushed to call the chief, while more servants rushed over with sticks.
"Step aside!"
"roll!"
The guards of the Imperial Guard and the guards of Hengxiang House strode over, shouting as they walked.
Normally, Hengxiang is not a good person, but four people just shouted with the momentum of a hundred people.
"Who are you? How dare you break into a private house!" The housekeeper pushed aside the crowd and stepped forward angrily.
The girl stood in the lobby with her back to everyone, holding a long crossbow arrow in her left hand behind her back. The light from the ceiling fell on her slim figure, and also illuminated the bloody arrow of the crossbow arrow, which was bright.
sharp.
The guard stepped forward to stop the steward, who asked him to report to the official. The guard who came shouted: "There is no need to report to the official, I am the enemy of the captain!"
"You, you bully the people as officials and prey on the common people!!"
Xia Zhaoyi's eyes looked at the decoration of the room, including tables and chairs, lamps, tea cups, hanging calligraphy and paintings, and exquisitely crafted ornaments. They were all spotless, brand new and exquisite.
Footsteps came from behind: "Who is it?"
Xia Zhaoyi narrowed his eyes, then finally heard some movement and turned around.
Fan Zhuyi frowned, looking at the graceful young girl who turned around gracefully, and after seeing her smart eyebrows, a huge and majestic emotion suddenly spread in Fan Zhuyi's heart.
He couldn't tell what kind of emotion it was specifically, it was mixed with familiarity, ancientness, fear, shock... These mysterious and inexplicable feelings were mixed together, coming full and concrete, surging and hot.
Calmly clenching his fists, Fan Zhuyi lowered his voice and asked again: "Who is it?"
"Li Ling, Ah Li." Xia Zhaoyi said calmly, while looking at the old man in front of him.
In Xia Zhaoyi's last life and this life, he has lived for a total of twenty years. It can be said that the people he dealt with the most were such frail old men with immortal demeanor.
The old man in front of him has deep eyes and slender cheeks, a white beard and white eyebrows, the corners of his mouth are slightly sunken, and his extremely stern eyebrows are like those of an old-school official. His expression is not angry but powerful, and there are very deep wrinkles between his eyebrows, which shows that he is prone to frowning.
Without some real materials, we cannot support this majesty.
"It turns out to be the famous Miss Ali," Fan Zhuyi stepped forward and said in a cold voice, "Why, why are you visiting me late at night?"
"Are you Qingzhou Saint, Fan Zhuyi?"
"It's just old age."
"Where's Ji Hong?"
"Are you looking for Ji Hong?"
Xia Zhaoyi raised his hand, and the crossbow arrow fell in front of Fan Zhuyi.
"Lin Qingfeng was captured by those people. Can Ji Hong save this apprentice?"
Fan Zhuyi didn't recognize the arrow, but Fan Zhuyi could quickly think of "those people" the girl mentioned.
"Those people," Fan Zhuyi said, "where did they capture Lin Qingfeng?"
"Old sir!" A follower came over at this time, "Mr. Ji Hong has run away!"
Xia Zhaoyi looked at his entourage.
Fan Zhuyi was furious: "This bastard!"
"He asked me who broke in, whether he was serious or not, and what his body and temperament were. I told him the truth, and he ran away immediately!"
"You don't have to go into such detail!" Fan Zhuyi said angrily.
From the first word "ran away", Fan Zhuyi knew the reason immediately.
His junior brother was definitely the reincarnation of a thousand-year-old fox. Regardless of whether he had confirmed whether the person coming was Ah Li, he just ran away first as a sign of respect.
"It seems that I really don't want this apprentice anymore." Xia Zhaoyi said.
Fan Zhuyi thought for a moment and looked back at Xia Zhaoyi.
"Miss Ali," Fan Zhuyi said in a deep voice, "I'll let you do whatever you want."
"No need," Xia Zhaoyi looked at him, "Just tell me what you know about 'those people'."
The girl's eyes were dark and bright, and she spoke in an overly calm and dignified manner. Fan Zhuyi secretly sighed that she was from Liling.
"No," Fan Zhuyi said, "If you want to know what I know, the condition is that I must go with you."
Xia Zhaoyi raised his eyebrows slightly: "You want to go with us?"
"yes."
"I also say 'no', Mr. Fan, I'm not here to ask you to tell me, I'm here to ask you to tell me."
Fan Zhuyi's lips showed sarcasm: "Miss Ah Li is such a domineering person?"
"It depends on who is right," Xia Zhaoyi said calmly, "Your sect has been cheating and cheating in the world over the years, and has done everything, and has interacted with me many times. When Mr. Fan set fire to Qingmeiling, he burned the body of my eldest sister.
Burned to a handful of withered ashes. Is it your master's turn to set this fire? If so, do you still want me to treat you well?"
