Seeing Ding Xihou dragging Zhu Gaoxu into the back hall, Liu Rufeng couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, would not move unless it was absolutely necessary.
Not to mention Dongchang couldn't touch him, even Dingxihou couldn't touch him.
It's one thing if the prince is injured, it's another thing if the prince dies.
If the emperor started investigating because of this, he would have tried his best to clear up the trouble for Xiao Chen. If Zhu Gaoxu died because of this, the disaster it would bring to Xiao Chen and Dongchang would be unimaginable.
But at this time, the more I show that I care about Zhu Gaoxu, the more successful Ding Xihou will be.
"If a dog bites a dog, you can do it. If you kill him, I won't have to do it." Liu Rufeng snorted coldly and did not flinch after his death. Instead, he followed closely.
Ding Xihou couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Does the other party really not care about Zhu Gaoxu's safety at all?
impossible.
Ding Xihou came to this conclusion.
The people in Dongchang only want their own lives, and Zhu Gaoxu and the others will never move easily.
His eyes widened, and he used a little more force on the saber in his hand.
This caused the blood on Zhu Gaoxu's neck to slowly flow down a few drops along the blade.
"Stop pretending." Ding Xihou roared: "You people from Dongchang just want my life. Zhu Gaoxu, you must not dare to kill him. Stop, take another step forward, and I will let his head fall to the ground."
"I told you, I don't need to take action if you kill him." After saying that, Liu Rufeng no longer paid attention to Ding Xihou, but looked at Zhu Gaoxu, who had a knife on his neck and looked pale.
"Zhu Gaoxu, you have done many evil things. You took my eldest brother out of the prison in Le'an Prefecture, tied him to a big willow tree in the courtyard of the Han Palace, and beat him to death. Now you are going to be buried with him." As he said that, he put away the saber in his hand and
Gritting his teeth, the anger in his eyes seemed to burn Zhu Gaoxu alive.
Zhu Gaoxu's neck was so strangled that he could hardly breathe. He stared and tried to squeeze out a few words: "You are not from Dongchang? Who is your elder brother?"
"Who is my eldest brother? Will you know if I tell you? How many prisoners in Le'an Prefecture did you beat to death in the Han Dynasty Palace? Although I can't kill you with my own hands, I can watch your men kill you.
My heart felt even more joyful. Dongchang, what the hell is Dongchang? I am too lazy to be a lackey for the imperial court. Hahaha..." Liu Rufeng raised his head and laughed.
Zhu Gaoxu's face turned pale and he slowly closed his eyes.
In the trap he had carefully laid, not only was the person waiting for him not from Dongchang, but he was actually the brother of the person he usually tortured to death.
Perhaps, this is self-inflicted.
Ding Xihou, on the other hand, stared at Liu Rufeng, a little doubtful of his words.
"Are you really not from Dongchang?"
"Nonsense. Dongchang is the lackey of the imperial court. Even if they come, they will definitely not be alone. If I really belong to Dongchang, I will lead people to kill everyone in the palace, even in the middle of the night.
Came here to kill someone secretly?"
"So, this brother is really looking for revenge on Zhu Gaoxu?"
"Don't talk nonsense. The guards who were chasing me just now should be back soon. If you want to kill him, do it quickly. As long as I watch him die, I will avenge my elder brother." Liu Rufeng turned around with an anxious face.
, and looked outside the hall door.
"You said that the people in Dongchang are lackeys of the imperial court?" Dingxihou asked again.
"Isn't it? Zhu Yuanzhang killed the hero, and Zhu Di won the throne from his nephew. Dongchang is an organization directly under Zhu Di. Isn't it a lackey of the imperial court?"
Hearing what the other party said, the saber held by Dingxihou around Zhu Gaoxu's neck relaxed a little.
He currently has nowhere to go. Not only is the opponent highly skilled in martial arts, but he also seems extremely dissatisfied with the imperial court. If he can win him over, he will not only have a place to hide, but also have a right-hand man.
"Although I have had issues with Zhu Gaoxu, for you, brother, Zhu Gaoxu is your brother-killing enemy. It would be a great regret if you broke in in the middle of the night and couldn't kill him personally. I will hand him over.
I'll leave it to you."
With that said, Ding Xihou put down the sword in his hand, pushed Zhu Gaoxu behind him with his palm, and pushed him towards Liu Rufeng.
"Thieves, please accept your fate."
Liu Rufeng shouted loudly, and with a sharp cold air, the saber in his hand went straight towards Zhu Gaoxu and stabbed him.
Zhu Gaoxu listened clearly to the conversation between the two.
Without even opening his eyes, he waited for Liu Rufeng to send him on his way.
However, as the blade passed against his body, he didn't even feel a trace of pain all over his body.
"Ah, you, you..." Ding Xihou's scream came from behind.
Zhu Gaoxu's eyes suddenly opened and he turned around suddenly.
Behind him, Liu Rufeng's saber stabbed deeply into Ding Xihou's chest.
Rotate your right hand hard and move backward.
A still-beating, bloody heart was held on the blade by Liu Rufeng.
Zhu Gaoxu was shocked.
Today, the changes in things are too incredible.
"Wolf heart and dog lung." Liu Rufeng waved the saber in his hand, and Ding Xihou's heart was thrown out of the hall.
Ding Xihou himself seemed unwilling to believe all this. He lowered his head and glanced at the transparent hole on his chest. A stream of blood overflowed from his mouth. He fell straight to the ground and stopped breathing.
Without even looking at Zhu Gaoxu, Liu Rufeng rushed out of the hall in a few steps, jumped onto the roof, and disappeared into the hazy moonlight with a few ups and downs.
Three days later.
In Shanmen Town, Qingshuizi County, not only were all the caravan members massacred, but not one of their family members survived.
Looking at the mountains of finances piled up in the yard, Xiao Chen felt extremely disappointed.
Just as he expected, there was no sign of Dingxihou at the caravan station.
The information from Du Shaoqin of Gongchang Mansion also yielded nothing.
Holding a wine jar in his hand, Xiao Chen found a cool shade and sat down.
Most of the soju in the jar had been drunk, but he had no intention of stopping.
A woman deceived herself with a few words and allowed Ding Xihou to escape.
Is it because I am too kind, or is it that after learning about my life experience, I started to become a little kinder?
Growing up alone, he saw justice and motherly love from Mrs. Wang?
Only then did the tight string in his heart suddenly relax, and he chose to believe her, which led to such a big mistake?
"Why did you drink again?" Duan Tianming muttered as he walked over from a distance.
Standing in front of Xiao Chen, holding a letter in his hand.
"It's for the factory owner."
"Open it and take a look." Without looking at Duan Tianming, Xiao Chen picked up the wine jar and drank a few more gulps.
"It says on it that you are required to sign it personally. You should read it yourself." Duan Tianming shook the letter in his hand vigorously in front of Xiao Chen.
Putting down the wine jar "reluctantly", Xiao Chen took the letter handed over by Duan Tianming and slowly opened it.
There are only a few strokes on the whole piece of paper: "The Marquis of Dingxi has been executed in the Han Palace in Le'an Prefecture, please don't read it."
Looking at the letter, Xiao Chen couldn't say a word.
I made such a serious and low-level mistake, and the factory owner arranged for people to eliminate the trouble without even a word of blame?
Xiao Chen knew how much trouble it would take to remove Dingxihou from the Han Dynasty.
Now that Marquis Dingxi had fled to the Han Dynasty Palace, Xiao Chen knew clearly how many manpower the factory owner had mobilized in order to prevent the Han Dynasty from sending the news to the capital.
Xiao Chen knew the sacrifice behind a seemingly simple sentence.
"Inform Du Shaoqin that the investigation in Gongchang has been stopped. Leave enough food money for Xiao Lizi to build water conservancy projects, and escort everything else back to Beijing." Xiao Chen stuffed the letter into his arms and said softly.
"Are we going back to Beijing?"
"Well, the disaster relief is over. I'll leave the rest to Gongchang Mansion. It's been more than a month since I left. It's time to go back and resume my duties."
Xiao Chen patted the dust on his butt and stood up.
"How should we deal with the two officials from the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province in Gongchang Mansion?"
"All prisoners will be escorted to the capital." Xiao Chen said.
"As for the Shaanxi Chief Secretary's responsibility, should we continue to investigate him?" Duan Tianming asked again, looking at Xiao Chen.
For some reason, he felt that Xiao Chen's mood was very abnormal, but he couldn't tell what was abnormal.
"The Ministry of Punishment and the Supervisory Office will pursue the case, so we will leave it alone. The Emperor must be waiting for all the evidence of rebellion by Ding Xihou. This case is what we want to report to the Emperor."
Turning around, Xiao Chen walked towards the room.
The slender figure looked extremely lonely at this moment.
