A group of prisoners are repairing the city wall of Qingfu County.
Hu Legen was extremely tired, raised his shackled hands and wiped the sweat from his head.
The whip came down immediately.
"Keep doing it!"
Hu Legen was a prisoner for the first time. He had never known that being a prisoner was so hard.
After finally making it to the evening, he looked forward to stopping and taking a rest.
Suddenly, someone kicked him in the butt and knocked him to the ground.
I turned around and saw a Song man with a hook in his hand.
Hu Legen was quite annoyed by this man, who would hook him here and there with his hook all day long.
Sure enough, the hook was hooked on his collar and lifted him up.
…
"Are you the one who can herd horses?" Jiang Fan asked.
Hu Legen didn't understand and kept begging for mercy.
"The squad leader, he is the one who knows how to herd horses." Xu Kui said.
"Then count him in."
"good."
Xu Kui didn't say much, and he took two people with Hu Legen and left until they entered a dark room.
They threw Hullgen to the ground and began to take off his clothes.
Hu Legen was frightened and kept pleading, completely forgetting that the other party could not understand Mongolian.
"Don't... don't be like this... a man from the grassland will never be insulted like this... don't..."
Soon, all his clothes were stripped off.
Hu Legen closed his eyes in despair, but the three Song people did not do anything else to him. They took the clothes, closed the door with a bang and left.
It was extremely cold in early December, and Hu Legen was locked in a dark room alone, feeling cold, scared, and shivering.
Fortunately, there was a tattered quilt in the house.
He was wrapped in quilt and his eyes widened, but he couldn't see any light. He really didn't understand what the Song people were trying to do.
…
Xu Kui put on Hu Legen's ragged clothes, covered his face, and walked a few steps in front of Jiang Fan.
"Boss, do you think I look like you?"
Jiang Fan didn't even raise his head and said: "It doesn't have to be too similar, just tell the public that a few prisoners escaped."
"Oh, I also learned a phrase in Mongolian... Mininai Renhu Legen."
"Don't say it," Jiang Fan said, "then shut your mouth tightly and don't say it."
Xu Kui scratched his head and asked, "Isn't it similar?"
"It's too damn rotten." Jiang Fan unscrewed the hook in his hand, replaced it with a single knife and screwed it on, saying: "Here, wrap my hand with a cloth."
"oh."
"Cover my face too." Jiang Fan added: "Remember, we are escaped prisoners tonight..."
~~
At the same time, at the entrance of Qingfu Restaurant, two sedan chairs slowly descended.
Zhang Yuanming led Zhang Shifei into the restaurant, and when he looked around, his brows furrowed unnoticeably.
Jiang Chun and Fang Yankai have arrived, but Li Xia has not come yet.
"Zhang Yuanwai." Jiang Chun stood up and said with a smile, "Feiyu will be here soon, I will apologize to Zhang Yuanwai."
Fang Yankai has also stood up, with a slight fake smile on his face.
Since the county promised to compensate Zhang Yuanming, as long as Li Xia makes another apology, this matter may be over... This is what they all hope.
But tonight Li Xia still had this attitude, which made them deeply worried.
Surprisingly, Zhang Yuanming was not angry. He smiled warmly and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Lieutenant Li is busy with work. Unlike me, who is idle, it is natural that he will come later. We will wait for him."
"Yes. Zhang Yuanwai is really generous. By the way, why didn't Erlang come?"
"Before going out, he suddenly felt unwell, so don't worry about him."
…
No one would let go if their food was robbed and their house was burned. Only Zhang Yuanming was magnanimous and planned to give Li Xia a chance to apologize.
Although the killer has been hired, Li Xiadao will die if he doesn't apologize.
But Zhang Yuanming planned to forgive him first at tonight's banquet.
In this way, when the person dies in a few days, there will no longer be any suspicion on the Zhang family.
I didn't expect that Shu Zi, who had the lowest official rank, dared to come the last.
Arrogant.
After waiting for a while, Li Xia finally arrived.
Jiang Chun and Fang Yankai's faces were already ugly, but the faces of the Zhang family and his son looked indifferent.
Li Xia walked into the hall, but there was some blood on his body.
"Feiyu, what are you..."
"Could it be that the Mongolian army is here again?!"
"Master, don't be alarmed." Li Xia greeted him calmly and said, "I'm late, please don't be surprised. I encountered an assassination on the road, which delayed me for a while."
"Assassination?"
"Yes, I had an enmity with the princes of the north. They must have sent someone to assassinate me."
Jiang Chun hurriedly said a few words of greetings, but Li Xia just said it didn't matter and seemed very calm.
When something like this happened, if they blamed him for being late, few people in the hall would be speechless.
Even the Zhang family father and son had to express a few words of emotion and praise Li Xia for his bravery, as if they had nothing to do with him.
After the greetings, Li Xia suddenly asked: "The second son of Yuan Zhang's wife is not here? I heard that he also wants to attend the banquet together."
"Zhuo'er is feeling unwell. It's a pity that we can't meet Lieutenant Li tonight."
"What a pity." Li Xia said, "I'm very sorry."
At this time, the atmosphere at the banquet was quite good and enjoyable.
Zhang Shifei lowered his head, thinking that it would be best if Li Xia was assassinated by the Meng people. When Chu Fu killed Li Xia in a few days, it would be just right to blame the Meng people.
It's like a scapegoat delivered to your doorstep...
The next moment, Jiang Chun asked: "Feiyu also brought five boxes. Could they be gifts?"
Zhang Yuanming stroked his beard and smiled, saying: "It must be so. No wonder Li County Lieutenant asked Zhuoer why he didn't come. It turned out that he had brought gifts based on the number of people."
"It's not a gift." Li Xia said, "You'll know when you open it and take a look...Liu Jinsuo."
"Okay."
Liu Jinsuo grinned, stepped forward with a box in his hand, and opened it.
Zhang Shifei looked around and was suddenly startled. He was so frightened that he took a few steps back.
!!
"Rangdang" the case made a loud noise when he hit it.
Zhang Shifei stared at the box, his eyes filled with horror.
Inside is... Chu Fu's head.
This ferocious ugly man was still staring, his eyes full of anger and confusion, as if he was staring at Zhang Shifei, and he was so frightened that he was covered in cold sweat.
Yesterday we were talking together at Qinxiang Teahouse, but tonight we were put in a box?
"This, this, this..."
"Haha." Liu Jinsuo laughed and said, "These are the assassins sent from the north, and I killed them all!"
No one in the hall could laugh.
Only Fang Yankai looked deeply at Li Xia.
…
A banquet suddenly became boring.
No one mentioned Li Xia's apology again.
Li Xia was able to sit there from beginning to end and concentrate on eating.
Zhang Yuanming couldn't eat it, so he sat on pins and needles for a while, then led his eldest son, who was in despair, to get up and say goodbye.
The father and son did not ride in separate sedans, but squeezed into the same sedan.
"Father, this matter..."
Zhang Shifei's face turned completely pale with fright, and he still has no color at all.
Naturally, he would not say, "The good news is that I saved two thousand guan for my father." His body was very cold.
"You trash, why don't you calm down?" Zhang Yuanming shouted in a suppressed voice, "Are you afraid that others won't see that you and Chu Fu know each other?"
"My child... my child doesn't understand. Did Chu Fu kill him in advance? Or... or he had already..."
At this point, Zhang Shifei no longer dared to say the rest of the words. Thinking about it, he felt terrible and shuddered again.
"Why are you panicking? That Zhuzi is intimidating us, which means there is still something to discuss."
Although Zhang Yuanming said this, he was already considering whether to leave Qingfu County.
He had a bad feeling in his heart...
Suddenly, several panicked shouts came from outside.
The sedan suddenly fell to the ground.
The father and son were shocked, and Zhang Shifei quickly opened the sedan curtain.
"puff!"
"puff!"
Two single-handed knives came straight at them, stabbing them to death in the sedan chair.
…
Immediately afterwards, someone opened the sedan behind and cursed.
"Ehxiute!"
~~
"Feiyu, I think the head in the box looks familiar. Was it really sent by the north to kill you?"
"The landlord thinks it's not from the north, so who could have sent it?"
Fang Yankai patted his knees and asked bluntly, "Maybe... Zhang Yuanming sent you to kill you?"
Li Xia put down the chopsticks in his hand and put on a perfunctory expression of surprise.
"Zhang Yuanwai? No, the county promised to compensate him, and I have cleared up all misunderstandings with him. How could he send someone to kill me? Impossible."
Fang Yankai said: "Let me tell you frankly, tonight, the county magistrate and I are sincerely trying to help you resolve your grudges with Zhang Yuanwai."
"There is no complaint. Zhang Yuanwai is very warm to me, and the landlord also sees it."
Jiang Chun sat at the top, looked at the two people left and right, assumed the posture of a county magistrate, and said the final word.
"Feiyu should understand that the most important thing right now is not to cause trouble."
Li Xia said: "Don't worry, magistrate, as long as the three of us work together, there will never be any trouble."
Jiang Chun felt a little relieved, stroked his beard and said, "As long as there is no trouble."
The worry in Fang Yankai's eyes became even stronger.
The next moment, a government servant ran into the hall.
"It's bad! A prisoner escaped! I happened to meet Zhang Yuanwai on the way... I killed Zhang Yuanwai and his son..."
"What?!" Jiang Chun was shocked.
Fang Yankai turned his head immediately and stared at Li Xia.
Li Xia met his gaze, her eyes calm.
After a while, Fang Yankai said with some difficulty: "What does Lieutenant Li think of this matter?"
"This was my negligence. I didn't take good care of the prisoner. I will definitely trace him as soon as possible."
"Ha." Fang Yankai exhaled slightly, sneered slightly, and frowned in thought, the expression on his face became increasingly bitter.
In the end, he stood up somewhat desolately and cupped his hands.
"The person is dead... Then please ask County Lieutenant Li to handle this matter thoroughly."
"Okay." Li Xia said, "Don't worry, the landlord will handle it thoroughly."
…
Jiang Chun still sat on his head and closed his eyes.
His three-year term is about to expire, and all he wants is two words...security.
For this reason, he came forward to calm down the conflict between Zhang Yuanming and Li Xia.
But it was too fast.
Li Xia's movements were too fast.
It was so fast that he and Fang Yankai didn't even have time to react. Zhang Yuanming was already dead.
Then there are only two choices, uncover the matter or cover it up.
What time is it now? The war in Hezhou is imminent, the county is still closed, and Li Xia is in charge of five hundred village warriors...
Thinking of this, Jiang Chun opened his eyes, looked at the five boxes still placed in the hall, and asked himself again.