This year's Laba Festival is Qin Shu's first Laba Festival after the three-year mourning period ended.

Just as it was getting dark, heavy snow began to fall from the sky again.

After a while, the ground was covered with a white layer.

Qin Shu gave leave to all the palace soldiers and officials.

She ordered people to close the door, placed dozens of tables in the open hall in the backyard, and gathered together Mo Laowu, Zhu Zhi, Qingsang, Fubao and others who had followed her over the years.

Let’s celebrate the Laba Festival together in a lively manner.

The open hall was surrounded by curtains. As the mutton pot was being smoked, steam rose from inside and it was warm like spring.

Qin Shu was happy and drank a few more glasses. A blush rose on her white jade-like face.

His eyes were misty and a little drunken, like black jade immersed in the mist of a cold spring.

There were four tables half a person's height placed around the open hall, on which were four strange-looking objects covered with red cloth.

Fu Ying picked up the wine glass, raised it to his lips but did not drink, his eyes looking around the open hall.

Mo Laowu, Wang Sheng, Zhu Zhi and Yu Qing, who were sitting in the hall, were eating but they looked distracted.

Yu Qing, who loved eating meat the most, had half a plate of mutton slices sliced ​​as thin as a cicada's wing left on the table served by the maid.

Only Fubao, as long as there is food, nothing in the world is more important than eating.

After a while, the plates on the table were higher than her head.

Qingsang sat a little further back from Qin Shu, with her usual long sword placed beside the desk.

After three rounds of drinks, a slight ding sound suddenly came from outside the courtyard.

Mo Laowu, Wang Sheng, Zhu Zhi and Yu Qing put down their chopsticks almost at the same time and looked up at Qin Shu.

Qin Shu pretended not to hear anything. She picked up the cooked mutton slices from the pot and put them into her bowl. She dipped them in the sauce and put them into her mouth gracefully.

The lamb is tender, fresh and fragrant, and the thin lamb slices are rolled in the boiling soup at just the right temperature.

The people outside arrived at the right time.

Qin Shu put down her chopsticks, picked up the handkerchief beside her and wiped the corners of her lips, then winked at the four people who were looking at her.

The surrounding curtains were instantly rolled up, revealing a man in black standing outside in the snow under a lantern.

And the cold and sharp blades in their hands.

Qin Shu smiled and said, "You all have come from afar, and it's snowy and cold, and you must have worked hard. It's better to arrive early than to arrive early. Why don't you all stay and have a mutton hotpot together?"

The leading black-clad man sneered and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Qin Shu, your death is imminent, why don't you surrender?!"

Qin Shu sighed softly and said, "On such a beautiful night, why don't you stay at home and watch the fire and eat the pot, but have to come to this town to perform monkey shows?"

"Could it be that your master has lost those carts of salt and is unwilling to pay you even your monthly salary?"

The leading black-clad man snorted coldly, "You ignorant whore, let's see if you can still be stubborn for a while!"

He swung the sword in his hand vigorously and shouted loudly: "Go!"

Before the voice fell, people were seen standing next to the four desks on the four sides of the open hall. They stretched out their hands and tore off the red cloth on the desks, and a black lump of iron was immediately revealed.

The men in black who were surrounding them looked at each other and rushed forward with their swords in hand.

There was a series of "thump thump thump" sounds, and the iron lumps spit out fire snakes. The black-clothed men who were rushing in the front were shocked and fell down one after another.

Blood-red flowers gradually spread across the snow.

Under the light of the lantern, it looks particularly charming and bright.

In the first encounter, the other side didn't even leave the open hall, and dozens of people on their side had already fallen.

The leading black-clad man immediately became alert and waved his sword, saying, "Watch out for those four black lumps. Brothers, attack together!"

Before the word "up" was uttered, there was a series of muffled sounds of "puff puff puff" as crossbow arrows pierced flesh, followed by screams, and dozens of men in black fell down again.

There were several crossbow arrows nailed to everyone's back. The crossbow arrows were so powerful that they penetrated deep into the flesh, leaving only the white feathers exposed outside.

Blood slowly overflowed from the wound, and the white arrow feathers gradually turned scarlet.

The man in black began to feel fear.

A man in black quietly approached the leader and asked in a low voice, "Boss, what should we do next?"

Qin Shu sneered and said, "What should we do? Since you are here, don't leave, all of you should stay!"

As she spoke, she lifted her cloak, picked up her gun from beside the chair, and fired a shot.

With a crisp "bang" sound, the black-clothed man who was leading the group suddenly tilted his head back and fell to the ground with a thud.

Qin Shu ordered coldly: "Kill! Don't spare any one!"

Four machine guns in four directions simultaneously spewed out tongues of fire, and the tongues of fire, carrying life-threatening bullets, pierced through the flesh and blood of the men in black.

Those who had managed to dodge the bullets and had already reached the roof were killed one by one by Dongping and his men hiding in the dark with light crossbows.

The spacious hall, which had been so cozy just a moment ago, suddenly turned into a hell of Asuras.

The man in black must have come here with a mission to be killed.

There were a large number of people, and they rushed into the yard one after another.

Even though they were unable to raise their heads due to machine gun bullets, they still rushed towards the open hall one after another.

Those who entered the open hall were beaten and killed one by one by Qin Shu and Fu Rong, one using a gun and the other using a hidden weapon.

Fubao was lying on the ground, chewing a leg of lamb in his hand.

Every time Qin Shu fired a shot, Fubao would moan with the meat in his mouth.

However, it did not prevent her from swallowing the meat in her mouth and continuing to eat.

Qin Shu was amused by her. After the shot missed, the man in black took the opportunity to rush up.

Just as he raised the knife, Fu Ying grabbed Qin Shu and kicked her on the table.

The table was kicked up into the air, spinning with the boiling mutton bone soup splashing towards the man in black.

The man in black screamed in pain from being scalded, and before he could shake off the hot soup on his body, a sharp sword pierced through his body from behind.

Qingsang drew back his sword expressionlessly, kicked the man in black to the ground, turned around and continued fighting with him.

The man in black killed for a long time, but he was still unable to get close to the open hall, let alone hurt Qin Shu.

A large number of torches were lit outside the palace, and a large number of palace soldiers and mobile soldiers surrounded them shouting.

The man in black thought that this was not good, whistled, jumped onto the wall, and fled in all directions before the palace soldiers' encirclement was closed.

Yue Yuanzhong, the commander of the palace soldiers, walked quickly to Qin Shu, bowed and said, "I am late in protecting you, please punish me, sir."

Qin Shu's eyes turned cold, then she smiled again, "It was this section that gave you the day off, so those who don't know are not guilty."

She looked around the messy courtyard and ordered, "Hang these assassins outside the walls of Jizhou City for twenty days."

"Anyone who can identify the assassin will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver. Where is the chief secretary?"

Cheng Zongwei quickly stepped out from the crowd and said, "I'm here."

Qin Shu ignored Yue Yuanzhong's instantly changed face and continued, "Draft a memorial for me and report to the emperor what happened tonight. Ask the emperor to issue an order to allow Hedong Road and Linbei Road to jointly investigate this case!"

"Then make a book of the assassin's portrait and send it to the governor of Hedong Road."

"In my Linbei Road, you actually dared to send so many assassins to break into the Jiedu Mansion to assassinate. This is simply a slap in the face of my Linbei Road!"

"Since this town came to Linbei Road, we have been reclaiming wasteland and cultivating farmland. We have never done anything against the will of heaven and earth, nor do we think we have ever offended anyone."

"They came to assassinate me for no apparent reason. It was either for power or for profit."

"Moreover, these assassins actually knew that our town had given the soldiers a day off today. It seems that the person behind this is well aware of our town's arrangements."

She smiled and looked at the governor of Jizhou who was trotting over. "What do you think, Lord Zhang?"

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