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Pei Hao sat blankly facing the paperwork on the case for a long time. The tea in his hand had long since gone cold, but he didn't know anything about it. It wasn't until the sky was getting dark and the waiter came in to light up the room that he seemed to come back to his senses and sighed. One sound.

This kid Qi Xiao surprised Pei Hao so much, he didn't look like a prince at all, but he looked very much like His Majesty, but every time Pei Hao thought about it, he would find that Qi Xiao was not at all like his father.

He is like a wild horse, a proud eagle, and a wolf howling in the forest. He doesn't care about the balance of the court, nor does he care about the hypocrisy of dignity. He stares at his prey calmly and ferociously, like a beast that can swallow demons. , but Pei Hao didn't know if he didn't care about rules...

When Qi Xiao asked Pei Hao what he was insisting on, Pei Hao said without hesitation, "Therefore, those who are governed by laws and regulations should not use deceit by chance", this is the righteous way in Pei Hao's heart.

But Qi Xiao did not reveal his original intention to Pei Hao.

For the right?For profit?If he can't please His Majesty, is he going to seek his own death?

What is the Tao in Qi Xiao's heart?

If the way is different, then you should not conspire with it.

But apart from Qi Xiao, will anyone else pursue Luo Yu's case?there is none left.

Pei Hao was determined to anger His Majesty after the investigation of this case. He had already foreseen the ending of being dismissed from office at the slightest, and at the worst, the death penalty.

But Qi Xiao said that since he was the one to investigate the case, he could actually use him. When the murderer was brought to justice and the truth of the case came to light, Pei Hao only had to speak up.

His Majesty's anger, Qi Xiao came to bear.

Qi Xiao said, please save his life.

Pei Hao sighed heavily, and couldn't help laughing wryly, it was clearly Qi Xiao who was protecting him!He is so old that he wants a boy to protect him? !

Before I knew it, the night was completely dark.

Pei Hao finally stepped out of the wing room, his whole body shivered by the cold night wind, it was almost time, he should go out and drink a pot of wine.

The busy people in Dali Temple have been on their backs recently, and the Mid-Autumn Festival has not been well celebrated. Other yamen have Mid-Autumn Festival banquets, but Dali Temple does not have it this year. He is an old-fashioned person, and he never likes banquets. Now that Pei Hao, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, is in charge of the house, the people below dare not mention it.

Pei Hao walked around the Dali Temple, and sure enough, most of his colleagues were still busy. If he didn't leave, others would not dare to leave too early.

"Call everyone up, let's get together too."

When Pei Hao said this, everyone stared at him with wide eyes, and everyone was so shocked that they couldn't speak.

Pei Hao sighed: "Let's go, let's go, come at night if you have nothing to do, the moon is sixteen round on the fifteenth day, let's make up for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and toast Lao Luo by the way."

……drink wine? !Pei Hao said to invite colleagues to drink? !

"Clap."

I don't know who accidentally dropped the pen.

"Okay, Mr. Pei's treat, how can we refuse it? Let's go, pack up, and leave now."

So like this, a dozen or so adults hula-la came out of Dali Temple and went to Dongshi.

The East City was still as lively as ever, but it was much cleaner than yesterday.

Although there are many restaurants in Dongshi, there are not many places where more than a dozen adults in Dali Temple can eat and drink freely. Pei Hao doesn't understand these, so he just follows, and he walks into Yongxing Lane. Qi Xiao said that he only needs to choose the one facing the street. The location is fine.

How hard can it be for the adults of Dali Temple to get a location facing the street?There was no need for Pei Hao to speak, he glanced at the place facing the street and the window, and the shopkeeper naturally understood, hurriedly greeted them and sent them to the table.

Pei Hao sat by the window and sighed slightly.

"Master Pei, come, let us colleagues offer a cup to Mr. Pei first."

……

Just at that time, Pei Hao, a person who never drank, reluctantly had two glasses of wine, and he felt dizzy, so he leaned against the bed to rest. When you are sad, you are even more sad.

There were fewer pedestrians on the street, but more people drank too much and staggered away.

"Boom!" A sound came from the end of the alley, Pei Hao was startled, and hurriedly looked through the window, no one or anything could be seen in the darkness.

The dancing and music in the restaurant couldn't stop, but some people heard the noise, and they all looked around, but they didn't see anything, they were wondering, suddenly heard another noise, and then a series of noises one after another.

The singing and dancing stopped.

While everyone was in a daze, the noise became more and more clear, and there was actually the clanging sound of swords touching each other.

"It's up!"

"Murder!"

There is a nursing home in the restaurant, and the shopkeeper hurriedly sent two people to look at it. If there is anything wrong, report it to the official!

Pei Hao stood up and leaned half his body out of the window to look around. Others came to watch one after another. There were not a few of them who joined in the fun. Many colleagues from Dali Temple also took the seats by the window to look around vigorously.

Soon they saw two people fighting in the long alley, they couldn't tell what they looked like, but the gleaming white light of the weapons in their hands was very clear.

"Wow!" Suddenly a knife slashed down, almost right in front of my eyes!

It turned out that there were not two people, but another person came after him at the end of the alley.

The three of them entangled and hit each other, getting closer and closer to the restaurant.

Some people knew they were afraid, and hurriedly ran away, not daring to look any more. Some people reached out to close the window, but they were slammed open by a brute force, and the window was broken.

"what!!!"

"Murder!!"

There was a sudden chaos in the restaurant.

Even the adults in Dali Temple have never seen such a scene.

In the capital of Yuan Dynasty, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dali Siqing was assassinated first, followed by killing people in the street? !

A bolt of thunder exploded in Pei Hao's mind, is this what Qi Xiao asked him to wait in Yongxing Lane? !But even though Pei Hao is the Minister of Dali Temple, he passed the exam to become an official of Liberal Arts, and the people drinking here today are all civil servants of Dali Temple, Qi Xiao didn't say to ask him to bring troops here!Just let him watch like this?What if innocent people are accidentally injured?

Qi Xiao! !This little bastard! !What kind of heart is there!

"Blood!! Ahhhh!"

"Here we come, the Capital Protectorate is here!"

"Get out of the way!"

As soon as Pei Hao turned his head, he saw the soldiers from the Capital Protectorate's Mansion rushing in. The guests in the restaurant had already hid in the corners. With agility, he turned around and wanted to jump to the second floor when he heard someone calling for the Gyeonggi Protectorate just now.

As soon as the government soldiers surrounded him, he dodged them with a single knife, and escaped to the second floor.

The soldiers of the Gyeonggi Protectorate first surrounded the two people in front of them, and then divided some of them to chase the swordsman.

For a moment, there was silence in the restaurant.

"Master Pei? Sir Shao? Why are you all here?" The leader of the army is the general next to Cao Weishan. His surname is Feng Mingkai. All the adults in the Yuan capital are acquaintances, so they naturally recognize them.

"Isn't this Mid-Autumn Festival, come out and have a drink."

Pei Hao cupped his hands to Feng Kai: "General Feng, please check to see if anyone is injured."

Feng Kai nodded, turned around and raised his voice to ask around, no one was accidentally injured, only one was frightened just now, panicked, fell and broke his knee.

Pei Hao heaved a sigh of relief, but luckily he didn't implicate the innocent.

"Master Pei? But Pei Hao, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple?"

Everyone followed the reputation and saw that it was one of the murderers who was pressed to the ground by the government soldiers.

Pei Hao was shocked when he saw the man's appearance clearly.

Before Qi Xiao left Dali Temple in the afternoon, he borrowed a windowless cell from Pei Hao in the dungeon, and secretly imprisoned a comatose person in it, exactly what he looked like!

He is Chi Yue!

The man shouted: "Lord Pei! I have inside information about Master Luo's assassination!"

The other person suddenly became anxious, jumped up and broke free from the restraint, and shouted: "You!"

Fortunately, Feng Kai was not far away. The man was wounded and slowed down. Feng Kai raised the saber, but the saber was not out of the sheath, and stabbed straight at the dantian under his abdomen. The man bent over in pain and was shot again. The government soldiers stopped immediately.

Feng Kai bowed to Pei Hao: "At the end of the day, I will escort these two people back to the Duhu Mansion."

"Wait," Pei Hao stopped the man, "Since that man said he wanted to report the inside story of Master Luo's assassination, he should be handed over to Dali Temple.

Also ask General Feng to send the person directly to Dali Temple. "

"This……"

"Master Cao, let me explain it myself.

General Feng need not worry. "

In terms of official rank, Feng Kai has no right to reject Pei Hao, but he is not under the management of Dali Temple, and he does not need to obey Pei Hao's orders.

Feng Kai hesitated for a moment, his lord Cao Weishan has always been "afraid of trouble", this incident of hacking and killing in the streets in Yuanjing City is the worst thing, there have been enough unlucky things in the Gyeonggi Protectorate recently, It was related to Luo Yu's case again, so it would be better to get rid of such a hot potato as soon as possible, so we might as well follow Pei Hao's wishes.

"Yes.

Take people to Dali Temple. "

***

Feng Kai sent the criminals to Dali Temple, Pei Hao didn't let everyone come back, but returned to Dali Temple with the documents of his two cronies.

The criminal was thrown into the big prison, and the cell boss on duty told Pei Hao that Qi Xiao had come and was in the dark prison right now.

Pei Hao originally wanted to start the interrogation of the criminals directly, but when he heard that Qi Xiao was there, he ran to the dark prison first, and looked back at the two people who were separated from each other before leaving.

At this moment, Qi Xiao was peeling apples in the dark. He hadn't eaten at night and was a little hungry.

"Who the hell are you? What do you want?" There was only one lamp in the dark prison, which was placed high in the corner, and the dim light could not penetrate a foot. Wang Tang only knew that there was a person sitting in front of him, but he couldn't see that person face.

Qi Xiao has excellent eyesight and can see in the dark, not to mention that he doesn't need to use his eyes to see with a knife, and the apple will be peeled in a short while.

He wasn't in a hurry to answer Wang Tangyi's question, let's try again.

Qi Xiao bit the apple with one bite, and the crisp sound was especially obvious in the dark dungeon, which made Wang Tangyi inexplicably afraid.

To catch him, but not to kill him, and not to execute him?Why exactly?

Qi Xiao heard footsteps approaching and guessed it was Pei Hao, so he got up and walked out.

As soon as the cell door was opened and closed, the bright light from the explosion was cut off again.

Wang Tangyi let out a long breath, the fear in his heart enveloped him like darkness around him, making him nowhere to escape.