Jiang Qing

The crackdown ended before dawn.

When Fang Min led his soldiers and horses through the three-storey village and arrived in front of Mei Shao, he silently announced the decline of Weihu Village.

In the past, the Loyalty Hall, where the big and small leaders drank and laughed, has now become a cage to bind them. Regardless of their status, they are all tied with ropes, squatting on the ground in twos and threes, not even daring to lift their heads.

When Mei Shao came in, there were still bloodstains on her body that had not been diluted by the rain, dripping down the soaked robes, dragging intermittent light-colored red marks on the ground.

The peeping gazes of the gangsters moved along the dark pool of blood to the seat in the middle of the top - the village master they had always feared was tied to it, and Fei Yongchang bowed his head as if whispering something in his ear.

When Mei Shao walked over, she realized that Lin Hu had a deep scar on his face, and the blood on Fei Yongchang's knife was still wet.

I don't know if Fei Yongchang did it on purpose, but the scar was in the same place as his own face.

Seeing this similarity, Mei Shao raised his eyebrows meaningfully, and then looked at Fei Yongchang with deeper eyes, "Cangzhou is suppressing the bandits, is General Fei going to interrogate beyond his authority?"

Fei Yongchang's gaze actually carried a hint of pleasure, like a knife's edge, he slowly slashed Lin Hu from top to bottom, and paused when he touched the tied hands behind his back, then skillfully covered it up. The emotion in his eyes, when he looked at Mei Shao, his eyes were as calm as water, and he wrote lightly: "I just asked about the whereabouts of the thief, please feel free to interrogate Mei Shilang."

As he spoke, he took two steps back, making a gesture of concession.

Lin Hu was tied to the chair and couldn't move. Facing the intense gloomy look in Mei Shao's eyes, he panicked for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to retreat, but was blocked by the back of the chair.

"Hiding for what?" Mei Shao sighed softly, a smile gradually accumulated in her eyes, like the color of blood blooming in the dark, rich but dangerous, dazzling.

Mei Shao's smile didn't diminish by half, and suddenly she reached out and grabbed Lin Hu's hair tightly, pulling him towards her.

Forced to raise his head to meet him, the severe pain from the scalp instantly condensed into physical tears in the corners of Lin Hu's eyes, which were about to fall, but were caught by Mei Shao's fingertips, and stabbed steadily into the tears on Lin Hu's face with his fingernails. In the scar, scratching slowly, bright red blood flowed down his cheek.

From Lin Hu's throat came a muffled voice suppressing the pain, mixed with curse words, choked intermittently by the gag cloth ball, "You...the fucked up rabbit...I. …”

Mei Shao's eyes became darker, she pressed her fingertips in, and immediately blocked Lin Hu's mouth.

Until the first joint of Mei Shao's finger was stained red with blood, the original neat knife marks on Lin Hu's face had been blurred and enlarged without boundaries. Mei Shaocai stopped, admiring Lin Hu's flushed complexion and sweat from the pain, and wiped his hands on the collar of his well-made clothes little by little, then turned his gaze to Fei Yongchang .

A slight smile spread across his lips, "Is General Fei satisfied?"

Fei Yongchang met his gaze, knowing that he saw that he had a personal grudge against Lin Hu just now, and responded with a frank smile without hesitation, admitting his behavior just now, "Thank you very much."

It was no longer a temptation to step back a few steps but stand aside, after Fei Yongchang thanked him this time, he really walked down the steps and prepared to leave.

It's a pity that before he took a step, Lin Hu broke free from the rope suddenly, and threw a handful of powder on Mei Shao's face, then held the rope with both hands, and put it around his neck.

In the blink of an eye, Mei Shao only had time to cover his mouth and nose and turn his head to avoid it. The flying powder condensed into a blurry barrier in front of his eyes, and he couldn't see anything clearly. He could only hear Fang Min's shout and the sound of a knife piercing his flesh and blood ringing in the ear.

Warm blood splashed on Mei Shao's arm, and as the powder dispersed, Lin Hu's dying pupils and the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth hit Mei Shao's eyes, and he fell down while maintaining the posture of rushing towards Mei Shao, with Holding the two pieces of rope tightly, he tilted his head to face Fei Yongchang who killed him, with disbelief in his eyes.

Lin Hu opened his mouth slightly, speaking vaguely, as soon as he opened his mouth, blood overflowed from his lips.

The remaining powder still adhered to the back of Mei Shao's hand, he twirled it belatedly, stood there in a daze, and hesitantly leaned over to smell it.

There was no smell at all, but it made Mei Shao's mind dizzy in a short breath.

Fang Min, who was frightened by the shock, had already rushed to Mei Shao. Seeing his confused expression, he quickly slapped his hand away, unscrewed the kettle on his waist and poured it over.

"Are you OK!"

The coolness that slipped down his face and Fang Min's eager inquiry brought back Mei Shao's rationality. The moment his consciousness returned, Mei Shao felt the blood in his whole body surging upwards. He pushed Fang Min away in front of him, and grabbed Lin Hu Yiling's hand was no longer as steady as before, and the bulging veins spoke of his anger.

He originally thought that the murderer who killed Master and Uncle Cheng was far away in Liang Country, but Lin Hu's dying act today told Mei Shao clearly that this person was in Li Country, the master behind Lin Hu, and he had dealt with him before The son of the ghost market is also the master of the Anxiang Pavilion who pushed the four generals to the end.

All the grievances and pains converged at this moment, pointing to the same source. Mei Shao held onto Lin Hu's collar tightly, ignoring his appearance, and half-kneeled on the ground, looking into his eyes with eager desire, He didn't even have time to remove the strand of hair that was hanging down to cover his eyes, "Say! Who is the son! Where is the master behind you?"

But Lin Hu was at the end of his battle, he didn't seem to see the crazy Mei Shao, his eyes stubbornly turned to Fei Yongchang, and he just stared at him until he couldn't breathe.

At the last moment when he lost consciousness, Lin Hu's mind echoed Fei Yongchang's promise to himself: "I have tampered with the rope that tied you, as long as you seize the opportunity to kill Mei Shao, without his obstruction, I will naturally I can let you go."

From Lin Hu's last look, Fei Yongchang read the questioning in it, he gently stroked the scar on his face, heaved a sigh of relief, looked up and saw Mei Shao's eyes like stagnant water looking at him, It seems that all the resentment has been passed on to himself.

Blooming a kind smile towards him, the chuckle in his eyes flashed past, Fei Yongchang said in a flat voice, "Lord Minister, calm down, if I don't do anything, the one lying here will be you, my lord."

In a few breaths, Mei Shao calmed down, and suppressed the resentment of getting and losing clues. The hand hanging by his side finally stretched out, closed his eyes, and when he opened it again, it was peaceful, "Thank you." General Fei's life-saving grace."

"Master Fang should have cleared up all the people in the cottage. I wonder if there is anyone the Lord Hou is looking for?" Fei Yongchang ignored the word "thank you" that Mei Shao specially emphasized, and asked Fang Min for someone.

Before Fang Min could speak, Mei Shao took the conversation away, "Everyone is surrounded by the back hill. General Fei is looking for someone, so we can go and see together."

Judging from Lin Hu's actions before his death, Fei Yongchang's purpose of coming to Weihu Village is by no means as simple as he said. Now that Lin Hu is dead, all the clues can only come from the "thief" Fei Yongchang insisted on catching. Mei Shao would not let him go alone to take anyone away.

"Please——" Fei Yongchang still made a humble look towards Fang Min and Mei Shao, and followed them to the back of Weihu Mountain.

The bandits who survived this bandit suppression were all trapped by Fang Min on the wasteland of the back mountain. At this time, the rain that had lasted for more than half a month in Cangzhou stopped in good time, and only some dark clouds were blowing up, covering the entire city. The sky above the wasteland.

"General Fei, let's see if there's the thief you're looking for." Fang Min looked around, made sure everyone was here, and greeted Fei Yongchang.

Fei Yongchang glanced at Mei Shao who was staring at his every move, turned around and walked to the wasteland, carefully checking the past one by one.

Within half a stick of incense, Fei Yongchang pulled out a thin monkey-like man from a corner, and dragged him all the way in front of Mei Shao and Fang Min.

"This man is the thief who stole Lord Hou's birthday present. It's over here. I'm asking the two adults to make it easier for me to take him back on business."

Looking at the man kneeling on the ground and curled up in a ball, Mei Shao raised his hand to stop Fei Yongchang from lifting his hand on the horse, and said to stop him: "If you only hold one person, how can General Fei do business? It's better to keep him. When my lord finds out the treasures hidden in Weihu Mountain and finds out the birthday gift of Lord Hou, he will definitely return it with all his belongings."

"This is too much trouble for the two adults..."

"No trouble, according to the laws of the Li Kingdom, cases in the fiefdoms are handled by military marquises and cannot be handed over to outsiders. Lord Fang is on good terms with the Marquis of the East, and as the magistrate of Cangzhou, it is appropriate to do this for Lord Sun."

Interrupting Fei Yongchang, Mei Shao didn't mean to give in.

Seeing the undercurrents surging in the confrontation between the two, Fang Min couldn't help coming out to make peace, "If General Fei can't trust me, he can always trust Prime Minister Bai. Cangzhou will definitely give an explanation to Lord Ren."

When Bai Bingchen's name was mentioned, Fei Yongchang felt a little loose. He was silent for a while, and finally sighed and compromised, "How dare I not believe Mr. Fang, Mr. Bai is also the person our Lord Marquis admires the most. He came here in a hurry this time, and he will come in time in the future." I'm going to pay my respects, and I hope Mr. Fang will say hello for me."

Fei Yongchang's attitude softened, and he didn't force anything. He exchanged pleasantries with Fang Min, asked for a few horses, and took his men out of the village.

It wasn't until Fei Yongchang's back disappeared into Mei Shao's sight that his tense nerves relaxed, and instead of the defense and vigilance in his eyes, was the deep tiredness of not sleeping all night.

"Do you suspect that the purpose of Fei Yongchang's trip is not simple?" Fang Min saw his frowning expression, and Fang Min couldn't help but take another look.

"I don't know yet, but I will know soon." Mei Shao's eyes fell on the thief who was kneeling on the ground.

Mei Shao squatted down, looked at him at the same level, and asked: "I only give you one chance, tell me, where did you hide the birthday gift you stole?"

He paused and changed the topic, "Or, there is no such thing as stealing a birthday present at all. This is in Cangzhou, and you should know what to say."

The "little thief" who had been lowering his head since Fei Yongchang picked him up was silent for a while, and finally stretched out his hand, pointing to the secret road behind the mountain that runs through the three villages, with a voice like a mosquito, "The thing is here!" in there."

When Fei Yongchang brought himself up from the secret path, the journey was smooth and smooth, but he didn't see any place to hide anything. Mei Shao looked deeply at the hole, pulled the person on the ground up, and pushed forward: "lead the way."

Suddenly a gust of wind blew away the dark clouds covering the sky, one of them seemed to be unable to withstand the thrust of the gust of wind, unable to hold back its own pace, and chased in the direction Fei Yongchang left, hurrying to the ground After chasing for a stick of incense, I saw his figure.

A dozen or so horses were slowly moving forward on the mountain road. Fei Yongchang didn't look anxious at all. He was holding a weed on the side of the road in his mouth, and he was about to turn around the last one going down the mountain with his men. bend.

The gloom and ruthlessness that hadn't been shown all the time melted into his eyes, and Fei Yongchang suddenly clenched his fists like a child and then let go, imitating the appearance of fireworks blooming, and murmured: "Bang——"

After the rain, the mountains were extremely silent, and even the chirping of birds could not be caught. Fei Yongchang's voice was very clear.

The next moment, as if echoing him, the ground under his feet trembled slightly, causing the horse under his crotch to stop and neigh, and the huge explosion roared through the entire mountain, shaking the birds in the forest to flee in panic.

"boom--"

It came from the Weihu cottage where they left behind, and the shaking of the ground also reached the ears of Bai Bingchen in Cangzhou City.