Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Ma Guangyi woke up from choking, Zhang Chi pulled up his collar and asked, "Why did you assassinate me, who ordered you, tell me!"

Ma Guangyi took a breath and said forcefully: "...I decided to do this myself, and it has nothing to do with the owner. The owner is so kind to me...Don't let me betray him! Cough...poof..."

He spat out a mouthful of blood, and there was a tip of his tongue. He bit his tongue and killed himself. Although he was still alive, it was obvious that he couldn't expect anything from him.

Zhang Chi didn't expect Ma Guangyi to be so staunch, so he had no choice but to leave him behind: "What an idiot, he said he didn't want to betray Qin Wuqi, but he explained everything."

"what happened?"

"Qin Wuqi may have a serious problem. If Ma Guangyi hadn't come out, I would have dispelled my doubts about him, but now it seems that things are not as simple as he said."

Mu Liuyun frowned: "I don't understand, why did he honestly tell us those secret past events on the front foot, but then send someone to assassinate you on the back foot?"

Zhang Chi shook his head: "I don't think Ma Guangyi was sent by him. He wouldn't be so stupid. If he wanted to kill me, he could do it at the dinner that day. He doesn't know that your martial arts have recovered. If you want to assassinate me, There is no need to do anything on your own territory. He explained so much to us, it must be because he still has something to use us, even if he wants to use you and me to express our intention to cooperate with the court and the Qing Palace. Ma Guangyi said a word to me before doing it: "I can't let you spoil the owner's important event", that is to say, Qin Wuqi is doing something that cannot be known by us—especially by me, while Ma Guangyi has dealt with us before, and knows that I am a difficult person, but he doesn't know Qin Wuqi's deeper plan. He only uses his simple mind to judge that my existence will ruin Qin Wuqi's "big event", and wants to Get rid of me first to share the Lord's worries, am I right?"

Zhang Chi looked at Ma Guangyi who was lying on the ground. Ma Guangyi was bleeding profusely. He couldn't say anything, but just shook his head with staring eyes.

"Looks like I'm right." Zhang Chi said confidently.

Ma Guangyi never thought that he wanted to help the owner get rid of a strong enemy, but instead ruined the owner's great affairs. It would be futile to regret it now, he could only stare and die unwillingly.

Mu Liuyun frowned and said, "Let's go back now and let Qin Wuqi give an explanation."

"No, don't be in a hurry." Zhang Chi looked around, they were already some distance away from the city gate, there were no other people around, only a few passers-by were watching from a distance, seeing Zhang Chi looking at them, he quickly turned his head and left , I'm afraid it will have something to do with Jianghu vendetta.

"Jinghong Mountain Villa is Qin Wuqi's site. If Qin Wuqi is really planning some unknown conspiracy, we are throwing ourselves into a trap by bringing Ma Guangyi's body to our door like this. Why don't we put Ma Guangyi's body on When the carriage was brought back to the capital, it was rumored that he was captured alive, let's see how Qin Wuqi reacts, if he feels guilty, he will show his feet very quickly, even if there is a real fight, it is better to lure the snake out of the hole than to be caught by the other party."

Although Mu Liuyun had always been unwilling to doubt Qin Wuqi, but at this point in the matter, he was not sure of his own judgment, so he called a few disciples to help carry the body.

Qingliu took the opportunity to ask everyone's doubts: "Uncle Grand Master, when did your body recover? Why did the head tell us that your martial arts are useless?"

Mu Liuyun shook his head and said, "This matter hasn't reached the point where it can be made public. The fewer people who know about it, the better. Don't mention it to others."

Qingliu and the others could only salute in a daze: "Yes."

***

When Qin Wuqi received the news, Zhang Chi's carriage had already left in the direction of the capital. During the several days' journey, it hardly stopped for a moment until it drove into the compound of the Eagle League Guard, completely isolating the outside world. line of sight.

Then he plunged into the confidential room, flipped out all the news related to Jinghong Villa, and covered the entire table page by page.

He vaguely felt that something was wrong with some of the news before, but he couldn't find any clues. He thought it was because he thought too much, but now he has a presupposition of "what is going on behind Qin Wuqi's back?" From the bits and pieces of news, Zhang Chi gradually pieced together a terrifying idea.

He originally wanted to use Ma Guangyi's body to fish, but this "fish" took the bait faster than he expected, and it was much bigger. Less than half a day later, Qin Wuqi came to the door himself, apparently Immediately after getting the news, he set off to catch up.

Everyone had already arrived at the door, Zhang Chi wanted to pretend that he was not there, but it was too late, so he could only greet him with a smile: "I never thought that the newlywed Lord Qin would come to visit in person, so welcome, Xiaoliu, come on!" Go make tea, use the best tea."

"No need, I'm not here to drink tea." Qin Wuqi asked the accompanying riders to wait outside, he lifted his clothes and strode into the gate of the Eagle League Guard. He looked back at the two men who were following Zhang Chi. A subordinate of the Eagle Guard: "I have something I want to talk to you alone."

"Let's talk about it, please, Master Qin." Zhang Chi asked his subordinates to stay outside, and took Qin Wuqi into a room. Anyway, against a master of Qin Wuqi's level, it doesn't matter whether these people are present or not.

After Qin Wuqi sat down, he confirmed that there was no one around, and then he said, "I heard that a passer-by saw Qin's subordinate Ma Guangyi escorting everyone out of the west gate, and suddenly attacked you, and was later killed by Daoist Tianxuan. Subdue and take away. I am worried that this matter will cause some unnecessary misunderstandings, so I came here to clarify."

Zhang Chi laughed apologetically and said, "How could it be? Master Qin didn't have to make this trip, and I would definitely not think that this matter was ordered by Master Qin. If Master Qin wanted to kill me, there would be opportunities everywhere. Why do you have to do it at the door of your own house, and why bother to explain so much to me?"

Talking about it, Zhang Chi poured water for Qin Wuqi graciously, but Qin Wuqi didn't drink it, and just smiled lightly: "Brother Zhang Chi can think so. It's great. By the way, I don't know how Taoist Tianxuan recovered his power. His level of injury, even my adoptive father, the famous poisonous doctor, can't do anything, why can he recover?"

Zhang Chi rolled his eyes and didn't tell the truth: "I don't know the specific reason. It may be that everyone's physique is different and the injury is different. It cannot be generalized. It may also have something to do with Liuyun's blood demon blood."

The Blood Demon bloodline is indeed a special case that no one else can verify, so Qin Wuqi didn't ask any more questions, and said again: "Since Daoist Tianxuan has recovered, why should he hide it from the outside world? Even a lunatic like Gu Qiuping can bully him on the head."

"It was I who suggested that he should not reveal the news that his power had returned to its original state for the time being. Don't Master Qin feel that in this situation, he can see the true colors of some people more clearly? Who is a sincere friend and who is a follower? No matter how much I analyze for him, it would be better to let Liu Yun see it with his own eyes. To be honest, even though he didn't know that Liu Yun could recover, the owner of Qin Zhuang was still as kind to him as before. Admirable."

Qin Wuqi doesn't want to be flattered by him: "There's no need to talk about gossip, Qin came here for Ma Guangyi today, and that guy pretended to be loyal, but attacked my guest when I was getting married, Jinghong Villa absolutely can't do it. Pleasure, please brother Zhang Chi hand him over, and let Qin take him back and deal with him severely."

Zhang Chi wondered: "This...Ma Guangyi has already been taken away by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I can't let him go just because I say so."

Qin Wuqi sneered: "Really? But my subordinates didn't see anyone leave."

Zhang Chi didn't expect that before Qin Wuqi's people arrived, there would be other people helping to keep an eye on the movement in the yard. Before he could figure out how to explain it, Qin Wuqi said indifferently: "Brother Zhang Chi is a smart man. I don't think I need to remind you about the taboo. Qin has used people without suspicion before, and Ma Guangyi has been exposed to some secrets inside the villa. You are so hesitant and unwilling to hand over people. Could it be that you still want to dig out something from him that is not good for Qin? any news?"

Zhang Chi's eyes wandered from side to side, and his smile became a little nervous: "Where, why would I want to be unfavorable to the owner of Qinzhuang? I also have no intention of inquiring into the secrets of Jinghong Villa, but Ma Guangyi suddenly attacked me in a good manner. I have to figure out why, right?"

He originally wanted to deal with Qin Wuqi, but Qin Wuqi keenly sensed something from his hesitations, and said directly: "Let's stop wasting time playing riddles, what exactly did Ma Guangyi say to you that shouldn't be said?" of?"

As soon as Zhang Chi said this, he knew that Qin Wuqi might have murdered him, and if necessary, he could even kill the entire Yamen of Yingmengwei to find out Ma Guangyi's whereabouts.Since he couldn't find the result after testing, he simply planned for the worst result. It was this determination that brought Qin Wuqi to where he is today.

Zhang Chi's mind was spinning rapidly. It is meaningless to continue to pretend to be in front of people like Qin Wuqi. Since this matter can no longer be done well, the only way to survive is to die. Zhang Chi went all out and said, "If you are worried that Ma Guangyi will betray you , then you really misunderstood him. He is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, is reckless and straightforward, and only wants to get rid of an enemy for you. It was a superfluous sentence that made me suspicious - he said that I can't let me spoil the important event of Lord Qin."

"Oh?" Qin Wuqi looked up at him, "Then what do you think I'm doing?"

Zhang Chi said, "You want to rebel."

Qin Wuqi laughed "heh": "How did you come to such a conclusion?"

"Since the Red Lotus Sect was wiped out, there is no sect in the entire Jianghu that can compete with Jinghong Villa, but you have been recruiting troops and expanding your power. Even after you met Lord Hou and his son, you are not as you said. They are going to count their accounts and prepare to take refuge in the imperial court, but continue to annex some small sects. Moreover, since last year, Jinghong Villa has been stockpiling a large amount of grain, but any businessman with a little experience knows that the current year is not stockpiling grain. It’s a good time to go up. Not to mention that Jinghong Villa has bought a large amount of Zhe wood in several batches over the past year. There is no good use for Zhe wood. The most common use is to make bows and arrows. Why do you have so many bows and arrows? I also got news that you have recently been in close contact with the generals defending the army in some places, and you even have contacts with the Northwest Tartars. These things are nothing if you look at them individually, but together they make a lot of sense It makes people want to think about it more deeply.”

What Zhang Chi said, Qin Wuqi did not deny it at all: "It is true that I was not careful enough in what you said, thank you for reminding me."

Zhang Chi's palms were sweating coldly, but he continued: "Although I know it's useless to say this now, I still want to persuade you to stop. It's still too late. Even if it's for your wife, you just got married. There are still a lot of good days waiting for you, if you stop now, you can at least keep most of your family business, and those brothers who follow you don't have to sacrifice their lives for your ambition."