The matter has come to this, Lao Li is silent. Many times, he cannot have his cake and eat it too. It is always difficult to balance love and justice. He must make a choice.
After a while, Lao Li had made up his mind, but he still needed to confirm the results of the next two choices, and asked: "Which choice will allow Master Zhen to let go of these people in the room?"
Jiang Yichen replied: "The latter."
Lao Li didn't hesitate at all and said: "Then I choose the latter. Please let Mr. Zhen spare these relatives of mine. Li Ansheng is willing to save his life."
After speaking, Lao Li did not dare to turn around and face his relatives behind him, let alone face his own death, so he closed his eyes and waited for Mr. Zhen to die.
There was a bang.
Lao Li felt his feet tremble, as if something heavy had fallen in front of him.
He slowly opened his eyes, and just saw a black box at his feet. Before he could take a closer look, Mr. Zhen's voice sounded: "Take them away, change their names, and don't have anything to do with the world anymore. Otherwise, we will find you in the future." It won’t be me, but any of the twelve Heavenly Evil sects that will treat you as traitors.”
Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but they couldn't let go of the heavy burden.
Even those ignorant and young children seemed to understand the meaning of Mr. Zhen’s words. They could live, but they had to leave the homeland that had raised them for many years. Fortunately, they could still be with their families and face each other together. to the future.
After saying that, Jiang Yichen had no intention of delaying any longer and was about to open the door to leave, but was stopped by Lao Zhao.
"Zhen, young master, stay here."
After nearly an hour of fearful running around, it was only a moment ago that Old Zhao felt like he was being pardoned. He was so excited that he couldn't even speak, but when he spoke, he still changed his name to the killer who was not considered ruthless.
Jiang Yichen turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
Lao Zhao curled one hand in front of his chest and pointed the other hand at the black box at the back, pleading: "Young hero, please take that box away."
Jiang Yichen was startled for a moment, then recalled what he had said earlier when he threatened Lao Zhao, "If you do anything clever, this box can hold two or three heads. I don't mind letting you try it."
——Is it possible that Old Zhao was so frightened by my previous words that he couldn’t tell that the box was full of silver coins? Or do you feel palpitations as you think of that bloody scene?
"Bring it with you. Without these silver coins, you can't go far." After Jiang Yichen left these words, he disappeared from everyone's sight.
The danger to their lives has been eliminated, but most people have not yet recovered from today's situation, but they heard someone in the room say: "Hey! There are more than a thousand taels!"
It was Lao Qian who was talking. At some point, he came to the box and opened the box. It was filled with white silver coins and some banknotes.
Several people in the room had never seen so much money in their lives. Their eyes couldn't help but light up, and they came up to chat with each other.
Lao Li's thoughts were completely different from others. When he heard Lao Qian calling out the amount of silver, he immediately thought of the origin of the money. This was the money Youying won from Mr. Zhen at the Tai Dou Gambling House a few days ago. .
When he thought of this, Lao Li felt extremely uncomfortable, but at present, the future of the family in this house still needed him to fight, and he could not waver in family affection and justice.
Mr. Zhen was right, they had to leave as soon as possible, otherwise, if they waited until the two deputy sect masters returned or the Tiangang Sect came to help, he would not be able to argue.
Lao Li sighed heavily and cleared his throat, intending to calm everyone down.
Obviously, the relationship between the four families is extraordinary. After experiencing this life-and-death threat, everyone recognized Lao Li's highest status in the family of four surnames. They stopped talking and waited for him to speak.
Lao Li said: "Everyone, go home and get ready. In half an hour, we will gather at the gate of the east city. It's time for us to leave this place of right and wrong."
Lao Li's words can make the slightly lively and cheerful atmosphere in the room caused by money become quiet and dull again.
The people in the house are all natives of Jinzhou. Even though they have been wandering for several years due to foreign cholera, they still returned to their hometown. For those who love love, fallen leaves will finally return to their roots. But now they have to escape the disaster. Farewell to their old place again, and leaving this time probably means never coming back. Everyone couldn't help but feel a little reluctant and melancholy.
Lao Li was quite helpless when he saw this, but time waits for no one. He said anxiously: "I have caused everyone trouble, but time is tight. Everyone should act quickly. When we change places and settle down, An Shengding will make good compensation to everyone." crime."
"Old brother, don't blame yourself. Without your care, our four families would not be able to live in such a comfortable life. It is not easy to eat the rice bowls in the world. We have enjoyed the blessings when the bowl is in the bowl. Now the bowl is overturned. , I deserve to suffer some punishment with you. My mother-in-law and baby are staying at Brother Zhao's house, and I will go back and clean up." His words were rough and unreasonable, but Lao Sun, the most loyal and loyal person among the four small boys, this time told everyone Xiaozhi supported Lao Li with reason.
Lao Zhao on the side also convinced himself and said: "It's absolutely true, as long as the family can be together, home is everywhere. My wife, let's pack up and get ready to go."
Lao Qian suddenly interjected and said, "Then what name and surname should we change?"
Lao Li said: "Big brother decides."
The big brother in Lao Li's mouth is naturally Lao Zhao, the oldest of the four.
Old Zhao did not hesitate for too long and said: "Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang."
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At Chen time, at the gate of the south city, a scribe in white rode out on a fast horse. His movement was as fast as the wind, sending up smoke and dust, causing the sleepy-eyed gatekeepers at the gate to curse.
"Bah! It's so early in the morning and you're rushing to be reincarnated?!"
"Bah, bah, bah! I yawned, and my mouth was full of sand! Remember this green and white horse and this man's dress. If I turn around today, I'll give him a hard time!"
"What are you doing when you come back? It's better not to come back. Just get fucked on the road! Bah!"
Of course, Yue Heng, who had already gone far away, could not hear these curses. He was constantly whipping his horse to speed up.
The front door owner just said that if he couldn't wait for his companions, he would hurry up and set off. Then Li Ansheng really didn't come to the south gate.
Yue Heng did not dare to think about what went wrong with Old Li. He only knew that the further away from Jinzhou at this time, the safer he would be.
However, I don't know if it was because the whip was too hard, which made Yue Cong, the good horse under his crotch, dissatisfied. He only heard him take a deep breath and slow down his pace.
Then he stopped completely. No matter how much Ren Yueheng urged him, he would not move forward even half a step.
The green-white horse shook its head, then shook its body and turned sideways, trying to throw Yue Heng off.
Yue Heng's hands and feet were quick and he rolled to the side. He was about to throw the whip at the disobedient horse. Unexpectedly, Yue Cong, who had been following him for many years, fell to the ground and twitched. Not long after, he was uttering filthy words. Object, open your eyes and breathe out.
It turned out that Yue Cong had been poisoned. When it realized that something was wrong with its body while running, it endured the pain and slowed down its pace, just to allow its owner to land more safely.
From the beginning to the end, Yuecong never let out a few whines, because it spent all its last strength on being loyal.
Yue Heng was stunned. He naturally understood that he had misunderstood his old partner, and tears almost fell from his eyes.
But the sound of breaking through the air from behind made his nerves tense again. He turned over and dodged two sword energy flying from behind.
Unexpectedly, although he successfully avoided the sword light, Yue Heng found that his back was as cold as frost and his spine could not help but tremble with chills, which also restricted his already flexible movement.
When several more sword energy shot at him one after another like crossbow arrows, he had to use all his strength to dodge.
Yue Heng was breaking out in cold sweat after dodging four or five sword qi in succession. What made him most flustered was that the cold sweat gradually turned into ice due to the influence of the sword qi passing by him.
Not long after, his forehead, cheeks, chest and back were stiff.
As he continued to dodge, Yue Heng felt that his right foot seemed to be caught in a horse rope, and then his right foot was unable to support him in his next movement.
At this time, Yue Heng's heart was already half cold. He was a clerk in the Disha Sect, and his martial arts skills were not bad. His weapon was the Judge's Bronze Pen in his hand. The Judge's Pen was stronger than hand-to-hand combat. Faced with the long-range sword energy offensive, he was inevitably unable to parry. Before the opponent could be forced to show up, he was already restrained at every turn. How could he struggle next?
Finally, when a gust of cold wind blew, he knew that his throat had been cut, and then a biting chill spread from his neck to his whole body.
He gradually lost consciousness, and before his vision was completely shrouded in darkness, he saw the back of Mr. Zhen and the sword inlaid with purple jade.
Mr. Zhen, the swordsman in white and purple jade, turns out to be the same person...
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In Jinzhou City, Tianxiang Pavilion.
The location of Tianxiang Pavilion is not far from the Jinzhou government. This way, people always feel that Tianxiang Pavilion has a close relationship with the government, so no one dares to cause trouble easily.
Being on the same street and being so close to each other has another big advantage. It is said that those who are near the water first get the moon. If there is a new good girl in the pavilion or a new trick, the government officials will most of the time be the first to catch it.
As for those government officials with families, they can also come to Tianxiang Pavilion to have fun and have fun on the pretext of official business. After all, the direction of travel does not matter.
As night fell, Shang Que walked unhurriedly from Zhike Zhai to the Tianxiang Pavilion.
A few moments later, he had arrived in front of a house, stood there for a long time, and delayed opening the door.
This was the house that the Madam of Tianxiang Pavilion had wished for. When he went upstairs, he could see from the street that there was no red lantern hanging on the window of the house.
Three days ago, when the situation in the local Shamen became delicate, he sent people to find Ru Yuan.
But the visitor found that the red lantern had been hung high all night long. Even at noon the next day, although the lights went out, the lantern was still there.
On the same day, Shang Que personally went to the Jinzhou government and Chiang Kai-shek's army residence to investigate the situation of Jiang and Anhui.
As expected, Jiang Wan deceived his wife and concubines into going out on business for some unknown reason, and took a sick leave with the government. He stayed in Ruyi's room for three or four days in a row, never leaving.
Shang Que immediately understood the terrifying nature of his opponent this time. Even the sharp knife hidden in Dishamen was in someone else's hands. So what else could he do to turn the tide?
Shang Que sighed softly, opened the door and walked inside.
The decoration in the room was still as elegant and warm as before, but for some reason, Shang Que felt a sense of desolation in his heart when he saw the scene in front of him.
The flowery and jade-like woman was sitting in front of the dressing table. She saw the figure of the visitor in the bronze mirror, her eyebrows were filled with joy, she turned back and smiled happily.
Although Ruyuan deliberately concealed it, the slightly awkward movement did not escape Shang Que's sharp gaze. After a few steps, he had already leaned forward and gently supported the delicate but cold body with his hands.
Looking down, I saw a gold-edged tiger-print dagger stuck in his belly!
