Back in his room, Hou Liu changed into ordinary clothes, put all the money he had saved in the past few years into his arms, picked up the sword he carried with him, and put it down after thinking about it.
Hou Liu walked out of the room and walked towards the entrance of the cottage. The familiar man greeted him with a smile, and he responded with a smile. It didn't look like anything was wrong.
After leaving the stronghold and walking downhill, when asked by the secret sentry, he only said that he had gone out to do something under the orders of the stronghold master.
It was normal to go out to do errands at this time, so An Shao naturally didn't think much about it. Hou Liu walked out of Centipede Ridge smoothly, turned around and looked back, and let out a cold snort from the corner of his mouth.
"A bunch of reckless people. Something big will happen if Yang Chun doesn't come back. They're even serving wine. I don't want to get stabbed with you."
As he spoke, he touched the silver in his arms, determined the direction, and ran towards Xiaojia Town.
Not far away, he turned a corner and suddenly a cold light flashed past, and a long sword was placed on his neck, which made Hou Liuyi tremble.
Soon Hou Liu was brought to Ma Biao.
Hou Liu raised his fist at Ma Biao and said, "Fellow heroes, we have no grievances in the past and no enmity in recent days. What are you doing?"
Ma Biao raised his hand and pointed at Centipede Ridge, "Is Li Tong up there?"
"This..." Hou Liu secretly complained in his heart. He came to the door so quickly. After all, he was still late.
"Everyone, there is no one named Li Tong in our Centipede Ridge?"
"Oh?" Ma Biao glanced at him sideways, and suddenly his eyes fell on his chest, which was bulging.
Someone next to him reached out and took out Hou Liu's bag of silver.
Looking at the bag of silver, Ma Biao snorted, "Where do you want to go with so much silver?"
After all, Hou Liu was thinking very fast, "The leader of the village asked me to go to Xiaojia Town to buy some supplies for the village, so I brought some silver."
Obviously this excuse couldn't fool Ma Biao. He waved to someone next to him and pulled Hou Liu towards the depths of the woods nearby.
"I can't ask you anything, so I'll just cut it off."
Hou Liu was frightened by this sentence, and he hurriedly said loudly, "Master, please wait a moment, I'll tell you what I'll say."
But Ma Biao didn't say anything, so the two men didn't stop moving. Hou Liu knew that if he didn't speak, he might not have a chance.
Thinking of this, he quickly shouted, "Li Tong Li Tong is on the mountain."
After hearing what he said, Ma Biao waved his hand.
Hou Liu was brought back again. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. With lingering fear, he clasped his fists at Ma Biao and said, "This hero, Li Tong is on the mountain. Yes, that's him. Yesterday at Qingniu Mountain, he shot an arrow through the heart." , shot a big shot from the capital."
Hou Liu deliberately concealed his knowledge of Liu Yuanwu's identity.
Ma Biao didn't care about his little thoughts. Ma Biao only needed to confirm that it was Li Tong who did it and that Li Tong was in Centipede Ridge.
After saying this, Hou Liu bowed to Ma Biao again, "That's all I know about this good man, and I really said it all."
Ma Biao nodded, "Tie him up and keep an eye on him. Don't let him escape. We'll wait until Centipede Ridge is wiped out."
At this time, Yang Zhi also brought the half-drunk and half-awake Yang Chun back to Hetou Village. They had a bumpy ride and slept again. When they came back, Yang Chun was mostly awake.
Yang Zhi brought Yang Chun to Liu Rumei and said straight to the point, "His name is Yang Chun. He is the second head of Centipede Ridge and my second brother. Please give Miss Liu a noble hand and let him live."
Of course Liu Rumei could understand the pronunciation of Yang Zhi's words. He turned to look at Yang Chun, "Let me ask you, were you the ones who did what happened in Qingniu Mountain? Was it Li Tong's doing?"
Yang Chun nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Miss Liu, I have tried to dissuade the head of the family many times, saying that we can't afford to offend the Liu family, but he didn't listen. Someone offered ten thousand taels of silver to buy the second young master's head. He is the head of our village. My eyes are open when I see money.”
Liu Rumei frowned slightly when she heard this. This was different from her analysis.
Hire a murderer? Would a national teacher do such a thing? It's too easy to leave clues to others.
And now the second brother has a tendency to turn to the national master. Is it worth it for him?
"Yang Chun, are you willing to take me to find this murderer?"
Yang Chun nodded, "It's in Xiaojia Town. I'll take you there right away."
Liu Rumei nodded and waved Zhang Qian in. After explaining the situation simply, Zhang Qian naturally understood and followed Yang Chun out.
After everything was arranged, Liu Rumei said to Yang Zhi, "Take your people and follow me to Centipede Ridge."
After hearing this arrangement, Yang Zhi was overjoyed, which meant that Liu Rumei had regarded his Suzaku Gang as one of his own.
Just as they were rushing to Xiaojia Town, Chen Xiaobei was driving a carriage to the county town.
Although the tension in Centipede Ridge was imminent, Xiaojia Town was not affected at all, so Chen Xiaobei finished delivering the apples and rushed to the county seat in a hurry.
As he was walking, he saw dust flying in front of him, and a large group of soldiers came.
Chen Xiaobei quickly stopped the carriage and took it to the roadside to make way for the officers and soldiers. This was a common practice.
What surprised him was that the person walking in the front was Hu Fan. Hu Fan was followed by a general in helmet and armor whom he did not recognize.
Hu Fan obviously also saw Chen Xiaobei, smiled and waved to him.
Seeing Chen Xiaobei, Hu Fan had a thought, reined in his horse again, and waved to Chen Xiaobei.
Chen Xiaobei hurried forward and said, "Magistrate Hu, what are your orders?"
Hu Fan jumped off the horse, pulled him two steps aside and whispered, "Brother Xiaobei, did you hear about what happened at Qingniu Mountain last night?"
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "I heard about a young man from the capital?"
Hu Fan sighed, "Yes, Liu Yuanwu, the second son of Protector Liu Xiangnan, was shot dead in Qingniu Mountain."
Xiaobei said in his heart, I know this. It seems that this is why he led the troops. But this direction is not to Hetou Village.
"I heard about County Magistrate Hu. Who is this person so bold that he dares to do such a thing?"
Hu Fan shook his head, "Brother, that's not what I'm talking about."
"Am I talking about yourself?"
I?
Chen Xiaobei was confused. He looked at Hu Fan and didn't know what he meant.
Hu Fan coughed and said, "Have you forgotten? You just completed the land deed for Qingniu Mountain two days ago!"
Chen Xiaobei still didn't understand what Hu Fan meant, "Does this matter?"
"Hey, don't you think about it, Qingniu Mountain is a barren mountain. How can ordinary people apply for a title deed for a barren mountain?"
"Besides, if you have completed the land deed, something will happen to the two young masters. What would you think if you were the Protector? What would you think if you were the emperor?"
After Hu Fan finished speaking, he turned around and left. After taking two steps, he turned back and said in a deep voice, "If you are really taken for questioning, you know what to say."
When Chen Xiaobei heard this, he felt that his head was several times bigger, bigger than the water tank on the carriage.
