Starry night, cloudless, bright moon, barking dogs.
Li Qinzai sat in the courtyard with a sullen face, feeling so angry that he didn't know who to vent to.
People around me have become more and more rude recently. I am woken up in the middle of the night again and again, and every time I have a reason to get up.
I really want to kill someone to make sacrifices to God, and at the same time to cheer up my recent poor sleep quality...
Of course, there was a reason to get up tonight. People were almost coming to kill me, so I couldn't just sleep peacefully in bed.
At the same time that Li Qinzai was woken up, Cui Jie, Jinxiang and Qiaoer Hongbi were also woken up. Li Qinzai ordered a dozen tribesmen to send them to the school for protection.
The security around the school is even tighter. There are hundreds of people from the prince's guards and the families of the powerful children. It is safer to send your wife and children to the school.
After sending away his wife and children, Li Qinzai no longer has any scruples. Tonight's Ganjing Village will teach them whether they will come back or not.
An ambush has been set up at the entrance of the village. Not only that, Liu Asi has also laid out several lines of defense on the rural road from the village entrance to the other courtyard. If the assassin is too skilled, and as a last resort, Liu Asi will also sound the gong to warn, and he will The guards guarding the school and the tribesmen from various schools were mobilized.
Of course, Liu Asi didn't think he would get to that point.
According to Tang Ji, there are only about 20 assassins, and the more than 200 members of the Li family, Qu Paoze, are all talented killers who have been on the battlefield. If you can't deal with these 20 assassins, you might as well find a piece of tofu yourself. Forget it.
An hour later, several dog barks came from the direction of the village entrance. The barking sounds seemed a bit unique, as if they were some kind of agreed upon code.
Liu Asi's expression tightened, he turned around and cupped his fists towards Li Qinzai and said, "Fifth Young Master, the enemy has been traced."
Li Qinzai hummed and said calmly: "Go ahead."
Liu Asi hurried towards the entrance of the village.
Around the courtyard, dozens of troops were still left to protect Li Qinzai.
Old Wei stood next to Li Qinzai with his head drooped, opening his mouth wide and yawning lengthyly from time to time. He kept his sleepy eyes open and murmured: "These bastards don't choose a good time to assassinate, so they want to do it when I'm sleeping." This beheading business, I really want to go out and kill a few of them myself..."
Li Qinzai smiled: "The best time to carry out an assassination is in the middle of the night. Old Wei, if you are tired and go back to sleep, I will be safe here and you won't need to take action."
Old Wei shook his head: "That can't be done. After all, I am a worshiper of our Li family. I get paid for nothing every year and do not work. I am so embarrassed."
The barking of dogs at the entrance of the village stopped at some point, and silence returned to the surrounding area.
The ghostly figure of Tang Ji appeared in front of Li Qinzai. No one knew where he appeared from, even Old Wei was startled.
Li Qinzai looked as usual, waved to Tang Ji, and said with a smile: "Make some noise next time I show up. Don't let people think that I can recruit Yin soldiers from under the underworld..."
Old Wei glared at Tang Ji fiercely and said, "No, he is really like a ghost. He is a good young man, but he has such virtues that came out of the underworld."
Tang Ji was too lazy to pay attention to him. He cupped his fists towards Li Qinzai and said, "Marquis Li, the assassin was sent by Li Yifu. Do you need me to sneak into Chang'an City and kill Li Yifu's family members?"
Li Qinzai and Lao Wei frowned at the same time. This guy was so violent. The merit box in the temple was filled with such anger that could not be eliminated. He often had thoughts of killing his whole family.
"If you have nothing to do, go to the temple and knock on the wooden fish. The merit will increase by one. If you have nothing to do, knock more." Li Qinzai suggested sincerely.
Tang Ji was silent for a moment and said slowly: "It's okay to kill the monk, but I'm not interested in knocking out the wooden fish."
Li Qinzai sighed. It seemed that it was difficult to make friends with this guy. He was ruthless.
While the three of them were chatting casually, a loud shouting of murder suddenly came from the direction of the village entrance.
Li Qinzai sat motionless in the courtyard. The son of a rich man could not sit down. With his current status, even if he wanted to join the fight in person, others would desperately stop him.
Old Wei squinted his eyes and listened for a while, then smiled and said: "Ah Si has started to make moves, and the movement is not small."
Li Qinzai said calmly: "You two are here to protect me. If the assassins try to trick the tiger into fleeing, there is still a trap waiting for them to exploit."
Looking up at the dark sky, Li Qinzai sighed secretly.
Li Yifu's last way of survival may be completely blocked after tonight.
Ganjing Village is not an iron-walled village, but it is also not an ordinary village that can be easily breached by dozens of assassins. In this village, there are not only guards from the Li family tribe, but also guards from the prince and other tribes.
Unless Li Yifu has the ability to mobilize the Imperial City's imperial army, numbering at least several thousand, it is possible to attack the village.
If thousands of forbidden troops could be mobilized to kill people, it would be a different matter. Not only would the entire household registration of Li Yi Mansion be cancelled, but all the nine clans would also have to line up neatly to go to Huangquan to hold a big family gathering.
He has experienced many storms in the past few years. What is rare is that Li Qinzai found that he had the ability to cultivate his energy. The tragic shouts of death at the entrance of the village did not frighten his heart at all.
After a quarter of an hour, the shouts of death gradually weakened.
Old Wei looked up at the sky and murmured: "Ah Si must have dealt with it completely. The assassins didn't even break through the first line of defense at the entrance of the village. Ha, the real master behind still underestimated our Zhuangzi."
Li Qinzai said calmly: "It's not that he underestimated us, but today and now, he no longer dares to mobilize too much power to attract attention. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at him in Chang'an City today."
After waiting for a while, a burst of rapid footsteps came.
Liu Asi, wearing leather armor and covered in blood, appeared in the front yard, clasped his fists and said solemnly: "Fifth Young Master, there are twenty-three invading enemies, all of them will be killed."
Li Qinzai stood up and said, "Are there any casualties, brothers?"
"One person was killed in Paoze, three were seriously injured, and twelve were slightly injured. We are waiting in formation, and there is no way to deal with stragglers."
Li Qinzai was silent for a moment, then sighed and said: "Brothers who died in the battle, please ask the doctor to diagnose and treat the wounded. For the brothers who attacked the enemy tonight, each of them will be rewarded with two guan. The wounded will be doubled. For those who died in the battle, Zhuangzi will support his parents and his wife." Small."
Liu Asi clenched his fists gratefully and accepted the order.
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The sky was already turning white, so Li Qinzai stayed up all night and sat in the yard until dawn.
After a night of fierce fighting, the battlefield at the entrance of the village had been cleaned up, and the assassin's body was collected by the tribesmen, waiting for people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple to come.
The tribesmen patrolled the nearby area in a ten-mile radius in batches. After confirming that there were no more enemies lurking, they returned to the village to report.
The alarm was lifted, and the security in the school and other courtyards was also relaxed. Cui Jie and Jin Xiang were taken back to the other courtyard by Li Qinzai.
At noon, a guest came to the village.
The guest is considered a rare visitor, so I promise to be the guest of honor.
(End of chapter)
