As soon as the arrow was shot, Hua Yunfei screamed inwardly.
He was determined to get this arrow. Although Qi Mu was surrounded by many tall and burly guards, and his head kept shifting and changing when he walked out, it was very difficult to hit Qi Mu, especially his vitals. Hua Yunfei's archery is not difficult.
When Qi Mu stepped down the steps, there were six bodyguards in front of him. Because of the steps, only two of them could act as human shields on his head and face. A line of gap, the exposure of this gap is probably only in an instant, but it is enough for Hua Yunfei who can hit the eyes of a tiger that is running fast with one arrow.
Hua Yunfei accurately captured the momentary timing and shot the arrow in his hand in time, but Yang Sanshou shouted to Qi Mu the moment before he let go of the string of the arrow. When Qi Mu turned his head, it was exactly when Hua Yunfei shot the sharp arrow in his hand.
No matter how fast the arrow is, there must be no time for people to react. The opponent's action is at the same moment as his arrow leaves the string. No matter how fast his arrow is, it cannot catch up with the speed of light, so how can he not miss.
Hua Yunfei not only captured the gap between the swaying figures of the two bodyguards, but also estimated the speed at which Qi Mu would move forward. He shot the arrow ahead of time. Qi Mu should step forward with his right foot and touch It pierced his throat before touching the next stone step.
But Qi Mu stopped and turned his head, happened to avoid this critical point, Qi Mu stopped and turned his head, just as his eyes met Yang Sanshou, the feathered arrow arrived.
Blood burst!
The sharp arrow shot into Qi Mu's right cheek, shattered four of his teeth, and broke out from his left cheek. Because of the blocking of the teeth, the feather arrow stopped halfway through, and Qi Mu was in pain. He wanted to shout out, but his cheek flesh was pierced by a sharp arrow, the opening of his mouth affected the muscles on his cheek, so he couldn't shout out.
Qi Mu was able to be what he is today, he was also a person who had been rolled in a sea of blood, and his reaction was extremely alert. At the critical moment of life and death, he was startled but not confused, and immediately squatted down, protecting himself with the bodies of the bodyguards. The bodyguards also reacted, seven or eight people rushed towards Qi Mu and surrounded him, and the others quickly rushed towards the direction where the sharp arrow was shot.
Qi Mu took his own life too seriously, and he was heavily guarded. Hua Yunfei knew very well that he only had one shot, and when he missed it, Hua Yunfei didn't make any more attempts, and immediately followed the pre-set route. run away.
As soon as the bodyguards ran to the middle of the street, they saw a bang on the gable of a house on the opposite side of the road. The firewood flew up, and a figure popped out from the firewood. As soon as his feet touched the ground, Then he walked like flying and rushed forward.
Hua Yunfei rushed more than three feet away, and in front of him was a wall more than one foot high. Hua Yunfei shot an arrow towards the high wall, kicked off the wall with his feet in mid-air, and took advantage of the situation to pull it up again. After a probe, he grabbed a piece of tree trunk protruding from the wall, swung his body in the air like a spirit ape, and swung it far away to another big tree by the elasticity of the branch.
When the bodyguards arrived aggressively, they saw branches swaying and leaves whirling, and there was no shadow of the assassin.
"Uncle is injured, uncle is injured..."
The bodyguards yelled in panic, helped Qi Mu, surrounded him for three full floors, and quickly fled to the courtyard. Before the bodyguards and door guards outside could enter, they closed the door with a "bang".
Seeing such a sudden change, Yang Sanshou stood there so frightened that his hands and feet were cold and he was stunned. Xing Erzhu moved timidly to his side, and changed his voice and expression: "Boss, Hu County is too dangerous, let's go back to Jingzhou."
"Back to Jingzhou, let's go back to Jingzhou!"
Yang Sanshou was also terrified. When he heard the words, he immediately nodded and said yes. He just turned around, and suddenly realized that he stretched out his hand and patted Xing Erzhu's head vigorously, cursing: "Bastard, what a big shopkeeper!" Yes, it is the head of the family."
Xing Erzhu touched his head aggrievedly, and said, "Yes! The boss."
Yue Ming coughed and said, "Da, Guan, Jia! I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."
Yang Sanshou said angrily, "Why can't you leave?"
Yue Ming pursed his lips and said helplessly, "Look!"
Yang Sanshou looked up, and saw seven or eight bodyguards of the Qi Mansion standing in front of them with unkind expressions, carrying swords, guns and sticks.
Yang Sanshou hurriedly laughed and said: "Several strong men are in charge of the Yang Mansion in Xiajingzhou. They pass by Baodi. They originally wanted to trouble Uncle Qi for help with some trivial matters. I don't want Uncle Qi to be injured. I don't want to disturb the small ones anymore. , so farewell, farewell!"
As Yang Sanshou said that, he wanted to sneak past those bodyguards of the Qi residence. A head of the bodyguard stretched out his nine-ringed machete, stopped him in front of him with a clang, and said with a sinister smile, "Boss? I just heard your subordinates call you the boss!"
Yang Sanshou cried and said with a sad face: "Wrong, wrong, he just called me the big shopkeeper, and he was frightened and called me the wrong name. I made another slip of the tongue and called myself the big shopkeeper."
The head of the bodyguard laughed: "Isn't the boss the boss? I don't know which mountain this brother is from. He looks a little strange."
Yang Sanshou said helplessly: "This strong man, Yang is not a gangster, it is really a misunderstanding..."
The head of the bodyguard waved his hand and shouted: "It's just that you were there when our uncle was assassinated, so you want to leave? There is no way! Is it a misunderstanding and wait for us to investigate! Take them back and put them in a water prison!"
Yang Sanshou was startled, and said: "Huh? Put in a water prison? No, I have a sweet love with you Uncle Qi..."
A group of bodyguards swarmed up and pushed the three of them into the mansion: "Whether there is any incense or not, let us ask the uncle, let's go!"
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In the third hall of the county government office, Hua Qingfeng flipped through the files and kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief.
Ye Xiaotian sat at the bottom and said: "These are the criminal evidence collected by the lower officials. Your lord, the evidence of Meng Qingwei's crime is convincing, there is no doubt about it, and there is no doubt that those who smuggled gunpowder and other prohibited items with him to make huge profits It must be Qi Mu. The lower official suggested that Qi Mu should be detained immediately."
Hua Qingfeng grabbed the handkerchief and wiped her forehead again, nervously said: "Are you sure? Meng Xiancheng... ah! Meng Qingwei, have you confessed?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "He still hopes that Qi Mu will rescue him, how can he confess? But is there anyone else as his accomplice, it's obviously Qi Mu."
Hua Qingfeng said: "The truth is of course the same, but we are the government, and we always have to speak with evidence, without evidence, once Qi Mu is arrested, if there is no real evidence, then..."
Ye Xiaotian stared into Hua Qingfeng's eyes, his voice was very soft, but his words were very powerful: "Lord County Lord, this is your great opportunity!"
Hua Qingfeng's body shook violently, and she lost her voice: "What?"
Ye Xiaotian withdrew his gaze, looked at the green vines that climbed down from the opposite flower stand, and said slowly: "It is Meng Qingwei and Wang Ning who restrained the county lord, and among these two people, Meng Qingwei played the most important role. If the county lord can stand up decisively at this time, attract people's hearts, establish prestige, and after bringing down Meng Qingwei and Qi Mu, with the prestige of a big victory, even the king's master would not dare to take the lead of the county lord lightly.
At that time, with the righteous reputation of the county lord Qipinzhengyin, coupled with the power regained from Meng Qingwei, although the master Wang had the support of the mountain tribe, he had to give up temporarily. At that time, the county lord could at least Taking back 60% of the power is enough to control Hu County in his own hands. "
Hua Qingfeng's heart fluttered when he heard that, but when he thought of Qi Mu's desperado's methods, Hua Qingfeng hesitated again, hesitated for a while before saying: "You... are you sure?"
Ye Xiaotian frowned and said, "What are you sure about?"
Hua Qingfeng said: "Punish Qi Mu's criminal evidence, this is one of them. Qi Mu has many desperadoes under his command, and the inspection department has always obeyed him. There is no power in this county to deal with him. You ... How sure are you that he will be brought to justice."
Ye Xiaotian looked at Hua Qingfeng's eyes and gradually became sympathetic, he shook his head lightly, and said to Hua Qingfeng: "Master County, if everything is 100% sure, then Qi Mu has already voluntarily surrendered, and we still need a little help." Fighting? Given the deteriorating situation in Hu County, it is extremely rare to have such an excellent opportunity right now, and it is worth fighting for!
Your Majesty the County, why don't you stand up now? If you succeed, you will have the same reputation. If you fail, you can blame everything on me. That Qi Mu looks domineering, but his family has a great career. Since there is no possibility of rebellion, how can he be so arrogant? ? He doesn't even dare to kill me, how dare he touch you, the magistrate? "
Hua Qingfeng blushed, and said embarrassingly: "This county is not afraid, it's just... As the majesty of the county, if I arrest him and finally let him go without any evidence, my dignity will be demolished." Yes, because this county thinks, it's better... to plan and act later."
Behind the screen, Su Ya sighed silently, shook her head lightly, feeling an indescribable loss in her heart. Although she has always understood her husband's difficulties, but at this point, with Ye Xiaotian leading the charge, he is still afraid of wolves and tigers. Su Ya is really disappointed.
All along, she felt that her husband's prudence was just forced by the situation, and she had to bear with it and give in, but now she finally saw through the cowardly nature of this man. Su Ya left sadly, walked through the back door quietly, walked to the middle of the courtyard, and stared at a pond of lotus in a daze.
Under the curved corridor, Su Xuntian walked over happily, Ye Xiaotian was injured and hadn't visited Shuiwu for the past few days, and he was strictly told not to disclose this matter to Xue Shuiwu, in Ye Xiaotian's view, a man should put himself Showing his radiant side to his woman, as for the matter of suffering and embarrassing, just bury it in his heart.
Su Xuntian naturally complied with the request of this "big brother". Today he still went to visit Shui Wu in the backyard. Shui Wu always ignored him. Today, in order to ask about the situation of "brother", he actually brought him He smiled a little and talked more than usual, making Su Xuntian very happy.
Su Xuntian walked over excitedly, when he looked up and saw his sister standing in front of the lotus pond with a sad face, he couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly walked over with light steps, calling softly: "Sister?"
"ah?"
Su Yazheng was very sad, and suddenly she was called by her younger brother, and she immediately came to her senses, she hurriedly gathered herself together, and said, "Xuntian, are you going to visit Miss Shuiwu again?"
Su Xuntian said: "Yes! Sister, you look bad, are you angry with your brother-in-law?"
Su Ya smiled wryly, and was about to explain a few words casually, when she heard a drum beeping in front of her, Su Ya wondered, "It's this time, who beat the drum to complain?"
In the third hall, Hua Qingfeng was startled when he heard the sound of the drum. He had dreamed of sitting in court and taking charge of government affairs in his dreams for the past few years. Phobias gone.
Hua Qingfeng felt uneasy, just stood up, when she saw a yamen servant running in from the outside, panting, said: "My lord, Qi... Qi Mu is here, Qi Mu... is beating drums to express his grievances!"
"ah?"
Hua Qingfeng couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this, his mouth opened a little anxiously, with a "click", his jaw almost dislocated.