Qin Xiao smiled and nodded, saying: "I understand."

These words were a bit incomprehensible, and Shen Du couldn't help but said: "What do you understand?"

"You just said that An Xinghou asked you to rob people's wealth." Qin Xiao sighed: "I finally understand."

Shen Du changed his face in horror and said sternly: "Qin Xiao, you are so slanderous that you slandered me. General...when did I say that Anxing Hou would let us plunder people's property?"

Qin Xiao said slowly: "You did not have an imperial decree and ransacked your home without permission. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, this is robbery of people's property. But from the beginning to the end, you never strayed from Anxing Hou, and even said that your action was in the name of Anxing." Hou Zhi Ling, doesn't this mean that An Xing Hou ordered you to plunder people's property?" He leaned forward slightly, looked at Shen Du, and said coldly: "Shen Du, you led troops to plunder, but you implicated An Xing in the crime. On Hou's head, if An Xing Hou knew about this, I don't know how he would punish you."

Shen Du was shocked, but Qin Xiao had already drawn his sword, the blade of the sword was glowing with black light, and said in a deep voice: "Come here, take down all these rebels!"

Shen Du choked, already drawing the sword in his hand, and said sternly: "Who dares? We are the Shence Army. You guys, a bunch of local braves, dare to touch a hair of our hair?"

The Zhongyong Army surrounded the escort team. When Shen Du drew his sword, the Shence officers and soldiers also had their swords drawn. Although there were not many in number, they were the elites of the empire and were well-trained after all. They were facing a group of villagers. Be brave and not afraid.

Qin Xiao stared at Shen Du, suddenly smiled, put away his sword, dismounted, walked towards Shen Du, and said: "General Shen, why do you have to fight with swordsmen? I'm just following the law and taking you there. Hangzhou City, if Marquis Anxing admits that he sent you to ransack your home, I won't dare to say anything... Come on, put the knife down, don't hurt your harmony...!" As he spoke, he had already left. Approaching Shen Du, he reached out to pick up the knife in Shen Du's hand.

Shen Du was experienced and experienced, how could he be deceived by Qin Xiao? Knowing that Qin Xiao was pretending to be affectionate, he wanted to use his sword more, so he said sternly: "Back off." Seeing Qin Xiao's hand reaching over, he stepped back. After taking a step or two, he suddenly saw Qin Xiao's figure rushing towards him. He was horrified, screamed, and slashed at Qin Xiao with his sword, but he did not dare to slash directly at Qin Xiao.

After all, Qin Xiao was an official of Dali Temple, and he was a popular figure who had recently been favored by the saint. If he was really killed with a sword, the saint would definitely blame him, so the sword was just to force Qin Xiao back and not to hurt him.

His knife originally did not strike Qin Xiao, but what is incredible is that when Qin Xiao's figure flashed, everyone could see clearly that Shen Du's knife was exactly aimed at Qin Xiao's neck.

Shen Du had also noticed that something was wrong. He wanted to put away his sword, but it was too late. His face changed color. At this moment, he heard Qin Xiao yell. Shen Du's sword was just a stone's throw away from Qin Xiao's neck. Qin Xiao Shen Du had already dodged again, and Shen Du's knife struck the air.

He felt relieved. Fortunately, Qin Xiao reacted quickly, otherwise he would not have been able to escape the punishment if he had cut off the neck of the young minister of Dali Temple with a knife in full view of everyone.

But before he thought about it, he felt a strong gust of wind coming. He turned his head and looked over, and saw the light of the knife was like lightning. He didn't even see it clearly. The sharp knife had cut through his neck, and a head had already followed him. Flying out with bloody light.

The Golden Crow Sword actually chopped off Shen Du's head in an instant.

The headless corpse swayed in the horrified eyes of the officers and soldiers of Shence, and fell forward to the ground. The head fell to the ground, and his eyes bulged. At this moment, he couldn't believe that Qin Xiao actually killed himself with a knife. separation.

Deathly silence.

Qin Xiao was panting, with a look of horror on his face. He took two steps back, looked at the body lying on the ground, and finally said in a trembling voice: "He... he wants to kill me, he wants to hack me to death." I!"

Fei Xin and Yuwen Chengchao had also dismounted and stepped forward to support Qin Xiao.

"Sir, this is an act of helplessness." Yuwen Chengchao sighed: "Shen Du is vicious and wants to kill you with a knife. If you don't resist, you will be the one lying on the ground."

Feixin also smiled bitterly and said: "Shen Du is too impulsive. He ransacked his house without the imperial decree. Although he was guilty of robbing people's property, the matter still needs to be investigated in detail. Even if he is really convicted, it may not be a capital crime. But He was so afraid of crime that he actually dealt such cruel blows to Mr. Shaoqing. Fortunately, Mr. Shaoqing reacted in time, otherwise he would really have been harmed by him."

The officers and soldiers of Shence were shocked and angry when they saw that Shen Du was killed with a knife, but for a moment they did not dare to act rashly.

At this moment, Yuwen Chengchao and Fei Xin were talking about Shen Du's death, but it seemed that Shen Du attacked Qin Xiao first and wanted to kill Qin Xiao. However, Qin Xiao's martial arts was slightly better and he fought back. Just escaped from death.

The officers and soldiers felt that something was wrong, but the moment Shen Du drew his sword, he almost cut off Qin Xiao's neck. If Qin Xiao hadn't dodged quickly, it would have been Qin Shaoqing whose head fell to the ground now. So if Shen Du had done anything to Qin Xiao, Cruel, but it seems to be true.

"I didn't want to kill him." Qin Xiao said with a bitter smile: "I didn't expect that he would actually kill him. In desperation, I fought back. I couldn't control the strength of my hand and actually killed him... !" A look of regret on his face.

Don’t have control over your strength?

Many officers and soldiers cursed inwardly, not only was your sword shot at an extremely accurate position, but the force was also controlled just right.

Feixin immediately said: "Sir, I can't blame you for this. No matter how elite the army is, there will always be bad apples. Shen Du took advantage of the chaos caused by the rebels and led his people to plunder people's property. As Dali Temple officials, we naturally have to intervene. .But Shen Du ignored the laws of the Tang Dynasty and cut with his sword. He was so arrogant and lawless. The court knew that it would not tolerate him."

However, Yuwen Chengchao had already glanced at Shence's officers and soldiers, and said in a deep voice: "Are you going to follow Shen Du's example and ignore the laws of the Tang Dynasty?"

The officers and soldiers looked at each other, but for a moment they didn't know what to do.

"Listen carefully, put down your weapons, and be captured." Feixin said loudly: "Dali Temple must thoroughly investigate this case. Whether you were instigated by others or motivated by profit will have consequences. If you were only instigated by Shen Du and acted on orders, We will also act with discretion and will not impose charges on you. But if you still resist, it is ignoring the laws of the Tang Dynasty and intending to mutiny. The loyal and brave army put down the rebellion in Jiangnan. Not only must the rebels be wiped out, even if the officers and soldiers rebel, No mercy."

Shendu was about to die. Facing ten times more loyal and brave troops, the officers and soldiers of Shence had no choice but to lay down their weapons.

Yuwen Chengchao was not polite and ordered all the nearly two hundred people to be tied up.

The officers and soldiers of Shence were very angry.

The Shence Army has always been the one to ride on other people's heads. Who would have thought that today they would be tied up by a group of local warriors who are not even regular soldiers. A good man will not suffer the immediate disadvantages, so he will accept the consequences for the time being. Wait until Anxing Hou knows about this, these guys There is definitely no good fruit to eat.

Qin Xiao ordered the prison car to be opened and let the Wei family's young and old out.

Mr. Wei originally thought that the Wei family would not be able to escape this disaster, but he did not expect that a group of people would come out to rescue the troops. For a moment, it was as if he was in a dream, but his two sons supported Mr. Wei and came to Qin Xiao. Without saying a word, he knelt down. He fell to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Qin Xiao was not polite and said calmly: "Whether you are participating in the rebellion or not is unknown. The Qian family in Suzhou is in rebellion, and naturally someone from the Seven Jiangnan surnames is involved. Although the Wei family is not one of the Seven Jiangnan surnames, I heard that you went with them. We are also very close. If you are found to have participated in the rebellion, you will still be killed."

Mr. Wei then raised his head and said: "Sir, the Wei family does have dealings with the Seventh Surname, but it is all business. Your Excellency knows that the trade in Jiangnan is almost always controlled by the Seventh Surname. If you want to do some business to make a living, Naturally, we have to have dealings with them, otherwise it will be difficult to move forward on the ground in Jiangnan. We have indeed had frequent business dealings with the Seven Surnames of Jiangnan over the years. This is not a secret, but with all due respect, any merchant in Jiangnan will not be related to the Seven Surnames of Jiangnan. , that is absolutely impossible.”

"That's right." The middle-aged man next to him said: "Wei Zhong, my father is old, and the Wei family's business has been taken care of by the villain these years. The villain also often goes to Hangzhou, and Suzhou too. , Your Excellency, you may not know that the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce holds a gathering in Hangzhou every year. All merchants from Jiangnan, including the Seven Surnames of Jiangnan, gather in Hangzhou. Therefore, merchants from all over Jiangnan have contact with the Seven Surnames. But apart from business matters, There is very little contact on other matters. Although the villain is dull, he also knows that the most taboo thing for merchants is to participate in political affairs, so he never talks about state affairs with anyone when he is away from home." After a pause, he said solemnly: "The Qian family in Suzhou rebelled. , we had no prior knowledge and did not get the news until the Suzhou rebellion broke out. After learning about this incident, we were prepared to donate silver to the government and spend money to put down the Suzhou rebellion."

Qin Xiao thought for a moment and then said: "Get up and talk."

Wei Zhong and Wei Zhong hurriedly helped Mr. Wei up, and Qin Xiao asked: "Did Shen Du not produce any warrant when he raided your house?"

"No." Wei Zhong said with an angry look on his face: "Yesterday evening, they suddenly came to the door. Many gentry and merchants have been arrested in Hangzhou in the past few days. I heard that the city of Hangzhou is like hell. Every day, people are taken to the market and beheaded. We are too. We were frightened. But thinking about our loyalty to the court, we thought that the officers and soldiers could not kill innocent people indiscriminately. But when they came to the door, we knew that something was wrong. We gave Shen Du 10,000 taels of silver, hoping that he would show his kindness and spare his life. Pass our Wei family...!" He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "He took the money, but still had our whole family arrested, and all the houses and shops were confiscated... ...!"

"Only people from your Wei family were arrested?" Qin Xiao frowned and said, "Your family is not the only gentry in Jiaxing. Why didn't other families be affected?"

Wei Zhong said: "Our Wei family is the largest family in Jiaxing, with the most shops and the largest business. It is natural for us to be the first to be operated on." After a pause, he said softly: "The villain thinks that the Shence Army in Hangzhou has not yet been

After taking care of it, they were unable to take action in Jiaxing for a while. However, they were worried that the Jiaxing family would escape, so they first sent a team of people to capture our Wei family. They left nearly a hundred people in Jiaxing City. When we left the city, Jiaxing Mansion
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