A Clash of Gods - Chapter 1358

[Chapter 1348 The stupidity of smart people]

“Don’t let him run away!” One of the people in the crowd shouted sharply, grabbed the arrow crossbow held by a companion next to him, and aimed it at Xue Lingfeng.

If Xue Lingfeng really escaped from death, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Xue Lingfeng was very shrewd and could find out the origin of tonight’s assassins in less than a day. He held the 3,000 Tiger God Battalion in his hand. Once an attack was launched, no one could predict what the outcome would be.

The most important thing is that the capital needs to be stable. Even if there are turbulent turmoil in the dark, there must be peace on the face. This kind of peace must not be destroyed because of the failure of the assassination tonight.

This man was holding an arrow crossbow and had already aimed at Xue Lingfeng’s back, and Xue Lingfeng obviously knew that tonight was not the time to be brave. It is not a general generation, and in the blink of an eye, he has already run several feet away.

This man was about to shoot the arrow, but he saw that the squat man in black had followed behind Xue Lingfeng like a ghost. It’s not a joke, it’s because this person didn’t dare to pull the strings, that’s why Xue Lingfeng and the man in black opened a distance again and disappeared into the night.

The man who used the crossbow frowned, and a person beside him said anxiously: “Senior Brother Seven…!

” He waved his hand and led the crowd to chase after him.

After chasing them to the street, they didn’t see the two figures. Senior Brother Qi raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, looked down, then went to the left, squatted down, and saw blood on the ground, Xue Lingfeng had already suffered when he escaped. The stab wound, there was fresh blood on the ground, naturally scattered from Xue Lingfeng’s body.

Brother Qi immediately turned to the street on the left, followed by a dozen people, rushing out for a short distance, heard a scream, and immediately someone said, “Brother Qi, over there.” He raised his hand and pointed to the front right. , Everyone accelerated, and soon they reached an alley. Before entering the alley, they saw a figure slowly walking out of the alley. The figure was short and fat. It was the man in black who had just chased Xue Lingfeng. , This person is holding a knife in one hand, and the blade is dripping with blood, while the other hand is holding a head. human head.

Brother Qi tore off the black turban covering his face, stepped forward, and said in a low voice, “Marquis of God, have you succeeded?” He looked at the head again.

“The corpse is in the alley. You can deal with it yourself. You know what to do.” The second senior brother also tore off his black turban, revealing a harmless face. It was the newly promoted God of the House of Lords, Qu Xiaocang, He casually threw the head to one of his subordinates, the man took it, and someone immediately grabbed a black cloth bag and wrapped the head.

Brother Seven was ordered to enter the alley, and after walking a short distance, he vaguely saw a headless corpse lying on the ground, dressed in armor, with the big knife still in his hand.

These seven senior brothers are naturally Yan Lingxian, the captain of the army-breaking school among the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper. He reached out and pulled the armor of the corpse, his eyes filled with coldness.

Qu Xiaocang glanced at everyone, and said solemnly: “You all know that the emperor has a purpose, Xue Lingfeng colluded with Qi Ning, and the enemy country has even been prepared to launch a mutiny in the capital, so we must secretly eradicate this person. My army is going north, and the capital needs peace, so this matter can only be handled in secret.”

“Marquis of God, Xue Lingfeng is the commander of the Tiger God Battalion. He was executed for treason, and he has no generals in the army, so there will inevitably be a commotion.” whispered.

“Xue Lingfeng was killed, after all, we can’t hide it, and we don’t need to hide it.

” Qu Xiaocang was very calm: “But it wasn’t our Shenhou Mansion who killed Xue Lingfeng, but… Beihan Nine Heavens Tower!”

Everyone dared not speak.

Qu Xiaocang obviously wanted to put the blame on the northerners, but this was indeed the last choice at the moment.

Qu Xiaocang looked at the night sky and said, “There is still half a column of incense, and the night patrol team will come here and let them find Xue Lingfeng’s body.” Staring at one of them: “Yue Lin, You bring two people to stay near here, and when the patrolmen find the corpse, you can show up and guide them to deal with the rest.”

The man cupped his hands and said, “Yes!”

Before dawn, Qu Xiaocang had already appeared in the palace hall. Inside, holding a box wrapped in black cloth in his hand, under the leadership of the palace servants, he came to the inner palace, entered the warm pavilion, and saw the eunuch Guihe waiting inside, and Qu Xiaocang arrived with the box. In the warm pavilion, after putting the box away, he fell to his knees on the ground. There was a bead curtain in front of him, but Qu Xiaocang didn’t even look to see if there was anyone behind the bead curtain.

Guihe sighed beside him: “Shen Hou really does things neatly. If you say three days, it’s three days.” Staring at the box wrapped in the mouth: “Is it his head?”

Qu Xiaocang did not answer, but He untied the black cloth on the outside of the box with his own hands, and then carefully opened the box. The lights in the warm pavilion were bright, and Gui He glanced at it. Inside was a blood-soaked human head, frowning slightly, and sighed: “It’s so big. A head!”

“The officers and soldiers on patrol should have found Xue Lingfeng’s headless body.” Qu Xiaocang said: “Someone will report this matter to the Ministry of War immediately, but there is a Jiutianlou suspected of assassinating Xue Lingfeng at the scene. As evidence, the Shenhou Mansion took Xue Lingfeng’s body back.”

“It turned out that Commander Xue was assassinated by people from Jiutianlou.” Gui He said with a smile: “My army is heading north, and the Northern Han people sent assassins to create chaos in the capital of Jianye. To assassinate my general of Chu State, this is a reasonable thing.”

Qu Xiaocang knelt on the ground and did not speak.

“Marquis Qushen, you have done a good job in this matter, and the emperor must be very satisfied.” Guihe said, “But at this moment, the emperor will naturally not reward you directly. I will reward you when I look for an opportunity later!”

Qu Xiao Cang respectfully said: “Chen, thank the emperor for his long kindness.”

“In this case, you can step back first.” Gui He glanced at the box: “Zhiruo this first level…!” stay here.”

Qu Xiaocang lowered his head and said, “Yes!” But he didn’t mean to step back immediately.

Gui He frowned and asked, “Could there be something else, Marquis Qushen?”

Qu Xiaocang finally raised his head and said, “Eunuch Gui, I want to see the King of Huainan!”

Guihe’s expression changed slightly and asked, “Marquis Qushen, you seem to have forgotten. Your own identity. You are the lord of the Shenhou Mansion, and the Shenhou Mansion is the yamen directly under the emperor. It only obeys the emperor’s will. Although the King of Huainan has a distinguished status, it seems that you should not see him.”

“Your Highness, please report on your behalf .

Sigh.” Qu Xiaocang stared at Gui He’s eyes: “The Mansion of the Marquis of God has always been loyal to the emperor, but what Qu Mou has done seems to have deviated from this principle.”

Gui He’s face became gloomy, and he said coldly: “You What do you mean?”

Qu Xiaocang cupped his hands again and said, “Please report to the King of Huainan on your behalf, and Qu Xiaocang of the Divine Marquis Mansion asks to see you!”

Gui He’s face was ugly, and there was a dead silence in the Nuan Pavilion, and the air seemed to freeze. Xiao Cang remained in the kneeling position and did not move. Guihe stood two steps in front of Qu Xiaocang and did not move.

After a while, I finally heard a voice sighing: “I knew from a long time that if Ximen Shenhou resigned, among the Big Dippers, only Qu Xiaocang would be able to take on the role. Very accurate.” In the voice, a figure suddenly appeared behind the bead curtain, the bead curtain was lifted, and Xiao Shaozong, the king of Huainan in brocade clothes and jade belt, appeared behind the bead curtain, and slowly walked out from behind the bead curtain, carrying his hands on his back. , staring at Qu Xiaocang who was kneeling on the ground, sighed softly: “Marquis Qu Shen wants to see this king, this king is here!”

Qu Xiaocang looked up at King Huainan, and said respectfully, “Qu Xiaocang pays homage to the king!”

Xiao Shaozong smiled gently, but Guihe had already brought a chair over very obediently and placed it behind Xiao Shaozong, Xiao Shaozong sat down, and then said, “Why do you want to see this king?”

“My lord, this is you. The head you want.” Qu Xiaocang raised his finger to the box and said, “When Xue Lingfeng dies, the tiger gods will be headless.”

Xiao Shaozong smiled even more and asked very directly, “When did you know?”

“The minister realized it later, and it was not until your eunuch ordered the minister to kill Xue Lingfeng that the minister understood.” Qu Xiaocang said very seriously.

Xiao Shaozong sighed: “Marquis Qushen, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com You know that although you are the smartest among the Big Dippers, you are also the stupidest, it is you who can see through them, but you should not Show your intelligence in front of this king, many people in this world are just too clever, so they are mistaken for their intelligence, and they end up being defeated.”

Gui He coughed lightly, and several figures appeared around the warm pavilion immediately. .

Qu Xiaocang didn’t even look at him, his expression was very calm, and he said, “I just want to thank the lord in person, if the lord thinks that the minister is an untrustworthy servant, they don’t need to do anything, and the minister will immediately commit suicide in front of the prince. Xiao Shaozong and Guihe looked at each other and said with a smile,

”

The Marquis of Qu Shen should not call himself a minister before this king.

” The self-proclaimed is not wrong.”

Xiao Shaozong stared at Qu Xiaocang’s eyes, Qu Xiaocang’s small eyes were like mung beans, but it was just like that, it seemed more difficult for people to see through, Guihe sneered beside him: “Qu Xiaocang Cang, do you know that your words are already treasonous words, enough to pull you out and beheaded to the public.”

“I have already said that the lord wants me to die, so I don’t have to do anything at all.” It seemed unusually calm.

Xiao Shaozong leaned forward slightly, staring at Qu Xiaocang’s small eyes, his voice seemed to have no emotion: “You come and give this king a reason not to kill you, don’t say the wrong thing, what this king hates most is that he can’t help himself. The trouble of the king’s control, and you seem to have become the trouble of this king now!”