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Chapter 160 The hero's style (2)
After that, he could no longer make a sound, and his voice seemed to be hoarse in his throat.
Qihou rushed over and said, "Second Brother, it's okay, don't close your eyes, Second Brother, look at Gu."
Tang Wu was sweating profusely, he stopped the bleeding for Wu Jiu, wiped the blood off his hands, and said, "It's done."
Qi Hou hurried over and wiped Wu Jiu's cold sweat. He was lying on the bed, because of the pain, the corners of his eyes were full of physiological tears, which wet the bed, Qi Hou was very distressed, and quickly wiped his tears.
Wu Jiu gasped for breath, stretched out his hand with difficulty to grab Qihou's wrist, and said in a hoarse voice, "I...my leg..."
After hearing this, Marquis Qi subconsciously glanced at Wu Jiu's retreat. Wu Jiao's expression was very painful, and he continued hoarsely: "I can't move...what's going on..."
Qi Hou straightened up quickly to look at Tang Wu, Tang Wu wiped off the blood on his hands and said, "It's normal, Your Majesty's back is injured and you need to recuperate. Before your wound heals, your legs and feet may be affected."
Wu Jiu understood right away, because he hurt his vest, which is the spine, which will definitely affect his actions.
Wu Jiu panicked for a moment, and Tang Wu said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to panic too much. As long as you cooperate with the treatment, you will be fine. The wooden thorns are not deep enough. If you pierce a little further, you may never be able to walk."
Hearing the cold sweat, Qi Hou quickly comforted him softly and said, "Second brother, it's all right, take a good rest."
Wu Jiu was so tired and his wound hurt, he finally couldn't help but fell into a deep sleep, as if he had a dream.
When Wu Jiu woke up, he saw Qihou holding his hand, guarding by his side for an unknown amount of time, looking at him all the time.
Wu Jiao opened his eyes, blinked, and Qi Hou quickly said, "Are you awake? Have you had a drink? Do you want to eat something? Does the wound still hurt?"
Listening to his series of questions, Wu Jiu shook his head and said, "It's all right, it's just...just that I still don't feel anything in my legs."
Hearing what he said, Qi Hou quickly comforted him: "Tang Wu said that it will be fine when your wound heals, and now that you are damaged, you will naturally be unable to walk. Second brother, you should take a good rest, and leave the rest to Gu."
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "Well... thank you."
Qihou stretched his arms around Wu Jiu, avoiding his wound, kissed him twice on the forehead, and said: "You don't know you are hurt, how much I feel sorry for you, I wish I was the one who got hurt."
Wu Jiu smiled, his face was still a little weak, and he said in a low voice: "The widow will also feel distressed."
Qi Hou laughed angrily, bit the tip of Wu Jiu's nose, and said, "Second brother, wait, when you recover from your injury, Gu will definitely deal with you severely, and it will be useless for you to beg for mercy. "
Wu Jiao woke up for a while, drank some water, and ate something, Tang Wu came over with medicine, Wu Jiao was very tired, and fell asleep again, Qi Hou looked at his pale face, feeling cramped in his heart.
Soon a person came in at the door, quietly, it turned out to be Yanjiu.
When Yanjiu came in, Qihou raised his hand and pressed it on his lips, signaling him not to be polite, not to make a sound, so as not to wake Wu Jiu up.
Qi Hou gently stroked Wu Jiu's head. Because of the pain in the wound, Wu Jiao frowned when he was sleeping. Qi Hou gently stroked him over and over again, which seemed to make Wu Jiu relax slowly.
Qihou said in a low voice, "Go and investigate two things for Gu."
Yanjiu said in a low voice: "Yes, please give orders from Duke Qi."
Qihou said: "First thing, you go and investigate the collapse of the refugee shelter."
Yanjiu was a little surprised when he heard that, and raised his head to look at Qihou. Qihou's eyes were very gloomy. Yanjiu nodded and said, "Yes."
Qihou said again: "Second thing, you go and investigate Cao Xiao."
Yanjiu glanced at Qihou again, and Qihou continued, "It's unreasonable that Cao Xiao's family has so many precious medicinal materials. Where did he get the money to buy the medicinal materials? Check carefully."
Yanjiu cupped her hands and said, "Yes, Yanjiu is going now."
Qihou nodded, and Yanjiu quickly exited the house, closing the door gently when going out.
Wu Jiu fell into a deep sleep all morning and only woke up at noon. Cao Xiao personally came over to deliver lunch. Because Wu Jiu was weak and injured, Cao Xiao specially asked the dining room to prepare a lunch that was much more nutritious than usual.
Wu Jiao woke up and finally had some appetite. Marquis Qi took the lunch and fed it to Wu Jiao himself. While feeding it to Wu Jiao, he said lightly: "Doctor Cao, those medicinal materials of yours are so precious. Give them all to me." It’s really thoughtful for the king to use it.”
Cao Xiao quickly said, "No, no, Duke Qi's words are serious, as it should be."
Wu Jiu glanced at Marquis Qi, feeling that there was something in Marquis Qi's words, and he heard Marquis Qi say, "These medicinal materials are so expensive, where did Dr. Cao buy them? Gu also wants to buy some more."
When Cao Xiao heard this, he immediately stammered, and said, "Only... just bought it by chance, now... now that there is a flood here, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I can't buy it."
Qi Hou nodded, and said, "I don't know why Doctor Cao bought so many precious medicinal materials?"
Cao Xiao had cold sweat on his forehead, for some reason, he showed a guilty expression, and said, "This...because...because the dog has always been in poor health, so..."
Qi Hou glanced at Cao Xiao, with an expression of obvious disbelief on his face, but he still said: "Dr. Cao also worked hard in the emergency rescue yesterday, let's go and rest."
"Yes Yes!"
Cao Xiao hurriedly wiped off his cold sweat, turned around and backed out.
Wu Jiu asked suspiciously, "What happened to Cao Xiao?"
Qi Hou squinted his eyes, continued to feed Wu Jiao lunch, and said: "I think there is something wrong with Cao Xiao. His family is so poor, but he has money to buy medicinal materials. Yesterday, my second brother didn't know, Cao Xiao asked the housekeeper to bring out a bag of medicine. Pile of precious medicinal herbs."
Wu Jiao was a little surprised, because he was unconscious yesterday, of course he didn't know about it, but it sounded very unreasonable.
Seeing his frown, Qi Hou immediately said: "Second brother, just leave this matter to Gu, you should rest well, don't bother yourself, do you hear me?"
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "Understood."
Only then was Qi Hou satisfied, and continued to feed Wu Jiu.
Wu Jiu couldn't get up for the past few days. After two days, the wound finally healed and the pain was no longer so bad, but his legs still couldn't walk. Qi Hou asked someone to build a wheelchair for Wu Jiu to sit , and pushed him out for a walk to get some air.
Wu Jiu was sitting in a wheelchair, his legs felt a little weak, but he always felt that he could vaguely feel numbness, which was no longer as insensible as before.
Wu Jiu sighed and said, "I never imagined that one day I would be in a wheelchair."
Hearing what he said, Qi Hou said seriously: "Second brother, don't talk about this, you should take a good rest and listen to Tang Wu's words. He said that if you recover well, you will be able to walk in a month."
Wu Jiu nodded and said with a smile: "I'm just thinking, if I limped back like this, those unconvinced courtiers in the court would not know what kind of face they would have."
Qihou said: "If someone is not convinced, I will teach them a lesson for my second brother."
Wu Jiu turned his head and looked at Qi Hou with a smile. His face was still a little pale, and he looked a little weak when he smiled, and said, "Xiao Bai is becoming more and more like a hero?"
Upon hearing this, Marquis Qi smiled and said, "That's natural, but loneliness is inevitable."
Wu Jiu walked around outside and was a bit tired sitting in a wheelchair. Qi Hou took him back to the house, carried him to the bed, and let him lie on his stomach. Because of his back injury, Wu Jiu couldn't even lie down. No, I had to lie on the couch with the quilt in my arms.
Qihou rubbed his legs for him, at this time someone knocked on the door, Yanjiu came in from the outside, and said in a low voice: "Qi Gong, Yanjiu has something to report."
Seeing Yanjiu looking at him, Qihou said to Wu Jiu, "Second brother, go out alone for a while."
Wu Jiu raised his head, looked back at Qihou and Yanjiu, and said suspiciously: "You two, what are you doing? You are still sneaking around behind your backs?"
Qihou almost laughed angrily at him, and said, "What is sneaking?"
Wu Jiu said: "Then is it possible to be honest and upright behind the widow's back?"
Yanjiu broke out in a cold sweat, Qihou said, "I just don't want my second brother to worry too much."
Wu Jiu said, "Let's talk about it here."
Yanjiu had no choice but to cup her hands and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Qi, there is indeed a problem with the shed that collapsed in the flood that day."
Qi Hou narrowed his eyes and said, "What's wrong?"
It turned out that those sheds were not collapsed because of the heavy rain and flood, but were tampered with!
The weight of the shed was all carved by people, plus it rained and flooded, so it naturally collapsed very quickly. After Wu Jiu and his party arrived, they were busy moving the refugees, and they didn't pay attention to the shed on the high ground. In fact, it was also moved. Although the shed on the high ground was not hit by the flood, it was finally unable to withstand the heavy rain and collapsed one after another. Yanjiu went to see the scene in person. There are burrs, indicating that at least half of the engraving is broken.
Qi Hou listened, and became gloomy. Wu Jiao was a little surprised, and said, "Someone wants to plot against the widow? Why?"
Qihou said: "It's very simple. It's nothing more than money and power. The second brother must have hindered someone's way of making money, or the way of power."
Wu Jiao thought for a while, and there were vague answers in his mind. He suddenly thought that Young Master Bai said that they met an assassin, and Wu Dao was slightly injured. Such an association, maybe it was something about the school, some people didn't want to make trouble, or maybe they Checked the direction, so someone wants to jump the wall.
Qihou said: "Continue to investigate the collapse of the shed, and make sure to find out this person alone."
"Yes!"
Yanjiu left quickly and continued to picket.
Wu Jiao lay on the couch, Qihou said: "Second brother, don't worry about it, it's fine if you come alone. Now you are only responsible for recuperating the wounded, so that you will be fat and fat, so that Gu can eat, you know?"
Wu Jiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Qihou, and said, "I just know how to eat."
Qihou covered him with a quilt and said, "Take a nap quickly and take a nap."
Because Wu Jiu was seriously injured, his physical strength was poor, and he was exhausted talking. He fell asleep when lying on the couch, closed his eyes, didn't speak, and fell asleep after a while.
When Wu Jiao woke up, it was already dusk. When he opened his eyes, he saw Tang Wu, but Qi Hou was not there. He rubbed his eyes in confusion. Seeing that he was awake, Tang Wu hurriedly asked him if he wanted to eat.
Wu Jiu asked suspiciously, "Where's Duke Qi?"
Tang Wu said: "Duke Qi went out. There was a flood a few days ago, and a large number of victims had no place to stay. Duke Qi and Dr. Cao went out for a long time, and let the young minister take care of the king."
Wu Jiu nodded, this was supposed to be his own business, but because he was injured, so Marquis Qi took care of it.
Wu Jiu ate dinner, seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, it was going to be night, Qihou hadn't come back yet, Wu Jiu was bored by himself, lying numb on the couch, he wanted Tang Wu to push him out for a walk .
Wu Tang helped Wu Jiu get up, sat on the wheelchair, and pushed Wu Jiu outside for a walk. The Cao Mansion was so big that he couldn't go anywhere.
Wu Jiu saw that there was a light on in a nearby room, and the door was ajar. There was a voice coming from inside, it was Cao Sunsu's voice.
Wu Jiu asked Tang Wu to push him over, Cao Sunsu was in the house, reading a scroll of bamboo slips, Wu Jiu's wheelchair pushed to the door, Cao Sunsu immediately heard the voice, stood up quickly, surprised Said: "My lord."
Cao Sunsu hurriedly asked Wu Jiu to come in. Wu Jiu looked at the bamboo slips on the case. It turned out that Cao Sunsu was studying and studying his homework.
Wu Jiu picked it up, smiled, and said, "Are you still working hard at night?"
Cao Sunsu smiled, a little shyly, and said: "Thanks to the king, Sun Su was able to come out of the firewood room. He hasn't read a book for so many years, and Sun Su still wants the prince's master to teach Sun Su to read. I'm afraid I've missed so much homework, I can't keep up with others."
Seeing that he was so eager to learn, Wu Jiao said with a smile: "When this place settles down, do you want to follow me to Yingdu, where there are endless books to read."
Cao Sunsu's eyes lit up, full of hope, but he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Then... will the prince's master also go? Sun Su wants the prince's master to teach."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Oh? The prince told Ao that he is so good at teaching?"
Cao Sunsu nodded immediately, and said, "The prince's master is the best master Sun Su has ever seen."
Seeing that Cao Sunsu looked like a little milk cat, his face was exquisite and beautiful, and his eyes were shining brightly, Wu Jiao couldn't help but want to tease him, so he said, "There is no other master who taught you, how do you know?" Prince Gao is the best teacher?"
Cao Sunsu thought for a while, and was a little anxious for a while, and said, "Sun Su... Sun Su knows that the prince's master must be good."
Wu Jiao was amused by him, Cao Sunsu looked serious, but also very anxious, teasing Cao Sunsu almost satisfied Wu Jiao's evil interest.
Seeing Wu Jiu teasing Cao Sunsu so boringly, Tang Wu couldn't stand it anymore, coughed, and said, "Your Majesty, you are weak, you should go back and rest early."
Wu Jiu said: "Wait a minute, Duke Qi hasn't come back yet, I will chat with Sun Su for a while."
Cao Sunsu didn't think that Wu Jiu was teasing him, and sincerely asked Wu Jiu to sit down for a while. Seeing Wu Jiu's stubborn joy, Tangwu could only say, "Then Tang'er help the king to bring a cloak, the night wind is too cold. gone."
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "You go, the widow is here, and I can't leave."
Tang Wu left soon, Cao Sunsu accompanied Wu Jiao, and the two chatted. Cao Sunsu was imprisoned when he was less than ten years old, and he had never seen anyone else, so his idea was very simple, and he was teased by Wu Jiao for a long time.
Although Cao Sunsu’s thinking is very simple, he is very smart. Wu taught Cao Sunsu to read for a while. It was the first time Wu Jiu saw someone who could read less than himself, so he was naturally very happy and taught Cao Sunsu with a sense of accomplishment. read.
Cao Sunsu had never forgotten it, as long as he read it once, Wu Jiao taught him to read it once, and immediately memorized everything. When Wu Tang went to get the cloak, Cao Sunsu actually memorized an article.
Wu Jiao was dumbfounded, while Cao Sunsu smiled shyly. The two talked for a while, and Wu Jiao asked suspiciously, "Why hasn't Tang'er come back?"
Cao Sunsu said: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, Sun Su will go and have a look."
Wu Jiao nodded, Cao Sunsu stood up, and was about to go out to have a look. He hadn't gone far, hadn't gone out yet, just went around the room, and suddenly let out a soft cry of "Ah!", and then " bang".
Sitting in a wheelchair, Wu Jiu didn't know what happened, so he quickly said, "Sun Su?"
Cao Sunsu didn't respond at all, but there were footsteps outside, and then several tall and strong men walked in carrying the unconscious Cao Sunsu. Cao Sunsu was hit hard on the head, bleeding, dripping on the pale On the cheek, it looks very scary.
When Wu Jiao saw some strange men attacking Cao Sunsu, his heart skipped a beat. Seeing that there were still people in the room, those men asked, "Why is there another one?"
"Which one is the young master of the Cao family?"
"Who knows? Take them all away!"
"Quick! Move faster!"
Wu Jiu's legs and feet were so bad that he couldn't move at all. Those men had already strode over and grabbed Wu Jiu's wrist. Wu Jiu had a wound on his back, and he was pulled suddenly. Sweeping the whole body, trembling.
"Boom!!!" With a sound, the wheelchair was brought directly to the ground. The man grabbed Wu Jiao, and when he heard a sound outside, he hurriedly said, "Go! Go! Someone is coming, go through the window!"
Prince Gao Ao passed by. He had just visited the children in the mansion and wanted to see Cao Sunsu, but he met Tang Wu who was unconscious on the way. Tang Wu fell to the ground with a swollen back of his head. Fortunately, There is no bleeding.
The prince told Ao that something was wrong and rushed over immediately. Cao Sunsu's house was in a mess, and there were blood beads on the ground.
The prince Gao Ao glanced at the house, not only was there blood on the ground, but also an upside-down wheelchair, he felt a thump in his heart, and hurriedly rushed out of the house.
Qihou and Cao Xiaoyanjiu Quzhong, have been busy outside for a long time this afternoon and evening. They discussed the issue of reconstruction. Blocking the flood is no longer the solution. The flood must be dredged and drained.
Before Dancheng was attacked by the Luo people, and the flood flooded Dancheng, Qihou asked Tong Shang to come over to help him look at the water conservancy, and Tong Shang left a relatively complete set of water conservancy maps. It seems that a waterway is also dredged to divert the flood, and the urgent need is solved first.
Everyone was busy, it was going to be late at night, Qi Hou was worried about Wu Jiu, so he hurried back, when they arrived at the door, they saw the prince Gao Ao rushing out.
Seeing the serious look of the prince Gao Ao, Qi Hou felt a little bit wrong in his heart, and said, "What's wrong?"
The prince told Ao immediately: "Duke Qi, the king and Cao Sunsu are gone! Wu Tang was also injured."
When Qihou heard this, anger suddenly rose in his heart, and he said, "What's the matter, why did it suddenly disappear!?"
Cao Xiao was also taken aback, after all, Cao Sunsu was his only son, and now he suddenly disappeared, and the king's servant was also injured, obviously there was an assassin.
"Master!!! Master——"
At this time, the housekeeper of the Cao Mansion suddenly rushed over, with a pale face, holding a roll of lambskin in his hand, and hurriedly said to Cao Xiao: "Master! Something is wrong! Something is wrong! Look!"
The butler didn't care about others at this time, and handed the lambskin to Cao Xiao. Cao Xiao opened it tremblingly, and saw that it was like a ghost drawing talisman, but it was bright red, it should be blood!
Cao Xiao's face was pale, and he almost fell to the ground.
The housekeeper hurriedly supported Cao Xiao and said, "Master! What should I do, young master..."
Qihou looked at Cao Xiao's reaction, then at the lambskin with bloodstains on it, frowned, and suddenly sneered, "Cao Xiao, are you guilty!?"
Cao Xiao was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a "Gudong", and the housekeeper next to him was also so frightened that he knelt directly on the ground.
Qi Hou was just cheating him, after all, Cao Xiao's reaction was very strange, because of those precious medicinal materials, Qi Hou began to doubt Cao Xiao, how could he know that today Wu Jiu and Cao Sun Su were robbed, and Cao Xiao Xiao also got a blood letter similar to a threat.
There was clearly nothing on it, but Cao Xiao seemed to have seen a ghost.
When Qi Hou yelled so coldly, Cao Xiao almost died of fright, knocked on the ground, trembling.
Cao Xiao quickly said, "Duke Qi, this..."
As he was speaking, Qi Hou had already interrupted him coldly, saying: "Cao Xiao, now that things have happened, do you dare to say that the collapsed school has nothing to do with you? Do you dare to say that the temporary shelters for refugees have nothing to do with you? Do you dare to say that you collected those precious medicinal materials seriously?!"
Qi Hou asked three questions in a row, Cao Xiao knelt on the ground with a dead face, he couldn't even tremble, and looked at Qi Hou tremblingly.
The butler next to him also knelt on the ground, and quickly said, "Master...Master...what can I do, young master..."
Qi Hou sternly shouted: "It's up to now, you still don't admit it?!"
Cao Xiao was paralyzed on the ground with a pale face, the housekeeper hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Qi Gong Ming Jian! Qi Gong Ming Jian, my master is really innocent, there is no corruption at all, those... those medicinal materials are bought, it's just..."
Qihou said: "Just what? Cao Xiao, if you don't tell the truth, it's not just your son who is in danger now, but also the king of Chu. If the king of Chu has something good or bad, do you think your Cao family can take care of it?" ?!"
Cao Xiao said tremblingly: "Duke Qi...Cao Xiao is not corrupt, but forced to do nothing."
Qihou said coldly: "Say."
Cao Xiao quickly picked up the blood book and said: "Qi Gong, please look, there is a pattern on the lower left corner of this blood book."
Qihou took the blood book, because it was full of blood stains and rubbed in a mess, so Qihou didn't notice it at first, but now that he was touched by Cao Xiao, he immediately noticed it, Qihou frowned when he saw it.
In the lower left corner of the blood book, there is a pattern that looks like vegetation... It is the family emblem.
Qihou stared at the clan emblem, and said coldly, "What's going on!"
Cao Xiao hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Cao Xiao was also forced to do nothing. Five years ago, the dog suffered from a serious illness, and no one could cure it. The witch doctor also said that it was possessed by evil spirits. In desperation, Xiao Xiao wanted to seek medical treatment. , but this place is too small, there is no way to seek medical treatment..."
So at this time, someone threw an olive branch, saying that they could be sold to Cao Xiao as precious medicinal materials, which could cure Cao Sunsu's illness. On the one hand, Cao Sunsu had asthma, and on the other hand, he was born with a deficiency disease, so the resistance is very weak.
These precious medicinal materials are for life-saving, they can't be bought in this place, some people are willing to sell them to Cao Xiao, and Cao Sunsu is his only son, so Cao Xiao naturally wants to buy them after his entire family goes bankrupt.
But that person has one condition, that is, Cao Xiao will help him make false accounts.
Although the place Cao Xiao manages is a backcountry, there is actually a lot of money to be made. Simply put, it can make the country rich.
This place has a lot of rain and is prone to floods. As long as the rain is heavy, the river will overflow the river bed. Therefore, the imperial court almost allocates money to repair the river bed here every year.
Cao Xiao is a local official, and the money allocated by the court will eventually fall on Cao Xiao's side. That person is an official in the court of Chu State, and his official position should be quite high. , I'm afraid it will be discovered, so I want Cao Xiao to cooperate with the fake.
Cao Xiao didn't get any money, he just helped to cheat. Recently, he allocated a batch of money to build a school, but was also deducted by the higher-ups, so that Cao Xiao could continue to cheat. Cao Xiao didn't have the money to build a school, so the school changed. It became a bean curd dregs project, but it collapsed when it rained.
Cao Xiao didn't want this at all, he saw the school collapsed and couldn't sleep all day long, although he didn't get any money, but because he helped cheat, the school became like this, Cao Xiao felt very guilty.
When that person contacted Cao Xiao last time, Cao Xiao told him that he didn't want to make false accounts anymore. Besides, the King of Chu has already arrived, and he will find out sooner or later. If something happened, the King of Chu is a serious person and will definitely investigate.
That person threatened Cao Xiao, if they don't cooperate, it's not just a matter of not selling him medicinal materials, they will kill Cao Xiao's son.
Cao Xiao originally thought that the king of Chu and Duke Qi were here, no matter how rampant those people were, they would not dare to do anything. Who would have thought that something like this would happen today, not only Cao Sunsu was missing, Tang Wu was also injured, and most importantly, Wu Jiao was also injured. was taken away.
Qihou stared at the clan emblem, and said darkly: "The person who threatened you..."
Cao Xiao said: "Duke Qi is well-informed and knowledgeable, so he must know this family emblem. It is the Luo family in the capital city of Ying..."
Qi Hou said in a cold voice: "Do you know who the person who took the money is?"
Cao Xiao said: "I know! I know! People who contacted Xiao said that they were their new patriarchs, and even threatened Xiao, saying that the Luo family was headed by their suzerain, and they were very powerful. Don't even try to get rid of them. Their suzerain is called... ...It's called Lu Chen!"
"Lu Chen..."
Qihou squinted his eyes, his face was extremely gloomy, while Qu Zhong and Yanjiu looked surprised and said, "Master Sibai!?"
What is Sibai's job?In the highest position of picketing, if there is corruption and violation of the law, or committing crimes, they are all in charge of picketing.
As Si Bai and the suzerain of the Luo family, Luo Luchen, although young, has a good reputation and is known as an upright official who is not afraid of offending others. It is hard for everyone to imagine that a person who has been greedy for five years of court money, It turned out to be Lu Chen.
Qi Hou narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, he pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Yanjiu."
Yanjiu immediately said, "Yanjiu is here!"
Qihou said: "Go and check quickly to see if there is any land belonging to the Ru family in this town or the surrounding small towns. If there is, report it immediately."
"Yes!"
After Yanjiu cupped her hands, she strode away immediately.
Cao Xiao knelt on the ground and said, "I don't know that Xiaozhen will become what it is today. Cao Xiao deserves to die for his crimes, but please rescue the king and the dog, otherwise Xiaoxiao will not die with peace! Qi Gong..."
Qihou just said with a gloomy face: "You needn't say it, Gu will do the same. Whoever dares to do anything to Gu's second brother, Gu will definitely make him... life would be worse than death."
"Bang!!", Wu Jiao was thrown to the ground, the wound on his back hurt, and he curled up on the ground trembling.
The men looked at Wu Jiu, laughed loudly and said, "Is this a cripple?"
"Who is this person?"
"Who knows who it is, don't care about him, anyway, the young master of the Cao family has been caught."
They said, and there was another "bang", and they threw Cao Sunsu, whose forehead was covered with blood, on the ground. Crouching back, he caught sight of Wu Jiu, seeing Wu Jiao's pale face and blood stains all over his white clothes, he hurriedly pressed Wu Jiao's vest to prevent the wound from bleeding profusely.
Cao Sunsu covered Wu Jiu's wound and said, "You... who are you? Where is this?"
When those people heard Cao Sunsu's words, they burst into laughter and said, "Your father offended someone, and someone spent money. Let us invite you to come. As for where this place is, you don't need to know."
One of the thugs said, "Who is he? The above only said that they wanted Cao Sunsu, not anyone else."
Cao Sunsu covered Wu Jiu's wound. Although he was weak and sick, he was very excited, and immediately said, "This is my servant."
"Servant? Why is he still a cripple?"
Those few men had no idea that they had "handily" captured the current king of Chu. Their employers only wanted to threaten Cao Xiao, but they would have pierced a big hole in the sky in an instant, and it was about to collapse today. And these people I don't even know it.
Cao Sunsu seemed a little scared, but he tried to calm himself down and said in a low voice, "Are you okay?"
Wu Jiu shook his head lightly. There was only numbness on his legs, and he couldn't move, he couldn't get up at all. Cao Sunsu was a little anxious. The surrounding was an unfamiliar environment, like a granary, but there wasn't much food. , and a musty smell, it seems very damp.
Wu Jiu looked around. Although he didn't know where it was, he probably hadn't left Xiaoyi. There was the sound of heavy rain outside, and the majestic heavy rain fell from the sky, beating on the roof.
The men looked at Cao Sunsu several times, and said maliciously, "Look, this boy has red lips and white teeth, and he looks better than a girl. You think he is a girl after all? Still with a handle?"
Everyone laughed, and one person said, "Take off your clothes and see if you know?"
"That's right, the above only said that we should not kill people, and that we could threaten Cao Xiao if we kept them. They didn't say we couldn't have fun."
"Hahaha! That's right! Let us men not wait!"
Those people said they were about to come over, Cao Sunsu shrank back in fright, Wu Jiao sat up with his body, and stopped them behind, those people rushed over to kick Wu Jiao.
One of the thugs said: "Wait, wait, don't kick in the face, you look at this kid, he is not bad, look at his eyes, hey, he reveals a high spirit, look at this man My heart is itching badly, since I'm idle anyway, why not be stubborn together?"
As the thug said, he stretched out his hand to touch Wu Jiao's face, "Crack!!", but Wu Jiao opened it with his hand.
Don't look at Wu Jiu's friendly and gentle appearance, in fact, there are thorns in his bones, and Qi Hou was also stabbed several times back then.
As soon as Wu Jiu opened the thug's hand, the thug immediately became angry with embarrassment, and shouted, "Damn it! This kid still dares to hit someone! Damn it! You are still so arrogant!?"
Hearing the violent words of the thug, Wu Jiu just smiled, looking very calm, and said: "I advise you, don't act rashly, your employer only wants you to arrest people, but he dare not really let you touch the young master of the Cao family. It means that your employer has something in the hands of Dr. Cao. Since someone has caught the shortcoming, you should admit it. You are just a few ants who take money for a living. Let the fish die and the net break, let's see who can't eat and walk around."
When Wu Jiu said this, the thugs looked at each other for a moment, as if they didn't know what to do. Listening to Wu Jiu's words, it seemed that there was some truth...
The night was very dark, and in another hour, it might be dawn. Qihou was standing in the courtyard, the rain fell from the sky, and it started to rain again. Qihou squinted his eyes, watching the raindrops kept falling , the mood seems to be as cloudy as the sky.
"Duke Qi!"
At this time, Yanjiu had already run in from outside even faster, he was sweating profusely, rushed in and said: "Found it!"
Qihou squinted his eyes and said, "Sure enough, there is the property of the Luo family?"
Yanjiu panted heavily, and said: "Yes! Sure enough, there is. It's in the middle of the city, in the suburbs. The signature of the property is indeed... Lu Chen."
Qi Hou squinted his eyes, his face was very gloomy, and said: "Go, go and arrest people!"
Those thugs didn't dare to act rashly after hearing Wu Jiu's words, they just cursed and said some very ugly words.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the wind was still blowing. The night faded, and the sky gradually brightened up. It was almost dawn, and a ray of sunlight was struggling to penetrate through the window at the edge of the sky.
With a sound of "Hoo--!", the gust of wind swept the rain, and the window next to it was blown open. The window was a bit old, and it made a sound of "Kang Dang!", and was blown almost to the point of falling.
A thug walked over cursingly and said, "It's so damn unlucky, it's raining so hard that the windows are about to fall."
As he said, he walked to the window and was about to close the window, but at this moment, there seemed to be some light coming in directly from the window, and his eyes flickered for a moment. The thug looked up, but he still couldn't see what it was. , There was a soft "whoosh!" in my ear.
Immediately there was an extremely short panting sound, and the thug who stretched out his hand to close the window suddenly opened his eyes wide, and a long arrow rushed in at lightning speed, and directly stuck in his chest. On the throat, he died instantly.
"Boom——" There was a loud noise, and the thug suddenly fell back and fell to the ground. When the other thugs heard the sound, they turned their heads to look, and immediately shouted in horror, "What's going on?" ?!"
"died!?"
"Someone shot cold arrows!"
"Window! Shut the window!"
A thug rushed over and was about to close the window, but just as he ran over, there was another "whoosh!", and the thug fell to the ground in response. The second long arrow flew into the window, hitting the thug's forehead in an instant.
The thug behind was so frightened that he wanted to yell, but he heard another "whoosh!" followed by a scream of "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" With a roar, the third cold arrow has already rushed in through the window and shot directly at the thug's eyeball.
Cao Sunsu was too frightened to open his eyes to see, so many thugs died in a row, some of the thugs had their eyeballs shot off, and the rest of the thugs were frightened, and they all rushed towards Wu Jiao and Cao Sunsu, thinking To take hostages.
Wu Jiu hurriedly said, "Let's go!"
Cao Sunsu pressed Wu Jiu's wound, and shook his head vigorously. The thugs rushed over, panicked because they were frightened, and shouted, "Who is pretending to be a ghost, I chopped him off with a sword!!"
As the thug said, he raised his sword and slashed at Wu Jiao. Wu Jiao still couldn't support his legs, and he couldn't dodge at all. Although Cao Sunsu was frightened, he suddenly rushed forward, closing his eyes, He clearly looked terrified, but he stood firmly in front of Wu Jiu.
Wu Jiao was startled, and wanted to push him, but it was too late.
At this moment, a loud noise of "Boom!!!" was heard, and the door panel of the house was smashed open. The door panel was old and corroded due to humidity, and it flew down directly, "Boom!" Hit the ground.
Immediately, "Huh--!!
Qihou rushed over and said, "Second Brother, it's okay, don't close your eyes, Second Brother, look at Gu."
Tang Wu was sweating profusely, he stopped the bleeding for Wu Jiu, wiped the blood off his hands, and said, "It's done."
Qi Hou hurried over and wiped Wu Jiu's cold sweat. He was lying on the bed, because of the pain, the corners of his eyes were full of physiological tears, which wet the bed, Qi Hou was very distressed, and quickly wiped his tears.
Wu Jiu gasped for breath, stretched out his hand with difficulty to grab Qihou's wrist, and said in a hoarse voice, "I...my leg..."
After hearing this, Marquis Qi subconsciously glanced at Wu Jiu's retreat. Wu Jiao's expression was very painful, and he continued hoarsely: "I can't move...what's going on..."
Qi Hou straightened up quickly to look at Tang Wu, Tang Wu wiped off the blood on his hands and said, "It's normal, Your Majesty's back is injured and you need to recuperate. Before your wound heals, your legs and feet may be affected."
Wu Jiu understood right away, because he hurt his vest, which is the spine, which will definitely affect his actions.
Wu Jiu panicked for a moment, and Tang Wu said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to panic too much. As long as you cooperate with the treatment, you will be fine. The wooden thorns are not deep enough. If you pierce a little further, you may never be able to walk."
Hearing the cold sweat, Qi Hou quickly comforted him softly and said, "Second brother, it's all right, take a good rest."
Wu Jiu was so tired and his wound hurt, he finally couldn't help but fell into a deep sleep, as if he had a dream.
When Wu Jiu woke up, he saw Qihou holding his hand, guarding by his side for an unknown amount of time, looking at him all the time.
Wu Jiao opened his eyes, blinked, and Qi Hou quickly said, "Are you awake? Have you had a drink? Do you want to eat something? Does the wound still hurt?"
Listening to his series of questions, Wu Jiu shook his head and said, "It's all right, it's just...just that I still don't feel anything in my legs."
Hearing what he said, Qi Hou quickly comforted him: "Tang Wu said that it will be fine when your wound heals, and now that you are damaged, you will naturally be unable to walk. Second brother, you should take a good rest, and leave the rest to Gu."
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "Well... thank you."
Qihou stretched his arms around Wu Jiu, avoiding his wound, kissed him twice on the forehead, and said: "You don't know you are hurt, how much I feel sorry for you, I wish I was the one who got hurt."
Wu Jiu smiled, his face was still a little weak, and he said in a low voice: "The widow will also feel distressed."
Qi Hou laughed angrily, bit the tip of Wu Jiu's nose, and said, "Second brother, wait, when you recover from your injury, Gu will definitely deal with you severely, and it will be useless for you to beg for mercy. "
Wu Jiao woke up for a while, drank some water, and ate something, Tang Wu came over with medicine, Wu Jiao was very tired, and fell asleep again, Qi Hou looked at his pale face, feeling cramped in his heart.
Soon a person came in at the door, quietly, it turned out to be Yanjiu.
When Yanjiu came in, Qihou raised his hand and pressed it on his lips, signaling him not to be polite, not to make a sound, so as not to wake Wu Jiu up.
Qi Hou gently stroked Wu Jiu's head. Because of the pain in the wound, Wu Jiao frowned when he was sleeping. Qi Hou gently stroked him over and over again, which seemed to make Wu Jiu relax slowly.
Qihou said in a low voice, "Go and investigate two things for Gu."
Yanjiu said in a low voice: "Yes, please give orders from Duke Qi."
Qihou said: "First thing, you go and investigate the collapse of the refugee shelter."
Yanjiu was a little surprised when he heard that, and raised his head to look at Qihou. Qihou's eyes were very gloomy. Yanjiu nodded and said, "Yes."
Qihou said again: "Second thing, you go and investigate Cao Xiao."
Yanjiu glanced at Qihou again, and Qihou continued, "It's unreasonable that Cao Xiao's family has so many precious medicinal materials. Where did he get the money to buy the medicinal materials? Check carefully."
Yanjiu cupped her hands and said, "Yes, Yanjiu is going now."
Qihou nodded, and Yanjiu quickly exited the house, closing the door gently when going out.
Wu Jiu fell into a deep sleep all morning and only woke up at noon. Cao Xiao personally came over to deliver lunch. Because Wu Jiu was weak and injured, Cao Xiao specially asked the dining room to prepare a lunch that was much more nutritious than usual.
Wu Jiao woke up and finally had some appetite. Marquis Qi took the lunch and fed it to Wu Jiao himself. While feeding it to Wu Jiao, he said lightly: "Doctor Cao, those medicinal materials of yours are so precious. Give them all to me." It’s really thoughtful for the king to use it.”
Cao Xiao quickly said, "No, no, Duke Qi's words are serious, as it should be."
Wu Jiu glanced at Marquis Qi, feeling that there was something in Marquis Qi's words, and he heard Marquis Qi say, "These medicinal materials are so expensive, where did Dr. Cao buy them? Gu also wants to buy some more."
When Cao Xiao heard this, he immediately stammered, and said, "Only... just bought it by chance, now... now that there is a flood here, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I can't buy it."
Qi Hou nodded, and said, "I don't know why Doctor Cao bought so many precious medicinal materials?"
Cao Xiao had cold sweat on his forehead, for some reason, he showed a guilty expression, and said, "This...because...because the dog has always been in poor health, so..."
Qi Hou glanced at Cao Xiao, with an expression of obvious disbelief on his face, but he still said: "Dr. Cao also worked hard in the emergency rescue yesterday, let's go and rest."
"Yes Yes!"
Cao Xiao hurriedly wiped off his cold sweat, turned around and backed out.
Wu Jiu asked suspiciously, "What happened to Cao Xiao?"
Qi Hou squinted his eyes, continued to feed Wu Jiao lunch, and said: "I think there is something wrong with Cao Xiao. His family is so poor, but he has money to buy medicinal materials. Yesterday, my second brother didn't know, Cao Xiao asked the housekeeper to bring out a bag of medicine. Pile of precious medicinal herbs."
Wu Jiao was a little surprised, because he was unconscious yesterday, of course he didn't know about it, but it sounded very unreasonable.
Seeing his frown, Qi Hou immediately said: "Second brother, just leave this matter to Gu, you should rest well, don't bother yourself, do you hear me?"
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "Understood."
Only then was Qi Hou satisfied, and continued to feed Wu Jiu.
Wu Jiu couldn't get up for the past few days. After two days, the wound finally healed and the pain was no longer so bad, but his legs still couldn't walk. Qi Hou asked someone to build a wheelchair for Wu Jiu to sit , and pushed him out for a walk to get some air.
Wu Jiu was sitting in a wheelchair, his legs felt a little weak, but he always felt that he could vaguely feel numbness, which was no longer as insensible as before.
Wu Jiu sighed and said, "I never imagined that one day I would be in a wheelchair."
Hearing what he said, Qi Hou said seriously: "Second brother, don't talk about this, you should take a good rest and listen to Tang Wu's words. He said that if you recover well, you will be able to walk in a month."
Wu Jiu nodded and said with a smile: "I'm just thinking, if I limped back like this, those unconvinced courtiers in the court would not know what kind of face they would have."
Qihou said: "If someone is not convinced, I will teach them a lesson for my second brother."
Wu Jiu turned his head and looked at Qi Hou with a smile. His face was still a little pale, and he looked a little weak when he smiled, and said, "Xiao Bai is becoming more and more like a hero?"
Upon hearing this, Marquis Qi smiled and said, "That's natural, but loneliness is inevitable."
Wu Jiu walked around outside and was a bit tired sitting in a wheelchair. Qi Hou took him back to the house, carried him to the bed, and let him lie on his stomach. Because of his back injury, Wu Jiu couldn't even lie down. No, I had to lie on the couch with the quilt in my arms.
Qihou rubbed his legs for him, at this time someone knocked on the door, Yanjiu came in from the outside, and said in a low voice: "Qi Gong, Yanjiu has something to report."
Seeing Yanjiu looking at him, Qihou said to Wu Jiu, "Second brother, go out alone for a while."
Wu Jiu raised his head, looked back at Qihou and Yanjiu, and said suspiciously: "You two, what are you doing? You are still sneaking around behind your backs?"
Qihou almost laughed angrily at him, and said, "What is sneaking?"
Wu Jiu said: "Then is it possible to be honest and upright behind the widow's back?"
Yanjiu broke out in a cold sweat, Qihou said, "I just don't want my second brother to worry too much."
Wu Jiu said, "Let's talk about it here."
Yanjiu had no choice but to cup her hands and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Qi, there is indeed a problem with the shed that collapsed in the flood that day."
Qi Hou narrowed his eyes and said, "What's wrong?"
It turned out that those sheds were not collapsed because of the heavy rain and flood, but were tampered with!
The weight of the shed was all carved by people, plus it rained and flooded, so it naturally collapsed very quickly. After Wu Jiu and his party arrived, they were busy moving the refugees, and they didn't pay attention to the shed on the high ground. In fact, it was also moved. Although the shed on the high ground was not hit by the flood, it was finally unable to withstand the heavy rain and collapsed one after another. Yanjiu went to see the scene in person. There are burrs, indicating that at least half of the engraving is broken.
Qi Hou listened, and became gloomy. Wu Jiao was a little surprised, and said, "Someone wants to plot against the widow? Why?"
Qihou said: "It's very simple. It's nothing more than money and power. The second brother must have hindered someone's way of making money, or the way of power."
Wu Jiao thought for a while, and there were vague answers in his mind. He suddenly thought that Young Master Bai said that they met an assassin, and Wu Dao was slightly injured. Such an association, maybe it was something about the school, some people didn't want to make trouble, or maybe they Checked the direction, so someone wants to jump the wall.
Qihou said: "Continue to investigate the collapse of the shed, and make sure to find out this person alone."
"Yes!"
Yanjiu left quickly and continued to picket.
Wu Jiao lay on the couch, Qihou said: "Second brother, don't worry about it, it's fine if you come alone. Now you are only responsible for recuperating the wounded, so that you will be fat and fat, so that Gu can eat, you know?"
Wu Jiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Qihou, and said, "I just know how to eat."
Qihou covered him with a quilt and said, "Take a nap quickly and take a nap."
Because Wu Jiu was seriously injured, his physical strength was poor, and he was exhausted talking. He fell asleep when lying on the couch, closed his eyes, didn't speak, and fell asleep after a while.
When Wu Jiao woke up, it was already dusk. When he opened his eyes, he saw Tang Wu, but Qi Hou was not there. He rubbed his eyes in confusion. Seeing that he was awake, Tang Wu hurriedly asked him if he wanted to eat.
Wu Jiu asked suspiciously, "Where's Duke Qi?"
Tang Wu said: "Duke Qi went out. There was a flood a few days ago, and a large number of victims had no place to stay. Duke Qi and Dr. Cao went out for a long time, and let the young minister take care of the king."
Wu Jiu nodded, this was supposed to be his own business, but because he was injured, so Marquis Qi took care of it.
Wu Jiu ate dinner, seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, it was going to be night, Qihou hadn't come back yet, Wu Jiu was bored by himself, lying numb on the couch, he wanted Tang Wu to push him out for a walk .
Wu Tang helped Wu Jiu get up, sat on the wheelchair, and pushed Wu Jiu outside for a walk. The Cao Mansion was so big that he couldn't go anywhere.
Wu Jiu saw that there was a light on in a nearby room, and the door was ajar. There was a voice coming from inside, it was Cao Sunsu's voice.
Wu Jiu asked Tang Wu to push him over, Cao Sunsu was in the house, reading a scroll of bamboo slips, Wu Jiu's wheelchair pushed to the door, Cao Sunsu immediately heard the voice, stood up quickly, surprised Said: "My lord."
Cao Sunsu hurriedly asked Wu Jiu to come in. Wu Jiu looked at the bamboo slips on the case. It turned out that Cao Sunsu was studying and studying his homework.
Wu Jiu picked it up, smiled, and said, "Are you still working hard at night?"
Cao Sunsu smiled, a little shyly, and said: "Thanks to the king, Sun Su was able to come out of the firewood room. He hasn't read a book for so many years, and Sun Su still wants the prince's master to teach Sun Su to read. I'm afraid I've missed so much homework, I can't keep up with others."
Seeing that he was so eager to learn, Wu Jiao said with a smile: "When this place settles down, do you want to follow me to Yingdu, where there are endless books to read."
Cao Sunsu's eyes lit up, full of hope, but he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Then... will the prince's master also go? Sun Su wants the prince's master to teach."
Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Oh? The prince told Ao that he is so good at teaching?"
Cao Sunsu nodded immediately, and said, "The prince's master is the best master Sun Su has ever seen."
Seeing that Cao Sunsu looked like a little milk cat, his face was exquisite and beautiful, and his eyes were shining brightly, Wu Jiao couldn't help but want to tease him, so he said, "There is no other master who taught you, how do you know?" Prince Gao is the best teacher?"
Cao Sunsu thought for a while, and was a little anxious for a while, and said, "Sun Su... Sun Su knows that the prince's master must be good."
Wu Jiao was amused by him, Cao Sunsu looked serious, but also very anxious, teasing Cao Sunsu almost satisfied Wu Jiao's evil interest.
Seeing Wu Jiu teasing Cao Sunsu so boringly, Tang Wu couldn't stand it anymore, coughed, and said, "Your Majesty, you are weak, you should go back and rest early."
Wu Jiu said: "Wait a minute, Duke Qi hasn't come back yet, I will chat with Sun Su for a while."
Cao Sunsu didn't think that Wu Jiu was teasing him, and sincerely asked Wu Jiu to sit down for a while. Seeing Wu Jiu's stubborn joy, Tangwu could only say, "Then Tang'er help the king to bring a cloak, the night wind is too cold. gone."
Wu Jiu nodded and said, "You go, the widow is here, and I can't leave."
Tang Wu left soon, Cao Sunsu accompanied Wu Jiao, and the two chatted. Cao Sunsu was imprisoned when he was less than ten years old, and he had never seen anyone else, so his idea was very simple, and he was teased by Wu Jiao for a long time.
Although Cao Sunsu’s thinking is very simple, he is very smart. Wu taught Cao Sunsu to read for a while. It was the first time Wu Jiu saw someone who could read less than himself, so he was naturally very happy and taught Cao Sunsu with a sense of accomplishment. read.
Cao Sunsu had never forgotten it, as long as he read it once, Wu Jiao taught him to read it once, and immediately memorized everything. When Wu Tang went to get the cloak, Cao Sunsu actually memorized an article.
Wu Jiao was dumbfounded, while Cao Sunsu smiled shyly. The two talked for a while, and Wu Jiao asked suspiciously, "Why hasn't Tang'er come back?"
Cao Sunsu said: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, Sun Su will go and have a look."
Wu Jiao nodded, Cao Sunsu stood up, and was about to go out to have a look. He hadn't gone far, hadn't gone out yet, just went around the room, and suddenly let out a soft cry of "Ah!", and then " bang".
Sitting in a wheelchair, Wu Jiu didn't know what happened, so he quickly said, "Sun Su?"
Cao Sunsu didn't respond at all, but there were footsteps outside, and then several tall and strong men walked in carrying the unconscious Cao Sunsu. Cao Sunsu was hit hard on the head, bleeding, dripping on the pale On the cheek, it looks very scary.
When Wu Jiao saw some strange men attacking Cao Sunsu, his heart skipped a beat. Seeing that there were still people in the room, those men asked, "Why is there another one?"
"Which one is the young master of the Cao family?"
"Who knows? Take them all away!"
"Quick! Move faster!"
Wu Jiu's legs and feet were so bad that he couldn't move at all. Those men had already strode over and grabbed Wu Jiu's wrist. Wu Jiu had a wound on his back, and he was pulled suddenly. Sweeping the whole body, trembling.
"Boom!!!" With a sound, the wheelchair was brought directly to the ground. The man grabbed Wu Jiao, and when he heard a sound outside, he hurriedly said, "Go! Go! Someone is coming, go through the window!"
Prince Gao Ao passed by. He had just visited the children in the mansion and wanted to see Cao Sunsu, but he met Tang Wu who was unconscious on the way. Tang Wu fell to the ground with a swollen back of his head. Fortunately, There is no bleeding.
The prince told Ao that something was wrong and rushed over immediately. Cao Sunsu's house was in a mess, and there were blood beads on the ground.
The prince Gao Ao glanced at the house, not only was there blood on the ground, but also an upside-down wheelchair, he felt a thump in his heart, and hurriedly rushed out of the house.
Qihou and Cao Xiaoyanjiu Quzhong, have been busy outside for a long time this afternoon and evening. They discussed the issue of reconstruction. Blocking the flood is no longer the solution. The flood must be dredged and drained.
Before Dancheng was attacked by the Luo people, and the flood flooded Dancheng, Qihou asked Tong Shang to come over to help him look at the water conservancy, and Tong Shang left a relatively complete set of water conservancy maps. It seems that a waterway is also dredged to divert the flood, and the urgent need is solved first.
Everyone was busy, it was going to be late at night, Qi Hou was worried about Wu Jiu, so he hurried back, when they arrived at the door, they saw the prince Gao Ao rushing out.
Seeing the serious look of the prince Gao Ao, Qi Hou felt a little bit wrong in his heart, and said, "What's wrong?"
The prince told Ao immediately: "Duke Qi, the king and Cao Sunsu are gone! Wu Tang was also injured."
When Qihou heard this, anger suddenly rose in his heart, and he said, "What's the matter, why did it suddenly disappear!?"
Cao Xiao was also taken aback, after all, Cao Sunsu was his only son, and now he suddenly disappeared, and the king's servant was also injured, obviously there was an assassin.
"Master!!! Master——"
At this time, the housekeeper of the Cao Mansion suddenly rushed over, with a pale face, holding a roll of lambskin in his hand, and hurriedly said to Cao Xiao: "Master! Something is wrong! Something is wrong! Look!"
The butler didn't care about others at this time, and handed the lambskin to Cao Xiao. Cao Xiao opened it tremblingly, and saw that it was like a ghost drawing talisman, but it was bright red, it should be blood!
Cao Xiao's face was pale, and he almost fell to the ground.
The housekeeper hurriedly supported Cao Xiao and said, "Master! What should I do, young master..."
Qihou looked at Cao Xiao's reaction, then at the lambskin with bloodstains on it, frowned, and suddenly sneered, "Cao Xiao, are you guilty!?"
Cao Xiao was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a "Gudong", and the housekeeper next to him was also so frightened that he knelt directly on the ground.
Qi Hou was just cheating him, after all, Cao Xiao's reaction was very strange, because of those precious medicinal materials, Qi Hou began to doubt Cao Xiao, how could he know that today Wu Jiu and Cao Sun Su were robbed, and Cao Xiao Xiao also got a blood letter similar to a threat.
There was clearly nothing on it, but Cao Xiao seemed to have seen a ghost.
When Qi Hou yelled so coldly, Cao Xiao almost died of fright, knocked on the ground, trembling.
Cao Xiao quickly said, "Duke Qi, this..."
As he was speaking, Qi Hou had already interrupted him coldly, saying: "Cao Xiao, now that things have happened, do you dare to say that the collapsed school has nothing to do with you? Do you dare to say that the temporary shelters for refugees have nothing to do with you? Do you dare to say that you collected those precious medicinal materials seriously?!"
Qi Hou asked three questions in a row, Cao Xiao knelt on the ground with a dead face, he couldn't even tremble, and looked at Qi Hou tremblingly.
The butler next to him also knelt on the ground, and quickly said, "Master...Master...what can I do, young master..."
Qi Hou sternly shouted: "It's up to now, you still don't admit it?!"
Cao Xiao was paralyzed on the ground with a pale face, the housekeeper hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Qi Gong Ming Jian! Qi Gong Ming Jian, my master is really innocent, there is no corruption at all, those... those medicinal materials are bought, it's just..."
Qihou said: "Just what? Cao Xiao, if you don't tell the truth, it's not just your son who is in danger now, but also the king of Chu. If the king of Chu has something good or bad, do you think your Cao family can take care of it?" ?!"
Cao Xiao said tremblingly: "Duke Qi...Cao Xiao is not corrupt, but forced to do nothing."
Qihou said coldly: "Say."
Cao Xiao quickly picked up the blood book and said: "Qi Gong, please look, there is a pattern on the lower left corner of this blood book."
Qihou took the blood book, because it was full of blood stains and rubbed in a mess, so Qihou didn't notice it at first, but now that he was touched by Cao Xiao, he immediately noticed it, Qihou frowned when he saw it.
In the lower left corner of the blood book, there is a pattern that looks like vegetation... It is the family emblem.
Qihou stared at the clan emblem, and said coldly, "What's going on!"
Cao Xiao hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Cao Xiao was also forced to do nothing. Five years ago, the dog suffered from a serious illness, and no one could cure it. The witch doctor also said that it was possessed by evil spirits. In desperation, Xiao Xiao wanted to seek medical treatment. , but this place is too small, there is no way to seek medical treatment..."
So at this time, someone threw an olive branch, saying that they could be sold to Cao Xiao as precious medicinal materials, which could cure Cao Sunsu's illness. On the one hand, Cao Sunsu had asthma, and on the other hand, he was born with a deficiency disease, so the resistance is very weak.
These precious medicinal materials are for life-saving, they can't be bought in this place, some people are willing to sell them to Cao Xiao, and Cao Sunsu is his only son, so Cao Xiao naturally wants to buy them after his entire family goes bankrupt.
But that person has one condition, that is, Cao Xiao will help him make false accounts.
Although the place Cao Xiao manages is a backcountry, there is actually a lot of money to be made. Simply put, it can make the country rich.
This place has a lot of rain and is prone to floods. As long as the rain is heavy, the river will overflow the river bed. Therefore, the imperial court almost allocates money to repair the river bed here every year.
Cao Xiao is a local official, and the money allocated by the court will eventually fall on Cao Xiao's side. That person is an official in the court of Chu State, and his official position should be quite high. , I'm afraid it will be discovered, so I want Cao Xiao to cooperate with the fake.
Cao Xiao didn't get any money, he just helped to cheat. Recently, he allocated a batch of money to build a school, but was also deducted by the higher-ups, so that Cao Xiao could continue to cheat. Cao Xiao didn't have the money to build a school, so the school changed. It became a bean curd dregs project, but it collapsed when it rained.
Cao Xiao didn't want this at all, he saw the school collapsed and couldn't sleep all day long, although he didn't get any money, but because he helped cheat, the school became like this, Cao Xiao felt very guilty.
When that person contacted Cao Xiao last time, Cao Xiao told him that he didn't want to make false accounts anymore. Besides, the King of Chu has already arrived, and he will find out sooner or later. If something happened, the King of Chu is a serious person and will definitely investigate.
That person threatened Cao Xiao, if they don't cooperate, it's not just a matter of not selling him medicinal materials, they will kill Cao Xiao's son.
Cao Xiao originally thought that the king of Chu and Duke Qi were here, no matter how rampant those people were, they would not dare to do anything. Who would have thought that something like this would happen today, not only Cao Sunsu was missing, Tang Wu was also injured, and most importantly, Wu Jiao was also injured. was taken away.
Qihou stared at the clan emblem, and said darkly: "The person who threatened you..."
Cao Xiao said: "Duke Qi is well-informed and knowledgeable, so he must know this family emblem. It is the Luo family in the capital city of Ying..."
Qi Hou said in a cold voice: "Do you know who the person who took the money is?"
Cao Xiao said: "I know! I know! People who contacted Xiao said that they were their new patriarchs, and even threatened Xiao, saying that the Luo family was headed by their suzerain, and they were very powerful. Don't even try to get rid of them. Their suzerain is called... ...It's called Lu Chen!"
"Lu Chen..."
Qihou squinted his eyes, his face was extremely gloomy, while Qu Zhong and Yanjiu looked surprised and said, "Master Sibai!?"
What is Sibai's job?In the highest position of picketing, if there is corruption and violation of the law, or committing crimes, they are all in charge of picketing.
As Si Bai and the suzerain of the Luo family, Luo Luchen, although young, has a good reputation and is known as an upright official who is not afraid of offending others. It is hard for everyone to imagine that a person who has been greedy for five years of court money, It turned out to be Lu Chen.
Qi Hou narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, he pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Yanjiu."
Yanjiu immediately said, "Yanjiu is here!"
Qihou said: "Go and check quickly to see if there is any land belonging to the Ru family in this town or the surrounding small towns. If there is, report it immediately."
"Yes!"
After Yanjiu cupped her hands, she strode away immediately.
Cao Xiao knelt on the ground and said, "I don't know that Xiaozhen will become what it is today. Cao Xiao deserves to die for his crimes, but please rescue the king and the dog, otherwise Xiaoxiao will not die with peace! Qi Gong..."
Qihou just said with a gloomy face: "You needn't say it, Gu will do the same. Whoever dares to do anything to Gu's second brother, Gu will definitely make him... life would be worse than death."
"Bang!!", Wu Jiao was thrown to the ground, the wound on his back hurt, and he curled up on the ground trembling.
The men looked at Wu Jiu, laughed loudly and said, "Is this a cripple?"
"Who is this person?"
"Who knows who it is, don't care about him, anyway, the young master of the Cao family has been caught."
They said, and there was another "bang", and they threw Cao Sunsu, whose forehead was covered with blood, on the ground. Crouching back, he caught sight of Wu Jiu, seeing Wu Jiao's pale face and blood stains all over his white clothes, he hurriedly pressed Wu Jiao's vest to prevent the wound from bleeding profusely.
Cao Sunsu covered Wu Jiu's wound and said, "You... who are you? Where is this?"
When those people heard Cao Sunsu's words, they burst into laughter and said, "Your father offended someone, and someone spent money. Let us invite you to come. As for where this place is, you don't need to know."
One of the thugs said, "Who is he? The above only said that they wanted Cao Sunsu, not anyone else."
Cao Sunsu covered Wu Jiu's wound. Although he was weak and sick, he was very excited, and immediately said, "This is my servant."
"Servant? Why is he still a cripple?"
Those few men had no idea that they had "handily" captured the current king of Chu. Their employers only wanted to threaten Cao Xiao, but they would have pierced a big hole in the sky in an instant, and it was about to collapse today. And these people I don't even know it.
Cao Sunsu seemed a little scared, but he tried to calm himself down and said in a low voice, "Are you okay?"
Wu Jiu shook his head lightly. There was only numbness on his legs, and he couldn't move, he couldn't get up at all. Cao Sunsu was a little anxious. The surrounding was an unfamiliar environment, like a granary, but there wasn't much food. , and a musty smell, it seems very damp.
Wu Jiu looked around. Although he didn't know where it was, he probably hadn't left Xiaoyi. There was the sound of heavy rain outside, and the majestic heavy rain fell from the sky, beating on the roof.
The men looked at Cao Sunsu several times, and said maliciously, "Look, this boy has red lips and white teeth, and he looks better than a girl. You think he is a girl after all? Still with a handle?"
Everyone laughed, and one person said, "Take off your clothes and see if you know?"
"That's right, the above only said that we should not kill people, and that we could threaten Cao Xiao if we kept them. They didn't say we couldn't have fun."
"Hahaha! That's right! Let us men not wait!"
Those people said they were about to come over, Cao Sunsu shrank back in fright, Wu Jiao sat up with his body, and stopped them behind, those people rushed over to kick Wu Jiao.
One of the thugs said: "Wait, wait, don't kick in the face, you look at this kid, he is not bad, look at his eyes, hey, he reveals a high spirit, look at this man My heart is itching badly, since I'm idle anyway, why not be stubborn together?"
As the thug said, he stretched out his hand to touch Wu Jiao's face, "Crack!!", but Wu Jiao opened it with his hand.
Don't look at Wu Jiu's friendly and gentle appearance, in fact, there are thorns in his bones, and Qi Hou was also stabbed several times back then.
As soon as Wu Jiu opened the thug's hand, the thug immediately became angry with embarrassment, and shouted, "Damn it! This kid still dares to hit someone! Damn it! You are still so arrogant!?"
Hearing the violent words of the thug, Wu Jiu just smiled, looking very calm, and said: "I advise you, don't act rashly, your employer only wants you to arrest people, but he dare not really let you touch the young master of the Cao family. It means that your employer has something in the hands of Dr. Cao. Since someone has caught the shortcoming, you should admit it. You are just a few ants who take money for a living. Let the fish die and the net break, let's see who can't eat and walk around."
When Wu Jiu said this, the thugs looked at each other for a moment, as if they didn't know what to do. Listening to Wu Jiu's words, it seemed that there was some truth...
The night was very dark, and in another hour, it might be dawn. Qihou was standing in the courtyard, the rain fell from the sky, and it started to rain again. Qihou squinted his eyes, watching the raindrops kept falling , the mood seems to be as cloudy as the sky.
"Duke Qi!"
At this time, Yanjiu had already run in from outside even faster, he was sweating profusely, rushed in and said: "Found it!"
Qihou squinted his eyes and said, "Sure enough, there is the property of the Luo family?"
Yanjiu panted heavily, and said: "Yes! Sure enough, there is. It's in the middle of the city, in the suburbs. The signature of the property is indeed... Lu Chen."
Qi Hou squinted his eyes, his face was very gloomy, and said: "Go, go and arrest people!"
Those thugs didn't dare to act rashly after hearing Wu Jiu's words, they just cursed and said some very ugly words.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the wind was still blowing. The night faded, and the sky gradually brightened up. It was almost dawn, and a ray of sunlight was struggling to penetrate through the window at the edge of the sky.
With a sound of "Hoo--!", the gust of wind swept the rain, and the window next to it was blown open. The window was a bit old, and it made a sound of "Kang Dang!", and was blown almost to the point of falling.
A thug walked over cursingly and said, "It's so damn unlucky, it's raining so hard that the windows are about to fall."
As he said, he walked to the window and was about to close the window, but at this moment, there seemed to be some light coming in directly from the window, and his eyes flickered for a moment. The thug looked up, but he still couldn't see what it was. , There was a soft "whoosh!" in my ear.
Immediately there was an extremely short panting sound, and the thug who stretched out his hand to close the window suddenly opened his eyes wide, and a long arrow rushed in at lightning speed, and directly stuck in his chest. On the throat, he died instantly.
"Boom——" There was a loud noise, and the thug suddenly fell back and fell to the ground. When the other thugs heard the sound, they turned their heads to look, and immediately shouted in horror, "What's going on?" ?!"
"died!?"
"Someone shot cold arrows!"
"Window! Shut the window!"
A thug rushed over and was about to close the window, but just as he ran over, there was another "whoosh!", and the thug fell to the ground in response. The second long arrow flew into the window, hitting the thug's forehead in an instant.
The thug behind was so frightened that he wanted to yell, but he heard another "whoosh!" followed by a scream of "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" With a roar, the third cold arrow has already rushed in through the window and shot directly at the thug's eyeball.
Cao Sunsu was too frightened to open his eyes to see, so many thugs died in a row, some of the thugs had their eyeballs shot off, and the rest of the thugs were frightened, and they all rushed towards Wu Jiao and Cao Sunsu, thinking To take hostages.
Wu Jiu hurriedly said, "Let's go!"
Cao Sunsu pressed Wu Jiu's wound, and shook his head vigorously. The thugs rushed over, panicked because they were frightened, and shouted, "Who is pretending to be a ghost, I chopped him off with a sword!!"
As the thug said, he raised his sword and slashed at Wu Jiao. Wu Jiao still couldn't support his legs, and he couldn't dodge at all. Although Cao Sunsu was frightened, he suddenly rushed forward, closing his eyes, He clearly looked terrified, but he stood firmly in front of Wu Jiu.
Wu Jiao was startled, and wanted to push him, but it was too late.
At this moment, a loud noise of "Boom!!!" was heard, and the door panel of the house was smashed open. The door panel was old and corroded due to humidity, and it flew down directly, "Boom!" Hit the ground.
Immediately, "Huh--!!
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