After a while of silence, Peng Yong gritted his teeth, but still unwillingly let go of his hand.

The moment he retracted his hand, Xie Zhao also retracted the dagger.

The scar on his neck tingled slightly, and Xie Zhao frowned almost invisibly.He stood up as if nothing had happened, rubbed the wrist that had been scratched with red marks before, and said in a relaxed tone: "It seems that we can still communicate."

He raised his head, but looked at Peng Shen who was at the side, and asked again: "What do you think of my proposal just now? Let me go, and I will go back to the capital to find out the culprit for you."

Everything just happened so fast that Peng Shen didn't have time to stop it.

Seeing that both Peng Yong and Xie Zhao are fine now, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, quickly pulled Peng Yong behind him, and said to Xie Zhao: "If it's Master Xie, I believe you have the ability."

After a pause, he looked at Xie Zhao probingly: "It's just that if we let you go now, I'm afraid we brothers will be arrested before we can get out of Quzhou."

Is this to negotiate terms?

Xie Zhao laughed.Although the situation is not safe now, he is still not afraid of provoking the two people in front of him.

After hearing Peng Shen's words, he smiled and resolutely rejected Peng Shen's cryptic request: "I will not plead with Master Qiu to stop his pursuit of the two of you."

Seeing the changes in the faces of the two brothers, he smiled indifferently, put the dagger back into its sheath, and then leaned against the tree behind him, and said to Peng Yong: "I can understand that you became a bandit because you couldn't bear the oppression, but please let me know." You are sympathetic to Mr. Qiu and the officials and people of Quzhou who have done nothing wrong but were retaliated by you."

Peng Shen looked at him and asked sincerely, "What do you think we should do?"

"I can't give any advice. You should decide for yourself about matters involving your future."

Xie Zhaodao: "I can only roughly guess the results of your different choices - if you choose to continue fleeing, then the hunting order from the imperial court will spread all over the country, and you may have to live a life of wandering and hiding for the rest of your life."

After all, Peng Yong is extorting officials and threatening the lives of people in Quzhou. His mistakes cannot be written off.

Peng Shen wanted to ask something else, but was pushed away by Peng Yong.

He looked at Xie Zhao, narrowed his eyes and asked, "——what if we go back by ourselves?"

Hearing what he meant, Peng Shen couldn't help being shocked. He frowned and looked at him with disapproval.

He betrayed Mr. Qiu, and also gave up the position that he had earned through years of painstaking efforts, just to save this useless younger brother.He has already reached this point, and he actually wants to change his ways?

Xie Zhao glanced at Peng Yong in surprise.

He replied: "If this is the case, you have to accept Master Qiu's punishment honestly. As the prefect of Quzhou, Master Qiu should be responsible for this matter from beginning to end. As the inspector censor, I did not directly intervene qualifications. As for your brother—”

Xie Zhao elongated his voice, and when he saw Peng Yong's subconsciously tightened jaw, he vaguely knew something: "If you choose to go back, although your brother will be punished, at least he can keep his military status."

Keenly noticing Peng Yong's relaxed shoulders, Xie Zhao raised his eyebrows and asked, "You want to go back for your brother?"

"I don't need to let him bear the rest of his life for what I do myself."

Peng Yong turned his face away and muttered: "What's more, his wife and children are all in Quzhou. It's nothing for him to run around with me. I'm not a coward, and I don't regret what I did. In your hands, I don't want to run away like a lost dog."

Hearing Peng Yong's words, Peng Shen froze in place.

The two brothers have never been compatible since they were young. They have rarely seen each other over the years, and even if they do, each time they have a strong sense of sex.

But at this moment, listening to his younger brother's words and looking at the bearded people around him, Peng Shen felt a little hot in his eyes.

He said hoarsely: "A Yong..."

"Don't act like a brother, I'm willing to go back just to let myself have a clear conscience."

Peng Yong snorted lightly, avoiding Peng Shen's gaze.He didn't want to play any brotherly love drama in front of outsiders, so he looked at Xie Zhao impatiently: "Is it true what you said just now that you want to find out the culprit for me?"

Xie Zhao laughed: "It can't be more true."

Peng Yong asked again: "How long will it take?"

Xie Zhao pondered for a moment and gave the answer: "The least is one month, and the most is three months."

This speed is extremely efficient.

Peng Yong sneered: "Do you have this ability?"

"Of course I have the ability."

With Peng Yong's puzzled expression, Xie Zhao brushed off the dust from the hem of his clothes, straightened up and looked at him.His eyes are clear and penetrating, brighter than the stars in the sky: "Because my surname is Xie—Xie from Xie Hui, Xie from Xie Yan, and the last name of Xie's family. My surname is Xie."

So it was the Xie family?

Peng Yong smiled wryly: From this point of view, losing at his hands is not a shame.

That night, Qiu Jing subdued the five thousand bandits as he wished, but the bandits brought them back, but Mr. Xie lost them.He ordered people to resettle the bandits, and he brought a group of Quzhou officials, big and small, to stay up late for a meeting in the middle of the night.

Qiu Jing slapped the table hard, disregarding the pain in his palms, he was so angry that his beard was blowing out: "Hurry up and find a way! We must quickly find Master Xiao Xie! He caught bandits for us, but now his life and death are unknown. How can this make sense!"

Speaking of this, he glared at his fellow acquaintances beside him: "You have to explain to me about the captaincy, it's this sleazy person who kidnapped Master Xiao Xie!"

Tongzhi had a bitter face: "The captain has been a soldier for so many years, who knew he would have something to do with the bandit leader..."

Qiu Jing shouted aggressively: "No matter what, Mr. Xie must not have any accidents!"

Bingwen originally wanted to go up the mountain with Xie Zhao that day, but later he got sick of eating and heard Xie Zhao say that nothing serious would happen, so he stayed in Quzhou City with peace of mind.

But he never expected that this Qiu Jing was really capable. He brought back all the bandits, but let the young master be kidnapped and taken away!

So when Xie Zhao and Peng's brothers came to the government office, they heard Bingwen's earth-shattering cries.

"My kind and upright son is unlucky! He is just a patrol censor. When he arrives in Quzhou, he will eat porridge and vegetables all day long, and he will work hard to suppress bandits for you. Now the problem of bandits is solved. Yes, you are satisfied, but I have suffered a lot for my young master whose whereabouts are unknown!"

Because the voice was too shrill, Xie Zhao was taken aback and stood outside the door for a while, not daring to go in.

Bingwen sobbed heavily in the room, and continued to cry: "Our son is the first literary champion in the dynasty! This is the 19-year-old champion of Wenqu! Our son's splendid life is hard to come by!" Is it because you officials died halfway?"

The more he spoke, the more sad he became, and his voice became louder and louder: "This is the only son of the Xie family! The only child of the third generation of the Xie family! If something happens to our son, how can I have the face to meet the dead master in the future!"

It's all and nothing.

Xie Zhao was both amused and moved, and walked directly into the room, smiling at Bingwen, who was full of tears, and teased, "Bingwen, don't worry, your Wenqu star is still there."

Bingwen's tears remained in his eyes, and he stared stupidly at Xie Zhao who suddenly appeared in the room.

"I'm not dreaming, am I?"

He rubbed his eyes, blinked vigorously, and after confirming that the person in front of him was indeed Xie Zhao, tears burst down again.He rushed to Xie Zhao's side, took Xie Zhao's arm and began to cry, "Master, it's great that you're fine!"

This time it was tears of joy.

Qiu Jing opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief, "You're back!"

He was happy and puzzled, and asked, "Did you run back by yourself? Where are those two?"

Xie Zhao finally coaxed Bingwen to stop his tears, and when he heard Qiu Jing's words, he pointed to the outside of the room with a smile: "I'm waiting for you outside."

The thief who ran away came back by himself?

When Qiu Jing saw the Peng brothers in the courtyard, he was suspicious.But he closed and opened his eyes again, and the two were still in the courtyard.

He looked at Xie Zhao, then at the Peng family brothers in the courtyard, and looked back and forth three or four times before he couldn't help but slapped his thigh, and said in awe: "You really deserve to be Master Xiao Xie."

To be able to coax all the bandits back to surrender, the speaker trained by the imperial censor in the capital is really extraordinary!

The bandit matter was settled, and Xie Zhao had no intention of participating in Qiu Jing's disposal of the Peng family brothers and others.He remembered what Peng Yong said about the military department ordering people to secretly rush to make weapons, and bid farewell to Qiu Jing the next day.

It has been one and a half months since Xie Zhao arrived in Quzhou.

Qiu Jing said in shame: "Master Xiao Xie came to Quzhou. It stands to reason that I should treat you well, but because of the bandit incident, you not only didn't have a good meal, but you were also busy running around. It was unbearable." Less suffering."

He begged: "Why don't you stay for a few more days. There are several places with beautiful mountains and rivers near Quzhou. I will take you on a tour and have a look around."

"I take your wish."

Xie Zhao declined: "It's just that the bandit incident has been involved too much, and the anomalies in Quzhou in the past two years are also very suspicious. I must go back and report to the Holy Majesty earlier."

Qiu Jing also knew the importance of this matter, so he had no choice but to bid farewell to Xie Zhao.

Before leaving, he said sincerely to Xie Zhao: "When Mr. Xie returned to the capital, whether he impeached me or praised me, I can understand." He sighed, "I have been working in Quzhou for the past two years, and I have done well. Bad, although I managed to protect the people of Quzhou, but I still didn't do enough to deal with bandits."

Xie Zhao told him frankly: "I will tell the truth to the Holy Majesty, and your merits and demerits will be determined by the Holy Majesty."

"No matter what the result is, I will accept it frankly."

Qiu Jing smiled in relief, and finally said: "Thank you, sir, for a smooth journey."

Xie Zhao began to take Bingwen and the coachman on their way home.

The three traveled during the day and stayed at the post at night.During the rush, Xie Zhao connected the strange things that happened in recent months together, and the more he thought about it, the more solemn his face became.

He said to Bingwen: "We may have an accident on the way back to Beijing, we must be prepared early."

If Xie Zhao's prediction is right, there must be people in Beijing who don't want to see him return to the capital.

After all, in the eyes of some people in the court, it is not an exaggeration to say that the current Xie Zhao is the best.People who are aware of the truth are unintentionally causing headaches for many people.

It's just that Xie Zhao was worried all the way, but didn't find any accident happened.

He couldn't figure it out: Could it be that he was overthinking?

The truth is, Xie Zhao didn't care too much.Some people in the capital did not want him to go back, and even sent people to try to make Xie Zhao something not so wonderful happen on the way home.

It's a pity that those people didn't expect Xie Zhao to have a few hidden "guards" protecting him all the time.

The night is dark and the wind is high, Wuyuan Station.

Zeng Cheng snapped the neck of a masked man standing outside Xie Zhao's house with a sword, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he saw the subordinates around him who decisively dealt with the other masked men.

He threw the masked man who was dead in his hand aside, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and said disdainfully: "Tch, at this level, you still dare to come out and kill people."

This flamboyant fist and embroidered legs, even a child in Beiyan can't beat him.

The author has something to say: Master Qiu: Master Xiao Xie is indeed a good speaker trained by Yushitai.

Xie Zhao: I proclaim myself the National Propaganda Ambassador of Yushitai, no one should object, right?

感谢在2020-07-1103:08:58~2020-07-1203:13:04期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw mines: 1 in Fengxi;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: give me 4 bottles of smile;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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