Qi Ning smiled: "This is just my personal speculation, after all, the king of Shu is the head snake of Xichuan, and he surrendered to Da Chu back then, and I am afraid that I will not be willing to do it all the time." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Eve said: "But I heard that over the years, the king of Shu has rarely gone out of the city, and he eats fasting and recites Buddha, wanting to wash away the killing in the past. ”

"Oh?" Qi Ningqi said: "There is such a thing? ”

Eve nodded and said: "I also heard what people said, and I also said that the King of Shu has donated and repaired several temples over the years, and often gives alms to the poor. Sneered: "It's just that his son Li Yuan is not a good thing, and he often bullies others." ”

Qi Ning smiled and said, "Your Heiyanling is some way away from Chengdu City, and even you know that the King of Shu eats fasting and recites Buddha, it seems that his propaganda work is doing well?" ”

"Propaganda?"

Qi Ning said: "If he really wants to eat fasting and recite Buddha, why should he preach it everywhere and make it known to everyone?" I'm afraid that this is done on purpose to hide people's eyes and ears. ”

"Cover people's eyes?" Eve whispered, "Why do you say that?" ”

"Eve, you should know that our King of Shu was the soil emperor of Xichuan back then, and in order to dominate Xichuan, he met with the Chu State in a war." Qi Ning said: "Back then, the old marquis of Jinyi led his troops to attack Shu, all the way through the pass, and the soldiers came to the city of Chengdu, if it were not for the Northern Han people to move in the north, Chengdu City would inevitably be breached, Li Hongxin's head had been hanging on the city many years ago. ”

The grievances between the Jinyi Qi family and the Li family of the King of Shu, Qi Ning naturally knows very well now.

At that time, the old marquis of Jinyi led an army of 100,000 to attack Shu, and Li Hongxin, the king of Shu, dispatched troops to compete with the Chu army, which did make the Chu army lose its troops and generals.

It's just that the strength of the Chu army is finally above the Shu army, and the old marquis in brocade is a famous general in the world, and finally the Chu army came to the city of Chengdu, and it was at that time that the Northern Han people suddenly sent troops south, but Li Hongxin seized the opportunity and took the initiative to surrender and submit.

Qi Ning had to admit that the timing of Li Hongxin's return to the imperial court was just right.

If it continues to resist stubbornly, at that time, the court of Chu State has already decided to take Xichuan first, and then transfer troops north to meet the enemy after destroying Li Hongxin, but in this way, it is also necessary to bear great risks, once the northern front is difficult to resist the troops of the Northern Han people, I am afraid that it will be too late to transfer troops from Xichuan.

And Li Hongxin took the initiative to submit to obedience, but it was something that the Chu State could not ask for, and in that situation, the conditions for submission proposed by the King of Shu, the Chu State naturally tried its best to meet them.

Because of this, for so many years, Li Hongxin, the king of Shu, still has a deep influence in Xichuan, and many local officials in Xichuan are still in the line of the king of Shu.

Qi Ning has always felt that with Li Hongxin's character, if he really completely surrendered to the Chu State, it really doesn't make sense.

Li Hongxin is obviously a master who is very good at seizing opportunities, the first emperor died, the new monarch succeeded to the throne, and the political situation in the court was not stable.

It's just that this time a treasure-holding boy suddenly popped out, which made Qi Ning a little puzzled, thinking that the treasure-holding boy was a person from Jizang, so where was Jizang sacred? Is he related to Li Hongxin, the king of Shu? Jizang has extended his tentacles to the old house of the Qi family before, it is really a little incredible, this time it is making waves in Xichuan, if it is really a party with the King of Shu, it can also be explained, but if Jizo has nothing to do with the King of Shu, then where did this force come from?

Eve naturally didn't know what Qi Ning was thinking.

Qi Ning rushed to Heiyanling in time, Bai Tangling was in danger, Bayeri followed Qi Ning's instructions and hid Bai Tangling to prevent any assassins from infiltrating the mountain.

In the next two days, Qi Ning, accompanied by Eve, wandered around the Black Rock Ridge for two days.

Qi Ning knew that the most important task at the moment was to solve the Heiyan Cave incident first, as long as Wei Shutong arrived at Heiyanling and personally brought out Bai Tangling, the matter would be solved.

After waiting for another day, there was still no news from the mountain, Qi Ning was thinking about whether he wanted to go down the mountain, and suddenly saw someone hurrying over, and saluted: "Master Hou, the cave master invites Master Hou to go, there is something to tell." ”

Qi Ning arrived at Bayali's house, only to see Bayali and Eve waiting, and White Fang Li was also present, seeing Qi Ning coming, the three of them saluted, Bayeri said with a solemn expression: "Master Hou, someone at the bottom of the mountain sent a box, saying that it was a gift for us in the Black Rock Cave, and we haven't opened it yet, please come over and discuss." ”

"Boxes?" Qi Ning was stunned, and at this time he had already found that there was a small boxy wooden box with exquisite workmanship on the table, locked with a lock, and wondered: "Who sent someone to send it?" ”

Baye said: "The other party said that it was sent by the prince of Shu. ”

"The prince of Shu?" Qi Ning immediately remembered Li Yuan, the prince of Shu who had a conflict with him in the capital, and vaguely felt that something was wrong in his heart, and asked, "Why did he say that he sent someone to bring this box?" ”

Bayeri explained: "They sent a man to bring this wooden box to the foot of the mountain, and then told us that it was a gift from the prince of Shu, and nothing else. ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, and said, "Open it and see what it is." ”

Bayali did not hesitate, the box was locked, but there was no key, so he could only pry it open with a knife, after priing open the iron lock, Bayali opened the wooden box, and everyone only saw that it was covered with yellow silk, but the moment the box was opened, a smell spread, and the smell rushed into his nose, Qi Ning almost vomited, and several people present covered their noses.

Bayeri covered his nose with one hand, obviously also wary, and picked open the yellow silk with the tip of his knife, the moment the yellow silk was picked open, Eve exclaimed "ah", and several other people also changed color, only to see that in the wooden box, there was a head, the flesh and blood of the head were blurred, and a few places had festered, but the general shape could still be seen clearly.

"Tooth ......!" Bayeri exclaimed, "Yes...... It's a .......! ”

Qi Ning was also vaguely recognized at this time, and the head inside was suddenly the Miao Yagan who had seen it on that rainy night, Yagan and several Miao people followed Eve to break through the encirclement, and were chased and killed all the way, and the rainy night was chased and killed by two medicinal corpses under the hands of the white monkey, and the group was scattered.

Qi Ning was separated from Qi Feng and others, and Eve was also separated from Yagan and others.

It's just that I never thought that the wooden box sent over would contain the head of Yagan.

Bayali was shocked and angry, Eve also saw it at this time, her delicate body trembled, her silver teeth clenched, and she turned around sharply to leave, Qi Ning immediately turned sideways to stop, and Eve said angrily: "You dodge!" ”

"Where are you going?" Qi Ning's expression was grim.

"I'm going to kill Li Yuan." Eve's face turned pale, and a fire of hatred burst out of her beautiful eyes: "I want to cut Li Yuan with a thousand knives, so that he will die without a place to be buried." ”

Qi Ning said in a deep voice: "Then do you know that this is exactly what the other party wants you to do." At this time, why did Li Yuan send someone to send Yagan's head? ”

"I don't care." Eve's eyes were red: "If you don't kill him, Yagan won't be at peace even if he dies." ”

Qi Ning said: "Eve, I can understand your feelings, but you listen to me, Li Yuan sent someone to send the head to make the Black Rock Cave lose your mind, and make you lose your sense of proportion because of anger." He put his hands on Eve's shoulders, stared at Eve, and said, "Do you believe me?" ”

"I'm ......!" Eve's tears rolled down, her silver teeth clenched, and when she saw Qi Ning staring at her, she finally nodded.

Qi Ning said: "Well, if you believe me, everything will be arranged by me." I promise you, Li Yuan's life, I will definitely help you get it back, and he will definitely reap the consequences. ”

"But ......!"

"Take a deep breath and calm down." Qi Ning said solemnly: "We can't let the previous efforts of the entire Black Rock Cave go to waste because of a moment of anger. Yagan's death will not be the end, it will only be the beginning, I promise that you will ask Li Yuan to repay this debt, and you will definitely not break your word. ”

Eve stomped her foot, turned to sit down in her chair, and wept bitterly.

Qi Ning sighed, looked at Bayali, whose muscles were twisted because of anger, and said in a deep voice: "Cave Master, you are the cave master of the Black Rock Cave, and there are thousands of lives hanging under your hands, what to do, I won't say it, you also understand." ”

Bayeri bowed slightly: "Don't worry, Master Hou, I know that I can't be impulsive, but we will never forget this blood debt." He slammed his fist on the table, and with a loud bang, the wooden table was almost shattered by his punch.

Yagan died tragically, Bayali and Eve were naturally grief-stricken, but fortunately, Qi Ning comforted and resisted the impulse.

Bayali had Yagan's head cleaned, and in order to prevent the people in the stockade from falling into chaos because of this incident, he only ordered someone to secretly bury the head first.

At dusk the next day, Qi Ning finally received the arrow book sent from the mountain.

The officers and soldiers under the mountain shot arrows and shot a letter up the mountain, Bayali got the letter and immediately handed it to Qi Ning, who opened the letter and knew that Wei Shutong had rushed to the bottom of the Black Rock Ridge day and night.

Qi Ning instructed Bayali to prepare overnight, and early the next morning, Qi Ning led the group to the narrow mountain road that had gone up the mountain before, and went out of the mountain, and saw a group of people waiting at the bottom of the mountain from a distance.

The pennant was unfurled, and from a distance, he saw Yue Qianliang, the commander he had seen last time, waiting at the front, and when he saw Qi Ning, Yue Qianliang turned around and entered the crowd, and soon, Qi Ning saw an official wearing an official robe snatched out of the crowd, and did not stop, surrounded by Yue Qianliang and several other guards, he quickly greeted Qi Ning.

There were still seven or eight steps away, both sides stopped, Qi Ning looked at the official, in his early fifties, dignified, but his spirit looked quite tired, thinking that he had rushed over from Chengdu City day and night, it was too hard, he smiled faintly, and asked: "You are Xichuan Thorn Shi Wei Shutong?" He raised his hand and showed the royal gold medal, and said, "By the will of the Holy Lord, I have come to investigate the incident in the Black Rock Cave!" ”

When the official saw the gold medal, he immediately took two steps forward, knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "Xiaguan Xichuan stabbed Shi Wei Shutong, meet Hou Ye!" ”

Qi Ning raised his hand and said, "Lord Wei, please get up!" ”

Wei Shutong got up, Qi Ning took two steps forward, and said with a smile: "Lord Wei is on the road day and night, and he has worked hard all the way, faster than I thought." ”

Wei Shutong bowed down and said: "I didn't know that Hou Ye was coming, and the lower officials couldn't welcome him from afar, and I asked Hou Ye to surrender his guilt!" ”

"Those who don't know are not guilty, I never thought of making a big deal about this trip to Xichuan." Qi Ning put away the token and said straight to the point: "Lord Wei, Ben Hou heard that the reason why you transferred troops to besiege Heiyanling is because Heiyanling killed officials and resisted endowments, I don't know if it is or not?" ”

"Back to the Hou Ye, Heiyan Cave killed Danba County Ling Bai Tangling and his subordinates, which was like a conspiracy, and the lower official sent someone to summon him to state his crime, but this person disobeyed the order, and the lower official was helpless, so he could only transfer troops to quell the chaos." Wei Shutong said respectfully: "Alarming the imperial court, and having Lord Lao go to Xichuan in person, it is a dereliction of duty for the lower officials!" ”

Qi Ning said: "But the Black Rock Cave Master sent someone to send you a letter, and the letter told Bai Tangling that he was not dead, don't you know?" ”

Wei Shutong's body was shocked, he raised his head and frowned, "Master Hou, Bai Tangling is really not dead?" ”