Ma Chao glanced at the person, felt a little familiar, thought carefully for a while, and then remembered that this soldier seemed to have appeared in a mountain forest in Shangtai County during the day yesterday.

The memory became clear little by little, Ma Chao remembered the events at that time, and thought to himself that the person he beat was Hou Yin, Hou Xuan's son, no wonder Hou Xuan was so angry.

"General Hou, I did have a little unpleasant encounter with Ling Lang yesterday, but I didn't know that person was Ling Lang at that time, and he didn't report his name, how do I know who he is? Besides, it was Ling Lang who did it first, I belonged to self-defense and counterattack, and I just slapped Ling Lang three times, it's not a big deal, I just didn't expect that General Hou, who was in Liangzhou, was so small. Ma Chao hugged his arms and stood there and said eloquently.

After Yang Qiu heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Young General, is what you said the truth?" ”

"What Meng Qi said, every sentence is true, if there is half a lie, he will be condemned by God, he will not die well in this life, and there will be no place to bury him!" Ma Chao stretched out his finger, pointed to the sky, and swore to the Heavenly Alliance.

Yang Qiu saw that Ma Chao swore an oath, not like he was lying, on the other hand, the candidate was angry for a while, and then looked at the soldier who confronted Ma Chao, but found that the person's eyes flickered, as if he was dodging, and he didn't dare to look at Ma Chao at all.

Hou Yin, the son of Hou Xuan's family, has always been a bully, Long County is adjacent to Shangtai County, as a county commander, how could Yang Qiu not know what Hou Yin did, but Shangtai County is the jurisdiction of Hou Xuan, there is no need for him to cross the line, and there is no need to hurt the harmony because of this. If Hou Yin dares to do evil in Longxian. Yang Qiu had already taken down Hou Yin.

"You talk nonsense! You distort the facts. What only slaps three times? My son was beaten half to death by you. I can't get up from bed. The candidate roared.

Yang Qiu hurriedly came out and said, "Brother Hou, don't be impatient, may I ask if you were not present when Ling Lang was beaten?" ”

Hou Xuan said: "If I am present, how can I not know Ma Chao?" Will you let Ma Chao use his hands to beat my son? ”

Yang Qiu said: "Since Brother Hou is not present, then you should find someone present to ask." ”

As he spoke, Yang Qiu walked up to the soldier and asked directly, "Hou Gongzi was beaten yesterday." Are you there? ”

"Present, not only Gongzi was beaten, but even more than 20 people who followed Gongzi in me were beaten by him, you see my face, it is still swollen, it is thanks to that person!" As the soldier spoke, he pointed to Pound behind Ma Chao.

Yang Qiu then asked, "Since you are here, you should be clear about what happened at that time, right?" ”

The soldier nodded heavily.

Yang Qiu's expressionless face. Suddenly became hideous, and shouted: "Bold maniac." Since you were there at the time, why didn't you give up your life to protect Hou Gongzi, but let people beat Hou Gongzi for any reason? ”

When the soldier heard this, he suddenly became nervous and hurriedly said, "I...... I was knocked down by that person, we all lay on the ground and couldn't get up again, it hurt so badly, even if I wanted to help my son, there was nothing I could do! ”

"Bastard, there are so many of you, you can't protect Gongzi alone, and let people beat Gongzi to death, if he is killed, then how should you explain to General Hou!" Yang Qiu continued to ask sharply.

The soldier was nervous, turned his head to look at Hou Xuan, but when he saw a fierce light in Hou Xuan's eyes, he seemed to have the intention of complaining about them, as if he would say that he would settle accounts with you when he went back. As soon as the soldier was nervous, he blurted out a sentence: "Childe was only slapped three times, how could he die?" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the soldier immediately made a look of surprise and covered his mouth directly, with a look of remorse.

The soldier's voice was so loud that almost everyone present could hear it, especially the candidate, after hearing this, it was like a rolling thunder in his ears, which directly shook his head.

Hou Xuan got off his horse directly, walked straight to the soldier, grabbed the placket of the soldier's chest, and asked, "What did you just say?" Tell me again! ”

The soldier was speechless and stabbed the basket with a word, he also knew that the candidate was powerful, and lying would not do him any good, so he immediately knelt down to the candidate and begged for mercy, and told him all the ins and outs of the matter.

"You brutes, you hurt me a lot, I almost made a big mistake!" In a fit of rage, Hou Xuan drew the sword in his waist, and he was so angry that he had no way to vent, and slashed at the soldier with a sword.

The soldier screamed "ah", and fell into a pool of blood, a human head rolled directly to the ground, and the blood gushing out of the cavity splashed the candidate's body.

Seeing such a scene, Yang Qiu hurriedly said, "Brother Hou, why are you so troubled? ”

Hou Xuan, who was covered in blood, turned around, carrying a blood-drenched long sword in his hand, a pair of tiger eyes glared at Ma Chao angrily, and walked forward extremely reluctantly, hugging his fists and saying: "Major General, Hou Mou was offended just now, please forgive the young general." ”

Ma Chao said: "It's okay, General Hou can recognize the truth of the facts, and there must be no misunderstanding between you and me." However, I slapped Ling Lang three times, and if General Hou felt that he had suffered a little, I would stand here and let General Hou return it in my face! ”

When Hou Xuan heard Ma Chao's words, the dark clouds on his face just now swept away, and he instantly returned the long sword into the scabbard, and smiled heartily at Ma Chao: "There are a lot of young generals, and they do have the demeanor of a general, which impresses Hou." Although I have known the major general for a long time, I have never spoken so closely, and today I don't know each other, and I candidacy ......."

Before Hou Xuan finished speaking, a loud shout suddenly came from the back of the cavalry team: "General Hou! ”

Everyone looked over there together, but when they saw a man in a strong suit galloping on his horse, and when he came to the candidate, he immediately reined in the horse, jumped off the horse, and knelt on the ground with a pop, and hurriedly said: "General, the big thing is not good, the son is ...... He ......"

"Humph! Hou Yin's group of subordinates just lied to me. I really didn't expect that. Even the housekeeper, you colluded with Hou Yin to lie to me? Don't you think it's enough for me to be harmed by you? The candidate did not wait for the man to finish speaking. He immediately stopped the man's words and said sharply and reproached.

The man raised his head in confusion, looked at the candidate in confusion, and said, "General, what are you talking about, I have never hidden anything from the general since I followed the general. I came here this time, and it is indeed the son of the child. And it's a very bad event, if the general doesn't go back now, I'm afraid that I won't see my son again when it's too late! ”

"Humph! Whether he is dead or alive, what does it matter to me? The candidate was angry, and he was still angry because his son exaggerated the facts and added fuel to the fire, so he deliberately said so.

Yang Qiu was beside him, and saw that the housekeeper looked anxious, and he didn't look like he was lying. Immediately, Hou Xuan said: "Brother Hou, how can a young man not make mistakes?" Again. The young general has already given Ling Lang three slaps, which can be regarded as a lesson for Ling Lang, I don't think the housekeeper is like being in a league with Ling Lang, so you might as well listen to what the housekeeper said. ”

Hou Xuan nodded, pointed to a headless corpse lying in a pool of blood on the ground, and said to the butler: "If you have something, tell me quickly, if you dare to lie to me, he will be your fate!" ”

Only then did the housekeeper notice that there was a headless corpse lying beside him, the head was on the side of the corpse, and the miserable white face was very familiar to him, and it was one of Hou Yin's subordinates who often followed him. The butler hurriedly said, "General, if I have the slightest lie, please ask the general to kill me." ”

"Okay, tell me what's going on?" Hou Xuandao.

The housekeeper said: "General, after you left yesterday, the son didn't know where to bring back a soft sedan chair, and carried a woman back from the soft sedan chair, and gave the woman to ...... Occupied. However, who knew that woman was as fierce as fire, and she actually bit off the root of the child's life......"

"What? Is there such a thing? How is Yin'er now? When Hou Xuan heard this, he immediately became nervous, his son Hou Yin has not yet married, has not yet started a family, and the root of his life has been bitten off, which makes Hou Yin how to live in the future, and how to pass on the ancestry, he is such a son, and once the root of this life is broken, doesn't it mean that the incense of his Hou family is also broken? Does this make the candidate not nervous?

The housekeeper continued, "Childe...... Childe has now been taken away and taken to Jicheng! ”

"What do you say? How could Yin'er be arrested, Jicheng? Who is so bold as to dare to arrest him and go to Jicheng? Hou Xuan asked.

The housekeeper immediately made a long story short and told the candidate the ins and outs of the whole matter. After hearing this, Hou Xuan's face turned pale, and he stumbled and did not stand firmly, so he fell backwards, fortunately Yang Qiu held it in time, otherwise he would have to fall to the ground.

It turned out that the woman who was sitting in the soft sedan chair that Hou Yin robbed was the daughter-in-law of Han Sui, the general of Zhenxi, that day they went home to visit relatives, passing by Shangtai County, but they didn't want to be robbed by Hou Yin, and they were occupied, when Hou Yin occupied the woman was in a hurry, the woman suddenly launched a madness, and pushed Hou Yin away, Hou Yin's overlord made a bow, but he didn't want the woman's sex to be as fierce as fire, and he opened his mouth to bite off Hou Yin's life, Hou Yin was in terrible pain, and immediately called someone over, enduring the pain, Let his subordinates hold the woman firmly and spread the woman's legs, he picked up a knife and stabbed it between the woman's legs, tooth for tooth, stabbed more than a dozen times in a row, and finally cut off the two hemispheres of the woman's chest, and the rest of the body parts were autopsied, the method was extremely cruel.

Hou Yin hurriedly found a doctor to treat him, lying on the bed only overnight, the next day at dawn, Han Sui's son personally led the army to Shangtai County, after entering the city, under the guidance of a maid, immediately ran towards the county government, directly surrounded the county government, searched around, but found the woman's head in a corner, and the autopsied limbs, Han Sui's son saw such a scene, as if crazy, ordered Hou Yin to be arrested, originally to kill Hou Yin, was persuaded to stop, He brought Hou Yin to Jicheng and left a letter for Hou Xuan to hand over.

After the housekeeper finished speaking, he took out a letter and handed it directly to the candidate, who took the letter with a trembling hand, and after opening it and reading it, the expression on his face stiffened, as if he was stunned.

Seeing this, Yang Qiu hurriedly dragged Hou Xuan, who came back to his senses and immediately bid farewell to Yang Qiu, Ma Chao and others, took the cavalry, and quickly returned to Shangtai County, and prepared to bring rich gifts and go to Jicheng to exchange Hou Yin back.

After the candidate left, Yang Qiu personally feasted Ma Chao, and the two of them were not troubled by the candidate's affairs, on the contrary, the two of them were happy.

During the banquet, Ma Chao saw that Yang Qiu seemed to be gloating, but he just kept this strange phenomenon in his heart, but never expressed it.

After three rounds of drinking, Ma Chao had just drunk a full glass, and after putting down the wine glass, he casually asked, "General Yang seems to be from Anding County, right?" (To be continued......)