A knife in love

Chapter 998

Miao Zhu and the old servant were so frightened that they almost collapsed on the ground.

Li Qiufeng said: "You have also heard the rumors outside. To be honest, I am indeed a Beijing official from the capital to Xiuwu County to investigate the case. Today, there will inevitably be a bloody storm in the Chenghuang Temple. The two want to survive, so leave now Here. When the chaos breaks out, the two of you just want to escape, but I'm afraid you won't be able to."

Just as Li Qiufeng finished speaking, he only heard a "plop", but the old servant's eyes went dark, and he fell headfirst to the ground and passed out.

When Miao Zhu saw the old servant fell to the ground, he swayed a few times in fright, and almost sat down on the ground.Fortunately, he was much more courageous than the old servant, and he managed to hold himself together so that he did not fall down.It's just that the corners of his mouth twitched and his face was pale.After a while, he said in a trembling voice: "My lord, you, aren't you joking with the villain?"

Li Qiufeng said in a deep voice: "Do you think I am joking with you? The two of you leave now, if you stay here, you will surely die."

Miao Zhu gritted his teeth, stood there for a moment, stomped his right foot, and said, "Well, the villain believes in the adults. It's just that the villain still has a lot of money and things in the temple. What should I do?"

Li Qiufeng knew that this temple custodian loved money the most, and he had been doing temple ceremonies in this Town God's Temple for more than ten years.Miao Zhu would not be reconciled because he wanted to abandon his family and career and escape with a single word.Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng said: "Brother, you can still earn money if you lose your life. If you lose your life, no matter how much money you have, it will be someone else's. What's more, brother is just going out for a while. After three to five days, after the matter is over, you Brother is still the person in charge of the Temple of the City God."

Only then did Miao Zhu feel relieved, bowed to Li Qiufeng, and said, "Since the adults are in charge, the villain should just leave the Town God's Temple."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and picked up a cup of overnight tea from the arched table, and suddenly poured it on the face of the fainted old servant.The old servant was shocked by the cold tea on his face, he groaned twice, and then opened his eyes.Miao Zhu forcefully pulled him up from the ground, and said to Li Qiufeng: "My lord, I'm leaving now. My lord, please take care. See you in a few days."

Li Qiufeng watched Miao Zhu and the old servant supporting each other, staggered out of the temple gate, then closed the temple gate, and walked slowly into the courtyard.He walked across the yard until he reached the temple gate, and was about to stretch out his left hand to push open the temple gate, when he stopped suddenly and slowly retracted his left hand.

Someone behind him said: "Master Li, you have to go out so early, is there something wrong?"

Li Qiufeng turned around slowly, only to see Mrs. Nie and Nie Dingnan had already entered the courtyard.Old Mrs. Nie put his hands in his big sleeves, with a half-smile on his face, squinting his eyes, looking at Li Qiufeng with interest.Nie Dingnan stood behind Mrs. Nie, respectfully and with his hands down.

Li Qiufeng said in a deep voice: "The sky is gloomy early in the morning, and I'm afraid there will be a heavy snowfall. Li got up on the spur of the moment and wanted to take a walk on the street. When the heavy snow falls, he can look at the snow scene in Xiuwu County. It’s not in vain to go to Henan for a walk.”

Old Mrs. Nie smiled slightly and said, "Master Li is very interested. I wonder how the old man asked Mr. Li last night. How is it going?"

Li Qiufeng's heart skipped a beat when he saw Mrs. Nie's confident appearance.He originally wanted to leave the Town God's Temple, hide in the vicinity, and watch the Japanese pirates fight with the four families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, and Du.After Liu Sheng Zongyan showed up, he looked for another chance to kill this person.As long as Liu Sheng Zongyan dies, the Japanese pirates will inevitably be in chaos.At that time, with the combined efforts of everyone, the Japanese pirates can be wiped out.As for the grievances and resentments between Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du and Xu Chengzong, Li Qiufeng didn't want to intervene.As long as the Japanese pirates are defeated, these five families can fight as much as they want, and they have nothing to do with them anyway.

It's just that when he saw Mrs. Nie's appearance, he didn't seem nervous at all about an imminent event, and he couldn't help but think to himself, everyone in the Nie family is cunning and cunning.Even if Mrs. Nie didn't know that the pirates were going to attack today, but tomorrow is the day of the Lantern Festival, how could Mrs. Nie be unprepared?I left the Chenghuang Temple to watch from the sidelines. It would be better to stay in the temple and see the conspiracy of the Japanese pirates more clearly.

Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng said in a deep voice: "You can rest assured, Mrs. Nie, I have brought the words." When he said this, he paused for a moment on purpose, and then continued: "However, Master Xu's answer may have to be let go." Mrs. Nie is disappointed."

Old Mrs. Nie didn't change his face, but still had a smile on his face, and said word by word: "Master Li has done a great thing for the old man by bringing the words, how can you be disappointed?"

Li Qiufeng walked slowly back to the yard until he was two feet in front of Mrs. Nie.Nie Dingnan moved slightly, his right hand had already grasped the hilt of the sword.

Li Qiufeng stopped in his tracks, and said: "Master Xu said that the Japanese pirate brigade is all along the southeast coast. Even if they sneak into Xiuwu County, they are just a small group of bandits, and they can't make any big waves. You Nie, Lu, Zhao, There are so many masters from the Du family, so it's no problem to deal with these little thieves."

Li Qiufeng originally thought that after he finished speaking, Mrs. Nie would be hard to hide his frustration.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Nie just smiled slightly, and said: "Master Xu can give us a reply, which shows that he has given us enough face. Mr. Li has been troubled, and this old man is very grateful."

This was beyond Li Qiufeng's expectation, he didn't expect the depth of old Mrs Nie's city to be so deep.Originally, I thought I had taken the initiative, but I didn't expect that Mrs. Nie would make me speechless with a single word.

I only heard old Mrs. Nie continue to say: "It took about an hour and a half for Mr. Li to go back and forth. I think Mr. Xu is only fifteen miles away from the city. Once the smoke rises in the city, Mr. Xu will take people to the Temple of the City God. Half an hour is enough." That’s why the old man is not only not disappointed, but secretly happy.”

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he thought to himself that this old guy is so powerful that he guessed that Jin Yiwei was hiding outside the city and not far from the city based on the time he spent going out last night.It's just that this old guy didn't expect that he would go out of the city on purpose and didn't go to see Xu Yingyang at all.The wishful thinking in his heart is afraid that it will come to nothing.

He changed his mind and thought again, Mrs. Nie wanted Jin Yiwei to intervene, but Xu Chengzong wanted to let Jin Yiwei stand by and watch.These two groups were looking forward to being able to talk to Jin Yiwei for them, but they didn't know that they would never see Jin Yiwei.But this is good, and I have room to maneuver.

Seeing Li Qiufeng groaning silently, Mrs. Nie felt complacent when he said that his words had shocked him.I thought to myself that this kid became a member of Jinyiwei's hundred households at a young age, but after all, his knowledge is shallow, so he can only be played by himself.Now that the Xu family has been eliminated, the Nie family can walk out of Fengmen Village openly and squarely only after the Japanese pirates are used to get rid of the three families of Lu, Zhao and Du.At that time, relying on the talents of the Nie family's children, as well as the gold, silver and jewels in the Qianyin Cave, not only can outstanding members of the Nie family sit on the governor's seat, but it is not difficult to become a cabinet boss.Although I am old, but I can see that the Nie family is famous all over the world, but this life is not in vain.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Nie felt very comfortable. He couldn't help but haha, and said to Li Qiufeng, "I know what Mr. Xu means. He wants us to fight the Japanese pirates to the death, and then Jin Yiwei will come forward to clean up the mess. We Nie Although the four families, Lu, Zhao, and Du are all mountain people, they are very loyal to the court. It is our duty to eliminate the Japanese pirates. Mr. Xu said that our four families are like a cloud of masters, which is putting money on our face However, the four families gather together and there are [-] people. It is not difficult to deal with the Japanese pirates. If Mr. Li sees Mr. Xu, please rest assured. We will definitely do our best to kill the Japanese pirates and serve the imperial court Meritorious service. As long as Mr. Xu brings someone to support us, the old man will be grateful."

When Li Qiufeng saw that Mrs. Nie was so shrewd, he also admired him, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Nie is worthy of being the head of the four families. It is really admirable to have such insight."

Old Mrs. Nie shook his head, and said: "What is Mr. Li talking about? This old man is just talking nonsense, which made Mr. Li laugh. Since Mr. Li is going out, we don't bother you. I have prepared a table at noon. For the banquet, Lord Han, the prefect of Luoyang, and Lord Huang, the magistrate of Xiuwu County, are invited. If Lord Li is fine, you might as well give the old man a face and have a few drinks with the adults. I don’t know what the adults think?"

(End of this chapter)