Iron Age

Liu Ziguang was escorted back to the dormitory by two guards, men and women defended against each other, the opponent actually used such shameless tricks to frame him, he searched for enemies in his mind, recently he has been too popular, and there are many jealous people, it seems that everyone has a reason beat yourself up.The guards of the inner house, the accountants, and the potential people whose interests are threatened by themselves.

The reputation is over, being seen by so many people, and now he can only rely on the wisdom of the young lady and his own character. Liu Ziguang is very irritable, and it is very depressing to be played by the enemy behind the scenes.While walking back and forth, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside the window. When he looked at the door, it was Yang Meng, the guard. Yang Meng said blankly, "Missy left the table early, and she is questioning in Dongxiang's room. I want you to go and confront her." ,Come with me."

It's still the young miss who is wise, so anxious to clear her name, Liu Ziguang followed Yang Meng without hesitation.

The alley in the inner house was empty, only the gas lamp was flickering lonely flames. The maids and servants all ran to the square in front of the main hall to watch a play. The figures of the two were elongated by the light, and the sound of their footsteps echoed in the alley. It looked weird.

Liu Ziguang's dormitory was very close to the dormitory of the maids, and it was just across an alley. The maids' room was also quiet except for the faint flickering of candlelight. YangMeng pushed open the courtyard door, held his waist knife and made a gesture of please.

Liu Ziguang felt that the atmosphere was not good, but he didn't know why, so he walked into the yard without hesitation, Dongxiang's door was ajar, Liu Ziguang was afraid of being cheated, so he stood outside and pushed the door open.

Blood red, dazzling blood red, pale, naked corpse lying in a pool of blood, it is Dong Xiang!Dongxiang's eyes were still wide open, as if she was questioning the sky why she treated her so ruthlessly.

trap!Another trap!Got it!Liu Ziguang turned around to catch YangMeng.

YangMeng had already locked the door from the outside, and howled with a voice like a broken gong: "Come on, Liu Ziguang killed someone!" Immediately there were disorderly footsteps not far away, it seemed that people had already ambushed nearby .

A conspiracy, definitely a conspiracy, it seems that the other party not only wants to ruin his own reputation, but also wants to take his own life!Liu Ziguang looked around, only saw a blood-stained iron factory-made steel knife in Dongxiang's room, this must be the murder weapon he was planning to plant on himself, the current situation is hard to argue with, the most important thing is to take the weapon to save your life!He jumped over to pick up the steel knife, stuck it obliquely in the belt behind his back, aimed at a wall, ran a few steps, stretched his hands, jumped as hard as he could, grabbed the top of the wall, and turned over to the outside of the wall.

Yang Meng found that Liu Ziguang had landed on the ground with a steel knife stuck in his back, so he didn't dare to come over, and moved closer to the crowd who were flying towards him, still shouting "Liu Ziguang killed someone!"

Among the crowd who came running, the leader was Song Qingfeng, with a white cloak with a collar of white fox armpit fur, which was particularly eye-catching in the night, damn it!It's him!This trap must have been designed by him.If you can't beat this guy, if you fall into their hands, you will be killed immediately, so it's better to walk away.

The side door of the inner house was not locked yet. Liu Ziguang ran to him, and the guard at the door said in surprise: "Mr. Liu, you are so late...?" It was pitch black night, he looked back at the pursuers who were getting closer and closer, went in again and picked up the guard's waist knife, closed the side door, pierced the two door knockers with the waist knife from the outside, turned his head and disappeared into the night.

The guards kicked the gate cursingly, several times in a row, the waist knife on the door knocker broke, and the guards opened the gate, but Liu Ziguang was nowhere to be seen. Song Qingfeng ordered: immediately notify the guard captain Hu Xianjue and send People went to the kennel to lead the hounds, to the stables to lead the horses, and prepared torches, bows and arrows.

Hu Xianjue was drinking in the main hall when the deputy captain on duty called him out of the hall and told him about Liu Ziguang killing Dongxiang and fleeing with weapons. The eldest lady's personal maid, this murder case cannot be taken lightly.

Entering the main hall, I reported to the eldest lady, and saw that the eldest lady stood up and confessed to the guests with her usual face. She couldn't drink enough, so she left the table to rest first, and then hinted to Hu Xianjue and Ding Pengyuan to follow.

In the side room, the eldest lady listened to Hu Ding and his wife's detailed report. After listening, she calmly ordered: hunt Liu Ziguang, you must live.Search Liu Ziguang's dormitory.Clean up Dongxiang's body and room, and keep silent, so as not to ruin everyone's New Year's excitement.

After a while, the personnel sent out came back to report that they found a dark hole in the wall of Liu Ziguang's dormitory, which contained the clay model of the treasury key, a city defense map of the iron factory, and a sixth-grade military aircraft from the Qing Dynasty Military Aircraft Department. Walking silk badge.In addition, the guards who were leading the horses in the stables and preparing to pursue them also found a good horse with saddles, and the stolen banknotes were hidden in the mezzanine of the harnesses.Song Qingfeng had already led his men to chase after him on horseback.

"It turned out to be a spy from the Puppet Qing Dynasty!" Ding Pengyuan was shocked, and suggested to the eldest lady, "It seems that this thief has planned to spy on our factory and steal the money from the warehouse. At this time, he must have fled back to the Qing Dynasty. The eldest miss sent Captain Hu to pursue the murderer thousands of miles away, behead the thief, solve the crisis of our factory, and avenge Dongxiang's revenge!"

The Qing Kingdom is located in the north, occupying the land of Yanyun, and has always been eyeing the Daming Kingdom in the south, especially for a large pig iron weapon producer like the Liguo Iron Works, it is even more coveted.Every year, spies sneak in to investigate.Despite all precautions, he still couldn't guard against this cunning Liu Ziguang.

Hu Xianjue said: "According to the information we have, we can deduce the following conclusions: Liu Ziguang detected the secret of the iron factory, stole the silver from the warehouse, prepared horses, and wanted to escape back to the Qing Dynasty on New Year's Eve. Dongxiang, after being discovered, murdered in anger. Fortunately, she was spotted by patrolling guards on the spot, so she fled in a hurry and did not have time to bring the city defense map and the bank notes she had prepared. Right now, she still needs to send cavalry to search around, and at the same time raise fire to order the surrounding checkpoints to be closed immediately. In and out. A certain family is willing to personally lead a team of light cavalry to hunt and arrest this thief alive throughout the night."

The eldest lady sighed softly, and the face of the young man who didn't understand etiquette appeared in front of her.

"This subordinate knows how to read." The young man was respectful and shy.

"The subordinates will do their best to repay the eldest lady's love." The young man's tone can be heard full of sincerity and gratitude, and even... there is a trace of other feelings...

The eldest lady waved her hand to drive away the shadow of Liu Ziguang in front of her eyes, and said to Ding and Hu wearily, "Let's do it according to your wishes."

Suddenly the second lady opened the door and came in, followed by the crying Qiuxiang, Qiuxiang Dongxiang and her sisters, they had already learned what happened, the second lady yelled: "There must be something strange, there are so many maids in the inner house, all of them are giving Liu Ziguang a glance, why? He has always wanted to attack Dong Xiang, who hated him? How could he kill people when he was about to succeed? Was this done by a well-trained Qing military plane? City defense maps, badges, and Kuyin were all discovered after the fact , who can guarantee that it is not framed? Not framed?"

Facing the aggressive questioning from the second lady, Hu Xianjue did not accept the move, and cupped his hands: "If the criminal is caught, everything will come to light, and the subordinates will retire first."

Only Ding Pengyuan was left alone, the old fox squinted his eyes, and said, "Second Miss, listen to me slowly." He began to use his poisonous tongue to explain all kinds of doubts about Liu Ziguang.

Prime Minister Ding also found it strange that there was another group of people plotting against Liu Ziguang at the same time and causing a murder case, but he did provide a double insurance for his plan. Right now, even if this kid jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clean up. The guards he belonged to were also dispatched to find Liu Ziguang and kill him. Hu Xianjue was bloodbathed by the Qing army when he was a child and killed his whole family.Liu Ziguang will die tonight, and everything I say now is valid.

Liu Ziguang was chased by hounds and cavalry for the second time. The last time he had the feeling that he must die, but now he had a strong desire to survive. The long-term long-distance running exercise kept his heart from being overwhelmed when he ran desperately. I felt severe pain in my lungs, and my beating heart was about to jump out of my throat.

After escaping from the inner house, Liu Ziguang used the iron guard badge to sneak out of the city gate while the pursuers were not keeping up. There was a mine outside the city, and he didn't know where to flee, so he chose a random direction and started running.The farther the better, Liu Ziguang thought to himself.

In the distance came the barking of dogs and the sound of horseshoes, and the light of a little torch. They couldn't run away. The hounds could track the scent, and they didn't have any pepper powder on them. The speed of the cavalry was even faster than the best long-distance runners. The soldiers were led by Song Qingfeng. Damn it, did I kill his whole family? It's hard for me to fight, I can't fight, I can't escape, what should I do?

Liu Ziguang was thinking like lightning in his mind, he didn't dare to slow down at all, the surrounding was pitch black, and he was quite familiar with the terrain in this area when he was digging.A movie I watched before came to mind, Schwarzenegger and the Predator, the Governor of California covered in mud to fool the Predator, I don't know if the mud can cover the smell of the body, and fool the nose of the hunting dog.

Anyway, I can't run away anyway, so let's try it!

There is a lot of thin mud in the beneficiation area of ​​the mine. Although it is winter, the temperature is not very low, and the water surface is not frozen, only small puddles are frozen.Liu Ziguang waded across the pond on purpose, hoping to temporarily create a small vacuum for the hunting dog's sense of smell.

A piece of mud pond produced after beneficiation appeared in front of my eyes, the surface was already a little hard, I turned it over with a knife, and there was still unfrozen mud inside, Liu Ziguang planed desperately, made a pile of thin mud, and hurriedly smeared it on his face On, on, and on the knife, it was too slow, so I lay down on the mud and rolled a few times. When I heard the barking of dogs getting closer, I saw a dry weed beside me. place to hide.

Dog Barking and Horseshoe approaching quickly, with bright torches, it was Song Qingfeng, YangMeng and a group of guards.After chasing to the mud pond, the hounds seemed to have lost their target and barked wildly.

"What should we do? Song Shaoxia, that thief Liu seems to be hiding, and even the hunting dogs can't find him." Hearing the voice was Yang Meng, Liu Ziguang didn't dare to raise his head, and kept his body tight and motionless, trying to calm down his breathing that strongly needed oxygen and because of being trapped. The shivering from the water-soaked and cold body.

"The thief must have waded through the water and went there, brothers, follow me." It was Song Qingfeng's voice.

The barking of dogs and the sound of horseshoes gradually faded away, Liu Ziguang let out his pent-up breath slowly, and his beating heart calmed down a little.

Liu Ziguang quietly crawled out of the chaotic grass, and was about to flee in the opposite direction from the pursuers, when he suddenly heard someone talking behind him.

"Manager Liu, please come and be safe."

I only saw Song Qingfeng in white clothes smiling at him under the moonlight