At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 30 When you return home

"drive!"

The two riders passed by on horseback and galloped towards the north gate.

Since the county soldiers who were in charge of conveying the news of the closing of the city gate were stopped halfway, and from the fire at the Prime Minister's Mansion to the time Zhou Qi finished killing people and wrote poems outside the wine shop, although it was a long story, it didn't take long at all.

Therefore, when Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong arrived at the north gate, the gatekeepers did not know what was happening in the city.

They saw two fine horses galloping towards them, just like the gatekeepers of the later generations when they saw luxury cars coming in and out, they didn't ask too much questioning at all, and just sent them away with smiles on their faces.

For these low-level gatekeepers, those who can ride horses are either rich or expensive, and they can't afford to mess with them.

Since Pei Guoxiang Wang Ji's head was already wrapped in black cloth, the gatekeepers didn't notice the abnormality immediately.

It wasn't until the two of them rushed outside the city that a sharp-eyed gatekeeper pointed to a few drops of fresh blood dripping on the ground and said with a trembling voice: "Look, this looks like blood!"

When the other soldiers heard the words, they remembered the thick smoke billowing in the city, and their expressions changed slightly.

The oldest soldier hurried forward, wiped off the few drops of blood on the ground, and then whispered to the rest of the soldiers: "We didn't see anything, we just guarded the city gate according to the usual practice, and we didn't know that the two horsemen identity!"

The soldiers who can guard the city gate are definitely old soldiers. They quickly understood what the old soldiers meant, and immediately responded in unison: "Yes, yes, we didn't find anything!"

After Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong rushed out of the city gate, a look of relief appeared on their faces.

"Zi Yi, where are we going?"

Xiang Hong slowed down his horse and asked Zhou Qi.

Although their plan to assassinate Zhou Ji was rigorous, but due to time constraints, they had to kill Zhou Ji on the first seventh day of the grandfather, so they hadn't really decided where they should flee after the murder.

Unlike Shi Huan, Zhou Cheng and the others, the two were acting in secret and did not expose themselves.

Not only did they show their faces to kill people, but they were also recognized by people all over the city. The government will soon draw pictures and hunt them down everywhere.

Shi Huan had previously suggested that they should flee to Xiao County after killing people and temporarily hide in the Shi Family, but Zhou Qi rejected it, because doing so would most likely implicate the Shi Family.

Even if you want to hide in the historian's house, you should pass the limelight first.

Zhou Qi pondered for a moment and said, "When we return to our hometown, we will first take Wang Ji's head to pay homage to my father and I, and then we will make any further calculations."

Xiang Hong said with some concern: "Lieutenant Pei Guo learned that we escaped, and he would search the whole city. Ziyi's home was the first place to be searched and arrested. It may be inappropriate to return at this time."

Zhou Qi smiled and said: "Xiang Yu once said: Wealth does not return home, it is like walking in brocade clothes at night. We angrily killed Pei Guoxiang Wang Ji to avenge our revenge. If we can't take his head and go back to pay homage to the dead, what is the difference?"

"Let's go back to our hometown on horseback, and we will arrive in no time. It will take time for the government to issue the sea arrest documents and then send people to search for them in the village."

"As long as we act swiftly enough, we will leave quickly after paying homage to the dead, and we will not be surrounded by officers and soldiers."

Xiang Hong thought for a moment after hearing the words and felt that Zhou Qi's words were quite reasonable. He immediately said: "In that case, let's hurry back to our hometown."

"drive!"

Zhou Qi didn't reply, and simply kicked the horse's belly with both legs. The white horse ran forward like a shooting star.

Zhouji Township is backed by Xiangshan Mountain and is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Most of the villagers are of the Zhou family, and they have an inseparable blood relationship for several generations.

However, this line has been in decline for a long time, and there have been no high-ranking officials for more than a hundred years. The villagers' fields have been annexed for various reasons, and most of them are now living in hardship.Fortunately, with the support of the clan, he could barely survive.

"Tap Tap!"

Just today, Zhouji Township, which had been silent for a long time, was awakened by the crisp sound of horse hoofbeats. Many people in the village looked at the two sacred horses with straight eyes.

It has been a long time since such a good horse has appeared in such a poor town that has long since declined.

"Look, it seems to be Ayu and Xiang Hong!"

A young man saw clearly the knight on horseback, and immediately couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Look, Ah Yu seems to be holding a human head in his hand!"

At this moment, a woman pointed at the head in Zhou Qi's hand and shouted in horror.

"Tap Tap!"

Zhou Qi galloped past the woman on his horse, held up the head in his hand and shouted: "Officer Wang Ji regards the people of Pei Kingdom as dogs and horses, and takes pleasure in killing dead bodies. Now I will behead him to pay homage to my father and the villagers who were killed by him in vain. Don't panic!"

If you want to be famous, you should make a lot of publicity.

After Zhou Qi arrived in his hometown, he simply tore off the black cloth that wrapped Wang Ji's head, held it in his hand, and rode his horse through the countryside.

Zhou Qi's words made the woman, who was originally a bit terrified, look a bit calmer. Seeing the two figures leaving on horseback, the woman felt mixed feelings.

Not far from the ancestral grave in Zhouji Township, several idle youths gathered together, and two of them were invited by Zhou Qi to the banquet, but they were not selected in the end.

The slightly taller young man held a straw in his mouth, and said with some annoyance: "Since Mrs. Zhou was buried, Ayu seldom interacted with us. Why?"

Young people naturally like to hang out with young people, especially Zhou Qi, as the youth leader in the village, everyone likes to hang out with him when they are free.

Not only because Zhou Qi's family ancestors were local stingy men, but also because Zhou Qi's family was relatively well off, and he could occasionally eat and drink with Zhou Qi.

Especially Xiang Hong, Zhou Qi's friend from out of town, who butchers dogs and sells meat, is also very good at hunting, and often invites Zhou Qi to drink. These young people who hang out with Zhou Qi can often get a little bit of meat.

But in the past few days, Zhou Qi, Xiang Hong, Zhou Cheng and the famous rangers in the village have almost disappeared.

This kind of situation made the young people a little uneasy, worried that they would not bring themselves to play in the future.

Another young man who went to the banquet had a dark complexion and whispered: "That night Zhou Cheng reprimanded Ayu in public, saying that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and then left angrily. leave."

"Could it be that after that incident, Ah Yu has no face to face others? Zhou Cheng and the rest of the rangers, is it because we haven't left that they don't want to associate with us anymore?"

The tall young man seemed a little irritable when he heard the words, he rubbed his already messy hair, and said: "After all, Wang Ji is the official of the two thousand stone seal of the frontier, it is understandable for Ah Yu not to dare to avenge the grandfather, a little carelessness Everyone’s life will be lost. Zhou Cheng and others use this to force Ayu, it’s too much! They want to put me in danger, it’s really stupid!"

"Tap Tap!"

At this moment, the crisp sound of horseshoes came from far to near, and several young people turned their heads and looked in the direction of the sound of horseshoes.

(End of this chapter)