After Princess Xuanxue came down from the mountain, the whole capital was in chaos.

Although Li Qingkui pretended to be shocked and aggrieved on the surface, he was still very excited in his heart because he could get a large amount of money from the Jiang family again.

He opened his mouth and made four conditions.

First: One thousand acres of fertile land.

Second: His second daughter Li Huiqiao married Jiang Juncai and became his official wife.

Third: Find a serious job for his son Li Xuenong in the Hanlin Academy.

Fourth: One hundred thousand taels of silver.

Concubine Li Gui scolded him directly: "The human heart is weak and a snake swallows an elephant! Don't go too far. The Jiang family has many ways to make the Li family suffer and not dare to say anything!"

Li Qingkui threatened with a ferocious look: "Do you understand the principle of killing someone to pay for your life? Jiang Juncai killed my daughter and he must pay with his life. I won't let him pay with his life. If I exchange these for Jiang Juncai's life, the Jiang family will not lose."

Concubine Li Gui was scolded by her brother, but in the end she still told Jiang Zhengqing the Li family's request.

Although Jiang Zhengqing scolded Li Qingkui for being greedy, he still loved Concubine Li Gui very much over the years. This thing was nothing to the Jiang family, so Jiang Zhengqing grumbled a few times and agreed.

Li Qingkui got carried away and told her sister: "Am I right? The Jiang family will exchange these for the life of their legitimate son. I said he would definitely agree. What do you think? Do you agree?"

Li Qingkui returned to Li's house overnight to share this joy with her father and mother.

The next day, the Li family celebrated by killing pigs and sheep.

When Li Qingkui passed by the lotus pond, she found that a big koi carp kept in the lotus pond was listless, with a lot of scales falling off its body, and it looked like it had not been alive for a few days.

"Catch that carp and stew it!"

Although Carp has been practicing for many years and is about to turn into a human form, his strength was hurt by being kicked by Li Huilin a few days ago, so he lost his scales and his movements are much slower.

The carp didn't want to die and tried its best to escape in the lotus pond, but the servants, some with fishing nets and some with forks, caught the carp in less than half an hour, and the carp was served to the table at noon that day.

The Li family enjoyed a great meal and were not at all sad about Li Huilin's death.

What a coincidence, the last time the Li family lost a lot of property, it was two bandits who came into the city to buy things and accidentally discovered the rich and unprepared wealthy family of the Li family. The two bandits got the benefit and reported the situation of the Li family to the head of the family. The head of the family sent people to visit the place and observed the Li family for many days, and got a clear picture of the Li family's daily habits and security situation.

At noon that day, Jiang Zhengqing sent his housekeeper to deliver the promised things to the Li family exactly as they were promised: the land deed for a thousand acres of fertile land and a banknote of one hundred thousand taels. As for Li Huiqiao, he could only let her be his concubine and his wife. It's impossible.

Li Xuenong's errands also require Jiang Zhengqing to clear up the relationship, and it will take a while.

The bandits happened to see the Jiang family delivering the land deed and banknotes to the Li family.

The bandit leader was originally a vicious and greedy man, so he decided at that time to take action tonight.

In the middle of the night, the wind picked up, and a group of bandits, numbering dozens of people, climbed into the Li Mansion through the wall and went straight to the Li family's main room where one hundred thousand taels of silver notes were hidden.

Li Qingkui and his wife were so excited that they couldn't sleep and were counting the banknotes in bed.

When the door was kicked open, the two of them were startled. Li Qingkui saw the bandit who didn't even bother to cover his face and the bright knife in the bandit's hand. He immediately covered the banknote and hid it under the quilt. .

"What are you doing!" Li Qingkui shouted, trying to scare away the bandits. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Someone is coming, someone is coming!"

With a "pop" sound, the bright knife stabbed a hole in Li Qingkui's chest. The bandit was very experienced in killing people, so he didn't draw his sword. He lifted Li Qingkui and threw him under the bed, and collected all the banknotes under his quilt.

Li Qingkui's wife was dumbfounded and screamed indiscriminately.

The bandits saw that Li Qingkui's wife was average-looking and had no interest in her. She was not as attractive as the banknotes.

A bandit with a beard killed her with a knife.

The Li family's courtyard is not big, so the bandits didn't step lightly when they broke in, so they made a lot of noise. Many people in the Li family were awake, and it was very lively.

But it didn't take long for the Li family to become quiet. Most of the Li family members were killed by the bandits. Only a few young girls were raped by the bandits and were not killed on the spot.

The bandits were finished and they killed the girls as well, including Li Huiqiao.

Before leaving, the bandits set off a fire. The fire took advantage of the wind and burned the Li family into ruins.

When Concubine Li Gui received the news the next day, the Li family had become a white land, with no one alive.

The strange thing is that there was a strong fire and strong wind last night, but nothing happened to the Li family's neighbors.

The carp spirit happily avenged himself and left this place. In fact, the carp spirit did nothing but let the fire spread to every corner of the Li family.

Concubine Li asked the government to conduct a strict investigation and find the murderer. However, nothing was left at the scene and the people were burned into black charcoal. It was impossible to identify who was who. The traces left by the bandits had long been burned away. , the Li family's case became a no-brainer case.

Concubine Li Gui found Yuan Qi and wanted Yuan Qi to start with the dead ghosts of the Li family and provide clues to the government.

Yuan Qi refused: "The Li family is doomed. The advantages the Li family has taken over the years and the troubles they have done outside will eventually be repaid."

Li Gui's concubine was extremely regretful, thinking that she had harmed the entire Li family, and Yuan Qi did not persuade her.

The weather was getting warmer, and there was no movement from Prince Xiao Yi during this period. It seemed that the Ghost King had settled down after learning a lesson, or he was brewing a new plan.

When Yuan Qi had nothing to do, he went to set up a stall under the big locust tree on Tianshui Street and earned a lot of merit.

Bai Youhui came over again that day, holding a bottle of iced grape wine.

He took out two glass cups and poured a cup for each of himself and Yuan Qi: "Seventh sister, my grandfather wants you to take a look at Bai Fujun. His illness has become worse and worse these days. He stays all night long. He doesn't sleep, he just messes around in his room and throws things, and he also curses others, even grandpa, it's really too much."

Yuan Qi had long wanted to see what was going on with Bai Fujun, but the Bai family didn't invite her, and she couldn't take the initiative, so it was delayed until now.

"Let's go." Yuan Qi closed the stall and followed Bai Youhui to Bai's house.

Although the Bai family's fortune is not as good as before, on the surface it looks the same as last time. They are still full of servants and extravagant.

As soon as they entered the Bai Mansion, Bai Youhui took Yuan Qi to meet Mrs. Shen, the eldest wife of the Bai family.

Mr. Shen's complexion is not very good, he is also very thin, and his white hair is obvious.

Whoever's son is like this will not be able to sleep or eat well. Yuan Qi stepped forward and said, "Good morning, Mrs. Bai."

Shen said: "My son has been like this for five or six years. I also secretly asked Taoist Master Kong Qing of Wuji Palace to come and see him. Taoist Master Kong Qing said that my son has one more soul than others, which is why he is insane. .What do you think we should do?"