Chapter 190: Setting Fire

As soon as Han Yue entered, Li Xia also came to Lingyu County with a light car. Gu Du sent her a letter saying that she would invite Shangguan He to Lingyu County for the New Year's Eve dinner. Li Xia understood that Gu Du had the intention to kill Chu Qin, and this meeting was probably the last time.

At a family banquet, five people gathered together. Shangguan He drank too much, held Gu Du's hand and said with tears in his eyes: "Junior brother, you have been fighting for many years and killed countless spiritual troops. Jin Lan's revenge is considered avenge. He married Xia Lan again. Don't fight again, okay?"

Gu Du held her hand and said a little sadly: "Senior sister, you are drunk, I'll let someone help you to rest?"

Shangguan He cried, Chu Qin half-held and half-held, pulled her up. Shangguan He leaned in Chu Qin's arms, and cried with his eyes closed.

Chu Qin said, "It's getting late, let's break up."

Gu Du nodded, stood up and said, "I'll take you back to your room."

Dongfang Xialan came over to support Shangguan He and said, "Sister He, I will help you."

Li Xia also came over, took Shangguan He's other arm from Chu Qin's hand, and said, "I'll help my senior sister."

After breakfast the next day, Chu Qin and his family got up and returned to Linghe County. They could not stay in Lingyu County. It was easy to explain when they met. After all, they had a master-servant relationship, but if they stayed for a long time, it would be difficult to explain. After all, they are hostile now.

After seeing Chu Qin off and returning to the hall, Gu Du asked Lixia: "Is it okay in the court?"

Li Xia smiled and replied, "Who dares to cause trouble with your tiger power?"

Gu Du also smiled, lowered his voice and asked, "Your Majesty is okay to you?"

Li Xia replied: "Okay, don't worry."

Gu Du said, "You stay for another day, I will arrange it and take you back."

Li Xia blinked and asked, "Are you afraid Chu Qin will harm me?"

Gu Du replied, "I'm afraid that his concubine will harm you."

Li Xia nodded and replied, "Okay, it's all up to your arrangement."

The next day, Gu Du escorted Li Xia Qi, and left Sunset Pass and stayed overnight at dawn. Three days later, he arrived in Zeming County. After entering the lodging, Li Xia said: "Brother, you can go back tomorrow. There is nothing wrong with you all the way. Now that you have entered the city wall, there will be no more trouble."

Gu Du replied: "I have already walked here, so I'll go back and take a look. I may not have been back for a long time."

Li Xia smiled and replied, "Okay."

Gu Du said: "Go to bed early, don't leave your body."

"Yes." Li Xia nodded and agreed, and Gu Du left.

At the third anniversary, Gu Du felt palpitations and suddenly sat up. He only heard the whistling wind outside the window. After getting off the ground, he walked to the window, pushed the window open a crack, and saw heavy snow flying outside.

Gu Du frowned. The whole day was fine. There was wind and snow. It was especially suitable for stimulation on such nights.

Gu Du walked away from the door, pulled the latch away, then returned to the edge of the bed, took off the knife and placed it on his legs, leaned against the head of the bed and closed his eyes.

Outside the post station, the post soldiers on the night were dozing off with a spear and leaning against the gate. The gate of the post station was not closed because there would be emergency documents at any time, so they were open day and night, and the post soldiers were on guard.

Two men in white clothes lay on the ground, crawling towards the post station, and only took out their crossbows at a distance of more than ten steps.

The person on the left stretched out his left hand and counted three numbers. Two crossbow arrows suddenly shot at the two postmen soldiers who were on the night, all of which penetrated their throats. The two postmen soldiers fell to the ground quietly. Since there was some sound of bumps, they were also covered by the whistling wind.

More than a dozen men in white were hunched, and entered through the gate one after another, bypassed the screen wall, found the woodshed in a familiar way, carried the wood out, piled it evenly outside the room, and then drizzled it with tinder oil.

When the fire broke out, Gu Du opened his eyes and opened the door. He saw that the guard had rushed out, but there was no shouting. He should have been shot down as soon as he went out.

Gu Du pressed against the wall, knocked on the door, and called out, "Lixia?"

Li Xia replied in the room: "I'm by the door."

Gu Du said, "I'll go out and wait until I call you, and you'll come out of the roof."

Li Xia Ying said: "I understand."

Gu Du walked towards the gate, four or five steps away from the gate, and saw the fallen guard with short crossbow arrows inserted into his body.

Gu Du frowned slightly, and said that the short crossbow arrow was used for hand crossbows. Could it be that he was not from Jing Xuezhai? Gu Du remembered the situation when he was assassinated at Zhenbei Pass. At that time, Zeguo's fine function was the hand crossbow.

After taking a step out of the door, dozens of crossbow arrows broke through the air. Gu Du retreated back into the door, and then immediately stepped out of the door.

The fire was dazzling and there was no way to see where the person was. Gu Du could only jump up and go to the roof.

Another row of crossbow arrows shot. Gu Du controlled the knife and drove the crossbow arrows away. After falling to the roof, he looked in the direction of the crossbow arrows and saw the man in white.

Gu Du turned around and glanced at him. There was no one on the roof, and then shouted: "Come out! Be careful of crossbow arrows!"

With a 'bang', Li Xia broke through the roof and jumped out, jumped to Gu Du. Gu Du said, "Follow me, I'm wearing scale armor."

The two of them jumped off the roof, and more than a dozen men in white ran to the gate of the station. They chased outside the door and saw the men in white fleeing in scattered areas.

Gu Du frowned, and Li Xia asked, "Will you chase after me?"

Gu Du replied: "Don't chase."

Lixia asked again: "Is it the one from Jingxuezhai?"

Gu Du hesitated for a moment and replied in a low voice: "It's more like a person from Zeguo."

Li Xia frowned and asked, "Why do you want to kill me?"

Gu Du replied: "It may also be that he wants to kill me."

A quarter of an hour later, the garrison arrived and saw Lixia. The captain quickly knelt down and saluted: "The last general will pay homage to Empress Xia."

Li Xia replied: "Flat."

The captain stood up and looked at Gu Du with inquiring eyes. Lixia asked, "Don't you recognize the national uncle Master Gu?"

The captain quickly clasped his fists and said, "It turned out to be Master Gu. The last general joined the army after the war and was transferred from the imperial city, so he didn't know Master Gu."

Gu Du said: "Go and collect the body, and then take us to the military camp."

The captain replied: "Yes."

When he returned to the imperial city soon, Gu Du met Emperor Ze and said, "Emperor, I escorted Xia Hou back to the court and was assassinated in Zeming County. The assassin set fire to the post station, and all the guards and post station people were killed."

Zedi quickly looked at Lixia and asked in surprise: "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Li Xia smiled and shook her head. Emperor Ze turned to Gu Du and asked, "Uncle Guo, can you catch the assassin?"

Gu Du replied: "The assassin just set fire and did not fight against me. I chased after me and Empress Xia out of the gate of the post station. More than ten assassins fled in scattered areas. I was worried about Empress Xia's safety and did not dare to chase me."

Zedi asked again: "Who made it by Jing Xuezhai?"

Gu Du replied: "I can't say it well."

Zedi was stunned, thought for a while and asked again: "Is it a person from Zeguo?"

Gu Du replied: "I can't say it well."

Emperor Ze frowned and said, "I have chosen a concubine, why do anyone still want to kill Queen Xia?"

Gu Du replied: "Maybe he wants to kill the minister."
Chapter completed!