Chapter 870

When the sun gradually rose, Li Qingyan finally came to the foot of the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain is a deserted path.

He was about to have a rest when he saw a woodcutter coming here with a load of firewood.

Li Qingyan was happy and was about to ask for directions when he found that the woodcutter was very steady.

Carrying such heavy firewood, you can walk so steadily on the mountain road. You must have practiced it specially.

And the woodcutter looked around as he walked.

Li Qingyan saw it, and his heart sank. The woodcutter may have a problem!

When he was attacked on the way to Fengyang County, he even fell into the river under the cliff with his carriage.

It seems that he may be dead, but those killers are obviously old hands. They won't stop easily without seeing the body with their own eyes.

In order to prevent him from escaping, the killers are likely to send people around looking for his whereabouts.

Li lightly dismissed the idea of asking for directions, and without hesitation turned and ran in the other direction.

The woodcutter heard the footsteps and saw the figure of Li Qingyan leaving. He immediately threw the burden on his shoulder aside, pulled out a sharp knife and ran after Li Qingyan.

Li Qingyan tried his best to run, but he was just a weak scholar. In addition, he almost ran out of energy after catching up with the mountain road all night.

He was soon overtaken by the knock woodcutter.

The woodcutter's eyes were full of fierce light. He waved a knife and cut down at the back of his neck!

At a critical juncture.

An arrow came from the front and hit the woodcutter's right arm.

His right arm was shot through, and he screamed with pain. His fingers released involuntarily, and the knife crashed to the ground.

Li Qingyan took the opportunity to use his last strength to run forward.

A group of people galloped forward on horses,

They are all in military uniform, and the leader is Xiao Lingfeng.

He still has a bow and arrow in his hand. The arrow was shot out of his hand just now.

As soon as he saw Xiao Lingfeng, he shouted as if he had seen the Savior.

"General Xiao, I'm here!"

Xiao Lingfeng asked people behind him to catch the woodcutter, while he turned over and mounted his horse and strode to Li Qingyan.

The handsome No. 1 scholar with elegant demeanor in ordinary days is embarrassed at this time.

Xiao Lingfeng asked, "Li Shilang, are you okay?"

He narrowly escaped death, and the last bit of strength in his body was taken away.

He couldn't stand any longer. He staggered and fell to the ground, gasping and spitting out three words with difficulty.

"Keep alive."

The woodcutter hurt his right hand and knew he was not the opponent of these officials.

He wanted to run without thinking. As a result, he didn't run far. He was shot in his right leg again.

He stumbled and fell to the ground.

The officers rushed up to control him.

He knew he couldn't escape this time, so he had to bite his heart and kill himself by biting the poison bag between his teeth.

However, the officers took off his chin.

Then the poison bag in his mouth was roughly pulled out.

The party quickly left here and found the post station in Raohe county.

Li Qingyan was very tired. When he got to the post station, he immediately fell asleep.

But he didn't dare to sleep too hard and woke up in an hour.

Xiao Lingfeng came to him for dinner and told him the results of the interrogation.

The woodcutter who assassinated Li Qingyan was indeed a killer disguised as a killer. The killer had already saved his will to die. Xiao Lingfeng tried all his means and couldn't ask a useful word from his mouth.

Li Qingyan bit off a large piece of chicken leg and said while eating.

"Even if you can't find out, you just keep an eye on him and don't let him die."

Killers like this are specially trained and it is difficult to get useful information, so Li Qingyan is not surprised by the result.

Xiao Lingfeng looked at him: "you seem to have a way."

Li said lightly: "let people spread the news that we have caught the killer, that is, we have mastered the key clues, and the case will come out soon."

Xiao Lingfeng narrowed his eyes slightly: "are you going to throw a brick to attract jade?"

Li Qingyan drank a big mouthful of soup and buckled the empty bowl on the table, just covering the chicken bones tightly.

"I think it's more like inviting a gentleman into a jar."

Xiao Lingfeng looked at the inverted bowl on the table and couldn't help laughing.

"Good idea."

Soon, the news about Li Qingyan's narrow escape spread in Raohe county.

People are talking about it everywhere in teahouses and restaurants in the county.

"I didn't expect that the Li Shilang's life was so hard. He fell from such a high place and even threw his car into the river. It's a miracle that he hasn't died yet!"

"You are worthy of being the number one scholar. You are so lucky!"

"After hearing that the number one scholar Lang had narrowly escaped death, he also caught a killer. That killer was one of the people who attacked the number one scholar Lang at the beginning."

"Didn't it say that Li Shilang was attacked by mountain bandits? Why did another killer come out?"

"You don't know. Those mountain bandits are disguised as killers in order to kill Li Shilang. I don't know who Li Shilang offended and caused such a death."

"Now that the killer has been caught, will the case come out soon?"

"That's natural. It's said that the killer has confessed. Only when the number one scholar Lang submits the case to the emperor, those who murdered the number one scholar Lang can die collectively!"

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In the middle of the crowd stood a man with a square face. He was dressed in the most common coarse cloth and had a patched girdle on his shoulder.

He was blankly gossiping about the audience.

When everyone said almost, the square faced man quietly withdrew from the crowd.

He left the county and came to a broken temple.

More than 20 people have gathered in the broken temple. They are just ordinary people, but everyone has a strong evil spirit, which is the breath of people who have seen blood.

As soon as the square faced man came in, he immediately told the boss what he heard.

They counted all the numbers and determined that there was indeed a partner missing.

The companion was originally sent to search Li Qingyan's whereabouts. It has been a day and a night and still disappeared.

It must be that he was caught by harsh words.

The boss doesn't think the people under his hand will betray himself, but he knows in his heart that it's no use relying on himself. It mainly depends on the attitude of the owner.

If the master knows that they not only failed to complete the task, but also left life for their opponents, he will be furious. At that time, everyone present will suffer.

The boss hesitated and decided to take a risk to save people.

If you really can't save them, kill them directly, and never leave a living mouth for the enemy.

The square faced man reminded, "I think this is likely to make the other party set a trap. Let's go now. What if we get caught in the enemy's trap?"