The thick smoke can't help but rush straight up into the sky, like dark clouds covering the sky, covering the sky above Qinghe County.
In the firelight, it looks like the face of a devil, twisted and ferocious.
The red firelight illuminates the sky, like burning clouds in the setting sun, and like the gorgeous morning glow in the east.
Qinghe County was boiling at this moment.
Countless people walked out of their homes and looked up towards the center of the city, with various expressions on their faces.
Some people were surprised, and some were happy.
In Cui Mansion, countless servants were busy putting out fires with basins and buckets, and some were beating gongs to deliver news.
However, there was still silence around the Cui family ancestral hall.
Countless dead members of the Cui family hidden in the grass all held their breaths and stared at the building in front of them.
They didn't dare to slack off at all, because this was the next place most likely to be attacked.
Time passed like this, and the fire was under control.
The burning small building was in the center of the backyard.
There was the embroidery building of your youngest daughter, the current head of the Cui family.
She ranked seventh in the entire Cui clan and was known as Miss Seven.
That night, when the fire broke out, the Miss Cui was sleeping.
When the fire spread, she hurriedly woke up from her dream, and then hurriedly ran downstairs.
She was still sleeping, wearing only a lake-green coat and a moon-white nightgown.
The shoulders were as sharp as a knife, and the fullness that could not be covered by the clothes fell completely in the eyes of the person hiding aside.
The lotus-root arms are as white as jade, slender and soft, and the face with a panicked and charming look looks even more delicate in the firelight.
Behind her, two maids were holding clothes.
He hurriedly chased after her, trying to put the clothes on her.
But at this moment, Miss Cui seemed to be greatly frightened, panicking like a deer being chased by a hunter.
With an expression of panic, he ran quickly in the garden, still shouting unconsciously.
The speed was so fast that the maid behind her couldn't catch up.
She could only look at the countless servants who came to put out the fire with surprised eyes and glanced at the young lady's body with different eyes.
Li Kuan hid in the dark and looked at the running woman.
It was a bit unexpected, I didn't expect such a thing to happen.
At that time, I just randomly picked a small building and burned it.
How could I have imagined that such an almost ridiculous scene would happen.
But now the facts are before our eyes.
He couldn't help but be stunned.
But after that, he couldn't move any longer.
Li Kuan actually knew this woman who in the Tang Dynasty was almost like running naked in later generations.
No, it shouldn't be said that she knew her.
Rather, it means that we had a chance encounter.
It was actually the woman I saw at the foot of Jade Mountain that time.
It felt very familiar at the time.
And I had guesses and conjectures, but I was not sure because I was wearing a veil.
Now that I saw her whole face, I realized that it was really the case, and two similar flowers would really bloom in the world.
So Li Kuan did not leave, but just hid in the dark and watched.
Miss Cui was running in the garden in front of her small building without any shoes on her feet.
The delicate bare feet were running on the bluestone path.
His clothes were messy.
He looked very embarrassed.
At this time, all the surrounding servants were sent away, leaving only a few maids and old ladies chasing the young lady who couldn't stop.
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Because the young lady was disheveled at this time, how could she let a man see her.
As for the small building that is still burning, let it burn.
The Cui family does not lack this small building.
With great difficulty, she was stopped after being chased and intercepted, and then several people hurriedly put clothes on her.
Everyone looked worriedly.
I don’t know why, but the seventh lady has been afraid of firelight since she was a child, even the candles used to light up the room.
Therefore, the head of the Cui family who loves her even went so far as to replace all the candles in the lady’s boudoir with night-light pearls.
The luminous pearl is priceless, and just to decorate that small embroidery building, the Cui family of Qinghe paid a lot of money.
Although they, the servants, don't know what kind of hidden secret there is, they can still feel the master's love for the seventh lady.
Now that Miss Qi's embroidery building is actually on fire, the servants served by this bunch of people must be in trouble.
Cui Jing, the head of the Cui family, is currently in the capital.
Because the capital is in turmoil at this juncture, major families have started a game with the royal family in the capital, which is related to the relationship between the family and the royal family in the future.
Therefore, the heads of the major families and the current heads of various functions have all gone to the capital.
So these servants still don't know what kind of punishment they will receive from their master in the future, but the more unknown they are, the more frightening they are.
Li Kuan hid under the shade of a tree and looked at the panic scene in front of him, feeling a little ashamed in his heart.
It would be okay if the victim didn't look so much like that person, but now this coincidence happened, which really made Li Kuan uneasy.
So he kept standing there, not leaving, not doing what he had planned and arranged long ago.
Instead, he waited until the chaos here was over and the seventh lady settled down before disappearing into the dark night. middle.
The words were divided into two parts.
When talking about the ancestral hall, the arrow that hit the pillar was still trembling slightly, making the three old men sitting in the ancestral hall nervous.
The servants who had been on guard all around quickly stepped forward to check and found that the arrow was fixed on the courtyard pillar.
The arrow had completely sunk into the courtyard pillar made of nanmu, and there was a square of silk on it.
He quickly took it off and sent it to the ancestral hall.
"Thank you all for your waiting.
Liuxiang is very scared, but the white jade moon pearl has been accepted.
Liuxiang will not express his gratitude one by one.
If there is any disrespect, please forgive me."
I saw the writing on the silk.
These words made the three old men feel panic.
That place was far away from Cui Mansion and very secret.
In addition, it was guarded by two leaders of dead men of the Cui family.
It was unexpectedly taken away like this.
Is this impossible?
"Let's go over there and have a look."
The fat old man suggested first.
He had lost his rational judgment and just wanted to see the result.
"You can't go.
This may not be true.
What if it's to lure the tiger away from the mountain, just like the fire in the backyard before, and it's a conspiracy of thieves?
What should I do?"
The old man with the goatee stopped him.
He felt that things might not be what they seem.
Simple, this is probably because the other party discovered the ambush of people like them, so they deliberately set off a smoke screen.
You're deceiving them.
"That's right.
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The thief may not know that the white jade moon beads in this ancestral hall are fake.
He did this just to transfer us people away so that he can take advantage of the opportunity.
And there is no news from Aman and the others, so the other party may not really find out. .
So it’s better to wait and see what happens.”
The old man with white eyebrows also said.
"But what if it's true?
Even though we were very careful when moving, there is still a possibility of being discovered by the other party.
With the thief's skills, if a sneak attack were to be made, Aman and I might not be able to withstand it."
The fat old man He was still worried because he was really a little scared of the thief who called himself Chu Liuxiang.
When he thought of the small flying knife next to the pillow when he woke up that morning, he felt chills on his neck.
"Then you take some people to see.
We stay here," the white-browed old man said.
"Dividing means we are weak, and the other party is not necessarily just one person."
The fat old man hesitated, although he felt that what he thought was correct.
But when he was asked to take a team of people to check, he backed down again.
"Then it will definitely not work if you want to transfer them all.
Once we leave, we might lead the way for the thieves," the old man with the goatee muttered.
"Forget it, I'll go.
You're a timid guy," the white-browed old man said and walked out of the ancestral hall.
Then with a wave of his hand, a group of more than a dozen people from the dead Cui family who were hiding in the dark suddenly appeared.
Then they turned and left, heading outside the Cui Mansion, heading straight to the north of the city.
There, against the city wall, there was a The independent courtyard is very remote.
And it is very convenient to get out of the city from there.
There is a forest not far outside the city.
It is a small branch of the Qilian Mountains.
Li Kuan didn't stay long.
After coming out of Cui Mansion, he went directly to the south of the city.
The people on the street were still looking at him.
They were all looking in the direction of the flames.
No one paid attention to the person walking directly beside them.
In the south of the city, the city gate has been closed, and because of the previous fire, the place is now heavily guarded.
Soldiers broke away from the previous lazy state, holding spears and horses, wearing iron armor and silver helmets, standing on the city wall , staring sharply in the direction of the fire.
They didn't dare to slack off, because the Cui family was the overlord of Qinghe County, and any slight disturbance in this family would cause a storm in the entire Qinghe County.
Li Kuan strolled and slowly approached the city wall.
Because the Cui family was on fire, the curfew in Qinghe County seemed to be paralyzed.
Countless people poured into the streets, and the patrolling Marquis Wu could not control them.
In addition, Li Kuan He was very agile and hid far away from these patrolling guys, so no one noticed him yet.
When he arrived at the base of the city wall, Li Kuan looked at the three-foot-high city wall with a smile on his face.
Qinghe County was indeed the headquarters of the Cui family and was really well run.
At least the city wall was a little lower than that of Chang'an City. , the rest of the strength and daily maintenance are no worse than Chang'an City.
It is built with bluestones piece by piece, and is watered with glutinous rice to thicken it.
This kind of city wall is much stronger than the walls made of rammed earth in countless other cities.
Three feet high, Li Kuan couldn't stop him.
Without seeing any action, Li Kuan took out a roll of rope and tied an iron hook to one end.
This is the most common necessary tool for snitches in later movies and TV dramas.
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With it, it is easy to climb over the walls, and with it, transferring property through the wall is just a piece of cake.
Li Kuan, the bandit commander who makes a cameo appearance, is also definitely equipped.
With his current strength, throwing the iron hook up the city wall is just a piece of cake.
He just has to be careful not to be discovered by the soldiers above, so Li Kuan is still cautious.
Fortunately, his current skills are stronger than those of any special forces soldier.
It only takes ten seconds to climb a three-foot-high wall with a rope.
Therefore, when Li Kuan landed on the city wall as lightly as a civet cat, he still did not alarm anyone.
Then it was even easier to get down the city wall.
With his skill, he could jump off the three-foot high wall without any damage.
After all, ordinary people can jump from three floors without any physical damage after training, not to mention Li Kuan, whose various body functions have exceeded the limits of the ordinary human body.
He put away the rope, then jumped straight down from the city wall, and rolled a few times when he landed.
Although his clothes were dirty, he was almost silent.
In addition, the soldiers on the city wall were still focused on the other side.
Li Kuan left Qinghe County in this way, with a small cloth bag pressed against his chest in his arms.
He turned to look at the dark Qinghe County and the illuminated sky.
Li Kuan sighed softly, turned and left.
But what Li Kuan didn't expect was that all this seemed to be just the beginning, and the grudge between him and the Cui family of Qinghe had only just begun to show a hint.
In Cui Mansion, in the backyard, the ashes were falling from the air and scattered in the small garden, like snowflakes flying in the cold winter.
The seventh Miss Cui was wrapped in a silk quilt and sitting in a small pavilion in the garden.
However, at this moment, her eyes were blank, without the agility and cunningness before, her face was pale, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be lingering. twitch.
"Miss, it's time to go indoors and have a rest.
It's cold outside."
A little girl timidly came to her side.
This was the little girl who accompanied her to play in Yushan.
Now she is the only one who dares to approach Miss Seven.
All of this There seems to be a hint of subtlety.
"Chunli, please go down first, I want to be alone for a while," Miss Seven gently rubbed her temples with her slender hands and said lightly
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