South of Daliang and east of Weishi County, the ancient Xu State once had a small county here. When the Wei State conquered the Xu State, this small county was once renamed "Xu Bei" and became the front line for the Wei State to attack the Xu State.

Therefore, it is also called "Tongxu".

Tongxu County is not big, with only four towns under its control, but its geographical location is quite advantageous. It borders Daliang to the north, Qixian County to the east, Weishi to the west, Fugou to the south, and more importantly, Caishui also passes through it.

County, therefore, with the help of water transportation and trade, although Tongxu County was a small county, it developed quickly.

Especially in recent years, with the gradual formation of "Sanchuan Luo City", "Shangshui Border City (Wei-Chu)", "Bolangsha Port City", and "Qixian Border City (Wei-Han)" in Wei State

As an important trading city, and connected with several rivers such as "Heshui (Yellow River)", "Caishui", and "Lianglu Canal", Tongxu County's development momentum is particularly rapid.

On December 19, Beigong Yu, the deputy captain of the Prince's Mansion, led thirty Black Crows to Tongxu County.

It has to be said that when thirty black crows wearing uniform dark cloaks swaggered into the city, they would of course be stopped by the county soldiers of Tongxu County. However, when Bei Gongyu showed the information of "Daliang Mansion" and "Criminal Department Arrest Division",

After the token was issued, the county soldiers guarding the city gate no longer dared to block it and gave way respectfully.

Some people may wonder why the Black Crows hold the tokens of the Daliang Mansion and the Criminal Department’s Prosecution Department. In fact, as the Double Crows under the command of Zhao Run, the Crown Prince of the East Palace, the Black Crows, like the Green Crows, possess the authority of anyone in the Wei Kingdom.

The official office, the identity token of any army, and the relevant appointment documents can be obtained at any time - these tokens are not forged, each token is engraved with a number, and it is recorded in the official office or the army.

The reason why Shuangya possesses these tokens is just to facilitate free movement within the territory of Wei when performing tasks. It cannot be denied that after the crown prince Zhao Run came to power, the power that Shuangya gained was greater than that of the Gongwei Division directly under Wei Emperor Zhao Si.

The imperial guard is worse than anything else.

Braving the wind and snow, Bei Gongyu led thirty Black Crows to a deep mansion in the east of Tongxu County, looking at the mansion with a complicated expression.

The owner of this mansion, whose surname is Xu, is said to be a descendant of the Xu family. However, Bei Gongyu is certain that the current head of the Xu family, "Xu Xi", is not a descendant of the Xu family, because twenty years ago, he was a descendant of the Xu family.

It was he and Xiao Luan who managed to arrange for him to go to the Xu family, marry a daughter of the Xu family, and become his son-in-law.

For this reason, Fu Weijun also acted as a gangster, and while the daughter of the Xu family was out of the city, he robbed her on the way and tied her to Songshan Mountain in the west, creating an opportunity for Xu Xi to be a hero and save the beauty.

At that time, Xu Xi was not called by this name, but was called "Hao Xi". Like Wei Shan, who had impersonated Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang for twenty years, he was both a bodyguard selected by Xiao Luan.

After arranging for Hao Xi to marry into the Xu family, Fu Weijun spent six years getting rid of several young men of the Xu family without being noticed, causing those young men to all die in accidents, and assisted Hao Xi in stealing

Xu family.

In the end, when all the sons of the Xu family died one after another, Hao Xi finally changed his surname to Xu as his son-in-law and inherited the Xu family's business. After the old man of the Xu family also passed away, he passed on to the Xu family, a prominent family in Xu County.

Just like that, it fell into Fu Weijun's hands.

Over the years, Beigong Yu also secretly came to Tongxu County many times to ask Xu Xi to secretly raise money for Fu Weijun.

But this time, he came here as the deputy captain of the Prince's Mansion to arrest Xu Xi, the instigator of rebellion. Even Bei Gongyu couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart, lamenting the impermanence of things in the world.

"Is this here, Lord Beigong?"

Seeing Bei Gongyu staring at the mansion in front of him without saying a word for a long time, a thin man among the black crows asked in a low tone.

This man calls himself "Sickle". As the name suggests, like "Ghost", he is a leader-level assassin with a code name among the Black Crows. He is good at using double hooks and moves quickly, especially the "double hooks" move.

Specializing in special skills, Bei Gongyu once witnessed a headless corpse that was oozing blood like a fountain. He was so panicked that he couldn't sleep well for several nights.

But having said that, in Bei Gongyu's opinion, one thing about Sickle is better than Ghost is that the former can at least control his bloodthirsty desire. Unlike Ghost, this guy has the same virtues as Mang Ya, one of the leaders of the Black Crows.

, wherever people pass by, there will be no one left alive.

"Um."

Being interrupted by the sickle, Bei Gongyu nodded and ordered: "Five people guard the front of the house, five people guard the back of the house, ten people wander outside the wall, and the rest wait and follow me into the house... Remember

, If you don’t disturb the people, and if you don’t see them, you kill them. I think you don’t want to be laughed at by the Green Crows, right?”

Sickle and the rest of the crows secretly curled their lips, somewhat dissatisfied with Bei Gongyu using the crows to stimulate them.

But in the end, they chose to follow Bei Gongyu's order. After all, in order to rectify the Black Crows, Zhang Qigong, the captain of the Prince's Mansion, had already said that anyone who disobeyed orders would be kicked back to Yangxia.

Although for the Black Crows, they actually have more freedom in Yangxia than in Daliang, but considering that they would be laughed at by their colleagues in the Green Crows if they were kicked back to Yangxia, they can only obey orders honestly. After all, that Zhang Qigong

, that’s really what you dare to do.

"Bang bang bang."

Bei Gongyu personally stepped forward, grabbed the copper ring on the door of the mansion and knocked several times.

A moment later, a servant wrapped in cotton clothes opened the door of the mansion, looked at Bei Gongyu in confusion and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Bei Gongyu did not waste any time with the famous disciple, and said directly: "I have informed your master that I am coming to pay you a visit."

Hearing this, the disciple frowned and said, "My master has given instructions that there will be no visitors in the near future."

After saying that, without waiting for Bei Gongyu's reaction, he closed the door with a bang.

"..."

Bei Gongyu shook his head mockingly with a wry smile.

Of course he could guess that the reason why Xu Xi would not come as a visitor was simply that Fu Weijun's power in the Wei State was very low, and even the leader Xiao Luan had fled to the Wei State. In addition, the imperial court was vigorously pursuing Xiao Ni's members recently.

Therefore, Xu Xi felt frightened and uneasy, so he simply closed the door and thanked the guests to avoid being implicated.

After thinking for a while, he turned to look at Sickle, who was standing about a foot away from him, and signaled: "Thank you."

Sickle nodded and waved to the two black crows to build a ladder outside the wall. Immediately, he stepped on the knees and shoulders of the two black crows and jumped into the inside of the wall. Then, from

The door of the mansion was opened inside.

When Bei Gongyu crossed the threshold and walked into the mansion, the doorman who had just opened the door for them seemed to have heard the noise and hurried out of the concierge. Seeing Bei Gongyu and his party walking into the mansion as if there was no one around.

, and suddenly shouted: "Who are you, you broke into my Xu Mansion without permission?!... I'm warning you, the magistrate of this county belongs to our master..."

Just as he said this, his voice stopped abruptly, because one of the two iron hooks on the back of the sickle had been placed on the opponent's neck.

Judging from the sharpness of the iron hook, I believe that as long as the sickle pulls it, a big head will fall to the ground, and Beigong Yu can once again enjoy the spectacular sight of a headless corpse spurting blood like a fountain.

"Stop! Just knock him out." Not wanting to have nightmares for several days again, Bei Gongyu quickly stopped.

However, before he could finish his words, he saw Scythe using the side of the hook's blade to hit the disciple on the head, knocking him unconscious to the ground.

Secretly breathing a sigh of relief, Bei Gongyu headed straight towards Xu Xi's study in his memory.

Along the way, all the guards in the courtyard of this deep mansion were knocked unconscious by the black crows, which allowed Bei Gongyu and his party to reach the master's study in the mansion without any hindrance.

At this time, in the study room, the head of the Xu family, Xu Xi, was reading a book. Suddenly, he heard the door of the study room being opened, and mistakenly thought it was a servant of the house. However, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Bei Gongyu walking into the house.

At that moment, he sat upright in shock and subconsciously.

"Mr. Gong, you..."

Before Xu Xi could finish what he said, six or seven black crows rushed in behind Bei Gongyu. Xu Xi subconsciously swallowed the second half of what he said, and with a bit of panic on his face, he asked urgently:

"Mr. Gong, what are you doing?"

I saw Bei Gongyu taking a few steps forward, looking at Xu Xi and saying in a deep voice: "Hao Xi, I am Bei Gongyu, the deputy captain of the Prince's Mansion. I am here to arrest you, Xiao Ni's old subordinate."

, I advise you not to resist, just surrender."

After hearing Bei Gongyu's words, Xu Xi was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.

His ears couldn't believe it.

What did he hear?

Deputy Captain of the Prince's Mansion? Beigong Yu?

The man in front of him dressed as a scholar is clearly Gong Zheng, the "Fu Weijun Chief Secretary" who contacted him from time to time in the past and asked him to try to raise money for Fu Weijun!

Xu Xi swallowed his saliva and said with a grimace, "Mr. Gong, please don't joke..."

"I'm not joking." Bei Gongyu shook his head, and after cupping his hands in the direction of Daliang, he said in a deep voice: "Xiao Luan betrayed the Wei Dynasty and had evil intentions. I have already drawn a clear line with him and defected to His Highness the Prince of the East Palace.

Under his command..."

After hearing this, Xu Xi was even more shocked.

As far as he knew, Bei Gongyu, who had once assumed the alias Gong Zheng, was Xiao Luan's right-hand man. He really couldn't imagine that Bei Gongyu would betray Xiao Luan and defect to the court.

At this time, Bei Gongyu continued: "...if you obey His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's edict and are willing to submit to the court and the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince can forgive you for your past actions. Otherwise, even I will not be able to protect you."

Xu Xi looked at the black crows who had already revealed their weapons, and was so shocked that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He was really not sure whether Bei Gongyu had really surrendered to Prince Zhao Run, or whether he was deliberately testing his loyalty to Fu Weijun, so he did not dare to speak rashly.

Fortunately, Bei Gongyu could guess Xu Xi's concerns and immediately showed him several amnesty edicts given to him by Zhang Qigong.

After seeing with his own eyes that those edicts were indeed stamped with the seal of Chui Gong Palace and the private seal of Prince Zhao Run, Xu Xi was convinced that Bei Gongyu, who was once Xiao Luan's right-hand man, had indeed defected to the prince.

Zhao Run.

So he chose to surrender without hesitation.

Seeing this, Beigong Yu ordered Xu Xi to write a "confession" on the spot, which basically asked Xu Xi to tell him his real name, origin, and how he got into the Xu family and even stole the Xu family. 151

Write ten places on paper, such as

As a result, if Xu Xi dares to contact Xiao Ni privately in the future, he and the Black Crows will not even need to come forward again. The people from the Criminal Department will be able to use this confession to directly arrest Xu Xi and charge him with treason.

Behead everywhere.

Of course, in order to eliminate Xu Xi's panic, Bei Gongyu also threw him a pardon edict to cancel the previous incident.

After receiving the edict written by Prince Zhao Run, Xu Xi felt much more at ease. He honestly wrote down his confession and gave it to Bei Gongyu, who took it back to Daliang and handed it over to Zhang Qigong.
To be continued...