He Xiu wanted to ask him what happened and why the government didn't let him leave the inn, but the servant just shook his head and refused to say half a word, so he hurriedly prepared to leave.

Qiao Shenming stuffed the five taels of silver into his arms and said softly, "Don't worry, we just want to know what happened, and we don't mean anything else." ”

The shopkeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and whispered, "Lord Xian was assassinated by the assassin last night. ”

Qiao Shenming glanced at He Xiu in surprise and said to him, "What?

"I don't know about this, I only know that now the government is searching for assassins from house to house, and the four city gates have all been closed, and no one is allowed to go out, and that's all I know. After the servant finished speaking, he hurried away.

"Brother Qiao, who has the courage to assassinate the first-class minister of the court in the city office?" He Xiu sat on the stool and asked thoughtfully.

"Brother He, isn't it obvious that the matter is in the best interest of Lord Xian's death?"

After half a ring, He Xiu suddenly realized, and slammed his fist on the table and said fiercely, "Beiliang spies! Lord Xian's swaggering entry into the city this time is just a good time for those spies to do something." ”

"Yes, I don't know what the situation of the old man is now. ”

"I don't think you'll be fine. ”

"How?"

"Brother Qiao, you think, if Lord Xian has been assassinated, the government will definitely bring all of us foreigners to the government for review, and it will make it easy for us to hide here and enjoy our happiness. ”

After hearing He Xiu's analysis, Qiao Shenming took a sip of the clear lung soup, "Yes, I hope to catch those assassins quickly, otherwise, we won't be able to go back for a while." ”

"Yes, when I came out, I promised Uncle Guan that I would go back within twenty days, and it seems that I will stay here for a little longer. ”

After Qiao Shenming finished breakfast, he went back to his room to make up for sleep, and when He Xiu was left alone, he took advantage of his free time to recall the contents of the complete book of Xuangong techniques in his head, completely relaxed his body, sat cross-legged on the bed, took a deep breath, and silently recited two formulas in his mouth, the true qi in his lower abdomen and the Xuanqi in the tail vertebrae began to flow slowly.

When the true qi flowed along the fixed circulation position to the veins of his right arm, He Xiu found that the true qi on the right side was directly sucked through the chest and lungs to the left veins by a suction force, which made him wonder in his heart, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the red flame killing skill appeared in the left palm, and the red true qi as big as two beans was hidden inside.

The right side of the true qi ran to the left for no reason, and he couldn't explain this kind of thing, but after thinking about it carefully, after Xiao Daoren pierced his shoulder with a sword last time, Xuan Gong disappeared, and then he was pierced by the murderer on his shoulder, and the true qi was disordered, is it because the veins of the right arm have been blocked, resulting in this phenomenon.

I secretly guessed these things in my heart, but I could only get this kind of answer, and then I thought the other way, anyway, neither Xuan Gong nor True Qi disappeared, no matter where it flowed from, as long as it had enough lethality.

On the other hand, I also thought that if the true qi cannot come out of the right palm in the future, it can just cover up the true qi, so that when fighting with others, you can hide people's eyes and ears and have a better chance of winning.

Unexpectedly, the true qi was forced together by mistake, and it also played such a role, and it was difficult to hide the excitement in his heart for a while, and the breath in his mouth was spit out, and the true qi and the Xuan qi disappeared.

Then, after practicing back and forth many times, I found that it was still the same result as the first time, so I didn't think back and forth, walked at the door and window, pushed open a window, and found that the street market, which was crowded yesterday, now there is not even a single figure, and even the birds are much less.

The dull mood came again, walking back and forth in the bedroom, distracting the rest of the time, and gradually it was noon, and the shopkeeper took the tray and put down the lunch and immediately turned around and walked away quickly, lest he ask himself anything more.

He Xiu dealt with a few mouthfuls simply, and then fell asleep in bed, during which he dreamed of the scene of Guan Zhihe and Guo Zhenxing getting married, and when he wanted to stop it, he was frightened by Guo Zhenxing's evil eyes and didn't dare to take a step forward.

I couldn't help shouting, sat up in shock, wiped the cold sweat from my forehead, let out three deep breaths, and muttered to myself, "He'er, you must not fall for him......"

At this moment, He Xiu heard the soldier's shouting and scolding from the window, and immediately quietly poked his head out of the window to check the situation.

I vaguely saw a large number of soldiers standing behind the leader, and the soldiers surrounded five large men with disheveled heads, who were being whipped by three or two soldiers in turn, and their mouths were bursting with foul language, as if they were interrogating them.

Seeing such a scene, He Xiu guessed that these five big men must be related to the assassination last night, and ordinary criminal cases are not the business of soldiers.

A terrible cry of pain spread throughout the market, until the steel knife in the soldier's hand stabbed into the belly of one of the big men, and the screaming stopped abruptly.

The location of the bedroom was a little far away from them, beyond the range of He Xiu's right ear, but he could still summarize a sentence from a few words: Who is your leader?

According to the way the soldier asked, it is true that the assassins are these five big men, but spies generally do not act alone, and there are often many people behind them who are secretly active, so that such a big thing can be done.

With the second big man being assassinated by the head of the soldier, the remaining three big men were still not a little afraid, but looked straight at the head of the soldier, and laughed again and again.

He Xiu secretly admired the endurance of these spies and their loyalty to their family and country, a person can behave so calmly in front of death, you can imagine how terrifying they are in their hearts, and how insidious it is to train these spies.

When two countries are at war, intelligence is the second front behind the grain, and whoever can know the weakness of the other side first and inflict heavy losses can exchange the greatest victory for the least price.

The Northern Liang State can arrange spies in Nanyang, and He Xiu believes that the territory of the Northern Liang Kingdom is also full of spies from the Nanyang Kingdom, and you come and go with each other.

As the third big man spurted blood from his mouth, the remaining two big men still maintained the same posture as before, the texture did not move, and their eyes were tough.

The head of the soldier really had no choice, so after killing the two of them, the clues were completely cut off, so he had to detain them back.

He Xiu guessed that the reason why the head of the soldier wanted to know the instigator behind him was to ask for credit and reward by virtue of this matter, after all, if he could personally arrest the biggest spy and bring him to justice, the future would definitely be bright.

Seeing that these people were each looking at death as if they were at home, there was no choice but to hand them over to their superiors.

"Brother He, I can only see a little ghost in that room, where are you?"

Qiao Shenming tiptoed the door open, whispered to him, and walked to the window.

"Brother Qiao, I'm just like you here, okay, don't look at it, they're already far away. ”

Qiao Shenming sat on the stool unwillingly, drank half a cup of tea, and said, "These soldiers are too bold, they actually use private acts against suspects in broad daylight, and they are not afraid of the people exposing them. ”

"Brother Qiao, these are soldiers who have come down from the battlefield, they live on the tip of the knife every day, and they have long been down-looking at life and death, not to mention that they are interrogating the assassination of the first adult, and the people will not expose it even if they see it, they hope that they will all be beheaded on the spot in order to eliminate the cruelty in their hearts. ”

"Yes, wait, since the soldiers have caught the suspect, I believe it won't be long before the results will be available, so let's leave quickly. ”

As soon as the lights were turned on in the bedroom, he heard a knock on the door of the shopkeeper, and he told He Xiu with a smile that the mastermind behind the assassination of the first master had been found, and beheaded him in the main street, and his head was hung on the gatehouse of the east gate for the people to see.

He Xiu immediately pushed open Qiao Shenming's bedroom door, slipped him out of the futon, and ran out towards the east door.

Thousands of lanterns hung on the top of the gatehouse of the East Gate, illuminating the head of the commander even more bloody and gloomy, and the onlookers spat on it, eager to gnaw his head piece by piece with their teeth.

He Xiu couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he squatted in a dark corner by himself, sighed again and again, and Qiao Shenming also squatted down with him; "Brother He, this matter is solved like this, don't you think it's a little too logical?"

"Shhhh ”

The frightened Qiao Shenming almost sat on the ground and patted his chest again and again, "Yes, yes, let's not say this, okay, let's go back, we have to leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Lying on the bed, He Xiu remembered Qiao Shenming's question, and couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, and finally came up with a simple answer;

A group of family members obeyed He Xiu's instructions, and all dispersed early in the morning, and went to the streets to intentionally or unintentionally spread the general trend of Guo Fengxiao's affairs, and the people of Suzhou City heard that it was the Guo family's affairs, and they were very interested.

After receiving the pass in the foreign market, He Xiu slowly left Sioux City with the convoy, as for the news of Xiankang, the people did not dare to discuss it privately, and he did not hear any news about Xiankang, and an assassination case was hastily distributed.

On the way back, there was no goods on the carriage, and the speed of walking increased a lot, except for a little fright, everyone was in a good mood, and there were talking and laughing along the way, and they entered the east gate of Qiman Town.

Guan Kaihui led a general family member, and waited for them at the east gate early, and when he saw He Xiu and Qiao Shenming holding one by one, he laughed heartily and invited them into his carriage.

After the two of them changed their clothes in the bath, they hunched over in front of Guan Kaihui.

"Xiu'er paid a visit to Uncle Guan. ”

Qiao Shenming made the old man worried. ”

"Haha, it's okay, come, sit down quickly, and tell the old man carefully about the path of the nameless mountain. Guan Kaihui helped them up, invited them to sit on the side, and said to them impatiently.

This matter was planned by He Xiu alone, and when he heard Guan Kaihui say this, he was embarrassed to speak, and Qiao Shen told the ins and outs of the matter with relish.

Although Guan Kaihui had already heard his own return to the detective, he was far from being as happy as they had personally spoken it and listened to it, and when he heard the reaction of the one-eyed thief when he saw that it was Guo Fengxiao's statue, he couldn't help but laugh heartily; "Xiu'er, I won't hide it from you, the old man is also secretly figuring out the master you said just like Steward Qiao, the old man's head is about to break, but he never gets a reasonable answer, haha, I can't imagine that this master is actually him Guo Fengxiao himself, haha, interesting, interesting, it's so interesting." ”

"Uncle Guan, I deliberately concealed this matter at the beginning, just to preserve the integrity of this transaction, and I also asked Uncle Guan to be surprised. ”

"Haha, the old man didn't mean to blame you, he just felt that this matter was too competitive, don't you know wow, the news you spread in Suzhou City has reached the ears of the old man, presumably, Guo Fengxiao can't cry or laugh, haha. ”

"Uncle Guan, this idea behind this is what Brother Qiao thinks, and Xiu'er also admires it in his heart. ”

"Haha, you two are really like the old man's left and right hands, this one is gone, you can't take care of yourself at all, hahahaha. ”

Both of them were smiling, and being able to get the personal praise of Guan Kaihui, the richest man in Qiman Town, was more satisfying than getting ten thousand taels of gold.