Chapter 142: A Thousand Threads

For a moment, Cui Junxiang even secretly expected that Qin Jin would die in the assassination, but he was soon disappointed, although Qin Jin's retinue was not many, they were all experienced in a hundred battles, and the assassins did not succeed in the raid, so there was no second chance.

In fact, the Assassins were able to touch the princess's caravan because they were disguised as passers-by. The guards only pay attention to the appearance of suspicious characters on the periphery, but completely ignore them, which is also as the ordinary people say that the lights are dark.

However, the elite of the Shenwu Army was by no means vegetarian, and more than a dozen assassins had already been killed in the blink of an eye.

"Don't kill them all, keep them alive!"

After the Shenwu army gained the upper hand, it began to think about catching the mouth alive in order to carry out the necessary interrogation. If in the past, Qin Jin would definitely charge at the front line, but at this moment, he has become the object of key protection, and at the first time he found the assassin, he was forcibly escorted by a team of ten people and went straight to Chang'an.

These Assassins were clearly not a rabble of horse thieves and bandits, and most of them committed suicide when they found their escape hopeless.

Regardless of the life or death of the assassins for the time being, the princess's chariot and horse team and Qin Jin had already accelerated away from the long pavilion, and at this time, looking towards the official road to the west, there was no longer a shadow to be seen. Soon, a large group of Shenwu troops drove over and conducted a more thorough search of the vicinity of Changting, including the nearby farmland and mulberry forest.

Cui Junxiang was still so frightened that he hid behind the stones, not daring to come out easily, but how could he hide it from the ears and eyes of the elite soldiers of the Shenwu Army, someone had already held a knife and drank:

"Come out! or the jade will burn!"

Cui Junxiang knew that it was difficult to get lucky, so he obediently came out from behind the boulder.

"Don't, don't kill me, I, I'm the founding county uncle, today is, I'm here to see me off......"

However, the people of the Shenwu Army didn't talk nonsense with him, and two elite soldiers directly stepped forward and knocked him to the ground, and then tied it up firmly.

Cui Junxiang was frightened, he thought that he was being regarded as an assassin's accomplice, so he struggled desperately, howling:

"I'm not an assassin, I'm not an assassin, I'm the ...... of Kaiguo County"

It's just that before he finished speaking, someone stuffed a mess of things into his mouth, and he could only make some sounds in vain.

"Take it back!"

All the pedestrians near the pavilion who didn't have time to escape were all arrested by the Shenwu Army, and their strategy at this time was to rather catch the wrong one than let it go. What's more, those assassins were originally mixed in with the crowd that ushered in the send-off, and the ghost knew if there were any fish that had slipped through the net. They will be arrested together, and then their identities will be screened one by one, and after confirming that there is no suspicion, they will be released.

Qin Jin and the princess drove back to Chang'an without danger, the long pavilion was not even ten miles away from the nearest city gate, and there were no more assassins along the way, perhaps it was just a hasty assassination.

In order to prevent accidents, Qin Jin did not return to Shengyefang with Princess Ran Shou'an and Fansu mother and son, but lived in the Shenwu Army Central Army Barracks between Daning Fang and Changle Fang, which is the location of the Shuai Hall where he usually works.

Here is not far from the north is the Daming Palace, to the west across two avenues is the Taiji Palace, to the south only across a street is the Xingqing Palace, the geographical location is excellent, once there is an accident, you can calmly control the three palaces nearby.

However, the living conditions here are not as good as those in Shengyefang Mansion, so Princess Shou'an and Fansu mother and son have to be placed in a temporarily vacated courtyard.

It wasn't until everything was almost arranged that an extremely ugly look appeared on Qin Jin's face. He immediately summoned Gao Changhe, the chief general of the protection army, and Tian Chenghe, the chief general of the security army in the city, both of whom could be absolutely trusted.

Gao Changhe, the chief general of the guard, was responsible for the specific implementation of Qin Jin's escort on this trip, and Tian Chengsi ensured that the security in the city was loose outside and tight inside.

"I went to the long pavilion west of Chang'an to meet the princess, it was purely improvised, the assassins were able to achieve the assassination goal in a hurry, I am afraid that there was a spy within the Shenwu Army. ”

This is something that Qin Jin didn't want to say in person, and the Shenwu Army, which he had always been proud of, was actually not an ironclad piece.

At this time, Tian Chenghe, who had not yet spoken, finally expressed his doubts.

"Maybe the assassin didn't act in a hurry, on the official road from the eastern suburbs to the city gate, the whereabouts of suspicious characters were indeed discovered, but the last general was worried about the doctor's safety, so he didn't chase after him!"

Hearing this, Qin Jin's eyebrows involuntarily raised.

"Are you saying that there have already been ambushes on this section of the official road?"

"In connection with all kinds of facts, the last general speculates, and this is indeed the case!"

Tian Chengsi was notified by Gao Changhe almost immediately after Qin Jin left Shuaitang, and he immediately dispatched at least one battalion of soldiers and horses to patrol all the way along the official road from Chunming Gate to Changting, and there were still two or three miles away from Changting, so the assassin moved, and when he arrived, Qin Jin's guards had already packed up the assassin's seven, seven, eight, eight, eight, and eight, so he escorted the princess chariot and Qin Jin back to Chang'an City, and there were no more accidents.

Heavily guarded by a battalion of soldiers and horses, even if the Assassins were ambushed on the road early, they would not choose to strike a stone with an egg.

Qin Jin fell into deep thought, if as Tian Chengsi said, the whole thing is a little too unbelievable, is there anyone who is not sure that the prophet will not succeed?

For a moment, the hall fell into a deathly silence, so quiet that you could barely hear a pin on the ground.

Tian Chengsi hesitated, but still hesitated and said:

"If this matter leaks the news, there is another way......"

Hearing this, Qin Jin's eyes immediately widened.

"No such thing!"

Without waiting for Tian Chengsi to say it, he resolutely denied this possibility.

Seeing that Qin Jin's attitude was so resolute, Tian Chengsi stopped talking, and the hall once again fell into a deathly silence.

After a long time, it was still a military official who broke this deathly silence, and the military official cautiously came to Qin Jin's side and said softly:

"Doctor, Jing Zhao Yin solemnly asks to see you!"

"Let him in!"

At this time, Qin Jin had no idea, and he needed this scheming person to think about it for him. Yan Zhuang didn't know the news of Qin Jin's assassination, what happened outside the Changting Pavilion was strictly isolated by the Shenwu Army, and until this time, those who knew the inside story, except for the soldiers involved, could be counted with one hand.

When Yan Zhuang heard about Qin Jin's assassination, he was not surprised, he did not make baseless speculations based on these words, but instead reported a piece of news with solid evidence.

"The subordinates of the bad marshal of Jingzhao Mansion secretly investigated Chang'an's private affairs, and there has been progress. ”

Hearing this, Qin Jin didn't expect that Yan Zhuang would have such an effective rate of doing things so quickly and with results.

"Hexi merchants in Chang'an City have recently been in frequent contact with a mysterious person, and this mysterious person is rumored to be either rich or expensive, or suspected of raising dead soldiers!"

Qin Jinden raised his eyebrows and asked:

"Is there any conclusive evidence for this?"

Yan Zhuang Road:

"Although we haven't gotten direct evidence yet, according to the middleman's description, it can be eight or nine without leaving ten! After tonight, the mysterious person will also have a secret business with a certain Hexi businessman, and he can be caught in one net at that time, and his identity and the mastermind behind the scenes may be revealed!"

"Okay, there can't be any more chaos in Chang'an City, this matter must be completely extinguished before it happens, otherwise the opposition party is likely to take advantage of the situation to make waves again!"

Qin Jin's face was gloomy, and his voice was unprecedentedly low. At this time, he had already understood that he had underestimated the chaos of the current situation, although the Shenwu Army could control the government and the opposition by force, it was impossible for the hearts of the people to reach every corner.

In fact, it is no wonder that Qin Jin is still in the dead Emperor Xuanzong. Xuanzong neglected government in his later years, and in order to stabilize his power, he deliberately supported many forces, so that the political situation in Chang'an in the last years of Tianbao was turbulent and complicated, and the various factions were fighting each other.

It is easy to form a climate, but it is extremely difficult to change. After Yi Heng ascended the throne, this situation of various factions tilting against each other has not weakened, but has become more and more intense, and there is a great tendency to get out of control. This is also the result of Li Heng's playing with power tricks that are thousands of miles worse than his father, among them, Qin Jin is a force that stands out in the dumping.

In the midst of internal and external troubles, the party of the crown prince Li Yu was the first to fall, and then Empress Zhang and Li Fuguo, who could restrain Qin and Jin, also collapsed one after another, but their supporters did not have a thorough news, and many unwilling people turned to conspire in the dark room, waiting for the opportunity to move.

The biggest headache for Qin Jin now is that the enemy is dark and I am clear, and he doesn't even know who is planning to assassinate him.

All the clues were messy, and it seemed that he couldn't find a clue, Qin Jin looked at Yan Zhuang and asked:

"How much do you know about the mysterious person, and do you have the name?"

Yan Zhuang Road:

"In a hurry, the specific situation is not known yet, but there will be a result after tonight, please wait a while!"

Several people in the hall could not reach an agreement on Qin Jin's assassination, so Qin Jin ordered them to investigate thoroughly and not let go of any relevant clues, especially in the Shenwu Army, if the spy really came from the Shenwu Army, then the problem would be much more serious than imagined.

At sunset, Qin Jin left Shuaitang, stood in the empty courtyard, rubbed his swollen and aching temples, this day he walked in front of the ghost gate, and there were thousands of messes in his heart that could not be solved, fortunately, the government has been regularized, and he doesn't need to worry about it like at the end of last year, otherwise he is afraid that he will really be tired to death.

"Husband!"

With a gentle call, Qin Jin followed the sound and looked, but it was Princess Shou'an who stood at the wall at the door at some point.

"You, are you alright, have you ever been hurt?"

Qin Jin's eyesight was very good, and he immediately noticed a bloody mark on Princess Shou'an's face.