Chapter 397: A Little Girl
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However, the other party's determination to kill the man in the hat was obviously much stronger than she expected, and despite the attack of Yao, Liang Jinyun and others, she still shot at the man in the hat from the door, window, etc., with hidden weapons and muskets, desperately preventing him from approaching Liang Xinming. And the man in the hat persevered to get close to Liang Xinming, and used all his strength to counterattack, one lunged forward, and rolled over from the ground.
I heard the "whoosh" sound continuously, and after a while, there was no sound, and the hall suddenly fell silent, because the two sides were all gone. The assassin outside the window was too obsessed with killing the man in the hat, and he was also killed by Yao and the others.
In the silence, the shopkeeper screamed: "My lord, kill someone"
Liang Xinming was just about to put on an official posture, shock everyone, and clean up the mess, when he suddenly heard the endless calls of "ouch" under the table, and remembered that the Tang prefect was still hiding under the table, and hurriedly said to the officials who rushed in: "Help Lord Tang get up." β
He shouted to Liang Jinyun outside, "Evacuate the people!"
He also instructed Yao, "Protect the scene." β
She herself strode towards the man in the hat.
Zhao Ziyi followed closely beside him.
The man's shoulders and chest were stained with blood, his eyes were dull, lying a foot away from Liang Xinming's table, he still couldn't get close to her after all.
Liang Xinming squatted down beside him, looked at him and asked, "Who are you? You desperately want to see this official, why did you come?"
The man's lips twitched, but he couldn't make a sound.
Liang Xinming bent down, close to his mouth, and listened.
It was very dangerous, and if this person had bad intentions to attract her closer, it would be the perfect time to kill her, but she still came with confidence.
Zhao Ziyi wanted to stop her, but knew that she wouldn't listen, so she simply didn't speak, grabbed her arm with her left hand, ready to pull her away at any time, and grabbed the dagger with her right hand, ready to attack, and tried her best to prevent it, ready to give a fatal blow to the man on the ground at any time.
Fortunately, that person was already at the end of his crossbow, Liang Xinming listened for a while, then straightened up with a regretful face, and looked at him silently with his hands on his knees. After a long time, she stretched out her hands and searched for him without saying a word, searching all over her arms and waist, and even took off his boots, but found nothing.
She got up and asked the shopkeeper, who was huddled aside, "Have you seen this man?"
The shopkeeper shuddered, "No, I haven't seen it." β
Liang Xinming shouted: "Come on, carry him out." Let all the people come and recognize him, and see who has seen him before. After that, he and Zhao Ziyi walked out.
Five people died outside and fell in different places, Yao led people to guard the scene, not allowing the people to approach, and when he saw Liang Xinming coming out, he hurriedly shouted: "My lord." β
Liang Xinming asked first: "You came with them?"
Yao whispered, "Yes." β
Then he briefly explained the tracking process.
This morning, he pretended to leave Beijing, but scattered with his men to find the few hired workers of unknown origin that Liang Xinming mentioned. Although those people fled, they did not leave a trace, the migrant workers on the construction site and the people nearby saw it, and the people from the yamen asked about it as soon as they inquired. Qing Mo and the others were in charge of inquiring, but the tracking task was handed over to the newcomer Yao and them, and they soon found the target.
"The subordinates didn't expect that their target was not an adult, but the person wearing a bamboo hat. My lord, what did that man say?"
Liang Xinming looked at him and shook his head slightly.
Yao was ashamed and said: "My subordinates are derelict in their duties. β
Liang Xinming said: "You don't have to blame yourself. β
Who would have thought, not even her.
She went to inspect the corpse, and the five men were all powerful and strong. Two men held pistols (muskets) about a foot long, which were considered very advanced thermal weapons in their time, and the other three were armed with concealed weapons.
Liang Xinming preliminarily determined that these were soldiers.
Zhao Ziyi said in a low voice: "My lord, this is not an ordinary assassin. The subordinates feel that they are like people in the army, and they are not ordinary local forbidden soldiers......"
Liang Xinming listened, suddenly turned his face, and turned his gaze to the crowd of onlookers, under the corner wall of the tavern, a teenager was sitting there, under his unkempt hair, a pair of dark eyes were staring at her without blinking. His sleeve was stained with blood, and he didn't know if he had been accidentally injured in the chaos or if he had been splattered with the blood of the Assassins. Liang Xinming stood up and walked over slowly.
Zhao Ziyi didn't know what she was going to do, so she hurriedly walked over with her.
The child's gaze followed hers.
Liang Xinming walked up to her and stopped.
And the boy looked up at her.
Liang Xinming saw clearly, this should be a girl, her black eyes are extremely flexible, but at this time, she looked at her deeply, as if she was scrutinizing, and as if she was on guard.
Liang Xinming asked, "You have an arm injury?"
The girl doesn't speak.
Liang Xinming asked Yao: "Who hurt her?"
Yao hurriedly said: "The subordinates didn't pay attention?"
Liang Xinming asked the people around him again: "Who belongs to this child?"
The tavern guy hurriedly said, "She's not from us, she's a begger." I've been sitting here for the past two days. The little one gave her steamed buns. β
A few more people came forward to testify, saying that this was a man named Hanako.
Liang Xinming said: "She was injured by mistake and took it back to call a miracle doctor to take a look." Dropping these words, he turned around and instructed the servants: Carry the corpses back. Then he asked the people who were watching, but any of them recognized the man with the hat, and did he know where he had come from.
And they said, "They had never seen this man."
Liang Xinming then ordered to bring the person back.
When they got home, they handed over the little flower to Huanxi, Liang Xinming and Zhao Ziyi went to the east room, "Big brother sit." What does the eldest brother think about what happened just now?"
Zhao Ziyi swept her up and down, as if she was glad that she was safe and sound, but also had lingering palpitations about the previous situation, and then reproached in fear: "Your Excellency was too reckless just now! That person's origin is unknown, how can you be gullible? What if you ......?"
Liang Xinming looked at the number one personal guard, and a warm current flowed in his heart. For his peace of mind, and because he was her chief bodyguard, she should give him an analysis of the situation, so that he would not make a wrong judgment in a pinch.
She said solemnly: "Their target is not their own official, and the eldest brother has also seen it." β
Zhao Ziyi said: "Then you shouldn't take risks. β
Liang Xinming said: "They won't kill the official." β
Zhao Ziyi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?"
Liang Xinming said: "It's useless to kill. β
Zhao Ziyi lowered her voice and said, "How can it be useless, can't you deal with Antai?"
Liang Xinming said: "It is useful to kill in the capital, but it is useless to kill here! If the official dies, you find a male corpse to replace it, who knows whether it is true or not? It could have been proved by face, but the face of the dead cannot be kept, and it will rot in a few days." rotted into a pile of stinky meat and sent to the capital, who would recognize whether it was Liang Xinming or not?"
Zhao Ziyi couldn't bear it anymore and said, "My lord!"
Such an elegant person, but casually said that she was rotten, smelly, unrecognizable, etc., after her death, she still looked calm!
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