"The Taoist must have heard of the punishment of the Tuyuhun people in Taozhou City, the first death case of the Tuyuhun people in Taozhou City occurred on the third day of the first month of the previous year, and the thirty-four people on this list are all people who moved into Taozhou City within a month before the third day of the first month, if I am not wrong, they should be the people of 'Tiansha'!"

The old Taoist priest raised his eyebrows: "Childe means to take them down?" ”

"I had this idea, but I was a little hesitant!" Lu Xiaoxian hesitated, "In case they jump over the wall in a hurry to resist arrest and can't catch them all, it won't be easy to do!" ”

"Actually, it's not as complicated as Childe thinks!" The old Taoist priest said lightly, "It's really not easy for them to get together, but if they are not prepared, they will do it at the same time in the middle of the night, and it will not be too troublesome!" ”

"That's a good idea!" Lu Xiaoxian nodded, "However, I don't want to annihilate them, but I want to capture them alive!" ”

"It's not that hard!" The old Taoist priest blurted out without thinking about it: "Use some things like the three indiscriminate incense in the rivers and lakes, and keep them tied up!" ”

"Oh?" Lu Xiaoxian looked at the old Taoist priest meaningfully: "Daoist, it seems that you are well versed in this way, and you are also quite good at doing things in these side doors!" ”

The old Taoist priest looked calm: "I have been walking in the rivers and lakes for many years, and I have seen a lot of things, and I must not have the heart of harming people, and the heart of preventing people is indispensable, if it were not for this, I would not have lived today!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian smiled slightly and did not speak.

"Childe, there's one more thing you have to guard against!" The old Taoist priest reminded.

It can be seen that the old Taoist priest is doing his best to help Lu Xiaoxian.

"Dao Chief, please speak!"

"When you do it, try not to move the people who want to use the yamen as much as possible. It's best not to let them know the news of the action, so as not to cause trouble! The old Taoist priest whispered.

Lu Xiaoxian's eyes flashed: "Dao Chief, what do you mean ......?"

The old Taoist priest smiled coldly and said: "Don't you think it's strange that the killer of 'Tiansha' has been lurking in Taozhou for more than two years and killed so many people, and finally he can't do it?" I bet that the people in the government will definitely not be able to get rid of it! ”

Lu Xiaoxian hugged his fists at the old Taoist priest and said, "Thank you for the reminder, I know what to do!" ”

……

Due to the imminent war between the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, many Sogdians who were doing business left Taozhou City one after another, especially the day before yesterday, when more than a dozen Sogdian merchants left at the same time, and at present, only four Sogdians remained in Taozhou City.

Hearing the news, Lu Xiaoxian regretted it, and it would have been good to know the inside story of Jin Tuoxiang earlier. In case the Sogdian merchants who came to Taozhou City with Jintuo Xiang happened to be among the people who left, this clue would be broken again.

Remorse to remorse, Lu Xiaoxian personally interrogated the four Sogdian merchants who were stranded in the city.

The first three Sogdian merchants ruled out suspicion during the interrogation, and after the fourth Sogdian merchant entered the house, Lu Xiaoxian didn't bother to be polite to him, and said bluntly: "I want to buy the golden incense in your hand." ”

When the Sogdian merchant heard this, his expression immediately became panicked: "What Jin Tuoxiang? I don't know what you're talking about! ”

Seeing this situation, Lu Xiaoxian had a bottom in his heart, and he said coldly: "After thinking about it, you will answer, your answer is related to whether you can leave Taozhou City alive." ”

The Sogdian merchant pretended to be calm, and insisted that he did not know anything about Jintuoxiang.

"I won't hide it from you, someone killed someone with the Jin Tuo incense that he bought from you, if you insist on refusing to tell the truth, then I'm sorry, it can only prove that you are the murderer. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, killing pays for life, you think about it! ”

Beads of sweat the size of beans broke out on the foreheads of Sogdian merchants.

Seeing that the other party's psychology had changed, Lu Xiaoxian shouted: "Why don't you hurry up and explain how you killed people?" Do you really want to die in a foreign land? ”

At last, the Sogdian merchant could not bear it anymore and cried out: "I will say it all, and give it all." I didn't kill anyone, I sold Jin Tuoxiang to ......"

Jin Tuoxiang was indeed brought to Taozhou City by Sogdian merchants from the Western Regions, and it was ordered from him by Guo Qin, the assassin of Taozhou, with a large amount of money. In addition to the golden top, there is also snake smoke sealed in the golden top.

Jintuo incense is a strange thing, every 30 years as soon as it blooms, when the flower blooms, many extremely small flying insects will be drilled out of the sand soil of the roots, gather around the flower, and eat Jintuo pollen for a living. After the flowers are gone, they burrow into the sand as if they are hibernating, and when the flowers bloom again, they are activated by the fragrance and wake up again and burrow out of the sand.

This little insect lives in swarms and flies like a smart snake, so it is called snake smoke. Because of the strange poison of eating the golden top flower, they also contain strange toxins, and once they encounter flesh and blood, they will dissolve and turn into green smoke. It's just that snake smoke does not attack living creatures such as humans and animals, unless there is a golden incense on the living creatures.

The truth was revealed, and the original culprit who killed Zeng Cha turned out to be the assassin Guo Qin. Lu Xiaoxian was very puzzled, Guo Qin was a state assassin, why did he kill Zeng Cha?

However, one thing is certain, the other Tuyuhun people who were killed should also be Guo Qin's doing.

……

In the middle of the night, Zhang Meng and Chen Xuanli took Sergeant Yulin and the unity soldiers to arrest them from house to house according to the list provided by Lu Xiaoxian.

The "Tiansha" killers, who were not at all guarded, were captured and put in prison one after another.

"What? Wounded solidarity soldiers ran away? Listening to Zhang Meng's report, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help frowning.

could have caught them all, but there was a fish that slipped through the net, which made Lu Xiaoxian very dissatisfied.

Zhang Meng explained: "This person is very alert, and the incense we used didn't work at all. Coupled with his kung fu skills, a dozen unity soldiers are not his opponents at all! ”

"Where did he go?" Lu Xiaoxian asked.

"Several people intercepted him, and finally he entered Guo Qin's temporary Assassin's Mansion and disappeared!"

"Guo Qin! It's Guo Qin again! Lu Xiaoxian muttered to himself.

Lu Xiaoxian originally planned to kill the killers of "Tiansha" and then go to Guo Qin to settle accounts, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to show his feet.

"Gather all the men and horses and surround the Assassin's Mansion!" Lu Xiaoxian beckoned to Zhang Meng, "Let's go, we will go to Guo Tingshi!" ”

The courtyard of the Temporary Assassin's Mansion is not large, and at this moment, it is surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside the United Army, like an iron bucket.

Hundreds of torches illuminated the front of the Assassin's Mansion as bright as day, Lu Xiaoxian looked at the closed gate, and was about to give the order to smash the door, but when he heard the door "squeak" open, a person slowly walked out of the door with his hands behind his back.

The united soldiers suddenly became nervous, and they raised their weapons one after another, and the crossbowmen also aimed their crossbows at the incoming people.

Lu Xiaoxian could see clearly that the person who came out of the Assassin's Mansion was Guo Qin.

Guo Qin looked around at the soldiers who were staring at him, and saluted Lu Xiaoxian: "Master Lu, Guo is so polite!" ”

"Guo Qin! Are you convicted? Lu Xiaoxian shouted angrily.

"Of course I'm guilty!" Guo Qin said calmly.

"Then why don't you hurry up and arrest it?"

"Lu Gongzi is not anxious, do you think I can still run away? Even if I can run, I won't run! Guo Qin's tone was surprisingly calm, "The bird is dying, and its song is also mourning; When a man is about to die, his words are good. Even a hundred deaths are considered light for the sin I have committed. There are some hidden secrets that cannot be known to outsiders, but I want to explain it clearly to Mr. Lu, if Mr. Lu can be trusted, please move into the house, and I will definitely give you an explanation! ”

Zhang Meng listened to it and couldn't help but scold: "What are you daydreaming about!" I'll put you in prison later, and see if you can recruit you. ”

Lu Xiaoxian waved his hand at Zhang Meng and said to Guo Qin: "Okay, I'll go into the mansion and listen to you!" ”

With that, Lu Xiaoxian walked towards the door.

Seeing this, Zhang Meng immediately became anxious, and hurriedly shouted: "Xiaoxian, you can't go, in case you ......"

"No case, Guo Tingshi will not harm me!" Lu Xiaoxian didn't look back and continued to walk forward.

When they arrived at the gate, Lu Xiaoxian and Guo Qin walked in side by side, and the door was closed with a "bang".

……

Lu Xiaoxian has too many questions in his heart, and the only one who can uncover the mystery is Guo Qin, if it weren't for this reason, Lu Xiaoxian might not agree to his request.

As Guo Qin came to the backyard, they entered a room with lights on.

After entering the house, Lu Xiaoxian found that there was a person inside, dressed in black, sitting at the table with his back to the door.

Although Lu Xiaoxian had doubts in his heart, he glanced at Guo Qin and did not speak.

Guo Qin said to the person's back: "Master Murong, Master Lu is here!" ”

The man slowly stood up, turned around, and looked at Lu Xiaoxian curiously.

This is an old man of sixty or seventy years old, with white hair and hair, and he is as steady as a rock in a black suit.

Lu Xiaoxian's heart moved, and he heard Guo Qin call this person "Murong Sect Master", indicating that his surname was Murong, and it was not related to the Tuyuhun royal family.

"Master Murong, let me introduce you, this is Gongzi Lu!" It can be seen that Guo Qin is very polite to this Murong Sect Master.

"You are Lu Xiaoxian?" Murong Sect Master's eyes were like arrows, he looked at Lu Xiaoxian, and slowly spit out a few words, his tone was unpredictable.

"It's down there!" Lu Xiaoxian had a smile on his face.

"It's really a hero out of a teenager!" The old man in black sighed and smiled bitterly at Guo Qin, "Guo Tingshi, we are all old, this world is theirs!" ”

"Isn't it?" Guo Qin also sighed, and then pointed to the master of the Murong Sect and said to Lu Xiaoxian: "Young Master Lu, this is Murong Kan, the master of the 'Tiansha' Gate!" ”

"Master Murong Sect?" Lu Xiaoxian's eyes flashed, "I don't know what the relationship between the Lord of the Murong Sect and the Tuyuhun royal family is?" ”

"Tuyuhun Country?" Murong Kan said in a sour tone, "There is no Tuyuhun country in the world anymore, and the Tuyuhun country was destroyed by Tubo thirty-three years ago!" If I have anything to do with the exiled king, then I can only admit that I am his brother! ”

Lu Xiaoxian didn't expect that the famous "Tiansha" sect master on the rivers and lakes turned out to be the younger brother of Murong Nuo, the king of Tuyuhun.