Chapter 20: The Arrest of the Assassins

"Oh?" Yang Muyun was a little surprised.

"Zi Su is not a happy woman who looks at the smoke, if Yang Gongzi has a heart, the Bamboo Forest Lane by the Pearl Bridge is my residence......" Miss Zi Su had a faint smile on her lips, of course she is not a fireworks woman, but a fairy who has fallen into the world.

Yang Muyun was about to speak, when he caught a glimpse of two figures, one red and one green, walking towards him, it was Shen Yun and He Qixiu, and said helplessly: "Xiaosheng remember, the people of Jinyiwei are here, and the young lady still avoids it, it will be very troublesome to run into them." ”

"Why are they keeping an eye on you?" Miss Shiso has also spotted them.

"After all, I was present when Lord Wang was assassinated, and there may be some questions for me to understand." Yang Muyun paused for a moment and continued: "Don't worry, this is the case, I will definitely go to Zhulin Lane." ”

Miss Shiso left with a smile on her face, her slender waist twisting slightly, and the touching charm was like a blooming lotus flower curling Nana in the wind. In the distance, Su'er, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him.

Seeing the figures of Miss Zisu and Su'er disappearing, Yang Muyun stepped forward and bowed: "My subordinates see Lord Shen and Lord He." ”

"Please." Shen Yun glanced at He Qixiu: "You are right, it is indeed your subordinate who saved Lord Wang." ”

In the morgue of the Jinyi Guard Prison, Shen Yun glanced at the row of parked corpses, and said lightly: "The wounds of the four guards of Lord Wang are all behind him, and after examination, they were killed by a sneak attack when they were caught off guard, and the edge of the knife matched the weapon carried by the assassin. The corpses of the eleven assassins ......" glanced at Yang Muyun: "Four of them were hit by the plum blossom sleeve arrows specially made by my Jinyiwei, three were in the throat, and one was shot through the left eye and came out of the back of the head. This should have been killed by you Yang Xiaoqi, right? “

"Yes, sir." Yang Muyun replied.

"Three of the other bodies were killed by the assassins themselves with knives, and the other four were military knives used by Lord Wang's guards......" Shen Yun stared at Yang Muyun, hoping that he would explain.

"My lord, my subordinate didn't have any weapons with him at the time, so he picked up a single knife used by the assassin and killed three people with this knife."

"Oh? So you mean you didn't kill the other four? ”

"Yes, sir."

"My lord, when I was in the palace of Lord Wang, Fang joined the army and said that he killed two people, and Lord Wang personally killed two people." He Qixiu said beside him.

"Well, that's right, Yang Xiaoqi, apart from Lord Wang, Fang Senjun and you, who else has fought against assassins?"

"No, when Lord Wang's officers and soldiers arrived, the assassins were already gone." Yang Muyun thought about it carefully.

"How many assassins are there?" Shen Yun asked.

Twenty-eight people, thirteen jumped from the wall, and eleven rushed out of the courtyard gates on both sides, all dressed in masks. There were also four men, who were supposed to be the leaders of these men, and one of them was seven feet tall and armed with iron rods. There was also a woman, a child, a beggar who played with snakes. ”

"You mean, there were twenty-eight assassins, eleven died, and seventeen escaped."

"Yes, sir."

"You're observant." Shen Yun's face looked slightly better: "Do you remember the appearance of these four leaders?" ”

"Lord Hui, I still remember something, that seven-foot man fought with his subordinates and was injured, his appearance is remembered most clearly by his subordinates, and the other three subordinates only remember their approximate appearance."

"Oh? I also injured one, okay, come back, you describe the appearance of these assassins to Chu Shi, who is experiencing the experience, and let him paint pictures and paste them all over the city gates, so that no one can slip through the net. ”

"Yes, sir."

"However, now you have to go to the crime scene in Wuyi Lane with this official to see what other clues there are."

Wuyi Lane.

"My lord, all places have been searched, and no trace of the assassin has been found." A hundred households in a cyan flying fish suit.

"Hmph, I didn't find out what you came to tell me, are you going to catch those rice buckets in Tianfu, tell you and your subordinates, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you will also dig out the assassins for me. If you can't dig it out, you jump down and bury yourselves yourselves. Shen Yun's voice was fierce.

"Yes, sir."

"Wait." Shen Yun called the hundred households.

"My lord, what else do you command?"

"Take off your clothes and hat and put them on him." Shen Yun pointed to Yang Muyun who was following him.

"Your Excellency?" The hundred households trembled.

"What? Did you take it off yourself, or did you let me peel you? Shen Yun's eyes shot a fierce look.

A cyan hundred-household flying fish suit was worn on Yang Muyun's body. Shen Yun only coldly ordered: "Wang Baihu is ineffective in handling things, and now he has been dismissed, you are now temporarily taking his place, and his subordinates are also temporarily handed over to you, so do a good job!" If not, the official will not only take off an official uniform. ”

"My lord, I looked under the bed, no." A black-clothed brocade guard captain reported to Yang Muyun.

“......”

"Your Excellency, you see, there is no secret passage under the kitchen stove." A brocade guard wearing a green splendid suit bowed to Yang Muyun.

“......”

"My lord, the floor of the living room and bedroom has been knocked on, and no secret passage has been found." A brocade guard wearing a cyan cloud brocade suit announced to Yang Muyun.

“......”

All the courtyards around the scene of Wang Ji's assassination have been searched, but no clues have been found. Yang Muyun felt very strange, according to the clues provided by various parties. When Wang Ji was rescued, the patrol officers and soldiers of the Southern Capital, Ying Tianfu Arrest Kuai, some of the officers and soldiers of the guard, and the Jinyi Guards had already surrounded the area around Wuyi Lane, and the assassins were still carrying the wounded when they retreated, so it was impossible to escape before the officers and soldiers were surrounded. Since you can't escape, and you can't find the slightest trace, can't you disappear out of thin air?

Yang Muyun was puzzled, and personally inspected one yard after another.

"My lord, we've been here for decades, and we don't dare to do anything illegal!"

"My lord, please spare us!"

......

The people of Wuyi Lane were tossed and miserable. Yang Muyun had to comfort them while probing.

"What did you say, my lord? The old woman couldn't hear it. ”

The old woman Yang Muyun searched for was only deaf and dazzling.

"Squeak", the courtyard door opened. A young man came in, carrying two buckets of water on his shoulders, and the young man carried the water into the house, unloaded the buckets, and said, "Mother Li, I brought the water for you, and I will ...... it." Seeing a group of brocade guards standing in the room, he was stunned, and his throat was like swallowing a duck's egg, and he couldn't speak anymore.

Yang Muyun stepped forward and asked with a pleasant face: "This big brother, what are you doing!" ”

"Big, adult, this Mother Li is lonely, and the villain is pitiful, so she comes over every day, every day to help him carry water......"

"Oh!" Yang Muyun made a sudden realization, and looked at the courtyard, where the debris was piled up, revealing a well, and a derrick was erected on the well, and there was a shaft that could be shaken with a handle, and a rope was wound around the shaft.

"This big brother, Mother Li has a well here, why are you still carrying water from outside?" Yang Muyun asked with a smile.

"My lord, the well in Li's mother's courtyard has long been dry, and there is no water." The young man stammered.

"Oh?" Yang Muyun got up and came to the well and turned around. A brocade-clothed guard wearing a cyan cloud brocade suit said with a smile beside him: "My lord, the humble duties here have been checked, and the bottom of the well is indeed dry." ”

"Really?" Yang Muyun actually casually shook the handle on the derrick.

"It's definitely not wrong, I threw a big stone down from my humble position, and there was no response at all." The general flag said with a smile.

"I think I should have thrown you down." Yang Muyun's face turned cold, and he shouted, "Take them down." ”

The smile on the general flag's face froze, and Mother Li suddenly lost her ears and eyes, and her body burst into flames, flying towards the wall, and her body was as light as a swallow for a while. Yang Muyun had already prepared, raised his hand and shot a sleeve arrow, "Huh-" There was a sound of metal shooting into the flesh, Li's mother was hit by an arrow in her waist, her breath dispersed, and her body that had just climbed the wall fell down like a stake. Two black-clad lieutenants hurriedly stepped forward to grab her.

A little flag in green also went up to control the young man who was carrying water.

Mother Li was escorted over, and her eyes slashed at Yang Muyun like a knife: "How did you find out?" ”

Yang Muyun smiled leisurely: "You acted very well, I have been deceived by you." However......" glanced at the young man who carried the water: "This person is a big failure, he brought water in and made me interested in this waste well, I didn't notice it in the first place." Saying that, he shook the handle unhurriedly: "If this shaft is not used for a long time, it will be very difficult to shake the handle, but it is very easy to shake, and it is obviously used often." What do you often use the shaft of a waste well for, and the rope on the shaft, which is quite strong......"

Mother Li's eyes dimmed, and she sighed: "I didn't expect you to be a small person, but a little fox, much more difficult to deceive than those with a beard......" The general flag blushed.

"And ......" Yang Muyun glanced at the two buckets, "He shouldn't pick up such two big buckets of water, so much water is enough for four or five people a day, and he also said that he picks ...... every day If you can't use it up, who will you use it for? ”

The general flag blushed and shouted at Li's mother: "Tell me quickly, where is the thief?" ”

Yang Muyun glared at him: "Have you forgotten that I said that I was going to throw you into the well?" ”

A large basket was tied to one end of the rope on the shaft of the well, and a black-clothed lieutenant sat in the basket and was slowly lowered by someone shaking the shaft of the well.

"My lord, there are no hidden passages at the bottom of the well or around it." The voice of the black-clad lieutenant came from the bottom of the well.

Yang Muyun gestured: "Raise him a little higher, let him knock on the surrounding well walls again, and don't let go of every inch." ”

"Yes, sir." The officers and soldiers of the Jinyi Guards were convinced by Yang Muyun and were full of enthusiasm.

After a long time, I suddenly heard the sound of the wall collapsing "Hula", and then a surprised voice came: "My lord, I have found a secret passage...... Ah----h

Yang Muyun's heart tightened: "Hurry up and pull him up." ”

The basket was pulled up, but the black-clothed lieutenant in the basket was also exhausted, and he was stabbed in the chest, and blood stained his clothes.

Yang Muyun frowned: "Quick, transfer more manpower, prepare firewood and grass and other flammable materials, light them and throw them into the well, and then seal the wellhead......"

Two hours later, the men of the brocade guard went down and dragged up five dying men who were smoky. One of them was the seven-foot-tall strong man who had fought with Yang Muyun that day, and his man-in-the-garde weapon was also dragged up. The other four were supposed to be four of the masked assassins, all five of whom were wounded, so they were arranged to hide here.

"My lord, the lowly people have checked the entire tunnel, and there is no exit inside."

Yang Muyun closed his eyes and sighed lightly: "It seems that the others have already escaped, but fortunately, as soon as Lord Wang had an accident, the city gate was closed, and the remaining twelve assassins should not have escaped from the city." It's getting late, so I'll have to plan for tomorrow. ”

Yang Muyun did not return to the post house tonight, but was in Jinyi Weinan Town. The entire Nanzhen Fusi stayed up all night, Shen Yun came to the prison and looked at the group of prisoners brought by Yang Muyun who were tortured to a blur of flesh and blood, listening to their heart-rending screams, frowning and asking a man in an azure flying fish suit: "Ren Deputy Qianhu, haven't the prisoners been recruited yet?" Deputy Ren Qianhu looked ashamed: "My lord, these thieves are very hard-mouthed, I'm afraid it will take a little more effort." Shen Yun snorted and said coldly: "Ren Deputy Qianhu, I want their confessions, not corpses." ”

"Yes, yes, sir." Deputy Ren Qianhu wiped the cold sweat on his head, and said as if he remembered something: "My lord, the words spoken between these thieves are incomprehensible, and I don't know where the language is spoken. ”

"Is there such a thing?"

"Yes, my lord, the lower officials don't dare to lie. There is a jailer in the prison who is from Yunnan, who has dealt with barbarians in Yunnan before, and knows a little bit of barbarian words, and I heard him say that the words that those thieves say to each other are from the Luchuan area in western Yunnan, which probably means why the king of Mao sacrificed his life, and the soul should ascend to the temple and other nonsense. ”

"Luchuan? King Mao? Shen Yun's mind flashed, and he said to Deputy Qianhu: "Let that Yunnan jailer monitor those people's every move, and report to this official immediately if there is any situation." ”

"Yes, sir." Ren Deputy Qianhu respectfully responded.

At the gate of the prison, Yang Muyun waited there quietly. Seeing Shen Yun hurriedly come out, he stepped forward to see: "My lord, my subordinates have already gone to Lord Chu, and Lord Chu has already drawn the faces of the three leaders depicted by his subordinates. ”

"Okay, Yang Muyun, you did a good job, if you can arrest all these assassins, then the official will definitely reward you with this position of Wang Baihu."

"Master Xie."

"It will be dawn in a few hours, you go to the hundred arrest houses to rest for a while, and gather your people before the hour to inspect the Sanshan Gate, Jubao Gate, and Tongji Gate."

"Yes, sir."