Compared with the various chaos in Chang'an and Guanzhong, the situation in Zhangye was very calm, the streets were prosperous, the people were leisurely, and there was an endless stream of Sogdian merchants from afar.

The most nervous is the internal guard battalion, which now has more than 300 people, who are not only responsible for digging out foreign spies, but also preventing the infiltration of the major forces in the Central Plains into the Hexi Corridor.

Wang Yue's nerves were also stretched into a straight line during this time, so that Jun entrusted him with the safety of his wife and children, so that he did not dare to slack off.

On this morning, Wang Yue came back from outside the city with a few soldiers, but when he saw many people running north, he felt a little strange in his heart, so he ordered one of his men: "Go and see what is going on?" ”

The soldiers under him rushed away, and after a while, the soldiers ran back, "Commander, it seems that there has been a murder, and it is near the mansion of the envoy." ”

Wang Yue was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Where did the murder case occur, does it have anything to do with the Emperor's Mansion?" ”

"It has nothing to do with the Envoy's Mansion, it's a shop, it seems to be a sheepskin shop."

Wang Yue's face changed, could it be Xinfeng sheepskin shop? That shop is the branch of the Hidden Sword Pavilion in Ganzhou!

"Follow me!"

As soon as he urged his horses, he led a dozen soldiers to the north.

After a while, they came to the place where the accident occurred, sure enough, it was the Xinfeng sheepskin shop, only to see that the three layers outside the door of the store were crowded with people watching the excitement, Wang Yue rode on a horse, looked over the head of the person to the store, and several officials carried out two corpses.

Wang Yue immediately turned over and dismounted, and led his men to separate the crowd and squeeze into the courtyard.

A servant stepped forward to stop them, Wang Yue took out a silver medal from the internal guard battalion and shook it, and the official hurriedly dodged away.

Wang Yue stepped forward to take a closer look, and it was the proprietor of the sheepskin shop and his wife, both of whom had an arrow stuck in their chests, and their whole faces turned black.

Zhang Hua, the county lieutenant who was investigating the case, knew Wang Yue and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "There is no trace of a fight, it seems that he was attacked by a sneak attack." ”

"And what about the other two guys?" Wang Yue asked.

Zhang Hua shook his head, "We received a report from a neighbor, and the situation of this store is not very clear. ”

Wang Yue whispered to him: "This shop is not an ordinary shop, it was sent by Chang'an to monitor the envoy, we took this case, you take people away!" ”

Zhang Hua waved his hand to the officials, "The internal guard battalion has taken over, let's go!" ”

He quickly left with a group of servants, and at this time, more than 20 internal guard soldiers rushed to hear the news and persuaded the crowd to leave.

Wang Yue pondered with the poisoned arrow, this arrow was very elegant, the arrow turned out to be made of silver, and it was coated with a layer of blue poison.

He also knew the true identity of the husband and wife of the sheepskin shop the day before yesterday, they were originally a thief couple in the Jiangning area, specializing in stealing babies and selling, nicknamed the human owl, they were chased and killed by the bitter lord everywhere in Jiangnan, and they were desperate, so they entered Chang'an and went to the Tibetan Sword Pavilion.

The Hidden Sword Pavilion actually arranged them here, and their intentions were self-evident, and before the internal guard battalion could take action, they were actually killed.

This case made Wang Yue extra vigilant, and the people who assassinated the Hidden Sword Pavilion could only be themselves, which showed that the assassins of the Hidden Sword Pavilion had arrived in Zhangye.

One of his subordinates came running to report: "Commander, the bodies of Mao Saburo and another guy were found, and they were also killed by an arrow in the backyard." ”

In fact, it doesn't matter whether this case is solved or not, it is a wake-up call that makes Wang Yue quickly vigilant.

Wang Yue explained a few words to his subordinates, and immediately rushed to the official residence of the Jiedu envoy.

Wang Yue came to Guo Song's mansion, and Butler Wang greeted him and said, "Is there anything wrong with General Wang?" ”

"I'm looking for Xiao Yu Niang, there's something urgent!"

"Come in! I'll go find her. ”

Wang Yue entered the house and waited, and after a while, Xiao Yuniang hurriedly came with the housekeeper.

"General Wang, what's going on?"

Wang Yue whispered to her, "It is very likely that the assassins of the Hidden Sword Pavilion have already arrived in Zhangye. ”

Xiao Yuniang was startled, "How does the general know?" ”

"The shopkeeper of Xinfeng sheepskin shop was assassinated last night, using poisoned arrows, Madame should be careful here, try to stay in the room, I will immediately arrange a perimeter guard."

"The Hidden Sword Pavilion is impatient, and he dares to ......"

The little fish girl didn't finish her words, 'Whoosh! An arrow came and nailed to the gate two feet away from her, and the little fish girl jumped up in shock, and looked in a flash, only to see a black shadow disappearing in a flash on the roof of the official office of the Jiedu Mansion opposite.

Xiao Yuniang was about to chase after her, but was caught by Wang Yue, "It's Jianxin!" ”

Only then did Xiao Yuniang notice that there was a letter inserted in the shaft of the arrow, and she reached out to pull out the arrow, but Wang Yue took the first step and carefully removed the arrow.

"It's it again, the arrow that shot the couple in the sheepskin shop last night."

The arrow in Wang Yue's hand was also a silver arrow, exactly the same as the arrow that killed the shopkeeper and his wife last night, but there was no layer of poison on it.

Wang Yue slowly took down the letter and opened it, the contents of it suddenly startled him, Xiao Yuniang snatched the letter and looked at it carefully, and her face became pale.

There is only one sentence on it, 'Li Man has led three hundred Tibetan Sword Pavilion warriors to Liangzhou, and Ganzhou is in danger!' At the bottom of the letter was a flying fox.

"General Wang, what should I do?" Xiao Yuniang asked nervously.

Wang Yue didn't panic, he tried to calm himself down, and said to Xiao Yuniang: "I don't know if it's true or not, if it's true, it will be troublesome, their target may not be Madame, maybe it is against all the generals and officials in Ganzhou, causing chaos in Ganzhou, forcing Jun to withdraw his troops from Guanzhong." ”

"This has to be discussed with General Liang!"

"I'll go to General Liang now, but it's best to hide the lady and son-in-law first, and activate our previous backup plan."

Their alternate plan is called the 'Three Holes of the Cunning Rabbit', which is actually the most common method used by the powerful to prevent assassination, which is to have the opponent to assassinate the person to hide beforehand so that the Assassin cannot find a target.

Xiao Yuniang was just about to leave, when she suddenly remembered something and asked, "General Wang, you said that this arrow is the same as the arrow that killed the husband and wife of the sheepskin shop last night?" ”

Wang Yue nodded, "The other party may be warning us in this way, I don't know who it is, but it shouldn't be malicious, the assassin wants to assassinate his wife, and he won't reveal his whereabouts first." ”

"This letter seems to be in a woman's handwriting, and there is a flying fox underneath, General Wang, whose sign is the flying fox?"

"I don't know, don't care about this person for now, it's important to transfer Mrs."

After Wang Yue finished speaking, he hurried to the barracks........

In the lobby of the inner house, Xue Tao was chatting with Li Mi's wife Cui, who was also from a famous family and a famous talented woman when she was young, and she chatted with Xue Tao very speculatively.

At this time, Xiao Yuniang hurriedly walked in, handed the warning letter to Xue Tao, and told her the situation, Xue Tao said with a smile after reading the letter: "This character is well written, fluent, very skillful, it should be a woman who is both civil and military." ”

She turned back to Cui Shi and asked, "Does Aunt Cui know what the flying fox means?" ”

Cui Shi thought for a while and said: "I seem to have heard the master say that the Guan Long family has raised several samurai organizations, which usually do not show up, and are specially used to protect the safety of the family in troubled times, one of which is called the Flying Fox Guard, I forgot which one, could it be them?" ”

"Could it be the Dugu family?"

Xue Tao suddenly reacted, "My husband said that the Dugu family has been secretly helping him. ”

"Seems so!"

Cui Shi hurriedly said: "But this Li Man is not a good thing, she is famous for her ruthlessness in Chang'an, and the people of Chang'an call her the dominatrix, she led the Tibetan Sword Pavilion to do a lot of things that hurt the heavens and reason, and Liu Xiangguo died at their hands." ”

Xiao Yuniang was a little anxious, "Madam, let's talk about these things later, let's evacuate the secret house first, it's too dangerous here." ”

"Okay! Tell Ah Qiu to clean up, as well as Mrs. Zhang's family and Mrs. Yang's mother and son, and Aunt Cui will also go with us! ”

Cui Shi smiled slightly: "I'll listen to your arrangement!" ”

The secret house that Xiao Yuniang said is located in the east of the city, it is a house built by Sogdian merchants, covering an area of about ten acres, full of exoticism, and the internal guard secretly bought it at the beginning of the year, which is to hide Guo Song's family in the event of a crisis.

This house is very secret, and only Xiao Yuniang knows where it is?

Everyone simply packed up their belongings and took three carriages to this secret mansion for temporary shelter........

In the camp, Wang Yue reported the situation to Liang Wu.

Liang Wu's face became very ugly, Li Man actually brought three hundred warriors to Liangzhou, needless to say, they must be going to set off a bloody storm in Liangzhou, assassinate the officials and generals of Liangzhou, and assassinate the family of the envoy, this trick is really vicious, if they succeed, the foundation of the envoy will be destroyed by them,

Liang Wu gritted his teeth and said: "Since the people who came are not good, I will set a table for them to feast!" ”