The one-eyed leader knelt on the ground, folded his hands and begged for mercy, and said resignedly: "Don't hide it from the two heroes, someone did report to us." In fact, we are bandits who have gathered on the Wanchuan Mountain in front of us, and since there are not many people, we are not well informed. To do this kind of business without capital, there must be someone to pass on information, so we specially train some subordinates to contact Dongdu and Pingshan County, and once there is any big move, they will notify us immediately and be prepared. Just half a quarter of an hour ago, news came from the people of the Eastern Capital that a big deal had passed from me, a man and a woman, sharing a horse. We just prepared an ambush, but we didn't expect that it was two heroes who were angry, damn it! Damn it! ”

"Do you know who told you?" Sogo said lightly.

"This villain doesn't know, because the villain's subordinates will say hello to the people in the Eastern Capital or the black market in Pingshan County in advance, and if there is news, they will send someone to tell them." The One-Eyed Leader replied.

"And how did the people in the black market get to know you?" Xiao Chongguang continued to ask.

"They will send people outside our cottage, and they will not report or meet, but directly tie the letter to the arrow, and then shoot it into our village with a bow and crossbow to tell each other."

"Have you ever seen what that archery man looks like?"

"The men they sent were all covered with black cloaks, and rode fast black horses, and when they had finished shooting arrows, they rode away, where did they recognize their appearance?"

"How long have you been in contact with Dongdu and Pingshan County?"

"It's about two years."

"What's your name?"

"Little Huang San'er."

Xiao Chongguang nodded when he heard this, and then said: "Huang San'er, today I will spare you and your remaining brothers for the time being, I don't care about what you did before, I don't care about you, but from now on, I can't do this kind of bandit business anymore, if I find out that you block the road and rob or rob your house, I will take your life!" ”

Huang San'er and the little man lowered their heads and said again and again: "Yes, yes, yes!" From now on, the little ones will abandon evil and follow good, and be a new man. ”

"Get out of here with your people!" Xiao Chongguang waved his hand.

"Thank you two heroes for not killing!"

After Huang San'er and the others arched their hands in a low voice towards Xiao Chongguang and Han Yu, they immediately ran in the direction of the mountain forest without looking back.

"Black Market ······"

Xiao Chongguang said silently in his heart, now he can basically be sure that being intercepted by this gang of bandits this time must be the assassin organization in the Eastern Capital, who reported the news in the back, wanting to kill himself.

And listening to that Huang San'er, it was told by someone in the black market, the black market is mixed with fish and snakes, black and white are unknown, and the relationship behind it is inextricably linked, and it is not surprising that the assassin organization can pass on the news inside.

But what puzzled Chongguang was that he had blocked the news from the outside world, even if he was disguised and recognized outside, it was impossible for anyone else to know his purpose and whereabouts except for the people in the mansion, you must know that there were thousands of roads leading to other counties in the eastern capital, if there was no extremely detailed information, how could this gang of bandits be intercepted on the official road so accurately?

Moreover, the Assassin Order knew the depth of their martial arts, so why did they send this group of thieves with only a few little skills to block the way? Is it just to delay the time for himself to go to the Zhongzhou capital, and finally fail to catch up with the time of the holy will, so that he can accept his sins and die?

"Hey, what are you thinking? Bow your head and ponder for so long? Han Yu patted Xiao Chongguang's shoulder and asked.

Sogo sighed and repeated what he had just been thinking about.

"It's not simple," Han Yu put his hands behind his back, "The news of your going out is only known to the people in your house, and even I just know that you will leave, and if you don't follow it all the way, you won't know your itinerary." But even so, it was still leaked, so there is only one possibility, there is a ghost in your Tiwei Mansion. ”

Xiao Chongguang said: "A few days ago, I implemented a plan to lure snakes out of the hole in the mansion, and I caught three, heh, one of them is still from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the other two, one is Wang Tian, and the other one you know, is Miss Fang's lover Sun Ming." I thought to myself, at least the hidden stakes in the house had been completely removed, and now it doesn't seem to be the case. ”

Han Yu said: "I heard that the last time you tracked down the secret pile, you deliberately told a fake message to lure them into action. Because you think that the assassination happened recently, so if there is a hidden pile, it must be those who have not been in the Tiwei Mansion for a long time, so you classify them according to the years they have served in the Tiwei Mansion, and those who have served for less than five years stay in the mansion, and let those who have served for more than five years go out to patrol, which is actually an ambush. ”

"Yes," Xiao Chongguang sighed, "Now that I think about it, I was indeed clever at the beginning, who can guarantee that the Assassin Organization has only developed in the past two or three years?" Alas, being able to catch those three people can only be said to be a coincidence. ”

"Actually, as long as you think that after capturing them, the Assassin Order can still carry out the night raid plan of the post-birth period, you should know that those are just small minions, the real big dark stakes, and they have not been uprooted." Han Yu analyzed, "It seems that those brothers who have been with you for more than five years should also be investigated. ”

"It's difficult," Xiao Chongguang shook his head and said: "Five years together, I really don't want to doubt them, besides, five years is enough time for a dark pile to really change its face, and if you really want to start investigating, to be honest, it's quite tricky." ”

"Hmm."

Han Yu nodded noncommittally, and said: "And why do you ask these low-level thieves with martial arts to stop us, I think, they really just want to hold us back, but they definitely don't want you to be unable to return to Beijing on time tomorrow, but have another purpose, as for what, it's hard to say." But according to my personal speculation, it is likely to be to arrange the next interception! ”

"You mean, they gave our whereabouts to the bandits in preparation for the next interception!" Xiao Chongguang was shocked.

"It's just my speculation." Han Yu Zhengse replied.

Xiao Chongguang said: "Forget it, no matter what it is, we can't control so many whereabouts, without further ado, let's get out of here quickly!" ”

Dongdu, Dongshi, Jingkangfang, Tiweifu, Youzheng

Lu Yunsheng walked into the courtyard with his hands down, he raised his head, looked up at the remnant sun that was slowly sinking westward, and the stars and the bright moon had already appeared in the gradually dimming sky.

sighed leisurely, and said in a voice that he could only hear: "Alas, I don't know where Brother Xiao is now?" Ann is not safe? ”

"What's the use of thinking so much? What we need to do now is to continue to investigate the case. ”

As soon as Lu Yunsheng's words fell, he heard Ji Yun take his words behind him, and Yunsheng looked back: "I said it so quietly, can you hear it?" ”

"It's not that you don't know, the children's skills I have practiced since I was a child have deep internal strength, even if Ye Luosha walks, I can hear it clearly." Ji Yun smiled lightly.

Yun Sheng frowned and said, "How can I not know if I want to investigate the case?" It's just that now I have no clue, there is no way to investigate, this kind of murder case of a dead soldier is the most troublesome, there is no clue at all, and even the live mouth that was finally caught has been ...... Alas! ”

"Who said that there is no clue, this one in my hand should be able to help Tiwei Mansion."

Ji Yun waved a scroll in his hand and said.

"What is this?"

Yunsheng walked quickly to Ji Yun, saw the scroll in his hand, and unfolded it with a "swish".

"This is what I found from the secret cabinet, the six volumes, which wrote that a year ago, Fan Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, had impeached Liu Yuanzhen, the middle of the imperial history, for the excessive civil engineering and labor in the family, but because the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Zhou was careful to protect it, he was not punished. Later, according to the secret guard's report, Fan Zhao once said privately in the tavern that he would take revenge on the two. Ji Yun concisely said the above content.

"The saint has always been eccentric." Lu Yunsheng shook his head slightly, and said softly, "Do you mean that Fan Zhao is the mastermind behind the assassination?" ”

Ji Yun said: "I didn't say that, I just felt that something was wrong, even if Fan Zhao was not the mastermind, should Zhou Jin, the secretary of the ministry, send more people to protect him?" After all, there are too many uncertain things now, and if there is a case that the Assassin suddenly attacks this official Shangshu, how can we react in time at that time? ”

Lu Yunsheng pondered for a moment, and finally said: "It's still Brother Ji who is thoughtful, having said that, but now there is a shortage of manpower, and only Brother Xiao has the power to allocate the secret guards, I really can't draw extra people here, and we have to wait for the patrol battalion to replace our inspection of the eastern capital, and then it can be realized." ”

"Hmm...... Indeed, this is a real nuisance. Ji Yun reacted when he heard this, reached out and pinched Qingming's acupoint, and said helplessly.

"However, we can ask that Fan Shangshu tomorrow." Lu Yunsheng suddenly proposed.

"Are you serious?" Ji Yun raised his eyebrows.

Lu Yunsheng clasped his hands to his chest: "That's natural, the assassination case is tried by our Tiwei Mansion, no matter the grade, you can come to the door or be summoned for verification, why not?" ”

Ji Yun was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "What else do you officials say, the first level of the official is to crush people to death, and I don't think that's the case, the court members who are in the second rank must obey you, the third grade." ”

"Then you are thinking wrongly, what etiquette should be observed in normal times, or what etiquette should be observed. This time it is not a big case, where do we, the petty officials, have the right to inquire about the important ministers of the court at will? Lu Yunsheng said the right thing.

Ji Yun said again: "Hey, by the way, I heard that the Tai Servant Ling and the Tai Yi Ling from the Gongshi are the only ones who have this grade from the third grade, and the lives of you and Brother Xiao are too good, as the chief and deputy chief of the guard mansion, there is such a rank, it is not fair to those courtiers who have worked hard for many years." ”

"What from the three grades," Lu Yunsheng smiled self-deprecatingly, "At the beginning, there was no rank in our forbidden army establishment, and it was the first emperor who felt that because we had no rank, the three guards, and the three guards, sometimes we had to do great things but there were many resistances, so those who gave the three guards to serve as their main positions in the future could be obtained from the three grades, so that anything could be reported directly to the imperial court." But we also have only a name, not a name. ”

Ji Yun laughed and said, "It means that it is empty?" ”

"Not bad."