Xiao Chongguang tried to calm down, trying not to release his anger like Lu Yunsheng, he took a deep breath, and then said to the guard: "Don't be afraid, what the hell is going on, you must explain it to me in detail." ”

Seeing that Sogo was not angry, the fear in his heart was reduced a little, and his tone was less trembling, so he recounted what had happened in his cell tonight.

"Tonight it is our turn to be on duty outside the cell door, according to the custom, every hour after that, to inspect the situation in the prison, the self-defense chief, you go out until the beginning of the day, the cell is as usual, there is no problem."

"Then at the end of the day, when I suddenly heard a very faint, and very cautious footstep, near the wall on the right side of the cell, and we were alert, and we all grasped the hilts of our swords and followed the sound."

"At this time, we saw that there was a black shadow from the corner of the wall, quickly ran to the west wing, we saw that there was a thief entering the house, regardless of anything, shouting 'stop', we pulled out a few knives and rushed over together, but the speed of that person was extremely fast, and suddenly there was no shadow, and finally the thief did not chase, but hit the land."

Speaking of this, Na Tiwei didn't dare to go any further, because he saw Lu Yunsheng looking at him with an angry face.

Yunsheng said directly: "I was tired from staying in the hall, and I wanted to go to the courtyard to stretch and refresh my muscles, but I didn't think about it, but I just happened to bump into these unlucky guys." I asked them what they were doing, and they said that there were thieves breaking into the house, so I hurriedly gathered my men and searched the whole house, but found nothing. ”

Another guard continued: "Then, Lu Tou asked us where the thieves had found it, and we took Lu Tou and the others to the cell, but as soon as we arrived at the door, we smelled a smell of blood, and when we entered, the two fine works had all been killed by people who had cut their throats. ”

"In addition to Wang Tian and Sun Ming, there were also resident guards in the cell, who were also killed." Lu Yunsheng added. The resident guards he was talking about were the three suicide assassins who didn't pay attention that day.

Hearing this, Xiao Chongguang glanced up at the wall, as well as the surrounding environment, and finally said lightly: "A typical plan of 'diverting the tiger from the mountain', breaking into the prison and killing people, at least three people must be able to complete it. ”

Guo Ting asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Xiao Chongguang pointed to the wall behind the cell: "As early as when the former chief of the guard was in power, he built the stone wall of the entire guard mansion, in order to prevent people with ulterior motives from sneaking into the house, the former chief of the guard built the back wall to a height of five and a half meters. ”

Guo Ting nodded: "Yes, even if it is my Feiyan Cloud Stepping Skill, it is impossible to reach such a height in one breath, and two and a half meters is already the limit." ”

Xiao Chongguang turned around and entered the cell, and everyone followed, only to see the bodies of Wang Tian, Sun Ming, and the six guards lying on a stretcher, covered with a white cloth, revealing only their heads.

Sogo lifted the cloth, examined them all, and said at the end, "They were all killed by a knife in their throats." ”

Lu Yunsheng: "These guards are as strong as oxen, and they were actually killed with a knife, and those assassins are really well-trained. ”

Guo Ting said: "Yes, the assassins I met in Yihefang, their fighting skills have surpassed those of the army soldiers who have been fighting all year round. ”

"Terrible enemy." Lu Yunsheng said.

Xiao Chongguang's brows furrowed into a line, now the assassin trouble in the imperial capital is more tricky than the Rongdi invasion back then, this can no longer be solved by force alone, the other party can completely kill people invisibly, I am afraid that before these people died, they didn't even see how the murderer did it.

After pondering for a moment, Sogo looked at the guards and said, "Brothers, it's been hard tonight, let's disperse first, rest on shift, stand guard on guard, we will investigate this matter later." ”

The guards looked at each other, and finally crossed their hands to salute, answered the word "喏", and then dispersed.

Sogo said to Lu, Guo, and Ji: "We have other things to discuss in the lobby. ”

The four of them walked side by side, until the inner hall, Xiao Chongguang said: "The two cities in the east and west are far from enough to rely on our Tiwei Mansion, Jingzhao Mansion and Mingjing Division, I will go to Lao Zhou tomorrow and ask him to come forward and propose to His Majesty that the patrol battalion be transferred out and take over the task of patrolling the city." ”

Lu Yunsheng was taken aback when he heard this: "What? Patrol the battalion! Although Lao Zhou is the commander and is close to His Majesty, but after all, we are a forbidden army, and the commander of a forbidden army proposed to His Majesty to patrol the camp, what do you think Your Majesty will think? ”

Guo Ting had been in the yamen before, and he still knew about their topic, and when he heard the words "patrol battalion", he also frowned.

On the contrary, Ji Yun has been walking in the rivers and lakes, far away from the court, not long after his first involvement, he is completely unfamiliar with the establishment of the imperial court, looking at the other three people's worried faces, he is completely confused, so he can't help but ask: "Patrol battalion?" What's wrong with this team? ”

Guo Ting explained to him: "This patrol battalion was originally used by the first emperor to defend the entire Eastern Capital, and the entire battalion had only eight hundred people, and their status was even higher than that of the forbidden army. The people inside ranged from generals to ordinary soldiers, all of whom were experts from the regular army on the sidelines. ”

"Later, there were three departments of Tiwei Mansion, Jingzhao Mansion and Mingjing Division located in the capital and had a military system, and now His Majesty feels that there is no need for the patrol battalion to stay in the Eastern Capital, so in the first year of Chenghe, they were transferred to the Zhongzhou Prefecture Capital and served as the instructor team of the 200,000 state army."

"Eight hundred people are all instructors, and they are all fierce generals who are one in a thousand." Ji Yun sighed.

"That's why I need the patrol battalion to take over, having them to guard the eastern capital will inevitably deter those arrogant assassins, slow down the action, buy us time to solve the case, and reduce the distraction of manpower." Xiao Chongguang said.

"However, we are the case-solving agency appointed by His Majesty, if Lao Zhou is asked to propose, and nothing else, His Majesty will first feel that we are not doing our job effectively, and we will have to use other forces of the imperial court. When the time comes, not only will they not agree, but they may also give some strange and harsh orders. Lu Yunsheng objected.

When Xiao Chongguang heard this, he also agreed with this theory, he has been the chief of the guard for so many years, and he still knows what kind of character His Majesty is.

Suddenly, his eyes rolled, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he said, "Since the people from our forbidden army can't come forward, then we have to let another person do it for you." ”

"Who?"

Xiao Chongguang said word by word: "Prime Minister, Liang, Zi, Qing." ”

"Prime Minister?"

Yunsheng and the other three were all surprised, Guo Ting said: "Liang Xiang is in Da Chu, except for His Majesty, how can he help us?" ”

Sogo smiled: "Brother Guo, you don't know, the victim of the first assassination case before was someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion. Liang Xiang was worried that the assassin's next move would be unfavorable to him, so he made a private appointment with me to inform the Prime Minister if there was any news, and conversely, if we had any needs in the case, we could also ask him for help. ”

"That's right!" Yun Sheng clapped his hands excitedly, "Liang Xiang has the best personal relationship with His Majesty, if you ask him for help, you will definitely be able to get Your Majesty's approval." Unexpectedly, the cooperation proposed by the prime minister helped us a lot. ”

Xiao Chongguang said: "I will send someone to handle this matter as soon as possible." After speaking, he patted Lu Yunsheng on the shoulder, "Okay, since this matter is finalized, then, another matter is up to you." ”

"What?" Yunsheng was puzzled.

Sogo looked at Ji Yun: "Brother Ji, you come on." ”

"Okay."

Ji Yun nodded, and said: "Tonight's assassins, attacking Yihefang, at first it was held by Brother Guo, and then I rushed to reinforce it, fortunately, I have annihilated most of the assassins, but at the end of it, a female assassin escaped. ”

"Oh?" This surprised Yunsheng a little.

"Originally, I had captured her alive, but in the end, I let my guard down and was rescued by a mysterious person." Ji Yun said.

"Rescued? According to the law of assassins, those who fail to assassinate and are captured alive should be killed, just like Wang Tian and Sun Ming in the prison tonight. Lu Yunsheng said with his hands on his chest.

"Well, that's what surprised us, so we thought, this woman's position in their assassination organization must be extraordinary. Brother Xiao said that you are a 'Jianghu Tong' and wants you to help you check. ”

"Does she have any other characteristics besides being a woman?"

Ji Yun replied: "She is not covered like other assassins, she is dressed in purple, her swordsmanship is sharp, fast as lightning, like a python out of a hole, tricky and weird, and stabbing at the dead points on people's bodies, it seems that she must be under the evil devil's way." ”

"This woman's companion calls her 'Youlan'." Guo Ting added.

"Orchid ······"

Lu Yunsheng touched his chin with his hand, muttered in his mouth, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he raised his head sharply and said, "If I guess correctly, this woman in purple should be Shen Youlan." ”

"Shen Youlan?"

Guo Ting and Ji Yun looked at each other, and Xiao Chongguang also frowned slightly, they had never heard of this name.

Lu Yunsheng said: "This woman has just come out of the rivers and lakes not long ago, it is normal that you have not heard of it, and I also learned about it by relying on my past connections and constantly collecting things about the rivers and lakes." ”

Ji Yun was puzzled: "Since she is a rising junior, why does the assassin organization behind her attach so much importance to her?" Do you have to save it? ”

"It's true that she's just a yellow-haired girl who has just set foot in the rivers and lakes, but you must have heard of her master," Lu Yunsheng looked at everyone, "Her teacher is Zhou Xiaoting, one of the twelve killers of the Cold-blooded Hall of Tiantuo Mountain, known as 'Ghost Qingyi'. ”