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Seeing that the assassination failed and that King's Landing had also been killed, one of the Assassins whistled and the remaining Assassins turned and fled, which only exacerbated their defeat.

Exposed his back defenselessly to the four guards and Wang Junlin, and was steeled by five people. The crossbows shot a burst of shots, and all of them fell to the ground, and the last two who were lucky enough to survive were also chased by Niu Jinda and captured alive.

In addition to these two living mouths, there were also five other assassins who were also alive, all of them were hit by crossbow arrows in the thighs, and the crossbow arrows in Wang Junlin's mansion were extremely powerful, directly penetrating their thighs, nailing them to the ground, and seeing Wang Junlin leading people towards them, they were already gone, and their eyes showed a strong sense of fear.

Niu Jinda and two guards gathered around Wang Junlin vigilantly, while the other two guards dispersed to investigate both sides to make sure that there were no more Assassins nearby before returning.

"Quick, look at the brethren, are there any still alive?"

Several people walked to the side of the fallen guard, and after a little inspection, they all raised their heads in disappointment, looking at Wang Junlin shaking his head slightly, Wang Junlin bit his lip, the hand holding the knife became tighter and tighter, the eight bull crossbows, the standard crossbow arrows in the army, looking at these murderous weapons scattered on the ground, he was murderous in his heart.

"Could it be Yang Su again, but if Yang Su's strength is definitely more than that." Wang Junlin was puzzled.

"Tie up the live mouth, and take away all the eight-bull crossbows and strong crossbows!" Wang Junlin commanded.

At this moment, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps and firelight from the street, and a large group of people rushed quickly.

"Who's making trouble here?" There was a shout of questioning from the other side.

"Qin Anhou is here, who is coming?" Niu Jinda asked sharply, and at the same time, several guards stood sideways in front of Wang Jun.

"Ahh The other side was obviously very surprised, "Master Hou, Huang Baochang, the lowly Hou Guanfu General." ”

Huang Baochang and his entourage of more than 20 people rushed to the front, and the tragic situation in front of him made Huang Baochang's eyes jump, and when he saw that Wang Junlin was unharmed, an inexplicable meaning flashed in his eyes.

"Humble Huang Baochang participates in Hou Ye." This Huang Baochang is the Houguanfu Lang General who was sent by the old eunuch Du to assist Wang Junlin in the last case of the sledgehammer iron shop, and the last time the two sides cooperated very satisfactorily, and both left a good impression on each other.

Although Wang Junlin's official title is much higher than this person, he knows that this Huang Baochang is the son-in-law of the head of the Yuan family, one of the two major leaders of the Guanlong aristocracy, and he is also a medium-sized family of lords. It's just that Wang Junlin hasn't figured out who this person is so far, and it's too much of a coincidence that this Huang Baochang is here now.

Wang Junlin took a deep look at Huang Baochang, politely hugged his fists in return, and said: "Lord Huang just came, just now a group of thieves wanted to assassinate Ben Hou, these people on the ground are all alive, and there are some assassins using murder weapons, it is better to hand it over to Lord Huang to help Ben Hou find out this matter, and report this matter to His Majesty by the way." ”

When Huang Baochang heard this, his heart jumped, a stick of incense before the time, he received an order from the old eunuch Du, saying that he had received news that there were thieves here who wanted to be unfavorable to Qin Anhou, so he was ordered to rescue Qin Anhou, and in view of His Majesty's importance to Qin Anhou, regardless of whether the thief succeeded or not, the old eunuch Du specially told him to get the live mouth and evidence afterwards.

Originally, Huang Baochang was still worried about what to do if Wang Junlin was unwilling to hand him over the live mouth and evidence, and he didn't want him to bring up this matter yet, Wang Junlin had already taken the initiative to satisfy all the thoughts in his heart, which made him feel that Wang Junlin had long known the purpose of his coming here. In particular, Wang Junlin did not ask him why he came at this time from beginning to end, which made him confirm this judgment.

These thoughts flashed quickly in his heart, Huang Baochang snorted, hiding the embarrassment and weakness in his heart, and said loudly with righteous indignation: "These thieves dare to assassinate Hou Ye, they are simply looking for death, Hou Ye rest assured, hand over these people to the lowly position, and the lowly position must ask the mastermind behind the scenes, and report the matter to Your Majesty, let Your Majesty call the shots for Hou Ye." ”

Wang Junlin smiled slightly, clenched his fists and said, "Then thank you Lord Huang, Ben Hou is waiting for Lord Huang's good news." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Huang Baochang to say anything, Wang Junlin ordered people to get on the horse and leave with the bodies of several guards.

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Wufu Tea House, Shen Guang, Zhan Peng and the guards saw Wang Junlin and Niu Jinda, who were covered in blood, coming back with six corpses, and they greeted them one after another in shock.

Wang Junlin's expression was extremely gloomy, the murderous intent between his eyebrows and eyes had never dissipated, and the six guards were covered in white cloth, lined up in the courtyard, and he solemnly told Zhan Peng to bury the six dead guards, and arranged for the six guards to pay a lot of money to the family members, and came to the hall used for deliberations in the Wufu Tea Society.

Wang Junlin sat on the chair a little tiredly, closed his eyes slightly and pretended to sleep, thinking about the whole thing in his mind, and further determined the strangeness of this assassination.

"If you can get eight bull crossbows and strong crossbows, in fact, the scope of the reference is already obvious, either military generals, or wealthy families with military backgrounds, only they can get these murderous weapons."

"If someone wants to kill two birds with one stone, kill me if they can kill me, and if they can't kill me, they will borrow my hand to deal with Yang Su by the way."

"Although Huang Baochang is a subordinate of Old Eunuch Du, he may not be Eunuch Du's person, so in addition to Old Eunuch Du, he may obey Yang Jian's orders, or he may do things for the nobles of Guanlong."

"Although Yang Jian is eager to deal with Yang Su, with the respect of the emperor, and he has not completely recovered from today's thunder punishment, he will not do such a thing at this time."

"The Guanlong nobles have this motive, after all, the founding Zhongxing family headed by Yang Su and the Guanlong nobles dominated by Dugumen and Yuanshi have always been different, since the founding of the Great Sui, the two sides have been intrigued inside and outside the court, and the army has not been less intrigued. And although I haven't made a feud with the Guanlong nobles at the moment, I am being used by Yang Jian as a sword against the gate lord family, and they have a motive for wanting to kill me. ”

"In addition, who else has the intention of killing me and the intention of getting rid of Yang Su?"

These judgments kept flashing through Wang Junlin's mind, and his thoughts gradually became clearer. And the reason why he handed over all the evidence and living mouth to Huang Baochang before was because he knew that the testimony of those people must be directed at Yang Su. In his opinion, like the case of the sledgehammer iron shop, it is more beneficial for the Hou Guanfu to investigate and report it to Yang Jian than for him to stand at the forefront to deal with Yang Su.

Zhan Peng, Shen Guang and Niu Jinda were called over by Wang Junlin, and when they saw that Wang Junlin closed his eyes and was silent, they all sat silently on both sides, and the silence in the inner hall was suffocating, and all the people frowned tightly, thinking about things.

Shen Guang, the intelligence leader who had not been appointed by Wang Junlin for a long time, had a gloomy face as gloomy as the bottom of a pot, after all, Hou Ye had endured such a big assassination operation, and he didn't even hear a little rumor, he couldn't help but be angry and frightened, no matter whether Wang Junlin would blame him or not, at least Zhan Peng's gaze at him was already dissatisfied, and this was indeed his dereliction of duty.

"We don't need to investigate this assassination, we just need to wait for the news of the Hou Mansion Official. Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come forward to say something, it is inconvenient for us to deal with Yang Su for the time being. In addition, I feel that the queen will not last a few days, and the situation between the DPRK and China will inevitably undergo some big changes, and the more low-key we are at this time, the better, after all, compared to those gate valve families, our power in the capital is still too thin. So, what we need to do now is to secretly accumulate power. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Junlin's gaze swept over the three of them and continued: "Shen Guang wants to speed up the establishment and improvement of the intelligence organization, and Zhan Peng spends a lot of money to procure the best weapons and armor for his brothers. ”

Shen Guang and Zhan Peng hurriedly got up, clasped their fists and respectfully said yes.

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"Guogong, I just received the news that Wang Junlin was assassinated on Huamen Street, six guards died, thirty assassins, twenty-three people were killed by Wang Junlin and his party on the spot, seven people were injured and captured alive, the assassins used the eight-bull crossbow used to defend the city and the standard strong crossbow used by the elite in the army." In the Yue Guo Mansion, Xu Jingzong, a staff member in charge of intelligence matters, hurriedly came to the study and said to Yang Su.

Yang Su's face showed a look of shock, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "Where are those murder weapons and living mouths now?" ”

Xu Jingzong said: "Huang Baochang was taken away by Hou Guanfulang. ”

Yang Su frowned and pondered, faintly feeling that something was wrong, right now he could get the Eight Bull Crossbow and the strong crossbow in the army, and the only ones who wanted to kill Wang Junlin were him and Qiu Rui, he didn't do this, could it be that Qiu Rui sent someone to do it?

"But if Qiu Rui did it, it wouldn't be so stupid, the person was not killed, and he was still alive, and the sharp weapon of the general was left on the scene. The implication of framing here is too obvious. ”

Yang Su muttered to himself, but suddenly thought of something, his expression sank, and said, "Go and check if the three Eight Ox Crossbows and those strong crossbows in the secret vault of the Mansion are missing?" ”

Xu Jingzong's expression was solemn, he nodded, and then left quickly.

It didn't take long for Xu Jingzong to run back with a heavy face and said, "Guogong, the humble position has been investigated, and one eight-bull crossbow and twenty strong crossbows have been lost in the arsenal of the mansion. asked the housekeeper who managed the vault, and said that it was taken away by Rong Gongzi. ”

Yang Su's face changed slightly, and he said, "You said that Rong'er took the Eight Bull Crossbow and the Strong Crossbow?" What else did this idiot do? ”

Xu Jingzong didn't dare to hide it, and said: "I just checked what Rong Gongzi has done in the past few days, he was mixed with Sun Hongwu, the leader of the Black Snake Gang, the underground force in the capital, and the Eight Bull Crossbow and the Strong Crossbow were also given to the Black Snake Gang by Rong Gongzi, and he suspected that Rong Gongzi's arm was cut off by Wang Junlin, and he was bent on avenging the two sons, and he was instigated by the villain and was used to calculate. ”

Yang Su's face turned blue with anger, but he quickly regained his composure and said, "You take the old man's warrant and immediately go to the Arsenal Division of the Ministry of War to destroy all the records of the eight-bull crossbow and the twenty strong crossbows that were lost in the mansion. ”