Qu Xiaocang arranged the carriage and asked the injured guards to be carried out and put into the carriage. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The guard was in a coma, it can be seen that the blow of the bronze general is really powerful, Duan Canghai checked it, fortunately, although he was injured, he did not worry about his life, the other party was attacking the chest of the guard, this guard countered quickly, he should have blocked it with a knife in the chest, so as to avoid being directly hit in the chest by the bronze general, otherwise it would definitely be a broken sternum, but even so, that blow still made the guard injured a lot.

"Master Hou, I'm .......!" Duan Canghai said with some guilt: "It was my poor protection that put Hou Ye in danger, please punish Hou Ye." ”

The two sat in the carriage facing each other, and the carriage arranged by the Shenhou Mansion was also very wide and not crowded at all.

Yang Ning frowned and said, "I know that you are a cautious person, in that case, there must be a reason for your sudden departure." What's going on? ”

Duan Canghai thought for a moment before he said, "Master Hou doesn't know, I saw that figure tonight, and I mistakenly thought it was an assassin I had seen before, so I chased after it." ”

"Assassins?"

Duan Canghai frowned and said: "Three years ago, the battle of Qinhuai had not yet started, and the general was recuperating from his injuries in the mansion, I remember that time I went to the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion for a banquet, and on the way back, I suddenly encountered an assassination, when the assassin fell from the sky, resembling a bat, and the light skill was very good, at that time, the general was not in good health, and the assassin wanted to take advantage of the general's weakest time to attempt to assassinate." ”

"Assassination...... Stabbing his father? ”

Duan Canghai nodded and said, "Exactly." He fell from the sky and stabbed straight down from the top of the carriage, and several of us who were escorted by the general were unable to react, but fortunately, although the general was not in good health, he still dodged the assassin's blow, and the assassin missed the blow and did not stop, and fled immediately, and we followed and chased, that ..... The assassin was like a bat, and we couldn't catch up. Speaking of this, he shook his head with a wry smile: "It's all to blame for our incompetence." ”

"You mean, the figure you saw tonight is similar to the assassin who assassinated my father back then?" Yang Ning frowned.

Duan Canghai's expression was solemn: "I saw that person flying over the long street, his light skills were extremely good, and he was dressed very similar to the assassin back then, so ..... So in a hurry, he immediately chased after him. The assassin had assassinated the general back then, and afterwards the Shenhou Mansion sent people to investigate, but they did not find the slightest trace of that person, and the assassin was as if he had never appeared at all, and there was no news since. ”

"Could it be that the blood-sucking bronze general is the same person as the assassin who assassinated my father back then?" Yang Ning asked: "Why did he reappear after many years, and even committed a murder, and the modus operandi of the crime was so incredible?" ”

Duan Canghai shook his head and said, "Originally, I suspected that the assassin who appeared tonight was the assassin of the year, but listening to the description of the Hou Ye in the Shenhou Mansion, it seems that I guessed wrong." ”

"Oh?"

Duan Canghai explained: "The bronze mask that Hou Ye saw had a temperament like a general who led his troops into battle, but the assassin who assassinated the general back then, I still remember clearly, was quite short, and although he couldn't see his appearance clearly, he looked like a monkey ...... After thinking for a while, he said: "The person I saw tonight should be the bronze general that Hou Ye saw, just dressed similarly to the assassin, but it shouldn't be the same person." ”

"Short, like a monkey?" Yang Ning frowned and said, "And the light power is extremely high?" ”

Duan Canghai nodded and said, "Yes, if I catch that assassin one day, I will definitely break him into pieces." He clenched his fists and looked grim.

"Is my father often assassinated?"

Duan Canghai sighed: "Not only is the general, but the old marquis has been assassinated at least more than ten times back then, but they are all auspicious people, and they have not been succeeded by the assassins. Hou Ye, the two generations of Jinyi Marquis are the pillars of the empire, with them, the enemy country will not be able to enter our Great Chu, in the eyes of the Northern Han people, has always regarded Jinyi Hou as a thorn like a fish, but he tried his best to kill Jinyi Hou. He smiled coldly, lowered his voice and said: "Not only the Northern Han people, but also the Eastern Qi people, it is not without thieves, in addition, even if it is within my Great Chu, the Marquis of Jinyi has blocked the way of many people, and those people are all suspicious." ”

Yang Ning bowed slightly, but he could understand this, and at this time, he also understood even more why Gu Qinghan and Duan Canghai took their safety so seriously, after all, the previous two generations of Jinyi Marquis were assassinated repeatedly, and the third generation of Jinyi Marquis was afraid that they would enjoy the same treatment in the future.

"Second Uncle Duan, have you ever heard of the cicada's secret forbearance?" Yang Ning thought for a moment before asking softly.

Duan Canghai was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Flying cicada secret forbearance? ”

"The leaves are hidden in the ground, and the cicadas are singing in the sky. Koga fantasy, Iga water and fire nourish .......! Yang Ning chanted in a low voice, these were the four words he heard from the mouth of the brown-robed elder who accompanied Xiao Guang at the beginning, and he still remembers it very clearly, "I heard people say that there are many schools in Dongying, among which the four major schools of Ye Yin, Flying Cicada, Koga, and Iga are the most famous, but the Flying Cicada Secret Ninja was killed by other schools, so it can't continue to mix in Dongying." ”

Although Duan Canghai has a wide range of contacts and knows a lot of things about the rivers and lakes, after all, he was a soldier back then, not a pure Jianghu person, Yang Ning looked a little confused when he saw him, and knew that this guy didn't know anything about the Flying Cicada Secret Ninja, so he could only say: "I heard that after the remnants of the Flying Cicada Secret Forbearance escaped from Dongying, they went to some islands in the East China Sea to operate, they are not good at other means of making a living, and the best thing is assassination." ”

Duan Canghai was a little surprised and said, "Master Hou, these ...... How did you know this? ”

Yang Ning naturally thought of the words of the reply a long time ago, and said: "When I was chatting with people in the Great Bright Temple, the monk there accidentally mentioned it. ”

Although the Great Light Temple is a royal temple, it is between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes, as the first temple in the world, it is naturally well aware of the things on the rivers and lakes.

And Yang Ning wasn't worried that Duan Canghai would go to verify it, after all, not everyone in the Great Light Temple was qualified to go up the mountain.

Duan Canghai was obviously convinced, and said, "Why did Master Hou suddenly mention Fei...... Cicada Secret? ”

"Because among the cicadas' secret forbearance, there are top light masters." Yang Ning said: "And you said that the assassin back then was short and looked like a monkey, and the Flying Cicada Secret Ninja came from Dongying, and the Dongying people were all short in stature, and what those Flying Cicada Secret Ninja was best at was assassination, so ...... I wonder if the assassin who assassinated my father back then could have something to do with the cicada secret ninja? ”

Duan Canghai's body was shocked, and he frowned: "Master Hou, are you saying that the assassin who assassinated his father back then may be ..... Could it be that the Lord of Baiyun Island sent it? ”

"Why do you suspect the Lord of Baiyun Island?" Yang Ning asked.

Duan Canghai said: "Didn't you say that the cicada was in the East China Sea Islands? As far as I know, the lord of Baiyun Island lives on Baiyun Island all year round, and Baiyun Island is also one of the islands in the East China Sea. The place where the Baiyun Island Lord is located is naturally his sphere of influence, are those flying cicadas all controlled by the Baiyun Island Lord? ”

Yang Ning heard Duan Canghai say this, his heart tightened, and he really felt that there might not be no such possibility.

"Do you think that the Lord of Baiyun Island is for the sake of Eastern Qi, so he sent assassins to assassinate his father?" Yang Ning asked, then shook his head and said, "I don't think it's very likely." ”

"Why did Master Hou say that?"

Yang Ning said: "The current national policy of the Eastern Qi State must be balanced between the left and right, and it can survive not because he has a strong naval army, to be honest, whether it is the Northern Han Dynasty or our Southern Chu, any country that really wants to deal with the Eastern Qi State with all its might, can beat the Eastern Qi State to the point that there is no scum left." ”

Duan Canghai nodded and said: "What Hou Ye said is extremely true, the land of Eastern Qi is sparsely populated, and if you really want to fight, at most half a year, my Great Chu can take over the land of Eastern Qi." ”

"That's it, why don't we Da Chu and the Northern Han do anything to it? Isn't it because the Northern Han Dynasty and we are-for-tat, and it can be said that they are evenly matched, in this case, who dares to easily use their forces to deal with the Eastern Qi State? Yang Ning smiled faintly: "Unless one day, one of the Northern Han or our Great Chu can annex the other party, and then there is no need to fight, and the people of Eastern Qi will obediently claim to be vassals." But of course the people of Eastern Qi will not let this situation occur, in their opinion, the Northern Han and my Great Chu are evenly matched, and no one can eat anyone, this is their safest situation. ”

Duan Canghai bowed slightly, and said: "What Hou Ye said is exactly the same as the general, the general also said at the beginning, my Great Chu really wants to become strong, and it is impossible to swallow the Northern Han in a short time, because when the time comes, the Eastern Qi people will definitely lean on the side of the Northern Han people, and vice versa, in short, as long as the Eastern Qi people see who is weaker, they will lean on whose side." ”

"When my father was alive, I was big enough to fight against the Northern Han people." Yang Ning sighed: "The battle of Qinhuai also proves that the two countries are indeed evenly matched. The people of Dongqi will only choose a side when they are forced to do so, otherwise they will never get involved if they can get out of the matter. They know what it means for the three kingdoms that their father is alive, once their father dies, the balance of power between the two countries is very likely to be broken, it is impossible for Mo Lancang, the lord of Baiyun Island, not to see this, he is the national teacher of Eastern Qi, of course, he will start from the overall situation and send someone to assassinate his father, which will not be beneficial to the Eastern Qi country at all, do you think a character who has become a great grandmaster will make such a stupid mistake? ”

Duan Canghai looked solemn, thought for a while, and then said: "Master Hou, what you said is right, the master of Baiyun Island will never make such a mistake from the overall situation. ”

"So if it was really the cicada secret forbearance who assassinated my father back then, then there must be someone else behind the flying cicada secret forbearance." Yang Ning smiled faintly and said: "The cicada secret forbearance has no grudge against us, it is nothing more than being hired by others, and the one who really wants his father's life is the real murderer who hired the cicada secret forbearance behind his back." ”

Duan Canghai patted his head and said with annoyance: "If it weren't for Master Hou's reminder today, I wouldn't have been able to find a clue until now." Hou Ye is extremely wise, and being able to think of the cicada's secret forbearance can be regarded as finding an important clue. He sneered: "Although time has passed and the general is gone, we can't let go of any enemy who has hurt the general." ”

"You have such a wide network, you can secretly investigate the situation of the cicada's secret forbearance." Yang Ning pulled the curtains of the car, found that it was already dark outside, and yawned, "When you find out the news, remember to tell me, I also want to know who the real murderer behind the group of dwarf monkeys is." ”

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