Chen Ruyi took people to leave first, and Shen Bochi, the head of the Criminal Department, was also worried about digging up the big thunder that the entire Criminal Department could not afford, and said that he would go back to the Criminal Department to issue documents for sea arrest, and Zhuzhou County would assist in the search for suspicious people, so he also left in a hurry.

Sending Chen Ruyi, Shen Bochi and others away one after another, the sky was about to dark, Wei Zhen walked back to the sickbed, looking at Shang Wensheng's pale face due to excessive blood loss, and he didn't know what to say.

The ministers of the court recommended Shang Wensheng to replace Shen Yang to serve as the prefect of Guangde Mansion, the same as the history of the assassin of Hezhou, and it looked like a beautiful difference, but he witnessed the rise of the Chishan Army, surrounded hundreds of thousands of women and children to Guangde, Langxi, and Anji counties to settle down, and witnessed Shangjiabao being crushed and captured by the Chishan Army.

If the Marquis of Qianyang had hidden any tricks and feet in Guangde Mansion, or if he was worried that Shang Wensheng would have old grudges and knew that Guangde Mansion might suppress the women and children placed in Guangde, he had every motive to send someone to secretly assassinate Shang Wensheng.

What's more, the identity of the assassin can also be said to be obvious at this time.

Speaking of this Han Donghu, Wei Zhen also had the impression that he was extremely brave in battle, and was once promoted to military attache of the cavalry battalion by the Marquis of Qianyang, and was also given the "Han surname" by the Marquis of Qianyang, which is a treatment that can only be enjoyed by the descendants of the lineage, and can be said to be the retainer of the Marquis of Qianyang.

Although Chen Ruyi said that his body shape was not enough, if it was an assassin sent by Xuzhou, how would this matter evolve?

Will Your Majesty pinch your nose when this incident has not happened?

Thinking of this, Wei Zhen's heart also tightened slightly, glanced at Shang Wensheng, and said, "Lord Shang takes care of his injuries, I think Your Majesty will definitely give the Shang family justice." ”

It was already dark, Wei Zhen did not stay overnight, and soon returned to Lishui City with more than a dozen servants overnight.

After Wei Zhen and the county officials left, Shang Wensheng was lying on the sickbed, staring intently at the top of the tent, and after a long time, he seemed to gather some strength a little, signaling Chen Xiang, who was still guarding in front of the sickbed with his injuries, to come closer, and asked hoarsely:

"When the assassins broke into the fort, in addition to me, my wife, and Zhong Jie, except for one person who rushed to Lishui City to report the news, there should be thirty family soldiers, how could the assassins break in, and in the end only ten people were killed and injured, and what about the others?"

Under Shang Wensheng's gloomy gaze, Chen Xiang hesitated for a while before telling the truth: "The second son executed the homeless people in a hurry, and there was nothing, but Madame's words seemed to make some people have some ideas. When the second prince was assassinated, there was a lot of movement in the outer house, and Beixia also heard the movement in the West Cross Courtyard at that time, but except for He Chong and Chen Jingmin, who were next to the second son of the guard, and He Jin and Shang Laohan, who were guarding the side of the adults and his wife at that time, in the end, only nine people and Beixia rushed over from the West Cross Courtyard with swords to fight the assassins. After the Assassin escaped over the wall, the others chased him out with their blades, but the Assassin had already disappeared into the forest; He is more familiar with the road in the house and the dense forest in the back mountain than us, otherwise he would not have chased ......."

"Where's Su Lie!" Shang Wensheng asked.

Although Shang Wensheng said that he was only a Lang Zhongguan in the Sixth Department of Great Chu, it was also the sect lord of Jinling County that Emperor Tianyou had no intention of reusing, and because of the great power of the Shang family, most of the nouveau riche families in the Great Chu Dynasty could not reach it.

Su Lie was not the head of the Shang family in his early years, and when he served in the Great Chu Dynasty on behalf of the Shang family and went to Huzhou as an official, he took in a young swordsman.

When Su Lie was taken in, Su Lie was only twelve years old, and he depended on his widowed mother, who died of illness and had no money to bury him, so Su Lie sold himself on the street to bury his mother.

He financed the burial of his mother and took Su Lie by his side.

Su Lie's sword skills are outstanding, his arm strength is extremely strong, and he is the first person in the hundreds of soldiers of the Shang family.

Shang Wensheng has kept Su Lie by his side for all these years, and when Anning Palace crossed the river and fled north, it was also Su Lie who first took action to restrain one of the battalion generals who supervised them, and then coerced this person to lead his subordinates and fled back to the south bank with them to join Emperor Yanyou.

also knew that the second son Zhong Jie had the idea of revitalizing Shangjiabao, so Shang Wensheng transferred Su Lie to him - Zhong Jie tortured and killed the displaced people who were captured in Shangjiabao, but Su Lie saw that he couldn't stop it, so he rushed to Langxi overnight to report to him.

Shang Wensheng thought that the assassin was brave, but as long as Su Lie was not attacked in the first place, he should not be killed so easily with his skills.

Chen Xiang said: "Others said that the second son was assassinated, Su Lie heard the movement for the first time and rushed over, and fought with the assassin several times, but he was not the opponent of the assassin, and he was quickly defeated, but he was not injured - in addition, listen to these people's private discussions, that Shang Hu came to assassinate the second son, it is likely to avenge the young lady, and some people said before that the second son was because the young lady had something to do with this house slave named Shang Hu......"

"Nonsense! These scumbags who have suffered thousands of knives are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they still want to insult my family style? Shang Wensheng scolded in a hoarse voice.

Chen Xiang stood aside, not daring to say anything.

Shang Wensheng's face was cloudy and uncertain for a while, thinking that Su Lie was defeated without any injuries, in the final analysis, he was unwilling to work for his Shang family anymore, his chest was filled with monstrous hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Since these don't remember my kindness to them in the past, and have different aspirations, there is no need for me to keep them anymore." ”

"Do you want it?" Chen Xiang looked at it in shock, and he didn't dare to ask all his words at this moment.

Shang Wensheng was lying on the sickbed, thinking that only thirteen of the family soldiers were willing to work for his Shang family in the end, deducting the seven people killed by the assassins, and three of the remaining six people were seriously injured, which was not enough to detain those family soldiers who had different thoughts, not to mention that there was also a Su Lie among those who had different thoughts.

He gasped and said to Chen Xiang: "You find a reliable person to go to Liyang to report to the eldest prince, and say that among the remaining seventeen people, it is very likely that someone is secretly colluding with the assassin, and ask him to bring someone back to dispose of these people - this can also deal with the previous things, but these things, several of you will rot in your stomach, even if you see the eldest prince, don't mention it, just as if these things have not happened, let alone the matter of the young lady-you understand?" ”

Chen Xiang was puzzled for a while before he understood what the head of the family meant, nodded and said, "Your Majesty knows-it is safer for Your Majesty to go to Liyang in person to see the eldest prince." ”

"It's okay, don't leak the news - Zhong Jie is also dead, I have a son left in front of my knees, and there is no one around me who I want to support wholeheartedly, when you come back, you will be my adopted son!" Shang Wensheng said.

"My lord's kindness, Chen Xiang has no teeth and will never forget." Chen Xiang kowtowed in front of the sickbed and walked outside.

After Chen Xiang left, Shang Wensheng endured the pain of the wound, fell asleep again in a daze, and didn't know how long it took, he heard a noise outside, opened his eyes and saw that the big candle in the house didn't know when it was extinguished, it was pitch black, and he asked hoarsely towards the door: "Is Da Lang back?" ”

Then there was a loud "click" of the door, and someone was pushed open from the outside, hitting the wall and bouncing back.

Many people came in with torches in their hands, and the faces illuminated by the torches were hideous and distorted, who were the soldiers around Zhong Jie?

The person at the head was none other than Su Lie, who had the ability to lead the soldiers to intercept the assassins but retreated halfway.

Shang Wensheng was suddenly startled, regardless of the severe pain of the wound, he struggled to sit up, and asked sharply, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Since the adults don't want us to live, they want to kill us, we don't want to die, and secondly, we still have wives and children in Lishui City, and now we can't escape if we want to, I really don't know what to do, so I can only come to you to ask you for an idea!" Su Lie, a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, had a short mustache on his lips, stared at Shang Wensheng on the sickbed and said.

"Who said I was going to kill you and kill your mouth, what am I going to do if I kill you and kill your mouth?" Shang Wensheng couldn't help the sharp pain in his armpit and flatly denied it.

Su Lie's gaze suddenly became fierce, he stretched out his hand to grab a person from the door, and suddenly pushed him down in front of the sickbed, but he didn't know when Chen Xiang fell into the hands of Su Lie and these rebellious soldiers, and was dragged in by Wuhua at this time.

Su Lie took a torch from behind him, ignored Shang Wensheng, who looked like a dead dog, but stared at Chen Xiang and said: "Master Chen, I also respect you as a man, but we have worked hard for the Shang family all these years, and in the eyes of the lord and the lady, we are still untouchables and untouchables, not even as good as a dog, even if we die, we can't wait to be stamped a few more times - if you are Chen Ye, are you really willing to die for them?" ”

At this time, five people came out of the door one after another, and Shang Wensheng saw clearly that they were all the first few people who rushed over to intercept the assassin and were loyal to his Shang family, but he didn't expect that they were all detained by Su Lie and other rebel soldiers.

Shang Wensheng almost fainted directly, only to know in his heart that Zhong Jie cruelly and ruthlessly stabbed to death more than 50 homeless people, even the women and children, and the fact that his wife justifiably persuaded him to conceal the matter, especially her words to vent the hatred in her heart, which made Su Lie and these people have different hearts and rebellions.

However, thinking that he usually treats these lowly slaves well, and these lowly slaves don't miss kindness, they actually have different hearts for those unrelated homeless people, Shang Wensheng is even more angry and hateful in his chest.

"Su Lie, the master treats you kindly, you didn't do your best to save the second son, it was too late in time, but don't be confused again......" Although Chen Xiang was tied up, he still struggled to persuade Su Lie, who had a murderous intention in his eyes.

"What a grace? The adult funded the burial of my mother, I am grateful, and I have served his father and son all these years. Even if we were to be either whipped or scolded when we made a slight mistake, it was nothing. However, we just thought that over the years in the Shang family, we have feelings for the Shang family, and the Shang family always has some feelings for us, right? We can be regarded as completely understanding today, we are a cheap seed for a day, a cheap seed for a lifetime, and our children and grandchildren are all cheap seeds, and there is no difference between the fifty-six lowly seeds who were brutally stabbed to death by the second son with a sword after sword! Su Lie's rather handsome face was hideous and distorted at this moment, "Not to mention the cruel murder of the young lady by the second son, but also the brutal murder of so many unarmed people, Master Chen, you say, how can we desperately save him from the assassin?" My lord, he was thinking about his official hat, hating our savior's ineffectiveness, thinking of covering up the truth that the second son killed the young lady and was assassinated, and thinking about covering up the truth that the second son killed fifty-six women and children, so he wanted to kill us. ”

"That day, you went to Caiyuanzi Restaurant and came back to say that you met your old friend, it turned out that the person was Shang Hu, the death of the young lady, and you also reported to Shang Hu, so although the assassin covered his face, you recognized him after a few fights with him?!" Chen Xiang saw that Su Lie was so sure, and he suddenly understood.

"......" Su Lie ignored Chen Xiang, and turned to Shang Wensheng and said, "We are also forced to do this, and we will not kill you, my lord, but when we take the family from Lishui City tomorrow, we will leave on our own, and from then on we will have nothing to do with the adults in the sea and the sky, and the destiny of each other, and I hope that you will not think about us in the future, and I also pray that the eldest prince does not know that there is a change in Donglu Mountain at this time, and does not rush back to Donglu Mountain to force us to do what we don't want to do and don't want to do......"