In the city of River Tranquility, after nightfall, the market is dark, and there are hardly any people to be seen.

This is a small city, the city is not large, the number of people is not large, about 10,000 people.

After a short time, Zhang Liu touched the outside of a house in the west of the city.

According to Shi Xing, this place was the place where Li Quan used to settle down before.

Zhang Liu took a closer look at the shade of the trees outside the house, and saw that there was a faint light in the house, which was not very bright, and there was no one guarding the outside of the house, but I don't know if there was a dark post in the courtyard.

After quietly observing for about two quarters of an hour, seeing that there was still no movement in the courtyard, Zhang Liu put up the wall with one hand and quietly climbed over the wall from a dark and hidden place.

The courtyard was a little dark, and a small number of guards were faintly visible, so Zhang Liu naturally didn't take these people to heart, and slowly touched the place where there was a light with his sword.

When he touched the brightly lit room, he turned over, hung it on the eaves of the house, and listened carefully to the wooden door screen window.

I only heard a woman talking in the house, and after listening carefully in the room for a while, I could not hear any man's voice, and I pierced the window, and I did not see any man in the house. This room was clearly not the one he was looking for.

He quietly went to other rooms, poked through the windows of several rooms in a row, and searched carefully into the room, but always found a trace of Li Quan, the assassin.

What does Li Quan look like, Zhang Liu has actually seen it on the boat, although it is night, he only needs to take a closer look to tell whether it is the target person, so soon, the house here was searched by him, and there was no assassin Shi Li Quan's whereabouts here.

Zhang Liu immediately turned out of the house and came to Li Quan's other residence.

The two residences are not far apart, but this one is much larger than the previous one. Although it is not in the downtown area, the location is remote, but there are sergeants guarding the courtyard, and the courtyard is brightly lit.

According to Shi Xing, this should be the most likely place for Li Quan to live.

Zhang Liu lurked in the shadows and observed carefully for a long time. But seeing that outside the courtyard, there were sergeants patrolling back and forth from time to time, and it was not easy to get in safely.

He stayed in the shadows for nearly half an hour, and finally waited for the time for the patrol sergeant to change the guard. Taking advantage of the change of guard, Zhang Liu turned over and landed in the wall.

Within the wall, there were also people patrolling, Zhang Liu did not dare to act rashly, and hid in a dark part of the garden in the courtyard. Where Li Quanhui is, Zhang Liu can't do it, but there are a lot of rooms in the house here, and if you want to investigate them one by one, it must be very troublesome, and maybe you can't find out anything in one night. But he didn't have much time and had to figure it out.

As soon as his brain turned, a plan came to Zhang Liu's heart.

I saw him sneak up a nearby place, pick up a stone, and just as a patrol soldier passed by, he threw it vigorously, hitting a patrol soldier, who fell to the ground on the spot.

Zhang Liu turned away and fled from the spot.

When he hid it, he found that although there was some chaos outside, it didn't achieve the effect he wanted.

had no choice, Zhang Liu had to repeat the old trick.

This time he lurked outside a room, picked up another stone and threw it at the window with the light on, and with an exclamation, Zhang Liu shouted, "There are assassins." ”

With a shout, he hid in the dark bushes again.

Hearing the shouting, the patrolling soldiers immediately rushed over. In a short time, the soldiers who arrived leaked the periphery of the room.

Seeing that there were no outsiders outside the house, a soldier immediately asked, "Where is the assassin?" ”

But in the room, a female voice replied: "The window was broken by someone with something, just now, I don't believe you came in to see." ”

The room was a women's residence, and the soldiers naturally did not dare to go in to inspect it, the windows were rotten, and they could see it from the outside, and the saboteurs were nowhere to be found, and they had no choice but to leave a few people to patrol.

Listening to the sound coming from the room, this is not the room where Li Quan is resting.

Zhang Liu had to continue to change rooms, and also attacked the window, and after smashing the window, he shouted: "There are assassins, arrest assassins." ”

The soldiers heard the shouts and entered the courtyard again, but found nothing in the courtyard, and the so-called assassins had apparently fled and were not here.

"There are obviously thieves lurking in the house, and I don't know what kind of sabotage he wants to do, but he has repeatedly smashed the windows, obviously with bad intentions." I only heard a small leader say again: "A few of you go with me to protect the master, don't let the thieves disturb the master's rest." ”

Zhang Liu was hiding in the dark at this time, hearing the words of the little leader clearly, and then quietly followed, and in the dark, with the soldiers turned a few corners, and entered a courtyard.

The lights in the courtyard are dim, and I don't know if there is a thorn in it.

After those soldiers entered the courtyard, they merged with the original guards, and the defensive strength increased a lot.

The little leader said: "I'm afraid that there will be thieves in the mansion tonight, and they will attack other courtyards again and again, so don't let the master be disturbed by thieves." You must strengthen your patrols, and don't let the thieves get close to this courtyard, near the lord's room. Otherwise, you won't be able to eat and walk around! ”

"Yes." The guards responded, and then scattered, staring around with wide eyes.

If it is not bad as expected, Li Quan should live in this small courtyard, otherwise it would not be so tightly guarded.

At this time, it was still the first half of the night, and there were still many people patrolling the courtyard, so it was not the best time to act. You need to lurk and wait for an opportunity, and wait until the second half of the night, when all the patrol guards start to get tired, or when the patrol changes the guard, seize the opportunity to sneak into the room to find out.

Zhang Liu was very confident in his martial arts, and when he glanced around, he found that there were no masters in the house, almost all of them were ordinary soldiers, and he was confident that he was unharmed and came and went freely.

In the dark, I waited for more than an hour, and finally arrived in the second half of the night. All the soldiers are still patrolling, but the patrols are getting longer and longer.

Assassin Shi Li Quan should be the emperor of the soil in Hejing City, and the house is heavily guarded and guarded, and no one can do anything to him. This time, it was not easy to create an opportunity to sneak into the courtyard, and it was obviously impossible to continue to avoid the eyes of the patrol guards and lurk in the other party's sleeping place.

It was already the second half of the night, and although the patrol soldiers were mentally tired, they had to think of some way to get in safely, not to alarm the other party, and not to cause extraneous branches. He has to be careful, after all, there is only one chance, if he doesn't grasp it, I'm afraid there will be no chance to come in next time, and it will be difficult to sneak in again.

Thinking so, he picked up the stone and threw it into the distance, making a clear sound when it hit the tree.

"Attack!" A patrol soldier exclaimed.

The other soldiers next to him said, "What's the attack?" Fuss, I guess rats. ”

"No, let's go check it out." The patrolman came forward with his knife in hand.

A few people looked over to see that of course there was nothing on the ground.

"I said it's a mouse, and you still don't believe it, how can any assassin come in this place."

The patrol soldiers slowly returned to their original positions.

Not long after, Zhang Liu's old trick was repeated, and another stone was thrown, and another sound came out.

"There's another voice, why don't we go see it again?"

"What's so nice to see, it's just a mouse."

"Let's go and have a look, after all, the safety of the master is important."

A few men went over again, and after a closer inspection, the ground was still empty, and nothing was found.

"I just said it, it must be a mouse, you still don't believe it." Several people returned to their original places again.

When Zhang Liu threw out the stone for the third time, the patrolling soldiers didn't look at it again.

Immediately, under the cover of night, Zhang Liu quietly approached the guarded room in the middle of the courtyard.

Although the guards and patrols covered the entire courtyard, there were no soldiers within three or five feet of the room.

In fact, it is understandable, after all, the lord inside is resting, and it is indispensable to do some private things, so that outsiders can hear it, which is naturally not good. No matter how small the movement is, if the soldiers are by the window, maybe some whispers can be heard, and once someone spreads it, it will damage the reputation of the master.

After Zhang Liu approached the room, he put his ear to the window and listened carefully, but there was no movement in the room, obviously the people in the room were asleep.

The window was quickly pried open without making a sound, and then one rolled over and jumped into the room.

Once inside, lean against the window and stay for a while, and wait for your eyes to get used to the darkness in the room, and it won't be long before everything in the room becomes clear.

At a glance, he saw that there was a striking big bed in the room, and the bed was covered tightly by a curtain, and Zhang Liu couldn't see who was inside.

He raised his foot and quietly approached, without making a sound under his feet, and the long sword in his hand stretched out, slowly picking up the curtain hanging on the bed.

Even if the light was dim, Zhang Liu recognized it at a glance, the man lying on the bed was Thorn Shi Li Quan, and as for the other woman lying next to him, he directly ignored it and didn't look closely.

He put his scabbard on their necks, and they fell into a state of unconsciousness and continued to fall asleep.

Since it has been confirmed that the person in front of him is the target of looking for a long time, the time is not early, so as not to have a long night and many dreams, Zhang Liu did not stay too long, quickly wrapped Li Quan, grabbed him with one arm, grabbed him under his armpit, flashed to the window, and after confirming that no one was paying attention, he gently pushed the window and turned out cleanly.

Without making a single movement, and the soldiers patrolling the courtyard hadn't noticed anything unusual, Zhang Liu took Li Quan out of the small courtyard where he was originally located.

Then Zhang Liu sandwiched Li Quan, evaded the patrol sentry in the dark, and after a short time, he climbed out of the high wall of the house and entered the street of Hejing City.

There was no one in Ha Jing City, Zhang Liu didn't need to dodge, and rushed out of the city.

When he returned to the coast and handed over the men to the Xuanwei army lurking on the coast, his errand would be completed.

The sky was slightly bright, the warship sailed, and as soon as it landed, the Xuanwei army took the captured people onto the warship and brought them to Yang Congyi.

As soon as the lantern stepped forward, Yang Congyi could see clearly, this person was He Jing's assassin Shi Li Quan, although he had only seen his face twice, he would never admit his mistake, it was not him lying on the ground at this time, who else could there be?