The room was dark and dirty, but it was not the dusty appearance of an abandoned and ruined temple, but like a lazy man who never cleaned and scrubbed.

"It's useless, I can't keep it." Li Dutou said coldly.

Another man said: "Killed his son, and although the woman of his family looks a little ugly, we haven't touched meat for a long time......

Lu Hanzi's face with his left hand cut off, seeing that these three people looked five big and three thick, and their eyes were fierce behind their faces, Lu Hanzi was terrified, pleaded for a while, and suddenly thought of something: "Although I don't understand, I know where Sun Fangtou lives......"

"Oh?" Li Dutou looked at him.

Lu Hanzi said: "When I was still working in the workshop before, Sun Fangtou was the head of our sixth workshop. He knows how the things in the workshop move, and he will instruct everyone to repair and replace parts from time to time. A few masters want to know how to make armor, as long as they catch him, they will definitely be able to make it! ”

"Where does he live?" Li Dutou asked anxiously.

Lu Hanzi replied: "I also live in the town, and the craftsmen with their families live there, and the workshop is too noisy." ”

Li Dutou glanced at him, and a man next to him found a crossbow, and the other hid a short knife in his arms. Li Dutou said coldly: "It's best to behave, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu's subordinates for being ruthless." ”

A few people stayed in the broken courtyard until the time of the unitary, and then boldly took Lu Hanzi to the market in the south. By the time we arrived, the sun had set over the horizon, and the lights in the market were dimmed. There are also official shops at the corners of each street, and there are officials and soldiers in them, but no one makes trouble in the market, so no one deliberately investigates.

Li Dutou observed the atmosphere and felt that it was not a big problem. Lu Hanzi went out to drink last night and didn't return, but a person of his identity disappeared, and I am afraid that only his family members are anxious, and he can't afford to surprise the prodigal son in the local area.

There were Lu Hanzi's fingerprints, and Li Dutou and others drove the carriage to the door of a newly renovated house. The house is larger than a normal house, and it has a yard, so it really looks like a place where the boss lives.

A man in the carriage said in a deep voice: "Do you want this guy to knock on the door and ask if the person is there?" ”

Li Dutou said: "No need. The man surnamed Sun is going to come back. There are four people in total, among which the man is Sun Fangtou, and a boy a few years old, a woman, and an old servant. You stay and watch the carriage and the guy; Let's go over the wall and go in, except for Sun Fangtou and the boy, the other two will kill them first when they see them. ”

The man next to him said: "The woman should be the wife of Sun Fangtou, let's kill his family?" ”

Li Dutou sneered: "A woman, if you kill it, you will kill it, if Sun Fangtou goes to the Northern Han Kingdom in the future, he will find ten or eight young and beautiful ones for him; He won't die, and the woman will be at odds with us. But the boy couldn't be killed, and if he cut off the Sun family's incense, it would be more troublesome at that time. ”

After a few people discussed, Li Dutou and a subordinate with a crossbow went to the courtyard wall. Li Dutou was not afraid at all at this time, he was a pro-soldier general under Zhao Kuangyin's subordinates, and he had been killing people on the battlefield for a long time, he really hadn't done this kind of thing, but it wasn't a big deal in his eyes...... I even think it's very easy, as long as the heart is planned properly, I don't know it, where can I catch Lao Tzu when I leave?

Li Dutou has been doing things since he arrived in Tokyo, and he feels that it is quite easy to be a traitor, and sighs that what is going on with those who are caught by the government, they may be too stupid and stupid, and they don't know how to plan.

The two easily climbed over the courtyard wall, and just jumped down, when they suddenly made a "wang" sound, which startled Li Dutou. I saw a black dog barking and pounced, but was dragged by a rope tied to a tree, and barked there.

"Whoosh!" A bolt flew over, so accurately that the dog fell to the ground and twitched on all fours.

At this time, a door sounded a "crunch", and I saw an old woman poking her head out with a lantern, and soon found Li Du and others standing by the wall. The old woman shouted first, "Who is it?" ”

The man with the crossbow hurriedly took a crossbow bolt and was busy winding it. Li Du rushed forward with a short knife. Only then did the old woman react and shouted in horror: "There are thieves! ”

Exercise! Li Dutou's forehead turned black when he heard the shout, this is a mess! There is an official shop in this place, how can I get rid of it when the official sends me over?

Li Dutou didn't think much about it, and rushed to chase after him. The old woman ran slowly, and in an instant she was overtaken. Li Dutou didn't say a word, went up and accurately covered the old woman's face, raised the knife and fell, stabbed her in the chest with a knife, and then put her hand down, making her fall to the ground.

At this moment, a relatively young man walked out of the inner door and was stunned when he saw the bloody knife in Li Dutou's hand. At the door of the hall behind, Li Dutou's subordinates also caught up and pointed their crossbows at the man.

"Don't kill indiscriminately!" Li Dutou said.

The man with the crossbow said: "Don't move, otherwise Lao Tzu will kill you with an arrow!" ”

A short time later, a woman also came out. The man with the crossbow turned around, and there was a "bang" of strings, and the woman didn't snort, and fell down on her back with a crossbow bolt stuck in her eyebrows. The frightened young man should be Sun Fangtou, who looked at the woman with round eyes when he saw this situation.

Li Du ran up with a knife in his head. Sun Fangtou was so frightened that he took two steps back, put his back against the wall, and said in horror: "You guys...... Who? Why did you harm me? ”

Li Dutou didn't say a word, and put a bloody knife against his neck: "I tell you to do whatever you want, otherwise you will die!" Walk! ”

The two of them hurriedly withdrew from the hall with Sun Fangtou and went straight out of the hospital. As soon as he went out, he saw a woman poking her head outside the door, Li Dutou turned his head to see that there were no crossbows on the crossbows of his subordinates, and Sun Fangtou's arms were reversed on his back. Li Dutou immediately rushed forward, and the woman screamed and turned to run, but was immediately choked by the neck, and Li Dutou stabbed him in the chest with a knife. Kill with a single sword, very accurately.

Li Dutou scolded, "You hurry up and get that wagon up!" ”

"Whoa." The subordinates pushed the frightened Sun Fang's head.

Li Dutou grabbed the corpse's shoulder and dragged it to the door of Sun's courtyard. As soon as he came out, he saw two figures coming from the alley, he didn't dare to stay, he hurriedly got into the carriage, chopped Sun Fang's head with one palm, and said to the man in front of him: "Hurry up!" Mother|It's like this......"

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When Zan Jurun, who was in the workshop area, heard something, he felt that something was wrong and rode over overnight. Zan Jurun is a guest envoy, and the armor making has nothing to do with his position, but he is very interested in the new armor and has changed the design of the new armor several times. Recently, he had the idea that plate armor was forging quickly and chain mail connecting moving parts was slow to be made by hand, and that he wanted to re-inlay leather armor to forge some armor faster. So I stay in the workshop area.

He rushed to the market, saw a soap chieftain, and asked, "Have you sent someone to chase the murderer?" ”

The leader responded.

Zan Jurun hurried to the scene of the murder first, where he found two crossbows, one on a woman and one on a dog. The crossbow bolts were shot very accurately, and they were all only hit in the head; There were also two people who were killed, both of whom were killed with a single sword. Zan Jurun suddenly said: "The murderer is by no means an ordinary person. ”

At this moment, an official clasped his fists and said: "There was another incident yesterday, a woman came to the official shop to report to the official, saying that her man went out to drink with someone the night before and has not returned. When asked, he said that he was a disabled craftsman in the workshop...... After all, this kind of thing is not very manageable, and the humble official didn't pay much attention to it at the time, so he told her to go back and wait, and maybe the man will come back. ”

Zan Jurun paced two steps and ordered: "The king has ordered, you immediately go back to the workshop area, sign the cinnabar message, and transfer the soldiers stationed in the workshop to go to the ferries of the Yellow River respectively, guard at the ferries, and strictly investigate the people who cross the north!" ”

Jiafang ordered Wang Hong to whisper: "There was a murder, and Kaifeng Mansion knew about it and came to investigate." Aren't we meddling like this......"

"Of course, Kaifeng Mansion has to take care of it, but now we have to do a good job of emergency affairs at any cost." Zan Jurun had a serious face and said in a deep voice, "Look at this situation, in case it is a spy sent by the enemy country to steal our armor-making technique, the stakes are very high!" ”

He said to a green-robed official: "You send a quick arrester to check the market for clues, if there are any suspicious people in contact with the disabled craftsman, if there are eyewitnesses, draw the portrait." ”

Zan Jurun paced back and forth there, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

But he is a guest envoy, and he can't control the officials who are responsible for arresting murderers or stationing at the gates; Even Wang Hong, who was familiar with him, did not have authority, and only had a small number of people from Kaifeng Mansion who were stationed in the workshop area...... This matter must at least be done by the people in the Kaifeng Mansion before a comprehensive search can be launched.

The people of Kaifeng Mansion are not familiar with Zan Jurun. But he knows even more powerful, that is, today's son Guo Shao, and Guo Shao's confidant Zuo You. Zan Jurun withdrew from the place of the murder and said: "I will go and write an urgent report into the city and submit it to the Privy Council; Then go to visit Zuo Shaoqing of Taichang Temple at night. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all some high-status officials and figures, and they were all in awe.

Zan Jurun took the seal letter and went straight to Tokyo City with two retinues. He handed in the letter for verification, claiming to have an urgent report. He was a guest envoy and a minister of the imperial court, so he entered the city in a hanging basket.

After Zan Jurun returned home, he first wrote a report and asked someone to send it to the Privy Council branch outside the Xuande Gate, and the yamen was manned for twelve hours a day...... However, the usual urgent news could not be sent to the imperial city at night, unless there was such a major event as an enemy soldier entering the Central Plains.

Zan Jurun then went to Zuo You's house and went overnight. Even if it's a friend, it's not appropriate to visit in the middle of the night, and Zuo You is not Zan Jurun's friend, just acquaintance. But Zan Jurun felt that this matter was very serious, so he couldn't care about it.

Only then did he realize that the secrecy and guards of the armor workshop were very sparse, which made it so easy for spies to get their hands on...... However, no one has really given much thought to technology leaks before.

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