"Lord Wang, who are you?"

After the city lord Li Ming saw Shangguan Ningxuan's injury, his eyelids jumped and jumped, and he was terrified.

For Shangguan Ningxuan, he knows and knows Shangguan Ningxuan's martial arts. Now that he saw that the woman had been so badly injured, he expected that the assassin's martial arts must have reached the pinnacle.

Wang Mang said: "Li Ming, you don't have to worry, this matter has nothing to do with you. You can quickly ask the maid to help my sister-in-law back to the guest room to rest, and let the good man prescribe a prescription for healing, I have something to tell you. ”

Li Ming nodded, and said to the maidservant behind him: "You quickly do what Lord Wang tells you to do, and don't delay." Also, you asked my wife and them to help with the cooking. If Miss Shangguan has any plugs, I'll ask you. ”

After he finished speaking to the maidservant, he said to Lang Zhong who brought him: "Gentlemen, this is the sage Wang Mang, the commander who led the army to conquer the Xiongnu last time. This injured woman is his sister-in-law, and he also asks all the gentlemen to do their best to rescue Miss Shangguan and try to recover Miss Shangguan in the shortest and fastest time. We must not let the king chill, nor let the thieves' conspiracy succeed. ”

"Your Excellency the City Lord, please rest assured, we will do our best to rescue Miss Shangguan and keep Miss Shangguan safe." The Lang Zhong replied in unison.

Wang Mang said to Shangguan Ningxuan: "Sister-in-law, you should go with these maids to rest and recuperate first, and then I will go to see you when I am done." Here, those people don't dare to mess around anymore, you can rest assured. ”

"Jingyan, you also go over to accompany Ning Xuan, and go to rest by the way, so as not to be too tired."

Shangguan Ningxuan nodded weakly, speechless.

The maids put Shangguan Ningxuan in a small sedan chair, carried it and hurriedly rushed to the guest room, and those Lang Zhong and Wang Jingyan followed closely behind.

After they left, City Lord Li Ming asked, "Lord Wang, who are the people who attacked you this time?" Where were you attacked? I think these Assassins are very arrogant, extraordinary. ”

Wang Mang said: "After I met you before, I stayed in Yichun Courtyard for an hour or two, and then went to the Yuelai Inn in the west of the city. Unexpectedly, this Dingxi Pass actually had the master activities of the Ji family, and followed me to the place where I stepped on, so I made this incident. Hey, I was a little careless this time. If it weren't for my sister-in-law, I'm afraid I would have been hanging. ”

"It's that Ji family again? Damn bastard! Li Ming's face turned red, and he said to the guards outside the door: "Come on, quickly go to me and invite General Zhang Sheng to come to discuss the matter, don't delay." ”

The guard said, "Yes, sir! ”

Li Ming ordered this matter, and then asked Wang Mang: "My lord, I don't know what you plan now?" How to destroy them? ”

"I don't have any plans yet. I've asked the people at the inn to clean up the mess and see if they can find any traces on the corpses of the assassins. Wang Mang frowned and said: "I'm sure that there must be many Ji family's people and horses in Dingxi Pass, if we can find some clues from those corpses, we can also act better." ”

"I'm afraid it's not that easy, is it?" Li Ming said: "They must have made arrangements to assassinate you, and it is estimated that it will not be so easy for us to find traces." ”

"I know that, but our current clues are only the corpses. Your subordinates on night duty should have arrived at the inn by now. When they came back from the autopsy, we had a plan.

This time, we must wipe out the Ji family in Dingxiguan no matter what, and we must not let them go unpunished. Otherwise, maybe the next time they want to kill you, Zhang Sheng and the others. Also, when the day comes, you will give the order to go down and let the officials in the city be more vigilant and strengthen their vigilance. Especially you, the city lord's mansion, must be strengthened to prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry. ”

"Yes, my lord, I'll give the order later." Li Ming nodded, "My lord, do you think we should let Zhang Sheng lead the soldiers to conduct a large-scale search in the city later?" ”

"Yes, we must not only conduct large-scale searches, but also mobilize people to search, strictly interrogate, and give them a startling attack. Of course, when doing this, you need to make it clear to those ordinary people, so as not to frighten them. ”

The two talked for a while, and at this time, more than a dozen soldiers came out of the door, looking hurried.

These soldiers are the officials on duty at night in Dingxiguan, and not long ago they received a report from the Yuelai Inn and went to take care of things.

They said to Li Ming: "Lord Qiqi City, there was an assassination incident just now at the Yuelai Inn in the west of the city. The subordinates went to check as usual. But as soon as he arrived at the door of the inn, a fire broke out in the inn. Everything in the store was burned to ashes, and I would like to ask you to show me about it. ”

"What? The inn caught fire and everything burned down? Li Ming exclaimed: "What about the personnel? Were there any injuries? ”

"It is said that only the innkeeper did not escape, and the specific situation is still under investigation. According to the people who rushed out, all the guests and servants in the inn at that time woke up because of the assassination incident and discussed things on the first floor. As for the shopkeeper, it is said that he stayed in the guest room where Lord Wang lived at the time, protecting the traces of the scene, and failed to escape in time.

Therefore, the subordinates estimated that this fire should not have burned other ordinary people, except for the shopkeeper who did not know his life and death. However, the six assassin corpses that Lord Wang asked for had been completely destroyed. ”

"Bastard, this fire must have been deliberately set by someone in an attempt to cover up the truth of the matter, for fear that we will find clues." Li Ming said angrily: "There was a fire in the inn, what are you doing when you come back?" Why not lock it down? ”

"Lord Qiqi, we have left more than a dozen people to seal off the group, and escorted all the people in the inn, waiting for your interrogation."

Wang Mang said: "Li Ming, don't be angry with these soldiers, they did a good job. ”

When Li Ming saw Wang Mang's words, he didn't dare to be angry with these soldiers anymore, and ordered: "You go and spread my word quickly, send more people, block the area around the inn, visit the masses, and ask if there are any suspicious people."

Also, put all the suspects who were escorted into death row for me, and no one was allowed to approach. After dawn, I went to interrogate myself. Go quickly, and don't delay, and don't go wrong again. If anyone stands in the way, take them all. ”

"Yes, my lord, we promise to complete the mission." The soldiers received the order and hurriedly retreated.

"This group of bastards is too arrogant, if you don't catch them all, you may have to make trouble in the future."

Li Ming deeply felt the arrogance of the Ji family, and gritted his teeth in anger: "Lord Wang, now the people of the Ji family have set their sights on you, trying to kill you as soon as possible." I think it's better for you not to go out casually during this time, so as not to have an accident. If you have something urgent to go back to Weiwu Pass to deal with, you can let Zhang Sheng lead the soldiers to escort you. ”

"I'm in my own hands." Wang Mang frowned.

Wang Mang also felt that this matter was not simple, and thought that it was necessary to really do it once, rather than simply startling the snake.

"Li Ming, I don't know if you found it, in fact, it's okay if the inn is on fire. It shows that they are also afraid. Don't dare to let us find traces, I estimate that this Dingxi Pass should have some important people of theirs, and the power is not very strong. Otherwise, according to their arrogant nature, they would not have done this. ”

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