"What? The assassination of the Persian prince Belus? What about others? Zhao Junsheng, who accompanied Mulan to play by the Qu Pond, was surprised when he heard Zhao Ping's report.

Hua Mulan also showed a worried expression, there had been three assassinations of the envoys of the vassal states in a row earlier, and the Daqian court had already felt embarrassed in front of the vassal states, but this Persia was not a vassal state of the Daqian, and it had not even formally established diplomatic relations, if the Persian prince and envoy were assassinated in the territory of the Daqian, the Daqian Dynasty would really become a joke, and even the foreign envoys could not protect it, wouldn't those Hu merchants be scared away one by one?

Zhao Ping hurriedly said: "Father and queen mother, rest assured, Belus was only slightly injured!" According to them, there was a group of assassins, numbering as many as a dozen, who first shot them with bows and arrows, and then rushed out to assassinate them in close quarters, but fortunately, the Persian knights were all heavily armoured, and most of the arrows were blocked by the armor, and only a few unlucky people were slightly injured by the arrows that pierced the gaps in the armor's armor, but they killed five people, all of whom were killed by slitting their throats! ”

Zhao Junsheng was furious: "Who is so bold as to dispatch more than a dozen assassins to assassinate, could it be that this Chang'an has become the world of assassins?" Assassins are rampant in broad daylight, and it's really lawless! Come on, pass on my will to the Criminal Department, let them intensify the crackdown on assassin killers, I want to see their political achievements, don't wait all day for the case to come to the door! Once the Assassin appears, it means that someone is going to die, so what's the use of them looking for it? People are dead! ”

"No!"

Zhao Junsheng asked again: "Where is Belus now?" ”

"He has been escorted back to his quarters, and the medical officer is treating the wounded of his guards! This case was originally sent by Belus to report to the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen, and the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen saw that it was a serious criminal case of assassination, so he reported to the Criminal Department, and Lei Dashan of the Criminal Department's Serious Crime Department arrived at the scene and heard that the victim was the Persian envoy Belus, so he handed over the case to the Imperial City Division, and at present, the Imperial City Division Division Cheng He Yong is leading a team to investigate this case! ”

Zhao Junsheng's face was still angry, "After a large-scale search in the city half a year ago, many lawbreakers were found, and Chang'an City has also been stopped for more than half a year, and now there is another assassination incident, are these assassins really asking for money and dying?" This case must be thoroughly investigated, whether it is the assassin or the person behind the assassin, it must be investigated! I will give you a month at most, and you must find out before the polo match starts, otherwise you, the supervisor of the Imperial City Division, will not do anything, and start as a local official like your eldest brother! ”

"No!"

Imperial City Division.

On a rectangular table lay several bows and arrows, which the Assassins of Belus had not had time to take with them when they had time to evacuate.

He Yong took a bow and an arrow and looked left and right, and looked at it for a while.

A captain next to him said: "He Sicheng, there's nothing to look at, this is not a standard bow and arrow in the army, it is just made privately in the workshop, and the workmanship is very rough!" ”

He Yong asked: "Not to mention anything else, this arrow can't be made by ordinary people, right?" You can only do it in a blacksmith, right? ”

The captain stepped forward to look at it and nodded: "That's right, it's not that a blacksmith can't make this kind of arrow!" ”

"I remember that opening a blacksmith shop is always to be declared to the government, isn't it?"

The captain said: "Don't talk about opening a blacksmith shop, even digging a cellar in your own house, breaking ground to build and repair a house, you must report to the government, and get permission to start work!" Oh, my subordinates understand, look up from this arrow, and see which blacksmith shop made it! ”

"In that case, what are you doing here? Don't take anyone to check it out yet? ”

"No!" The captain clenched his fists in agreement, turned around and left.

He Yong came to the autopsy room, several servants were busy, and there was a corpse on a table, and he was studying the wound on the corpse's neck.

"What did you find?" He Yong asked.

A man straightened up and looked at He Yong and replied: "Si Cheng, you see, the cause of death of these five Persian warriors was that the assassin used a sharp blade to cut the blood vessels in the neck, causing a lot of bleeding and died!" There were a few other abrasions and bruises on all the bodies to a greater or lesser extent, but none of these were fatal. Look at this neck wound, from the shape, size and direction of the wound, subordinates can rebel, this move should be a reverse knife from the bottom left to the right up! The wounds of the other corpses are similar, even if they are different, but the direction of the knife edge is opposite, and it is the same reversal, but from the bottom right to the top left! Another difference is that the force that caused these wounds is slightly different, and maybe not the same person! ”

He Yong frowned: "According to the Persian prince Belus, there were a total of thirteen assassins at that time, and judging from the wounds on these corpses, this shows that those assassins all had the same martial arts, and their martial arts were taught by the same person!" However, this is not entirely certain, and perhaps all five were killed by the same Assassin, so I must meet the Persians again! Keep checking and don't miss any clues! ”

"No!"

He Yong walked out of the autopsy room, passed through the command hall of the Imperial City Division, and happened to meet Zhao Ping.

"Meet Your Highness!"

"Excuse me!" Zhao Ping raised his hand, "Where are He Sicheng going?" ”

He Yong arched his hand: "Back to Your Highness, just now the servants found some clues on the corpses of the Persian warriors, those dead Persian warriors all died from the same knife moves, either from the bottom left to the right up, or completely reversed, but the force that caused those wounds is slightly different, the subordinates now plan to go to the residence of the Persians to check, if the five Persian warriors were killed by different assassins, this matter will be troublesome!" ”

Zhao Ping's face also changed, "This shows that someone is training assassins in large quantities!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zhao Ping immediately said: "I just went to see my father, and my father decreed that this matter must be thoroughly investigated to the end, and this group of assassins must not be allowed to continue to go unpunished!" Well, then, I will go with you to see Belus, who is wounded, and my father has ordered me to visit him on his behalf! ”

"Your Highness, please!"

The two of them immediately left the Imperial City Division and headed for Belus's residence.

On the way, He Yong said to Zhao Ping after thinking about it: "Your Highness, we don't know about the assassins, but some people understand that the lowly official has an idea, which is to bring the Central Plains swordsman out of the heavenly prison and let him identify who caused the wounds on the bodies of those Persian warriors. However, he is a death row prisoner after all, and it takes a lot of risk to bring him up to help solve the case! ”

Zhao Ping thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, in order to solve the case, this king is out!" After we meet Belus, we will go to the prison to put forward a knife in the Central Plains to help solve the case, and this king will come forward to do it, even if something happens, it has nothing to do with you, and this king will bear it! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Thanks for what? It's not your business alone, it's the business of everyone in the entire Imperial City Division! ”

At the time, the embassy, the residence of Prince Wenhe.

Several dancers were constantly twisting their waists in the hall, dancing to the sound of musical instruments, and Wen Hyuk was drinking wine and admiring it.

The third entourage officer walked in and saluted, "Your Highness! ”

Wen He put down his glass, waved to the dancers, singers, and musicians, and let them all out.

Only the warriors were left in the hall, and Wen He asked, "What happened to the king when he heard that the Persian prince Belus had been assassinated on his way back to the city?" ”

The third accompanying official immediately asked for guilt: "Your Highness forgives the sin, it is the minister who did not do the matter well, and the minister will let them continue to act, and after receiving our money, they must get the matter done properly!" ”

Wen He suddenly picked up the wine cup on the table and smashed it, with a "bang", the wine cup smashed on the forehead of the third accompanying official, smashing his head and bleeding, he screamed, but immediately knelt down: "The minister should die, the minister should die, His Highness is angry!" ”

Wen He scolded: "Do you have a pig's head on your head? The Persian prince Belus was assassinated and wounded, not only did his men become very nervous, but their vigilance was greatly increased, but I am afraid that now the Qianguo officials are trying their best to track down the assassins. ”

"Yes, the minister is wrong, the minister doesn't know what to do, please show it to His Highness!"

Wen He got up and walked around the hall, and after walking back and forth a few times, he stopped and said: "It's too sensitive to do it again at this time, and it's almost impossible to succeed, the path of assassination is no longer possible, give up!" Although we are not afraid of the Qianguo people, after all, this is their territory, so let's be more restrained and don't be caught by them! Let me ask you, does that An Dashi know your true identity? ”

The third entourage officer thought for a moment and replied: "He should not know, I have only seen him twice, and each time I saw him in a very dim environment, it is impossible for him to see my face clearly!" But ······"

"But what? If you have something to say, don't ramble, take everything that needs to be considered, and don't miss anything! ”

"Yes! He may not know who I am, but I suspect he should be able to guess that I should probably be one of the Legations, because no one else in Chang'an City knows about him except the people of the Legation! Also, every time I see him, I find someone to send him a letter, and if he doesn't destroy these two letters, the government may find clues in the letters, and may suspect us! ”

Wen He immediately ordered: "You don't do anything now, go and bring An Dashi and let him come out to see you with a letter, what you have to do is to cut off all the clues that may be found!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zizheng, the old place, the City God Temple.

A sneaky figure appeared at the gate of the City God Temple, and after looking left and right, this person walked in quickly.

"Your Excellency, I'm coming! Excellency? The cautious An Dashi lowered his voice and shouted.

A man in a black cloak walked out of the darkness with his head covered, "Did you bring the letter?" ”