Chapter 117: The Assassins Catch Them All

Although he didn't drink much wine today, Ouyang He saw the actions of Li Mao and Li Yunhe. As soon as Li Mao and Li Yunhe returned to the house, Ouyang He's gaze met them. Li Mao saw the meaning of the inquiry from Ouyang He's gaze. Li Mao nodded, meaning that it was fine.

Ouyang He picked up the wine cup and drank a little. I know the meaning.

Because Lu Bingyi, Lu Qi, Xiao Hongyu, and Liu Banzhu, who came back to the south from Shanxi, were so happy. No one wants to spoil them. Zhang Zhimu also felt that Li Jing and the others must have something to do, but he believed that they would definitely be able to deal with the outside affairs, so he didn't mind continuing to drink. Beside him, Xiao Hongyu seized the opportunity today and let him drink. Everyone also borrowed the strength of the wine to coax. However, Zhang Zhimu's kung fu practiced on the wine table in his previous life was that his brain could stay sober no matter how much he drank.

After Zhang Zhimu and his party had their fun, when they went out, the owner and the shopkeeper were all sent out. The owner and the shopkeeper were full of smiles, they knew that tomorrow the whole Huai'an would know that the famous kiln man Zhang Zhimu had dinner in their restaurant.

When she got in the car, Xiao Hongyu borrowed wine and had to get into Zhang Zhimu's car. The big guys also used the strength of the wine to say, "Yes! Xiao Hongyu helped Mr. Zhang", Li Mao gave Li Yunhe a look, and helped Zhang Zhimu to get into a car with Zhang Zhimu and Xiao Hongyu. Li Yunhe understood and followed the car. When the car started, Li Yunhe didn't forget to say in Ouyang He's ear: "Be careful!"

These restaurants in Huai'an, which are a little famous, are built along the canal. Zhang Zhimu: The road they walked away from the restaurant was also on the embankment of the canal, and because there were still people who did not have a car to walk, the horse-drawn carriage did not go fast. In the car, Xiao Hongyu didn't know if she really drank too much, and she borrowed the wine to go crazy, and she chattered non-stop in the car. Just when the car reached a vacant space between the two restaurants, Zhang Zhimu and their horses suddenly fell to their knees. Li Yunhe was the first to react, and found that the horse had tripped over a rope that was suddenly pulled up, and shouted: "There are assassins!" ”

At the same time, he took out a pistol and shot two shots at the two black-clothed men who had just finished pulling the rope and had not yet stood firm. Although Li Yunhe has not been on the battlefield for many years to fight, his marksmanship is not bad because he often comes into contact with guns. Both men in black were shot in the head and fell. Li Mao, who was in Zhang Zhimu's car, took out a pistol and shouted, "Don't get out of the car!" "I pushed the door and rushed out of the car. Xiao Hongyu was using the strength of the wine to tell jokes, when she heard the gunshots and screamed, she threw herself into Zhang Zhimu's arms. At this time, Zhang Zhimu knew that it was best for him to stay in the car and not move, holding Xiao Hongyu in one hand, and taking out a pistol in the other, putting a bullet on it, and saying, "Don't be afraid!" They can handle it. Let's see, stay away from me in the future! ”

At this time, outside the car, the gunshots and screams had already become one.

Just now, just after Li Yunhe shot the two black-clothed men who were stumbling, more than a dozen masked black-clothed men rushed out at the same time, and they rushed over at an extremely fast speed. But Li Jing's people are not ordinary people, they can only be stronger than them in terms of martial arts, not weaker than them, not to mention that Li Jing has repeatedly reminded them that they are absolutely not allowed to rely on martial arts to be strong in case of trouble

If you can solve it with a gun, try to solve it with a gun. So no matter how good these black-clothed men are at martial arts, no matter how fast they are, they can't pull the trigger faster. With a burst of "snapping" gunshots and screams, the battle ended, and it was a few minutes before and after. Li Yunhe commanded a few people, surrounded Zhang Zhimu's car, and then commanded everyone to search the surroundings, but found no other assassins.

Li Yunhe counted, there were a total of twelve assassins. Since they were all shot at close range, Li Jing and their people were all extremely accurate marksmanship, and it could be said that the guns were deadly. It is impossible for Li Yunhe to keep a living mouth and ask about the situation. There were two people lying on the ground who still had a breath, but they were just talking somewhere, and they couldn't speak.

Fortunately, the speed of the car was not very fast, and the horse that was pulling the leash was tripped and fell, and his leg was not broken, and after standing up, he was able to walk.

Ouyang He said: "Yunhe, leave a few people to look at the corpse, let's go back and send a car back to pull the corpse back." Let's see if we can find any clues. ”

Zhang Zhimu and the others returned to the inn, and when they heard that something had happened on the road, Li Jing was so shocked that Li Jing stomped her feet, "Alas! Why am I so careless. I didn't expect them to dare to make a move on such a short road. ”

"Li Jing, don't worry, let the car go back and transport the bodies of those people back. Let's see where the hell it came from. Ouyang He said to everyone again: "Everyone go back to their rooms to rest." Don't go out at night if you're fine. ”

At this time, someone in the crowd said, "Mr. Ouyang, you don't have to worry about us." We have never seen a lot of wind and waves in the kiln. You just need to protect Mr. Zhang. ”

When Zhang Zhimu heard this, he was very moved and said: "This sentence is good, we kiln gang people are like this, we don't look for trouble if we have nothing to do, we are not afraid of things when we encounter problems, and we will do whatever we see." Rest assured, this inn is safe. If you want to compare the quantity with our kiln people, then let them try it. Otherwise, they don't know that they are half a pound or a tael. As soon as Zhang Zhimu was excited, he said a sentence that Zhang Zuolin often said in his previous life, and of course omitted the word "fuck".

After arranging for a vehicle to pull the corpse, Zhang Zhimu and the others came to the living room, and Li Jing arranged the sentry and told him how to get rid of the assassins in the inn.

Ouyang He, who has always been steady, said: "Oh my God, it would be terrible for them to do it when we just came in and were still in chaos. ”

"This time they are a well-organized operation, and they will not do it without absolute certainty. Without a unified order, the people below them did not dare to do anything if they had the opportunity. Li Mao analyzed.

"The problem is that they committed suicide so decisively as soon as the matter was revealed, apparently trying to hide their identity. If Li Zicheng is dealing with us, there is no need to do this! Ouyang He is also analyzing this matter.

"Isn't it, afraid that they will expose the liaison station here?" Li Yunhe was a little skeptical.

"No, these people who participate in specific actions will not know much about it." Ouyang He said. "You don't see any useful information in them, which means that when they came out, they were carefully prepared."

Zhang Zhimu lowered his head and thought about it: "Judging from their methods, they don't look like people from the East Factory and the West Factory. ”

"Judging by the clothes they wear and the blades they use, the quality is good. They are definitely not any copycat thieves, and they are a group of extremely disciplined people who have been trained for a long time. Their martial arts are good, but they are definitely not top masters. I think it's probably the elite trained in the army. Li Jing said: "Let's see if those people on the road are with them." It stands to reason that they have set up this bureau here, and they shouldn't rob you on the road again. They arranged this bureau, and I always felt that they didn't want Mr. Zhang's life, but wanted to hijack Mr. Zhang. Otherwise, you don't have to go through so much work. ”

After transporting back the corpses of those black-clothed people who were intercepted halfway, it was found that there was nothing on them that could prove their identity, but the weapons they used were completely different from those used by these people in the inn, and the quality of their blades was obviously not as good as those used by these people in the inn.

Ouyang He said: "Judging from the attack methods of these ambush people on the road, they are not masters. Just some pretty dead guys. I think it's probably not the same as the people here. In my opinion, we should prepare for the reception of the guests who will come in a moment. We'll look into the rest tomorrow. ”

"Mr. Zhang, you have to change rooms tonight. The room you live in, they already know. Li Jing said.

"Okay! I'll listen to you, but we'll have to figure out who we're going to be with for the night. Zhang Zhimu said.

arranged Zhang Zhimu's room, and Li Jing arranged people in the front and back of this room. There are also people arranged outside Zhang Zhimu's bedroom.

Li Jing and Li Yunhe and Li Mao made a division of labor. Li Yunhe guarded the concierge, and the visitors tonight were likely to come in through the concierge, because they thought they had taken over the inn. Li Yunhe's task is to put them all in the inn as a whole. Li Mao took some people to ambush outside the gate, because if they found out that the porter had changed people, it was not their people, and they would probably have to run. In this case, Li Mao led people to surround them and wipe them down.

Li Jing led people to ambush Zhang Zhimu's guest house, so as not to let them be unfavorable to Zhang Zhimu when there was chaos outside.

After arranging the people, it was time soon. Everyone waited patiently, but when they waited, there was no movement. Just when everyone thought that they had been startled and the guests would not come, Li Yunhe heard a gentle knock on the door. Li Yunhe waved his hand at the people around him, and everyone ambushed on both sides of the door. Li Yunhe opened the door gently, and as soon as the door opened a crack, it was pushed open from the outside, and then a person flashed in. The person who came was about to speak, but found that he did not know the person who opened the door. At this time, Li Yunhe had already gone to his acupuncture point. The person who came was not ordinary, dodged Li Yunhe's blow in a flash, and slashed at Li Yunhe's head with a knife. Li Yunhe dodged the knife backwards and fired a shot at him at the same time. There was a "poof", and the shot hit him right arm with the knife. "Dang Chang", the man fell to the ground when he arrived, but at the same time he shouted outside, "Hurry up!" ”

Then he took out a short knife in his left hand and turned to open the door to get out. Li Yunhe shot him in the leg again. The man was shot in the leg and fell to his knees, but the man did not hesitate, and the short knife went on to plunge into his heart.

At this time, outside the door, there was a "pop" gunshot, because the regiment commander who came from Tongguan brought no ***, and some of them were still carrying automatic rifles.

Li Yunhe immediately rushed out with someone to open the door, and then he saw that Li Mao was shooting at the people outside the door, and there were not many people outside the door at this time. Li Yunhe and the others were about to participate in the shooting, when Li Mao shouted: "Keep your mouth alive, don't shoot." ”

Li Mao and Li Yunhe surrounded the few people outside the door who had not yet fallen, and these people also heard Li Mao's shouting, they looked at each other, knowing that they couldn't escape, and they all bit the poison in their mouths together, and they all fell to the ground and died in a flash.

Counting, there were nearly twenty people outside the door this time. Several carriages were also brought.

Li Mao and Li Yunhe instructed everyone to carry their bodies into the courtyard.

At this time, Li Jing, who was in the house where Zhang Zhimu lived, also heard the gunshots coming from outside the door, but he didn't move, because he knew that he was the most dangerous here at this time, and sure enough, he heard the sound of something falling from the house. He knew someone was coming, and there was someone in the house that made the noise. There's no way they can let things fall off the house. If a master comes, his brother is likely to have already started the way.

Sure enough, according to the number of sentry posts outside, the people who came judged where Zhang Zhimu lived. Li Jing noticed a dark shadow floating over. But Li Jing didn't move, because since the opponent was a master, he must know that there must be someone in this room. Sure enough, the person who floated over lay on the room and did not move, but a dark shadow under the room fought with his own people. The person under the room is obviously very martial arts, and Li Jing's three people want to catch a live mouth, but they can't take advantage of the fight. The people in the house knew that the time could not be too long, and when they saw that there was no one in the house, they wanted to jump down to help the battle, Li Jing looked at it, and found no one else. raised his hand and gave the person in the house a shot, which startled Li Jing, who actually dodged and dodged. Although Li Jing was shocked, she didn't stop with her hands, and shot this person three times in a row. With a thud, the man rolled off the house.

Li Jing also jumped off the house, and kicked away the sword in the hand of the person who fell from the house. Then, he stepped on this person, but Li Jing found that this person's body was weak and knew that he was also angry.

In front of the house, this person who was fighting three people understood his situation, made a false move, turned around and ran, Li Jing raised his hand and grabbed it twice, hitting this person's leg. This person fell to the ground with a "plop", Li Jing and they had just taken a few steps, and the person who fell to the ground suddenly threw the short knife in his hand at Li Jing, Li Jing dodged the blow, and at the same time knew in his heart that this person could not live. Sure enough, at the same time as the man threw the knife, he committed suicide by taking poison.

When Li Jing turned around and looked again, she found that the person who fell from the house was not killed by a gunshot wound, but also poisoned when he fell to the ground.

Tonight, Li Jing's people were also injured three times and one died. This made Li Jing very sad. The people Li Jing brought out this time were all veterans who had been with him for a long time. When Li Jing heard the sound, it was one of his brothers, who was hit by the poisonous dart of the person in the room and couldn't move, so before he died, he pushed the gun in his hand under the room and made a sound to call Li Jing to the police.

Three other brothers in another house were also wounded by this man. can hurt Li Jing in a few people, this person's kung fu is really amazing.

After Zhang Zhimu and Ouyang He listened to the situation report, they both felt that the person who came was definitely not an ordinary person, and they organized such a big operation, and the quick response was unbelievable. Because Zhang Zhimu decided to live here when they arrived in Huai'an. It shows that they have made long-term preparations for the arrival of Zhang Zhimu in the future. Otherwise, it would not have been so well arranged.

Li Jing said: "I see, look for someone in the martial arts and recognize this master in the room." There are not many people in the martial arts who can have such means. Maybe someone will know them. ”

Li Mao said: "What Li Jing said is that I will handle this matter tomorrow. ”

When Li Mao said this, everyone laughed, because it was about to dawn now. Li Mao smiled and said, "Hehe! I'll do this when it's dawn. Then we can also send their bodies to the yamen and let them help identify them. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, it's almost dawn, let's hurry up and sleep for a while." We still have a lot to do when the day dawns. ”

Everyone slept separately, but Li Jing was not at ease, and said to Li Yunhe: "Mr. Zhang will teach you during the day tomorrow." I'd better go to the house and be on duty. ”

The next day, Zhang Zhimu got up and had breakfast, and accompanied by Li Yunhe, he came to the Huai'an prefect and met with the prefect. Now for Zhang Zhimu, the prefect is nothing, but Zhang Zhimu still understands the necessary etiquette. Zhang Zhimu knew that a place like Huai'an could not be taken up by ordinary people, and there were many various yamen of the imperial court in such a place, in addition to the administrative prefect, there were also yamen in charge of salt affairs, water transportation and weaving. These positions were chosen only after the final balance of the struggle between the courtiers and the courtiers. However, Zhang Zhimu did not give a gift to the prefect. In addition to some politeness, the prefect said some polite words such as the kiln gang people beating Li Zicheng away and making great contributions to the imperial court, but he didn't say anything. Thinking about yesterday's incident, Zhang Zhimu was a little nervous. Is it that this prefect deliberately summoned him because he was in a hurry to get rid of yesterday's incident, because he had been to Huai'an several times before, and this prefect had never summoned him.

On the way back to the inn, Zhang Zhimu was still reminding himself not to drill the horns.

Zhang Zhimu returned to the inn, and Li Mao said: "Mr. Zhang, after you went to the Yamen, I invited a few local martial arts people and dart bureau people, and let them take a look at the people last night. But they all said that these people were not locals, and they all said that people who could have such kung fu, almost they all knew each other, and there was absolutely no such **. I haven't heard of such a group of people. They all said they must be outsiders. ”

Ouyang He said: "This is not surprising, Huai'an is originally the hub of transportation in all directions, and the people who come and go are very complicated. It seems that the preparation is very adequate. I think we'll hand over the dead body to the yamen to deal with. ”

"Our highlight is still in Yangzhou. Once we get there, it's much easier to do than here. Why don't we go to Yangzhou sooner? Li Mao said.

"Li Gongzi is right, let's go to Yangzhou. Leave this matter to the yamen! Don't let them delay our business. Zhang Zhimu said.

On the boat to Yangzhou, Zhang Zhimu has been analyzing last night's events in his mind. To say that the biggest opponent of the Yaogang people is Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng also sent people to Yaogang twice to deal with him, and it would not be strange if Li Zicheng sent someone to assassinate him. However, could it be that Li Zicheng sent people to Huai'an to prepare to deal with him when he was at war with him! At that time, Li Zicheng may not have disdained to make such preparations. There are also three kinds of forces, all of which have such abilities, and the imperial court, Zhang Xianzhong, and Zuo Liangyu also have reasons to do so. But they did their work very cleanly, leaving no trace. However, Zhang Zhimu still excluded Li Zicheng in his heart, because Li Zicheng did not need to pay special attention to the person who arranged for him, and committed suicide when he was almost there. At the very least, you have to fight before you die. These people seem to pay extra attention to exposing themselves, indicating that the opponent is too careful to protect himself.

Ouyang He saw that Zhang Zhimu had been thinking about the problem thoughtfully, and said, "Mr. Zhang, don't worry too much. The fact that our opponents do not dare to show their true colors shows that they are too afraid of us. In this world, there are no eternal secrets. Slowly everything will come to the surface, and this matter will be left to Li Zhi and them to think about! ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled slightly and asked Li Jing beside him: "I said Li Jing, what will happen if you complete such a task?" ”

"No matter how bad it is, it's better than them. To be honest, I still admire the strength of these people who are not afraid of death, but as for the means, it is really impossible to say. That master of theirs injured four of my men in a row, and he was a powerful character. But people like him are the same as those people, and they didn't break themselves off much, which is really unreasonable. Li Jing said.

"Then you say, what should such a master do?" Zhang Zhimu was very interested in Li Jing's statement.

"A professional assassin should have a breath to complete the mission. Otherwise, he would not be considered a professional assassin. Li Jing said.

Ouyang He said: "They are soldiers with a special mission, not professional assassins. Their courage to look at death as home, and none of these people are afraid of death, is very shocking. This is not something that can be done with ordinary training. ”

"No one of my people will kill themselves easily. They are all going to work hard to complete the task as long as they still have a breath. Of course, when they are really desperate, they will not be arrested. That's what we all face when we train. Everyone knows what to do when that time comes. Li Jing said.

Li Mao interjected: "We are not afraid of having opponents, but we are afraid that we don't know who the opponents are." Maybe we drink and do business with them, and they still set up a situation behind us to harm us. ”

"We have to be prepared during this time. Probably, there will not be too many cases in which we go out for large-scale operations, and there will be a lot of such special operations. Zhang Zhimu said: "Li Gongzi, after we arrive in Yangzhou, will we also encounter such a thing?" ”

"I don't dare to say this, but when we get to Yangzhou, we will have more ways to deal with it. At least you don't have to live in someone else's inn. Even if there is something abnormal, we also have many channels to get information. I estimate that since our opponents can make such a big effort in Huai'an, they should not let Yangzhou go. Li Mao said: "When we arrive in Yangzhou, let's try not to be so passive!" ”

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Five-line scores, oscillating circuits, caesarean sections. Guo Shoujing made alloy cannons, and Guan Hanqing created "Journey to the West". --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".