Chapter 111: Assassination
Suzhou, Zhu Mansion.
Although after the impact of the rebels, the money in the mansion was soft, the valuable items such as pearls, jade calligraphy and paintings were looted, and the furnishings in the mansion were also smashed everywhere, but the high walls and green willows were still there, and the mansion that was enough to run horses in it was still there.
After the recovery of Suzhou City, Zhu Mian, who had taken refuge abroad, also returned to Zhufu, and after two months of repair, Zhufu was completely renewed, restoring the golden splendor of the past, just like the imperial palace.
Zhu Mian has been looting Jiangnan for nearly ten years, and his family property is more than tens of millions, and the property damaged in the house is not as good as his net worth, which is nothing. In addition to being rich, although Zhu Mian has been deposed and has no official status, everyone in the world knows that he has a very good personal relationship with the ministers of the court and the central government, and he is still the supreme existence in Suzhou City.
The rebellion has been quelled, and the ministers in the court and the central government have also made a point early, for Zhu Mian, as soon as the east wind arrives, he will shout "My old Zhu has come back again" in Suzhou City.
The summer night in Suzhou is particularly hot and sultry, without a trace of wind.
Three black shadows appeared under the side wall of the Zhu Mansion, all covered with black veils, wearing black power suits, carrying swords, and hanging a skin bag from their waists, which should be equipped with hidden weapons and the like, standard assassin clothing.
The people who came were Zhao Hao, Zhao Ling and Wu Song, and they had only one purpose, that is, to assassinate Zhu Mian.
Fang La's rebellion, because of Zhu Mian and Hua Shigang, millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River were poisoned, now the rebellion has been quelled, Fang La and other rebel generals have been captured and sent to Bianjing, waiting for them must be the end of the public show, but the culprit Zhu Mian is still at large, according to the course of history, not only has it not been disposed of, but has been added to the official rank, the grace is incomparable, until seven or eight years later did not die in the hands of Zhao Huan.
Seven or eight years is too long, Zhao Hao can't wait, Zhu Mian must die, and it is impossible to punish the court in a short time...... Unless Zhao Ji dies. So the only way is to follow Wu Song to kill Cai Hu and assassinate him with a sword.
This is also one of the conditions put forward by Fang La when he surrendered, although Fang La is a traitor, but after all, he trusts him with his life, how can he break his promise?
The high wall of Zhu's Mansion is more than three zhang high, and it is covered with sharp spear heads, if it is an ordinary person, where can it go up?
But under the wall are not ordinary people, a snitch who flies on the wall, a fierce general with a force of 94, and a ...... It was much easier for Zhao Hao to go to the wall than for the two of them.
Zhao Ling's snitch was born, threw out a flying grab, hooked the wall, and reached the top of the wall with a snort, and pulled out Zhao Hao's hundred steel sword, and swept at the tips of the guns on the wall.
Wu Song pulled the silk rope that he grabbed from the fly, tried his strength, and slowly climbed onto the wall.
As for Zhao Hao, after taking a weight pill (medium), he lost 30% of his weight, although he had an extra body of muscle, and his weight had reached 140 catties, but after taking the weight pill, he was only about 100 catties.
With more than 300 catties of arm strength and 100 catties of weight, Zhao Hao lifted himself up like cotton in the stunned looks of Zhao Ling and Wu Song, and it was effortless.
Zhao Ling put away the silk rope, and the three of them went down the willow tree, and as soon as they landed, three black shadows suddenly pounced.
The three of them were shocked, the swords in their hands were dispatched, three cold lights flashed, and the three black shadows fell to the ground, and then looked at the hazy moonlight, but they were three fierce dogs.
Wangwang~
Not far away, a long series of angry and poignant dog barks sounded in the night sky, spreading throughout the entire Zhu Mansion.
Groove ......
The three of them didn't care about killing the damn dog, and hurriedly rushed towards the nearest row of chambers, like a tanuki, Zhao Hao ate a Shenxing Pill (medium) for this, and the speed was no less than the two of them, and the three black shadows rushed to the nearest row of chambers like a tanuki, and then they all threw out their flying catches, climbed onto the roof, and stuck to the roof motionless.
"Catch the assassins! Catch the assassins! β
Zhu Mansion boiled with a bang.
Soon, Zhao Hao and the others found that it was useless to hide on the roof, and several dead dogs had followed the breath to bring the house slaves in the Zhu Mansion to the eaves where Zhao Hao and the others were hiding.
"The assassin is on the roof of the third son!"
The house slaves from all sides flew in, and the lanterns shone as brightly as day.
Zhao Hao and the others ran around on the roof, checking the crowd under the house, looking for a breakthrough, but found that someone was rushing towards this side with a wooden ladder.
Just as he was hesitating, several generals dressed in brocade clothes had appeared on the roof, leaping towards them - these people were originally from gangsters and snitches, and they had not done much to sneak into the boudoir of other people's big girls, and they also had such things as flying scratches hidden on their bodies.
"Thief, take your life!"
Four bright single knives struck them with a fierce knife wind.
A sword light flew out of Zhao Ling's hand, swinging the four people's knives away. The four of them took two steps back with knives.
At the same time, a black shadow floated up, and as soon as the leftmost person stood firm, a white light struck his ribs.
There was no way to avoid it, he only felt a pain in his ribs, blood slowly flowed out, and he roared like an angry lion and was about to pounce on Wu Song desperately, but his body stiffened and fell down with a bang.
The remaining three roared in unison and fought with Zhao Hao and the other three.
One of them has been cut off half of his head by Wu Song, and then he slashed the back of the person who was fighting with Zhao Hao, and the man screamed in pain, and was pierced through the throat by Zhao Hao's sword.
At this moment, the remaining one person was also killed by Zhao Ling.
Each of them picked up a corpse, threw it to the crowded east, and then flew towards the eaves of the west, which was still unguarded.
Sure enough, everyone in the east saw three black shadows jumping down from the roof, and there was an uproar, and Zhao Hao and the other three also jumped down the eaves of the west, hid in the flowers and grass, and continued to sneak forward.
"The minions in the Zhu Mansion are rampant, and there are vicious dogs, today's things are no longer possible, so let's withdraw?" Zhao Ling said in a low voice.
Zhao Hao nodded, and the three of them were about to get up and touch the high wall, when they suddenly heard a loud shout: "The assassin has run east, chase after him!" β
The sound of people and footsteps was like thunder, and they were rolling and killing in the direction of the east, and the west side gradually became quiet.
"A companion is here tonight?"
The three of them were overjoyed, jumped up from the flowers and grass, and ran to a row of nearby side houses.
The three of them quietly climbed up to the wing room again, this time no longer on the roof, but curled up on the beams under the eaves, although the space was too small, the posture of the nest was strange, and it was covered with dust, but it was extremely hidden and not easy to find.
After some time, the palace gradually quieted down, and it seemed that the group of assassins had fled.
The generals searched around the Xiangfu with lanterns a few times, including the roof where Zhao Hao and the others were located, and searched until midnight to be sure that all the assassins had fled, and then dispersed one after another, leaving only the patrolling house slaves.
The three of them were curled up quietly on the beams under the eaves, and were about to slip down the pillars in front of the eaves, when suddenly a voice came from the window under the eaves.
"The assassin is gone?" A female voice asked.
"Gone, it is reported that three or four people were killed." Another female voice.
"It is rumored that your good friend was killed? How is it good to be so lonely and unbearable? β
"Tear your mouth, you have an affair with the third son, when I don't know?"
"Say it again, I'll sleep you!"
The two of them giggled and rolled on the bed.
One person was pressed under him and was about to twist over, when suddenly his hands went weak, and he looked at the side of the bed in horror, his face pale. The maid on her body turned her head in surprise, and her whole body froze.
"Don't move, answer my question obediently." An icy voice came from hell.
"The officials spare their lives, and the slaves and maids know everything." The two of them shook like they were swinging.
"Where does Zhu Mian live?"
"The big officials live in the middle of the back four rows, and the seventh lady also lives there, and the big officials have been living there recently, but there are many wives in the house, and the specific slaves and maids are not clear...... The big officials like to snore when they sleep, and they can hear it loudly. β
In order to save her life, the maid really knows everything. Zhao Ling smiled coldly and gently patted the back of the two of them, and the two fainted.
The three of them turned over to the upper room and closed their eyes to recuperate.
The hour before dawn is the time when ordinary people sleep the deepest, and it is also the time when the house slaves who stay up late to patrol are the most relaxed.
The three of them leaped straight to the middle of the back four rows, leaning down and sticking to the tiles.
A violent sound of not looking at the description faintly reached the ears. Although Zhao Hao has never really played with a big sword in his two lives, he has also watched a lot of island films in his previous life, so how can he not hear what this sound is.
It's really unseemly. Unexpectedly, although Zhu Mian is as fat as a pig, he is a wolf seven times a night, and he is still doing his homework after five watches, how many people have to envy and hate?
Zhao Ling flipped along the eaves to the beam, and another upside-down golden hook hung down. Slowly lifting a window, the person who was "fighting" on the bed was obviously in a pinch, where did he have time to notice the window.
Zhao Ling no longer hesitated, and with a flick of his hand, two crossbow arrows shot at the vital parts of the two of themβthe sleeve crossbow provided by Zhao Hao.
The two bodies that were exercising violently screamed and fell down.
Two more crossbow arrows burst into the air, popping into the bodies of the two men, but the two remained motionless, obviously dead of exhaustion.
Zhao Ling gestured to the two of them, signaling that they were done.
Zhao Hao would not hang the golden hook upside down, he couldn't see the people in the house, and he couldn't check his attributes to confirm his identity, and when he was about to turn over and get out of the room to confirm whether the deceased was really Zhu Mian, he saw a team of patrolling house slaves dangling over with lanterns in the distance, so he had to give up.
The three of them sneaked all the way to the fence and turned out of the house.
Rushing back to the inn along the way, Zhao Hao's heart was getting darker and thicker.
At the moment when he stepped into the inn room, he suddenly understood his doubts - Zhu Mian has raised more than 1,000 house slaves, why is there no house slave guarding the couch?