When the wee hours of the morning approached, the official inn of Yixiang City was as busy as the day. Just when Azhu and the others lured you into the urn, no one expected that there were two fish that slipped through the net in the shadows.

These two people are not simple, don't look at the unknown in Daxia, but they are famous in Nanping. These two were once famous flower thieves in Nanping, and they were wanted by the Nanping Criminal Government a few years ago, and fled to Daxia in desperation. Later, he was discovered and taken in by the shopkeeper of the carriage and horse dealership with a special mission, and promised that as long as the two obeyed his orders, they could revoke the domestic wanted warrant. Don't look at how high the kung fu of these two people is, but their ability to climb over the wall and hide is very good. Compared with the previous two groups of Assassins, the two of them have a lot of experience and are very calm. Seeing that many masters had left the main courtyard, it was a good time to kill Shangguan Xuanwu.

In the hall, Zhang Ruming waited for the news of the side courtyard. Hearing a 'whoosh' sound in his ears, Zhang Ruming subconsciously shrank his neck. He knew there would be an Assassin tonight, so the turtle shell sewn from the two layers of armor was still on his body.

Clang~! The black arrow hit Zhang Ruming and hit him in the chest. But the arrow only pierced through one layer of armor and was blocked by the second layer. What's more, Zhang Ruming is still wearing soft armor inside, even if he penetrates two layers, he can still save his life. Zhang Ruming didn't know that once the black arrow pierced his skin, the snake venom on it could kill him in an instant. This is not a chronic poison prepared by Chengyang Mansion Sado, but a poison that seals the throat with blood.

"Hurry ~ protect your lordship."

"Oh no~ Come on~ There are assassins!"

More than a dozen entourages raised their blades in a panic and surrounded Zhang Ruming. One of them even shouted loudly so that people from the backyard could come and support.

When the two assassins saw the arrow piercing Zhang Ruming's body, they thought they had succeeded, looked at each other, quickly rushed towards the wall, stepped on the wall and disappeared into the night.

Hearing the shouts of the guards, Ah Zhu had the best light skills and rushed over as soon as possible. Seeing Zhang Ruming lying on the ground pouting his buttocks, Azhu shouted in fright.

"Husband~Husband~ What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Ruming heard Ah Zhu's shout and hurriedly said, "Madam, be careful, there are assassins outside." ”

At this time, Gu Fan Xiangtian and others also came. Without waiting for Azhu's orders, everyone quickly stood in the direction and searched around. Ah Zhu checked it and found that her husband was indeed fine, so she breathed a sigh of relief. However, when Azhu saw the black arrow, he couldn't help but shudder. If Zhang Ruming hadn't made two layers of armor by his own cleverness, I'm afraid that layer of soft armor might not be able to block this sharp arrow.

"Ladies and gentlemen, just now I saw two black shadows that went out over the wall over there." One of the guards said cautiously.

When Ah Zhu heard this, he said to Gu Fan and the others, "You stay to protect the adults, and I will come when I go." ”

"Commander Azhu, you must be careful." Gu Fan hurriedly reminded.

Zhang Ruming also stopped worriedly, "Forget it, anyway, we'll leave as soon as the blessing is over." ”

"I'm measured, just look for their traces, and I won't mess around." After Ah Zhu finished speaking, regardless of everyone's stopping, he took a few steps and stepped on the wall and disappeared into the night.

Zhang Ruming sat on the ground and gasped, looked at Xiang Tian and asked, "How are things going in the backyard?" ”

"Commander Azhu has already sent them a summoning signal, and they should enter the side courtyard to assemble at this time. Let's go, let's take a look. But be careful, my lord, and don't show the slightest hint of anger before being captured. Xiang Tian reminded.

"Don't worry, when they come, Lao Tzu will trick him into the house and catch turtles in an urn."

Zhang Ruming said, and walked towards the side courtyard under the protection of everyone. After what happened just now, Gu Fan Xiangtian didn't dare to leave him alone in the main courtyard.

In the courtyard at the back of the official post, the dozen or so waiters from Chengyang Mansion received the signal from Ah Zhu and had already entered the courtyard to assemble. They didn't know that they had been exposed, but when they saw the corpses in the courtyard, these people were also secretly frightened. Unexpectedly, Cheng Hehai and his party of more than a dozen people were wiped out, and none of them escaped.

Among the people, there is a scout leader named Luo Zhanqiang, who usually calls him the third brother. This person is not only the leader of the recruits in Chengyang Mansion, but also a priest of the Heavenly Prison Academy. Seeing the failure of Cheng Hehai's assassination, Luo Zhanqiang gave everyone a hint, which meant to remain silent and continue to disguise. He believes that one day, he will find the right opportunity.

Zhang Ruming and others rushed in, Luo Zhanqiang's heart moved, and he had some thoughts of taking the opportunity to start. But he knew that as soon as he made a move, he could only end up being killed. In the face of the eighteen guards of Lidu City, even if he killed Shangguan Xuanwu, he had no possibility of escaping.

Zhang Ruming looked at everyone, hugged his fists and said, "Brothers have worked hard, my wife Azhu will come over immediately." There are still some things that need to be done tonight, so let's go inside and talk first. ”

Zhang Ruming said, and took the lead to walk towards the third room of Xuanzi. Gu Fan glanced at the sky secretly, and could only follow closely. Luo Zhanqiang didn't think about other places, and thought that there was really something big to arrange for them. Luo Zhanqiang gestured, and everyone followed him into the room.

Seeing that everyone had entered the room, Zhang Ruming coughed pretendically, "Everyone, tonight's matter is very important, and we need you~." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Ruming paused slightly, as if he suddenly remembered something, "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot a big thing." Gu Fan Xiangtian, you two come with me. Ladies and gentlemen, wait a moment. ”

Zhang Ruming said, lowered his head and walked out, and Gu Fan followed out with the protection of Tianyi, left and right. The three of them seemed to have something going on, but as soon as they walked out of the door, Zhang Ruming's face suddenly became cold.

Zhang Ruming pouted and waved his hand, "Come on, take them all!" ”

Gu Fan said to Tianxin that this guy was really acting like him, and he tricked these people into the room unconsciously. The back window of this room has been sealed, and as long as the door and windows are blocked, no one will want to escape.

When Liu Xijin rushed in truthfully, Luo Zhanqiang and the others didn't know that they were in trouble. It wasn't until Liu Xi and the others had long knives on their necks that Luo Zhanqiang was dumbfounded.

Zhang Ruming's entourage rushed into the room and tied everyone up. At this time, Ah Zhu also returned to the post house. In the dark night, Azhu found no trace of the other party, and since he was able to get rid of Azhu's search in the courtyard, it was enough to show that these two assassins were not ordinary scouts. It seems that the past two days have really made the husband more cautious.

"Madam, how is it, did you find out that the other party didn't have it?" Zhang Ruming saw Azhu's return, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"These two men are clever in stealth, and they don't find their targets. Husband, you must be careful in the past two days, I am a little worried. ”

Zhang Ruming thought for a while, "Otherwise, after dealing with these people, I will let people announce that something has happened." Two days later, it was time for the Blessing Ceremony, and the Assassin should not be able to get close. After the ceremony, he immediately went out of the city to meet Yan Facheng and went directly to Molan City. ”

Ah Zhu was stunned, "You want to go to Molan City?" ”

"Armageddon is about to take place, and I don't look at it and feel unsure."

Ah Zhu thought for a while, "It's okay, with your little manpower, I don't feel at ease when I return to Chengyang Mansion." ”

While the two were talking, Gu Fan came over, and after asking about Azhu's tracking, Gu Fan said, "Tonight's assassins have eyebrows, and some of them are wearing the waist card of the Heavenly Prison Academy. Another group of people, wearing West Vietnamese standard military shirts inside, should be West Vietnamese scouts. Commander Azhu, those inner ghosts have been imprisoned separately, who do you think should be tried? ”

Ah Zhu's eyes sharpened, "Luo Zhanqiang, this person is a hundred households of the four scouts, and he should also be the leader of them." ”

"Well, you'll be able to hear it yourself."

Xiang Tian knew that these people were all members of the scout camp, so it would be more appropriate to hand them over to Azhu for trial. After all, Azhu's identity is special, and the scout camp has an internal ghost, and her face is not good-looking.

Luo Zhanqiang and the others fell into the hands of Azhu, and they knew that it was useless to resist. What's more, the Heavenly Prison Courtyard is already weak, and it is about to be abandoned by Deguang. The crowd did not insist and confessed the problem without resistance. Luo Zhanqiang is worthy of being the commander of the Heavenly Prison Academy, and the information he has is relatively detailed.

When Azhu learned that there were more than 100 people in the army who were lurking government agents, he couldn't help but be shocked. Especially after reading the list made by Luo Zhanqiang, cold sweat broke out on Azhu's forehead. Many of them have already been appreciated by Duan Lang, and three of them have made meritorious contributions in the last battle, and they have actually been promoted to the rank of thousand generals. If it hadn't been discovered early, letting these people continue to hide would definitely be a big disaster in the future. Once one of them is promoted to general, they can promote each other, and they can form their own small circle in the army. Thinking of this, Azhu couldn't help but regret his persistence at that time. She trusted these scouts too much, and even after Mingyue proposed it, Azhu still had some complaints in her heart.

The sky was bright, and everyone was busy all night, and ordered everyone to take turns to rest. Ah Zhu didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly wrote a secret recital, summoning Da Fei to bring it to the bright moon of Tantai. Xiang Tiangu Fan did not rest, and the two of them went their separate ways, looking for famous doctors in the city to come to the post house for treatment. But after these famous doctors were diagnosed and treated, they all shook their heads and left. In the eyes of these famous doctors, the 'poisoned' person is simply dead, where is there still life. For a while, rumors began to spread that Shangguan Xuanwu was assassinated last night.

Inside the inn, a corpse lay on the bed in the master bedroom. This person was wearing a big red celestial master robe, and his face was covered with a red cloth. Zhang Ruming smashed his mouth, and said in his heart that a good heavenly master robe was ruined by this kid.

At noon on the same day, Deguang also received the news and hurriedly sent someone to the post house to inquire. Deguang was very frightened, if Shangguan Xuanwu really had an accident in Yixiang City, this trouble would be big. Now there are only tens of thousands of troops in the city, and they can't stop the wrath of Duan Lang's army at all.

In the post house, Fan Jiachang personally rushed over. However, he did not see Zhang Ruming, who was snoring and sleeping in the entourage's room at this time.

Fan Jiachang looked at Xiang Tian angrily, "What the hell is Shangguan Xuanwu, no matter what, Lord Ben must see him." ”

Xiang Tian looked at Fan Jiachang with disdain, "Lord Fan, it's still the same sentence, I must see His Majesty Deguang before I can report the details of last night." ”

Fan Jiachang gritted his teeth angrily, and said in his heart that the people in this capital city are all thorns. That Shangguan Xuanwu is a madman, and these eighteen guards are no better.

"Okay, then follow this official into the palace."

Xiang Tian brought a carriage with four large boxes on it, and went to the palace with Fan Jiachang.

In the palace, Xiang Tian saw Deguang, but he just performed a military etiquette. Fan Jiachang couldn't help but say angrily, "When you see Your Majesty, why don't you bow down!" ”

Xiang Tian glared at Fan Jiachang, "Except for my lord Duan Lang, I and the eighteen guards will not bow down to anyone." ”

Fan Jiachang was about to reprimand angrily, but Deguang stopped, "Forget it, the eighteen beheadings of Lidu City are my heroes of Great Xia, and I have no fear in the face of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, I should respect them." To the sky, I heard that there was an assassination incident in the inn last night. I don't know if Shangguan Heavenly Master, is there ~ frightened! ”

Xiang Tian clenched his fists slightly, "Thank you Your Majesty for your care, Lord Shangguan is all right." ”

Hearing that Shangguan Xuanwu was fine, Deguang and Fan Jiachang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although both of them hated to strangle Zhang Ruming with their own hands, they must not die in his Elephant City.

Xiang Tian continued, "Your Majesty, I have sent you something. These things, presumably Your Majesty should be very interested. ”

"Oh? Present. Delon said suspiciously.

Several large boxes were carried up, and when they were opened, Deguang's face couldn't help but change slightly. Fan Jiachang said even more angrily, "Xiangtian, what do you mean by bringing these heads." ”

Xiang Tian clenched his fists, "Your Majesty, these are the people who assassinated last night. Some of them were assassins sent by Western Vietnam, and they had already been dealt with below. And these people, I need Your Majesty to give a reasonable explanation. ”

Deguang was stunned, "What do you mean by this, do you think these people are sent by me?" Hehe, ridiculous. If I want to kill you, do I still need to do it secretly, wouldn't it be more convenient to send troops directly to strangle you. ”

"Your Majesty, may I ask if Delong has given you the throne, is the official of the Great Xia Dynasty your courtier?"

"Humph! Not only the court, but also the whole world are my subjects. Deguang said proudly.

"Since you said so, well, these minions of the Heavenly Prison Court came to assassinate Lord Shangguan, how do you explain it? Could it be that the courtiers of the court will not obey Your Majesty's will? Or, that's what your Majesty Deguang meant. Xiang Tian held his head high and looked at Deguang.

"What? Are they ~ people from the Heavenly Prison? Deguang couldn't help but be surprised.

Fan Jiachang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Without evidence, how do you know that these people are from the Heavenly Prison Academy?" I said it was from the capital city. ”

Xiang Tian quietly took out two waist cards, "This is a token found from them, and one of them is Cheng Hehai, the commander of the Heavenly Prison Academy." This person can also be regarded as a five-grade official, and it is impossible for no one to know him in the court. If you still don't believe me, I still have witnesses over there. ”

As soon as Cheng Hehai was mentioned, Deguang and Fan Jiachang's faces suddenly darkened. Cheng Hehai is not an ordinary government detective, except for the head of the Jiantian Academy, Zhang Zhao, there are two major admirals, and there are eight admirals under his jurisdiction. Cheng Hehai, the commander of the Criminal Division, and Fan Jiuliang, the commander of the Inner Division, and even Deguang have met several times. Not to mention Fan Jiachang, when he was still the chief of guard of Prince Hong, these two were powerful figures in Kyoto who were feared by all officials.

Deguang frowned, he didn't understand why the Heavenly Prison Court came to assassinate Shangguan Xuanwu. But the more Deguang thinks about it, the more complicated it becomes. He didn't think that Zhang Zhao had the courage to order a secret assassination without permission, and Deguang felt that this should be done at the behest of Delong. But if it really angered Duan Lang, what good would it do for Delong?

After thinking about it, Deguang didn't understand what his younger brother was going to do. Deguang looked at Xiang Tian embarrassedly, and said perfunctorily, "I will find out about this matter, since Shangguan Heavenly Master is fine, this is a great luck." Come and give you good wine and food, and be shocked by Shangguan Heavenly Master. ”

Xiang Tianyi raised his hand, "Wait, this is absolutely unacceptable." Your Majesty, there are rumors that my lord has been assassinated, so let this news continue. Once the blessing ceremony is completed, my family will leave Yixiang City immediately, and everyone in the province will be worried. As for the matter of the assassins, I hope that Your Majesty will give an answer to Lord Shangguan as soon as possible. ”

Deguang thought about it, and said in his heart that this would be better, and there would be more assassinations in the province. Deguang falsely agreed and sent people away to the sky. In fact, Xiang Tian didn't really want an answer, Ah Zhu asked him to come and question Deguang, just to plant a seed of suspicion between Yixiang City and Kyoto.

Xiang Tian left the palace, and Deguang looked at Fan Jiachang with a gloomy face, "Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Fan Jiachang bowed, "Your Majesty, the royal ministers don't dare to say anything." However, since the Heavenly Prison Court is disloyal to His Majesty, there is no need to keep it. ”

Tokumitsu leaned back on the dragon chair and sighed slightly, "I have promised Delong to keep his rights in Kyoto for the time being. If an order is issued at this time for Wu Guangguang to thoroughly inspect the Heavenly Courtyard, I am afraid that Delong will not agree. Aiqing, you immediately send someone to Kyoto with my warrant and make a detailed copy of the secret officials of the Heavenly Prison in Yixiang City. I will not move Kyoto for the time being, but within the Mega Elephant City, we must kill them all. ”

"Minister~ obey the order!"

Fan Jiachang said in his heart that it was long overdue to eradicate the Prison Heavenly Courtyard, and this yamen was originally set up for Delong. Among the second-class and below officials in Kyoto, who has not been blackmailed by the Prison Temple. Even some royal relatives hate them to the core.

The official post house of Yixiang City suddenly sent additional guards to protect it. The people in the city speculated about Shangguan Xuanwu, but the blessing altar was built day and night.

Two days later, Shangguan Tianshi, who had not heard from him, suddenly came to the altar under the escort of the cavalry battalion. The blessing ritual was very simple, but the people of Yixiang City saw His Majesty Deguang from a distance and bowed to the Shangguan Heavenly Master. Although this gift was given to the gods in the sky, in the eyes of the people, Shangguan Xuanwu invisibly became sacrosanct.

The shopkeeper of the carriage and horse shop in the crowd could only sigh helplessly when he looked at the heavily guarded guards around him. He was also deceived by false news, and thought that Shangguan Xuanwu had been poisoned and died. Unexpectedly, this was a trick to hide from the world, and it was unscathed at all.

At the end of the blessing ceremony, Zhang Ruming took two large carts of silver and silver, escorted by the guards, and ran directly out of the city. Outside the city gate, Yan Facheng's army had been waiting for a long time. The two sides converged and rushed towards Melan City.

Above the city, Fan Jiachang's teeth rattled. This blessing ceremony can be said to make up for the shortcomings of Deguang's failure to worship his ancestors. In the eyes of the world, Deguang has truly become the dignified Emperor of Great Xia. However, at the thought of being extorted 200,000 taels of silver by Shangguan Xuanwu, Fan Jiachang's legs and stomach hurt.

In Xiangxiang County, Duan Lang received Azhu's news and couldn't help but be startled. I didn't expect that there were so many undercover agents hidden in my army. Duan Lang immediately summoned the generals to read out the matter, and in order not to cause disorder in the morale of the army, Duan Lang ordered each battalion to draw these people out and take them out thirty miles away to be killed on the spot.

At the same time, the bright moon of the Tai Tai let Da Fei go to Fengluan Mountain, which was uniformly dispatched by Zhou Bo, starting from Xiadu Mansion, and the local capitals announced their loyalty and faith to the gods. Moreover, in the name of Shangguan Xuanwu, the Mingyue of Tangtai also promulgated a decree of the gods to all parts of Great Xia.

The law says. From the imperial power to the commoners, regardless of the distinction between power and power, as long as he can fight against foreign invaders and let the people live and work in peace and contentment, he will canonize everyone according to merit on behalf of the gods. As big as the king of a country, as small as the county government order, everything is available.

The promulgation of this decree, coupled with the secret stations of shadowmen from all over the country, made the people who were originally oppressed by the war and suffering cheer loudly. And the Great Xia royal family fell from the top of power to the world. Invisibly, Shangguan Xuanwu, who represented the messenger of the gods, was pushed to the top of the altar.