The three assassins sent by Hou Huabin of Junyang worked non-stop, and finally arrived at the Windward Village after the third watch, wearing the armor of the Southern Army's soldiers, and although they were interrogated several times along the way, they all passed in a fool's way. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The southern army between Baiqiao Town and Windward Village was in extreme chaos, and the small number of northern troops led by Cai Xinghai were unable to suppress it, and they could not stop Cui Taifu's possible counterattack, so they simply gathered themselves and gave up guarding Baiqiao, so as not to cause unnecessary conflicts, which created convenience for the three assassins.

There are temporary camps under the windward village, and the guards are also lax, and many people stay up all night to inquire about the situation. The Assassin dismounted, entered a camp generously, rested for a moment, observed the situation, and walked up the hill into the stockade.

The military discipline on the hill was slightly better, but there were still people who came and went from barracks to barracks, and did not hide, and even gathered outside the houses to exchange ears.

The three Assassins glanced at each other, confident in the assassination, and walked around the camp for half a circle, soon inquiring about the whereabouts of the Tired Marquis.

The Tired Marquis had been in the council chamber all night, never coming out, and there were not many guards around.

The assassins converged, and their confidence was even stronger, and they even felt that even assassination was redundant, and Cui Taifu only needed to send a general and gallop all the way to subdue the soldiers of the Southern Army, let alone capture the tired Hou alive.

But they are not soldiers, they are not interested in subduing the Southern Army, and they have not thought of finding someone to help, they only hope to complete the task as soon as possible and go back to see Hua Hou Ye and Cui Taifu with the head of the tired marquis.

"There's a guard by your side, be careful." One of the Assassins said that he had learned that it was not the Marquis himself who had killed the general with his own hands, but rather a guard of his own appearance, whom he judged to be extraordinary.

The three of them quickly divided their labor, one watched the wind outside, two went into the hall to assassinate, one of them was dedicated to dealing with the guards, and the other was only responsible for assassinating the tired marquis and cutting off the head, and if he accidentally ran into someone else on the way, he claimed to be a messenger from Baiqiao Town.

After observing for a while, the three of them approached the council chamber, did not deliberately hide their tracks, and met several soldiers, who were wandering around at night in violation of military discipline, and naturally did not stop asking about the origin of others.

There were no guards at the entrance of the council chamber, which made it even more weary and isolated to the guards.

One of the Assassins gently pushed the door, and the inside was latched, which was not surprising to him, and he raised his hand to knock on the door, and said loudly, "Letter from Whitebridge Town!" Letter from Whitebridge Town! ”

After a while, a question came from inside the door: "Southern Army or Northern Army?" ”

All three were dressed as Southerners, but the Assassin replied, "Northerners, Cai...... The general sent us. He didn't remember Cai Xinghai's name and official position, so he called him "general" in general terms.

Someone inside lifted the latch.

The three Assassins moved out of the way slightly, holding the hilts of their knives to prevent a sudden attack if someone opened the door.

The door opened, and it was not the Tired Marquis who came out, nor did he suddenly attack, but three people known to the Assassins.

Cui Teng stood at the door, he didn't recognize the assassin, and said confusedly: "You are the Northern Army?" ”

One of the Assassins reacted quickly, "We are delivering a letter for General Cai of the Northern Army......

A stern question suddenly sounded behind him: "Where did the Northern Army soldiers come from?" ”

The three Assassins turned to see five Confederate soldiers standing under a torch on the side of the road, looking at them warily. There were always people walking around the camp, and the Assassins did not pay special attention to them.

Without waiting for the assassin to speak, Cui Teng sternly reprimanded, "What are you guys? Dare to be presumptuous in front of me? What about your bosses? Let him come to me! ”

Cui Teng thought he was superior, but he had been under house arrest in Baiqiao Town, and he had no general's clothing, and most of the soldiers in the windward village didn't know this person, and when he heard the reprimand, he was even more angry.

"We don't dare to be presumptuous, we just want to ask one thing: they are soldiers of the Northern Army, why do they wear the armor of our Southern Army? What happened in Whitebridge? Did the Northern Army do something to the Southern Army? Several soldiers did not flinch, but took a few steps forward in the opposite direction.

When the nearby soldiers heard the quarrel, they immediately ran to it, and there were fifteen or sixteen people in the middle of talking.

Cui Teng was a little nervous, "You...... You're confused, is this the thing you're asking? It's several things. Then he whispered, "Come in." ”

The three assassins didn't expect an accident at this juncture, so they couldn't say it right, so they nodded and followed Cui Teng into the door.

The Confederate soldiers outside were furious.

Zhao Mengli governed the army very strictly, some of the soldiers under his command hated him, were afraid of him, and naturally there were people who liked him and even revered him, yesterday's incident happened too suddenly, the generals were timid and did not dare to take revenge, but the more the soldiers thought about it, the more wrong it became, the tired marquis is just a person, the title is the Great Sima of the Northern Army, even if there is a holy decree on his body, why kill the left general of the Southern Army for no reason?

Throughout the night, the soldiers of the Southern Army in the village were discussing this issue, although no one had come forward to formulate a plan, but the dissatisfaction in their hearts became more and more, and the arrival of the three "Northern Army soldiers" finally aroused this dissatisfaction.

"Make it clear!" "What the hell did the Northern Army do?" "Where did you get your Confederate armor?" More than a dozen soldiers rushed to the council hall while questioning, the sound of shouting was louder, and there were many soldiers of the Southern Army who had not slept in the village, and when they heard the shouting, they ran from all directions, and gathered more and more.

Cui Teng refused to be convinced, and ordered the people outside not to meddle in their affairs, but kept waving at the three "Northern Army soldiers" and asking them to come in quickly.

The assassin had no choice but to go into the house.

"I'll clean up the ...... when it's dawn" Cui Teng hurriedly closed the door and hurriedly prepared to latch.

The three Assassins took the opportunity to observe the surroundings, the hall was very dark, and only two oil lamps were placed near the doorway, and in the distance they could see a man standing in front of the main seat, but the master guard was nowhere to be seen.

"You don't have to close the door." Han Ruzi said.

Cui Teng was taken aback, held the latch and said, "Brother-in-law, this is not a joke. ”

"Let them in." Han Ruzi still did not change his mind.

Cui Teng was stunned for a moment, the soldiers outside had already rushed to the door, slamming the door hard, Cui Teng hurriedly stepped aside, the soldiers rushed into the council hall, and also saw the tired Hou in the shadows, they stopped one after another, spread to both sides, and did not dare to run forward.

The three Assassins did not dare to step forward, not because they were afraid of the Marquis, but because they were afraid of the invisible guard.

More and more soldiers of the Southern Army poured in, and by the time the three assassins reacted, they were already surrounded, Cui Teng ran to the side of the tired marquis, and asked in a low voice, "Can you deal with it?" ”

Han Ruzi ignored him, and after the soldiers who came in were roughly stable, he said, "Come out and talk alone." ”

Fifty or sixty Confederate soldiers stood at the door, and there were many more outside, but no one came forward.

Han Ruzi waited for a while, and then said, "Forgive you for your innocence." ”

Finally, a soldier of the Southern Army was pushed out, although the thing they were really dissatisfied with was that Zhao Mengli was killed, they did not dare to bring it up in person, and still pointed to the three "soldiers of the Northern Army" and said, "We ...... We just want to know what happened in Baiqiao Town, these three people are obviously soldiers of the Northern Army, why are they wearing the armor of our Southern Army? ”

"Hmm." Han Ruzi turned around and sat down on the side of the tiger skin chair, "Ask." ”

Cui Teng was taken aback, the soldiers of the Southern Army at the door were taken aback, and the three assassins were even more surprised.

The hall was quiet for a while, and the soldiers of the Southern Army who took the lead slowly turned around, faced the three "Northern Army soldiers", and asked stubbornly: "You are from the Northern Army camp in Baiqiao Town?" ”

The three Assassins were embarrassed and had to nod, and one said, "Yes." ”

"What's going on in Whitebridge?"

"I didn't ...... What, everything is normal, we are on the orders of General Cai to inform the Tired Hou. ”

"If everything is normal, why are you wearing Southern Army armor?"

The three assassins were in a predicament and wanted to explain the truth, but they felt that the soldiers of the Southern Army might not support them, and their faces inevitably changed color, which aroused even more suspicion.

"Say, say it!"

With the addition of swords and guns, even peerless masters can't escape the encirclement.

One of the Assassins was in a hurry, "We are soldiers of the Southern Army, and we have been ordered to report the news for the Northern Army, and General Cai said that this will make us less troublesome. ”

The doubts of the soldiers of the Southern Army did not decrease, "Why didn't you make it clear before?" Which battalion are you from? Who is the general? ”

"Seventeenth Battalion, the general is Du Kun." The three Assassins had been in the camp with Hua Bin for a long time, and finally remembered the names of several of the battalion generals.

Han Ruzi beckoned Cui Teng and whispered a few words to him, Cui Teng strode to the door, looked the three assassins up and down, and suddenly said: "You are lying, Du Kun led the seventeenth battalion to return to Beijing with my father, how could there be three people left?" ”

The soldiers in the windward village did not know the transfer situation in Baiqiao Town, after all, the three assassins were from the rivers and lakes, even if they followed the army, they couldn't tell which battalion was which battalion, and they were immediately panicked when they were asked by Cui Teng.

One of the assassins couldn't stand it any longer, and suddenly drew his sword out of its sheath and shouted: "We are Cui Taifu's subordinates, come to kill the tired Hou, and the soldiers of the Southern Army listen to me......"

Cui Teng took a few steps back, and also shouted: "I am Cui Taifu's own son, I have never seen these people, they are sneaky, neither the southern army nor the northern army, they must be assassins sent by the champion Hou to provoke the relationship between the southern and northern armies......"

Ordinary soldiers draw their swords to fight, and they have to rely on their companions in front and behind to protect themselves, but the Jianghu people are used to fighting alone, drawing their swords to show their strength, seeking self-protection first, and suddenly showing their difference from soldiers.

Before Cui Teng's words were finished, many soldiers of the Southern Army had already started, and their distrust of the Jianghu people was even worse than that of the soldiers of the Northern Army.

"We are Cui Taifu......" The three assassins shouted angrily, but they couldn't stop the crazy Southern soldiers.

A master is a master, and he can still launch a counterattack and stab several soldiers after being wounded, but after all, a master is also a human being, and he is also powerless in the face of many knives and guns.

Three bloody corpses fell, and the red-eyed Southern soldiers did not put away their swords and guns, but looked at the tired marquis in the shadows.

Cui Teng's face turned even paler, and he slowly retreated, not daring to mention that he was the second son of the Cui family.

Han Ruzi stood up and walked towards the many soldiers, turning a blind eye to Cui Teng's silent dissuasion, as well as the blood-stained swords and guns.

But he refused to look at any of the soldiers, kept his eyes on the three corpses, and approached, only a few steps away from the nearest spear, and said: "Look, this is the evidence of the chaos in the capital, and the Champion Hou sent assassins, which means that he will also take action against the Emperor and the Queen Mother." ”

When he said these words, Han Ruzi certainly had no way of knowing that the champion Hou had been poisoned to death.

"The safety of the imperial court and the survival of Dachu are now in your hands, and with me, you can build immortal achievements, and the bounty fiefdom is not a problem."

Han Ruzi raised his head and met everyone's gaze, "Even if you have fought all your life on the frontier, how many opportunities can you have?" ”

The soldiers looked at each other, and the leader said, "We ...... We just ......"

"You have come to my rescue, and I know that now that the Assassin is dead, I will remember your deeds, and the Champion will remember your sins."

One by one, the soldiers laid down their swords and guns, and then they all bowed out of the chamber respectfully.

Cui Teng looked at Ti Hou with an almost adoring gaze, "Brother-in-law, your courage is too great. ”

"People who really want to kill me, don't look for excuses." Han Ruzi has his own way of judging.

"What now?"

"I have to get back to the capital as soon as possible." Han Ruzi looked at Cui Teng, "I need you to show me the way." (To be continued.) )