Lao Hu hurriedly pulled his bow and put another arrow, and when he saw the figure running towards the courtyard wall, he raised his bow and shot it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Deng Yuanjue's speed was extremely fast, and he arrived under the courtyard wall in a moment, turned over and jumped up to the courtyard wall, just on the courtyard wall, the feather arrow galloped forward, and it had already entered the body, shooting this Deng Yuanjue down, but it fell outside the courtyard wall.

Lao Hu shouted: "The assassin has been hit by an arrow, chase after him!" ”

Zheng Zhi and Yang Zaixing went to the small hall, stabbed a few people behind the man in black, and chased them out. Seeing the black shadow falling from the courtyard wall, Yang Zaixing walked quickly towards the courtyard wall.

Zheng Zhi lagged behind a little, turned around and said, "Try to catch it alive!" ”

After saying this, Zheng Zhi also chased after the courtyard wall. At this time, there should be two or three black-clothed people in the room, they are already trapped beasts, without Deng Yuanjue's means, there is already no way to escape, and it is not difficult to capture them alive.

Yang Zaixing also climbed over the courtyard wall, but his means were not as sensitive as Deng Yuanjue. Zheng Zhi went to the wall, supported it with a spear, and also went to the wall of the courtyard.

But beyond the walls of this courtyard, there is no one. Only the bright moon setting in the east illuminated a few places on the ground that were faintly blackened, and there was a little bit of reflection, which was bloodstains. Lao Hu really shot, but Lao Hu predicted that Deng Yuanjue would climb over the wall and missed the point.

Yang Zaixing and Zheng Zhi jumped off the courtyard wall one after another, chasing them left and right. Behind him, dozens of soldiers jumped down one after another.

Niu Da was also in the crowd and was about to climb the courtyard wall.

"Niu Da, quickly beat the horse and give the order, block all the city walls, and hunt down the assassins throughout the city." The person who spoke was Lao Hu, and at this time Lao Hu did not go over the wall, but put another feather arrow at the chamber, which was to capture the assassin inside.

When Niu Da heard this, he hurriedly went to the gate of the house, and there were horses at the gate.

Lao Hu slowly walked forward with a crossbow bow, and there were more than a dozen soldiers under Lao Hu on the left and right, surrounding the doors and windows. Lao Hu ordered left and right: "Light a few more lanterns, and you will definitely capture these people alive." ”

The two soldiers turned around and went to the left and right wings, and Lao Hu also stopped, holding a crossbow to block the doors and windows, but he couldn't let one of them get out.

When the lantern was lit, the crowd slowly moved forward, and entered the door, and there were several corpses in the small hall, some of them were stabbed by spears, and some were killed by crossbows.

But there are still two people who killed themselves.

The soldiers carried lanterns and searched left and right for a moment, and said, "There is no one in the room." ”

Lao Hu put down the crossbow, looked at the two self-killing corpses on the ground, frowned, and said, "Where did such a dead soldier come from?" ”

Lao Hu was a little frightened in his heart, all the way in the south of the Yangtze River, everywhere showed that the southern martial arts were withering, the forbidden army was afraid of death, and the thieves were weak. Why is there such a dead man in front of him who sees death as home! This logic really doesn't make sense. Not to mention Jiangnan, even in the entire Great Song Dynasty, I have never seen this kind of private stockpiling of dead soldiers who would rather kill themselves than be captured alive.

These dead soldiers actually came to assassinate their father-in-law, and they couldn't help but be shocked to see Lao Hu with their own eyes.

But Lao Hu doesn't know that religious fanaticism has always been like this. Manichaeism worships light, has been introduced into China for hundreds of years, although the power is not large, but the sect is tightly organized, in order to survive, Manichaeism is slowly developing in the direction of the Jianghu organization, most of the sects are skilled people. Now Manichaeism is dedicated to helping Fang La rebel, and Deng Yuanjue is in the position of national teacher, which is to help Manichaeism develop and flourish when Fang La wins the world.

Manichaeism has never disappeared since it entered China, and even in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, Manichaeism still exists, but the form of expression has changed, such as the White Lotus Sect, which is a branch developed by Manichaeism. It has been in the land of China for more than 1,000 years. Mingjiao, which many people in later generations know, is also a branch developed from Manichaeism, and its history can be examined, not artificially made.

Zheng Zhi and Yang Zaixing jumped off the courtyard wall and chased after each other, but they never saw Deng Yuanjue again.

Zheng Zhi was furious in his heart, he really didn't know why he was suddenly assassinated like this, if he was a member of the Fang La faction, it was impossible for him to arrive so quickly. If you want to say that it is Gao Yuyu's party, Gao Yu is a splash, and all that can be used are forbidden soldiers, and at this time, people have long been dead and the lights have been extinguished, who else will work so hard for him. If Gao Yu could still have such energy after he died, he would not have been easily killed by himself in the first place.

Zheng Zhi chased after him for a long time, stopping at a street intersection, and there were dozens of soldiers around him to search around.

Not far away, a group of knights came with countless torches, and it was Ruda.

"Brother, where did the assassins go?" Ruda stepped forward and asked, his face full of anger.

"I don't know, you brought a torch just right, quickly turn around and check the direction of the bloodstain!" Zheng Zhi commanded. There was no lighting in his hand just now, and he ran wildly by the moonlight, and it was really difficult to find the blood on the side of the road.

After a while, Shi Jin brought people to come. Mi Zhenwu also came very quickly, and he didn't dare to delay the slightest delay when he got the news, for fear that Zheng Zhi would be blamed under his anger.

"Shi Jin led people to search the city, every household, whether there was anyone or not, all of them had to be searched, and not a single house should be spared. Mi Zhenwu led his subordinates to quickly block all the city walls, and all the knights under his command went to the city walls to stand guard, and no one was allowed to escape. Zheng Zhi obviously knew that this city gate could not be walked, and only the city wall might allow the Assassins to escape.

After Zheng Zhi finished ordering, he got an empty horse and turned back with Luda to beat the horse. Then under the walls of the mansion, then the torches were lit, and the search for blood began.

If there was a real gain, the bloodstains disappeared when they reached the courtyard wall of another house, and many soldiers smashed the door and entered, and the bloodstains went to the courtyard wall next door.

is like this, slamming the door one by one, and the blood stains are getting less and less, but nothing is found.

Zheng Zhi returned to the front yard hall of the mansion where he lived, drank a few cups of tea, and began to wait for reports around.

Lao Hu was the first to arrive, stepped forward and said, "Xianggong, I didn't catch a live mouth." ”

Zheng Zhi heard the words and asked: "How can you still teach people to escape?" ”

Lao Hu hurriedly said: "No one escaped, six people were killed, and two killed themselves." ”

Zheng Zhi was shocked when he heard this, his thoughts at this time were no different from Lao Hu's just now, that is, he was thinking about when the people of the Great Song Dynasty had such a dead soldier, Zheng Zhi had seen a lot of the green forests of the rivers and lakes, and he had seen a lot of good hands in the army, and he really couldn't figure out where such a dead soldier who could kill himself came from.

At this time, Wu Yongyanqing was also by his side, Zheng Zhi glanced at the two of them, and asked, "Who is Baoguang Rulai?" ”

When Wu Yong and Yan Qing heard this name, they also knew in their hearts that this was a nickname on the rivers and lakes, but they couldn't remember who this nickname was.

"Xianggong, the rivers and lakes have never heard of this nickname." Wu Yong replied after thinking for a moment.

Zheng Zhi heard the words and went to see Yan Qing again, and Yan Qing also shook his head and replied: "Xianggong, I have never heard of this person." ”

"This person's martial arts are superb, it is the person who assassinated so-and-so, there is this martial artist, he must have a good reputation in Jiangnan, Xiao Yi quickly go to check, he will definitely be able to find some clues." Zheng Zhi said, knowing in his heart that this person dares to sign up, he must not be afraid that he will know his identity, which means that this person's identity should not be difficult to find.

Yan Qing gave up his hand to the hall, even if it was the second half of the night, Yan Qing had to go out to check. Tonight, the whole Gao Chun has no sleep.

"Xianggong, today's assassin should be the person under the command of the anti-thief Fang La!" Wu Yong thought for a long time, and was sure a few times before he spoke.

"How so?" Zheng Zhi stood at the corner of the street just now and analyzed it casually, but he didn't think about it deeply. At this time, Wu Yong said firmly, and hurriedly asked.

"There are only three people who can have such hatred for Xianggong, one is Gao Yu, the second is Liang Shan, and the third is Fang La. Gao Yu didn't say much, Xianggong knew it. Liang Shan is also impossible, Liang Shan has escaped some minions, but he does not have such strength. Only Fang La's power in the south of the Yangtze River is all over the sky, and it makes sense to have such a dead man. Wu Yong replied.

"I've only been in Jiangning Mansion for a few days, how can this Fang La react so quickly and send such an elite dead soldier to assassinate me?" Zheng Zhi asked again.

Wu Yong paused for a moment and replied: "Maybe it's not Fang La's faction, but Fang La's local manpower, Lishui was defeated in a big battle, and only this is the only way to win." ”

Zheng Zhi nodded, and Wu Yong said it very reasonably in his heart, and said: "This Fang La is really not simple, I have looked down on him." ”

"In the future, Xianggong will bring more generals by his side, and the sentry posts will also have more manpower, and they can no longer be as casual as before, and there will be a second batch of dead soldiers under this Fang La. If you can't fight in the battle formation, you naturally want to win by such means. Jiangnan is his territory, so he can only take more precautions. Wu Yong said again.

"The pedant is reasonable, he used to be too careless, and he should be wise when he eats a trench." Zheng Zhi also knew in his heart that in the future, when he fought in a foreign land, he must pay more attention to his own safety. I used to think that this city was under control, the city walls were patrolled tightly, there were patrols in the city, and there were still soldiers sleeping on my left and right, which must be extremely safe. Tonight's events also gave Zheng Zhi a wake-up call.

"Xianggong, the thieves are defeated today, and they will probably retreat tomorrow, and they will definitely return to Xuanzhou to strengthen the city defenses and guard against our attacks. This big war can't be fought. Wu Yong said.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhi frowned, stood up and asked, "How many hours are there until dawn?" ”

Wu Yong's eyes flashed, as if he understood something, and hurriedly said: "It will be dawn in two hours." ”

"Okay, give the order to go down, search for another hour, whether you can find it or not, all the soldiers will gather at the south city gate." Zheng Zhi said with a relaxed brow.

Wu walked out of the hall with his hand, and went to find the commander to pass the order. Zheng Zhi's meaning, Wu Yong naturally understood, that is, he wanted to go out of the city and attack the camp before dawn.

Zheng Zhi naturally thinks like this, he was plotted by someone for no reason, where can these people retreat so easily, this bird anger, only kill people to vent their anger. The thieves were stationed on the shore of the lake, and the terrain must be relatively open, so they killed him upside down.