The leader of the guards had no intention of confronting each other, and made a gesture of releasing arrows without mercy.

Seven people in two teams of two rounds of shooting, the arrows did not miss, each arrow shot through the throat of one person, and the target was not repeated, in a moment, after three rounds of shooting, more than ten masked people died.

Yu Lang was dumbfounded, he thought there would be a round of fierce battles, but he didn't expect that one side would be wiped out by the group.

In Yu Lang's cognition, the initial velocity of the ancient bow and arrow was only seventy or eighty meters per second, and the masked man was about 50 meters away from the archer. No matter how skilled these eight guards were, it was impossible for them to deal with this team of men in black so efficiently.

He could clearly see that the moment each round of bows and arrows was released, all the masked people adjusted their positions in unison, that is, either the seven archers had accurately predicted the movement of the masked people, or the bow and arrows simply had their own tracking function, which was outrageous. So there is also a possibility that the dozen or so masked men deliberately hit the arrow - they were demonstrating?

The demonstration of the lives of a dozen skilled men reflects the determination, self-confidence, and, perhaps, respect of those who planned the murder. Yu Lang unconsciously fell into over-interpretation mode, forgetting that he was in the middle of it, not watching a movie.

The sound of water on the lake resumed, and more than a dozen masked people climbed onto the bridge deck.

After three rounds of arrow rain, the masked men died again, and each one was pierced through the throat.

Yu Lang put away his crossbow, and he understood that these masked people were not here to assassinate at all, but to kill themselves.

The leader of the guards naturally saw this, but he still had to order the arrows to be released again and again, he could not afford to take such a risk, what if these masked men came close and threatened the lives of the nobles in the carriage? Then he will die and cannot be redeemed.

When the third wave of people jumped onto the bridge, the old man in the car shouted angrily: "Enough, what do you want to tell the old man!" ”

The strange thing is that this group of people did not even cover their faces, and the leader replied in a deep voice: "We are just a group of fishermen, Zhang Xiang connived at the guards to shoot innocent people, and we have settled this lawsuit." ”

Yu Lang was stunned again, this assassination scene was really exciting, it turned out that the old man driving in front of him was a nobleman, and the carriage was a disguise at all, and it was even more exciting that the assassin did not want to succeed, just to accuse the old man of conniving with the guards to shoot innocents.

Zhang Xiang, which other Zhang Xiang? This must be Zhang Jiuling, the last virtuous minister of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

Things have come to this point, and with his toes, he can figure out who else in the Tang Dynasty can use such a big deal against Zhang Jiuling, presumably his sworn enemies in the court, Zhongshu Ling, Jin Guogong, and Shangshu Zuo Servant shot Li Linfu. Yu Lang pondered secretly. Zhang Jiuling's other nemesis, An Lushan, who was the governor of Yingzhou at the time, although he was more influential in the army, did not have the energy to send his dead soldiers from the border to Yangzhou.

Yu Lang was so obedient, knowing that he was the only unrelated person who witnessed the whole story to be summoned to the yamen for questioning, on the one hand, the prime minister who had just stepped down, and on the other hand, he was the prince of Jin Guolong, who offended any of them, he would die, and this kind of loss-making business could not be done.

Yu Lang secretly pushed the cart and prepared to flash people, and at the same time muttered in his mouth: "Can't see me, can't see me, can't see me." ”

The leader of the guards sheathed his sword, blocking the path of Yu Lang.

"Ah Jiu must not be rude." Zhang Jiuling smiled, "If the young man has something, let's go first." ”

If you pretend to be generous and want to buy people's hearts, I won't be fooled. Yu Lang is most disgusted by this kind of hypocritical frankness, no matter what, the government will summon him, at this moment Zhang Jiuling is just buying people's hearts, trying to make his own witness biased in his inner position. This trick may have a miraculous effect on the poor people of the Tang Dynasty (derogatory to the scholars), a generation of sages is so high and bright compared to you, you can't repay this kindness? On the contrary, Yu Lang did not eat this set.

He didn't answer Zhang Jiuling's words, pretended to be scared stupidly, and continued to push the car forward.

The eyes of the eight guards and the thirteen "assassins" all converged on the young man, but none of them spoke, and the atmosphere was quiet and eerie.

When passing by the more than twenty dead bodies on the bridge, Yu Lang's stomach suddenly contracted and he vomited violently. More than 20 dead people are exposed to the streets like this, if in modern times, such a mixture can be called purgatory on earth, but in the eyes of these so-called big people, the people lying on the ground are not people at all, just a pile of chips.

There are a total of twenty-seven deceased, and the black cloth covering their faces has been quietly removed by their accomplices, that is to say, whether Zhang Jiuling's side can be convicted, the core question may be that Yu Lang is needed to testify - were these two groups of people masked at that time? Masking seems to be a trivial matter, but in fact, it has a strong psychological suggestion effect, a wave of unmasked people appear, the correct way for the guard should be to order the other party to report their names, rather than order to kill. However, if a group of people of unknown origin and black cloth suddenly appear, the highly tense nerves of the guards will assume that the other party is most likely an assassin, and the nobles on the carriage have made countless enemies in their lives, and the guards' choice to kill is a sign of caution and loyalty.

There may be a pedestrian who bumped into this scene and quietly reported to the official, and a large group of officers and soldiers rushed over.

The county commander led by him took the lead in taking off his official hat and cried bitterly at Zhang Jiuling: "The students are useless, let the teacher be so frightened, there is no redemption for ten thousand deaths, no redemption for ten thousand deaths!" ”

Shi Li Shangyin, the governor of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor, who arrived a little late, only bowed to Zhang Jiulingping: "Zhang Xiang is frightened. ”

Yangzhou is Shangzhou, and the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is the official of the three products, and the chief of the yamen of the three provinces (Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province), which is commonly known as the prime minister, is at the same level, and Li Shangyin is still in office at this time, and his status is more respected than Zhang Jiuling.

Surrounded by this large wave of officers and soldiers, Yu Lang also rested and left, and it seemed that he couldn't hide from this matter. He had no choice but to return to the yamen with the official, and before the case was tried, he could only be pressed into prison as a suspect. blame yourself for not having a reputation, ordinary people, as long as they are involved in the case, they have to be arrested first, and they can only come out after the verdict is not guilty.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers had searched the cart and found nothing, Yu Lang breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, he took advantage of the cover of vomiting and threw the burden of the crossbow into the river. It is illegal to privately possess a military crossbow in Datang, and if it is found out in this kind of assassination case, it is more likely to be mistaken for an assassin, which is really indefensible.

Just when Yu Lang was glad for his cleverness, a voice as low as a jackal gently exploded in his ears: "If you don't want me to tell you that you threw something into the river, just obediently cooperate with us." ”

Yu Lang fell into an ice cave, but he didn't expect that his little cleverness would finally be seen through by this assassin leader.