Listening to Hu Cong's shout, Zhao Ziliang immediately walked over quickly and squatted down, the faint light of the fire fold in Hu Cong's hand shone on the ground, there was really a drop of blood on the ground, and there was also a drop of blood not far away, he reached out and dipped the blood stain under his nose and sniffed it, and twisted it again, the blood stain was very fresh.

"Leave two people here to watch, and the others will come with so-and-so!" Zhao Ziliang said and searched forward in the direction of the bloodstains, and Brehan arranged for two people to stay where they were, and followed with other followers.

Zhao Ziliang kept looking in the direction of the bloodstains, and found three alleys in a row, and the last drop of bloodstains was under a wall, and there was no more after that.

Zhao Ziliang got up and looked up along the wall, stretched out his hand and touched the top of the wall, felt a piece of wetness, and sniffed it under his nose, it turned out to be bloodstains.

Zhao Ziliang turned his head and made a gesture to Brehan, asking him to wait here with the rest of the people, Brehan nodded in agreement, and Zhao Ziliang jumped up and flew over the wall and landed steadily in the wall.

The smell of blood inside the walls was even stronger, which made Zhao Ziliang realize that the person who killed the assassin should be in this courtyard, and he was seriously injured. The question arises again, why did the man kill the assassin? Could it be that the man was also an Assassin, and there was infighting between them? Other than that, Zhao Ziliang couldn't think of any other reason.

Zhao Ziliang's nose is not a dog's nose, but the smell of blood is too strong, he followed the direction where the smell of blood came from and looked forward, and he finally found the other party, the person was leaning against the pillars of the house in the courtyard and dying.

Zhao Ziliang walked over slowly, and the man seemed to be aware that the sword in his hand was lifted, but he was too injured to put it down.

With a "snort", a fire fold ignited in Zhao Ziliang's hand, emitting a faint light that illuminated the surroundings. Zhao Ziliang looked at the man's face.

"How is she?" Zhao Ziliang exclaimed in his heart.

It turned out that the person who killed the assassin turned out to be Nie Sanniang, who had not shown up for a long time, at this moment, Zhao Ziliang understood everything, Nie Sanniang was the person sent by Li Linfu to assassinate him before, but he didn't expect Nie Sanniang to fail to assassinate him several times and was released by Zhao Ziliang several times. After saving her again, in order to repay her kindness, she never assassinated him again, but kept hiding in the shadows around him to block the assassins sent by Li Linfu to assassinate him many times.

"I said why didn't Li Linfu send someone to kill me in the past few months, it turned out that all the assassins who were sent were solved by you!" Zhao Zi sighed in his conscience.

At this time, Nie Sanniang's eyes opened slightly, and she saw a vague figure leaning over and stretching out her hands, but her vision was blurred due to excessive blood loss, and she couldn't see who this person was, and her will could no longer hold on. Consciousness fell into a coma.

Brehan and the others waited outside the wall, and it didn't take long to see Zhao Ziliang jumping down from the wall with a person in his arms, and he hurriedly went up and asked, "General, are you okay?" ・・・・・・ this person is? ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Don't ask so much, I'm fine, send someone to inform Zuo Jin Wuwei, just say that so-and-so was assassinated by an assassin on the way home, and the assassin has been killed by so-and-so." Let them send someone to clean up the mess and find out the true identity of the assassin and the person behind him at once. I am waiting for the results of their investigation."

"No!"

After returning home, Chen Qingying walked over with her son Zhao Lei, followed by housekeeper Wang Ru, nephew Zhao Hu, Wang Zhiyun and others, Chen Qingying saw Zhao Ziliang holding a seriously injured woman in his hand, and exclaimed: "Lang Jun, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said quickly as he walked: "XX was assassinated on the way home. It was this chivalrous woman who killed the assassin and saved so-and-so, go and ask Lang Zhong to come over."

The housekeeper Wang Ru immediately said: "Ru will send someone immediately!" ”

Zhao Ziliang instructed the black giant Nur behind him again: "You go and call Wang Can!" ”

Lang Zhong was quickly invited, and Zhao Ziliang handed Nie Sanniang over to Lang Zhong for diagnosis and treatment, because Nie Sanniang had a wound on his body, Lang Zhong had to deal with the wound. Zhao Ziliang and some other men were inconvenient to stay in the room, so they all walked out.

Soon Chen Qingying walked out with sweat on her forehead, and Zhao Ziliang immediately went up to the wall and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Chen Qingying said with a smile: "Lang Jun rest assured, Lang Zhong said that the girl is very strong, although she has shed a lot of blood, but as long as she is well nourished, the problem should not be big, and she will wake up soon."

"Good, good!" Zhao Ziliang breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Wang Can and Nuer rushed over, "General, are you looking for so-and-so?" ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard it, he turned his head and beckoned to Wang Can: "Come to the study!" ”

The two came to the study, Zhao Ziliang said: "Someone wanted to assassinate someone tonight, but he was stopped by Nie Sanniang, she killed the assassin, and she was seriously injured, the other party used a bed crossbow in the army this time, the crossbow arrow arrow is poisonous, if this kind of big killing weapon is used in the dark, even if it is so-and-so, it may not be able to escape!" ”

"How can such a thing happen?" Wang Can was shocked and said, "It's sent by Li Linfu again?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "It should be him, except for him, no one else has the courage!" A certain faction of Ashina went undercover beside him in the past, just to let her say good things for a certain person in front of Li Linfu, don't repeatedly target a certain person, judging from the current situation, she has not played this role at all! ”

Wang Can nodded and said, "What the general said is very true, what does the general mean ・・・・・・ she is useless?" ”

"No!" Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Since she doesn't have the ability to make Li Linfu obey her words, then change her undercover mission, let her provide us with Li Linfu's every move, and if she wants to get out of control, then let her die!" ”

"No!"

Ashina has never played a role since he entered Li Linfu's side, and what happened today made Zhao Ziliang realize that the woman of Ashina is afraid that she will not be so obedient, and cooperating with her is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger. And since Li Linfu can achieve the position of prime minister, women are just tools for him to make fun, and if he wants to confuse him with beauty, he is afraid that it will be difficult.

In the next few days, the competition for the ground list and the sky list will be carried out, and the number of people who choose the ground list and the sky list is small, and the method of competing for the ranking is different from the competition for the fierce general list, and the competition for these two lists mainly depends on the overall results, rather than the knockout round.

There are two kinds of exams in the ground list, one is the test of infantry and cavalry archery, these two exams account for 50 points, and the other is the test of actually leading troops and arranging troops, these two items account for 50 points, a total of 100 points, and the ranking is carried out after all the exams, and the candidates above 90 points finally conduct military formation drills to determine the top few.

The Tianbang exam also tests force and resourcefulness, but only 20 points for the force category and 80 points for the strategy category.

However, the final and semi-finals of the ground list and the sky list are real commanders' duels, which is different from the heads-up of the fierce general list.

When the competition between the ground list and the heavenly list ranking of the Wuju Palace Examination was in full swing, the list of Wenju was finally freshly released, and Zhao Ziliang also went to the gate of the Gongyuan to see the list for this reason, and those scholars gathered around the door to see if the list posted on the wall had their own names.

The scholars on the list were ecstatic, many were almost insane, and those who did not make the list were depressed, and many of them became stupid.

The semi-finals are held in the morning and the finals in the afternoon, which allows candidates to have plenty of time to rest and prepare, as well as time for many spectators.

On September 15, the semi-finals of the list will be held on the morning of this day.

The duel is Bai Xiaode and Fugu Huaien, both of whom are generals, but the people of Datang are very tolerant, and they do not oppose or dislike them because they are generals.

On the morning of this day, tens of thousands of Chang'an people, officials, nobles, and relatives of the emperor gathered in the grandstand of the Daxiaochang, and all the stands around were full, and with the arrival of the emperor and the concubines, the semi-finals officially began.

The highest force value of a military general is the heads-up of cavalry combat, which is the most direct manifestation of individual military force in the era of cold weapons.

Bai Xiaode and Fugu Huaien did not wear helmets except for wearing armor, which is related to the habits of their generals, and the generals and soldiers all think that wearing a helmet is a burden, and if they wear a helmet, they will be cut to death, and they will pass out on the standing field is no different from death.

Both of them wear jewelry, Bai Xiaode's left ear hangs a shiny big steel ring, in fact, this is silver, many ethnic groups believe that silver can ward off evil spirits, so it is worn as jewelry, but gold does not have this effect, in addition, he also has a lace strap tied on his forehead; On the other hand, there was a large silver dog pen around his neck, and the big dog pen also had some jingling ornaments hanging from it.

The weapons of the semi-finals and finals are different from before, and the rules are different, all weapons are not bladed, and the rules are unlimited, try to imitate the real battlefield, so that the candidates have no scruples and can do their best, but because the weapons are not sharpened, try to save the candidates' lives.

In addition to the referee and a few handymen, only Bai Xiaode and Fugu Huaien on horseback were left on the entire school field, and after the referee walked between the two and announced some matters loudly, he gave an order to signal the official start of the semi-finals.

The two stared at each other for a long time, although they were far away, the audience could feel a solemn atmosphere, this is the murderous aura, Bai Xiaode and Fugu Huaien are both people who have been rolling on the battlefield for several years, especially Bai Xiaode, who used to stay overnight.

Finally, the two rode their horses to each other at the same time, and just as the two sides were about to make contact, Bai Xiaode suddenly flew up from the horse, holding a three-pointed and two-edged knife in his hand and slashed at the head of the oncoming Fugu Huaien.

Tens of thousands of spectators saw a burst of exclamation, this is Fugu Huaien had to set up a gun to block the top of his head, only to hear a block, and Bai Xiaode tightened his waist and raised his legs at an extremely fast speed, and kicked his feet at Fugu Huaien's chest, this speed is too fast, and Bai Xiaode's position is very advantageous, and it is easy to complete this attack.

Fugu Huaien was kicked away by Bai Xiaode's feet, fell backwards from the horse, and if his back fell to the ground, he would lose, he was shocked, and immediately withdrew the spear in his hand, and propped himself on the ground with the tail of the gun to avoid landing on his back, and at this time Bai Xiaode also killed from head-on. (To be continued.) )