Since Zhong Yudu agreed to Yang Xian to stay in Xin County for one night, it was only natural for Yang County to send someone to invite them to a dinner party, and Zhong Yushi would not refuse. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although there are no particularly famous dishes in Xin County, and the county government is not too rich, they can only prepare some food that can be seen in common for a few distinguished guests from afar, but because of the efforts of several officials of the county government, this meal is also a happy meal, and several officials are like friends who have known each other for many years, and the atmosphere at the banquet is extremely harmonious.

It was Song Xueqiao, who looked quite low-key before, and this time he also toasted people frequently, and his mood was quite high, especially for Yang Zhen, who kept coming forward to toast, as if he wanted to have a good relationship with him. Of course, this is just an opinion in Zhong Yu's eyes, and Yang Zhen, one of the parties, doesn't think so.

Although Song Xueqiao smiled very sincerely, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, Yang Zhen always felt that there was deep hatred and killing intent hidden in his eyes. Even if he knew that this person wanted to kill himself several times, Yang Zhen couldn't help but wonder why this Qianhu of Dongchang hated himself so much, and he actually tried to deal with himself several times, and this time he used such a risky method.

You must know that now they are in the official mansion, and there are many guards guarding outside, once the assassination fails, then their counterattack will return to Song Xueqiao's body with a more violent attitude, is he so sure that he will succeed?

However, Yang Zhen didn't dwell on this issue for too long, and he was not interested in understanding the reason. All he has to do now is wait for the opponent to make a move, and then take advantage of the situation to counterattack and completely defeat the opponent he has always had. So when facing Song Xueqiao's fake enthusiasm, he also used the same smile to drink with him, making the banquet more harmonious.

Because he didn't know the hidden murder, in the second half of the dinner, Zhong Yu, who was already a little drunk, asked Yang Xian a little abruptly about his opinion on the army mutiny. Faced with this sensitive issue, as a local official in Shanxi, Yang Xian naturally did not dare to answer, whether it was those bigwigs in Shanxi or the Lord Qincha in front of him, he did not dare to offend. As a result, Yang County Ling could only prevaricate by saying that his position was too low and that he had limited knowledge of this matter.

Seeing his somewhat embarrassed appearance, Zhong Yucai was shocked to realize that he was a little Meng Lang. In addition to blaming himself, he said that he was too strong to drink and wanted to go back to rest. This is exactly what Yang Xian wants, if Zhong Yu continues to dwell on that question, it will be too difficult for him to answer, it is better to end this banquet while the relationship between the two parties is still good.

So, accompanied by Yang County's commander, Yang Zhen and the others returned to the pavilion. It's just that Zhong Yushi, who was already seven or eight points drunk, didn't notice it, and when he sent them to the gate of the pavilion, Yang Xian's eyes had a trace of worry and fear, and he was a little relieved.

"I hope those people can talk and don't cause me too much trouble......" Yang Xian's heart unconsciously prayed silently as he turned to leave.

The three officials who attended the banquet said goodbye to each other and went back to their quarters after entering the Ruguan Station. They have been running around for a long time, and they are already very tired, and now they have drunk a lot of wine, and this time, I am afraid that when they get into bed, they will fall asleep until dawn.

Of course, this is just an inference given by common sense, but in many cases, things often do not play according to common sense. At least tonight, two of the three who went back to their lodgings had no intention of sleeping at all.

It was already the second watch, and there was already silence around them, except for the stars in the sky twinkling there, looking at everything below.

No one knew that in a small alley on the side of the pavilion, there were more than 20 men in black clothes and armed with various weapons. The appearance of so many armed people near the county government office late at night is enough to make people feel frightened, and what is even more unbelievable is that two of them are still holding the standard crossbow machine in the army, which is a weapon that the imperial court prohibits the use of by the people, but if they are found, they should be punished as rebellion.

At this time, one of the crossbow-wielding men caressed the crossbow machine in his hand with some cherishment, and whispered: "Boss, do you say that so many of our brothers come to assassinate a few people, is it too exciting?" And we still have this guy, just give him it from the window, can we use it all? ”

"You know what, it's called being prepared!" A man beside him who was quite tall, with bulging muscles all over his body, giving people a feeling of infinite strength, glared at him and reprimanded: "The matter was ordered by the adults of Dongchang, how can we not do it well?" If it weren't for the fact that we Pegasus only had these brothers who could be trusted, I would have brought more brothers to do this. ”

"Huh?" Several of the surrounding brothers were stunned when they heard his words, and some people couldn't help but say, "Boss, is the person we are going to deal with this time so powerful?" According to reason, it is only three or five people, and we have both assassination and crossbows, and we still need so many people? ”

"You don't admit that your brains are not flexible enough?" The boss smiled slightly and explained: "Of course, it is not too difficult to get things done, but it also depends on what we do, so that we can impress the adults of the East Factory, right?" This time, we have moved so many brothers, and we will give Dongchang an impression that our Pegasus Gang is very dedicated, so will they be indispensable to our benefits in the future? The people in their officialdom not only value whether you can do things well, but also value your attitude when you do things. Got it now, right? ”

"Oh......" The brothers understood the deep meaning of their boss's arrangement, and they were greatly admired: "The boss is the boss, and he thinks much more deeply than the brothers." However, the people in these officialdom are too tortuous, and we rough people can really only mess around outside. ”

As he spoke, time passed for a while, and the boss raised his eyes to look at the sky, silently calculated the time, then turned his face dark, and said in a low voice: "It's all ready, the target over there should be almost asleep, let's do it." Remember to be clever and don't go wrong. ”

"Yes!" As soon as they heard that the boss was going to make a move, the more than 20 people immediately turned pale, picked up their weapons one after another, and then quietly went to the pavilion under his leadership.

In a small county like Xinxian, where even the city walls are only two or three zhang high, this pavilion post is only a place to entertain officials, similar to the government-government guest house in later generations, and naturally it is impossible to have any decent defensive measures - there has never been any similar attack on the pavilion post - which makes it easy for this group of agile guys to climb over the courtyard wall, and then hide it by the starlight overhead towards the west across the courtyard.

Although the group had tried to be as quiet as possible, it was still possible to hear some slight footsteps in the silence of the night, when so many people were approaching one place at the same time, even if they were wearing thin-soled fast boots.

However, because the people in this pavilion have already been instructed, no matter what movement they hear tonight, they are not allowed to go out to check, so even if there is a slight abnormality, the entire pavilion is still quiet, except for the more than 20 men who surrounded the west courtyard like a civet cat, there is no half of the figure.

Soon, they had surrounded the West Cross Courtyard as they had previously agreed, which was the use of the Boss having so many of them assassinate. If a single blow misses, of course, in his opinion, this is almost impossible, after all, they will use a military crossbow that they have never used before, which can accurately hit the target from a few dozen paces away, and shoot it with a piercing weapon - the alarmed target should not try to get out of the dark, there are their people on all sides, and it is not so easy to leave.

After a glance, seeing that the brothers had occupied the important positions on all sides, the eldest nodded happily, and then gestured to the two crossbow-wielding men behind him, telling them to lean forward and make a move.

The two men did not hesitate, and immediately tiptoed forward, and when they came to the room where the target was, they bent down and slowly leaned under the window, and then looked up into the room little by little.

It was already summer and the weather was getting hotter, so the windows of the room were open, allowing the two crossbow wielders to easily peer out into the house. Although it looked a little dim from the outside because there was no light inside, they could still see a figure lying on the bed opposite the window. Perhaps because of drunkenness, the man covered himself tightly with a quilt on this hot day, but the outline was still clearly recognizable.

The two crossbowmen exchanged glances, then picked up their crossbows and aimed them at their targets in the house. With a slight clasp of their fingers, the crossbow machine made a tense sound, and the two sharp arrows were already heading straight towards the figure on the bed with a sharp whistling sound.

"Poof!" The bolt went fast and fast, and not only did it hit its target in one fell swoop, but it also nailed it to the bed.

Seeing that the arrow had hit the target, the two of them showed a look of smugness in their eyes. But then, the joy of the two froze again, because they sensed that something was wrong. The target who was pierced by the sharp arrow did not react at all after being hit by the arrow, not only did he not die for a moment or two, but he didn't even scream, which is too abnormal!

"Could it be ......" The two glanced at each other, and their hearts suddenly sank.

At the same time, several other assassinations in the courtyard took turns and twists, and almost at the same time, everyone realized that something was wrong, and it seemed that they had suddenly changed from hunters to prey!