Suddenly hearing the good news brought by Liu Zhenxuan, Guo Ye was full of joy and excitement, and he couldn't care about Wu Xiuxiu, who was sleeping soundly, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and walked out of the bedroom.

Subsequently, he followed Liu Zhenxuan out of the mansion and rushed to the Zhichong Governor's Mansion.

As soon as Guo Ye entered the Governor's Mansion, he came to the place where the dungeon was located.

I saw hundreds of soldiers crowded, surrounding the courtyard with mountains and waters, and the torches around it shone brightly as if the night was like day.

However, the battle seemed to be over, and there was no movement of the soldiers.

The two brothers Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin in the crowd had sharp eyes, and when they saw Guo Ye arriving in the distance, they immediately squeezed out of the crowd to greet them, and Wang Bajin even opened his throat and howled: "Lord Thorn Shi is here, and the brothers will let one go, let one go." ”

Suddenly, the crowd took the initiative to avoid a road, allowing Guo Ye to go straight to the center of the hospital.

Surrounded by Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin, Guo Ye and Liu Zhenxuan walked into the center of the courtyard one after the other.

However, when Guo Ye came in, he was dumbfounded.

It turned out that the ground was littered with the corpses of black-clad and masked assassins, as many as twenty or so, all lying upright on the ground and not moving.

The sword was thrown to the ground indiscriminately, and crimson blood gushed out from the dozen or so corpses, soaking and seeping the ground.

Guo Ye turned his head to look at Liu Zhenxuan behind him, and shouted in surprise: "Dead, all dead?" Didn't leave a single live mouth? ”

Seeing this, Liu Zhenxuan's heart suddenly jumped in shock, and he scolded at the surrounding government soldiers: "Eight lambs, didn't Lao Tzu say that he wanted to stay alive? Why are they all dead? ”

Suddenly, everyone in the scene lowered their heads, and the cicadas were frightened and did not dare to squeak.

Only Wang Bajin defended Liu Zhenxuan and said: "Liu Duwei, it's not that the brothers don't want to stay alive, it's that this group of thieves who kill a thousand knives is too ferocious, and they have been resisting stubbornly, and they refuse to surrender at all." ”

Zhang Jiujin also hurriedly echoed: "Lord Assassin Shi, and Liu Duwei, Bajin is right." These 20 or so assassins fell into the ambush of hundreds of our brothers, and they refused to surrender, and they were so fierce that they slashed more than a dozen of our brothers. The brothers have now been taken away for treatment. Seeing that these assassins were so desperate and unable to persuade them to surrender, we could only rush forward, with arrows and crossbows and broadswords, and slashed and killed them with a click. Alas...... Who knew that no one would surrender until he died. ”

After listening to Zhang Jiujin's explanation, Liu Zhenxuan looked at Guo Ye and sighed in a low voice: "Master Hou, it's no wonder that they are so good, I thought that surrounding them would make them throw rat traps, but I didn't expect this group of assassins to be so desperate." It's a mishandling of the humble position, and please don't blame the brothers, Zhenxuan is willing to be punished! ”

Boom~~~

Hundreds of soldiers landed on one knee, knelt on the ground one after another, arched their hands and shouted at Guo Ye: "If we don't do our job effectively, please punish Lord Shi!" ”

Even the two brothers, Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin, glanced at each other, shook their heads and sighed and half-knelt on the ground, echoing the voice.

Seeing this, Guo Ye also knew in his heart that things on the battlefield were changing rapidly, and these twenty or so assassins were obviously hard stubbles who didn't want to die, how could they surrender so easily if they were determined to die? They could not be blamed for not leaving the Assassins alive.

Immediately, he waved his hand to signal everyone to get up, and said gently: "Zhenxuan, eight catties, nine catties, and all the brothers, get up, get up quickly." I don't mean to blame you. It's just a pity, it's a pity that the culprit behind the scenes can't be traced through the assassins, so that the success is a failure, and I'm really a little unwilling! ”

As soon as Liu Zhenxuan got up, hundreds of soldiers stood up one after another, and among them, Wang Bajin shouted: "Lord Assassin Shi, although all the assassins were killed, we found this!" ”

While speaking, Wang Bajin picked up a horizontal knife used by an assassin on the ground, handed it to Guo Ye, and said respectfully: "Lord Assassin, please take a closer look at the handle of this horizontal knife." ”

Guo Ye took the horizontal knife in Wang Bajin's hand suspiciously and checked the position of the handle.

The position of this knife handle is impressively engraved with a string of characters: the fourth winter of Wude, cast by the Zhangjia Sword Workshop in Gujing Lane.

Guo Ye's face was stunned, and he muttered: "The owner of these horizontal knives is the Zhang family of Gujing Lane?" ”

After that, he threw the horizontal knife in his hand to Liu Zhenxuan, and then he leaned over and picked up several horizontal knives one after another, and carefully checked the handle......

Without exception, the handle of each horizontal knife was engraved with the same string of characters, indicating the owners of these two dozen assassins and weapons, and the suspect pointed directly to the Zhang family in Gujing Lane.

Guo Ye was relieved, and walked to the place where the corpses of more than two dozen assassins were placed, and squatted down to examine them one by one.

Liu Zhenxuan, who was standing, also checked the horizontal knives used by these assassins on the ground, and shouted with excitement on his face: "Master Hou, what are you waiting for?" You give the order, and the lowly will gather people to kill Gujing Lane and surround the Zhang family. ”

Guo Ye squatted on the ground and pulled down the assassins' masks one by one, and while checking the appearance of the assassins, he shook his head and said in confusion: "Zhenxuan, don't you think it's strange?" ”

Liu Zhenxuan was stunned for a moment, ran to Guo Ye's side and squatted down, and asked anxiously: "Master Hou, what's so strange?" Although there is no way to live, these weapons are obviously from the hands of the Zhang family. At that time, even if the Zhang family had a thousand mouths, he couldn't tell the mile. ”

"No!"

Guo Ye suddenly denied categorically: "It's just because these weapons are engraved with the words cast by the Zhang family that I feel strange." Zhenxuan, have you forgotten the explicit provisions of the Datang Statutes for the various gate valve clans? Soldiers, murder weapons. Casting weapons privately is going to lose your head, not to mention the Zhang family, even our Yangzhou Mansion is not qualified to cast.

You must not forget that the yamen of each prefecture and county and the weapons of the Zhichong Governor's Mansion in various places were all cast by the imperial court generals as supervisors, and then distributed to the localities in batches. Even if it is a horizontal knife, it is strictly recorded. You said that the Zhang family had their own blacksmith shop, casting some ironware and knives for farming, I believe it. But you say that the Zhang family dares to cast such a controlled ordnance as a horizontal knife so blatantly, I won't believe anything. ”

Liu Zhenxuan was stunned for a moment, then swallowed his saliva, bit his lip and retorted: "Master Hou, because of this, the Zhang family should be bold and reckless." Otherwise, how dare they do something murderous? ”

"No, Zhenxuan, although I hate the Zhang family more than you, I can't wait to eradicate Gujing Lane now. But ......"

Guo Ye pointed to the more than two dozen corpses on the ground that had been unmasked, and said, "But if you see for yourself, the hairstyles of these assassins are all round without exception. Do you think this will be a dead soldier raised by the Zhang family? ”

Today's Central Plains people all grow their hair and wear a hat, and it is obvious that the hair of these people is not the hairstyle that the Central Plains Han people should have.

Liu Zhenxuan also noticed this detail after Guo Ye mentioned this, and said in surprise: "Could it be that these murderers are not from our Central Plains?" ”

Guo Ye nodded and said, "That's right, you see that their cheeks are blushing, and then you look at their hands......"

As he spoke, he grabbed the right arm of an assassin and pointed to the back of his hand, saying, "Look, this is obviously the result of chilblains healing, and they are deep scars left by chilblains for many years." And where will the weather in Yangzhou be cold? So I speculate that these assassins are not from our Central Plains at all. Since he is not from the Central Plains, how can he be a dead soldier raised by the Zhang family? ”

Although Liu Zhenxuan's heart also began to waver, he still questioned: "Master Hou, maybe these people are not the dead soldiers raised by the Zhang family, but the assassins they invited from other places?" The lowly still thinks that the suspicion of the Zhang family is the greatest. ”

Guo Ye laughed and said, "Zhenxuan, you are a fan of the authorities!" If they are assassins invited by the Zhang family for money, it means that the Zhang family only has a trading relationship with them, and it is normal to use people's money to eliminate disasters for others, but it is not enough to keep their mouths shut for the sake of their employers, right? Also, if these horizontal knives were really from the hands of the Zhang family, how could the old foxes of the Zhang family put these weapons that would reveal their identities into the hands of this group of foreign assassins? It doesn't make sense! And in my opinion, the hairstyle of these foreign assassins is more like a monk, it should be a monk who came to the Central Plains from the Western Regions and other places, can the Zhang family invite a group of monks to work for them? This is also incredible, right? ”

Hearing this, Liu Zhenxuan no longer insisted on his opinion, and speculated suspiciously: "What does Master Hou mean is that tonight, these foreign assassins broke into the Duwei's Mansion at night and destroyed Feng Kui's plan, the original intention was that someone was framing the Zhang family?" ”

Guo Ye nodded and sighed softly: "That's right, maybe it's not just tonight's murderous operation, maybe from the beginning of the death of Xue Hao and his wife that night, someone deliberately directed our eyes and suspicions to the Zhang family." This series of plans must have been secretly designed by someone, but now it seems that it will definitely not be the Zhang family. ”

Liu Zhenxuan's expression was greatly disappointed, and he had a feeling of fear, and exclaimed: "Master Hou, are you saying that someone has deliberately misled us from beginning to end, so that we can reach the Zhang family with the object of suspicion?" Then, this person is too terrible, what is he trying to do with so many lives? ”

"Figure what?"

Guo Ye shook his head and sneered: "This person is very aware of the contradictions between me and the Zhang family, judging from this series of signs, it is obvious that he wants to mislead my opponent Zhang family, so as to provoke me and the Zhang family to fall into an endless situation again." Hehe, this person is still an acquaintance, it seems that the picture is not small. As for who he really is, and what the real benefit is, then I don't know. Perhaps, we still need to continue to wait for him to come out a second time. ”

"Damn, it's really cloudy and foggy, it's almost dizzy for me!"

Liu Zhenxuan spat hatefully on the ground, bared his teeth and scolded: "Wait for him to come out for the second time?" Then we have to wait until the Year of the Monkey? ”

"Don't wait!"

Suddenly, a light voice came from outside the crowd of hundreds of soldiers: "Hehe, at a critical time, you have to rely on my son to bring you a letter, tsk, Guo Ye, if you want me to say, you took my son to Yangzhou this time, but you really brought it right!" ”

Guo Ye and Liu Zhenxuan turned their heads to look outside, and the person who came was the eldest grandson Yumo who went undercover in Gujing Lane.

But he didn't come alone, and with him there was another person, slim and slim......