In the backyard of the Assassin's Mansion.

At this time, it has been nearly three hours since the great change of the Zhang family in Gujing Lane.

It's about dusk.

On the stone table under an old locust tree in the courtyard of the backyard, a pot of tea was boiling, Guo Ye was blowing the charcoal fire in the charcoal stove with his mouth, and at the same time adding pine charcoal from time to time, his expression was very leisurely, and he did not take the ancient well alley where the blood flowed like a river and the corpses were full of corpses as a thing.

Although he didn't take half a step out of the gate of the mansion, he knew a lot about the situation in Gujing Lane and knew everything about it.

Because, Chen Jitao, the county man standing in front of him, had already described to him all the details of the great changes in Gujing Lane.

Flutter Flutter Flutter ......

A pot of water on the charcoal stove was already boiling, and the hot air was boiling, and white smoke was curling, and the gas was thick all around.

"Lord Thorn, water, water is boiling."

Chen Jitao saw that Guo Ye seemed to be a little distracted, and gently reminded him.

Guo Ye woke up suddenly, smiled awkwardly, and quickly lifted the clay pot from the charcoal stove and gently placed it on the stone table.

Then he looked at Chen Jitao and asked in a solemn tone: "Gujing Lane, nearly a thousand people in the Zhang family are dead?" One doesn't stay? ”

Chen Jitao was relieved in his heart, and said secretly, it turned out that the calm appearance was pretended? I thought that Lord Thorn Shi was so young and decisive that even the blood in his bones was cold.

However, Guo Ye's performance like this, his heart was steady, at least he knew that Guo Ye was not as cold-blooded and murderous as he imagined.

Immediately, he replied respectfully: "Report to Lord Shi, according to your instructions, I would rather be in vain than indulge, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." Today's Gujing Lane is like a purgatory on earth, and it is designated not to take a breath. ”

Guo Ye sighed, nodded and said, "That's good." If you are dead, you are dead, and you are dead, and then you are dead. Even if the eldest grandson Wuji wants to attack me, they can't come up with real evidence at all. ”

Chen Jitao knew very well in his heart the gap between the old vassal line of Tiance Mansion and the Shilin Qingliu system, as a member of the Shilin Qingliu system, he could naturally understand Guo Ye's words.

Then he hesitated, but still asked in a low voice: "Lord Assassin Shi, now the Zhang family has suffered a great change, and nearly 1,000 people from all over the door have died in one day, this is a big case." In addition, the Yangzhou Zhang family is a famous family in the Tang Dynasty and one of the eight major families in the Central Plains, this matter will definitely cause shock to the government and the opposition. And Gujing Lane is under the jurisdiction of our Yangzhou Mansion, and the imperial court will ...... at that time."

"Akihito, needless to say."

Guo Ye waved his hand, interrupted Chen Jitao's concerns, and said, "I know what you want to say, and I know what you are worried about. But I have to correct you, now there are no more eight families, one of the eight surnames has gone, and now there are only seven families left in the Guanlong family. As for the problem you were worried about just now, it's not a problem, what does the fall of the Yangzhou Zhang clan have to do with you and me? Isn't it rumored that this is done by people in the rivers and lakes? A high-ranking family like the Zhang family will inevitably have interests entanglements with others, but this time it was a bit of a big trouble, and it was wiped out. Tsk, our Yangzhou government is not a god, and we don't understand the unpredictable prophet, how would we know that these people in the rivers and lakes would be so bold and reckless, and actually slaughtered all the Zhang family? However, in the end, it happened in Yangzhou City, we handled the case carefully, stepped up the investigation, and brought the murderer to justice as soon as possible. ”

"Uh......"

Chen Jitao's eyes widened, he looked at Guo Ye in astonishment, shouted shamelessly in his heart, and asked in a hesitant voice: "Big, adult, just, it's that simple?" ”

Guo Ye sneered, pursed his lips, and asked, "It's not that simple, how complicated do you think?" Well, don't dwell on that anymore. Let me ask you, where are these people from the Wind Thunder Hall, the Dirty Clothes Gang, and the Twelve Docks? ”

Chen Jitao saw that Guo Ye had already thought of a perfunctory remark to Chang'an, and he was still so talking and laughing, he couldn't help but be convinced, adults are really not afraid of heaven and earth, and dare to do anything.

Immediately, he let go of the burden in his heart, no longer worried about the reaction of Chang'an, and quickly replied to Guo Yedao: "The matter of Gujing Lane is here, Hawkeye Lao Qi and Ma Qianli left Yangzhou by boat with their respective gangs, and returned to Jiangdu and Zhenjiang. Chen Duwei has already explained to them, let them lie dormant for a period of time for the time being, and don't take the lead when the limelight is tight. ”

Guo Ye nodded and praised: "Okay, as long as they don't take the lead, even if the imperial court sends troops to suppress the bandits and capture the murderer for the Zhang family, it can only be in vain." Hehe, these people in the rivers and lakes will always be cunning rabbits, and it is easy to avoid the pursuit of the imperial court. By the way, what about the Wind Thunder Hall? Are they still in Yangzhou? ”

Chen Jitao shook his head and said, "After Steward Yu led the disciples of the Wind Thunder Hall to withdraw from Gujing Lane, he used the silver left by Lei Laohu to dismiss the disciples. Hey, the Wind and Thunder Hall, which once dominated Yangzhou City for nearly twenty years, actually collapsed like this. As for Steward Yu, he took the disciples of the Wind Thunder Hall who knew how to make thunderbolts to hide in the countryside temporarily, and he said that he would wait for the limelight to pass and then come to Yangzhou to find you. ”

Guo Ye sighed, Yu Jin thought that things were indeed thoughtful at his age, and now if he brought a group of Fenglei Hall disciples to the mansion to find him, the goal would be too big.

In this way, for the time being, let him take people to hide in the countryside first, and when the time comes, when the limelight passes, then find a way to send him and those disciples who are not exchanged for money to the Xichuan Metropolitan Protectorate to continue to develop thunderbolts, and then it will be complete.

Good steel should be used on the blade, and it would be a pity if these people discarded it. Similarly, if these people fall into the hands of ulterior motives or careerists, it will be even more important, such as falling into the hands of Yang Yong, the former prince of Sui, who will stab Lou Zi.

Rather than not doing this, it is not good, it is better to transfer all these people to the Xichuan side, at least that side has been run by their own people as solid as an iron barrel, safe and hidden.

After having a plan in his heart, he was a lot more practical, especially after pulling out the thorn in his heart of the Zhang family in Yangzhou, he felt a little more active.

Think about it, with the fall of the Zhang family, then more than half of his mission to Yangzhou has been basically completed. In the next time, he only needs to manage Yangzhou well, cure the troubles of the Zhang family's original business for a hundred years, and then make some political achievements, then it will be done, and he can return to Chang'an in style.

At that time, will the official be added to the knighthood? Or is there something else to do?

That can only be known when you arrive in Chang'an.

Just when he wanted to enter Feifei, suddenly Zhang Jiujin rushed in from outside the courtyard, and before anyone arrived, the voice was already preaching: "Report to Lord Shi, Liu Zhenxuan, the captain of Guoyi, is back, and I will let him wait for you outside." ”

Day......

Guo Ye glanced at Zhang Jiujin, this kid is really addicted to stopping people now, and even Liu Zhenxuan dared to let him eat behind closed doors.

On the ground, he stood up, deliberately laughed loudly and said loudly: "This time it was able to go so smoothly is entirely due to Zhenxuan's trip to Shuzhong for help!" If it weren't for Zhenxuan leading tens of thousands of disciples of the Cao Gang to return in time, those two gangs on the river would have been enough for us to eat a pot. Zhang Jiujin, you are a bad melon, why don't you invite Liu Duwei into the hospital? ”

The sound was loud enough to spread throughout the backyard, and Liu Zhenxuan naturally heard it in his ears.

In an instant, the grievances in his heart that were intercepted by Zhang Jiujin suddenly dissipated, and he strode into the arch in the backyard, and shouted from afar: "Master Hou, Zhenxuan is here to restore his life!" ”

"Zhenxuan, come, hurry up, work hard all the way, don't pay attention to Zhang Jiujin's melon!"

Guo Ye smiled and stood to greet Liu Zhenxuan.

When Liu Zhenxuan walked to him, he instructed Chen Jitao again: "Mingren, don't be busy walking, it's better to meet by chance, you go add some pine charcoal, while it's still early, let's make tea and chat." ”

Chen Jitao snorted, and pulled Zhang Jiujin's gourd to the firewood house.

Guo Ye invited Liu Zhenxuan to sit down and asked about the recent situation of Sun Mingyan of the Cao Gang.

For a while, several people were making tea and chatting, the charcoal fire was booming, the water vapor was boiling, and it was not lively

The sky gradually darkened, because of the relationship of time, at this time, the Gujing Alley had not yet had time to collect the corpses, and it was still a mess.

Under the night, the corpse was lifeless, and it was even more lonely and cautious.

Suddenly, a corpse that had been lying on the ground for a long time and had not moved squirmed, but soon fell silent again.

Suddenly, squirmed again, twice, three times, bang!

The whole corpse stood up like a spring, as if it were a corpse!

"Phew, bah, vomit~"

The corpse actually spat a few times, retched, and then staggered to a wall and leaned over, gasping for breath, as if it had just recovered its normal breathing from suffocation.

Obviously, this corpse, to be exact, should be this person is not completely dead, and has become the only survivor of the Zhang family's nearly 1,000 people.

I saw that after this person gasped for a while, he wiped the filth on his face mixed with mud and blood stains, and then kept beating his chest, and whimpered: "Fortunately, God has eyes, and the sky is endless, and I let my son pretend to be dead and escape this catastrophe!" ”

After this man sighed, he glanced at the surrounding situation by the faint moonlight, his expression became more and more afraid, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and shouted with palpitations: "If they find out that I am not dead when they come to collect the corpse tomorrow, it will be dangerous." No, no, Yangzhou must not stay for a long time, my son must leave Yangzhou by boat overnight and go back to Hangzhou to find his uncle. ”

After that, he touched the money bag on his body, and there was some silver, it seemed that the fare back to Hangzhou should be enough, and he suddenly felt a lot of peace in his heart.

Taking advantage of the night, he sped up his pace to smear the buttressed wall and tried to escape outside Gujing Alley, but accidentally hooked a corpse on his toes, tripped and fell again, and fell into the mud.

His forehead hit the ground and fell into a big bag, but he still endured the pain and didn't dare to scream, for fear of alarming the gangsters.

He continued to smear the wall and run away, but he was already secretly shouting in his heart: "I hurt my son to death, no, no, the Tang people are too ruthless, if you say you kill, you will kill, if you say that you will destroy the door, you will destroy the door, and Hangzhou can't stay for a long time." Belch...... The Central Plains is too dangerous, so it's better to go back to Goguryeo! ”

Under the faint moonlight, in the thick of the night, a lucky Goguryeo stick staggered, exhausted.