On the twentieth day of the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when Xie An yawned and came to the official office of the Great Prison Temple, he found that the room where he worked was already overcrowded.

The eldest brother Chen Bei came back, the family general Fei Guo came back, and the Dongling assassins sent out yesterday came back, and even Xiao Li brought a few fresh faces, thinking about it, these people must be the assassins of the dangerous building who were previously imprisoned in that village by the fifth prince Li Cheng.

I have to say that two groups of assassins with mutual grudges are in the same room, the atmosphere is really strangely tight, Rao is Xie An's courage has been tested for a long time these days, and he can't help but be a little frightened by this tense atmosphere that seems to be solidified.

"Brother Xie!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Noticing that Xie An had stepped into the house, the two groups of assassins saluted Xie An in unison.

"Oh," Xie An nodded distractedly, looking back at the people in the room, and asked, "Done?" ”

At the table in the room, Chen Bei nodded, stood up, and said, "Brother, I'll go back to the house to rest first, and you know that in the afternoon, there are still some trivial things for my brother......

Xie An snickered in his heart when he heard this, of course he knew that the [trivial matter] in Chen Bei's mouth meant nothing more than that he had an appointment with Liang Qiu.

During these days, perhaps in order to make up for the regret of not taking care of his grandson in the past, or in order to use Chen Bei's interests to win over the relationship between the two grandchildren, Liang Qiu Gong has to go to Xie An's Mansion every day after noon, have a few drinks with Chen Bei, and point out Chen Bei's martial arts, after all, although Chen Bei's brother-in-law is unsurpassed in force, but in the final analysis, it is just that he has a good foundation and his martial arts talent is far beyond ordinary people, don't look at Liang Qiu Gong is over sixty years old, but he is the first fierce general of the Great Zhou thirty years ago. On the premise that neither he nor Chen Bei use brute force and only look at the subtle tricks, Chen Bei is not the opponent of this old man.

At least, Xie An has seen his brother-in-law beaten by Liang Qiu Gong more than once, and he is embarrassed.

Also, how can Chen Bei's self-taught tricks from street fights and martial arts gyms and kicking gyms compare to the tricks passed down from generations to generations by the Liangqiu family, a family of tiger generals? After all, it was the result of the wisdom and experience of the Liang Qiu family for hundreds of years and more than ten generations, even if Chen Bei was a genius in the world, he could not be compared with it.

Respectfully, watching Chen Bei leave the house, Di Bu hugged Xie An with a fist. He said in a deep voice, "Lord Xie, what the adults want us to do, we have already done it, and I don't know what the adults promised." Will it be cashed out? ”

Xie An knew that these Dongling Assassins still didn't trust him very much, and he didn't care about it, so he walked to the desk, took out four wooden cards from the desk drawer, and threw them to Di Bu.

Di Bu didn't know why, but he caught the four wooden cards, and then his expression changed slightly. I saw that on the exquisitely made wooden plaque, the words [Heavy Prison Cell Head under the Great Prison Temple] were engraved, and the names of Di Bu, Gou Gong, Mo Fei, and Qian Xi were engraved in small characters at the bottom.

"How? -- After you set off yesterday, the official asked someone to rush to make it overnight! He took the tea handed by Fei Guo and took a sip. Xie An asked with a smile.

"The head of the heavy prison cell under the Great Prison Temple...... The head of the heavy prison cell under the Great Prison Temple......" repeated several times, Di Bu raised his head and asked hesitantly, "I don't know ...... this token."

It was as if he had seen through Dibu's hesitation. Xie An explained with a smile, "That's right. You wait for the four, from today on, you will be the head of the prison in my Great Prison Temple, not only to treat sinners, but also to be the official of my Great Prison Temple, and look at the fierce death row prisoners in the prison for this official, well, it is the ninth grade! ”

"Jiupin? Isn't that the same as the county magistrate? Dibu asked, dumbfounded.

As soon as the words fell, [Fortune Ghost] Qian Xi said with a happy face, "Big brother, you are confused! ――How can it be the same as the inconspicuous sesame petty official of the county magistrate? The Great Prison Temple, this is the Great Prison Temple! ”

"What do you mean?" Di Bu looked at Qian Xi in bewilderment.

I saw Qian Xi wipe the saliva left on his mouth, and said happily, "The head of the heavy prison under the Great Prison Temple...... That's a fat difference! In the future, there will be few people who will honor our brothers with silver, hahahaha......"

Looking at Qian Xi's dancing appearance, everyone in the room looked at each other, and even Xie An's expression was a little strange, as if he secretly regretted that Qian Xi also became the head of the prison temple.

Although Xie An didn't mind that the cell bosses accepted some filial piety silver from prisoners or prisoners' families, this money was happy, and it was the foundation of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Seeing Xie An looking at Qian Xi dumbfounded, Gou Gong was afraid that the master who had been found with great difficulty would regret it because of his brother, who loved money, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, my lord!" I wonder if this token will make it easier for me to wait for my brother to go out? ”

"Oh......" was interrupted by Gou Gong, Xie An took his eyes off Qian Xi, nodded and continued, "Naturally! ――Not only in my Great Prison Temple, or in Jijing, as long as I am in the Great Zhou Dynasty, with this token, you can act conveniently, and the local governments have no right to intervene in your actions...... Of course, if you really commit an unforgivable sin, this official will personally send someone to arrest you! ”

"Understood, little understood...... No, no, no, I understand! Gou Gong only heard it with joy in his heart, after all, the token given by Xie An was more powerful than he imagined.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he asked tentatively, "Forgive me for daring to ask my lordship, the brothers under the lowly ......."

Xie An waved his hand when he heard this, and said with a smile, "I will also serve as a jailer in the heavy prison of my Great Prison Temple, and the silver will be allocated by my Great Prison Temple's Ministry of Households, don't ...... From today on, you don't want to call yourself Dongling Assassin again, and then say that, you are also the prison officer of my Great Prison Temple, calling yourself an assassin, this is not like words, so let's call it [Dongling Zhong], how about it? ”

Gou Gong, who was happy in his heart, was about to nod, but Qian Xi had already grabbed the words, nodded again and again, and said, "Okay, good, it's okay to call anything...... Fat difference, this is fat difference! ”

Seeing that Xie An's face was turning dark, Gou Gong scolded Qian Xi in a low voice, "Fourth, you shut up Lao Tzu!" - If you talk nonsense, I'll make you speechless for the rest of your life! ”

His second brother is good at using drugs, Qian Xi knew it well, shrunk his head and didn't dare to speak again, but when he saw the token in his hand, he suddenly smiled again, like a baby. Carefully wiped it with his sleeve, though the token looked new and shiny.

scolded his brother who was greedy for money, Gou Gong smiled, looked at Xie An and flattered him again and again, "It's still an adult's benevolence, righteousness and integrity, righteousness and clouds, I don't know how much better than Li Cheng's miscellaneous ......"

Xie An had long known that this Gou Gong seemed to be flamboyant, but in fact, he was most aware of current affairs, and he couldn't stop flattering himself. After smiling secretly, he said, "By the way, you wait for those brothers' tokens, which will be issued tomorrow and tomorrow." Yesterday, the official only asked someone to make the four wooden tablets in your hand...... Later, you will make a list of the names of the brothers and call them to Zhou Yi and Zhou Prison, and Zhou Prison will arrange it for you! - By the way, if you want a big name, you can't have a nickname in the rivers and lakes, after all, this is the Great Prison Temple! ”

"Humble duty understands!" Gou Gong bowed decently.

See here. Xie An called someone to summon Zhou Yi, the jailer of the Great Prison Temple, and asked him to bring a cadre of Dongling assassins, oh no, a group of Dongling people to the prison of the Great Prison Temple to arrange an errand. As for Di Bu, Gou Gong, Mo Fei, and Qian Xi, they stayed, after all, Xie An still had to ask them about the situation last night.

It may be the relationship between receiving the wooden card. The former [Hongshan Four Hidden Knives] was a little more respectful to Xie An. Seeing Xie An ask about yesterday's experience, Gou Gong, who was articulate and had a good brain, among the four people, told the whole process as it was, and Xie Anxin was shocked when he heard it.

Xie An originally thought that it would be good for the forty of them to go out yesterday and secretly rescue those assassins and orphans in dangerous buildings, but he never expected that these forty people would actually kill more than 1,000 elite soldiers, even those who were sleeping in the house.

It's an assassin, it's amazing, it's really powerful......

Not only is it powerful, but it's also ruthless......

Although Xie An knew that these Dongling people had a grudge because they had been betrayed by the crown prince Li Wei and the fifth prince Li Cheng, he did not expect that they would kill the more than a thousand elite soldiers......

Thinking of this, Xie An frowned and said, "Gou Gong, forget it this time, if the other party has surrendered, remember not to harm his life again, after all, you are already the official of my Great Prison Temple, and you are no longer an assassin in the rivers and lakes, understand?" -- Although those soldiers obeyed the orders of the two brothers of the crown prince Li Wei, they also had a small family, and when they died, who would support their fathers, wives and children in their families? ”

Di Bu, Gou Gong, and Mo Fei opened their mouths when they heard this, and clenched their fists to receive their lives.

"Yes! - Obedience! ”

As for Qian Xi, this guy is still rubbing the wooden plaque fiercely, as if he wants to wipe the ground as bright as jade.

But then again, Xie An's words are the same as whether he said it to Qian Xi or not

After all, Qian Xi didn't kill people at all yesterday, he only cared about looting the valuable things on the corpse, and he really made an ill-gotten windfall.

Seeing that Di Bu and the other three were obedient, Xie An nodded, and suddenly, an unusual thought popped into his mind.

When I was in Hanhan Valley Pass, my eldest brother alone disturbed the camp of more than 100,000 troops, and if he organized a team of hundreds of assassins, he would encounter another battle in the future, which would be enough to turn the tide of the war!

Thinking of this, Xie An asked tentatively, "Gou Gong, this time, are all the people in Dongling in Jijing?" ”

Gou Gong shook his head and said, "This time, our brothers and others only came about 150 people, and they lost more than 100 brothers several times, and there are more than 200 brothers in my hometown......

Xie An nodded, Zhao Gou Gong walked in front of him, whispered a few words to him, and only heard Gou Gong's expression of surprise.

"Humble duty understands! ――When I will be humiliated, I will send a book to my hometown! ”

"Second child, what did the adults say?" Dieb asked, wondering.

"Good thing!" Gou Gong smiled slightly, and was quite happy in his heart, after all, Xie An asked him to bring all the Dongling people to Jijing, so that he could take charge of the prison of the Great Prison Temple, and also asked him to be the eyes and ears of the Great Prison Temple to collect information.

But in front of Xiao Li's assassins in the dangerous building, Gou Gong was not easy to explain to Di Bu, after all, he was not the only one who had the ability to act as the eyes and ears of the Great Prison Temple, at least the assassins in front of him were the fierce rivals, and Gou Gong didn't want to be taken away by those assassins in the dangerous building.

I have to say that Gou Gong thinks very well, but unfortunately, he doesn't know the relationship between Xie An and Jin Ling'er, at least, it's not clear at the moment......

"By the way, Xiao Li, are you waiting for the brothers who have been imprisoned, just them?" After dealing with the affairs of the Dongling people, Xie An asked Xiao Lidao.

Xiao Li shook his head when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Brother Duomeng Xie sent Dongling to assassinate ...... yesterday Well, everyone in Dongling helps. More than 30 brothers including me have been rescued, and at present, the brothers are still in the village, after all, there are still hundreds of orphans there, and they need to be watched, so as not to make tricks again after the fifth prince Li Cheng learns about this! ”

"Just thirty? ――Is there such a person in the dangerous building? ”

Xiao Li was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and glanced at Gou Gong and the others, but after all, it was Xie An who asked, and he couldn't help but reply. After thinking about it, he said in a low voice, "There are not many people in our dangerous buildings, only more than 100 people, all these years. They all rely on the strength and fame of the eldest sister to support the ...... of the hotel."

"Hey!" Gou Gong shook the paper fan in his hand and let out a smug chuckle, causing Xiao Li and the other four or five assassins to glare angrily.

Seeing that these two groups of people seemed to have a tendency to target again, Xie An waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay!" - How can 30 people be enough? In this case, I will turn back to the Eastern Army and ask the Eastern Army to send more than 1,000 troops. Wait for you to protect the village, as for you to wait...... Go and contact your eldest sister to the official! - If she continues like this, the official will not be able to protect her! ”

Seeing Xie An's serious expression, Xiao Li and the others' faces changed suddenly. You must know that Xie An's current power in the court is not small, and he said that he can't protect Jin Ling'er, which can be imagined. How much trouble Jin Ling'er has.

"Yes! Brother Xie rest assured, the younger brother and the others will definitely contact the eldest sister......"

"As soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Xiao Li and the others resignedly agreed to Xie An's errand. Di Bu and the others looked at each other, a little unclear.

After that, Xie An secretly sent someone to invite Xiang Qing, one of the four generals of the Eastern Army, without the knowledge of Liang Qiu Wu, after all, Xiang Qing was a brother in the trenches of the Eastern Army who had visited the kiln with Xie An, and his friendship was much better than that of the other three generals.

Sure enough, after listening to Xie An's words, Xiang Qing didn't say a word, so he called a thousand generals under his command and asked him to lead a thousand Eastern Army to take Xiao Li and others to that village to serve as a guard.

Even, Xiang Qing didn't ask why.

After all this, Xie An asked Qi Hao and others to drive the carriage to the eldest grandson Jing's mansion to invite the eldest grandson Xiangyu, you must know that this eldest lady of the eldest grandson family is not as easy to serve as Liang Qiuwu, even if the carriage is a moment late, I am afraid that she will have to complain that Xie An doesn't care about her, and then pretend to cry and make trouble for a while, until Xie An spends most of the hour to coax her.

Xie An didn't want to suffer from this unwarranted disaster.

And just when Xie An was sitting in the official office of the Great Prison Temple waiting for the arrival of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, on the jade stairs of the East Palace of the Imperial City, Wen Qin, the Qing of Guanglu Temple, walked towards the main hall of the East Palace with a calm face.

Stepping into the hall, Wen Qin saw at first glance that in addition to the crown prince Li Wei and the fifth prince Li Cheng, there was also a woman dressed as a palace maid.

"Not dead! You know what? - You say it's foolproof? However, this is not what His Highness heard! ”

"Impossible!" The palace maid put down the teacup in her hand, frowned slightly, and said in a tight voice, "Yu has cut his throat, how can he be resurrected?" ”

It is not difficult to guess that this palace maid is the head of the assassin in the dangerous building, played by [Ghost Queen] Jin Ling'er.

Hearing this, Prince Li Wei let out a long breath and said lightly, "In fact, the eighth child is indeed alive...... It was Xie An who saved him! ”

"Thank you...... Quiet? Jin Ling'er's slightly sharp eyes faintly flashed a trace of distraction, and she said in astonishment, "That little ...... Hmm, how did he save it? ”

"This prince doesn't know ...... either" Shaking his head, Prince Li Wei frowned and said, "This prince only knows that the eighth prince has been sent to the Tai Hospital for diagnosis and treatment, and besides, Xie An sent his wife Liang Qiuwu and the four generals of the Eastern Army to escort him, and if he wants to do it again, I'm afraid it won't be easy......" Speaking of this, he saw that Jin Ling'er was silent, misunderstanding that she felt guilty for the mistake of assassinating the eighth prince Li Xian, so he said, "All in all, you did a good job this time, although you missed, but you can't be blamed entirely, who would have thought, Then Xie An actually had a way to save the eighth child? ”

It's a pity that Jin Ling'er didn't hear a word of the prince Li Wei's words, and after hearing Xie An's words, Jin Ling'er couldn't stop thinking about the days when she was captured by Xie An and locked up in the tent of the Zhou military camp.

It was also the most reassuring and happiest day in her life.

Thief ...... Are you still hunting for Yu?

It's a pity that you couldn't see through Yu's disguise at that time, so that Yu could easily escape......

Just when Jin Ling'er secretly missed Xie An, who she had a good impression of, suddenly, she suddenly noticed a fierce killing intention, and the jade hand slapped the table, and the whole person flew up in the air, attached to a beam and pillar in the hall out of thin air, and looked down with cold eyes.

I saw that as far as she could see, Wen Qin, who was covered with iron face, was holding a sharp sword and looked at her fiercely.

"Wen Qin? What are you doing here? Prince Li Wei frowned and asked unhappily.

When Wen Qin walked into the main hall, the crown prince Li Wei didn't feel anything abnormal, he never expected that Wen Qin would pull out the sword on his waist and take Jin Ling'er directly, fortunately, Jin Ling'er is extraordinary, otherwise, most of them would have died in the hands of Wen Qin.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually asked Weichen what he was doing?" Wen Qin's eyes showed a little anger, slowly raised the sword in his hand, pointed at the crown prince Li Wei, forcibly endured the anger in his heart, and asked in a deep voice, "His Royal Highness the Prince, I, Wen Qin, have followed His Royal Highness the crown prince all these years and have been loyal, yes or no?" ”

As he spoke, Zhang Chang and others, the guards of the crown prince Li Wei outside the palace, seemed to notice the strangeness in the palace, rushed inside, pulled out their swords at their waists, pointed at Wen Qin, and reprimanded angrily, "Lord Wen, the sword is pointed at His Royal Highness the prince, are you going to make trouble?" - Don't put down your weapons yet! ”

From beginning to end, Wen Qin turned a deaf ear and just looked straight at the crown prince Li Wei.

As if seeing something, Prince Li Wei waved his hand and called Zhang Chang and the others to his command, then looked at Wen Qin and nodded, "Yes!" ”

As if he had heard something angry, Wen Qin's eyes were full of fierceness, and he gritted his teeth and said, "In that case, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ask this woman to kill my brother Wen Dong?!" ”

The crown prince Li Wei was silent, and after being silent for a while, he shook his head and said, "This ...... It wasn't the prince's idea......"

"That's you?!" When Wen Qin heard this, he immediately pointed the tip of the sword at the fifth prince Li Cheng, and Li Cheng was so shocked that he couldn't help but retreat, and said in a loud voice, "No, it's not His Royal Highness......

Wen Qin was furious when he heard this, and reprimanded angrily, "It's not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it's not you, so who is it?" ”

As soon as the words fell, an old voice came from outside the hall.

"It's an old man! - Shaft, don't drop your blade quickly! ”

"......" Wen Qin was shocked when he heard this, he turned his head in disbelief, the fierce look in his eyes retreated, and he opened his mouth slightly when he looked at the old man outside the door.

"Uncle ......"

With a bang, the sharp sword in Wen Qin's hand fell on the blue bricks in the main hall.