Xu Laosan's head rolled into the sky, his eyes widened, and he didn't seem to fully believe what happened to him. The headless body did not fall into the dust until the head fell to the ground, and several of his men screamed and drew their blades and pounced on Tushun.

Zhang Dagou's words had already made Tushun aware that there were other people in ambush nearby. He didn't care about Xu Laosan's subordinates who pounced on him, but rushed towards the ruins where Zhang Dagou and the others were invisible, while Mr. Ning behind him led two of his subordinates to block Xu Laosan's people with a tacit understanding, and Fan Ye hurriedly raised a hammer and slammed the iron lock of the secret door on the ground, his body was extremely agile, which was in stark contrast to his fat body.

As soon as he fought, Zhang Dagou sensed that something was wrong, although the figure in front of him was not tall, but he was stocky and powerful, and his strength was surprisingly large, and he pulled out a long-handled iron long knife, and Zhang Dagou had a hard encounter with him, and he was shocked to retreat several steps.

The soldiers who came up to answer were cleanly cut down by Tushun two, and the remaining three were still defeated by him. Zhang Dagou's heart sank, he hadn't seen such a difficult tartar, the ability to fight alone was unrivaled in the world, there was only one kind of such tartar, their name was the white swing tooth soldier.

Swing Tooth Lap is the main force at the beginning of the post-Jin Dynasty, following the ** Hachi and the Eight Banners to fight in the south and the north, although it is the main force, but it is not the real elite. With the transformation of the Later Jin into the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Tatar military system was further improved and improved, and the previous Swing Tooth Lama was collectively known as the Red Swing Tooth Soldiers, also known as the Red Armor Soldiers.

The real elite of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were the White Swing Tooth Soldiers, also known as the White Armor Soldiers, who were the most courageous soldiers in the Manchu army, and slowly transformed into the guards of the Slave Chieftain Great Khan and the Manchu princes and nobles. That is, the "Guardian Army" and "Forward Battalion" established after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

Zhang Dagou went out of the army and fought with the Manchu Tartars more than once, so he naturally knew the combat effectiveness of the Tatars. At this time, in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, he saw the white-armored soldiers who were not easy to see even in the battle at the Pingsu Border Pass, and the horror in his heart can be imagined.

At this time, several of Xu Laosan's subordinates had all been killed by Mr. Ning and others, Mr. Ning looked at the situation in the field, and showed that he would go up with his two subordinates to help solve the battle quickly, while he himself helped Fan Ye deal with the iron gate together.

Tu Shun attacked twice and forced back Zhang Dagou's only three remaining soldiers. He had already seen that Zhang Dagou was the leader of this group of people who suddenly appeared, and he planned to take him down first. He was ordered to assist Mr. Ning in entering the customs this time, and he was doing an extremely secret errand, no matter what, there could be no mistake in the slightest, and no one who discovered their whereabouts could be left alive.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Dagou's subordinates were already wounded, and he saw Tushun rushing towards Zhang Dagou with a thunderous momentum, but he couldn't do anything. With a knife cut, Zhang Dagou blocked with a knife, and between the two knives collided, a series of sparks burst out.

After blocking five knives, Zhang Dagou's arms were numb, and his heart was cold to the freezing point, and he rolled in the border army for several years, although he had also killed two Tartars, but it was the first time he encountered such a brave Tartar. Seeing that Tushun slashed at his face with a cruel smile again, Zhang Dagou could only reluctantly raise the handle of the knife with both hands to block again, but he knew in his heart that he couldn't block this knife no matter what.

At this time, two screams sounded next to him in a row, and Tu Shun's heart sank, and he could tell that these were the two infantry guards who followed him, and he didn't know who was poisoned. Although that Fan Ye is an insignificant little person, Mr. Naning is a character that the master has repeatedly explained to be closely protected, and Tu Shun is a little distracted, and his body strength is a little slower.

Zhang Dagou only felt that his collar was suddenly grabbed, and then he threw it high backwards, flying straight out more than ten steps away, although he was thrown to pieces, but his life was saved.

Cao Wuxian stood straight five steps away from Tushun, slowly raised his right foot, wiped the blood-stained long sword on the sole of his shoe, and stared at Tushun with a pair of eyes.

"Master Cao, this kid is a white-armored soldier of the Tartars, and he is very skilled, be careful!" Zhang Dagou got up from the ground, gasped for breath and reminded.

Cao Wuxian snorted coldly, a look of disdain appeared on his face.

Tu Shunyi waved the iron knife in his hand, but he didn't expect that it was such a teenager who rescued Zhang Dagou from his knife. He is very tall, but his body is extremely thin, and he looks like a girl, and the long sword in his hand looks like a child's toy.

Tu Shun peeked nearby, Zhang Dagou had already led people to besiege Mr. Ning and Fan Ye who were smashing the locks, and the two of them had no choice but to wield their blades to resist. But one of the two people is a businessman and the other is a literati, and their skills are much worse, and the only two remaining subordinates on their side were all killed by the young man in front of them, so Mr. Ning and the two gradually became a little overwhelmed.

Tu Shun let out a low roar, and immediately dodged and pounced on Cao Wuxian, intending to kill the young man with a knife and go to rescue Mr. Ning.

But this inevitable knife missed, and in the blink of an eye, Cao Wushu disappeared, Tu Shun slashed the air with a knife, and staggered forward several steps before retracting his figure.

Just about to turn around, he heard a cold laugh behind him, Tushun was taken aback, and had to dodge forward, but Cao Wushu kicked him in the waist and eye, and then he was kicked out.

Tu Shun threw a vicious dog straight away, his mouth full of dust and debris, and before he could turn over, Cao Wushu had already stepped on his back, and his sword was flying. Tushun screamed miserably, and the tendons and tendons were already broken in an instant. Cao Wushu then swung out with a kick, hitting Tu Shun's head, Tu Shun didn't snort, and fainted.

Mr. Ning saw it from a distance, and he was terrified, and before Cao Wushu arrived, he pushed Fan Ye in front of him to Zhang Dagou and the other four people, while he was short, grabbed a handful of dirt and scattered it, and he flew into the darkness.

Fan Ye screamed miserably, his body was pierced by three swords, and his resentful gaze turned to the direction where Mr. Ning fled, and then he fell to the ground and died.

When Zhang Dagou and others rushed over and searched for him again, Mr. Ning had already escaped without a trace. Zhang Dagou was about to order his subordinates to scatter to search, but Cao Wushu stopped him, pointing to the iron gate on the ground, indicating that there was something more important.

……

An hour later, the things obtained from the underground under the secret door, along with the seriously injured and unconscious Tushun and Fan Ye's corpse, were all brought to Zhu Ping'an.

"All the bodies have been buried, and the bodies of our two damaged brothers have been placed." Cao Wuxian replied to Zhu Ping'an in detail about what happened at night.

Sending off the officers who came to celebrate, and arranging the affairs of Yin Shigang, the time is close to the sub-hour. Zhu Ping'an was just about to rest, and Cao Wuxian, Zhang Dagou and others came back.

Cao Wuxian and the others had a rich harvest in the basement. This dark room is obviously the secret room set up by the big shopkeeper of the Xiangshun Kee firm back then. There are more than 200,000 taels of silver tickets alone. There are also antiques and jade collected by the big shopkeeper over the years, and the cumulative value far exceeds that of silver tickets.

Of course, in addition to this, Cao Wuxian and others have more discoveries.

After entering the secret room, the first thing you see is a skeleton, judging from the texture of the clothes and accessories, this person is the big shopkeeper of Xiangshun Ji back then. It seems that after the thieves suddenly invaded the city, Xiang Shunji had no time to transfer the valuable items in time. The chief treasurer remained in the secret room and burned the letters. After that, Xiang Shun Ji was ransacked by the rebels, the house and property were burned down, and the big shopkeeper died of suffocation in the dark room.

The big shopkeeper of a business, especially the big shopkeeper of the Jianghuai salt merchant Xiangshun firm. When the rebels entered the city, they did not want to save their goods and lives, but they hid in the secret room and burned the letters, which made people suspicious.

In the brazier next to the shopkeeper's body, there were a large amount of ashes, and some pieces of paper that had not been completely burned, Cao Wuxian had been following Zhu Ping'an for a long time, and knew that Zhu Ping'an's meticulous characteristics and the fact that this matter involved Tartar, so he simply packed everything back for Zhu Ping'an to study carefully.

The items on Fan Ye and several corpses were also searched, but there were really no clues, and they could only be judged from the road guide that they came to Fengyang from the capital, and according to Zhang Dagou's recollection, this Fan Ye's accent had a strong Shanxi flavor. Although Mr. Ning spoke official language, he faintly had an accent outside the border.

Since the matter involves Tartars, of course Zhu Ping'an will not take it lightly, after carefully inspecting all the information, although he has never figured out a clue, but the same Tartars in the Xiangshun Ji business name is a sure thing.

Because it can be seen from the remnants of the paper that the big shopkeeper burned the account books of business transactions back then, but there are too few clues left, so that people can't get a glimpse of the whole picture. But the few words revealed on the piece of paper left a deep impression on Zhu Ping'an.

"Maoyang Bo", "Outside the mouth", "Jiexiu".

In addition, there are some records of shipments and incoming goods, and the samples of goods are complicated, but they are all replaced by numbers, so there is no way to know what kind of goods they are.

It seems that what Fan Ye and Mr. Ning are looking for are these things. Obviously, these letters and books were very important to them.

In the room, all the people involved in tonight's deliberation were Zhu Ping'an's henchmen. Wang Jinfa and Zhang Ergou guarded the door, and it was strictly forbidden for idlers and others to approach. There are only Yue Jinfeng, Zhang Dagou, Cao Wuxian, and Hong Fatzi in the house, and Yin Shigang is added.

Originally, Yin Shigang planned to avoid it, but Zhu Ping'an kept him, which also relaxed his tense nerves, and at the same time he felt a little happy in his heart, which showed that Zhu Ping'an had included him in the range of people who could be trusted.

Zhu Ping'an placed the piece of paper on the desk and looked at the details repeatedly.

Slowly, a road map gradually emerged in his mind. From Jianghuai to Fengyang, then to the capital, and then to Zhangjiakou. What does this mean? Is it the route of transport of goods? Or is it a fixed business route of Xiangshun Ji? Why did Mr. Ning, Fan Ye, and that Tartar Tushun go to great lengths to cover up these things?

Yin Shigang was also looking at these pieces of paper, and after listening to Zhang Dagou and Cao Wuxian's narration just now, he seemed to vaguely grasp something, but it was not very clear, but as soon as he saw the piece of paper with the word "Jiexiu", his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Ahem!" Yin Shigang cautiously wanted to speak, but was rushed in front by Zhu Ping'an, "Mr. Yin, is Jiexiu the ancestral home of the Fan family in Shanxi?" ”

Yin Shigang was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that Zhu Ping'an and himself wanted to go together. Immediately, he replied respectfully: "My lord is wise, Jiexiu is indeed the ancestral home of the Fan family, and outside the mouth is where its foundation lies!" ”

Yin Shigang made Zhu Ping'an smile, he looked at Yin Shigang approvingly, this person is indeed a talent, at least his knowledge and analytical ability belong to the top selection.

On the other hand, what made Zhu Ping'an feel excited was that Cao Wuxian's unintentional act actually led to the clues of a behemoth, the largest traitor family in the late Ming Dynasty, actually extended its tentacles to Fengyang, so what should be done?

Is it killing? Or, what about killing?