Around the seventh day of June 24 in the Great Zhou Hongwu, Jijing began martial law in the whole city, and Xun Zheng, the secretary of the Weiwei Temple, issued an order, and the guards of the Weiwei Temple City Defense Division who were on duty at the seven gates of Jijing were more than twice as many as usual.

Every city gate was guarded by no less than 500 guards, and these guards were ordered to enter and not leave, and no one was allowed to leave Jijing.

After that, the guards of the patrol department of Weiwei Temple were also all dispatched, with a small team of 20 people, patrolling the streets and alleys of Jijing, but all suspicious people were arrested and sent to the Great Prison Temple.

Seeing that the Weiwei Temple was so prosperous, the people in the capital were panicked, but fortunately, the Weiwei Temple had issued a notice to the people in the city before, which stopped the spread of some rumors.

Half an hour later, Xie An and Xun Zheng came to the place where last night's murder occurred, Guang'an Street.

When Xie An arrived, hundreds of guards from the patrol department of Weiwei Temple had sealed off the entire Guang'an Street, and the people were not allowed to enter and exit at both ends, and the shops and merchants on both sides of the street were also ordered by Weiwei Temple to temporarily close their doors to thank customers, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

As for the location of the corpses, there were more than a dozen guards standing guard next to each corpse, monitoring everything around them.

Xie An also has some understanding of the Weiwei Temple being so prosperous, after all, firstly, it is His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor, and secondly, the patrol department of the Weiwei Temple lost hundreds of guards last night, and it is conceivable that the anger in the hearts of the officials and soldiers of the Weiwei Temple.

You know, Weiwei Temple is responsible for the security of Gyeonggi official office Yamen, in the glorious period is to shoulder the three palaces and nine gates of the task, it is not an exaggeration to say that Weiwei Temple is the number one in Gyeonggi public security, although over the years, the power of Weiwei Temple has gradually been taken away by the northern army guards of Gwangrok Temple, and the scope of duty is limited to outside the palace gate, but the security of Jijing is still under absolute control.

No one thought of it. Someone dared to attack the guards of the Weiwei Temple......

"Does my brother know the origin of these thieves?"

After examining a body abandoned on the street, Xun Zheng questioned Xie Andao.

"These people...... It's an assassin, right? Hearing this, Xie An picked up the black scarf on the face of the other corpse, glanced at Xun Zheng, and said hesitantly, "As far as my junior brother knows, there are five major assassin pavilions in my Great Zhou, which are the Hongshan Dongling Assassin and the Hanoi Anyi Assassin. The Assassin of Jingxia of Weidi, the Assassin of Guangling of Jiangdu, and the ......"

"And the Jinling Assassin!" After receiving Xie An's words, Xun Zheng said with a little surprise, "I didn't expect my brother to hear about it as well......

"Hehe......" Xie An laughed dryly twice with a little embarrassment, and said self-deprecatingly, "Don't hide it from my brother, my little brother encountered assassins last year......"

Xun Zheng nodded and said with a smile, "Brother knows about this." At that time, fortunately, General Mai arrived in time. Only then did he rescue the younger brother from the thieves of those dangerous buildings in Jinling! -- This matter has been recorded in the elder brother's Weiwei Temple! ”

Xie An was stunned and was about to speak, but saw Xun Zheng frowning, and said with a little displeasure, "At that time, General Wu and the elder brother jointly signed a letter to start His Majesty's encirclement and suppression of the assassins in Jinling Dangerous Tower. It's a pity that the whereabouts of those thieves are secretive, so that they can't get this evil breath back for my brother so far! But this time. The elder brother and the Eastern Army have blocked the nine gates of the Beijing Division, and even a mouse will not be able to escape from Jijing! ”

"......" Xie An looked at Xun Zheng dumbfounded when he heard this, and said strangely, "How can my brother conclude that it is the assassin of the dangerous building who is causing trouble?" ”

Xun Zheng smiled slightly, took out a small wooden plaque from his arms, handed it to Xie An, and explained softly, "In the world, only the assassin of the dangerous building is marked by a star in the shape of a [ten] character, which matches the wooden plaque carried by the thief who assassinated his brother on the street last year......

Xie An took the wooden plaque and glanced at it, and when he saw that it was indeed the mark of the assassin of the dangerous building, he was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Brother, where did this wooden plaque come from?" ”

"Na," Xun Zheng raised his hand and pointed to a corpse not far away, and said, "That's the one!" As he spoke, he seemed to notice the question on Xie An's face, and explained in a low voice, "That's the case, yesterday the soldiers of the Patrol Division of my Weiwei Temple patrolled the city, there were probably more than 830 people, and the rest of the guards were all resting in the Nine Infantry Yamen, after several teams of guards encountered accidents, the soldiers of the Patrol Division heard the movement here, and hurriedly came to support, at that time, the two groups of thieves were still fighting each other, and when they saw a large number of guards of the Patrol Division, they fled in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to transport away the bodies of their companions......"

"So, my brother learned about it in the middle of the night yesterday? ――I was in the Heart Cultivation Palace, didn't my brother say that he only learned about the situation at dawn? ”

Looking at the surprise in Xie An's eyes, Xun Zheng smiled bitterly, looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "Brother can't tell Your Majesty that the people under Weichen's hands are useless, and although they meet a thief, they still tell them to escape, right?" - Fortunately, there is also a situation at the end of Guanglu Temple this time, otherwise, Wen Qinna will definitely hold on to this stubble and find trouble with my Weiwei Temple! ”

Xie An nodded suddenly in realization.

Seeing that Xie An seemed to understand, Xun Zheng sighed and said, "Thanks to the hundreds of soldiers who sacrificed in my patrol department, we dragged down the two groups of thieves who made trouble last night, so that we can know their identities...... The thieves who made trouble on this street yesterday were none other than the Hongshan Dongling Assassins and the Jinling Dangerous Building Assassins! ”

When he said this, Xun Zheng led Xie An past the corpses, during which he whispered, "My brother has asked someone to count the corpses abandoned on the street, a total of forty-one, among them, there are twenty-four assassins in Dongling and seventeen assassins in Weilou...... Originally, this kind of vendetta in the rivers and lakes, the imperial court did not want to come forward, but now, these two groups of thieves are so bold that they dare to kill the guards on duty of our Weiwei Temple, then it is another matter! - Especially the assassin of the dangerous building, last year the elder brother had already ordered people to set up heavy defenses, but he still told those thieves to escape, but this time, the elder brother has asked the eastern army to help, and asked the soldiers of the eastern army to send sentry horses to patrol outside the nine gates, even if those thieves have the ability to cross the city wall, they will not be able to escape from this Gyeonggi land! - Oh, by the way, it is said that Lu Gong's southern army is about to return to Jijing, and when the time comes, please ask the southern army to cooperate with the guards of our Weiwei Temple to encircle those thieves, and it is even more foolproof......"

Xie An was silent when he heard this, he knew the news that Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, was about to return to Jijing, after all, the Southern Army and the Eastern Army had a routine news transmission, and the reason why the Southern Army was late was that the Southern Army was a heavy infantry, and the daily journey was originally slow, not to mention the transportation of the batch of silver worth 16 million taels of silver.

Speaking of this, Xie An felt a little funny. When they learned that the Eastern Army was going to give four of the secret secrets of the Chang'an rebels to the Southern Army, whether it was Lu Gong or Lin Zhen, Le Jun, Wei Yun and other three generals, their expressions were wonderful.

At first, he was dumbfounded, then delighted, then hesitant, and finally Lu openly accepted this huge amount, after all, this time the southern army suffered heavy casualties. A full 20,000 soldiers went on the expedition, and finally returned to Jijing alive, but there were only more than 5,000 people.

However, thinking about the depths, Xie An also felt a little uneasy, after all, Chen Bei was still in Jijing at the moment, and the soldiers of the Southern Army had seen Chen Bei. Especially the three generals Lin Zhen, Le Jun, and Wei Yun, they hated Chen Bei even more. I want to dismantle it in pieces, if I bump into it in the city......

Ahh

Xie An pinched the bridge of his nose and felt his head swell a little.

Somehow, he felt as if everything was crowded together, and he was so busy.

First of all, the follow-up matters of the rebel generals such as Zhang Dong, Tang Hao, Ou Peng, and Liao Li have not been completely resolved, and they need to wait for the emperor's final decision; Secondly. There are still as many as 160,000 or 70,000 surrendered rebels in Daliang waiting for the pardon ultimatum issued by the Great Prison Temple; In addition, Liang Qiu Gong informed him yesterday, and his marriage with Liang Qiu Wu must also be completed as soon as possible. In addition, he also asked the famous craftsmen of Jijing to build a fan for the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and to accompany her to the tomb of her mother's prince outside the city......

Originally, there wasn't much time, but now it's good, and this happened overnight......

"Brother? Brother Xie? It seemed that Xie Anxin was in trouble, Xun Zheng wondered, "Brother, what's wrong?" ”

"Huh? Oh, it's okay......" Xie An woke up like a dream, shook his head slightly, continued the previous topic, and said, "Brother, don't you think this is a bit too exciting?" ”

Xun Zheng was stunned, and then realized that Xie An was referring to the arrest of yesterday's troublesome assassins, and said with a chuckle, "I'm afraid I don't know the ability of those two groups of assassins, these two groups of assassins are said to have been born as Weidi Jingxia assassins, and they set up another door because of internal discord, among the assassins in Hongshan Dongling, there are four people who are the most notorious, called [Hongshan Four Hidden Knives], all of them are outlaws with high martial arts, and the Jinling Dangerous Building is also amazing, its head is called Jin Ling'er, known as [Thousand-faced Ghost Ji], Not only are he good at thorns, but he is also good at sucking and sucking.

"Huh? No, no, the elder brother continued...... Xie An smiled, just now, as soon as he heard Jin Ling'er's name, he subconsciously looked around, no wonder, after all, he had an excellent impression of Jin Ling'er.

Seeing Xie An's different behavior, although Xun Zheng was a little puzzled, he didn't think about it, too, how could he have imagined that Xie An, the young secretary of the dignified Prison Temple, would have an ambiguous relationship with a woman like Jin Ling'er?

After thinking about it, Xun Zheng said in a low voice, "According to my brother, those two groups of thieves were forced to give up the corpses of their companions out of desperation, so we only need to move these corpses elsewhere...... Those thieves will definitely take advantage of the night to snatch the corpses of their comrades, and when the time comes, we will send troops to surround them and kill them in one fell swoop! ”

"Why is my brother so sure?"

"The assassins of the dangerous building who assassinated my brother last year are the thieves who were killed by General Wu, and their bodies were placed in the squad room of our Weiwei Temple for a while, and then disappeared...... In this way, the elder brother concluded that these assassins would come back and snatch the corpses of their companions! ”

Xie An was silent when he heard this, to be honest, he didn't know what would happen to the Dongling assassins, but Jin Ling'er, she would definitely come to retrieve the corpse of her companion, after all, in Xie Anlai, this woman valued her companions very much, and treated them as her own relatives, and because of this, when Jin Ling'er mentioned Liangqiu Dance, her expression was always a little wrong.

According to the rules of the assassin's hotel, Jin Ling'er can't retaliate against Liangqiu Dance because of this, because those assassins in the dangerous building were killed by Liangqiu Dance because they went to assassinate Xie An, and they can only blame those people for their inferior skills and smashed the signboard of the dangerous building, but it's a thing

In fact, Jin Ling'er still came to Jijing and assassinated Xie An and Liang Qiu Wu once, although there was a place to release water, but who dared to guarantee that Jin Ling'er had no intention of killing Liang Qiu Wu at that time?

In the final analysis, it is always a woman, it is natural to protect the short, and the same is true of Liangqiu Dance, don't let her point out Xie An's shortcomings bluntly from time to time, can you change others to say Xie An's words? Glaring at it is light.

"Anyway, we just need to move the bodies of these people somewhere else. Lay heavy troops on the periphery and wait for the rabbit! -- The people of the rivers and lakes have never been able to afford to wait for the government, even if they are Longtan and Chang Hot, and they are tired and paralyzed?

"......" Xie An glanced at Xun Zheng when he heard this, and his mood was very complicated. However, with his identity as the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, it is really difficult to defend Jin Ling'er and other assassins in the dangerous building.

Looking at the soldiers of the Patrol Division of the Weiwei Temple who began to move the corpses on the ground, Xie An sighed secretly.

That's it, anyway, let's find the troublemaker of the eldest brother first, as for the assassin of the dangerous building...... I can only see if there is a chance to warn them.

Thinking of this, Xie An and Xun Zheng walked along Guang'an Street towards Yong'an Street, after all, the location of the murder was not only Guang'an Street.

Walking and walking. Walking all the way to the intersection of Guang'an Street and Yong'an Street, Xie An casually glanced at the onlookers on both sides. was shocked to find that Chen Bei was blending in the crowd, looking towards this side with a curious expression.

Boy!

Xie An gasped and hesitated, but when he found that Chen Bei was showing signs of turning away, he couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly chased after him.

He didn't want his uncle to cause anything big again.

Originally. Chen Bei was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly saw Xie An hurrying towards him, so he stopped. He didn't think that Xie An would harm him, just as Xie An didn't think that the current Chen Bei would harm him.

After all, there is a relationship between the two of them, although Chen Bei said that he has no relationship with the Liangqiu family, but this is just duplicity, if he hadn't admitted Xie An's speculation in his heart, and tacitly acquiesced to the identity of Liang Qiuhao, with his identity as the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army, how could he be called a brother and sister to Xie An, a Great Zhou official?

Hurriedly walked a few steps in front of Chen Bei, Xie An opened his mouth, but he couldn't say half a word, but Chen Bei, who was not good at words, took the lead in saying hello.

"Oh, my brother is so majestic!"

Seeing Chen Bei's calm expression, Xie An couldn't help but be a little surprised, pulled him aside, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle, tell you the truth, did you go to the palace yesterday?" ”

Now the relationship between Chen Bei and Xie An is not what it used to be, and he does not hide it, he nodded and said, "Well, it's gone!" ”

Listening to Chen Bei's relaxed tone as if [I have also had breakfast], Xie An couldn't say a word angrily, and after taking a deep breath, he said in a deep voice, "Uncle, you can't stay in this Jijing, and the younger brother will find an opportunity to send you out of ......the city later."

Chen Bei was stunned when he heard this, looked at Xie An hesitantly, shook his head and said, "For the time being, for my brother...... For the time being, I plan to stay in Jijing for a few more days......"

Boy!

Xie An rolled his eyes angrily, lowered his voice and said, "Uncle, you were drunk in the imperial ...... yesterday cough, there is a big fuss there, and now the northern army guards of Guanglu Temple are searching for you......" Speaking of this, he was stunned and asked in surprise, "The emperor ...... in the middle of the night yesterday There's martial law there, how did you get out? ”

"Climb over the wall and come out......"

"Over the wall? More than ten feet of wall? Xie An looked at Chen Bei with wide eyes.

"That's right!" Chen Bei nodded.

"......" Xie An looked at Chen Bei with an incredulous expression, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Xun Zheng walking towards here, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Uncle, I'll talk about this later...... You are my distant cousin, you came to Jijing to visit your younger brother, you didn't go to the palace yesterday, you have been resting in my house, and you slept until dawn, understand? ”

"The Imperial Palace? I'm going...... Hmm, cousin? What do you mean? ”

"......" looked at Chen Bei blankly for a while, his face was not angry, and he lowered his voice and said, "It means that you don't say anything later!" ――Got it? ”

"Oh......" Chen Bei nodded as if he didn't understand.

As soon as the words fell, Xun Zheng had already walked to Xie An's side, looked at Chen Bei beside Xie An curiously, and said with a chuckle, "Brother, this is ......."

Xie An reluctantly smiled a little, pointed at Chen Bei and said, "Brother Xun, he is a distant cousin of the younger brother, called ...... Chen Hao! -- I just arrived in Jijing yesterday and lived in my younger brother's house, and when he heard the movement on the street, he came out to make a lively ......"

"Oh! - Huh? Doesn't my brother have no relatives in Guangling? Xun Zheng asked in surprise.

"This ......" Xie An secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a sneer, "The younger brother used to think the same way, I don't want to, and I have a distant relative...... Haha......"

Based on Xun Zheng's experience, it is natural to conclude that Xie An's expression is different. However, because of Xie An's housework, he didn't want to ask too much, so he arched his hand to Chen Bei and said with a smile, "Brother Chen, right?" -- I am a colleague of your cousin Lord Xie, and I am ashamed of my position as Weiwei Siqing, Brother Chen is polite! ”

Chen Bei subconsciously hugged his fists.

Seeing this, Xun Zheng was stunned. He glanced Chen Bei up and down a few times, his eyes showed a bit of consternation, and he said curiously, "Look at Brother Chen's momentum...... It seems that you were born in the army, huh? ”

It's terrible!

Xie Anxin scolded secretly, and hurriedly said, "Brother Xun has good eyesight, my cousin has been a soldier and has served as a thousand generals in foreign countries!" ”

"Oh," Xun Zheng suddenly realized, looking Chen Bei up and down. He smiled and said, "Brother." This cousin of yours is amazing, just standing in front of him, my brother feels cold and erect...... This momentum is a fierce general! ”

"Ahem...... "Cough cough " Xie An heard the cold sweat on his forehead, coughed a few times, smiled, and flattered. Brother Xun, Brother Xun used to be a fierce general who went to the south of the Yangtze River with Liang Qiu Gong and Dongzhen Hou! As he spoke, he made a hard look at Chen Bei.

Xun Zheng didn't notice Xie An's eyes. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "What a fierce general, my brother was just a pawn at that time......"

"Brother Xun is too humble!" Xie An laughed a few times and said, "Brother Xun, this cousin has never been to Jijing, and he has never seen the prosperity of Jijing, but usually the younger brother is busy with affairs......"

Xun Zheng is not a stupid person, how could he not hear the meaning of Xie An's words, and said with a smile, "It's okay, since Brother Chen is the cousin of the elder brother, this is no different from the elder brother's brother, and it is okay to stay here...... In this way, I will finish the affairs as soon as possible, and my brother will take your brother and take a good look around Jijing! ”

What Xie An wanted was Xun Zheng's words, after all, he didn't want Chen Bei, a professional uncle who caused trouble, to run out of his sight again, and said with a smile when he heard this, "So, thank you Brother Xun!" ”

"Brother ......is serious," he was saying, when Xun Zheng suddenly saw Chen Bei looking at the onlookers on the side of the street with a solemn face, and asked curiously, "Brother Chen, what's wrong?" ”

I saw Chen Bei glance at Xun Zheng and whispered to Xie An, "It smells of blood!" ”

Xun Zheng was stunned when he heard this, glanced at the corpses all over the ground, and said with a smile, "What did I think Brother Chen said, there are many corpses here, and the smell of natural blood is strong......" However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Bei.

"Nope! Not these...... Today's wind is northwest, and this smell of blood is coming from there......" interrupting Xun Zheng's words, Chen Bei slowly raised his right hand, pointed to one of the onlookers in the distance, and said in a deep voice, "That person, there is an injury on his body!" ”

There are injuries on the body......

Xun Zheng and Xie An glanced at each other, the smile on their faces converged, and they looked in the direction that Chen Bei pointed, and they found that among the onlookers in the distance, there was a man in his twenties, who was looking at the corpse on the ground in the distance, and there was a little anxiety between his eyebrows.

Suddenly, the man seemed to notice the sight of Xie An, Xun Zheng, and Chen Bei, and his face showed a little surprise, and he withdrew from the crowd.

Seeing this, Xun Zheng's face was straight, he raised his hand and pointed at the man, and shouted in a deep voice, "Take down this person!" ”

When the guards of the patrol division who were blocking the onlookers on the side of the street heard this, they hurriedly called out to the nearby people to retreat to both sides and pursue the man.

It's a pity that the man is quite agile, running through the crowd, running farther and farther, seeing that this person is about to escape into the alley, Xun Zheng hurriedly stomped his feet again and again.

At this moment, Chen Bei glanced at Xie An, who was also full of anxiety, picked up a stone from the ground, raised his hand and shook it, only to hear a snap, and the stone echoed the person's waist.

"Ouch!" With a scream, the man fell to the ground, and the guards of the patrol division who arrived held his knife to his neck.

"......" Xun Zheng stared at all this with wide eyes, came back to his senses, looked at Chen Bei in disbelief, and muttered, "Brother Xie, this cousin of yours is really ...... It's really ...... Fantastic! ――Is this Brother Chen really just a thousand generals? ”

Xie An was also dumbfounded, secretly glad that he had escaped from Chen Bei's hands, and after being awakened by Xun Zheng's words, he smiled and said, "Heh, heh, yes......"

Fortunately, at this time, those guards had escorted the man back to Xie An and the others, which diverted Xun Zheng's attention, otherwise, Xie An really didn't know how to cover up for Chen Bei.

"What's your name?" Glancing at the man, Xun Zheng asked coldly.

The man seemed to be quite tough, even if the blade was on his neck, his face did not change, and he snorted coldly, don't turn his head.

Seeing this, Xun Zheng's eyes showed a little anger, and he said in a deep voice, "Search him!" ”

The man was shocked when he heard this, and struggled hard, but he was suppressed by the four patrol guards, and he couldn't get out, so he could only watch them search for a wooden plaque from himself.

"Your Excellency!" A guard from the Patrol Division handed Xun Zheng the wooden card he had found.

"......" Xun Zheng took the wooden sign and glanced at it, handing it to Xie An while looking at the man with a sneer.

He didn't notice that Xie An's eyes showed a little anxiety after he got to the wooden sign.

Doji Markers......

Oops, it's Sister Jin's person in a dangerous building!