In a small inn outside the north city of Chenliu County, a guy tiptoed down from the second floor and got into the shopkeeper's room, and as soon as he entered the door, he trembled and said: "Shopkeeper, I can see clearly, it's really a house full of people in black!" ”

"Shh

The shopkeeper hurriedly covered his mouth, pulled him inside, and scolded in a low voice: "Do you want us to lose our lives? Didn't see anything, understand? ”

"I understand!"

The man nodded like a chicken pecking rice, he looked to both sides, and asked in a low voice, "Shopkeeper, who are they?" ”

"It must be for the dragon boat of the Son of Heaven, didn't you see the dragon boat fire this afternoon?"

"Then should we report to the police?"

"Report your head!"

The shopkeeper slapped it away, the guy hurriedly covered his head, and the shopkeeper scolded: "I just told you, just treat it as if you didn't see anything, you still have to report to the official, do you want us to die?" ”

"I know, just don't see anything."

The guy hurriedly turned around and left, "Come back!" The shopkeeper grabbed him again.

The shopkeeper looked at the night, the night was deep, it was just four o'clock, he thought for a while and said to the man: "If you don't report to the official, you can't do it, after the city gate is opened, you go to the county government to find my brother-in-law, tell him the situation of the inn, and then we will hide, understand?" ”

"Got it!"

The man went out in a hurry, and the shopkeeper looked upstairs again, wondering in his heart, who were they?

The inn was all taken over by a group of foreign merchants, and in a room on the far side of the second floor, a group of men in black gathered in the room to discuss something nervously, led by a woman with a hood, her face obscured by a light veil, but her peculiar, slightly screeching voice that seemed to scrape the bottom of a pot, clearly identified her. She is Gao Hui.

"I'm sorry to tell you that the assassination failed, and the man we sent committed suicide, and the faint king escaped."

There was silence in the room for a long time before someone asked, "May I ask Madame?" Are we going to have a second assassination? ”

Gao Hui shook his head, "Once we fail, we have no chance, after dawn, the Sui army will inevitably block the entire Chenliu County, searching door to door, we can't stay for long!" ”

Speaking of this, Gao Hui looked at the night again and said to everyone: "We can't wait any longer. They must be evacuated immediately, and everyone should go back to the house to clean up, and leave in a quarter of an hour. ”

Everyone saluted and retreated, and Gao Hui stopped one person again, "General Hu, take a slow step!" ”

A tall man stayed, his name was Hu Tai, and he was about thirty years old. Born in an aristocratic family, he served as the general of Yingyang Mansion in Wei County. He is now in charge of secretly training recruits for the Bohai Society.

"What else does Madame have to command a lowly position?" Hu Tai asked with a respectful salute.

Gao Hui glanced at Hu Tai with complicated eyes, the two of them grew up together since childhood, and were called the golden boy and jade girl by adults at that time, she hoped to marry him since she was a child, but in the end, she was full of labor, and now she is in widowhood. And Hu Tai's wife also died of illness last year, Gao Hui hopes that they can get together again, but Hu Tai's attitude is obviously a little respectful of her.

"General Hu, I heard that you have recently had a recurrence of an old disease in your leg, is it serious?" Gao Hui asked softly.

"Thank you, Madame, for your concern. It's out of the way. ”

Obviously walking with a little lameness, but said that it was out of the way, Hu Tai's coldness made Gao Hui very uncomfortable, and the heat in her eyes quickly subsided, and after a while, she asked coldly: "How is the situation on the other side of the majestic sea?" ”

"Madame Hui, they have not yet taken action, and my men are keeping a close eye on them, and they will report to me as soon as they have news."

"There's no time!"

Gao Hui immediately decided: "Send someone to tell the Sui army where the assassins are hiding immediately, once the Sui army starts to search, they will also escape." ”

"Humble duty understood."

Hu Taixing was about to leave the room with a salute, when there were hurried footsteps outside, "General Hu, emergency!" "Someone is out there to report it.

Without waiting for Hu Tai to respond, Gao Hui strode out, "What emergency?" Gao Hui asked in a stern tone.

The messenger hurriedly knelt down, "Madam, someone informed Xiong Kuohai that they had retreated. ”

"What?"

Gao Hui was taken aback and asked urgently, "Who notified them to retreat?" ”

"It was a Sui general, followed by more than a dozen soldiers, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly in the night, he walked into the hiding yard of Xiong Kuohai alone, and after a long time, Xiong Kuohai fled with people, and the Sui general also left."

"How so?"

Gao Hui gritted his teeth with hatred, this Wangwu bandit was used to act as their scapegoat, and now that the scapegoat has run away, the Sui army is likely to suspect the Bohai Society.

But Gao Hui didn't have time to think about it at this time, the escape of the mighty sea had left them unprotected, and they had to retreat immediately.

At this moment, one of his subordinates rushed forward, "Madam, there is a signal for the army to be dispatched three miles away!" ”

Gao Hui was taken aback and shouted, "Inform everyone to leave immediately!" ”

In just a few moments, the twenty or so men in black didn't even have time to change their clothes or pack their things, threw all their belongings into several carriages, and quickly rode out of the inn.

Behind the window, the innkeeper stared at the departing backs of these people, and he became more and more suspicious of the identity of the man in black, at this time, the man secretly ran over, holding a bulging leather horse bag in his hand, "Shopkeeper, I took one of them—"

The shopkeeper was startled and reprimanded angrily: "What are you doing with the guest's things? ”

"I'm afraid that if the government investigates it, we won't be able to take responsibility." The guy said aggrievedly.

"Hello! I'll spare you this time, and don't steal anything from the guests next time, or I'll break your legs. ”

The shopkeeper snatched the leather horse bag, "Remember?" ”

"Remember!"

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard outside, and thousands of cavalry rushed to the city, and they rushed to the city and raised their arrows and shouted: "The general has an order, open the city gate immediately!" ”

At the fourth watch, 50,000 soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army began to arrest the assassins, and the city of Chenliu County was under martial law, and the soldiers of the Sui Army began to search from house to house, and all inns, wine shops, green buildings, shops and other businesses, as well as monasteries, Taoist temples, and temples were strictly searched.

Not only in the city, but also outside the city villages and houses.

The day is getting brighter, the city of Chenliu County is deserted, the Sui army has imposed martial law, no one is allowed to go on the street, all non-locals, whether they come to seek refuge with relatives or come to do business, or even just passing by to rest, are sent to the county government for careful screening, and any suspicious characters will not be let go.

For a time, the people of Chenliu County were panicked, it was said that the Son of Heaven was assassinated, and Chenliu County should be strictly investigated, because of the inability to communicate, every household circulated a thousand strange speculations and rumors, the most of which was a guess that if the assassin could not be caught, everyone would go to prison, which was actually a threat when the soldiers searched, and the people of Chenliu County were frightened.

Zhang Jin rode on a war horse, patrolling the streets as the soldiers searched, he was really troubled, although Zhang Xuan told the saint all kinds of speculations, but the saint asked him to catch the assassin accomplice, where did he go to find it?

Zhang Jin knew in his heart that if the assassin's assassination failed, the accomplices must have fled from Chenliu County, and would never stay in Chenliu County to die, but if he didn't search the city well, he wouldn't be able to explain to the saint?

It's one thing to not be able to catch an assassin accomplice, but it's another thing whether he does or not, it's a matter of attitude.

At this time, the county commander Liu Qigong hurried over with a few people, "General, there is a situation report on the lowly position!" ”

Zhang Jin perked up, "Is there any news from Liu County's order?" ”

Liu Xianling pulled a short and chubby middle-aged man over, "This is the shopkeeper of the Four Seas Inn outside the North City, he seems to have found a clue." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Xiaomin see the general!" ”

Zhang Jin turned over and dismounted, and asked gently, "What news do you have to tell me?" ”

"General Qiyu, the small people inn is very small, at most a dozen people can live, but the morning before yesterday more than 20 people came, the villain inn was all included, they have not gone out, last night the villain's guys found that they were all dressed in black, behaving strangely, just wanted to report to the official after dawn, but I didn't expect them to leave in a hurry when the fourth watch."

Zhang Jin frowned, at the fourth watch, when he began to send troops to search, these people were indeed extremely suspicious.

"Where do they accent?" Zhang Jin asked again.

Generally, the shopkeeper who opened the inn has seen it, and distinguishing the accent is a trivial matter, and the shopkeeper thought about it and said: "It seems to be the accent of the southern part of Hebei, and I heard them mention how Chenliu County is better than Ye County, and it is estimated that they are from Ye County."

Zhang Jin was suddenly a little disappointed, needless to say that Zhang Xuan guessed correctly, it was really someone from the Bohai Society, but this group of people had already fled, where did he go to find evidence?

At this time, the shopkeeper said in a low voice: "General, they were in a hurry when they left, and they forgot a package, and the villain brought it, and I would like to hand it over to the general." ”

After speaking, he took the leather bag from the man's hand and respectfully handed it to Zhang Jin. (To be continued.) )