Chapter 8 The Beginning of the Storm

Xie An thought that it was Jin Ling'er, who had an ambiguous relationship with him, who saved his life, but he was wrong, because this Jin sister was in the forest hundreds of miles away from Jijing at this time, and together with dozens of dangerous building assassins, she commanded the dozens of craftsmen and apprentices to cut down forests and build villages.

Since Jin Ling'er paid a feeless commission, which made the work mood of those craftsmen seem very high, how could they have imagined that this generous employer in their eyes was actually the premier assassin of the Great Zhou.

"The actions are all neat, before March, Yu will see this village take shape!"

"Yes, big sister!"

At the sound of Jin Ling'er's order, the dozens of assassins of the dangerous building, like ordinary farmers, wielded axes to cut down the trees, and by polishing them into logs, they were transported to the center of the village, and then the craftsmen cut them into planks.

If Xie An was by his side at this moment, he would probably be shocked, after all, the extremely mysterious female assassin Jin Ling'er in his mind was rolling up her sleeves at the moment, dressed like a peasant woman, and working with her brothers in the dangerous building, how could she have the semi-imposing appearance of one of the top assassins in the Great Zhou.

After a short time, Ding Qiu walked from a distance with several assassins from a dangerous building, and came to Jin Ling'er's side.

"Sister, something went wrong......"

Jin Ling'er's busy hands didn't stop when she heard this, glanced at Ding Qiu, and said lightly, "Where did the smell of blood come from on your body?" ”

Ding Qiu's face froze, and he lowered his head and said, "It's just a recurrence of an old injury...... Let's not talk about this first, eldest sister, something has gone wrong in Jijing! ”

Glancing at Ding Qiu suspiciously, Jin Ling'er asked, "What's going on?" ”

I saw Ding Qiu glance left and right, and saw that those craftsmen were busy with their work, and did not notice him. Then he lowered his voice and said, "A few days ago, I found the mark of the Dongling Assassin in Jijing! ”

"......" Jin Ling'er paused in her hand, glanced at Ding Qiu, who looked a little anxious, took the towel on the side, wiped the sweat on her forehead, frowned, and said. Shandong Hongshan Dongling's gang of people? What are they doing in Jijing? ”

Ding Qiu hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "I have inquired, and it seems that the crown prince Li Wei has hired a group of Dongling assassins to work for him with a lot of money!" ”

Jin Ling'er was stunned, her eyes showed a little displeasure, and she frowned and said, "Have you contacted anyone from the prince's side?" ”

Ding Qiutou then showed a little hesitation on his face and said in a low voice. "That crown prince Li Wei said, since the eldest sister can't help him get rid of Xie An and Li Shou, he will find the Dongling assassin!"

"Bastard!" Jin Ling'er showed a little displeasure in her eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Have you contacted Dongling?" The crown prince Li Wei has not ended his appointment with me so far, and according to the rules, he is not allowed to intervene in Dongling! ”

Ding Qiu's eyes showed a little hesitation when he heard this, and he said in a hurry. "Dongling said ......"

"What do you say?!"

"Say...... said that I should wait to withdraw from Jijing as soon as possible, otherwise if I bump into him. Don't blame them for being merciless......"

"How dare he?!" Jin Ling'er was furious in her heart, her eyes showed a bit of murderous intent, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You go back and tell them that if you force the old lady, the old lady doesn't care about the love when she was together!" I have intervened in Jijing. Tell those bastards to fuck off! If not......"

Ding Qiu's face showed a slight hesitation when he heard this, and he said hesitantly, "Eldest sister, those people in Dongling are outlaws......

Glancing at Ding Qiu, Jin Ling'er said coldly. "Do you mean to make me retreat here? Dongling is unruly and intervenes privately, if we retreat from the dangerous building, how will we gain a foothold in the future? The Assassin Academies of the World will make me a laughing stock! As she spoke, she seemed to realize something, frowned and asked, "Ding Qiu, it was those bastards who injured you?" ”

"No...... It's not ......" Ding Qiu shook his head repeatedly.

"Really?" Jin Ling'er's eyes narrowed, staring at Ding Qiu coldly, not angry but threatening.

Ding Qiu broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, smiled bitterly, and said, "Yes...... The younger brother is useless, and he loses the face of the eldest sister......"

Glancing at Ding Qiu deeply, Jin Ling'er gritted her silver teeth, gritted her teeth and said, "Since those people's dog paws stretch out so long, then don't blame the old lady for chopping it off!" With that, she turned around and shouted angrily, "Xiao Li, Xu Jie, you two rabbit cubs get over to the old lady!" ”

In the distance, two people put down their axes and ran over with a smile on their faces.

These two people are around the age of double ten, one of them has fierce eyes, like a wolf and a tiger, called Xiao Li, who is called, and the other is called Xu Jie, nickname, looking at the appearance of this person with an indecent smile, it is not difficult to imagine that he is a guy with a bad stomach.

Walking a few steps in front of Jin Ling'er, Xiao Li clasped his fists and said, "Eldest sister, what's the matter?" ”

Beside him, Xu Jie smiled and said repeatedly, "Sister, the two of us are not lazy, absolutely not!" ”

glaring at Xu Jie, who was smiling hippie, Jin Ling'er said coldly, "You kid shut up the old lady!" Those people in Dongling don't abide by the rules on the road, smash the signboard of my dangerous building, you two go to Jijing with the old lady! ”

When the two of them heard this, their faces were straight, Xiao Li licked his lips, his eyes showed a bit of fierceness, and he lowered his voice and said, "What does the eldest sister mean ......" As he spoke, he made a motion to wipe his neck.

"Hey, funny......" Xu Jie smiled.

"Eldest sister, once this war starts, it won't end well...... Big sister think twice! Ding Qiu persuaded bitterly.

"Being despised for this, and thinking about it!" A trace of anger flashed in Jin Ling'er's eyes, and she scolded in displeasure, "Since those people in Dongling are unwilling to put away their claws, the old lady will chop it off!" Xiao Li, Xu Jie, do you two dare to go to Jijing with the old lady? ”

Xiao Li and Xu Jie glanced at each other, and said, "The eldest sister has a life, how dare the younger brother and the others disobey?" ”

"Good!" Jin Ling'er nodded with satisfaction, and said in a deep voice, "I'll leave it to Ding Qiu here, you two bring a few brothers who can fight, and I'll wait to go to Jijing to meet those bastards in Dongling!" ”

"Yes!" Xiao left his head and shouted the names of several people, and immediately, several assassins of the dangerous building who were called by name put down their work and came to Jin Ling'er.

"Ding Qiu, you are here to recuperate. By the way, supervise the village process...... This evil breath, the old lady will get it back for you! ”

Seeing that Jin Ling'er had made up his mind, Ding Qiu knew that it was useless to say anything, sighed, and said, "Since that's the case...... Big sister, be careful! Be careful! ”

"Got it!"

Looking at Jin Ling'er, she took Xiao Li, Xu Jie and others towards Jijing with a fierce attitude. Ding Qiu let out a long sigh.

Although this time it was Dongling's gang that did not abide by the rules of the road first, if Jin Ling'er personally led people to go, then it would inevitably evolve into a battle between Shandong and Jinling, the second of the Great Friday Assassin Inn, which was not what Ding Qiu wanted to see.

You must know that the assassins in Dongling, Shandong are all outlaws, and in terms of overall strength, they are obviously above the dangerous building, although there is Jin Linger on the side of the dangerous building, but there is Dongling on the other side. There are also such famous figures among the Assassins, once it turns into a battle between the two major Assassin Mansions, it will not be the end of a few deaths.

Thinking of this, Ding Qiu felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Ding Qiu's uneasiness was not unreasonable, after all, when Jin Ling'er angrily rushed to Jijing with his brothers in the dangerous building to find the Dongling assassins who injured Ding Qiu to settle accounts, those Dongling assassins had already been taken by Chen Bei. Kill them all.

And Jin Ling'er went, but invisibly carried the black pot for Chen Bei. As a result, a few days later, Hongshan Dongling and Jinling Weilou, two of the few assassin residences in the Great Zhou Dynasty, launched a bloody battle on the street in Jijing, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which made the Son of Heaven Li Ji Longyan furious and issued a strict order. The Guard Department was ordered to bring all of the two groups of Assassins to justice.

Similarly, it also put Xie An in a dilemma, on the one hand, the laws of the Great Zhou, and on the other hand, Jin Ling'er, who had an ambiguous relationship with him, was caught in the middle. It's not embarrassing.

Of course, at this time, Xie An did not know that Jijing would become a battlefield for the two assassin forces, at this time, he was sitting in the class room behind the official office of the Great Prison Temple, silently looking at the jade pendant given to him by Jin Ling'er, recalling the drops when he and her were in Hanhan Valley Pass.

Xie An still felt that the person who saved his life last night was Jin Ling'er, no wonder he guessed like this, after all, how could he imagine that it was Chen Bei who rescued him?

I don't know how long it took, the door creaked open, and Kong Wenmai, the head of the Great Prison Temple, walked in, saw Xie An sitting on a chair nondecently, and said with a smile, "Xiao An, those generals."

How did you handle it? ”

Xie An was stunned, then came back to his senses, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's just a formality......"

"That's what you say, but don't let up, you know, a lot of people are staring at you right now, and I wish you could do something wrong! Before submitting them to the Criminal Department, you need to think about those submissions again, so as not to make people pick out thorns in them! ”

"Don't worry, old man. I've done it back and forth three times, and nothing will go wrong. As he spoke, Xie An glanced up and down at Kong Wen, and said with a smile, "The old man finished his fist?" ”

"What words!" Kong Wen glanced at Xie An when he heard this, and said angrily, "That's the five-bird play handed down by the ancestors, what is the end of the boxing?" I can't speak! ”

"Yes, yes......" Perfunctorily, Xie An put the jade pendant back into the clothes on his chest, and then said with a smile, "It's okay to be idle, my grandfather and I will fight again?" ”

Kong Wen's eyes lit up when he heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile, "You kid really doesn't learn to be good!" Come on, come on, you've been gone for more than half a year, and the old man is very bored! ”

"Old man, are you waiting to lose?"

"! You kid can't speak! Kong Wen scolded with a smile, sat at the table, patted the table and said, "Arrogant little rabbit cub, look at how the old man cleans you up today!" ”

As he was talking, suddenly a head catcher walked in outside the house, clasped his fists and said, "Two adults, more than 30 corpses were found in an alley on Chaoyang Street, and Lord Xun Zhengxun of the Wei Wei Department has personally rushed to the scene of the murder!" Just now, Lord Xun ordered someone to submit this case to my Great Prison Temple! ”

"......" Xie An's eyes flashed with a different color, and he turned his head to look at Kong Wen.

I saw that the old man sighed regretfully and said, "Xiao An, you go for a trip!" Jijing, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, more than 30 corpses appeared overnight, I'm afraid Lord Xun is already anxious at this time! ”

"Hmm!" Xie An nodded, said goodbye to Kong Wen and came to the class room not far away.

At this time, Zhang Dong, Tang Hao, Ou Peng, Liao Li, Ma Dan and other rebel generals were writing self-submissions in the class room, to put it bluntly, it was equivalent to something like a letter of repentance.

These submissions must be submitted to the Criminal Department for the record, together with their judgment documents. In Xie An's view, this is also a formality.

"How's it going?" Xie An asked.

In fact, the generals had already finished writing at this time, but they felt that there was something inappropriate, so they were scrutinizing the words here, and now when they saw Xie An asking, they hurriedly nodded.

"Your Excellency. I'm done! ”

"Good!" Xie Antou summoned several officials from the Great Prison Temple for the record, and asked them to sort out the self-submissions of the generals and submit them to the Criminal Department, and then said to the generals, "Everything is over, now you can temporarily return to the official mansion, wait for the news, and stay for a few days." The imperial court has issued an official pardon document! ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but show a little joy, and said in unison, "This time it's all up to your lord!" Adults are benevolent and righteous, and the end will never be forgotten! ”

"Hehe, it's serious......" Xie An smiled, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, it just so happens that the official is going out." I'll send you and wait for you! ”

"Your Excellency wants to go out?" Tang Hao asked in surprise.

"Hmm," Xie reassured. said vaguely, "The Wei Wei Department submitted a murder case to my Great Prison Temple, involving thirty lives...... Speaking of this, he quietly motioned to Liao Li and Ma Dan with his eyes, signaling that the two of them should not intervene.

Liao Li and Ma Dan glanced at each other and understood. Pretending not to know, he clenched his fists and said, "If the adults don't give up, how about I go with the adults?" ”

In all fairness. After what happened last night, Xie An was also a little weak-hearted, no wonder, who told him that his life was now being targeted by another group of assassins.

"Hmm...... Liao Li, Ma Dan, the two of you should go with the official...... Zhang Dong, Ou Peng, Tang Hao, the three of you can leave Beijing temporarily now, and take the generals' families to Jijing, although the court's exoneration document can be issued in a few days, but if you want to return to the army, I am afraid you will not be able to do it without a year and a half......

Zhang Dong, Ou Peng, and Tang Hao smiled bitterly when they heard this.

In fact, they also knew that although the imperial court had pardoned the sins of the generals under Xie An's intervention this time, in the final analysis, the crime of treason was extraordinary, and if there was no opportunity, it would be difficult for them to return to the army as a general, after all, the imperial court still doubted their loyalty.

Farewell to the generals, Xie An took Liao Li, Ma Dan and a head catcher and a servant in the Great Prison Temple Department, and rode towards the scene of yesterday's murder.

Because there were many people behind him, Xie An, Liao Li, and Ma Dan did not express any opinions on yesterday's events.

When Xie An and others rushed to the scene of the murder, the scene was already overcrowded, and a large number of guards from the Guard Department blocked the onlookers at both ends of the street.

Perhaps it was because they saw Xie An riding a tall horse, and the official of the Great Prison Temple behind Xie An who was wearing head-catching clothes, so those guards got out of the way and invited Xie An and the others to enter.

Speaking of which, Xie An, Ma Dan, and Liao Li were probably the first to discover those bodies, so the three of them did not need the guidance of the guards of the Guard Department, and they came to the scene of the crime with ease.

From a distance, Xie An saw Wei Wei Xun Zheng standing in the alley with a worried face, looking at the more than thirty corpses in the alley and sighing.

Xun Zheng, the word Kangping, Xuzhou Langya, Chinese New Year's Eve three years old today, is now the post of the guard, responsible for all security in the capital of Hebei, such as anti-theft, city gate guards, etc., and the same as the Great Prison Temple, the Guard Office is also under the official office under the Criminal Department.

"Lord Xun!" From afar, Xie An called.

Xun Zheng turned his head when he heard this, saw Xie An turn over and dismount, arched his hand towards him, and after being slightly stunned, he chuckled and saluted back, "Xia Guan has seen Xie Shaoqing!" ”

To tell the truth, in fact, in terms of official position alone, Xun Zheng is far above Xie An, after all, he is an official from the third grade, only half a level lower than Kong Wen, the Zhengqing of the Great Prison Temple, however, Xun Zheng claimed to be an official, which really gave Xie An enough face.

Xie An was stunned when he heard this, and said with a wry smile, "Xia Guan can't afford such a big gift as Lord Xun......

Xun Zheng smiled when he heard this, and arched his hand and said, "Yesterday, the Lord politely rejected His Majesty's good intentions, this matter has already spread all over Jijing, everyone knows that the Lord will be promoted to the Great Prison Temple in the future, and he will be one of my Great Zhou Jiuqing......"

It's no wonder that as long as you have brains, you know that Xie An's actions at the noon court yesterday left a pretty good impression on Li Ji, the son of heaven, although Xie An politely refused yesterday, but as long as there is no accident, the position of Zhengqing of the Great Prison Temple will be Xie An's sooner or later, so there is nothing wrong with Xun Zheng calling himself a subordinate official.

"Lord Xun is serious...... Xie An smiled humbly, and was about to speak, but saw Xun Zheng licking his lips and said with a worried face, "Under the control of the lower officials, there were more than 30 ownerless murders overnight, if this reached the ears of His Majesty, the lower officials are afraid that they will ...... Alas! I also hope that Lord Xie will come forward to help the lower officials! ”

Xie An suddenly realized, he understood why Xun Zheng was so polite to himself, but since the other party was polite, he naturally treated him politely, and said with a smile, "Lord Xun, don't worry, my Great Prison Temple and the Lord's Guard Department have always been intimate, as long as it is within his ability, Xie is duty-bound!" ”

Xun Zheng was relieved when he heard this, and arched his hand and said, "Listening to Lord Xie's words, Xia Guan's heart is a little relieved, but it's just ...... What do adults think should be done about this matter? ”

In fact, as early as last night, Xie An asked Liao Li and Ma Dan to search all the more than 30 corpses, and searched the wooden plaque representing the Dongling assassin and the portrait with Xie An's face, so Xie An was not afraid that this matter would involve him, and said with a chuckle, "What does Lord Xun think?" ”

I saw Xun Zheng hesitantly glance at Xie An, and whispered tentatively, "According to the following officials, these people are all the same group of assassins, who were killed and dumped here...... This kind of murder can only be concluded if the murderer is found, but most of the murderers have already fled at this time! As...... It's better to say that they fought among themselves, killed each other, and closed the case! ”

As soon as Xie An heard it, he knew that Xun Zheng was afraid that the Son of Heaven would blame him for bad security, so he wanted to shirk his responsibility, although he felt a little funny, but he didn't want to say it.

"Hehe, just ......" Speaking of this, Xie An's voice stopped abruptly, and he looked at Chen Bei among the onlookers not far away with a shocked expression.

Looking at Chen Bei's indifferent expression, Xie An secretly gasped. (To be continued.) )