Seeing such a result, Zhao Zheng's excitement came to an abrupt halt, and on the contrary, he became very disappointed.

Li Congqing's late-night visit, the resistance and suicide of more than a dozen masters, all show that there is a big secret hidden here. He deliberately directed and acted in an assassination attempt to find an excuse to enter the courtyard and track it down. It's best to be able to directly involve Li Jingda, but I don't want to ......

The goal was successfully achieved, the initial results were satisfactory, and Huangfu Jixun was an excellent helper and the most perfect witness.

Seeing the fierce resistance in the small courtyard, Huangfu Jixun was already sure that the assassins were these people, the scapegoat was successfully found, and the suspicion that Zhao Zheng directed and acted by himself was completely ruled out.

The only fly in the ointment is that he didn't catch the live mouth, and he couldn't quickly prepare to determine who was inside, Zhao Zheng was even thinking that the core members were not among them, and they fell short, today's luck is good and bad! Now I can only count on this woman who is like a clay sculpture and wood carving.

It can be seen that her body has been hurt to a certain extent, and more of her spirit has been strongly stimulated. Seeing this scene, Zhao Zheng first thought of a word - sex/slave. Now he is more and more curious about who is hiding here, so perverted.

Zhao Zheng instructed: "Li Yuan, immediately go to the doctor, and ask a few servants to heal and take care of this girl, you must save the person for me." ”

Huangfu Jixun felt that it was a little inappropriate, so if Zhao Zheng and the others were anti-guest, they would completely grasp the initiative in this matter! It stands to reason that on the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a Song person should not be allowed to take the initiative like this, but this woman is clearly a hot potato.

If he dies, Zhao Zheng will definitely ask his master for his guilt, even if it is difficult for the lord of the country to explain. If you find out something, if this thing involves unnecessary people, it will be self-inflicted. Although Huangfu Jixun hated Zhao Zheng and tried all kinds of ways to retaliate, the premise was not to cause trouble for himself.

Now that he has intervened, it is impossible to completely withdraw, but he has to participate less, and he will enter the palace to report the matter to the lord of the country later, so that the above will decide. It's just that there are assassins in Jinling City inexplicably, and I, the city defense general, have a hard time!

What made him even more uncomfortable was still to come, Zhao Zheng saw that he was at a loss to chase the murderer, so he looked at him, Li Yuan understood in his heart, and immediately a soldier of the forbidden army came over with a crossbow and a few arrows.

As soon as Huangfu Jixun saw it, his face changed instantly, and Li Yuan over there had already recognized it: "Shaoqing, this is the Tang Guojun crossbow." ”

"Huh?" Zhao Zheng was suddenly furious.

"General Huangfu, I heard that your country inherits the Tang system, and the people are not allowed to privately hide military crossbows, right?"

"Uh, yes......" Huangfu Jixun's face turned pale, this is an undeniable fact, it is impossible for the imperial court to allow civilians to have lethal crossbows. Things are getting worse and worse, and the search for a crossbow in the mansion is self-evident.

In a panic, it is very easy to plant blame, and Huangfu Jixun did not investigate in a panic, which made this matter even more conclusive. The dozen or so elite men all committed suicide, and they had no words to argue, and the black cauldron that was assassinated with a crossbow was condemned, and now it is not clear whether they are jumping into the Yellow River.

Zhao Zheng took the opportunity to say: "General Huangfu, I'm tired of leading the way, this official wants to enter the palace to meet the lord of your country, and this official needs an explanation!" ”

"Yes, yes!" Beads of sweat rolled down from Huangfu Jixun's head, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, this official will immediately send someone to report to the lord of the country." ”

……

The peace of Jinling was suddenly broken, and when Li Jing got the news that he was about to summon the convincing ministers, the attendants came to report: "Song envoy Zhao Zheng asks to see him." ”

"Xuan, Xuan!" Li Jing was a little helpless, Zhao Zheng was angry, he couldn't delay offending, he had to do his best to appease him.

Zhao Zheng came quickly, thinking that he had come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, but he didn't expect Zhao Zheng to be very calm, and he didn't have the unruliness and impulsiveness he imagined. But it is such a calm, but it makes people feel bottomless and extremely depressed.

"Meet the ...... of the Lord"

Li Jing didn't even say the word "free courtesy", so he hurriedly asked: "Zhao Shaoqing, I heard that you were assassinated, but where were you injured?" ”

Although the assassination is strict, it can also be big or small, as long as the person is fine, the consequences will not be too strict.

"Got away with it!" Zhao Zheng's tone was still indifferent.

"That's good!"

Before Li Jing's words fell, Zhao Zheng said: "Lord of the country, I'm afraid it's not good!" ”

"How?"

"I joined forces with General Huangfu to chase the murderer, and encountered fierce resistance from more than a dozen dead soldiers in a small courtyard by the Qinhuai River, and then all ......committed suicide," Zhao Zheng said: "Then I searched the small courtyard and found one thing......

It happened suddenly, Li Jing only got the news of Zhao Zheng's assassination, and as for the report of Huangfu Jixun, it was almost Zhao Zheng himself who arrived at the same time, and he didn't have time to read it. Suddenly hearing the words "dead man", his heart suddenly moved, and he realized that the situation was more complicated than he imagined, and he was more curious about what Zhao Zheng said.

"Zhao Shaoqing, what did you find?"

Zhao Zheng said in a deep voice: "If the envoy carries it, it is disrespectful to the lord of the country, and it has been handed over to the guards when he enters the palace!" ”

"Bring it on!"

Seeing the chamberlain holding a tray with a crossbow and arrows on it, the two personal guards beside Li Jing were all vigilant, and Li Jing himself was even more nervous.

"Zhao Shaoqing, this thing has nothing to do with Lonely, Tang Guo will never ......" I don't know why, Li Jing's first reaction was to justify.

Zhao Zheng said: "The envoy knows that the Song and Tang dynasties are friendly and the lord of the country is benevolent, so naturally he will not harm the envoy." It is precisely because of this that I am worried that someone is raising dead soldiers in Jinling and secretly hiding military crossbows, what is the intention? Today is the assassination envoy, and I don't know what the attempt will be in the future, so I have come to remind the lord of the country to be careful. Moreover, someone assassinated the Song envoy in Jinling, undoubtedly to challenge the prestige of the Song and Tang dynasties, with the intention of causing trouble, sowing discord, and having ill intentions, so we must guard against it! ”

"This ......" Li Jing couldn't help but be stunned, although it was not Xingshi who asked for the crime, but Li Jing knew in his heart that he had to give Zhao Zheng an explanation.

From the very beginning, he decided that it would not be an ordinary revenge, imagine if Zhao Zheng died in Jinling, how should Tang Guo explain to Zhao Kuangyin? Does the hard-won peace between the Song and Tang dynasties still exist? Who is it that has such evil intentions?

And really careful, in the capital, under his nose, there are people who raise dead soldiers and hide weapons privately, this matter has touched the sensitive nerves of any emperor, and if you don't track it down, you will definitely have trouble sleeping.

"Yes, it must be traced." Li Jing asked, "What clues are there at the scene?" ”

Zhao Zheng said: "There are clues, outside the back door of the small courtyard is the Qinhuai River, and the core characters in it may have escaped from the waterway, which can be traced." Then there is the source of the crossbow, which is the main point...... There is also the identity of the assassin, there is a surviving woman at the scene, maybe she knows something, but she was frightened, and she can't speak yet, and the official has already sought a doctor to treat her. ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to investigate immediately!" Li Jing readily agreed, it would be easy to do if there were clues. As an emperor, even if he is a little weak externally, but internally, no one is allowed to make waves in the capital and threaten his rule. Especially when it comes to the military, it is even more sensitive.

Zhao Zheng bowed and said, "Lord of the country, there is a request below." Since the assassination was carried out for the sake of the subordinates, and the investigation of the murderer was also involved, please ask the lord of the country for permission. ”

"This ......" Li Jing hesitated for a moment, saw Zhao Zheng's resolute eyes, and said: "Zhao Shaoqing's status is noble, and it is not appropriate to be in danger. If there is a need, just put it forward, and leave the specific things to the people in the Criminal Department to do, how about Shaoqing participating in the future? ”

"Thank you, Lord of the Kingdom!" Zhao Zheng knew that it was impossible for Li Jing to allow himself to do whatever he wanted in Jinling, it was okay to participate, but he couldn't track it down on the front line, so it didn't matter! It's good to have this name, many things can be easily handled, and the purpose has been achieved. Now only the identities of those people in the small courtyard are worrying, but fortunately, there are clues in hand......

The self-directed and self-acted scene was quite successful. Especially these supporting roles that have been inexplicably pulled in, have been or will soon be in the spotlight. Zhao Zheng believes that there must be many people in Jinling City who are restless at this moment!