Zu Zhao secretly thought a few words in his heart: Xin Qiubai? actually has the surname Xin, which seems to be the surname of Jizhou.

In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves can be heard.

Zu Ling hurriedly approached Zu Zhao and asked, "Eldest son, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?" ”

Zu Zhao turned around and said unhurriedly: "Although the black arrow thief has a deep enmity with my ancestral family, if there is no accident in the Taishou Mansion today, I can take her life." However, it is precisely because there is such an accident in the Taishou Mansion, and there are many intricacies in it, so it must not be hastily acted. Don't look at the Black Arrow Thief as just a woman, if she doesn't want to speak, even any means of coercion and temptation will be impossible. We must find another way to find out who is behind this series of accidents through the Black Arrow Thieves. ”

Zu Ling asked, "Eldest Prince, do you think there is someone behind this matter?" ”

Zu Zhao nodded, on the way to hunt down the thief, he had already briefly told everyone about the situation that had happened in the Taishou Mansion, and Lu Wei killed Han Xi was indispensable. He said: "Since Lu Wei can infiltrate the Taishou Mansion as a chaju, there must be an extremely complicated shili behind him. Xin Qiubai is just a person who is good at bowing, and it is impossible to operate this matter. ”

At this time, Zu Ji came over and asked, "Then, does the matter of Lingzhi County have anything to do with today's affairs?" ”

Zu Ling also wanted to ask this question, and he looked at Zu Zhao with concern.

Hardly any hesitation, Zu Zhao said with great certainty: "There is definitely something to do with it." There are two things you don't forget, the arrested thieves in the county jail of Lingzhi County have said that the appearance of the Black Arrow Thief and the Hu people in Lingzhi County is to do a big thing. We don't know what this event is, but it's not hard to imagine that it must have been the work of chaos; Secondly, the last time I fought in Lingzhi County, the black arrow thieves fled with the Hu people. ”

Zu Ling came over suddenly, since Xin Qiubai fled with the Hu people, it means that her participation in today's assassination operation in Taishoufu was specially arranged, not a private action of the moment. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart, he was a black arrow thief, a Hu person, a Lingzhi County, and a Taishou Mansion, what kind of conspiracy was this?

Zu Ji on the side didn't think about it so much, he was most concerned about the black arrow thief, so he asked: "But, eldest prince, what are you doing now...... Anyway, it's the Black Arrow Thief, you let the people go, what do we do next? ”

Zu Zhao immediately said: "Let her go is to hope that she will relax her guard, and we will send someone to follow her along the way later." Now that she can escape, she will find a way to join her accomplices. I speculate that the assassins who attacked the Taishou Mansion today are all people with the intention of death, and it doesn't matter if they die, on the contrary, if Xin Qiubai finds other accomplices, he will definitely have to meet with the mastermind behind the scenes. ”

After listening to Zu Zhao's description, everyone immediately became enlightened.

Zu Ji suddenly cheered up, and daxiao said: "It's still the eldest prince's clever calculation, I expect that this little girl will not let go, so I will simply come to a trick to catch the cicada and the yellow finch behind." Haha. ”

Zu Ling looked at Zu Ji and shook his head, and said, "Where is this praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches, you have to study hard like the eldest prince, and you must read more books in the future." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned to Zu Zhao and said, "In this case, I am willing to go and follow the black arrow thief in person." ”

Zu Zhao thought about it, Zu Ling was his uncle, and he was mostly cautious and sophisticated, and this matter belonged to him. So he nodded and said: "In this way, then there is Uncle Lao Ling, but Xin Qiubai has a good arrow technique, and Lingshu must be more careful." ”

Zu Ling arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the eldest prince, I will naturally not take it lightly." ”

Subsequently, Zu Zhao briefly explained the matter of tracking. After all, he has been recognized by Xin Qiubai in the past few days, and it is really not appropriate to track it for too long. So he asked Zuling to bring only one disciple with him, Xin Qiubai was injured, and he would inevitably find a place to settle down to heal later, and then send back someone to report the specific location. He will carefully report the matter to the Taishou Mansion, and ask Liu Taishou to send another capable person to rush over and continue to follow him.

The plan has been decided, Zu Ling took a child on the horse, and quietly walked carefully in the direction where the black arrow girl left.

Zu Zhao arranged for everyone to support the wounded and immediately returned to Pinggang County.

Rushing back to the county seat of Pinggang County, I suddenly saw that the security on the city tower became more and more stringent.

It was the city gate that had just left the city, and the lights at this moment had more than doubled. When Zu Zhao and the others approached from far and near, the archers on the castle tower all listed the posture of opening the bow, as long as they saw that the comer was dressed incorrectly, they would immediately meet them with arrows. In this regard, although Zu Zhao felt a little strange, after all, his party had not been out of the city for a long time, and the guards on the city tower should definitely remember this matter, and there was no need for such a big battle.

But at the end of the day, there is understanding.

When he came to the city, without waiting for Zu Zhao to speak, the guards on the city tower shouted first: "Who is coming?" ”

Zu Zhao replied: "We are too guarded by the door of the mansion, and we will go out of the city to chase the thief, you should know, why ask more." ”

The guard said in a stern tone: "Now that there is chaos in the city, there is an accident in the Taishou Mansion, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the city at will." ”

Zu Zhao was a little angry, and his heart became more and more strange, he said emphatically: "Could it be that I didn't make it clear, we just went out of the city to chase the thief, and we just passed by here." If you can't speak, let your leaders speak! ”

The guard snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "It's just you, not qualified." Hurry up, or I'll give the order to release the arrows. ”

Zu Ji stepped forward immediately, and shouted angrily at the city tower: "Okay, you old thief with no eyes, we will help Taishoufu chase the thief, someone is injured at this time, but you won't let us enter the city!" If you have the guts, come down, fight alone with grandpa and me, and watch me tell you to and pee. ”

The guard was furious: "Someone, drive these thieves away for me." ”

Zu Zhao saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "General Wen Chouwen, the southern governor of Taishou Mansion, we are under his orders. Now there is important news to report to Captain Wendu, and he will not leave anything. If you dare to release arrows, delay our report, and see how you explain afterwards! ”

When the guards heard this, they couldn't help frowning, they didn't expect that the people below would be able to call out the name of the Southern Governor Wen Chou.

At the same moment, a soldier on the side stepped forward and whispered: "My lord, there is indeed a team of people who are suitable for the right people to go out of the city to chase the thieves on the order of the Taishou Mansion. It seems that a thief from the west has escaped over the wall. Don't dare to act rashly in this matter. ”

The guard thought about it for a while, and felt that there were already many complicated situations tonight, so he could only say, "You go and ask the king to come up." ”

The soldier immediately answered, turned and hurried down the tower.

After a while, the soldiers climbed the tower again, bringing with them a general in armor.

After ascending the tower, he understood the situation with the guards, and hurriedly came to the back of the battlements, raised his eyes to look at the city, and saw that the people who came down from the city were indeed a group of people who were chasing thieves. After pondering for a moment, he beckoned to his men and said, "Open the gates and let them in." ”

After Zu Zhao and the others entered the city, they passed through the door hole and saw the Wang duty official who they had known before. He jumped down from his horse, bowed his hand to the king, and asked, "General, what is the matter, why are you suddenly not allowed to enter the city?" ”

I saw that the face of the officer on duty Wang was pale, and there was a very solemn sorrow between his eyebrows. Before he could speak, the gate closed very quickly, and the sound of the heavy closing door had a faint meaning through the doorway. He let out a long sigh and said in a low voice: "The righteous man doesn't know, just two quarters of an hour ago, the news came from the Taishou Mansion, alas, Liu Taishou...... Liu Taishou was stabbed to death......"

As soon as the words came out, Zu Zhao and the others all widened their eyes and were surprised.

They were obviously waiting for Liu Taishou to retreat with his whole body, and then followed Wen Chou and the others to the city to hunt down the fugitive assassins, why was Liu Taishou suddenly assassinated at this time?

Zu Zhao had countless thoughts in his mind, he thought of those fleeing assassins, and also thought of Xin Qiubai caught outside the city, and his heart couldn't help but flash a very shocking realization: Could it be that all this is a plan to attack the west? There were two fires in the north courtyard, blocking the gap, leaving the way out to the south, and the assassins could have such a careful plan, it was absolutely impossible not to think of the passage to the south. In other words, the assassins deliberately let Liu Taishou and the others escape from the south!