With the arrival of winter, Luoyang City also fell into depression. In winter, not many people go to the streets, and Han Jian walks between several official offices and palaces in Luoyang every day, and there are not many pedestrians he can see.

The war in the north had several small-scale engagements after the winter, but Lin Zhan did not rush forward with his troops, and the two sides only had a simple confrontation, with less than 100 casualties. However, with the arrival of the cold winter, grain and grass materials could not be transported, and the loss of non-war losses on the front line became increasingly strict.

As for Su Tingxia's department, which is still in the territory of the Bohai Kingdom, it has been in a state of disconnection. It was only from Hu Shang that the war in Bohai was still ongoing.

Since mid-to-late October, Luoyang has been assassinated by a number of dignitaries of the imperial court, some on the way to the court, and some at home by thieves at night. For a while, there was some rumors in Luoyang City, and many ministers strengthened the vigilance of the nursing home, not wanting to suffer a disaster. But the assassinations still happened one after another, and the matter reached the court, and Yang Rui was also very dissatisfied, and ordered Lu Fengning's Tingwei Mansion to cooperate with the city defense battalion to arrest the murderer.

By early November, several Assassins had been captured by Han Jian's Onishiyanagi, and surprisingly, all of them were female Assassins. Her own martial arts skills are not high, and she can even be said to be an ordinary ordinary woman, but she has succeeded in assassinating the dignitaries of the imperial court one after another, which also made Han Jian feel surprised.

Most of these women took advantage of the banquet in the minister's palace to sneak in as kabuki, and then waited for an opportunity to attack, and afterwards because no one expected that the seemingly weak singer and dancer were the murderers, no one could find the murderer.

And let Da Xiliu check it carefully, these assassins turned out to be sent by the West Palace.

Han Jian still attaches great importance to this matter, and now the Xiwangfu has been standing still, facing such a good opportunity that the imperial court and the Xianbei people are fighting in the north. The Xiwang Mansion could not bear not to send troops to seize Luoyang City and loot while it was on fire, and Han Jian had already sensed that something was wrong. This time, however, the Xiwang Mansion secretly sent people to assassinate the dignitaries of the imperial court, as if they wanted to divert the contradictions.

On the ninth day of November, Han Jian personally went to the place where the captured female assassin was being held, which was a small housing estate. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary official house, but inside it is a prison cell. And there is also a place for interrogation, but it looks like a hell of a nose.

When Han Jian arrived, Da Xiliu personally came out to greet her, and there were some secret agents under the Dongwangfu system who came out with her. These people are all black cloth masks, and they may just be some people in the city of Luoyang, but their real identity is that they are secret agents under the Dongwang Mansion, investigating the movements of the city and even the entire Wei Dynasty.

"Young boy, everyone is inside. The results of the interrogation in the past few days have already been obtained. Whether to execute or not, please ask the young man to show it. ”

Han Jian waved his hand and did not let Onishiliu continue.

He personally walked into the torture chamber, and when he entered it, there was a heavy smell of charcoal in the air, and several braziers were placed in the middle of the torture chamber, and inside were red-hot soldering irons. On top of the torture rack, there were seven or eight beaten women with bruises hanging on it. One by one, they are already dying.

Han Jian knew that Da Xiliu hated the West Palace, as long as it was someone related to the West Palace. Da Xiliu will never be soft-hearted when he sees it, this is the unique hatred between the Xiliang people and the Xiwang Mansion, even if Han Jian has any orders, he can't change it. It is precisely because these female assassins were sent by the Xiwang Mansion that Da Xiliu will be more ruthless, and even have some inhumane feelings.

These women, because they are all Kabuki, are used as a cover to carry out assassination activities. He looks very good, and now he is beaten all over his body by someone hanging on the torture rack, even for Han Jian, there is also a sense of visual impact. On the contrary, it was Onishiyanagi who seemed to think that this was a very common torture to extract confessions. The complexion was very ordinary, and there was no change at all.

"How about asking?"

Han Jian sat down on the chair, there was only one chair in the entire torture room, and Onishi Yanagi respectfully stepped forward and informed Han Jian of the results of the interrogation in the past few days.

After listening to this, Han Jian nodded slightly, as for why the Xiwang Mansion sent these people to assassinate the dignitaries of the imperial court, these women who were ordered to do it were not clear at all, they were only acting on orders, although they also confessed to the people behind the scenes, but not many were captured. Because the wind in Luoyang is very tight, those people behind the scenes can escape and hide, and they basically can't find them after these female assassins are caught.

"Young boy, these gangsters ......"

Onishiyanagi still has a lot of thoughts about the disposition of these women.

According to Han Jian's thoughts, killing some women is a bit unfair, but compared to the West Palace's use of women as assassins, it is even more unorthodox.

"You can watch the disposal."

Han Jian left the next sentence, and then left the official office and went directly into the palace.

In the Ye'an Pavilion, Han Jian and Yang Rui were alone, and this time Han Jian reported to Yang Rui about the assassin. Han Jian basically told what he knew, because Han Jian had never said anything about the assassin before, Yang Rui was still a little annoyed that Han Jian didn't help, and now that Han Jian said it, she knew that Han Jian's investigation had already reached the results.

"Is it really the West Palace?" After hearing this, Yang Rui was still a little skeptical.

In her opinion, the Xiwangfu is always out of the way, and has not been involved in the war of life and death in the Central Plains, so she doesn't believe that the Xiwangfu will send someone to the capital to assassinate dignitaries. Moreover, the assassinated dignitaries were all officials of the imperial court faction, and none of the people from the Dongwangfu faction had ever been assassinated.

Han Jian said: "Listen to Rui'er, do you mean not to believe it, do you think that I will find someone to kill people, and then blame the West Palace?" ”

Yang Rui pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "With your husband, you can do it." The husband is not angry, the concubine is just talking casually, or is it about those female assassins, how can they succeed lightly, and even those ministers will be recruited if they are on guard? ”

Han Jian said it again, Yang Rui seemed to lower his head and think about something, and said, "These people are really innocent." It was an eventful time for the imperial court now, and the war in the north was still going on, but one by one they were thinking about how to contact their colleagues, which would fall into the hands of those assassins. The husband was prepared to deal with the female assassins. ”

"Kill." Han Jian just said a simple word.

"It's not worth it to kill." Yang Rui said suddenly.

Han Jian narrowed his eyes and said, "It sounds like Rui'er, you sent someone to blame the Xiwang Mansion, and now the person who wants to kill you is reluctant." ”

Yang Rui glanced at Han Jian and said, "The husband is so angry, the concubine was just a joke, and you are still serious now." Forget it, just a few assassins, you can do what you like. If you think that the concubine is like an assassin, how about leaving the concubine at your husband's disposal tonight? ”

Yang Rui's hot words also made Han Jian's heart a little itchy. Seeing that Yang Rui's face was a little charming and amorous, Han Jian knew that Yang Rui was also emotional, if he didn't have to meet some ministers later, he might really do it immediately, and in such broad daylight in a place like Ye'an Pavilion to discuss court affairs, Yang Rui would be "corrected on the spot".

"Hmm." Han Jian smiled and nodded, "When I entered the palace for my husband that night, I had to interrogate Rui'er, a cunning assassin." ”

Yang Rui couldn't help but smile, and then she also had to restore her proper shape, because at this time, there were already several ministers waiting outside, and it would not be long before they would be summoned to come in to meet her.

After saying that, Han Jian sat leisurely on the side, waiting for Yang Rui to summon the ministers in and talk about the assassins in general, but those ministers still had some discussions. It can be seen that these people don't believe that the assassins were sent by the Xiwangfu, and even if some people do, they now feel that things are not so simple.

“…… Let you be more careful, and you will not listen. Do you think that now that the singing and dancing are leveling down and the court is fine, you can enjoy yourself? Yang Ruisheng said solemnly, "I have now decreed that there shall be no banquets in Luoyang for half a year, and even festival celebrations must be vegetarian." There shall be no disobedience among the people, but shall there be any objection? ”

It was a war year, and it was reasonable for Yang Rui to order a ban on drinking and banquets, and now that there are assassins sent by the Xiwangfu to assassinate them, it is even more logical. Yang Rui is angry again, who dares to come out and say no?

"Alright, stand down. Ning Shangshu didn't go to court today, and when he turned around and found someone to tell him about today's incident, he looked sick and looked sick, and he really thought he was beaten with iron? If he can't afford to get sick again, the court will simply follow him to retire! ”

Yang Rui said angrily, and the ministers below still didn't dare to say anything.

Once the first Fu Ning Yuan had been sick and recuperating for many days, it was also Ning Yuan who was tossed not lightly before, after the summer grain was the autumn grain, and after the autumn grain, it was the Dongwang Mansion that asked him to be responsible for sorting out the grain and grass armament. He was simply used as a mule, and he fell ill, but Yang Rui didn't appreciate it. In Yang Rui's view, the one who is a minister is to share the emperor's worries, which is good, once the ministers of the auxiliary government are sick, who will share her worries?

When everyone left, Yang Rui's anger disappeared, and when he walked in front of Han Jian, he sat directly on Han Jian's lap.

"Not afraid of being seen?" Han Jian said this, but his hand was unceremoniously stretched directly into Yang Rui's clothes and groped.

Yang Ruibai glanced at him and said, "Now that I think about it, I wish I could be seen, and I don't have to be so secretive." ”

As she spoke, she calmed down first, and warmed up with Han Jian for a while before she said, "Yang Luochuan's old puppet said that he wanted to go back to Yuzhou, but this time it seems that he wants to move seriously." ”

"Oh." Han Jian's big hand was still raging in Yang Rui's arms, and he said, "Just hang him first." I'm afraid he himself knows that he can't go back to Yuzhou, but he just comes to test it. ”

"I'm afraid that this time he has ill intentions, and there are abnormal movements in the soldiers and horses in Yuzhou, and you should know the news in the next few days. If the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou really come to Luoyang, see that the concubine will not kill this old horseman. Yang Rui said, but exclaimed, "Ah." I don't know how to tap. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pinched Han Jian, but he also glanced at Han Jian with a flattering look in the corner of his eyes. (To be continued......)