The next morning, when the new team of guards came to the City Lord's Mansion for a routine rotation, they were shocked by the hidden gate and the faint smell of blood in the air.

After pushing open the door, the scene inside directly frightened some recruits who had never been on the battlefield, the courtyard was full of corpses, but there was not much blood on the ground, all the corpses were killed by a knife, and the wounds were all on the neck.

Mosquitoes and flies were constantly wandering on the ground, and there were even house mice shuttling among them, and the leading captain also made a quick decision, and immediately took the experienced soldiers into the house to investigate, and sent two soldiers to report the situation to Kong Houhu.

After hearing the news, Kong Houhu rushed to the mansion with his own soldiers, and he had to confirm whether his city lord had been killed.

Kong Ji had been found by the soldiers who arrived first, and his life was not in danger, but he fainted by the threshold of the council hall with saliva on his lips, seeing that he was asleep, the soldiers did not have the courage to wake him up, so he stood aside and waited for Kong Houhu, who was in charge, to come.

Fang Xin, the commander of the defenders of Tongzhou City, is still sick in bed, and the other deputy commander, Lin Kui, is not from the Kong family, so at this time, the soldiers still know who to find.

"My lord, my lord!" Kong Houhu whispered while shaking Kong Ji's fat body, even if he had thousands of doubts in his heart, he had to wake up his own city lord first.

A familiar and trustworthy voice came, and Kong Ji finally dared to open his eyes. In fact, he had woken up slightly when the soldiers were by his side, but he was greatly frightened and subconsciously wanted to escape, so he forcibly extended his sleep and put himself in a state of light sleep.

"Ahhhh......h

"You go in and help the city lord, don't let him knock!" After instructing the soldiers beside him, he decided to ignore Kong Ji, who was too frightened, for the time being, and turned around to seriously look at the scene outside the council hall.

For him, as long as the city lord is alive, then everything is fine. He was raised by Kong Ji, and he is still a child of the same family, and the two sides can be described as prosperous, so he must ensure Kong Ji's safety.

Along the way, Kong Houhu also guessed the way of the person who made the move. Not only the courtyard behind the door, but also the courtyard in the hallway, the side kitchen in the back kitchen, and even in front of the door of the council hall where he had just come yesterday, as long as there were guards on duty and servants passing by, there were corpses all over the place, and most of them were killed with a single knife.

Thinking of the blood-colored grandmaster he had reported to the city lord yesterday, and their carpet search for Tongzhou City in recent days, it is self-evident that the person who made the move must be the mysterious grandmaster who protects the county lord of the Xiao family.

As for why he attacked the City Lord's Mansion, it was nothing more than to give a warning to the defenders of Tongzhou, a warning not to continue to search them, the other party killed all the guards and servants of the City Lord's Mansion, but did not move Kong Ji is the best proof.

After clearing his thoughts, Kong Houhu walked back to the council hall again to check on Kong Ji's situation. Kong Ji, who woke up for a while, was almost recovered at this time, and the previous gaffe seemed to have never happened, seeing Kong Houhu walking towards him, Kong Ji naturally stood up and said in a deep voice: "Do you know who did it?"

Kong Ji is also familiar with this adult's temperament, and he likes to pretend to be unfathomable in front of people, so he bowed down and said: "My lord, nine times out of ten, the person who made the move is the great grandmaster who protects the county lord!"

Kong Ji turned sideways slightly, avoided the corpse outside the door, and said coldly: "Speed up the search and arrest progress in the city, and start stationing five hundred people in the mansion today, and change shifts every two hours!"

The people who can be the lord of the city in Sheng Xin are all shrewd people. There was no need to let the people below report the specific details, Kong Ji naturally guessed who the attacker was.

After a slight pause, Kong Ji continued: "By the way, where is the area searched today?"

The other party will come to attack him at this time, it is nothing more than that he has been forced to a dead end, I am afraid that the area that the Tongzhou defenders are searching is their hiding place, and the other party who was forced to be anxious jumped out and opened a killing ring as a warning.

"My lord, today's focus is on the eastern part of the city. Kong Houhu stood there and asked tentatively, "Do you want to continue?"

Tongzhou City is not a big city, and the geographical location is also average, so the garrison in the city is more than 4,000 people, more than 100 people died last night, and 500 people will be sent to Kong Ji to escort today.

"Go on, why don't you continue?" At this moment, Kong Ji has completely recovered his former brilliance, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and a mere man in the rivers and lakes dared to let him suffer such a great humiliation, "Since they jumped over the wall in a hurry, it means that my direction is correct, I searched overnight today, and I can't catch the county lord, no one should rest!"

"Order!" Kong Houhu answered, and then led his troops to retreat. Although he knew that Kong Ji was giving orders in a disorder at the moment, he still responded first, and now was not the time to touch his head.

The houses in the east of the city began to be broken into one by one, and the city gates were continuously blocked, and the traders in Tongzhou lost money one after another, and the people were even more miserable.

Kong Ji's determination is very strong, and he knows the power of the great grandmaster, and it is indeed very strong. But that's only limited to one person's strength, as long as he is fully prepared and defended, he is really not afraid of a mere great grandmaster.

This is also one of the reasons why a peak master like Yu Huaiyin is willing to surrender to King Li. The strength of the great grandmaster is very limited, and no matter how powerful a person's martial arts are, he can't resist thousands of troops.

Now Kong Ji has increased the number of guards to five hundred, and he is always on guard, if a great grandmaster only breaks through by himself, it is really possible to fall here, and if the infantry, spearmen, and crossbowmen cooperate well, it is more than enough to kill a besieged grand grandmaster.

However, although Kong Ji's courage and plan were good, he miscalculated one thing, that is, Qin Sixteen's forces! But this also did not blame Kong Ji, because the analysis provided by his subordinate Kong Houhu was itself wrong.

The guards and servants who died in the city lord's mansion did not die at the hands of the same person at all, but were killed by six killers separately, but these six killers were all top-notch, and their methods were all killed with one blow, so they gave Kong Houhu the illusion that they were committed by the same person.

In the underground stronghold of the Dark Key Pavilion, Qin Sixteen was sitting in the treasury, looking at the room full of gold, silver and jewelry, quietly thinking about life.

"Pavilion Master, the search and arrest of the defenders of Tongzhou is still continuing, and Kong Ji's side has also strengthened the guards of the mansion. The door of the warehouse was not closed, Cheng Ziyi came quietly and said respectfully.

Qin Sixteen didn't look back, just chuckled: "This is the first time, I have to give people a process of adaptation." Send a few more people tonight and do it cleanly. ”

"The villain will arrange it!" Cheng Ziyi saluted and slowly exited the warehouse.