Chapter 345: Assassination Again

"There is a problem!" Lord Benelli felt more and more that although this picture was not true, it stands to reason that those who can make such a plan must be able to make a more reasonable plan. Why do you want to take a fake picture to the kingdom of Mahuaishan? This can only explain one thing. There are still real pictures that have not been found!

"Someone!" he said, putting on his close-fitting armor and coat, "tell the guards to get ready, and I will go to the scene to see for myself." Also, go to someone to inform His Highness Gu first, tell him to protect the scene and not go away, saying that I will be there immediately. โ€

Gu Yinqi was very proud, and said in his heart: Have you seen the picture? Do you know Gu Ye's major discovery today? Haha, Gu Ye's resourcefulness and Xiaobei's command are invincible in the world...... Wait, I can also command Gu Ye, but ......

Not long after, a group of two hundred black-clothed knights drove along the bluestone road neatly and solemnly. Lord Benelli rode in the middle of the procession, dressed almost like the others. It's just that most of the knights were on guard outside the courtyard, and he only brought a few people into the courtyard.

About three hundred meters away, in a building, behind the silent window, stood a few people with solemn expressions. They were watching the proceedings in the compound through the windows. In one corner of the room lay a man, streaked and sturdy, with a rag in his mouth.

Suddenly there was a whistle downstairs. A person glanced out the window, turned around and said, "The sixth child has already sent a signal to confirm that it is Lord Pei who is entering the courtyard now." He Ting patted a man on the shoulder and said, "Do it, Cobra." Remember, you can only succeed, and you can't afford to fail. โ€

The man nicknamed "Cobra" was a crossbow player selected from the Flying Tigers, and he was a master of all kinds of rigorous training. It stands to reason that the distance of three hundred meters is, at best, half of the effective range of the "Legend of the Grim Reaper". But in order to ensure the success of this assassination, they were not equipped with ordinary crossbow arrows. The weighted bolts barely reached a distance of a little over 300 meters in the test, and they were not on target.

The house was found temporarily, and the distance is roughly estimated, and there is no guarantee of accuracy. All of them held their breath and their eyes were focused on the "Cobra" who operated the hard crossbow. Cobra was calm, and he knew that the opportunity could be fleeting. If that Lord Pei had entered the house, or had hurried around, he might not have much chance.

I saw that he quickly picked up the hard crossbow that had been set up a long time ago, and after roughly aiming it with experience, he immediately launched it. Only a muffled "boom" could be heardโ€”yes, a muffled sound, not the crisp and soft sound of the usual arrows, for the bolts and strings had been specially modified. The second half of the crossbow is the thickness of two fingers of an adult, and the string of the crossbow is also thicker.

The crossbow bolt sliced a beautiful parabola through mid-air and landed exactly beside the few people in the courtyard, including Lord Pei. At this time, Gu Yinqi didn't know why, and the ghost envoy was running out of the yard with his legs.

One of the guards who had been vigilantly watching around him suddenly saw a crossbow flying in the air, shouted that it was not good, and took a step forward to push Lord Pei away, but it was too late. The bolt flew into the crowd like a meteor, touching the trap as it landed. With a "snap", the thick tail end of the crossbow burst open, and countless tiny steel needles scattered and separated at lightning speed.

This is a "Rainstorm Thunderbolt" for a crossbow that has been modified by Jie Moore's own hands. Due to the complexity of the manufacturing process, Jie Moore has only made two crossbow arrows so far. Because of the urgency of time, the two crossbows were sent by someone last night.

The distance of 300 meters was too long, and there was a lack of aiming equipment at that time, He Ting, who had always been cautious and meticulous, decided to abandon the method of accurate aiming and shooting, and used the more reliable "rainstorm thunderbolt" to shoot in groups.

As the "Rainstorm Thunderbolt" blossomed, a scream erupted in the crowd. The highly poisonous steel needles were ejected by powerful springs, instantly penetrating the bodies of many people. The courtyard fell to the ground all at once. Those who had been hit by the steel needle, including Lord Benelli, gradually stopped moving after a painful convulsion and shouting.

Gu Yinqi was very lucky, and he ran out of the courtyard gate the second before the "Rainstorm Thunderbolt" exploded. Hearing the movement behind him, he turned around and looked, and he was stunned.

"Hey!" cobra lamented, "I didn't even kill that little thing." โ€

"That little thing can't be killed. He Ting said in a hurried tone: "Your Highness has ordered, keep that little thing's life, and our war will be much easier." He made a gesture: "Hurry up and pack your things and go." โ€

One of the subordinates immediately pulled up the hair of the man who was tied on the ground, cut his throat like a chicken, and threw the knife on the ground beside him. The man struggled and writhed, spurting blood everywhere. They cut the rope from the man's body, pulled out the towel from his mouth, and threw a crossbow beside him.

It was all done in two seconds, and by the time the group rushed downstairs with ropes and towels on their shoulders, the man with his throat had not yet breathed and could still stand up and call out the window for help. Of course, it's too late for him to do anything now.

When the assassination first took place, there was a commotion inside and outside the compound. Although many people saw the direction in which the arrows were fired, some people even saw the approximate buildings. However, all the officers were mad at this time, and after a brief confusion, no one remembered to catch the murderer. Led by soldiers who could see where the arrows were coming, they rode like wolves and rushed towards the buildings.

More soldiers then rushed in, and they quickly took control of the area. Some Pegasus went to tell the gates to close immediately, while others launched a carpet search around the area.

It took them nearly a day to turn over the neighborhood at least three times. All the residents, even the sick and disabled who were lying in bed and could not get up, were picked up and questioned. But apart from a corpse and a crossbow found in a building, they never found any suspicious figures.

It appears that the man sniped Lord Benelli with a hard crossbow upstairs, and then he knew he had no way to escape and committed suicide on the spot. There were no accomplices who cooperated with his actions.