In the huge hall, only Xiao Cong, Liu Yiqing, the assassin of Yuanzhou, the three chief and deputy commanders of Zhichong Mansion, and Xiao Yan were six people.

Cheng Yanxia, the commander of Zhichong, reported on the situation of cleaning the battlefield and searching for corpses.

Although the 470 deceased soldiers who pretended to be horse thieves were all dressed in Tang costumes with round necks and arrow sleeves, and their hair was also in a bun, their true identities could still be deduced from the details of their close-fitting profane clothes and trousers, necklaces around their necks, sutras they carried, and tattoos.

“…… It was the Turgish, the Gelu and the Uighurs. ”

Liu Yizhen's face changed immediately.

The Turks and Gelu were Turkic and belonged to the Anxi Protectorate, and the Hui people were under the rule of Hexi Dao.

If Xiao Shizi is really robbed and killed, it will provoke turmoil between Hexi and Anxi!

Liu Yizhi felt a chill in his heart, and immediately asked, "Which Hui is it?" ”

There are three Huihui in Hexi, one is Gaochang Hui, the second is Ganzhou, and the third is Yuanzhou.

Liu Yizhi prayed in his heart, hoping that it was not the Wuzi Department.

The Wuzi tribe is a naturalized Yuanzhou resident of the Hui people, with a total of more than 50,000 people.

Cheng Yanxia replied with a solemn expression: "There are one hundred and ten horses from Gaochang Huiqi, with the palindrome of 'Allah tattooed on their left arm; another fifteen should have come out of the Wuzi tribe with a bear head tattooed on their backs. "Among the Hui tribes, only the Wuzi tribe worships the black bear.

Liu Yizhen's face was even more ugly.

The faces of the two Guoyi Lieutenants were also ugly, the prince of Liang Guo was attacked and killed by a large number of "horse thieves" in Yuanzhou, and Zhichong Mansion, as a public security military government, could not shirk responsibility.

Xiao Cong's clear voice was not slow, neither light nor heavy, but it had a kind of strength to beat people, "Let's not mention the fifteen people suspected of being from the Wuzi Department, the Tuqi Shi people and Gelu people who are far away in Anxi, and more than 300 'horse thieves', how did they come to Yuanzhou from thousands of miles away without being known to Fengpu and Zhechongfu?" ”

Datang has set up a strict beacon shop network in the country, the beacon is placed in the key pass, the beacon takes turns to observe the movement day and night, the horse shop is set up every thirty miles, placed in the valley of the main road, there is a wanderer responsible for patrolling - the "horse thief" in the land of Anxi crosses three or four thousand miles into Yuanzhou, how can it not be discovered by the beacon? There are also rangers in Zhichong Prefecture in various states who patrol every day, and Xiao Congyi walks on the official road, which is a necessary place for the patrol team of Zhichong Prefecture. - And how did these "horse thieves" appear?

In charge of the Zhichong Mansion tour team is Zuo Guoyi Duwei Zhu Yizhi, he is seven feet tall, with sideburns and beard, kneeling on the Yin seat, his waist and back are straight, and the muscles are faintly bulging under the round-necked narrow-sleeved robe, he looked at Xiao Cong with blazing eyes, and replied: "Shizi, according to a certain speculation, the thief Hu who came from the Anxi Duhufu and Gaochang Prefecture should be broken into pieces, disguised as a caravan and entered Hexi, and after arriving in Yuanzhou, he was picked up by the traitor Hu of the Wuzi Department. These Wuzi traitors are familiar with the terrain of Yuanzhou, and they are also familiar with the patrol hours and routes of the guerrillas, so they can avoid them. ”

"Rape Hu" is the name of the imperial officials and soldiers for the Hu people who are under the rule of the Tang Dynasty but secretly make trouble, and the Hu people who have been ruled cannot be called "Hu" - at least not in person, but by the name of the tribe, which is the regulation of Emperor Gao Zongwu, reflecting the empire's respect for the naturalized Hu people, and also regarding them as the people of the Tang Dynasty, regardless of whether this "respect" and "sameness" are from the heart or superficial, but it does play a very good role in the process of integrating various ethnic groups in the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Yizhen, Cheng Yanxia and Youguo Yi all nodded slightly when they heard this, Zhu Yizhi's speculation was obviously the most likely, and the fifteen dead soldiers of the Wuzi cadres were defined as the "thief Hu" of the Wuzi Ministry, and the Wuzi Ministry was also left out - as the government affairs and public security army chiefs of Yuanzhou, they all expected that the Wuzi Ministry was not involved in this matter, otherwise, they would face a bloodbath!

Xiao Cong also agreed with Zhu Yizhi's speculation, and bowed his head slightly: "It has been more than 130 years since the Hui Wuzi tribe moved to Yuanzhou and was under the rule of the king, and it is unlikely that the whole clan will be in rebellion. ”

Liu Yizhen and the four of them all breathed a sigh of relief.

"But," Xiao Cong's words changed, "I can't let go of the investigation." It just so happened that the whole clan of the Wuzi tribe searched and swept away those traitors who were hidden in the secrets. These people, if they don't find out, will always be a disaster. ”

"That's what the prince said." Liu Yizhen and Cheng Yanxia agreed together, thinking that there were the corpses of the fifteen dead soldiers, and they were not afraid that the Wuzi Department would cause chaos and not cooperate.

……

Coming out of the hall, Xiao Yan held back his doubts in his heart, but when he saw that it was getting late, he said goodnight to his brother and decided to save it until tomorrow.

Xiao Cong changed his bedclothes after washing and talked to Shen Qingyi on the couch.

Shen Qingyi asked about the hidden guard, "In addition to those dead soldiers, there are also secret attackers?" ”

Xiao Cong nodded and said in a deep voice, "It's a shadow assassin." ”

The assassin industry has existed since ancient times, and the Tang Dynasty is no exception, the most famous assassins are the ghost assassin and the shadow assassin, the organization to which the ghost assassin belongs is called the night ghost, and the organization to which the shadow assassin belongs is called the East China Sea assassin, and the history is very long.

It is said that the Northern Qi Dynasty led an army of 100,000 troops with Gao Xiaojun, the king of Lanling, to attack the Southern Liang Dynasty of the Xiao clan, and won two battles and drew one with the Southern Liang in three battles, but suddenly ordered the withdrawal of the troops, because he was seriously injured by the shadow assassins, and had to be a teacher - Emperor Liang He paid a lot of money to the East China Sea Thorn for this. Xiao Cheng, the ancestor of the Xiao family in Hexi, was very disdainful when he commented on Liang He's actions in the codex, saying, "If you don't decide to fight, you want to stab, how can it be for no reason that Liang overthrows the country?" Not to mention the "origin" between the Xiao clan and the East China Sea Thorn, this incident alone shows that the shadow assassin existed before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, which may be longer than the history of some families with the surname A.

Of course, the prices of these two assassins are also very high, and ordinary families cannot afford them, and the higher the level of assassins, the price doubles. It is said that the lowest level of the shadow assassin is the iron thorn level, and the upward level is the bronze thorn level, the silver thorn level, and the gold thorn level, and the highest level is not known, and it is recorded in the Xiao secret record that Emperor Liang He hired the gold thorn level - in the military camp of the 100,000 army, he seriously injured the king of Lanling, who is known as the god of war in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Although the assassin does not completely use martial arts cultivation to talk about assassination ability, the "Shadow Golden Thorn" should at least be the Cave True Realm, the Cave True Realm above the Extreme Realm!

The shadow assassin who came to assassinate Xiao Cong during the day was in the early stage of the Ascending Realm, and was injured and escaped by Xiao Cong's two hidden guards, one in the middle of the Ascending Realm and one in the early stage of the Ascending Realm.

The biggest reason for the family's high family to cultivate hidden guards is to guard against such high-level assassins, if Xiao Cong didn't have these two hidden guards to block the shadow assassins, he would have died in the fierce battle between the cavalry and the "horse thief".

He mused, "...... Ascending to the Extreme Realm, it should be a shadow silver thorn. ”

Shen Qingyi exhaled slowly, "At least I have to be glad that the other party didn't hire the Golden Thorn level." "The cooperation of a mid-stage Ascending Realm and a hidden guard in the early stage of Ascending the Extreme Realm injured a shadow silver thorn in the early stage of ascending the Extreme Realm, and escaped safely, if it is a golden thorn-level ......?!

Xiao Cong's eyes glowed with cold light in the night, and he said: "There are two possibilities, one is that you can't pay the price, and the other is that you don't want to pay a higher price." ”

If the former is the case, it means that the power of the messenger is not strong enough, and the financial resources are not strong enough, then there is nothing to be feared; If the latter is the case, the situation is complicated, because the reluctance to pay a higher price is either unworthy or unnecessary – which one will it be?

"If it's not worth it, it means that you, the son of the Xiao family, are not enough in the eyes of those behind the scenes." Shen Qingyi still had the heart to make a joke, Xiao Cong laughed, and listened to her continue, "If it's 'unnecessary' - it means that the other party thinks that it is best for a Bronze Thorn-level assassin to kill you, and if he can't kill you, it doesn't matter, because the goal has been achieved." ”

The couple looked at each other on the couch and both had the same judgment in their hearts.

Xiao Cong's expression was cold, and he said, "The hidden guard has sent the news back, and I believe that my father's side will also have a judgment." ”

***

At the beginning of the next day, Xiao Yan got up early to practice as usual, and at two o'clock in the morning, he was called into the inner courtyard by Xiao Cong to have breakfast

Use it early, rinse your mouth and clean your hands, and the maid serves tea soup again.

Xiao Yan drank half a cup of tea, and then asked the doubts he had held back last night: "Brother, how could those Turgish and Gelu people who came from Anxi raid so accurately, did they foresee that Brother Ah would pass through Yuanzhou at this time?" ”

"Foreknowledge?" Xiao Cong sighed, there was coldness in his laughter, and said, "It was only half a month from the decision to go out on patrol to the departure, and the Gaochang Hui people, Anxi Tuqishi and Gelu people, who were two or three thousand miles away, how could they have the great ability to receive news thousands of miles away, and then disguise themselves as several caravans across thousands of miles in just half a month?" ——These people have obviously been lurking in Yuanzhou for a long time. "If he goes to patrol the Wasion Army, he will definitely pass through Wonju.

Xiao Yan frowned in surprise, "Could it be that they had the idea of assassinating Brother Elder in the morning?" ”

Xiao Cong glanced at Shen Qingyi and smiled, "From the news that I have recovered from my illness, I'm afraid some people are planning." ”

Xiao Yan's eyebrows were as thin as knives, "Who wants to kill my brother?" ”

Xiao Cong smiled slightly, with determination in his voice, "There are many people who want Brother to die." Hexi has not been quiet for more than 170 years. ——The two Turkic khanates in the east and west were defeated by the Tang Dynasty one after another, and they got together, always wanting to restore the country, colluding with the Taixi Great Food Empire, and jumping underneath the ground, plotting Anxi and Hexi. Yuwen Xianbei of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was driven out of the Central Plains by the Tang Dynasty, and colluded with the other tribes of Mobei and Xianbei to establish the Yan Zhou Kingdom. There is also the Oroton Empire in the northwest, the new emperor ascended the throne three years ago, it is said that he is young and ambitious, and he may also want to cross the Tang Unu Mountain and step on the Changsai River. There are also Tubo people, who have always coveted the wealth of Hexi, but this will cause civil strife, and it is estimated that they will not have the time to look north. ”

Xiao Cong said in a few words the four major border troubles of Hexi Road.

These Xihu, Beihu, Nanfan, all want to be chaotic in Hexi.

Xiao Yan pursed his lips when he heard this, and there was murderous aura in his eyes, "Whoever wants to kill Brother, I will let him die!" ”

She looked serious and said, "Brother, I will protect you!" ”

Xiao Cong was stunned, his younger brother said that he wanted to protect him?

After a while, he laughed and said slowly, "Okay." Qingjun's eyebrows and eyes bloomed little by little because of the smile, just like the elegant and clear landscape painting slowly unfolded, bursting out of the beautiful and charming, like a brocade color.

Shen Qingyi's eyes froze, Xiao Si had never smiled like this when he got along with her.

The author has something to say: Will you go and change the "Right Guoyi Duwei" in chapter 44 this morning? Hum! (Assi, your obsessive-compulsive disorder is gone, hey.)

Anyway, I smoked it yesterday, and I pulled out a long comment of a certain one, ahaha, is this indigestion spitting out~~

I heard that Xiao Seventeen's "exquisite melon" was swallowed, Jin Xiao was too lustful for you, finger!

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