Shangguan Xiu's sudden departure from the table surprised everyone in the hall, but no one dared to ask more, Shangguan Xiu walked out of the hall, and Zhao Chen, who was waiting outside, immediately came forward and said urgently: "Brother Xiu,"

"How is Ah Jin?" Shangguan Xiu asked in a deep voice,

"Mr. Qian was injured by the assassin and has now returned to the entrance of the branch, so he should not be worried about his life,"

"Probably not," Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows,

Zhao Chen swallowed his saliva, and said: "If Mr. Qian is seriously injured, the brothers below will definitely send news as soon as possible, and there is no news yet, it should be ...... It should not be serious,"

What is the extent of Qian Jin's injury, it is very important, this matter can also be guessed, he looked back at the Xianghe Palace, only groaned slightly, raised his head and said: "Let's go, go to the branch hall to have a look,"

"Brother Xiu is leaving the scene now, I'm afraid it's not appropriate," Zhao Chen asked with some concern,

Shangguan Xiu shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly and said, "Everything that should be said has been said, and the rest is just a formality," After a pause, he changed his words and asked, "What the hell is going on,"

Zhao Chen said: "When Mr. Qian was working in the Tianjing Branch, he was attacked by assassins, and the specific situation will not be clarified until Mr. Qian wakes up."

"In broad daylight, Lang Lang, the assassin was able to sneak in with the semicolon and hurt people, and the management of the semicolon was inevitably too lax, so how can I rest assured that I can store the silver in the semicolon," Shangguan Xiu said with a sinking face,

Zhao Chen bowed, didn't dare to answer, the Tianjing branch mixed in the assassin, and let the assassin successfully seize the opportunity to sneak attack, although the responsibility is not all on the dark flag, but the dark flag is indeed responsible for the disadvantage of the investigation,

In the Xianghe Palace, seeing Shangguan Xiu leaving in a hurry, Jun Shengtian remained silent, and only peeked at Tang Mingzhu opposite, who also happened to look at him at this time, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and the smile he showed had a deep meaning.

Others may not understand the meaning of the smile on her face, but Jun Shengtian can understand it,

He held the wine glass in one hand, drank it slowly, and quietly put the other hand under the table, ostensibly he was pouring himself a drink, but in fact, he was quietly hooking his fingers behind his back.

This is the code signal for him to signal his men to prepare to move,

After the two little servants sitting behind Jun Shengtian saw his gesture, they both raised their hands, and each took out a pill from their belts, and the two of them held the pill in their hands, and quickly swallowed the pill into their stomachs while no one was paying attention.

As the pill went down, the aura scattered in the body immediately began to condense, and the two of them lowered their heads, their eyes narrowed slightly, but they couldn't block the essence that gradually appeared in their eyes.

After recovering their aura by relying on the Gathering Spirit Pill, the hands of the two of them reached into the placket of their clothes.

Under the placket of the two of them, there was a three-barreled spirit musket hidden in each, less than ten meters away, two three-barreled spirit muskets suddenly attacked, and the gods were difficult to dodge, not to mention Tang Ling,

Even if they haven't done it yet, the two of them are already completely sure in their hearts that they can kill with one blow.

When the three songs and dances were over, Tang Ling waved his hand, and the dancing girls in the hall retreated one after another.

Cai Xiao said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, these dancing girls are carefully selected by Weichen from Tianjing City, I don't know if Your Majesty is satisfied,"

Tang Ling smiled and said, "Compared with the dance of Fengdi, the dance of Ningnan is more feminine, and I hope that the people of Ningnan can also be as supple as the dance of Ningnan,"

As she spoke, she looked at Jun Shengtian on the other side meaningfully, and asked, "Mr. Jun, what do you say?"

Jun Shengtian subconsciously replied: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true,"

Tang Ling said slowly: "Fengren and Ningnan people, the same clan and the same species, they are originally a family, now the world is unified, and the people of the two places no longer have to fight each other and kill each other, this is a happy event, but if someone obstructs it, if they have to secretly promote the resurgence of the Sun family, I will never tolerate it, and will be severely punished, you all understand,"

"The grass people understand," the patriarchs of the various families bowed down in response,

Tang Ling smiled and continued: "As long as you are willing to be the people of the wind, willing to serve the imperial court, and willing to devote yourself to the imperial court, I will treat you equally, but if someone is obedient on the surface, and thinks that I don't know anything, then it is very wrong, Mr. Jun, what do you say?"

was repeatedly named by Tang Ling, Jun Shengtian secretly gritted his teeth, he couldn't feel Tang Ling's slightest kindness to him, he only felt Tang Ling's strong hostility towards him,

His fists under the table were clenched tightly, but on the surface he still looked respectful, and he bowed in response: "What Your Majesty said is very true, and the grass people remember it,"

Tang Ling narrowed her eyes slightly, but she couldn't block the light that flashed in them, she stared at Jun Shengtian for a long time before she withdrew her gaze, slowly picked up the wine glass, shook the wine in the glass, and said quietly: "People are self-aware, do what they can, if they can't even do this, even if they have the great emperor's grace, they can't keep his head,"

Her words, like muttering to herself, as if they meant something else,

Jun Shengtian's face changed slightly, and his heart tightened, could it be that Tang Ling was aware of his own actions, impossible, Tang Ling could not have detected his own conspiracy, Shangguan Xiu must have calculated foolproof, so he left at this time to avoid suspicion,

He secretly comforted himself in his heart, now that he was ready to fly, at this time, he must be able to calm down,

Let's talk about Shangguan Xiu, he and Zhao Chen, Xiao Jue, Wu Yufei and his party went to the branch of Shura Hall in Tianjing.

The entrance of the branch hall is very close to the palace, even if it is on foot, it will not take more than a quarter of an hour, if you ride a horse, it will take a few minutes.

The branch master of the Tianjing branch is Yan Hui, Yan Hui is the branch master of the Zhenjun branch, he was temporarily transferred to Tianjing by Shangguan Xiu, and is responsible for the formation of branch halls in Tianjing and the entire Ningnan area.

Seeing Shangguan Xiu arrive at the branch hall, Yan Hui was quite surprised, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his hand, and said, "Brother Xiu,"

Shangguan Xiu glanced at him and asked, "Where is Qian Jin now?"

"...... in the backyard"

"Leading the way,"

"Yes," Yan replied, and took Shangguan Xiu and his party to the backyard,

Originally, he wanted to ask if the banquet in the palace was over so soon, but seeing Shangguan Xiu's gloomy face, he didn't dare to ask more, in a separate courtyard in the backyard, Shangguan Xiu saw Qian Jin who was lying on the bed,

Qian Jin was assassinated, the injury was not serious, the back of the head was beaten with a stick, and now the wound has been bandaged, and the head is wrapped in a thick bandage, but the person is still in a coma and has not woken up.

Shangguan Xiu walked to the bed, looked down at Qian Jin carefully, and then turned his head sideways and asked, "Where is the doctor?"

"Your Highness, the villain is here," an elderly doctor stepped forward and bowed,

"How is Qian Jin's injury?"

"Returning to Your Highness, it's not a big deal,"

"What was it that hurt you?"

"This ...... It was a blunt object to the back of the head,"

Shangguan Xiu's eyes flashed when he heard this, the assassin had seized the opportunity to make a move, but he only smashed Qian Jin with a blunt object, but did not use a sharp weapon to take his life, this thing is quite strange, he asked: "Who is the assassin, can there be an investigation?"

"Yes...... It's ......"

"Who is it," Yan Hui's slurring made Shangguan Xiu's face look displeased,

Yan Hui swallowed his saliva, feeling that Brother Xiu was cold today, not as easy to get close to as usual, he coughed lowly and said, "When Mr. Qian was attacked, there was also a small leader of the branch hall named An Wen,"

"Where is Anwen now?"

"Missing,"

"Missing,"

"According to the people in the semicolon, Anwen was ordered to go to the semicolon to withdraw the silver, Mr. Qian asked to see the note, Anwen said that the matter was very important, and proposed to go to the secret room, Mr. Qian took him into the secret room, and after a short time, Anwen came out of the secret room and left in a hurry, the people in the semicolon waited for a long time and did not wait for Mr. Qian to come out, so they entered the secret room to check, and found that Mr. Qian was covered with blood and fainted in the secret room," Yan Hui told Shangguanxiu about what he knew.

"There are only two people in the secret room, Ah Jin and An Wen," "Yes, Brother Xiu,"

Shangguan Xiu stared at Yan Hui and asked in a cold voice, "Did you send Anwen to the semicolon to pick up the silver,"

Yan Hui hurriedly shook his head and said: "The subordinates have never sent An Wen to pick up the silver, and if it involves money and the amount is large, the subordinates will do it themselves, and they will never send a brother to handle it hastily,"

Shangguan Xiu said: "In this way, it was An Wen who took a fake note to the semicolon to withdraw the silver, but Ah Jin saw the clues, and An Wen was in a hurry, knocked Ah Jin unconscious, and absconded in fear of crime,"

"Judging by the current investigation, it is like this,"

Shangguan Xiu asked, "An Wen is your person,"

"Yes...... Yes, Brother Xiu," Yan said, looking back,

"I don't know who I know, I don't know how to use people, what kind of punishment should I receive, I will get the punishment myself," Shangguan Xiu said: "Go and check immediately, be sure to arrest An Wen, find out if he still has a comrade, such a big thing, if there is no party, only himself, I am afraid that he will not have such courage,"

"The subordinates understand that the subordinates have sent someone to track down Anwen's whereabouts,"

"If you're not sure that your subordinates will be able to capture An Wen, then you can do it yourself," Shangguan Xiu said with a blank face, "Shura Hall was originally the most reassuring place for me, but now it is full of loopholes, which disappoints me,"

Yan Hui's face turned red, and he was about to drip blood, he bowed down and said, "Brother Xiu, my subordinates will go and investigate,"

Shangguan Xiu didn't look at him again, his eyes fell on Zhao Chen, and asked, "At present, how much silver is in the semicolon?"

"Almost two million taels,"

"How can there be so much silver,"

The matter of the Sitong Silver Account is all Qian Jin in charge, and then directly reported to Shangguan Xiu, even Shangguan Xiu doesn't know why there is so much silver in the Sitong Silver Number, Zhao Chen is even more unclear, he pondered for a moment, and said: "His Royal Highness's prestige in Tianjing is very high, so that the Sitong Silver Account is also widely known in Tianjing, and my subordinates heard that since the semicolon was opened in Tianjing, business has been very good, and many families have deposited silver in it, I think this is also to please Your Highness,"

Shangguan Xiu sighed, but didn't say much,

Tianjing, West City Gate,

The 11th Army Corps, which was stationed on the outskirts of Xicheng, left the camp and came to the outside of Xicheng in Tianjing.

It was the Tenth Army led by Nie Zhen who was stationed in Xicheng, and when he saw that the Eleventh Army was going to enter the city with great fanfare, Nie Zhen was quite puzzled, and he had never received an order from the imperial court.

The entry of a large army into the city is not a trivial matter, and it must be ordered by the imperial court.

Nie Zhen hurriedly got off the city gate, rode out of the city, and happened to meet the oncoming official Xi.

He immediately bowed to Guan Xi and said, "General Guan is not in the camp to recuperate from his wounds, why did he lead the army into the city with such fanfare?"

Guan Xi said: "General Nie doesn't know yet, there are assassins in the city, and my brother is ordered to enter the city and encircle and suppress the assassins," frdo

Nie Zhen really heard about Qian Jin's assassination, but he didn't hear that the imperial court had mobilized a large army into the city to encircle and suppress the assassins.

He shook his head at Guan Xi and said, "General Guan, I haven't received an edict from His Majesty or His Royal Highness here, it shouldn't be that General Guan made a mistake,"

"There will be no mistake, brother, there is an order from the military department here," as he spoke, Guan Xi took out a document and handed it to Nie Zhen,

Nie Zhen urged him to step forward, took the paperwork, and took a closer look, sure enough, this is an order from the military department, but the order is not stamped with the big seal of the military department, but the big seal of the governor's palace.

After seeing it, Nie Zhen frowned, and said suspiciously: "It's obviously an order from the military department, but it's stamped with the seal of the Governor's Palace, this ......" He always felt that this order was a little strange,

Guan Xi smiled and said: "After all, the military department is subordinate to the Governor's Palace, and the big seal of the Governor's Mansion is much more useful than the big seal of the military department, not to mention, the big seal of the Governor's Mansion has always been kept by His Royal Highness, and General Nie is still worried that this order is wrong?"

(三七 Chinese.)