Chapter 55: Shadow Fall
Liang Wei never thought that death would be so close to her! Even the last time she was hunted down by the Shadow Division, she didn't feel so desperate.
Just as she was about to close her eyes and wait for death to come, a silver needle changed its trajectory before the knife reached her throat, and with a "ding", the knife grazed her neck and flew out, cutting off the few pieces of hair that were draped over her shoulders.
Escaping from death, she rolled to the ground before she had time to think.
At this time, Xiao Chunzi had already sent out several silver needles and galloped away in the direction of the black shadow.
Wu Feng and Cui Zhenhai also rushed to the courtyard, shouting urgently, "Catch the assassin!" ”
Xiao Zheng walked up to Liang Wei, who was still kneeling on one knee, and patted her shoulder, "It's okay~"
Then he walked out of the hall and looked at the roof.
At this time, Xiao Chunzi had already fought with the man in black for more than fifty rounds, and both of them were unarmed and faced each other with their bare palms.
Judging from the exercises and internal forces of the two, it should be indistinguishable.
If Xiao Zheng made a move, there should be no problem leaving him, but now that everyone is watching, he doesn't want to expose his martial arts, so he can only hold his mood and watch the two sides fight!
Liang Wei walked to Xiao Zheng's side and looked at the man in black who was fighting, she still had palpitations, "If His Highness hadn't been here today, I'm afraid that I would have died under this person's flying knife!" ”
"Can you recognize who he is?"
Liang Wei shook his head, "I don't know this person, looking at this person's martial arts, he shouldn't be a lonely and unknown person!" ”
Xiao Zheng looked at the man in black carefully, distinguishing his martial arts path, "I can fight with Xiao Chunzi so far without falling behind, and there are only a few people in the rivers and lakes, but looking at his skills, it is not the routine of several major schools, and this person should not be very old, although he is masked, his hair is black, his eyes are clear, and the skin of his palms is not rough, he should be about twenty-five years old!" ”
Liang Wei didn't expect Xiao Zheng to be able to see so finely in the night, although she was close to the grandmaster, but she couldn't see it so accurately in such a fierce fight, she guessed that the prince's martial arts were definitely not low.
"He should have been keeping an eye on the lowly office nearby, he knew that the state pastor had been summoning the people of the Shadow Division, thinking that the lowly office would definitely come, waiting here for the rabbit, and wanted to kill me!"
Xiao Zheng nodded, "He probably didn't expect to meet a master like him in the State Pastoral Mansion, otherwise he wouldn't have made such a rash move!" ”
This sentence said what the man in black was thinking at this time, he received an order to intercept and kill Liang Wei, but he didn't know where Liang Wei was hiding, he could only wait near the state pastor's mansion.
It wasn't until he found out that Liang had not shown up that he thought about delivering a fatal blow and killing people.
It was very easy to kill Jia Wensong last time, which gave him the illusion that the martial arts of the people here were all vulnerable, but what he didn't expect was that there was a master like Xiao Chunzi in today's state pastor's mansion, otherwise he wouldn't have made a move so casually.
Seeing that he has been surrounded by the people of the Shadow Division, he has no intention of fighting, he has not completed the task today, it must have been exposed, and he will go back to report immediately.
How could Xiao Chunzi let him withdraw easily, pressing step by step, so that he couldn't get out.
Cui Zhenhai also saw through the thoughts of the man in black, and immediately ordered, "Everyone surround him, wind up the crossbow, and prepare to shoot!" ”
Cui Zhenhai's words made the man in black immediately make up his mind that he must evacuate before the soldiers surrounded him. He tried his best to fight to the death with Xiao Chunzi, who had to wave his hand to block, but did not give him any chance to escape.
Just when the black-clothed people were in a hurry, a shadow spy close to Xiao Zheng's direction suddenly swung a knife and slashed at Xiao Zheng, shouting "Kill!" ”
This sudden move made everyone stunned, and Xiao Chunzi was even more angry, and he stabbed the person in the leg with a silver needle.
Everyone thought that it was important to protect the prince, and in this stunned moment, the man in black had already turned around and flew away, how could Xiao Chunzi let him escape, and then flew out.
Xiao Zheng looked at the "secret spy" who fell to the ground, he had already spat black blood in his mouth and had no breath!
The rest of the spies also looked at the dead traitors underground with angry faces.
They have been misunderstood, and this is a great opportunity to prove their innocence, and now not only is it gone, but it has deepened the misunderstanding.
Sure enough, Cui Zhenhai gritted his teeth and looked at them, and waved his big hand, "Catch them all for me!" ”
The soldiers all pointed their crossbow bolts at them, and if they dared to resist in the slightest, they would not hesitate to shoot them.
Everyone was panting, including Qingmao, and some even shed tears, they were very aggrieved, but the reality made it impossible for them to refute.
Xiao Zheng waved his hand to stop the soldiers from escorting them, and slowly walked between them, Wu Feng followed closely with his saber.
Xiao Zheng walked up to a tearful shadow spy in the middle and wiped away his tears with his hands, but his tears were wiped more and more until the black cloth on his mask was wet.
Seeing this, Xiao Zheng directly took off his black cloth, "Do you feel wronged?" ”
He shook his head, but the tears that kept streaming down told how aggrieved he was.
Xiao Zheng turned to look at the others again, "This king knows that you may be innocent, or rather, you have taken the initiative to come here now to prove your loyalty. But the enemy is also taking advantage of your loyalty, mixing in and trying to disrupt the Shadowdivision. ”
Xiao Zheng walked in front of them again, "Now that this king has given you a chance, there are still fourteen of you, including Qing Mao, since he has repented and provided the news that the 'Red Fox' is very important to us, this king intends to give him a chance to make meritorious contributions." ”
When Qing Mao heard this, he immediately knelt down on one knee, "Thank Your Highness for not killing you!" Qing Mao will be the liver and brain to the ground, and repay the country with death! ”
Xiao Zheng helped him up and continued, "In the same way, this king will also give you a chance, no matter whether you have rebelled before or not, this king will not be guilty of the past!" ”
Seeing their eyes full of surprise, Xiao Zheng raised his voice, "However, your names will be written down by this king, and you will also take off your own veils and remember each other's faces." The fourteen of you will be one in the future, as long as one of them rebels, the rest of you must work together to kill him, and then abolish your martial arts and protect the Shadow Division's Loyal Soul Tomb for the rest of your life! ”
Hearing Xiao Zheng's words, they took off their masks at the same time and knelt on the ground, "Your Highness Xie is generous, and you must remember Your Highness's teachings in your humble position, and live up to the Shadow Division and Your Highness!" ”
At this time, Xiao Chunzi flew back from a distance and landed beside Xiao Zheng, "Your Highness, this person's light skills are very weird, and it will be difficult to catch up for a while and a half, I don't dare to chase too far, so I have to... Let him run. ”
Xiao Zheng didn't blame him, "Just run, run, sooner or later, you will run into it again." Now I will give you a difficult task, and the fourteen of them will obey your dispatch in the future, and they will hunt down the 'Red Fox' full-time!" ”
Xiao Chunzi's eyes swept over their faces one by one, and they also saw Xiao Chunzi's power, looking ahead, and they didn't dare to blink their eyes.
"Since Your Highness has given you the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and handed you over to me, and you all know who you were victimized by, then from today onwards, your task is no longer to collect intelligence as before, but to hunt down the 'Red Fox', whose name is the 'Condor' of the Fox Hunt! If you don't want to die in the hands of the fox, practice your skills, divide yourself into two teams, choose your own captain, and I will have the first lesson with you in the evening! ”
After they left, Xiao Zheng and the others returned to the hall.
Continuing with what he had just said, Liang Wei once again stated his discovery.
It turned out that the Shadow Division had discovered that officials in Liangzhou had embezzled disaster relief money a year ago, and she had also reported it to the headquarters, but the headquarters had not replied. Because the Espionage Department only has the power to collect intelligence, and cannot interfere with the disposal power of the imperial court, she thought that since the imperial court had obtained the evidence, it was waiting for the opportunity to settle the accounts later, so she didn't think much about it.
It wasn't until seven days ago that the secret agent of the Criminal Department pierced the doubts in her heart.
It turned out that the imperial court had not received any information about the corruption of officials in Liangzhou, and she broke out in a cold sweat. Knowing that she had personally sorted out these messages and sent them to the head of the spy department, she couldn't believe her speculation.
Just when she wanted to rush to the capital in person and ask the Shadow Division for confirmation, her assistant in Jiayuan County told her about the "Red Fox" and invited her to join the "Red Fox".
Liang Wei naturally did not agree, and wanted to arrest him for questioning, but I don't know when, his assistant poisoned the tea she drank, fortunately, she knew medical science, found out in time, and escaped from the pursuit of everyone, and fled back to the medical workshop in Fengcheng, otherwise she would definitely become Zhong Qing's scapegoat!
Xiao Zheng couldn't believe everything he heard, the head of the Shadow Division's spy department, such a key position, turned out to be a traitor! What an irony! No wonder the Shadow Division would become deaf and blind, thinking about all this, Xiao Zheng suddenly slapped the table, "Not good!" Hurry up and inform Li Yilong! ”
The next evening, the Shadow Division.
Li Yilong was holding the flying pigeon handbook sent by Xiao Zheng in his hand, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood. "Ahh
Throwing the information in his hand to Shi Bin and the others, he propped his hands on the table and shook his head self-deprecatingly, "I, Li Yilong, think that I have always been smart, no one can blind the eyes of the Shadow Division, I didn't expect it, hahaha~"
Shi Bin and the three of them looked at the information in their hands, and they also gritted their teeth, and smashed their clenched fists on the stone table.
This is the last thing they want to believe and dare not believe!
Although everyone was suspicious when Li Yilong was furious last time, everyone didn't believe that Zhong Qing would have a problem, and they would rather believe that there was a problem with the Liangzhou Espionage Division.
In the afternoon, Wang Gui, the secret agent of the Criminal Department, went to the Shadow Division to report the news about the "Red Fox", they had been deeply shocked once, Zhong Qing was even more "angry", she said that she had lost the contact with Liang Wei, the head of the Liangzhou Espionage Department, and all the clues pointed to Liang Wei, and she wanted to go to Liangzhou to preside over the overall situation.
They didn't have the slightest suspicion at the time, and issued an order to the other eight states of the Shadow Division to arrest Liang Wei with all their might.
The information in their hands now is a great irony for them!
It's not a good feeling to be tricked by someone, not to mention these people in the Shadow Division who have always thought highly of themselves!
Shi Bin was even more like crazy: "Lao Tzu must tear Zhong Qing alive!" ”
Li Yilong had already calmed down at this time, "Pass the order of the rivers and lakes, anyone who captures Zhong Qing alive, even if it is to spare a breath, I, Li Yilong, will do three things for him unconditionally!" ”