Hearing Zhao Guanghan's call, one person entered the hall, and it was his attendant Man Tian.

Zhao Guanghan beckoned, and Man Tian stepped forward quickly and bowed in front of the case. Zhao Guanghan beckoned again, and Man Tian approached the bookcase. Zhao Guanghan asked softly: "You assassinate Laimu to leave a flaw." ”

Mitsuta thought for a moment and said, "There shouldn't be any flaws." ”

Zhao Guanghan said stubbornly: "Think again. ”

Man Tian lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "I covered my face with a black cloth that day, and no one could recognize me. At the time of the assassination, there was no one around, but it was too late to pull out the short sword. However, that short sword is an ordinary thing that I bought in the East Market for many years, and it is not marked, so I can't find it here. ”

Zhao Guanghan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said, "That's fine." "Folded the bamboo slips in the middle of the bookcase.

Man Tian's face suddenly changed, and he raised his head and stared at Zhao Guanghan in horror. Zhao Guanghan was taken aback by his move, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

Man Tian stammered and said: "I thought that the sword used to kill people needs to be sharp, that short sword is not something I carry with me, I haven't used it for a long time, and it is a little rusty, so I found a craftsman to polish it." Well, the craftsman knows me. ”

"That craftsman is from the West Market Workshop?" Zhao Guanghan asked eagerly.

"It's not. This craftsman is old and at home, and he usually does not work, but only grinds and washes for acquaintances. ”

Zhao Guanghan was in a hurry for a while, held his chest and gasped for a while, adjusted his breathing, and then said, "The Tingwei Mansion may have searched for a workshop for sharpening swords in the West Market. ”

With a wry smile on his face, he shook his head slightly, lamenting in his heart, how could he be so tormented in the past few days, and he insisted on derogating Wei Xiang, but he didn't expect to use too much force, but he hurt himself instead. However, the matter has come to this point, and I have to go all the way to the end.

He stared at Man Tian with wide eyes suddenly, his expression was cold, and he said viciously: "You go quickly and kill the grinding craftsman." ”

Man Tian was stunned for a moment, and quickly arched his hand and said, "Huh." "Turn around and go.

At this time, it was the beginning of the Shen Dynasty, and there were more pedestrians on the street, and Man Tian was in a hurry, just thinking about hurrying over and finding the old craftsman before the Tingwei Mansion. Without paying attention, he knocked down a sloppy child. The boy was thin, and he was struck by a tall mantian, and he took a few steps backwards and fell to the ground. Mitsuta glanced back, didn't stop, and continued on his way.

The child who was knocked down was none other than Ouye. He walked well and was hit on the head, but the man walked away as if nothing had happened. Ou Ye was angry in his heart, got up with a bone, spread his legs and chased after him, grabbed the man, and shouted, "You hit me and I will leave like this." ”

Man Tian is a health official in Jingzhao Mansion, and he is used to being arrogant, and others avoid him on weekdays. This time he walked in a hurry and bumped into Ou Ye, he felt that he didn't scold Ou Ye for getting in the way, he was already tolerant, and he didn't want this kid to entangle him. His heart was on fire, he reached out and grabbed Ou Ye's shirt, lifted it, and threw it out hard.

Ou Yeren was small and weak, and he didn't pay attention, so he was thrown out of the room at once, and fell to the ground on his back with a bang. He was hurt by the fall, cried and got up, and then caught up with Mantian and grabbed him to death. Man Tian struggled a few times and didn't break free, and when he was angry, he raised his bow and crossbow with one hand and aimed it at Ou Ye, and shouted: "You are looking for death." ”

At this time, there were already a lot of people watching the excitement on the side, and a few older people saw that the situation was not right, so they hurriedly stepped forward to persuade Ou Ye away. They also saw the identity of the Mantian government, and said that children are not sensible, there are a lot of adults, don't worry about children, and so on.

Mantian was in a hurry to do something, so he stopped pestering and left on his own. The persuader turned around and counted Ou Ye and told him not to be so stubborn in the future, otherwise he would suffer a loss.

Ou Ye was not angry, spat at Man Tian's back, and then secretly glanced at the thing he was holding in his hand.

Mantian was interrupted by this, delayed for a long time, anxious, and trotted up as he walked.

He ran to the entrance of Guanhou Street in one breath, but saw several officials dressed in the costumes of the Tingweifu gathered in front of the old craftsman's courtyard, as if discussing to knock on the door.

He hurriedly climbed into a small courtyard, but it was too far away to see clearly, and he climbed over several courtyard walls.

There was an old man in a courtyard who was stacking firewood, and when he saw someone jumping into the courtyard, he raised his head in astonishment, and then held a wooden stick and stared at him closely. Man Tian raised his bow and crossbow and said, "The Tingwei Mansion captures the thief, don't make a noise." ”

Finally jumped into the small courtyard facing the old craftsman's house, where the people could be heard talking. He leaned out quietly, leaning against the edge of the wall, holding a crossbow in his right hand, and his left arm bent underneath it to lean on, squinting at the old craftsman.

Yuan Cheng and his entourage hurried to Guanhou Street, and the little craftsman looked for a while, pointed to a small courtyard and said, "This is it." Then he went up and knocked on the door, and in a short time the door opened, and it was the old craftsman with gray sideburns who opened the door. The little craftsman arched his hand and said, "Master, these people are from the government, and they want to ask you about something." ”

Yuan Cheng nodded, didn't say much, handed over the short sword, and asked, "Did you sharpen this sword?" The old craftsman took the sword and looked at it, stroked the sword body with his hand, and said with a smile: "This sword is sharpened and washed by me, what's wrong." ”

Yuan Cheng asked eagerly, "Do you remember who sent it?" ”

"Yes. Just a few days ago—ahh ”

At this moment, Mitsuta pulled the crossbow machine, and the arrow from the string went straight to the old craftsman.

Yuan Cheng and the others were waiting for the old craftsman to reply, but they heard a miserable scream, and the old craftsman fell on his back. Yuan Cheng was shocked, and when he looked at it, the old craftsman was hit by an arrow in his forehead, and he was already angry.

Yuan Cheng didn't think that someone would kill the killer, so he quickly turned around and shouted at the small courtyard opposite the old craftsman's house: "The murderer is hiding in the small courtyard opposite. Before the words fell, he rushed over, jumped over the courtyard wall, and there was no trace of the murderer.

He opened the gate of the courtyard and ran into the street, which was empty and empty.

The captor also rushed over, and when he saw this, he said, "Let's go search one by one." He shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I have already run away." ”

The old craftsman was shot in front of him, Yuan Cheng was full of remorse, and he was helpless, he punched the courtyard wall hard, and said, "Go home." ”

Yu Dingguo was uneasy, pacing back and forth in the Tingwei Mansion with his hands behind his back, and suddenly heard the official report that Yuan Cheng had come to restore his life, and he: "Quickly call him in." ”

Yuan Cheng stumbled in, prostrated on the ground, panting but not speaking. Yu Dingguo knew that it was not good, and with a hint of luck, he asked: "You can find a grinding craftsman." ”

"The subordinates are incompetent." Yuan Cheng didn't dare to look up.

Yu Dingguo sighed in disappointment, returned to the bookcase and sat down, and said, "Say, what's going on." ”

Yuan Cheng lowered his head, stammered about the search for the craftsman, and said regretfully: "We are also anxious, if we talk again after entering the house, there will be no such accident." ”

Yu Dingguo glanced at Yuan Cheng, who was kneeling under the hall, although he was annoyed, he still restrained his emotions, and said in a calm tone: "Get up." ”

"The subordinates don't dare." Yuan Cheng was still lying on the ground.

"Get up and speak." Yu Dingguo accentuated his tone. Only then did Yuan Cheng get up, bent down and stood with his hands.

"There are assassins."

Yuan Cheng looked ashamed and said, "We didn't guard against it, and the assassin fled quickly after a successful blow. Subordinates are incompetent. ”

Yu Dingguo snorted, opened a case file, and made the appearance of reading to hide the depression in his heart.

Yuan Cheng quietly raised his head and glanced at Yu Dingguo, and said cautiously: "The arrow that the assassin shot at the old craftsman has been taken down, and it is a short arrow shot from a small bow and crossbow. The range of this kind of crossbow arrow is no more than 100 paces, and most of them are allocated to trappers who specialize in capture. Therefore, I think this is the work of the officials of Jingzhao Mansion. ”

"Sense?" Yu Dingguo glanced at him: "We can't rely on speculation to judge the case. ”

Yuan Cheng looked embarrassed and arched his hand: "The subordinates are reckless. ”

Yu Dingguo said lightly: "You have also worked hard, step down." ”

When Yuan Cheng retired, it was already evening, the sky was getting darker and darker, and gradually, the entire Tingwei Mansion was also in the night.