The closer the forbidden army chased after him, the more frightened the man became, and his face was full of horror.

He turned back from time to time, accidentally tripped himself and fell to the ground, only to be chased and held down by the forbidden army behind him.

"Outsiders?"

Several forbidden soldiers then saw that the bridge of this person's nose was tall and his appearance was very different from that of the great cadres, and they couldn't help frowning.

"Can you speak the official language?"

The head of the forbidden army followed the man's questioning.

The man folded his hands and shook his head without saying a word.

Just as the forbidden army was puzzled, the man pointed to his mouth again, opened his mouth and stretched out his half-severed tongue.

"Dumb, do you want to send him to prison?"

For this mute from outside the territory, several forbidden soldiers did not know how to solve it.

But when he heard the word "prison", his dumb head shook like a rattle, and his eyes were full of supplication.

"Ahh~"

At the same time, the mute also pointed to the paper in the hands of several forbidden soldiers and pointed at himself.

"What? Do you know Sanskrit? ”

Seeing the mute's strange behavior, the leader of the forbidden army continued to ask.

The mute seemed to be able to hear the official language of the Great Cadre, and he nodded his head again and again.

"Nine times out of ten, this person is the one who sent the letter together, or it is better to hand over the brocade guard."

The leader of the forbidden army consulted with his companions.

At this moment, the mute looked into the darkness behind him, his eyes widened, and his face was full of horror.

"What people!"

Following the mute gaze, the group of forbidden soldiers also sensed that there was something wrong in the darkness.

They grabbed their scabbards and shouted at the darkness.

"Retreat! Send this person to Jinyiwei! ”

In response to them, there was an overwhelming array of poisonous needles.

The leader of the forbidden army quickly drew his knife out of its sheath and removed the poisonous needle in front of him.

And the march on both sides grabbed the dumb man and retreated again and again, and went straight to Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Division.

The strange man in the darkness was always with him, and from time to time some poisonous needles shot out, making the forbidden army team unguarded.

When there were still a hundred steps away from the Nanzhen Fusi, there was only one person left in the forbidden army who could barely support it, escorting the mute to the Nanzhen Fusi.

"Brother inside, there is an enemy attack!"

When there were still fifty steps away from Nanzhen Fusi, more than ten poisonous needles were shot, and the last forbidden soldier knew that there was no way to avoid it, so he could only shout loudly.

And when Jin Yiwei appeared, he had already fallen to the ground with a poisoned needle.

"Who the hell is it, have you ever seen it?"

Qianhu, who was in charge of guarding the Fusi Division of Nanzhen, hurriedly helped up the forbidden army and asked about the situation.

"This person, perhaps. Sent to the palace and met Your Majesty! ”

After saying this, the forbidden soldier had no breath at all.

"Damn! Dare to commit murder in the capital! Don't let this person go! ”

"Pass my orders, track down along the road, and don't let go of the slightest detail!"

Qianhe's eyes were cold, and he immediately ordered.

Immediately, dozens of Jinyi guards who received orders all set off and tracked down the escape route of the forbidden army.

At the same time, another squad escorted the mute to the palace.

Along the way, they were vigilant for fear of encountering another Assassin along the way.

Everyone trembled, and it took a stick of incense to send the mute into the palace.

"This person knows Sanskrit? And wait, I will inform Your Majesty. ”

After the forbidden army in charge of guarding looked dumb up and down for a while, he immediately went to the East Palace and informed him of the situation.

"Your Majesty, the person you are looking for has been found. Now it's outside the palace. ”

Gonggong Cao immediately informed Xu Jing of the news.

"Let him in."

Xu Jing said without raising his head.

"No."

Gonggong Cao nodded and was about to turn around, but he remembered what had just happened, and said: "The assassin has appeared again, this time the target is the people outside the door, and at the same time, five forbidden soldiers have died tragically. ”

"Presumably, this person's identity is not simple, but I am afraid that he is from a certain big mansion."

Gonggong Cao said carefully.

"Out again?"

Hearing this, Xu Jing frowned, very dissatisfied.

"Give as much pension as possible, after all, it is to sacrifice one's life for the country. Also, if they have any other family members in the family, they will take care of them. ”

Xu Jing eased his emotions and admonished.

"Your Majesty is merciful, and everyone in the forbidden army will be very happy if they learn about it."

Gonggong Cao knelt down and complimented.

"There's no need to pat yourself on the back, they all died because of the big work, how can they be perfunctory."

"If you can give more, you can give more, after all, I am my personal guard, and you can't be sloppy."

Xu Jing sighed and said slowly.

"No, the slave will definitely handle this matter properly, and he will definitely not fall into the hands of others."

Gonggong Cao nodded and replied solemnly.

"Go ahead, I'll rest assured that you can do something."

Xu Jing nodded and motioned for Gonggong Cao to leave.

After touching a stick of incense, the mute was taken to the East Palace.

Looking at the richly decorated palace, the dumb man looked around, his hands on his legs and his whole body still trembling uncontrollably.

"You're one of those survivors?"

After dealing with the twists and turns, Xu Jing walked into the main hall and looked at the person in front of him and asked.

When the dumb man saw Xu Jing, he immediately knelt on the ground and didn't even kowtow and say a word.

Xu Jing looked at the mute and frowned slightly.

Gonggong Cao knew that Xu Jing was puzzled, so he said: "This person is a mute and can't speak at all. Probably someone cut out his tongue to prevent him from saying something. ”

"Can you write a big dry script?"

Xu Jing immediately asked at the dumb man.

The mute nodded again and again to indicate that he would.

"Send me some pen and paper."

Xu Jing motioned to his subordinates to take the four treasures of the study.

The mute put them on the ground one by one and knelt in front of Xu Jing.

"You just have to sit and write, you don't have to kneel all the time."

Li Heng pointed to the chair and said to the dumb man.

The mute shook his head, pointed to the ground and nodded.

"Anyway, what the hell is going on. Why are you here this time? ”

Xu Jing was not forced and continued to question.

The dumb man pondered for a moment, and began to write on the paper.

"Temple?"

Gonggong Cao handed the dumb paper to Xu Jing, looking at the word temple in it, Xu Jing frowned slightly.

"What's wrong with the temple? What does this have to do with the temple? ”

There is only the word temple, Xu Jingke doesn't know the details, so he can only continue to ask.

The mute scratches his ears and cheeks, and doesn't seem to know many words.

After a while, he wrote down the official characters and money again.

"You mean, the temple gives money to officials?"

Xu Jing asked tentatively.

The dumb man was stunned, and then nodded repeatedly.

"Temple officials mutually? Who actually took the money? ”

Xu Jing's face sank slightly, and the momentum of his expression changed suddenly.

Buddhist temples can be regarded as the general existence of the state religion in Daqian, so the treatment they receive is also extremely generous.

Moreover, the temple has very little to pay in taxes! Not even one-tenth of the average person.

If officials collude with the temple, the only possibility is for the temple to use the power of a high-ranking official to frantically expand the land and take the opportunity to make money!

In Xu Jing's eyes, this kind of behavior is no different from stealing the country!

So much so that at this moment, Xu Jing's eyes became more and more unkind, and he continued to ask.