Hezhou Guanghe, Guangtong Yellow River.

Under the weeping willows on the shore, Li Mo, who was dressed in black, raised his head indifferently, and looked at the fleet slowly sailing in the distance, his eyes were cold.

Turning around, Li Mo waved his hand, and the next moment, more than a dozen black-clothed figures had jumped into the Guangtong River.

The waves surged, and Li Mo's figure was no longer visible on the shore.

On the clear surface of the Guangtong River, a large boat pulled a boatload of supplies from Lanzhou.

With it at the head, a dozen large ships soon appeared behind.

The ship was full of sturdy men dressed in armless gray clothes, their arms covered in patterns, each holding a long knife.

A bearded middle-aged man in gray clothes stood at the bow of the ship, with a high nose and gloomy eyes, and a small flag behind him.

Further back in the flotilla, a small boat followed in the distance, with a Guanghe Catcher on top of it, and three right guard sergeants.

Hezhou has changed, only went to Lanzhou for one day, and after coming back, Hezhou has changed.

The big man's face was solemn, his body leaned forward slightly, and above the river, was his own clear face, with black hair, a face full of meat, and muscles on his arms were still tense.

With his right hand on the hilt of the sword, Dahan's heart finally calmed down.

At this moment, the speed of the ship suddenly dropped, the big man frowned, looked up, and saw that there was another checkpoint in front of him, and the fleet was forced to slow down.

The anger in the big man's chest was about to explode, but when he saw the right guard cavalry patrolling back and forth on the shore, full of swords and bows, his anger was forced to be forcibly suppressed.

Lowering his head again, the big man looked under the surface of the river and looked at his face, huh?

How are the two faces underneath?

Almost instantly, Dahan was already keenly aware of the wrong, but unfortunately, it was still too late.

An extremely thin silver needle shot out of the river abruptly, and instantly nailed into the big man's chest, and in an instant, the big man's whole person couldn't help shaking, and the next moment, his body slammed forward, directly into the river.

Vaguely, Dahan finally seemed to hear a familiar shout: "The helper has fallen into the water, save people!" ”

Scold~

……

More than a dozen fast horses came quickly from the west of Taozhou City, and when they reached the gate of the city, the speed of the horses suddenly slowed down.

The short man at the head looked at the gate of the city, and the new sergeant, who did not know when, had begun to aim his longbow and crossbow arrows at him.

He couldn't help frowning, and with a wave of his hand behind him, everyone immediately stopped their horses.

"Dismount!" As soon as the short man gave the order, his men immediately turned over and dismounted, and then prepared to be inspected by the soldiers at the city gate.

The short man was the last to dismount, he stepped on the stirrup on the left side, and was just about to get off the horse, suddenly, with a "snap", the stirrup under his feet suddenly broke, and the short man instantly adjusted his body and prepared to land safely.

But at this moment, inexplicably, the short man's body suddenly froze, and the next moment, his head tilted, and the short man had fallen to the ground horizontally.

"Bang!"

A fist-sized stone suddenly appeared on the head of the short man, and in an instant, blood flew everywhere.

You can even hear the sound of a shattered skull.

"Helper......

……

In the dead of night, in the west of Hezhou City, flames suddenly rose into the sky.

By the time the surrounding people and fire extinguishing teams put out the fire, it was already in ruins, with two corpses lying inside.

But fortunately, although the flames burned, they did not affect the surrounding neighbors much, which is a blessing in misfortune.

It's just that in the ruins of the flames, I found some special characters, Tibetan characters......

Qianniuwei soon surrounded this place, and before dawn, there was nothing useful to be found on the ground of the entire neighborhood.

……

"Bang", the sound of a huge teacup smashing the ground, followed by the angry Yuan Xu had already rushed out of the room, and he had already rushed out of the room regardless of the clothes on his body before he was dressed.

Outside, the sun was rising, and Yuan Xu rode his horse in annoyance, and quickly headed in the direction of the Thorn Mansion.

When he came to the yamen of the Assassin's Mansion, he saw that the door of the mansion was still closed, and Yuan Xu didn't care about anything, so he stepped forward and slammed the door hard.

No one paid attention to it for a long time, and just when Yuan Xu couldn't help but beat the drum of injustice, the door of the Assassin's Mansion finally opened.

Inside is a confused face, just woke up from the job catcher.

A moment later, Yuan Xu stood outside the door of Yuan Ming's bedroom, Yuan Ming opened the door, and there seemed to be a low and crisp complaint inside, and then there was no sound.

"Go to the study." Yuan Ming glanced at Yuan Xu coldly, and then walked towards the study, Yuan Xu smiled a little embarrassedly, and then hurriedly followed.

A cup of hot tea was placed on the table, but there was only Yuan Ming's, not Yuan Xu's.

Yuan Ming pressed his somewhat tired eyes, calmed the annoyance in his heart, and said angrily: "What is the matter, you say?" ”

"Second brother, can't you take care of it, in five days, fourteen people have died in Hezhou, and if it goes on like this, the entire Hezhou will never have peace." Yuan Xu couldn't help but slap his palm on the table hard, his eyes full of annoyance.

"There will never be peace." Yuan Ming's eyes glanced at Yuan Xu fiercely, like a knife.

The corners of Yuan Xu's eyes twitched slightly, and then he said with some embarrassment: "Second brother, Shiro is also making an analogy. ”

"This analogy is not good, I don't like it very much, don't say it in the future." Yuan Ming retracted his gaze, then looked at the steaming heat, and said in a deep voice: "Since the king of Nanchang entered Hezhou, more than 100 people have died for various reasons, some are normal old and weak, some die of accidental stumbling, and some even choke to death after eating. ”

"Second brother!" Yuan Xu's face was ugly for a while, the fourteen people he said were all people who had a certain relationship with him, and what Yuan Ming was talking about was the sum of the normal and abnormal deaths in the entire Hezhou.

Yuan Ming didn't look at Yuan Xu again, just stared at the steaming tea in front of him, and said unceremoniously: "Say!" ”

"Yes!" Yuan Xu's face was full of helplessness, and then said: "On the second day when the king of Nanchang entered Hezhou, the three bright lines of the Tubo people in Hezhou were completely killed, and on the fourth day, Yan Ming of the horse gang and Shangguan Qin of the trough gang, one fell into the water, one dismounted and stumbled, all of them died inexplicably, and last night, the Tubo people were found in a dark line stronghold in Hezhou, killed everyone, and then the assassins left. ”

"Three Tibetan bright lines, two intelligence brokers, and one Tibetan secret line, all of them are inexplicably dead and dead, what, do you think they will suspect that they will find out about your head one day, or will they kill you directly without saying a word?" Yuan Ming's cold voice poked directly into the depths of Yuan Xu's heart, making him not know what to explain for a moment.

The power of the Tubo people in Hezhou, of course, Yuan Xu knows it, because everyone has dealt with it more than once.

Yuan Xu lowered his head slightly, his face was very ugly.

Suddenly, Yuan Xu raised his head and looked at Yuan Ming, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and asked in disbelief: "Second brother, how do you know?" ”

"Humph!" Yuan Ming directly took out a chapter from the desk, threw it directly in front of Yuan Xu, and then said coldly: "This is something that the King of Nanchang sent over after the curfew last night, you can see for yourself." ”

Yuan Xu immediately opened this chapter, and suddenly saw that it was written on it the identity, background and origin of all the people Yuan Xu said before.

Tubo is meticulous, an intelligence broker, and none of them is not worthy of death.

His face twitched slightly, and Yuan Xu opened his mouth and said: "Second brother, those are the three Tubo bright lines, all of us know their identities, and we keep them, isn't it just to catch those guys who are really related to the Tubo people?" There is also Yan Ming of the Ma Gang, Shangguan Qin of the Groove Gang, although they have done some wrong things, they are not from the Tubo people, there is no need to kill them at all, as for the last one, where did Wang Zhi of Nanchang find him? ”

"Do you remember what I told you, the king of Nanchang is gradually mastering the entire Hezhou City, everything in Hezhou City is under his surveillance, and anyone's movements cannot escape his eyes, and what about the hidden line of Tubo, it is not that it has been found out in just three or two days."

Yuan Ming glanced at Yuan Xu angrily, and then continued: "As for Yan Ming of the Ma Gang, Shangguan Qin of the Groove Gang, and those three bright lines, can't you see that the King of Nanchang is killing chickens and monkeys, warning us not to act rashly, he is already eyeing you." ”

"The king of Nanchang is eyeing me?" Yuan Xu was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly spoke: "Second brother, will the king of Nanchang ......?"

"Hmph, now I know I'm scared." Yuan Ming snorted coldly, and then said: "Can't you see, after the king of Nanchang killed people last night, he sent this thing here, just to tell me, look at you, if you are really caught by them, the next person to be killed by Qianniuwei should be you." ”

The one who killed people, of course, was Qianniuwei.

Qianniuwei itself has the duty to clear the rebellion, and the people who were killed were all determined to be Tubo, and the people in Dali Temple would not take a second look.

"Now that the entire city of Hezhou has fallen into the hands of the king of Nanchang, even I have to be careful, let alone you." Yuan Ming suddenly sighed lightly, and one sentence made Yuan Xu extremely surprised.

"Second brother, why is this so?"

"What do you know, the king of Nanchang has transferred all the soldiers Cao, Hu Cao, Ku Cao and Shi Cao to join the army in the name of assisting in the transportation of grain, and Fa Cao's army has come down from Dali Temple, plus the three thousand six hundred right guard foot soldiers who are about to arrive, the entire Hezhou will be the world of the king of Nanchang."

Yuan Ming couldn't help but sigh and said, "I finally understand now why someone like Zhang Yungong would die so easily under the sword of King Nanchang . ”

Although Zhang Yungong was beheaded by Li Jinxing, it was Li Xuan who really killed him.

"The king of Nanchang acts, it is like constantly putting layers of invisible nets on you, you don't notice anything at first, but when you really notice it, it's too late." Yuan Ming shook his head helplessly, the Yuan family has been operating in Hezhou for many years, although there are still many means available, but those are the last hole cards.

Not to mention, now, the 3,600 right guard infantry under Li Xuan's command is about to arrive in Hezhou, plus 1,600 cavalry, a total of 5,200 soldiers, Li Xuan's strength in Hezhou is second only to Li Jinxing, the general of the right leading army, and Yuan Ming is no longer enough.

Three thousand six hundred right guard foot soldiers, just this sentence made Yuan Ming completely silent.

"Now that the war is imminent, everything is based on stability first, the king of Nanchang is just a warning, and he has no intention of doing anything to my family, and my family has not done anything to be sorry for the court, so at this time, I should cooperate with the full cooperation, and when this battle is over, Hezhou is still my family." Yuan Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.

Yuan Xu kept his head down, and finally, he slowly raised his head, looked at Yuan Ming, and asked, "Second brother, what do you think of the battle with Tubo?" ”

Yuan Ming waved his hand directly and said: "Taohe Dao is just a partial teacher, the key is Lanshan Dao, it's just ...... I don't understand the situation in Shanzhou now, this is probably a good thing, it may also be a bad thing, but ...... After all, the Tubo people couldn't beat the high plains. ”

(End of chapter)