There are about 30,000 Goguryeo people living in Luoyang, of which thousands of nobles live in the south of Luoshui and are scattered in more than a dozen workshops, while a large number of commoners and craftsmen are concentrated in dozens of poor workshops north of Luoshui, among which the number of Sigongfang is the largest, and there are thousands of Goguryeo civilians living here, many of whom do business in Beishi, or live in the shops, wine shops, inns, and Qinglou opened by the Goguryeo people, most of whom live in poverty and have low status.

There is a green building in Sigongfang, called Beiyu Beauty Temple, covering an area of about five or six acres, there is no fame in Luoyang, but it is very famous among the Goguryeo people, most of the accompanying women and small servants are Goguryeo people, and even most of the guests are fellow villagers.

Many Goguryeo people have lost their homeland and come here to find solace when they are depressed, but the nobles rarely cross the river to come here, so that the customers of this Qinglou are mainly middle- and low-class people, and the grade of the Qinglou is not high.

There is a slightly unique courtyard in the backyard of this green building, its courtyard wall is very high, and it is impossible to peep into the courtyard from all sides, and the gate is closed all year round, but many old customers know that this courtyard has been kept by people for many years, and the people who live in it are said to be Goguryeo.

As the night deepened, the courtyard of the North Jade Beauty slowly quieted down, and most of the guests who spent the night here had fallen asleep, and the front of the gate became deserted, and only occasionally drunk guests helped each other to leave. At this time, in a large courtyard to the west of the Qinglou, nearly a hundred internal guard warriors were ready to attack at any time, Li Zhen stood on the steps of the lobby wearing internal guard armor, holding a long sword, patiently waiting for the news to come, according to the information provided by Gongsun Auntie, the Goguryeo man who made the hammer was hiding in this Qinglou.

Li Zhen deployed for two consecutive days, temporarily rented this compound, and the internal guard warriors also disguised themselves as ordinary pedestrians to continue to live in this mansion, and in only two days, a hundred warriors were deployed.

At this time, a man walked out of the green building, seemed to have drunk too much wine, and walked a little staggering, and the old bustard, who was about to close the door, frowned, and hurriedly greeted him: "This master, the door is closed, just live in a small shop."

"No," the man muttered, "If the lady knows, it's terrible, there are friends in the workshop." ”

The old bustard laughed, "Then go slowly"

The man held on to the wall and walked away slowly, and when the old bustard saw that there were no more guests, he gave an order, and the two little servants squeaked and closed the door.

The man turned around and saw that the door of the Qinglou had been closed, so he immediately turned around and entered a large mansion next to him, and the internal guard warrior had already welcomed him in, and the man said, "I want to see the commander immediately"

At this time, Li Zhen also walked over, "How is it, have you heard?"

The man hurriedly reported: "I have inquired, there are about five people living in that courtyard, they just came back at noon today, and they are also here tonight." ”

Li Zhen was overjoyed, turned back to his subordinates and said, "All brothers are ready, act immediately"

The outer wall on the east side of the Qinglou is close to the courtyard where the inner guard is located, and between the two is a narrow alley, less than a zhang wide, and there are lush trees planted in the walls on both sides, and the internal guard soldiers have set up ladders on the wall of the backyard of the house, and the location is the shortest distance from the yard where the target is located, only more than thirty steps apart.

Several internal guard warriors had already sneaked into the backyard of the Qinglou along the ladder, and in a moment, there was a signal there, and there was no abnormality, and nearly a hundred internal guard warriors sneaked into the Qinglou along the three ladders, and they did not stop, according to the pre-deployed plan, and rushed away from four directions in the direction where the target was located.

Gongsun Auntie's nephew is a Goguryeo orphan, he was originally born in a noble, his parents died of illness when he was six years old, he himself was adopted by Gongsun Auntie's brother, became a little Taoist priest of Qingyang Temple, the Taoist name Qingxuan, he is very slow in language, taciturn since childhood, but he has a very high talent in martial arts, more than ten years down, he has practiced a strong martial arts.

Three years ago, he came to Luoyang to join the Goryeo Restoration Association, and restored his popular name: Zhao Dongming, who made an octagonal copper hammer weighing more than 20 catties, and was the first master of the Goryeo Restoration Association.

Zhao Dongming had a special penchant for women, and in order to meet his special requirements, the Goryeo Restoration Association specially rented a courtyard for him in this Goguryeo-owned Qinglou and assigned him four subordinates.

At this time, Zhao Dongming was sitting in the room sulking, he only rushed back from Xingyang at noon, and he was going to report the results of the trip to Xingyang to Jian Dongxi early tomorrow morning, this trip to Xingyang was very unsmooth, and it can even be said that it was a failure, he failed to kill the guard Huo Zhishan, but was snatched away by the internal guard.

At that time, he wanted to snatch Huo Zhishan back, but Jian Dongxi had a strict order that they would never be allowed to have a head-on conflict with the internal guards, so as not to be recognized by the internal guard warriors, and it was this rule that made Zhao Dongming feel extremely bad, and yesterday was the first time he missed.

One of his subordinates cautiously said to Zhao Dongming: "Tomorrow we will tell the truth, we can actually kill him, but it was that order that made us lose the opportunity."

"Idiot order," Zhao Dongming scolded in a low voice.

"Why hasn't Shun Ji come yet?" Zhao Dongming turned around and asked another subordinate viciously.

"Let's ask"

His men hurried to the outer courtyard, but as soon as he reached the courtyard, he suddenly shouted, "Who is it?"

Zhao Dongming was taken aback, picked up the copper hammer placed in the corner of the wall, and smashed the back window with a hammer, only to see countless black shadows coming in from the back wall, he knew that there were just as many in the front yard, and he shouted to several of his subordinates: "Break through the backyard"

Several of his subordinates swung their swords and ran towards the backyard, but Zhao Dongming sneered and smashed on the east wall with a hammer, only to hear a huge muffled sound, the mud wall was smashed open by him with a hammer A big hole, he hammered it again, smashed open a big crack that was five feet high and two feet wide, and it had already accommodated a teenager to climb out.

At this time, there was a fierce fighting sound in the backyard, his men and the internal guard warriors fought fiercely, the door of the outer room was kicked open, several black-clothed warriors rushed into the outer room, Zhao Dongming turned sideways and rushed out from the door.

But as soon as he rushed out of the door, the three internal guard warriors immediately swung their knives at him in a zigzag shape, Zhao Dongming's hammer was as fast as lightning, and a hammer smashed an internal guard warrior out a foot away, and then dodged the long sword stab of the internal guard warrior, and with a backhand hammer, the samurai on the left was smashed on his arm by a hammer, and suddenly the bones shattered, screamed, and turned over and fell to the ground.

Seeing his fierce hammering technique, the second samurai hurriedly dodged a few steps backwards and shouted, "He's here"

Dozens of internal guard warriors surrounded from all directions, Zhao Dongming saw that the situation was critical, did not dare to fight, ran to the east wall more than a dozen steps away, seven or eight internal guard warriors rushed forward to stop him, Zhao Dongming was wild, he roared loudly, the dance hammer was disrupted, smashed five or six people in a row, and rushed to the wall.

He jumped and climbed a big tree, just when he was about to jump on the courtyard wall, a wolf's tooth arrow shot like lightning, the arrow was very strong, Zhao Dongming couldn't dodge, was shot in the right arm by an arrow, the right arm was in sharp pain, could no longer support his body, fell from the tree, this arrow took away his chance to escape, more than a dozen internal guard warriors swarmed up, pressed him firmly to the ground, and the copper hammer was also snatched away.

Zhao Dongming turned around and saw the person who shot him, tall, wearing armor, holding a pair of bows and arrows, looking at him coldly, Zhao Dongming hung his head weakly, he recognized that the person was Li Zhen, the commander of the internal guard, known as the first arrow in the divine capital.

Li Zhen slowly stepped forward, picked up the copper hammer and looked at it, and said with a sneer: "If you want to be a killer, you still use a hammer, if you don't get caught, it's really intolerable."

Li Zhen waved his hand, "Take it away"

Zhao Dongming didn't even have a chance to commit suicide, the internal guard soldiers strangled his mouth with thick ropes, his head was covered with a black bag, and the rest of his subordinates were all captured by the internal guard warriors and quickly escorted out, this is a gathering place for Goguryeo people, they can't stay for a long time, they must leave immediately.

More than 100 internal guard warriors carried their dead and wounded companions, and quickly left the Qinglou through the east gate and withdrew to the south bank of Luoshui.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, but also a night of efficiency, when Li Zhen knew that the assassin who made the hammer was a Goguryeo, he knew that the real culprit of the assassination was the Goryeo Restoration Association, they failed to assassinate Li Xian in Xiangcheng County, because there was no evidence, and they were protected by Wu Sansi, so they escaped.

But this time they assassinated Li Dan, the prime minister, Li Zhen would not give them a chance to escape again, in addition to the hundred samurai who went to the north bank of Luoshui to arrest people, the other four hundred samurai of the internal guard were already ready in the internal guard and the external department, ready to attack at any time.

But Li Zhen needs to know where the old nest of the Goryeo Restoration Association is? The four captured Goguryeo warriors will undoubtedly bring them the information they need, and just as Li Zhen crossed Luoshui, a samurai came to report: "Commander Qiyu, they have all confessed, the Goryeo Restoration Association is in Quy Nhon Bang?"

"Is it a separate interrogation?"

"It was a separate interrogation, they couldn't stand the torture, they each confessed, and the answers were basically the same. ”

"Good"

Li Zhen was very excited, he couldn't delay tonight, once the Goryeo people got the news, they would inevitably evacuate immediately, and they had to act overnight, Li Zhen immediately ordered: "Let all the captains bring their brothers out, and we will act immediately"

This is the biggest action since Li Zhen became the commander of the internal guard, all the five hundred internal guard warriors were gathered, at this time, the third watch was not yet the third watch, five hundred internal guard warriors lined up on the empty street, they wore armor and helmets, held various weapons, the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground, the atmosphere became more and more tense.

Quy Nhon Fang is located next to the Jianchun Gate in Luoyang, which is far away from the Heavenly Street, just an ordinary neighborhood, which is generally not taken seriously, and if it were not for the unanimous confession of the arrested people, Li Zhen would not believe that the old nest of the Goryeo Restoration Association would be in this inconspicuous ordinary neighborhood.

After a short time, 500 internal security soldiers rushed to Quy Nhon Fang, and the night watchman at the gate of the square was awakened and looked through a small window to check the situation, and one of the internal security soldiers shouted: "Internal guard investigates the case, open the door"

The night watchman was frightened by the black and oppressive warriors outside, and hurriedly opened the door, and five hundred warriors of the inner guard swarmed in, rushing towards a large mansion a hundred paces away

Covering an area of about 10 acres, this mansion is one of the three mansions in Quy Nhon Phuong, and it is said to be the house of a merchant surnamed Chiang, but no one could have imagined that this is the old nest of the Goryeo Restoration Congress.

The samurai stopped when they were still dozens of steps away from the mansion, and Li Zhen summoned eight lieutenants and said to them: "This operation is very important, there can be no tolerance, there is no need to capture prisoners, and those who resist will be killed, do you hear it?"

Eight lieutenants salute together, "obey the order"

As soon as Li Zhen waved his hand, the captains led their subordinates to surround this Jiang mansion.