The reef was also surprised by this.

Although when the veterans were tracking, in addition to the target of the "eighth killer", they were also on guard against other accomplices on the other side, but since there were only seven killers and one accomplice in charge of watching the horses that day, and only the teenager who acted as a spy and seven killers who were arrested after the attack were carried out in the third room of the Zhou family, then there should be only eight people in their group.

The veterans who were in charge of observing the inside of the Du family's Zhuangzi on the hillside had spotted several suspicious characters operating in the village, and they thought that only one of them was their target, and the others might not have anything to do with it.

Who would have thought? When they entered the village to search for people, several people would suddenly jump out to stop them. Although there are no old residents in the Du family's Zhuangzi, after they were caught, the people in the village reported that some of them had lived in the village for more than half a year, and half a year ago, the Jin family didn't know that they were coming to Chang'an.

Although these people rarely interact with the surrounding neighbors, and they are also mysterious on weekdays, I don't know where they came from, but no one thinks they are suspicious characters. It is said that they are relatives of the master's aunt's family, originally from the capital, and they ran to Chang'an to take refuge after offending people who should not be offended.

When Lao Zhang heard this, he felt that there was something wrong with this. The aunt in Du Boqin's family who gave him an only son is a native of Chang'an, and the Du family was originally a neighbor, and the eight generations are all old families in Chang'an, when did the relatives in the capital pop up? If she had relatives from the capital, after her parents died, she would not have nowhere to go, so she could only ask for help from neighbors, and finally lived in Du Boqin's house with her childhood sweetheart, and became a concubine for him when she grew up.

The Du family was willing to adopt her back then, wouldn't it be better to borrow her a passage fee and let her go to the capital to join her relatives?

However, Lao Zhangtou did not dare to assert that this was a lie, because Du Boqin's only son is currently in the capital, and it is said that he worshipped a great Confucian as his teacher, and is studying with the teacher to prepare for the imperial examination. This child is only a teenager, and he has been away from Chang'an for more than half a year, if it weren't for reliable relatives and friends in the capital to take care of him, how could Du Boqin and his old concubine rest assured?

Lao Zhangtou was suspicious of the identities of those people, although he was a little suspicious of Du Boqin, he didn't directly regard the son-in-law of the Zhou family as a villain. He planned to report this matter to the old military division first, and let the old military division come forward to contact Du Boqin. Regardless of the facts, they must first ask the parties before they can make a conclusion.

But Haijiao didn't need to ask the person concerned to guess what was going on: "These people from the capital are probably sent by the Sun family, right?" They may not have come for the same purpose as the killers, but they are all accomplices, and they are no different. ”

Haitang felt the same: "The killer is here to deal with the Jin family, and the others should have been ordered by the Sun family to help Du Boqin calculate the old marshal of the Zhou family and several major generals." However, before they could make a move, they exposed themselves in order to cover the eighth killer, and it is estimated that they will not be able to do anything in the future. If the Sun family still wants to poison the Zhou family, they have to send new people over. ”

Speaking of this, she was a little curious: "Is there anything special about the identity of this eighth killer?" I thought he was just a spy or something, just to help watch the horses, find out the news or something, but I didn't expect that the other people sent by the Sun family could sacrifice themselves to protect him? ”

and the archer who finally came to save the young killer, I don't know what the origin is.

Haijiao pondered for a moment: "The eighth killer...... It's not so much a teenager, it's better to say that he is close to adulthood, and he may look immature, so it's easy to deceive people. I have fought with him several times, and I have been in close contact with him, although I can't see his appearance clearly, but with his strength and skills, he is definitely not a child! ”

The killer boy he saw was dressed in a very low-key manner, like a child of an ordinary farmer in the suburbs of Chang'an, wearing a felt hat and covering his face with a cloth towel. The felt hat prevented outsiders from seeing his eyebrows, and the cloth towel covered most of his features. Without the misleading appearance, Haijiao can more clearly perceive that it is a young man much older than him who is fighting with him. There are also the other party's wrists, hand bones, and the green tendons exposed on the back of the hand, which are not available to young boys.

Haijiao judged that the other party was just looking tender, but he was not a tall or thin eleven or twelve and a half year old, but a short and thin young man.

This person estimates that when he inquires about the news, he can pretend to be an adult or a child, and even a woman can pretend to be a woman, and he is indeed a good spy material.

Hai Jiao recalled his experience of fighting with the dead soldiers raised by the Sun family in his previous life, and he could roughly guess which secret agent master the other party was from, and since he was a master disciple, his identity was indeed more important than that of ordinary dead soldiers.

Thinking of the big losses that his masters and brothers had suffered in his previous life, Hai Jiao sneered slightly: "No matter how old this person is, if he is stabbed by me, he will not easily escape!" It wasn't just an ordinary flesh wound. If he doesn't want his right hand to be abolished, he must find a good doctor and treat it with good medicine. We can ask the famous doctors and pharmacies in Chang'an, and we don't believe that he can hide forever! As a secret agent, if he is useless, he is a waste that will be discarded at any time. Even if he is a master disciple and becomes a waste, he will be abandoned at any time. ”

Haitang hurriedly asked: "Where is the stab wound?" ”

The reef gestured at his body, almost the position of his right elbow, he was very sure, at that time, his own knife was not very deep, but the position was very tricky, and he almost cut off the other party's tendon. If it hadn't been for the sudden shot of an arrow, he would have made up for it.

Haitang thought for a while: "This injury is quite serious." Generally speaking, it is rare to say that it was caused by accident in this position, right? Did my brother tell Lao Zhangtou about this? They are locals, so there must be a better way to ask the local doctor or pharmacy for news. ”

"Of course I said it, and Grandpa Zhang also wrote it down, but he seemed to pay more attention to the masked man who arrived later and rescued the killer." Haijiao hesitated, "He took a few arrows that the man shot at me, and seemed to see something, but he didn't say much to me, only that he would tell me when he had the result, and told me not to worry about it." ”

Haitang raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that there are any special marks on those arrows that can point directly to the owner of the arrows?" ”

Hai Jiao shook his head: "The arrow is a high-grade product, and it should be marked, but the tail of the arrow has all been broken, and the mark is probably broken." I had some suspicions afterwards that the few arrows that the man shot at me were not very accurate, probably not because his archery skills were too poor, but because the tail of the arrow was broken, it was not as easy to control as a good arrow. Unless he was accustomed to shooting such a shorter arrow, his accuracy would be affected. ”

Haitang has been practicing arrows for two years now, and she can understand the meaning of Haijiao's words, but she also found a clue from it: "This person will break the marked part of the arrow before shooting the arrow, which proves that the arrow itself has obvious characteristics and is easy to recognize." So the owner of the arrow is probably not a general, right? Could it be Duberchin? ”

If these arrows can be used to prove that Du Boqin has bad intentions, then the Zhou family will be able to be a little more vigilant against him in the future, and he will no longer be easily calculated, right?

Haijiao has some hope for this: "If this is the case, then we will save a lot of trouble, and we don't need to think of another way to remind the Zhou family." ”

The search for the killer and his accomplices depends on the efficiency of the prefect's yamen, and Haijiao can only let himself wait for news as patiently as possible.

At the moment, he is more interested in another matter: "Today, the old military division went to the third room of the Zhou family, I don't know what the result is?" ”

(End of chapter)