I Xiaoxiong

Yan Ting, Du Dun, and Yang Songnian did not know the captured assassins.

But some people do.

After questioning, it was finally determined that the captured assassin was named "Sun Er". It is not known whether it was because of Xing Er or just Sun Er.

He is a person in the Red Lotus Road. Before the assassination, he worked in a grain and rice shop in Chengdu.

And the owner and manager of this grain and rice shop naturally became the object of investigation next.

"The Du family?"

Du Dun did not expect that not long after he left the Jiedu Yamen, the Du family would appear in the mouths of the Jiedu people again.

Fu Jinchuan, who was still sitting behind the Shuai case, looked stern, listening to Zhao Yuanqi's return.

Zhao Yuanqi acted skillfully, but soon after the person was caught, he began to interrogate him with portraits, and finally found out the whereabouts of the person in Chengdu and his concealed identity within an hour.

"That shop belongs to the Du family, and it specializes in the grain and rice business. Du Heng is in charge of the Du family's grain and rice business, that is, Du Dun's cousin who just came. I just asked the other guys in the shop. I have been in Chengdu for a few years, and it was recruited by the steward Li Yi. The steward named Li Yi is no longer seen, and his home is empty. It should be related to what happened last night, and he may have absconded. Documents?"

"Do you think the Du family has something to do with this matter? Or is it just the manager who has a problem?"

Zhao Yuanqi looked a little embarrassed when he heard Fu Jinchuan's question, "Hui Jieshuai, based on the current clues, we can only find out that Li Yi should be related to this matter, but Du Heng and the Du family behind Li Yi Whether it is related or not, we have to continue to investigate. In addition, the markings on the military crossbow used by the thieves last night have been destroyed and cannot be identified, but based on the workmanship and materials of these parts, we can roughly determine which batch it is from. It is the reported damage of crossbows in each army."

Fu Jinchuan smiled and said: "Very well, I will continue to leave these matters to you to be responsible for the investigation. That Li Yi asked Judge Xu to issue documents for arrest at sea, and Chief Secretary Cui to do the work of tracking down the military nuns. He tried his best to give me some money. During the year, I found out whether the crossbows in the army were lost or damaged."

Cui Fengyi, Xu Yinglong and Zhao Yuanqi promised respectively.

After everyone went down, Fu Jinchuan asked Chen Xingdao who had just returned, "Mr. Huang hasn't come back yet?"

Chen Xing shook his head and said: "I haven't come back yet, but there should be no problem. There are only a handful of swords in the world that can match the old man's sword. Yesterday, there were no grand masters in the field, and at most there was a second rank. Maybe it was because of his youth and quick feet that the old man chased after him." It took some effort. But I arranged for the cavalry to support the old man, so there should be no problem."

Chen Xing made a good estimate.

At present, Zhang Xia, one of the four major governors of Honglian Road, a disciple of Shenggong, has never been so embarrassed.

In the assassination last night, he was leading people, planning to use the crossbow arrows and darts as backhands to make a crucial blow.

But he didn't expect that he was discovered by an old man in civilian clothes in the dark place beside him before the drunk man shot the dart.

In Pang Zhigu's plan, the possibility of success in the assassination is extremely low. The important thing is that after this assassination, it is best to provoke a struggle between the big clans in central Shu and the imperial court.

And Zhang Xia personally planned to participate in the assassination as a second-rank master in Chengdu.But I didn't expect that the traces would be exposed before I started.

The old man in gray cloth held a military horizontal knife in his hand, nothing out of the ordinary.But when Zhang Xia saw the ordinary horizontal knife out of its sheath, his face changed suddenly.Jump directly onto the eaves of the street.

And the old man didn't seem to move quickly, but he followed very closely.

Let Zhang Xia, a second-rank warrior who has almost touched the threshold of the first-rank, not dare to relax even a step.

He was very sure that the old man's feet were not as strong as his due to his age, but as long as he dared to stop, he would never be able to escape being entangled in the city.

From the city to the outside, from dark to dawn.

Finally, the two came to a bamboo forest dozens of miles north of Chengdu.

When Zhang Xia came here, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said with a smile: "Old man, at such an age, his physical strength is really good. What's the matter with chasing him all the way?"

Huang Zhengong said with a smile: "Since you know that my old man is old, you can't stand and wait for me? I'm already this age, is it easy? How come you think it through and stop running?"

"Don't run away, I will fight with you old man, and experience the brilliant skills of this great master."

Zhang Xia cupped his hands at Huang Zhengong, and said in an imposing manner.

He knew that this old man must be a first-rank master, otherwise it would be impossible for him to follow him all the way out of the city for dozens of miles at this age.

And choosing to stop at this place to fight with the opponent is also after many considerations.

First of all, when they came outside the city at this speed, the cavalry of the official army could not catch up for a while, but this place was very close to the place where they met, and the responders could rush over at any time.

The second is to use up all the way to run away to consume the physical strength of this first-rank high, and here to fight against the opponent with the advantage of his youth and strength.

For his level of martial arts, if he wants to make progress, it is a good opportunity to compete with the masters.

Huang Zhengong stood with his saber in his hand, and said to Zhang Xia with some disdain: "Speaking aboveboard, full of calculations, hehe, then let me see what methods Fang Qiu's disciples have."

An old man, an old ghost, Zhang Xia's little schemes, of course he couldn't hide it from Huang Zhengong.

But he has never seen any storm in his life, so he doesn't care about this little trick at all.A one-on-one battle between warriors is completely different from the danger of facing thousands of troops on the battlefield.

And facing thousands of people can still draw their swords against each other, this is undoubtedly something that Zhang Xia, who was born in a reckless world, does not have.

The ordinary horizontal knife was slowly unsheathed, one inch, two inches, three or four inches.

Zhang Xia felt that everything around him seemed to be a little heavier without taking an inch out of the scabbard.

And this is just drawing a knife.

In the end, the horizontal knife was pulled out by the old man, and the old man stood up with the horizontal knife, "Come on, let me see what you, Fang Qiu's master disciple, are capable of. You should strike first."

"That's a sin"

As soon as Zhang Xia's words fell, his body released the arrow from the string, and he burst forward, rushing straight towards Huang Zhengong, and the distance between the two of them was tens of steps in an instant.

When he rushed to only a few steps away, he suddenly rolled sideways, and then the two short knives in his cuffs shot out and took Huang Xingong straight.

These two knives are extremely fast, but still not faster than Mr. Huang's knives.

There was a flash of the knife, and Zhang Xia's tricky and sharp blow was resolved with a swing of the knife so fast that others could not see it clearly.

Then Zhang Xia didn't dare to get close, but jumped back a few feet, and pulled back the two short knives with both hands and returned them to his hands.

The original short knife had a thin chain at the end of the handle.

After Zhang Xia retracted the knife, it quickly popped out again, holding the knife in both hands and attacking Huang Zhengong close to him.

The sword technique is sharp and tricky, and the sword is extremely fast, and it moves to the key point.

On Huang Zhengong's side, the horizontal knife in his hand was impenetrable, but he seemed to be able to handle Zhang Xia's fierce attack with ease.

After hacking and stabbing dozens of knives in vain, Zhang Xia dodged and retreated, and then said: "What a lion fighting a rabbit, the old man's sword skills are the best in the world, but I don't know your old name?"

Huang Zhengong snorted coldly: "Old man, Huang Zhengong."

"You have always been so skilled, why did you bow down to the side of that little thief Fu Jinchuan, willing to be a high-ranking eagle dog? With your old ability, if you can join our Red Lotus Road and seek a great cause together, in the future, you may not be able to win a seal The position of Hou."

Seeing that Zhang Xia couldn't take down the old man by force, he thought of testing with words, and came here to delay the time.

Who knows that the old man laughed after listening to it: "Hahahaha, with your eloquence, don't use your tongue. This old man has been a military household for generations, and he has been in the Fu family for decades. You have to call me old uncle, you still want to lie to me with just these two empty words? It's ridiculous, you can't speak well, grandpa will teach you how to use a knife!"

After speaking, Huang Zhengong took a step forward, and made a final slash with his sword. This sword seemed ordinary, but it was so fast that Zhang Xia could barely parry it with two swords.

Although the blade was held back, Zhang Xia's heart trembled due to the terrifying force of the knife, and the twin knives made of fine steel in his hands were even cut out of the gap.

Although the knife failed to achieve meritorious service, Mr. Huang directly took advantage of the situation and turned his left hand into a knife to hit Zhang Xia's chest directly.

Zhang Xia was so shocked that he didn't dare to take it hard, so he could only choose to fly upside down, and the moment he landed, he lost half of the force of the blow, but only a small half of the force still shook his viscera upside down, and a mouthful of blood Squirted out.

Before fighting with Huang Zhengong, Zhang Xia, who had been in the realm of the second-rank master for some years, had a high opinion of himself. He felt that he had already touched the threshold of the first-rank. breakthrough.

But the old man who had never heard of the name he encountered today, the terrifying strength made him even feel that his master Fang Qiu might not be able to defeat this old man.

At the same time, he was also a little puzzled, why hadn't he heard the name of an old man with such skill before?

Struggling to stand up, Zhang Xia cupped his hands and said: "The old man is very skilled, but I don't know why I haven't heard of your old name in the world."

Huang Zhengong smiled slightly and said, "Jianghu? The old man has never been in the Jianghu. How did you hear the old man's name in the Jianghu?"

Zhang Xia's face slowly became serious, so it was so.

If you are not from the Jianghu, how can you hear it in the Jianghu?

If it is said at this time, which force has the most masters, the answer is undoubtedly the imperial court.

A few years ago, when Shangyuan Yexing assassinated the Daoist Emperor, all the forces including the Western Regions Buddhist Sect, the Northern Territory, the Middle Earth Buddhist Sect, and the Honglian Dao gathered five first-rank masters.

This is almost half of the world.

But the imperial court can mobilize almost the same number of masters to exchange sons just in the capital.

Wuyang Marquis Yu Luohu, Jian Boyong of the Imperial City Division, Renzong's concubine and an old eunuch in the palace, and Taoist priest Tao Yingzhen.

He knew all about these people, but he didn't expect that there would be a first-rank master in the imperial court who didn't show his face that day.

The old man next to Marquis Wu'an is only stronger than the above few people in terms of force.

Then I thought about the old man's way, the moves are extremely simple but extremely fierce and practical, they are just ordinary military skills, but they have an amazing momentum that is hard to parry.

Is this the power of the great master?

Zhang Xia's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he hesitated in his heart. He thought that after consuming the other party's physical strength, he could at least have an even game, but now it is undoubtedly too naive.
"Why, are you not in a hurry now? Are you waiting for someone to pick you up? Hahaha, kid, I might as well make a bet with you to see if the cavalry from Jiefu will arrive first."

Huang Zhengong looked at Zhang Xia and said jokingly, like an old cat playing with a mouse.

Zhang Xia's face was even more ugly. According to his estimation, the court's iron cavalry should not be able to come, so that's right.
However, the martial artist's keen sense had already made him hear the ground shaking, indicating that within a few miles, a large group of cavalry was rapidly approaching.

It came so fast, it is worthy of being the elite cavalry under the command of Marquis Wu'an.

But it is said that at this time, tens of miles south of Chengdu, there is a hut in the mountains. Li Yi, his wife, two sons, and two mules finally came here after a bumpy road.

The two sons rode on one mule, and on the other mule were several delicate parcels of gold and silver.

The location of this hut is extremely hidden, and it is the hiding place that Li Yi has prepared long ago.And it is not too far from Chengdu.

After entering the house, Mrs. Du found the problem at a glance.

The house is tidy, with water, rice, oil, salt, and bedding and other supplies that can be used in daily life.

It should be ready in a few days.

Seeing his wife's questioning gaze, Li Yi sighed, let his two sons lie on the bed to rest, and then left the house with his wife.

"Up to now, I won't hide it from you. I am the rudder master of Honglian Daocheng Sub-rudder."

This statement stunned his wife. He couldn't believe that the man who had been married for many years was actually a "rebel".

Afterwards, Li Yi also revealed his past.

"I was a refugee since I was a child, and I was adopted by my master, Sheng Gong, to teach martial arts. I am not very talented in martial arts, but my mind is still good. So I often read and practice calligraphy with Mr. Pang, and I also learned a lot from him. In the tenth year of Xuanjia, I was ordered to come to Shuzhong. In order to settle down, I had to pretend to be a refugee. Mr. Du would thank me for reading the book, so he took me in as a bookkeeper, and you know what happened afterwards."

"The one from home a few days ago."

"Zhang Xia, that is, the governor of Honglian Road who led the army to fight against the imperial court in Zizhou. I am an old acquaintance with him, and we were accepted as disciples by Shenggong together. However, his talent is much better than mine. So I became a disciple. I came to Chengdu a few days ago and was ordered to do something. Regardless of success or failure, we have to go. Chengdu can’t stay anymore.”

"I have wronged you and the two children. From now on, I can only hide with me, and I can live without a peaceful life."

After listening to her husband's words, Mrs. Du was also terrified, it is hard to imagine that the person who sleeps with her all day long is the Red Lotus traitor who has been fighting against the imperial court.
This had a great impact on the woman of this ordinary family.

After a long while, Mrs. Du sighed and said: "Marry a chicken and follow a chicken, marry a dog and follow a dog. Since I have followed you, there is nothing to say. I will follow you all over the world, but I have suffered for these two children."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Du turned and entered the room, walked to the bed and looked at the two sons who were tired and fell asleep after driving all the way.

Then he went to the outside room to fetch water and wash rice for cooking, while Li Yi stood outside alone and looked at the surrounding mountains and sighed.

Compared with the bustling Chengdu, this place is naturally a remote place, but at least it allows the family of four to settle down temporarily.

As for what to do next, that's up to God.

He also knew what Zhang Xia said when he met him on the first day in Chengdu, "Brother Li, this matter is about to be accomplished, and if the future success is achieved, you will be among the six ministers."

If the great cause is successful?Six books?
Hehehe, it was a big dream in vain.