In a small inn outside the north city of Chenliu County, a guy tiptoed down from the second floor and got into the shopkeeper's room. As soon as he entered the door, he said tremblingly: "Shopkeeper, I see clearly. It's really a man in black in the room!"

"Shh!"

The shopkeeper quickly covered his mouth, pulled him into the inner room, and cursed in a low voice: "Do you want us to lose our lives? I didn't see anything, do you understand?"

"I see!"

The guy nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. He looked at both sides and asked in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, who are they?"

"It must be targeting the Emperor's Dragon Boat. Didn't you see the dragon boat caught fire this afternoon?"

"So should we report to the official?"

"Report you!"

The shopkeeper slapped him, and the guy quickly covered his head. The shopkeeper scolded: "I just told you, just pretending that he didn't see anything. You still want to report to the official. Do you want us to die?"

"I understand, just pretend that I didn't see anything."

The guy quickly turned around and left, "Come back!" The shopkeeper grabbed him again.

The shopkeeper looked at the night scene. It was dark. Just at the fourth hour, he thought for a while and said to the clerk: "It's not okay not to report to the official. After the city gate opens, you go to the county government to find my brother-in-law and tell him the situation of the inn. Then we hide. Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

The guy went out in a flash, and the shopkeeper leaned his head upstairs again, thinking to himself, who are they?

This small inn was all taken away by a group of outside merchants. At this time, in a room on the edge of the second floor, a group of men in black gathered in the room and discussed something nervously. The leader was a woman wearing a veil, and the gauze covered her appearance, but her unique, sharp sound like a slight scraping bottom clearly showed her identity. She was Gao Hui.

"I'm sorry to tell everyone that the assassination failed and the people we sent committed suicide. The foolish lord escaped."

The room was silent, and it took a long time to ask, "Madam, do we have to carry out the second assassination?"

Gao Hui shook her head, "Once a failure, we have no chance. After dawn, the Sui army will inevitably block the entire Chenliu County and search from house to house. We cannot stay for a long time!"

Speaking of this, Gao Hui looked at Ye Se again and said to everyone: "You can't wait any longer. You must retreat immediately. Everyone goes back to the house to clean up and leave in a quarter of an hour."

Everyone bowed and retreated. Gao Hui called out another person again, "General Hu walked slowly!"

A tall man stayed, his name was Hutai, who was about thirty years old. He was born in an aristocratic family and served as the Lang General of Yingyang Mansion of Wei County. He is now responsible for secretly training new recruits for the Bohai Association.

"What else does Madam have to do to order a low position?" Hutai asked respectfully.

Gao Hui looked at Hutai with complicated eyes. They grew up together and were called the Golden Boy and Jade Girl by adults at that time. She hoped to marry him since she was a child, but in the end she was tired. Now she is a widow, and Hutai's wife also passed away last year. Gao Hui hoped that they could get together again, but Hutai's attitude obviously stayed a little far away from her.

"General Hu, I heard that your old disease in your leg has recently relapsed. Is it serious?" Gao Hui asked softly.

"Thank you, Madam, for your concern, it's no longer a problem."

He was obviously a little lame when walking, but he said it was okay. Hutai's coldness made Gao Hui feel very uncomfortable. The heat in her eyes quickly subsided. After a while, she asked coldly: "What's the situation in Xiongkuohai?"

"Report to my wife, they have not taken action yet. My subordinates are closely monitoring them and will report to me immediately when there is any news."

"No time!"

Gao Hui made a quick decision and said, "Send someone to tell the Sui Army assassins the hiding place. Once the Sui Army starts searching, they will also run away."

"I understand."

Hutai gave a gift and was about to leave the room, but a hurrying footsteps came from outside, "General Hu, emergency!" Someone reported outside.

Without waiting for Hutai to respond, Gao Hui strode out, "What emergency?" Gao Hui asked in a serious tone.

The informant quickly knelt down, "Madam, someone informed Xiong Kuohai and the others to retreat."

"What?"

Gao Hui was shocked and asked anxiously: "Who informed them to retreat?"

"It's a Sui general, with more than a dozen soldiers following him. He couldn't see his appearance clearly in the night. He walked into Xiongkuohai's hiding yard alone. Not long after, Xiongkuohai took his people away, and the Sui general also left."

"how so?"

Gao Hui was so angry that she gritted her teeth. This bandit of Wangwu was used to act as their scapegoat. Now that the scapegoat has run away, the Sui army may very likely suspect the Bohai Association.

But Gao Hui had no time to think about it at this time. Xiong Kuohai's escape caused them to lose their protection, and they had to retreat immediately.

At this moment, a subordinate ran over, "Madam, there is a signal that the army is dispatched three miles away!"

Gao Hui was shocked and ordered: "Notify everyone to leave immediately!"

In just a moment, more than twenty men in black had no time to change their clothes and had no time to pack up their belongings. They threw all their belongings into several carriages and quickly rode away from the inn.

Behind the window, the inn shopkeeper stared at the figure of these people leaving. He became more and more suspicious of the identity of the man in black. At this time, the guy came secretly, holding a bulging leather horse bag in his hand. "Shopkeeper, I took one of them."

The shopkeeper was startled and angrily scolded: "What are you doing with the guest's things?"

"I'm afraid that if the government investigates it, we will not be able to take responsibility." The guy said aggrievedly.

"Hello! I'll spare you this time. I'm not allowed to steal guests' things next time, otherwise I'll break your legs."

The shopkeeper grabbed the leather horse bag, "Did you remember?"

"Remember!"

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from outside, and thousands of cavalry rushed towards the city, and they rushed to the city with arrows and shouted: "The general has an order, open the city gate immediately!"

At the fourth update, 50,000 soldiers of Xiaoguo Army began to dispatch to arrest assassins. The city of Chenliu County was full of martial law. Sui soldiers began to search door-to-door searches. All inns, wineries, brothels, shops and other businesses, as well as temples, Taoist temples, and temples.

Not only in the city, but also in the villages and houses outside the city will never be spared.

As the sky gradually became brighter, Chenliu County was deserted and the Sui army had implemented martial law and no one was allowed to go to the streets. All non-local people, whether they came to seek refuge in relatives or business, or even just passed by and rested, were sent to the county government for careful identification, and no suspicious figures were left behind.

For a time, the people of Chenliu County were panicked. It is said that the emperor was assassinated and he had to investigate Chenliu County strictly. Due to the inability to communicate, every household had various strange speculations and rumors. The most common one was that if the assassin could not be caught, everyone would be imprisoned. This was actually a threat from soldiers during the search, which scared the people of Chenliu County.

Zhang Jin was riding on the war horse and patrolling the soldiers' searches on the street. He was really worried. Although Zhang Xuan told the priest all kinds of speculations, the priest asked him to catch the assassin's accomplices. Where did he find it?

Zhang Jin knew in his heart that if the assassin failed to assassination, his accomplices must have fled Chenliu County and would never stay in Chenliu County and wait for death. But if he didn't search the city properly, he would not be able to explain to the emperor?

It is one thing that cannot catch the assassin's accomplices, but it is another thing that he has caught them. It is an attitude question.

At this time, the county magistrate Liu Qigong and several people rushed over, "General, I have a report on the situation!"

Zhang Jin was excited, "Is there any news about County Magistrate Liu?"

County Magistrate Liu pulled a short, fat middle-aged man over, "This is the shopkeeper of Sihai Inn outside Beicheng, and he seems to have found a clue."

The shopkeeper quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Small people will meet the general!"

Zhang Jin turned over and dismounted and asked gently: "What news do you want to tell me?"

"You are the general, Xiaomin Inn is very small, and can only stay at most a dozen people. However, more than twenty people came the morning before yesterday and included all the Little People Inn. They never went out. Last night, the little people's servant found that they were all wearing black clothes and behaved strangely, so he wanted to report to the official after dawn. Unexpectedly, they left in a hurry at the fourth update."

Zhang Jin frowned. At the fourth update, he started to send troops to search. These people were indeed extremely suspicious.

"Where do they have accent?" Zhang Jin asked again.

Generally, shopkeepers who run inns have seen them from all over the world. Distinguishing accents is a trivial matter. The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "It seems to be the accent in the southern part of Hebei. I heard some people mention Chenliu County and Ye County. I guess they are from Ye County.

Zhang Jin was suddenly a little disappointed. Needless to say, Zhang Xuan guessed correctly. It was indeed a member of the Bohai Society. But these people had already escaped. Where did you go to find evidence?

At this time, the shopkeeper whispered again: "General, they were very hasty before leaving and forgot a package. The villain brought it and would like to hand it over to the general."
Chapter completed!