Chu Huan was stunned and asked, "You mean, this is what Lin... Master Lin told you?"

Xuanyuan Sheng nodded and said, "It was not two hours before the lord left Qingtang County. Master Lin found the Mo General and told Mo General that the Mo General was very likely to be dangerous... Mo General did not believe it at the beginning. He was always cautious in doing things, and with Zhou Renkang accompanying him, he disguised himself as a genius doctor, quietly. Mo General did not think that the Mo General would be surprised."

Chu Huan smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect that Zhou Renkang would have the courage to sell me down." He asked, "Then how could you believe it later?"

"Mr. Lin said that the root of the problem lies in Zhou Renkang." Xuanyuan Sheng clenched his fists and said, "We didn't pay attention to it, but Mr. Lin found out that Zhou Renkang's family had left Qingtang County just a few days ago."

"You mean that Zhou Renkang's family is not in Qingtang County?"

"That's right." Xuanyuan Sheng said solemnly: "Mr. Lin found out that Zhou Renkang had sent all his family away a few days ago using the excuse of vacancies to receive the adults. Even if he wanted to vacancies, there was no need to send his family back to his hometown. However, Zhou Renkang not only did this, but instead shipped several trucks of property to leave."

Bai Xiaozi immediately said: "It seems that before the adults arrived, Zhou Renkang was ready. He was going to take a gamble when he sent his family away."

"He's from Northwest?"

"It's a person from Tianshan Road." Xuanyuan Shengcai said: "At the end of time, he was sure that his family members had left, he found Qingtang County Magistrate to interrogate. His family members were said to have been sent back to their hometown in Tianshan Road."

"Tianshan Road?" Chu Huan frowned and said, "Isn't that the jurisdiction of Zhu Lingyue and Governor Zhu?"

Xuanyuan Shengcai nodded and said, "That's right, the last general found out that the magistrate of Zhou Renkang and Zhou County was recommended by Zhu Lingyue, and he was appointed as an official."

Bai Xiaozi blurted out: "Sir, is it the surname Zhu..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chu Huan said in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense." But he was a little surprised and wondered if Zhou Renkang was really under the instruction of Zhu Lingyue and set up an ambush for himself here.

Xuanyuan Shengcai also knew that this matter was of great importance. Zhu Lingyue was the governor of Tianshan Road and was once the governor of the Northwest War.

"Sir, come and see." Qiu Ruxue's voice sounded next to him. Qiu Ruxue was squatting beside an archer's corpse at this time.

Chu Huan approached, Qiu Ruxue had already pulled open the collar of the corpse and exposed his neck, "Sir, what do you think this is?" He saw that there was a brand of copper coins on the neck of the corpse. The brand had already become scarred, and the shape of the copper coins was a clear word "full". Chu Huan only took a look and knew what it was.

"It's a soldier who was sent to serve as a soldier." Xuanyuan Shengcai looked a little surprised and squatted beside him. "Governor General, criminals who were sent to serve as a soldier on the border have this mark."

Chu Huan nodded and said, "I know, that is to say, there are soldiers among these assassins?"

Qiu Ruxue and Bai Xiaozi went to check the other corpses at this time and quickly said, "Sir, there are the corpses of six archers here, two of whom were escaped. Four of these six people were marked as being exiled."

"There are quite a lot!" Chu Huan's eyes were cold, "Are these all assassins coming out of the army?"

Qiu Ruxue was still checking, and after a while, he said: "Sir, there are six archers and four of them are exiled, but there are not many of the other assassins..."

"These soldiers are good at archery, so they were recruited." Chu Huan said: "Those who are sent to the army will be sent to the Northwest Army and will be sent to the Pioneer Camp, that is, the Death Camp... The Northwest Army's Death Camp has always been very strict in the management of the Death Camp. Their equipment is not the best in the army, but their training is the most cruel in the army."

Xuanyuan Sheng nodded and said, "Yes, the last general has heard of the death camp of the border army. The prisoners who were sent to the army will either be sent to Liaodong or to the northwest. These people either work hard labor or are assigned to the Pioneer Camp. Once there is a war, they will rush to the front. It is said that the training of the Pioneer Camp is very harsh, first, to exercise their combat effectiveness, and secondly, they are all prisoners, and they use training to polish their hostility. Whether it is Liaodong or the Northwest, they have always been very strict in their control... These people are all from the Pioneer Camp, so how could they suddenly come here to assassinate the lord?"

Bai Xiaozi frowned and said, "General Xuanyuan, are you saying... someone in the Northwest Army wants to harm the adults?"

Xuanyuan Shengcai said seriously: "It's just a few scattered soldiers. It can't be said that the Northwest Army wants to harm the adults. Anyone can pretend to be such a brand, and maybe no one will do it on purpose and pretend to be a person from the Pioneer Camp."

"Their archery skills are very good, and their previous cooperation is very tacit. They really look well-trained soldiers." Qiu Ruxue said slowly: "As long as they pretend, I don't think they have this need. I have also heard that once they are sent to the border army to serve as a military force and enter the Pioneer Camp, they can only use blood to clear their sins. Ordinary soldiers can be rewarded and promoted to the title. However, even if the Pioneer Camp makes great contributions, they will only receive some silver rewards at most. They will not be able to obtain a single official position and will never be able to get rid of the military. They can only stay in the military camp for the rest of their lives until they die in the battle. Moreover, the Pioneer Camp should be discriminated against. Therefore, if they are not really from the Pioneer Camp, no one will actively brand this shameful mark on themselves."

Bai Xiazi nodded and said, "Hero Qiu, your words make sense. If these people were not from the Pioneer Camp at all, there was no need to pretend to be a brand. Do they still want to deliberately frame the Northwest Army? And they would never have thought that General Xuanyuan would lead people to arrive in time. If the general had not arrived in time and killed them, we would have never found that there would be Northwest Army among them."

Xuanyuan Sheng thought for a moment and felt it made sense. He could only frown and said, "No matter what, if the matter is really involved in the Northwest Army, we cannot be open to the public at this time, so we can only investigate secretly..." Looking at Chu Huan, he said, "What do you think sir?"

"General Xuanyuan said," Chu Huan's expression had calmed down, "but I don't believe that they were sent by the Northwest Army."

"Oh?" Bai Xiaozi asked, "Sir, do you mean these people are not the Northwest Army?"

"I didn't say they were not the Northwest Army." Chu Huan said thoughtfully: "But even if they were from the Pioneer Camp, it did not mean they were sent by the Northwest Army... Don't forget that after the Xiliang people entered, the Northwest Army had retreated, and many of the organizations disappeared... Before the Xiliang people entered the pass, the Northwest Army had a population of 100,000, but a few days ago, I learned from Zhou Renkang that the Northwest Army stationed at the Thirty-Six Fortress of Yanmen Pass now has only more than 30,000 troops...!"

Qiu Ruxue understood and said, "What sir means is that the people from the Pioneer Camp left the Northwest Army while the people of Xiliang attacked in, and fled in the chaos?"

Xuanyuan Sheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, Governor, this may not be impossible. I heard that among the 100,000 troops in the northwest, there were six or seven thousand people in the Pioneer Camp... Even if half of them were killed in battle, there were still three thousand people left... When I was in Beijing before, I accidentally learned that the Pioneer Camp is now in name only, and there are only a handful of soldiers left...!"

Chu Huan said: "In other words, many of the officers and soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion are not in the Northwest Army now?"

"Yes." Xuanyuan Shengcai said: "Actually, I originally wanted to find an opportunity to talk to the adults about this, but I just thought that after the adults arrived in the northwest, they would report it after they learned about the situation."

Chu Huan was about to ask, but he saw the sound of armor rubbing. A general came quickly. It was Qi Hong, who was selected by Chu Huan from the Guards. When he got close, Qi Hong had already bowed and said, "Governor General Xuanyuan, these thieves seem to be very familiar with the terrain in the mountains. They all fled to the mountains. The terrain in the mountains is very complicated. Our troops are not enough to surround this mountain. These desperadoes are also very brave. We have also injured several brothers. Do you still have to chase them into the mountains?"

Before Xuanyuan Sheng could speak, Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Let the brothers take it down first, and the brothers in his hands deal with the injuries first, so there is no need to chase after you!"

Bai Xiaozi said, "Just that's how cheap they are?"

"Qi Yunwei is right. They know the terrain in the mountains very well. We are short of troops. If we chase them, it will increase casualties." Chu Huan said solemnly: "And even if they are arrested, what can we do?"

Qi Hong had already said: "Governor General, although we injured a few people, we did not lose anything. We caught a living person...!" He turned around and waved, "Bring it up!"

The arrested assassin's head hood had been taken off, and Xuanyuan Sheng ordered Qi Hong to take people to collect all the assassin's corpses and search for any clues to catch the origin of the corpse. Although Xuanyuan Sheng felt that the possibility was extremely small, Qi Hong still took the order and retreated.

The assassin was a little frightened when he saw the guard soldiers around him, his eyes staring at him like a knife. Chu Huan asked lightly: "Who did you do you want to assassinate me? Think about it before answering." He said to Qiu Ruxue: "Brother Qiu, your swordsmanship is good. If I noticed that he had told a lie, you can cut him over with one stroke, so that you can give him some fun, so there is no need to talk nonsense."

Qiu Ruxue immediately held the knife in his hand and stared at the assassin coldly.

The assassin beat the cicada and hesitated for a moment. Hearing Qiu Ruxue snorted coldly, he said helplessly: "I am from Hulu Village. I have been ordered by General Qiu. I have been preparing to assassinate you several days ago!"

"Hulu Village?" Chu Huan frowned: "General Qiu?"

"Yes." The assassin said: "General Qiu is the leader of our Hulu Village. He likes us to call him General Qiu... As long as we kill you, each of us will have at least 300 taels of silver. If we can take your head with our own hands, we will be rewarded with 50,000 taels of silver!"

Chu Huan frowned and said, "Fifty thousand taels? It seems that my head is not very valuable. Where is your Hulu Village? Why do you assassinate me?"

"Hulu Village is in Hulu Mountain, Yuezhou..." When the assassin saw Chu Huan's sharp eyes, he seemed to be able to see through his heart, he said in a singular manner: "You will know when you arrive in Yuezhou... But I don't know why I was assassinating you. Most of the good guys in the village have been transferred out... We are just for the bounty!"

Chu Huan looked at Xuanyuan Shengcai and frowned and asked, "Has General Xuanyuan heard of Hulu Village?"

"I haven't heard of it." Xuanyuan Shengcai shook his head and said, "But the bandits in the northwest are everywhere, and I think it's because the bandits occupy the mountains and become kings...!"

The assassin immediately said: "We are practicing the way for heaven, killing corrupt officials, not... not occupying the mountain and becoming king..."

Xuanyuan Shengcai sneered: "Practice the Way for Heaven? The chaotic bandits do things that are more hateful than corrupt officials. Although corrupt officials are greedy, they will not take human lives at any time. Only you chaotic bandits who kill people like a careless person and harm the people, no one can compare to them."
Chapter completed!