While Zhao Xingde and Li Rui were chatting and laughing, they suddenly heard a scream outside Zheng Xiangtang, "It's a murder!" The officials of the five governments who were still talking and refuting in Zheng Xiangtang could not help but look at each other and were stunned. Several sounds came from "There are assassins!" "Come on!" These people believed that they were not wrong. The assassin was openly a murderer outside Zheng Xiangtang, as if a drop of water dripped into the oil pan, and suddenly exploded. Everyone's faces were shocked, with a look of surprise and anger intertwined, and the crowd was excited. Nearly half of the people pulled out their swords and ran out of the hall. Then, "Chasing the assassins!" "Catch them!" "Catch them!" "Catching the horseman!" "Catching them!" "Catching the horseman!" sounded one after another. There were sounds of horse hooves outside the hall.

Zhao Xingde and Li Rui's faces changed, and they rushed out of the hall with the flow of people. Zhao Xingde held the hilt of his waist with his right hand and carefully protected Li Rui behind him with his left hand. As soon as he arrived at the door of the hall, he saw two people lodging in the snow a hundred steps away, as if wearing Confucian robes, and his figure was vaguely familiar. The blood of the victim was soaked in the snow, which seemed particularly dazzling in the afternoon sun. An unknown premonition surged into Zhao Xingde's heart and immediately walked quickly towards that place.

The captain Kang Deming stood in front of the victim and shouted loudly: "Where are the soldiers?" The soldiers who had already drawn out their weapons gathered around him. They formed a circle around the body, so that others would not let others step forward again. One was to guard against the accomplices of the suspect, and the other was to protect the scene of the murder. Not far away, more than a dozen people were sitting on horses with weapons. The leader was bent down and asked the person who witnessed the murderer's escape. Then he activated the war horse and chased him quickly.

When he came closer, he saw that the two scholars from the East Human Resources Society who had just left for farewell were indeed the two scholars from the East Human Resources Society who had just left. Zhao Xingde's face became even darker, and Li Rui's face changed drastically and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Wang, Brother Wu!" Wang Zhong was already lying on the ground and did not move. Wu Yue had a rest. A soldier was squatting and holding him, pressing his hand on the artery above his wound, but blood kept flowing out and could not stop. Wu Yue's face gradually turned pale, and his breath seemed to break a bellows. Li Rui immediately wanted to go forward to visit him, but was stopped by several soldiers standing around him.

Kang Deming's face turned pale and shouted, "Idle people are not allowed to get close!" The soldiers pulled out their swords and let the crowd be five steps away from the corpse. The people gathered around stood consciously in the outer circle, some speculated about the identity of the victim and the murderer, and some cursed with gritted teeth. The Bachelor's Mansion is a sacred and solemn place. Even the Bachelor's Mansion protected by the Bachelor's Mansion could not enter without permission without the permission of the Grand Secretary. The assassin dared to commit murder here and killed people at the door of Zheng Xiangtang, the most important thing in the Bachelor's Mansion. This was the greatest humiliation to all the scholars of Xia.

Seeing that Li Rui was stopped outside, Zhao Xingde walked over, handed over the sign, and said in a deep voice: "I will be Zhao De of Chengying Camp. This is the Scholar of Li Rui and is the friend of the victim. Captain Kang, can we let us step forward?" Kang Deming went up and down with him with vigilance. Looking back, he seemed to see Li Rui and Zhao De standing with the two victims. He nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay," he reminded again, "The body must not be turned before the coroner's investigation."

Zhao Xingde and Li Rui walked forward immediately. But when Wang Zhong was shot into the face and throat, he died immediately. Wu Yue was shot into the chest, his face was already black, his eyes wide open, but his breath was weak. Li Rui squatted beside him and whispered anxiously: "Brother Wu, Brother Wu!" Zhao Xingde looked at Wu Yue's wound carefully. A short crossbow arrow penetrated deep into his left lung. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. This was a fatal injury that could not be saved. If the crossbow arrow was pulled out on the spot, he was afraid that he would die immediately. The newly flowing blood was black, which made Zhao Xingde's heart sank: "This is a poisonous crossbow, such a cruel method." The murderer was afraid that the shooting would be deviated and it would be necessary for human life, so he painted a highly poisonous object on the crossbow arrow. He looked at the soldier who knew that he was supporting Wu Yue, and the other party was also helpless.

Seeing that Wu Yue Shang was a little conscious, he whispered, "Brother Wu, do you know who was the one who attacked him?" Kang Deming also came over when he heard Zhao Xingde's question. Wu Yue's face was blank and his breath was faint, "I don't know." Kang Deming's face looked disappointed, Zhao Xingde also sighed slightly, and said, "Brother Wu, what other wishes have not been fulfilled?" Wu Yue's eyes moved, looking at Li Rui, and then looked at Kang Deming. Only a faint sound was made in his throat. Li Rui faintly heard a "kick" sound, his mind moved slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Is it the matter of Guanzhong's disciples?" Wu Yue closed his eyes slightly, then opened it again, and tried hard to squeeze out a smile on his face. Soon, he shivered violently, his teeth were tilted, and he could no longer speak.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from outside the crowd. Zhao Xingde looked up and saw that more than 200 cavalry and Tiger Wing Army were coming. After the leader of the Tiger Wing Army, the captain of the leading Tiger Wing Army, immediately chased out with more than 100 cavalry, leaving more than 50 people to maintain the crime scene, waiting for the Dunhuang Prefecture Order to come. After the established Tiger Wing Army arrived, the soldiers who had previously maintained order dispersed one after another. Only Zhao Xingde and Li Rui were still with the two victims.

Seeing that Wu Yue's eyes were dissipated, Li Rui held his hand and whispered: "Brother Wu, Brother Wu." Wu Yue's breath became weaker and his body gradually became cold, but his eyes were still wide open. Zhao Xingde was silent for a moment and whispered: "The murderer will be brought to justice, Brother Wu is easy to leave." He closed his eyes for him. At this time, the yamen runners and coroners had arrived, carried the body onto the burial cart and transported it back to the Dunhuang Order Yamen. Zhao Xingde then left with Li Rui. The sun was bright and dazzling in the sky, but the two of them were as gloomy as dark clouds.

The two walked to the fork of a road, and another group of more than 100 tiger-winged cavalry passed by Zhao Xingde and Li Rui, galloping north along the official road. Behind the tiger-winged cavalry, there were scattered soldiers of other troops riding horses, with swords, bows and arrows hanging behind the saddles. This was the news of the soldiers living nearby, and they immediately prepared horses to join in search of the assassins. Because the incident was rushed, most people were wearing simple leather armor on their home clothes, and then wearing a sheepskin cloak that kept the cold overnight.

Zhao Xingde and Li Rui were away by the road, looking at the cavalry's galloping backs, Zhao Xingde couldn't help but speed up his pace. The Hexi Corridor where Dunhuang was located was closed and there was nowhere to hide in the plains. The murderer fled to the north and had always wanted to escape into the Mazong Mountain in the north. If he wanted to bring it to justice, it would be best to catch up with the suspect before it crossed the mountains and escaped from the desert. At the same time, he blocked the various passes of Mazong Mountain, and even mobilized the cavalry and Yinhu Pasture in the north of the desert to intercept it.

"Just just now, the coroner said that the crossbow arrow used by the assassin was a military weapon made by the Luoyang workshop," Li Rui said as he walked, "it was probably an enemy from Kanto."

"It's incredible that he actually traveled thousands of miles to Dunhuang to kill people." Zhao Xingde shook his head and said. It shouldn't be the political enemy in the court. The management of the society is even more powerful, and the leader of the society Chen Dong can survive on Fujian Road. In the eyes of the treacherous party, this Dong Human Resources and Social Security is just an ant-like existence, and it's really not enough to use an assassin.

Li Rui also said, "I think it was clearly the murderer who deliberately framed the blame." As the two of them spoke, a cavalry rushed from the opposite side. When they saw Zhao Xingde, they shouted loudly: "Zhao Army envoy, the General's Mansion has an order. My camp gathered with my brothers in the Xidu station to assist in chasing the suspect who assassinated the Scholars Mansion. Did the assassin escape to the north just now?" Zhao Xingde looked up and saw that it was Liu Zheng, a soldier under his command, nodded and said loudly: "Okay, I'll prepare a horse immediately."

Liu Zheng immediately saluted Zhao Xingde, shouted loudly, grabbed the horse's belly, and urged the horse to go north. He also wanted to notify several other soldiers from Chengying Camp who were resting at their nearby homes.

The military orders were like mountains. Zhao Xingde immediately said goodbye to Li Rui and hurried back home. Li Ruoxue had already received the notice from Liu Zheng and stood in the courtyard waiting. Zhao Xingde's armor, bows, arrows, grain and water capsules, and cloaks were all sorted out and placed next to the saddle. Zhao Xingde's face pretended to be relaxed, smiled slightly, gently hugged Ruoxue in his arms, and comforted him: "A few clowns hiding in the dark, the General's Mansion has launched a net of heaven and earth, which will make him spread his wings and unable to escape."

He said it was easy. In fact, thousands of troops were spread out. Each team of soldiers was only a few cavalry and a dozen cavalry. If they suddenly encountered those assassins, the other party would dare to assassinate at the Dunhuang Bachelor's Mansion. They would be brave and fearless, and there were poisonous crossbows and still fought with trapped beasts, which would be quite dangerous.

Li Ruoxue lowered his eyes, covered the worry in his eyes, and whispered: "Take care more." He resisted his reluctance, let go of Zhao Xingde, watched him get on the horse and go out, and returned to the dormitory, kneeled in front of Guanyin statue and closed his eyes to pray for peace for him.

The bloody case in the Bachelor's Mansion shocked the five palaces. Emperor Chen Xuanyi was furious and personally issued an order to order the Longya Army to transfer the soldiers of the two battalions to arrest the suspects. Half an hour later, Longya, Huyi, and Chengying Army dispatched thousands of soldiers. The cavalry opened a large net and searched slowly northward. Another army sent a flying cavalry to inform the beacon towers, camp teams and Yinhu Pastures on the north side of the Mazong Mountain Pass to pay close attention to all suspicious people. Yumen Pass, Yang Pass, and Xiao Pass in the southeast were all closed.

From day to night, the advance Tiger Wing Army continued to discover traces of the escape suspects. The military intelligence department and the Dunhuang Prefecture government's yamen also followed the smell of the suspect's war horses. At night, thousands of soldiers set up torches and searched in the wilderness. Finally, at dawn the next day, the three suspects were trapped in a valley of Mazong Mountain, but the three desperate people actually committed suicide with poisonous crossbows in despair.

The huge formation brought back only three corpses. Needless to say, there must be a commander behind the suspect, but it took time to verify it. After working hard day and night, the cavalry returning home were all listless. Behind the window of a small building, a figure stood sideways in the shadows, and a pair of cold eyes were watching all this from a high place.

"I slapped two buzzing flies to death, and watched a very lively drama. The 20,000 ounces are worth the flowers." Qiu Daren turned the jasper ring on his index finger, and a contemptuous smile appeared on his face. His hands were well maintained, and his thick joints were trapped in the thick muscles.

"Shopkeeper, will it be too big this time? Is there a risk?" Manager Luo, who was standing behind him, asked carefully. He was the most confidant manager of the Grand Official Qiu. In the Song Dynasty, whether it was selling humans, private salt, or arranging people to smash the opponent's shops, colluding with bandits to kill and loot, Qiu Darui felt relieved to let him do it. Sometimes Qiu Darui had no time to clone him, and worth more than 100,000 yuan of gold, so he was also relieved to let Manager Luo get in touch with the government. This time, when dealing with this group of scholars from Guandong, Luo felt that Grand Official Qiu was not doing it safely.
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