Chapter 64: The Long Nightmare
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(Thanks to Lan Xiaoniu Niu Niu, is this a special number for Children's Day?)
Tang Tiande did not go back to the military camp, so he stayed in Yuehong Building at night, and was still struggling with a red man's delicate body. He heard someone knocking on the door outside and saying that Guo Caoling was assassinated and died. He was so excited that he sat up and almost broke a bone.
Tang Tiande walked over and opened the door, but saw Tang Lingde, the cousin who was in charge of Yuehonglou, and Tang's rising star. At this time, Tang Pan, who was the inspector of the inspector, stood in the corridor. He pulled a robe and put it on him and asked in shock:
"How is it possible for Guo Caoling to be assassinated to death?"
It was not that there was no incident of killing officials in Tongbai Mountain. Just over 20 years ago, when the bandits in Tongbai Mountain were at the worst, several counterfeits gathered together and broke out of Tongbai Mountain, robbed merchants and traveled around Biyang City, and sneaked into Biyang City several times to kidnap meat tickets and extort money.
At that time, the prefectures and counties were defeated several times, and there was also a military commander of the Biyang County. The magistrate was killed in the mountains. The officers and soldiers were killed in Tongbai Mountain without a thousand or eight hundred corpses. The surrounding prefectures and counties were shocked. The court finally transferred the fierce minister Wang Xiaocheng to the governor of Tangzhou to quell the bandits.
After Wang Xiaocheng left Tangzhou, although Tongbai Mountain was not absolutely peaceful, there was no more assassination of a prime official in the past twenty years.
Even though Tang Tiande didn't know the real reason why Guo Caoling took over Deng Gui, he also knew that Guo Caoling died in a military camp on the eve of his official takeover, which was absolutely remarkable.
Jin Longquan stayed in Shangliuzhai to clean up the back of the situation. Today, he should be in Japan in charge of the nighttime affairs. If nothing happened, he stayed in Yuehonglou and his house was not a big deal at all, but Guo Caoling was assassinated and someone would have to take the blame...
Thinking of this, Tang Tiande was immediately scared and sweated.
He didn't dare to stay in Yuehonglou for a long time, and he didn't even bother to wear neat clothes. He took his sword and said goodbye to Tang Lingde, and took Tang Pan to cross the river to the military camp.
When Tang Tiande crossed the Baijian River, he saw a military village wall full of torches on the ferry. The flames in the village were shining through the sky. I guess there were many bonfires. One person guarded the village every few steps, as if he was about to turn the military village over. He asked Tang Pan: "The assassin is still in the military village?"
"The postman saw the assassin succeeding to get out of the inn from the north, and there were some messy footprints and bloodstains in the village wall from the inn to the north. Coincidentally, when he heard Guo Caoling screaming, a team of patrol soldiers happened to be in the north, but he did not notice any movement. Deng Langjun suspected that these footprints were all deliberately laid out before the assassin, in order to make us mistakenly think that he had escaped from the military camp after he succeeded!" Tang Pan said, "It was also a lucky person. If there weren't a team of patrol soldiers walking north and designated to be deceived - this assassin was really powerful, but he didn't know if he could pull him out..."
"He?" Tang Tiande was stunned and asked, "There is only one assassin?"
"The postman saw a figure turning out. From the assassination scene, it was like a man killing Guo Jun envoy and two subordinates," said Tang Pan. "The assassin also left the seven words "Killer Chushan Yasha Fox" on the wall of the inn, but he had never heard of such a person in Tongbai Mountain!"
As a rising star of the Tang family, Tang Pan was young and light, but in addition to being extraordinary, he was also smart and capable. He found an opportunity to come out to send a message to Tang Tiande and also grasped the existing situation clearly.
"..." Tang Tiande took a deep breath and subconsciously wanted to ask the boatman to turn around.
He surrounded Liuzhai and attacked Pan Chenghu and thieves. Guo Caoling had not officially taken over. Of course, he would not criticize Deng Gui for his troops and formation, but he also showed his skills in front of the formation.
Tang Tiande also boasted of being extraordinary, but he could not even pull the large lacquer bow that Guo Caoling carried with him, but Guo Caoling could take the large bow and shoot seven or eight arrows without breathing heavily.
Guo Caoling's large lacquer bow had an amazing penetration force. The bandits could not stop holding the thin wooden shield and were shot to death. The bandits were defeated.
The two men under Guo Caoling were also good players who chose one of the hundreds of miles. Yesterday, they also showed off their authority in front of the clan. They showed off their skills when they attacked Liuzhai. They were considered first-class players in Tongbai Mountain.
If Guo Caoling was assassinated alone, it might be a pity, but two escorts around Guo Caoling were killed. What a powerful skill this assassin is! If the assassin has left the military camp, it would be fine if they were caught by them and still fighting the trapped beasts, would he rush to the military camp at this time, wouldn’t he have to take the people in front to fight with the assassin?
Thinking of this, Tang Tiande was a little worried, but when he turned around and left at this time, he was afraid that Deng Gui would even hit him on the head, so he could only suppress his fear and walked into the military camp with his teeth.
"Langjun Deng!"
Tang Tiande first went back to his house and put on his armor before he went to the Xizhai Gate to meet Deng Gui.
Four bonfires were burning left and right, and Deng Gui, who was wearing blue-black iron armor, staring at the dark faraway mountain with a blue face, staring at the dull and faraway mountain in a daze. He held the sword on his waist tightly. After a while, he slowly turned his head to look at Tang Tiande, and said with a smile: "Tang Dutou, you are so happy today! You really deserve the help of Guo Jun!"
Tang Tiande was so angry that he remained silent.
If you encounter such a thing, no one would be happy with Deng Gui's position.
Who said Deng Gui is still a regular inspector? When Tang Tiande heard his sarcasm, he could not only swallow his anger? If he had a bad temper, he would have to suffer a lot.
After a long silence, when he saw Deng Gui standing there and no more whispers and no new orders were given, Tang Tiande couldn't help asking: "But is it sure that the assassin is still hiding in the military camp?"
Even though Tang Tiande was worried that the assassin would still fight the beast, he knew that only by grasping the assassin could he explain it. At the same time, he wanted to redeem his merits and wanted to lead a team of soldiers to search.
"We have looked through all the places we can search for, and the assassin may have escaped." Deng Gui said.
"Have you searched for Mr. Wang..." Tang Tiande asked.
Deng Gui's pupils suddenly closed like a frightened trapped beast, staring at Tang Tiande.
Tang Tiande touched his face in confusion, thinking to himself whether Miss Pan'er's rouge powder had touched his face. Is there any problem with asking Deng Gui this?
Tang Tiande didn't doubt anything. He knew that Wang Bing's power was still there. Without Deng Gui himself, the generals and soldiers below would never dare to go and disturb him easily; he was afraid that Deng Gui would miss something.
"If Mr. Deng is afraid of disturbing Mr. Wang, I will take someone to ask Mr. Wang to talk politely. After all, we must not ignore the safety of Mr. Wang. If you really want the assassin to hide in Mr. Wang, we will be even more unable to afford it!" Tang Tiande said with an understanding look on his face.
"No need, after I found the assassin, I went to Mr. Wang to see it as soon as possible; in addition, Mr. Wang is surrounded by Mr. Lu, and the assassin really wants to hit him, he won't get it."
Deng Gui let out a long sigh, said lightly, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said,
"Forget it, since the assassins have all escaped, no matter how hard we have, we will pretend to show others. Don't search in the military camp, let's rest; next time, I'll ask Tang Dutou to personally lead a team of people to the Hedong street market until dawn, and it also means that we are still trying our best. For the rest, let's talk about the others when we report to the county magistrate Cheng and the prefect Chen! It's said that people are the slaughter and the meat of fish, and those who should come will always come, but they can't escape..."
Seeing Deng Gui say something strangely, he left as soon as he says it. There was an indescribable bleakness in his figure. Tang Tiande asked the one responsible person in Xizhai Gate in confusion: "What's wrong with Deng Langjun?"
"The successor died at this critical moment. Deng Langjun was covered in a hunched mouth. How could he feel good?" said this yawning level, begging Tang Tiande and begging for mercy, "When we heard the assassin's movement, we have to make trouble until now. Tang Dutou wants to take people to Hedong, but he has to beg for us!"
"Have you really seen the place where Mr. Wang?" Tang Tiande realized that when he mentioned searching for Wang Bing's residence, Deng Gui's mood became strong and asked in confusion.
"Why haven't you seen it? Deng Langjun saw Guo Jun died in the inn. Without delaying it, he broke into the Wang Lao Qiuyuan Courtyard. He was scolded by Mr. Lu for being rude and almost took action - now everyone is so angry." He sighed at this section level.
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Tang Tiande led a team to search the Hedong street market overnight, which made a mess. This also called the news that Guo Caoling was assassinated quickly spread before the dawn came.
Xu Wufu heard Zhou Jing coming to report that he was shocked and got up from the bed.
"This news is true. Where did you hear it at this time?" Xu Wufu asked by grabbing Zhou Jing's hand.
"Tang Tiande led his men to search the street market, which made the mess. Many martial soldiers saw Guo Caoling's body with their own eyes. The news should be true!" Zhou Jing said.
Although Xu Wufu collected most of his hands back to Yuhuangling, there were also a few people taking care of the mule and horse market, cargo warehouses and houses in Biyang and Huaiyuan; these houses could not be left behind and ignored them.
When the left-behind people heard the news, they naturally rushed back overnight to report the news.
Xu Wufu's face turned pale.
Xu Wufu is more clear about the inside story than Zhou Jing, Tang Tiande and others, and of course he is also more clear about the consequences of Guo Caoling's assassination, which is much more serious than expected.
"How many assassins sneak into the military camp to assassinate, why did they ask the assassin to succeed and run out? Guo Jun made him and the two escorts around him not weak, let alone the military camp's range, and if there is a military soldier, he will garrison the left and right. Why did he ask the assassin to succeed?" Xu Wufu asked with some trembling.
He could not imagine that Xu Wujiang and the others would be bold and reckless in assassinating Guo Caoling, but Wang Bing was involved in Huaiyuan, and the group of people in Xu Wujiang - even if it was not Xu Wujiang and the others, it was impossible for the people behind Guo Caoling to believe that Xu Wujiang was involved in assassination.
Xu Wufu's heart was so cold that he felt his feet weak and he couldn't stand it. He groped and sat down on the threshold.
Zhou Jing was confused.
The assassination of Guo Caoling in Tongbai Mountain is definitely a major event, but no matter what, he did not directly interfere with Xu. Why did the head of the family react so much?
"Someone in the inn saw the assassin climbing over the wall and running away, but there was only one person." Zhou Jing said.
After hearing what Zhou Jing said, Xu Wufu breathed a sigh of relief.
If there were many assassins, he would not help but suspect Xu Wujiang and the others.
After all, Xu Wujiang, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, Xu Xin'an and Xu Huai's stupid guy, can really kill Guo Caoling in the military camp with calm deployment; and they have an indescribable involvement with Wang Bing, so they have reason to assassinate Guo Caoling.
Besides, who else can be more familiar with the internal deployment of the military camp than Xu Wujiang and others?
If the assassin was only one person, I believe that the person behind Guo Caoling would not believe that Xu had such a powerful assassin...
"Dad, Guo Junzhi was assassinated, do you know?" Xu Heng rushed in in panic at this time.
"What's panic?" Xu Wufu calmed down and scolded his eldest son Xu Heng. "Guo Jun was assassinated. The assassin was powerful and dared to break into the military camp alone to kill people. This matter is extraordinary, but what does it have to do with us? This matter may alarm Lu Shi down to investigate the case. At most, each family will spend some money at that time!"
"Guo Junshi is not weak anymore. Uncle Wu Ji said that he might be slightly stronger than Guo Junshi's two subordinates. The three of them were killed like this. If this assassin knew about us and Deng Gui, what should we do if we wanted to be unfavorable to us?" Xu Heng asked in panic.
Others don’t know the inside story, but Xu Heng knows that the assassin killed Guo Caoling to protect the prince.
He was not worried about anything else at this time, but was worried that the assassins would come to take their lives when they knew that they had conspired with Deng Gui to send Xu Wujiang to Qingxi Village to die to isolate the king.
"What are you talking nonsense..." Xu Wufu was so angry that he trembled with anger when he saw Xu Heng was so useless.
Since ancient times, assassination has been written all the time, but when was the assassination against princes and nobles easy?
This assassination shows that someone behind the scenes was secretly protecting Wang Bing, but it was delayed until Guo Caoling arrived in Linhuaiyuan before taking action. To put it bluntly, it was also the inspector who Guo Caoling wanted to replace, and his position was too critical.
This is probably the case. They were forced to take the risk after the scenes. They were temporarily considered to be a member of Xu Wujiang, but Xu Heng was still worried about being assassinated, which was really disappointing.
Are assassins so cheap?
Xu Wufu General was shocked and misjudged. The eldest son Xu Heng, who almost revealed the inside story in front of Zhou Jing and others, shouted back. He also asked Zhou Jing to take the people to patrol as usual. He sat at the steps without any sleepiness and fell into deep thoughts...
Chapter completed!