[Rat and Cat] Han Palace Autumn

"What?" Zhan Zhao was astonished. Kaifeng Mansion often dealt with these dead men, so he knew how tough these people's bones were.The emperor... what method did he use?

Zhao Zhen looked at his eyes that were widened in surprise, and laughed happily: "Guard Zhan, Guard Zhan," shaking his head, "Although you guys in Kaifeng Mansion can solve cases like gods, you are definitely not experts in extorting confessions by torture... ...There are so many secret methods in the inner world, as long as the person is still alive, I can naturally get what I want to know from him."

Zhan Zhao lowered his eyes and collected himself: "I don't know what orders His Majesty has for Zhan Zhao?"

Zhao Zhen pressed his hands together: "Of course I got information about the mastermind behind the scenes, but this is not in a hurry..." Facing Zhan Zhao's astonished gaze, he raised his lips slightly, "Naturally, one-sided words of a killer are not enough to convict, and I don't want to Let that person know that I have taken precautions against him, you go back to the Kaifeng mansion and wait, the time will come in a few days, and it will not be too late to find out."

Paying a salute and retreating in a daze, Zhan Zhao really didn't understand the emperor's intention of leaving him behind to say these specious words, so he could only keep his doubts in his heart and wait for a few days to see what the "opportunity" he said was. The time has come.

The next few days were uneventful, but Mr. Bao’s investigation of Deng Xingzhi, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was at a bottleneck. No matter what, he could no longer find any evidence that he was connected with the rebellious party, and the previous evidence was not enough to convict him—— Master Bao, who followed the clues and found out the mastermind behind the scenes, was at a loss what to do.Zhan Zhao said that the emperor already knew the person behind the scenes like the back of his hand, but the most important thing now is to convict Deng Xingzhi, and Zhao Zhen did not reveal his identity, this information is still useless.

"There are assassins! Protect your lord!"

The peaceful night was disturbed by the sound of clanging weapons, Zhan Zhao frowned, and quickly rushed to the front yard with light work.

At this time, the defense of Kaifeng Mansion is already beyond its capabilities - the men in black who came here are highly skilled in martial arts, and their tricks are exactly the same as the group of assassins driven by Ouchi.

Zhan Zhao was taken aback. It seemed that the investigation these past few days had not been as fruitless as it appeared on the surface, but the people behind it couldn't sit still anymore, resorting to such drastic means to kill Mr. Bao.

"Chao Ma Han, go to protect your lord and sir, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, and lead people to surround the mansion to prevent the thieves from escaping!"

Thinking in his heart, his subordinates were not slow at all. After loudly commanding, he swung his sword and rushed into the most intense place of the battle. The giant tower reflected silver light, faint like a breeze, cold like frost and snow, and stabilized the situation in a moment— ——There are too many assassins coming, and each of them is highly skilled in martial arts. It is really difficult for the officials in Kaifeng Mansion to resist. Therefore, he did not knock down every assassin, but used tricks to injure their weak points or body points, so that their movements appeared A moment of confusion and hesitation was enough for the other guards to cut him down with their swords—it was just a pity that in this way, those yamen servants tried their best in the fight to keep a few alive, but they couldn't.

Seeing the bright red figure wandering around, and suffering heavy losses wherever he went, the leader of the assassins made a decisive decision, let out a roar, turned over and fled across the wall.

Zhan Zhao would not let him go, he just shouted to the night sky: "Yutang, my lord will take care of you!" Then he jumped over the wall and left.

The assassins who followed were caught by Zhang Long and Zhao Hu who were guarding outside the wall. Except for a few who broke through, the rest were all caught.

Bai Yutang jumped out from the darkness, angrily cursed Zhan Zhao and went to chase the murderer alone, but he had no choice but to stay behind the guards, and just wanted to bring a living person for interrogation, but saw a few people under the wall who were arrested All the men in black who lived there vomited black blood from their mouths, and they seemed to be dead.

He hammered the wall angrily—all of these people had sex hidden in their mouths, and the big holes around them were not sealed in time, and seeing a living person commit suicide in front of his eyes, he just felt depressed and angry for a while.

Let's talk about Zhan Zhao, he followed the leader in black and jumped out of Kaifeng Mansion. The man tried his best to escape on the roof of the alley, but how could he escape Nan Xia's famous stunt "Swallow Flying"?Seeing that the distance between the two was getting closer, he had no choice but to slam on the brakes in desperation, turned his head and threw a handful of powder exuding a faint fragrance at Zhan Zhao.

The young man in red who was chasing after him froze, swayed twice and barely supported himself with the sword, raised his hand and shot a sleeve arrow at him, but was blocked by the black-clothed leader at will because of lack of internal strength.

At this time, several assassins who successfully broke through also caught up, surrounded Zhan Zhao, and drew out their long swords in a uniform movement.

"Hehe, I don't think Zhan Nanxia will be in such a mess." The leader smiled sinisterly, "Zhan Zhao, I'm sorry!" Zhan Zhao in it is finely chopped.

Holding a sword in one hand, the young man who seemed to be powerless to resist suddenly jumped up when the shadow of the sword fell. The bright sword drew a beautiful arc on his chest, and the surrounding people were suddenly rushed by the powerful sword energy. , backed out in a mess.

"You, you are cheating!" The leader clutched his injured wrist, and stared in disbelief at the young man who had recovered and stood tall in front of him. The subordinates around him had lost the ability to fight, and the anger of falling short and the shame of being calculated made his face Twisted, looking at Zhan Zhao's eyes almost burst into flames.

"Soldiers never tire of deceit," Zhan Zhao said lightly, with a hint of teasing in his clear eyes, "If Mr. Assassin didn't want to plot against Zhan, he wouldn't have fallen into such a situation where the entire army was wiped out."

As he spoke, he stepped forward, looked at the surrounding environment, and smiled at the man in black with a stern face: "You all disappeared after Ku Yin found it, and today Master Bao found out here, and came out to assassinate, and you You just ran away all the way, but you are here to gather strength and fight desperately, and your subordinates are so impatient to block Zhan's sight, it seems that there must be some important clues here." Seeing the leader's eyes flashed panicked, the words added a bit of certainty.

"Hmph." The man in black didn't say anything, he just gave Zhan Zhao a bitter look and then resolutely closed his eyes.Zhan Zhao secretly thought it was not good, so he rushed forward to touch his acupoints, but it was already too late, and seeing that the men in black who had lost the ability to move also vomited blood and died, he could only sigh secretly, and flew down to the street superior.

Both sides are ordinary dwellings, nothing special can be seen, Zhan Zhao checked carefully, and found no suspicious traces, he was wondering, but seemed to suddenly think of something, flew onto the room, pulled down The masked black scarves of several men in black.

"Boss Zhou!" Even though he had expected it, he couldn't help being surprised. One of the men in black with the strongest martial arts skills was the owner of the famous store "Lai Fuxiang" in Kaifeng. When he came, he would often go there to pack some delicate pastries. After Bai Yutang came, this task was completely handed over to the Bai family's property "Shangmingxuan". Every day, someone would send it to Kaifeng Mansion—— When seeing a familiar face in this situation, even Nan Xia's heart is firm, but he is also in a trance.

... The people behind this scene are really powerful, and in Beijing, I don't know how many eyeliners he has planted.

Gathering his mind, he jumped off the roof again, sneaking into the dark and quiet Lai Fuxiang like a civet in the darkness.

Zhan Zhao tiptoed into the study room specially set up for the boss in the building, rummaged through it intently, and after a short while, he hooked the corners of his lips and twisted a gold-encrusted jade-encrusted Pixiu placed on the table. The wall behind the chair suddenly opened.

There was a quiet light from the cracked wall, and Zhan Zhao walked in cautiously—it turned out that there were a few soft night pearls inlaid on the walls on both sides of the corridor—there was no one in the corridor, he walked down gently, carefully Not a sound came out.

At the end of the passage, there is a large stone room—it seems that this is the place where the assassins usually gather. There are several thread-bound books in the style of ledgers placed in the dark compartment beside the stone wall.

Hastily picked it up and flipped through it, and the more I looked at it, the more my eyes widened—it was actually a detailed record of dealings with the officials of the household department. Perhaps it was kept as a proof for future threats and lures, and everyone's expressions and words at that time were actually recorded. It is clearly recorded.

Quickly putting the book away in his bosom, Zhan Zhao searched around again, seeing that there was really no clue to reveal the identity of the person behind the scenes, so he carefully withdrew from the secret room somewhat unwillingly.

Put the organ as it was, and looked around vigilantly when no one was paying attention, then jumped out of the building, found the police patrolling the street and asked them to deal with the corpses of the black-clothed assassins on the roof, and then turned back to Kaifeng Mansion at a faster speed. Ya.

The well-tested Kaifeng Mansion has long been accustomed to assassinations from time to time, and the tranquility of the past has been restored at this time. The difference is that the lights are still on in Master Bao's room, and the figures of several people are vaguely printed on the window paper.

"Master Bao," Zhan Zhao pushed the door open and went in, seeing the caring eyes of several people who stood up abruptly, he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, "My lord, this subordinate has found a clue." He took out the book from his arms and raised his hand slightly. Young.Turning to Bai Yutang again, "Thanks to Yutang tonight."

"Hmph, it's good that you smelly cat knows." Bai Yutang glared at him, "Next time if you don't dare to say anything, you'll leave Master Bai behind. Be careful with your cat skin!"

Zhan Zhao smiled flatteringly at him, expressing his acknowledgment of his mistake, and handed the things in his hand to Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng unfolded the book and looked at it carefully with Gongsun Ce. A solemn look appeared on his dark face: "—Who the hell is it, who has such great energy, and there are so many officials for a single household department?" Winning... the situation is really worrying, what kind of opportunity is Your Majesty waiting for?"

Gongsun Ce stroked his green beard and said, "Anyway, now that we have evidence to bring Deng Xingzhi to justice, we finally have settled our minds."

"That's right." Bao Zheng also had a rare smile on his face, "The Holy One must have his own reasons. Once this matter is over, I will just have to wait and obey orders in Kaifeng Mansion."

Everyone showed a temporarily relaxed smile. Although the rain is about to come, before that, they can enjoy a rare leisure time.