In Qixian Manor, Jiao Zi was like an out-of-control bull, pacing back and forth in the courtyard.
Before, he angrily reprimanded and whipped the henchman responsible for the assassination.
Zhang Fang saw that this strange colleague was covered in wounds and bloody flesh, but he did not dare to step forward to intercede for him.
In his memory, the young master has never been so angry.
Jiao Zi could not wait to bite his steel teeth into pieces. What a perfect assassination plan this was. The internal agents buried in the Houliang Palace and the Iron Buddha Temple all played a role. The assassins also sneaked in and killed Chen Chang in one fell swoop.
Isn’t it very easy to kill? How could it be like this?
Everything was because this confidant made arbitrary decisions and temporarily changed his orders, which led to the loss of everything.
Jiao Zi stepped forward, raised his big foot and kicked the henchman's chest, knocking him to the ground, gritting his teeth and cursing: "Idiot, I want Chen Chang to die, who said I want to arrest him alive?"<
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The confidant didn't dare to defend himself. Now that he thinks about it, he was really obsessed at the time.
The reward for killing Chen Chang is two thousand guan, which was decided by Jiao Zi himself.
For so many years, Jiao Zi has been operating behind the scenes, and only this confidant knows Jiao Zi's true identity.
This henchman was also a murderous thief before, and the price he paid his men was one thousand guan. The assassins who were kept in the dark thought that they could only get a reward of 2,000 guan if they captured Chen Chang alive. Who wouldn't want to think about that?
How about earning an extra thousand dollars?
But what I never expected was that I didn't make a profit from the price difference of one thousand guan, but instead lost all my men.
He doesn't think about anything now, he just hopes that the young master can keep his guilty body to atone for his sins in the future.
In fact, he didn't know that even if he strictly carried out the young master's orders and didn't think about making the difference of a thousand dollars, the whereabouts of those assassins would have been exposed long ago, and they would not be able to kill Chen Chang at all.
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The person who discovered them, besides Ning Jingrong, who was best at sneak attacks and assassinations, was Master Xuyun, the abbot of Tiefo Temple.
Not to mention Master Xuyun, let’s just say that Ning Jingrong has always been by Chen Chang’s side. How could these assassins succeed?
"Young Master, Young Master..."
Zhao Xie rushed in excitedly, and when he saw the bloody man kneeling on the ground, his heart trembled. After a closer look, he recognized that he was the confidant sent by the young master to carry out the assassination mission.
Jiao Zi had already lost his patience and asked: "What's the matter?"
Zhao Ji gathered his mind and said: "Young Master, my subordinates sent people to inquire about the news. Now someone has come to report. Although we did not succeed in assassinating today, Chen Chang was poisoned and is still unconscious. He is still living in Tiefo Temple.
, I heard that the imperial doctors who followed the palace were helpless... Haha, the young master really did not leave any stone unturned, and even arranged for someone to poison the dead man..."
Halfway through his words, Zhao Ji could not help but be startled when he saw that Jiao Zi's face became increasingly gloomy and showed no signs of joy.
He glanced around and saw his good brother Zhao Fang winking at him. Thinking of the young master's expression, an idea suddenly appeared in his mind, and a terrible thought suddenly came to his mind.
Zhao Ye's expression changed and he lost his voice: "Young Master, is it possible that the poisoned assassin..., that assassin... wasn't sent by you?"
Jiao Zi was annoyed. Seeing him making a fuss, he became even more furious and shouted: "Of course it's not me. Don't you know that I don't have anyone who is good at using poison?"
After hearing this, Zhao Xie's face turned pale. The young master was arrogant. Most of his soldiers were capable of fighting and killing. Only the old master's subordinates had people who were good at poisoning. Could it be the old master?
Send someone to take action?
But the old master has been recruited to Jinyang now. How did he know in advance that Chen Chang was going to Tiefo Temple, and how did he arrange the poisoning in advance? All this is simply incredible.
The young master is young and energetic, but in fact he is brave, reckless, self-willed, ambitious and talented, so he is naturally incomparable with the old master.
Jiao Zi shouted angrily: "I knew you all came to see my joke. Humph, I don't believe it. Without my adoptive father, I, Jiao Zi, can't do great things?"
His expression changed several times, and suddenly he jumped up like crazy and yelled angrily, "Come here, gather the troops, I'm going to crush the Iron Buddha Temple!"
"Young Master, no, please think twice!"
Zhang Fang and others all knelt down to persuade each other.
Jiao Zi's pupils were filled with blood. Sooner or later, the news of the failed assassination would reach his adoptive father's ears. He knew best what kind of thunderous fury he would face by then.
Now, the only thing that can be saved is to kill Chen Chang again.
"Young Master, this is simply hitting an egg with an egg against a rock!" Zhang Fang urged, "The Iron Buddha Temple is surrounded by the army of the Zhou Dynasty, and the man named Xiao has also sent soldiers to protect it. Now the Iron Buddha Temple is surrounded like an iron barrel, just with us
If you go, you will simply die!"
The henchman who was beaten all over his body also said: "Yes, my subordinates can clearly see from the outside, so head-on confrontation is simply not possible."
Jiao Zi gradually calmed down amidst everyone's persuasion. If he confronts someone head-on, it will only lead to death.
But how to explain this matter to the adoptive father?
He suddenly looked at the confidant and asked: "Who else among your people knows my identity?"
The confidant shook his head: "My subordinates know that the young master's identity needs to be kept secret, so they have not revealed it to anyone."
A smile appeared on Jiao Zi's lips: "You did a good job. Okay, go down and recuperate!"
The confidant breathed a heavy sigh of relief, thanked Jiao Zi and turned to leave.
However, he turned around and before he took a step, a sharp knife pierced the back of his heart.
He screamed and turned around in pain, looking at Jiao Zi who had smiled at him just now.
At this time, Jiao Zi still had a smile on his face, but the smile was very cold and chilling.
The confidant staggered a few steps, looked at Jiao Zi in surprise, and asked unwillingly: "You... you... are so cruel..."
Jiao Zi's smile gradually disappeared and he said: "Only if you die can I get out of this matter! Don't worry, I will comfort your family members!"
The confidant sat paralyzed on the ground and suddenly burst into laughter, which was creepy.
Zhang Fang and Zhao Zhe were both shocked by what happened to Gao Fang. This man, who had been Jiao Mi's confidant for many years, was actually killed by him. They couldn't help but feel as if a rabbit had died and a fox had died.
"Why are you laughing?" Jiao Zi asked.
The confidant spat out blood: "I originally had one more thing to tell you, but I'm afraid I won't need it now."
Jiao Zi was stunned for a moment after hearing this. This person will definitely die. He should not be able to tell lies. Could it be that he still has something up his sleeve?
Thinking of this, Jiao Zi lowered his body and asked urgently: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
The man was stabbed in the vest, and the blood quickly dyed his robe red, and the blood from his mouth dripped on the ground. He supported his body with his hands, and a weird smile appeared on his face: "Hahaha... cough cough cough...
...That is a shocking... shocking secret. It's a pity... ah, it's a pity that you have no chance to know it in this life..."
Jiao Zi's anger was successfully aroused. He grabbed the front of his confidant and shouted in a low voice: "Tell me, I think you don't want to see your family suffer because of your stupid actions, right?"
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The confidant's face became paler and his breath became weaker and weaker, and he said: "Jiao Dalang, I... was wrong after all... I calculated a trick and was attacked by you. However, my family... has long been anonymous. Except for me,
No one can find them... they can't be found, hahahaha..."
Stop laughing and die!
Jiao Zi's fingers almost crushed the robe on his confidant's chest. He felt like he was being fooled at this moment.
Shameless, you dare to betray me, you deserve to die!
With his confidant dead, the clues about raising a private soldier are gone, and the adoptive father can finally have an excuse to explain.
But what was the shocking secret this man told before he died?
This question was scratching his heart like countless cat's claws.
Zhang Fang and Zhao Xi looked at the furious Jiao Zi and remained silent.
"Zhang Fang!" Jiao Zi looked at the two of them with lightning eyes, "You know what to say, right?"
Zhang Fang and Zhao Ye hurriedly said: "My subordinates know that the matter of Tiefo Temple has nothing to do with the young master!"
Jiao Zi nodded with satisfaction, looked at the dead body, and said, "Zhao Zhen, go and investigate in secret. What is the secret this person is talking about?"
Zhao Xie took the order and left.
Zhang Fang dragged the body of his confidant out.
There was only one person left in the room. He raised his foot and kicked the table. Wood chips flew everywhere, and the tea set on the table was smashed everywhere.
In Iron Buddha Temple, everything has settled down.
When Chen Chang mentioned that he had seen a macaque, Xuyun and others were very surprised.
The attentive Ning Jingrong actually found a few monkey hairs on the back window of the room at that time.
Xuyun said that macaques have never been seen in the temple, and the monks in the temple all testified to the same.
In the rivers and lakes, there are entertainers who tame macaques, and some macaques are quite understanding. If the tamer lets the little macaques go to the house to poison them, that would work.
However, among the assassins who were killed in the temple, no food that macaques liked to eat was found with them, or any other evidence that could prove that the person had mastered the skills of taming animals.
Hou Andu and others' first guess was that this person had escaped and was not among those killed.
Liu Ming said to himself: "There are still fish that slipped through the net?"
This man was able to drive a macaque, and the macaque was so small that it jumped across its spine as if it were walking on flat ground, making it really hard to guard against.
The existence of this person is a great threat to Chen Chang's safety.
Hou Andu looked solemnly and said: "Liu Xiaowei, Zhou Xiaowei, the safety of His Highness requires you two to work more hard!"
Liu Ming and Zhou Hong crossed their hands at the same time: "This is where my duty lies. I swear to protect His Highness to the death."
Hou Andu turned to Chen Chang again: "Your Highness, have you seen clearly what the macaque did after he came in? Did Miss Ning see it?"
Chen Chang waved his hand: "I was so sleepy just now that I only saw the macaque poking its head, and I don't know whether the beast just came in or happened to go out."
Ning Jingrong also shook his head.
Hou Andu was deep in thought for a moment, then said: "Your Highness, please rest in peace, while the ministers will take their leave!"
Everyone exited together. When Master Xuyun crossed the threshold, he inadvertently turned his head and met Ning Jingrong's eyes...
This chapter has been completed!