"Hey, what's going on? Military lords, what happened in the middle of the night?" Fang Zian said with a smile and cupped his hands.

A man who looked like an army officer walked slowly into the yard and shouted in a cold voice: "What took you so long to open the door? Is there something wrong in your heart?"

Fang Zian hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Master, you guys suddenly knocked on the door in the middle of the night. I was scared to death. I thought I met a strong man, and then I realized they were officers and soldiers. Didn't I open the door immediately? Masters, military."

Forgive me, we ordinary people are timid and have not seen the world."

The officer snorted coldly: "Are you from this family? What's your name? Is there anyone else in the house?"

Fang Zian said hurriedly: "Down here, Zian, I am the only one in the family. My parents are both dead."

The officer nodded, waved his hand towards the others, and shouted: "Search! Search everything in front of and behind the house, inside and outside."

The soldiers promised loudly and divided into three groups holding torches. One group entered the house to search, the other group searched in the yard, and the other group ran to the back of the house to search.

Fang Zian wanted to know the specific situation and find out what the person in the room had done. If that person was a criminal thief or a flower-picking thief, he couldn't hide it for him. He had to let the officers and soldiers know immediately.

Knowing is the key. If it is something else, then you can pretend to be dumb.

"Master Jun, what's going on? You're going through so much trouble in the middle of the night? It's scary." Fang Zian said.

"You didn't do anything wrong, so what are you afraid of? If we hadn't been searching for a female assassin, we would have suspected you just because you didn't bother to open the door." The officer shouted.

Fang Zian's heart skipped a beat. No wonder he felt weird when he fought with that man just now. The man was not tall and his techniques were flexible, but his strength was insufficient. The one he just cut was the numbness in his elbow. If the strength was

If it were bigger, he would be able to stop himself from exerting force for a while. But the man's strength was not strong, and it was just soreness and numbness that passed after a moment. And although the other person's voice was deliberately lowered and rough when he spoke, looking back now, it seems that the delicate voice could not be concealed.

, seems to be exactly a woman.

"It turned out to be a female snitch. I thought she was a flower thief. I don't know who stole something valuable, and the military men searched the city in the middle of the night. The stolen things must be extremely valuable." Fang Zian said with a smile.

"Stealing something? That's good. This female thief is an assassin. She was so courageous to assassinate Qin Xianggong in the street. Damn it, it made me miserable. If I catch her, I will give her a dozen first

Big slap in the face." The officer yelled.

Fang Zian was shocked when he heard this. This person really assassinated Qin Hui. In this case, he couldn't tell the truth. Another idea in his mind just now was to stabilize the person who was being searched by the officers and soldiers. If this person was real

As a villain, he trapped him in the house and asked the officers and soldiers to catch the turtle in the jar. But this person was really the person who assassinated Qin Hui, and he was a righteous man. Although he said that he had no enmity with Qin Hui, Qin Hui, this old thief, was obviously the one who deserved death.

, there is nothing wrong with assassinating him. The man was actually the one who assassinated Qin Hui on the street, so he had some courage. With Qin Hui's identity, there must be many guards around him, this is a life-threatening move.

"Is Prime Minister Qin okay? Prime Minister Qin is my great master of the Song Dynasty, so nothing will happen to him." Fang Zian smacked his lips and said.

The officer looked sideways at Fang Zian and said, "You talk a lot, and you know nothing. Do you care about these things? I'm a little suspicious of you. Why are you, a common man, asking about these things?"

Fang Zian was startled and said hurriedly: "Master Jun, please don't scare me. I'm too talkative."

I'm a scholar. I'm studying at Qixia Academy, and I'm going to take the autumn exam this year. So I'm more concerned about these things. If the military master thinks I ask too many questions, just shut up."

Hearing this, the officer looked Fang Zian up and down, and then realized that Fang Zian was indeed dressed like a scholar. So he smiled and said: "It turns out he is a student, which is disrespectful. But you should still read your book and don't ask questions. Wen Xi. You met me now. If it were someone else, I would have slapped you with big ears."

Fang Zian nodded in agreement. While he was talking, the soldiers who searched several times came back to report.

"Report to the boss, there is no trace of the assassin in the yard."

"Report to Ma Dutou, there are no assassins behind the house."

"Reporting to Ma Dutou, the house has been searched, but there is no trace of the assassin. However, we found a sword, but we don't know who it belongs to."

Fang Zian said hurriedly: "That's a villain's sword. It's hung in the house for decoration. It's not illegal."

The officer took the sword handed over by the soldier and looked at it. It was just an ordinary long sword. It was not a standard weapon, but an ordinary long sword used for playing. It didn't even have a sharp edge.

"You scholars like to get swords and other things to show off your appearance. How can you handle them if you don't have the strength to hold them? It's really funny that you look down on us warriors and yet you want to hang swords in the house." The officer said nothing. He complained rudely.

"Ashamed, ashamed. Ashamed, ashamed!" Fang Zian said repeatedly.

Na Ma Dutou handed the sword to Fang Zian, waved his hand and said to the soldiers: "Since there are no assassins, let's go to the next alley to search."

The soldiers promised repeatedly and rushed out the door. Fang Zian greeted each other with a smile and walked slowly. The horse turned around and said: "Fang Zian, if you see any trace of the assassin, please report it to the official immediately. This assassin assassinated Prime Minister Qin, and Prime Minister Qin vowed to dig three feet into the ground to find him. If you can report the clues, you might get some benefits. If you don't report the information, you will be guilty of the same crime as the assassin."

Fang Zian hurriedly said: "Of course, of course. Don't worry, if there are any clues, I will report them as soon as possible. Is it okay to assassinate Prime Minister Qin? Everyone, go slowly, protect the country and the people, and apprehend the assassin. Thank you for your hard work. Hard."

The officer waved his hand and walked out the door. The noise outside, the light and shadow of the fire, and the clatter of footsteps quickly disappeared, but they were running to the next alley. Fang Zian didn't close the door until they were very far away. Quickly return to the house through the courtyard door.

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After the officers and soldiers left, Fang Zian immediately returned to the house and quickly closed the door. He raised his head and looked at the roof beams, but it was so dark that he could not see clearly. So he shouted in a low voice: "They have left, this... Righteous soldier, you can come out now."

He called several times, but got no response. Fang Zian was a little puzzled, so he hurriedly went back to his room, took out a candle, and searched all three rooms, but there was no sign of the assassin at all. Fang Zian went outside again. After searching in the banana bushes in front of and behind the house, I finally gave up. The man had already disappeared and there was no trace of him.

Fang Zian returned to the room with the candlelight and whispered to himself: "Are people these days so rude? After all, I saved him, and he ran away without even saying thank you? How rude.

"

Putting the candlestick on the table in front of the window, Fang Zian sat down, but suddenly found a piece of paper pressed under the inkstone on the table. There seemed to be writing on it. Fang Zian hurriedly took it out to check, and the handwriting on it was beautiful.

Write a few lines of words.

"Young Master Meng rescued you with righteousness,

I'm very grateful. I failed to assassinate the old thief Qin Hui, so the old thief mobilized troops throughout the city to search for me. In order not to implicate the young master, I can't stay for a long time. I won't say a word of gratitude, and I will repay you later."

The note was not signed, only a small plum blossom was drawn on the lower right corner of the paper.

Fang Zian read the note, pondered for a moment, picked up the note and lit it on the candle, watching the flames rise and burn the paper to ashes, then he blew out the light and went to bed to rest.

In the next two or three days, several groups of officers and soldiers came to search, and Fang Zian could not rest in peace. Fang Zian also heard many rumors on the street and learned the general circumstances of the assassination near Wangxian Bridge that day. Although there were many people on the street

The versions of the news are different, but the basic information is almost the same. They all say that two assassins, a man and a woman, were riding in Qin Hui's car and turned into a cross street. They rammed into the car and launched an assassination attempt. The two assassins almost succeeded, but unfortunately Qin Hui

His attendants and guards fought tooth and nail to protect him, and seven or eight of them were killed. They dragged the assassin hard, allowing Qin Hui to escape. The male assassin was killed on the spot, and the female assassin fled. After hearing this news, Fang Zian felt very regretful. At the same time, he also

He felt gratified that he helped the female assassin escape that night. If he dared to assassinate Qin Hui, he must be a righteous man. It was a pity that he failed to succeed. But this move also showed that the people of the Song Dynasty hated Qin Hui at this time.

The officers and soldiers who searched became more and more joyful. Although they disturbed him, Fang Zian felt more at ease. The officers and soldiers' tossing like this only meant that they had not yet captured the assassin, and the assassin was still at large, so the officers and soldiers continued to search.

Search the whole city. And this situation obviously cannot last long. If the city gates are closed and the city is searched, it will take three to five days, but it will definitely not take a long time. This is Lin'an Prefecture, the capital of the Song Dynasty, a city where two million people live.

Maybe she caused a stir in the city for an assassin, even if the target of her assassination was the current prime minister, the powerful Qin Hui.

Sure enough, a few days later, the situation calmed down, the city gates were reopened, and the searching officers and soldiers also stopped. They only set up more checkpoints on the streets to check suspicious people at any time. This verified Fang Zian's prediction that the assassin could not be caught.

, the order of the city must be restored to normal, and even Qin Hui cannot arouse public anger.

After a few days, the streets were as peaceful as before, the topic's popularity subsided, and people gradually forgot about the incident. In addition, there were other things happening in the city, such as the release of Wanchun Garden's new song this year, the first of several new songs, and Wan Chun Yuan's new song.

The threshold of Chunyuan is about to be squeezed through. Qin Xiqing's admission to the music concert in Wanchunyuan has been sold to 500 taels per person, which is simply crazy. Under the impact of these news, the assassination of Qin Hui gradually became known to the public.

Forgotten, Fang Zian also returned to his normal life of sprinting and preparing for exams.

Half a month passed in a flash, and it was almost mid-to-late June, which is the hottest time of the year in Lin'an Prefecture. The sun was shining brightly during the day, causing skin pain and burnt flesh, and even standing in the shade, I was still sweating.

.Rich families store winter ice and have underground ponds in their patios to cool off the heat, but ordinary people can only carry it through.

Fang Zian is also very hot. There are no such things as air conditioners and fans these days. He can only use some crude methods, such as placing several basins of cold water in the room to let it evaporate and dissipate heat. Another option is to insert his legs in buckets

In order to get the slightest bit of coolness. But these methods are actually not very effective. The most comfortable time is only after the second watch every day. The heat drops during the few hours before the second watch until the sun rises.

Later, the temperature became cooler, and this period of time was the best time for Fang Zian to study. So Fang Zian simply reversed his schedule, soaking in a cold water tank to sleep during the day, and studying for exams at night, lying in bed during the day and going out at night.
Chapter completed!