As the sky turned white, the spies discovered that they had thought too well and had completely underestimated the courage of the Tsing Yi Sect.
Because a large group of people from the Qingyi Sect just arrived, and more and more people came, surrounding the market, and the atmosphere in the entire market became tense.
"Everyone in the world of heroes, we all know the grudges between the Qingyi Sect and the imperial court. Now I ask you to close down your business and go back to your homes."
"Anyone with a real face, please let me know."
"As long as it is confirmed that he is a royal spy, I will send you a hundred taels of silver later."
"If anyone turns against the imperial court, then I'm sorry."
"The imperial court is persecuting the Tsing Yi Sect everywhere. The Tsing Yi Sect and the imperial court are now in a life-or-death situation. Anyone who interferes will have their head on the line."
"Now, search! We've captured the royal spies. Anyone who doesn't surrender will be shot to death!"
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The spies were speechless. They had never encountered such an arrogant person and actually killed them without mercy.
In this world, whose world is it?
It's just that in this situation, they really don't have the upper hand. They can only try to hide and wait for the masters above.
The idea is good, but the people in the market are not cooperative.
"There are suspicious faces here!"
“It’s available here too!”
"I have them here too, a total of three batches of sixteen."
…
The local snakes in the market spoke one after another, and they all had venomous eyes. They could tell at a glance who was a regular, who was a passer-by, and who was suspicious.
A large number of spies were confessed and had to face cross-examination.
Cross-examination is simple and very effective.
That means taking out all the money you have. The secret agent doesn't have much money because his salary is limited.
Jianghu people usually have hundreds of taels of silver notes with them, and of course it is not ruled out that the money has been spent.
But such people are usually strangers, have no money, and are newcomers who come here for the first time. I can’t say there are none, I can only say there are very few, at least there are none today.
…
"Surrender! Or, die!"
"kill!"
Those exposed secret agents saw that there was nothing they could do, so they took the initiative to seize the opportunity.
Many spies showed up one after another to help with the raid.
The Tsing Yi Sect dispatched its men unhurriedly, and went up to besiege them one by one. They used various hidden weapons to suppress the spies and turn them into trapped beasts.
Zhang Ming and two of his men hid in a room in a flower building. Through the window, he saw some fellow spies dying in the street.
What's more, we can see that the Qingyi Sect's troops surrounding the market cannot be seen to have decreased. It can be said that they have not used any force at all.
…
Soon, the Tsing Yi Cult captured some people alive and tortured them on the street to extract confessions.
The screams of the torturers silenced the entire market, except for the sounds of beatings and killings.
The spies are even braver, because they have no way to survive at all. Killing one person is enough to earn money, killing two people earns one.
Facing a large number of hidden weapons, stop dodging and use a large number of hidden weapons to fight back.
No matter how many there are, you can always get one or two to support your back.
But the Tsing Yi Sect has a large number of people. Even if all the spies are dead, the Tsing Yi Sect still has enough manpower, and it will still be several times larger.
…
"drive!"
A group of more than a dozen riders arrived and stopped outside the Qingyi Sect. Then the two riders turned around and left, while the others slowly approached.
Zhang Ming estimated that they should be reinforcements with high martial arts skills, but he did not expect that there would be so many people from the Tsing Yi Sect, so the reinforcements could only continue to wait for reinforcements.
No matter how strong your martial arts skills are, you can't deal with these hundreds of people.
Even the best masters don't want to face hundreds of riders head-on.
Zhang Ming sighed, if he kept waiting like this, 80% to 90% of the spies who came this time would die.
The espionage network in the area of 300 to 700 miles southwest of the capital is feared to be temporarily abolished and will not be restored for months or even years.
It’s not that we don’t have manpower, it’s that we need to be familiar with the situation after taking office, and that can’t be done in a short time.
Zhang Ming could understand that the emperor wanted to eliminate future troubles, and the long-term pain was not as good as the short-term pain.
But I'm afraid the emperor won't be able to feel the pain.
…
At noon, all the exposed spies were taken away.
Either dead or being tortured.
Count the number of people and pay the local snake one hundred taels of silver each.
The tortured spies confessed, and the number of remaining spies came out.
There are still a dozen or so hidden in the town, including four super first-rate masters, six first-rate masters, and the rest are second-rate masters.
Check, go door to door and search everywhere on your own.
If it still cannot be found, the Tsing Yi Sect will look for it.
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The other side.
The Tsing Yi Sect adjusted the encirclement and began to deal with the dozen cavalry reinforcements outside.
A large group of people showed off their broken crossbows and led the wounded soldiers' horses, forming one person and two horses.
The dozen cavalry reinforcements suddenly couldn't hold on any longer and began to retreat slowly.
Chase!
As soon as the crossbowmen moved, the reinforcements retreated with all their strength.
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Zhang Ming didn't look again. First, people from the flower building came and they had to be moved.
Secondly, I knew they couldn't escape and were dead.
Because they definitely weren't here to deal with broken crossbows, and they didn't bring anything that could hit them thirty feet away. Unless their martial arts were high enough, they wouldn't be able to stop them.
They only have one horse and they run with all their strength, but their speed will soon slow down.
If the pursuer has two horses, he will be within a stone's throw of him in less than a quarter of an hour.
Shooting horses is enough for them to stay.
In this open place, they are targets. Even the best experts will be killed here.
Zhang Ming couldn't help but change his face when he thought of this.
Because the terrain here is open, I originally thought that the opponent chose this place to escape, but now it seems that the opponent chose this place to make a trap and kill as many spies as possible!
Here, unless there are hundreds of regular cavalry, even the top masters will have to be left behind.
The Tsing Yi Sect is so daring that even the royal spies are plotting against them!
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afternoon.
The Tsing Yi Sect has withdrawn. If they don't leave, the regular army will come and kill them.
Zhang Ming and two of his subordinates emerged from the pool and hid under the bridge in the Hualou Garden.
"Huh, boss, I'm so nervous."
"My life is really hanging by a thread. The Tsing Yi Sect is so courageous."
"Stop talking. Go back and wait for further news."
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The other side.
The Tsing Yi Sect killed more than two hundred spies in one fell swoop, including two top masters, a dozen super first-class masters, and hundreds of first-class masters.
In addition, there are some Jianghu people who work hard for the imperial court, including many Jianghu Sanren who have been famous for a long time.
The crazy spread of these news shocked everyone, especially the princes, who quickly investigated the people in the trap.
The emperor was so angry that he smashed things, and the secret agent commander also had a dark face. This time he was very embarrassed.
"Kill me, keep killing, I must dig out the roots of the Tsing Yi Sect and kill them all!"
"yes!"
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The spies turned all their anger on the Tsing Yi Sect and investigated the Tsing Yi Sect's secret halls everywhere, and their methods became fierce.
In addition to the real owner, many people in the world were also implicated and caused many problems. However, the whole world knew that the imperial agents were in trouble, so they basically tolerated it. What if they couldn't tolerate it?
The atmosphere in the arena within a thousand miles of the capital became very tense.
But this has nothing to do with Yamazaki, Shandai and their entourage. They have already traveled thousands of miles away from the capital and arrived at the Ojiang Ferry on the official road, Xijiang Beicheng.