"The hall master has wronged me. I just drank the hall master's tea with gratitude. Why are you teasing the hall master?"
"If the hall master thinks that drinking tea is teasing, then drinking water is fine. I wonder if the hall master has any water?"
"It's just that the water here is not very good. It's a bit salty. I don't know if the water from the hall master is salty?"
Long Chen held the teacup in his hand and said seriously.
The soil quality in the Xifeng City area is not good, the water quality is relatively hard, and the well water contains too many minerals, so it tastes salty.
What Long Chen said was correct, it was a very serious topic.
Yan Shuangyu's face froze and she didn't know how to answer.
"The assassination of Zhao Lun has been arranged, so King Wu doesn't have to worry."
Yan Shuangyu repeated what she just said.
Long Chen put down his teacup and couldn't help but smile: "Hall Master, this matter has already been discussed."
Yan Shuangyu smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, I'm afraid that King Wu won't remember it."
Long Chen didn't know if Yan Shuangyu's shyness was real or if it was just an act.
As a veteran assassin, Long Chen didn't believe that Yan Shuangyu still had any girlish heart.
"How long has Hall Master Yan been here?"
Long Chen changed the topic and stopped teasing Yan Shuangyu.
Yan Shuangyu thought for a while and said: "It's been more than half a year since the Nu family and King Wu assassinated Tianxiahui. The host sent the Nu family to Xifeng City to take over the Tianliang industry."
"The slave family would like to thank King Wu for keeping almost everything. The slave family's business here is also doing better."
This was a polite statement. Wu Jian moved all the things away at that time.
Long Chen smiled and said: "Master Yan has business talent, but I haven't been able to help him much."
Yan Shuangyu smiled and felt that Long Chen's attitude became a little colder.
Just now I asked if the water was salty, why did it suddenly happen again?
Men's hearts, needles under the sea?
The room fell into silence, and Yan Shuangyu and Long Chen stopped talking.
Yan Shuangyu picked up the teapot again and poured a cup of tea for Long Chen.
This time, Long Chen drank a drink directly, looked at the clock, and said: "It's getting late, please Hall Master Yan to arrange the assassination as soon as possible."
Yan Shuangyu stood up and said, "Don't worry, King Wu."
Long Chen stood up, and Yan Shuangyu quickly opened the door and sent Long Chen downstairs.
When they arrived in front of the building, Li Sanniang led the horse over.
Long Chen mounted his horse and Yan Shuangyu paid his respects: "King Wu often comes here when he is free. This time the tea was not good. Next time... I must find a pot of better water."
Long Chen smiled and said: "The slightly salty water is good, and the tea brewed has a unique flavor."
Yan Shuangyu smiled awkwardly, bowed slightly and saluted, but did not reply.
When Long Chen was about to leave, Tang Heizi happened to pass by the building with a group of people. There were several heads hanging on the horses' necks, and more than a dozen trucks of goods were escorted behind them.
When the business travelers on the street saw him, they all retreated and looked at Tang Heizi pointing.
"grown ups?"
When Tang Heizi and the cavalry behind him saw Long Chen, they immediately dismounted and came to see him.
"Why are you here?"
Long Chen asked a little strangely.
Tang Heizi replied: "Houqi reported that a group of Xixia iron kites came around to the rear to plunder the people and attacked the military supplies road. The general led an army to encircle and suppress them, killing them all and snatching supplies from them.
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Long Chen looked cold and said: "How is it possible? Shi Le's army is in Yangcheng, how did he get around to the rear?"
Tang Heizi replied: "I found out clearly. We passed from Panhe Palace to Yuanxiao Valley, then bypassed Xifeng City and arrived at the rear."
"It was the general who neglected his duty and failed to stop them."
Long Chen took a look at the convoy's supplies, softened his tone, and said, "It doesn't matter, just kill him. The defense at Ape Roar Valley will be strengthened."
Tang Heizi bowed and said, "The last general will take your orders."
Long Chen turned to Yan Shuangyu and said, "Palace Master Yan takes his leave."
After saying that, Long Chen wanted to take Tang Heizi away with him, and Tang Heizi and others also got on their horses and prepared to leave.
Yan Shuangyu suddenly stopped Long Chen and said, "King Wu, later on, this cavalry... seems to belong to our Jujintang."
Long Chen looked at the cavalry in surprise and said, "It's impossible... Tang Heizi?"
Tang Heizi shook his head and said: "I don't know, the iron kite attacked the convoy and everyone died. I don't know whose belongings it belongs to."
Yan Shuangyu and Li Sanniang ran to the convoy behind them and carefully checked the signs and goods on the car.
"Master, this is it."
Li Sanniang said in surprise.
Yan Shuangyu hurriedly ran over and bowed to Tang Heizi: "General, this convoy belongs to our Jujintang. There should be a batch of goods sent from the capital to the Jade Buddha Tower today, and this is it."
"Where are our people from the Jade Buddha Tower? We all..."
Tang Heizi turned to look at Long Chen, and Long Chen asked: "Are there no survivors?"
Tang Heizi shook his head slightly, and Long Chen said with a gloomy expression: "Palace Master Yan, this...since the convoy belongs to you, then I will return it to you."
Yan Shuangyu knew that Meng Lan was escorting the car this time. Although she didn't know the purpose of Meng Lan's trip, she was still a rich man and couldn't die in such an unknown way.
"King Wu, could you please ask this general to lead the way? I can go and have a look so that I can give an explanation to my superiors."
Yan Shuangyu was very anxious, Long Chen said: "What's the problem? I will go with you."
"Leave the convoy behind and let Tang Heizi lead the way."
Li Sanniang immediately brought her horse over, and took a dozen more men with her, and followed Yan Shuangyu eastward out of the city.
Tang Heizi led the way, followed by Long Chen and Yan Shuangyu, followed by the clerks from the Jade Buddha Tower and the dragoons.
Walking more than seventy miles eastward, we found the place where the incident occurred.
"Sir, this is it."
Tang Heizi stopped his horse, and Yan Shuangyu immediately dismounted and rushed to the front.
The ground was covered in blood and there were some fallen limbs.
"Where are the people?"
Yan Shuangyu looked at Tang Heizi and asked.
Tang Heizi pointed to the pit next to him and said, "Buried it. The iron kite and the killed cavalry were buried together."
Long Chen said: "My condolences to Master Yan..."
Yan Shuangyu said without hesitation: "Dig it out!"
Li Sanniang immediately ordered the workers to dig up the soil, and the corpses underneath gradually appeared, as did the corpses of Tie Yaozi and the Jujintang workers.
Yan Shuangyu stood nearby, identifying the corpses one by one.
Long Chen was a little confused and asked: "Palace Master Yan, what are you doing?"
Yan Shuangyu bowed and said, "Forgive me, King Wu, but we have a rule in the Jujin Hall. When brothers die, the bodies must be taken back for burial."
Long Chen nodded slightly and said: "Then...it's getting late, I have to go back first."
Yan Shuangyu bowed and said, "Thank you so much, King Wu."
Long Chen got on his horse and left with Tang Heizi and the dragoon.
Yan Shuangyu saw that Long Chen was gone and continued to instruct the workers to dig the soil.
After all the corpses were dug out, they saw a female corpse wearing silk clothes, with her head chopped into pieces.
"Hall Master, is this Meng Lan?"
Li Sanniang has met Meng Lan, but now she looks like...
It was getting late, and Yan Shuangyu knelt down and examined her body carefully. She found that the fatal wound was on her chest, where she had been hit by three arrows and then beheaded.
"The arrows and knife wounds were caused by the iron kite."
Li Sanniang carefully identified them and confirmed that these people had indeed died at the hands of Tie Yaozi.
“Is Meng Lan’s head the only one that is broken?”
Yan Shuangyu asked, and Li Sanniang said: "No, there were a few other guys whose heads were chopped into pieces. Many of the Iron Kites used pumpkin hammers."
The so-called pumpkin hammer is an iron rod with a head shaped like a pumpkin, used to break armor.
With the impact of the war horse, the pumpkin hammer hit his head, and his head was immediately broken.
"Take her body back."
Yan Shuangyu could not distinguish the appearance, so she could only pack up Meng Lan's body and take it back, while Yan Shuangyu buried the other bodies hastily.
It was already very late when we returned to the Jade Buddha Tower in Xifeng City.
When they arrived in the backyard, the corpse was placed in the room, and Yan Shuangyu carefully wrote down the characteristics of the body.
Although it is impossible to tell the appearance of the head, the appearance of the body must be recorded truthfully and sent back to the capital together for Shen Wanjin to determine for himself.
Yan Shuangyu memorized it carefully before putting the body into the coffin to be sent back to the capital early tomorrow morning.
"Hall Master, this is a bit strange. Why did they attack our cavalry?"
Li Sanniang felt something was wrong.
Yan Shuangyu shook her head and said, "I don't know. Anyway, something happened. Fortunately, nothing was lost."
"Send it back tomorrow, I'll write a letter."
After saying that, Yan Shuangyu went upstairs and wrote down the whole story truthfully, waiting for the coffin to be transported back the next day.
After Long Chen left, he passed through Xifeng City and arrived at Jade Buddha Pass.
Long Chen gave his clothes to a soldier and his horse to the soldier, and stayed at Jade Buddha Pass. Tang Heizi and the disguised Long Chen left the west gate and continued to Zhenguo Temple.
Long Chen wore the clothes of an ordinary soldier and entered the room in the commander's mansion.
Meng Lan was wearing the clothes of the Long Family Army, and He Juntao was watching beside him.
"Is the shopkeeper still used to being here?"
Long Chen walked in with a smile. He Juntao stood up and saluted, then exited the room and closed the door.
Meng Lan was wearing military uniform, looked at Long Chen, and said: "You are so brave, do you think Shen Wanjin will believe it?"
