Interrogating those rangers did not allow Zhao Hongrun to obtain any important information.
To sum it up, this is one sentence: In Yangxia, there are a number of philanthropic buildings called "Shi Guan". Almost all of these "Shi Guan" were opened by local hermits in Yangxia for the purpose of
Recruit some wandering desperadoes and use money to drive them to do evil.
For example, this time, the reason why these rangers gathered to attack Zhao Hongrun was because in Yangxia's "Shi Guan", a high price of 50,000 gold was placed on Su Wang Hongrun's head, which attracted a large number of profit-hungry desperadoes.
Regarding this, Zhao Hongrun wanted to laugh, but couldn't.
You must know that in the past, only the Ministry of Justice of the imperial court would issue reward notices for fugitive criminals and wanted those gangsters who had committed serious crimes.
I have never heard that a descendant of a dignified royal family was offered a reward by a certain force among the people. This is simply lawless and cannot be tolerated by the laws of the country!
"This Yang Xia... is simply going to rebel!"
Zhao Hongrun narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a flash of sternness in his eyes.
At this time, Wei Jiao came to Zhao Hongrun and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, how should we deal with these people?"
Hearing this, the eleven rangers looked horrified and begged for mercy. After all, they had learned from two previous mistakes, allowing them to fully realize that the other party was not a kind person.
"Shut up!" Zhao Hongrun shouted coldly to stop the noise of these people. After thinking for a moment, he said coldly: "You are really capable of attacking my team for the reward of 50,000 gold! ...
Help the idiot! Haven’t you ever thought that even if you can get that money, you may not have the life to spend it?!"
All the rangers lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun softened his tone and said in a deep voice: "I have an errand for you... Forget fifty thousand gold, five hundred taels of silver. I want you to go to Yanling and Shangshui immediately.
No matter where you are, find the local Shang Shui Army, tell them about this, and ask the Shang Shui Army to come to rescue you. Afterwards, I will give each of you five hundred taels of silver, which will be enough for you to eat and drink for a while, how about it?"
All the rangers looked at each other with a sense of joy of surviving the disaster.
You must know that attacking members of the royal family like Zhao Hongrun would definitely be a proper death sentence. However, Zhao Hongrun was willing to pardon their crimes and even gave them five hundred taels of silver each to go to Yanling or Shangshui to ask Shang.
The navy sent a message.
Although five hundred taels of silver is insignificant compared to the reward of fifty thousand gold, it is better than being able to save a small life.
Besides, it doesn't take much effort to go to Yanling or Shangshui to send a message.
Thinking of this, the rangers nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and ordered Zongwei Lu Mu and others: "Untie them and take them out of the inn."
"Yes!" Lu Mu nodded and scolded the rangers: "Get up and go!"
The knights who had survived the disaster happily bowed to Zhao Hongrun, and then walked out of the house under the leadership of several clan guards.
As he watched these people walk out of the house, Wei Jiao couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, these people gathered together to assassinate you. This is a heinous crime. Why do you still give them a reward..."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun sighed slightly and said calmly: "I would rather give away a few thousand taels of silver. The problem is that I am worried that these people may not be able to make it to Yanling or Shangshui alive and wait for me to give the Shangshui army."
Send a letter..."
Wei Jiao was stunned, and then he suddenly understood: If there was really a force secretly monitoring them along the way and trying to kill them here, then those rangers who were bribed by Zhao Hongrun with money might not be able to make it to Yanling or Shang alive.
water.
It is very possible that he was intercepted and killed by that force on the way.
And in this case, with only a few thousand taels of silver, how could it be more important to get in touch with the Shang Shui Army and have them come to rescue immediately?
"As expected of Your Highness, you are still so calm at this time."
Wei Jiao was sincerely convinced and said with a wry smile: "Listening to what His Highness said, I would rather lose thousands of silver in my humble position..."
"I hope these thousands of taels of silver can be rewarded..."
Zhao Hongrun also sighed and nodded, and then asked: "I heard that there is a group of assassins, right?"
"Yes." Wei Jiao nodded and said, "It is said that when we were attracted by those rangers, we climbed over the wall from the backyard. Those people... are really assassins. One look at their appearance and momentum, and they are so different.
Those rangers are completely different."
"Hmm. How many were caught?"
Wei Jiao had a look of embarrassment on his face, lowered his head and said: "Mi Rui used anesthetic to knock down six or seven people, and the rest... were not afraid of death, so Master Mi Jiang and I had no choice but to kill them."
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"Ji Rui? That girl can actually help?" Zhao Hongrun looked surprised. After all, in his impression, Ji Rui was often a useless fool and could not be compared with her sister Mi Jiang.
Speaking of which, sometimes Zhao Hongrun really wonders, although they are sisters, why is the elder sister so capable, but the younger sister can be so stupid?
"Bring those assassins!"
"yes!"
After a while, the Zongwei brought over the seven assassins dressed in black, along with Mi Rui, who was rushing to claim credit, and Mi Jiang, who was helpless towards his sister.
No, when she saw Zhao Hongrun, Mi Rui took credit with a smile on her face and said, "Ji Run, I helped you catch these people, how can you thank me?"
Zhao Hongrun thought for a moment and said, "Well, when we get to Yanling or Shangshui, I'll have someone buy you a box of local pastries and sweets every day."
"Only one box? You are too stingy!" Xi Rui pouted when she heard this, with a look of indignation on her face.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and then said: "Then, I will buy you thirty boxes of sweets at a time, and you can eat them happily for a month."
"Thirty boxes?" Xi Rui's pretty face was filled with joy when she heard this, she nodded repeatedly and said, "We agreed not to cheat."
"This IQ... is really pathetic, girl."
Looking at Mi Rui whose face was full of joy, Zhao Hongrun shook his head secretly.
"Why are you here?" He turned to look at Mi Jiang.
After all, when these two sisters came here, Zhao Hongrun was inevitably a little worried about Miss Su.
Possibly guessing what Zhao Hongrun was thinking, Mi Jiang said expressionlessly: "Those women have been moved to the next room and are protected by more than thirty soldiers. Nothing will happen to them."
After saying that, she glanced at Mi Rui, who was still in a state of joy, and sighed silently like Zhao Hongrun.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun had set his sights on the seven black-clothed assassins on the ground in the house. Seeing that these people were motionless, he frowned and asked: "Ji Rui, are these people... still alive?"
"They were just numbed by my medicinal powder. In fact, they could hear what you said. Look, are their eyes still moving?"
Zhao Hongrun squinted his eyes and took a closer look, and he found that the assassins in black who looked like corpses were really moving their eyes.
But the problem is, it's impossible to communicate at all.
"Is there an antidote?" Zhao Hongrun asked Mi Rui: "At least let them talk."
"Oh." Xi Rui nodded, took out a medicine jar from the bag on her waist, unscrewed it and put it under the nose of an assassin, letting him smell it for a while, and then took a few steps back.
"Is this okay?"
Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised because he found that the assassin was still lying on the ground, motionless.
"Is that the antidote?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a frown.
"Huh? That's weird..." Mi Rui looked confused and was about to step forward, but was held back by Mi Jiang, who said expressionlessly: "My sister didn't get it wrong this time. That's true."
It's the antidote... In fact, the man is already able to move, but he's just pretending."
As soon as he finished speaking, the assassin suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Zongwei Gao Kuo.
Gao Kuo was startled, and subconsciously pulled out the sharp blade in his hand. He was shocked to find that the assassin had grabbed his hands, stretched out his neck, turned his head at the sharp blade, and actually cut his own throat, with blood pouring out.
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"Plop——"
The body fell to the ground, blood splattered all over Gao Kuo.
Gao Kuo was stunned, turned to look at Zhao Hongrun, and stammered: "Your Highness, I..."
"It's none of your business." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and interrupted Gao Kuo's explanation. He frowned and said, "This man obviously wants to die on his own." After that, he said to the Zongwei: "Bring some ropes."
After hearing this, the sect guards took some ropes and tied the remaining six assassins tightly.
After that, Zhao Hongrun asked Mi Rui to use the antidote to relieve the assassins' general paralysis.
What shocked everyone was that the first thing the six assassins did after regaining consciousness was to bite off their own tongues and spit them out.
"Kill yourself by biting your tongue?"
Zhao Hongrun and the sect guards were really shocked when they saw the six assassins biting off their own tongues and actually laughing at themselves, full of mockery.
Indeed, if you bite off your tongue, you will not necessarily die. But the problem is, if you bite off your tongue, you will not be able to speak!
Obviously, the actions of these six assassins were to make Zhao Hongrun and others understand that they would not reveal any information!
"This...your highness, what should we do?"
Zong Wei Chief Shen Yu also asked a little dumbfounded.
Originally, he planned to repeat the same trick and use the method of dealing with those rangers to force these real assassins to speak. But unexpectedly, these assassins turned out to be more ruthless than them. One of them found a way to die by Gao Kuo after he resumed action.
Under the sword, the other six even bit off their tongues directly.
Is there still a need for interrogation?
"Take it out." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said.
The sect guards nodded and took out the six dying assassins and the assassin's body.
"Is this the style of Yangxia hidden thieves?"
Zhao Hongrun frowned deeply.
He remembered clearly that the six assassins who had bitten off their tongues were still sneering at that time.
This gave Zhao Hongrun a sincere feeling that the group of guys he was facing might be a very troublesome existence.
At this time, the postmaster He Zhirong, who had been watching quietly from the side, raised his hands and said: "Your Highness King Su, I think those thieves may not give up here, so why don't I and the guards escort His Highness and his entourage to Yuxian... Yuxian..."
Although the county is a small one, it is still better than being in the wilderness."
After Zhao Hongrun thought deeply, he nodded slowly.
But at this moment, the soldiers shouted from outside the house.
"There's a fire, there's a fire in the inn..."
"Damn! Is it over yet?!"
Zhao Hongrun slapped the table with hatred.
He didn't need to guess, he knew exactly who set the fire.