One-stone crossbows are very common, while two-stone crossbows are for military use. Ordinary people cannot get them at all, and they dare not use them if they get them. Once reported, it will be a felony.
The crossbow was well made, with iron sheets added to the corners and other parts that were prone to wear. Liu Xiu recognized it at a glance. It was a crossbow specially designed for the cavalry of the Capital Army.
In other words, the assassin almost shot Lian Dan dead with the crossbow of Lian Dan's cavalry. Who are these assassins, and how come they have the crossbow of the cavalry of the Capital Army?
Liu Xiu became more and more curious about the identity of the assassin, so he continued to pursue him. Just when the assassin was about to escape into a small alley, Liu Xiu waved his arm and threw the Qingfeng sword under his ribs.
The Qingfeng Sword was spinning in the air, and a crisp click was heard in the helix. The Qingfeng Sword was almost close to the side of the assassin's head, nailed to the wall at the entrance of the alley. The blade penetrated at least three inches deep, and the hilt penetrated at least three inches.
Trembling and making a buzzing sound.
The assassin was so frightened by the sword that he broke into a cold sweat. Just as he was about to reach out to grab the sword, Liu Xiu had already stepped behind him, stretched out his arm, and grabbed the assassin's back collar.
The assassin did not dare to draw his sword anymore, and nimbly lowered his body to avoid Liu Xiu's grasp. Then he waved his arm back, and a cloud of white mist hit Liu Xiu's face.
The distance between the two of them was extremely close. Fortunately, Liu Xiu had always been careful and he immediately raised his palm to block his face.
Bang! What hit his palm was a ball of white ash. The white ash exploded in his palm and splashed all over Liu Xiu's head and face. He subconsciously took two steps back and couldn't help but cough continuously.
Taking this opportunity, the assassin escaped and ran into the alley. When Liu Xiu opened his eyes and looked for the assassin again, he had disappeared. He pulled out the Qingfeng sword nailed to the wall and walked into the alley.
As he walked forward, he listened carefully. The alley was very quiet and silent, and he could not hear the assassin's footsteps at all. In other words, either the assassin did not run away again, or he was hiding.
When Liu Xiu was walking forward step by step with his sword in hand, Long Yuan caught up with him. Panting, he ran to Liu Xiu's side and whispered: "Lord! Where is the assassin?"
"It's in this alley!" Liu Xiu said firmly.
Long Yuan raised his eyes and looked around. There were high walls on both sides of the alley, but one side was higher and the other was shorter. But even on the shorter side, the wall was about three meters high.
After looking at the environment in the alley, Long Yuan immediately turned around, quickly exited the alley, and looked around.
Liu Xiu stopped, looked at Long Yuan standing outside the alley in confusion, and asked, "Uncle Zhong, what's wrong?"
Long Yuan frowned and said: "Master, this seems to be...Ye Mansion!"
Ye Mansion?! Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, then he also exited the alley and looked around carefully, right? This is the alley behind Ye Mansion. When he came to Ye Mansion, he had seen Ye Qingqiu here.
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Could it be that the assassin escaped into Ye Mansion? Liu Xiu returned to the alley, looked up at the high wall of Ye Mansion, and asked: "Uncle Zhong, do you think it is possible for the assassin to climb over this wall?"
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Long Yuan looked up, shook his head slowly, and said, "Without tools, it would be impossible for an assassin to climb over such a high courtyard wall!"
The courtyard wall of Ye Mansion is almost four meters high. If you don't have climbing tools, you can only climb over it if you have wings on your back.
Liu Xiu withdrew his gaze and walked from one side of the alley to the other side.
He was certain that the assassin did not escape from this alley, and the alley was very clean, with no messy furnishings, and no place to hide people, so the assassin either escaped into the Ye Mansion or to the house next door.
He asked: "Uncle Zhong, whose mansion the house next door belongs to, do you still remember?"
"It's also from the Ye family!" Long Yuan replied.
Seeing Liu Xiu's surprised look, Long Yuan said: "Actually, the houses in this half of the street belong to the Ye family!"
Either way, the Ye family is the richest man in Hanzhong! Liu Xiu didn't pay much attention to the Ye family, but Long Yuan inquired about a lot of information about the Ye family in private.
It seems that the assassin must have escaped into the Ye family! Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Let's go, we have to meet Mr. Ye!"
Long Yuan asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to inform Lian Dan's subordinates?"
Liu Xiu shook his head slowly and said, "If Lian Dan knows that the assassin escaped into the Ye family, the Ye family may also be implicated."
If the assassin didn't run into Zhang's or Li's houses, why would he go to your Ye's house? No matter whether the assassin can be found in Ye's house or not, the Ye's will be in trouble even if they jump into the Yellow River.
As Liu Yan said, they don't have to work so hard for Lian Dan.
The reason why Liu Xiu wanted to see Ye Tian was mainly to inform Ye Tian that the assassin might have escaped into his home, and to ask him to arrange for the nursing home to conduct inspections. It would be best to find out the assassin, so that the assassin would not be injured in Ye's house.
people.
They were walking out of the alley, and Gai Yan finally caught up with them. He was huffing and puffing. After seeing Liu Xiu and Long Yuan, he looked around and asked breathlessly: "Where is the assassin?"
Liu Xiu shook his head and said: "It is possible that he escaped into Ye Mansion. Let's go in and have a look."
The three of them turned to the main entrance of Ye Mansion. There was a servant cleaning the porch at the door. Seeing Liu Xiu and the others coming, the servant was stunned for a moment, recognized Liu Xiu, quickly put down the broom, walked forward quickly, bowed and said:
"Master Liu!"
Liu Xiu bowed his hand to the servant and said, "Brother, can you tell Mr. Ye that Liu Xiu wants to see you?"
"Okay, okay, Mr. Liu will be here later. I will report to the master right away!" Liu Xiu had no airs and was very polite to everyone. The Ye family's servants also had a good impression of him.
The servant ran into the Ye Mansion with a bang. Not long after, he came out of the door and said to Liu Xiu with a smile: "Mr. Liu, my master has invited you!"
"It's time to work."
"Young Master Liu, you're welcome."
Entering the hall of Ye Mansion, Ye Tian was sitting inside drinking tea. When he saw Liu Xiu coming in, he stood up, stepped forward with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "What kind of wind blew Uncle Wen to his humble abode today?"
Ye Tian had already heard the news that Lian Dan had arrived in the county. Naturally, Liu Xiu and other rebels were going to greet the Gengshi general. Why did he suddenly come to his home now?
Liu Xiu first bowed his hands and saluted, and then said seriously: "Mr. Ye, when General Lian entered the city, he was attacked by assassins. We followed the assassins and came to Ye Mansion!"
Ye Tian was stunned. Which Ye Mansion did he follow the assassin to? He asked suspiciously: "Uncle Wen, you mean that the assassin escaped into my Ye Mansion?"
Liu Xiu nodded and said: "The assassin escaped into a small alley next to Ye Mansion and disappeared suddenly. According to our judgment, the assassin either escaped into Ye Mansion or the house next door. But as far as I know, the assassin next door
The house is also under the name of the Ye family, so we came here specifically to visit Mr. Ye."
When Ye Tian heard this, he frowned and looked at Liu Xiu intently.
It was impossible for Liu Xiu to lie about such a big matter, but how could the assassin suddenly run into his home? He pondered for a moment, his heart trembled, and he quickly asked: "Uncle Wen, have you reported this to General Lian?"
Liu Xiu shook his head and said seriously: "The people who know that the assassin escaped into Ye Mansion are now limited to the three of us. We have no intention of reporting this matter to General Lian. After all, it is difficult to explain this kind of thing clearly."
Ye Tian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He assassinated Lian Dan, the majestic General Gengshi. How about that? No matter who it is, as long as it is related to this matter, there will be no good fruits in the end. Ye Tian bowed to Liu Xiushen
, bowed to the ground and said: "Uncle Wen's kindness to Ye Mansion will be unforgettable by Ye!"
Liu Xiu quickly bowed in return and said: "Mr. Ye is too polite." He straightened up and said seriously: "Assassins are very skilled and should not be underestimated. If they are really in Ye Mansion, everyone in Ye Mansion will be in danger. Mr. Ye should hurry up.
Search the entire government!"
Ye Tian nodded repeatedly. Even if the assassin did not harm anyone in the house, as long as he was still hiding in his own home, he would be a huge hidden danger, and the whole house might be implicated at any time. He turned his head and said, "Ah Fu!"
Following his call, Ye Fu, the steward of the Ye family, hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Master!"
"Is there anything unusual happening in the house?"
Ye Fu shook his head and said: "Master, everything is calm in the house, there is nothing unusual!"
Ye Tian said in a deep voice: "Immediately organize the servants to guard the courtyard and conduct a search of the whole house. Remember, don't miss any corner!"
"Yes! Master!" Ye Fu agreed, turned around and was about to walk out. At this time, a man walked out of the inner door of the hall and said: "Dad, there is no need to search. The assassin that Uncle Wen mentioned is now in our house.
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Hearing the words, the expressions of everyone present changed, and they all looked around in unison. The person who walked out of the inner door was Ye Qingqiu.
Ye Tian showed displeasure and reprimanded: "Qingqiu, what are you talking nonsense about? It has nothing to do with you here. Go back to your boudoir!"
Ye Qingqiu turned to look at Liu Xiu, who was also looking at her in surprise.
Could it be that she happened to meet the assassin?
In fact, Liu Xiu didn't think that the assassin would be related to the Ye family. There was no such deep connection between the Ye family and Lian Dan, and there was no need to bet the lives of more than a hundred members of the Ye family to assassinate Lian Dan. This was too stupid.
Yes, it is impossible for Ye Tian to do such a stupid thing.
Ye Qingqiu and Liu Xiu looked at each other for a moment, then turned around and called softly to the back door: "Cousin, come out!"
Following her words, after a while, another person walked out of the back door. This person was wearing men's clothes, but looking at her face, she could still see that she was a young woman with a delicate face.
Seeing her, Liu Xiu and Ye Tian looked surprised at the same time.
Liu Xiu immediately recognized that she was the assassin who had covered herself with white ash. Ye Tian said subconsciously: "Ruoyan? You... when did you come to the county? And, you...
…Why are you dressed like this?”
Before the pretty woman could speak, Ye Qingqiu said, "Dad, my cousin is the assassin who just killed Lian Dan!"
Ye Qian, who was still sitting on the chair, stood up involuntarily and looked at Ye Qingqiu in disbelief. After a long while, he turned to look at the delicate woman and asked: "Ruoyan, tell me, what the hell... is this?"
what's going on!"
The delicate woman lowered her head and said in a hoarse voice: "Uncle, I am avenging my parents!"
"What?" Ye Tian looked confused. Ruoyan's parents passed away, but they died at the hands of barbarians. If they wanted revenge, they should go to the barbarians. How could they assassinate Lian Dan?
