Chapter six hundred and twenty second come to an end
Seeing the crossbow machine rolling out of the grain basket, the scene instantly became quiet. People stared at the crossbow machine with their eyes wide open without blinking.
The soldier sitting on the ground subconsciously picked up the crossbow on the ground. It felt heavy, as if it was made entirely of metal.
"You..." The soldier looked at the young man in front of him in shock and horror, and was about to shout loudly. At this time, the young man suddenly pulled out a dagger from his cuff and inserted it into his chest as fast as lightning.
The sharp edge of the dagger penetrated into the soldier's chest, leaving only the handle outside.
The boy whipped out his dagger and shouted to his companions: "Get out!"
Following his shout, the other boys took out their swords from under the grain cart and rushed towards the city gate.
When the military lord Xiao Ying saw this, he was shocked and shouted: "They are assassins! Stop them quickly! We must not let them escape from the city!"
There are not many soldiers at the city gate. Under normal circumstances, dozens of soldiers cannot stop these highly skilled young men. However, Xiao Ying was well prepared and secretly mobilized a large number of city gate guards.
military.
While the boys were charging out with their swords, the defenders hiding in the darkness swarmed out and not only sealed the city gate tightly, making it watertight, but also surrounded the more than 20 boys.
Seeing many soldiers appearing, a young boy suddenly picked up a crossbow, pointed it at Xiao Ying not far away, and pulled the hanging knife. Bang, bang, bang! Three crossbow arrows were shot out at once, and Xiao Ying's arrows were divided.
There are three roads: upper, middle and lower.
Before Xiao Ying could react, Tang San beside him shouted: "Be careful!"
While speaking, he flew towards Xiao Ying, and both of them rolled to the ground. The three crossbow arrows missed Xiao Ying, but all hit a soldier behind him.
Seeing the corpse of the soldier who fell to the ground after receiving an arrow, Tang San turned pale and screamed: "It's assassins! They really are assassins!"
Xiao Ying looked ugly, got up from the ground, blushed and shouted angrily: "Kill me! No one can escape!"
The North Gate of Luoyang is now in chaos. The soldiers are frantically besieging the grain merchants' boys. The people around are so scared that they are running away, crying for their fathers and mothers.
When Dong Xuan arrived here with a group of government officials, this was what he saw.
Without saying a word, Dong Xuan drew out his sword, waved it forward, and shouted: "Capture the assassin!"
There are hundreds of guards at the city gate, which is enough to make it difficult for the grain merchants' boys to resist. Now that hundreds of government officials have joined the battle group, the situation of the boys is even more precarious.
Soldiers and government officials mixed together and surrounded the young men on three levels inside and three levels outside. The sound of fighting came from the center of the crowd, one after another, and could not be heard without interruption.
The grain merchant surnamed Wu had a bad idea and wanted to sneak away among the people.
He blended in with the crowd of fleeing people, and not far away, a big hand suddenly stretched out from the side and grabbed hold of his collar tightly. Before he could react, he was pulled out of the crowd of people and was thrown hard.
on the ground.
The grain merchant surnamed Wu was accurately identified among the crowd, and it was Tang San. Tang San didn't pay attention to anyone else, and had been paying close attention to him.
Seeing that the merchant surnamed Wu was trying to sneak away, he immediately rushed over and pulled him out from the crowd. Before the grain merchant surnamed Wu could get up, he stepped on his chest and sneered: "Where do you want to go?
run?"
The merchant surnamed Wu tried his best to push Tang San to step on his feet, but he couldn't push him at all. Although the boy below him was very skilled, the merchant surnamed Wu himself did not know any martial arts.
Seeing Tang San grabbing a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes, Dong Xuan walked over and asked: "Tang San, what's going on with you? Who is he?"
Seeing Dong Xuan coming, Tang San immediately smiled broadly, pulled the businessman surnamed Wu up from the ground, pulled Dong Xuan forward, then aimed at the businessman surnamed Wu and kicked him hard on the knee, shouting: "Kneel down!"
The businessman surnamed Wu could not stand and knelt down in front of Dong Xuan with a thud.
As if offering a treasure, Tang San grabbed the merchant surnamed Wu's clothes with one hand, and kept gesturing with the other hand, saying: "County Magistrate Dong, those assassins are all his subordinates, and he is the head of the assassins!"
Dong Xuan was startled at first, and then his eyes fell on the grain merchant surnamed Wu. The latter's face was ugly, he was sweating like rain, and his body was shaking suddenly.
Dong Xuan could not tell for the time being whether this person was the leader of the assassins, but he could tell at a glance that this person was absolutely inseparable from the assassins.
He shouted to both sides: "Take it down!"
He gave the order, and two government officials immediately came forward, pulled his shoulders and back, and tied the businessman named Wu tightly.
Seeing the businessman surnamed Wu being escorted away by his servants, Dong Xuan withdrew his gaze, nodded to Tang San, patted his shoulder, and said, "You did a good job this time!"
Tang San smiled and rubbed his hands, and asked with a smile: "County Magistrate Dong, this villain has made a great contribution, right?"
Dong Xuan smiled and said: "Your contribution is indeed not small! I will report it to the court truthfully and ask you for a reward."
Tang San was so happy that he could not open his mouth from ear to ear. He never thought that one day he would be rewarded by the imperial court.
He held his shoulders up and hunched his neck as he walked beside Dong Xuan and said with a smile: "As a villain, you know that when you work for Magistrate Dong, you will not suffer any loss!"
Dong Xuan's gloomy face showed a smile. This is the role of local snakes. From his personal point of view, he cannot blindly suppress them. At critical moments, they may really play a vital role.
Xiao Ying came to Dong Xuan with several soldiers, stepped in and saluted him, and said: "Mr. Dong!"
"Marquis Xiao Jun!" Dong Xuan returned the salute with his hands raised.
Dong Xuan and Xiao Ying belong to the military and political systems respectively. There is no distinction between who has a higher level and who has a lower level. If they really want to compare, they can only compare their salaries. Dong Xuan's salary is higher than Xiao Ying's.
The two exchanged polite greetings, and Xiao Ying turned to the center of the battlefield and said, "Mr. Dong, these assassins are very skilled and not easy to deal with! I have already lost more than thirty brothers here!"
Before he finished speaking, two more soldiers were pulled out from the crowd. One of them had blood on his neck and looked like he was going to die. The other had a large gash in his chest and was howling repeatedly.
Dong Xuan glanced at Xiao Ying and knew that he was asking for credit by saying this to him. He smiled lightly and said, "I will report Xiao Junhou's achievements to your majesty!"
The smile on Xiao Ying's face grew wider and she was about to speak when suddenly, there was a commotion in the battlefield, and then, several young men covered in blood broke through the crowd and rushed out.
These boys were covered in wounds and dripping with blood. They stared with blood-red eyes when they saw Dong Xuan, Xiao Ying, Tang San and others. Without saying a word, they all rushed over with their swords in hand.
Now their only hope is to capture the leaders of the soldiers and government officials and use them as threats before they can escape.
Seeing several bloody assassins rushing towards him, Tang San gasped in fright and couldn't help but retreat repeatedly. Dong Xuan and Xiao Ying were also startled, swung their swords forward and said, "Stop them!"
Several government officials and soldiers who were guarding Dong Xuan and Xiao Ying rushed forward with swords in hand. However, they fell down just as quickly as they rushed up.
These young men did not dodge their attacks at all, and used attack against attack. They would rather receive a sword themselves than kill the other party under their own swords.
Under their desperate fighting style, several government officials and soldiers fell to the ground in the blink of an eye.
The young men rushed to Dong Xuan and Xiao Ying, holding swords and were about to attack. At this moment, several big men jumped down from the roofs on both sides of the road.
These big men are all holding long swords. Their long swords are much longer than ordinary swords. Ordinary swords are three feet, less than one meter. Their long swords are at least one and a half meters long. This is for killing horses.
sword.
Several big men stepped forward and stood in front of Dong Xuan and Xiao Ying. Two of them swung their swords forward, and two crisp cracks were heard in their ears. The heads of the two boys fell, and the headless corpses fell towards them.
Fell forward.
The other two big men thrust forward the horse-zanting swords in their hands. With two pops, the shoulders of the two young men were pierced by the sword blades. As the two big men thrust hard, they used the horse-zanting swords to kill the two young men.
The man was nailed to the ground.
Seeing these big men holding horse-cutting swords, Dong Xuan and Xiao Ying immediately thought of three words in their minds: Benminglang.
"Magistrate Dong, Xiao Junhou!" Following the words, a person was seen walking towards them. The two looked at each other intently, hurriedly raised their hands and saluted, and said in unison: "Guang Luxun!"
The person who came was none other than Guang Luxun Fu An, and behind him were several Yulin guards in casual clothes.
The reason why Fu An arrived so quickly was because Yunxi Pavilion had been keeping an eye on what was going on at the county government.
Dong Xuan led all the government officials and rushed to the North City Gate. They must have discovered traces of the assassin. Hua Feiyan could not come forward in person, so he informed Fu An of the news, and Fu An rushed over with his people immediately.
With the arrival of the Habayashi Guards, the battle situation was no longer in doubt. Eleven of the more than twenty boys in the grain caravan were killed, and a dozen others, including the merchant surnamed Wu, were all captured alive.
This case cannot be tried by Dong Xuan. The level is too low. Logically, Ting Wei should be in charge.
Tingwei is one of the Nine Qings, in charge of punishment and prison. The person currently holding the position of Tingwei is Cen Peng. Cen Peng is not in Luoyang, but fighting in Jingzhou. Liu Xiu handed over the trial of the assassin to Fu An.
He Hua Feiyan takes responsibility.
These assassins were indeed from Mo Xiutang, and it was indeed Liu Yong who sent them to sneak into Henan and sneak into Luoyang.
Currently, some of Liu Xiu's troops are led by Deng Yu and are confronting the Red Eyebrow Army in the north of Chang'an. Some are led by Jing Dan and are stationed in Hongnong. The other part are led by Wu Han and are fighting in Jingzhou.
During the third-line battle, Luoyang was empty. Liu Yong seized this opportunity and sent people to sneak into Luoyang quietly in an attempt to disrupt the Luoyang court by assassinating ministers. If Luoyang is unstable, the frontline soldiers will be affected. In this way, Liu Yong can
He led his army to take advantage of the situation and went straight to Luoyang.
As for the grain merchant surnamed Wu, his real name is Wu Xi. He is not from Mo Xiutang, he is just an ordinary grain merchant.
He was temporarily recruited by Liu Yong to provide cover for Mo Xiutang.
Chen Liu is now under Liu Yong's control. It is easy for Liu Yong to ask Wu Xi to do things for him. Wu Xi has no choice but to accept Liu Yong's dispatch.
Wu Xi has been working as a grain merchant not for a year or two, but for more than ten years, and has been traveling between Chenliu and Luoyang.
In Luoyang, he had many old acquaintances. When the county government officers searched for assassins, they also found the inn where Wu Xi and others were staying.
Since Wu Xi was a regular customer of the inn, and both the shopkeeper and the clerk could vouch for him, the county government officials found no problems with him. He acted as the assassin of Mo Xiu Tang, and thus passed the interrogation by the government officials.
close.
Fu An interrogated the assassin, and after being tortured to extract a confession, he finally pried open the assassin's mouth, and finally figured out the cause and effect of the incident.
In addition, he also used assassins to follow the clues to find out two secret strongholds set up by Liu Yong in Luoyang.
Fu An was not polite at all towards these two strongholds. He personally led people to destroy them and arrested more than 20 people.
No other strongholds were found among those arrested. The case came to an end at this point. Fu An wrote a detailed dossier and submitted it to Liu Xiu.
