Zhou Lang led a hundred personal guards in hot pursuit.
These dozen or so assassins were quite skilled. However, the number of pursuers was ten times as many as theirs, and they were soon surrounded and killed on the spot. Zhou Lang wanted to keep him alive, but the assassins were all dead soldiers, and they would either be killed or killed.
He bit his mouth and poisoned himself and killed himself. There was no possibility of catching him alive.
The disturbance caused by the assassin subsided within just one stick of incense.
The bloody corpses were quickly dragged over, and the corpses were placed side by side. The scene was quite "spectacular".
The thick smell of blood is nauseating.
Lu Chi's face turned pale, and Ye Jingzhi also turned pale.
Zhao Qi met an assassin for the first time in his life. At this time, his legs were a little weak, and he was still trying to be brave: "Haha! These assassins are so bold, they dare to assassinate His Highness the King of Shu! They will never come back!"
Sheng Hong glanced at Zhao Qi teasingly: "Okay, stop pretending to be stupid and bold. No one will laugh at you!"
Zhao Qi rubbed his face that was stiff when he smiled, and murmured in a low voice: "I don't think the atmosphere is too solemn, and I want to liven it up!"
Lu Chi, Ye Jingzhi and others: "..."
I don’t need you to liven up the atmosphere. Please shut up. Thank you!
Although the assassins were all killed, Sheng Hong did not relax his vigilance. He sent out orders and ordered most of the guards to stay in place. Another two hundred personal guards were sent to search everywhere to see if there were any traces of the assassins.
The post house a few miles away was also alarmed.
Yi Cheng personally led the people to greet him. When he saw the corpse on the ground, Yi Cheng, who was over forty years old, shivered, his legs went weak, and he knelt down: "This official is incompetent, please calm down, Your Highness!"
Sheng Hong did not have the habit of expressing his anger to others, so he said calmly: "If you encounter an assassin on the way, I will order someone to send a memorial back to the capital and ask the emperor to investigate this matter strictly. It has nothing to do with you, get up!"
Yi Cheng's face turned pale, he trembled and thanked him, and stood up straight again trembling.
Sheng Hong glanced at Yi Cheng, who was frightened, and his eyes flashed slightly.
Every thirty miles along the official road, a posthouse was set up for officials and their families to eat and rest. The postmaster was a low-level official who was not in the mainstream, and was in charge of five or six people.
Scholars with modest backgrounds would not look down upon such a lowly official position. Therefore, most of the Yi Cheng positions were held by veterans who had gained some military exploits on the battlefield. It was common for them to be over forty years old.
However, since he has been on the march and fought in the war, how could he be so frightened and frightened when he saw the corpse?
It feels a bit too much!
Also, today's assassins are really too weak. It doesn't look like they were created by King Ning at all!
Sheng Hong thought of lightning in his mind and winked at Commander Zhou.
Commander Zhou immediately understood and nodded invisibly.
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In the carriage, Lin Weiwei was also frightened. She hugged Brother You tightly and patted Brother You on the back from time to time: "Brother You, don't be afraid, mother is here! No one can hurt you."
Xie Mingxi glanced at Lin Weiwei silently.
You are the one who is afraid!
The nervousness of adults can easily infect children. Brother You twisted his body uneasily, and then cried softly.
Ah Luo slept soundly in Gu Shanchang's arms, her red mouth slightly opened, and a small pool of saliva dripped from her mouth.
Gu Shanchang's heartbeat was also a little erratic, but his face was still tense. He listened attentively for a moment and then comforted him in a low voice: "Don't worry. The commotion outside has calmed down. It seems that the assassin has been caught."
Lin Weiwei nodded vigorously.
Xie Mingxi said softly: "You guys stay here, I want to get off the carriage and take a look."
Lin Wei was startled and blurted out: "Thank you, sister, it's getting dark and I don't know what's going on outside. You'd better not take this risk."
Xie Mingxi raised the corner of her mouth and said calmly: "Don't worry. I'll come as soon as I go."
Before opening the car door, Sheng Hong came over and said through the car window: "All the assassins have surrendered, so don't panic. There is a post house two miles ahead. Please wait here for a while. I have asked Zhou Tong to go to the post house first."
It’s time to go to the hotel.”
Xie Mingxi was so keen that she knew something was wrong as soon as she heard it. She opened the car window and met Sheng Hong's eyes.
"Is there anything else wrong?" Xie Mingxi's eyes were cold: "Why don't you just go to the post house?"
Sheng Hong lowered his voice and said: "That post Cheng was too frightened and I always felt that something was wrong. I simply asked Zhou Tong to go to the post house to check it out, so as not to be ambushed again."
Xie Mingxi immediately understood: "Serial plan!"
The assassins who appeared first were just pawns who came to die and divert attention. Generally speaking, after catching the assassins, they would relax. Now that you have entered the post house, if another wave of assassins suddenly appeared, it would be really fatal.
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Sheng Hong nodded, with a cold look in his eyes: "Those assassins died too easily!"
Xie Mingxi thought for a while and reminded in a low voice: "There is already an assassin who has been killed, so it is unlikely that someone is ambushing you in the post house. But you should be careful of the water or food being poisoned."
Xie Mingxi made Sheng Hong more familiar with the art of assassination: "Among the people brought by Zhou Tong, there are some who are good at using poison. A quick check will tell."
"Take down the Yi Cheng first." Xie Mingxi said immediately: "If there is nothing wrong with the Yi Guan, you have just wronged him once. If he is really sent to assassinate you and me, he can be kept alive and sent to the capital.
. Come to think of it, the Emperor will never let go of this good opportunity to 'investigate the crime'."
After Sheng Hong was reminded, he did not hesitate and immediately called someone over and whispered the order.
Lin Weiwei and Gu Shanchang heard the couple whispering the whole time.
The two looked at each other and both saw the wonder in each other's eyes.
Sheng Hong is sharp and shrewd, and Xie Mingxi is even more quick-thinking. The two husband and wife together may have more minds than a lotus root. Those who want to murder their husband and wife are destined to fail in vain.
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Less than half an hour later, Commander Zhou came back with a gloomy face, his eyes full of anger.
"Your Highness, Yi Cheng was suddenly taken down, and he indeed had poison hidden in his mouth. Fortunately, we took action early, otherwise, we would never have survived."
"There are no people lurking in the post house. There is no problem with the water and food. I have carefully checked every place in the yard and there is no problem. What is really poisoned are the candlesticks in each room."
"Moreover, the front half of the candlestick is not poisonous, and the poison is hidden in the back half. Only after burning for more than an hour will a fine poisonous smoke be emitted."
If he hadn't been suspicious and wary, he would have only checked the water, food, and other parts of the room, but wouldn't have found any problems at all. I'm afraid this candlestick would have been ignored.
This series of schemes is extremely vicious and clever!
After Lu Chi and others heard this, they all gasped and felt chills in their hearts.
Who on earth has a deep hatred for His Highness the King of Shu! He actually set up such a vicious plan to murder the King of Shu!
