Guo Song returned to Xianghui Tower with two female guards and maids. Li Qiaoniang, the leader of the female guards, quickly stepped forward to report, "Your Highness, the princess, all ladies and the young master have been transferred to the iron castle.
Iron Castle is a name given by Guo Song. It is actually a temporary shelter. It is a two-story building made of large bluestones with no windows. Even the roof is made of iron bars as beams, with a thick layer of wood on top and a large layer of
The bluestone slabs are then made into a normal roof, which looks no different from an ordinary building.
The entire iron fort is filled with glutinous rice slurry mixed with lime and then filled with seams, making it extremely strong.
If you want to break into the iron castle, you must first defeat dozens of highly skilled female guards in the corridor outside, and then break through the two-inch-thick iron door.
The entrance to the Iron Castle is on the second floor of Xianghui Building, which is very convenient for retreat.
Guo Song was a little relieved. There was still an assassin who had not been caught. He was quite worried about the safety of his family.
Li Qiaoniang said again: "Your Highness, please come into the iron castle too!"
Guo Song waved his hand and said without any room for negotiation: "I don't need to enter the fort. The assassin was discovered by me first. If he is nearby, he can't escape my eyes."
Li Qiaoniang was intimidated by Guo Song's strong aura and did not dare to persuade her any more.
Guo Song took the bow and arrow from the study, put a new string on it, and soon climbed to the roof of Xianghui Building. He stood on the roof holding the bow and arrow and looked around. The outside of the Jin Palace had been tightly sealed, and the fourth assassin had already
With no chance to escape from the original route, his only way out was to escape to the inner palace.
At this time, the angry scoldings of several female guards suddenly came from the northwest corner. Guo Song turned around and saw three female guards chasing a black figure in front of the woods outside Xianghui Tower. The black figure was extremely fast, showing that
His Qinggong was very powerful, and the three female guards were obviously unable to catch up with him, and they were about to flee into the woods when they saw the dark shadow.
Guo Song took out an arrow, stared at it for a moment, then stretched his bow and shot it. The arrow shot one hundred and twenty steps. The black figure staggered and fell to the ground. Three female guards caught up with him in an instant and killed him.
Pushed to the ground.
Guo Song went downstairs and saw a dozen female guards escorting a man in black forward. His thigh was shot through by an arrow, his hands were tied behind his back, his head was lowered, and he was limping.
When the female guards saw King Jin holding a bow, they understood who had shot the arrow in the assassin's leg. Li Qiaoniang grabbed the assassin's hair and raised his face.
This was a thin man, about thirty years old, with a long scar on his face. Guo Song did not want to interrogate this man, so he ordered: "Give him to Zhao Xiu and let him interrogate him properly!"
"Follow the order!"
Li Qiaoniang escorted the fourth assassin away, and Guo Song immediately rewarded the three female guards who discovered and captured the assassin.
After struggling until the first watch, it was confirmed that there was no fifth assassin in the palace, and the palace of King Jin returned to normal. Xue Tao and his family came out of the iron castle. They were really surprised. This was the first time they had encountered an assassin since they came to Chang'an.
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Xue Tao came to her husband's study and saw her husband standing in front of the window with his hands behind his hands. She hesitated and asked, "Husband, has the murderer been found?"
Guo Song nodded, "Zhao Xiu just reported to me that the fourth assassin is from Goguryeo. He has been living in Youzhou and just came to Chang'an from Youzhou not long ago. But who ordered them to assassinate? He doesn't know. They
The leader has committed suicide with his sword."
"Could they be remnants of the Wei Tang Society?"
"It's possible, but it could also be someone else. This morning the political hall was discussing deposing the emperor, and an assassin showed up in the evening. It's a bit too coincidental."
Xue Tao was silent for a moment and said: "Actually, what I am concerned about is, will there be another assassin?"
Guo Song took his wife's hand and sat down, apologetically saying: "I was thinking about this issue just now. Why did assassins not appear in the Sui and Tang dynasties, but they appeared here? I have also thought of the reason. The fundamental reason is that we live in
The range is too small and can be easily found by assassins. If we live in the Daming Palace, even if there are assassins, they won’t know where to go to carry out the assassination?"
"What do you mean, husband, that we want to move into Daming Palace?"
Guo Song nodded, "It doesn't have to be now. I can clean it up in time next spring. Although I am used to living here, there will still be loopholes in security and defense. It can be said that it is impossible to guard against it. If I don't know martial arts this time, I will probably...
They will get their hands on it, and I don’t want my relatives to suffer misfortune again.”
Xue Qing was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slightly, "We will start cleaning up tomorrow. There is also the driver who unfortunately died. I will take good care of her family."
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Although Guo Song ordered his personal guards not to publicize it to the outside world, the assassination incident in the Jin Palace still spread in a small area.
As soon as Guo Song arrived at the official room, Du You and Pan Liao hurried over. In the official room, Du You said angrily: "Some forces do not dare to oppose openly, so they play dirty tricks. They think that one assassination can change the situation. It is simply a wishful thinking!
"
Pan Liao was calmer and asked: "Has the assassin been caught?"
Guo Song nodded, "There were four assassins in total. Three died and one was captured. However, the captured assassin could not provide much useful information. He knew almost nothing. The assassin responsible for contact was already dead.
"
After a pause, Guo Song continued: "Now I am more concerned about how to avoid the next assassination. After much consideration last night, I finally decided to move to Daming Palace!"
"This is a wise decision!"
Du You and Pan Liao expressed their support at the same time. Moving into the Daming Palace forcefully was a gesture to tell those opposing forces not to have any hope.
"When does Your Highness plan to move there?" Pan Liao asked again.
"Both sides need to be tidied up. It is estimated that we will not be able to move there until spring next year."
Guo Song did not need anyone's consent to move to the Daming Palace. It was his right. He could live in the Daming Palace from the beginning. However, he thought the Daming Palace was too large, had too many palaces, and was not down-to-earth. He preferred to live in the Daming Palace.
Qing Palace, but now it seems that every advantage has its disadvantages. After repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, Guo Song finally decided to move to the Daming Palace.
At this time, Du You said again: "As for the emperor's abdication and the end of the Tang Dynasty, yesterday Wei Chen discussed with Pan Xiangguo and Zhang Xiangguo. We are considering letting the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the states and counties in the world make the choice. If most officials support it,
, then we think that the Tang Dynasty can be ended legally and reasonably, I wonder if His Highness supports it?"
Guo Song nodded happily, "This plan is good and can be implemented. The army will also be added at the same time."
This plan is indeed good. As long as more than half approve it, it means it has been approved by the majority of the courtiers. Especially if the army participates in the voting, it can be said that there is no risk and the legal rationality is extremely high. Just like the referendums of later generations, no one dares to say that the whole people
The referendum is illegal.
The two wanted to talk about last night's assassination again. Guo Song waved his hand and said coldly: "If it was just an assassination, that would be fine, but he still dared to sneak into the inner palace to assassinate my family, so that the people behind the scenes would not feel the pain.
, they thought I, Guo Song, was a sick cat."
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Du You and Pan Liao resigned, and Guo Song said to the attendant next to him: "Let them come in!"
After a while, Wang Yue and Zhou Min hurried into the official room. They bowed and saluted. Guo Songxiao asked, "When did General Zhou come back?"
"Your Highness, I came back early this morning. I heard that someone was daring to commit an assassination. I will do my best to help General Wang catch the person behind the scenes."
Guo Song nodded and asked Wang Yuedao: "What did you find?"
Wang Yue took over the assassination case from the personal guards before dawn. Three corpses and an assassin were also handed over. Compared to the personal guards, the internal guards solved the case more professionally and efficiently.
Wang Yue bowed and said: "Reporting to your highness, the surviving assassin is called Luo Liao. He is from Goguryeo. He has lived in the Andong Protectorate for a long time and is a famous night thief in that area. He has never been to the Central Plains before. What is the name of their leader?
I don’t know, but I kept calling him Third Brother, and this man named Third Brother promised him a thousand taels of silver, and he came.”
"Didn't you get any valuable information?" Guo Song asked a little unhappy.
"We have valuable information!"
Wang Yue said quickly: "This Luo Liao explained that except for the leader who is Han, the other two assassins are from Silla and cannot speak Chinese. The four of them followed the innkeeper to the northeast corner of the Jin Palace, and they have humble positions.
I found that there is indeed a loophole there."
The northeast corner of the Jin Palace is where the former Zuozang Treasury was located. The wealth and materials in the warehouse were moved to the Daming Palace. There is an empty warehouse inside. It is the same as other government offices. The building is empty and has been sealed up, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.
, but the guard strength is insufficient.
Behind the Zuozang warehouse is a forest. There are several big trees close to the warehouse. If you turn out the transom of the warehouse, you can jump directly to the big trees. This is where the assassin entered the Jin Palace.
"Your Highness, it is impossible to discover the loophole in this transom without repeated inspections. Therefore, I believe that the innkeeper is the key figure. These four assassins are just knives. The innkeeper is the one who operates the knife. Catch the inn
The shopkeeper can find the person behind the scenes."
"Any news about this innkeeper?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, according to Luo Liao's description, we have found the inn. It is the Silla Inn in Pingkangfang, which also operates a Silla restaurant. The internal guards have long discovered that it is actually a Silla hotel in Chang'an.
We were at the information point, but the doors of the inn and restaurant were locked, and the shopkeeper and several waiters were missing."
"You mean the assassin was sent by Silla?"
This result was a bit beyond Guo Song's expectation.
"Judging from all the clues so far, it is indeed the Silla Kingdom that is the most suspected, and the motive makes sense!"
"What's the motive?" Guo Song looked at Wang Yue and asked.