Chapter 1037

"One or two hundred people, and they are all wearing iron armor, in addition, is there anything more strange, think about it again......" Tang Xuncheng stroked his long beard, his face was gloomy, and after exchanging a look with Xu Zhao, he walked towards the injured charate who had been re-treated, but still looked dying.

"What they said, yes, what they said, the little ones listened to it for a long time, and they didn't understand, neither the words of the party nor the words of our Song Kingdom, the villain can swear to the sky......"

Xu Zhao and Tang Xuncheng sighed in unison, and after asking a few more words, Tang Xuncheng comforted the executioner to recuperate from his injuries, and after getting out of the room, he strictly instructed the dart head of the Yongsheng dart game, as well as the temporary person in charge of the Zhao firm.

Let them shut their mouths, don't spread the news that dozens of people have died in the Zhao family trading house and Yongsheng Dart Bureau for the time being, and half an hour later, Xu Zhao personally commanded a thousand strong soldiers, galloped out of the west gate of Youzhou and rushed to the place of the incident.

When he saw the mess of the abandoned sentry tower and the corpses and stumps everywhere, Xu Zhao's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but he couldn't find any useful clues.

"Find me, you can't let go of any traces of spiders and worms, I really don't believe it, so many people have died, and the other party will not leave any clues."

After looking around, only a few worn-out leather robes were found, and there was no blood at all on the obviously cut edge of the leather robe, which confirmed what the surviving executioner said, the other party's body must be protected by iron armor, so after the leather robe was split, there was no bloodstain.

Importantly, many of the dead were clearly seen to have died from arrows, but no arrows were found on any of the corpses.

What does this mean, it shows that the other party is worried that the feather arrow will reveal his identity, so he pulled it all out and took it away from the scene.

With the repeated search of the soldiers, finally, on the outer wall of the sentry tower, a feather arrow was inserted into the wooden pillar more than two people high, because its arrow feathers were black, if it were not for the right light now, it would not be possible to see it if you didn't look carefully.

When a nimble soldier pulled out a feather arrow from there and threw it down, Xu Zhao carefully looked at the feather arrow, and finally saw a line of small characters on the shaft of the arrow, but it was very different from Chinese characters.

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After Xu Zhao rushed back to Youzhou, this feather arrow was put on Tang Xuncheng's desk, and Tang Xuncheng didn't have any clue, and in the end, Tang Xuncheng was clever, and he described those words like a cat and a tiger, and took them to ask those foreign businessmen.

"The Khitan ...... of Liao" After hearing the news that the messenger hurried back with a note to report, Xu Zhao and Tang Xuncheng gasped in unison.

Tang Xuncheng pondered for a long time, and finally discussed with Xu Zhao. "This matter is not something you and I can decide, this official thinks, it is better to ask the Lord to make a decision as soon as possible, I don't know what General Xu thinks?"

"Yes, it does have a lot to do with it, if it is the arrows picked up by those thieves and bandits, it will be fine, but according to the findings at the scene, I am afraid that nine times out of ten it has something to do with the Liao army in Naxia Prefecture, and now, I have just recuperated on North Shaanxi Road for more than a year...... "Xu Zhao smashed his mouth and stood up.

"Then please ask Lord Tang to stay in Youzhou to preside, and Xu will go to Hongzhou today."

"Otherwise, if the executioner is not worried about his life, you had better take him with you, and with human and physical evidence, it can be more convincing."

Xu Zhao thought about it and nodded in agreement, but just as he was about to cross the threshold to leave, he suddenly paused.

"Until then, don't let them have contact with outsiders until Lord Wang makes a decision."

"General Xu, rest assured, this official will definitely not spread the case of the attack on Zhao's firm in Youzhou, but I hope that General Xu, the sooner you are, the better."

Xu Zhao walked away without looking back, and half an hour later, despite the complaints of the doctor in the medical hall, the seriously injured executioner, along with the experienced old doctor, got into the carriage.

The five-hundred-yuan knight left Youzhou with Xu Zhao and galloped towards Hongzhou......

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Wang Yang didn't expect that he would take his mother-in-law and children out for spring, but he couldn't rest well, and the next day before noon, someone came to report, saying that Xu Zhao, the defense envoy of Youzhou, had something important to see.

Wang Yang could only say hello to his wife and children apologetically, and when he came to the front hall, he saw a Yuan You armor, the heroic Xu Zhao was standing in the front hall at the moment, and on the ground of the front place, there was a door panel, on which there was a wounded man, and an old man was sitting next to him, and he seemed to pay attention to the situation of the injured at any time.

Wang Yang couldn't help but be stunned, and his eyes fell on the iron-clad Xu Zhao. "Xu Zhao, you are ......"

"The last general has seen my lord, this person is an executioner of the Yongsheng Dart Bureau in Youzhou, escorting a batch of silk from the Zhao family firm the day before yesterday, only a hundred miles away from the city, and camping at an abandoned sentry tower.

As a result, he was strangled by more than 100 unidentified ironclad knights, 24 dart bureau personnel, only one of them survived, 7 horses, 12 guards, and the shopkeeper Liu of Zhao's firm all died tragically on the spot......"

Hearing the news, Wang Yang couldn't help but gasp, his face became gloomy, he paced to the injured man, looked at the other party's injuries, and asked lightly. "What else?"

Xu Zhao also walked over and pointed to the injured man who was sleeping at the moment. "He escaped by luck and was rescued back to Youzhou by a carriage, and he only knew about it after listening to him tell Tang Zhizhou in person."

"This is a feather arrow that the last general personally rushed to the abandoned sentry tower and found, the handwriting on it has been checked and determined to be Khitan script, in addition, when he was still awake, he once told the last general that what the other party said was neither our Song dialect nor the party language......

"In addition, the last general tracked the hoof prints, first traveled nearly ten miles in the direction of Youzhou, then turned around and headed north, and then entered the Gobi area, and there was no way to continue tracking......"

"Then General Xu, what is your judgment?" Wang Yang played with the feather arrow, trying not to get carried away by the anger.

"This is the only feather arrow found at the scene of the murder, thinking about it, the other party must be afraid of revealing his identity, so he will wrap iron armor outside the leather robe to cover people's eyes and ears.

And after killing someone, he pulled out all the arrows, only this one was hanging on a wooden beam in mid-air, and the position was very hidden, thinking that it was because it was dark, and the other party couldn't find it, otherwise, maybe even this feather arrow would not be left......"

"Therefore, the last general thinks that the murderer and robber is likely to be the border army of the Liao State."

Wang Yang squatted down, looked at the tattered leather robes, narrowed his eyes, and after a long time, he slowly said.

"Liaoren...... More than 100 ironclad cavalry were able to appear near Youzhou, and they were neither discovered by the garrisons around Baichi City, nor by the garrisons of Wanjingkou in the north and Sanchakou in the east. ”

"The other party must be very familiar with the layout of our army, and he has cleaned up the finishing touches so cleanly, thinking about it, he is a thief with a weak heart......"