Just as the provincial examination was taking place, it was the Dragon Boat Festival, and at this time, there were mistakes in the capital, which made Zhao Zhen angry.

The forbidden army went out in a big way, searched all night, and captured hundreds of suspicious people, big and small, but after overnight interrogation, they were only some stealing chickens and dogs, and there was no trace of the coachman who escaped.

According to the sword carried by the dead assassin, some people in the Kaifeng Prefecture Criminal Division deduced that the assassin was carrying a soft sword, which can be roughly inferred to be from Longquan, Fujian, but the Longquan soft sword was scattered in all directions, although the imperial court forbade private casting weapons, but over the years there are many swords scattered among the people, it is difficult to conclude that the assassin purchased it from Longquan.

And according to the inference of the sects on the rivers and lakes that know martial arts, there are many people who are good at making soft swords, and it is impossible to verify them one by one.

So the case actually entered a dead end.

Zhao Zhen was furious in the early court, and repeatedly scolded Kaifeng Mansion for not being able to control the security of the capital, and greatly reprimanded Wen Yanbo, the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, and at the same time ordered that the fugitive assassin co-defendant must be caught, and the provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites is about to be held, and the students of the world must not think that the public security of Gyeonggi is so erosive.

There are more than 2,000 tricky mouths and more than 2,000 tricky pens in the country's more than 2,000 high schools, and what Zhao Zhen is most afraid of is that these guys will talk nonsense after they go back, and based on the consideration of public security in the capital, this case must also be investigated.

The ministers also offered suggestions one after another, some guessed whether this group of gangsters and the big case of destroying the door of the Yuzhang Building in Xia Zhu Courtyard were the same group of people, and some speculated whether it was Su Jin who offended someone outside, and the enemy mixed into the capital to seek revenge and revenge, and some people were whimsical, guessing whether it was the western thieves who attacked my Great Song Dynasty and lost in the northwest, so they sent people to my Great Song Dynasty to make trouble, and specially infiltrated the capital to kill my Great Song Dynasty's undergraduate son, and cut off the talents of my Great Song Dynasty's successors, in order to plan for the long run.

Su Jin couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, these people really couldn't find a way, but they were more powerful than the other.

Xia Zhu's guess is very reasonable, he estimates that Su Jin is doing food affairs with thunderous means, but at the same time, there are also fish that have slipped through the net, and they should be here to provoke and take revenge.

After a morning of noisy and shouting, there was no result, and finally Su Jin stepped forward and said: "The emperor doesn't have to worry about this matter, the capital is so big, and the assassin can go anywhere, it is enough for Kaifeng Mansion to be busy for ten days and half a month; There are still two days before the provincial test, and if the city-wide search continues, it will not only disturb the people, but also make the lifters glorious; The minister had an idea, the assassin wanted to assassinate Wei Chen, and the minister would act as a bait to walk around, attracting the assassin to appear, or he could fall into a trap, and maybe he could do a miracle. ”

Before Zhao Zhen could speak, Yan Shu was the first to object: "This move is absolutely impossible, how can you risk your life; Lao Chen thought that he had to expand the scope of the search, although the alley in the residential inn had been searched, but there were still many places that had not been searched, the assassin was not a fool, how could he hide somewhere casually, the old minister said something that should not be said, maybe the assassin was in the backyard of someone's house at this time. ”

Yan Shu's words scared everyone a lot, this is equivalent to saying that someone in the audience is the culprit, even Su Jin was taken aback, could it be that Yan Shu noticed that he and Xia Zhu secretly competed?

However, Yan Shu's next explanation made the ministers breathe a sigh of relief: "Lao Chen doesn't mean that someone is shielding the assassins, taking Lao Chen himself as an example, my house in Tianshuijing Hutong is not small, there are three in the garden alone, if the assassin sneaks into my house late at night and hides in a certain place of flowers and plants, he will not be able to detect it for a while; However, the officers and men did not dare to go to our house to search for the search, and even if they turned the inside out, it was in vain. ”

Everyone said yes, Su Jin secretly paid attention to Xia Zhu's expression, Xia Zhu's expression was a little stiff, and he seemed to be indifferent, but a trace of panic in his eyes revealed his heart.

Su Jin knew that if he proposed such a search, the gang in Xia Zhu's house would be exposed, and he didn't dare to say anything else, the assassin coachman had already been depicted by the people, and the search team had a portrait, which could not be prevaricated.

Su Jin originally thought that Xia Zhu would try his best to oppose Yan Shu's statement, but he didn't expect him to be the first to say and echo it: "What Yan Sansi said is extremely true, the minister proposes, all the adults should set an example and allow the officers and soldiers to enter the house to search, as long as they do not disturb the family members of the inner house, the minister's mansion is willing to be the first to open the door for the officials." ”

Su Jin secretly called Gao Ming, this move was cleared first, and it looked bright, thinking that Xia Zhu must have been prepared, since he said so, it must be impossible to search, maybe he would have already figured out a way to send the assassin out of the city.

As soon as Xia Zhu expressed his position, all the officials followed up one after another, and they all said that they were willing to open the door for the officials.

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly and said, "I am very relieved that you love the high wind and bright festival, but it is not yet time to disturb your mansion; Su Jin was right, it is not advisable to create a tense atmosphere during the provincial test, in the past two days, more patrols and guards have been sent to patrol the streets and alleys, and the city gate has also stepped up the investigation, teaching the assassins to have no escape, and once the provincial test is over, they will search and arrest with all their might, and do not let go of one place; You Aiqing can search your own house first, and it is best to force the assassin to appear in the market and arrest him in one fell swoop, so as not to disturb your house. ”

Everyone claimed that it was, and they had made up their minds to go back and search their house in a carpet manner, if it was really found that the assassin was hiding in their house, even if they were innocent, they might be attacked by others, and they couldn't tell it when they were full of mouths.

In the afternoon, Su Jin woke up, and Wang Chao hurried from the front yard and told Su Jin a surprising news: the assassin had been caught!

Su Jin was surprised and hurriedly asked for details.

Wang Chao said: "I went to the new house to supervise the progress of the construction, and there was talk of it everywhere on the street, and when I inquired, I found out that the assassin actually hanged himself in a forest in the corner gate, and it is estimated that he was forced by the officers and soldiers to have nowhere to go, so he chose to commit suicide." ”

Su Jin was surprised: "Suicide? ”

Wang Chao said: "Yes, I heard that the Kaifeng Mansion has experienced the corpse, and it must be a suicide." ”

Su Jin paced slowly, suddenly laughed, and praised: "Xia Zhu, this old fox really has a set, this time the big search in the capital will not continue, and the people he invited to hide in the house are not exposed, a good abandoned pawn to protect the car, this trick is ruthless enough, poisonous enough, and clever enough!" ”

After thinking about it, Wang Chao suddenly realized: "It must be the old thief who killed the assassin and disguised himself as a suicide." Such a vicious old thief. ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "This is called calming the situation, he saw the emperor as early as he saw that he was unwilling to give up, if he left this person in the mansion, there was a lot of worry, even if he hid, it was difficult to guarantee that one day he would come forward to expose himself and be arrested by the government, it is better to strangle him with a rope, so that the two murderers in this case are all dead, and there is no way to verify the internal information, which can be regarded as a solved case, but it can also be regarded as a headless public case." ”

Wang Chao scolded angrily: "Then don't we have to be more careful, his follow-up methods must be more thorough than this time, and it seems that Gongzi Ye will show up less in the future." ”

Su Jin smiled: "If I am scared like a turtle with a shrunken head by him, then am I still a fart?" I deliberately said that I had set a trap in the morning, that is, to tell the old thief, even if he wanted to do it, he had to be cautious and repeatedly, and I would not be afraid of him; Don't worry about it, these days I have been urging the completion of the new house, Xia Zhu's assassin is not afraid, I am afraid that the outside world will say that I Su Jin is shrinking in Yan Sansi's house as a turtle with a shrunken head, and I want face. ”

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All the assassins were caught, and the capital gradually became calmer, although Xia Zhu was not intimidated by Su Jin's words, but he had to open his eyes more when dealing with Su Jin, this kid was true or false, if he really waited for the assassins to come to the door with the net open, wouldn't he be a big fool?

Besides, the Dragon Boat Festival assassination, the plan was so thorough, Su Jin escaped, on the contrary, he also took two good hands, Xia Zhu decided to be patient and patient, and the next shot must be hit with one blow, and Su Jin will never be allowed to have a chance to escape.

The dozen or so good men invited by the family are a group of outlaws hired by him on the rivers and lakes with a lot of money, and the leader is an outcast of a sect in Wuyi Mountain, named Yan San; This person is a wizard who practices martial arts, but his heart is not right, not to mention killing the master, and he also occupied the daughter of the master and the master, and turned a good sect into a bandit den that occupies the mountain as the king.

This guy acted too viciously, relying on his kung fu and not taking the government seriously, he even entered the state capital several times to commit crimes, and finally angered the Fujian Road Prefectures, and jointly sent troops to encircle and suppress him, and raided his old nest; Yan San escaped with more than a dozen people, and did some robbery and flower picking on the rivers and lakes.

This group of people accidentally got acquainted with a nurse in Xia Zhu's mansion, who recommended Yan San to Xia Zhu after Yuzhang Tower, Xia Zhu was hungry and did not choose to eat, and there was a shortage of masters at hand, so he recruited him into the mansion with a lot of money; This assassination of Su Jin was Yan San's idea, the two people who shot were his two junior brothers, but he didn't expect to return, under the pressure of the imperial court's large-scale search, Xia Zhu coerced with heavy money and safety, and forced Yan San to slaughter his junior brother with his own hands.

After this incident, Yan San also knew that Su Jin was not a soft stubble, and listened to Xia Zhu's advice to lie dormant, waiting to move, Xia Zhu was not stingy with gold and silver, and waited for good food and drink every day, and was safe for the time being, and came out to do activities after the rumors passed.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, how could this group of people be in peace, since Xia Fuzhong came to this group of people, it became a miasma, and one day not long after, something finally happened.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.