When—

Just as the two of them looked desperate, the knife was knocked down by two bursts of crossbow arrows fired from a distance.

"Who dares to hinder us from carrying out our official duties!" A few of the officials turned around and saw a strange old man sitting in a corner of the teahouse with a strange bow and crossbow in his hand, standing up and walking towards him.

I only heard the old man say lightly: "If you want to live, get out of here." ”

Seeing that it was just an old man, several officials glanced at each other and rushed towards the old man with knives.

The old man's bow and crossbow fired in succession, and they shot several officials in the thighs......

Several officials fell to the ground, looked at the old man in horror, ignored the pain of the wound, got up in embarrassment and fled in all directions.

The old man walked up to the two teahouse guests and sat down, slapped the bow and crossbow in his hand on the tea table, and without going around in circles, he said straight to the point: "If I ask you something, it is best to answer everything you know." ”

……

Back at the inn, the old man took off the mask on his face, revealing Zhen Mingku's tired face, he took a bath, took out the package he brought from under the bed, took out all kinds of equipment from it, and spread them out on the bed one by one and assembled them.

According to what he had just heard from two teahouse guests, two days earlier, a female assassin had entered the palace to assassinate her, but she was captured and imprisoned in the palace's dungeon.

Although it is not known whether the female assassin is Zhang or not, according to the person who worked as an errand envoy in the palace for a while, when the assassin was captured, someone saw the assassin's accomplices escape from the palace, and their martial arts were extremely good.

What the Dark Guard is best at is infiltrating the decapitation operation and infiltrating the palace, although it is difficult, but as long as the guards are not alarmed, it is still no problem to retreat.

Finally, in the dead of night, he changed into a night suit, brought on the latest assassin equipment developed by Longmen Town, burst out of the inn window, and disappeared into the night.

……

Yu Wenhua's palace is located in the southeast corner of Wei County, although Wei County is a small place, but Yu Wenhua and his new palace is not ambiguous, everything is built in accordance with the specifications of Chang'an Palace, although the sparrow is small, all the organs are complete.

It was just not long after the construction was built, and thousands of people, under the supervision of Yu Wenhua and his own guards, rushed to work overnight, and the sound of whipping and scolding of the overseers was endless.

Miyagi is halfway finished, leaving a gap where people come and go in the night, and torches flicker.

Several guards hurriedly bought food and drinks, and said, "Look, the general has an order, and if another assassin comes in, our guards will have to lose their heads!" ”

"This can't be blamed on us, the eunuchs in the palace are all newly recruited, there are many people, and no one can guarantee that the assassin mixed in, besides, this assassin's martial arts are so good, if he wants to sneak in and assassinate the emperor, then it's no wonder that we are not strictly guarded."

"Do you say that the mastermind behind the scenes this time will be someone from the palace, I heard that General Pei often goes in and out of the palace, and the emperor also turns a blind eye, I heard that this time it is a female assassin who was caught, will the palace concubine send someone or something......"

"Shhhh Dare to talk about Master Pei! ”

As a few people spoke, one suddenly pointed to the night behind the other and asked in a low voice, "Did someone flash past just now?" ”

"You drank too much, this juncture, the emperor was so frightened, there is a three-step sentry in the palace, a five-step team, what kind of assassin is so stupid, come to the door at such a time."

"That's right, drink and drink."

……

In a dungeon to the west of the palace.

Dozens of various torture instruments hung on the walls of the dungeon, and on the torture rack in the cell, a woman in ragged clothes and whip marks was tied.

The shirt had been torn by the whip, revealing snow-white skin, and the bright red whip marks were particularly dazzling.

With a crackle, the whip was whipped on her snow-white body again, and a blood mark slowly emerged like a shadow, and the woman just snorted, always clenching her teeth.

A father-in-law shouted and asked, "Who sent you, do you say it?" ”

The woman, who had been tortured to a very weak point, raised her head with difficulty, and a beautiful face appeared in her messy hair, and her eyes flashed with an unyielding light, and she snorted at the father-in-law.

"The emperor decreed, if you don't say it, let me whip you for three days and three nights, until you are killed, you can rest assured, how many years have I trained this whip, let you call for three days, and I will never let you die in the middle of the way, I don't know how many palace maids died in my hands, you are like this, I am really not rare, in fact, if you don't say it, I also know, the queen mother has always hated the emperor for killing Yang Guang, and took her for herself, and has always wanted to find a chance to take revenge? General Pei actually knew about you for a long time, he just didn't make it clear to the emperor, no matter what, the queen mother will not escape death, if you confess her now, you will be able to suffer less. ”

The woman spat out the blood foam on the eunuch's face, and scolded: "Shameless pickled gelding, a dog slave who changes three masters a day, sooner or later, your dog skin will be picked up by your new master." ”

The father-in-law screamed, and the whip in his hand fell again.

It's just that before he could draw it to the woman, his wrist was grabbed, and when he looked back, a black-clothed man with a masked face was standing behind him, with a cold killing intent in his eyes, staring at him so that his legs were weak.

"Thorny ......"

Before he could shout the word "guest", his voice stopped abruptly, and the dagger of the man in black had already pierced his heart.

Clean, without a bit of hesitation.

His eyes widened, and with difficulty he stretched out a hand, grabbed the black cloth covering the face of the man in black, and slowly fell to the ground.

The black cloth fell, revealing Zhen Mingku's cold and awe-inspiring face.

……

After Lisuo finished disposing of the eunuch's corpse, Zhen Mingku walked over to the woman, reached out and gently brushed away the scattered hair on her face, and carefully examined her face.

An unfamiliar delicate cheek imprinted into his eyes, making his originally tense face suddenly relax.

The woman obviously felt that he was relieved, and it seemed that she didn't care about her life or death, and couldn't help but sneer: "I'm glad I'm not the person you were looking for, right?" ”

Zhen Mingbitter didn't answer, he heard that someone was already walking towards the cell, and if he didn't leave, his whereabouts would be exposed, he had no intention of saving the people in this prison, he had more important things to do, and he couldn't delay.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, the woman behind him shouted, "Even if you don't save me, you should release me!" ”

Zhen Ming said bitterly: "I still have important things to do, I can't expose my whereabouts, besides, I don't know what your origin is, whether you are a human or a ghost, good or evil." ”

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