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Chapter 683: Assassination (I)

A candle flickered in the darkroom, as if it could be extinguished at any moment, and two figures were reflected on the wall, one sitting motionless, the other trembling. The sound of www.biquge.info rapid breathing showed the man's extreme anger.

"Xie Ke, you said that there was a big operation in the department, and you didn't know the details, didn't you, did you tell me that?" Hu Dong pressed his hands against the table and glared at each other.

Xie Ke was expressionless and nodded, "Yes, that's what I told you. ”

"So, tell me now, did you know the details at the beginning?" Hu Dong's face was a little hideous, and he roared: "Xie Ke, look into my eyes, look at me, the eyes of your brother who has lived and died with you for many years, answer me!" ”

Xie Ke raised his head and looked up at Hu Dong's bloodshot eyes, his heart trembled suddenly, and a faint pain seemed to burst out from there. Retracting his gaze, Xie Ke looked straight ahead, pursed his lips and said nothing.

With a bang, Hu Dong slammed his hands on the table, the candle flame fell sharply on the table and went out, and the room suddenly fell into darkness. "Answer me!" Hu Dong was hoarse.

"I know!" In the dark, Sheko replied calmly.

"*** Mom!" Hu Dong reached forward with both hands, he was tall and long, grabbed Xie Ke's shirt across the table, and suddenly lifted Xie Ke up, one simply fell over the shoulder, and with a bang, Xie Ke fell to the floor, and one rolled over and rode on him, and raised his fist without a head and smashed it down.

The sound of fists and flesh mixed with Xie Ke's muffled snort, he punched four or five times in a row, and realized that Xie Ke under him had no intention of fighting back at all, Hu Dong's raised fist slowly put down, "Why don't you fight back?" ”

"If you think this will make you angry, then let you fight it!" Xie Ke's tone was still so calm.

Hu Dong was silent for a long time, got up from the other party, sat down at the table, picked up the candle, and lit it. He knew that Xie Ke looked like a weak and talented man from the outside, but when it came to fighting and killing, he was not inferior to himself, but his appearance was easy to deceive people.

Sheko got up from the ground, fully dressed, and still sat across from him. When he sat down, the expression on his face was slightly painful, obviously Hu Dong's punches just now really made him suffer a little.

Hu Dong snorted, "Since you are a hero, why do you block your face and don't let me fight?" I'm angry when I look at your little white face! ”

Xie Ke smiled bitterly: "I have to go to the yamen office every day, my face is swollen and purple by you, how can I see people tomorrow, saying that the grape trellis in the backyard of my house has collapsed?" It's a pity that I don't have a wife yet! ”

Ha! Hu Dong smiled, he is this kind of person, his anger comes quickly, but he disperses quickly.

"Why?" Hu Dong looked at Xie Ke, "You obviously know that we can stop it, and we can even wait for Yuan Fang to throw himself into the net in Dingzhou Design!" You know how much credit this is? ”

Xie Ke snorted, "Who is Yuan Fang, how can it be so easy to catch, how much effort did the young lady spend back then, but let Yuan Fang calmly escape from Dingzhou, just with the few people in the Dingzhou Supervision Institute now, can they hold Yuan Fang's ghost?" And once Yuan Fang smells it and can't catch him, I'll be done! ”

"There's always something you can try!" Hu Dong sighed, "Xie Ke, I know what you think now!" ”

Sheko was silent.

"Shang Haibo is about to enter Luoyang!" Hu Dong sighed, "There is also news from Dingzhou, Dean Li disappeared when he was tracking down Shang Haibo's whereabouts in Fuzhou, no one was born, no one died, and more than 100 brothers were buried in Lao Yeling. I heard that it may be the hand of the staff. ”

"How is this possible?" Xie Ke exclaimed: "There must be a mystery in this. ”

"The Supervisory Yuan also knows that there is a problem, and it is said that it may be the hand of the Southern Zhongzi." Hu Dong pointed to the guide.

"Miss retired, Zhong Ziqi trembled!" Xie Ke snorted.

"I can't say that, what a big deal about Shang Haibo's disappearance, whoever is spread on his head will be messed up, otherwise, with Dean Li's decades of experience, how can he say so easily, Xie Ke, you have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter. If Dean Li is really born, how do I think you will explain it? ”

Xie Ke lowered his head, his face was a little pale, "Who would have thought that this matter could trap Dean Li in it." ”

Hu Dong sneered, and slapped a piece of paper in front of Xie Ke with a snap, "Dingzhou has sent an order to kill Shang Haibo at all costs." ”

Xie Ke was taken aback, "Who gave the order, the marshal or the Supervision Yuan?" ”

"Is there a difference?" Hu Dong said coldly.

"It doesn't make a difference!" Xie Kehuo stood up: "Shang Haibo entered Beijing, what kind of person Yuan Fang is, how can he not know the stakes, he will definitely lay a trap, lure our people out, and let him catch them all, Hu Dong, don't be confused, this matter can't be done, at least not now." We can figure it out slowly. ”

"Xu, your mother is big!" Hu Dong knocked on the table, "You and I are both soldiers, and the military orders are like a mountain, do you know?" Since the order has been given from above, we should do it to the letter, instead of thinking about any difficulties, and even if there are difficulties, we must find a way to overcome them, instead of avoiding them. ”

"Moreover, once Shang Haibo surrenders to the enemy, do you know how much damage will be caused to a given state? Xie Ke, you are reading the network, how much effort has been spent, Miss told us back then, don't move, don't move at any time, unless the Dingzhou army hits Luoyang City. Before that, the Luoyang network must be asleep. ”

"But now the situation is different, the Supervision Yuan has issued an order, we must do it, otherwise it will be a violation of the order!" Hu Dong said: "It's all thanks to you, brother, if I die, don't forget to burn me a few knives of paper every year and toast a few glasses of my favorite Dingzhou spirits." ”

Xie Ke gritted his teeth, "I won't allow you to do this." ”

Hu Dong sneered, "Xie Ke, don't forget, in Luoyang, I am the leader!" ”

Xie Ke glared at the other party, "Hu Dong, do you want Luoyang's brothers to accompany you to die?" You know it's a dead end, and it's definitely not going to work. ”

"I know! So tomorrow I'm just using another single line in my hand, and I don't have any contact with anyone else! Hu Dong took out a pamphlet from his waist, "This is our network in Luoyang, some you know, some you don't know, if I die, you will be the leader in the future." ”

With a snap, Xie Ke threw the booklet back, "Hu Dong, you are now a figure with a head and a face in Luoyang, if you are caught, do you know how many clues the staff can follow you?" I don't have to read this booklet to know that if something happens to you, most of them won't be able to run. ”

"You're fucking expecting something to happen to me?" Hu Dong scolded angrily.

"I don't think you can fight Yuan Fang!" Xie Ke said in a muffled voice.

"Yuan Fang is not a three-headed and six-armed person, in terms of calculation, I am not as good as him, but now he is in the light, I am in the dark, surprise, maybe I can bite him a tube of blood out." Hu Dong said with a smile.

"Yuan Fang must take precautions, Hu Dong, I beg you if you want to do it, but you must not take action in person, you are the big head of Luoyang, if something happens, you will be implicated too much, do you know?"

Hu Dong looked at Xie Ke, "Are you worried that I will confess to you after I am captured alive?" ”

"You can't spit ivory out of your mouth!" Xie Ke was furious, raised his hand, snapped, and simply slapped Hu Dong, and five fingerprints suddenly appeared on Hu Dong's face. "When you do it, it's Lao Tzu's share, it's a big deal, we will die together!"

Hu Dong touched his face, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I have been an official for a long time, and this hand is not as strong as before, my Lord Xie, you better forget it, I finally sent you to your current position, and I expect you to play a big role in the future!" I don't want you to hang up like this, okay, okay, I know, I'll arrange it properly. ”

Drunken Building, located in the most prosperous avenue in Luoyang West City, it is rumored that his behind-the-scenes boss is a royal prince, the backstage is large, of course, his scale is also large, in Luoyang City is also a high-end restaurant that can be counted on his fingers, as the so-called talk and laughter are powerful, there is no white ding, the cost of eating and drinking here is enough to rise to fight the small people for several months of life, but the more expensive, the better his business is. Generally speaking, if you don't book in advance, you will never find a seat, especially the upstairs seat, there are four floors of drunken food, and the higher you go, the more difficult it will be.

Today, the drunken building is still full, but Xiao Er, who is in charge of the fourth floor, is beating a small drum in his heart, because the fourth floor is generally some frequent customers, and they are all called in Luoyang, but today there are more than a dozen guests on the fourth floor, but one of them is not recognized, and he secretly asked the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper just asked him not to be nosy, just do the same as usual, and do his part.

"Xiao Chunzi, don't be nosy, just serve the food and wine, these masters have a background, and our boss can't afford to mess with them!" The shopkeeper whispered.

"General Nie, everything has been arranged, from the city gate to the guest house, it has been sorted out." A man came running from downstairs and whispered in the ear of a man by the window.

"Tell the brothers, to be vigilant, Dingzhou will never stop there, and the easiest thing to start is from the West City Gate to the State Guest House, the drunken building is the place with the widest view here, standing here, the whole road at a glance, we are here, at any time to respond to possible situations." The general surnamed Nie said, "Let Shang Haibo enter the guest house safely, it is the order of Lord Yuan himself, and we are only responsible for this section, as soon as we enter the hall, it has nothing to do with us, but if something happens to us, everyone will wipe their necks!" Save the adults the trouble of cutting them one by one. ”

"General rest assured!" Everyone on the fourth floor replied in unison, which made Xiao Haruko, who had just walked upstairs with a few pots of wine, shudder, and put the wine on the table one by one with trembling hands and feet.

The general surnamed Nie smiled at him very kindly, took out a silver horn from his arms, and threw it to Xiao Chunzi, "A certain family knows that the guests here are very generous on weekdays, and I will be generous today!" This is a reward for you! Hahaha! ”

"Thank you, thank you!" Xiao Chunzi thanked him repeatedly, turned around, and flew downstairs.

"Am I that terrible?" The general surnamed Nie laughed and lifted the wine jug, "Come, brothers, there will be a long time to wait, everyone drink less, eat some food, and fill your stomach!" ”

As the minutes ticked by, I saw that the sun was already in the middle of the day, and it was already noon.

"Here it is, General!"

With a low cry from a man, all eyes turned to the window and looked at the end of the street, where two carriages appeared, on either side of which two groups of soldiers defending the city were automatically escorted to either side.

"It's Lord Yuan, they, big guy, be careful!" The general surnamed Nie stood up all of a sudden, walked to the window, and his face became nervous.

The carriage walked slowly forward amid the sound of hooves, everything seemed so calm, the shops on the street were still so lively, the hawkers were still shouting vigorously, and the streets were full of people, but they all consciously gave way to the sides, and let the carriage move in the middle of the road, at most it was only curious to glance at it, as usual.

Everyone's eyes moved with the movement of the carriage.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Xiao Chunzi walked up lightly with a tray, and put the dishes on the table one by one, "Everyone, the dishes are ready!" Haruko put down the tray and said.

"Got it, let's go down!" One person said impatiently.

At this moment, there was a soft sound on the roof of the building, although the sound was not loud, but when everyone upstairs heard it, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and their faces turned snow-white.

"There's someone upstairs!" The general surnamed Nie shouted loudly.

"Master, there is an attic above, piled up with some broken tables and chairs, the dust is a few inches thick, no one has ever gone up, the door is locked, how can there be anyone?" Koharuko said in surprise.

The general surnamed Nie didn't care about answering Xiao Chunzi, his hand poked out of his arms, and there was already an extra short knife, and more than a dozen people upstairs also took out short knives at the same time, followed the general surnamed Nie, and ran towards the attic.

As soon as I stepped on the short four or five steps, there was already a whining sound above the attic.

"Eight Bull Crossbow!" The general surnamed Nie screamed, and his voice changed tone. Running up the stairs, he lifted his feet and gasped for the locked attic door.

Xiao Chunzi, who had been standing upstairs, suddenly showed a smile on her harmless face, threw away the tray in her hand, lifted her clothes, pulled out her hands, and there were already two more crossbows in her hands, and the sound of swishing was endless, and a short crossbow shot from behind to those guys standing on the stairs.

No one would have thought that this drunken building that didn't look big was actually a spy, and in the swishing crossbow sound, the screams couldn't stop sounding, and the few people behind bore the brunt, rolling and falling down the stairs, so close to the distance, they were shot by Dingzhou's special crossbow armor-piercing arrows, and there was still a life there.

The general surnamed Nie yelled, regardless of the situation behind him, "Kill him!" He rushed into the attic in a group, and the few remaining people behind him turned around one by one and rushed towards Koharuko with a knife.

Xiao Haruko, who shot the crossbow in his hand, let out a strange scream, threw the crossbow in his hand at the face of several people who pounced, and then poked his hand into his waist, felt out a black and heavy black dagger, and rushed up with a short body.

The moment the general surnamed Nie rushed into the attic, he saw a scene that made him feel cold all over, in front of the attic window, a person sat cross-legged on the ground, on his body, an eight-ox crossbow was placed there upright, it was a special four-arrow and eight-ox crossbow made in Dingzhou, an arrow flew out with a roar, the man's hand was on the trigger, and he didn't seem to see the general surnamed Nie rushing in, looking at the street with an extremely focused expression. His mouth was still counting with words, "One, two, three!" When he counted to three, his fingers snapped down heavily, and three crossbow arrows, as thick as a child's arm, whined, and shot one after the other into the street.

And just when the number reached three, the short knife in the hand of the general surnamed Nie had been thrown out of his hand in his roar, and flew towards the assassin sitting cross-legged on the ground, the man pulled the trigger, and the short knife also flew, and with a bang, the short knife penetrated through the back of the assassin, and the man's body stiffened suddenly, and then he fell down gently, and fell right on top of the Eight Bull Crossbow, and the blood flowed to the ground in an instant.

The general surnamed Nie stepped forward, kicked the assassin away, and when he looked into the street, his heart was cold.

When the first crossbow arrow was fired, the unique whistling sound of the eight-bull crossbow made the coachman who was driving the horse in front of the carriage raise his head, touched his hand on the wheel, and actually felt a big knife, stood up and stood in front of the wheel suddenly, staring at the crossbow arrow, the knife met suddenly, and the sparks were flying, the man's body leaned back suddenly, but the crossbow arrow was also missed by him, flying to the side, and several passers-by who could not avoid it were suddenly strung into a sugar gourd.

But the continuous whistling sound that followed made the coachman change color, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of three black lights, and suddenly turned over and jumped off the carriage, and with a snatch, the first crossbow arrow hit the carriage upright, and the great force immediately stopped the carriage, and the whole carriage made a chaotic sound.

With the second sound, the second crossbow bolt hit again, and the carriage let out an unpleasant creaking sound, and cracks like cobwebs appeared.

The third sound of the seizure sounded, and the third arrow was immediately fired, and with a bang, the whole carriage was suddenly torn apart, and the crossbow arrow still flew forward, shooting at the man in the carriage.

The groom, who had turned over and got out of the carriage, reached out in the middle of nowhere, and knocked down the man in the carriage, dangerously dangerous, and the crossbow arrow flew past the man's shirt.

"It's such a big deal, I even moved four rounds of eight-bull crossbows!" The coachman raised his head and looked at the drunken building not far ahead, with a sneer on his face, it was actually Yuan Fang himself.

On the drunken floor, the general surnamed Nie ran downstairs in despair, only to see that Xiao Chunzi also fell in a pool of blood, and another of his subordinates died.