The messenger had also been to Longmen Village together and knew Chen Yan's origins. At this time, he hurriedly said: "This subordinate deserves to die. General, please convict me!... General, could it be that Chen Yan clearly saw Shengnan Hou Zhang today?" Tianci recorded his face and sneaked out in the middle of the night to seek revenge? Should he ask his subordinates to bring her back now? "
"I'm not busy, let me think about it..." Qin Mubai waved his hand and frowned deeply.
What the pawn said made sense. Chen Yan most likely ran away to take revenge privately. However, Qin Mubai always felt something strange.
Because he had already made it clear to Chen Yan about the whole story of this case. Although she is domineering and perverse, she does not seem to be an unreasonable person. She is now going to assassinate Zhang Tianci on her own. If she succeeds, she will certainly be avenging her husband, but that would be like a warning. The group of accomplices hidden behind Sheng Nanhou will suddenly wake up and must take more precautions, and may even jump over the wall to do it. An outrageous move! Not to mention that if she failed, Chen Yan's life would not be guaranteed, and Zhang Tianci would definitely start a desperate counterattack, even if he was forced to fight back!
Chen Yan's move is tantamount to disrupting the situation! And no matter whether she succeeds or fails, she will ruin Li Ke and Qin Mubai's major affairs, and she will definitely become their enemy from now on!
Does she seem to be such a brainless person
Since she knew there would be such negative consequences and still deliberately took risks, it can only mean that she had ulterior motives in assassinating Marquis Sheng Nan besides wanting to avenge her husband!
Even... Qin Mubai began to doubt this woman's true identity! Is she Zhu Chengwen's widow? !
Thinking of this, Qin Mubai's heart suddenly flashed with shock - "I actually know nothing about her and have no understanding at all! Apart from her one-sided words, I don't seem to have any other evidence to prove her identity. ! Just "hearing" that she cried at Zhu Chengwen's grave can prove her identity!"
This woman has a big problem!
"Let's go see King Wu!"
Qin Mubai took the pawn to King Li Ke's tent and woke up Li Ke who had fallen asleep.
"Mu Bai, what's the emergency in the middle of the night?" Li Ke asked while getting dressed.
Qin Mubai told Li Ke about Chen Yan's disappearance in the middle of the night.
"What? She won't go to Zhang Tianci for revenge, right?" Li Ke said in shock.
"It's very possible." Qin Mubai told Li Ke one by one his thoughts and ideas.
"It's indeed suspicious..." Li Ke thought for a while with a serious expression and said, "In this case, there are three possibilities. One, Chen Yan's identity is true, and he went to assassinate Zhang Tianci simply to avenge himself; The second type is that her identity is still true. The reason why she went ahead to assassinate her knowing that there would be adverse consequences was to disrupt the situation and had ulterior motives. The third type is that her identity is simply fake and she was just trying to spy on us. News. Now that she suddenly disappeared, it is still a question whether she went to assassinate Zhang Tianci! All in all, if it is the first type, it can be solved; if it is the latter two... then this woman is too mysterious, and there must be Ruoda's secret behind it. !”
"Your Highness, I'm thinking... maybe that mysterious account book is in her hand." Qin Mubai said, "She must know many secrets that we don't know. The reason why she deliberately sneaked into us is just from us. Look for more clues here, even in detail. I even have a feeling... She is so determined and eager to kill Zhang Tianci, it seems like she is trying to silence her!"
"Shut up?" Li Ke was suddenly startled, "What do you mean?"
"I can't explain at the moment... In short, I feel very complicated. This woman is definitely not simple." Qin Mubai said.
Li Ke took a deep breath, walked a few steps with his hands cut behind his back, and said, "In this way, no matter what, we must see Chen Yan again!"
"That's exactly what I meant!" Qin Mubai shouted to the soldier: "You, now bring twenty capable brothers, disguise yourself as assassins, and go to the Shengnan Hou Mansion! This trip has two purposes. —We can’t let either Chen Yan or Zhang Tianci die! Second, bring Chen Yan back!”
"Yes!" The pawn took the promise and ran out.
At this time, Qin Mubai sighed: "Your Highness, I missed the investigation this time and messed up the matter. I never expected that Chen Yan's identity would be so complicated!"
"I can't blame you." Li Ke said, "It was such a coincidence that she appeared. Coupled with her status as a widow, including me, it was too late for us, including myself, to feel pity for her, so how could we doubt her? Besides, we are a bit arbitrary in suspecting her now. All in all, when we see her again, everything will come to light naturally! I hope her identity is simple, and she is just acting impulsively to seek personal revenge... In this case, The consequences are easier to deal with!”
"Even so, assassinating Zhang Tianci may not be a simple matter." Qin Mubai said, "For a local tyrant like Zhang Tianci, there will always be people looking for revenge for his unjust behavior. Zhang Tianci will definitely be here. There are some masters or assassins in the house. In addition to this extraordinary period, he must be extremely vigilant. Although Chen Yan is powerful in martial arts, she is still weak even if she succeeds in the assassination. ”
Li Ke frowned slightly anxiously: "Now I can only place my hope on the Baiqi you sent..."
"They are very confident in handling this kind of thing." Qin Mubai comforted Li Ke, "Don't worry, Your Highness. As long as the time is urgent, there should be no problem."
"I hope so!"
Qin Mubai breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: Today I just cleaned up He Qian Chengji and dismissed the matters in the East Palace, and now Chen Yan is here to make such a fuss again... A small Jishan County has actually become... It’s so lively! Is this Chen Yan really just Zhu Chengwen's widow? What kind of secret is there behind her
Late at night, Sheng Nanhou Mansion.
Zhang Tianci became a local hegemon in Jiangzhou in recent years because of his connections with the prince. He is a small marquis, but he is not worth mentioning in the capital where all the princes look up to him. But in the land of Jiangzhou, local state and county officials responded to the situation, almost covering the sky with one hand.
In addition to his immense power, he also accumulated a lot of wealth. The scale and grandeur of Shengnanhou's mansion are not much different from Li Ke's palace!
After dark, the lights are brightly lit. There are hundreds of thugs raised in the Hou Mansion, distributed in every corner. Either spying secretly or patrolling back and forth.
Zhang Tianci suddenly became a little nervous recently and greatly strengthened the defense of the Hou Mansion. In addition, he must be accompanied by many expert guards every day when he travels. He also carries a knife with gold silk armor and is almost armed to the teeth. He stayed in the Hou Mansion all day long and rarely went out unless something important happened.
It's a dark and windy night, when people are killing people and selling goods.
Chen Yan, dressed in black and wearing a black gauze palace-brimmed hat, was prostrate on a big tree outside the wall of the Hou Mansion. She observed for a long time and found that the security in the Hou Mansion was quite tight, and it was extremely difficult for her to get in.
She suddenly came up with a plan - instead of waiting for an opportunity like this, it would be better to alert the other party and cause chaos. Maybe there will be more opportunities this way!
With this thought in her mind, she fell down from the tree lightly and was not in a hurry to enter the Hou Mansion. Instead, he touched the dark wall to the front door of the Hou Mansion.
There were eight guard thugs there, each holding a sword and patrolling back and forth.
Chen Yan couldn't help but sneered, stretched out her hand to touch her waist, and found a short sharp dagger in her hand.
With a "swish" sound, the sharp dagger was like lightning with eyes, directly inserted into the throat of a nurse!
The nurse immediately fell to the sky, clutching his throat, roaring and convulsing in pain, and died instantly!
"Ah! Someone's coming, there's an assassin!"
Several other nursing staff suddenly became frightened and screamed in panic. They looked around, but no one was there!
"Bang bang bang!"
Suddenly there was a sound of clappers and gongs in the Hou Mansion, and there was a loud shout - "There are assassins, there are assassins"!
Chen Yan, on the other hand, was like a civet cat returning to the old tree. When she saw the hundreds of nurses hiding in the darkness in the mansion, they all rushed out. Other patrol thugs swarmed toward the front door.
"Very good!" Chen Yan grinned coldly and held a sharp dagger and flying knife in her hand.
In the courtyard, Zhang Tianci, surrounded by several guards, rushed out with a steel knife in hand and shouted: "Don't panic! Don't panic! Everyone returns to their respective positions, don't fall for the trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain!"
After hearing Zhang Tianci's roar, the thugs from the House of Representatives became calmer and dispersed in an orderly manner.
"This guy has some tricks up his sleeve... The people around him seem to be pretty good at it, but I didn't expect that he also raised some masters." Chen Yan frowned slightly, with a hint of embarrassment on her face.
It seems that it is really difficult to assassinate someone.
The killed nurse had been carried into the courtyard. Zhang Tianci stepped forward and took a look. His anger suddenly rose and his eyes were like flames. He gritted his teeth and said in hatred: "Which son of a bitch is coming to assassinate me? It’s a trick to scare the enemy away! If you have the guts, jump out and fight me for three hundred rounds!”
"How dare you be so arrogant, ordinary man!" Chen Yan gritted her silver teeth and cursed secretly, holding the flying knife in her hand a little tighter. But at such a distance, I really didn't have much confidence that I could hit him in one shot among the crowd.
So she decided to wait and see.
"Maybe that bastard won't be able to keep his composure for a while and show his flaws..."
After a long time, about an hour passed, the Hou Mansion finally became peaceful and the original order was restored. Chen Yan saw that Zhang Tianci was always followed by six or seven masters, and since she had already alerted the enemy just now, it seemed that today's assassination had to be abandoned!
After observing for a long time, she found that there was no strange place around her. She floated to the ground and swept towards a dark forest. She had just taken a few steps when a circle of men in black suddenly appeared around her, trapping her firmly in the center.
"Who are you looking for?" Chen Yan drew her sword and shouted sharply.
The leader tore off his veil and yelled angrily: "Chen Yan, you don't know how to appreciate me! My general treats you with kindness and kindness, but you are so selfish and reckless, don't you want to trap him in injustice?!"
Chen Yan saw clearly who was coming. Wasn't he one of the Baiqi pawns beside Qin Mubai
She slowly sheathed her sword and sneered: "Since my husband left, I have not had the slightest fondness for the high-ranking officials in the imperial court, so naturally I can't trust him. How could I not have known that he was just talking nicely and using it as a delaying tactic? How could he Do you really want to avenge me? It has always been common for officials to protect each other."
"Stop talking nonsense and follow me back to see the general!"
"What if I insist not to go?"
"Then I'm afraid it's not up to you!"