Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 471 Assassination
Late at night, Meltem stood on the top of the mountain city.

Outside the city, the besieging army lit up torches.There were not many of them, and they half-circled the mountain city.But the people on the top of the city were very frightened.Although they could only vaguely see their figures and could not see their faces clearly, their panic and despair could be felt from their timid movements and the prayers they frequently shouted from their mouths.

Under the city, the besieging troops gathered again, and several large flags with the word "Guo" came into the range of the firelight, allowing both sides to see clearly.A series of roars and explosions sounded again, and huge flames streaked across the night sky like a meteor shower, slamming hard on the city wall that had experienced 200 years of wind and rain.

The guards who still had the courage shouted "Hu Da is supreme" and "For Imam Ali, for the teacher" and rushed to the city.But after a series of explosions, cracks appeared in the thick stone walls, the parapets and war tents at the top of the city collapsed to the ground, and these fanatical believers disappeared in the thick smoke.

The wind in the mountains gradually blew away the smoke and dust.The harsh grinding sound of the siege tower advancing came over.

When the smoke cleared, Meltem saw a huge Guo Kang with a tower height moving towards her side of the city wall.

"What a weird thing!" She, who was just observing calmly, was startled and shouted subconsciously: "Don't come over! The city defense of the 'Eagle's Nest' is the strongest, and no one has ever been able to capture it. !”

"Hahaha!" The huge Guo Kang laughed loudly, and the big flag with the word "Guo" on his shoulder trembled: "Do even the Persians have the nerve to say that the city is fortified? Then let you taste it, my The power of peach blossom stone technology!"

As he spoke, it made a squeaking sound as it moved.A huge, thick and long battering ram stretched out from under the tower and aimed at the cracked place in the city wall.

"Oh - don't -" Meltem wailed: "The city wall will not be able to bear it!"

"Ho ho ho, eat my Central Plains battering ram——!"

"...!"

She was still in a daze when she suddenly felt someone tapping her.The habit formed by long-term training suddenly woke her up from her confusion.She looked up and saw Hafsa squatting next to her, looking at her.

"Bejim, Bejim." She called Meltem softly. When she opened her eyes, she immediately said, "I'm back."

"Ah, why did I fall asleep..." Meltem came back to his senses, sat up quickly, and asked, "Why are you here too?"

"I have made arrangements for what Madam told me, so I came back quickly to take a look. But they said that you came here with someone." Hafsa asked back: "Who are you trying to ambush? Those target businessmen are all here. You're at home, why did you set up an ambush on the road?"

"Don't worry about me. On your side, have you found the person who escaped?" Meltem shook his head.

"Not yet. That woman is very smart, and the forces in this city are still too complicated for us. I don't think this can be found out in a day or two. I asked them to investigate and come here to see if they can I can't help." Hafsa said: "In comparison, things here are more urgent."

"That's right..." Meltem hesitated: "If you are not afraid of mother's blame, you can come here to help. Because this goal was indeed added without permission by me and is not on the list."

"Just now, we rushed into the house of a Ross businessman. The businessman himself was not here, but we found some current accounts from him, most of which pointed to a person named Wang Zongwen. The Templar Knights said that they had an impression of this person before, Because this person is in charge of many of the Wang family’s properties inside and outside the city, and he has also had business dealings with them and borrowed money from them.”

"We urgently interrogated the Russian men. They said that the businessman had taken his servants to meet Mr. Wang."

"They have begun to gather, and are they under command?" Hafsa immediately asked.

"Yes. According to what they said, I guess Wang wants to seize the opportunity, use the banner of suppression, and kill those who oppose them first. As long as he can gather his servants first, in terms of strength, he has this It's possible, so his judgment is probably right. As long as it succeeds, it's up to them what they say." Meltem replied. "Brother, let me tell you, for things like this, it's about who is more organized, not the number of people. I'm not very good at organizing people. I can't be like him and quickly pull out a group of followers from strangers. . But I do have some methods to attack the enemy’s organization. Wouldn’t it be enough to kill their leader first?”

"According to the prisoners, the Wang family's house was not big enough, so those people would gather in the open space outside Zhulinfang. I sent people to investigate and found that Wang Zongwen was indeed meeting the leaders in the house, and his carriage stopped Outside the door. We also intercepted and killed the messenger he sent out, and found that he was delivering messages to the Guo, Shi, Cao, and Li families. I estimate that in this case, there should be more than just this one person sent out. I estimate that they all received."

"Why did you send a letter to Mr. Guo?" Hafsa frowned.

"Maybe he was pretending to be stupid, or maybe he really didn't know it was his brother who did it." Meltem said: "In the letter, he accused Shi Huizhen, saying that she took the lead in killing people and setting fires in the city, and also incited the mob to bully businessmen and destroy public and private property. , the crime is really heinous, I hope everyone can help and bring her to justice."

"It seems that this person has a really bad reputation." Hafsa muttered.

"Yes. Even if it is to avoid the conflict with the Guo family, this method is a bit outrageous..." Meltem nodded: "I heard that this person's nickname is 'Shi Zetian', and he is a person in the history of Peach Blossom Stone. A notorious usurper. I didn't understand it well before, but now I realize how exaggerated it is - you see, as long as she is involved in bad things, everyone thinks she must be the one who took the lead."

"However, this has nothing to do with us." She lamented and quickly returned to the topic: "No matter who his claimed target is, they are our enemies. Moreover, in this mobilizing military organization, he himself is the most powerful The weak link. Our best solution now is to kill him."

"Although he also has a lot of servants on hand, we learned from his servants that he is going to the Shi family, probably to explain the situation and get support. From what I have learned before, there are also many people in the Shi family. The young man is very dissatisfied with this Shi Huizhen, and someone has already started to support the Wang family. It is probably because of this that he has to make a special trip to finalize the matter."

"Since we are going to the Shi family, we cannot bring a large number of people with us. Otherwise, in this chaotic environment, the Shi family will also suspect him. This road is the best opportunity for assassination." Meltem concluded.

"If you succeed, you will be the first person among the top nobles of the Roman Khanate to die." Hafsa reminded.

"We can hibernate, but we cannot hibernate forever." Meltem explained: "The current state can of course develop slowly, hoping that one day our ideals will be realized in the future. But people who rely on the future for everything are too vain, aren't they? ? Outsiders will not respect us because of this, and no one within the organization will be convinced either."

"This operation is indeed risky, but how can there be any good thing in the world that can achieve results without taking risks? Isn't my brother gambling on his life?" She shook her head: "We always have to show our value to the world in exchange for recognition. Help. Otherwise, what can we rely on, and what can I use to convince everyone? Do I just rely on my brother to love me? "

"Well, actually there are people in the organization who feel that you have a close relationship with Young Master Guo, and we can use this to gain asylum." Hafsa told her with some embarrassment.

"Then we have to do something for him." Meltem said without hesitation: "I told everyone, and everyone agreed, so we came here to prepare."

"Originally I wanted to look around more, but I actually fell asleep... It was a bit rude. I didn't report it to my mother, and my brother didn't have time to tell me. You can choose whether to participate or not, and I won't blame you. of."

"I'm here, what do you think?" He looked a little resentful, but in the end he could only shake his head and sighed: "Hey, a little girl of your age should not be allowed to take risks overnight. Yes. You don’t have to blame yourself, didn’t Elder Hassan say? Rest when you should rest, don’t hold on. Assassination is a very tiring job. Only by focusing your energy on key places can you increase your success rate. .”

"Okay, okay, I understand." Meltem said quickly.

"Then you continue to rest, and I'll go around and take a look." Hafsa stood up, glanced downstairs, tightened his burqa, and then turned around and said, "Oh, do you still have a veil?" ?”

"Take mine." Meltem took out the gauze scarf from under his body and handed it to her: "The investigators haven't reported yet, why is this man named Wang so slow? I'll go take a look too."

With that said, she tied up her messy hair and left.

(End of this chapter)