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Chapter 311 Assassination! The Value of Ansu!
Hearing Lin Feng's question, Zhao Xieyang nodded without hesitation: "Indeed, there are some gains."

Lin Feng's eyes flashed, and he immediately sat up straight, leaning forward slightly, staring at Zhao Xieyang, and said, "Tell me about it."

Zhao Xieyang did not dare to delay and said quickly: "After receiving the order from Lin Sizheng... No, it was Lin Shaoqing, I immediately started to prepare. After the curfew was lifted, I disguised myself and secretly rushed to the post station where Gao Feng was before."

"But before I even reached the post station, I spotted some strange people near it."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes: "Strange person?"

Zhao Xieyang nodded. "Although I was only a small lieutenant in Shenshan County before, I often come into contact with all kinds of people. I can tell who is an honest citizen and who is kind but cruel. I can tell from their demeanor and behavior. I can't say I'm right every time, but it's not difficult to be right seven or eight times out of ten."

"When I was near the post station, I noticed that the people working in the fields on both sides of the road were slow and not working efficiently. They would also look up at the road from time to time... Winter is coming. Once the sky snows heavily and the land is frozen, they will not be able to work. It can be said that the people who are still working in the fields are racing against time."

"Therefore, they all wish they could do the work of two people, and work in the fields day and night without rest... Under such circumstances, how could they work so slowly, and how could they be willing to waste precious time looking around?"

Lin Feng quickly understood what Zhao Xieyang meant. His eyes were deep, and the contradictory scene described by Zhao Xieyang appeared in his mind. He said, "So, you think those farmers are not real farmers at all?"

Zhao Xieyang nodded hurriedly, and flattered Lin Feng at the same time: "Mr. Lin is very observant, and nothing can be hidden from Mr. Lin."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Stop talking nonsense and continue."

Zhao Xieyang quickly returned to the main topic and continued, "Before setting out, Lin Shaoqing told me to be extremely cautious and not to reveal my whereabouts and purpose. So after I noticed the abnormality of these people, I immediately changed my mind and did not rush to the post station directly. Instead, I pretended to pass by the post station to avoid being discovered that my target was the post station."

Lin Feng nodded with satisfaction. The reason why he brought Zhao Xieyang from Shenshan County to Chang'an was because he saw through Zhao Xieyang's cleverness.

Zhao Xieyang has been working at the grassroots level for many years and has a set of experience that people like Zhao Shiwu, who come from a military background, do not have. This experience can just make up for Zhao Shiwu's shortcomings and fill the last gap in his team.

Now it seems that I did not choose the wrong person.

"After I left the post station, I found that these strange people disappeared. After my observation, I found that they only existed around the post station. It seemed that their purpose was to monitor the post station and monitor who would go to the post station."

Zhao Xieyang looked at Lin Feng and continued, "This lets me know that I can't go directly to the post station to gather intelligence. Otherwise, the moment I gather intelligence, I might be targeted by them."

Zhao Shiwu had no idea that Zhao Xieyang had been through all this. Upon hearing this, he couldn't help but ask, "Then how are you going to complete your foster father's mission?"

Zhao Xieyang smiled and said, "Just because we don't go to the post station doesn't mean we can't find out."

He said: "Those who can stay at the post station are all officials appointed by the court or people of special status. If these people dare to go to the post station, they definitely don't travel secretly to hide their whereabouts. In other words, they must be aboveboard and don't cover their whereabouts at all."

“As for ordinary people, if they see such a person of high status, they will definitely be impressed and will brag to their friends and family that they saw so-and-so in order to gain the envious gazes of their friends and family… Therefore, if we want to know who went to the post station during that period, we don’t need to go to the post station to inquire. We only need to inquire in the villages and counties that must be passed to the post station to find out which important people passed by during that period, and then we can know what we want to know!”

Zhao Shiwu listened to what Zhao Xieyang said and couldn't help showing a look of surprise, as if to say that he thought Zhao Xieyang was a mediocre person like him, but he didn't expect that Zhao Xieyang had secretly grown a brain behind his back.

Even Lin Feng approved of this thinking and response.

"Your approach was very appropriate." Lin Feng nodded and said, "What was the result?"

Zhao Xieyang could not hide his excitement when he received Lin Feng's praise. When he was in Shenshan County, he was often praised and flattered by his subordinates. However, the praise from dozens of people for more than ten years gave him far less motivation than Lin Feng's praise.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, and said in a deep voice: "As a result, I really heard from you that during that period, a high-ranking official, a very high-ranking official, passed through the county town 40 miles away from the post station and returned to Chang'an... and that road must pass through the post station where Gao Feng is."

Lin Feng subconsciously clenched the note in his hand and asked, "Who?"

Zhao Xieyang glanced outside cautiously. Seeing this, Lin Feng said directly, "Fifteen!"

Zhao Shiwu went to the door without saying a word and opened it, but saw that it was quiet and empty outside.

Zhao Shiwu said: "Safe."

Zhao Xieyang seemed uneasy and still didn't dare to speak loudly. He leaned forward and whispered a name in Lin Feng's ear.

Brush it!
The moment Zhao Xieyang said this name, Lin Feng's pupils suddenly shrank.

He stared at Zhao Xieyang closely: "Are you sure it's him?"

Zhao Xieyang nodded heavily. "When I heard the name, I was also shocked. I was afraid that I had made a mistake, so I asked a lot of people. The results were all the same. During that period, he was the only one who passed by the post station."

Lin Feng's eyes flashed violently, his brows were furrowed, and his brain was working wildly at this moment.

Although he had guessed about the status of the Four Star Lords, he had never expected that Suzaku's status would be so high.

But when he thought about it carefully, he was not surprised. After all, only someone with such status and position could possess such powerful strength and dare to cause trouble under Li Shimin's nose.

And… although his history grades were not very good, he remembered that this person seemed to be restless in history.

"Suzaku turned out to be him..."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes, with a gleam in his eyes… and the four star masters had the same status, which meant that the other three should at least be at the level of Suzaku. From this point of view, in the huge Tang Dynasty, the number of people of this level could be counted.

at the same time……

Lin Feng looked out the door. He looked through the open door to the unknown height of the sky outside. He couldn't help but be shocked: "The status of the Four Star Lords is so high. What about Ziwei who truly controls the Star Palace? How high is his status?"

"And the name Ziweixing... "

Lin Feng slowly closed his eyes and took several deep breaths to calm himself down.

The terror of the Four Symbols Organization was even stronger than he had expected... But now, he already knew Suzaku's identity, which was his greatest advantage.

The ultimate goal of the Four Symbols Organization is that all the Four Symbols Star Lords must take action.

Therefore, Suzaku will definitely not be idle.

Therefore, as long as he kept a close eye on Suzaku, even if he could not find out their plans before they took action, as long as he knew what Suzaku had done, he would still have a chance to respond.

It can be said that from the moment he knew Suzaku's identity, his confrontation with the Four Symbols Organization was no longer completely passive as before.

"The situation is finally starting to change."

Lin Feng opened his eyes again. He looked directly at Zhao Xieyang and said, "From now on, this matter and this person's name will be erased from your memory... You are not allowed to tell anyone and you are not allowed to talk about this matter again!"

Zhao Xieyang's heart trembled. He immediately realized how dangerous the matter he had found was. He nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lin. I have already forgotten what I did before. Even if Zhao Shiwu beats me to death, I won't remember it."

Zhao Shiwu: “…”

What the hell does it have to do with me?

Lin Feng knew that Zhao Xieyang could distinguish the importance of things, so he gave him a reminder and didn't say any more nonsense.

He stood up and said, "Come with me."

Zhao Shiwu hurriedly followed and asked curiously, "Godfather, where are we going?"

Then Lin Feng said solemnly: "Enter the palace and see His Majesty! Since it is him, we must make arrangements in advance, otherwise... we may die without knowing how we died!"

"and……"

Lin Feng's eyes sparkled, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Now that we know it's him, we can start planning... It's time for us to start making moves in this game of chess."

…………

The next day, the midday sun shone through the window and woke Lin Feng from his sleep.

After stretching, Lin Feng felt refreshed.

After meeting Li Shimin yesterday and returning from the palace, Lin Feng could not resist the physical fatigue. He ate a bowl of rice and fell asleep.

And he slept for a full seven hours, and all the fatigue from running around in the past few days was swept away.

dong dong dong.

At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door.

Zhao Shiwu's voice came: "Foster father, are you awake? Doctor Sun is here."

Sun Fuga?
My young body has only just recovered from all the sleep I've slept through. Sun Fujia should have rested for even longer, so why did he come to see me now?
Lin Feng was confused, but without any hesitation, he quickly put on his clothes and opened the door.

After opening the door and looking at Zhao Shiwu standing outside, Lin Feng was about to ask Sun Fujia why he came, but suddenly he was stunned.

Zhao Shiwu's robe was stained with scarlet blood, and there was a faint smell of blood coming from his body.

Looking at the blood on Zhao Shiwu's robe, Lin Feng frowned quickly and said, "Shiwu, what happened? Why is there blood on you? Are you injured?"

"Blood?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shiwu lowered his head to glance at the front of his clothes, only to find that there was indeed some blood on it.

He shook his head and said, "Don't worry, foster father, this blood is not mine. I am not injured."

"It's not yours, then what is it?"

"Oh, it's from the assassin."

"assassin!?"

Seeing Zhao Shiwu casually mention the word "assassin", Lin Feng's eyelids couldn't help but jump.

Then Zhao Shiwu said, "There were a few assassins hidden among the servants who came to deliver gifts to my foster father. They followed the crowd and sneaked into our house with the intention of murdering my foster father. However, Lord Xiao sent many more people to our house last night, including a bunch of secret sentries, so they were discovered before they could even get close to my foster father's room."

"I happened to be practicing martial arts nearby at the time, and when I saw them, I took care of them... It's really amazing."

Zhao Shiwu wiped the blood stains on his front and said, "They are really strong. They can withstand three of my moves."

Lin Feng: "..."

Why didn’t I realize that Zhao Shiwu was so immodest before?
Lin Feng frowned, feeling something was wrong, and said, "These assassins dared to come and assassinate in broad daylight. Aren't they a little too bold?" "This..."

Zhao Shiwu said, "It seems that there is really no other way."

"Is there really no other way?" Lin Feng was puzzled.

Then Zhao Shiwu said, "Foster father slept soundly last night, he may not know..."

He looked at Lin Feng and said, "Last night, there were also assassins who came to assassinate me, and there were three groups of assassins."

"Three groups!?" Lin Feng was shocked.

The meanings of three groups of assassins and one group of assassins are completely different.

Either it means that there is more than one force coming to assassinate him.

Either it means that the other party has gone crazy and will not stop until he kills you!

Either way, it proves that my current situation is very bad.

"Who is trying to kill me? The Four Symbols Organization? Or some other force? Or Gao Luxing, Changsun Ping'an and other defeated generals I have defeated?"

Lin Feng's eyes flickered violently. He looked at Zhao Shiwu and asked, "And then?"

Zhao Shiwu grinned, revealing his white teeth. "There is no more... They have all become dead souls under our swords, without even the chance to wake up my foster father."

Listening to Zhao Shiwu's words, and then looking at the housekeeper and the guard who were nodding to him with a smile at the gate of the yard not far away, Lin Feng couldn't help but feel a strong sense of security in his heart.

Before he knew it, a powerful enough force had gathered around him, so that if someone wanted to harm him, they couldn't even wake him up, and they would be dealt with.

He exhaled slowly and asked, "Where are their bodies?"

Zhao Shiwu said, "In the yard next door."

"Do you know their identities?"

Zhao Shiwu shook his head: "I don't know, but..."

He looked at Lin Feng and said, "But Doctor Sun is checking the corpses."

Lin Feng's eyes turned. If someone wanted to kill him, he had to know who the other person was, otherwise he wouldn't be able to defend himself.

Sun Fujia was also examining the corpse, so he said, "Let's go see Doctor Sun."

When the two arrived at the next yard, Lin Feng saw at least hundreds of corpses neatly laid out on the ground in the yard.

Without exception, these corpses were all dressed in black, with black cloth covering their faces. One could imagine what kind of ruthless messengers of darkness they would be under the cover of night.

At this moment, Sun Fujia was taking off the black cloths on the faces of these men in black one by one and searching them carefully.

"Doctor Sun." Lin Feng walked over quickly.

Hearing Lin Feng's voice, Sun Fujia straightened up, looked at Lin Feng with a smile, and said, "I hope I didn't disturb your sweet dream?"

Lin Feng smiled and said, "I just woke up. Doctor Sun came neither too early nor too late."

Sun Fujia laughed.

Lin Feng looked at the faces whose black cloths had been removed, and saw that these people had ordinary looks and dark skin. They were the kind that would have no sense of existence if thrown into a crowd.

He asked, "Did Doctor Sun find anything?"

Sun Fujia shook his head: "These people have no obvious features, and their looks are nothing special. It is impossible to determine their identities. If we want to know who they are, it seems that we can only use the stupid method of drawing their portraits and asking people to identify them, but..."

He looked at Lin Feng and said in a deep voice: "Since these people dared to attack you in Chang'an City, I am afraid that even with portraits, we will not be able to confirm their identities in a short period of time, and even if we confirm them, it may not be useful."

Lin Feng understood what Sun Fujia meant. No matter who wanted to attack him, if they dared to do it under the feet of the emperor in Chang'an City, they would be absolutely sure of success. Even if these people failed, their masters behind them would not be implicated.

Lin Feng's eyes slowly swept over them, and after a moment's contemplation, he said, "Can you tell whether these three groups of people are from the same group?"

Sun Fujia thought for a moment and said, "They shouldn't be from the same group... Otherwise, after the first group failed, they would have known that your mansion is heavily guarded and it's not easy to break through. So even if they arrange more people later, they should gather together in two groups to gain opportunities with numbers, instead of separating and coming in waves to die."

Lin Feng nodded: "Doctor Sun is right..."

But when it comes to your own safety, reasoning alone is not enough.

Lin Feng must have definite clues to support these judgments...

After thinking about it, Lin Feng went directly to the corpses and began to examine them carefully.

Seeing this, Sun Fujia and Zhao Shiwu stood aside and waited quietly.

They knew that Lin Feng was looking for clues, and this was what Lin Feng was best at. Just because they couldn't find any clues from these men in black didn't mean that Lin Feng couldn't find any.

Just like this, about half an hour passed. After Lin Feng looked at everyone, he slowly straightened up.

"How is it?" Zhao Shiwu asked hurriedly.

Sun Fujia also looked at Lin Feng with curiosity.

Lin Feng nodded and smiled: "Doctor Sun's judgment is correct, they should not be the same group of people."

Sun Fujia's heart moved: "Have you found evidence?"

Lin Feng smiled and said, "I just checked the soles of these people's shoes. I found that some of the black-clothed people's soles were stained with yellow sand, while the soles of the rest of the black-clothed people's soles were all black soil. This means that their hiding places or starting points are not the same."

"Then, I carefully examined their hands again. I found that they all had calluses on their hands, but the location and thickness of the calluses on the hands of these three groups of people were different. I explained before when I was investigating the case that the location and thickness of calluses on the hands are determined by daily training and the use of weapons... And among these three groups of people, there are two groups whose calluses are roughly the same in location and thickness, but there are obvious differences between the two groups, which is enough to prove that their training methods and the weapons they use are different."

"But the location and thickness of the calluses on the hands of the last group of people were very similar among each other, and were completely different from those of the other two groups."

Zhao Shiwu blinked and said, "Godfather, what you mean is... there are two groups of people, they are all assassins who have been trained together, and the last group has not been trained together?"

"Don't worry, I have a third discovery."

"And the third point..."

Lin Feng looked at the faces of these black-clothed men and said, "Although there is nothing special about their looks, the degree of tanning and roughness of their skin is different... The degree of tanning and roughness is determined by the sunlight, climate, and wind and sand in the place where they have been for a long time. The stronger the sunlight and the stronger the wind and sand, the darker the skin will be, the rougher the face will be, and the more rugged they will appear. Among these three groups of people, the skin conditions of the people in two groups are basically the same, but they are completely different from each other. This proves that they should have been in a certain place for a long time and only came to Chang'an recently."

"But the last group of people..."

As Lin Feng spoke, he turned around and looked at the corpses on the ground behind him, frowning and saying, "The condition of their skin is a mess, with all kinds of characteristics."

Zhao Shiwu asked quickly: "What does this mean?"

Sun Fujia's eyes flashed, and he quickly understood what Lin Feng meant. He said, "The calluses and skin conditions are enough to prove that two of the three groups of people have been secretly trained somewhere. They are all well-trained killers trained by their own forces! As for the last group of people, their calluses and skin conditions are different, which shows that the power of this force in Chang'an is not enough. They are probably temporary personnel transferred from various places, or simply, they are killers bought with a large sum of money, rather than the master's own people behind the scenes?"

Zhao Shiwu opened his mouth wide when he heard what Sun Fujia said. These people were all dealt with by him, but he had no perception of them at all... As a result, his adoptive father not only determined that they belonged to different forces in just a short while, but he even analyzed how they were trained and how they came. Isn't this too amazing?

He couldn't help but look at Lin Feng and couldn't help but ask: "Godfather, is this true?"

Lin Feng smiled and nodded, "That's right... and, I think, I already know which forces they belong to."

"What!?"

Hearing Lin Feng's words, Zhao Shiwu and Sun Fujia couldn't help but show expressions of astonishment.

Even Sun Fujia couldn't help but ask, "Do you know who wants to kill you?"

Lin Feng raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Although the masters behind them are trying their best to conceal their identities, their physical characteristics cannot be hidden artificially."

As he spoke, he pointed at a group of people and said, "I've seen the calluses on these people's hands."

"Have you seen it? Where?" Sun Fujia asked hurriedly.

Lin Feng looked at Sun Fujia and said with a smile: "Not only have I seen it, Doctor Sun and Fifteen have also seen it..."

"We have seen it too?" Sun Fujia frowned involuntarily, and Zhao Shiwu also frowned and began to recall.

Lin Feng did not keep the secret and said directly: "When we were investigating the Puguang Temple case, on the way back from Zheng County, we found the secret of the Four Elephants Organization in the villa where we stayed temporarily. We took advantage of that opportunity to catch a fish and wiped out many assassins of the Four Elephants Organization... and the calluses on the hands of those assassins are the same as those of these men in black!"

"This..." Zhao Shiwu hurried over and carefully looked at the calluses on the hands of these people again. Then he frowned and recalled for a while, then said: "It seems, it's really similar."

Zhao Shiwu's memory is not that good, but he is a martial artist after all, and he is quite sensitive about martial arts. At this moment, with Lin Feng's reminder, he finally discovered something.

"The cocoons are similar, which means..." Zhao Shiwu's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Are they assassins sent by the Four Elephants Organization?"

Sun Fujia's expression changed instantly.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "These assassins were the first group last night... Tsk, it seems that the Four Symbols Organization really hates me to the extreme now, and they want to get rid of me as soon as possible."

"They knew that Chang'an City was not the best place to start, but they still couldn't wait to start..."

Lin Feng looked at the two of them and said slowly: "It seems that I must have really threatened them... Otherwise, they would never be so impulsive. They didn't treat me like this before, but they were so impatient to treat me after I solved the Donggong case. So, the key to their big change lies in the Donggong case."

"Think about what I did in the Donggong case to make them feel so threatened..."

Suddenly, Lin Feng looked at Sun Fujia and said, "Ang Su!"

Sun Fujia could not help but straighten his back suddenly, his pupils slightly dilated subconsciously: "Could it be that Ang Su really did that!?"

Lin Feng's mouth curled up and he laughed: "Before, I was not sure how much effect Ansu could have, but now, with their thoughtful help... I am sure!"

(End of this chapter)