Jinghong Tower

"Have those assassins been found?" He Ran asked.

Taogu said hurriedly: "We went to investigate after receiving the instruction from the boss. There is a Helin Temple in Wuzhai, which is a large avenue temple covering an area of ​​more than 100 acres.

The local people mostly worship Guanyin, and Helin Temple has little incense. But the strange thing is that the Taoist temple is not poor. Not long ago, there was money to build the main hall.

There is a small town more than thirty miles away from Helin Temple. There is a butcher in the town. According to him, every ten days, he will deliver pork to Wuzhai. There is one of his big customers there. Every time They were all trading outside a forest not far from Helin Temple.

He suspected that all the pork was requested by Helin Temple. By the way, Helin Temple was full of Kun Taoists and martial arts masters. "

He Ran's heart moved slightly. Are those female assassins hiding in Helin Temple?

This is no ordinary Taoist temple, this is a place used to train assassins.

Zuo Xiaoai first suspected that the female assassins were Li Jinxiu's people, and now he began to suspect that they were Xiugu's people, but he never doubted Prince Jin and his son.

He Ran suddenly had a guess, and she said to Taogu: "Keep an eye on Helin Temple and see if there are any Taoist temples or temples similar to Helin Temple."

"Master, do you suspect that King Jin has hidden people in other Taoist temples?" Tao Gu asked.

"Yes, you see that he has raised troops now. It stands to reason that he no longer needs to hide them, but he still has not exposed those people, which shows that he attaches great importance to these people. Prince Jin and his son have been operating in Jin for many years, and they can If there is one Helin Temple, there will be a second and third one.”

He Ran clenched her fists. She wanted to know what kind of person the original owner of her body was and what he had experienced.

Master He didn't want to suddenly have one day when one person rushed over and said in front of thousands of people that she had killed his whole family and was a wicked person who had done all kinds of evil.

Or, someone holds a marriage certificate and says that she is the mother of his child.

He Ran shuddered just thinking about it. Fortunately, this body is young and has no characteristics of having given birth to children. The second possibility can be ignored, but this person is a killer. This is absolutely true. .

Taogu was so excited when she received the order from the boss in person, she was as excited as if she had been given a shot of blood: "Yes!"

He Ran said: "I came to you to use the pigeons here to deliver a few letters."

The first letter was to Hei Tu. He Ran asked Hei Tu to start spreading rumors that King Zhao (the former crown prince) had an orphan and reborn;

The second letter was to the four Shoumei people. He Ran asked them to check the activities of Fang Yi's youngest son Fang Wuyou in the capital;

The third letter was to Zuo Xiaoai. He Ran asked her to integrate the people in Qingcang Mountain and see how many could be used.

He Ran didn't delay. As soon as the letter was sent, she took Xiaoli and left.

When she walked out of Jinghong Tower, she saw the waiters driving away the beggars. When she first entered the city, she discovered that beggars in ragged clothes could be seen everywhere in the city. She asked: "Is this a beggar or a homeless person?"

The clerk said: "They are all refugees. They are hunting young men in the countryside. They will run to the city and let the conscripts know about it. If they have to come to the city to arrest people, it will be bad luck."

He Ran pondered for a moment and then headed towards Jinyang without stopping.

I didn't meet any refugees along the way. I guess I didn't dare to take the official route for fear of being caught by the conscripts again.

He Ran said to Xiaoli: "Let's also take a small road and visit the village."

After walking another three or four miles, there was a hill. The hill was not high, but there was a Buddha's head carved on the hillside. He Ran remembered that this place was called Fotou Ridge, and she had been here before.

She said to Xiaoli: "There is a village near here, and there is a wine shop in the village. The wine he sells is pretty good. Let's go buy a few jars of wine and drink it on the road."

Xiaoli smiled and said: "The place that the master can remember must have good wine."

He Ran laughed. Xiao Li sniffed: "Master, there is indeed good wine here. Smell it, the fragrance of wine is even in the wind."

He Ran also smelled it. There was a faint aroma of wine in the air. It was still some distance from the village, but the aroma of wine floated so far.

The further we walked, the stronger the aroma of the wine became. At this moment, several people appeared in front of them, all in wretched state. Some of them were even covered in paint, and they were running forward desperately.

He Ran winked, Xiaoli dismounted and stopped one of them, while Xiaoba flapped his wings and flew in the direction where these people came from.

Xiaoli asked: "Why are you running?"

He Ran and Xiao Li were both dressed as men, but the man was panicked and didn't take a closer look, assuming that they were also men.

"Let's go quickly. We are catching young men. If you don't go, you will have to pay a military fee of ten taels. How can a country man get ten taels?"

Xiaoli asked: "You ran away, what will happen to your family?"

The man said: "There is no one in my family anymore, I am the only one left!"

After saying that, he pushed Xiaoli away and ran away.

At this time, another person ran over, some with their children and daughters in tow. Xiaoli stopped another person to ask, and Xiaoba flew back: "Killing people, killing people, scaring the birds to death!"

He Ran got on his horse and galloped towards the village. The aroma of wine in the air was no longer mellow, but mixed with the smell of blood, which was suffocating.

Before reaching the entrance of the village, He Ran heard a cry for help from behind. He turned around and saw a woman running out of a path with two half-year-old children, who looked like mother and son. She saw them from a distance. There were people on horseback in front of them, dressed as ordinary people. They instinctively ran towards this side: "Help, help!"

He Ran frowned, turned the horse's head, and was about to go back to rescue people when she saw an arrow that was faster than her horse and shot from behind. The arrow pierced the heart and the woman fell to the ground.

The two children lay on their mother's body and howled loudly. They rode up with a few soldiers behind them. The people on the horse laughed loudly: "If you want to run, you have to run with your life! Take these two bastards away!"

Bing Zu couldn't bear it, but he still dragged the two children and walked in the direction where they escaped.

He Ran watched all this from a distance, the coldness in his eyes getting stronger and stronger, Xiaoli chased after him on horseback, and said: "I just asked clearly, this is King Jin's share.

Over the age of twelve, if there is a boy or a girl, if no one is born, a fine of ten taels of silver per head will be imposed.

This is the third time this village has paid taxes this year. Because there is a winery in their village, they already have heavy taxes.

Since the recruitment of troops, many young people have fled. Now those who stay in the village, old and young, are not that they don't want to help, but that they have no one to help, but they can't give money.

The owner of the wine shop was a clan elder. He stood up and argued for the villagers based on his status. The wine shop was smashed and people were killed. The aroma of wine we smelled was because the wine shop was smashed. "

"What do they want women to do? Also go to war?" He Ran asked.

Xiaoli's voice was deep: "It's not about fighting. The older ones are doing handymen, and the younger ones are."

Xiaoli didn't say anything else, but He Ran already understood.

"Let's go into the village and have a look!"

As soon as he finished speaking, He Ran had already rushed out on horseback, with Xiaoli following closely behind.

"(End of chapter)