Horse on the World

Chapter 686 Assassination

A candle flame danced in the dark room, as if it might be extinguished at any moment. Two figures were reflected on the wall, one sitting motionless, the other trembling all over.The rapid breathing sound showed the man's extreme anger.

"Xie Ke, at the beginning you said that the Party Secretary had a big move, but you didn't know the details, did you, did you tell me so?" Hu Dong rested his hands on the table and stared at him.

Xie Ke nodded expressionlessly, "Yes, that's what I told you."

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

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

With a bang, Hu Dong thumped the table heavily with both hands, the candle lighted suddenly, fell to the table and went out, and the room was suddenly plunged into darkness. "Answer me!" Hu Dong hoarse.

"I know!" Xie Ke replied calmly in the darkness.

"Fuck your mother!" Hu Dong reached forward with both hands. He was tall and long, and across the table, he grabbed Xie Ke's skirt at once, exerted all his strength, lifted Xie Ke up, and threw him over his shoulder. With a bang, Xie Ke fell to the floor, turned over and rode on him, raised his fist without thinking and smashed down.

The sound of punching flesh was mixed with Xie Ke's muffled grunt. After punching four or five times in a row, realizing that Xie Ke under him had no intention of fighting back, Hu Dong slowly lowered the fist he raised, "Why didn't you fight back?" ?”

"If you think this can vent your anger, then I'll let you fight!" Xie Ke's tone was still so calm.

Hu Dong was silent for a while, then got up from the opponent, sat down at the table, held up the candle, and lit it.He knew that Xie Ke looked like a weak scholar from the outside, but when it came to fighting and killing people, he was not inferior to him at all, but his appearance was easy to deceive people. In Dingzhou back then, I don't know how many people Because of this, he was fooled.

Xie Ke got up from the ground, straightened his clothes, and sat opposite him.When he sat down, he had a slightly pained expression on his face. It was obvious that Hu Dong's punches just now really made him suffer.

Hu Dong snorted, "Since you are a hero, why did you block your face and prevent me from hitting you? You get angry just looking at your pretty face!"

Xie Ke smiled wryly and said, "I have to go to work in the yamen every day, and my face is swollen and purple from your beating. How can I see someone tomorrow and say 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 laughed, he is this kind of person, his anger comes quickly, but it dissipates quickly.

"Why did you do this?" Hu Dong looked at Xie Ke, "You clearly know that we can stop it, and even design it in Dingzhou to wait for Yuan Fang to throw himself into the trap! Do you know how much credit this is?"

Xie Ke snorted, "Who is Yuan Fang? How could it be so easy to catch? How much effort did the lady put in back then to let Yuan Fang escape from Dingzhou calmly? Those people in the courtyard, who can catch Yuan Fang? And once Yuan Fang smells it, if I can't catch him, it's over for me!"

"You can always give it a try!" Hu Dong sighed, "Xie Ke, now I know what you think!"

Xie Ke was silent.

"Shang Haibo is about to enter Luoyang!" Hu Dong sighed, "There is also news from Dingzhou that Dean Li disappeared while tracking Shang Haibo's whereabouts in Fuzhou. Buried in Laoye Ridge. It is said that it may be the hands of the secretary of the staff."

"How is this possible?" Xie Ke said in surprise, "There must be something mysterious in it."

"The Overwatch Council also knows that there is a problem. It is said that it may be the hands of Zhong Ziqi in the south." Hu Dong pointed to Fang Fang.

"Miss retired, Zhong Ziqi started shaking!" Xie Ke snorted.

"You can't say that, Shang Haibo's disappearance is such a big deal, and whoever it is on will be in a mess. Otherwise, with Dean Li's decades of experience, how could he say so easily, Xie Ke, You have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter. If Dean Li is really born, how do you explain it?"

Xie Ke lowered his head, his face turned pale, "Who would have thought that Dean Li would be trapped in this matter."

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

Xie Ke was startled, "Who gave the order, the commander-in-chief or the Overwatch Council?"

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

"Why is there no difference!" Xie Ke stood up abruptly: "Shang Haibo went to Beijing, what kind of person Yuan Fang is, how can he not know the benefits of it, he will definitely lay a trap to lure our people out, let him catch them all, Huh Dong, don't be confused, this matter cannot be done, at least not now. We can gradually figure it out."

"Your mother Xu is tall!" Hu Dong knocked on the table, "You and I are both soldiers, and the military orders are like mountains, do you know? Since the orders are given by the superiors, we should complete them without compromise, instead of thinking about them." If there is any difficulty, even if there is difficulty, we must find a way to overcome him instead of avoiding it.”

"Also, if Shang Haibo joins the enemy, do you know how much damage will be caused to Dingzhou? Xie Ke, you are a scholar and know more than me. You should know better than me."

"You are looking for your own death!" Xie Ke stood up excitedly, "Hu Dong, we have spent so much effort to deploy this network in Luoyang. The lady told us back then, don't move, don't move at any time, Unless the Dingzhou army hits the city of Luoyang. Before that, the Luoyang network must be in sleep."

"But the situation is different now. The Overwatch Council issued an order, and we have to act, otherwise it will be a violation!" Hu Dong said: "It's all thanks to you, brother, if I die, you don't forget every year In order to burn a few knives of paper for me, toast a few glasses of my favorite Dingzhou liquor."

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 stared at the other party, "Hu Dong, do you want all the brothers in Luoyang to accompany you to die? You clearly know that this is a dead end, and it will never work."

"I know! So tomorrow I will only use another single line in my hand, and I have no connection with other people at all!" Hu Dong took out a booklet from his waist, "This is our network in Luoyang, some of you I 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 a famous person in Luoyang now. If you are arrested, do you know how many clues the staff can follow you to find out? This booklet I don't have to look to know that if something happens to you, most of them won't be able to get away."

"You fucking expect me to have an accident like this?" Hu Dong scolded angrily.

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

"Yuan Fang is not superficial. In terms of scheming, I am not as good as him, but now he is in the open and I am in the dark. By surprise, maybe he can sting a tube of blood out of him." Hu Dong laughed.

"Yuan Fang must be on guard. Hu Dong, I beg you as a brother. If you want to do it, you can do it, but you must not do it yourself. You are Luoyang's boss. If something happens, you will be involved too much, do you know?"

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

"You can't spit ivory out of your mother's mouth!" Xie Ke was furious, raised his hand, and slapped Hu Dong neatly, and five fingerprints appeared on Hu Dong's face immediately. "When you do it, count me as one, at worst, we will die together!"

Hu Dong touched his face, and said with a chuckle: "Sure enough, I have been an official for a long time, and my hands are not as strong as before. My lord Xie, you should forget it. I finally sent you to this position, and I still count on your future It will be of great help! I don’t want you to hang up like this, okay, okay, I understand, I will make proper arrangements.”

Zuilou is located on the most prosperous avenue in the west city of Luoyang. It is rumored that his behind-the-scenes boss is a royal family member with a big background. Of course, his scale is also large. The so-called chatting and laughing are rich and powerful, and there is nothing in vain. The cost of eating and drinking here is enough to cover a few months of life for a small man, but the more expensive, the better his business will be.Generally speaking, if you don't make a reservation in advance, you will never find a seat, especially the private seats upstairs. There are four floors in Zui Lou Cuisine, and the higher you go, the harder it is to get in.

The same as 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 generally speaking, the fourth floor is full of regular customers, and they are well-known in Luoyang, but today there are ten people on the fourth floor. Several guests, but they didn't recognize any of them, so they secretly asked the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper just told him not to meddle in his own business, just do his own job as usual.

"Xiao Chunzi, don't mind your own business, just serve food and wine, these masters have their backgrounds, and our boss can't afford to mess with them!" the shopkeeper warned in a low voice.

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

"Tell the brothers, be vigilant, Dingzhou will never stop here, and the easiest way to attack is from the west city gate to the guest house. The Zuilou is the place with the widest view. Standing here, the whole road The road is unobstructed, and we are here to respond to any possible situation at any time." The general surnamed Nie said, "Let Shang Haibo enter the guest house safely, it is an order from Master Yuan himself, and we only Responsible for this section, once you enter the museum, it has nothing to do with us, but if something happens to us, you can wipe your necks yourself! To save the trouble of adults cutting them one by one."

"Don't worry, general!" Everyone on the fourth floor replied in unison, which made Xiao Chunzi, who had just come upstairs with several jugs of wine, tremble, and placed the jugs of wine on the table with trembling hands and feet. superior.

The general surnamed Nie smiled at him very friendly, took out a silver coin from his pocket, and threw it to Xiao Chunzi, "A certain family knows that the guests here are very generous on weekdays, so I will be generous today too." ! This is your reward! Hahaha!"

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

"Am I so scary?" General Nie laughed and raised the flagon, "Come on, brothers, we still have to wait for a while. Everyone, drink less, eat some food, and fill your stomachs!"

Time passed by every minute and every second, and seeing that the sun had reached the middle, it was already noon.

"Here we come, General!"

As a person shouted in a low voice, everyone's eyes turned to the window, looking at the end of the street, where two carriages appeared. On both sides of the carriage, two teams of soldiers guarding the city automatically guarded the sides.

"It's Mr. Yuan and the others, everyone, be careful!" General Nie stood up all of a sudden, walked to the window, and his face became tense.

The carriage walked forward slowly amidst the sound of hoofbeats, everything seemed so peaceful, the shops on the street were still so lively, the peddlers were still shouting vigorously, people came and went on the street, but they all consciously Gave to the sides, let the carriage drive in the middle of the road, at most just looked at it curiously, as usual.

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

Footsteps came from behind, Xiaochunzi came up with a tray, and put the dishes on the table one by one, "Masters, the dishes are all served!" Xiaochunzi put down the tray and said.

"Understood, let's go!" One person said impatiently.

At this moment, there was a soft crackling sound from the top of the building. Although the sound was not loud, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky to everyone upstairs, and their faces turned as white as snow.

"There are people upstairs!" General Nie shouted loudly.

"Grandpa, the upper part is the attic. There are broken tables and chairs piled up there. The dust is several inches thick. No one has ever gone up there. The doors are locked. How could there be anyone?" Xiao Chunzi asked in surprise.

General surnamed Nie didn't care about answering Xiao Chunzi, he poked his hand out from his bosom, and already had an extra dagger, a dozen people upstairs also took out their daggers at the same time, followed General surnamed Nie, and rushed towards the attic.

Just stepped on the short four or five steps, above the attic, there was already a whining sound.

"Baoxu!" General Nie screamed, his voice changed.He ran up the stairs, panting through the locked attic door.

Xiao Chunzi, who had been standing upstairs all this time, suddenly showed a smile on his harmless face, threw away the tray in his hand, lifted his skirt, and pulled out his hands. Incessantly, short crossbows shot at the guys standing on the stairs from behind.

No one would have guessed that this seemingly small drunk building waiter was actually a spy. Amidst the sound of swishing crossbows, screams rang out incessantly, and the people behind were the first to bear the brunt, rolling and falling down the stairs, at such a close distance , was shot by Dingzhou's special Liannu armor-piercing arrow, and there is still life there.

General Nie yelled, regardless of the situation behind him, "Kill him!" He rushed into the attic in a whole body, and the few remaining people behind turned around and rushed towards Xiao Chunzi with their knives raised.

Xiao Chunzi, who shot out the crossbow in his hand, let out a strange cry, and threw the crossbow in his hand at the several people rushing towards them, then reached into his waist again, took out a dark black dagger, and rushed forward shortly. come up.

The moment General Nie rushed into the attic, the scene he saw was chilling all over his body. In front of the attic window, a man was sitting cross-legged on the ground. Dingzhou's special crossbow with four arrows and eight bulls flew out with a whistling sound. The man's hand was on the trigger, and he didn't seem to see General Nie rushing in. He looked at the street very intently.Still counting in his mouth, "One, two, three!" When he counted to three, he clasped his fingers heavily, and the three crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arms let out a humming sound, one after another they shot at the Shoot out in the street.

And when the number of people reached three, the short knife in General Nie's hand was thrown out amidst his roar, and flew towards the assassin who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, the man pulled the trigger, and the short knife also flew towards him, wow With a sound, the short knife pierced through the assassin's back. The man's body straightened suddenly, and then he fell down gently, just on top of the eight-ox crossbow, and blood flowed all over the ground in an instant.

General Nie stepped forward, kicked the assassin away, and looked at the street with a cold heart.

When the first crossbow arrow was shot, the unique whistling sound of the eight-ox crossbow caused the driver in front of the carriage to raise his head abruptly, touched the shaft of the carriage with his hand, and unexpectedly found a big knife, stood up abruptly and stood in front of the shaft , staring at the crossbow arrow with both eyes, the knife rushed towards him, sparks splashed, and the man's body was thrown back suddenly, but the crossbow arrow was also hit by him in the wrong direction, flying to one side, and several passers-by who couldn't avoid it Immediately it was strung together into candied haws.

But the continuous whistling that followed changed the color of the coachman. He caught sight of three black lights out of the corner of his eyes, and suddenly turned over and jumped off the cart. The huge force stopped the carriage immediately, and the whole carriage rattled.

The second sound of snatching, the second crossbow arrow hit again, the carriage made an unpleasant creaking sound, and cracks appeared densely like a spider's web.

The third sound of snatching sounded, and the third arrow shot right after. With a bang, the entire carriage was instantly torn apart. The crossbow arrows still flew forward and shot at the person in the carriage.

The groom who turned over and got out of the carriage earlier stretched out his hand in the absence of time, and knocked down the man in the carriage, dangerously dangerous, and the crossbow bolt flew past the man's clothes.

"It's such a big handwriting, even four rounds of crossbows have been brought here!" The coachman raised his head, looked at the drunken building not far ahead, with a sneer on his face, it was actually Yuan Fang himself.

On the drunken building, General Nie ran downstairs in a daze, only to see that Xiao Chunzi also fell in a pool of blood, and one of his subordinates died.

(End of this chapter)