Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 716 Crazy
Soi Ying was indeed wearing a grimace, he raised the knife with all his strength and slashed towards Qutu fiercely. Quertu's martial arts are so good, he dodged the enemy's sharp edge with just a slight dodge, caught that grimace's wrist in an instant, and then slashed fiercely. Back on the ground, the ghost screamed in pain.

"You son of a bitch, are you a ghost? You have the ability to escape. Tell me, who the hell are you? Why are you spreading rumors and terror in this area?" Jue Tu stared, and immediately removed the mask on the ghost's face. Pull it off, revealing a human face.

"My lord, I really didn't intend to do this, I was just entrusted by others." The assassin quickly replied hesitantly.

"Who asked you to do this, what's your plan?" Excavation pointed the blade at the assassin's vital point.

"The little one can only say, the little one doesn't know, otherwise the little one's family will be ruined!" The assassin quickly replied tactfully.

"Mingyue, tie up this dog and send him to the yamen after dawn!" Que Tu angrily pushed the assassin to the ground.

"Ju Tu, this person cannot be sent to the yamen." Bao Si suddenly stopped him softly.

"Why?" Jue Tu looked at Bao Si in surprise. "Ju Tu, if this guy is sent to the yamen, he will definitely alarm this group of traitors, and it will not be easy to catch them then!" Cheng Rong stroked his beard and smiled.

"Master Cheng, how should we deal with this thief now?" Que Tu asked strangely.

"Ju Tu, let's send the little girl back to the village as soon as possible. As for the rest, we will talk about it after dawn." Cheng Rong deliberately gave Die Tu a wink.

At dawn, An Tong and the soldiers who arrived afterward arrested several black-clothed assassins, and brought the assassin who was captured last night before Que Tu's eyes.

"Brother Cheng, you surprised me all night. Why, what happened last night? I slept all night, why didn't I notice it at all?" Qu Tu sized up the assassins in front of him, and immediately bowed to Cheng Rong.

"Ju Tu, we purposely relaxed our vigilance last night so that the assassin could be rescued by his fellow gangsters. Mr. Cheng went ahead and informed An Tong to intercept them, and finally caught all the gang of thieves." Bao Si couldn't help laughing suddenly.

"These guys don't look like ordinary quack assassins, but soldiers. Say, who is your master?" Jue Tu glared at the assassins, and asked sharply.

"My lord, we are from Luoyang, and we were sent here by the adults in Beijing. In fact, there are ghosts here. It is our master who arranged for us to deliberately spread rumors, so as to scare away the common people in this area. Then we can arrange an ambush. , Assassinate the Duke." The leading swordsman in black hurriedly knelt down and confessed.

"Who is your master?" Que Tu immediately put a knife on the assassin's neck.At this moment, a flying knife was directly inserted into the swordsman's throat, blood flowed into a river immediately, and the swordsman died on the spot.

"There are accomplices!" An Tong was furious, immediately pulled out his saber, and led his subordinates to search everywhere.

"An Tong, don't worry, there are three more of these guys, and their master obviously won't let them go, let's spend it with them!" Khutu couldn't help but glanced at the three assassins contemptuously, and laughed.

"Grandpa, let's recruit directly, but you must not kill us!" The assassin from last night quickly kowtowed.

"Say, only by telling the truth can you be safe!" Jutu nodded. "Our master is Taiwei Ma Yan!" the assassin hurriedly said loudly.

"My lord, it really is these traitors, let's go back quickly and eradicate them all!" An Tong was filled with righteous indignation, and was about to set off with his fists raised.

"General An Tong, the most important thing now is to protect the safety of the Empress Dowager. I suspect that the real purpose of these assassins is not only to target the Duke, but to harm the Empress Dowager!" Cheng Rong quickly pulled An Tong and sat down. .

"How can this traitor, Ma Yan, hate me so much?" Bao Si suddenly frowned and guessed.

"Queen, don't forget that Ma Yan and Chief Eunuch Tuosheng are the emperor's cronies. The reason why they want to kill the queen is because the emperor has the backing of the queen. They dare not usurp the throne without authorization. If the queen is killed, they will be unscrupulous. You can overthrow the emperor's reforms and hold the power yourself!" Cheng Rong quickly analyzed.

"Since there are assassins killing people in front of our eyes, doesn't that mean that there are more assassins lurking in Lishan, threatening the queen mother at any time?" An Tong was terrified.

"Si'er, do you still have any maids serving you in the Lishan Palace? How did you come here this year?" Jue Tu asked eagerly, staring at Bao Si's eyebrows.

"Quitu, the Lishan Palace has been abandoned since the death of the first emperor, and it has long been a wasteland infested with snakes and insects. However, thanks to the repairs in these years, the Peony Pavilion in Lishan can still temporarily stay. Yun'er and Mingyue Huiyue are inside, fortunately there are old palace servants to take care of them, life is not hard." Bao Si smiled sweetly.

"Quitu, it can be considered that good people are rewarded with good rewards. The empress dowager's reputation in Lishan is still very good, so although someone in Luoyang secretly sent minions to spread rumors and maliciously slander the empress dowager's reputation, it did not cause much trouble. "Cheng Rong sighed repeatedly.

"But those guys who spread rumors pretended to be ghosts, and ruined the local people." Bao Si couldn't help but secretly regretted.

"Ma Yan of the dog day, this person was in cahoots with Zhou Ji and his gang back then, I should have killed him together at that time!" Jue Tu suddenly felt heartbroken.

"This evil guy is not just Ma Yan, but what is even more frightening is Cusheng Fangyun, a gang of traitors who work in collusion and have great power in the court. They must be the biggest hidden danger of reform in the future." Cheng Rong immediately reminded Qu Tu.

At this time, it was broad daylight, and Jue Tu, Cheng Rong, and An Tong escorted Bao Si, Ming Yue, and the little girl back to the village, and sent Hui'er home. Hui'er's parents were overwhelmed with gratitude, and immediately asked everyone to come in and have a good rest.

"Brother, we have already found out about the ghosts in your village. The black-clothed men we caught conspired. In fact, there are no ghosts. You can tell the villagers to stop wandering and return early. Home, rebuild our home." Qu Tu politely bowed to Hui'er's father.

"Look, it's these guys pretending to be ghosts, spreading rumors, and harming our village!" In less than half an hour, all the people in the village knew about it, and they all came to watch the rumor-mongers. After drinking some haunted tools, the crowd became excited and almost killed several assassins.

"Folks, please be quiet. These guys are bewitching and spreading rumors. The crime is unforgivable, but they are under the supervision of the yamen. We will hand them over to the yamen and punish them properly. From now on, everyone can live in peace of mind!" Jue Tu immediately shouted to the villagers they announced.

After dealing with the haunted matter, Jug Tu led the Huben Army to solemnly escort Baosi back to the Peony Pavilion in the Lishan Palace. Ziming, an official of Lishan Mountain, came to pay his respects immediately, and Jug Tu ordered everyone for a while, and decided to stay in Lishan Mountain for the time being. .

"Ju Tu, I heard that you traveled west this time to stabilize the water-proof Dragon Pass and resist Xirong's aggression. Now that you live in Lishan, you don't want to go to Shuilong Pass at all? If you are so negligent, the world must be a laughingstock! Bao Si watched the days go by, but Qu Tu didn't make any move to go to Shuilongguan, so she couldn't help being very anxious, and immediately sent Mingyue to invite Qu Tu to Peony Pavilion, and asked Qu Tu face to face.

"Si'er, now I can't leave Qutu at all. The reason is that your place is too dangerous. I must capture the assassin lurking in the Lishan Palace on the spot, so that I can safely lead the troops to Shuilongguan!" Honestly.

"Ju Tu, this palace is not worthy of your protection with so many soldiers and horses. You should carefully consider whether it is me or the safety of the border that is more important?" Bao Si suddenly became excited.

"Si'er, your words always leave me speechless, but being cool is being cool, and things still have to be done. If the assassin is not caught, I will definitely not leave Lishan Mountain!" Qutu couldn't help insisting.

"Quitu, since you said that there are assassins in Lishan, I will give you three days to take them down, otherwise you must take your soldiers to Shuilong Pass immediately. Don't forget that I am the queen mother, you can take them down." I order you, the prince of the country!" Bao Si couldn't help but raise her brows.

"Okay, Si'er, since this is the case, then I must stay here even more!" Ju Tu argued with his cheeks flushed, and left angrily.

"Kengtu, is what you said true? The Empress Dowager ordered you to catch the assassin within three days?" Back at the mansion, Cheng Rong was shocked by what he said.

"Yes, the Empress Dowager also fought with me. She advised me to lead troops to defend the Shuilong Pass, but I refused, and this has become the situation." Qu Tu couldn't help covering his forehead and laughing wryly.

"Qu Tu, it's not easy for us to find out the assassin in three days, just arrest someone and hand them over to the Queen Mother, isn't that done?" Cheng Rong couldn't stop laughing.

"Ah? Master Cheng, why do you say that? Isn't that asking me to do bad things?" Que Tu stared at Cheng Rong in surprise.

"Hahaha, Qutu, catch an assassin, we can use it as bait to lure out the real assassin, think about it, the fact that we caught the assassin made a lot of noise, wouldn't it make the real assassin frightened?" Cheng Rong Shrewdly smiled mysteriously at Qu Chu.

"So, Brother Cheng, you really deserve to be the most ingenious military adviser after Jiang Taigong!" Chu Tu suddenly realized, overjoyed.

One day later, the news came out from the Lishan Palace that the assassin who assassinated the Empress Dowager was caught on the spot, which immediately caused a sensation in the local area. Qu Tu quickly sent people to block the Lishan Palace, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Empress Dowager, the Duke really caught the assassin!" Mingyue reported to Bao Si in surprise in Peony Pavilion.

"This Dutu, can it really be so powerful? How could it be done in one day?" Bao Si frowned suddenly, puzzled.

"Queen Mother, I, Jugtu, really mean what I say." At this time, Jutu had already bowed in front of Bao Si.

(End of this chapter)