Detective in the Red Chamber

However, one of the assassins was quite skilled in martial arts, with a wide iron sword flying up and down in his hand, he surrounded Feng Xin and the other four guards, unable to advance or retreat!

Here he was one against five, and the rest of the thieves took advantage of the opportunity to bully the few, killing the guards until they were sweating profusely, with little power to fight back!

Seeing this situation, Sun Shaozong didn't think too much about it, he stepped forward to aim at the bandit with the wide iron sword, and smashed Huashan with all his strength - he originally wanted to help Feng Xin and others relieve some pressure, but who would have thought that the assassin saw him He was still pulling a woman, so he felt a bit of contempt, and he just swung the wide iron sword backhand, trying to take off the force on his sword.

To change the opponent, the assassin's response can't find any major problems. After all, the wide iron sword is also a heavy weapon, no worse than the thick-backed broadsword.

However, how can the power of Sun Shaozong's physical body be deduced by common sense?

When the swords collided, there was only a loud "dangcang", like a thunderbolt in the clear sky!

The wide iron sword was rolled back by the gold-threaded big ring knife, and just as it hit the thief's shoulder, there was another crisp sound of 'click', and half of the shoulder blade instantly shattered into fine powder.

"Ah~!!"

The assassin screamed in shock and pain, closed his eyes tightly, and fell on his back!

Not to mention that the power of this knife was beyond the thief's expectation, even Sun Shaozong himself was taken aback, but Feng Xin and others were very excited when they saw this, and praised in unison, "Lord Captain is mighty!"

After receiving their praise, Sun Shaozong came back to his senses, and hurriedly ordered, "What are you shouting for! Hurry up and help the other brothers catch the assassin!"

Feng Xin and others immediately took orders, and each raised their swords to help.

Because Sun Shaozong was worried that he would hurt Ruan Rong, he didn't dare to break into the center of the battle group at will, so he could only walk around and found that the thief had the upper hand. Let alone a sneak attack, five or six people fell under his knife in just a moment!

Seeing this scene, I don't know how many thieves scolded Sun Jizong for being despicable and shameless.

But in Ruan Rong's eyes, Sun Shaozong took him like a stroll in the courtyard, wandering in the chaotic battle in a chic way, with a wave of his hand, a thief would be beheaded by the knife, he was really personable and mighty!

Just look at her dazzled and confused like a deer, a heart is stuffed hotly into Sun Shaozong's palm along the clasped fingers.

Chapter 9 Righteous?Scum?

With a bug-like character like Sun Shaozong in the lineup, isn't it easy for the guards to win a complete victory?

In about half a quarter of an hour, all the thieves died, all of them lost their ability to resist.

According to the counting afterward, there were as many as 26 thieves who joined the battle group one after another. This number far exceeded the number of assassins who escaped from the Ruan Mansion. Presumably, more than half of them were responsible for covering and responding.

Among them, the 17 people who died on the spot included the concierge, and more than half of the [-] people who were injured and captured were written by Sun Shaozong, but only four of them gave up resistance and surrendered directly, which shows the blood and toughness of these people—if they hadn't met Sun Shaozong This humanoid beast, it is unknown which of the two sides will win or lose.

However, after the thieves were caught in a net, Sun Shaozong saw that the guards were only cheering there, but no one came forward to take care of the funeral, so he had to wipe off the blood on the golden silk knife, and ordered loudly, "Feng Xin, you take two people to guard the gate. Whether it's an official or a thief, no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

"Leader!"

In just half a day's work, Sun Shaozong has established supreme authority, how dare Feng Xin be as negligent as he was at the beginning?

He hurriedly and respectfully responded, and ordered two familiar brothers to hurry outside the gate of the mansion.

Sun Shaozong continued to order, "The injured brothers bandage each other, and the rest first find something convenient to tie up these rebels, and then divide into two teams to search carefully to see if there are any fish that escaped the net!"

"Leader!"

The guards split up, and after a while, someone brought a pile of curtains and clothes, cut them into rags with a knife, and tied the thieves like rice dumplings.

Not only that, Sun Shaozong also found that many people's arms were bulging and filled with all kinds of valuable objects. At first, he wanted to reprimand him a few words, but after thinking about it later, soldiers and bandits didn't separate their families these days. If they stepped forward to stop them, although most of the people would obey their orders, they would have to blame themselves afterwards—especially since I was new here and was about to rely on these people to act, there was really no need to create a quarrel with them because of some thieves.

So Sun Shaozong also opened one eye and closed one eye, pretending he didn't see anything.

After the thieves were tied up, seeing that the guards spontaneously divided into two teams, and started to search, he hurriedly added a few more words, "Everyone, be careful. If you encounter any difficult characters, don't try to be brave. Find a way to notify me first!"

In the scuffle just now, under Sun Shaozong's deliberate care, only five or six of the nearly twenty guards suffered some flesh injuries. If he lost his manpower after securing the victory, wouldn't he have wasted all his efforts just now?

When all the guards heard the words, they all said "Fat here" together, and then they split up.

After the guards left, Sun Shaozong set his sights on the captives, and was about to step forward for interrogation, but suddenly found that there was still a warm and jade-like object in his palm, and then he remembered that he had been holding Ruan Rong's tender hands all along. Wow, I forgot to let go.

He hurriedly let go of the bear's paw, scratched his head and said with a sneer, "Miss Rong wasn't scared just now, was she?"

Ruan Rong blushed and shook her head, she didn't dare to look at Sun Shaozong, but she said softly like glutinous rice, "Brother Sun just calls me Rong'er, that's what daddy calls me."

Even if you are not enlightened, you can still hear the hidden affection in these words, not to mention how many romances Sun Shaozong had in modern times?

only……

In just half a day, the little girl has a look of secret promises to herself, is it going too fast?

But he didn't know that most of the ladies these days don't leave the house. The men they met before leaving the court are either relatives or old friends, or servants and slaves. After finally meeting a good strange man, it is easier to fall in love at first sight.

However, after saying the word 'Rong'er', Ruan Rong felt that her skin was getting hotter and hotter, so she didn't wait for Sun Shaozong to agree, and said in a panic, "Brother Sun, I'll help them bandage their wounds!"

As she spoke, she hurriedly approached a wounded person, took the 'bandage' and hurriedly bandaged it. As for whether the technique and position of the bandage were correct, she couldn't care for the moment.

Sun Shaozong was stunned for a few more seconds, and finally remembered that he still had business to do, so he walked up to the wide iron sword assassin with a gold-threaded big ring knife in his hand. Seeing that he was still in a coma, he lifted his A foot tapped lightly on his right shoulder.

"Ah~!!!"

I saw the assassin raised his head and let out a miserable howl, which echoed continuously in the quake.

Sun Shaozong originally wanted to wait for him to finish his yelling before interrogating him, but this fellow yelled a few times, then rolled his eyes again and passed out from pain.

Sun Shaozong looked speechless, but he also knew that he was not putting on airs—this guy's shoulder blades were smashed to pieces, and those bone balls pierced into muscles, blood vessels, and tendons, like countless steel needles and iron files. There was bleeding under the skin, half of the shoulder was swollen like a red-hot unicorn arm, enough pain to make life worse than death!

After hesitating for a moment, Sun Shaozong simply turned to a certain prisoner who had surrendered with his arms tied, and slashed the golden silk knife across the prisoner's eyes, and asked casually, "Among you, who is the leader?"

Unexpectedly, the servant looked at him blankly, and stared at Sun Shaozong stupidly for a while, but didn't say a word.

"Our leader is Brother Bassoon!"

On the other hand, someone next to him yelled in a strange tone, "It's the one you stepped on just now!"

tsk~

Feeling just now that guy can't speak Chinese.

It seems that the task of promoting "Mandarin" in Zhen Country is very arduous.

Sun Shaozong turned to the thief who could speak the official language of Shuntian Mansion, and asked, "Who ordered you to assassinate Lord Ma?"

"Brother Bassong brought us here!"

The prisoner rushed to answer just now, naturally he was not a tough one, and just now he was frightened by Sun Shaozong's force. Not only did he know everything, he even learned to answer quickly, "Brother Basong said that as long as you kill Zhou Guo's dog... sir , our country of Zhen will be able to recover and dominate the southern border again! So a dozen or so of us brothers rushed over from the country of Zhen in batches—as for the people in this house, it is said that Brother Basong died two years ago. Those who have already prepared are as fluent in Chinese as the Qianxiang people."

When he said something, he immediately attracted condemnation and scolding from his fellow party members, but these noises were quickly suppressed by the guards with their fists and kicks - there is no such thing as preferential treatment of prisoners these days, beating and scolding are all Light ones, it's common to chop them up with a single knife when you're short of breath.

Sun Shaozong inquired again carefully, and learned that this "Big Brother Basong" is actually a well-known knight-errant in the capital city of Zhen Kingdom.

This Bassoon has two major hobbies in his life. One is lasciviousness. He usually helps the big girl and the young daughter-in-law to meet their physical needs. Zhuan Zhu, Jing Ke and the like, the famous assassins through the ages, were always thinking about what they could do for the country of Zhen with their own efforts, so they did not hesitate to spend their wealth and courage to carry out this assassination operation.

Hearing this, Sun Shaozong didn't know how to evaluate this guy, he was full of evil, but he still had the pride of dying for the country, he was a righteous man, but this guy is a complete scum!

Fortunately, he is a military officer and not a historian, so there is no need to worry too much about this kind of problem.

After asking several times and confirming that the prisoner who was afraid of death had nothing to deceive, Sun Shaozong turned back to Basong, and tapped his toe lightly on his shoulder.

"Ah~!!!"

There was another shrill scream, but this time Basong did not faint, but just stared at Sun Shaozong ferociously, because of the severe pain, his bloodshot eyeballs bulged outward, as if they were about to jump out of their sockets at any time.

"Bassoon?"

Although Ba Song's face was a little frightening, he still wished to scare Sun Shaozong, so he smiled as if nothing had happened, "Your subordinates have explained all the ins and outs just now, now it's your turn—tell me, who is it?" Instructed you to assassinate?"

Hearing Sun Shaozong call out his name, the muscles on Basong's face twitched strangely. Just when Sun Shaozong thought he would yell, he saw Basong's left cheek suddenly bulge, and then sank deeply.

not good!

Sun Shaozong secretly thought that something was wrong, he stretched out his hand to pinch Basong's jaw, but he was a step too late, he only heard Basong grunt a few times, some white foam came out of his mouth, and he couldn't breathe as soon as he saw it.

This guy obviously has poison in his mouth long ago, ready to kill himself anytime!

Chapter 10

wrong!

There must be something wrong!

Standing silently in front of Basong's body, Sun Shaozong frowned more and more.

The sudden and decisive death of the Bassoon seems to be in line with his mentality that he would not hesitate to die to gain fame at first glance, but if you look closely, there are many strange things.

Jing Ke and others went to their deaths generously, mostly out of loyalty and in order not to implicate the person behind the scenes.

This bassoon seems to be the same on the surface, but don't forget, he is for the sake of his name through the ages, not for loyalty—since he is not afraid of death for the sake of fame, it is not the right time to show his heroism first, and then put all Do you take the blame on yourself?

What's more, the identities of Ba Song and his party members have obviously been exposed. If they commit suicide suddenly, people will only turn their suspicions to the officials of the Zhen Kingdom.

What kind of sacrifice for the country is this, and what kind of scheming is this?

Could it be...

Sun Shaozong felt a sudden chill in his heart, could it be that Basong assassinated Niu Yongxin this time to frame Zhen Guo? !

Thinking about it this way, many doubts can be explained.

For example, the assassins sneaked into the Qinglin Mansion in the early days, lurked, waited for an opportunity to assassinate, and arranged for someone to poison themselves, the guard commander... These many steps were all carefully planned, but after they succeeded, they obviously had enough time to leave, but He returned to the place where he was lurking, as if he had been blessed with a mentally handicapped halo!

After one blow, it should be the common sense of being an assassin to run away immediately regardless of the success or failure?Especially when they assassinated the envoys of the Heavenly Kingdom!

Judging from the current information, even if these guys don't fall into the hands of themselves and others, they will inevitably be hunted out in the future. At that time, their divorce schemes will not only be ineffective, but will definitely bring disaster to the Zhen Kingdom.

In addition, Ba Song is just a ranger from the Zhen Kingdom, but he easily opened a sub-base in Qinglin Mansion, and even planted a mole in the kitchen of the embassy... These kinds of strange things are not just based on the word "bankruptcy". Can explain clearly!

On the contrary, if all of this is a "counter-indirect plan" set up by Qianxiang Kingdom to annex Zhen Kingdom, then all the strange things will be answered!

no~

Can't think about it anymore!

Sun Shaozong shuddered, and hurriedly suppressed all doubts deep in his heart—it involved the strategic interests between countries, the water in it was too deep, and his little shoulders couldn't bear it. It's better to pretend that you don't know anything.

At least in front of Qianxiang people, there must be absolutely no trace of knowing, otherwise it will be doomed!

"Master Captain!"

At this moment, a loud roar suddenly came from behind, and Sun Shaozong, who was bluffing, trembled all over. Looking back, it turned out that it was Feng Xin who hurried back, leaning towards him, and yelling, "Here comes the outside!" After being stopped by me, a few street patrolling arresters seem to have sent someone to find reinforcements—My lord, if the brigade from the Ministry of Punishment comes, we alone won’t be able to stop them!”

"Why can't it be stopped?"

Sun Shaozong scolded angrily, "The three of you stabbed the knife across the door and refused to let you in. Could it be that the Qianxiang people will meet us Da Zhou for a few suspects who assassinated Ambassador Niu?"

"Then...then what..."

Feng Xin shrank his neck from his scolding, and muttered embarrassingly, "What if they climb over the wall and come in? Besides, there is a side door, in case..."

As he was talking, seeing Sun Shaozong's complexion getting worse and worse, he hurriedly changed the subject again, slanted his shoulders and said flatteringly and caringly, "My lord, I think you seemed a little unhappy just now, could something be wrong?"

Anti-indirect speculation has a lot to do with it, how could Sun Shaozong dare to tell him the truth?

So he said perfunctorily, "The lead assassin committed suicide just now, I'm worried that without this most important life, we won't be able to make up for it."

He just said this casually, but Feng Xin took it seriously, rubbing his hands and muttering with a sad face, "What should I do?! Mr. Niu is the grandson of Duke Zhen, and his brother Niu Jizong is a hereditary descendant. Uncle, my sister is the Emperor's favorite concubine, plus the four kings and eight princes have always vented their anger through one nostril, if anyone twists their mouths in front of the Emperor, we will all be ruined!"

These four kings and eight males seem to be an alliance among the top clans of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They even once occupied half of the dynasty.

But there is a saying that a centipede is dead but not stiff, even if the power of the four kings and eight princes is not as good as before, it is still more than enough to deal with a small person like himself-thinking about it, this method of making up for the past seems a bit unsafe.

It seems that we have to think about some extra tricks!

Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, and suddenly had an idea in his mind, and immediately ordered, "Forget it, since you can't stop it, then let the people from the Ministry of Punishment come in, and let them take the remaining assassins back for interrogation."

As he spoke, he suddenly saw Ruan Rong at the side, and hurriedly added, "Maybe so that prefect Ruan can get out of trouble and go home as soon as possible."

When Ruan Rong heard the words, she only felt sweet from her ears to her heart, and said all blessings to Sun Shaozong, "Thank you, Brother Sun."

Feng Xin heard the words but the boss was not happy. Although he didn't dare to object explicitly, he came up and muttered, "My lord, we took a lot of trouble to catch these assassins. Could it be that they are so cheap for those Qianxiang people?"

"Otherwise what else?"

Sun Shaozong glanced at him, and said righteously, "We are now guilty of crimes, and we must stay in the embassy to wait for punishment. These assassins can only be escorted to Dazhou by the Qianxiang government."

"This this……"

Feng Xin still refused to give up, but he didn't know how to persuade Sun Shaozong. While he was hesitating, he was pulled to his side again by Sun Shaozong, and whispered, "People can give them, but the reputation belongs to us! You choose a few brothers who can speak well, Escort the criminals with them to the Ministry of Justice, and as long as there are enough people on the road, leave one person behind to publicize what happened today—remember not to exaggerate too much, just modify it a little!"

After hesitating for a while, he added, "It's best to think of a few slogans in advance, and they should be easy to understand, such as 'Sun Duwei's half-day strange case' and the like. In addition, we must emphasize that we are doing this for the sake of To avenge Lord Niu, don't say 'make up for your mistakes'."

Hearing these words, Feng Xin immediately patted his chest overjoyed, "Don't worry, my lord, the humble custodian will let everyone in the Qinglin Mansion know that we... all know how wise and powerful you are, my lord!"

With that said, he excitedly went to choose someone.

The solution that Sun Shaozong thought of was precisely the four words 'respect oneself with foreign power'!

Although this Qianxiang country is not comparable to the western powers, it is still the most powerful country in southern Xinjiang. If the news that the Qianxiang people praised the guards was spread to Shuntian Mansion along with the team of assassins, would the court still have the nerve to punish it severely? ?