At the same time, in the west of Guzang City, twenty fine horses were galloping on the empty streets, and the clatter of horseshoes was particularly ear-piercing in the night sky.

At this time, drums sounded from the west city gate not far in front of them. The drums rang a total of twelve times, which meant that the time of Haishi had arrived.

In fact, the city gate was closed long before sunset, but according to the custom, the city gate had to beat a drum every hour to tell the time to the defenders above and below the city.

At this time, the defenders also noticed the sound of horseshoes on the street. The captain in charge of the west gate tonight was surnamed Liao. He saw a group of people riding towards the gate through the faint starlight, and instinctively became alert. The soldiers on duty immediately cheered up, set up their bows and arrows and pointed them in the direction of the city.

Seeing the other party's horse getting closer to the city gate, Lieutenant Liao rushed down the city and shouted: "Who is so bold, dare to break into the city gate in the middle of the night, if you dare to take another step forward, don't blame the arrow for being blind."

A group of people in the city quickly reined in their horses, and then Captain Liao heard a burst of hearty laughter: "May I ask if Captain Liao is on duty tonight?"

Lieutenant Liao felt that the voice sounded familiar. He raised the torch and took a closer look. It turned out to be Wang Shao, the fake son of Commander-in-Chief Wang, General Wuwei.

"It turned out to be General Wang, disrespectful and disrespectful." Seeing that Wang Shao was under the city, Liao Lieutenant couldn't help but relax a lot, and then said suspiciously, "General Wang, I heard that there is a full moon wine in Guo Changshi's mansion tonight. Big and small officials in the city, why don’t you just stay and drink in Guo’s mansion, why come to my Ximen?”

Wang Shao smiled, shook his head and said, "I also want to have a few drinks in Guo's mansion, but my adoptive father told me to go out of the city to do something urgent for him, otherwise you think I like to go out of the city in the middle of the night."

As soon as he heard that he was ordered by the governor Wang Cheng, Lieutenant Liao put away his playful smile and said dryly: "Since General Wang was ordered by the governor to go out of the city to handle errands, I wonder if there is evidence... I can't trust General Wang if I have a humble job." It’s just that the rules are like this, and General Wang doesn’t want to embarrass his lowly position.”

Wang Shao smiled and said he didn't mind, then took out a token from his pocket, and waved it towards the city: "The gold medal of the governor is here."

Out of caution, Lieutenant Liao sent a soldier down to check and confirm that there was no problem with the gold medal. Then he apologized to Wang Shao, opened the city gate, and let the group of them gallop away.

Lieutenant Liao watched Wang Shao and his party gradually disappear into the night from a distance on the city wall, but he couldn't help shaking his head. He really couldn't figure out what urgent matter the governor had, and he insisted on sending the National People's Congress out of the city at night. .

No one noticed that on a roof not far from the west city gate, a pair of eyes saw everything.

He also recognized the general Wang Shao that Lieutenant Liao said was Wang Shao, and he couldn't help muttering inwardly: "Why did Wang Cheng send Wang Shao out of the city at night?"

Then he looked over the city wall to the northwest direction, his heart sank unconsciously, and secretly prayed that Wang Shao and his party were not going to Qingquan Manor...

……

Wang Shao and his party did not slow down their pace a little until they were several miles out of the city, allowing the horses under their crotches to catch their breath.

Han Yue turned his head and glanced at the outline of Guzang City from a distance, his eyes sank, and then he asked Wang Shao, "General Wang, who do you think will die tonight?"

Wang Shao also looked back in the direction of Guzang City, and sneered: "Wang Cheng will never be Xiao Huang's opponent!"

Han Yue was a little surprised: "General Wang is so sure that Wang Cheng can't beat Xiao Huang?"

Wang Shao nodded without hesitation, and said with a sneer: "Wang Cheng is indecisive, and at critical moments, he still relies on asking God to make a decision. How could such a person be a match for someone like Xiao Huang."

Han Yue didn't think it made sense when he thought about it, but he just thought that if Xiao Huang really defeated Wang Cheng and completely controlled the 30 Liangzhou army, it might not be a good thing for His Highness the Crown Prince.

It's just that now he doesn't have the time to think about it anymore, so he can only put aside distracting thoughts, pull himself together, and ride his horse to the direction of Qingquan Manor in the northwest...

……

In Guzang City, dozens of personal soldiers guarded Xiao Huang's carriage, and slowly headed towards the Guo Mansion.

At this moment, a gust of evening wind blew up a corner of the car curtain, revealing the face of King Qin Xiao Huang inside the car, but his complexion was a little pale for some reason.

But at this moment, a large number of men in black suddenly jumped from the roofs on both sides of the street, and immediately surrounded Xiao Huang's convoy. , we came here to take your dog’s life at the order of His Royal Highness, next year today will be your memorial day.”

"There are assassins!"

The soldiers around Xiao Huang were all well-trained and battle-hardened elites, they reacted instantly and formed a circle immediately, protecting Xiao Huang's carriage tightly in the middle.

The leader of the assassins sneered, then waved his hand, and the assassins behind him immediately rushed towards the carriage, fighting with Xiao Huang's personal soldiers.

These assassins are also very skilled, their numbers are no less than Xiao Huang's personal soldiers, the two sides fought inextricably, no one can take advantage of it for a while.

In the dark night, no one noticed that on a rooftop, a crossbow bolt with a glint of light had silently aimed at Xiao Huang in the carriage...

"Crack-"

With an inaudible sound, a crossbow bolt shot out, passed over the fighting soldiers and assassins, and shot straight into the car, and then Xiao Huang's scream came from inside the car...

Everything happened in a blink of an eye, everyone stopped fighting and stared blankly at the inside of the car...

"Successful, brothers, retreat quickly!"

It was the assassins who were the first to react. With the order, the assassins immediately dispersed and disappeared into the night one by one.

There was a sneer on the corner of the mouth of the man on the roof, and then he put away his crossbow, jumped off the roof from the other end, and left calmly.

The guards didn't bother to chase after them, they surrounded the carriage one by one, no one had the courage to lift the curtain, for fear of seeing the scene they least wanted to see.

But in the end, one of the soldiers was ruthless, gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and opened the car curtain...

Soon, every soldier saw a scene that almost made their eyes go dark——

I saw Xiao Huang in the carriage tilting his head and leaning against the carriage, with a crossbow arrow stuck in his chest, the dark red blood donation had already stained the clothes on his chest red, and a black bloodstain flowed from the corner of his mouth...

Another soldier dared to snort, then his legs went limp, and he collapsed in the car, howling loudly: "Your Highness—"

Many soldiers also howled loudly, and it sounded very miserable in the empty and lonely street.

In the alley not far away, there was a figure watching all this from a distance, and he was also secretly startled, and then he quietly disappeared into the night while no one was paying attention, and ran towards the direction of Guo Mansion...

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