Assassin A

Fifteen carried the servant and followed behind the two princes, with a group of silent guards beside them.Headed by Pu Shao, it seems that everyone is unwilling to see the people locked up in the cell.

Mr. Li loves cleanliness most of the day, and rarely interrogates the captured people himself, let alone come to such a dirty and smelly place where prisoners are held.Therefore, Fifteen was somewhat surprised by the adults' actions today.

The boy with the handkerchief stuffed in his mouth whimpered excitedly when he saw the prisoner curled up in the corner.Li Zan winked, and Shiwu immediately took out the handkerchief from the boy's mouth.

"Brother Jin! Brother Jin! You have suffered~~"

The people in the prison looked up hesitantly when they heard the shout, narrowed their bloodshot eyes, and suddenly rushed over, clutching the wooden bars of the prison with both hands, and yelling at Li Zan and Rong Min.

Pointing at Rong Min, he yelled, "You son of a bitch of the imperial court! What kind of feudal lord of the Southern Region!"

After a while, he pointed at Li Zan again: "So what if I'm killed?! Farmers in the southern regions of my country suffered all kinds of harsh conditions, their wives and children were scattered and their families were destroyed. I rebelled and robbed the government and money, just to divide everyone to live a better life!"

The servant who was grabbed by Shiwu cried loudly at the side: "Brother Jin! I failed to rescue you, and I did not kill this dog king..."

The prisoner choked, pursed his lips and said: "Good brother! Big brother, I will die without regret."

Li Zan suddenly chuckled, "What kind of brother? Can you still die without regret?"

The prisoner glared and spit out a mouthful of foul-smelling phlegm.Fifteenth stretched out his hand, and shook the handkerchief that had blocked his mouth just now, stopping the saliva that attacked his family's adults.

These prisoners just love to spit, and nine out of ten have to spit once before they are reconciled.Fifteen silently despised it in his heart, so couldn't he change something new?

Seeing that the attack failed, the prisoner probably had no stock in his mouth, so he continued to curse.But Li Zan lost his patience, thinking that he is a majestic King Geng, he has already given the sky a big face by coming to this ghost place, and he still wants to watch such a clumsy monkey show?

Turning around, "Rong Min, tell him to shut up quickly, his acting is too fake."

Fifteen blinked.what happens?

But Rong Min started to play charades with Li Zan and the two, and raised his chin to compare with the boy: "This person is an accident."

Li Zan smiled: "Actually, it's not too surprising."

"Guess who?"

"Who are you talking about?"

Li Zan twitched his lips: "Who else?"

Rong Min shrugged: "Good plan."

Li Zan sneered: "It's not much better than yours."

Fifteen silently lowered his head and began to count the straw on the ground, but he couldn't understand anyway.

Pu Shao heard a clue, it's rare that his skeletal head guessed something, and immediately snatched the boy who was being carried by Shiwu all the time, and drew his sharp sword out of its sheath!

"who are you?"

The boy poked his neck and said righteously: "I'm here to rescue Brother Jin! He is a hero of our tea farmers!"

Pu Shao bared his teeth: "Bullshit! You are a spy! Come on, hang him up and beat him with a hundred lashes!"

Really violent.

The two princes, the prisoner who was stunned by the sudden situation, and Shiwu were all happy to be bystanders, watching the head of the guard cracking his long whip.

Li Zan was already a good whip maker, after seeing Pu Shao's random whipping with no angle and no sense of beauty, he became even more irritable, "Fifteen, you go and find out about him."

His voice was not high, and he even had a soft bookish tone, but he could still be heard clearly by everyone in this small cell, even Pu Shao, who was swinging his arms vigorously, stopped.

Xuanji camp's interrogation methods?Rong Min slightly raised his eyebrows, he was looking forward to it.

After listening to the order, Shiwu walked over to untie the leather rope tied around the boy's arm, and then walked around him slowly twice.

"You assassinated my lord just now very quickly~"

"..."

Continue to circle around, "Brother Jin you came to rescue doesn't seem to be familiar with you~"

"..."

Still circling, "Who did you learn Kung Fu from?"

"I don't know kung fu!"

Fifteen said "Oh~~", stopped behind him, and pushed him neither too fast nor too slowly, and the boy staggered and fell to the ground.A certain Assassin A walked up to him and condescended, with the corners of his lips curled up, and he smiled very badly.

Turning around, he cupped his hands to Li Zan and said, "My lord, this man is good at kung fu and has a deep scheming mind. The first reaction of ordinary people is to subconsciously resist the push just now, and he will never fall like this. Unless he Guessing that the subordinates are going to test his kung fu, he deliberately softens his body, so he pushes away..."

Suddenly he turned back and broke the boy's chin again, only heard a "crack", and then said: "I will fall down as soon as I push it. Please look, my lord, just now he tried to kill himself by biting his tongue, which further proves the subordinate's previous behavior." guess."

Li Zan's expression was calm, he didn't approve and didn't express his opinion, he just nodded and turned to Rong Min: "Please the people in the prince's house to deal with this spy."

Rong Min didn't look at it either, and casually pointed at the two guards and waved his hands, "Aren't you going to interrogate?"

Li Zan: "So what if it comes out of trial? If a young man is caught and brought back, he might even be bitten back."

Rong Min rolled his eyes slightly, indicating that everyone except Pu Shao should go out, but when Shiwu passed by him, he raised his hand and grabbed him: "You stay."

Li Zan smiled: "May I ask what your lord's plan is?"

Rong Min also smiled: "The plan is the plan. The prince's plan is very good, but it's a pity that the assassin in the last ring is exposed by his unscrupulous generals."

Glancing at the spy whose jaw was dislocated by Shiwu, he said, "First to appease me, then to let you come to the Southern Region, and then to send assassins to assassinate and set the blame on you. It really kills two birds with one stone."

"Yeah, since the emperor so readily agreed to me to come to the Southern Region, there is something strange about it. It's just that I didn't expect the prince to grow so much in just two years, and he would make a series of tricks."

"Prince Geng, your imperial nephew has already counted you in. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. If you are still like this..."

Li Zan raised his eyebrows: "King Qingnan is really joking. I am wondering about one thing now, how could the lord, who is so smart and alert, not even know that there is a spy lurking in the mansion? Or, you have already noticed this spy but deliberately let it go ?Whether I am in an accident, or my people find out and catch him, you have their own advantages, don’t you? Are you planning on me? "

Rong Min was still calm after being exposed by Li Zan, "That's right. If King Geng is still so inconsistent, I must be one of the people who plot against you. Speaking of which, it's not the first time spies have lurked in my palace, but The one who came last time was a master."

With the corners of his eyes twitching, Shiwu who was standing beside him nodded and smiled politely: "Your Majesty's praise."

Rong Min gritted his teeth: "I'm not praising you!"

Fifteen fell silent again, hanging his head and continuing to count the straws on the ground.

Li Zan's face turned pale when he heard this: "How can the assassin in Xuanji Camp be compared to others? Besides, last year I sent him to investigate the case of privately increasing the tea tax. It was purely a coincidence that he was able to enter the palace."

Rong Min's expression moved slightly, was it really a coincidence?He glanced at Shiwu again, "The prince's people also arranged a coincidence, but the assassin was not smart enough, and he showed his stuff."

Li Zan: "The reason why he revealed his secrets is because of Fifteen's tampering. Don't worry, my lord, the people assassinated by the Xuanji camp are all heinous. Unless you are also like this, you don't have to worry about it."

Rong Min sneered: "Even if you don't have such a troublesome guy under your command, do you think I have never doubted it?" After saying that, his expression straightened, "What does King Geng think of my proposal?"

Li Zan didn't answer him directly, "I would like to ask the King of Qingnan, what is the purpose of your private conscription?"

The answer to this question can be long or short.

The successive feudal lords of the Rong clan in the Southern Region all adhered to the policy of not fighting if they could, almost surrendering as soon as they came.This is not their weakness, but the strategy finally decided by the first old vassal king after judging the situation.

Their southern region is rich in products, and the people are used to living a comfortable life.With such a mind, when it comes to fighting, three soldiers have never been able to match one of others.The surrender is just to make more offerings every year, but it can avoid the torment of war in the hometown.

"So I have to choose between the crown prince and the second prince." Rong Min said seriously, "Liu Taifu's party behind the crown prince is greedy. They tried to buy peace with money, but they made progress. My so-called supporters are not for rebellion. It’s just for self-protection. If one day I’m forced to a corner, I’d rather be broken.”

Li Zan was silent for a moment before slowly saying: "Differences of way do not conspire with each other."

Rong Min thought for a while and smiled: "But, you have been digging the foundation of Taifu Liu, and in the eyes of others, you are already leaning towards the second prince's party."

"Others?" Li Zan showed contempt: "If I have to take into account other people's opinions and thoughts when I do things, then I shouldn't be in charge of the Xuanji camp at all. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to just be an idle prince?"

There is no need to say more.

The two princes both understood each other's loyalty and desires.Although they had been quite wrong before, after this incident, they felt a sense of sympathy for each other.

Fifteen felt that the crown prince was just an unlucky guy, he would not be able to lose money by stealing chickens, and he probably never dreamed that these two princes would temporarily form an alliance through a failed assassination incident.

Master Li and King Qingnan are both smart people, they speak a few words, and they have a good understanding.

The so-called head of the thief must be beheaded, but who is it?Stealing is what Xuanjiying is best at, and it has its own followers to take care of it.The assassination incident was just a coincidence, how Master Li dealt with the forces of the court and China after he returned to Beijing, how the King of Qingnan and the Crown Prince flirted with each other, how the two of them put a long line to catch big fish...

Fifteen can't understand or guess anyway.He only heard Master Li say: "So, come back to the capital with me on the fifteenth day."

Rong Min retorted: "No way. You saw it today, my guards are all dumbfounded. If the thieves come to sneak attack again, wouldn't they just sit and wait for death? There are so many masters in your camp, so why not give me one?"

"The assassins in the Xuanji camp are not singers, so how can they be sent around casually."

"Prince Geng is playing hard to get, right? Wouldn't it be better to leave this kid here to watch me at any time?"

"Since the prince thinks of this level, he still wants to keep him?"

Rong Min raised his eyebrows: "I haven't eaten the radishes he planted yet."

Li Zan was confused...

Assassin A smiled...

"fifteen."

"exist!"

Li Zan frowned slightly, and then smiled, "You stay in the palace and do your best to protect the safety of the prince. We will make a decision on the transfer in the future, and I will write a letter."

"Yes!"

In this way, under Li Zan's doubts, Rong Min managed to keep the assassin.

Later Shiwu asked him, Rong Min said: "How could your Master Li believe me completely? Who in the world can guard against the people of Xuanji Camp? Instead of you leaving, a certain mysterious and wonderful A, B, and C will come here to hide and disappear. It's better to keep you, anyway, it's on the bright side, everyone can be regarded as acquaintances."

In fact, at the time, they were not really acquaintances.In a practical sense, they are almost enemies.

Master Li decided to leave for Beijing the next day.In the evening of that year, the guests at the Qingnan Palace banquet saw King Geng off.

During the banquet, there were countless beauties, wine and food, and even the guards gave a banquet in the courtyard.Because of the fifteen meritorious service, I specially rewarded an extra steamed sea fish.

The fish is very fresh and the taste is good. The tender fish is buried under the fragrant green onion and ginger.Fifteen took two bites, and found that the sea fish did not have as many bones as the river fish, so he pulled the shredded green onion aside, lowered the chopsticks faster and faster, and in a short while, one side of the fish was picked clean.

Pu Shao couldn't see it, and said in a muffled voice: "It's better to eat steamed fish with more juice."

Fifteen glanced at him: "Oh, I see."

Pu Shao said again: "It's better to eat it with shredded green onion."

Fifteen tilted his head: "Are you hungry?"

"..."

"If you want to eat, you can eat it. Why are you ashamed?"

Pu Shao was furious: "Die!"

So Shiwu took the plate and changed seats with another person, and continued to eat fish.But I thought in my heart, it turns out that the guards in the palace are all thin-skinned, if this fish were left in the Xuanji camp, they would have been robbed long ago, and there would be no fish bones left...

Uh, because 22 has a cat.

Fifteen, who was once again "abandoned" by Mr. Li, was in a mixed mood.

The good thing is that the food in Qingnan Palace is delicious and there is less work.The bad thing is that this time the errand is no better than before. Who knows when I will be able to return to the camp again?In fact, he still misses the fake gentleman's first grader, the monster's thirty'er, and even his second uncle's Douzi.

Pu Shao must have revenge on him!

Knowing that he was going to stay in the southern region for a long time, the head of the guards immediately sent him a night watch job without hesitation.

In Fifteen's experience, the guards who watch the night are the targets for the assassins to practice throwing knives.Carrying a lantern and wandering around the yard at night, from east to west, from south to north, you have to follow the route.

Don't they know that such a regular patrol will only make it easier for people to kill in one hit after they figure out the route?

The lantern in his hand was dangling back and forth, and Shiwu suddenly heard a very slight movement.He patted a certain guard who was in his group to signal him to stop, and the same sound came again.

The guard was also very clever, the two blew out the candle at the same time, and slowly approached the place where the sound came from.

Yuhuachi.

In the pavilion, a figure in white was hazy under the moonlight.

Fifteen's eyesight at night is much better than that of ordinary people. When he closes his eyes and opens them again, the shadow looks familiar...

"It's Mr. Shen."

The guard who came together breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to leave with Shiwu.

Huh!The guards of Qingnan Palace actually have better eyesight than him?Can you tell who it is from such a distance in the dark night?

Coincidentally, the guard was quick-talking, lit the lantern again, and said, "He's the only one who walks around in white clothes in the middle of the night, and we're all used to it."

As if to prove that his words were right, a long sigh came from a distance: "What's the point of living like this? An Daniu, are you a bastard from the Xuanji camp coming to flatter the King of Qingnan? Hahaha~~~"

Fifteen took a few steps and leaped upwards, using the power of a tree branch to jump up, and kicked Shen Yufeng into the lake with one swift kick.

It's not right to run out in the dark and pretend to be a ghost, but how dare you call the people in the Xuanji Camp a dog's leg?What's even worse is that he was called by the wrong name?Sure enough, I'm tired of living!

The little guard looked at Assassin A who had returned from kicking people, and his eyes were filled with admiration: "Amazing!"

Fifteen took the lantern and went on patrol without saying a word.

Shen Yufeng, if you have the guts to run out every day, I will kick you every day!