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In Zhan Zhao's sleep, he felt his chest was oppressed, like a boulder was pressing on his chest, and it was difficult to breathe. He suddenly opened his eyes, only to realize that the room was dimly lit, and when he looked out the window, it was already dusk.Zhan Zhao couldn't help being startled. He planned to take a short nap before going to investigate the case, but unexpectedly, he fell asleep for the whole day. Since following Mr. Bao, he has never been so slack. Why is he so abnormal today? If it wasn't for him The chest was pressed by a heavy object, and I was suffocating unbearably. I am afraid that I will sleep until tomorrow morning after this sleep.

And the heavy object pressing on Zhan Zhao's chest - Zhan Zhao turned his head to look, and couldn't help but smile bitterly - was actually an arm, thin and boneless, it was Jin Qian's arm.Zhan Zhao raised his hand and pushed Jin Qian's arm down, got up and dressed neatly, turned around and whispered to Jin Qian, "Catcher Jin, get up."

But he called out several times, but Jin Qian showed no signs of waking up, and was still sleeping soundly, still muttering in his mouth, unintelligible.

Zhan Zhao had no choice but to raise his voice and called a few more times.Only then did Jin Qian's eyelids move slightly, his eyelids opened, and he looked at the person in front of him dimly.Suddenly, Jin Qian's eyes widened, and he sat up abruptly, staring at Zhan Zhao, dumbfounded for a long while, before returning to his senses: "It turned out to be a cat, it scared us to death, I thought it was a nonsense four men."

After all, he lay down, turned his head, and continued to sleep with his head covered.

"..."

On the forehead of the dignified Nan Xia, several blue veins suddenly protruded faintly.

"Captain Jin, how long are you going to sleep?!"

I saw that Jin Qian's back was visibly stiff, and Jin Qian jumped off the bed in a blink of an eye, put on his shoes and socks three times, five times and two times, with a solemn face, standing upright in front of Zhan Zhao, cupping his hands : "Master Zhan, the subordinates are at your disposal!"

Zhan Zhao shook his head slightly, and said helplessly, "Catcher Jin, you really sleep well."

"Thanks to Mr. Zhan's praise, the subordinates are flattered."

"..."

"Ahem... Is Mr. Zhan exhausted, and his face seems unwell, why don't I wait and rest for a while?"

"...follow me!"

"……Yes."

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At this time, Jin Qian really suspected that a certain cat might have "wake up spirit", otherwise how could he bring himself to die just after resting?

The three gilt characters of "Hou Ye Mansion" are brightly engraved on the huge plaque above the head. On both sides of the gate, there is a stone lion guarding the beast, showing the claws and claws; looking at the courtyard, there are continuous courtyards, red lacquered jade pillars, and cornices. The green tiles and the towering pavilions give people the illusion of entering a nine-fold palace.

"Lord Zhan, what are we doing here at 'Hou Ye's Mansion'?" Jin Qian asked with a bitter face.

Please, Brother Mao, please don’t say that you want to continue the “Hou Ye Mansion” night tour!

"Explore this mansion at night." Zhan Zhao said with a sullen face.

Jin Qian frowned immediately, and hurriedly said: "Master Zhan, we are not going to investigate the case of Zhang Songde..." What are you doing in such a dangerous place?

Zhan Zhao nodded, turned his face to the side, looked at Jin Qian and said, "It's just to investigate the case of Zhang Songde."

"what?"

"Both Zhang Songde and Huang were more or less involved with this Anlehou before and after they entered the case. If you want to find out the case, you must start with this Anlehou."

Jin Qian blinked, blinked again, his mind circled the distance of an equator and a latitude line before he turned the corner, and thought to himself: Zhang Songde and Qiuniang are both involved with An Lehou?In this way, Zhang Songde once offended An Lehou because of his refusal to make aphrodisiacs, and that Qiuniang was favored by An Lehou, and then placed under house arrest. Both of them seemed to have a bad relationship with An Lehou——

Jin Qian took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Master Zhan, what you mean is that this case is that of Marquis Anle..."

Zhan Zhao shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "There is no solid evidence at this time, so don't jump to conclusions, but this case must have something to do with Anlehou." I am also very concerned about the cause of the disaster in the state, so I will explore it."

Jin Qian nodded, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This cat is indeed an expert at catching mice, and his heart does have a few more holes than ours, and the analysis of the case is sharp.

Seeing that Jin Qian had understood, Zhan Zhao motioned to put on a mask, flew up to the roof, and ran quickly on the roof like a cat.Jin Qian followed closely behind, although his figure was not as light and elegant as the "Royal Cat", but it was like cotton falling to the ground, blowing the beam with the wind, without any life.

The two hurried for a while, and finally came to the main courtyard in the middle of the Hou Ye Mansion. There are four wing rooms in the courtyard, one main room, two east and two west wing rooms, the main room faces north and south, and they are the most luxurious rooms in the entire mansion.

The two of them were tightly attached to the tiles of the main house, breathing slowly, not even daring to breathe out.This Hou Ye's Mansion is no different from the "soft red hall", the guards are lax, there are guards and pawns everywhere in the mansion, guarding at every level, patrolling in teams, besides that, there are many warriors dressed in Jianghu Among them, it can be seen that the Marquis of Anle has taken great pains for his own safety.

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand, gently peeled off a few tiles, and put them aside. Immediately, the bright light in the main room shone through the holes in the missing tiles.

Jin Qian moved his face forward, his eyes happened to see the scene inside the house through the gap.

I saw that the main room was brightly lit, and sitting on the main seat was a man in brocade clothes, his face could not be discerned from the roof, only a jade-encrusted crown on his head, radiant and radiant, seemed to be expensive , the person who can wear such expensive ornaments here must be Pang Yu, the Marquis of Anle; beside Pang Yu, there is a person standing respectfully, dressed as a scholar, who seems to be a counselor; The warriors dressed up in Jianghu all wear long and short weapons on their backs. They are burly and tall, and none of them look like good people.

Hearing that An Lehou said with a smile: "The imperial court actually sent a bag of black people to Chenzhou to provide food relief. I want to see what that bag of black people is capable of!"

Someone in the crowd laughed loudly and said: "That bag of sunspots is too self-sufficient. He actually thought of the troubles that the Lord Marquis has to deal with in the border of Chenzhou. Since we asked him to come here, we can't go back!"

When Zhan Zhao and Jin Qian heard this, they were shocked.

Jin Qian nudged Zhan Zhao with his elbow, removed the mask, and asked with his mouth: "Didn't Zhang Long and Zhao Hu just set off this morning, did they notify Mr. Bao?" How could it be passed so quickly?

Zhan Zhao frowned, thought for a moment, lifted the mask, and said with his mouth: "Perhaps your lord has learned about the disaster in Chenzhou from other sources, and he has already requested an order to come to Chenzhou to release food. I will wait for a few people to go out. I was out and didn’t get to know about it in time.”

There was another voice in the room, this time it was the counselor beside An Lehou who said: "Master Hou, that Bao Zheng is considered a figure in the court, and even the Grand Master is a bit afraid, this time he is the former imperial envoy. Come to provide disaster relief, I am afraid that those who come will be unkind, so we have to be on our guard."

An Lehou said with a smile: "Mr. Li, don't worry. Since the day I asked for the decree, my father hastened to send me a letter telling me to make preparations. I sent 'Flying on the Grass' Xiang Fu and Xiang Pu yesterday. The two brothers were on the road, and they made that Bao Heizi halfway, so that he couldn't even enter the border of Chenzhou!"

There was a burst of applause from the people below.

On the roof, Zhan Zhao and Jin Qian were shocked.Thinking about Mr. Bao, the one with the best kung fu is Nan Xia Zhan Showa and the Four King Kongs. But now, Zhan Zhao is in Chenzhou, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu are halfway, and Mr. Bao is only surrounded by Wang Dynasty and Ma Han , those two "flying on the grass" guys, you can tell by their names that they are not easy to mess with——

Looking at Zhan Zhao again, his complexion was livid, his sword eyebrows were furrowed, his bright eyes turned out to be as black as a deep pool.

Jin Qian glanced at it, and suddenly cold sweat broke out on his back, and he thought: It's broken, this cat's face is so ugly, it seems that Lao Bao is in a very bad situation this time.

I saw Zhan Zhao glanced at Jin Qian with both eyes, before Jin Qian could react, his figure flashed, like a captive off the string, he broke through the air and left, between his figures, there were bursts of murderous aura.

Although Jin Qian had followed Zhan Zhao for many days, he had never seen Zhan Zhao in such a state before, a murderous aura swept over him, causing Jin Qian to suddenly tremble with fear, and instinctively wanted to follow him. , a tile under him moved slightly.This movement was only a very slight sound, but in the silence of the night, it was extremely ear-piercing.

Although the people in the main room of the Marquis's mansion have evil intentions and are deceived by money and officials, they are employed by Marquis Anle and do things that are outrageous, but since they can be favored by Marquis Anle's mansion, they must all have something With extraordinary skills, how could the sound of the roof tiles rattling be hidden from their ears.

Some of them shouted: "There are people on the roof!"

As soon as he shouted, more than a dozen burly men jumped onto the roof in an instant, and it was only a blink of an eye when Jin Qian touched the tiles.

As soon as Jin Qian heard the sound of the tiles under his knees, he immediately cried out in his heart that something was wrong, he hurriedly tapped his toes to the ground, and wanted to escape, but he was no better than Nan Xia Zhan Zhao, who had profound inner strength, could use his strength to help him jump, and could do it with a single stroke. More than ten feet.The lightness kung fu practiced by Jin Qian only relies on the ingenuity of force to assist, but it is only a few meters long, and there must be a point of leverage. Usually, Jin Qian just follows Zhan Zhao and does some investigations, but he can't see any flaws. , but now at this critical juncture, this lightness skill without the help of internal strength is suddenly full of flaws.

As soon as Jin Qian jumped, although his body was like lightning, he jumped more than ten feet, but when he was about to land on the ground, he found that the place where he wanted to land had already been occupied by a gangster.This reckless man was nine feet tall, as burly as a bear, holding a nine-ring steel knife, and was baring his teeth, waiting for Jin Qian to throw himself into the trap.

Jin Qian's heart sank suddenly, seeing himself falling slowly, the savage jumped up, and a broad-leaved cold knife with nine cold lights slashed towards him.

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept over, and Jin Qian only felt a force pulling him backwards, and he forced himself back half a meter in mid-air, narrowly avoiding the knife.

There was a familiar fragrance of green tulips coming from behind, and Zhan Zhao held the giant sword that was radiating cold light, and landed steadily beside Jin Qian.

"careful!"

Zhan Zhao only had time to say these two words, and the dozen or so big men rushed forward with weapons in hand.

For a moment, the cold light flowed, sparks flew everywhere, and the sound of weapons clashing intertwined and hit the heart chaotically.In order to save Jinqian, Zhan Zhao had already lost the opportunity when he turned around. At this time, he was surrounded by everyone, outnumbered, and he had to take into account Jinqian who was in the battle circle. , has been slightly defeated.

Jin Qian was brought by Zhan Zhao's side. While barely avoiding the impact of the weapon, he groped for a cloth bag from his arms and untied it while hiding. Just as he untied the lock belt, a sharp wind whizzed towards him——Fixed his eyes Look, it was a feathered arrow.

Jin Qian bent down abruptly, trying to dodge, but the flying arrows that followed were densely packed, whizzing towards him, making it impossible to avoid.

Zhan Zhao strode forward, the giant tower swept across, and the silver cold light merged together, gradually forming a silver halo, which firmly protected the two of them. Those flying arrows couldn't come close to the two of them, and they all hit the halo, and all fell to the ground.

Then a voice from under the house shouted loudly: "Shoot me, shoot them to death, how dare you go wild in my Marquis' mansion and shoot them all into hedgehogs!"

The voice was domineering and arrogant, it was the voice of An Lehou Pang Yu.

The courtyard was brightly lit, and a hundred or so torches surrounded the entire main courtyard. A man in brocade clothes stood in the middle of the courtyard, with his hands folded around his chest, tall and long eyebrows, half-closed phoenix eyes, and sneered loudly.And behind him, there are two neat rows of archers, counting arrows and firing.

An Lehou shot happily, but it hurt everyone on the roof. Needless to say, Zhan Zhao and Jin Qian were the targets of everyone's criticism. In order to fend off the flying arrows, Zhan Zhao did his best.And the dozen or so martial artists who surrounded Zhan and Jin were inevitably affected by the arrows, and there were a few unfortunate people who were killed. Accidentally ruined his life by his own people.

As a result, a hole appeared in the originally airtight encirclement.However, Zhan Zhao and Jin Qian couldn't get away because the bow and arrow attacks still didn't stop.

When Jin Qian saw the people around him step back, he was overjoyed, knowing that the opportunity to escape had come, he hurriedly whispered to Zhan Zhao in front of him, "Master Zhan, hold your breath."

Although Zhan Zhao didn't understand, he still did it.

Jin Qian took out a few pills from the cloth bag, waved his arms and threw them out.

"boom……"

It was as if hundreds of kilograms of bombs exploded in front of our eyes. There was a loud bang, and several clusters of colorful smoke rose around. The smell was extremely unpleasant, choking people's hearts and lungs.

When the smoke gradually dissipated, look at the roof again, where the shadows of the two assassins were still there.

Zhan and Jin escaped from Lord Hou's mansion, and then used lightness kung fu to rush for a long time before jumping straight out of the city gate. The city guard didn't even see their figures, but felt two black shadows flashing in front of them. Pass.They didn't stop until they came to the outskirts of Chenzhou and made sure there were no pursuers behind them.

With this slack, Jin Qian was suddenly exhausted, and immediately collapsed to the ground, out of breath.

Zhan Zhao's face also turned pale, he supported the tree trunk beside the road, closed his eyes and adjusted his breath.

In less than a moment, Zhan Zhao regained his energy, stood up straight, and ordered to Jin Qian: "Catcher Jin, the situation is urgent now, Mr. Bao's life is in danger, we will go on the road immediately."

Jin Qian was out of breath and didn't have the courage to answer, so he nodded in agreement.In normal times, Jin Qian would have complained about such a desperate way of traveling, but now, it was about Lao Bao's life, and it was even more about his own job prospects, so Jin Qian would not complain at all.

The two used lightness kung fu to run wildly.Unexpectedly, after running for less than five miles, some people were unable to hold on, and what was even more surprising was that the first to fall was not Jin Qian, but Zhan Zhao.

The two of them had just run away for less than half a stick of incense, when they saw Zhan Zhao's body swaying, staggering under his feet, almost falling to the ground.

Jin Qian was startled, and hurried forward, and just a few steps closer, he smelled a pungent smell of blood.

By the moonlight, I happened to see half of Zhan Zhao's plain blue sleeve, a large area of ​​blackness emerged, which was actually soaked in bright red blood.

Jin Qian stared blankly: "Master Zhan, you, you are injured..." When was the injury and why has it never been discovered?

"It's okay, let's continue on our way." Zhan Zhao took out the mask from his arms, tied it around his arms casually, straightened his back, and stepped forward as if nothing happened.

Under the night, transparent sweat beads covered Junya's face, slowly dripping down her resolute chin, half of her plain blue gown fluttered in the wind, and the other half of her dark black sleeves was shocking.

Jin Qian only felt his heart tighten, and a bitterness gushed out of his throat.

this cat...

"Master Zhan, let's heal your injuries first..."

"No, time is running out, hurry up!"

"...Master Zhan..."

"Jin Qian, don't you obey Zhan's order?"

Jin Qian sighed, took out the cloth bag from his arms, chose a pill, threw it casually, and rolled to Zhan Zhao's feet.

Zhan Zhao felt a burst of fragrance, and suddenly his hands and feet became limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

Seeing Jin Qian walking forward slowly, with a distressed expression on his face, he said: "Master Zhan, I'm sorry, I'd better report to Mr. Gongsun for the clothes in the future."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand and ripped off Zhan Zhao's sleeve, revealing his injured arm.

I saw a wound about two inches long where Zhan Zhao's shoulders and arms met. His flesh was turned outwards. It should have been injured by a sword during the scuffle just now. The wound wasn't serious at first, but it was just Zhan Zhao's rapid movement that tore it apart. There was a wound, so the bleeding didn't stop.

Jin Qian looked up and down several times, shook his head, sighed again, hesitated for a long time before taking out a cloth bag from his bosom, took out the needle and thread from inside, wiped a pill on the needle and thread, and looked straight at him. Zhaodao: "Master Zhan, to be honest, our needlework skills are really not very good. If your shoulders are disfigured in the future, you can just turn a blind eye and close one, and make do with it!"

Zhan Zhao looked at the silver needle that was gradually approaching him, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.