Chapter 233 The Master of the Knife
Zhang Derong was stunned. At this time, Minister Xuan and Jin met? It was late at night? But looking at Emperor Zhou’s calm face, thinking about the mess in Shao Shuhuan’s room just now, Zhang Derong understood that the master was extremely angry now. If he accidentally angered him, he was afraid that his head would move home, so he rushed out immediately and ordered the eunuch: "See Xuan and Shan Jin!"
When Shao Shuhuan saw Emperor Zhou coming in, he naturally could not lie down and was busy getting up. However, Emperor Zhou had already walked up to him and pressed him and said, "Lying down, are you seriously injured?"
"It's okay!" Shao Shuhuan shook his head and said, "It's just a flesh-and-skin wound."
Qin Hui respectfully poured the tea in, held it to Emperor Zhou in both hands with his tea tray. Emperor Zhou took it and asked, "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"Report to Your Majesty, I am a member of the Daxia Kingdom. Because when the young master lived in the Daxia Kingdom, they were all servants. When the young master came back, I followed him along the way." Qin Hui bent over, and didn't even dare to look at Emperor Zhou at the right time, and replied respectfully.
Emperor Zhou nodded a little and said nothing. He naturally knew that Shao Shuhuan brought a few people back from Nanxia this time, so this person followed him to serve him. As long as he was happy, he would not object.
Qin Hui stood for a while, and saw that Emperor Zhou didn't say anything, then slowly bowed and retreated towards the door. Until he retreated to the door, he dared to turn around and carefully pluck the curtain and go out.
After Emperor Zhou saw him go out, he said, "I understand the rules very well." Shao Shuhuan smiled: "He was originally a man in the palace and naturally knew etiquette."
Emperor Zhou asked, "Tell me, what's going on? It's messy outside now."
When Shao Shuhuan saw the question, he frowned slightly and immediately said everything about the assassin breaking into the room. He just didn't say that he was talking nonsense and delaying time, but only said that it was Dugu Lan's words that came in time.
Although Emperor Zhou saw that he was speaking lightly, he had just witnessed the messy scene in the room with his own eyes and knew that it would be extremely dangerous. If Dugu Lanyu had not arrived and met the assassin, he would have been afraid that he would have to collect the body for him when he was waiting for him to bring people over.
It turned out that there was a chaos in Qingyao's villa. First of all, the guards in the palace discovered something was wrong. They sent people to inquire and reported to Emperor Zhou.
Emperor Zhou heard that the assassin was accused of being accused of the Qingyao Villa. Although there were many internal officials who advised him, he was still worried. He came over to take a look. The result was that the situation was far more serious than he thought.
"Shu Huan, as you said, the assassin in your room should be the same as the people behind you?" Emperor Zhou quickly figured out the key point.
At first, the man killed all the personal guards in Shao Shuhuan Fengheyuan, causing a group of assassins from behind to break into Fengheyuan easily.
"I think so too!" Shao Shuhuan said. "That man's martial arts skills are very high. As for how high it is, I will wait for Lanyu to come back before talking."
"That little girl named Lanyudi is pretty good." Emperor Zhou nodded. "I heard that she looks very good too?"
Shao Shuhuan smiled and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, Deputy General Guo is looking for a meeting!" Zhang Derong replied loudly at the door.
"Let him come in!" said Emperor Zhou.
"Yes!" Zhang Derong agreed and hurriedly opened the curtain.
Deputy General Guo was also an old man in the army. Seeing Emperor Zhou sitting upright, Shao Shuhuan leaned on the soft couch, he naturally understood Shao Shuhuan's bedroom inside, so he did not go in and kowtowed at the door: "Report to Your Majesty. There were 28 assassins, all of which were shot dead. Only the first assassin in the middle of the period was the first to sneak into Gongzi's room to escape, and now he has been searching for the whole city. Our personal guards died for the thirty-one of the people on duty, rewarded three people with great harm, and injured 19 people slightly, which have been arranged first."
Emperor Zhou agreed and stopped talking. Shao Shuhuan asked, "I haven't caught a living?"
"Report to young master. No!" Deputy General Guo hurriedly kowtowed.
"Is there any token on the assassin that can prove his identity?" Shao Shuhuan frowned, not a single person living, but he was afraid that he would have to admit his bad luck in this matter again.
"The assassin did not find any token on his body. However, I just picked up something in the grass behind the rockery, not like it was from the garden. I suspected that the assassin was lost, so I specially sent it to His Majesty and the Young Master for a look." Deputy General Guo said hurriedly.
"Come on!" said Emperor Zhou.
"Yes!" Deputy General Guo said, taking out a token-like object from his arms, holding up his hands above his head.
Zhang Derong took it. He brought it in. Emperor Zhou took it first. He just glanced at it and his face changed immediately.
"What's wrong?" Shao Shuhuan asked.
Emperor Zhou did not answer and handed over the token in his hand. Shao Shuhuan took it and looked at it for a moment. There was no word on the token, but it was decorated with thunder pattern clouds. It looked familiar and seemed to have seen it somewhere, but for a moment, I couldn't remember it.
"Young Master, the bodies of 12 Fengheyuan personal guards have been brought over. Do you want to check them out in person?" Deputy General Guo's surname is Guo, with a single name Zheng. He was originally from the imperial guards. This time, Emperor Zhou promoted his official position and made him the deputy commander of Shao Shuhuan's personal guards. He thought it was just a idle position, but he had just taken office less than a few days ago when he encountered this incident. He was also nervous, afraid that Emperor Zhou would take his anger out of others.
He has no more than Shao Qing's Shao family to support him. He has achieved a little by little through military merits. Therefore, he cherishes this opportunity more and curses Shao Shuhuan even more.
Emperor Zhou was about to speak, but Shao Shuhuan hurriedly said, "I'll go and see!" The killer who could kill twelve personal guards silently in an instant without disturbing others was definitely a top master.
He wanted to see if he could see a clue on the corpse and guess the identity of the killer.
Shao Shuhuan said, and had already gotten up from the soft couch and walked out strode. Emperor Zhou also followed him. Outside, Qin Hui was busy putting a blanket on him and whispered: "Young Master, the corpse slave has seen it, it's cold outside..."
"I want to see it!" Shao Shuhuan said.
Qin Hui was busy helping him out, and Emperor Zhou couldn't help but look at him again, feeling a little surprised - outside, the twelve personal soldiers were neatly lined up in the yard, Shao Shuhuan walked out, Wang Tai and Zhang Derong were lanterns, and another group of eunuchs surrounded Emperor Zhou and him, and walked closer together.
"Twelve ones, all killed with one knife." Qin Hui pointed to the wound on the neck of one of the corpses, "The most important thing is that all the wounds are exactly the same, about two inches long and one and a half inches deep into the flesh, just cutting off the throat, so that the deceased must not make a slight shout before death."
Guo Zheng said: "If this is a person's attack, this person's martial arts skills are very high."
"It should be the same person's attack!" Qin Hui said.
"How can I see it?" asked Emperor Zhou.
"Report to Your Majesty, a martial arts practitioner always has some habits, especially a professional killer. The killing methods of two different people will definitely not be the same. The wounds of these twelve people are so neat and uniform, it is absolutely impossible for the two people to do it." Qin Hui bowed.
When Emperor Zhou heard this, he stopped saying anything.
"Is General Wang back?" Shao Shuhuan was even more worried about Dugu Lanyu. She was chasing the assassin at that time. If there was a mistake, wouldn't it be his fault?
"Not yet!" Guo Zheng said hurriedly, "Don't worry, your Majesty has mobilized the imperial guards to search for the assassin in the city. I think there will be news soon."
Don't worry? Shao Shuhuan could only smile bitterly. What he was even more worried about was Dugu Lanyu. He had been hoping to meet each other these days. Now he finally saw him. Before he could say a word, she left for him to chase the assassin. The assassin was particularly skilled in martial arts. How could he not worry about it?
"You must find Miss Lonely!" Emperor Zhou understood his intentions and ordered, "Whoever finds Miss Dugu will be rewarded if you pass on my will."
"Yes!" Zhang Derong hurriedly agreed and ordered a little eunuch to go out and pass the order.
"Your Majesty, I will say something at the end, I don't know whether it should be said or not." Guo Zheng knelt down in front of Emperor Zhou and kowtowed.
"Say!" said Emperor Zhou.
"Tonight's assassin is obviously well-trained on weekdays, definitely not an ordinary gangster, nor an ordinary people of the Crow. The last generals have checked their weapons, and it seems that they are all used by the army, but there is no explicit seal engraved." Guo Zheng frowned.
He was born as a soldier, so he naturally understood the situation in the army. Tonight these people were obviously the people in the army, with uniform movements and the same army.
But when he checked the weapons left by the assassin, he was stunned. There was no regular saber seal on the backs of these seemingly saber swords.
In the army? Emperor Zhou snorted and nodded, "You ordered someone to carry the body down and bury it for a lifetime. The relatives of the deceased will be given more pensions. You will be guarded by you in the future in the future, so there will be no mistakes."
"Yes!" Guo Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He heard His Majesty's tone that this matter would not implicate him today. He immediately kowtowed and stood up.
Emperor Zhou and Shao Shuhuan returned to the room, and Shao Shuhuan asked, "Does Your Majesty know that there are masters who use swords in this capital?"
"Yes!" Emperor Zhou nodded, "I only know that one person is definitely capable of such skills."
Shao Shuhuan originally asked casually, but unexpectedly he actually knew it and asked curiously: "Who is it?"
"Ji Ming!" said Emperor Zhou.
"Prince An?" Shao Shuhuan was stunned.
He knew that Prince An was a master of all ages today, but because of his noble identity, just like the God of War in Nanxia Kingdom, he often made him forget their unfathomable martial arts skills.
Emperor Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, Ji Ming himself is one of the experts, you should know, right?"
Shao Shuhuan smiled and said, "I heard that, but----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter completed!