Whether the emperor was assassinated or not was a huge matter. Almost the entire army was mobilized, and more than 100,000 troops entered an emergency combat readiness. All ministers and royal families were not allowed to disembark. There were soldiers standing guard in front of each large ship, and there were discussions on the large ship, but they didn't know what the situation was.

The emperor's dragon boat was in chaos, with tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of small boats surrounding the dragon boat. The eunuchs and palace maids lined up to get off the boat and were interrogated one by one. Hundreds of guards began to search carefully on the dragon boat, and they would not let go of any corner, and even the gaps between the decks were searched.

But except for the dancer assassin who committed suicide, there were no other assassin accomplices. Small boats patrolled the river, and the soldiers held torches and searched for the assassin accomplices on the river that might be hidden in the water.

The emperor Yang Guang and Empress Xiao had been moved to the military camp on the shore. In a large tent, Yang Guang's expression was extremely difficult to see. He stood in the tent with his hands behind his back, listening to the report of General Zhang Jin with a blue face.

"It was only after receiving the reminder of General Zhang Xuan that the assassin's target was actually the Lord. They set fire on the palace maid's boat just to divert the attention of the guards on the shore. Bei Zhi guessed that the dancer assassin must have dressed up as a palace maid to set fire, and then jumped into the water, and secretly climbed onto His Majesty's ship when everyone's attention was attracted."

"Is this what Zhang Xuan reminded you?" Yang Guang asked coldly.

"That's right, he suggested that it would be best to search His Majesty's ship carefully. Only then did he realize that there must be an assassin hiding on His Majesty's ship."

Yang Guang immediately ordered: "Xuan Zhangxuan comes to see me!"

A eunuch ran out immediately. At this time, several guards brought the inner palace manager in charge of the singing and dancing girl. He was also a eunuch in his fifties. He was already scared and frightened. He walked into the tent and knelt down, "Your Majesty, please spare me!"

Yang Guang snorted and kicked him over, "Assassin mixed into the dancer, don't you even know?"

"Your Majesty, I am negligent."

"What about the other dancers?"

Yang Guang said angrily: "A stranger appears, don't they find it strange?"

"There are hundreds of dancers, which is common for me to change over and over again, and not everyone knows the old slave."

"Hmph! What's the use of asking you? Drag it out and kill it!"

Several guards dragged the manager out like wolves and tigers, and were so scared that they shouted: "Give me your life! Your Majesty, please spare me!"

The voice gradually faded away, and Zhang Jin was so scared that he didn't dare to say anything. The emperor rarely killed an eunuch like this, but today he actually killed a great eunuch. It was enough of his anger.

Zhang Jin originally wanted to report on the incident that Zhang Xuan discovered in Chenliu, but now he dare not say too much. Before the investigation results are found, he must not cause any more trouble, otherwise the emperor will only be even more angry.

Yang Guang glanced at Zhang Jin, and his anger calmed down slightly. He knew that it was Zhang Jin's timely warning that caused the assassin to launch it hastily. Otherwise, when the assassin launched it in front of him, he would be helpless. Speaking of which, Zhang Jin still had the ability to save him.

"Thanks tonight, thanks to the General."

Zhang Jin was flattered and hurriedly said, "Thank you, this is the duty of a humble position!"

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, General Zhang is here."

"Supreme him in!"

After a moment, Zhang Xuan was taken into the tent by the eunuch. He quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "I'm going to see Your Majesty!"

"General Zhang is exempted from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Xuan stood up and stood with his hands down.

Yang Guang said slowly: "I believe you have heard of what happened tonight. I heard from the general that you reminded him to pay attention to the assassins. I want to know. Why did you think that there would be assassins on board?"

"Your Majesty, I just inferred from common sense that the two ships will not catch fire for no reason, and there will be chaos. There will be loopholes in security. I believe that no matter whether there are or not, you should be vigilant. It is best to transfer your Majesty to another ship, but I did not see this security measure. Your Majesty is still on the original ship, so I remind the general."

Yang Guang nodded, "General Zhang is really considering the problem carefully. General Zhang believes that this assassination happened by chance, or is there any conspiracy? I want to hear your opinion."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I can only tell you what I think from some clues. It may not be the truth. I hope Your Majesty will understand it clearly!"

"You said that, I know what it is."

Yang Guang sat down. Zhang Xuan actually speculated in advance that an assassination might have occurred, which made him look at Zhang Xuan with admiration and interested in his speculation. He wanted to hear Zhang Xuan's opinion on this assassination.

"Your Majesty, I originally thought that the soldier went to the city to drink and play, and someone stole the waist card. Then the assassin used the waist card to smuggle into the big ship, but then he thought about it, it was impossible, because the harem ship would never allow Xiaoguo Army to board the ship, and it would be useless to hold the waist card. And if there was no careful planning, the loophole of the dance girl would never be found. Therefore, I believe that the assassin had long been involved in the palace as a palace maid and had been waiting for the opportunity. This should be planned for a long time."

Yang Guang nodded and asked again: "Who General Zhang thinks was planning this assassination?"

"Your Majesty, this assassination has a certain background. I believe that this is related to the failure of the Wagang Eastern Expedition."

"What General Zhang meant was the work of the Wagang Army?"

"No! No!"

Zhang Xuan hurriedly said: "The Wagang Army is just a rioter. It does not have such great ability yet. The key is to control the power of the Wagang Army behind it. When the Wei minister interrogated Sun Xuanya, he received information. People from the Bohai Association had come to find Sun Xuanya and asked him to cooperate with the Wagang Army's eastern expedition. If your Majesty does not believe it, you can interrogate the bandit leader again."

Sun Xuanya has been exiled to Liaodong by Yang Guang, and he cannot be interrogated again, but Yang Guang was shocked. It turned out that the Bohai Association was behind the Wagang Army. If the Bohai Association planned this assassination, then it would be reasonable. Isn’t the Gao family of Northern Qi the best at palace coups?

This unexpected news made Yang Guang feel a little upset. He waved his hand to Zhang Xuan, "General Zhang, please retreat first! The general also retreated, I am a little tired."

"I'm going to leave!"

The two of them slowly withdrew from the big tent and walked out of the big tent. Zhang Jin shook his head and said to Zhang Xuan with sincerity: "General Zhang really shouldn't mention the Bohai Association. The Hebei Association is in a turbulent autumn, alas."

Zhang Jin sighed and turned around and left, but Zhang Xuan didn't feel inappropriate. He told Yang Guang for a long time to induce Yang Guang to associate the assassination with the Bohai Cong. He would never let him go if there was only a trace of hope that he would stay in Qingzhou.

In the big tent, Yang Guang stared at the top of the tent and his eyes gradually narrowed into a slit, and murderous intent burst out in his eyes.

Zhang Xuan did not return to his ship, but quickly walked to a large tent of the Xiaoguo Army. This was the temporary tent of his personal soldiers. There were three large tents in total. Although an assassination occurred, the Xiaoguo Army was in emergency alert, they did not belong to the Xiaoguo Army and were not subject to emergency alert restrictions.

As soon as Zhang Xuan walked to the tent, a personal soldier walked out quickly and whispered: "General, we have captured one."

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed, “Where are the people?”

"Outside the military camp!" Several brothers were watching him.

"Look at it!"

Zhang Xuan immediately led his horse to walk outside the military camp. He had the pass arrows given to him by Zhang Jin, so he could enter and exit the military camp freely.

Zhang Xuan suspected that the man who tried to test the bow had stolen many waist cards and might have sneaked into the military camp. However, once the Xiaoguo Guard entered an emergency alert state, it would be difficult for them to stay and would inevitably escape from the military camp. Zhang Xuan arranged his own soldiers to ambush outside the Xiaoguo Camp. Of course, he was just waiting for the rabbit and only reported a glimmer of hope, but he did not expect that the Xiaoguo Guard did not disappoint him and really caught a person.

Zhang Xuan followed his personal soldiers to an empty house not far from the military camp. The owner of the house disappeared, so the private house became the temporary destination for the personal soldiers.

More than a dozen personal soldiers gathered in the yard. Seeing Zhang Xuan coming in, everyone stepped forward to salute. Zhang Xuan asked with a smile: "Where is the rabbit you caught?"

"General Qi, right in the room!"

Zhang Xuan walked into the room and saw a soldier wearing Xiaoguo Army armor sitting against the wall. His hands were tied, his feet were tied, and he had a cloth pocket on his head.

"Unlock the cloth pocket!"

A personal soldier stepped forward and pulled off the cloth pocket on the man's head, revealing a very young face. He looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, and was still a teenager. His eyes were full of fear and he did not dare to look at Zhang Xuan, so he hurriedly lowered his head.

The personal soldier smiled beside him and said, "This person is illiterate. He has a name on his waist card, but he doesn't know him. In other words, he doesn't know who he is, nor which military camp to go to. As a result, he secretly flipped out of the camp bar and happened to be caught by us."

"What's your name?" Zhang Xuan asked coldly.

"The villain is called Jin Gouer." The young man replied timidly.

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly. He thought about various interrogation and tortures along the way, but now he found that these tortures were not needed at all.
Chapter completed!