Regarding this, Hai Jiao was also surprised.
Although when the veterans were tracking, in addition to the "eighth killer" target, they were also wary of other accomplices, but since only seven killers and an accomplice responsible for looking after the horses were the ones who attacked the Jin family that day, the three of them arrived at the Zhou family. The only people who committed the second assassination in Fangbiezhuang were the young man who acted as a spy and the seven killers who were arrested after the attack. So there should be only eight people in their group.
The veterans who were responsible for observing the internal situation of Dujiazhuangzi on the hillside had discovered several suspicious characters operating in the village, and thought that only one young man among them was their target, and the others might have nothing to do with it.
Who would have thought? When they entered the village to search for people, several people suddenly jumped out to stop them. Although there were no old residents of the Du family village among them, after catching the people, the people in the village reported that some of them had been living in the village for more than half a year. Half a year ago, the Jin family did not know that they were going to live in the village. Coming to Chang'an.
Although these people rarely interact with the surrounding neighbors and are mysterious and mysterious, no one thinks that they are suspicious characters. It is said that they are relatives of the host's aunt's mother's family. They were originally from the capital and came to Chang'an to take refuge after offending someone they shouldn't have offended.
When Lao Zhangtou heard this, he felt there was something wrong with this. The aunt in Du Boqin's family who gave birth to his only son was a native of Chang'an. She was a neighbor of the Du family and had been an old family member of Chang'an for eight generations. When did relatives from the capital appear in the capital? If she had relatives from the capital, she would have had nowhere to go after her parents died, and would have had no choice but to seek help from her neighbors. In the end, she stayed in Du Boqin's house relying on her childhood sweetheart, and became his concubine when she grew up.
The Du family was willing to adopt her back then. Wouldn't it be better to lend her some traveling expenses and let her go to the capital to visit relatives?
However, Lao Zhangtou did not dare to claim that this was a lie, because Du Boqin's only son was currently in the capital. It was said that he had become a teacher of a great Confucian and was studying with the teacher to prepare for the imperial examination. This child is only a teenager and has been away from Chang'an for more than half a year. If he didn't have reliable relatives and friends to take care of him in the capital, how could Du Boqin and his old concubine rest assured?
Lao Zhangtou was suspicious of the identities of those people. Although he was a little suspicious of Du Boqin, he did not directly regard the son-in-law of the Zhou family as a villain. He planned to report this matter to the old military advisor first and ask the old military advisor to come forward to contact Du Boqin. No matter what the facts are, they always have to ask the person involved before they can make a conclusion.
But Haijiao didn't need to ask the person involved to guess what was going on: "These people from the capital are probably sent by the Sun family, right? They may not have the same purpose as that group of killers. They are here, but they are all accomplices, so there is no difference."
Haitang felt the same: "The killers came to deal with the Jin family. The others should have followed the orders of the Sun family to help Du Boqin plot against the old marshal and several major generals of the Zhou family. But before they had time to take action, they came to cover the The eight killers have exposed themselves, and it is estimated that they will not be able to do anything else in the future. If the Sun family still wants to kill the Zhou family, they will have to send new people over."
At this point, she became a little curious: "Is there anything special about the identity of this eighth killer? I thought he was just a spy or something like that, just looking at horses and getting information, but I didn't expect him to be a spy." How could other people sent by the Sun family sacrifice themselves to protect him?"
And the origin of the archer who finally came to rescue the young killer is unknown.
Hai Jiao pondered for a moment: "The eighth killer... is not so much a boy as he is close to adulthood. Maybe he looks immature, which makes it easier to deceive people. I have fought with him several times, and it is considered a close range. I have been in contact with him, and although I can’t see his appearance clearly, judging from his strength and skill, he is definitely not a child!”
The young killer he saw was dressed very low-key and dusty. He looked like a boy from an ordinary farmer's family in the suburbs of Chang'an. He also wore a felt hat and covered his face with a cloth scarf. The felt hat prevented outsiders from seeing his features clearly, and the cloth covered most of his facial features. Without the misleading appearance, Hai Jiao could more clearly detect that the person he was fighting with was a young man much older than himself. There are also veins exposed on the opponent's wrist and hand bones and the back of the hand, which are not what a young boy would have.
Hai Jiao judged that the other party was just young in appearance, but he was not a tall and thin child of eleven or twelve and a half years old, but rather a short and thin young man.
This person may be able to pretend to be an adult or a child when inquiring about information. He can even pretend to be a woman. He is indeed a good spy material.
Hai Jiao recalled his experience of fighting against the dead soldiers raised by the Sun family in his previous life, and he could roughly guess which secret agent the other party came from. Since he was a disciple of a master, his status was indeed more important than that of ordinary dead soldiers.
Thinking of the big losses suffered by his masters and brothers in his previous life, Hai Jiao sneered slightly: "No matter how old this person is, he can't escape easily after being stabbed by me! That stab was not just an ordinary flesh wound. If you don't want to His right hand is now useless. He must find a good doctor and treat him with good medicine. We can ask famous doctors and medicine shops in Chang'an. I don't believe he can hide forever! If he becomes a spy, if he is no longer useful, he will be there at any time. He will be abandoned as a waste. Even if he is a master disciple and becomes a waste, he will be abandoned at any time."
Haitang asked hurriedly: "Where is the stab wound?"
Hai Jiao made a mark on his body, which was almost at the right elbow. He was very sure that the knife he stabbed at that time was not very deep, but the position was very tricky and he almost cut off the opponent's hand tendon. If someone hadn't shot an arrow suddenly, he would have added another shot.
Haitang thought for a while: "This injury is quite serious. Generally speaking, it is rare to say that it is caused by an accident in this position, right? Has my brother told Lao Zhangtou and the others about this matter? They are locals. There must be a better way to get information from famous local doctors or pharmacies."
"Of course I said it, and Grandpa Zhang also took note of it, but he seemed to pay more attention to the masked man who arrived later and rescued the killer." Hai Jiao hesitated, "He took the shot that the man shot at me. A few arrows seemed to reveal something, but he didn’t say much to me, he just said he would tell me the results once they were available, and told me not to worry.”
Haitang raised an eyebrow: "Is there any special mark on those arrows that can point directly to the owner of the arrow?"
Hai Jiao shook his head: "The arrows are of high quality and should be marked, but the arrow tails were all broken off, probably also breaking off the marks. I had some doubts afterward. That person shot at me. The accuracy of several arrows was not very good. It was probably not because his archery skills were poor, but because the tail of the arrow was broken and it was not as easy to control as the intact arrow. Unless he was used to shooting such short arrows, otherwise Accuracy will definitely be affected.”
Haitang has practiced archery for two years now and can understand the meaning of Hai Jiao's words, but she also found a clue: "This person will break the marked part of the arrow before shooting it, which proves that The arrow itself has obvious characteristics and is easily recognized by others. So the owner of the arrow is probably not just an ordinary person, right? Could it be Du Boqin?"
If these arrows can be used to prove that Du Boqin has bad intentions, then the Zhou family will be more wary of him in the future and will no longer be easily plotted by him, right?
Hai Jiao has some hope for this: "If this is true, it will save us a lot of trouble and we don't need to find another way to remind the Zhou family."
The search for the killer and his accomplices still depended on the efficiency of the prefect's Yamen, so Hai Jiao could only wait for the news as patiently as possible.
At the moment, he is more interested in another thing: "Today, the old military advisor went to the third room of the Zhou family. I wonder what the result will be?"
(End of chapter)
