"Zhang Mazi interrogated for half an hour, and then the thieves were recruited. This assassination operation was the result of a collusion between thieves in Dongchang, Liaozhen, and us in Kaiyuan."
"It's hard to guard against domestic thieves."
In the living room of the Kaiyuan General Military Mansion, Marquis Ping Liao looked calmly at Qiao Yiqi who was sitting in front of him.
Things are unpredictable, and the old partner in front of him who seems least likely to die well turns out to be the person he trusts most.
"Qiao Jianjun, I am preparing to proclaim myself emperor next year. I have been thinking about the name of the new dynasty these days, whether it will be Qi or Han, or..."
Liu Zhaosun wanted to use Qiao Yiqi's mouth to tell the world about his ambition to change the dynasty, so that everyone in the world would know Pingliao Hou's determination to rebel.
After all, if the news is spread through Qiao Big Mouth, it will appear more formal.
"Marquis Ping Liao, you are going to rebel after all, but rebellion is a big deal. You should talk to Kang Yinggan, Ma Shiying, and the others. They two should be better at this. The lower officials are incapable of arresting them, so they can only serve as supervisors and beheading officials. Let me help you kill a few people."
Qiao Yiqi put down the teacup and tried to suppress the disappointment on his face.
Liu Zhaosun smiled awkwardly and did not care about Qiao Yiqi. He knew that this person was completely different from Kang Yingqian and had always reacted coldly to the rebellion.
"Does Supervisor Qiao know who are the domestic thieves?"
Qiao Yiqi shook his head and sighed:
"Kaiyuan's killings have been very popular these days. I have been serving as a beheading officer for a month, and the heads I chopped off can go around your military headquarters. Marquis Pingliao has killed many people, and it is inevitable that some people will jump over the wall in a hurry. As for the internal thieves, I really don’t know who it is. I don’t know if Lao Kang is involved in this matter. You saved his life and he wants to follow you in rebellion. Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Yuanyi don’t know either, not to mention several generals. Sun Chuanting has just been punished. You can’t say for sure; if Marquis Ping Liao beheads Song Yingding, the Song family may not have any evil intentions.”
From what Qiao Yiqi said, he was still complaining that the rectification movement was too harsh.
In Kaiyuan, Qiao Yiqi was not greedy for money or power. He was upright and not afraid of the shadow, and he was carefree. He often contradicted Liu Zhaosun when he spoke. Fortunately, Pingliao Marquis was used to it and didn't bother to argue with him.
"Supervisor Qiao, everything is dark in front of me. I can only cross the river by feeling for stones. I don't know where the Kaiyuan boat will drift in the end."
Liu Zhaosun suddenly slapped his thigh, raised his head and smiled.
"The thieves have been recruited. Their home base is at the Seven Star Restaurant. Zhang Chao has already led his men there. Let's go, Supervisor Qiao, follow me to catch the big fish."
After saying that, he stood up suddenly, took out the Yanling knife that had killed countless people, and walked out of the general military mansion with his confidant Qiao Yiqi, surrounded by a group of guards.
Two cold arrows were shot from the restaurant. Yang Tong, with his sharp eyesight and quick hands, pulled out the iron hook from the hawker's heart and rushed toward the door with the body on his head.
The sound of crossbow arrows entering the human body could be heard in his ears. He had seen the big bow used by Hou Jin Baya on the battlefield. He was glad that the man upstairs was only using a short crossbow, otherwise, at this distance, heavy arrows could completely penetrate it. He penetrated the hawker's corpse and shot himself to death like he penetrated a candied haws.
When pedestrians on the street saw the date vendor being killed, they all shouted and fled in fear.
Suddenly there was the sound of a sword piercing the air from behind. Yang Tong quickly let go of the body that had been shot into a hedgehog, and used the rolling action commonly used by sword and shield soldiers, and rolled forward suddenly.
The two flying axes, one behind the other, pressed against the back of Zhenfu Bing's head and spine, whizzing and hitting the stone lion's head in front of the Seven Star Tower, causing a burst of sparks.
Yang Tong broke out in cold sweat from behind, rolled forward, and threw out the caltrops hidden in his sleeves.
Relying on the cover of the lion, he entered five steps from the door of the restaurant.
He hid behind the stone lion and gasped for air. There were messy footsteps on the bluestone road, and at least two groups of people were approaching him.
"Damn it, we're in trouble again!"
He will always encounter difficult opponents. It was like this when he was in Qufu, it was like this when he was in Hetuala, and it was still like this when he returned to Kaiyuan.
Yang Tong glanced sideways to the back. The hawker he killed collapsed on the ground, staring at this side without closing his eyes.
He gritted his teeth and blew the bamboo whistle he carried with him.
Kaiyuan Zhenfu soldiers all carry this kind of small bamboo whistle. When they go out on patrol and encounter enemy situations, they can use it to call for support. The whistle is sharp and can be heard from a long distance away.
The other party obviously didn't expect that Yang Tong was actually a suppressing soldier. The whistle sounded, and a dense rain of arrows immediately hit the stone lion. The other party obviously panicked.
Screams came from behind, and the two Jurchen businessmen stepped on the iron caltrops dropped by Yang Tong, dropped the iron bone flowers in their hands, and jumped around on the spot holding their feet.
Yang Tong pulled the stone thunder and waited until the stone thunder was about to explode before throwing it out. In the violent explosion, the Jurchen merchants who just threw the axes returned to bliss.
Taking advantage of the enemy's panic, he suddenly jumped out from behind the stone lion, triggered the crossbow, and regardless of whether he was hit or not, ignoring the locust-like rain of arrows flying past his face, he flew into the gate of the Seven Star Tower.
The distance of five steps is reached in an instant.
One of the archers was shot by Yang Tong. The policeman swung his iron hook and pierced the other man's eye socket. The man screamed in pain, let go of the short crossbow in his hand, and swung his sword to chop around.
Yang Tong cut off the man's wrist with a knife. Amidst a wailing sound that was not like a human voice, he pulled out the dagger and stabbed left and right without looking.
The sharp dagger cuts open the opponent's abdomen...
He carried the half-dead archer and entered the bottom floor of the Seven Star Building. The ground was a mess, with dozens of corpses scattered everywhere.
He could tell at a glance that those who died were the shopkeeper and clerk of Qixing Tower, as well as some of his brothers who were in charge of the army.
Yang Tong suddenly raised the loaded flintlock musket, pointed at the killers who were chasing behind him, and pulled the trigger.
He looked at the corpse in front of him, his scalp felt numb, and he roared angrily at the shaking figure on the second floor:
"Thief, get out and die!"
After a while, the stairs creaked, and footsteps came closer and closer.
Eunuch Zeng stood on the stairs, raised a matchlock gun, aimed it at Yang Tong, took the matchstick from a fan next to him, and prepared to light the matchlock.
"It's New Year's Eve tomorrow, and I was thinking of going back to the capital to celebrate the New Year, you bitch! You're still not resting, you're even more anxious than I am to kill you! If you kill so many people in our family, our family will skin you alive today. "
Yang Tong raised his dagger and wiped it on the archer's neck, pushed the body away, and started loading ammunition into the flintlock gun:
"The dumplings are in the pot, it depends on whether you survive or not!"
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Lin Yu swung his long pickaxe, like a violent beast, and slammed into the defeated guard soldiers.
The long pickaxe, which weighed forty or fifty kilograms, knocked away all the living creatures in front of it.
The guard soldiers who rushed up from behind were frightened by the giant beast, and they all screamed and fled in both directions.
Many people stepped on the iron caltrops laid on the roadside, and their soles were pierced by iron nails. They fell to the ground and screamed loudly.
Lin Yu dragged his heavy body and strode forward.
The pickaxe is as long as the wind.
A guard soldier who was half sitting on the ground flew out like a ball.
"Injured military households, stop chasing them!"
Shen Lian followed and shouted loudly, while Lin Yu was murderous and non-stop.
Seeing that the long pickaxe was hitting another guard soldier who could not afford to be injured, Shen Lian suddenly raised his Miao Dao and blocked it with all his strength.
The impact of the weapons splashed out bursts of sparks, and the giant's progress suddenly stopped.
"That's enough! We're not here to kill people!"
As soon as Shen Lian finished speaking, there was a blast of firecrackers behind him, and Lin Yu raised his heavy shield to protect the two of them.
The fire gun soldiers of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division couldn't wait to start shooting at the target across the defeated guard soldiers.
Suddenly, screams resounded all around. Those guards soldiers who were not killed by the rebellion were hit by lead bullets and fell to the ground rolling and wailing.
The firelight illuminated Lu Tongzhi's green face. He looked up at Tian Ergeng with a vicious look in his eyes.
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