Wancheng, in a certain inn.
It was noon, and there were a lot of guests coming and going in the inn. Among this bustling crowd, two people in ordinary clothes sat opposite each other to eat.
Very inconspicuous in the crowd.
"Is the information you got accurate?" While eating, a sentence came out of his mouth, and then he chewed it. To outsiders, it seemed that he had no chance to speak at all.
"The information came from inside, it is absolutely reliable." Another person said, but did not look at the other person and ate seriously.
"You have to know that we only have one chance to take action. If we don't succeed, we will be punished."
"Don't worry, Zhang Xiu has been making a lot of noise when he goes out. Now he has gone to the navy to check. He will probably come back this afternoon. Enter through the main entrance and pass by the main street. We will start on the road to make sure nothing goes wrong."
"snort!"
Another person sneered, "Do you think Shadow Guards are just for free? Master Xun You has spent a lot of energy cultivating this line. If he fails, all previous efforts will be wasted. How can you guarantee that everything will be foolproof?"
The person opposite was not angry and took a good sip of the soup. "After all this time, if the shadow guard can find out, can I still sit here and talk to you? This guy Li Ru is getting old and becoming more and more useless. We will be able to reach Chang'an soon, and when the time comes, it will be easy to kill Zhang Xiu."
"I don't have time to listen to you. Are the manpower and weapons ready?" The man became serious.
"Don't worry, the arrowhead is made after the arrowhead of the flower-edged armor-piercing crossbow. As long as Zhang Xiu hits the arrow, he is guaranteed to die." The man said with certainty.
"Then it's best." As he said that, the man naturally looked up at the sun, which was about to set. "It's getting late, let's start taking action. Also, Master Xun You has an order. If the assassination fails, , no one can be captured, understand?"
The face of the person opposite changed, and then he nodded indifferently.
The other man got up and left.
As everyone knows, in the second-floor window not far from this table, a pair of eyes were watching their every move. Seeing one of them leave, the person ordered: "Send someone to follow, remember, don't alert the snake. "
"Here!"
Then there was the sound of leaving footsteps.
Xiang Man, named Zhongbo, was from Shangjun. After Zhang Xiu pacified Guanzhong, he recruited troops. Because of his superior physical condition, he was selected into the Shadow Guard and served as the commander of one hundred guards.
Shadow Guard was restructured in the hands of Li Ru.
The person who leads the Shadow Guard is called the Chief Guard, and his subordinates are divided into four Palm Guards. Below the Palm Guard are divided into Thousand Guard Chiefs, and below the Thousand Guard Chiefs are divided into Hundred Guard Chiefs.
Relying on his own merits, Xiang Man rose step by step from a small shadow guard to the captain of a hundred guards. He was in charge of 300 people and was Zhang Xiu's secret guard.
"Master Baiwei, these people are all hidden guards. We have discovered it for a long time, but there is news from above that we are not allowed to take action and let them exist." Standing next to Xiang Man was a strong man. The person is Ma Ming, the stall owner in Nanyang, without a word.
"Yes, I know," Xiang Man nodded, "What Lord General Wei meant was to fish for a big fish with a long line, trying to dig out the people hiding in Chang'an. I didn't expect that they would dare to take advantage of the Lord. They are really asking for death." .”
"There are more than fifty of these people in total. They are all practitioners. They are quite powerful and their hiding places are relatively scattered. It would be quite troublesome to kill them all. Now it's better. They are all gathered together in order to murder the lord. We..." Before he could say anything, he saw Xiang Man staring at him and didn't dare to say anything else.
Xiang Man said angrily: "You use my lord as bait?"
Ma Ming's face changed with fright: "How dare I have such an idea? I would rather die than use my lord as bait."
Xiang Man's face was still serious: "Find an opportunity to clean up before they take action. When the lord learns about this, what we hand over must have a perfect result. Do you understand?"
The man said seriously: "Understood!"
"Ma Ming, if I remember correctly, you and Li Mu both joined the army at the same time, right?"
Ma Ming's expression turned ugly: "Yes!"
"Li Mu is now General Guangwei. We have to give ourselves good results. These people below are our results. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, I will definitely give you a perfect answer!" Ma Ming was stimulated and promised with his chest raised.
At this time, another person below also got up and walked in the direction of the person who left before.
"They are probably about to take action. Quickly organize people to annihilate them. We must not let them affect the local public security in Nanyang. I will go find the local emergency response force." Xiang Man said.
"Need not!"
Ma Ming said: "We have enough people to make it impossible for these people to escape."
Xiang Man was stunned for a moment, took a serious look at Ma Ming, nodded and said, "Okay, let's set off now."
…
The easternmost part of Wancheng.
This is an area of poor residents. Under normal conditions, poor areas in various cities are dirty, messy, and poor. However, under Zhang Xiu's rule, there are often people cleaning here. Although it is poor, it is very clean.
Most of the houses in poor areas have earth walls, built with adobe bricks, and the courtyard walls are also made of earth.
These courtyard walls are all connected together and appear very compact. There is only a very narrow alley between three or four houses.
In a connected courtyard, dozens of people stood.
There are still people rushing here one after another.
"When will everyone arrive?" The speaker was the man who was sitting opposite and issuing orders just now. His name was Song Jie, a native of Xuchang.
"There are seven more people, some distance away, they should be here soon." The answerer was a dark-skinned man, not tall, but very strong.
Song Jie: "Have you prepared all the things Master Yu has prepared?"
"Everything is ready."
"Send it to the brothers and take action as soon as everyone is here."
"Here!"
The man waved his hand and led a few people towards the yard next to him.
Song Jie looked at the sun, feeling something was wrong in his heart, as if there were a pair of eyes staring at him all the time, and his heart was always being lifted.
He was selected from Cao's army and has rich battlefield experience.
The more experienced he was, the stronger his sixth sense was before the war. Just like now, he felt strongly uneasy.
His eyes scanned the courtyard and then looked at the people below.
There is nothing unusual.
But the more normal he was, the more he felt something was wrong, and the stronger his vigilance became.
At this time, there was a sound of metal clashing in my ears. I turned around and saw that the people who had gone in had taken out various weapons, mostly bows, arrows and crossbows, plus a knife.
Then, the weapons were distributed.
After dividing them quickly, there were still seven bows and seven knives left, which were placed next to Song Jie.
Song Jie looked at these weapons that emitted cold light, and felt a chill in his heart. He asked in a cold voice, "Where are the other seven people? They haven't come yet after so long?"
The man also buckled his head in confusion: "I don't know either. Counting the time, it should be here."
Song Jie started making a sound.
This sentence seemed to echo his bad premonition.
Could it be that his actions were known to the Shadow Guard?
