The assassin caught just now was quickly brought up.
Because of his honest confession, Tang Ping didn't make things difficult for him. He just asked someone to keep him in a room.
"Look, do you recognize him?"
The assassin didn't know why he wanted to see two corpses, but he still walked over honestly.
First, he looked at the woman and shook his head to express that he did not recognize her. He also expressed that he did not recognize the strong man.
"Does your organization have any markings? Can you tell whether he is a member of your organization?"
"Yes, but these two people don't look like people from our organization."
"This woman can't tell much. The pattern on her clothes is the pattern of a small sect in Beiyan. Only the believers of that sect would choose to leave such patterns on their clothes. They would cover it with their hands before eating. Pray this pattern and then start eating.”
Then the assassin raised the strong man's hand and said, "And this man, this hand..."
"What's wrong with this hand?" Tang Ping motioned to Lao Cui to go over and take a look.
Lao Cui looked at it and said to Tang Ping: "Master, something is really wrong. Look at this man's fingers. There is a thick callus on the second joint of the index finger. If I am not mistaken, this is a characteristic of crossbowmen in the army."
To put it bluntly, it is the mark left by pulling the trigger of the crossbow all year round.
Folks can't help but use crossbows, because although the range of crossbows is shorter, they are more accurate and more powerful.
Even if some people hide crossbows privately, they cannot use or practice them for many years, so naturally they will not leave such traces.
So it was obvious that this man was in the military, and judging from his age, he was more likely to be an active soldier.
"Are they the defenders of Guizhou?" Tang Ping asked Liu Bo's guards. m.
"No!" Liu Bo's guard said: "Our general loves his soldiers as much as his sons, and the Guizhou garrison must look familiar even if he can't call him by name. What's more, the crossbow team now has only 500 people in total. If so, it wouldn't be do not know."
The Tang Dynasty has begun to slowly reduce the number of crossbow teams, because once the firearms mature, the value of the crossbows will be greatly reduced.
Guizhou City has hundreds of rapid-fire cannons, which are much more useful than the crossbow corps.
"Haha, the people in the army who appeared on the border of Guizhou are not from the Guizhou army. I'm afraid it's hard not to think that they are from the opposite side!" Tang Ping sneered: "The other side is deliberately provoking The battle between Datang and Hou Junji!"
"Master, isn't it really the opposite party?" Lao Cui asked curiously.
"This person probably really came from the other side, but he probably wasn't sent by Hou Junji."
A general of the Tang Dynasty was assassinated in the street. As long as it was confirmed that the murderer was one of Hou Junji's men, even if the Tang Dynasty was unwilling to take action, he would have to fight this battle.
Otherwise, where would Datang’s face be?
According to what the guards just said, the two assassins didn't even think about running away after they succeeded. Instead, they directly chose to kill them at the neck.
Moreover, the other party cleverly did not put anything on the two of them that could prove their identities, but there were some small clues.
After exploring these small clues, we can find that both of them are from Beiyan Protectorate.
Tang Ping even believed that most of this strong man's military status was still in the Beiyan Protectorate. If he went to check, he would definitely be able to find out.
Tang Ping looked towards the back room, now it was time to see if San'er could save Liu Bo.
If Liu Bo can be saved, this battle can be avoided, but if Liu Bo is really dead, it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty court to take no action.
"Sir, do you want to send someone to check in Guizhou City to find out who is behind this?"
"At this time, I'm afraid the other party has already run away!"
The other party was very thoughtful. Who would have thought that the assassination of Tang Ping was just a cover, and the real purpose was to assassinate Liu Bo?
Liu Bo's death and Tang Ping's death would both trigger a war between Datang and Hou Junji, but it was much easier to assassinate Liu Bo than to assassinate Tang Ping.
Shaking his head, Tang Ping suddenly looked at the assassin and asked curiously: "You know a lot. Someone like you should be a very powerful assassin, right? Why was he demoted today?"
The assassin kept silent at first, and Lao Cui said angrily: "Didn't you hear the young master asking you?"
The assassin raised his head and glanced at Tang Ping before saying: "I was not an assassin in the first place. I just needed a large amount of money for some reasons, so I accepted this task. Now that I have received the money, I naturally don't have to work hard for the organization. You You promised that as long as I tell the truth, you will let me live. If I can live, I don’t want to die!"
Tang Ping didn't expect this assassin to have such a story, but when asked again, he didn't answer any more.
However, this assassin's story obviously had nothing to do with Tang Ping. Since the other party was unwilling to answer, Tang Ping no longer forced him and asked Lao Cui to take him down.
At this moment, the door of the back room opened, and Li Shan, who was still sweating profusely despite the cold weather, walked out.
"My life is saved!" He took the drink that Tang Ping threw to him, drank a few gulps, and said: "The physical fitness of people in this era is really good. It's not that his physical fitness is good. I'm afraid he has already explained it today. ."
Tang Ping also breathed a sigh of relief. Since Liu Bo had been rescued, in fact, as long as the news of his assassination was blocked, it would not cause too much trouble.
Datang will not go to war with Hou Junji for the time being.
Tang Ping was really unwilling to fight this battle. He even had a plan on how to peacefully conquer the Beiyan Protectorate. If Liu Bo died, not only would his preparations be in vain, but the development of the Tang Dynasty would also be in vain. It will also be a major hindrance.
"Stop the news of General Liu's injury!" He looked at several of Liu Bo's guards: "General Liu was assassinated just now, but are there any witnesses?"
"No more!" The guard shook his head and said: "It was getting late at that time. It was not like Chang'an here. It was already under curfew, so there was no one on the street. The only thing is... we took down the door panels of a family in order to send the general here. It was torn down.”
Tang Ping nodded: "In this case, you should release the news and say that General Liu has been discussing important matters with me today. As for that family, go over and pay for it now. Just say that you drank too much." Drunk and crazy.”
"Yes, I understand. I'll do it right now, then go back to the military camp and get twenty military sticks by myself, and do the whole show!" The guard said gratefully. As long as Liu Bo is rescued, he will receive twenty military sticks. What?
Fortunately, it was right next to the residence of Duke Ping, otherwise the general might have been in real danger.
After asking several of Liu Bo's guards to return to the Guizhou Army to arrange various matters in Liu Bo's absence, Tang Ping said to Lao Cui: "Since they deliberately want to assassinate General Liu and start a war, as long as the news of General Liu's assassination does not spread, , what do you think they will do?"
Lao Cui thought for a while and said: "If it were me, I would definitely suspect that General Liu is dead, but you suppressed the news, so in order to achieve your goal, you will definitely spread the news that General Liu was assassinated in Guizhou City."
"Okay, Lao Cui, you didn't read the military book in vain!" Tang Ping laughed and patted Lao Cui on the shoulder: "Then I'll give you a hard time and deploy control throughout the city to find out who is spreading the rumors."
Some people died, but not completely...
