Huge office.
Only Hu Kui and Xue Yun were alone in the room, and all the guards and servants were driven out by Hu Kui.
On the coffee table, the scalding tea was slowly steaming.
Xue Yun frowned and asked, "What do you mean by the assassin you just mentioned?"
Hear the words.
The hand holding the tea cup hovered in mid-air.
Hu Kui raised his head and let out a long sigh, and said with a wry smile on his face: "To tell you the truth, after returning from the Empire where the sun never sets, many major changes have happened in Longdu."
He pondered for a moment.
Hu Kui said softly: "You should still remember Mr. Zuo Xinghe from the Zuo family, right?"
"certainly."
He nodded quickly.
Xue Yun recalled: "When I was working in the training camp, it was he who brought the Zuo family's civil and military personnel to cause trouble. If Liu Lang and Teacher Beigong hadn't taken action one after another, he would have really taken over the power of Longdu. ”
Zuo Xinghe, known as the God of Wealth in Longdu—
The family behind him has been in control of the finance and financial power in Longdu City for generations.
Back then, this old man wanted to seize power, but was later put under house arrest by Beigong Mu.
In fact, Xue Yun has already been relieved about this matter.
After all, in the subsequent defense battle of Dragon City, Zuo Xinghe put the overall situation first and led the Zuo family to the city tower regardless of previous suspicions. Together with everyone, he fought to the death to resist the invasion of the "Apostles of Judgment".
Xue Yun still remembers this rare righteousness in his heart.
"What does this matter have to do with him?"
"The old man has passed away."
He raised his head and took a puff of cigarette.
Hu Kui exhaled a plume of smoke, and the lingering mist spread, suddenly making people feel a little bit eye-catching.
Startled slightly.
Xue Yun suddenly felt a little heavy and asked in a low voice: "When did it happen?"
"Two days ago."
Smoking silently.
Hu Kui looked deeply and said in a deep voice: "A group of strange night watchmen sneaked into Longdu and carried out an assassination plan specifically for me, Mr. An and Zuo Xinghe."
"These guys' armed freaks are basically all long-range fast-attack types who are good at concealing their traces. They are born to be dead soldiers trained for assassination operations..."
The cigarette ashes between his fingers fell on the table.
Hu Kui had no idea and said with a wry smile on his face: "I'm lucky. The guards around me reacted quickly and blocked the fatal blow for me."
"Mr. An's chest was hit by a silver needle. He is still in the hospital for rescue. He is not out of danger yet..."
Put out cigarette butts.
His expression couldn't help but become sad, Hu Kui rubbed his forehead and whispered: "As for Zuo Xinghe... his brain was hit hard, his self-awareness had collapsed, and the medical team was helpless, and he died suddenly on the spot."
Bang sound——
In the spacious office, all the glassware exploded almost at the same time.
An extremely terrifying aura mixed with monstrous anger suddenly emanated from Xue Yun's body.
"Son of a bitch......"
He quickly clenched his fists.
Xue Yun tried his best to suppress the restless atmosphere in his body and tried his best to maintain calm and restraint.
It is clear.
The assassination operation two days ago was basically aimed at the three giants who held the power of Longdu.
As the city lord, Hu Kui represented administrative power.
Mr. An Gufeng is highly respected and has been the minister of the Longdu War Preparedness Department for many years.
What he represents is the military power of Longdu.
Finally, there is Zuo Xinghe, who controls more than 80% of the financial institutions in this fortress city.
What it represents happens to be financial and economic power.
There is no doubt that the other party is deliberately planning to completely paralyze the entire Longdu administration in one fell swoop.
The evil intentions and despicable means can be described as true murderous intent.
It's no wonder that Longdu was so cautious and arranged so many guards around Hu Kui.
These are troubled times.
Once the city lord is killed, even if his life is not in danger and he is seriously injured, the administrative affairs of the entire fortress city will also suffer a heavy blow.
"Have you found out? Who instigated it?" Xue Yun asked in a deep voice.
Shaked his head.
Hu Kui raised his brows and said helplessly: "This group of people acted cleanly and did not even think about surviving. Basically, they had all killed themselves when we found them, and there were no relevant clues on their bodies to prove their identities. "
The so-called dead men are such tool men.
Once they act brazenly, no matter whether the mission succeeds or fails, they will not choose to continue to live in the world.
People like this were secretly cultivated by all the major forces in the Daxia Empire. The Assassin Sisters that Xuanyuan Zhong gave to Xue Yun fell into this category.
This kind of thing is not new at all.
in other words--
Whether it is the Xuanyuan royal family or the other princes and city lords in the ten other fortress cities, almost all of them are potential suspects.
"This is not the most critical issue."
Closing his eyes, he took out another cigarette from the cigarette pack with a thoughtful look on his face.
Slowly lighting a fire for himself, Hu Kui looked solemn and could not help but secretly gritted his teeth and said: "A few hours ago, the city patrol team found more than a dozen corpses in the wilderness two kilometers away from the south city tower."
Frowning.
Obviously feeling the other party's fear and uneasiness, Xue Yun was a little surprised and said: "So?"
The wilderness outside the fortress city not only has a very harsh climate and environment, but is also occupied by various wild monsters all year round. Many merchants and night watchmen who come and go often die on the road.
Even if one or two strange corpses were found, there was actually nothing to be alarmed about.
"But the problem is..."
He raised his hand to support his forehead and took a long drag on the cigarette.
Hu Kui looked a little decadent and said with a wry smile: "Later, judging from the clothes and relics of these corpses, their identities turned out to be from the imperial city's envoy team..."
He was startled violently.
Xue Yun couldn't help but was slightly stunned. When he raised his head, he finally understood why Hu Kui was so distressed.
The source of the current chaos in the Daxia Empire was originally caused by the young emperor's desire to abolish the city lords of the major princes.
At this juncture, the corpses of the Imperial City envoy team were discovered near Longdu.
Hu Kui, who represented the Longdu regime, probably wouldn't be able to clear away the suspicion even if he jumped into the sea.
What’s even more terrifying is——
If this matter is exposed, I am afraid that the entire dragon will immediately become the target of public criticism.
"How could this happen..." Xue Yun narrowed his eyes and thought quickly.
Even if you know something is fishy.
For a while, they couldn't produce any evidence to prove that Longdu had nothing to do with this matter.
not to mention.
The truth is, you can never wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep.
No one cares about whether the deceased is really related to Longdu, and Xuanyuan Hong, who is far away in the imperial city of Hudu, will never give up such a good opportunity to make a big fuss.
I'm afraid that after getting the news, this tyrannical little emperor will immediately make a proposal in the court.
On the grounds of contempt for the imperial power, he mobilized the Night Watch Legion in the imperial city and began to press against the Longdu army.
It happened to take advantage of this hard-won excuse to perform an old trick of killing chickens to scare monkeys.
