The war is imminent. During the war, the outcome is of course decided by the army, but secretly, both sides are conducting espionage operations and are naturally active.
Assassinating the opponent's key figures and then affecting the battle situation is also a plan that is often implemented.
Qinzhou, Duweiying.
At such moments, Liang Yuan is the busiest. Not only does he have to secretly protect the ministers of the DPRK, but he also has to do his best to track down enemy assassins.
In the past few days, after extensive spying, he had almost locked down a group of assassins. However, the assassins were secretive, reclusive, and changed their hiding places from time to time, making it difficult to pinpoint the specific location.
The net couldn't be closed, and Liang Yuan's brows furrowed.
At this moment, a small leader with a captain's official emblem embroidered on his collar came in quickly, clasped his fists and bent down and said, "Sir, we have made an unexpected discovery."
"Oh?" Liang Yuan was shocked when he heard this and immediately motioned for him to continue.
The team leader said: "The eyeliner reported that this was found near Laojiu Lane in Dongcheng District."
As he spoke, he respectfully handed over a crossbow arrow.
"This is..." Liang Yuan took it and looked through it carefully, his eyes suddenly widened: "Wu Wei Mansion!?"
"That's right, this crossbow arrow is specially issued by the Wuwei Mansion, and it was also left behind by the assassins who evacuated in a hurry." The team leader said.
Liang Yuan couldn't help but gasped. Near the arrowhead of the crossbow arrow, there was indeed the word Wuweifu engraved on it. This was to distinguish the deployment of arms.
Crossbows are for military use. Unlike curved bows, Qin crossbows are so well made that they are impossible to see among the people. Because of their firing speed and lethality, they are also prohibited from being worn by ordinary people. Especially in Qinzhou, where the capital is, it is banned. Extremely strict.
Appearing here now can only mean that someone wants to carry out an assassination operation.
As for the assassins who were hiding in Qinzhou, how could they bring the crossbow in when they entered the city? They could only seek help in the city.
Could it be that the Wuwei Mansion was secretly communicating with the assassin?
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan took the crossbow and looked at the team leader again, and asked in a solemn voice: "What do you think?"
"This..." the team leader pondered for a moment and said: "Except for military operations, I, Qin Nu, generally do not appear. Although the Wuwei Mansion has some equipment, it is rarely used. Even if it needs to be deployed, it will be in the military. You have to register it with the ordnance officer of the Wei Mansion."
"That is to say, the problem may arise with the Ordnance Officer." Liang Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Let's go! Go to Wuwei Mansion!"
"Yes!" The team leader quickly followed and asked subconsciously: "Sir, would you like to deploy more manpower?"
"No, there will be no problem with Ye Cheng, and there will be no problem with Wu Wei Mansion. The problem is just with one person." Liang Yuan kept walking.
Half an hour later, Wu Wei Mansion.
"Master Liang, Master Liang, don't tolerate this humiliation..."
There were officers and soldiers trying to stop him, but Liang Yuan had already forced his way in.
Not long after, Ye Cheng, who received the news, also came quickly. He first waved his hands to the officers and soldiers, indicating to retreat, then looked at Liang Yuan, and said with an unhappy face: "Master Liang, Wuwei Mansion is not an inn. Restaurant, you can come if you want, but at least you have to say something, right?"
"Haha, I'm sorry for the rudeness, but I hope Mr. Ye will forgive me. It's just an emergency, and I'm afraid that Mr. Ye will pretend to be sick and disappear." Liang Yuan said with a smile.
There is a slight conflict between Wuwei Mansion and Duwei Camp.
This is mainly because Liang Yuan poached people and removed important prisoners several times, and each time he said: The handling of cases by the Duwei Battalion is a state secret. It has the right to remove serious criminals who are detrimental to the court, interrogate them individually, and also has the right to second them from various ministries. Elite personnel.
Every time Ye Cheng was overwhelmed by his high-sounding reasons, he was speechless. He felt that he had been robbed of his merits several times, so he naturally had no good feelings towards him. In the past, when Liang Yuan visited, he often pretended to be ill.
Seeing that he had barged in now, Ye Cheng didn't bother to care about it, so he sarcastically said: "Master Liang leads the Duwei camp, such a busy man, how can he have free time today? Why did he come to Wuwei Mansion? Seek some advice."
Liang Yuan couldn't hear his sarcasm, and he wasn't angry. He said seriously: "I came here to arrest someone, please allow Mr. Ye."
"What did you say!?" Ye Cheng almost laughed out of anger, and said unceremoniously: "Liang Yuan! Where do you think Wuwei Mansion is! Are there any criminals here? The arrester was arrested here!"
"Master Ye, don't get me wrong." Liang Yuan said, reaching out a little, taking the crossbow arrow handed to him by his subordinates, and sent it to Ye Cheng: "Take a look at this first."
Ye Cheng glanced at him, took it subconsciously, and then frowned: "This is... hiss, the crossbow arrow of my Wuwei Mansion!?"
"That's right."
"Why are you here?"
"Then we have to ask Mr. Ye."
"What do you mean?" Ye Cheng already felt something was wrong.
Liang Yuan explained: "To be honest with Mr. Ye, the Duwei camp is currently tracking down a group of people with suspicious identities. They act secretly and are suspected of being assassins. They often move their bases, resulting in the failure of the arrest. This crossbow is exactly When they evacuated in a hurry, they accidentally left it behind, and I think they didn't know it yet."
"What do you mean..." Ye Cheng asked in a serious voice.
Liang Yuan smiled and asked: "May I ask Master Ye, has Wuwei Mansion used any bows and crossbows in recent times?"
Ye Cheng shook his head slightly: "Crossbow arrows are not used often and have not been deployed for more than half a year."
He was right. Things like the Qin Nu would only be used unless there was a crowd gathering to resist or to encircle and suppress mountain bandits. Otherwise, for hunting down murderers and catching thieves, officers and soldiers armed with swords would be enough.
After listening to what he said, Liang Yuan smiled again and said, "You haven't used it for half a year, how come you are here?"
"You mean, someone in our Wuwei Mansion secretly gave the crossbow to the assassin?" Ye Cheng said.
"Otherwise?" Liang Yuan asked.
"Hiss..." Ye Cheng gasped and his expression suddenly changed. This is no small matter! If this were to happen, even if Wu Wei Mansion was implicated, he would have to be reprimanded by Xiao Yuan!
After explaining the matter, Liang Yuan also stepped into the topic: "Now, the Duwei Battalion is going to take away your ordnance officer, please make it convenient for Mr. Ye."
As he said this, he waved his hand forward. The men behind him understood and strode forward, heading straight for the ordnance.
Unexpectedly, after Ye Cheng reacted, he hurriedly said: "Wait a minute!"
"Master Ye." Liang Yuan's face became a little gloomy, and he said lukewarmly: "You are General Wuwei of my Great Qin Dynasty and the commander-in-chief of Wuwei Mansion. You should know the seriousness of this matter. If you block it or protect your subordinates, I’m afraid it’s hard to explain to the king, right?”
"No, no, no, that's not what I mean." Ye Cheng said quickly: "Ordnance Officer He Shun has been in the position for many years and has been in the Wuwei Mansion since its establishment. He can be said to be the oldest old man. How could he do this? What if something like this happened?"
Liang Yuandao: "Whether there is a problem or not, we can't tell clearly now. We can only know after investigation."
