After a very harmonious meal, Sima Tianming's father, Sima Mu, the elder of the Youlin sect, and Sima Heng reached a preliminary consensus. They were going to put pressure on the Nanshan sect in this day and force it to express its attitude.
Ji Jie and others stood up to say goodbye, and Sima Tianming and his son saw each other off.
On the way back, Ji Jie said calmly to Sima Xueran: "While eating, I felt like there was a pair of eyes hiding in the dark. That person's breathing was stable and he was a master!"
"Could it be someone from the Youlin faction secretly protecting the elders?" Sima Xueran made such a guess.
"Probably not. If so, he doesn't need to be so careful!" Ji Jie said solemnly: "I have to go back and find out. If it is someone who is harmful to your cousin, I can remind them and their son in time!"
"Then be careful!" Sima Xueran put a dagger into Ji Jie's hand and said, "Use it for self-defense!"
The dagger had Sima Xueran's unique body fragrance, so needless to say she kept it close to her body.
Ji Jie nodded, smiled, stuffed the dagger into his arms, disappeared around a corner, and returned along the same path around the corner.
Sima Mu and Sima Tianming, father and son, were sitting in the study room, chatting about the topic they had just talked about during the meal. It could be heard that they sincerely wanted to cooperate with the Beiyuan faction, and what they said before were not mere words.
Ji Jie remained calm and quickly sensed the assassin's hiding place. He was leaning on the roof, listening carefully to the conversation between the father and son below.
After a few minutes, the assassin quietly lifted up a tile, and at the same time took out an eight-inch long blowpipe and pointed it at Sima Mu. At this time, the father and son knew nothing about the fact that there was someone in the room, and they were still enjoying it.
Continue their conversation.
Ji Jie could see clearly. Although the man was masked and couldn't see his face, his right hand holding the blowpipe was missing a little finger, which was broken at the root. This situation is quite special, and it should be his.
It's cut, otherwise it wouldn't be so neat.
"Whoosh..."
The moment the assassin put the blowpipe to his mouth, a crossbow arrow shot out and hit the blowpipe.
"Ding Dong...Gululu..."
The blowpipe fell from his hands and rolled down the roof. The assassin was startled and turned his head to look around. He saw Ji Jie standing in the courtyard, holding a fine steel crossbow. When he saw this clearly, the second
The crossbow arrow has been fired, and the sharp arrowhead is spinning and magnifying in his eyes... and then magnifying...
The assassin subconsciously dodged, but the crossbow arrow still shot into his shoulder. He quickly turned over in the opposite direction, jumped off the roof, ran towards the dark place, and quickly disappeared. At this time, several tiles rolled down.
, fell to pieces.
"Who..." Sima Mu and his son rushed out of the room.
"There is an assassin, and he has already escaped!" Ji Jie picked up the blowpipe that fell before and handed it over, asking: "Does Elder You Lin know this thing?"
Sima Mu took the blowpipe and took a look at it and said: "This is a tool commonly used by nomadic hunters. It contains a three-inch steel needle, which is quenched with highly toxic poison. Its toxicity can kill a bear in half a quarter of an hour, and the blowing out
The flying needle doesn't take much effort, and ordinary people can blow it several feet away! As long as it hits a person, it's hard for gods to save it. It seems that the assassin wants my life!"
"Come here, search for the assassin and be sure to capture him alive!" Sima Tianming said angrily: "I want to see who sent him. He didn't want to assassinate me, but he actually targeted my father. Is it him?"
What is unbearable!"
Ji Jie originally wanted to stop him from chasing the assassin, but then he thought that there was nothing wrong with making things worse. At least it could deter the mastermind behind the scenes and not be so arrogant the next time he did such things.
With Ji Jie's archery skills, he could have shot the assassin to death on the spot. However, the clues would have been lost, so he only wounded him. If his guess was correct, this person would be the first person after climbing off the roof.
Time fled back to his master's place, leaving him alive in order to muddy the muddy water of the Sima family. The muddier the water, the more impatient some people are, and the more likely they are to make mistakes.
"Your Excellency Zhao Wenjun, thank you very much for saving my life!" Sima Mu shook the blowpipe in his hand and said: "This thing is very deadly. I didn't expect that I walked through the gate of hell. Fortunately, you took action, otherwise I would have died tomorrow."
Today is my death anniversary!”
"Elder You Lin is so polite. This is what I should do!" Ji Jie asked smoothly: "Do you know what kind of person would cut off the little finger of his right hand?"
Sima Mu was well-informed and quickly thought of the Can Lang Group.
The name of the Can Wolf Group is not made up randomly. They respect wolves as their ancestors and are used to the art of group wolf attacks. People who reach a certain status in the organization will cut off one of their little fingers and call themselves the Can Wolf Killers.
Hence the name Canlang Group.
That is to say, this assassination and the last incident on the grassland can be combined into one case. The Can Wolf Regiment failed to complete the task, so they sent people to Sima City Walled City to complete the unfinished business last time.
If only it were that simple. Ji Jie suspected that there was something hidden in it. Sima Tianming had just come back today, and the killers of the Can Wolf Group had arrived, and they knew the scope of their father and son's activities very well. Where did they get this information?
There can only be one explanation. Someone from the Sima family bribed the Can Wolf Group to provide all prerequisite guarantees for their actions.
Who could it be? It's hard to say, except for the Youlin faction, the other eight factions are all suspected.
"Elder You Lin, and brother Tian Ming, I suggest you be more careful these days!" Ji Jie said earnestly: "As long as you are alive and safe, the conspirators will have nothing to do. I think you need to improve the defense level of your residence.
,No one can guarantee that what just happened will not happen again!"
"Thank you, Your Excellency Zhao Wenjun, for reminding me. My father and I will pay attention to it!" Sima Mu readily accepted the suggestion.
Back at his residence, Ji Jie told Sima Xueran what had just happened in detail, and suggested that she also strengthen the security of the residence and ask the three Xiong brothers to keep their eyes open to ensure their safety.
"Who do you think is the mastermind behind the Can Wolf Group?" Sima Xueran asked.
Ji Jie reached out and dipped his hand in the quilt, then wrote the word "Nanshan" on the table, and then expressed his analysis: "The elders of the three sects have not formally met yet, and it is still unclear who will win.
Although Feng Zong is sharpening his sword, the more people do things openly, the less likely they are to conspire. On the contrary, our Nanshan sect, who is from the same sect, must do things secretly and bring down Chengji Zong first.
, and then provoke a war between the other two sects and reap the benefits."
"Damn Nanshan Sect!" Sima Xueran clenched his fist and said, "It's okay if they don't do good things, but they actually do evil behind the scenes. I really want to expose their conspiracy now!"
Exposing a conspiracy is not easy, it requires evidence!
However, as long as you look for it, you will always find evidence. Leaving the assassin alive is equivalent to leaving yourself a clue. Ji Jie plans to use this as a breakthrough to investigate further.