Arrows were like raindrops, and the screams of Ashina Chengqing's disciples were constantly heard.
Ashina Chengqing, his eldest disciples Anan and Pinggu, ran all the way and escaped into the innermost room.
Ashina Chengqing pushed open the iron bookcase with all his strength, revealing a dark secret hole, and took Ping Gu into it.
Anan was about to follow, but was stopped by Ashina Chengqing, "You reset the bookcase outside, and then you climb over the wall and get out!"
Anan was stunned. No matter where he went out now, there would be a dead end.
At this time, Pinggu suddenly showed her head and said: "Master, we can also lock it from the inside!"
Ashina Chengqing turned around and glared at Aunt Ping, and then reluctantly said to his apprentice: "You are responsible for closing the door!"
With a wave of his hand, he took Pinggu and got in first. Anan was so happy that he quickly followed in and pushed the cabinet shut from the inside.
But from the inside, I can only barely close the cabinet, but I still can't completely reset the cabinet.
As the cabinet slowly closed, the secret passage gradually became dark.
At a corner not far from the secret passage, Ashina Chengqing pulled out his short sword and lurked in the dark.
Although his apprentice Anan is very smart and capable, if he shows up, he will inevitably be recognized by the internal guards, which will drag him down. Ashina Chengqing has decided to silence his apprentice.
The secret passage needed to transport goods, so it was built relatively wide, five feet high and one foot wide, so people could run in it with their heads down.
At this time, Anan ran over. In fact, the secret passage was not very dark. There were several oil lamps hanging on the top. However, Anan's eyes had not fully adapted. In his opinion, the secret passage was still pitch black.
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But Ashina Chengqing's eyes had completely adapted. This was his advantage. He stared at Anan who was running, and suddenly jumped up and stabbed Anan's chest with his short sword like lightning.
Anan was very skilled in martial arts. He saw a flash of cold light in the darkness and instinctively turned aside, but he was still a little slow. "Pfft!" He stabbed Anan in the shoulder.
"Ah!" Anan screamed and took a step back.
Ashina Chengqing knew that he had not hit the vital point. He was so anxious that he rushed forward and grabbed Anan's neck. The two of them rolled to the ground.
"Master"
Anan saw the ferocious and terrifying face of his master, and he felt despair in his heart.
"Go to hell! Go to hell!"
Ashina Chengqing was as strong as an ox and was about to strangle his apprentice to death. At this moment, Ashina Chengqing felt a sharp pain in his back and looked back in disbelief.
Pinggu's face was as cold as frost, and her eyes were filled with hatred.
"You bitch, how dare you"
"I've been waiting for today since the day you occupied me five years ago, you thief, go to hell!"
Ping Gu pulled out the dagger from his vest and stabbed it hard again. This knife pierced the heart directly. Ashina Chengqing was tightly grabbed by Anan's arms. He could not fight back or dodge. He could only feel the pain in his back.
There was a heartbreaking pain, and he couldn't help but scream, and he died on the spot.
Anan got up with difficulty, stared blankly at Ashina Chengqing's body, and shouted in a low voice: "Master"
Ping Gu rushed up and slapped him hard twice, "You still call him master, but our parents were killed by him, don't you know?"
Anan was shocked. He was seven years older than Aunt Ping. He couldn't remember how his parents died. But he knew very well how Aunt Ping's parents died. They were an honest family of nomads. Master killed them.
He raped the male host, raped the female host and strangled her to death. Afterward, he told himself that they were all Han spies.
At only three years old, Pinggu became the master's only female apprentice.
"Pinggu, me"
Pinggu burst into tears and hit Anan again, "You are such a useless man! Your woman has been taken over by others, and you still want to obey him and don't dare to resist? Are you still an eagle on the grassland?"
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Blood suddenly surged to Anan's head. He hugged Pinggu fiercely, sobbing and crying: "I only hate that I am blind, I only hate that I am too weak. I am sorry for you!"
The two hugged each other and cried.
At this time, a muffled sound of 'Bang!' suddenly came from not far away. This was the internal guard kicking open the door.
Anan was shocked, "Let's leave quickly!"
The two held hands and gradually ran away.
Several internal guards rushed into the room, but found no one. Just as they were about to turn around and leave, one of the internal guards suddenly noticed that the cabinet was a little abnormal. There were obvious signs of displacement on the floor. He stepped forward and took a closer look, and found that the cabinet was actually
Iron.
"This cabinet is weird!"
The soldier shouted, and several other companions turned around. The leading brigade commander looked at it for a moment and shouted: "Everyone push open the cabinet together!"
Several soldiers worked hard together, and the heavy iron cabinet was pushed open with a creak, revealing the secret passage behind it.
At this time, there were more and more internal guards, and the commander Li Zengquan also arrived. When he saw the dark entrance of the cave, his heart sank. Could it be that Ashina Chengqing ran away again?
But there was no other way, so he had to order: "Go in with a torch!"
Several soldiers lit torches and entered one after another.
After only a moment, the soldier shouted, "There is a corpse in here, and it's still warm!"
Li Zengquan ordered: "Bring out the body!"
Soon, the body was carried out by the soldiers. It was a tall man, about sixty years old, with white beard and hair.
Li Zengquan became excited and shouted quickly: "Bring those two prisoners up quickly!"
They arrested two disciples of Ashina Chengqing. When they were dragged up, they all knelt down and cried when they saw the bodies on the ground.
"Is he Ashina Chengqing?" Li Zengquan asked.
The two of them nodded together, "He is it!"
Li Zengquan patted his forehead and let out a long sigh of relief. His mistake ten days ago and letting the woman go made him more stressed than anyone else.
"Everyone is here!"
Everyone made a way, Li Chenghua walked quickly, and Li Zengquan quickly stepped forward to report: "The body of Ashina Chengqing was found!"
Li Chenghua stepped forward, turned over the corpse on the ground with his toes, and looked at the wounds on the back, "Did our people kill this?"
Li Zengquan shook his head, "It must be internal strife. His eldest apprentice Anan and female apprentice Pinggu ran away."
Li Chenghua looked at the secret passage and asked, "Where does the density lead to?"
"We have sent people to check, and there will be news soon!"
As soon as Li Zengquan finished speaking, two soldiers came back and reported: "To the commander in chief, to the commander in chief, the secret passage leads to a private house in Jiazhengfang in the north, close to Juexing Temple. The house is uninhabited.
It seems that someone was injured, and there were discarded strips of cloth used to bandage the wound."
"Go to Yanzhengfang to search!"
Li Chenghua gave an order, and the internal guards of the brigade turned around and rushed to Yandaofang.
Li Chenghua rushed to the Daoist Temple and found the tunnel exit. It was just over a hundred steps away from the Daguangming Temple, just across the road.
The house was empty and smelled of mold and rot. It was obvious that no one had lived in it for a long time.
"Du Tong, do you think the two people who escaped will continue to assassinate His Highness?" Li Zengquan asked.
Li Chenghua shook his head, "It's unlikely. It was Ashina Chengqing's mission to assassinate His Highness, not theirs. Besides, if they killed Ashina Chengqing, they were also afraid of being liquidated by Zoroastrianism, so they should escape."
Bigger.”
At this time, a soldier ran over and said: "Du Tong, we found something!"
I walked over quickly and saw four sentences written in blood on the back of a door, 'Poor orphan, forced to become a thief, now free, shepherding sheep on the grassland.'
The blood stains are not yet dry, it was written not long ago.
Li Chenghua was silent for a moment and said: "If we can't find the person tomorrow morning, then close the case!"