Twenty weeks later, He Qizhou, who felt exhausted, took a short rest and began to adjust his breath using only the first half of the exercise. He listened carefully to the surroundings with both ears. There was also the sergeant's room on the west side, and there was no other sound except snoring.
From time to time, slight footsteps could be heard in the second-floor room overhead, and occasionally there was conversation. The voices should have been lowered. Unfortunately, the snoring of the two sergeants in the room was too deep, and the wind outside was tight, so the voices of the voices could not be heard clearly.
After a while, I heard someone going out upstairs, as if to go to the toilet, and soon I heard the sound of someone walking down the stairs. About half an hour later, the sound of horse hoofs stamping came from the night wind, and two horses
, He Qizhou thought to himself, that escort leader Yu finally came over. It was obvious that he was a man with strong martial arts skills. The martial arts of Wuchasi and the two men were also not weak. Mrs. Han should not be in danger in this last journey.
"Hush..." A low whistle came from outside the door, which should be a warning from the soldiers outside the hospital. Then there were two soft "thumps" on the stairs, which must be the white guards coming downstairs and rushing to the front yard. Next, there was the sound of the door opening, and Wu
People from Chasi also came out...
"Who?" a soldier shouted.
"He's Mrs. Han's guard, right? I'm his uncle, and I came all the way from Ganzhou to see him."
"Are you the escort leader Yu?" Guard Bai had already arrived at the door of the inn. In the dead of night, the question came in clearly.
"That's right. The little girl didn't come to see us even when she arrived in Ganzhou. It's really outrageous!" Yu and Biaotou said angrily as they led their horses into the hospital.
"Mr. Escort Yu, now that you are here, we are really relieved!" The people from Wuchasi also came out to welcome him, and they flattered him enthusiastically.
"It turns out to be Mr. Zhenfu. Mr. Shen has been troubled along the way." Biaotou Yu responded slightly coldly.
"It should, it should." Shen Zhen replied.
"Master Yu, my wife suffered some cold on the road, so I don't want to delay any more. I don't know whether they have slept or not. Could you please let me go and make an announcement first?" Bai Wei asked.
"I see, then go and ask as soon as possible." Biaotou Yu said.
"Guard Bai, please come in quickly, uncle." A girl's silver bell-like voice came from inside the inn.
Guard Bai hurriedly said: "Master Yu, please follow me upstairs."
"It's Rui'er, right? We haven't seen each other for two years, and her voice sounds even better." Biaotou Yu said with a happy smile. When he turned around and saw his apprentice following him, he said, "Why are you here to join in the fun? The days ahead will be long! Think of a way first.
Find something to eat."
"Oh." The young apprentice watched the master walk into the house, turned around reluctantly and looked into the hall, and finally his eyes rested on the shopkeeper lying on the table.
"Then you can just reminisce about old times and I won't interrupt you." Shen Zhenfu, who was left out in the cold, spoke up to resolve his embarrassment.
He Qizhou's ears were not idle, and he heard the sound of everyone returning to the house, and then the half-drunk shopkeeper shouted: "Sir, the shop is gone, there are no guest rooms." No one paid attention to him, and the footsteps continued.
Came up the stairs.
He Qizhou guessed that the guys wouldn't want to come out. If the arrangements continued, they wouldn't have anywhere to sleep.
Then there was the sound of Shen Zhenfu closing the door. He seemed to have said something to his subordinates before closing the door. When the sound of closing the door was also heard from upstairs, He Qizhou planned to concentrate on practicing. The two sergeants were still sleeping soundly. In fact, what happened outside just now
The sound was not too noisy, and He Qizhou could clearly hear the snoring of the two guards in the next room.
Going further to the west is the room of the Military Inspectorate officer in the middle, and then the guest room of the two guards. It is estimated that the sergeants are not only exhausted, but they also know that sleep is not easy these days, and they will not let go of the opportunity to sleep easily.
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Just as He Qizhou was concentrating his mind, a muffled groan from upstairs broke the tranquility that had just settled down in the inn! Then a loud roar like thunder erupted from a man's roar! A woman was also mixed in with it.
of miserable cries.
It was the guest room in the middle of the upstairs! He Qizhou didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly opened the door and went straight to the stairs. He saw the two Wu Chasi who were closer to the stairs going out one after another and rushing down the stairs one after another.
In front of He Qizhou, Yu Biaotou's apprentice quickly climbed up the stairs, exclaiming: "Master——" He had just woken up the shopkeeper who was pretending to be asleep. After hearing the sound, he reached the stairs one step faster than He Qizhou. He Qizhou
Just by looking at his two steps, you know that the martial arts of this young escort should not be underestimated!
The escort glanced back at He Qizhou, who was also running up quickly, and had the same thought in his mind. This man looks younger than me, but he is so good at Qinggong!
Before He Qizhou could step onto the stairs, there was another loud noise. It was the sound of the window breaking!
When He Qizhou went upstairs and reached the door of the middle room, Shen Zhenfu had already entered the outside room and was supporting Mrs. Han who was covering her abdomen. Blood gurgled out from Mrs. Han's fingers. Shen Zhenfu raised his fingers like flying and touched Han.
Several acupuncture points near Madam's wound temporarily stopped the bleeding;
Directly opposite Mrs. Han, Biao Yu was stabbed in the head by a sword. He knelt on the ground motionless, eyes wide open, his body tilted to the rear, his right hand was in a palm position, and a sharp sword penetrated completely from his back.
The hilt of the sword was left, and the tip of the sword was dripping with blood.
He Qizhou could tell at a glance that Bouncer Yu was dead, but the young man in front of him suddenly rushed towards Bouncer Yu, took his pulse with his hand, and screamed "Master, Master" wildly.
In the corner, a beautiful girl of sixteen or seventeen years old seemed to have just woken up from a coma, and suddenly cried: "Mother! Mother! Uncle!"
Shen Zhenfu was very experienced and found that Mrs. Han's sword wound was not serious. While comforting the little girl, he arranged: "Mrs. Han is not seriously injured. Fang Ting, you should go and chase her!" Maybe he heard the soldiers downstairs.
They all ran up and continued: "The guards will guard this room and send two people to gather everyone in the inn into the hall downstairs!"
Yu Biaotou's apprentice must have realized that his master was dead, so he jumped out of the window and chased him due north.
Seeing that Mrs. Han and her daughter seemed to be fine, He Qizhou felt reassured. He suddenly screamed inwardly and hurried west to the end of the corridor. There was a door there, and outside the door was the stairs leading to the rooftop on the second floor.
When He Qizhou went upstairs, he paid special attention. Before he went up to the second floor, there were people in each of the two upper rooms who opened the door and leaned out to see what was going on in the middle room.
The person who walked out of the west room and looked around was a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman in his fifties. Seeing He Qizhou rushing towards him, he hurriedly moved to the wall.
The stairs were built in the open air on the outer wall of the inn. After He Qizhou rushed out, he took two or three steps up the stairs to the rooftop. As expected, he saw that the guard on the rooftop had fallen into a pool of blood, with blood still seeping out of his throat. However, he saw a man committing suicide.
Going north to the rooftop, the person who came was none other than Shen Zhenfu of the Wucha Division.
Shen Zhen was stunned at first when he saw He Qizhou, but immediately realized that it could not be He Qizhou's fault, and said: "You are so fast!"
He Qizhou knew that Shen Zhenfu obviously wanted to come and ask the people on the rooftop what they saw, so he climbed directly to the rooftop from the north window on the second floor. Since there was little rain here and there was no window eaves, after the north window was broken by someone, You can jump up on the window sill.
Immediately, two more soldiers also went up to the rooftop. They were guards on duty in the front yard. After hearing the noise, they saw that no one was standing on the rooftop and rushed up to see what was going on.
Under the moonlight, Shen Zhenfu carefully looked at the dead guards and said to the two people who came up: "Move into the house! I will ask everyone to gather in the hall on the first floor later. Don't sleep tonight!" Boy named Zhou, you also go to the hall and wait, I will ask you questions later!"
He Qizhou actually wanted to chase him out, but under the moonlight, he could already see three people running back to the north. They should be Guard Bai, Fang Ting and the young bodyguard. It seemed that they had returned in vain, and there were two soldiers The bodies of the guards watching outside the north wall are being moved into the wall.
I probably wouldn't be able to catch him if I rashly pursued him at this time, so I followed Shen Zhenfu's request and followed the guards who were moving the body along the stairs to the dining hall on the ground floor.
Shen Zhenfu then entered from the second floor again and went to the middle guest room. Not long after, Guard Bai and three other people climbed in through the north window one after another. Guard Bai looked at the wailing Mrs. Han and her daughter and said shamefully: "It's useless to be in a humble position. He ran away!"
"Mrs. Han, Miss Han, please stop for a moment. Could you please introduce me to ask a few words?" Shen Zhenfu looked extremely ugly. On the road section under his jurisdiction, he did not protect the general's family, let alone flattering him. If the murderer cannot be caught, I'm afraid this fifth-grade Wusha will also have to be handed over.
"Excuse me, Lord Shen." Mrs. Han was already surrounded by her daughter, her face was pale, and she finally stopped crying and replied.
"Madam, can you tell me what happened and the appearance of the murderer?" Shen Zhen asked.
He Qizhou had already arrived downstairs from outside. He did not deliberately lower his voice when asking questions upstairs. He Qizhou had good ears and could hear every sentence clearly.
Mrs. Han was obviously also a hero among girls. She held back her grief and said: "I have been waiting for my uncle to come. I was worried that something would happen to him so late, so I asked Xiaorui to keep an eye out. When I heard my uncle's voice, I asked the white guards to bring me up, and I went outside to greet them. Just when I was about to sit down and talk, an assassin suddenly stabbed me with a sword from inside. My martial arts skills were low, and I was about to die, but my uncle just stepped aside and blocked it for me. This sword blow, and then the return palm shocked the assassin, I was the one who killed him!" After Mrs. Han finished speaking, she cried bitterly.
Guard Bai said bitterly: "It's him again!"
"Captain Bai knows the assassin?" Shen Zhenfu asked.
"Well, even though he covers his face every time, I'm sure this is the third time he's attacked us!" Bai Wei said.
"Yelangling was also done by this person?" Shen Zhen asked.
"Yes, although the face is not visible, the sword is unmistakable! After Yelang Ridge, he shot him again outside Lanzhou City. He should have been injured a little, but he still lingers there!"
The long sword that penetrated Yu Biaotou's body had a very narrow blade and was not suitable for cutting. It was rarely seen. The two sergeants beside Bai Guard also nodded and said that the assassin used this sword. It was where the ancient commander died. Under this sword.