Any disturbance inside or outside the capital city cannot be hidden from the Xuanjian Division.
The Forbidden Army escorted Fang Jue away, and Xuanjian Division received the news at the same time.
"What? The young master was assassinated?"
When Xiao Chaoguo got the news, he quickly asked: "What's wrong with the young master?"
No one would have thought that on this New Year's Eve, someone would actually assassinate the young master.
"Don't worry, Sir, your life is safe, young master."
"As long as it doesn't harm your life..."
"Wait?" Xiao Chaoguo asked, "What do you mean, life is safe? You mean, the young master is injured?"
The visitor nodded: "Yes, the young master was stabbed and has been sent back to Fangjiazhuang."
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"Spread out, spread out, what's there to see?"
Xiao Chaoguo led people to the scene, and only the dead horse and carriage remained in place.
The scene had obviously been processed, and many of the bloodstains had been covered up or destroyed.
"Who did it?" Xiao Chaoguo was puzzled. "Don't the Forbidden Army and the patrol battalion know how to protect the scene? How can the Xuanjian Division trace this?"
Xie Qi arrived early. He walked over and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, when I came here I saw the Forbidden Army cleaning up, as if they were deliberately trying to cover up something."
"Um?"
The Imperial Guards are used to seeing big scenes. They don't need to be notified about this kind of thing, they should know how to deal with it.
How did you destroy the traces of the scene first?
Could it be that you are deliberately concealing some information?
Xie Qi added: "If I hadn't come earlier, I'm afraid the imperial army would have even burned the carriage."
"Interesting." Xiao Chaoguo narrowed his eyes.
"Clear the place, this place is now controlled by the Xuanjian Division." Xiao Chaoguo shouted.
"yes!"
"Everyone waiting here, disperse quickly!" Hundreds of soldiers from the government spread out and blocked the people from the Jingzhao government office.
"Let's go, let's go..."
The crowd of onlookers quickly dispersed, no one dared to linger.
It's all fun, if you are caught in the Hanging Sword Division's dungeon, it will be fun for others to see.
"Xie Qi, let people surround the area and no one can get close. I want to personally inspect the scene." Xiao Chaoguo was ready to take action personally.
The strange behavior of the forbidden army made Xiao Chaoguo feel that there must be some big secret hidden in it.
But there was nothing unusual anywhere, except that the carriage was too sturdy.
"Such a thick stone slab can be shot through. A large crossbow must have been used."
Xiao Chaoguo frowned: "The military people did this..."
A large crossbow refers to a crossbow that cannot be operated by one person, and its power is far beyond that of ordinary standard crossbows.
The common large crossbows, namely the cart crossbow and the bed crossbow, are only used on the battlefield, and no one except the army can handle them.
What's more, this is still the capital city.
Quietly, assassinations were carried out with crossbows here, with only a few suspects.
The Ministry of War, the Forbidden Army, and the Ministry of Works.
None of the patrol battalions had large crossbows.
As for the Yulin Army, it is impossible. They will definitely be discovered transporting large crossbows from Xishan Mountain for dozens of miles.
As for the Ministry of Industry, it is possible that there are samples of large crossbows hidden in the inventory.
A few days ago, a fire in the Ministry of Industry burned a lot of things, but whether they were all burned or moved away...it depends on the opinion of different people.
"If it were a crossbow taken from the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry, it would be difficult to check..."
"Um?"
Suddenly, Xiao Chaoguo looked slightly startled and his eyes fell on the edge of the window inside the carriage.
"Is there blood?"
Lifting the curtains, Xiao Chaoguo squinted his eyes and stepped forward, only to vaguely see a glimmer of golden light.
Xiao Chaoguo thought it was caused by the strong reflection of sunlight, but when he took a closer look, he was stunned.
Just because he saw that on the surface of the coagulated blood, there were traces of golden lines like a swimming dragon.
Dragon blood is actually a dragon blood that can only be possessed by direct relatives of the Daxia royal family.
Could it be that one of the people who assassinated the young master was from the royal family?
No... there is a more terrifying possibility... the young master is...
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"Young Master, why do you want me to destroy the traces of the scene?" Lu Xin was puzzled in Fangjiazhuang.
Just when he came back, Fang Jue asked Lu Xin's confidants to clean up all the blood stains inside and outside the carriage.
Lu Xin said: "It's okay to be injured. If your Majesty knew that the young master was injured, he would definitely be even more furious. The murderer who planned the attack behind the scenes would die even more miserably!"
Fang Jue frowned: "I just ask you, have you destroyed it completely?"
"My people worked well, so it must have been destroyed. But just now someone said that they failed to burn the carriage, and people from the Xuanjian Division came... destroying the scene in front of the Xuanjian Division, I'm afraid it will make people more suspicious." Lu Xin replied.
road.
Fang Jue took a deep breath and sighed: "I hope the Xuanjian Division won't notice."
"Did you notice what?" Lu Xin stared blankly.
"General Lu, you might die if you know this secret?" Fang Jue narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.
Lu Xin coughed: "I didn't ask anything..."
"Fang Jue!"
A worried shout came from outside the door.
Lu Xin retreated knowingly.
Ye Hongyi is here.
She also wears the phoenix hairpin on her head that she wears when she gets married.
Apparently after hearing about Fang Jue's assassination, he rushed over immediately without having time to sort things out.
"Brother..." Ye Hongyi breathed a sigh of relief when she rushed in and saw that Fang Jue was still laughing.
At this moment, Fang Jue had already changed his clothes and bandaged his wounds.
"Brother, are you okay?" Ye Hongyi asked cautiously, "I heard that you were assassinated in the suburbs of Beijing..."
"Sit down." Fang Jue invited.
Fang Fu brought the tea, put it down and then left.
"Brother is injured?" Ye Hongyi saw Fang Jue's right hand wrapped with a piece of cloth.
"Skin trauma." Fang Jue said.
Ye Hongyi worried: "Is it poisonous?"
Since it is an assassination, every possible means must be used, and one must naturally be on guard against poisoning after being injured.
As a member of the Xuanjian Division, Ye Hongyi knew how to use poison.
"Don't worry, it's a little trick. The old pavilion master gave me the medicine himself, it's okay." Fang Jue held her hand and patted the back of her hand to express comfort.
After confirming that Fang Jue was fine, Ye Hongyi was completely reassured and frowned coldly: "Who did it? Does brother have any suspicions about the target?"
Listening to her tone, if Fang Jue named the suspect, I'm afraid she would immediately lead the Xuanjian Division's people to ransack the house.
Fang Jue shook his head: "I don't know."
"But what is certain is that the opponent knows muskets well and has crossbows."
After saying this, Fang Jue looked at Ye Hongyi.
"The military took action?" Ye Hongyi was unspeakably shocked, "Why, why?"
Fang felt that he had not offended anyone in the military, and he gradually developed friendships with many important figures in the military.
Who is it that would assassinate Fang Jue at this New Year's Eve, even at the cost of using a crossbow?
The suspect was suddenly nowhere to be found.
But Ye Hongyi still focused on a few suspects: "No matter who it is, who can take out the crossbow, it must be someone from the Forbidden Army or the Ministry of War!"
"Check this, it's absolutely true!"
Outside the door, Lu Xin rubbed his hands in embarrassment and glanced at Dianyi aside, fearing that he would be struck by a sword suddenly.
"There's one more." Fang Jue picked up the tea, took a sip and handed it to Ye Hongyi.
Ye Hongyi took it and said blankly: "Who else can there be?"
"Ministry of Industry!" Fang Jue said in a deep voice, his expression instantly turned cold and full of murderous intent.