Qiao Ruixin is a lieutenant general, and his status is actually no lower than that of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. But at this moment, Qin Xiao gave an order, and Qiao Ruixin, who was frightened in his heart, came to his senses, rushed to the stairs quickly, and said loudly: "Come here, come quickly!
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There were soldiers guarding the restaurant. The guards in front of the main entrance followed Chen Xi to hunt down the assassin, but there were still many soldiers staying around the restaurant. Hearing Qiao Ruixin's shouts, more than a dozen soldiers rushed upstairs soon.
"Hurry up... quickly surround the restaurant, no one is allowed in or out." Qiao Ruixin's mind was in confusion and she ordered sternly: "Quick... hurry up and ask for the doctor, hurry up, hurry up...
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He knew that An Xinghou was already dead and could not die anymore, but he had to do something at this time.
Qin Xiao squatted next to Xia Houning and looked at the wounds on Xiahou Ning's head. There was a bloody hole in his temple. The chopstick was sharper than an arrow and completely penetrated Xia Houning's head.
He knew that the chopsticks themselves were not sharp, and the fact that they could penetrate the head was entirely due to internal force.
Thinking back on what happened just a moment ago, the assassin's move from attack to escape was completed in one go. It can be concluded that the other party's assassination plan tonight has been carefully planned, and the escape route must have been carefully planned in advance.
Although the man's internal strength was strong, his accuracy was also quite astonishing.
The assassin was standing next to Qiao Ruixin, and Qiao Ruixin was sitting on the right hand side of Xia Houning. Xiahou Ning turned his head slightly and looked at Qin Xiao. At that moment, the side of his head turned towards the assassin. This happened almost instantly.
, but the assassin seized this fleeting opportunity to take action, and his grasp of the timing was truly remarkable.
However, Qin Xiao also understood that the assassin's skills were really impressive, and he was definitely not inferior to Chen Xi. Even if there was no such opportunity, he could still find other opportunities to take action. In the face of absolute strength, Xiahou Ning was approached by the assassin, and he
He is destined to die.
Xiahou Ning's eyes were open, and he obviously didn't understand until his death. He had set a trap tonight, but how could he be the hunter who died in the trap?
Of course he never died in peace.
Qin Xiao's mind raced, trying to determine the origin of the assassin.
Of course the first thing he thought of was the Queen Mother Society.
However, as far as he knew, there were very few real martial arts masters among the Queen Mother Association. The most important thing was that compared to Xia Houning, the Queen Mother would probably hate him more than Xia Houning. If the Queen Mother Association wanted to do this tonight,
The first person to bear the brunt of the assassination should be himself, but why didn't he attack himself instead of Xiahou Ning first?
Of course the assassin could not have mistakenly identified the person.
In such an assassination operation, the assassin will never be able to take action easily before the target is determined, so it is absolutely certain that the assassin's target is Xiahou Ning.
He stood up and walked to the window. Looking down, he saw that the Shence army blocking the road nearby had quickly gathered towards the restaurant. On the street downstairs, like a pack of wolves, Shence officers and soldiers were quickly surrounding the Sanhe Building.
Qin Xiao looked grim.
Although Xia Houning and he were on different paths, and both sides even had murderous intentions towards each other, but Xia Houning was assassinated tonight, Qin Xiao felt no joy in his heart, because he knew very well that the son of a dignified prime minister died.
In Hangzhou, whether in the court or in Hangzhou, there will definitely be a bloody storm.
If the eldest son whom he had great hopes for was assassinated, how could the Prime Minister just let it go?
Qiao Ruixin returned to Xiahou Ning's body again, stared at it for a moment, and finally raised her head, looked at Qin Xiao, and asked: "Qin... Mr. Qin, what should we do?" "General Qiao, what's going on tonight?"
Are you responsible for the arrangements for the guards?" Qin Xiao turned around and stared at Qiao Ruixin with sharp eyes.
Qiao Ruixin's heart sank and she said anxiously: "Master Qin, what do you mean by this? The guards around you are indeed... indeed arranged by me, but...!"
"But the assassin came to the restaurant to assassinate easily." Qin Xiao said coldly: "After assassinating the Marquis, the assassin even escaped easily. Is this the guard that General Qiao is responsible for?"
Qiao Ruixin broke into cold sweat on her forehead.
Xia Houning was stabbed, and he knew that he could not escape the blame no matter what, and he was already panicking. When Qin Xiao said these two words, Qiao Ruixin felt a chill on his back.
"Let someone protect this room and no one is allowed to enter for the time being." Qin Xiao ordered: "Send someone to the Governor's Mansion and ask the Governor to come over quickly. The assassination of the Marquis must have been the work of the traitor. They were so bold that they took the chance.
Are there any other moves in the city? We must discuss it immediately and be prepared to deal with it." When he walked out of the house, he saw the restaurant owner slumped on the ground with a dull look on his face. He looked back at Qiao Ruixin and said, "General Qiao,
Have someone take him to the next door, I want to interrogate him."
Qiao Ruixin is a military commander, so if he is asked to lead a charge, he will naturally go forward without hesitation. But now it is a major assassination case, and he has no expertise in detective matters. Qin Xiao is the young minister of Dali Temple. Regardless of whether Qin Xiao is good at detective work, his position
Put there, naturally he could only follow Qin Xiao's instructions.
The restaurant owner was dragged into the room next door by two soldiers. Qiao Ruixin also entered the room after arranging Qin Xiao's instructions.
Although the interrogation was definitely conducted by the young minister of Dali Temple, Qiao Ruixin did not trust Qin Xiao himself. She was afraid that Qin Xiao would deliberately conceal some confessions after being interrogated alone, so she also listened to the interrogation.
"Name!"
Qin Xiao sat on the chair and stared at the restaurant manager with a cold expression.
At this time, Qin Xiao really wanted to track down the real culprit.
Xia Houning was assassinated and he had become a suspect, so if he found out the real culprit earlier, he would be able to get rid of the suspicion.
"Villain...Villain Zhou Hong!" The restaurant manager was almost lying on the ground, big beads of sweat falling from his forehead to the ground, his face was miserable and expressionless, and his voice was weak.
Qin Xiao said coldly: "You also saw what happened just now. Your guy assassinated Mr. Hou. Who ordered the assassin? What is the background of the assassin?"
"Sir, villain... the villain really doesn't know him... he is an assassin...!" Zhou Hong said with a cry: "The villain only knows his surname is Wang, he said
Others call him Wang Wu. He speaks with a foreign accent and is not a native of Hangzhou. Other than that, the villain... the villain doesn't know anything else."
"boom!"
Qiao Ruixin punched the table next to her and said angrily: "Isn't it easy for you to die? I can kill you with one knife. I still haven't confessed honestly. If I assassinate the Marquis, will your whole family survive? Please confess honestly."
, maybe you can still survive, but if you still refuse to explain, I will ask the court to kill all five of your tribes."
"General, the villain really doesn't know...!" Of course Zhou Hong knew that once he was accused of assassinating the Marquis, it was no joke to kill the five clans, and he kowtowed repeatedly: "The villain dare not deceive the adults.
,Villain...Villain doesn't have the courage...!"
Qin Xiao said in a deep voice: "Tell me the truth, what's going on? How can you, the clerk in your shop, not know the origin?"
Zhou Hong raised his head with a look of horror on his face, but he still explained: "Sir, the owner of Sanhe Building is the Lin family. I am just a shopkeeper hired by the Lin family to help the Lin family manage the restaurant business. Mr. Hou... Mr. Hou
After entering the city, the Lin family was arrested for rebellion, most of the shops under the Lin family's name were sealed, and the Sanhe Building was sealed. From that time on, the restaurant closed its doors and did not continue to operate."
Qin Xiao looked at Qiao Ruixin, who could only say: "Yes, after the Lin family was raided, the Sanhe Building was also sealed."
"Keep talking." Qin Xiao signaled to Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong continued: "With the letter from the restaurant, all the cooks and waiters have been dismissed. Last night, the Marquis sent someone to tell the villain to organize a banquet tonight at Sanhe Building. How can the villain dare to neglect the Marquis's order?
, and immediately invited the previous chefs back. In fact... in fact, they didn't dare to come back at the beginning. It was the villain who begged again and again. They were also afraid that the Marquis would be angry, so they came back to do things."
"General Qiao, did you just send someone to open the Sanhe Building this morning?" Qin Xiao asked Qiao Ruixin.
Qiao Ruixin nodded and said: "After the Marquis decided to entertain Mr. Qin yesterday, I immediately sent someone to find the shopkeeper of Sanhe Building and asked them to prepare the banquet tonight."
Qin Xiao nodded, and Zhou Hong said cautiously: "The person who came here gave instructions at that time. At tonight's banquet, all the wine and food must be prepared and served together. There must be no gap between the dishes. Of course I must comply with the Marquis's instructions.
Do as you say." At this point, he glanced at Qiao Ruixin, and saw Qiao Ruixin's eyes looking at him like knives. His heart shuddered, and he lowered his head and continued: "The most important thing about Sanhelou is the eighteen banquets, which add up to eighteen banquets.
When the Marquis hosts a banquet, the villain will naturally use the best eighteen dishes, but to serve eighteen dishes, eighteen waiters will be needed...!"
"Did you just say that all the clerks in the store were dismissed?"
"Yes." Zhou Hong said hurriedly: "The restaurant was closed, the cooks were dismissed, and all the clerks in the store were dismissed. We opened the door temporarily and found the clerks one by one. It was too late in time, and...
Moreover, the Lin family is a traitor to the party, and the Sanhe Building is the property of the Lin family. Even if they go to find them, they may not dare to come back for fear of being... implicated. The villain has no choice, thinking that there is only one banquet tonight,
Just find some people to come over temporarily, so I found some people to come over temporarily on the streets nearby. They only have to wait for one meal, and each person can get two denarii as wages...!"
Qin Xiao frowned and said: "So, these people serving food tonight are not the original waiters of the restaurant, but people you brought in temporarily? You don't know their details at all?"
Zhou Hong also broke out in cold sweat on his back, lowered his head and said: "Yes. Well... that assassin also came here temporarily. He... He said his name is Wang Wu, he came from the north, and he used to work in a restaurant.
When I passed the waiter, I saw that he was quite honest and honest, just...just...!"
Qin Xiao looked sternly and asked Qiao Ruixin: "General Qiao, does the Marquis know about this?"
"What...what happened?"
"Does the Marquis know that the waiter from the restaurant is here temporarily tonight?"
"This...!" Qiao Ruixin said bravely: "How can the Marquis care about such a trivial matter?"
Qin Xiao said lightly: "Does General Qiao know in advance?"
"I...I don't know." Qiao Ruixin could only say: "I ordered the restaurant to prepare a banquet. I also sent someone to inform the Marquis in advance of his preferences. How to do it is naturally the restaurant's own business."
Qin Xiao sighed: "Both General Qiao and Mr. Hou didn't know that the restaurant waiters were here temporarily, so they naturally wouldn't investigate the details of these people, so the assassins took advantage of it. General Qiao, you are responsible for the safety tonight."
, but there was such a big negligence, allowing the assassin to sneak in, and you are to blame for the murder of the Marquis."