Cen Meng, who was closest, turned around and was about to pounce when a strong gust of wind flew past not far from his face, and then he heard a "dong" sound, which was the sound of the tip of an arrow being hammered into wood.
It turned out that an arrow hit a medium-sized civet cat.
It was nailed to the wooden frame of the window, twisting its body painfully and struggling in vain, making a chirping sound.
On it, the arrow shaft and feathers were still trembling slightly, making a slight buzzing sound.
Hit! Cen Meng's pupils shrank suddenly.
His Royal Highness King Jian stood more than twenty steps away. Even any Forbidden Army archer with some skills could hit the target at this distance.
The key is that the target is a living creature that suddenly jumps out.
Instantly detecting and shooting, this kind of eyesight and accuracy can compete with the officers of the Forbidden Army who are good at shooting.
This kind of vision and accuracy cannot be achieved without ten years of hard practice.
King Jian is really talented in martial arts, riding and archery. In a short period of time, his archery skills have surpassed his own.
This is real skill, it is not something you can just show off or brag about.
What shocked Cen Meng the most was His Highness King Jian's boldness.
Sensing something unusual, shoot the arrow without hesitation.
This keenness and decisiveness, as well as the confidence in his own archery skills, are rarely seen.
Cen Meng had met several such figures when he was young, and all of them were famous generals who were shining brightly on the battlefield.
When you are around the prince, you can always see his progress.
"It turns out to be a civet cat. It seems that no one will live in this house for two or three days." Gao Shixuan said after killing the civet cat with one knife. He turned to Zhao Si and gave a thumbs up, as if to praise his archery skills.
There is progress again.
Zhao Si held a bow and led Ming Zhaoxia into the courtyard. He glanced at the layout of the courtyard and began to make arrangements.
"Fanzi, lock the courtyard door from the outside and then climb over the wall to prevent the neighbors from discovering anything unusual. Let's search everywhere carefully to see if there are any clues."
"As you command!"
According to Zhao Si's order, the main house, side house, kitchen, utility room, and even the toilet were all searched carefully.
Several people shook their heads at Zhao Si in tacit agreement, but found nothing.
This was what he expected, so he was not disappointed.
"Lawyer Hu, please speak first," Zhao Si said.
Now everyone gathers in the living room of the north room to make a summary.
"Your Highness, the north house in this courtyard is occupied by a family of three. The side house is occupied by a single man. It seems that he does not live there regularly. It is consistent with Xu Tongan's work in the palace and only going home occasionally."
"His Highness has said before that this is the home of Xu Tongan's brother. From this, it can be inferred that his brother's family lives in the main house, and he lives in the side house. Judging from various signs, no one has been in this yard for at least three days.
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"You committed something and ran away with your brother and his family?" Cen Meng guessed.
"It's not like that." Hu Luxiong said categorically, "Judging from the traces, they left in a hurry, and there were a lot of copper coins and soft goods hidden in the house. Unless someone was chasing them at that time, there was no time to clean up these things. But the things in the house
They are all neat and tidy, not touched, and there are no signs of fighting. It doesn't look like they are being chased."
"Why are they leaving in such a hurry?" Xue Fanzi couldn't help but ask.
"Then I don't know." Hu Luxiong glanced at him and shook his head.
With a bang, the courtyard door was pushed gently. Everyone immediately stopped talking softly and held their breath. After a while, they heard someone picking the lock.
Finally, someone followed Xu Ergui’s line to find Xu Tongan!
Zhao Si waved his hand, and everyone immediately took their places.
Gao Shixuan and Hu Luxiong rushed out of the main room and quietly hid in the side room and utility room. Cen Meng and Xue Fanzi stood behind the door of the main room, holding their breath.
Zhao Si and Ming Zhaoxia walked into the main room, opened one-fifth of the windows and looked at the courtyard door.
There was a clang, the copper lock was opened, and then the courtyard door was pushed open with a creak, and four people walked in quickly, looking around in the courtyard.
He doesn't look like a servant of the government or a bodyguard in the palace of a powerful person. Instead, he looks like a gangster on the streets of Tokyo.
The man in front had his hands empty and was sneaking around, poking his head around.
The three people behind them were carrying knives in their hands, they looked like vicious desperadoes.
Zhao Si quickly turned his head and looked at Cen Meng.
Cen Meng recognized the man in front of him and nodded slightly.
Invite a few gangsters to explore the way?
Zhao Si glanced sharply, nodded to Gao Shixuan and Hu Luxiong in the dark, then nocked an arrow and raised his bow, aiming at the bearded leader.
An arrow flew out of the paper window with a "swish" sound, hitting the bearded man's right shoulder.
At the same time as he screamed, Gao Shixuan and Hu Luxiong rushed out of their hiding place and rushed over like a whirlwind.
The two men bent their waists slightly, lowered their heads slightly, and rushed to the four people in an instant.
When the person arrived, the knife was also drawn out.
Gao Shixuan's knife swung from bottom to top, slicing open a thug's abdomen to the left chest.
After Hu Luxiong's knife was drawn out, he turned around in the air and slashed down hard, splitting a gash from the left shoulder to the lower right rib of the other thug.
As the blood of the two thugs spurted out from their wounds, Gao Shixuan and Hu Luxiong passed by them and stabbed them in the neck, rendering them unable to make any sound.
Then Hu Luxiong on the left chopped down the third thug with a knife, and Gao Shixuan on the right put the knife on the bearded neck.
The whole process was completed in only four or five breaths, as fast as lightning. Before others could see clearly, three people had already fallen into a pool of blood.
Cen Meng and Xue Fanzi protected Zhao Si and Ming Zhaoxia as they walked out of the main room. When they walked to the middle of the yard, Cen Meng walked straight to the courtyard door, stretched out his head and looked around, then gently closed the courtyard door and closed the entire courtyard.
The yard is isolated from the outside.
Gao Shixuan asked in a deep voice: "Which company does it?"
"The Yu family is engaged in business." Bearded man's whole body was trembling and he answered with a breath.
"Is the Yu family fighting?" Zhao Si turned his head and looked at Cen Meng.
"Activities in the Wazi area of Xinmen outside Chongming Gate." He replied.
"Why did you come to the south wing of the city and come to the east wing?" Xue Fanzi was very curious.
"This is a violation of the rules. Why do you dare to come? I can only ask him." Cen Meng pointed to his beard and put the sword back into its sheath.
"You are Zi Zai Lang," the bearded man called, "Zi Zai Lang, everyone is making a living on the street, please help me to express my love."
Cen Meng glanced at the three thugs struggling on the ground.
They opened their eyes wide and looked sadly at the clear sky. They vomited blood from their mouths and made a slight gurgling sound like fish spitting out blisters.
"It's okay to intercede. But you have to tell us what we want to know so that I can intercede."
"Zizai Lang, you are also a person who has been on the street. Don't you know the rules? Can I tell you something?" The bearded man said angrily and anxiously.
"Rules? You, a man, went from the south wing of the city to the east wing of the city to do things. How dare you tell me what rules you have?" Cen Meng sneered.
"He dared to break the rules and come to the east wing of the city just because he had someone to support him." Zhao Si said coldly.
"Is there anyone to back you up? You're such a dirty mess, how can you get involved in this kind of thing?" Cen Meng sneered with a hint of sarcasm.
The bearded man was still trying to be strong-willed, "Zi Zai Lang, you little bitch! Stop talking sarcastically. What you can do, we can't do?!"
Zhao Si stepped forward, pointed at the beard and said, "Mengzi, block his mouth, so as not to disturb the neighbors by shouting. Master Gao, there is salt in the kitchen, please find a jar."
"What do you want to do...wuwu..."
"Mengzi, Fanzi, tie his hands and feet securely. Master Gao, pull out the arrow for him."
It was just an ordinary arrow, but pulling it out still made Beard twitch in pain. His mouth was stuffed with cloth, and he could only make a few whining sounds.
"Master Gao, put some salt on his wounds!"
Beard, who had been shaking with pain just now, suddenly woke up.
He opened his eyes wide, as if to say, I am willing to recruit, and I am willing to say anything!
But no one paid attention to his fists and heart.
Sprinkling a handful of salt on the wound, his whole body seemed to be equipped with springs, bouncing back and forth, just like a shrimp just fished out of the water.
From his mouth came a low hissing sound like a dying beast struggling.
Zhao Si squatted in front of him, and the rest of the people formed a circle and looked at him quietly. Only Ming Zhaoxia stood aside.
After struggling for a while, Beard was finally exhausted, lying on the ground like a dead fish dying. Zhao Si winked, Cen Meng squatted down, reached out and took out the piece of cloth that had been bitten into rags.
"Who hired you here?" Zhao's voice sounded like it was cut out of a glacier. This chapter has been completed!