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Chapter 23 Intrigue

Nandu Taipingli, Datong Inn, a room with a size C on the third floor.

Yang Muyun looked at the decorations inside the house and then the roof. Mr. Lu was worried.

"Sir, I've painted pictures..."

"No need, they will definitely disguise and modify it again," Yang Muyun sighed: "What is the news in the Nanzhen Fushi Prison? What did the arrested assassin reveal?"

"I heard from the prison chief that Deputy Qianhu Ren is still intensifying his torture."

"Oh, I was still a little hesitant at that time and did not arrest them immediately." Yang Muyun regretted it.

"Sir, what should I do now?"

"There are more than a dozen city gates in the south, and we are only responsible for three. Can we catch the assassin and depend on luck. When is the time now?"

"Not a moment."

"If the assassin wants to leave the city, he must be before You hour, otherwise he can only wait tomorrow." Yang Muyun paused, "Since the three of them stayed in the Datong Inn, they must have wanted to leave the city at Tongji Gate, but they have found that someone has followed and successfully escaped, so they will not choose here again."

Where would they choose to leave the city? Yang Muyun went into contemplation. The city gate to the east and the north is where the palace tombs are located. There are heavy troops stationed there, so it is difficult to escape even if they leave the city gate. The northwest is close to the river, and rivers and lakes are everywhere in the west, and only the south is a prosperous commercial place, can we get out of the city. After leaving the city, we are all in mountains, and we can escape quickly.

But there are so many people leaving the city every day, and the assassin can disguise and modify it at any time. Maybe the assassin has left the city now.

Yang Muyun let out a long sigh, and it seemed that he could only try his luck.

By the Qinhuai River, Yang Muyun snatched a handful of water to wash his face and sorted out his thoughts.

"Pu" a stone hit the river water beside Yang Muyun, and the water droplets splashed everywhere, making his clothes wet.

He looked in the direction of the stone flying over. Not far from the left, there were two children of eight or nine years old playing stone throwing games by the river. Duan Xiaoqi was about to scold him, but was stopped by Yang Muyun: "Children are just playing, don't make a fuss."

An old man in Geshan stepped forward and apologized, "My husband, the child is not important, the child is here to apologize to you."

Yang Muyun smiled and said, "Where is my father-in-law so serious."

"Grandpa, look, another big ship comes." A child pointed to a big black boat and said.

The big black-peng ship was equipped with a yellow flag, and it was an official ship.

The old man smiled and said, "I haven't seen so many boats coming and going on the river? What's the point of making a fuss?"

"It's not a ship, grandpa. Look at the people on the bow of the ship, so strangely dressed."

Yang Muyun also looked at the people on the boat. A man stood on the bow of the boat wearing a wingless gauze hat and a green robe. He was about twenty years old, with red lips and white teeth, and beautiful eyebrows and eyes.

The old man twisted his beard and smiled, "Silly boy, that's the father-in-law in the palace. That's how they dressed up."

It turned out to be a eunuch. Yang Muyun had never seen a eunuch before. He couldn't help but look at it a few more times and praised in his heart: "This father-in-law is so handsome. No, why do you feel that he looks so familiar?" Yang Muyun shook his head and laughed at himself: "I'm so dizzy. I'm suspicious in everything I see. How could I have seen eunuchs in the palace?"

"Grandpa, look, another father-in-law in blue clothes came out." The child said excitedly again.

When Yang Muyun heard the sound, he saw a blue robe eunuch emerged from the cabin, which looked higher than the green robe eunuch. He scolded the green robe eunuch a few words, then turned back to the cabin. The green robe eunuch looked aggrieved and followed him into the cabin.

Yang Muyun was secretly amused. It must be the blue-robed eunuch who scolded him for not coming out. There are so many rules in the palace. When his eyes were withdrawn, he suddenly glanced at a faint red shadow. What was that? Yang Muyun's heart tightened and his eyes were released again. The moment the green-robed eunuch lifted the curtain and crawled into the cabin, a touch of peach red appeared under his green robe, which was so dazzling compared to his green robe.

Yang Muyun took a long breath. The pink rosé was a pair of embroidered shoes, something that women wore, and should not appear on the eunuch's feet. No wonder she thought she looked so familiar. Who would she be? Yang Muyun searched hard for the depths of her memory.

"It's her!" Yang Muyun's eyes lit up. The family of three at the intersection of Dagongfang, the graceful young woman.

"Duan Xiaoqi!" Yang Muyun shouted excitedly.

"grown ups?"

"Send someone to follow this boat."

"Sir, this is an official ship sent from the palace!"

"If you follow me, there's not so much nonsense!"

"Yes, sir, come here and follow the boat in front." Duan Xiaoqi hurriedly assigned people.

"Where do you think this boat goes?"

"It should be sent by the palace to the riverside to purchase fresh fish."

"Fresh fish? Then where does it leave the city?"

"The Xishuiguan Shui Gate next to Sanshan Gate."

Yang Muyun shuddered all over, thinking that the city gate was blocked, but who knew that the assassin would walk on the water.

"Look closely at where the ship is docking."

"Yes, sir. There is another news that the group of monks from Tianjie Temple are missing."

"What?" Yang Muyun suddenly felt an ominous premonition in his heart. "Go and notify General Lu, and ask him to lead his subordinates to quickly reach the Sanshan Gate, and let the people guarding Jubao Gate quickly go to the Sanshan Gate to gather."

"Sir, the ship has crossed Wuning Bridge. Do we need to intercept it?"

"No hurry. I'm still in the city now. It's inconvenient for us to intercept the official ship. Let's talk about it when we leave the city."

"yes."

"Has the ship been docked? Are there any other ships approaching the ship?"

“Not even.”

"Continue to keep watching, where are the people we control at other city gates?"

"Yes... we all rushed to Sanshan Gate."

The official ship slowly headed westward and was almost at Zhenhuai Bridge. Zhenhuai Bridge is a bridge connecting Nanmen Street and Jubaomen. It is located on the main traffic road and has a large flow of people. Therefore, it is built larger than other bridges. It is a large stone arch bridge.

When the official ship reached the bottom of the bridge, it was covered by the bridge deck. When it was about to come out, a cargo ship was sailing from west to east and was about to enter the bottom of the bridge.

"Stop, get out of here. This is the boat in the palace, and you dare to rob the road." Someone shouted at the top of his lungs under the bridge.

"Father-in-law, the oar is broken, I can't stop!" someone on the cargo ship shouted with a sad face.

Before the shouting fell, two boats collided with a loud bang. For a moment, the shouting and scolding sounded.

"Look, I've hit a boat here..." Someone saw him running around and telling him, and huh, the bridge was crowded with people watching the fun.

"Sir, look, what should I do?" Duan Xiaoqi looked at Yang Muyun and asked.

While Yang Muyun was hesitating, he suddenly saw several familiar figures flashing among the crowd on the other side. He suddenly understood everything in his heart.

"Hurry, cross the bridge." Yang Muyun shouted and rushed towards the bridge, but the bridge was already full of people.

He turned his head and roared at Duan Xiaoqi: "Go and ask everyone to hurry to Jubao Gate..."

In Shenshi, there were not many people in front of Jubao Gate in Nandu.

The gatekeeper glanced at Lu Yin in his hand, then looked up at the family of three standing in front of him. He moved his throat, swallowed, and said in his heart: "Damn, this little lady is too charming! If she can keep her...hehe!"

"Official, can we leave?" The young woman gave him a charming look.

"Well, this, why are you doing when you leave the city?" asked Mr. Bar.

"We live outside the city, of course we are going home." The young woman's eyes were as charming as silk.

"Who are you going to the city when you live outside the city?" The boss swallowed again.

"Go back to my parents' home! My parents' home is in Huowa Lane in the city." He said that, and reached out to get Lu Yin.

Hold the boss tightly.

"June, what are you anxious about? I will come to the city tomorrow."

"Return, come again?" The young man opened his mouth and almost drooled. He let go of his hands and was taken back by the young woman.

The young woman smiled and took her husband and children out of the city with her.

He shook his nose: "It smells fragrant, it smells really fragrant. This little lady is here tomorrow..."

When he turned around and was dreaming, he saw a group of people running towards the city gate in a hurry. Yang Muyun was the first.

He stared at the same time as the copper bell, and a chilling air appeared on the vest: "Big, sir, why are you here again..."

Yang Muyun asked, "Did a family of three go out of the city just now?"

"They just passed..."

"You!" Yang Muyun stomped his feet: "They are wanted assassins, let them go..." Seeing that there were more than a dozen military horses tied not far from the city gate, he ran over, untied the reins, flew onto the horses, and shouted to Duan Xiaoqi and more: "The Jinyiwei recruited military horses, and you should also get on the horses and chase the assassins."

A group of more than a dozen people rode their horses like a whirlwind and whizzed past the treasure gate, leaving behind the soldiers and standing there blankly.

Seeing them running away, the always-jumping foot and scolded: "You said I let the assassin go, but now I said I let the assassin go, so how could so many assassins make me easy to let go? Relying on your being the Jinyiwei, are you trying to slander people? Oops, no, my horse..."

Yang Muyun and more than a dozen people rode their horses and ran for a while, but no one was seen.

"Sir, why don't there be half a figure? They can't walk so fast, right?" Duan Xiaoqi asked.

"Someone must have been answering," said Yang Muyun.

"Then where will we chase now?"

"Andemen." Yang Muyun said this place without hesitation.

Yang Muyun and his group rode over a foot of a mountain. A group of people in red suddenly appeared in front of them. Yang Muyun pinned the horse and looked carefully. He was secretly surprised: "Isn't this the group of monks I saw outside the Heavenly Realm Temple? Later, I found out that they were lying here in an ambush." ​​After careful examination, they found that there were more than 20 people in total, each holding a slender blade with no hilt. The knife held a strange single sword wrapped around the rope, and the leader of the monk wearing a pointed hat held a thick red copper Zen stick.

Yang Muyun whispered to Duan Xiaoqi: "Send a signal and ask our people to come quickly. You will take people to entangle them and cover me and rush over."

Duan Xiaoqi nodded, took out a bamboo tube from his arms, quickly lit it with a fire slit, and with a "bang", a dazzling firework rushed into the sky and exploded.

"Take it!" As soon as Yang Muyun's words fell, both sides rushed towards each other with weapons in their hands.

Yang Muyun shook the reins and wanted to pass through the crowd through the slant. Suddenly, the strong wind blew over the face. He couldn't dodge, so he raised his knife and numb his arms with a "sloppy" sound. He almost blew away his hand with a single knife. He quickly jumped off the horse and guarded the door. Looking closely, it turned out that the leader of the monk held a red copper Zen stick and hit him in the head. The Zen stick was powerful and heavy, which showed that the monk's arm was not weak.

Before Yang Muyun could stand firm, the monk swept another Zen stick towards Yang Muyun's waist. Yang Muyun's toes leap into the ground, jumped up into the air, and without waiting for the Zen stick to sweep over, his toes were a little on the dragon head of the Zen stick, and he whipped the knife straight into the face of the monk. The monk was shocked, took a step back, pulled back, and barely blocked it. With a "choke", the monk softened his hands and took a few steps back, and almost fell down. Yang Muyun didn't give him any breathing opportunity, so he snatched up his body and wrists

Waving it, a sword shadow transformed into a sword, and the sword directly took the vital points of the monk's body. The monk stood on the left and right and was in a mess. Yang Muyun took advantage of his scattering steps, stepped on the central palace with his left foot, and waved the knife to his throat with his right hand. The monk took a step back and raised his staff to knock the knife. Suddenly, he felt a pain in his lower abdomen, and hit Yang Muyun with his internal strength. The monk staggered, leaned against a tree and stabilized his body. He opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood. It seemed that the kick was quite heavy.

Yang Muyun ran towards the horse. The leader of the monk roared, wondering what he said? Several monks who besieged Duan Xiaoqi and others pulled out and ran towards Yang Muyun with a knife. Yang Muyun didn't want to waste time. He raised his left arm and a sleeve arrow shot into the throat of a monk. The sword flashed, and blood splattered from the neck of another monk. He kept walking sideways and dodged another monk's sword with all his strength, lifted his left knee and suddenly hit the monk's chest. The monk squirted blood wildly, and his body flew more than one foot away to the kite with a broken string, and fell to the ground. Yang Muyun instantly killed three people, and the others were stunned and did not dare to step forward for a moment. In a daze, Yang Muyun had already flew on the horse and quickly drove away.

Yang Muyun didn't know how far he had rode his horse, but he was about to pass through a valley. Suddenly a green shadow flew out of the woods next to him and headed straight for his temples. He was shocked, thinking that someone in the forest cast a hidden weapon, and his body leaned back slightly to avoid this hidden weapon. Unexpectedly, the green shadow suddenly turned and rushed straight to his eyebrows when it flew past him. Yang Muyun was shocked, and jumped upwards, and waved towards the green shadow like lightning. With a "swish", the green shadow broke into two pieces, and he also jumped off the horse. He looked closely and saw that the green shadow was a small snake, which had been cut into two pieces by himself, and the snake body was twisted on the ground.

Just as he was confused, he suddenly heard two strange laughs and walked out of the woods, one tall and one short.
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