In the case of Gao Lan's assassination, except for the several assassins killed on the spot, the remaining assassins disappeared in the streets and alleys of Guantao City, and there was no news since then. Although Chen Zhen had sent an official to investigate the matter after becoming the prefect, there was no clue at all. Just when everyone thought that this case would become a headless case, an unexpected turn of opportunity appeared.

Han Zhan is about to return to Jizhou, so naturally there are many things to explain to Chen Zhen and Gao Lan. While he was talking, a servant hurriedly walked in and reported to Chen Zhen: "You report to the prefect, there is a woman outside asking for a meeting!"

"A woman asked for a meeting?" Chen asked unhappily after hearing the officer's report: "What's the matter with her finding me?"

"If you go back to the prefect," the officer replied carefully: "She said she had read the notice posted outside and came to inform us."

The officer's words reminded Han Zhan immediately that he asked Chen Zhen to post a list article in the city yesterday, offering a reward for capturing the assassins hiding in the city. Those who tied the assassin to the government would receive fifty gold; those who informed him would receive ten gold. Unexpectedly, someone came to report the news just after the list article was posted for a day.

Han Zhan quickly ordered the officer: "Go and invite that woman in!"

After a while, the servant brought a young woman into the lobby. The woman knelt in the middle of the lobby, with her head against the ground, and said tremblingly: "Little woman, please see all the adults."

"No gift!" Chen Zhen said after receiving Han Zhan's instructions: "There is no need for a woman in the hall to be polite. If you have anything to do, just tell me!"

"Thank you, Lord Prefect." After the woman finished speaking, she straightened up and said nervously: "In the yard next to the little woman's house, more than a dozen rude men lived in the past two months. But what is strange is that they lived in seclusion on weekdays and almost never went out except to buy food, rice, oil and salt. The little woman saw the list posted by the prefect yesterday and thought that their behavior was suspicious, so she came to report the news to the adults."

Han Zhan, who was sitting beside him, looked at the woman who reported the news and was somewhat kind-hearted. After the other party finished speaking, he spoke, "This woman, I see you a little kind-hearted, and it seems that I have seen you somewhere?"

The woman heard Han Zhan's voice, stared at him for a while, and then exclaimed: "You, aren't you involved in the national order? Why does it appear here?"

"Don't be rude in the hall!" Chen Zhen saw that the woman was a little disobedient, so he quickly spoke out to stop her: "This is the new governor of Jizhou and Lord Han, the Marquis of Zhangshuiting."

Unexpectedly, after hearing Chen Zhen's words, the woman showed a surprise expression on her face: "It's true that it's the National Order. Sir, do you really don't know the little woman anymore?"

Han Zhan looked at the woman carefully, thinking quickly in his mind, where he had seen this woman, why did he look so familiar?

Seeing that Han Zhan did not recognize him, the woman quickly reminded him: "Sir, do you still remember that when I was in the county of the country, my brother was killed by a few thugs. It was still the adults who presided over justice. They were sentenced to death and gave us ten gold."

After the woman reminded her, Han Zhan suddenly remembered the other party's identity. He pointed at the woman with his finger and said with a smile: "I remembered that you are Shisanlang's sister Chen." Thinking of the pitiful little widow of the Chen family, Han Zhan couldn't help but add, "I wonder if your younger brother and sister Wang is now?"

Seeing that Han Zhan not only thought of himself, but also his younger brother and sister, Chen couldn't help but sigh and said, "My brother died tragically, and he has not even found his body. The twin daughters in the family can only rely on Wang to do some needlework for others to support him, and life is extremely difficult."

"When the case was closed, didn't I give you ten gold?" Han Zhan said in his heart that ten gold could buy a good house in this dynasty. As a result, you used up all the money after just over half a year. So he asked in an unhappy tone: "Why did you use it all so quickly?"

"My lord's words," Chen heard his dissatisfaction from Han Zhan's tone and quickly explained: "Wang said that Sheguo County is a sad place and he did not want to stay there anymore, so we left Sheguo County and prepared to settle in Guantao. Unexpectedly, we met a bandit halfway, and our money with us was stolen, so we had to beg and return to Guantao."

After hearing Chen's experience, Han Zhan couldn't help but sigh. He looked at Chen Zhen and said, "Xiaoqi, arrange a service immediately and follow the woman back to the vicinity of her residence. If those people are really assassins who missed the net, they will immediately arrest them."

After Gao Lan finished speaking, he stood up with difficulty and bowed and said, "Lord, those assassins are very skilled. It is probably difficult to do anything to rely on just a group of servants. Why not just transfer some troops to go with them."

"Lord," Xiahou Lan, who was sitting beside him, also stood up and volunteered to Han Zhan: "The general is willing to lead five hundred soldiers to capture these assassins."

After Han Zhan learned about the terrain there from Chen, he immediately ordered Xiahou Lan: "Xiahou Lan, you can block the streets there from five hundred soldiers and horses. You are allowed to enter and leave, and you will never allow any assassin to escape."

Seeing that Han Zhan agreed to his request, Xiahou Lan said happily: "I will obey the order."

Han Zhan turned his head and looked at Chen Zhen again, saying to him: "Xiaoqi, after the Xiahou Captain led people to surround the courtyard where the assassin lived, your servants rushed in and arrested people. If they encountered resistance, they would be killed without any reservation."

After two incense sticks, Xiahou Lan led his troops to block the street where the Chen family was located, and drove all the idle people back to his room. A Du uncle led a hundred soldiers to surround the courtyard that Chen family said.

There was a burly man in the yard who was chopping the yard. He heard the sound of rapid and neat footsteps outside. He turned his head and looked out. He saw a group of officers and soldiers outside the yard, as if they were about to surround the yard. He knew something was wrong, so he quickly whistled, rushed towards the officers and soldiers with an axe, trying to take advantage of the chaos to break out a bloody path.

Xiahou Lan, who led the team in person, actually didn't really believe what Chen said, thinking that she came to report the fake news for the sake of heavy rewards. At this moment, she saw a burly man rushing out with an axe and shouting: "Let's array!"

As he shouted, the sword and shield soldiers holding shields immediately lined up quickly, raising the shield in their hands, and the spearmen in the back row stretched out the spears from the gap in the shield. The burly man rushed to the front of the queue, and without saying a word, he raised his axe to chop. Although the sword and shield soldiers who were slashed at the shields were numb, their arms were numb, but they still gritted their teeth and cut the sword in their hands forward. At the same time, the two spearmen behind him also stabbed the spears at the big man with spears.

The big man who was shot twice and then screamed, and the axe in his hand fell to the ground, and his body stopped moving. After the spear that pierced into his body was pulled out, he fell down on his back, and blood kept pouring out from several holes in his body.

When the people stayed in the room heard the whistle of the man and knew that something was wrong outside, they rushed out with weapons. When they rushed to the yard, they found that there was an army outside. When they fought alone, four or five soldiers outside could not beat them, but in the face of such a rigorous queue, they did not have much use. Two people who did not believe in evil waved their weapons and tried to rush out, but they all stabbed them into hornets' nests. Seeing that the situation was not good, the rest quickly threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Xiahou Lan knew that to figure out the behind-the-scenes commander of the assassination of Gao Lan, she had to catch the living, so she ordered the officers who had just arrived to go into the yard to catch people. In order to prevent these assassins from resisting, twenty powerful crossbow soldiers stood outside the yard wall with their powerful crossbows in their hands. As long as the other party had some attempt to resist, they would be shot into hedgehogs immediately.

The operation to capture the assassin was extremely smooth. Except for a sword and shield soldier's arm being dislocated, there were no casualties. Three assassins were killed on the spot and five were captured alive. Xiahoulan saw that the assassins were surrendered, so he ordered: "Take them all back to the prefect's mansion."

Han Zhan, who stayed in the prefect's mansion, thought that Xiahou Lan would take two or three hours to come back this time. Unexpectedly, less than half an hour later, he saw Xiahou Lan stalking into the main hall. He came to Han Zhan and bowed and bowed: "My general met with the lord. Fortunately, Mo general did not humiliate his fate and had already captured all the assassins in one fell swoop."

"Have you caught the assassin so soon?" Even Gao Lan felt unbelievable when he heard Xiahou Lan say that all the assassins had been arrested. It has been almost a month since he was assassinated. According to his own ideas, these assassins are not fools. If they were caught in the city, they would probably have escaped. Unexpectedly, Han Zhan received a tip and ordered Xiahou Lan to arrest people. In less than half an hour, he caught all the assassins. "Capital Xiahou, won't he catch the wrong person, right?"

"College Captain, please rest assured," Xiahou Lan turned his head and looked at Gao Lan, and said with a smile: "I have interrogated one of the assassins. He has confessed and admitted that they are the assassins who assassins that assassins."

In order to find out who was the mastermind behind the assassination of Gao Lan, Han Zhan quickly ordered: "Bring the assassin up, I will interrogate them in person."

Xiahou Lan agreed, walked to the door of the lobby, rushed outside and said loudly: "Bring the assassin up!"

Soon, a noise came to mind outside, and five men tied up were escorted into the lobby by strong soldiers.

After Chen Zhen and the assassins knelt down, they asked at them: "They were assassinated the high school captain in the city last month, but you are waiting."

A man who obviously looked like a leader, heard Chen Zhen’s question and hurriedly replied: “Reply to the adults, it was indeed the villain’s actions.”

Seeing that the other party admitted so readily, Chen Zhen nodded slightly and then asked: "I ask you, who is instructing you and others to assassinate the college captain?" The leader immediately became hoarse when he heard Chen Zhen's question.

Seeing that the leader refused to answer his question, Chen Zhen slapped the table suddenly and said sternly: "Why don't you come here as it is!"

Unexpectedly, the leader knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Zhen repeatedly and said, "Sir, the young man is guilty, but I want to die. Please punish the young man Mingzhengdian."

Seeing that the assassin leader would take the initiative to seek death, it was indeed beyond the expectations of everyone in the hall. Chen Zhen and Han Zhan looked at each other and were surprised in the eyes. Chen Zhen continued to ask, "What are your difficulties, but it's okay, I will make the decision for you."

"Sir, please kill us." The leader said in a crying voice: "If a small confession is made, the whole family will not survive."

As soon as he finished speaking, the assassins kneeling behind also shouted: "I want to die, please help me."

"Are you all the families of Er and others under the control of the master?" Han Zhan saw that these assassins were unwilling to confess their masterminds, but instead, he was eager to die. He felt something was strange and said tentatively: "If this marquis can rescue your family, can you confess truthfully?"

Hearing Han Zhan say this, the leader's face showed a hesitant expression. However, he did not speak, but turned his head to look at the brothers kneeling behind. Seeing that the leader looked at him, the assassins nodded, saying that they could consider the request made by Han Zhan.

The leader sighed and said, "This adult must be the new Jizhou Governor, Lord Han, the Marquis of Zhangshuiting. I believe your words. As long as my family is rescued, I am willing to confess truthfully."

"Brother," Han Zhan and other leaders finished speaking, and sneered, "If you don't tell us where your family is, how can we save your family?"

The leader hesitated for a long time before speaking, "The little family is now in Shouchun. Ruoting Hou can rescue them, and the little one is willing to confess truthfully."

When everyone in the hall heard the place name Shouchun, they were stunned. Then Chen Zhen slapped the table with his hand and roared to sleep: "This is impossible. The college captain and Yuan Shu have no grudges, so how could he send someone to assassinate him? You are simply nonsense."

The leader actually said Yuan Shu's name, and then realized that he had accidentally leaked the identity of the master messenger behind the scenes, so he shut up. Han Zhan carefully observed the expression on the face of the assassin leader, and realized that Chen Zhen's guess was completely correct, so he waved his hand and ordered the officers: "Please take these people to jail first and try again another day."

After the assassin was taken away, Chen Zhen said excitedly: "Lord, if Yuan Shao is the mastermind behind the assassin, I believe this; but if Yuan Shu is the mastermind, I think it is ridiculous."

"Premier Chen is right." As soon as Chen Zhen finished speaking, Xiahou Lan continued: "It must be those assassins who intentionally framed and tried to provoke the conflict between us and Yuan Shu."

Han Zhan also found it ridiculous to everyone's conclusions. He had no grudges with Yuan Shu in the past. Why did he send a group of assassins to sneak into Guantao and assassinate Gao Lan? What is his purpose? What can he get from it?
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