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The thrilling sound of horse hooves in the alley in the middle of the night frightened Qian Laocai to death. Later, it was silent outside. He still hugged his concubine tightly and kept shaking. The concubine was still brave. He heard the sound of horse hooves go away, so he trembled out of bed, opened the door gently, and came to the gate, lying down at the crack of the door and looking out.

She squeezed one eye desperately into the crack of the door, and suddenly a tragic scream rang out, scaring her to tremble, turning around and running.

Qian Laocai's home is located on the left side of the alley, opposite his neighbor Zhou Dong. After Zhou Dong was woken up in the middle of the night, he did not dare to come out. He just heard the sound of horse hooves leaving, and thought there was no danger, so he opened the door and came out to check. He was afraid that the light would attract the attention of the thief, so he dared not hold the light. Fortunately, the fish belly turned white in the east and could see things.

He opened the gate of the courtyard and poked his head out to look around. Seeing that there was no one, he stepped out one leg, but his feet did not fall to the ground, but stepped on something as soft as it was. He looked down and saw a man lying on the steps, with black blood under his body, and he just stepped on the man's back.

This scream that was not like a human voice scared the neighbors to lose their courage. The person who was sneaking out to observe them, threw down the things in his hands, ran back to the room in anger, some crawled into the bed, and some crawled under the bed.

"Kill someone." Zhou Dong shouted at the top of his lungs. It was so terrible. How could this man die on the steps of his family?

Qian Laocai listened for a while and said strangely: "Is it Zhou Dong? What did he do?"

The concubine hugged him with lingering fear, arched her head into his arms, and said, "Alang, the thief hasn't left yet, don't go."

"Oh." Qian Laocai responded and said, "Go to sleep." If the thief chased Zhou Dong, Qian Laocai would not have sacrificed himself to save him.

Qian Laocai hugged his concubine tightly and listened to the movements outside. Gradually, a brave neighbor came out. The alleys gradually became more and more spoken. Everyone was talking and advised Zhou Dong to report to the official.

If a person dies in his territory, it will be impossible not to report to the official position. Zhou Dong had to admit his bad luck and rushed to Jingzhao Mansion with silver.

Wu Quan was still sleeping and was woken up by the sound of drums. Someone reported that three bodies were found in night clothes on Dongping Street. He immediately summoned the servants to the yamen to gather, then washed his official robe and led three yamen runners over.

The coroner checked, wrote the document and signed the name.

At first glance, this situation was a gang fight. The three of them looked like they were in the same group, but for some reason their companions did not take their bodies away. Wu Quan was furious and ordered the yamen runners to carry the bodies back and check them nearby. Because the case was reported early, there were not many people coming and going on the road. Besides, where the three of them fell to the ground, there were blood everywhere, and no one dared to come forward, so the scene was preserved.

Wu Quan soon saw horse marks around the three corpses. There were originally horses here, but I don’t know if the horse was ridden by the deceased or the murderer, where are they now?

He was carefully looking at the ground, and a servant with a mole on his eyebrows brought Zhou Dong and said, "Sir, this person reported the case."

After running back and forth, the sun was already out, and the sun was shining on his head, Zhou Dong still felt sweaty all over his body, and he stuttered and said that he had poured a body at the door of his house.

Wu Quan narrowed his eyes and said, "Let's go, take a look."

From Dongping Street to Zhou Dongjia, the horse hoof prints in this section had long been flattened by pedestrians. However, the deceased was wearing black night clothes, which was the same as the other three dead bodies. Wu Quan quickly became the same group.

Zhou Dong was taken back to Jingzhao Mansion to take a record.

Wu Quan looked at the confession presented and frowned. This case was very difficult. There was no evidence at the scene. Zhou Dongguang heard the scream. What's the point?

"Sir, the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion are asking for a visit." The servant came up and said.

Wu Quan raised his eyes and said, "Come on your behalf."

Heizi changed into clothes, and after meeting Wu Quan, he sat down with the guest and host.

"Sir, I passed by Dongping Street last night and happened to see a group of men in black fighting with a man in blue shirt. There was a carriage running in front of me. There was a person in the carriage and shouting for help. I chased after me and saw that it was Lord Tang Zipu Tang, the Prime Minister and Chief Secretary. Lord Tang was covered in blood and his ear was cut off. Fortunately, the righteous man saved him and he was able to save his life. I saved Chief Secretary Tang and returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion. He heard that someone was assassinating him."

"What? Someone assassinated the Chief Secretary of Tang?" Wu Quan exclaimed. He really wanted to curse. There were people in the capital who were so brave that they used assassination methods. If he found out who it was, they would be sentenced to death.

Tang Ji was the prime minister and was injured again, so Wu Quan had to come to visit him.

Tang Ji did not return to the small courtyard where he rented it. When Wu Quan arrived, the imperial doctor was applying medicine to him. He saw with his own eyes that his ears were bare and his attentive attitude became a little colder.

Tang Ji's face was pale and there was no trace of blood. One was that he lost too much blood and was frightened. The other was that he had psychological effects. From then on, he could only be a useless person and never had the chance to become an official again. He really couldn't accept it.

After inquiring about the incident, Wu Quan went to the Prime Minister Gongyou to ask for a meeting with Cheng Mo. Tang Ji was the prime minister and the chief minister, so he had to report to Cheng Mo about this matter.

He waited in the concierge for more than an hour, and when he saw the sun was hanging high and the heat was so hot that Cheng Mo came back.

"Prime Minister, Chief Tang met a villain suddenly, which caused an accident, and the subordinates were very sad." Wu Quanqing said sincerely. There were many high-ranking officials in the capital, and there were many nobles. If he were not a very good person, how could he stay in the position of Jingzhao Yin for a long time? After Cheng Mo became prime minister, he always wanted to get in touch with Cheng Mo, but he had never been able to do so. Unexpectedly, the opportunity came today.

Cheng Mo naturally had to ask about the case and read Tang Ji's "confession."

Heizi was just a "passerby". Tang Ji naturally didn't know who was behind the scenes, and he didn't know how many people were chasing him. Anyway, he was panicked and ran all the way. In the end, one ear was cut off, scared and didn't know anything.

While Wu Quan was talking to Cheng Mo, a beggar threw a roll of bamboo slips into Taichang Mansion. After the servant picked it up, he saw that there were words on it and quickly submitted it to the anxious Zhang Mian.

Zhang Mian opened the bamboo slip and saw that there was only one line of words on it: "The person you are looking for is in Jingzhao Mansion."

Why did Xia Er and others go to Jingzhao Mansion for a long time? Did they go shopping in the wrong place? Of course not. They went on assassination mission but did not return overnight. Although they were not professional assassins, Zhang Mian was still very confident in their skills, so he did not expect that the four of them had become four stiff corpses.

Zhang Mian's face was gloomy and calm. After pondering for a while, he called Wang Liu and said, "You go to Jingzhao Mansion and ask Wu Wuque to come here. I understand?"

Of course, Wang Liu understood that he just went to see if Xia Er and others were really in Jingzhao Mansion. As for what to call Wu Quan? Zhang Mian was very powerful and cared about the security of the capital.
Chapter completed!