Turbulent Times Chapter 1695: A number three came to Yangzhou City

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On the day of the founding of Da'an, when His Majesty the Emperor designated this day as the National Day, it means that this day has become the most lively time of the year in Da'an.

The assassination case in front of the Imperial City Square on the evening before the National Day that shocked the whole country has not had a major breakthrough so far, so the people in the Security House are in a bad mood, especially Shen Guoer who has been extremely angry in the center for half a day.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for the rest of the government office to take a long vacation to go shopping.

"My lord, the first time these three assassins appeared in Danyang County, there were a total of forty-seven people who had contact with him, but now fifteen of the forty-seven people have been confirmed dead. Everyone has disappeared."

"In addition, none of the three grenades were produced at the Fanyang County weapons production base."

"However, my subordinates have already checked with the people from the Weapons Research Department of the Gewu Research Institute. The fragments of the grenade are different from those of our Da'an Kingdom. They are obviously rougher, and they are made of pig iron." Security Office In the depths of the yamen compound, Huo Huaiming, chief officer of the Intelligence Department, said to Shen Guoer who was sitting on the chief seat with a solemn expression.

Hearing this, Shen Guoer's expression was equally serious, and he said in a deep voice: "If someone can make not only muskets, but also grenades, then he can make explosives, mines and other gunpowder weapons. It's no small matter..."

When the others heard this, their faces were equally solemn. Everyone knew that the important factor for the invincibility of the ten great armies of the Da'an Kingdom is to have powerful gunpowder weapons. If this advantage no longer exists, or the enemy also has the same gunpowder weapons Weapons, then the army's advantage in combat power will be greatly reduced.

Huo Huaiming thought for a while, and said, "Master Commander, there is news from the Tang Dynasty that Tang Emperor Li Shimin has established a weapon and equipment production base in a valley in the Qinling Mountains to the south of Chang'an City."

Shen Guoer's eyes flashed, and said: "When Li Yuan was still alive, Li Shimin did this before, but the things they imitated are fake versions in His Majesty's words, not worth mentioning."

Huo Huaiming said solemnly: "My lord, this time is different from before. The place is very mysterious. Emperor Tang sent a full 100,000 troops to garrison, and a mysterious person is in charge. It is difficult for our people to sneak in, even I can't even get close."

"There is such a thing." Shen Guo'er was shocked when she heard it, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is no small matter, send all the capable spies and experts to inquire about this matter, and make sure to find out the location of the weaponry production base in Tang State Secret, find out if the grenade came out of that place."

Huo Huaiming respectfully said yes, and immediately arranged the matter.

Soon, a large number of capable personnel and experts from the Da'an National Security Department sneaked into the Tang State secretly.

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Although there was an assassination incident in the Imperial City Square in the evening, this did not affect the world of lights and fireworks in Yangzhou City tonight.

Even after nightfall, people in Yangzhou still set off firecrackers and fireworks from time to time, which is as lively and festive as the New Year. And the street has always been crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, extremely lively.

Although Yangzhou City is still far inferior to Luoyang City, where "hundreds and thousands of houses are like chess games, and twelve streets are like vegetable beds", the prosperity of Yangzhou City has far surpassed that of other big cities in the world, especially the business capital of Yangzhou City. It is extremely developed, and it is the commercial center of the world, and because the capital of Da'an is temporarily established here, Yangzhou City has become the commercial center of today's world.

It was the first National Day of the Da'an Kingdom, and the lights on the city wall were like a brilliant Milky Way. , turning the low clouds red.

Since Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu came to this era, this is the first time I have seen such a scene.

In the city under the city wall, there are crowds of people. In order to watch the lanterns, a large family often travels at the same time. Children carry small lanterns of various colors in their hands and walk in front happily. Everyone is trudging through the crowd. , there are crowds of people around, if you are a foreigner who comes to Yangzhou City for the first time, it is easy to get lost in the crowd.

Wang Junlin knows how important it is for the people of a country to identify with the imperial court. In order to strengthen the cohesion of Da'an from top to bottom, it is very important to pay attention to the National Day and use the National Day to do something.

So, according to the notice of the Ministry of Rites of Da'an, the urban areas of all counties and cities across the country will light up lights for five days, and ordinary counties will also light up lights for three days.

Lamp hills and lamp sheds made up of colorful lights stand in the streets of Yangzhou City. It is necessary to compete to make the whole Yangzhou city like a dream.

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Number Three looked around, but a sense of indifference surged into his heart.

The noisy streets, jubilant crowds, and children's innocent smiles all speak of the peace and happiness of this place. This is so rare and precious to the people all over the world who have been in constant wars since the late Sui Dynasty and the people are struggling to live.

However, No. 3 will not feel the slightest emotion about this kind of thing, and will not affect his mission to Yangzhou just because he saw these scenes.

The number of hidden killing gates established before No. 1 has always been very small, and has never exceeded the number of hands. In addition, No. 1, the king of killers, only has nine people, but each of them is actually carefully trained by No. 1 super killer.

As the energy is running out these years, the No. 1 Assassin King has been planning his own survival, and has less control over hidden killings.

In addition, being tossed by the former Spring and Autumn Messenger and Wang Junlin

After a few rounds of killing, there were only five super killers left among the Hidden Killers.

However, in the past half a year, the Hidden Killing Gate has recruited nine more people, and each super killer is assigned 300 killers they have carefully trained.

And this No. 3 is the person who is in charge of the Hidden Kill Gate when the No. 1 Assassin King usually doesn't care about the Hidden Kill Gate.

No. 3 brought some of his subordinates to Yangzhou City, and for the first assassination, he sent people to choose to assassinate Wang Junlin, the emperor of Da'an Kingdom, but unfortunately, it was destroyed by the legendary No. 2.

For this point, No. 3 actually expected it long ago, and he didn't regret it, because he would always feel unwilling if he didn't try it. Now that he tried it, he would adjust his plan in the future.

For example, as long as No. 2 is with the Emperor of Da'an, No. 3 will never take any assassination actions.

Before coming, the head of the sect and His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty gave No. 3 a list of assassinations, and even arranged the assassination order.

It goes without saying that Wang Junlin, the emperor of Da'an Kingdom, besides that, Shen Guo'er, the chief of the Guo'an Prefecture of Da'an Kingdom, is ranked first.

At the end of the street where No. 3 is located at the end of the street is the Yamen of Guoan Prefecture. Since the fireworks festival, No. 3 has changed seven identities successively, wandering around this street until now.

Finally, No. 3 saw a carriage, escorted by a hundred black-armored knights, coming out of the Yamen of Guoan Mansion.

As long as anyone with a certain status in Yangzhou City knows that the person in the carriage is the commander of the Guoan Mansion who is known as a witch.

The reputation of the Guoan Mansion has long spread, and even the common people fear it the most.

So, even though the street is very lively and the people are almost crowded, there are still many people who instinctively avoid the convoy and try to stay as far away as possible.

However, even so, the street was bustling, and the carriage slowed down once it entered the Lantern City, and was often stuck in the middle.

On the one hand, it is because there are still many people who do not know that this is the carriage of Shen Guoer, the commander of the National Security Mansion.

On the other hand, it is because Wang Junlin has always shown great importance to the people, and Wei Zheng's Inspectorate is ruthless. Neither will car battles tonight.

But No. 3 just took a look at the carriage, and already knew that Shen Guoer, the commander of the Guoan Mansion last night, was not in the carriage, and there was only a woman very similar to Shen Guoer in the carriage.

No. 3's eyes were like lightning, and he scanned the nearby crowd, and soon found a woman in a man's blue robe and a veiled hat in the crowd. Up close, I can still vaguely see the scene inside the veil; unexpectedly, there is a veil covering most of my face under the veil.

Although the lights are gorgeous, the light is not as good as that of the daytime. It is very hazy, and only a pair of cold and deep eyes can be vaguely seen, indicating that the owner of the eyes is not as weak as an ordinary woman.

Number Three thought that the number one prey looked very interesting and cautious, so killing him would give him a sense of accomplishment.

Thinking in this way, No. 3 followed without a trace, and soon he discovered something.

No. 3 found out that Shen Guo'er seemed to be alone, but in fact, there were at least 20 masters nearby who were secretly protecting each other, and among them there were even three masters who were at the breaking stage.

However, Shen Guoer and the more than twenty masters seemed to have never discovered No. 3 who was following secretly.

It's just that when No. 3 secretly followed Shen Guoer and his party through an intersection, something happened.

First, when No. 3 passed by a dried fruit stall on the side of the road, the vendor he had passed by and glanced at suddenly pulled out a half-foot-long long knife from nowhere, and chopped it like lightning. Xiang No. 3's head was as fast as lightning, and he was clearly a master of the breaking stage.

At the same time, from all directions at the intersection, more than a dozen masters rushed towards No. 3.

Almost only an instant slower than these dozen or so masters, the twenty or so masters who secretly escorted Shen Guo'er before also rushed towards this side.

No. 3 was taken aback, but he could no longer think about how he was exposed. His figure receded like light smoke into the shadow of a corner of the wall. The six masters knocked them into the air one by one, and then the whole person slid up the wall like a snake at a high speed. Before the second wave of attacks came, they had jumped over the high wall and passed by.

However, at this moment, Shen Guo'er, who appeared in a brothel by the roadside at some point, casually fired a shot in this direction.

No. 3 felt a sense of crisis enveloping him, and his figure suddenly became much faster, as if he was about to slide down the wall like an electric snake.

However, although No. 3's light kung fu is as fast as light smoke, and looks like a ghost when it is fully used, the gun fired by Shen Guo'er is like teleporting at such a short distance. After shooting out, it has already come in front of number three.

So, the moment the figure number three floated down the wall like a light smoke at an extremely fast speed, his body suddenly paused, and blood sprayed from his shoulders.

The shot wounded No. 3 after all, but it also allowed No. 3 to climb over the wall.

And with the lightness kung fu shown by the latter, he will definitely be able to escape quickly by taking advantage of the high wall. And Yangzhou City has more than 600,000 people, so it is really difficult to find No. 3 again.

Because as long as No. 3 gets out of their sight, he can become another person in a very short time. The decree is to close the gate of Yangzhou City for a month, and the whole city will be raided. If you want to

Finding number three is like finding a needle in a haystack.

The dozens of masters sent by Shen Guoer have rich experience in fighting, but this point has been thought of in an instant, and she is so anxious that she can't bear to put wings on her body, jump over the high wall and rush towards him in an instant.

Naturally, No. 3 also thought of this, so although he suffered a gunshot wound on his shoulder, he was slightly relieved when his figure floated up the one-foot-high wall next to him like light smoke.

However, at this moment, on the other side of the wall, facing No. 3, there appeared a burly young swordsman with a ferocious face, who looked like an iron tower.

A vicious-looking young man was holding a seemingly ordinary long sword. From bottom to top, the human sword merged into one and stabbed straight into No. 3's chest. The tip of the sword reached an inch in front of No. 3's heart in an instant. .

No. 3, who had just escaped by chance, changed his expression greatly in front of the sudden appearance of a sword. He stared at the young swordsman who had nothing to move forward, and his body and sword were in one. To the extreme, it is like a ray of ghost floating along the low wall to the left at an extremely fast speed.

However, no matter how No. 3 dodges or how fast No. 3 moves, the tip of the sword is always an inch away from No. 3's heart. The young swordsman and the sword in his hand seem to be connected with No. 3 by an invisible thread, moving as No. 3 moves. .

This young swordsman is none other than Li Xuanba, the leader of Da'an Kingdom's Violent Bear Legion and one of the two personal disciples of the national teacher Nie Xiaoyu.

Li Xuanba was invited by Nie Xiaoyu before, this guy heard that he could fight, and he might be a very powerful expert, so he agreed to Shen Guoer's request without asking anything specific, and he was obedient According to Shen Guoer's instructions, he hid behind this wall.

If Wang Junlin was here, he would definitely be extremely envious or even jealous of Li Xuanba. What Li Xuanba was using at this time was precisely the precise locking that could only be performed when the realm reached an extremely high level of swordsmanship taught by Shen Guoer. , and this is the premise for achieving success in the magic sword technique that Nie Xiaoyu talked about.

That is to say, Li Xuanba, who looks like a fool, has already explored the way of magical swordsmanship, and he is indeed Nie Xiaoyu's personal disciple.

I just don't know how strong Luo Shixin, another direct disciple of Nie Xiaoyu, the leader of the Whirlwind Legion stationed in Hedong is now.

In one breath, No. 3 and Li Xuanba moved nearly ten feet on the low wall, the whole process was silent, but the energy, willpower and internal energy of the two were consumed in this breath is extremely terrifying , his face was already extremely pale.

However, Li Xuanba's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, even as bright as stars, but there is an extremely rare fear in the eyes of No. 3, the fear of facing life and death.

On the other side of the high wall, dozens of experts from the Security Mansion sent by Shen Guoer have already arrived. If No. 3 does not get away, he will have no chance in the future. Either he will be killed on the spot, or was captured alive.

Among the flashes, No. 3 screamed while maintaining high speed, spit out a thin needle from his mouth, like a very fine lightning, and hit the tip of Li Xuanba's sword an inch away from his heart.

The place struck by this thin needle is extremely mysterious, and immediately there is a slight gap and obscurity in the sword intent on the tip of Li Xuanba's sword.

By taking advantage of this time, the rapier in No. 3's hand finally had a chance to make a move, and it stabbed out instantly, hitting the tip of Li Xuanba's sword, while No. 3 himself retreated desperately.

Ding!

Accompanied by Li Xuanba's long howl, his face was instantly pale and bloodless, and his mouth was bleeding even more, but the sword's tip was full of sword intent, and the momentum of being one with the sword in his hand remained unchanged. The figure and the sword in his hand did not retreat, and even turned into a crossbow arrow in an instant, and directly shot No. 3 further.

A flash of determination flashed in No. 3's eyes, and the thin sword in his hand and the arm holding the sword shot out like lightning, facing Li Xuanba.

However, his body was retreating rapidly, and the distance between him and Li Xuanba continued to widen.

That's right, No. 3's right arm was completely severed from the gunshot wound on his upper arm.

What's more, the severed arm and the thin sword suddenly exploded at the same time as they touched Li Xuanba's long sword, and countless flesh, bones, and broken sword pieces shot towards the surroundings like bullets.

Li Xuanba's face changed, and the long sword in his hand danced into a rain of swords, and with the sound of "jingle ding dong dong", all the flesh, bones and broken sword pieces were firmly blocked.

It's just that, with this delay, Number Three, who had lost his arm, disappeared through the shadows in the darkness.

At this time, dozens of experts from the Safety House sent by Shen Guoer came over the wall.

After a while, Shen Guo'er was also surrounded by a large group of people for protection, and rushed over in person, but looked at the flesh and blood left by No. 3's exploded right arm, and her face was extremely ugly.

Shen Guoer had a lot of secret arrangements in the Guoan Mansion. After discovering that there were experts nearby who were eyeing the Guoan Mansion, Shen Guoer did not act lightly, especially after guessing that the other party might want to assassinate her, she immediately decisively set up a plan. This game is over.

Having used so many masters, and even invited Li Xuanba, a fighting maniac, he thought that he would be able to capture the opponent alive if it was a sure thing.

In the end, the other party was only seriously injured and escaped, and even Li Xuanba was slightly injured.

This result was beyond Shen Guoer's expectation, and it also gave her a higher and more accurate judgment on the strength of the hidden enemy.

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