Chapter 68 Alert
"Bride with two swords?" Shen Jinyu put down the official document in her hand and asked.

"That's right, this bride with double knives killed three local officials in a month, and the local county government has not found any clues about the bride with double knives. What we can know so far is that the killer is a woman, and the killer is a woman. It's two-handed swords." Lin Qingqiu replied.

A killer appeared suddenly, and even killed local officials. Shen Jinyu felt wrong,

"Lin Qingqiu, prepare the carriage and enter the palace immediately."

When Shen Jinyu arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Lu Tao was talking to Qin Huaiming about the bride with two swords, and Song Yao stood aside.

Shen Jinyu bowed to Lu Tao and Qin Huaiming one by one, "My minister joins the emperor, Lord Qin,"

Lu Tao waved his hand, "Shen Aiqing, sit down."

Qin Huaiming: "Master Shen is also here for this bride with two swords?"

"Exactly, I heard that the bride with two swords killed three local officials within a month, which is no small matter at this time,"

"Indeed, the name of this bride with two knives has been widely spread among the people and in the world, and some people even call her the number one female assassin. Her assassination targets are all officials. It must not be a personal enmity, but for the court. "

Qin Huaiming immediately revealed the key point.

Shen Jinyu nodded, what Qin Huaiming said was exactly what he thought.

Song Yao has some contacts in Jianghu, he thought for a moment and said: "The Jianghu has always been full of these assassin gangs who take money to buy their lives, but this is the first time someone dared to make a sale on the court. According to the news I have recently received , It seems that there are no new assassin gangs emerging in Jianghu."

"There is something strange, Your Majesty, the old minister suggests that Your Majesty send someone to investigate in person. One is that court officials cannot be killed for nothing. This is related to the foundation of the Great Jin Dynasty. The other is that the assassins are targeting people from the court, no matter what their intentions are. , are all traitors! We must find out and take them down as soon as possible!" Qin Huaiming said.

Lu Tao nodded, "Master Qin is right. Let Master Qin handle this matter. Shen Aiqing, you are responsible for assisting Master Qin in investigating this matter. Make sure to find out this assassin!"

Shen Jinyu cupped her hands in response, "I obey the order!"

After leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Shen Jinyu and Qin Huaiming walked out side by side.

"Master Qin, we don't know much about this bride with two swords at present. The killer is used to walking in the dark, so it's not easy to catch her. Besides, we don't know who her next target is, so it's impossible to prevent it in advance." Let's do it."

Qin Huaiming stroked his beard and sighed, "Lord Shen is right. His Majesty has sent an order to all officials to guard against it. It's just that the killers are scary because they hide in the dark by surprise. I'm afraid It’s not that easy to do.”

Shen Jinyu's face was gloomy, and suddenly thought of someone.

Duan Mufeng disappeared for more than a year, and now a double-knife killer who only kills court officials suddenly appeared in the world. Could it have anything to do with him?

After returning to the mansion, Shen Jinyu couldn't think about it left and right, so he called Lin Qingqiu,

"How is the group of dead soldiers trained?"

Lin Qingqiu: "The earliest batch is ready to go on missions now."

Shen Jinyu: "You go and order two hundred dead soldiers. Ten dead soldiers will be sent to each of the [-] regions of the Great Jin Dynasty. As long as there are local officials, they will be sent to watch. I don’t believe that the spies will come back anytime when they go out, and all the places are on alert, but I can’t find any clues.”

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Tingzhou is located in the south of Dajin, at the junction of the two ports, and is the most important trade center of Dajin.The silk, porcelain, and handmade products produced in the Jin Dynasty were all exported to the glazed countries in Tingzhou to the south.

The governor of Tingzhou, Jiang Yanfei, has been in Tingzhou for generations to manage the business relations between Da Jin and the countries of Liuli. For the New Year's state banquet, the emperor would invite the elders of the Jiang family to go.

When Qi Yue and the others arrived in Tingzhou, it was midsummer. Because it was close to the sea, the sky in Tingzhou was exceptionally blue, like a splashed blue tarpaulin, deep and remote.

The Jiang family's situation is powerful, but it is not comparable to the magistrates like Bai Chuan.

They still found an inn to live in, and it took them ten days just to spy on the situation in Jiangfu. The Jiangfu was heavily guarded, and it was not so easy for Zhao Zhao to get in and out.

The imperial court issued a warrant to arrest the bride with double knives across the country, and even posted a portrait, but there was only a bride in a red hijab and a red wedding dress holding a bloody double knives in the portrait, without even showing her face.

Qi Yue stood under her arrest warrant countless times and complained, "This portrait doesn't look like a killer, it looks like a female ghost."

But it was also because of this that she was able to swagger and get away with it.

After figuring out the general layout of the Jiang Mansion, the three of Qi Yue just waited for an appropriate time to make a move. Qi Yue could not come forward, so Zhao Zhao and Yin Baiyi could only investigate Jiang Yanfei's daily actions.

About three days later, Yin Baiyi came back with news.

"Jiang Yanfei's day-to-day actions are relatively simple. In the morning, he goes to the warehouse in the south of the city to check the goods, watches over the people who ship the goods, and returns to the city at noon to visit several Zhuangzi under the name of Jiangfu. , After counting, send them to the imperial city, and after finishing these, go directly back to the mansion, he could have chosen to do it on the way back to the mansion, but due to the order of the court, Jiang Yanfei now has more than ten more guards than before."

"This is difficult. It's not that I can't kill him, but I'm afraid of exposing our traces," Qi Yue stretched his head thinking.

Zhao Zhao echoed, "Jiang's residence is heavily guarded. If you want to sneak in, it's best to act when you are ugly. At that time, most of the guards are sleepy and their energy is not as good as usual. The risk is relatively small."

Qi Yue pondered for a moment and made up his mind, "We can't delay any longer. We will act tonight. The arrest warrants are posted everywhere. If we delay any longer, accidents will happen."

In order to ensure their energy, the three of them slept for a while after dinner.

At an ugly moment, they appeared under the courtyard wall of Jiang Mansion. There was a high wall with large stone tiles piled up on it. The three of them turned over the wall and hid their figures behind the stone tiles.

The Jiang Mansion was in darkness, except for the faint light of a few eaves lamps under the eaves.

Except for the guards on duty, the entire mansion has fallen asleep.

They climbed down the courtyard wall silently, and walked close to the base of the wall under the cover of night.

The guards standing guard everywhere were yawning sleepily, rubbing their eyes non-stop, looking up at the moon in the sky from time to time, to see where it moved, and guessing how long they had to stand.

Zhao Zhao still walked in front and moved towards Jiang Yanfei's yard along the route he had hoped for. Jiang's mansion was huge, but they didn't dare to take big steps. They hid all the way for a while before reaching out of Jiang Yanfei's bedroom.

There was no guard at the door of Jiang Yanfei's room, but Zhao Zhao still chose to enter through the window. His hand had just touched the window, and before he could make a move, there was a sudden "snap" in the room.

Zhao Zhao quickly withdrew his hand, and the three hid themselves in the dark, listening to the movement in the house with bated breath.

(End of this chapter)

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