Crazy! Crazy batch of chief ministers reduced to subordinates

Chapter 81 Are there assassins on the mountain?

After a brief rest in Fengyang, Li Jian made an appointment with Fengyang County Magistrate Zhou Zui to lead a group of people to the mountains. However, Lang Zhuo's people sent wounded and assassins along the way. Only then did he know that An Guogong's daughter had been assassinated. .

A group of people hurriedly ran to meet him and met Lang Zhuo's carriage on the way. When they asked the driver, they found out that Lang Zhuo was also injured.

However, there was only Lang Zhuo in the car who was leaning on Ao Feng's shoulder and suffering from severe pain, but there was no Miss Xu Er.

Li Jian asked Ofeng through the car window: "Didn't I say there is another Miss Xu Er? Where is she?"

What can O Feng say? What can you say? Dare not say anything.

Qingyang brought two of his subordinates into Fengyang City to place the injured guards of the Xu family. He and the coachman drove the carriage on the road and were sitting on the shaft, waiting for Lang Zhuo and Xu Beisheng.

They didn't come up from the slope for a long time. When they heard footsteps coming down the slope, they turned around and saw Xu Beisheng, who was in disheveled clothes. He looked panic-stricken, as if there was a ghost chasing him behind him.

He was about to ask Miss Xu to get on the carriage, but the second girl didn't seem to see him and ran away.

Orfeng immediately felt that something was wrong, so he jumped off the carriage and hurried down the slope to look for it.

When they reached the bottom of the slope, they saw that Lang Zhuo's official robe was missing. There was a large blood stain on the chest of his white tunic. He was holding on to a tree with one hand and could barely stand still.

Orfeng was stunned at that time, and the sword in his hand almost fell to the ground.

After being stunned, he immediately rushed over to support Lang Zhuo and asked anxiously: "What's going on, sir?"

At that time, the Lord was sweating profusely on his forehead, and there was no color on his face. He was holding his bleeding chest with one hand. He was in so much pain that he couldn't tell what Orfeng asked him.

The blue official robe fell to the ground, and Ofeng bent down to pick it up. The official robe was clean, with no blood at all.

He was a little confused. He couldn't figure out under what circumstances the master took off his robe, under what circumstances he was injured, and why Xu Beisheng, who ran away, ran away like crazy.

There was a vague feeling in my heart that it might be Xu Beisheng who stabbed the master, but because the master usually treated Xu Beisheng too little, Gao Feng didn't dare to make random guesses for a while.

He just helped the man up the slope and into the carriage, and asked the coachman to take him to Fengyang quickly.

They met Li Jian's team halfway along the way.

Orfeng wanted Li Jian to take people to look for Miss Xu Er, but he thought it would be safer to wait until he entered Fengyang and let Qingyang take his people to look for her.

After all, the second girl's embarrassed appearance was not good for the people in the capital's government office to see.

Orfeng only said: "Second girls are taken care of. Let's go to the city first and wait until the adults get better."

Li Jian and the Fengyang County Magistrate had no choice but to turn around and follow Lang Zhuo's carriage into Fengyang City.

Arriving in front of the county government office, Orfeng helped Lang Zhuo get out of the carriage. Li Jian and Fengyang County Magistrate Zhou Zui each held their arms and the other raised their legs. There was also a crowd of people gathered around Lang Zhuo in a panic. Luan carried Lang Zhuo in.

Qingyang had just accompanied several county officials to interrogate the two assassins. As soon as he came out of the prison and returned to the courtyard, he bumped into Lang Zhuo and was carried in.

He was so shocked that he dropped the case in his hand to the ground. When he came to his senses, he rushed over immediately. When he saw Lang Zhuo was injured on his chest, he asked urgently: "There are still assassins on the mountain?"

Gao Feng didn't say anything, and everyone carried the people into the room. Magistrate Zhou quickly called the medical officer. After checking, he found that the wound would have touched the heart if it was an inch deeper. Hearing Gao Feng and Qingyang take a deep breath. gas.

Even Magistrate Zhou and Li Jian broke out in a cold sweat. If Lang Zhuo died in Fengyang today, their heads would not be saved.

Zhou Zui was so angry that he stamped his feet, went out and shouted in the corridor: "Here comes someone! Gather the people and go outside the city to catch the assassin!"

Only then did Orfeng suddenly think of Miss Xu Er, quietly pulled Qingyang aside, and whispered: "Go find Miss Xu Er quickly, and be sure to send the person back to the capital safely."

Only then did Qingyang realize that Miss Xu Er had not come back with Lang Zhuo, and he panicked.

It was Mr. Lang who proposed to come to Fengyang with Miss Xu Er to investigate the case. If Miss Xu makes mistakes, Duke An will definitely not let Mr. Lang go!

Also, Jinhuai and several Xu family guards are already on their way back to Beijing. Duke An Guo will know about the assassination of Miss Xu Er as soon as tonight, and he will definitely send someone to Fengyang overnight.

If they haven't found Miss Xu Er by then, how should they report it to Anguo?

Qingyang didn't dare to delay, and without asking any more details, he called a few of his confidants and hurried out the door before Magistrate Zhou's people. The medical officer pulled out the arrow, applied powder to stop bleeding and pain, and bandaged it up before Lang Zhuo gained some strength.

He pointed at Ofeng, who hurriedly sat on the edge of the couch, held Lang Zhuo's hand, and said eagerly: "Sir, I'm here."

Lang Zhuo's lips moved, and he endured the pain and said: "Beisheng... go and find her..."

Ao Feng said: "Qingyang has gone."

Only then did Lang Zhuo feel relieved, let go of Ofeng, closed his eyes and lay down peacefully.

However, Qingyang's people and Zhou County Magistrate's people turned the mountain upside down, but there was no sign of Miss Xu Er.

In the evening, Re, the capital's government office, also joined the search. Zhou Zui sent out almost all the government officials he could to search for half the night with torches. Except for bringing back a few horses and carrying back dozens of assassins' corpses, there was no one. Find Miss Xu Er.

Lang Zhuo almost didn't sleep all night, and he deeply regretted what he did to Bei Sheng. If he hadn't forced her so hard, Xu Bei Sheng wouldn't have stabbed her with an arrow, let alone escaped.

Ao Feng came in with some decoction and saw Lang Zhuo sitting on the couch with his hands clasped together and his head hanging in annoyance.

"Sir, drink the medicine first and take a rest. Maybe the second girl will come back when you wake up."

Orfeng didn't dare to ask for details, so he could only say comforting words that had no effect.

Lang Zhuo closed his eyes tightly and frowned in pain, saying, "She has been thinking about leaving the capital, and now I'm afraid she will never come back again."

O Feng was startled and blurted out what he wanted to say: "Miss Xu Er is the daughter that An Guogong and his wife have been looking for for eighteen years!"

Maybe An Guogong is on his way to Fengyang at this moment. If he discovers that Miss Xu Er is missing, and if it is discovered that Miss Xu Er's disappearance is related to Mr. Lang, then he must not tear Mr. Lang apart!
  Orfeng was completely shocked!

Lang Zhuo gave a helpless smile. The daughter An Guogong and his wife had been looking for for eighteen years and regarded as a treasure were just angered by him and walked away quietly...

"The villain asked Magistrate Zhou to post a missing person notice!"

After Orfeng put down the medicine bowl, he said he was going out to find Magistrate Zhou, and then he heard Magistrate Zhou coming over talking to someone.

"The official has asked people to expand the scope of the search for Miss Xu Er. If there is no result tonight, the portrait search will be carried out after dawn. If there is still no result, the official will issue a co-investigation document and ask the surrounding counties and Beijing to investigate the whereabouts of the second girl. .”

As soon as Aofeng opened the door curtain, he saw Duke An Guo striding towards him. Magistrate Zhou followed closely, raising his sleeves to wipe sweat from time to time!

Lang Zhuo also heard the sound and knew that it was Duke An Guo who was coming. He covered his chest wound and went out to greet him.

An Guogong was hiding his anger and wanted to catch Lang Zhuo and question him. So many people came to Fengyang to investigate the case, but his daughter was missing.

As a result, one look at Lang Zhuo's pale face, and there were blood stains on his white shirt, and his arrogance dropped by a third.

After entering the door, without waiting for Lang Zhuo to greet him, he asked: "Who committed the assassination? Mr. Lang was injured and my daughter disappeared!"

Ao Feng was the only one who could prove the assassin's innocence, but he didn't dare to say anything at the moment and just left with the medicinal soup that Lang Zhuo didn't drink.

Lang Zhuo gave up his seat to An Guogong and Zhou County Magistrate, then he covered his chest and said: "I caught two people alive. They have strong mouths and have not spit out their words. But I guess that they are probably the same group of people who assassinated His Highness the Crown Prince in the past." "

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned to Beijing yesterday and rewarded him with great fanfare. I believe that some interested people already know that it was Miss Xu Er and Mr. Jinhuai who saved the Crown Prince, so they are following him for revenge."

Duke An Guo smashed his hand on the table and became angry: "If I catch the mastermind behind this, I will cut him into pieces!"

Magistrate Zhou was sweating coldly and almost slipped off his stool. The assassin committed two attacks on Fengyang territory, and if he was incompetent at all, it would be a serious crime of dereliction of duty and loss of head!
  Magistrate Zhou asked tremblingly: "Miss Xu Er's whereabouts are unknown now. If she falls into the hands of the bad guys again..."

An Guogong's expression tightened, and Lang Zhuo said hurriedly: "Don't worry, Lord Guo, the assassin on the mountain has been cleared. The two girls were just separated for a while, so they must be safe and sound."

Magistrate Zhou was frightened and nodded, "I will definitely send someone to investigate the whereabouts of Miss Xu Er."

No matter how anxious and angry Duke An was, he still had sense and did not get angry at Lang Zhuo and County Magistrate Zhou. He could only send his confidants to look for them together.

(End of this chapter)