Red makeup against the world

Chapter 676 Assassin
At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, and it had been raining intermittently for a whole day without stopping. Sporadic raindrops fell on the crowd in front of the city gate, and even the clothes were not wetted, leaving only a few marks.

There was less than half an hour before the city gate closed, and more and more people were entering and exiting, waiting for their identities to be verified before being released.

Wu Zhengxiang pulled the reins, stopped beside the carriage, bent down and asked Xu Wanzhen in the carriage: "There are a lot of people, it may take some time, but are you hungry?"

Xu Wanzhen replied through the curtain of the carriage: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, even if you are hungry, there are cakes in the carriage."

Serving Xu Wanzhen, Sangzi stuck out her tongue and said, "Fortunately, I prepared it in advance, otherwise I will definitely be taught by the Second Young Master."

Xu Wenyu opened a pair of big black grape-like eyes, turned around Xu Wanzhen's face, and then nodded as if suddenly realizing: "It turns out that brother-in-law cares so much about sister."

Listening to his childish words, Xu Wanzhen blushed for no reason, but she didn't know what to say.

Wu Zhengxiang had just straightened his back, at this moment, his hairs stood on end, and he felt a real murderous aura.In the next breath, the always pitch-black crossbow arrows shot towards his face as fast as lightning.

Wu Zhengxiang was fighting like a carp on his horse, dodging the crossbow arrow, his right hand was like a thunderbolt, he grabbed the arrow tail with his last breath.I don't know what kind of crossbow it is, it can shoot such a powerful crossbow arrow, but Wu Zhengxiang is holding it in his hand, the body of the arrow is still trembling slightly.

Only then did Xu Wenmin exclaim, "Brother-in-law, be careful!"

Some people in the crowd also saw this scene, and there were exclamations one after another, and the originally neat team suddenly became chaotic.

Xu Wan was really talking to Xu Wenyu, when she heard a commotion outside, she lifted the curtain of the car and asked, "What happened?"

Wu Zhengxiang quickly lowered the curtain she raised, and said in a deep voice: "Someone assassinated, but it's okay!"

Xu Wanzhen's head was flustered, and she hurriedly asked, "Is your husband injured?"

"No, don't worry, lady." Wu Zhengxiang replied outside.

Xu Wan really felt relieved and stopped talking.As long as he is not injured, then everything is easy to say, she believes in his ability.

"Sister, what happened?" Xu Wenyu's face was a little pale, but there was excitement in his eyes.

Xu Wanzhen took him over and said softly: "Someone assassinated your brother-in-law, but he will deal with it. Yu'er sit down, don't be afraid, we can't make trouble for him."

"Assassination?" Xu Wenyu asked in surprise: "Does brother-in-law have any enemies? How could he assassinate?"

In his little mind, he couldn't understand how this kind of words that only appeared in Jianghu scripts suddenly appeared in his life, and he was so close to him.

Xu Wan really thought about it, and explained: "It doesn't have to be enemies. In this world, there are like-minded people, and there are also people who are hostile to you because they affect the other party's interests. Sister doesn't know what's going on right now, but Yu You have to remember, as long as you have a clear conscience, don't stop because of other people's eyes."

Xu Wenyu nodded half understanding, but these words had a great impact on his entire life later.

Holding the crossbow in his hand, Wu Zhengxiang sat up straight on his horse, his eyes like an eagle's slowly swept across the chaotic crowd.

At the same time that the crossbow was caught by him, Wu Rui jumped out of the accompanying guards and shot towards the direction of the crossbow.

The crowd was pushing and shoving, and there were bursts of exclamations from time to time, mixed with the cries of children.The soldiers guarding the city gate shouted loudly, trying to restore the crowd to its original state, but it was in vain.

His eyes scanned twice, but he found nothing abnormal, Wu Zhengxiang used his inner strength to burst into a thunderous tongue: "Stop!"

His voice exploded above people's heads like a thunderbolt, and the crowd froze for a moment, even the children stopped crying.

Taking advantage of this gap, Wu Zhengxiang took out his waist card, slowly showed it to everyone, and said: "I am the commander of Xiao cavalry guards, and I was ordered to arrest the rebels. You should enter and leave in order, and don't panic. If anyone does not obey the command, Punish it as a thieves."

As soon as these words came out, the commotion crowd immediately fell silent.If it were someone else, I'm afraid it would not be able to achieve this effect.But Wu Zhengxiang's vicious reputation, as long as anyone who lives in Beijing, has heard a thing or two.

The soldiers guarding the gate breathed a sigh of relief. If he hadn't spoken, they alone would not be able to suppress the startled crowd.A representative was specially sent to thank Wu Zhengxiang.

"I have seen Commander Wu, if you have orders, I will obey them."

The soldiers guarding the city gate belonged to the Wucheng Bingma Division and had no direct subordinate relationship with Wu Zhengxiang.But Wu Zhengxiang is a second-rank military general, so it's no problem to order mere soldiers.

"Just guard the city gates, don't worry about other things," Wu Zhengxiang ordered.

"Yes!" The soldier representative bowed his hands and retreated.Wu Zhengxiang had guards by his side, and he never thought that he really needed their help, but he still had to express his attitude.

The crowd restored order, and the carriage of the Duke of Zhongguo's mansion also moved forward slowly among the carriages.

Wu Zhengxiang let Xu Wenmin also get into the carriage.He has no martial arts, and if he becomes the target, the consequences will be unpredictable.It is safer to be out of direct view in a carriage than to be on a horse.

He looked around vigilantly, but since the sudden crossbow arrow, there was no other movement.

This was obviously premeditated, and it was the style of those top killers in the Jianghu.If one hit is missed, the shadow escapes for thousands of miles.But, who is it that wants to take his life?

The crossbow bolt came fast and hard, he smelled it carefully, and there was an imperceptible special smell on the black painted arrow.Although I don't know what it is, I can be sure that it is definitely not a good thing.

With such an arrow, Wu Zhengxiang had no doubt that the purpose of this assassination was to take his own life.

After a cup of tea, Wu Rui steered his horse back, came to Wu Zhengxiang's side and said in a low voice, "This subordinate is incompetent. When I got there, I only saw a thousand-stone crossbow, but the person had long since disappeared, and no one was left behind." any trace."

Wu Zhengxiang nodded, not blaming him.For such a result, he had expected it in his heart.Such a top Jianghu assassin, who had planned it long ago, would stand still and wait for someone to capture him?
He waved his hand, signaling him to go forward together, and said: "Investigate this matter slowly. As long as his target is me, I don't believe there will be no clues left."

Wu Ruijian said: "The guards around the master can be doubled. Only in this way can we arrange them calmly."

Wu Zhengxiang nodded in agreement.

But for some reason, there was always a dark cloud in his heart that could not dissipate.

It reminded him of the celebration banquet held in the palace three years ago, which was as fierce as today, and disappeared without a trace afterwards.Even after exhausting the manpower of the shadow guards, they could not find the existence of the enemy.

This made him feel uneasy.

(End of this chapter)