It is very likely that there are Jinyiwei lurking in the city.

Just when Xue Wuxia was in a state of panic, rumors inexplicably began to spread in Zhaoyang City.

The content of the rumor was very simple: Jinyiwei Commander-in-Chief Mao Xiang personally led a team of Jinyiwei Thirteen Guardians to Xijing to assassinate Lin Hai.

"This is not just an ordinary rumor!"

When Xue Wuxia reported the information to Wang Zuo who had hurried over, Wang Zuo immediately made a conclusion.

Xue Wuxia certainly knew that this was not an ordinary rumor, it was simply the conclusion they had made on the Mao Xiang incident.

"This shows that the possibility that the hairy croaker is acting as bait to attract our attention is as high as 50%."

Wang Zuo said confidently.

"What about the remaining 50%?"

Xue Wuxia asked.

"That is, he did the opposite. On the surface, he let two Tongzhi lead the assassination, but in fact, Mao Xiang himself was the final knife."

"Well, fifty-fifty, sir, your statement doesn't seem to have much substance."

"If you could find Mao Xiang, I wouldn't have to split it fifty-fifty."

Wang Zuo, whose weakness was exposed, said angrily.

There was no way. Getting angry wouldn't solve any problems. Wang Zuo had no choice but to take out the Mao Xiang file that he had already memorized and try to find a breakthrough with Xue Wuxia.

When talking about the Jinyiwei and Mao Xiang, people often mention his bloodlust and cruelty, as if he had no other abilities except brutality. He did not even have the "greed for money", "lust" and "attachment to power" inherited from the previous Jinyiwei commanders.

However, Wang Zuo firmly believed that as a colleague and opponent, Mao Xiang's bloodlust and cruelty were only one of his characteristics. It was just that the Jinyiwei's reputation for killing was so great that it overshadowed Mao Xiang's other strengths.

In fact, from the perspective of intelligence work, Mao Xiang was a very outstanding spy chief.

Whether it was setting up an intelligence network covering the entire world while sitting in Jiankang, or personally conducting infiltration, spying, and assassinations in specific operations, he was proficient in it all.

Moreover, he did not lack the courage to go deep into enemy territory alone. After all, he had done such a thing before.

Compared to Yan Zipei, who always hoped to influence the court, Mao Xiang had a more accurate understanding of himself: he was just a knife, a mindless knife, whoever the emperor ordered him to kill. Immersing himself in intelligence work and staying away from politics was also a characteristic of Mao Xiang.

Judging from the archives of Mao Xiang when he was young, although he was proficient in almost all the means required for intelligence work, he was more radical in his actions and was good at taking the initiative, especially assassination. He would make some preparations before each action, and then move as swift as thunder and lightning. In order to achieve his goals, he would do anything, break the rules, take risks, and be so bold that it was unbelievable.

Even many cases in the Intelligence Department of Qinghe College were done by Mao Xiang.

If we only look at Mao Xiang's case back then, we seem to be able to draw a conclusion: Mao Xiang is a very bold gambler who often likes to take risks and is willing to bet everything on one opportunity. It's just that he has been lucky in recent years and has not been caught by his old rival Yan Zipei.

You should know that before Wang Zuo appeared, Mao Xiang was on the list of the top ten people Yan Zipei wanted to kill the most, and ranked second. The first place was the emperor of the Chen Dynasty.

But after the two discussed, they discovered something deeper. Mao Xiang started as a hereditary captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. His starting point was not low, but he planned and laid out more than a hundred matters of various types in his life, and did it himself nine times, with almost no failures. In particular, as long as he did it himself, he never failed.

If it really was luck, then his luck was a little too good.

After further analysis, the two discovered what was really difficult about Mao Xiang.

When it comes to spying and assassinating key figures, the first thing to determine is where the intelligence is and where the key figures are.

If this cannot be confirmed, then subsequent actions cannot be carried out at all.

Every time Mao Xiang went out, he seemed very reckless, but he was able to accurately find the location where the intelligence was stored or the position where the important personnel were hiding, and then take targeted action and kill them with one blow.

So no matter what method Mao Xiang used, he at least had the ability to see through the other party's hiding and disguise. You must know that whether it was the location of the confidential information or the safe house of the important person, there was a mixture of true and false. Even the important person himself didn't know which safe house he was going to hide in until that day.

Therefore, it can be judged that Mao Xiang possesses amazing insight, able to see through the fog and find the truth, and able to see the essence of things at a glance after they are wrapped in layers of clothing. That is why he dares to act when he seems unprepared, in order to catch the other party off guard.

Judging from the fact that Mao Xiang always escaped unscathed, he may appear reckless, but in reality he is an incredibly cautious person. Every step he takes seems extremely dangerous, but if you look closely at the files sent by Yan Zipei, you will find that Yan Zipei had ambushed him with the Eagle Control Guards before, but he always discovered them first and escaped.

You can say it's luck once or twice, but you can't say he is the son of luck. If he is the son of luck, then there's no point in fighting and we can just vote and call it a win.

So since Mao Xiang came but did not enter the city, he must have noticed the strangeness of Zhaoyang City.

Zhaoyang City is, at least on the surface, the largest military stronghold of the Chen Dynasty in the southwest. Even if Mao Xiang has other tasks, as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he will definitely not let go of this city. If he can find the problem of Zhaoyang, it will be of great benefit to the subsequent advancement of the Chen Dynasty.

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