Chapter 497: What a crime!

"The last man was ambushed on the road, and was caught when he ran away when he saw the situation was not good," Jinyiwei said with some regret: "Although we cut off his jaw at the first time, we still couldn't prevent him from taking out a dagger and slitting his throat."

Now there is no one alive, and there is nothing on their bodies to prove their identity. How can we find out the murderer behind the scenes?

The emperor pinched his chin and looked at the bodies of several people.

"Turn them over and pour hot water on their backs."

Xiao Yanli's people all have a fire pattern on their backs.

Although he was exposed because of the assassination of the prince that day, with the emperor's understanding of Xiao Yanli, he would not change because of that time.

Sure enough, after the water was splashed on, the same fire pattern appeared on the bodies of the six people.

The Jinyiwei showed surprise, but the emperor's frown did not relax.

Why did he send someone to assassinate specifically?

With Xiao Yanli's ability, he couldn't be unaware of the strength of the Jinyiwei, and he couldn't be unaware that it would be impossible for him to stop the Jinyiwei with just these few people.

Unless, his original intention was not to assassinate, these people were just his decoy!

"Is there no Jinyiwei guarding the Xu Mansion?"

The emperor's tone was a little solemn.

Hearing the Xu Mansion and the emperor's tone, Jiang Sulan stood up.

What does it mean? Could it be that those people would attack the Xu Mansion again?

Grandmother is still in the mansion!

"Your Majesty, rest assured. Except for the ones escorting the corpse and a few injured brothers, most of them are guarding outside Xu's mansion." Jinyiwei spoke quickly: "I will go back to Xu's mansion to check the situation."

However, before he could leave, a man covered with scars ran over: "Your Majesty! Thieves attacked Xu's mansion at night!"

!!!

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On the other side, in Qingxi Valley in Mobei, He Yanting's original plan was completely overturned because of the participation of the two tribes of Junggar and Heshuo.

But fortunately, it was just a plan, and the Tianqi army had not passed through Qingxi Valley yet.

The time Jiang Zhiyu gave at the beginning was only an approximate time. He Yanting was still worried that they would join in when the two armies were fighting. Now it is ahead of schedule, which may not be a bad thing.

"Give the order and continue the previous training. Don't slack off."

The soldiers below responded, "Yes."

War is the easiest way to arouse people's savagery. After all these days, everyone has become familiar with it. While gnawing on bones, they complained, "You said we were fighting the Oirat, why did those two have to come and interfere!"

"You can't say that. After all, the three are collectively called Mobei, and the Oirat is in the middle."

"I just think it's a pity. We finally got a chance to have another big fight, but as soon as those two intervened, it was over!"

"What a pity! If they intervene only after we pass this valley, we will be attacked from both sides and can't go in or come back. The current situation is the best."

"Besides, how do you know that those two families are here to help, not have other bad intentions?"

Just as the Tianqi soldiers complained, the hands of the Oirat generals who received the message seemed to have Parkinson's disease: "Let us submit to them?! What's the difference between this and those Tianqi people?!"

"That's right, they are clearly taking advantage of the fire, more shameless than those Tianqi people!"

"General, you must not agree to it!"

Dai Qin sneered: "What's the use of you telling me about this? I can't make the decision. Everything depends on the king's idea."

Several soldiers went out cursing.

Dai Qin's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Where are those spies?"

"They are very obedient. They spread whatever they are told to spread. I have seen the messages they spread with my own eyes. There is nothing unusual."

Dai Qin turned the dagger in his hand: "Nothing unusual? Then why didn't they fall into a trap once? Also, didn't they use that rope to cross the valley? Have there been any unfamiliar faces in the past few days?"

The man was stunned.

The appearance of the Tianqi people and the Mobei people is very different. As long as they show up, they will be recognized.

But he has been watching for a long time these days and didn't find any.

"General, what do you mean, is there something wrong with those five spies?"

Dai Qin raised his eyebrows slightly: "Lock them up and pry their mouths open for me to ask."

"Yes!"

...

Nan Gu.

The King of Nan Gu rarely looked happy.

The high priest was dead, the great elder resigned to rest, and although the two Tianqi envoys were still outside, the whole city of Nanlong was under martial law, where could they escape to? They

would fall into his hands sooner or later!

And there was also that Tianqi embroiderer.

He was about to lie down to rest when a man ran in hurriedly: "Your Majesty, it's bad! The Tianqi envoys are coming here with their men!"

What? !!!

The King of Nanlong sat up suddenly: "How many people did they bring? What about the people who intercepted them along the way?!"

"It seems like, it seems like dozens of people. All the people who intercepted them along the way were killed by them!"

Dozens of people? The King of Nan Gu secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Just a few dozen people, is it worth such a panic?! Where are they?"

"City, city gate."

At the gate of the imperial city, ten people stood on horseback at the foot of the city, with red flags fluttering in the wind.

The city gate was tightly closed, people stood on the city wall, and dozens of poisonous snakes half-stood in front of the city gate.

Jiang Zhiyu: "..."

[No, how come snakes are needed to defend the city? ]

[Snake, I am so unlucky to be born in Nan Gu, it is really a punishment! ]

Jiang Wenjing: "Puff."

Although the poison of snakes is strong, they also need space to exert their power, just like now, they are piled together, and two or three snakes will die with a horse's hoof. How can they exert their power?

The Nan Gu people are overly dependent on snakes, and it has reached a pathological level.

If the Gu cannot be subdued, the entire city of Nan Gu will be like paper, which will break with a single poke.

Jiang Zhiyu and his men had no intention of attacking the city. Their goal was to lead the people into the dense forest.

Seeing that the Southern Dragon King had also arrived and stood on the city wall, Jiang Zhiyu took out the incendiary bottle that he had prepared long ago and threw it at the city gate.

Although the ground was damp after the rain, there was a haystack next to it, and flames were everywhere. The air was filled with the aroma of snake meat.

Jiang Zhiyu's throat moved suspiciously.

Someone on the city wall screamed. They didn't feel sorry for the snakes, but for the worms inside the snakes.

For ordinary people, raising a dragon would take several months of effort. This burning would mean at least several years of hard work.

Naturally, they couldn't stand it. Some of them immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the envoys of Tianqi intend to cause chaos. I will fight to eliminate the rebels!"

"I will fight too!"

The King of Nangong was still thinking about Jiang Zhiyu's intention. When he heard their request for a fight and looked at their red eyes...

"Okay."

Several people took their insects and long swords and jumped on their horses.

There was a large army waiting in the city.

Just looking at the number of people, it was like the saying that one person's spit could drown the ten people outside the city.

The fire had weakened, the city gates were wide open, and people rushed in with swords in hand.