Chapter 37 The Black Dagger
Then Qian Xiaoxing and Shi Yeying were about to say goodbye. Qian Xiaoxing suddenly realized that he was in danger at any time. After thinking about it, he still walked to the back door of Ling Mansion and said goodbye to Shi Yeying. Qian Xiaoxing said: "If the assassin in Cuiwei Lake is still alive, he would probably rather die than come ashore. I think it is better to retreat the soldiers and find some people to stare in the dark. Maybe he can catch this person. However, I think it is better to die than to attack the assassin. It is better to put a long line and send someone to follow him closely."
"Okay, you really don't need anyone to protect me?" Shi Yeying asked with concern.
Qian Xiaoxing looked at Shi Yeying gratefully, shook his head and said, "I have a guard company, I'm not afraid, but I still thank you for your concern."
"What are you going to do in the future?" Shi Yeying asked.
"I can't stay in the Qian branch in Yidu. I will find a hotel opposite. If you have any news, you can find me there." After hearing this, Shi Yeying said goodbye to Qian Xiaoxing helplessly and returned to Cuiwei Lake to set up the arrangement.
At the back door of Ling Mansion, Ling Yi tried to keep Qian Xiaoxing in Ling Mansion. Qian Xiaoxing was afraid that they would implicate them, so he left. Several people checked the movement outside the back door. Seeing that there was nothing abnormal, they quickly walked out.
Xiong Yitan asked while walking, "Chief of Staff, who wants to assassinate you?"
Qian Xiaoxing thought about it and replied: "There are three possibilities at present. The first one is Shi Yao from Lin State. However, the assassin wants to cover Mi Zhang, but the second one is Bai Xiao from Dashi State. If he is hiding it from King Shi, it is possible. If it is him, the alliance between Si State and Dashi State may affect his interests, and there must be a problem with this."
"What about the third type?" Hu Suoyuan asked.
"That's Hu Country, I don't need to explain this." Qian Xiaoxing replied.
"Hu Guo? It's really cruel to come here to assassinate him from thousands of miles away." Xiong Yitan replied.
After hearing the analysis, Hu Suoyuan couldn't help but say, "Chief of Staff, when will you become the target of the three major powers be hunted down? It's such a headache."
"Why, I'm not afraid, are you afraid? As long as these assassins do not take a large scale, the guard company's people are more than enough to protect me." Qian Xiaoxing said with a smile.
"That's right, we will definitely protect the Chief of Staff." Hu Suoyuan replied.
The three of them walked and soon arrived at the street of Qian's branch. Qian Xiaoxing looked at the entrance of the alley and said to Hu Suoyuan: "You go to the inn opposite to open a room, Xiong Yitan and I will enter through the back door."
After a while, the three of them gathered again in the room on the second floor of the inn. The three of them walked to the window and checked. They saw that there was a street under the window, and pedestrians came and went on the street, in an endless stream.
Qian Xiaoxing saw a pretty woman walking past the window and walking away with graceful steps. He couldn't help but sigh: "A beautiful lady is a gentleman."
After hearing this, Hu Suoyuan applauded: "The Chief of Staff's language is incisive. He wants to choose mature women. His skirt is easy to pull, and he said it very well."
When Qian Xiaoxing heard this, he held back his smile and said, "Of course I have some experiences in this, and I will share your experiences in the future."
"Then the relationship is good." Hu Suoyuan laughed and looked at the Qian branch across the street, saying, "It's a good place to follow us here."
Qian Xiaoxing remembered the assassination in the morning. He started with Shi Yeying from the entrance of the Qian branch. It is very likely that the assassin started to follow him from here, so he said, "Yes, maybe the assassin's accomplices are still in this inn. Hu Suoyuan, hurry up and find out who are living in the rooms facing the street on these second floors."
"Yes," he saw Hu Suoyuan crawling out of the window and sneaking over along the eaves beside the window. Qian Xiaoxing originally thought Hu Suoyuan would go downstairs to ask the inn owner, but this move was beyond Qian Xiaoxing's expectations, but it was false to hear it, but seeing it was true. It would be better if Hu Suoyuan could investigate it.
Qian Xiaoxing waited by the window for a while, and after a while, Hu Suoyuan returned to the window and turned over and said, "Chief of Staff, there are four rooms in this row. On the left is a father and daughter. I eavesdropped under the window, as if I were looking for relatives. On the right are two men living in the window. Seeing that they were dressed like a businessman, they eavesdropped on what happened in business, but there was no one in the last room."
"No one?" Qian Xiaoxing thought for a while and said to Hu Suoyuan: "It is very likely that the assassin lived. You can go back to their room to check it out and see if there are any clues."
Hu Suoyuan was about to turn over and climb out of the window, but immediately retreated. Qian Xiaoxing was about to ask questions, but when he saw Hu Suoyuan flashing by the window, he pointed at the bottom. Qian Xiaoxing secretly looked down, but saw a man on the street soaked all over his clothes and kept checking back. Seeing that there was nothing unusual behind him, he flashed into the inn.
Qian Xiaoxing looked at him and was one of the assassins. He was really searching for something without any effort. The person he was looking for was in this inn. When he was thinking about what to do, he saw Hongxing standing in the street and watching him. Obviously he saw Qian Xiaoxing, Hongxing pointed at the inn. Qian Xiaoxing knew what Hongxing meant that the assassin was inside, so he nodded at him.
Xiong Yitan asked, "Chief of Staff, how do you do it?"
"What else can I do? Catch it!" Qian Xiaoxing gave the order, then quietly said to the two of them, and they immediately prepared.
Hu Suoyuan came to the door, quietly opened a crack, observing the movement outside, and saw the assassin coming upstairs, immediately entered his own room, and then opened the door and said to Qian Xiaoxing, "I've entered the house."
Qian Xiaoxing walked out of the door, and Hong Xing followed the assassin upstairs. When he saw Qian Xiaoxing, he immediately walked over and whispered: "This assassin is very cunning. He almost discovered me all the way."
"Where is your master?" Qian Xiaoxing asked.
"Master is still waiting for my news." Hong Xing replied.
"Okay, then we'll catch him and go see your master." Qian Xiaoxing said and signaled, asking Hu Suoyuan and Hong Xing to prepare.
The two were ready and kicked open the door. The assassin was packing his parcel. When he saw someone breaking in, he ran to the window and ran to the window. Xiong Yitan flashed out of the window, hitting the assassin's chest with a punch, and then hit the assassin back. The assassin fell to the ground, and blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth.
Qian Xiaoxing laughed from behind and said, "Brother, don't rush to leave. I still want to talk to you about some things." After saying that, he signaled Hong Xing and Hu Suoyuan to come forward to arrest people.
Seeing that he was besieged, the assassin suddenly took out a dagger from his arms and laughed, "I want to ask me, come to see me in hell!" Before the people around him could react, he raised the dagger and cut off his neck. The blood sprayed made Qian Xiaoxing hurriedly avoid it. Seeing that the assassin committed suicide again, Qian Xiaoxing regretted it, but he was not prepared enough and did not catch the living.
Seeing the assassin lying in a pool of blood, Qian Xiaoxing said helplessly: "Search!"
Hu Suoyuan stepped forward and searched the assassin's body inside and out. He also searched through the house, found a few things, and placed them on the table.
Qian Xiaoxing looked at it and found that there were four things on the table, including ten taels of silver and some broken silver. The assassin used a dagger to kill himself, a cowhide drawing, and a piece of white silk.
Qian Xiaoxing picked up the white silk and looked at it. Seeing a few words written on it: Qian's branch, the envoy of the State of the State. It seems that this piece of white silk is the real command. Qian Xiaoxing handed the white silk to Hu Suoyuan and said, "Take white silk to see Ling Yi immediately and compare the place where the white silk is produced."
Hu Suoyuan took the order and left. Qian Xiaoxing picked up the cowhide drawings and looked at them again. Hong Xing also came over and looked at them, thinking for a while and said, "This drawing is the drawings of Yidu City. Several roads are clearly drawn here."
"Is that true?" Qian Xiaoxing saw several dots in the picture marked out in circles, counting a total of five, and some words were written on the edges of the circles, namely Zi, Yin, Yi, Shen, and Hai. He asked Hong Xing: "What do these circles and words mean?"
"I don't know this." Hong Xing replied.
Qian Xiaoxing handed over the cowhide map to Hong Xing and said, "You go and reply to your master first, and check the circle locations on the map, but don't be alerted."
After hearing this, Hong Xing also took the order and left. Qian Xiaoxing picked up the dagger on the table and looked at it. Seeing that the dagger was black, short but very sharp, Xiong Yitan saw it and said, "Chief of Staff, can I see this dagger?"
Qian Xiaoxing handed the dagger to Xiong Yitan and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
Xiong Yitan took the dagger and checked it out, and said, "This dagger is very rare in normal times, because its whole body is black. Are these killers affiliated with the Dagger Sect?"
"Dao Killing Sect? What sect, tell me quickly." Qian Xiaoxing asked.
Xiong Yitan recalled and said, "I also heard that Dagger Slayer is a killer organization, and its activities are very wide. It has been heard in various countries. The characteristic of this organization is that every killer has a black dagger."
"But no dagger was found on the assassin by the lake." Qian Xiaoxing asked.
Xiong Yitan scratched his head and replied, "This may have fallen into the lake."
Qian Xiaoxing thought for a while and replied: "It's not that he fell into the lake, it shouldn't be brought by himself, because he brought that fake letter, so these things that would cause doubts to be brought by him."
"Yes, yes, that's it." Xiong Yitan replied immediately.
Although he found another killer this time and collected more information, he knew that these assassins were people from the killer organization and were not sent by other countries, but whether the person who bought the murderer behind the scenes belonged to that country or was an unknown number. When Qian Xiaoxing thought of this, he asked helplessly: "Xiong Yitan, do you know how to contact this dagger to kill the door?"
Xiong Yitan shook his head and said, "This dagger killing operation is mysterious. I can't understand their information at ordinary times, and I don't know it either."
Chapter completed!