Chapter 67

  Remember in one second

  Tang Yin himself was an assassin, and even he couldn't do what this famous assassin did. After being captured, he unhesitatingly took poison to kill himself, which requires not only courage but also a strong temperament.

  "Damn it!" He suddenly stood up, glaring at the assassin's corpse, speechless for a long time.

  At this time, Yue Tian, Li Wei, Deng Mingyang and many soldiers rushed into the Hangguan, after seeing Tang Yan, everyone came forward together, asking in unison: "General Tang, is the princess okay? What about those assassins? Have they all escaped?"

  They were just suppressed by the strong men arranged by the assassins outside with spiritual pressure. Now that the assassins have withdrawn, they have regained their freedom.

  Tang Yin looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "The princess is fine!" After a pause, he shouted: "Bring Li Xian to see me immediately!"

  He's no fool, this time the assassination of Yin Rou is suspicious

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  This is Wan City, and the Wind Salt City is just around the corner. How can an assassin have such a big nerve to assassinate the princess in the city, and the timing is also grasped at the right moment? It happened when I was not in the inn, looking at his actions, it is clear that he had planned ahead of time, if I hadn't been bored with Li Xian's banquet and couldn't sneak away, and rush back to the inn on time, would Yin Rou still be alive now?

  It's too hard to believe that all of this is just a coincidence. Inviting Li Xian himself is undoubtedly highly suspicious.

  "Yes! General Tang!" Seeing that Tang Yin's Ling armor had not dispersed, they knew that something might still happen, and no one dared to be careless, so they all stepped forward to receive orders.

  Seeing everyone was about to leave, Tang Yin immediately added: "It's not bringing him over, it's getting him caught for me. If he resists, use force to subdue him!"

  "Yes!"

  The crowd responded in unison and turned around to leave.

  At this time, outside the mansion were all wind soldiers, among whom there were also soldiers of the Second Army and soldiers from inside Wan City, who surrounded the mansion in three layers, with no gaps.

  "Tang... General Tang!" Gu Yue and Ai Jia were supported out of the main hall of the inn by two soldiers, both of whom had internal injuries from their fight with the assassins, their faces pale and lips blue.

  Tang Yin looked at the two of them and his icy tone slightly softened as he asked in a questioning tone, "You two okay?"

  Gu Yue and Ai Jia shook their heads in unison, their voices barely above a whisper as they said: "Sorry, General Tang, I wasn't able to protect the princess..."

  "Don't say that anymore." Tang Yin turned his head and shouted: "Military doctor! Where is the military doctor?"

  As he shouted, two middle-aged doctors rushed over quickly. Under Tang Yin's indication, the two began to examine Gu Yue and Ai Jia's injuries.

  It wasn't long before Liu Zhongsheng, Chen Fang, Lu Bing, Zhang Jiu and Li Feipeng, five chiliarchs, also rushed over from their garrison outside the city.

  Seeing them, Tang Yin's face sank, and he sternly asked: "What are you doing here? Haven't I already ordered you to guard the various city gates of Luoyang?"

  The five men nodded in unison, and Liu Zhongsheng plucked up the courage to say: "General Tang, we have already arranged for someone to guard the city gate strictly, so we rushed over to see if General Tang needs our help here."

  As he spoke, his gaze fell onto the assassin's corpse.

  "The assassins have all escaped, this is none of your business here, all of you go back, strictly guard the four city gates, if one person escapes, I will hold you responsible for interrogation!"

  "What? Ah, yes, General Tang!" The five chiliarchs came quickly and ran even faster, responding in unison before turning around to run outside.

  Not long after they left, Li Xian was tied up with five flowers and brought back, with Yue Tian, Li Wei, Deng Mingyang and others on his left and right. Qiu Zhen also followed back.

  Qiu Zhen, who had been drinking heavily at the city lord's banquet and was now flushed from head to toe, had sobered up considerably by the time he entered the courtyard of the inn, where he saw corpses and wounded men scattered all over the ground, and his expression changed to one of shock.

  He walked quickly to Tang Yin's side, carefully and quietly asking: "Tang brother, I heard that there is an assassin who attempted to assassinate the princess in the palace, what... exactly happened?"

  "What's going on? You'd better ask him!" Tang Yin said, pointing angrily at Li Xian who was being led over.

  Li Xian was so frightened that his whole body trembled, his legs turned soft, and he couldn't stand up. He fell to the ground with a thud, his knees knocking against each other as he crawled forward to Tang Yin. Crying out loud, he said: "General Tang, I have nothing to do with this! I was drinking in the mansion all along, you know that...and Deputy Commander Qiu was also present..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Tang Yin kicked him away and said coldly: "Li Xian, you invited me to drink on the way here, and then there was an assassination attempt on the princess. Is this a coincidence? Tell me, how did you collude with the assassin, were you instructed by someone or are you the mastermind?"

  Good heavens! Li Xian's head buzzed with a loud noise and he almost fainted on the spot.

  He was accused of attempting to assassinate the princess, a crime he couldn't bear even if he had ten heads to be chopped off. He opened his mouth wide and tears and snot flowed out together as he wailed: "Injustice! General Tang, I'm innocent! Even if I had the guts to do it, I wouldn't dare attempt to assassinate the princess... even if I didn't want to live myself, I still have a family..."

  Tang Yin looked at Li Xian with a cold expression, his voice stern as he hummed: "You won't speak? There are ways to make you speak. As the city lord, I suppose you should also understand the pain of torture?"

  As soon as he heard the two words "be executed", Li Xian's soul was startled, and he shivered with fear. His crying grew louder, and he begged for mercy: "General Tang, I'm innocent! I'm really being wronged!"

  Lying down and listening to his cries, Tang Yin turned to Li Wei and Deng Mingyang and shouted: "Take him away!"

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  "General Tang, spare my life! General Tang——"

  Li Xian was extremely frightened and repeatedly begged for help, but unfortunately Tang Yin didn't listen to his explanation at all.

  At this time, Qiu Zhen said in a low voice: "Tang brother, I think this matter may have nothing to do with Mr. Li."

  Tang Yin gazed at him and asked: "What's wrong?"

  Qiu Zhen sighed and said, "Although I haven't been in contact with Li Xian for a long time, I can still tell that he is a smooth talker, timid and afraid of trouble. Assassinating the princess would be a serious crime, and if he were to be caught, his whole family's heads wouldn't be able to stay on their shoulders. Moreover, at the dinner party, Li Xian was relaxed and socializing with everyone, not looking like someone with a guilty conscience at all. Even when Tang Da left secretly, he didn't notice anything. If he really had something to do with this matter, then his acting skills would be too good. With such talent, how could he have been an official for over ten years and still only be the lord of a city?"

  "En!" Tang Yin nodded thoughtfully, feeling that Qiu's analysis was reasonable. He looked suspicious and said: "But if we say he has nothing to do with this matter, how can things be so coincidental? It just so happens that I wasn't there during this period of time when the accident occurred, and the other party obviously had a plan and preparation in advance. First, they used Xiu Ling's high-handed method to quietly suppress the guards outside the Hanguan, and then they sent someone to sneak into the Hanguan to assassinate. The whole action was carried out without any noise. If it were an impromptu act, it wouldn't be possible to arrange it so seamlessly."

  "That's also possible!" After listening to Tang Yin's analysis, Qiu Zhen furrowed his brow, lowered his head in contemplation, and muttered to himself: "Could it be that Li Xian was being used by someone?"

  "What did you say?"

  "Perhaps someone suggested holding this dinner party for him?"

  "...". Tang Yin hadn't responded yet, when Xiao Min walked out of the main hall of the mansion and quickly approached him. She bit her lip and said in a low voice: "General Tang, the princess requests your presence!"

  "Alright, I'll go right away!" Tang Yin nodded to her and then leaned in close to Qiu Zhen's ear, whispering: "You go interrogate Li Xian. This matter can't just be dropped like this. In the end, someone has to take the blame. Do you understand what I mean?"

  Qiu Zhen took a deep breath, and he really hadn't thought of this point. It wasn't until Tang Yan said it that he suddenly came to his senses.

  Yes, assassinating the princess is not a trivial matter. If we return to Yancheng without any leads, even if no one blames us, this escort mission cannot be considered a complete success. Not only will it be a waste of this opportunity, but others will also start questioning our ability to handle things.

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  I really didn't expect it, Tang Yin can actually think so far! Qiu Zhen nodded heavily and repeatedly responded: "Brother Tang, don't worry, I know what to do."

  "Alright!" Tang Yin nodded and followed Xiao Min to see Yin Rou.

  On the way, Xiao Min walked in front, never speaking until they reached the second floor, where she softly said: "Just now, thank you so much."

  No matter how much she dislikes Tong Yin, no matter how displeasing he is to her eyes, the fact remains that he just saved the princess, which is equivalent to saving her life.

  "Are you thanking me?" Tang Yin almost doubted his own ears, this arrogant and conceited little girl actually said thank you to him.

  "Hey! What do you mean by that?" Xiao Min's gratitude had barely lasted three seconds before it disappeared, and she turned her head back around, glaring at Tang Yin, saying: "You're acting so well, I should be thanking you!"

  "Yes, yes, yes! Thanks for your concern, elder sister!" Tang Yin replied absent-mindedly.

  "You..." Xiao Min suddenly realized that she had no way of getting along peacefully with Tang Yin.

  Tang Yin and Xiao Min arrived at Yin Rou's room, knocked on the door, and then walked in one after another.

  After a while, Yin Rou had changed into new clothes and the bloodstains on her face had been washed clean.

  Seeing Tang Yin's armor, she couldn't help but think of his appearance when he hugged her and fought earlier. A layer of red glow appeared on her jade-like face, and after a moment, she coughed lightly twice to cover up her loss of composure, asking: "General Tang, have all the assassins been driven away?"

  At this time, Yin Rou's face still had a fragile and weak look of being frightened, he felt a few points of love and pity in his heart, and also a few points of apology. He bowed his head and said: "I'm very sorry, earlier I let the princess be startled, it was my mistake. The assassin has escaped, but I have ordered to seal off the city of Yan, I believe the assassin should not be able to escape!"

  He said that just to comfort Yin Rou, with the assassins' skills, if they really risked their lives and forced their way out, probably no one could stop them, including himself.

  Yin Rou didn't care at all whether she could catch those assassins or not. She let out a soft sigh and said with a sorrowful expression, "Who would want me dead?" This was the one thing she couldn't understand and had been harboring resentment about.