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Listening to Xu Wan'er's words, Xia Yun raised his eyebrows and looked out the window.

"How long did you wait?"

Xia Yun asked out loud.

"Since you left the post house for the banquet, the guests have already arrived."

As Xu Wan'er was speaking, a large number of soldiers kept coming down the stairs, all wearing black helmets and armor and holding guns.

"In that case, please invite our guests in."

A sneer immediately appeared on Xia Yun's lips.

It seems that some people can't hold back anymore.

"Do it!"

The next moment, a cold voice came out of Xu Wan'er's mouth, and dozens of soldiers hiding in the post station suddenly swarmed out!

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, a burst of intense gunfire was heard outside the post station.

Not only that, the people who were arranged outside by Xu Wan'er in advance also launched an attack at the same time.

Most of the uninvited guests who were lying in ambush outside the inn died in a pool of blood before they even had time to draw their swords to fight back!

The sound of gunfire spread hundreds of meters away, and in a very short time, it swept across the entire Changshan City like a strong wind!

About half a quarter of an hour later, Changshan City returned to peace.

However, outside the post station where Xia Yun was, blood had already flowed like a river, and corpses were lying all over the ground!

"Sir, more than a hundred assassins have died, and there are still a dozen alive."

After Jiang Wen cleaned up the battlefield, he brought a dozen assassins who were tied up tightly to Xia Yun.

Xia Yun was standing in a pool of blood at this moment, with a pair of eyes as dark as the night, revealing an extremely cold look.

"Who sent you here?"

Xia Yun's voice was extremely gloomy, like the dawn before a storm, hiding a surging anger.

Upon hearing this, a dozen of the tied assassins showed expressions of wanting death on their faces.

"My lord, these guys are dead men."

Jiang Wenzhong discovered the unusual characteristics of these assassins from some of the corpses.

Jiang Wenzhong found some poison on the corpse, apparently intending to take it if he was unable to complete the task.

The dozen or so people who were captured alive were tied up and unable to move before they had time to take medicine.

Dead soldier?

Xia Yun raised his eyebrows slightly.

This is Zhili. Who has the ability to support more than a hundred death warriors here?

Xia Yun looked unconsciously in the direction of the Governor's Office, and a dark light quietly appeared in his eyes.

"drive!"

"drive!"

"..."

Before Xia Yun could figure out the situation, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds suddenly came from the street not far away.

Immediately afterwards, a large group of cavalry appeared in Xia Yun's sight and quickly arrived in front of Xia Yun.

"I am General Zhang Chunlei, under the order of the Governor-General, to come and protect the Governor!"

The general who came was none other than Zhang Chunlei, whom Xia Yun had met before.

Zhang Chunlei was panting and looked very nervous. Now that he saw Xia Yun was safe and sound, there was a hint of calmness in his eyes.

"Tell your men to quickly control the entrances to the nearby streets. No one is allowed to approach the post station without my order."

Xia Yun immediately gave Zhang Chunlei an order.

The troops brought by Zhang Chunlei were all cavalrymen under the governor, and Xia Yun could not trust them for the time being.

"I will obey my orders."

Zhang Chunlei hesitated for a moment, but still followed Xia Yun's instructions and ordered his cavalry to disperse and guard the entrances to the surrounding streets.

As for Zhang Chunlei himself, he followed Xia Yun.

"Do you know the origins of these assassins?"

Xia Yun glanced at the dozen or so tied-up assassins, then glanced at Zhang Chunlei and asked calmly.

Hearing this, Zhang Chunlei quickly stepped forward and carefully examined the dozen or so people who had been arrested.

After a while, Zhang Chunlei shook his head.

"Your Excellency, I do not recognize these assassins. I request your permission to quickly report this to the Governor-General's Office and order a thorough investigation of all the troops in Zhili!"

Zhang Chunlei responded.

"can."

Xia Yun nodded.

Although he had no hope for Zhang Chunlei's proposal, it was still a measure that was better than nothing.

Things are getting more interesting.

He had just arrived in Zhili and had not even entered the capital when he was surrounded and attacked by more than a hundred assassins.

If it were an ordinary local official who came to Beijing to report on his work, he would be doomed to be killed today.

From this we can see how powerful the power hidden in the dark is!

However, those guys had undoubtedly made a wrong calculation by provoking him, Xia Yun!

"General Zhang, take these people back to the Governor's Office. I don't need them."

As soon as Xia Yun finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the post station.

Since those guys are determined to be killed, it would be difficult to extract any useful information from them even if they were tortured severely.

What's more, he is now in Zhili, where there is no place for torture and interrogation.

Seeing this, Zhang Chunlei knew that Xia Yun was angry and did not dare to offend Xia Yun again.

While ordering all cavalry not to move without authorization, he returned to the Governor's Palace overnight with a dozen of his death squad.

After arranging the necessary security measures, Xu Wan'er and her companions returned to the post station.

"Immediately write a letter and send someone to Dai County to urgently dispatch 2,000 troops. One thousand of them will rush to Hangzhou for garrison, and the other thousand will disguise themselves and enter Zhili, ready to respond at any time."

Under the swaying lights, Xia Yun's eyes flashed coldly as he issued the first order.

He was never a self-righteous fool.

Now that there are dangers everywhere around him, he must ensure the absolute safety of himself and his group.

The purpose of dispatching a thousand troops to Zhili was to prevent himself from encountering danger in the capital, so that he would still have room to advance or retreat.

"Yes, my lord."

Xu Wan'er nodded.

"Cancel your plans to stay in Changshan City. Tomorrow morning, everyone will follow me into the capital!"

Immediately afterwards, Xia Yun issued the second order.

His original plan was to stay in Changshan City for two or three more days, but now it seems that this is no longer necessary.

If tonight's assassination was planned by Governor Zhao Gongming, then the result of them continuing to stay in Changshan City would be to face more suicides.

And if the assassination tonight had nothing to do with Zhao Gongming, it would mean that everything Zhao Gongming had said to him before was true.

Therefore, no matter what the outcome, there was no need for them to stay in Changshan City.

"Yes, sir, I'll arrange it right away!"

Xu Wan'er nodded as usual.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

Of course, this is aimed at the Governor's Office.

At the same time, when Xia Yun was arranging matters for going to Beijing, inside the Governor's Office, Zhao Gongming was listening to Zhang Chunlei's report with an expression of uncontrollable anger on his face!

"How dare you assassinate an imperial official on Bendu's territory! This is outrageous!"

"Someone, torture all the assassins you brought back! Beat them until they confess!"

"Also, pass on this military order. The entire Zhili Province is under martial law! No troops or horses are allowed to enter or leave without this military order!"