Tibet

Arrows were falling like raindrops, and the screams of Ashina Chengqing's disciples were constantly heard.

Ashina Chengqing ran all the way with his eldest disciple Anan and Pinggu and escaped into the innermost room.

Ashina Chengqing pushed open the iron bookcase with all his strength, revealing a dark secret hole, and took Pinggu into it.

Anan was about to follow, but was stopped by Ashina Chengqing, "You reset the bookcase outside, and then you climb over the wall and get out!"

Anan was stunned. No matter where he went out now, there would be a dead end.

At this time, Pinggu suddenly showed her head and said: "Master, we can also lock it from the inside!"

Ashina Chengqing turned around and glared at Aunt Ping, and then reluctantly said to his apprentice: "You are responsible for closing the door!"

With a wave of his hand, he took Pinggu and got in first. Anan was overjoyed and quickly followed in, pushing the cabinet shut from the inside.

But from the inside, I can only barely close the cabinet, but I still can't completely reset the cabinet.

As the cabinet slowly closed, the secret passage gradually became dark.

At a corner not far from the secret passage, Ashina Chengqing pulled out his short sword and lurked in the dark.

Although his apprentice Anan is very smart and capable, if he shows up, he will inevitably be recognized by the internal guards, which will drag him down. Ashina Chengqing has decided to silence his apprentice.

The secret passage needed to transport goods, so it was built relatively wide, five feet high and one foot wide, so people could run in it with their heads down.

At this time, Anan ran over. In fact, the secret passage was not very dark. There were a few oil lamps hanging on the top. However, Anan's eyes had not fully adapted. In his opinion, the secret passage was still pitch black. .

But Ashina Chengqing's eyes had completely adapted, which was his advantage. He stared at the running Anan, suddenly jumped up, and stabbed Anan's chest with his short sword like lightning.

Anan was very skilled in martial arts. He saw a flash of cold light in the darkness and instinctively turned aside, but still a little too slowly. "Pfft!" He stabbed Anan in the shoulder with a knife.

"Ah!" Anan screamed and took a step back.

Ashina Chengqing knew that he had not hit the vital point. He was so anxious that he rushed forward and grabbed Anan's neck. The two of them rolled to the ground.

"Master."

Anan saw the ferocious and terrifying face of his master, and he felt desperate.

"Go to hell! Go to hell!"

Ashina Chengqing was as strong as an ox and was about to strangle his apprentice to death. At this moment, Ashina Chengqing felt a sharp pain in his back and looked back in disbelief.

Pinggu's face was as cold as frost, and her eyes were filled with hatred.

"You bitch, how dare you."

"I've been waiting for today since the day you occupied me five years ago, you thief, go to hell!"

Ping Gu pulled out the dagger from his vest and stabbed it hard. This knife pierced the heart directly. Ashina Chengqing was tightly grasped by Anan's arms. He could not fight back or dodge. He could only feel the pain in his back. There was a heartbreaking pain, and he couldn't help but scream, and he died on the spot.

Anan got up with difficulty, stared blankly at Ashina Chengqing's body, and shouted in a low voice: "Master."

Ping Gu rushed up and slapped him hard twice, "You still call him master, but our parents were killed by him, don't you know?"

Anan was shocked. He was seven years older than Aunt Ping. He couldn't remember how his parents died, but he knew very well how Aunt Ping's parents died. They were an honest family of nomads who were killed by their master. He raped the male host, raped the female host and strangled her to death. Afterward, he told himself that they were all Han spies.

At only three years old, Pinggu became the master's only female apprentice.

"Ping Gu, me."

Pinggu burst into tears and hit Anan again, "You're such a useless man! Your woman has been taken over by others, and you still want to obey him and don't dare to resist? Are you still an eagle on the grassland?" "

Blood suddenly surged to Anan's head. He hugged Pinggu fiercely, sobbing and crying: "I only hate that I am blind, I only hate that I am too weak. I am sorry for you!"

The two hugged each other and cried.

At this time, a sound of ‘Bang! ’ There was a muffled sound, which was the inner guard kicking open the door.

Anan was shocked, "Let's leave quickly!"

The two held hands and gradually fled away.

Several internal guards rushed into the room, but found no one. Just as they were about to turn around and leave, one of the internal guards suddenly noticed that the cabinet was a little abnormal. There were obvious signs of displacement on the floor. He stepped forward and took a closer look, and found that the cabinet was actually Iron.

"This cabinet is weird!"

The soldier shouted, and several other companions turned around. The leading brigade commander looked at it for a moment and shouted: "Everyone push open the cabinet together!"

Several soldiers worked together, and the heavy iron cabinet was pushed open with a creak, revealing the secret passage behind it.

At this time, there were more and more internal guards, and the commander Li Zengquan also arrived. When he saw the dark entrance of the cave, his heart sank. Could it be that Ashina Chengqing ran away again?

But there was no other way, so he had to order: "Go in with a torch!"

Several soldiers lit torches and entered one after another.

After a moment, the soldier shouted, "There is a corpse in here, and it's still warm!"

Li Zengquan ordered: "Bring out the body!"

Soon, the body was carried out by the soldiers. It was a tall old man about sixty years old, with white beard and hair.

Li Zengquan became excited and shouted quickly: "Bring those two prisoners up quickly!"

They arrested two disciples of Ashina Chengqing. When they were pulled up, they all knelt down and cried when they saw the bodies on the ground.

"Is he Ashina Chengqing?" Li Zengquan asked.

The two nodded together, "He is!"

Li Zengquan patted his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief. His mistake ten days ago, letting that woman go, put him under more pressure than anyone else.

"The commander-in-chief is here!"

Everyone made way for Li Chenghua to walk over quickly, and Li Zengquan hurried forward to report: "We found the body of Ashina Chengqing!"

Li Chenghua walked forward, turned over the body on the ground with his toes, and looked at the wound on the back, "Did our people kill us?"

Li Zengquan shook his head, "It should be an internal conflict. His eldest disciple Anan and female disciple Pinggu ran away."

Li Chenghua looked at the secret passage, "Where does the secret passage lead to?"

"People have been sent to investigate, and there will be news soon!"

As soon as Li Zengquan finished speaking, two soldiers came back and bowed to report: "Report to the commander-in-chief, report to the commander, the secret passage leads to a civilian house in Banzhengfang in the north, close to Juexing Temple. The house is uninhabited, and it seems that someone is injured. There are discarded cloth strips for bandaging wounds."

"Go to Banzhengfang to search!"

At Li Chenghua's command, a large group of internal security soldiers turned to Bandaofang.

Li Chenghua rushed to Bandaofang and found the exit of the tunnel. It was only more than a hundred steps away from Daguangming Temple, just across a road.

The house was empty and had a musty smell. It was obvious that no one had lived there for a long time.

"General, do you think the two people who escaped will continue to assassinate His Highness?" Li Zengquan was not very happy.

Li Chenghua shook his head, "It is unlikely. Assassinating His Highness was Ashina Chengqing's task, not theirs. Besides, they killed Ashina Chengqing, and they were also afraid of being liquidated by Zoroastrianism. It is more likely that they escaped."

At this time, a soldier ran over and said, "General, we found something!"

He hurried over and saw four sentences written in blood behind a door, 'Poor orphan, forced to be a thief, now freed, shepherding sheep on the grassland. '

The bloodstains were not dry yet, it was written not long ago.

Li Chenghua was silent for a moment and said, "If we still can't find the person tomorrow morning, then we will close the case!"