Mu\Can\Wenxue: The sound of two crossbow arrows, coupled with the chaotic sound of horse hooves, immediately disturbed Ma Chao's hearing.
Originally, if there was a sneak attack, Ma Chao felt that he could catch the incoming crossbow arrow out of thin air, but his hearing was disturbed, so he could only wave his gun and hear a loud sound, and the crossbow arrow was knocked aside and disappeared.
However, the good news is that the other crossbow arrow was fired by Yang Xiu.
When he saw Ma Chao looking wrong and the Huns running away, he immediately shot an arrow decisively, hitting the Huns' thigh without any hesitation.
The man groaned and immediately fell to the ground.
After all this was done, the cavalry team also arrived in front of Ma Chao.
Looking at the general at the head, Ma Chao looked overjoyed.
He avoided the tedious process of proving his identity and directly commanded: "Chang Wen, quickly surround Zui Dongfang Liquor and dig out the people inside even if you dig three feet into the ground."
When Wei Yan saw that it was Ma Chao who had been ambushed, his purple square face immediately turned black.
He said nothing at the moment, made a series of gestures, and then rode through the main entrance of Zuidongfang Liquor.
It seems that if Zui Dongfang is not demolished, there won't be much left in the wine shop.
Ma Chao, on the other hand, walked towards the place where the fallen Hun was with a sullen face.
He was sure that he had definitely seen this Hun before.
However, he could not recall the specific situation in which he had seen it.
However, something unexpected happened again at this time.
Seeing that he was about to be captured, the man yelled immediately.
He pulled out the crossbow arrow from his thigh and thrust it into his face.
At that time, no one around him could stop him, and Ma Chao could only watch this man commit suicide.
Especially after seeing that this man's face had been ruined by himself, Ma Chao's expression became even more gloomy.
After a while, Wei Yan came out and replied with a look of shame on his face: "My Lord, the thief has escaped calmly.
The general found a secret passage in the kitchen and sent people to chase him, but..."
Ma Chao also knew that in this situation, it was impossible to catch up with the assassin when he had no idea where the secret passage led.
Moreover, everything seemed very strange today, and he needed to calm down first: "Send troops to look around.
The skills of those Huns cannot quietly get rid of the shadows around me."
After a while, Ma Jiajun had brought the corpses of fifteen shadows.
Ma Chao and Wei Yan stepped forward to take a look, and saw that each shadow had been killed with a single move.
The technique was clean and neat, and the fatal injuries were not caused by the sharp edge of a machete at all.
Ma Chao wrinkled his forehead slightly and slowly rubbed his temples, then he had a vague guess about the whole incident.
Obviously, this assassination was not specifically aimed at him.
Even the real assassins discovered their identities suddenly.
The real assassin hidden in Zuidongfang has launched a special assassination campaign after assassinating the shadow that secretly protected Ma Chao.
But after seeing Yang Xiu release the ringing Dysprosium Arrow, he realized that something was inevitable, so he made these seven Huns cannon fodder who had some connection with them become scapegoats.
Of course, there is a high possibility that the assassins knew that with Ma Chao's martial arts, it was impossible to die in this poorly prepared assassination, so they temporarily changed their strategy and took advantage of the chaos to escape.
However, one thing is certain, that is, the leader of this assassination group either has a deep hatred for Ma Chao, or is very eager for Ma Chao's head.
From the murderous intention revealed just behind the high window, Ma Chao felt that that person was both It’s both.
Moreover, his mind is very meticulous and calm, and his martial arts skills are definitely above those of second-rate masters.
Such a person has an unclear connection with the Xiongnu.
Ma Chao shook his head slightly.
There was no such person in his memory.
"Go back to the county government office and discuss the business of my coming here first."
Ma Chao ordered gloomily.
Before destroying the horse, he seemed to have thought of something else and whispered to Wei Yan: "Look around and pick up the crossbow arrow that just shot me. .
I have a hunch that the crossbow arrow can tell me a lot of facts.”
"No."
Wei Yan didn't have much courage to speak anymore.
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He had written a letter asking for a fight before, thinking that Ma Chao was overqualified for trapping a general like him in a county in Hedong.
But just when Ma Chao came in person, he was assassinated.
It was really dereliction of duty to the extreme.
Before entering the county government office, the third and fourth clerks, assistants and clerks, had already stepped forward to salute Wei Yan.
Although Ma Chao asked not to make any noise about such a big incident, Wei Yan ordered an early curfew on the way back and ordered people to go back to the county office immediately to inform the scribes and writers to conduct a thorough investigation of the Drunken Oriental Liquor.
Those minor officials didn't know Ma Chao, so they just reported to Wei Yanhui: "General, I have checked the manual of household registration and civilian registration.
The Drunken Oriental Liquor Restaurant was opened here before our Ma family captured Hedong.
The shopkeeper's registered name is Li Wei.
He has always been a dedicated businessman in the local area.”
The Ma family, which has successfully risen through espionage, naturally has a unique set of methods for dealing with the other party's spies.
Ma Chao adopted the Western Han Dynasty's method of household registration and civilian registration, improved it and applied it to the Ma family.
This strict household registration control system requires that both civilian households and gentry and military households must register with the local county government and review them frequently.
This makes it extremely difficult for other princes to insert new spies, because a stranger who is not registered in the local household registration will soon be discovered, thus maximizing the possibility of eliminating espionage activities by external forces.
However, hearing that the shopkeeper of Zuidongfang Liquor opened his business here very early can only prove two problems: one is that the shopkeeper has been lurking in Hedong County a long time ago; the other possibility is that the shopkeeper has infiltrated from outside.
The leader of the group of assassins has a lot of energy.
After entering Hedong, he not only quickly hid his identity, but also quickly bribed the shopkeeper of Zui Dongfang.
At present, it seems that the first possibility is relatively high.
But regardless of the possibility, Ma Chao felt that there was a larger conspiracy against the Ma family hidden behind it.
As soon as these things were sorted out, a Ma Jiajun came forward with something and handed it to Wei Yan.
After Wei Yan handed it over to Ma Chao with a solemn expression, he saw the expected reaction.
Ma Chao stroked the crossbow arrow carefully and said firmly: "It is indeed this kind of crossbow arrow."
That crossbow arrow was similar to the crossbow arrow of Ma Jiayuan's Ronglian Crossbow.
The triangular arrowhead was black and bright, and it was obviously quenched with poison.
What’s even more impressive is that its arrow is one foot and five inches long.
When Li Chi was ambushed in Hedong County, his entire army was destroyed by this one-foot-five-inch long crossbow arrow.
But now, when the Yuan family is overthrown, this kind of crossbow arrow appears again in Hedong County, and the mystery becomes thicker.
Moreover, this time it was somehow related to the Huns, which made all events even more complicated and confusing.
"Han Hao was rescued by a mysterious man and has never shown up."
Ma Chao carefully put away the crossbow arrow.
He felt that this crossbow arrow would still be useful in the future.
Although he didn't know when it would be, the feeling was very strong.
"After Yuan Shao's defeat, he seemed to have surrendered to Cao Cao."
Yang Xiu said.
He knew why Ma Chao suddenly asked about Han Hao.
Because in the entire Jizhou battlefield, except for Han Hao who used this kind of crossbow arrow when he was the governor of Hedong, there was no news of this kind of crossbow arrow.
"After the defeat" Ma Chao had to make bold assumptions.
He found that once everything involved Cao Cao, there would be another person's shadow, which gave him a headache: "When exactly?"
"During the Battle of Guandu."
"Before the Guandu War or after the War?"
Ma Chao asked further.
At this time, no details would be ignored: "This is very important.
It is related to the purpose of my coming to Hedong, and it may even be related to the entire Jizhou battlefield."
"I will investigate immediately."
Seeing the importance of the incident, Yang Xiu responded cautiously.
Ma Chao had no choice but to put this nonsense aside for the time being.
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He turned around and asked Wei Yan, "How is the situation going with the Wei family in Hedong?"
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