Chapter 48: The Killer's Identity (Please collect! Please vote! Please invest!)
About a minute later, the sounds of fighting outside the tent gradually subsided, and then Ye Tie's concerned voice was heard from outside.

"Master, it's safe outside, how are you?"

Hearing Ye Tie's voice, Ye Mingsheng finally felt relieved. He put down the goose-wing knife that he was holding tightly in his hand and whispered, "I'm fine. Come in and talk!"

After receiving the order, Ye Tie immediately walked into the tent. However, when he saw Pei Zhixiu in the tent, a look of surprise appeared on his rough face, but he soon returned to normal, knelt on one knee in front of him, lowered his head and said shamefully:

"Ye Tie failed to protect me properly and frightened the young master. Please punish me!"

Although he was very angry, he looked at Ye Tie, his number one confidant and number one thug, who was so self-blaming and ashamed.

Ye Mingsheng's anger subsided to some extent. After a moment's hesitation, he did not rush to punish the person. Instead, he asked:

"What happened just now?"

"Two men in black were fighting outside your tent. When they saw us coming, they both tried to escape. One of them ran very fast, so we failed to stop him. As for the other, he ran slower and was trapped by us. When he saw there was no hope of escape, he took poison and committed suicide!"

"In addition, we just discovered that Yang Biao, who was in charge of the night watch tonight, has been killed. He was killed by a slash in the throat. The murderer is very experienced. It should be the man in black who escaped." Ye Tie, kneeling on the ground, reported all his findings to Ye Mingsheng.

After listening carefully to what Ye Tie said, Ye Mingsheng was silent for a while. Just when Ye Tie was feeling a little uneasy, wondering how his young master would punish him, Ye Mingsheng walked up to him and personally helped him up from his kneeling ground.

"Since this is your first offense, I will fine you three months' salary as additional compensation to Yang Biao's family. Don't let it happen again!" Looking into Ye Tie's eyes, Ye Mingsheng said in a deep voice:
"Young Master..."

Ye Tie, who had been prepared to be severely punished, was moved when he heard that he would only be fined three months' salary.

For someone like him who needs to bring money home to support his wife and children, a fine of three months' salary is not a light punishment. However, considering the mistake he made this time, Ye Mingsheng can be considered very generous.

Ye Mingsheng patted Ye Tie's shoulder heavily and did not give him a chance to express his feelings. He walked out of the tent. He wanted to see who wanted to kill him!

As Ye Mingsheng walked out of the tent and stood guard outside the camp, the four Ye brothers immediately knelt on one knee and said in unison:
"Master, please punish me!"

After helping the four men up one by one and using both kindness and force to treat them, Ye Mingsheng finally had the energy to observe the body of the man in black lying on the ground.

The owner of the corpse did not look very old, only in his early twenties, with a slender and well-proportioned figure, and his palms were covered with calluses and scars from practicing with a sword.

There is no doubt that this man is a martial arts practitioner with good skills. If he had not been outnumbered and surrounded by Ye Tie and others, it would not have seemed that he would have been defeated here.

A trace of black blood flowed from the corner of the corpse's mouth, which confirmed that he had poison in his mouth. Seeing that the situation was not good, in order not to fall into the hands of the enemy, he chose to commit suicide to preserve his secrets. After careful observation for a while, Ye Mingsheng did not find any valuable insights. However, just when he was about to give up, Ye Mingsheng noticed that there seemed to be traces of tattoos on the wrist of this person.

Upon discovering this, Ye Mingsheng immediately opened the sleeve of the corpse, and saw that the tattoo on the wrist of the corpse was a small carp with a dark red color...

Seeing the appearance of the carp, Ye Mingsheng frowned at first, then he seemed to remember something and his expression suddenly changed.

After a few moments, Ye Mingsheng's face returned to normal. He lowered the sleeve of the corpse to cover the carp tattoo, and then whispered to Ye Tie:
"Deal with the body cleanly, and don't tell anyone about what happened tonight. Keep it to yourself and don't let anyone else know!"

Although Ye Mingsheng's reaction was a little unexpected, since Ye Mingsheng had already made the decision, Ye Tie naturally would not have any objection. He nodded and followed his orders.

After instructing Ye Tie, Ye Mingsheng, feeling very heavy-hearted, returned to the tent. As soon as he entered the tent, he slipped and nearly fell to the ground. Fortunately, Pei Zhixiu, who was in the tent, was quick-witted and held him up.

"What happened?"

Seeing Ye Mingsheng so distracted, Pei Zhixiu frowned slightly and asked with concern:
Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng waved his hand, sat on the chair and said nothing.

Although she didn't know why Ye Mingsheng was so abnormal, the smart Pei Zhixiu understood that Ye Mingsheng must be in trouble. Worried about Ye Mingsheng, she did not leave, but stood beside Ye Mingsheng, quietly accompanying this man.

At this time, Ye Mingsheng didn't notice Pei Zhixiu's existence at all. He was immersed in his own thoughts.

Although this was the first time he had seen this kind of carp tattoo, if Ye Mingsheng was not mistaken, this tattoo should be the symbol of certain troops in the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion.

Marquis Zhenyuan is an important member of the nobles of the Great Zhou Dynasty. His ancestors established meritorious services on horseback and brought blessings to their descendants. This tradition has been passed down to Xu Zhaojie's generation for more than one hundred years, six generations ago. The foundation is very deep.

Precisely because of the deep-rooted family, the Xu family of Zhenyuan Hou has accumulated a group of armed troops loyal to their family over the years.

Most of these armed troops constitute the personal guard battalion of Xu Zhaojie, the current Marquis of Zhenyuan, who is also the current head of the Xu family and the commander of the third-rank Xuanwu Army.

In Ye Mingsheng's memory, when he was in Luoan, he was drinking with his colleagues in the army one day and happened to hear a drunk person say that every member of the Xu family who Xu Zhaojie brought into the army had a carp tattooed on their wrist.

At that time, Ye Mingsheng didn't pay much attention to this information and put it behind his mind. Just now when he saw the tattoo on the assassin's wrist, he suddenly thought of this matter...
To be honest, Ye Mingsheng was not surprised after realizing that the assassin who died at the hands of Ye Tie and others might be Xu Zhaojie's men. Before he started the surprise attack on Liujing, Ye Mingsheng had already anticipated that Xu Zhaojie would not let him go.

(End of this chapter)