Chapter 116

Qi Zheng trembled and said incoherently: “Dish, dish… and cook…”

“Don’t pretend.” The man said in a low voice, “Diancuilou, what did you hear?”

Qi Zheng looked at Aunt Lu who was struggling in pain but couldn’t make a sound, because her neck was strangled and her face was already blue, she was so distressed that she almost shed tears. The girl is beautiful, she was discovered before she even looked at it, and I ran away.”

The man sneered, he quickly took out a dagger, and with a wave of his hand, cut off a strand of Aunt Lu’s hair, and said, “If you don’t answer my question well, the next thing I will cut off is her ears. No, it’s just the eyes…” As he said, he placed the dagger next to Aunt Lu’s face, sticking it to the base of her ear.

“No, no, no…” Qi Zheng stomped his feet and waved his hands in a panic, too anxious to speak, as if standing on a ball of fire tormenting, tears finally welled up in his eyes, and he fell to his knees with a plop: “Master, sir, please, I’m really sorry I didn’t hear anything, and I was discovered before I heard it. Everything I said is true, and everyone asked me what I heard, but I really didn’t hear it. I was going to see Miss An, Tell her I didn’t hear anything…”

Aunt Lu’s mind was buzzing, what is Qi Zheng doing, why did she get involved with the girl, she might not survive in this situation, if he didn’t run away quickly, why did he get the girl out?

Qi Zheng cried loudly, with snot and tears flying all over his nose, and crawled towards the man on his knees while crying: “Master, you believe me, I really haven’t heard anything. Otherwise, you stabbed me to death and killed my mouth!” Don’t worry, let the aunt go. She doesn’t know anything, Miss An is looking for me…”

Aunt Lu couldn’t hear clearly, she felt that she was struggling desperately, but she was powerless, her eyes were dark, Qi Zheng’s voice seemed to come from a distance, she couldn’t hear clearly, she was very anxious, don’t expose the girl, don’t ruin Plan to destroy the enemy…

Qi Zheng cried and begged and crawled to the man’s feet, kowtowed his head, sobbing hard.

“How did Miss An tell you?”

the man asked coldly. In fact, it doesn’t matter what Qi Zheng heard, because it was too late, he didn’t stop Qi Zheng before entering the city, and the news he heard must have told many people at this moment. Most importantly, he had to know who those people were.

Zhao Jiahua must be one, and Li Xiuer is also among them. Of course Aunt Lu can’t escape, who else? Who else is An Ruochen’s informant? An Ruochen was able to think of chasing him to Feng’an County, which was completely beyond their expectations. what does she know What is her plan? These are more important than what Qi Zheng overhears.

When dealing with An Ruochen, at the same time, all her intelligence and information must be dealt with, so as not to leave future troubles, so as to deal with Long Teng.

Qi Zheng wiped away his tears and sobbed, “You let me go, I’ll tell you everything.”

The man said coldly: “You told me, and I let her go.” He slightly loosened his grip on Mrs. Lu’s neck, and moved the dagger away to show his sincerity.

Qi Zheng watched his actions, and said: “Miss An said, Mr. Qian will definitely go to Mao County, let me find the best inns and restaurants along the way, and I will definitely find him.”

“What are you looking for, Mr. Qian?”

Qi Zheng wiped his tears again, and said: “Master Changqian…” He suddenly jumped up, grabbed the man’s wrist holding the dagger, and hit his chest with the back of his shoulder, and at the same time hit the man’s chin with the top of his head .

The man was unexpected, Qi Zheng dared to attack suddenly.

Qi Zheng used all his strength to knock the man back a few steps, and the two fell to the ground together. Aunt Lu was finally free, and fell to the ground, clutching her neck and gasping for breath.

“Mother, run!” Qi Zheng yelled, and bit the man’s wrist holding the dagger, but the man had already reacted, turned his wrist, and slapped Qi Zheng on the face with the handle of the dagger.

Qi Zheng was so painful that he couldn’t scream, and felt like his teeth were about to fall out. Immediately afterwards, there was another pain in the abdomen, and he was punched hard.

Aunt Lu fell to the ground, wanted to call for help but was unable to make a sound, she coughed and tried to inhale.

Qi Zheng was knocked to the ground. The man grabbed his neck, dragged him to Aunt Lu’s side, and said coldly, “Now, I’ll kill the mother-in-law so that you won’t think I’m gutsy. Then whether you want to live or not depends on how well you answer. ”

Qi Zheng struggled, and Aunt Lu tried hard to get away, but it was all in vain. The man raised his dagger high and stabbed Aunt Lu fiercely.

With a sound of “swipe”, a man jumped down from the wall, and slashed at the man holding the dagger with his sword.

The man saw a figure out of the corner of his eye, and heard the sound of sharp blades piercing the air, and subconsciously rolled to the ground, narrowly avoiding it.

Qi Zheng took a closer look, but it was Tian Qing.

Tian Qing didn’t stop, he raised his sword and attacked the man again.

“Let’s go, go back to Liu Mansion.” Tian Qing shouted.

Qi Zheng didn’t say a word, he got up and helped Aunt Lu, dragging and mopping the floor to take her away. Tian Qing fought fiercely with the man, and the fight was inextricable. Qi Zheng didn’t dare to look too much, the alleys were narrow, and the sword had no eyes, he and Aunt Lu were almost hit by fists and kicks. The two walked out of the alley with difficulty, but they heard a cry of “ah” behind them.

Qi Zheng turned his head and saw that the man was one step away from him, with his back to Tian Qing, and Tian Qing’s long sword pierced his chest.

Seeing the man covered in blood and staring with a hideous expression like a ghost, Qi Zheng was so frightened that his feet went limp.

The man stared straight at Qi Zheng, then fell to the ground with a “boom”. Nothing more.

Qi Zheng stared blankly at the man’s body, turned his head to meet Tian Qing’s eyes, and almost cried again: “Brother Tian!” You escaped from death!

“Are you okay?” Tian Qing asked.

Qi Zheng nodded. Look at Aunt Lu again. Aunt Lu had already calmed down a lot at this time, and she was still speechless, so she just nodded. Qi Zheng hurriedly said for her: “Aunt Lu is fine.”

Tian Qing squatted down to dig through the man’s body, and asked, “Who is he?”

Just as Qi Zheng opened his mouth, Aunt Lu pinched his arm. Qi Zheng turned his head, and Aunt Lu stared at him. Qi Zheng changed his words and said: “I don’t know who it is. He said that my father wrote him a letter and wanted to tell me something, but he suddenly robbed Mrs. Lu and asked me what I know?”

Tian Qing didn’t find anything on the man, frowned after hearing Qi Zheng’s words, and looked up at him: “What do you know?”

Qi Zheng was stunned: “I don’t know what I know.”

Aunt Lu spoke from the side with difficulty: “Master Tian…” After only a few words, her throat hurts.

Qi Zheng hurriedly asked for her: “Brother Tian, ​​why are you here?”

“I heard that you’re back, so I came to see how you are. You haven’t traveled far, so I’m a little worried. The people in the restaurant said that you were in Liu’s mansion, and I was waiting for you at the back door. When I heard a sound from this end, I came over to have a look.” Tian Qing looked at Aunt Lu’s neck and said, “Hurry up and take Auntie to see the doctor, can you leave it to me?”

“How should Brother Tian deal with it?” Qi Zheng was a little nervous.

“Report to the official.” Tian Qing took it for granted, “He committed a crime in the street and was shot dead by me, so he should be the reporter.”

Tian Qing reported to the official. This suddenly shocked many people. Zhao Jiahua arrived, An Ruochen arrived, Yao Kun sent someone to Zhaofu to inquire, and the waiter who had talked with the deceased was also called to the hall.

No one knew who the deceased was. Only the waiter testified, saying that the man claimed to have met Qi Zheng in a restaurant outside the city, and he heard Qi Zheng praise the good food of Zhaofu Restaurant, so he came here to taste the food.

Qi Zheng shook his head, insisting that he had never seen it before.

The waiter didn’t struggle, and said, “Oh, then he lied to me.”

Yao Kun’s face turned black, he felt that he was the one who was deceived. What they said one by one was not the truth.

Yao Kun questioned everyone, and An Ruochen was left alone in the end.

“Miss An, what do you think?”

“Since Old Man Yang was used as bait, it must be the remnants of Jubao Gambling House. They are very clear about the affairs of Jubao Gambling House. Maybe they are here to seek revenge. The people in Jubao Gambling House are locked up and left. Only Qi Zheng is here.”

“If that’s the case, then asking the waiter to confirm Qi Zheng’s identity should mean asking him if he used to be in Jubao Gambling House. It would be strange not to mention the gambling house.” Yao Kun stared at An Ruochen. He had a feeling that this girl was doing something behind his back, otherwise these people wouldn’t be wrong and cover up.

“It’s strange. I don’t know where he came from.” An Ruochen said innocently, as if nothing had happened: “Please be sure to investigate carefully, my lord. If the remnants of Jubao Casino are still there, not only Qi Zheng, but Boss Zhao and the others will also die They will be threatened. Besides, there were many registers of money and bankers and formulas for weapons and gunpowder that were sealed up in the gambling workshop back then, so I don’t know if these will attract evil people’s covet.”

It sounds like it’s true. Yao Kun frowned. But there is no flaw in what he said, and the thing is true, so we have to prevent the remaining party from making trouble. Yao Kun sent someone to follow Qian Pei, but they didn’t get any useful information. It so happened that Qi Zheng came back from Tianzhi County, which was also the last place Qian Pei went out to play.

Yao Kun simply asked: “Miss An, is it your arrangement for Qi Zheng and Li Xiuer to go out? What’s your plan? But what happened?”

“My lord.” An Ruochen still had the same expression, “Although I have some friendship with Zhaofu Restaurant, Zhaofu Restaurant is not opened by me, and the people there are not my subordinates. The testimony of Boss Zhao and Qi Zheng just now I said it all, I went to taste the dishes to recruit new cooks, after all, the business of their restaurant has not been very good.” She paused, but then asked: “Why does your lord have such doubts, does your lord have any clues? Could it be Master Qian? ”

Very good, Yao Kun raised his eyebrows, this rhetorical question made him unable to study it any further. Yao Kun raised his eyes to look at An Ruochen again, and said: “I will find out the identity of this person. The murder in the street is strange, and it is another homicide case, so it should not be ignored. I am afraid that I will bother Miss Hetian and hope that Miss Forgive me.”

An Ruochen was very polite.

Yao Kun said again: “I have released An Zhifu today, if Miss An can get any clues from An’s house, or from outside An’s house.” He emphasized the word “any clues”, “I hope you will tell me. The girl also understands the current situation, there are not many people who can be trusted, and she still needs frank assistance in order to wipe out the spy.”

“What your lord said is very true.” An Ruochen also strengthened his tone.

Both of them pretended to be polite. Yao Kun shyly told An Ruochen to leave.

An Ruochen returned to Ziyun Tower, thought for a while, and went to find Aunt Lu. Aunt Lu had seen the doctor put on the medicine, she was lying down to rest, when An Ruochen came to get up hurriedly. An Ruochen did not hide her sadness in front of Mrs. Lu. She had heard everyone’s confessions today, and asked them privately. Now that I think about it, I just want to ask Aunt Lu. “Auntie, under the circumstances at that time, Master Tian had no choice but to kill that man?”

Aunt Lu took a pen and paper and wrote: I didn’t see the situation clearly at the time, but when I looked back, the man turned his back to Master Tian.

An Ruochen remained silent.

Aunt Lu thought for a while and wrote: Maybe that person wanted to hold Qi Zheng or me hostage.

An Ruochen nodded, telling Aunt Lu to rest well.

An Ruochen returned to the house, still full of doubts. That person knew about Father Yang, which meant that he knew about the activities of Jubao Casino and Qi Zheng. Did he already know, or did Qian Pei tell him? If Qian Peiruo even knew that Father Yang wanted to tell the truth and was silenced, did he know it from the beginning, or did he know it through the Liu Ze case? Even if Liu Ze’s case is passed, he is concerned about such details, why?

An Ruochen really felt the danger at this time.

The general was right. Tang Xuan’s result is a very important key point. He is an important person in the detailed organization. Whether he goes or stays, lives or dies, involves too many threads of the entire organization. Unfortunately, she failed to see the truth.

An Ruochen misses Long Da so much, it would be great if the general was here. An Ruochen sighed, and took out the letter Long Da sent her back from Shilingya and read it again. The letter is very, very simple, just say that the letter has been received, don’t read it.

This letter also worried An Ruochen, it was so succinct that she didn’t disclose any information, and the letter she sent clearly stated many things, but he didn’t give any instructions at all. The handwriting was the General’s, but the contents of the letter were not what he should have said.

An Ruochen originally wanted to write another letter to Long Da, but now he hesitated. Is the meaning of the general’s letter a warning to her not to report details about her work, and it’s not safe to write a letter?

An Ruochen felt isolated and helpless. She was worried about the general, not knowing how he was doing now.

Anhe Town, Yuguan County.

The light rain continued to fall, and the raindrops hit the bluestone path, and the endless sound of dripping was disturbing. Outside the door of a dilapidated inn that didn’t even have a signboard, a tall and strong man galloped on a fast horse. He was wearing a coir raincoat and a wide coir rain cap on his head. When he ran to the door of the inn, he looked up and stopped.

There are quite a lot of people in the inn, those who are sheltering from the rain, those who are sharpened, those who live in the inn, and the waiter is too busy to meet this strong man. The man didn’t care, he got off the horse, first led the horse to the stable under the eaves, tied it up, took out a piece of cloth to wipe the rain off its body, took out two pieces of straw cakes from the bundle and fed it. It brought the water bucket that fed the horse to the side and put it in front of the horse. After patting the horse, he walked into the inn.

Xiao Er was free at this moment, and at a glance, it was a good horse, but unfortunately, the man did not look like a wealthy man. Xiao Er greeted him, the man pointed to the horses outside, and asked Xiao Er to feed them with hay, while talking, he looked around the inn, and said, “Stay in the inn. Are there any rooms?” The tone of the voice was not like that of the attire Rough and humble, and even a bit majestic.

“Yes, yes.” Xiaoer led the man upstairs. The inn is not big, and there are only six rooms upstairs. The big man came upstairs, as if he wanted to shake the rain off his body, he stomped his feet three times. This stomping made a “bang bang bang” sound in the corridor, and Xiaoer was so frightened that he hurriedly said: “Guardian, please take it easy, our building is old, you should knock it down with your strength.”

The big man stopped stamping after hearing the words, and quietly followed Xiaoer into the innermost room.

The big man entered the house, he only asked for a pot of water, nothing else was needed, he was tired from the journey, he had to take a good rest, and told Xiao Er not to disturb him.

Xiaoer agreed, took the money and silver, brought a pot of water up quickly, and then withdrew.

After going downstairs, Xiao Er finally realized that the man who delivered the water took off his coir raincoat and hat, but he didn’t even see what the man looked like. It seems that either it happened to be sideways or it was carrying him on its back. Someone from the other side called for a bowl of noodles, Xiaoer agreed, and hurried away, forgetting about it.

Upstairs in the room, the big man unpacked the bundle and took out dry food to eat. After eating two biscuits, someone knocked on the door, “Dong Dong Dong” “Dong Dong Dong”, knocking five times and three times in a row. The big man wiped his hands and went to open the door.

Outside the door, there stood a middle-aged man in his fifties, with delicate features, dressed in plain blue shirt, but also dressed in a luxurious air.

The big man looked at him, but didn’t speak. When the man entered the room, the big man hurriedly closed the door.

The middle-aged man turned around and saluted the big man: “General Long.”

Long returned the salute: “Lord Liang.”

Liang Dehao looked at the dry biscuits on Long Da’s table, put the oil-paper bag in his hand on the table, and said with a smile: “I knew you were in a hurry and couldn’t eat well. Here, I left a roast chicken for you. ”

Long thanked him, put the food aside first, and looked like he was in a hurry to talk about the matter seriously.

Liang Dehao didn’t gossip, sat down, and asked him: “Why are you so anxious to see me?” He reported the itinerary to the officials on the way as a routine, but soon received a reply from Long Da, asking him to meet alone. So he took three guards and left the brigade quietly. It doesn’t matter on his side, but Long Da is responsible for the war, and he left the front line without authorization, which is the crime of “deserting the army and treason”.

Liang Dehao guessed that Long Dad must have something important to do. But he still blamed: “You acted like this, it is too reckless. If you are recognized by others, or if you are known to leave the army and leave, it will be terrible.”

Long Da smiled and said: “My lord will not read me a book in front of the emperor.”

Liang Dehao said: “That’s me, it would be worse for you if you were replaced by someone else.”

Long Da smiled slightly: “If it were someone else, I wouldn’t dare.”

“So you have something important to do?”

Long Da didn’t answer, but asked: “My lord, why did you become this patrol envoy? The border is chaotic and secret operations are rampant. This time is different. Both Maojun and Pingnan are dangerous and hidden. When your lord comes, not only will your life be in danger, but if you don’t handle it well, I’m afraid that he will cause trouble for no reason like Maojun Taishou, Master Shi.” According to Liang Dehao’s position as Taiwei and his status in the court, it should not be difficult for him to refuse to be the inspector.

Liang Dehao shook his head and sighed: “If I don’t come, you will be in big trouble. If you are in big trouble, the border will be in danger.”