novelaction Chapter 165 Catching the Killer
Chapter 165 Catching the Killer
Recently, there are more and more barbarians in Ningzhou City. Ningzhou is located in the border area, and it is inevitable to deal with barbarians. After seeing many barbarians, some people have figured it out. It doesn’t matter who makes money, so why let the fat sheep of the barbarians go?
Thus, the trade route that Fang Zhiheng had been worried about for more than a year was quietly opened.
However, the war had not been over for long and the pain had not yet subsided. It was basically wishful thinking to expect all the people to treat the barbarians kindly, so there were often quarrels on the streets.
Especially in small restaurants.
As the night deepened, Chu Yunchuan and Fu Yao sat in a corner of the restaurant, drinking tea and watching the fun.
"Your Highness, Prince Jing, if the fighting continues, it will be disastrous." Fu Yao raised his chin towards the Yan people and the barbarians who were fighting each other. "It's too big a battle. If Ge Zhen doesn't dare to come, it will be a loss."
Chu Yunchuan's eyes were fixed on Gu Yan, who was feasting alone in the distance. He said calmly, "It's possible that Ge Zhen has arrived. If we act rashly at this time, it will easily arouse suspicion and the loss will outweigh the gain."
"Is this patterned handkerchief really related to the old people in Heyang Valley? As far as I know, there are no barbarians in Heyang Valley. Besides, the assassins in the Marquis' Mansion were all top-notch martial artists, so there is no reason for them to slip through the net. What's more, the person with the patterned handkerchief has excellent Qinggong skills, even Changfeng couldn't catch up with him. There is no such person in Heyang Valley."
"The man with the patterned handkerchief is a barbarian. If he is not a fish that slipped through the net, it is really strange that he appeared in the capital thousands of miles away. But I can't be sure, so I asked you to identify him."
"If the patterned handkerchief is really an old acquaintance of Heyang Valley, things will be a bit troublesome." Fu Yao pretended to wipe his mouth to cover his lips, "Back then, you used Gu Yan's name to take advantage of the bandits in Heyang Valley and let them do things that were detrimental to the Marquis' Mansion for you in the northern border. Later, the bandits lost control, and you set a three-month deadline, saying that if you didn't give them great wealth within three months, they could rob the Marquis' Mansion. If the old things are exposed, if someone really wants to investigate, anyone with eyes can see that there is something wrong with Gu Yan."
"What's there to be afraid of? Even if it was really Gu Yan, and he was asked to draw his sword and head towards the Marquis' Mansion, he would not hesitate."
"Speaking of Gu Yan, he knew everything from beginning to end, and you really trust him."
"He can't threaten me now."
"But you don't know him very well, so how do you know he can't threaten you? Look, in order to pretend to be Gu Yan, you could only eat vegetarian food in front of others. Now even he himself is eating meat and fish. People will always change, let alone someone like him."
Chu Yunchuan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "How can changing to eating meat always lead to a change in people?"
"..." Fu Yao was too lazy to look at his heartless look, and waved his hand unhappily, "Forget it, see you're like this, we can only talk about it when we meet. But we have to agree that I will return immediately after recognizing the person. My little sister has recently changed her teeth and can only eat rice porridge and chopped meat and vegetables. Changfeng is not a person who can take care of children, but I'm afraid that if I go back too late, my little sister will starve."
"I know Changfeng is not good at serving others, so I asked Zhiheng to send a cook to your house. You don't have to worry about this."
Fu Yao let out a long sigh: "I'm relieved... Speaking of which, you're the one who cooks at home, have you assigned a cook to your family?"
At this point, Chu Yunchuan closed his eyes, his face full of a smile that he couldn't hide: "The eaters are coming to the cooks."
Fu Yao: “Ah?”
"I received a letter from Bai Zhi yesterday, saying that she was coming to Ningzhou. She should be on her way now. I was so busy these past two days that I forgot to tell you."
Fu Yao: “…”
When this man talked about his wife, his head shook slightly back and forth and his eyebrows raised. He was so arrogant that people couldn't help but want to give him a cold look.
While the two chatted, the quarrel had been stopped by the shopkeeper. The Dayan man left the store angrily, and the barbarian sat down at the table behind Gu Yan and shouted in the Dayan dialect he was not very familiar with: "Bring some wine!"
The shopkeeper was afraid that neglecting this ancestor would cause trouble, so he quickly poured him some wine.
The inn suddenly fell silent, leaving only the loud sounds of the barbarian drinking wine and Gu Yan chewing chicken legs.
The night watchman outside struck his gong twice.
Fu Yao rubbed his sleepy eyelids: "If I were Ge Zhen, I would definitely come at the fourth watch, which is the most tiring time of the day... It's only the second watch now, you and I have to wait."
After a while, there was no response. Fu Yao looked at Chu Yunchuan in confusion and found that he was staring at the barbarian.
"Yunchuan," Fu Yao asked in a low voice, "Is that Ge Zhen's man?"
Chu Yunchuan picked up the teacup and rubbed it a few times: "...It's a bit strange, he is not afraid of the night."
"Ningzhou is used to keeping fires burning at night to prevent enemy invasion. It's not surprising that the barbarians living here are not afraid of the night."
"Judging from his attire, he is a traveling merchant," Chu Yunchuan lowered his voice, changing his heartless look. "I have lived in Ningzhou for some time. From what I have seen, these barbarian traveling merchants believe in their sun god more than the barbarian people, and never hang out at night."
Hearing him say this, Fu Yao also became alert.
But it's still a step too late.
The next moment, the barbarian who was drinking suddenly jumped up, took out a shiny dagger from his arms and stabbed Gu Yan who had no idea. At this moment, all the candles in the small restaurant were extinguished at the same time, and four black shadows flashed on the beams - these were the secret guards that Chu Yunchuan had deployed long ago.
The barbarian was completely lost in the darkness, and the dagger deviated and only stabbed Gu Yan's right shoulder. Gu Yan howled in the darkness, and then someone fell to the ground with a thud.
Chu Yunchuan still didn't move. When the night was completely silent and the candlelight was relit, Fu Yao could see the situation clearly - it was not Gu Yan who fell to the ground, but the barbarian. He was motionless with his eyes wide open, and it seemed that he had been acupunctured.
The secret guards were waiting nearby for Chu Yunchuan's next instructions. He looked around and made a gesture that Fu Yao couldn't understand, and the secret guards left in a flash.
The small restaurant returned to silence, with only the shopkeeper standing by the cashier's counter trembling as he popped his head out to look around.
Chu Yunchuan whispered: "Gu Yan ran away."
Only then did Fu Yao discover that the bloodstains next to the barbarian extended all the way to the back door of the restaurant, and the back door was already open.
The barbarian lying on the ground trembled suddenly. Chu Yunchuan walked over and squatted beside the barbarian: "This is the acupuncture skill that I have secretly passed down to my hands and feet. Forcing the acupuncture points will only cause the blood to flow backwards and lead to death."
The barbarian remained unmoved and shuddered again.
Chu Yunchuan raised his hand to untie his mute point, and then pinched his jaw very hard, so that he could speak without biting his tongue to death, and asked, "Who sent you here?"
The barbarian was in so much pain that he saw stars, but he couldn't break free from Chu Yunchuan, so he began to curse incoherently, mixing barbarian language and Dayan dialect. Fu Yao could only vaguely hear the words "Yan ghost" and "early death".
Chu Yunchuan frowned and directly removed one of the barbarian's arms, causing the barbarian to scream in pain.
Yan ghosts. The barbarian army back then shouted these two words while massacring the city, meaning that after all the Yan people in a city were killed, all became Yan ghosts.