Chapter 64 "Tell me, who is it? Who tipped off the secret?"

Gu Wan found a new, secluded place to accommodate Xu's mother and son. She was thinking about the other side, so after hurriedly giving instructions, she turned around and left.

Xu was anxious and grabbed her hand. Gu Wan turned around. Xu didn't care that Xie Yun and Xie Feng were still there. She paused for a moment and asked, "Is he good to you?"

Xie Ci is her son-in-law. The Xie family is loyal and brave. Xie Ci is the son of her benefactor. Xu has nothing but gratitude towards the Xie family in her life. However, her daughter's head and face are covered in blood. Although she knows it is wrong, she still feels anxious.

Gu Guan was stunned for a moment.

She was very smart and immediately understood Xu's context and mood. But when she suddenly heard the question, "Is he good to you?", no one had ever asked her if Xie Ci was good to her. This was the first time in her life that she was asked. She was stunned for a moment, then nodded after a moment. She said seriously, "Very good."

...So good that perhaps no one in this world could treat her better than him.

Xu's question, "Is it okay?", was in the context of a husband-and-wife relationship, and Gu Wan suddenly remembered that she and Xie Ci were husband and wife in the eyes of outsiders. She felt a little dazed, a little curious, as if things had suddenly become a little more subtle.

Gu Wan smiled and patted Xu's hand: "It's okay, mother. I will be back soon. Don't worry."

She also smiled at the little boy Min Pei.

Gu Guan quickly turned around and left, and Xie Zi also stayed. She led a group of people to Ruping Shipyard as quickly as possible.

The black mountains and the inky water are like a misty ink painting of mountains and rivers, and a river of misty rain is about to pour down.

When Gu Wan returned, Xie Ci was always the first to discover her.

As if by telepathy, he, who was standing on the wooden bridge from a distance, suddenly turned his head to look over here, and then the tall figure in black tights came running towards this side.

"How are you? How are mother and brother?"

"Everything has been settled."

The wind was very strong by the river. The wind was a bit dry on the eve of a heavy rain, blowing whistlingly. In the dark night, Gu Guan turned his head to look at him. Xie Ci's handsome outline showed a firm and solemn look. He didn't know when it started, but the majestic and profound aura on him was even more eye-catching than his breathtakingly handsome eyebrows.

Ah, he just called mom and brother directly.

Gu Wan was a little helpless, but Xie Ci's method was indeed effective. He mentioned it over and over again to finalize the relationship, and she seemed to be used to it and was too lazy to correct him.

Gu Wan glanced at him, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Feng Qian, whose face was swollen and nose was bruised. Feng Qian was shocked by the fierce bloody battle, and she crawled and rolled all the way. However, she was used to seeing corpses and had a good adaptability. It was just that there seemed to be more wounds on her face.

She was speechless, taking a breath, and pulled Xie Ci to whisper, "Don't pick on him, he's Feng Kun's nephew!"

Xie Ci's eyes were like those of a hawk, as he looked around at the vast expanse of water and Gu Wan as they walked quickly forward. He glanced at the fair-skinned young man in front of him who was panting and wiping his sweat as he looked around. His heart became more and more depressed. He pursed his lips for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking Gu Wan: "Do you care about him a lot?"

Gu Wan was surprised: "Of course I care about you!"

Obviously, this is not the time to think about this, but when Xie Ci heard this, he stopped abruptly, and his heart was suddenly filled with joy!

He turned his head to look at her. In the night breeze, her face was covered with sweat and her cheeks were flushed. She had an expression that said, "What weird things are you talking about?"

Xie Ci whispered, “Is it him?”

Gu Wan understood immediately, "What the hell! What are you talking about?"

She was speechless: "No, of course he is not, don't talk nonsense!"

what's on your mind?

The reason why Xie Ci was so hostile to Feng Qian was that there were not many women with peach blossom eyes in Beijing. There were only two women of the right age, one of whom was very romantic and had many wives and concubines. The only one left was Feng Qian.

But when Gu Wan said no, he believed it.

His heart suddenly relaxed, and Xie Ci immediately smiled.

Gu Wan was helpless and speechless. She had really lost to him. The two of them walked forward quickly side by side. The wooden bridge creaked. The people around her were extremely familiar, but compared to before, there seemed to be some new and unfamiliar people. This kind of new and old-like and strong invasion of words and deeds around her made her vaguely and clearly realize that the two of them would soon usher in a brand new relationship in the near future, which made her feel very complicated.

Oh, which expert gave Xie Ci guidance?

Could it be my second sister-in-law? !

Ah, don’t think about it anymore. I’d better deal with this matter first, otherwise everything I say will be in vain.

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Everyone thinks so.

Xie Ci smiled faintly, like a flash of flower, and soon disappeared. His expression was gloomy, and he walked quickly along the plank bridge to the dock in front.

Xie Yun and the others immediately knelt down to pay their respects, and were then called up by Xie Ci, who rushed up right after the two of them.

A long row of colorfully lit pleasure boats swayed in the night wind and river waves, with the faint chirping of orioles playing in the background. On the other side, a row of old boats was divided into another world by a wooden plank bridge. There were no lights on, and a row of weeping willows by the river fluttered and danced in the darkness as if a storm was about to come.

When they rushed to the end of the plank bridge, they found an old boat surrounded by their men. A muffled roar of thunder was heard, and Qin Guan quickly emerged from the cabin. "We've searched everywhere, but the boat is empty. Four people are dead inside."

Gu Guan and Feng Qian immediately went in. Four bodies lay sprawled on the ground. The two of them stepped forward lightly. Gu Guan quickly leaned over to check the vital signs and injuries. "A sword cut the throat, severing the trachea and neck... Oh no, it was a major blood vessel. Dead on the spot."

Gu Guan leaned over and swiftly examined the eyelids and fingers. "The incident was so hasty that the deceased's fingers were naturally stretched out, and he didn't even have an expression of horror. The bloodstains around..." Qin Guan and others were very careful when they entered to check, and they didn't step on the bloodstains. The scene was relatively intact. Gu Guan took a quick look and said, "Preliminary judgment is that Zheng Shoufang killed him with one blow and then left!"

Feng Qian quickly flipped open his notebook and small brush, found a relatively blank space, licked the tip of the brush with her mouth, lowered her head and quickly wrote down the details. After finishing the shorthand, she quickly looked up at Gu Wan, who was already searching the windowsill and the outside world for traces. "They jumped out of this window."

Holding a torch, Gu Guan leaned over the low windowsill and immediately found a new mark at the edge of the half-worn ship's side, left by a military boot jumping and stepping on it. It was very small and could only be discovered after a closer inspection.

Feng Qian quickly stood up. The old notebook in his hand was caught and half a page was torn off. The wind blew it away. He covered his hand with his hand with a hiss of pain, but he didn't care about his beloved little notebook. He quickly chased after it and leaned over the windowsill to see with wide eyes, "Oh, yes, yes! There really is a mark!"

He was so excited that his face turned red, but Gu Wan was too busy to teach him how to analyze the traces. Xie Ci raised his eyes like lightning. The wind blew dark clouds around, sand and rocks flew everywhere, and the old ship was shaking violently. At the end of his sight, a line of mountains was faintly visible in the dark night sky.

Li Wang also took out the map of Ruping County, which he had been carrying all the way. He immediately pulled it out and opened it with Chen Luo on each side. Xie Ci lowered his head and glanced at it for a few breaths, and quickly locked on a route.

"From this direction, we can go through Wild Duck Ridge and around Ma'anshan behind Sima Village. They must have split their forces into two groups. One group will intercept Li Yi and the other will go straight to Sima Village to search and kill Sima Rong!"

Li Wang's voice changed: "Hurry, let's chase after him!"

He was also very anxious.

Xie Ci's dark eyeballs moved and glanced at Li Wang. Gu Guan's pupils also moved, and the two looked at each other without saying a word.

Xie Ci's brows were cold and fierce, and his pupils, which looked particularly dark in the night, seemed to be frozen. He shouted: "Chase!!"

The group didn't stop for a moment, and they jumped over several old boats in the direction of the west window, and landed on the shore at lightning speed. Feng Qian hurriedly put the booklet in her arms and rushed to Li Wang, "Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Li Wang took him and quickly chased after him.

Xie Ci and his party rushed to Simaling as quickly as possible. The entire village had been turned upside down. In the middle of the night, lights were on and voices were noisy. Some people who tried to stop them were killed. There were heartbreaking cries at the entrance of the village. At the end of their sight were dark foothills, with small hills connected to big mountains.

Xie Ci rushed over, grabbed an old man by the collar, and stuffed a purse into his hand: "Where is Sima Rong? Those people went in that direction!"

The old man was horrified and frightened. He grabbed his money bag and pointed tremblingly at the path leading into the mountains to the east: "I don't know, I don't know! Those people, over there, over there!"

It means that Zheng Shoufang and his party went east.

At this time, Li Yi and his group also broke through the heavy sniping and arrived at Simaling at the same time as Xie Ci and his group. The two groups were covered in blood and full of murderous aura in front of them. The old man was so scared that he peed his pants, and a pool of yellow urine dripped onto the ground.

But Xie Ci's eyelids moved, and the dry wind brought with it a sporadic smell of blood - Zheng Shoufang and others were dragging people along the way, killing them as they walked, and blood was dripping all over the ground.

Standing at the entrance of the village, in addition to the strong smell of blood of the murdered and their group of people, Xie Ci also smelled a faint smell of blood coming from the west.

Xie Ci suddenly opened his eyes and leaned forward: "You're lying! Who are you to Zheng Shoufang?!"

Zheng Shoufang!

The name rolled over his lips, and Xie Ci felt a bloodthirsty urge threatening to burst forth from his veins! This man, one of the actual operators who framed his father and brother for death, was already within reach!

With a clang, the sharp sword hummed. Xie Ci placed the sword against the old man's neck and said coldly, "I'll give you one more chance! Where is Sima Rong? Where are Zheng Shoufang and his group?!"

Xie Ci's cheeks were stained with blood, and his fierce brows were like a murderous god descending upon the earth. The old man was terrified: "...What did Ah Rong do? What did he do...over there! Ah Rong went to Luotuo Cave, and those people entered the mountain from the west!!"

The old man was crying like a pig being slaughtered, his tears were heartbreaking.

Xie Ci threw the old man aside and rushed out like lightning. In the face of danger, he did not bring Gu Guan to rush to the front. Gu Guan followed him with all his might, and he and Qin Ying chased forward one after the other.

When they arrived, the ground ahead was already covered in blood. Xie Ci turned around and shouted at Li Yi, "Send them back! Call the people from the Ruping County Court!"

This is to use official personnel to directly nail Zheng Shoufang's guilt! To prevent the occurrence of similar behind-the-scenes operations in the future!

Li Yi understood it in an instant, and quickly pulled out his King Xiao's golden order and the imperial envoy's identity card. In such a small place, a king's golden order is often more effective than anything else!

He threw Ling Yun: "Hurry up and take people there!"

Ling Yun hurriedly took Jin Linghe's ID card and turned around and rushed out with seven or eight people.

In the dark mountains, after more than a quarter of an hour, they quickly tracked down the traces of Zheng Shoufang and his group. There were a total of one hundred people. In front of them was a mountain lying like a camel, and there was a valley between them that was like a cave.

When Qin Ying and Gu Guan arrived at Luotuo Cave, the narrow cave was already filled with blood. Xie Ci's eyes were like lightning, and he quickly flew across the valley floor covered with dense thatch and ferns. He was one step ahead of Zheng Shoufang and smelled a stench of urine. He stopped suddenly, pulled aside a straw blanket that was almost lifelike, and pulled out a fat man in white clothes who was holding a large box tightly.

Xie Ci snatched the big box, opened it and looked through it. Sure enough, it was full of detailed account books and evidence, both new and old.

He threw the box towards Li Yi, who leaped into the air and caught it accurately.

Xie Ci turned around and rushed in.

In the fierce fight, he threw the wooden box, and there was indeed a big movement on the left. Xie Ci suddenly found the target, "Zheng Shoufang! Zheng Shoufang!!"

He was covered in blood and filled with murderous intent. He fought to the bitter end, killing almost all the experts around Zheng Shoufang. Zheng Shoufang was horrified and turned around to flee. Xie Ci killed Zheng Shouzhu with a single blow and gave chase. In the dark forest, he struck Zheng Shoufang in the back with a single blow.

This was one of the culprits who had caused the unjust deaths of his father and brother, and the downfall of the entire Xie family! Xie Ci was like a deadly Asura, his brows stained with murderous intent and his eyes filled with malice. He cut both of Zheng Shoufang's tendons with a single blow, then stomped hard on his face, crushing him and stomping him into the mud.

If he couldn't die yet, Xie Ci would have cut him into pieces on the spot!

…

The forest was pitch black. I could vaguely hear footsteps coming from the direction of Sima Zhuang, as well as traces of torches winding upwards.

He is from the Ruping government office.

Now that Zheng Shoufang has been arrested, the evidence is finally in hand.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yi sheathed his sword and asked, "What should we do next?"

You know, their purpose is different from that of the imperial envoys.

Feng Kun did not ask them to hand over the evidence and Zheng Shoufang to Yi Zhongling.

As a result of Li Yi and Xie Ci's deliberate plan, Li Wang was injured and fell into a coma. Now Feng Kun only had Feng Qian left among his men, so it was a good time to discuss things.

Torches were lit on the mountainside, and the people behind them were busy checking and bandaging the wounds as quickly as possible.

Xie Ci and Li Yi discussed it and quickly decided to split the troops into two groups.

Li Yi had big ambitions, so he took most of the people and stayed with the imperial envoys.

Xie Ci, along with his men, some witnesses from the Ruping Yamen, Zheng Shoufang and Feng Qian, who were in charge of the account books, quietly returned to Zhongdu.

Zheng Shoufang and the account books are already in their hands. No matter what Feng Kun wants to do, they must not be intercepted by anyone before handing them over to Feng Kun to complete the task.

…

Whether it is Li Yi or Xie Ci, they both have an extremely keen sense of the situation.

They could feel that they were in a vortex and if they were not careful, they would be crushed to pieces.

After successfully capturing Zheng Shoufang and obtaining the account books, the feeling of thorns hanging heavy in the back became more obvious.

After the agreement was reached, people from the Ruping government office rushed over with torches. They had already learned about the incident in Sima Village at the foot of the mountain. So many people had died, it was a serious matter. They were shocked when they arrived, but they still trembled as they quickly inspected the scene and understood the facts.

After finishing the job, Xie Ci took away half of the people from the Ruping government office, half by intimidation and half by coercion, and the latter followed him tremblingly.

Xie Ci and his group left that night, changing their attire and appearances, then weaving their way into the crowd. Li Yi repeatedly cleaned up after them, mobilizing all his manpower and methods to ensure that no trace was left. He also handed over the remaining half of the Ruping yamen to him. Li Yi could ensure that for the time being, at least until Xie Ci arrived in Zhongdu, the other party would not spread the news.

Ensure the delivery time of thank you.

Li Yi's methods are believable. Not to mention the original male protagonist whom Gu Wan knew, he alone was able to restore his title despite being in exile, his family was broken up, and his father died. He walked out of the desolate northwest step by step, returned to Zhongdu, and gathered power. He was only a teenager at the time.

Li Yi's methods and abilities are beyond doubt. He sent a letter, saying with a firm tone that everything had been handled properly - there was no loophole in Ningzhou.

But something happened.

When Xie Ci and his men had just arrived in the capital with Zheng Shoufang and the account books, and had not yet had time to send a message to Feng Kun in Zhongdu.

The autumn sun is scorching, and the setting sun is blood-red.

After days of rushing and being cautious, the group was very tired. They had just taken off their bamboo hats and asked the waiter to bring tea and food when suddenly it became quiet outside.

Suddenly there was dead silence, not a single sound.

Xie Ci put down his chopsticks with a "pa" and stood up suddenly. Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the gate, a unique sound of footsteps of soldiers, it was the imperial guards.

Immediately afterwards, a group of imperial guards in plain clothes appeared, holding goose-feather swords. In the front was an old eunuch with white hair and beard, a shrill voice, and a ruddy complexion.

——The man wore a black turban and a navy blue plain cotton round-necked robe, but Xie Ci recognized him at a glance because he had seen this man many times going to the Mansion of the Duke of Loyalty and Bravery to announce the imperial decree, Lu Haide, the chief steward of the Yuquan Palace.

The old emperor's most trusted confidant and closest person.

Also accompanying Lu Haide on this secret mission was Pang Huai, the commander of the imperial guards.

These people came against the light and appeared suddenly. On the spot, everyone in the inn was horrified and their blood suddenly felt like it was frozen!

Lu Haide stood on the third step, raised his graying eyebrows and looked directly at Xie Ci in the middle. His voice was sharp and thin, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry: "Xie Ci! His Majesty has summoned you, please leave."

He nodded his chin at the large box at the edge and said, "Take Zheng Shoufang and the account books with you."

The autumn heat is scorching, and it feels like falling into an ice cellar.

Behind Xie Ci were Qin Guan, Chen Luo, He Yuan, Gu Wan, and even the Xu family's mother and son. All under heaven belonged to the king, and Lu Haide had brought enough people with him. He was breathing heavily and stood stiffly for a long time. Pang Huai stepped forward and whispered, "Xie Ci, let's go. His Majesty has summoned you to the Yuquan Palace for an audience."

Xie Ci finally followed Lu Haide and Pang Huai into the palace to meet the emperor.

This Pang Huai had known Xie Yan for many years. Qin Ying rushed forward like a madman and grabbed his arm. She didn't bother to say anything else, "Ji Yun! Why, why... What will happen if Xiao Si enters the palace?!"

Pang Huai was silent for a moment: "I don't know, but His Majesty did summon Xie Ci because of Zheng Shoufang, but it's not all about Zheng Shoufang."

Maybe good, maybe bad, he doesn't know.

He didn't dare to say more, nor did he dare to guess the emperor's intention, but he could only say that the fact that His Majesty summoned him privately instead of directly ordering the killing might not be a bad thing, but no one could say for sure.

Pang Huai whispered something, pulled Qin Ying's hand away, and walked out quickly.

Zheng Shoufang and the account books were loaded into the car, and Xie Ci got on another car. He looked back for the last time, and in the night, a group of people dressed as escorts got on the half-worn carriage and quickly disappeared from the back door of the inn.

Gu Wan's heart sank. She heard what Qin Ying and Pang Huai said, and she knew rationally that the old emperor went to so much trouble to summon Xie Ci, it must not be to sentence him to death.

But life and death must depend on the old emperor's thoughts.

Gu Guan's hands and feet felt as if they were filled with lead, cold and icy. She chased him all the way, but was stopped after running thirty or forty feet on the loess road and was not allowed to continue. She clenched her fists, turned around and rushed back to the inn.

The yard was so big that you could hear a pin drop. Everyone was horrified and stood still.

Some rushed out after her, and some followed her back.

The night wind was like a whip. Gu Wan stood in the courtyard, looking around at everyone, "Who is it? Tell me, who is it? Who tipped off the person?"

She asked at the end, shouting.

——There is a traitor among them.

She believed in Li Yi's ability. As long as he could hold on for even one day, they would be able to successfully hand over Zheng Shoufang and the account books to Feng Kun.

But as soon as they stepped into the boundary marker of the capital, they were met by Lu Haide.

Gu Guan knew very well how careful they had been along the way, and it was absolutely impossible for them to reveal any traces.

The most important thing is that Gu Wan was standing next to Xie Ci, but she saw clearly that Lu Haide's eyes swept over Xie Ci and Qin Guan, He Yuan, Chen Luo and others behind him. It was a very brief glance but not surprising at all. Moreover, he locked onto Zheng Shoufang and the big box where the account book was with a flick of his eyes.

From all the clues, Gu Wan almost immediately realized that someone among them had leaked the information.

Compared to being monitored all the way and knowing everything about the other party, Gu Guan believed that there was a traitor among their group.

"Who is it?"

Gu Wan shouted: "Tell me who it is?!"

The author has something to say:

In fact, from the moment you set foot in Zhongdu, you have stepped into a turbulent sea and are trying to fish in troubled waters.

Ahhh, actually it’s the same if Li Yi is in charge of the delivery. The next chapter will reveal it. See you tomorrow, babies~ Heart to heart launch!! What~(づ￣3￣)づ╭