Chapter 99: Assassination
Ge Baoquan smiled and pointed to the kitchen and said, "Oh, so I see, you have quite a few cooks here. Does that mean I don't have to ask anyone to prepare meals?"
Lin Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Yes, I will let them do yours too."
Ge Baoquan thanked him gratefully, "Thank you, sir! By the way, our teahouse is small and there's not enough room. How about I go to the Yuanheng Inn across the street and ask for a few bunk beds?"
Lin Xiaoyue quickly stopped Ge Baoquan and refused, "No need. Since we want to develop in Yangming Town for a long time, we must buy our own yard to live in. We are already looking at it. Shopkeeper Ge, don't worry."
Ge Baoquan nodded and said with a smile, "That's good. Just tell me if you need anything. I'm quite familiar with this place."
Lin Xiaoyue looked at the courtyard in front of her, where there were constant noisy sounds coming from. When did drinking tea become as lively as going to the market?
"Is the front yard okay? Why is it so noisy?"
Ge Baoquan took a look and explained, "It's okay. We're just discussing the stories you told. They're really exciting!"
Lin Xiaoyue gently tossed the hand on her back, and the mop rag fell into the space. She rubbed her hands and asked happily, "Really? I'll go over and take a look."
Ge Baoquan moved sideways to make way for her and followed Lin Xiaoyue slowly.
As she was about to reach the door, the noisy sounds inside suddenly disappeared. Lin Xiaoyue's heart was alarmed. She stopped and said, "Oh, how could I forget? I still have a cup of throat-soothing tea in my room. It will get cold soon! Shopkeeper Ge, wait here for me. I'll go back and drink it before coming back."
Ge Baoquan's face suddenly changed. He pushed Lin Xiaoyue hard with both hands and forcibly pushed her into the storytelling hall in front.
"Swish!" A dense array of long swords were aimed at Lin Xiaoyue's head. Lin Xiaoyue turned around and looked at Ge Baoquan, angrily asking, "Why did you betray me?"
Ge Baoquan sneered, "I'm not that fool across from me. You can't just take this teahouse if you want it! I originally wanted to get your whole story out of you and then kill you, but you actually dared to kill everyone in the Yuanheng Inn. If I don't avenge them today, I won't be able to swallow this anger!"
Lin Xiaoyue frowned. She was being very discreet. How could she possibly be discovered? Besides, she was always invisible when she killed people. There was no way anyone could see her!
The only explanation is that Ge Baoquan is testing me. As long as I refuse to admit it, he can't do anything to me!
"Ge Baoquan, you're such an ungrateful idiot! I treated you with such sincerity, yet you dared to throw dirty water on me! How could I possibly kill someone? If I had that ability, would I still be here with you pointing swords at me?"
Ge Baoquan snorted coldly. He really had no evidence, and Lin Xiaoyue looked powerless, but he still felt that she was suspicious!
"Humph! If it's not you, then there's something wrong with the man you came with! Otherwise, why did he disappear?"
Lin Xiaoyue said with a smile: "What does it have to do with you if he goes there? Besides, just because he's not there, it must be him who did it? Aren't you too arbitrary? Ge Baoquan, if you have any conscience, let me go quickly!"
Ge Baoquan's small eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Kill her! Even if it's not her, there must be an explanation!"
Lin Xiaoyue is never someone who surrenders without a fight. Just now when she was confronting Ge Baoquan, she reached into the space to get the poison powder.
As the long swords around her stabbed at her, she scattered the poison powder on both sides of her hands, then pulled out the wooden hairpin on her head, aimed it at Ge Baoquan and turned the mechanism of the hairpin, one circle, two circles, three circles... ten circles, a total of forty silver needles with deadly poison shot at Ge Baoquan.
Although several of them were shot down, Ge Baoquan was unfortunately stabbed. The poison quickly penetrated into his body, and he died before he could even struggle.
Lin Xiaoyue breathed a sigh of relief. To catch a thief, one must first catch the leader. If Ge Baoquan was killed, the rest of the people would be easy to deal with!
She didn't care about how many times she was stabbed, and threw several packets of poison powder. Then she endured the pain and rushed out of the teahouse. She waited until no one was chasing her before activating the space to become invisible.
Phew, safe!
It turned out that Ge Baoquan was just guessing, but what was certain was that this teahouse also belonged to Emperor Liang. In that case, she would just stand in the toilet without taking a shit!
Just now, a lot of poison powder was thrown in a hurry. Although Lin Xiaoyue tried hard to hold her breath, she still inhaled some of it. She first took out the antidote from the space and swallowed it, then took a bottle of golden medicine and poured it on the wound on her body, and simply tied it with gauze.
After dealing with it, she put the golden medicine back into the space and returned to the teahouse again, but this time she went there in stealth!
In the teahouse, the only thug left on the ground was the one who was poisoned to death by the poison powder. The other thugs had disappeared. They must have gone to inform the authorities, right?
However, I haven't seen these people during the days I've been in the teahouse. I wonder where they usually hide?
Lin Xiaoyue walked to Ge Baoquan's body, squatted down, and pinched his face with her hand. It was true. It seemed that other hypotheses could be ruled out!
This trip to Yangming Town was worth it. Not only did we find out about some of Emperor Liang’s hidden forces, but we also eradicated them completely!
Emperor Liang has been planning here for many years. Brother Liang is lucky to be able to live safely in the valley of Yangming Mountain!
Lin Xiaoyue felt scared for Liang Jingyao when she thought about it!
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear!
After Liang Jingyao settled Gu Mian, he rushed back in a hurry. It was a turbulent time and he was really worried about Lin Xiaoyue being alone in the teahouse!
Sure enough, as soon as Liang Jingyao stepped into the teahouse, he saw corpses all over the floor. He was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his back. He searched every corner of the floor, but he couldn't find Lin Xiaoyue.
Liang Jingyao, trembling, ran to the backyard and searched again, but he still couldn't find Lin Xiaoyue. He was sweating profusely and shouted, "Yue'er! Yue'er!"
Lin Xiaoyue finally let go of her worries when she saw Liang Jingyao coming back. After exiting the space, she ran towards Liang Jingyao, "Brother Liang, I'm here!"
Liang Jingyao couldn't help but want to hug her, but when he saw the gauze wrapped around her, he retracted his outstretched hand, "Yue'er, why are you so badly injured? I just saw Manager Ge die. Were you assassinated?"
Lin Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Yes. Brother Liang, did you know? It turns out that Ge Baoquan is also Liang Di's man, and this teahouse also belongs to Liang Di!"
Liang Jingyao's pupils widened in shock. He said in disbelief, "What did you say? All of it belongs to Emperor Liang? Then how much influence does Emperor Liang have in Yangming Town?"
Lin Xiaoyue was silent for a moment, then, as if she had made a huge decision, she said, "I don't know either. Originally, I didn't want to stay here, but now I've changed my mind! Even if the teahouse and Yuanheng Inn belong to Emperor Liang, so what? These are his secret forces. If we destroy them, he can only suffer in silence. He won't dare to touch us openly!"
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