Chapter 203 Cold-Blooded Young Marshal 17
She opened the carriage door, where two soldiers in military uniforms stood. When they saw her come out, they blocked her with long guns.
Xu Qiuqiu took a step back. "Excuse me, where are you taking me?"
"Back to Jicheng, to the Young Marshal's Mansion."
Upon hearing this, Xu Qiuqiu continued, "Where is your young marshal? Is he in the car?"
The soldier said in a businesslike manner, "Our duty is to escort Miss An back to the Young Marshal's Mansion in Jicheng. We have nothing else to say."
Knowing she wouldn't get any results, Xu Qiuqiu closed the door and went back to sit in the carriage.
Recalling what Ah Chen said before she lost consciousness, wasn't it just to tell her to go back to Jicheng? Was it really necessary to drug her and knock her out? There were even people watching outside the door. Did she think she could jump off the train?
Moreover, the drugging tactic is something she can't guard against at all. He used to drug her personally, and now he's sending someone else to do it. How is she supposed to protect herself?
The train journey lasted all night and finally arrived in Jicheng.
The car that picked her up stopped not far from the train station, and Xu Qiuqiu was taken to the Young Marshal's Mansion.
Inside the Marshal's Mansion in Luzhou, Jiang Lifeng was extremely annoyed. The goods were irretrievable and had already been destroyed, causing him a huge financial loss.
Although he was in a terrible mood, he did not forget to deal with Ling Jiazhen's matter. He ordered, "Go and invite the young marshal and Ninth Concubine here."
The servant answered tremblingly, "General, the young marshal and Ninth Concubine left the mansion yesterday."
"What?" Jiang Lifeng roared, "Why weren't you told about this?"
"The commander-in-chief only returned to his residence today..."
With a loud bang, Jiang Lifeng, enraged, pulled out his gun and killed the servant.
"How dare you talk back!" Jiang Lifeng was furious. The soldiers at the door, used to such things, quickly disposed of the corpse.
Zhang Tianxiong stepped forward to comfort him: "General, please calm down."
Jiang Lifeng kicked the table over, furious: "Calm down? How can I calm down? The goods are gone and the woman has run away! That bitch, she really cheated on me! And Ling Jiazhen, that good-for-nothing who should have died long ago, damn it!"
Zhang Tianxiong thought for a long time, then suddenly remembered the information he had received earlier. "General, there's news that a group of tomb raiders have unearthed a treasure belonging to the emperor of the previous dynasty. It's priceless. If we rob this place, the money we lose will be nothing."
Jiang Lifeng's brows relaxed, and he calmed down a bit. "Is this news true?"
Zhang Tianxiong said respectfully, "It's probably true. I'll send someone to verify it right now."
Jiang Lifeng's eyes turned fierce, and he said through gritted teeth, "Fine, send another team to search the city and find Ninth Concubine and Ling Jiazhen. I want to deal with those two adulterers together!"
The weather was fine, the dark clouds were blown away by the wind, and the surface of Luzhou was as calm and peaceful as ever, but undercurrents were surging beneath the surface.
Inside the mansion, Ling Jiazhen was surveying the terrain of Luzhou.
There was a knock on the door, and Tan Wei walked in.
Ling Jiazhen put down the blueprints in her hand. "Did you send her to Jicheng?"
"It has been delivered safely, young master. The informant from the Marshal's Mansion reports that Jiang Lifeng has sent people to verify the rumors we spread."
Ling Jiazhen smiled and said, "Very good. The people you arranged are all ready. Now let's make this news a reality."
After saying that, he pointed to a location on the map of Luzhou City, "When they go out to steal the treasure, they will inevitably pass through this route. The route is relatively hidden, so we can plant a bomb here and kill them."
"Yes, young master, I will give the order right away." Tan Wei took the blueprints.
Two days later, the men Jiang Lifeng sent found nothing, but they learned that the information about the treasure was real.
Jiang Lifeng made a decision, and the next day at daybreak, he led ten cars to rob the treasure.
The car moved slowly, getting closer and closer to the mountain road.
An explosion suddenly occurred on the road ahead, and the people in the cars in front were blown to pieces. The cars behind quickly stopped.
The sight before him terrified Jiang Lifeng, who was covered in a cold sweat. If he had been in the car in front of him, he would surely have died too.
Before he could recover, the people lying in ambush opened fire, and the bullets shattered the car window.
Jiang Lifeng lay down, picked up his gun, and fired at the high ground where the enemy was lying in ambush.
However, he could only fire randomly because he couldn't see anyone. In the chaos, almost all the men he brought out were killed, and he ran out of bullets.
A shot was coming straight at Jiang Lifeng. Without hesitation, he pulled Zhang Tianxiong, who was sitting next to him, over to act as a human shield.
Zhang Tianxiong watched helplessly as the gun pierced his heart. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, turned around, and said, "Commander, use me as a human shield, run..."
Jiang Lifeng remained unmoved. If it weren't for that idiot Zhang Tianxiong, why would he have come here? That news was probably fake. How could he have believed such a coincidence in his haste?
He quickly started the engine, intending to drive away.
The other party seemed to know what he was thinking and punctured the car's tires.
The car veered out of control, and Jiang Lifeng had no choice but to step on the brakes.
He looked around; all the men he had brought were dead, and he was the only one still alive.
His heart was pounding, and a chill ran down his spine. He felt that leaving him alone was not a good thing.
His idea was quickly proven true.
The person hiding in the shadows came out, and Jiang Lifeng opened his eyes wide in horror.
It was Ling Jiazhen and several other familiar faces. It turned out that there were so many spies in his mansion.
He didn't notice at all!
Jiang Lifeng, his hands trembling, shouted, "You're all Ling Jiazhen's people!"
"General Jiang isn't too stupid, is he?" Ling Jiazhen held up the gun in her hand, as if to pull the trigger.
Faced with the fear of death, Jiang Lifeng quickly stopped him, shouting, "Stop! Ling Jiazhen, are you crazy? I'm your godfather, are you trying to kill me?"
"Godfather?" Ling Jiazhen reacted as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world. "When you killed my father and seized the throne, did you ever think that this day would come?"
"What do you know?" Jiang Lifeng's face turned ashen, but he quickly denied it agitatedly: "Who told you that? It's all fake. Your father is my best brother. How could I kill him! Besides, if I killed him, why wouldn't I kill you too, right? Put down your gun, and I won't hold your outrageous behavior today against you!"
"Why don't you kill me? Don't you know the answer in your heart?" Ling Jiazhen looked at him coldly. "Because your position is illegitimate, you can only pretend to help me take over, and then hand over the position to me when I grow up."
As a result, in Luzhou, I was constantly hunted down whenever I went out, because you dared not kill me at the Marshal's Mansion, fearing that people would criticize me if I died there. If it weren't for the trusted confidants left behind by my father secretly protecting me, I, who was falsely adopted by you, would probably have died a violent death long ago.
Jiang Lifeng vehemently denied it, arguing, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could that be? I was heartbroken for a long time when you secretly left the Marshal's Mansion. Someone must be framing me!"
He gritted his teeth inwardly. How could this be? He had killed almost all of Ling Xiao's adjutants and confidants back then, but he never expected that there would still be remnants left.
(This is written only to reveal the male protagonist's background.)
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