Chapter 8: Thirty Years of Professional Fish Killing at RT-Mart
Since the people evacuated, Beijiang City has become increasingly quiet.
A dark shadow looked towards the gate of the barracks. There was no one around, and the soldiers patrolling the gate were not there either. He walked straight out of the gate.
Seeing this, Qin Sinian in the dark hurriedly called for the lurking soldiers to follow.
Everyone saw a black shadow come to the grove on the side of the barracks, ride on a tall horse and gallop towards the outskirts of Beijiang City.
The black shadow came all the way to a dilapidated temple somewhere on the outskirts of the city. He looked around, felt a little relieved, and walked into the dilapidated temple.
There was already someone in the temple. He looked at the newcomer and asked, "Did you get the things?"
The black shadow took out a broken knife from his arms and handed it to the man.
"This is the knife you asked me to get."
"Why is it only a broken one?" The person opposite took the knife and examined it with dissatisfaction.
"The barracks have a fixed number of knives. Those that are broken are sent to the swordsmith for reforging every day. I managed to secretly obtain this one with great difficulty."
"The Second Prince has ordered that if the swordsmith cannot be used by us, he will be killed."
"I'll take you there." The black shadow paused and said through gritted teeth.
The two men walked out of the ruined temple, and through the moonlight, the black shadow's face was exposed to everyone.
The soldiers hiding in the dark bushes were horrified. How could it be him?
Watching the two men walking away, the soldiers followed them and returned to the gate of the barracks.
The soldiers saw two men hiding behind the bushes at the entrance of the barracks, and one of them pointed at the entrance of the barracks.
"This person is currently in the barracks. The barracks are guarded by a new batch of soldiers every hour. If you want to enter the barracks, the shift change is the best time."
"How long will it take?"
The shadowy figure glanced at the sky and pondered, "In about half an hour, the next shift of soldiers will be changing."
The two men squatted in the bushes outside the barracks and waited, while in the bushes on their left, Qin Sinian looked straight at where the black shadow was hiding.
Why is he the traitor in the Northern Frontier Barracks?
As far as they knew, this man's parents and relatives all lived in the Northern Frontier, so he had no reason to betray the Northern Frontier and defect to the Northern Di.
Besides, what does he want? Does he want to burn, kill and rob the Northern Di Kingdom, kill all his relatives and let himself survive?
Or will the Northern Di give him some benefits after the success, such as promotion, wealth, or the death of his colleagues?
Qin Sinian couldn't figure it out, and neither did Xu Cheng beside him.
He gritted his teeth and said, "I really thought he was worried about his soldiers. During the meeting, he was about to kneel down to the heavens and the earth, and kneel before the general, but secretly he colluded with the Northern Di and committed unjust acts."
All the soldiers had this thought in their minds. Could it be that the brotherhood they had maintained for so many years was all fake?
As the shift change time approached, the two men behind the bushes stood up and looked towards the barracks gate.
Soon, the soldiers left, and the two men quickly walked through the barracks gate and headed towards Zhou Tinglan's room.
"Didn't I say you knew everything? Why haven't you found the swordsmith's room yet?" A rude voice was heard in the night.
The shadow said nervously, "Perhaps the swordsmith was moved away by General Xie. I don't know where she is now."
"I really don't know why the Second Prince spared your life, you piece of shit!"
He kicked the black shadow hard in the abdomen. The black shadow felt pain, but was hit again by the man.
The soldiers watching were stunned. They couldn't find anyone to fight against, so they started fighting among themselves.
Stimulate!
The black shadow wanted to resist, but the pain in his abdomen made him gasp.
He glanced sideways at the room where Zhou Tinglan was, thinking that Miss Zhou should be on guard against such a big commotion.
Miss Zhou, I am sorry for you.
"Stop it, I...I remembered where her room is."
Someone grabbed his collar and angrily shouted, "Behave yourself! Where is the swordsmith?"
The shadow pointed at Zhou Tinglan's door and said weakly, "That room."
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Zhou Tinglan lay on the bed and glanced at the man hiding behind the bed. The man's body was tense, listening carefully to the movements outside, waiting for an opportunity to act.
She found it very interesting. She hooked her finger and saw Xie Zechuan looking up at her. She gave him a triumphant smile.
The moonlight shone through the window onto the man's handsome face, making his aura even more cool and elegant.
She couldn't help but stare at him in fascination, her eyes flickering in the night. She knew Xie Zechuan was handsome before, but he looked even more handsome and more handsome!
A handsome man with such excellent appearance, figure and waist as Xie Zechuan is rare in modern times.
When he started a live broadcast, the rich lady was obsessed with him and kept commenting on him with six sixes.
"Xie Zechuan, do you know what you look like right now?"
Zhou Tinglan saw Xie Zechuan chuckle, and took advantage of the bed railing to lean closer to her: "Miss Zhou, what do you think this general looks like?"
Just talk, why are you standing so close to her? It's so embarrassing!
She hurriedly pushed Xie Zechuan away and grabbed the quilt to cover herself. Her fair earlobes were exposed outside the quilt, faintly tinged with pink.
Zhou Tinglan thought about Xie Zechuan's appearance just now, and thought to himself, he's like a cute puppy, just come over with a beckoning of his finger.
There was a muffled sound from under the quilt, and Zhou Tinglan said, "Nothing... nothing, I'll sleep for a while, and call me when someone comes."
"Okay." Xie Zechuan sat back in his original position. Zhou Tinglan secretly lifted the quilt and looked at him. The moonlight was still there, and so was the person.
The sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the room, and the two people in the room immediately looked towards the door.
Zhou Tinglan half-hid his body, pretending to be asleep. Xie Zechuan hid in the shadow inside the bed, his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist, ready to strike.
However, the footsteps passed the room where the two were and continued forward.
Zhou Tinglan stood up and looked at Xie Zechuan in confusion.
What's going on? Isn't it that the person outside the door is playing the game of "three passes by without entering"?
Dayu did not enter in order to control the flood, so why don’t you enter?
Didn't they say that Beidi would come to kill the swordsmith when they saw the sword? She had already arranged her posture for them, but they were fishing at her doorstep.
After a while, the sound of footsteps came closer and closer. Zhou Tinglan crawled back into the quilt and resumed his doze.
The footsteps crossed the room again and went to the adjacent room.
Zhou Tinglan couldn't lie still any longer. She whispered, "Could your speculation be wrong?"
"No, Hu Yanlie is so ambitious that he wants to conquer Beijiang City. The defeat in the last battle must have made him eager to send people to investigate the origin of the knife."
"What if you don't come to see me?" Zhou Tinglan asked suspiciously.
She saw Xie Zechuan's eyebrows flying, and he was quite confident: "I have been stationed in the northern border for many years and have clashed with Hu Yanlie several times. I know that he is not a person who can sit still. I firmly believe that he will do this."
Zhou Tinglan stared at the man in a daze. The moonlight from the window was still shining in, but she felt that something had changed.
The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and the moonlight fell on the woman's peaceful sleeping face. Zhou Tinglan felt someone approaching, pretended to turn over in his sleep, and walked to the inside of the bed.
The man was about to reach out to grab Zhou Tinglan, but seeing this, Xie Zechuan tightened his grip on the knife.
He finally couldn't bear it anymore, jumped out from the shadow inside the bed, drew his sword and pointed at the man in the room.
The visitor also realized that there was an ambush here. He cursed in his heart, drew the knife at his waist, and started fighting with Xie Zechuan.
When the soldiers met, the wind from the sword blew up the loose hair on Zhou Tinglan's forehead.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the man thought about his mission tonight, gave up fighting with Xie Zechuan, turned around and slashed at Zhou Tinglan who was sitting on the bed.
Xie Zechuan wanted to step forward to block the knife for him but his steps were a little slow, and the knife was already close to Zhou Tinglan.
Seeing that such a young and beautiful swordsmith was about to become the victim of his sword, it was almost time, the task assigned to him by the second prince was about to be completed!
Just as the man was burning with murderous intent, a sharp pain in his chest brought him back to his senses.
He looked at Zhou Tinglan in front of him in confusion, and his gaze moved downward. A knife was stabbing at his chest, and a fishy and sweet taste came from his throat.
So he failed after all, Second Prince. I am ashamed that I cannot go back to see you for the last time.
Zhou Tinglan held a long knife in her hand, which she had prepared under her pillow in advance.
Seeing that there was no fear or panic on her face, Xie Zechuan was stunned. He stepped forward and captured her.
"Miss Zhou, do you dare to kill someone directly?"
Why didn't he realize that Miss Zhou was so brave before?
As far as Xie Zechuan knew, even the soldiers who had just entered the barracks could not be as calm as Zhou Tinglan after killing the Northern Di people, not to mention that she was a noble lady in the capital in the past.
Could it be that he hasn't been back to the capital for too long, and now the noble ladies in the capital are so courageous?
Zhou Tinglan thought for a moment after hearing Xie Zechuan's question, and then answered, "It's probably because I've been a professional fish butcher at RT-Mart for thirty years, and my heart has become as cold as a killer's."
Xie Zechuan: "..."
What kind of magical place is RT-Mart that has been specializing in killing fish for thirty years?
Xie Zechuan was quite confused. What kind of killer was it? If he could kill fish, then should he strictly investigate the fishmongers in Beijiang City?
This man was a soldier from the Northern Di Kingdom. Not long after he was taken away, he gritted his teeth and committed suicide by taking the poison he had hidden.
When Qin Sinian walked in from outside the room with someone, Zhou Tinglan frowned. It was him!
The person who was brought here was Xin Ping. Qin Sinian told Xie Zechuan what he and the soldiers saw when they followed him.
"Xin Ping, do you have anything you want to explain to me?" Xie Zechuan looked at Xin Ping in front of him, his eyes full of anger.
He never expected that the person who betrayed him would be Xin Ping.
Xin Ping was in charge of patrolling the various defenses outside the city in the barracks, and he knew the weak points of the defense outside the city better than any other general in the barracks.
"General, I... have nothing to say. It was me who passed on the map of our garrison deployment outside the city to the Northern Di people." Xin Ping bowed deeply to Xie Zechuan.
Xin Ping was then taken away by the soldiers, and the other soldiers also left. Only Zhou Tinglan and Xie Zechuan were left in the room.
Zhou Tinglan calmed down a bit at this point. Seeing Xie Zechuan slumped in his chair, he walked over and asked, "I wonder how General Xie plans to deal with Xin Ping?"
There was nothing wrong with Xin Ping's past behavior. Considering Xin Ping's family background, Zhou Tinglan thought of a possibility.
"Xin Ping colluded with the Northern Di and leaked the patrol and garrison deployment map outside the city. His crime is unforgivable. He will be executed in public on a chosen day."
When she heard Xie Zechuan say this, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
Beheading and parading in the streets! It seems that Xie Zechuan was really pissed off by Xin Ping.
That’s right, who can accept that their once loyal subordinate is actually a spy from the enemy country?
"General Xie, why don't you listen to me?" Zhou Tinglan sat down opposite Xie Zechuan.
"I'd like to hear more about it."
"Although Xin Ping leaked the barracks' secrets, there must be a reason for it. As long as the reason is unknown, his crime does not deserve the death penalty."
She looked at Xie Zechuan, who raised his chin and fell into deep thought. After a long moment, she asked, "Why do you say that, Miss Zhou?"
Knowing that Xie Zechuan was immersed in the pain of being betrayed by his trusted subordinates, Zhou Tinglan analyzed the situation with him: "Do you remember that he brought people back and forth past the door of my room today but did not enter?"
Xie Zechuan nodded, indicating that he remembered.
Just now, Xin Ping passed by many times without entering, and he just thought it was a coincidence. However, after Zhou Tinglan reminded him, he also realized that something was wrong.
When Zhou Tinglan's family moved into the barracks after the rumor storm, he summoned the generals of each camp to inform them of this matter. Moreover, as a general of the barracks, Xin Ping could not have been unaware of the movements of the personnel in the barracks.
"From what you said, this matter is indeed not simple."
Xie Zechuan immediately went to the barracks prison to see Xin Ping. When he told him how he had passed by the room but not entered, Xin Ping's face looked unpredictable, but he said nothing.
Zhou Tinglan looked at Xin Ping like this and felt suspicious. She walked over to Xin Ping and squatted down. "Xin Ping, is there something you're having trouble expressing?"
A glimmer of light flashed in Xin Ping's eyes but quickly disappeared.
Seeing Xin Ping's reaction, the two knew there must be something hidden behind this matter. However, Xin Ping didn't say another word until they left.
Xie Zechuan led his soldiers to the ruined temple where Xin Ping met with the Beidi assassins but found nothing.
Finally he made a bold decision.
"What? You want to go to Beidi Kingdom again!" Qin Sinian was shocked. He stepped forward and grabbed Xie Zechuan's collar and exclaimed.
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