Chapter 250 The Traitor Exposed
Crunch... Crunch... The leader felt his whole body suddenly stiffen, as if his joints were not his own.
His hands had a mind of their own, and his five fingers opened, and his sword fell to the ground.
Then, he uncontrollably made a toasting gesture with his hands, raised them slightly, and brought them to his mouth.
"What a strange thing..."
The spy chief was horrified. As a warrior, he lacked the means to deal with magic.
He could only grit his teeth and vibrate the Qi Hai, trying to guide the Qi to disperse the meridians and regain control.
However, Gongshu Tianyuan did not give him a chance. While the other party was controlled by the "toasting barbarian", the fat priest stepped forward with his hands behind his back.
When he lifted his hood, a face full of banditry was revealed.
He pressed a high-quality cinnabar talisman on the spy's forehead with his palm.
The leader felt dizzy, the light in his eyes went out, and with a "thump", he fell straight into the bamboo forest.
"It's easy."
Gongshu Tianyuan proudly threw out a hemp rope, and the rope moved on its own as if it were alive, tying up the other person.
At this time, two young priests appeared from the distant bamboo forest and bowed in greeting.
"Brother, the other two teams that fled separately have also been dealt with."
"Brother, those imperial guards arrived a little late..."
"very good."
Gongshu Tianyuan nodded arrogantly and said calmly:
"Send these people to the Shenji Camp."
"yes!"
The two priests turned around and went to pick up the bodies on the ground.
Gongshu Tianyuan beckoned with his hand, grabbed the spy chief who was tied up like a rice dumpling, and rushed towards the capital:
"I hope Brother Zhao won't wait any longer."
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In the city, in the banquet hall, the lights are bright!
The entire courtyard was surrounded by officials from the imperial court who were urgently dispatched.
Inside the hall, the atmosphere was heavy and depressing. No one spoke, and everyone's face was filled with solemnity.
"Mr. Zhao, it's been so long, are we just going to keep waiting?"
Finally, Shi Meng couldn't help but speak.
As the commander of the Shenji Camp, he bears the greatest responsibility for tonight's dereliction of duty.
Nearly an hour had passed since Zhao Duan blocked the door with his sword.
Everyone's patience is almost exhausted.
Zhao Duan sat in the seat closest to the door, with the Frost Sword folded on his knees and his eyes closed in concentration.
At this moment, he opened his eyes, glanced at the sky, and said:
"Just be patient."
The commander of the Three Thousand Battalion was also a little anxious at this moment, and said bitterly:
"It's not that we're anxious, but even if you, Zhao Chenshi, have made some arrangements, you should have let us know so we can rest assured. With His Majesty and Privy Councilor Xue here, there's no way anyone in this hall could leak any information."
The commander of the fifth battalion echoed:
"Besides, it's getting late. We can wait, but we also have to consider His Majesty's health..."
"Yes, after so much time, I'm afraid the thief has escaped from the capital...it will be difficult to catch him."
"Master Zhao, please say something."
For a moment, the military officers who were almost driven crazy by the solemn and silent atmosphere began to speak up.
Mo Chou, who was standing next to the empress, couldn't help but say:
"Lord Zhao wants to wait, and His Majesty has approved it. But how long do we have to wait?"
Xu Zhenguan returned to his taciturn "emperor" demeanor and said nothing. Although he trusted him in his heart, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
But the next second, the empress suddenly looked into the distance and her brows relaxed.
Zhao Duan seemed to be facing a pot of boiling water. Just as he was about to speak, his ears moved slightly. He turned his head and looked outside the hall, smiling:
"Here I come."
What's coming?
All the generals in the hall fell silent and looked over. Then, they saw circles of ochre-colored ripples suddenly appearing on the ground in the center of the heavily guarded courtyard.
The guards were startled and drew their swords, standing on guard.
Then, a giant hand made of wood slowly emerged from the rippled ground.
It looked like the limbs of some giant puppet, with short and thick fingers and sharp edges.
The giant hand grabbed the edge of the ripples and suddenly exerted force. Then, a huge illusory puppet seemed to crawl out of hell and into the world of the living.
With only half of her waist exposed, she was already as big as a house.
He supported himself on the ground with one hand and slowly opened the other big hand, revealing a rotating ochre "silkworm pupa" in the palm of his hand.
“Crack!”
The silkworm pupa was split open from the inside out, and out walked Gongshu Tianyuan, who was standing with his hands behind his back and looking very imposing, holding the sealed spy leader in his hands.
"Envoy... the bandit leader has been captured..."
The little fat boy wanted to show off in front of others, but halfway through his words, the corners of his mouth that were raised suddenly froze.
Green Bean's eyes widened as he saw the man in the bright yellow dragon robe and the stunning face with a half-smile on the main seat in the brightly lit hall.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"
Gongshu Tianyuan was shocked. The puppet shadow woven by magic power under his feet collapsed. He was not paying attention, his knees went weak, and he almost fell to the ground!
Then he pretended nothing happened, clasped his two little fleshy hands together and bowed:
"Gongshu Tianyuan, I'm honored to meet the Saint!"
The generals in the hall tacitly ignored the fat priest's failed divine manifestation, and looked stunned:
"Is it Master Zhang Tianshi's fifth disciple?"
"Priest Gongshu?"
"Is it him... that Zhao Chenshi is waiting for?"
Xu Zhenguan nodded slightly, his snow-white chin lightly nodded, and said "yes" in a majestic voice:
"No need to be so polite."
Gongshu Tianyuan was very thoughtful. He rolled his eyes and took the initiative to say:
"Your Majesty, Gongshu, on behalf of Envoy Zhao, has brought here the ringleader of the thieves who broke into the Firearms Bureau. The rest of the thieves have been either killed or captured and sent to the Shenji Camp."
As he spoke, he kicked the leader, who was tied up like a dumpling on the ground like a wooden stake and had a yellow paper talisman stuck on his forehead, to the front of the hall.
There was a moment of silence in the hall, and then the long-suppressed exclamations broke out.
Even many people in the field had guessed that Zhao Duan had a backup plan.
But when this scene really appeared before my eyes, I still couldn't hide my shock.
Xu Zhenguan raised her jade hand and pressed it gently, and the sound immediately subsided.
She looked at Mr. Zhao, who was sure of winning, with surprise and asked curiously:
"Mr. Zhao, could you please clear up the confusion for the generals in this hall?"
Zhao Duan let out a breath silently. Only at this moment did his heart finally settle down.
The bet was won!
The calm smile he had been pretending to have on his face finally became pure and sincere:
"Your Majesty, the matter is actually not complicated. In view of the theft of firearms last time, after today's drill, I have been thinking of making some preparations.
The method was quite simple. He just asked the priest Gongshu to make some methods for tracking the magic on the drawings in the Firearms Bureau.
"I was just secretly protecting him, just to be on the safe side, but I didn't expect that this would play into the thief's hands."
Gongshu Tianyuan also smiled and said:
"That's right. When these thieves sneaked in, I and some fellow disciples were nearby. We secretly used some illusions to trick them into thinking they were doing well.
Then, at the request of the envoy, I followed the thieves, intending to dig out their lair. However, after their capture, these scumbags tried to flee the capital, so I had no choice but to capture them."
Beside her, Haitang looked confused.
She wanted to say:
That's not the case... This bastard wants us to pretend to steal...
But when the words came to my lips, they became: "Then we..."
Gongshu Tianyuan glanced at her, said "Oh", and said lightly:
"When you arrived, the illusion I left behind hadn't been removed yet. Well, the corpses in the camp were only injured and unconscious."
Haitang opened her mouth and looked at Zhao Duan with complicated eyes.
She understood!
Tonight, this guy clearly prepared two plans.
If the enemy does not come, use deception.
If they come, the priest will take care of them.
There may even be many methods that have not been exposed.
However, fraud and other means are no longer necessary now.
"Your Majesty, since this thief is the leader of the rebels, perhaps the identity of the traitor can be discovered through investigation."
Zhao Duan bowed and spoke loudly.
At this time, the generals in the hall gradually came to their senses and their expressions changed.
Ma Yan's mood was particularly delicate - when he came here, he was in the car and felt sorry for Zhao Duan, thinking that he had not been able to find the traitor and that it was not perfect.
Now, thinking about it carefully...where didn't Zhao Duan look for him?
He clearly took every step on the road of fishing.
Xu Zhenguan had a blank expression on his face. His eyes fell on the spy lying on the ground. He suddenly said:
"Since it was the Priest Gongshu who arrested him, you will judge him."
Zhao Duan was stunned. From what Zhenbao said, it seemed that this little fat man had some interrogation skills.
"Hehe, yes sir." Gongshu Tianyuan smiled, waved his hand, and took the yellow paper talisman back into his hand.
On the ground.
The spy leader, whose five senses were sealed, suddenly woke up and struggled instinctively, but found it difficult to move.
When his eyes adjusted to the light and he could clearly see the generals of Dayu around him, Zhao Duan, and the empress, his pupils suddenly dilated.
Like falling into the abyss!
"Envoy Zhao, please ask." Gongshu Tianyuan said with a smile.
Zhao Duan blinked and was about to nod.
The spy on the ground suddenly spoke, and he said very calmly:
"Don't ask. I know what you want to know, and I won't tell you."
The next second, his teeth rubbed against each other, and he was about to bite through the poison between his teeth, but failed.
"Don't try. I took it out for you a long time ago. And don't even think about biting your tongue. You know that doesn't help."
Gongshu Tianyuan said darkly, "It seems he is a death warrior."
Zhao Duan was not surprised and asked tentatively:
"In my prison, there are torture masters who are good at dealing with assassins."
Gongshu Tianyuan said, "No need to bother."
He suddenly turned around and took off the big bamboo tube from his back.
He pressed it to the ground with a "dong" sound and explained:
"I have a wild spirit called 'Fox Fairy'. It can make anyone honestly tell you anything you want. The price is that after you ask, your soul will be devoured and you will become a living dead."
On the ground, the spy who had originally looked determined to die suddenly turned pale, his eyes widening.
"you……"
The next second, Gongshu Tianyuan slapped the bamboo tube hard.
I saw a wisp of white smoke rising, and the smoke slowly condensed into a fox with half of its body buried in a bamboo tube, half of its fur exposed, and its eyes were strange deep blue.
"Wild God..."
In the field, many people frowned slightly, but there was no sign of fear.
Wild God?
What kind of weird thing is this... How many strange props do you have on you... Zhao Duan complained in his heart.
At this moment, the "fox fairy" with blue eyes, white hair, and a strange appearance exuding an immortal aura slowly turned his head, stared at the spy, and the corners of his mouth slowly widened, as if he was smiling.
At the same time, the terrified spy leader suddenly lost all expression as if he was possessed by evil spirits.
He looked into the fox fairy's eyes, as if he was trapped in a nightmare.
"Brother Zhao, you can ask now." Gongshu Tianyuan said with a smile.
Zhao Duan grinned, shifted his gaze away from the fox fairy, looked down at the spy, and said in a deep voice:
"Are there any people here who are colluding with you and working for you? Who are they?"
In the banquet hall, you could hear a pin drop.
The spy trapped in the nightmare showed a struggling look on his face, as if he was fighting against the "Wild God". Veins bulged on his forehead and his eyes were bloodshot.
But in the end, he uttered a name in a hoarse voice:
"Head of the Privy Council, Wang Heng."
In an instant, a series of extremely astonished gazes were cast at the same time on the face of the thin Governor Wang, who was over fifty years old and in the crowd.
The latter had no expression on his face and sighed deeply.
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(End of this chapter)
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