Chapter 870: Walking into a Trap
As the sun gradually rose, Li Qingyan finally reached the foot of the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain is a sparsely populated path.
Just as he was about to take a break, he saw a woodcutter walking towards him carrying a load of firewood.
Li Qingyan was delighted and was about to go forward to ask for directions when he found that the woodcutter's steps were very steady.
He must have practiced hard to walk so steadily on the mountain road even with such heavy firewood on his back.
And the woodcutter was looking around as he walked.
Seeing this, Li Qingyan's heart sank. There might be something wrong with this woodcutter!
When he was on his way to Fengyang County, he was attacked and fell into the river below the cliff along with his carriage.
It looked like he was most likely dead, but those killers were obviously veterans and they would not give up easily without seeing the body with their own eyes.
In order to prevent him from escaping, the killers will probably send people to search for him everywhere.
Li Qingyan gave up the idea of asking for directions and turned around and ran in another direction without hesitation.
The woodcutter heard the footsteps and saw Li Qingyan's departing back. He immediately threw the load on his shoulders aside, pulled out a sharp knife, and chased after Li Qingyan.
Li Qingyan ran as hard as he could, but he was just a weak scholar, and after running on the mountain road all night, his strength was almost exhausted.
He was soon overtaken by the woodcutter.
The woodcutter's eyes were filled with ferocity, and he swung his knife at the back of his neck!
At the critical moment.
An arrow suddenly shot from the front and hit the woodcutter's right arm exactly.
His right arm was shot through and he screamed in pain. His fingers loosened involuntarily and the knife fell to the ground with a clang.
Li Qingyan took the opportunity to use up his last bit of strength and ran forward.
A group of people were galloping towards us on horseback.
They were all dressed in military uniforms, and the leader among them was Xiao Lingfeng.
He was still holding the bow and arrow in his hand, and the arrow just now was shot from his hand.
As soon as he saw Xiao Lingfeng, Li Qingyan shouted as if he had seen a savior.
"General Xiao, I'm here!"
Xiao Lingfeng asked the people following him to capture the woodcutter, while he mounted his horse and strode up to Li Qingyan.
The handsome and elegant top scholar who usually looks so graceful now looks extremely embarrassed.
Xiao Lingfeng asked, "Minister Li, are you okay?"
After escaping death, the last bit of strength in Li Qingyan's body was drained away.
He could no longer stand, and fell to the ground, staggering, gasping for breath, and uttered three words with difficulty.
"Keep alive."
The woodcutter's right hand was injured, and he knew he was no match for the officers.
He ran without thinking, but before he had run far, he was shot in the right leg by an arrow.
He staggered and fell to the ground.
The officers rushed forward and subdued him.
He knew he couldn't escape this time, so he could only steel himself and try to commit suicide by biting the poison sac between his teeth.
However, the officers stepped forward and removed his jaw.
Then the poison sac in his mouth was roughly picked out.
The group quickly left the place and found the post station in Raohe County.
Li Qingyan was very tired, and he fell asleep immediately after arriving at the post station.
But he didn't dare sleep too deeply and woke up after an hour.
Xiao Lingfeng came to him for dinner and told him the results of the interrogation.
The woodcutter who had previously assassinated Li Qingyan was indeed a killer in disguise. The killer was determined to die, and Xiao Lingfeng tried every trick in the book but was unable to get a single useful word out of him.
Li Qingyan bit off a large piece of chicken leg and spoke while eating.
"It doesn't matter if you can't find out. Just keep an eye on him and don't let him die."
Killers like these are all specially trained and it is difficult to get useful information from them, so Li Qingyan was not surprised by this result.
Xiao Lingfeng looked at him: "You seem to have figured it out."
Li Qingyan: "Let someone spread the news that we caught the killer. Say that we have the key clues. This case will soon be solved."
Xiao Lingfeng narrowed his eyes slightly: "Are you trying to start a discussion?"
Li Qingyan took a big gulp of soup and turned the empty bowl upside down on the table, just enough to cover the chicken bones.
"I think it's more like a trap."
Xiao Lingfeng looked at the upside-down bowl on the table and couldn't help laughing.
"Good idea."
Soon, the news that Li Qingyan had escaped death spread throughout Raohe County.
People were talking about this matter in teahouses and taverns everywhere in the county.
"I didn't expect that Minister Li was so lucky. He fell from such a high place and smashed his car into the river, but he is still alive. It's a miracle!"
"As expected of the number one scholar, this luck is incredible!"
"I heard that after the top scholar escaped death, he also caught a killer. The killer was one of the people who attacked the top scholar."
"Didn't they say that Minister Li was attacked by bandits? How come another killer appeared?"
"You don't know this, right? Those bandits were assassins in disguise, and they wanted to kill Minister Li. I don't know who Minister Li offended to bring about such a fatal disaster."
"Now that the killer has been caught, will this case be solved soon?"
"Of course, I heard that the killer has confessed. All we have to do is wait for the number one scholar to report the case to the emperor, and then those who murdered the number one scholar will be finished!"
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A square-faced man stood in the crowd. He was wearing the most ordinary coarse cloth shorts and a patched sack hung on his shoulder.
He listened to people gossiping with a blank expression.
When everyone had finished talking, the square-faced man quietly left the crowd.
He left the county town and came to a dilapidated temple.
More than twenty people have gathered in the dilapidated temple. Judging from their clothes, they are all ordinary people, but each of them has a strong murderous aura, which is the aura of people who have seen blood.
As soon as the square-faced man came in, he immediately told the boss the rumors he had heard.
They counted all the people and confirmed that one of their companions was indeed missing.
The companion was originally sent to search for Li Qingyan's whereabouts, but after a day and a night, there was still no sign of him.
I guess he was caught by Li Qingyan.
The boss didn't think that his subordinates would betray him, but he knew in his heart that it was useless to rely on his own belief in such matters, and it mainly depended on the attitude of the master.
If the master knew that not only did they fail to complete the task, but they also left the enemy alive, he would definitely be furious, and everyone present would suffer.
After much hesitation, the boss decided to take the risk and save people.
If you really can't rescue them, just kill them directly and never leave any one alive for the enemy.
The square-faced man reminded, "I think this is probably a trap set by the enemy. What if we fall into the trap?"
(End of this chapter)
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