Chapter 355 Assassination of the Corrupt Official
As night fell, several shadowy figures sneaked into the prefectural government office.
Yun Zhaoxue doesn't know how to use light-body skills, but she has many tools, and scaling walls and rooftops is no problem for her.
The backyard of the Pu residence was very large, and several groups of guards patrolled in a crisscross pattern, each carrying a torch.
A study in the backyard was brightly lit by candlelight.
Yun Zhaoxue made a hand gesture, signaling them to sneak into the study and assassinate the suspect.
She set up a machine gun on the roof opposite the study for cover.
If the assassination fails, shoot the man surnamed Pu dead as soon as he escapes from the doorway.
Zhu Feng and his companions successfully sneaked into the study, where a person was sitting behind the desk.
Zhu Feng, sword in hand, approached the man, when suddenly he felt a slight resistance in his ankle.
Looking down, I noticed a nearly transparent thread hanging horizontally above the ground.
"Ding-a-ling!—" The crisp sound of the bell tore through the deathly silence of the night.
The figure behind the desk suddenly looked up, a look of fear and realization flashing in their eyes.
"An assassin! Quick, someone catch him!"
The roar startled the guards patrolling outside.
"Guards! Seize the assassin! There's an assassin! Protect the master!" Footsteps, clattering sounds, and roars surged toward the study like a tidal wave.
The door was flung open with a loud bang!
The moment the enemy spotted Zhu Feng and Zhui Ying, they activated a mechanism, unleashing a barrage of arrows, "Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"
The rain of arrows was too dense, so they raised their swords to defend themselves, and Zhuiying was slashed on the shoulder.
After the rain of arrows stopped, Zhuiying noticed something was wrong with his wound. He pressed the wound with his other hand and squeezed out the poisoned blood. "Everyone be careful, the arrows are poisoned."
Zhu Feng used his lightness skill to thrust his sword at Pu Heshou.
Pu Heshou opened a drawer, took out a crossbow, aimed it at him, and fired, "Whoosh!"
Zhu Feng cleaved the arrow in two with his sword and thrust it at him again.
Pu Heshou used his other hand to defend himself with a knife, but his martial arts were no match for Zhu Feng's, so he fought and dodged at the same time.
"Who exactly are you people? I am the prefect and the maritime trade commissioner. You have plotted to harm an official of the imperial court. If you are caught, you should be executed by slow slicing, and your whole family will be implicated."
Zhu Feng didn't say anything, he just kept chasing after him to kill him.
Pu Heshou was having a hard time fighting back; he almost lost his knife. He flipped the table and kicked it at him, trying to escape from the side.
Seeing this, Zhuiying dispatched one of the guards, then leaped towards him, slashing down with his sword, shouting, "You corrupt official! Prepare to die!"
Just as his knife was about to pierce Pu Shougeng's heart, several guards broke in through the window and parried Zhuiying's blade. "Clang!"
The lead guard said, "Protect the master!"
The study was packed with people.
A group of guards escorted Pu Heshou away.
The remaining guards desperately tried to stop Zhu Feng and Zhui Ying.
Pu Heshou was old and his legs were not strong. After being assassinated, he looked to the left and right, panicked and didn't know which way to run.
On the opposite rooftop, a gun was pointed at his forehead.
Yun Zhaoxue saw the guards escorting a person out, pointed at the person's head, and pulled the trigger. "Bang!"
The two guards supporting him felt a flush on their faces; blood had splattered on him, and they saw a hole in their master's forehead.
The guard standing behind Pu Heshou was also shot in the shoulder and fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
Inside the room, Zhu Feng and the others heard the gunshot and threw smoke grenades, causing the guards to fall to the ground.
As the smoke cleared, the group fumbled for the light switch in the study.
Find a hidden compartment behind a painting, open it, and you'll find several ledgers. Take them all.
Zhuiying discovered that a vase mechanism was turning, and a section of the wall behind the study was rotating.
Inside were more than a dozen large boxes. When one box was opened, it was full of gold and silver jewelry.
Zhuiying cursed, "That Pu fellow is no good. He pretends to be a saint on the surface, but behind the scenes he plunders the people and harms them."
Finding no useful clues inside, the group left.
The commotion here was so great that it alerted everyone in the Pu family.
Everyone surged towards this side.
They emerged from the broken window and disappeared into the night.
As Yun Zhaoxue was leaving, she passed a rockery and a patrol team approached her.
The moment Yun Zhaoxue flashed into the entrance of the artificial hill, her wrist was already clamped. She turned around and used the force to grab the other person's arm and twist it, then kneed him in the stomach.
The shadowy figure groaned, and his other hand reached for her throat.
Yun Zhaoxue turned her head to dodge, then swept her foot horizontally, causing the black shadow to stagger backward, a flash of cold light.
With a "thud," the blade tip pierced the shadowy figure's left shoulder.
The dark figure grunted, "Hmm!"
Blood gushed from his mouth.
Yun Zhaoxue, wearing night vision goggles, saw the other person's face clearly and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Was it him?
Lu Zheng, the judicial officer of Panyu County Government, was dressed in thin clothes with multiple wounds on his body, still bleeding, as if he had been tortured and escaped in the chaos.
Would you consider this accidental injury?
Never mind, meeting is fate.
This person isn't a bad guy, I just helped him out.
The people outside left, and Zhuiying and Zhufeng also ran over here.
She dragged the nearly unconscious Lu Zheng to join them.
Lu Zheng was tall and heavy, and also a martial artist.
Yun Zhaoxue pulled him along.
Zhu Feng stepped forward to help.
Zhuiying asked, "Your Highness...who is this person?"
Before leaving, the prince instructed them to protect the princess and to be wary of any men who appeared near her.
This man is quite handsome. The princess almost ran away with Shen Yan while she was pregnant.
"I picked it up over there. It might be useful to us. I accidentally injured it. Let's take it back and deal with it later."
The group scaled the wall and disappeared into the dark alley, leaving behind the chaos of war in the Pu residence and the guards running around like headless flies.
The group arrived at a secluded dwelling.
Zhuiying was hit by a poisoned arrow, and the wound turned black.
Yun Zhaoxue gave him an antidote pill, used acupuncture to force out the poisonous blood, and disinfected the wound with spiritual spring water.
With Hua Murong gone, Lu Zheng was seriously injured, and most doctors couldn't treat him.
Only Yun Zhaoxue could remove the rotten flesh that had been cut out by the knife, stop the bleeding, suture, and bandage...
By the time I finished, it was already past dawn, and daylight was approaching.
Zhu Feng had already prepared the porridge and was distributing it on the street as usual.
The news of Lord Pu's assassination attempt last night has spread throughout the city.
"Have you heard that Lord Pu was assassinated last night at the hour of Yin?"
"I've heard about it before. Last night, the people from the Pu family carried torches and burned them all night in the city. They went from street to street and woke up many people, but they didn't even catch a ghost."
"A ghostly figure? Could it really have been killed by a ghost?"
"What ghosts are there in this world? The guards of the Pu family fought with them. They are just people. They just ran fast enough that they didn't leave a single ghost behind and couldn't be found."
"Who on earth would want to cause trouble for Lord Pu? Lord Pu is a good official."
"I've long heard that the court is dissatisfied with Lord Pu and wants to replace him. There have been rumors all over Panyu that he's being badmouthed. Could it be... that person in heaven?"
"A dignified prefect, with so many guards in his residence, who else but that person could possibly harm him?"
"You can't say things like that carelessly, or you'll lose your head."
...
The outsiders didn't know anything about Lord Pu; they only knew that the imperial court had exonerated the princess and allowed them to eat their fill. They listened and then just let it go, grabbing their bowls and hurrying to line up. "Hurry up and line up!"
"The sweet potato porridge I had yesterday was so delicious. I'm going to join the queue for Princess Zhaoxue today."
A woman holding a child said, "Husband, after we finish queuing up and getting the porridge, we'll queue up for the free clinic. This morning we noticed that the child's forehead was a little hot, and we're afraid he's going to get sick. You need to get him treated as soon as possible, so we can't let the government officials take Tiger away."
The local people, who were talking animatedly, fell behind.
Yun Zhaoxue woke up quite late; it was already bright outside. No one woke her up, and she slept until she naturally woke up.
After quickly tidying up, she opened the door and went outside. Two guards stood watch, and upon seeing her, they respectfully bowed and greeted her, "Princess!"
"Um!"
Has that person woken up?
"You woke up shortly after you fell asleep, and your subordinates knocked you unconscious and tied you up."
Last night, before going to bed, Yun Zhaoxue told him to keep a close eye on the people and not to reveal their identities.
"Go and interrogate him for a few minutes. Ask him why he was at the Pu residence at that time. If he was arrested, try to get some useful information out of him. If there are no problems, release him. Be discreet and don't let anyone guess your identities."
Lu Zheng is a conscientious investigator, and the people praise his ability to solve cases. However, his upright character has also offended many people.
Yun Zhaoxue guessed that he might have offended Pu Heshou and was arrested and tortured.
"Yes! I know what to do."
On my way to the soup kitchen, I passed by Wang Youcai's noodle shop and decided to have a bowl of noodles to fill my stomach.
I went in and ordered a bowl of beef brisket rice noodles.
The square tables inside were almost full, and everyone was discussing the murder of the prefect.
Inside the house was a storyteller, whose wild and unrestrained stories attracted everyone's attention. He used a package and bowls and chopsticks as tools, banging them together so loudly that "the two sides fought fiercely, the doors and windows shattered, and the roof shook."
"The fighting inside lasted for more than an hour before Lord Pu finally escaped from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood to the courtyard gate. In the blink of an eye, a hidden weapon 'whooshed!' shot towards his forehead..."
He jabbed two fingers together into his temple, “Going in here, coming out from the back of his head, and then shooting the guard behind him in the heart, killing two birds with one stone.”
The listeners around, curious, pressed on, "Such powerful hidden weapons exist in this world? What kind of weapon is that?"
"If such weapons are used on the battlefield, what will the barbarians to the north have to fear?"
"Don't rush, don't rush, please allow me to explain slowly. Do you know what the coroner dug out of that guard's body?"
The sounds of slurping noodles throughout the room stopped. "What did they dig out?"
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