Thirty-one, ambush
Yuan Cheng shouted loudly, causing Zuo Yitang to shake his hand, and immediately jumped off the cross beam and slashed at the head of the prefect. The prefect looked up and saw that it was Zuo Yitang, and he collapsed on the ground, trembling.
Just as Zuo Yitang was about to cut down, Yuan Kang drew out his sword in an instant and slashed out a golden sword energy to cut off Zuo Yitang's sword.
The sword energy had not stopped yet, and it was scratching the heads of the people below the stage, causing a scream. The sword energy cut off the newly built steps of the restaurant, and made a big hole in the wall before it dissipated in the air.
Yuantang and Yuancheng pressed both shoulders while Zuo Yitang fell, kicking them in the back of their knees, forcing him to kneel down. The strength was so strong that he even made a slight sound of bone cracks. Zuo Yitang groaned and was held by two knives.
Yuan Kang slowly inserted his sword back into the scabbard and said to the prefect: "Sorry, you ruined your brother's restaurant."
"It's okay, it's okay." The boss responded tremblingly. He still didn't understand what the three of them were doing. He only saw that the three of them could make their brother kneel down as a court official and easily deal with the assassin. It seems that he was also a person he couldn't afford to offend, and all the resentment he had previously threatened by Yuantang disappeared.
Yuan Kang glanced at Zuo Yitang, who was staring at the prefect, and asked, "Why did he kill you?"
The prefect lowered his head guiltily: "The lower official doesn't know."
"Take it back and interrogate it carefully to see who he is instructed. I will stay here and talk to the prefect."
"Yes." Yuantang Yuancheng and the others responded in unison, escorting them to leave. Yuan Kang called Yuancheng and stuffed a secret bag in his hand and said, "Let's look back when you go back, don't open it on the way. There is a good thing inside."
Yuan Cheng took the tip and couldn't tell, so he left the restaurant with Yuan Tang.
In the street market, the three of them were blocked by a little beggar before they could take a few steps.
"Okay, okay, my second master, give me some pennies to let me bury my parents."
"Official affairs, get out of the way." Yuantang frowned and grabbed the shackles in Zuo Yitang's hand.
Yuan Cheng looked at the white cloth paved beside the street, and two figures emerged from the cloth, dyeing the white cloth with black red blood. He immediately asked, "What happened?"
"A few days ago, the monsters were in trouble, and my parents were dead. I was alone and helpless, just wanting to bury my parents."
Yuan Cheng pursed his lips, took out a silver note from his arms and handed it to the beggar and said, "I'll bury your parents, find a good master, learn some skills, and you can survive."
The little beggar took the silver note and kowtowed gratefully and said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have no place to go. Please take me away. I will follow you wherever you go."
Yuan Cheng sighed lightly: "My world is different from yours. It would be better if you don't follow me. Brother, let's go."
The three of them walked far away and could still hear the beggar's thanks. Yuantang turned his head and said helplessly: "Yuancheng, there are too many such things, you can't control them."
"This does not mean that I will not turn a blind eye. I will only do what I can." Yuan Cheng looked ahead, and did not look at Yuantang, saying to himself.
"Who sent you?" He punched Zuo Yitang in the abdomen. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and said weakly: "I said that he has a grudge with me, bribed the Helou killer and killed my whole family. I want to seek revenge on him."
The Longwu Pavilion spy who interrogated him obviously did not believe his words and then tortured him.
"Wait." Yuanwei suddenly appeared and held the spy's hand: "I know him." The spy immediately stood aside.
"I remember you, the two people who killed you last night ran away."
Zuo Yitang raised his head, stared at Yuanwei's face and said, "I know the gathering place for most people in Helou, I am willing to take you there."
"Take it seriously?" Yuan Wei was skeptical.
"They killed my whole family, and I don't have the ability to take revenge, but I want to lead the way for you and kill them." Zuo Yitang's eyes flashed with revenge, and he gritted his teeth.
Yuan Wei looked straight into Zuo Yitang's eyes and ordered the spy: "Find out his identity. Let him go first and apply medicine to him."
"Yes." The spy immediately untied the lock of the left another hall and helped him to the chair to rest.
Outside the house, Yuan Cheng untied the tips given by Yuan Kang, and there was only a piece of yellow paper inside.
Yuancheng's hands were trembling involuntarily, and he clenched the redemption order in his hand excitedly. "Brother, Amaranth is free."
"What?" Yuantang took the redemption order, repeatedly confirmed the content above, and asked Yuan Cheng in surprise: "Did Lord Yuan Kang give it to you?"
"Yeah." Yuan Cheng took a deep breath, his voice choked: "I'm going to pick her up soon."
Yuantang patted his shoulder: "When we destroy Helou, I will drink your wedding wine."
"Zuoyitang, the top leader of Kai'an Escort Bureau, has been in charge for many years. He has 32 escorts under him. Because of his poor 'limits', he offended the prefect He Li. Later, because he took in a prisoner He Li to arrest, he was hated by He Li, so he bought a murderer to destroy your entire family. You said that everyone in your Escort Bureau was dead, where are the corpses of those people?"
"I was buried together in the hill outside the west of the city."
"Where is the location of the gang?" Yuanwei asked.
"Can you not mention this? You saw it with your own eyes. Everyone except me was dead." Zuo Yitang's face turned blue and his hands were trembling. Yuan Wei's ruthless questioning was stimulated by him all the time. At this time yesterday, he was having a happy meal with his family.
Yuan Wei looked up at him and replied, "I will report to the Lord of Longwu Pavilion for what he is doing and deal with it impartially. But why do you know the gathering place of the people in Helou?"
"I have banned them and saw a group of people with placards gathered in a secret underground house."
After thinking for a while, Yuanwei turned around and asked everyone, "Who would like to go with me?"
Everyone was silent for a few seconds, and Yuantang and Yuancheng stood up together. "I'll go." Yuantang pushed Yuancheng back to the team: "You stay here, I'll go with you."
"I want to go too. I am the only one here who cultivates the soul. If there is any danger, you will not be able to detect it at all." Yuan Cheng insisted.
"Let Yuancheng come together. It's okay for multiple people. Others remember to notify Yuankang that whether it succeeds or not, we will come back tomorrow morning. If we don't come back, we will immediately mobilize troops to surround there." Yuanwei glanced at everyone and ordered.
Although Yuanwei and Yuantang are both deputy robbers, Yuanwei's realm is there. When Yuankang was not there, Yuanwei was still in the dominant position.
The others looked at each other, but they had no objection, and they knelt in unison to obey the orders.
On the tall city wall, Yuanwei stood at the top of the house and looked at a large mansion, asking, "Where are the people from the Helou gathering?"
"That's right, that was a yard bought by a wealthy businessman here, which was specially used by Helou. Helou has been stationed in Fuzhou for many years and has mixed forces. This yard is probably just a piece of information for them." Zuo Yitang was supported by Yuan Cheng and replied.
"This is enough. If you catch small shrimps, are you worried that you won't be able to catch big fish?" Yuan Wei smiled.
"Yuan Wei, it's better to report to Lord Yuan Kang before taking the opportunity to act. There are only three of us, I'm afraid..." Yuan Tang said with some concern.
"Do we still have time? We have captured Zuo Yitang in public, and the whole city knows it, why don't Helou know? Now they have already alarmed them. If they don't take action, they may run away." Yuan Wei retorted glaringly, obviously wanting to take the credit for himself.
Yuantang felt that Yuanwei was a little strange and asked, "You have never been so impatient before."
Yuan Wei's eyes calmed down from impulse, staring at Yuan Tang's eyes and said, "We only have one month to destroy Helou, we are the ones who die. I can't afford to consume, and I still want to live."
Yuantang avoided Yuanwei's eyes, stopped refuting, and winked at Yuancheng and went to the mansion.
The courtyard of the mansion was covered with yellow leaves, and it was obvious that no one had lived there for a long time. Yuanwei and the other four carefully searched every room to find a secret passage, but they still found nothing.
At this time, the sky had turned dark, and the sound of gongs and drums of curfews on the street sounded one after another. Yuanwei pushed open the door of the last room, which was filled with dust and a bunch of nests made of mice. As soon as Yuanwei broke in, the mice were all frightened, and all of them were rushing out, regardless of their size.
Yuanwei spit out the dust inhaled from his mouth and turned around to question Zuo Yitang: "Is this the stronghold you mentioned? Where are the people from Helou?"
"I don't know. They should be here." Zuo Yido also looked puzzled.
Only Yuan Cheng's face changed drastically, and he drew his sword and shouted, "There is an ambush!"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of crossbow arrows sprinkled like rain. Yuanwei just snorted coldly and burst out a stream of spiritual energy from his body, easily shaking the crossbow arrows.
The crossbow arrow lost its tail feather and pierced onto the ground. A chuckle came from the roof. The white feather spread out a white fan and stood on the eaves in white clothes. The lotus flowers were still with him as usual, holding a paper umbrella.
"I originally thought I would come a few minions, but I didn't expect you to take action in person." Bai Yu smiled and said to each other.
Yuan Wei also drew out the long sword and reminded the three of them without looking back: "Prepare to run." Yuan Tang had already put the sword on Zuo Yitang's neck: "How could this be a trap?!"
Zuo Yitang said with a serious face and said, "I don't know either."
"Stop quarrel, do you want to stay here? Or go with us." Bai Yu put away his feather fan, and more than a dozen killers wearing mitral masks quickly turned off the roof and surrounded the four of them.
Zuo Yitang swallowed and said, "I can't run away, I'll fight with them!" After saying that, he ignored the three of them and went forward to fight.
The killer of Helou rushed to five or six people, and was about to take action, but Zuo Yitang turned around and retreated unexpectedly when he approached. The killer of Helou immediately protected Zuo Yitang in the middle and stopped the three people with a knife.
Seeing this, Yuantang didn't understand what was going on, and said furiously: "Zuo Yitang! Your whole family was slaughtered by Helou! Why do you still do such a shameless thing!"
Zuo Yitang's face turned gray, and he clenched his fists tightly after the killer of Helou, without saying a word.
"Ha, people's hearts cannot believe it. It is possible that he was your comrade in the last moment, and the next moment, he would meet you." Bai Yu looked back and looked at him: "Come and meet your acquaintances. They are now fish and meat that can be slaughtered."
Ling Xi stepped onto the roof and looked at the people of Longwu Pavilion with a complicated expression. He knew in his heart that neither Helou nor Longwu Pavilion would have a good ending. Now he is just a piece in this game, and Mozhijing's strength makes him unable to do anything.
"Ling Xi?" Yuantang Yuancheng said in unison. Zuo Yitang was even more disbelief, and he was stunned and stared at Ling Xi blankly.
"Ling Xi, you said those two brothers, who can you beat me?" Bai Yu narrowed his eyes and glanced at Yuantang Yuancheng up and down.
"I only have Mozhijing, and I am not their opponent."
"What about breaking their legs and hands?" A coldness came from the gentle eyes, Bai Yu still had a smile, but what he said made people feel chill.
Yuan Tang sneered disdainfully and stood side by side with Yuan Cheng.
Bai Yu seemed to have lost his patience, and waved, "Take it, just don't kill it."
Helou killers came forward one after another when they heard this. A sword energy swept by, blocked by the invisible wall of air, and dissipated into the invisible.
"Yuanwei, your opponent is me." Lianhua took a step forward and said to Yuanwei coldly. Yuanwei glanced at the two Yuantang who were trapped in hard battle, flew up in the air, and rushed towards Lianhua.
Lianhua put away the paper umbrella and jumped into the air. Three thousand black hairs moved with the wind. Yuanwei used a move that he had never seen before. Dozens of sword lights flashed by, all of which were blocked by Lianhua's soul.
"I'm curious why you were recruited back then. We can give you what the emperor can give you." Lianhua still has the energy to say these words.
"Everyone has their own ambitions." Yuan Wei put his body in front of him, and he cut the lotus flower in just a little bit. Lianhua hid far away, his face became serious, and he closed his eyes and muttered something.
Yuanwei put the knife in front of him, and felt a wave of surging things rushing into his mind. His eyes turned black and he fell straight from the air.
Lianhua smiled confidently. She had never made any mistakes in this move. Even if a master of the same level was caught off guard, she would lose consciousness in a short time if she hit her move.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Wei turned around in the air, threw out a long sword at Lianhua, and fled to the distance without looking back.
Lianhua could only block the long sword in a hurry and watched Yuanwei escape. She was about to chase him, but Bai Yu stopped her.
"It's enough to have these two people. That Yuantang is also the deputy platoon of Longwu Pavilion. He probably knows a lot, enough to threaten Longwu Pavilion."
Lianhua looked into the courtyard. Yuantang and the other two were defeated by everyone, and had been controlled and removed their weapons.
Chapter completed!