Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 350 Death of Lin Wenxu

After a moment, the three points of light in Lin Dongcheng's eyes gradually went out.

His expression turned stern and he glanced at Lu Huaishen, who was sitting opposite him with a dull expression.

Without saying a word, he turned and walked out of the house.

……

Outside the backyard door, Lin Wenxu was waiting anxiously.

When someone came through the gate, he hurried forward.

"Uncle, is everything going well?"

Lin Dongcheng glanced at him, as if trying to figure out something. After a long moment, he spoke, "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. I have convinced Father-in-law Lu. However, it is not easy to bypass Ling Fang and mobilize the palace soldiers. I need you to do something for me."

Lin Wenxu frowned slightly, feeling that Lin Dongcheng's accent was a little strange at this moment.

Lin Dongcheng has a problem. He likes to speak in a pretentious manner and pays the most attention to the understanding of officialdom. He always addresses his subordinates as "this official" and his superiors as "position".

But now he was calling General Ling Fang by his name, and there was no respect in his tone.

But this was a small detail after all, and Lin Wenxu thought he was just overthinking it, and didn't think much about it, and asked: "What does my cousin want me to help you with?"

"Go talk to Xu Huawen and ask him to make some noise to lure Ling Fang away. This will also allow me to arrange for Lu Guozhang to secretly leave Tianyuan County."

"This……"

Lin Wenxu was a little hesitant.

If it wasn't necessary, he didn't want to have too much interaction with Xu Huawen, after all, the other party was a member of the Salvation Church.

Lin Dongcheng came close to him and said in a low voice: "Lure Xu Huawen out, and use this opportunity to solve the two problems at the same time."

Lin Wenxu immediately understood and nodded, "Student understands!"

……

Two days later, a cavalryman galloped into Tianyuan County.

"Hurry and report to the general that the evil god of the Savior Cult has appeared and Yunxiu County has fallen!"

The news quickly spread to the county magistrate's office and immediately caused a sensation.

Several imperial envoys gathered together and asked Ling Fang for instructions.

"General, the Salvation Cult has been hiding its true intentions, but now it is attacking Yunxiu County with great fanfare. I'm afraid there is something fishy going on."

Li Shengtian immediately realized that something was wrong and expressed his concerns.

Lin Dongcheng immediately retorted: "Even if it's a trick, can we just watch Yunxiu County fall? Watch the people of the county die tragically?"

"We should plan before we act. We should send someone to investigate first. Once we find out the motives of the Salvation Cult..."

"If we really want to find out everything, what else are we going to do? Go collect the bodies?"

Seeing the two of them arguing until they were red in the face, Ling Fang raised his hand to stop the quarrel.

He made a decision: "Gather the troops, leave some to guard Tianyuan County, and the rest will follow me to help Yunxiu County."

Li Shengtian was stunned and said: "General..."

Wei Sanyin came out to smooth things over and said, "Minister Lin's concerns are not without reason. This military opportunity cannot be lost. But what General Li said also makes sense. How about you stay in Tianyuan County and let me lead people to help Yunxiu County?"

Ling Fang shook his head and said, "The evil god of the Savior Cult has appeared in the world. No one can suppress it except me. I must leave."

The Church of Savior does indeed have other gods in charge, not just the mad god mentioned before.

Fortunately, the Demon-Suppressing Tower has not yet been sent to Kyoto City. Otherwise, if the Demon-Suppressing Tower was lost, countless people would have died in the fight against the first-grade Lingyuan deity.

But Ling Fang was also vaguely confused.

Although the Salvation Church is difficult to deal with, the difficulty lies in the fact that its believers are spread throughout thousands of households in Jingzhou, making it difficult to eradicate completely.

But now it has voluntarily given up its advantage and gathered troops to attack Yunxiu County. Isn't this equivalent to destroying its own advantage?

If there was a head-on confrontation, the troops of the Salvation Church would have no chance of winning against the regular army of the imperial court.

Ling Fang vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but he couldn't just sit back and watch an entire county fall, nor did he want to miss this opportunity to strike a heavy blow to the Salvation Church!
……

"Xu Muye was able to mobilize the forces of the Salvation Church to attack Yunxiu County? What is his position in the Salvation Church?"

In the backyard of the county magistrate's mansion, when Lin Wenxu learned the news, he felt complicated for a moment.

He was of course happy that his plan went smoothly and that he had successfully led Ling Fang out of Tianyuan County.

But at the same time, the higher Xu Huawen's status in the Salvation Church, the smaller the chances of eliminating him.

Just when Lin Wenxu was feeling uneasy, Lin Dongcheng hurriedly entered the house from outside.

Lin Wenxu quickly stood up: "Uncle, what's wrong?"

Lin Dongcheng lowered his voice and said, "Ling Fang has already led his men out of Tianyuan County. There are not many people in the city's Sky Patrol now. This is the best time. I have arranged for people to support us outside. Lu Guozhang is outside right now. You should quickly take him out of the city and return to Kyoto City!"

Lin Wenxu was overjoyed, but hesitated and said, "But Xu Huawen hasn't contacted me yet. I don't know if he will show up."

"I can't control it anymore, let's leave first!"

"it is good!"

Lin Wenxu didn't waste any time and prepared to take Lu Huaishen away from Tianyuan County first.

Although it was unknown how long the commotion caused by Xu Huawen could hold Ling Fang back, it probably wouldn't be too long.

If we miss this opportunity, it will be extremely difficult to take Lu Huaishen away from the control of the Astronomical Observatory!

"go!"

……

Under Lin Dongcheng's arrangement, Lin Wenxu got on a baggage transport vehicle.

Large wooden barrels filled with kerosene were neatly arranged on the cart, and a curtain covered the barrels.

Lin Wenxu was hiding in one of the empty barrels. Lin Dongcheng personally helped him in and prepared to cover him with the lid.

Before closing the lid, Lin Wenxu noticed that the edges of the other barrels on the cart had traces of kerosene. Only the empty barrel he was in had no traces. He immediately became alert: "Is Lu Huaishen also in this barrel?"

Lin Dongcheng replied: "Not on this baggage cart. There are several more baggage carts behind."

Lin Wenxu felt relieved. When he wanted to ask something, Lin Dongcheng had already prepared to close the lid of the wooden barrel and urged him, "Don't delay here. Let's talk about it after we leave the city!"

He pressed Lin Wenxu's head and forced the lid of the barrel shut.

……

Lin Wenxu was jolted along the way.

There was a dead darkness all around, and the uneasiness in my heart was gradually growing.

I don't know how long it took, but the carriage seemed to stop.

When Lin Wenxu heard the noise outside, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

After a while, the lid of the wooden barrel was opened, and a ray of sunlight shone in from outside.

"Brother Yunwen, come out."

Hearing the sound coming from outside, Lin Wenxu finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly got up and tried to get out of the wooden barrel.

But when he just stuck his head out, he was stunned when he saw the person next to him.

Xu Huawen was standing outside the cart, looking at him with a smile.

Behind him were a dozen or so Salvationists wearing black cloaks.

Lin Wenxu was dumbfounded: "Xu Muye? Shouldn't you be in Yunxiu County?"

"Yunxiu County doesn't need me to be here, and besides, wasn't it you who asked me to come?"

Xu Huawen stepped forward, grabbed Lin Wenxu by the back of his collar, and pulled him out of the barrel effortlessly.

Lin Wenxu's heart tightened, and he glanced around, suppressing his panic: "Why are you here to meet me? How did you know I would appear here?"

Didn’t Minister Lin say that he had arranged for someone to be waiting outside the city?
And what about Lu Huaishen? Why didn’t I see Lu Huaishen?
Lin Wenxu's anxiety grew stronger and stronger. Xu Huawen's next words made him tense up even more.

"Brother Yunwen, are you looking for the people arranged by Lin Dongcheng?"

Lin Wenxu's eyes widened and he turned back to look at him: "You..."

Xu Huawen smiled slightly: "No hurry, the people haven't arrived yet."

No one has arrived yet?

What does it mean?
Why did Xu Huawen know that Minister Lin had arranged people to pick him up here?

Lin Wenxu felt extremely confused, and even he didn't know what to do with everything in front of him.

The development of things...seems to have exceeded his expectations.

Just at this moment, the sound of horse hooves like raindrops suddenly rang out on the official road not far away.

Xu Huawen immediately smiled, pointed to the place where the wind and sand were blowing and said, "Look, isn't it coming?"

Lin Wenxu hurriedly looked up and saw that the leaders of the cavalry were all wearing official uniforms. He was immediately delighted.

He seized the opportunity and immediately ran away from Xu Huawen, rushing towards the direction where the government cavalry was coming from, shouting as he ran: "These people are the remnants of the Salvation Church, quickly capture them!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Huawen had no reaction to his sudden escape. He just stood there and looked at him with a smile.

When the vanguard of the palace soldiers heard the shout, he immediately took off the bow and arrow on his back, put the arrow on the bow and pulled the bowstring to full length.

Lin Wenxu's face suddenly showed joy, but the next moment the smile gradually froze on his face.

Because the arrow was not aimed at Xu Huawen behind him, but at... him!

"call out!"

An arrow was shot out, hitting Lin Wenxu right between the eyebrows.

His whole body flew backwards and finally fell heavily to the ground.

When his consciousness stayed in this world for the last moment, he vaguely heard a conversation:
"What did the remnant of the Salvation Cult shout just now?"

"Who knows, maybe it's an internal conflict. Forget about it. Lord Lin is right. There really are remnants of the Salvation Church here! Kill them quickly, or the Sky Patrol will take away the credit!"

Lin Dongcheng...why did you betray?

I, I haven't become a prime minister yet, and I haven't used even a little of what I've learned in my life... How can I die here...

Madam, Madam...

Lin Wenxu's breath gradually disappeared with a strong sense of unwillingness.

Until his death, his eyes were wide open and refused to close.

Don't rest your eyes!

……

At the same time, at the gate of Yunxiu County.

When Ling Fang led his men to Yunxiu County, he saw crowds of people at the county gate, all dressed in the uniforms of the Astronomical Observatory or the palace soldiers.

This scene immediately stunned all the generals who came to provide assistance.

This... doesn't look like it has fallen.

"It's General Ling, open the city gate!"

"Open the city gate quickly!"

Someone on the city wall recognized Ling Fang and immediately shouted loudly.

The heavy city gate was slowly pushed open, and several generals walked out quickly to greet them.

The one stationed in Yunxiu County was none other than Fan Yanhu, the General of the Astronomical Observatory.

"I didn't know the general was coming. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. I hope you can forgive me!"

After Fan Yanhu saluted Ling Fang, he couldn't help but look at the mighty team behind Ling Fang, and his eyes widened: "General, this is..."

Ling Fang's face was dark as he asked, "Has Yunxiu County been attacked by the Salvation Cult in recent days?"

"What? Attack?"

Fan Yanhu immediately shook his head like a rattle: "Forget about attacking. My subordinates haven't even caught a single rat from the Salvation Church in this city. These rats are hiding too well."

Someone lied about military intelligence!

Ling Fang suddenly realized this and immediately shouted loudly: "Li Shengtian!"

Li Shengtian quickly dismounted, walked quickly to the front, and saluted with some fear: "General."

"Who reported the fall of Yunxiu County?"

"Yes Yes……"

Li Shengtian was so anxious that he was sweating all over his forehead. After a long while, he suddenly remembered: "It's someone from the East Factory! I remember it was a centurion from the East Factory!"

In recent days, the East Factory has been trying to infiltrate the Salvation Church to obtain intelligence. Now it seems that they have not been able to obtain any useful intelligence from the other side, but their side has been infiltrated!

But now was not the time to blame anyone, so Ling Fang immediately tightened the reins and shouted, "Hurry back to Tianyuan County!"

He had already realized that someone was deliberately trying to lure him out of Tianyuan County.

In this case, the opponent’s target must be Tianyuan County itself!
Ling Fang did not dare to hesitate at all and immediately prepared to return to Tianyuan County.

Fan Yanhu watched the huge team turn around and leave, and could not help but stand there dumbfounded.

ah? Leaving now?

You came all this way here, and you don’t even want to have a cup of tea?

……

"These are the handwritten letters from Lin Wenxu to Xu Huawen."

"This is evidence that Jingzhou officials have bribed the left prime minister over the years."

"Wu Yong has taken the elixir of my sect, and there is a trace of Huangdao Qi in his body. The eyes of Daqian State Master can see it."

"With these, I think it will be enough to help your master overthrow Zuo Xiang."

Outside Tianyuan County, in a long pavilion.

Lin Dongcheng sat beside the stone table and placed the things he brought on the table one by one.

But the person sitting opposite him was an unexpected person.

Under the command of the third prince Ji Yunrui, Zhou Xuanyi!
Zhou Xuanyi took away the things on the stone table one by one, then looked at Lin Dongcheng who was calm in front of him, stared at him for a long time, and said with emotion: "The methods of the Holy Lord really make this junior astonished. But I want to ask, are you really Lu Huaishen?"

Lin Dongcheng smiled slightly and replied: "Whether it's Lu Huaishen or Lin Dongcheng, what's the difference?"

Zhou Xuanyi immediately understood.

How could Lu Huaishen, who had lived a mediocre life, suddenly transform himself and become the Holy Lord of Red Lotus?

Now it seems that it is just a shell of the Red Lotus Saint Lord.

As for when the Red Lotus Saint became Lu Huaishen, was it before Lu Huaishen became the father-in-law of the emperor or after he became the father-in-law of the emperor...it is unknown.

Zhou Xuanyi pondered for a while and asked cautiously: "Now that the Holy Lord has replaced Minister Lin and holds the power of the palace soldiers, what is the next step...what is the Holy Lord going to do?"

"Spread the news about the Holy Fetus. I put so much thought into setting up this scene in Jingzhou. How can Ling Fang do it alone?"

Lin Dongcheng paused for a moment and said meaningfully, "The actors are not in place yet. There is no need to rush to start this good show."

Zhou Xuanyi responded and stood up to leave.

But before leaving, he suddenly turned around and asked a question:
"Senior Saint Lord, is there really a flawless Saint Fetus in Jingzhou?"

Faced with this question, Lin Dongcheng just twirled his beard and smiled without saying anything.

(End of this chapter)