Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 697: Chaos (Added for JJM Leader)

The next day, Yang Yuan and Chen Zhuoguang took people to Qiu Pi'er's study again.

This time, only the filial son Qiu Dingjun was by his side.

Given the investigative conditions of this era, with no witnesses or physical evidence, and more than two months having passed since the incident, Qiu Pier's case is likely to remain an unsolved case.

However, a cold case is not the outcome that either party wants.

We must find the murderer of Qiu Pi'er's death.

It’s just that due to the different demands of each party, the identification of the murderer is also different.

Qiu Dingjun insisted that it was General Yang who sent someone to kill his father.

But from what we learned yesterday, before the incident, although Taiwei Yang Zheng had sent someone to deliver a letter to Qiu Pi'er, Qiu Pi'er died suddenly and unexpectedly afterwards.

However, from what was learned from the servants who were serving outside at the time, it was found that General Yang Zheng's men left after delivering the letter.

This is consistent with the understanding of all parties, because if he did not leave, then when Qiu Pier died suddenly, this person would be a major suspect and would definitely be left behind.

This is also the reason why the generals in Dingjun Mountain suspected Yang Zheng but had no evidence.

If it is said that the messenger was actually an expert, who determined the location of Qiu Pier's study and knew that Qiu Pier was the only one in the study reading the secret letter at that time, and therefore quietly returned and killed him, this is just a guess and there is no evidence at all.

Yang Yuan thought about what Madam Xu said to him last night. Could it be that General Yang really instigated Qiu Pi'er's subordinates to rebel?
However, there is no evidence for this matter either.

And now that he was in Dingjun Mountain, he didn't dare to reveal it easily.

"Yang Fushuai."

Suddenly, a gentle voice sounded. Everyone who was discussing the case in the study looked up and saw Madam Xu walking in slowly.

A very gentle and beautiful woman, because of the mourning belt, she looks more like a juicy little cabbage, very charming.

Yang Yuan recalled the scene last night when she shyly confessed to him that she was willing to take all of her late husband's property, become his concubine, and serve him tea and pillows if it could save her family's lives. Seeing her worried and sad look at this moment, he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.

He's a natural born actor.

"Thank you for your hard work, General. I have prepared a banquet. Please have lunch and then investigate further."

Madam Xu added, "Han Jinxun and several other generals have also arrived to accompany the commander-in-chief for lunch."

Chen Zhuoguang immediately stepped forward to persuade him: "General Fu, I'm afraid that General Qiu's strange case cannot be solved in a short time. Let's have dinner first."

He has made up his mind that he will drink a few more glasses at the banquet today.

The study is where the incident happened, so they will definitely come back in the afternoon.

At that time, he would pretend to be drunk, knock over the vase, and expose the framed letter in public.

"Alright!"

Yang Yuan agreed and said, "Madam, Secretary Chen, Mr. Qiu, please."

Although Yang Yuan was a guest, he had the highest status among all the people present, so he naturally walked in front.

Yang Yuan had just left the study when a man suddenly fell from the eaves and a sharp knife flashed, chopping towards Yang Yuan on the head.

Yang Yuan was startled and stepped back quickly. With a clang from his waist, he swung his knife as fast as lightning and rushed forward.

"Dang~"

Sparks flew, and Yang Yuan was swept in backwards, knocking Madam Xu who was about to follow him out, causing her to stagger. Fortunately, she was supported by Qiu Dingjun.

"Mom, be careful."

The man missed the first attack, so he stepped forward, twisted his waist, shouted softly, and slashed again.

By this time Yang Yuan had already seen his face clearly. He had a full face of whiskers, each of which stood upright, making him look extremely domineering.

Yang Yuan's body was like a snake, turning suddenly, and as the enemy's knife turned, he suddenly cut towards him.

The knife in his hand had already turned from defense to offense and slashed towards the man's neck.

Kou Heiyi, who was dressed up as a bearded man, secretly praised him. It had only been over a year since they last met, but Yang Yuan's martial arts had become even more powerful.

It's rare that he holds such a high position, and not only has his martial arts skills not fallen behind, but he has been able to make such progress.

He was afraid that Yang Yuan had been too busy with official duties to practice martial arts and was not as skilled as before, so he might have killed him accidentally.

At this time, he noticed that Yang Yuan's martial arts had improved greatly and he was no longer inferior to him, so he let go.

While Yang Yuan had not yet regained the initiative, Kou Heiyi first drew his sword and chopped three times in a row, forcing Yang Yuan to retreat, and suddenly slashed at Chen Zhuoguang.

Secretary Chen is just a scholar. Even if he has been prepared, how can he avoid Kou Heiyi's fatal blow?

Seeing the knife flashing like lightning coming towards him, Chen Zhuoguang only had time to scream and then closed his eyes and waited for death.

At this time, Yang Yuan, who had been forced back by three swords and had no time to rescue with his old strength exhausted and new strength not yet coming, suddenly made a "side move" and grabbed Chen Zhuoguang's wrist and threw him to the other side.

With this swing, Yang Yuan's body slid to one side due to the reaction force, and Chen Zhuoguang fell in the opposite direction.

"puff!"

Blood spurted out, and Kou Heiyi wanted to kill Chen Zhuoguang with one sword, but because of Yang Yuan's pull, he only cut off one of Chen Zhuoguang's arms.

"Boom! Crash~"

Chen Zhuoguang was pulled hard by Yang Yuan and hit his head on a floor-standing vase, breaking it to the ground.

Chen Zhuoguang fell heavily on the ground covered with porcelain pieces, and was cut in many places on his body, unable to struggle for a while.

The letter that he had tried every means to get discovered was buried among the broken porcelain pieces beneath him, gradually being soaked with blood.

Yang Yuan ran towards the other side of the corner, stretched out his hand to push against the wall, and spun around, bouncing back like a ball hitting the wall. The knife in his hand was as powerful as a landslide, slashing towards Kou Heiyi's head. You, Yang Che, who wants to hurt people even if you die, this is your brother. Otherwise, I will kill him no matter what.

Kou Heiyi cursed and complained in his heart while frantically trying to parry Yang Yuan's fierce attack, which was faster than the last. He retreated step by step and left the study.

Outside the study is a patio.

Yang Yuan chased out, two knives, two men, one advancing and the other retreating, moving swiftly and abruptly.

Kou Heiyi became more and more frightened as the fight went on. He had originally thought that Yang Yuan was at most a little better than him, but when they started fighting, he realized that he was far inferior to him.

He didn't know that Yang Yuan's swordsmanship and external skills might not be practiced as diligently as his, but this guy's internal skills...

He practiced his skills while having fun, which was really shameless. How could Kou Heiyi compare to him?

Yang Yuan's sword strikes were more and more powerful, and Kou Heiyi became more and more terrified as he was hit.

Yang Yuan’s knife was too sharp. If you were not careful, you would end up with broken limbs and ripped open the stomach.

If he was killed by Yang Yuan without knowing why, Yang Che would be so amused that he would die in the underworld.

Kou Heiyi blocked Yang Yuan's attack with his sword, then suddenly leaped backwards and shouted, "Shoot!"

More than ten soldiers immediately stood up on the roof, holding crossbows and shooting towards Yang Yuan.

This is also a selfish motive of Kou Heiyi.

If he fled to the roof, then when Yang Yuan jumped towards the roof and was in mid-air, he could summon the archers who were lying in ambush.

Then, with more than ten crossbow arrows fired by the Song army's sophisticated crossbow mechanisms, Yang Yuan was unable to change his body shape in mid-air, and would be seriously injured if not killed.

However, Kou Heiyi remembered that this was Yang Che's brother, and he didn't have to kill him to achieve his plan to create a good situation for Xixia, so he let him go.

Yang Yuan was about to leap up when he heard the words "release the arrow" and his leaping figure immediately stopped.

When the crossbow arrows were shot at him, the knife in Yang Yuan's hand had turned into a wheel of light. With his body flashing, he fled hastily, barely avoiding the crossbow arrows.

"boom!"

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk..."

Yang Yuan retreated to the study, and just as he closed the door, dense arrows shot at the door.

Yang Yuan pulled down the door bolt and rushed to the window with a knife in hand to prevent anyone from breaking in through the window.

I heard the sound of combat boots outside, and it seemed like many people were walking around.

Then someone outside shouted, "General Han has ordered that the entire study be surrounded. Anyone who comes out will be shot immediately."

"Where's the firewood? Hurry up, pile it up, pour oil on it, and burn them to death!"

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she screamed, "Han Jinxun is guilty and took the initiative to attack us."

Yang Yuan's face suddenly changed.

Chen Zhuoguang struggled to get up. He lost an arm and felt excruciating pain. Hearing these words, he was even more terrified.

"Han Jinxun? What do Han Jinxun and the others want to do?"

Madam Xu's pretty eyes were filled with tears, and she sobbed, "To be honest, it was Han Jinxun and his gang who killed my husband! I didn't dare to make it public, but I didn't expect him to be afraid of being exposed, so he took the initiative to do it."

Yang Yuan asked in a deep voice: "Has Han Jinxun already taken control of the Dingjun Mountain garrison?"

Madam Xu wiped her tears and said, "There are a total of 9,600 troops stationed at Dingjun Mountain. My husband is in charge of this unit, and seven commanders are in charge of the rest. There are eight armies in total. Han Jinxun and his cronies only lead four armies."

Qiu Dingjun coldly replied, "Even if it's just these four armies, they may not follow him in rebellion and kill the imperial envoy. The families of these officers and soldiers all live here."

Yang Yuan said: "So, the only people they can use right now are their most trusted confidants?"

"Not bad!"

Yang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "In this case, as long as our people arrive, we can reverse the situation!"

Qiu Dingjun said: "There is a beacon tower in the general's mansion. As long as the beacon tower is lit, the other tribes will hear the news and lead their troops to help. Han Jinxun will not have so many diehards to follow him in rebellion, and we can turn defeat into victory."

Yang Yuan always felt that it was a bit strange that the mother and son sang the same tune, and their ability to remain calm in the face of danger was somewhat inconsistent with their personalities. However, he was too hasty to think about the reasons behind it.

Yang Yuan said: "If that's the case, then it's easy to handle."

After saying that, Yang Yuan suddenly raised his head and looked towards the roof of the study.

He leaped upward, placed his hands on the main beam, flipped over and leaped up, standing upside down, and kicked hard at the purlins on the roof that were arranged in a herringbone shape with his feet.

In the banquet hall, Han Jinxun, He Jinyun and He Yunsheng were waiting for the imperial envoy to arrive.

Among Qiu Pi'er's troops of more than 9,000 people, only the headquarters and the central army were stationed on Dingjun Mountain. The rest of the army generals came to greet the imperial envoy yesterday and returned to their headquarters today, so only Han Jinxun and the He brothers were left at the moment.

Several people had already held a secret meeting last night, and were waiting for the imperial envoy to finish his trip and prepare to leave before summoning the commanders of all the armies again.

Since he was here, he had to give an explanation to the generals of the unit. Even if he couldn't find out anything, he had to conclude the case.

At that time, everyone will write a letter together to nominate Qiu Dingjun to be the puppet... and the commander.

By then, even if Yang Yuan wanted to favor his cousin Yang Zheng, he would not dare to conceal everyone's opinions unscrupulously.

Since the “public opinion” is like this, the court can only follow the “public opinion”.

Therefore, they were not anxious or impatient, but just waited there calmly.

Suddenly, a group of soldiers in armor rushed in...

(End of this chapter)