New and dark light years

Chapter 248 Killing

The Tang residence is now shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere.

Although this is the Tang residence, it is essentially one of the subordinate institutions of the Lingtai Bureau.

It's a grassroots unit, a place where practical work is done.

The so-called Tang Mansion is just a name used to deceive people.

Now, Tang Nan has been assassinated silently on his own turf. This... doesn't seem right at all.

When it was opened, many people thought it was caused by an enemy from outside.

But deep down, don't they also feel that there might be enemies within their own ranks?
In this atmosphere, everyone's morale plummeted, and distrust among them grew.

A group of people were sitting in the hall, waiting.

They were waiting for the coroner to arrive, and also for the two 'assassins' to return.

The head seat was empty, with Weiwei and Yueyue sitting on either side.

The others then sat down in order of their rank.

Their social status was roughly the same as Tang Nan's.

However, Weiwei was sitting on the left, and in the Great Qi Dynasty, the left was considered the place of honor, which meant that Weiwei's status was still slightly higher.

Because Vivi has a good figure, suitable for all sizes, she is more to Tang Nan's liking.

The atmosphere in the hall was very quiet at this moment, and some people were still yawning softly; they hadn't slept all night.

After a while, Weiwei asked, "Yueyue, what kind of person is the young master you're in charge of contacting?"

Yueyue was a little puzzled, but still said, "He has a scholarly air about him, but also an arrogant feeling. He's a very strange man."

Thinking back to her encounter with Li Lin that day, she continued, "I don't think his background is simple. It's just that Captain Tang thought the man was very talented, so he continued to push the plan forward."

Weiwei nodded and said, "I don't know why, but I suddenly feel a little flustered."

"Why are you feeling anxious?" Yueyue asked, puzzled.

"It's precisely because I'm unsure that I panic."

Everyone fell silent, and the atmosphere became quiet once again.

Then Yueyue said somewhat dejectedly, "That young master should have been killed by Lao Wu and his men by now. It's a pity. He was such a handsome man, the kind I've never seen before."

"You're not falling for it, are you?"

"No, I just want to wait until he's completely passionate in bed before cutting off his ancestral temple. I imagine his expression will be quite interesting, hee hee."

As soon as this was said, everyone laughed.

The atmosphere then improved somewhat.

Meanwhile, Li Lin did not rush to the Tang residence immediately. Instead, he went to a clothing store, sneaked in, changed his clothes, and left enough silver notes before leaving.

He changed into a more athletic outfit; wearing scholar's clothes wouldn't be appropriate, lest someone see his appearance and make connections.

The so-called "avoiding suspicion" means that no one can associate it with anything and no trace is left behind.

Then he took a silk scarf and covered his face with it.

Feeling that it was about time, he entered stealth mode and headed towards the Tang residence.

The sky was already showing signs of dawn.

After entering the Tang residence, Li Lin secretly made his way around.

They found that most of the servants were resting, while those who looked like thugs or soldiers had gathered in the backyard.

When he crouched down under the window again, he overheard what Yueyue said.

And a burst of laughter.

Li Lin's eyes turned slightly cold as he waited quietly for a while.

At this point, no one in the room spoke anymore, and many people had already dozed off.

He peered through the crack in the window, confirmed the identities of everyone inside, and then climbed over the window.

His movements were completely silent, thanks to the enhancement of his stealth ability; no one saw him or sensed him.

He then stealthily approached Yueyue from behind.

Because it was this woman who just said she would destroy his ancestral hall.

He is ruthless; no man would want to let him go.

Li Lin was the same.

Upon approaching the woman from behind, he smelled the scent of rouge and then remembered that this was the well-bred young lady who had helped him "clear his name" yesterday.

After changing her clothes and hairstyle, I almost didn't recognize her.

All I can say is that women change a lot.

Li Lin slowly approached the woman from behind, and at this moment, no one could see him.

After all, most people are either daydreaming or dozing off.

Weiwei, who was sitting opposite Yueyue, narrowed her eyes slightly. She seemed to see a faint, transparent figure crouching down behind Yueyue.

But it was too bland, almost like she was seeing things, and she was sleepy after all.

As Weiwei regained consciousness, she jumped up and pointed behind Yueyue, shouting, "Watch out!"

But her reminder came too late.

Yueyue's body suddenly arched, her eyes wide open, filled with confusion and bewilderment.

A short sword pierced through her chest, and blood gushed from the black blade.

Yueyue desperately turned around, wanting to see who had killed her.

But then, the short sword was suddenly pulled back, and a figure pounced over her head, heading straight for Weiwei.

Yueyue's vision went black rapidly. She only saw a figure in a tight-fitting outfit before losing consciousness.

As for Vivi, she had already stood up when she was reminded.

But Li Lin acted too quickly.

He stabbed Yueyue to death with one sword, then pounced on Weiwei, all in less than a breath.

Vivi was just a dancer. Although she practiced martial arts, it wasn't a proper training; she only practiced self-defense skills.

Her strength is not even half that of Hongluan, let alone being able to fight Li Lin head-on.

When Li Lin pounced on her, she could only instinctively raise her hand to block. But Li Lin struck down with a White Tiger Palm, not only breaking Weiwei's right hand that was blocking, but also hitting her head with the force of the palm, pressing her head down into her abdomen, making it look as if she had no neck.

Vivi's head was hit hard, and her eyes turned bloodshot, as red as two cherry tomatoes.

Then blood started flowing from her nose, mouth, and ears.

Half a breath later, her body slumped back into the chair, then leaned against it, her eyes wide open in death.

At this moment, the others finally realized what was happening.

Several people with decent martial arts skills rushed forward.

However, their strength was far inferior to Li Lin's; they were basically killed with a single palm strike or sword strike.

Only one young man, his face flushed, shouted "Sister Weiwei!" and rushed forward. He exchanged three blows with Li Lin, but was finally stabbed through the heart by a short sword.

Li Lin tossed the young man's body aside.

Seeing how ferocious the masked man was, those people dared not attack again and instead fled.

Li Lin rushed forward, killed a few more, and then let them leave.

Because he remembered that most of the people there sat in the back.

At this moment, there were already more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground, and the air was thick with the smell of blood.

Li Lin's body was also covered in blood.

He looked around, picked up a candle, and lit the house on fire.

Flames roared, engulfing the dozen or so corpses, including Tang Nan's.

Li Lin then entered stealth mode and climbed out the window.

At this time, the entire Tang family mansion was in a state of chaos.

People ran out of the room shouting that there was an assassin and ran around in a panic.

The servants and maids, who had been awakened by the fright, shouted "Fire!" and began to organize firefighting efforts.

But then he was frightened by the voice saying "There are assassins" and ran out of the Tang mansion with those people.

Then, this chaos attracted a lot of onlookers.

Without firefighting efforts, the entire Tang mansion burst into flames.

Meanwhile, Li Lin had already left the Tang residence area and gone to a secluded place to change out of his blood-stained robe before returning to the small courtyard.

Xiaoping has prepared breakfast.

At this point, she was making flatbread, which tasted so-so.

But she and her brother ate with great relish.

Li Lin ate a few bites of food quickly, then asked Xiao Ping to prepare warm water so he could take a bath and wash away the smell of blood.

……

The Tang residence had been reduced to scorched earth, with wisps of smoke still rising from some places.

Bai Jie, the military commander, rushed over from the branch office outside the city, followed by a large group of soldiers, about two hundred men.

Among them were several people whose clothing was noticeably different from that of the soldiers.

These are the inspectors of the Imperial City Guard.

This is what people in the martial arts world call "chazi" (察子).

Bai Jie's expression was extremely ugly. He glanced at the vast expanse of scorched earth and roared, "You scoundrel... Today he dares to kill and set fires. Tomorrow he'll dare to come and kill me and burn down our Lingtai Prison branch. Xiang County will not tolerate such an arrogant person."

No one dared to speak.

Bai Jie looked around and saw that many people had gathered to watch. He said, "Disperse the surrounding irrelevant people and block this intersection."

The soldiers did as instructed immediately.

Bai Jie then said, "Go in and investigate immediately. Use the skills of your Imperial City Guard inspectors to find out the truth of the matter."

Several people dressed differently entered the crime scene, and three others went to question the survivors about what had happened.

Bai Jie stood still and waited.

He wants an answer right now.

Now that a rare and precious treasure is about to be born, those people in Huaxi County need to go and keep watch tonight.

But now this mess has happened on their end. If he can't find out the truth, he won't be able to do anything with peace of mind.

About half an hour later, the men came out of the fire.

The leader clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Reporting to the Supervisor, the investigation has yielded preliminary results."

"explain."

"The murderer is very likely the same person who killed Captain Tang."

"That thief actually returned after just one night?" Bai Jie's eyes began to bloodshot. "He doesn't take our Lingtai Guard seriously at all. How could he kill so many people all by himself?"

"Yueyue was stabbed through the heart, and the wound was exactly the same as the one on Captain Tang's body. Both were attacked from behind, and both had no chance to react."

At this moment, a man stood up and said, "According to the survivors, they were all very sleepy at the time and did not pay attention to their surroundings. They did not see when the murderer appeared. They only knew that as soon as he appeared, he had already killed Yueyue and Weiwei."

Bai Jie's eyes widened slightly: "A trick? Or was it already lurking there all along?"

The leading inspector said, "I think it's the latter. If it were a trick, the local True Lord wouldn't have been unresponsive."

Bai Jie nodded: "If he's been lurking there all along, that means he was near us when we arrived last night. That guy has some nerve."

Just then, a soldier jogged over and said, "Supervisor Bai, the Prefect has arrived with his men."

"You continue your investigation. I'm going to see the prefect; we need their help with this as well."

Bai Jie turned and left.

The leading inspector sighed, his eyes filled with helplessness.

Someone nearby asked, "Boss, is this case complicated?"

"I don't think it's like they've been lurking there all along, then suddenly run out from their hiding place to kill someone; it's more like..."

"Like what?"

The man suddenly realized what he was doing and said, "It's nothing, I must have misunderstood."

(End of this chapter)