The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 192 The ultimate plan
As agreed with Lu Zhiyi and others, Wu Chengyu was given one month to assassinate Shi Miyuan.

During this period, Lu Zhiyi and the others first had to send Yu Xiaowu's body back to Shaoxing for burial. Then they would go into hiding to avoid being caught until a month later. If Shi Miyuan was killed, they would give up on seeking revenge against him.

Therefore, within this month, you won't be able to find them unless you absolutely trust them.

However, the news that Yu Xiaowu was dead was easy to find out, so Marin would say that he knew Yu Xiaowu, and since he was dead, there was no way to verify it.

But neither these spies nor members of Yue Fei's army would generally recognize He Zhiyu.

He Zhiyu was a woman who had never practiced martial arts and would not participate in various affairs like Sister Niu. Moreover, she had a cold personality and was not known to most of the descendants of Yue Fei's army except for her closest relatives.

The name He Zhiyu is rather neutral, so it's understandable that people who don't know the inside story would initially mistake her for a man.

Although it's unclear how the leader knew He Zhiyu, she certainly knew whether He Zhiyu was male or female, and she would never use He Zhiyu to test Ma Lin.

If Ma Lin had said he didn't know He Zhiyu, that would have been fine. But he said he had drunk with He Zhiyu. It seems that even if the boss pressed for details, he could have just said that he had only drunk with her and was not familiar with her. That would have been plausible.

But he really didn't expect He Zhiyu to be a woman.

Even a momentary slip of the tongue while acting as a spy can leave a trace.

Wu Chengyu looked at the chief with admiration, as if his dark skin was no longer a flaw.

The leader picked up the gourd, took a swig of wine, and said, "In that case, as Brother Ma said, please help us invite this benevolent brother back."

The words "elder brother" were emphasized. As soon as he finished speaking, the leader suddenly smashed the gourd in his hand towards Marin, and at the same time drew his curved knife with his right hand and slashed at Marin's neck.

Marin was caught off guard. Just as the scimitar was about to strike him, he suddenly raised his right hand, which was suspended by a cloth strap. With a clang, the scimitar was blocked by his arm.

Marin immediately stepped back, his right sleeve falling off to reveal a metal arm guard.

He retreated several steps, just in time to stand next to Wu Chengyu. Without hesitation, he grabbed Wu Chengyu with his left hand and held his throat with his right.

"How did you find out?"

"I didn't realize you were a spy when I first saved you."

But on the way from Hebei to Shaanxi, we were constantly being chased by Jin Gou, and several times you cleverly led us to avoid Jin Gou.

You certainly know the terrain better than we do, but we've fought the Golden Dog for years. How could we not know their methods? Even if we could evade them once or twice, how could we succeed every time? I knew there was something wrong with you from that moment on.”

"Then why didn't you expose me?"

“Jin Gou must have had some ulterior motive in letting you infiltrate our ranks, which is why they won’t immediately start a massacre against us.”

At the time, we were in Hebei province, and we were short-handed, with women and children with us, so we naturally couldn't fight the Jin dogs head-on.

If that's the case, why not pretend to know nothing and use your identity to help us return safely to Shaanxi?

By the way, I also want to know what your intentions are in infiltrating us. However, I didn't expect that you would try to deceive us by using Brother Renyi's name. It seems that the Brother Renyi you called is just Jin Gou in disguise.

"Actually, all of this was just suspicion until you truly revealed yourself just now." "What did I just say that made you truly certain of my identity?"

"Because my surname is Yan, my name is Yan Chunyu, and my grandfather was Yan Chengfang, the Copper Hammer General under Marshal Yue Fei. I am the true descendant of Yue Fei's army."

My Yan family did not choose to lie low in the Song Kingdom back then, but instead returned to the ranks of the righteous army early on, and fought to the death with you Jin dogs.

The He Zhiyu I just mentioned is a descendant of He Yuanqing, the Silver Hammer General. She's a woman, also a descendant of the Four Fierce Generals and Eight Great Hammers. I've known Sister He since childhood, but no one else, not even Uncle Liang who's with me, knows her true identity.

If Wu Chengyu weren't currently being held by the throat by Ma Lin, he would really want to pat his forehead right now. He really had a deep connection with Yue Fei's army. He even ran into one in Shaanxi. But it seems that he is also a descendant of Yue Fei's army. Well, never mind, he can't break off the connection in this lifetime.

"Release the person you're holding, and I'll leave you with a whole corpse." The leader glanced at Wu Chengyu, his eyes still filled with disdain, as if to say that pretty boys are just a nuisance.

But Wu Chengyu's face was a little ugly. What did he mean by letting the person go and leaving them with a whole body? Wasn't he saying that Marin could kill him now, and at most he would die a gruesome death?

"Haha, you underestimate me. I had two plans in mind."

If I can fool you, that would be good; but if not, I'll just kill you all. Taking your head, the leader of the Shaanxi rebels, would be a kind of achievement.

As soon as he finished speaking, his right hand was still gripping Wu Chengyu's throat, while his left hand took something out of his pocket, bit it open with his teeth, and threw it into the air. Then, something like a flare quickly rose into the air and made a loud noise.

"I have a hundred cavalrymen following me from a distance, all the way from Hebei to Shaanxi, just in case my identity is exposed."

"Most of you here are women, children, and unrelated travelers. Only a few dozen of you can wield swords. If a hundred cavalrymen charge, let's see who survives."

Wu Chengyu calculated that he should be able to handle a hundred cavalrymen. He was willing to be a benevolent elder brother, as he couldn't reveal his identity along the way and had to clean up their messes.

From the moment the flare went up into the sky, a short while later, the faint sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance. Just as Marin had said, it was a cavalry force of no less than a hundred men.

At this moment, the leader Yan Chunyu also laughed and said, "Guess why I only really exposed you after we got to Shaanxi? Because this is the territory of my Shaanxi rebel army."

She waved her hand lightly, and one of her men immediately shot a signal arrow, and then many torches appeared hundreds of meters away in the depths of the dense forest.

Hundreds of warriors, dressed in various styles but all highly skilled, emerged from the dense forest, each carrying a large sword and a spear.

Marin was getting anxious. He thought he had outsmarted Yan Chunyu, but he hadn't expected to fall completely into Yan Chunyu's trap. He suspected that Yan Chunyu had secretly gathered people to ambush him after entering Shaanxi.

Moreover, after joining up with Old Man Liang's caravan, the group's pace slowed down. At the time, I didn't think much of it, but now it seems that Yan Chunyu wanted to get rid of him before reaching Dasanguan.

Thinking of this, Marin's only thought was to get away immediately, or at least rejoin the cavalry. He began to exert force with his right hand, wanting to twist Wu Chengyu's neck directly.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get a firm grip on Wu Chengyu with his fingers, as if some invisible force was negating the strength of his fingers.

At this moment, Wu Chengyu, who had been silent since being detained by Ma Lin, finally spoke.

"Actually, I don't really like men touching my neck."

(End of this chapter)