Killer Queen: Tyrant, prepare to die!

Chapter 72 Adorable Baby's Divine Assistance! Little Bird Whistleblower: Two Bad Guys Are Crouching Outside the Wall

It's been three days.

Outside Qihuang Garden, at the base of the wall, two men in black had been squatting for three days.

He disguised himself as a beggar during the day.

At night, I would huddle in the shadows of the corner.

His eyes, like hooks, were fixed on the people coming in and out of the garden.

"Boss, how much longer do we have to do this job?" the younger one asked in a low voice, his legs were numb.

"Unless the young master gives the order, we have to keep squatting." The older man stared at the garden gate. "Keep a close eye on it; you have to remember even if a fly flies out."

"But it's been three days, and Ye Huang hasn't left the house at all..."

"Shut up."

The older man had just finished scolding him.

Suddenly, a "thumping" sound came from the top of the wall.

The two were startled.

look up.

Three or four sparrows landed on the wall, tilting their little heads and staring at them with their black bean-like eyes.

Then it called out a few times.

It flew away.

"Bad luck," the young man muttered.

they do not know.

Sparrows flew into the garden.

It landed directly in the pavilion.

---

In the pavilion.

Bao'er was lying on the stone table playing with the nine-linked rings.

A sparrow landed beside his hand, chirping incessantly.

Bao'er looked up, her little face serious: "Mommy, the little bird is talking."

Ye Huang put down the secret letter in her hand: "What did it say?"

"The little bird said," Bao'er pointed out the wall, "there are two people in black clothes outside. They've been squatting there for three days. Naughty!"

Ye Huang's eyes narrowed.

"Eunuch Li."

In the shadows, a hunched figure silently emerged.

"Go check."

"Yes."

Eunuch Li disappeared without a sound.

Half an incense stick later.

He is back.

"Your Highness," Eunuch Li said in a low voice, "there are indeed two people at the southeast corner outside the wall. They are dressed in black, carry knives, and are quite skilled. Judging from their posture, they are veterans among our spies."

Ye Huang sneered.

Liu Chengming, as expected, did not give up.

They've even put surveillance cameras in front of her house.

"Can we catch him?" she asked.

"One is easy," said Eunuch Li, "but the two are like two horns on each other; any movement will cause alarm. Unless..."

"Unless they separate on their own," Night Phoenix interjected.

She looked at Bao'er.

Then he looked at the sparrows on the wall.

Suddenly he laughed.

"Baby," she asked softly, "could you ask the little bird... to do Mommy a small favor?"

---

At the base of the wall.

The two men in black were still staring intently at the garden gate.

suddenly.

A few more sparrows flew over the wall.

This time there are more than three or four.

There are more than a dozen.

They chirped and jumped around on the wall.

Then--

"Clatter".

A clump of bird droppings landed precisely on the young man in black's head.

"Holy shit!" The young man in black jumped up instinctively and reached out to touch it.

"Don't move!" the older man hissed.

late.

The young man in black had already stood up.

Almost simultaneously.

Suddenly, all the sparrows on the wall took flight, fluttering westward.

It flew and called out.

The commotion caused all the stray cats and dogs on the street to bark.

"Something's wrong!" The older man in black's expression changed. "Retreat!"

The two were just about to move.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps came from the west alley entrance.

There was also barking from dogs.

"Over there!" someone shouted. "The chicken thief ran that way!"

The young man in black panicked: "Boss, have we been spotted?"

"Let's split up!" the older man decided decisively. "You go east, I'll go west. We'll meet at the usual place!"

The two had only run a few steps in opposite directions.

The older one suddenly tripped.

Bow down.

A rope, seemingly out of nowhere, lay across the middle of the alley.

He reacted extremely quickly, flipping over to leap up.

But a large net had already covered them from above.

The net is specially made; the more you struggle, the tighter it becomes.

Eunuch Li emerged from the shadows, his withered hand resting on his neck.

"Don't move." The voice was calm. "Move or die."

the other side.

The young man in black ran eastward like a madman.

They were about to rush out of the alley.

I bumped into an old farmer carrying a basket of vegetables.

"Ouch!" The old farmer fell to the ground, scattering vegetables all over the ground.

The young man in black tried to go around it.

But then my foot slipped.

Bow down.

The ground was covered with perfectly round soybeans.

He fell forward.

I haven't gotten up yet.

I feel a pain in the back of my neck.

It's black in front of you.

Before losing consciousness, he only saw a pair of women's embroidered shoes.

Simple and clean.

Yet it carried a murderous aura.

---

Qihuangyuan cellar.

The older man in black was tied to a pillar.

His mouth was stuffed with cloth.

His eyes were fixed on Ye Huang in front of him.

"Liu Chengming's men?" Ye Huang asked.

The man in black shut up.

"Silence is fine too." Ye Huang took out a silver needle from her sleeve.

Slender.

It gleamed with a cold light.

"I studied medicine," she said calmly. "I know which parts of the body are most painful to prick, but not fatal."

She walked up to the man in black.

The silver needle slowly approached behind his ear.

"This place is called Yifeng acupoint. If you insert it an inch, you'll feel like a million ants are crawling inside your bones."

The needle tip has already touched the skin.

The man in black's pupils contracted.

"I'll speak!" he finally said, his voice hoarse, "We are the young master's men!"

"Which young master?"

"...Liu Chengming."

Ye Huang withdrew her needle: "A mission?"

"Monitor Qihuang Garden. Record all people entering and leaving, especially...those related to the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion."

"Anything else?"

"Find an opportunity...to tamper with the goods at Jinxiufang."

Ye Huang's eyes turned cold: "How did you tamper with it?"

"Poisoning." The man in black gritted his teeth. "The young master gave us a packet of powder. If it gets on fabric, people who wear it will develop rashes and ulcers."

The temperature in the cellar plummeted.

Ye Huang remained silent for a moment.

Where are Liu Chengming's private salt warehouses in Jiangnan?

The man in black suddenly looked up: "I don't know!"

"You really don't know?" Ye Huang picked up the silver needles again.

"I really don't know!" the man in black panicked. "Such top-secret information is only known to the young master's confidants! We, as peripheral spies, are only responsible for surveillance and..."

He suddenly stopped.

"What did you remember?" Ye Huang stared at him.

"...I...I heard them mention it once." The man in black's voice trembled. "Three months ago, the young master transported a batch of 'white goods' from Yangzhou on a canal gang's ship. The unloading place...it seems to be near the third abandoned brick kiln west of the canal dock."

Ye Huang noted it down.

West of the canal wharf.

The third abandoned brick kiln.

"Anything else?"

"It's gone! It's really gone!" the man in black pleaded. "Madam, spare my life! I still have an elderly mother at home..."

Ye Huang turned around.

He nodded to Eunuch Li.

Eunuch Li stepped forward and struck the man in black on the back of the neck with a palm strike.

The person collapsed limply.

"And the other one?" Ye Huang asked.

"Knock her unconscious and lock her in the next room," said Eunuch Li. "Your Majesty, what should we do with her?"

Ye Huang thought for a moment.

"Everyone who knows has already told me." She pointed to the unconscious man in black on the ground. "Clean it up thoroughly, leave no trace."

"The one who escaped..."

"Let him escape." Ye Huang's lips curled slightly. "Someone has to go back and inform Liu Chengming."

She walked out of the cellar.

The sunlight was a bit too bright.

Mo Shisan and the others were outside.

"Girl, you've asked the question?"

"Okay." Ye Huang told him the location, "West of the canal dock, near the third abandoned brick kiln. Take some men to check it out, but don't alert them."

"yes!"

Mo Shisan left in a hurry.

Jinshu walked over carrying Bao'er.

Bao'er's little face was still filled with excitement: "Mommy, did they catch the bad guys?"

"We caught one." Ye Huang patted his head. "Bao'er is really amazing."

Bao'er proudly puffed out her little chest.

"But," Jinshu said worriedly, "if one escapes, what if Liu Chengming...?"

"I want him to know." Ye Huang looked towards Wanghu Tower.

His eyes were cold.

"He knows I arrested his men."

"They know I've figured out the warehouse location."

"That's why they panic."

She picked up Bao'er and gently bounced her around.

"People make mistakes when they panic."

"If something goes wrong..."

"It's time for us to make our move."

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Wanghu Tower.

The young man in black who had escaped knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

"Young master...we...we've been discovered..."

Liu Chengming had his back to him.

The voice conveyed no emotion.

"What about the other one?"

"I've been... I've been caught..."

Liu Chengming turned around.

He kicked the man in black in the chest.

"waste!"

The man in black coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground, not daring to utter a sound.

"What did they find out?"

"No, I don't know... but Chief Li might... might not be able to hold on..."

Liu Chengming's face turned ashen.

Private salt warehouse.

That was his biggest source of wealth in Jiangnan.

It must not be exposed.

"Give the order!" he gritted his teeth. "Move all the warehouses at the brick kiln overnight! Distribute the goods to the other three backup locations!"

"yes!"

The guards hurriedly retreated.

Liu Chengming walked to the window and stared intently in the direction of Qihuang Garden.

His eyes were bloodshot.

"Night Phoenix..."

"You're asking for it."

outside the window.

The sunset was like blood.

A storm is coming.