Chapter 170: Worst Intentions
Zhao Yang carefully watched the content of the letter, and suddenly his face was as pale as snow, and the whole person took a few steps back as if he had been hit hard, and his hand holding the letter was trembling.
"What's wrong?" Li Xuan asked eagerly.
Zhao Yang's pale lips trembled and he couldn't speak, and handed the letter to Li Xuan with his shaky hand.
Li Xuan took it curiously, his expression was the same as Zhao Yang's, and his mouth was babbling about the impossible.
"What about playing, you guys are talking!" Xie Yu yelled angrily, and directly snatched the letter, this time everyone watched it together...
"Fake, right? Which brain is this written? He doesn't know that Yu Cheng is the head of our mercenary alliance branch? Don't listen to his nonsense!" Xie Yu directly tore up the letter.
Without him, it reads:
Yang'er, according to the investigation of this seat, it was found that Shen Lu and his disciple Yu Cheng secretly conducted human experiments, which was really a loss of conscience. However, this matter is related to the reputation of our mercenary alliance, and it must not be publicized. Now I command you to lurk beside them, watch their every move closely, and wait for our next instructions.
"This is the minister's handwriting, and I recognize his handwriting. And it is also stamped with the seal of the head of the headquarters of the Mercenary Alliance, and that seal is also true!" Zhao Yang is a close confidant of the head of the headquarters, so it is naturally impossible for him to admit his mistake.
"What the hell are you talking about?How could Minister Yu Cheng be in the same league as Shen Lu?" Xie Yu grabbed Zhao Yang's clothes with an angry face, and looked back at Li Xuan: "Li Xuan, what do you say?"
Li Xuan looked directly into Zhao Yang's eyes, "I was picked up by the minister, he treated me like a son, I believe in his character, it is impossible for him to be with someone like Shen Lu." I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here. It's never too late to figure it out before jumping to conclusions. ”
"Since it's a minister's handwritten letter, there's no way you're going wrong. After all, Yu Cheng and Shen Lu have a master-apprentice relationship, and they will get together..."
Before Zhao Yang finished speaking, he was punched in the face by Cheng Zhan, and the whole person took several steps back. "Damn, don't you say I forgot, you're still Shen Lu's apprentice! I suspect you and him are also in the same league now!"
"What are you talking about?" Zhao Yang was also angry, Shen Lu was his ancestor, Yu Cheng was his master, and he was the most uncomfortable in his heart, just holding back his anger.
Seeing that the two were about to fight, Li Xuan hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "Don't say a word." Now it's time to find out what is true or false, rather than arguing about it. ”
Li Xuan was right. Let's find a way to prove the truth of the matter. Liu Xian and Lu Ming also stepped forward to dissuade them.
Xie Yu glared at Zhao Yang viciously, and then said: "How can you prove it? Could it be that you go to Minister Yu Cheng and ask him if he is in league with the murderer Shen Lu?
"That's a problem!" the crowd fell silent.
After thinking about it, he couldn't think of a reason, and Liu Xian immediately said: "Forget it." Let's go back first. I can't beat the secret observation of the minister. ”
"No! Now Master Shen Lu is dead. If Mr. Yu Cheng really participated in that human experiment, then we would already be startling the snake now. He will definitely be extra careful, it will be even more difficult for us to find his horse's feet!" Zhao Yang immediately retorted.
"Then what do you say?" Xie Yu's favorability towards Zhao Yang can be said to have plummeted.
"Or else. We lure the minister out and then join forces to test him. If he was really in the same group as Shen Lu, then as long as he felt a hint of threat, he would definitely show his feet. Lu Ming said.
"No!" Li Xuan shook his head: "First of all, we may not be the opponent of the minister. Secondly, the minister is very familiar with us, and he can recognize us as soon as we fight, and at that time, even if he is really in the same group as Shen Lu, he will not show his feet to us. Besides, if you don't come up with a reason in the end, can you still kill the minister?"
"That's not going to work, that's not going to work! What else can I do? Just go back to each house and find my own mother. Cheng Zhan said impatiently.
"I think we can trick him!" Moon Shadow said suddenly after a moment of contemplation.
"What kind of trick?" asked everyone in unison.
"It's easy! I brought him out and fought with him, and in the course I showed a deep hatred for him and indicted many crimes against the experiment, and if he had participated in that experiment, he would have been exposed. If he is innocent, he will be confused and confused. ”
Li Xuan thought about it carefully and said, "This method seems to be feasible! But there is still a problem. You are by no means a match for the minister, and I am afraid that before you can speak, the minister will give you that..."
Moon Shadow nodded, "Hmm." That's also the problem. You guys can't show up, or the plan will run aground. But I'm no match for him. ”
"I'll help you!" Zhao Yang said.
Seeing that everyone looked at him suspiciously, Zhao Yang smiled: "I haven't seen my teacher for more than ten years, and I believe he won't recognize me." Of course, to be on the safe side, I'll wear a mask to fight it. ”
"Wait a minute, how do we know if you're going to secretly kill the minister in the name of tempting the minister?"
Lu Ming and the others nodded, there was really a possibility.
"Could it be that I, Zhao Yang, am so unbearable in your hearts?" Zhao Yang's face became gloomy.
Forehead... This...
Everyone recalled the first time they met Zhao Yang, and Zhao Yang's various performances later, and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.
"I believe in you!" said Moon Shadow.
"I believe you too!" Li Xuan said.
Li Xuan said this, how could Xie Yu dare to refute it?
"Then let's discuss the next battle plan!"
"First of all, you have to make sure that you don't alarm anyone. You can be on the leg of Teacher Cheng, and you will soon be able to catch up with us. So, we have to choose a place that is close to where he lives and where there is no one. Speaking of this, Zhao Yang's brows suddenly tightened, this prerequisite is too difficult.
"It's not difficult! I know that there is a cliff deep in the mountains behind the Mercenary Alliance branch, and it is inaccessible and almost no one will go there. I often go there to steal... Forehead... Ahem..."Xie Yu suddenly coughed dryly a few times, and said, "I often go there to retreat! The entire mercenary alliance branch has the closest place where the minister lives, and it just meets this condition!"
Zhao Yang nodded, "Okay." That's where the location is. At the same time, just in case, we planted a soundproof barrier there in advance. Otherwise, it won't be fun to attract the entire mercenary alliance branch. ”
"Second, how to suppress Teacher Yu Cheng without hurting him? No, what we have to consider is, if Teacher Yu Cheng is really in the same group as Master Shen Lu, how can we stop him? Once the battle is too fierce, the soundproof barrier will also be ineffective, if we bring people from the Mercenary Alliance Branch over, I think, no one will believe us, right?
We will be enemies of the entire alliance branch, and at that time, the teacher will definitely not let us get out of the alliance branch alive. ”
Li Xuan's eyes rolled rapidly, and after a long time, he said, "If you combine the strength of the six God of War squads, you should be able to suppress the minister, right?"
"I don't know. Now, I can only give it a go. However, it must be someone who can be completely trusted. Otherwise, if the news leaks, it will be over. Zhao Yang said.
"This is natural!" Li Xuan responded.
"The rest is up to you. Zhao Yang patted Moon Shadow on the shoulder. "Of course, it would be great if Teacher Yu Cheng was innocent!"
"Without further ado, we'll talk about the division of labor as we go!"
"Tempting Minister Yu Cheng, isn't this okay?" Lu Ming whispered in Li Xuan's ear.
Li Xuan was silent and said, "We all grew up under the watchful eye of the minister, and we know his personality well. But Zhao Yang said that the letter was indeed written by the head of the Mercenary Alliance General Office, and there was no way to get rid of it!" Then Li Xuan looked at Lu Ming very seriously, "I don't want to doubt Minister Yu Cheng either." But what if it really is? What if he comes and offers blood sacrifices to the Alliance Branch? So, we have to prepare for the worst. I'm sure he won't blame us either. ”
Hearing Li Xuan's words, Lu Ming's breathing became short, and it was really true when he thought about it carefully. It's really scary to think about!
Everyone traveled day and night, rushing towards the mercenary alliance non-stop, and in this way, it took half a month to come to the foot of the mountain.
Looking at the 100,000 stairs in front of him, Li Xuan's mood became inexplicably heavy, and after a while, he spoke: "This time the matter is not trivial, because we suspect the most respected person in this place. Therefore, we must not let anyone know that we are back, lest there be any trouble!"
"It's strange to say! I don't know why, as long as you walk these 100,000 steps, no matter when, you will meet Elder Li Yan. It was as if he had been watching over the bluestone staircase. Lu Ming interjected.
Liu slanted his brows, "But this is the only way to the mountain." If you go the other way, you will have to use magic, which may alarm other people. ”
"I knew there was another trail that would lead to the top of the mountain. It was still Xie Yu who spoke.
Hmm? Li Xuan and the others squinted and looked at Xie Yu suspiciously, and Xiao Lu, why didn't they know.
"Don't look at me like that. It's not because of this guy!" As he spoke, Xie Yu glanced at Liu, making the latter a little confused.
Xie Yu continued: "Do you remember the last time the minister locked us up? At that time, when I was bored on it, I ran to the edge of the cliff in the back mountain and sat and watched the clouds rise. Looking at the malicious eyes of several people, Xie Yu hurriedly changed his words: "Okay! I stumbled upon a path, and out of curiosity, I walked all the way down, but I didn't expect the path to lead to the bottom of the mountain. ”
"Wait! The cliff you just talked about is the same place as the cliff you talked about earlier?" Li Xuan caught a hint of key.
"yes, what's wrong?" Xie Yu said puzzled.
"Why didn't you suddenly open your mind!" Li Xuan scolded with a smile. "That path can be used as a retreat for us!"
Everyone thought, yes, if you can't win the battle, you can still escape! It's better than jumping to escape, right?
"Don't pestle! Don't lead the way!" Cheng Zhan patted Xie Yu's head.
"Ahh "It's not far ahead!"