Chapter 51: Assassination
"Squeak-" The steward opened the door.
The sky was dark outside, and the mayor came alone, standing in front of them with a lantern in his hand and a thin coat.
"Mayor Mare, what's the matter with visiting in the middle of the night?" The steward leaned in front of the door and asked.
"Is Jiulangzhong here?" The mayor looked inside the door, something hidden in his eyes.
"Fugui, let the mayor in." Su Mujiu's leisurely voice sounded, and the manager let go of his body.
With a smile on his face, the mayor stepped in.
As soon as he entered, the mayor first saw Su Mujiu sitting at the table, drinking tea, and her face was leisurely.
Mayor Mare's eyes wandered for a moment, as if searching for something.
"Mayor Mare, what are you looking at?" Su Mujiu smiled like a flower, she propped her head and pointed to the bench beside her, "Sit." β
"Okay, okay." The mayor sat down a little distraught, and he muttered for a moment, and several times stopped talking.
Su Mujiu naturally found the clue, the mayor of this town didn't sleep in the middle of the night and came to her, but he didn't say the reason, he was afraid that there was something hidden in it.
The corners of her mouth hooked, she personally picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea for the mayor, and handed it to the mayor, "Mayor, if you have something to say, why do you and I need to see each other?" β
The mayor's fingers trembled slightly, he took the teacup and took a sip lightly, and then froze, "Jiu Langzhong, you tell me the truth, where did that batch of herbs come from?" β
Herbs?
Could it be that something is wrong with the herbs?
Su Mujiu's eyes flashed with a faint light, and he asked casually, "What's wrong with this herb?" β
The mayor heard Su Mujiu's doubts, and he put the teacup heavily on the table.
A pair of eyes seemed to be a messenger from hell in the night, with a hint of coldness, "Jiu Langzhong, this is about your life, don't lie, I forgive you for being a Langzhong, I specially came to inform you, and you tell me, where did this herb come from?" β
Su Mujiu's hand holding the teacup gradually tightened, and she gave the manager a slightly reassuring look, "fluttered", and laughed.
She said, "Recently, I don't know why, the demand for this herb has skyrocketed, it turned out that the channel could not get the goods, and I knew that the mayor of the town was in a hurry, so I asked a friend to help me buy a batch." What's the matter, this herb is not in good color? Or is there a problem? β
The mayor sighed lightly, his brows furrowed, "Jiu Langzhong, I want to give you a way out for the sake of your relationship with me, and now you still want to deceive me at this time." β
The mayor stood up, and before Su Mujiu could react, he shouted loudly outside the door: "Come on, take down these two thieves!" β
Immediately after, Su Mujiu saw men with weapons in their hands rushing out of the lurking grass pile, wrapping up the entire medicinal herbs.
They looked dressed like the townspeople, and even some of them were familiar facesβthe ones she had seen in the mountains.
"What do you mean, Mayor?" Su Mujiu looked at so many cold swords facing him, but he still said with a leisurely face.
At this moment, the steward had been put against his neck with a long sword, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word.
"Jiu Langzhong, in vain I trust you so much, look at what this is!" The mayor said angrily, his ugly face contorted with anger, and he pulled out a note from his bosom and threw it on the table.
Su Mujiu took the note and glanced at it casually.
In the next second, her expression became solemn.
I only saw that the note was written: The matter is revealed, kill people and eliminate mouths, and evacuate quickly.
Su Mujiu rolled the note into the palm of his hand, and there was a faint coldness in his eyes.
This note is obviously to remind the people who raise soldiers, and this is clearly something for Jian Kite to do, and the emperor must also know about it.
At such times, the emperor couldn't afford to betray her.
In this way, it is obvious that the emperor already has eyeliner around him, and in this way, the news is transmitted.
Oh, interesting.
"Mayor Town, before I die, can you answer my questions, there are still things I don't understand." Su Mujiu relaxed at this time, and she asked.
"You say." The mayor had a cold face and looked at Su Mujiu impatiently.
"This Wushan fire case and the theft of grain and grass are really from your handiwork, hiding the soldiers among the people, just to avoid search, am I right? But I don't understand, except for the small part of the people who are farming in the mountains and you hide them among the people, where are the others hidden? β
Su Mujiu's voice was melodious and tactful, as if it had been washed by the clear spring of the mountain stream.
"Who are you?!" The mayor looked at Su Mujiu with vicious eyes, obviously, until now, he regarded Su Mujiu as an ordinary Langzhong.
"Oh, you don't even know who I am, and you're going to kill me? It seems that you guys are really careless about human life. The corners of Su Mujiu's mouth hooked, and her fingers touched the face.
Then, in front of the mayor, she tore off the scar on her face, took out a cloth from her arms, and wiped the things on her face clean.
Soon, the ugly-looking Jiu Langzhong was transformed into a beautiful woman with a stunning appearance.
"Are you - Lord Mu!" The mayor reacted at once, his steps were vain, and if he hadn't been holding on to the table, he would have fallen to the ground if he couldn't stand steadily.
"You haven't answered my question yet?" Su Mujiu hooked her lips and continued to ask.
"Okay, I'll let you understand why you die. This is the overall situation that my master has laid out for more than ten years, and the others are naturally the people of the town, who have obeyed my master's dispatch for generations, but it is only a year before they start to act. The mayor stabilized his emotions and laughed wildly this time.
Generations of people who have been at the mercy of the mastermind behind the scenes?
Su Mujiu's eyes poked in the direction of the wing, where there was still a kite hidden in the room that had not had time to leave.
So what is his identity?
Is he the emperor's man? Or is it the one who is behind it?
"Your master, isn't he the one in the palace?" Su Mujiu deliberately said this, just to deceive the mayor in front of him.
Sure enough, a trace of astonishment crossed the mayor's eyes, and he looked at Su Mujiu vigilantly and remained silent.
"No mercy!" The mayor of the town no longer wants to waste time with Su Mujiu, and now he will get rid of the big trouble in his heart and solve his worries.
He shook his head, closed his eyes, and commanded the men.
"Yes!"
The people with weapons rushed up and slashed unceremoniously in the direction of Su Mujiu.
"Help me!! Rajah!! The steward exclaimed, seeing that the long sword was about to pierce his throat.