Chapter 44: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
Most of the officers and men in the army gathered together for the holiday, and the guards were naturally looser than usual.
"General Luo, I want to see you if you have something to do. Wei Xiwan walked to Luo Zhengyi's study and knocked lightly on the door. There was no one standing guard outside the study, presumably because General Luo remembered that tonight was a rare holiday, and ordered them not to be on duty here.
"Come in. Luo Zhengyi was reading the military book in the room, and when he heard Wei Xiwan's voice, he asked her to come in, "What's the matter so late?"
"General Luo, I got a secret letter from the army of Panjiao City, and I have come to present it to the general. After Wei Xi came in late to salute, he walked a few steps forward and handed the letter over as he spoke.
"The secret letter in the army of Panjiao City?" If it is true, it must be something important, Luo Zhengyi put down the book in his hand and stretched out his hand to take it, "I'll take a look." ”
Qiao Er and unfamiliar people are not good at talking, and the two don't know each other, so naturally there is nothing to talk about, Wei Xi left only a little late, and Chen Luo called into the guards outside the door.
"Why has General Wei been gone for so long, can you go to General Luo to find her back?" Chen Luo said politely.
"Yes. The guard nodded, and seeing that he was a guest of General Wei, and that it was not a big deal, he obeyed his words and went to General Luo.
"Where did you get such an important secret letter?" Luo Zhengyi asked as he opened it.
"The general will take a look first. Wei Xi didn't know how to explain Chen Luo's identity for a while, so he wanted to see what the letter said first, and then decide how to tell General Luo where the letter came from.
"Well......" Luo Zhengyi took out a thin piece of paper with a few folds from the envelope, flipped through it and saw that there was nothing strange, and then opened it with his hand.
Wei Xiwan was waiting for General Luo to finish reading and was about to ask what the content of the letter was, but unexpectedly saw Luo Zhengyi staring at the secret letter opened in front of him with wide eyes.
"General?" Wei Xiwan was very curious, what could make Luo Zhengyi show such a surprised and incredulous look.
As soon as the words fell, Luo Zhengyi raised his head suddenly, stared at Wei Xiwan and said, "You ......"
As soon as he spit out a word in his mouth, he seemed to be choked in his throat, his face instantly turned purple, his whole body trembled violently, and a trace of blood slowly flowed out from the corner of his mouth, which was already the appearance of poison in his body.
"General!!" Wei Xi was shocked when he saw this, and instinctively wanted to step forward to check the situation.
A strange golden light shot out from the letter, shining straight on Luo Zhengyi's Tianling Gai, the light was like a sharp sword, and where it shone, it actually cut the flesh and skin deeply, and in the blink of an eye, Luo Zhengyi appeared from the Tianling Gai to his throat, a bloody and blurred scar appeared like a sword.
Wei Xi didn't have time to get closer, but the white clothes on his body had been splashed with blood from Luo Zhengyi's wounds, and he saw Luo Zhengyi's neck crooked and he lost his breath.
The golden light disappeared like a ghost when it reached her throat, and blood filled the entire room, Wei Xiwan looked at Luo Zhengyi, who had died in front of her in just a moment, and for a while it was not clear why he died so strangely.
"Letter!" reacted quickly, Wei Xiwan wiped the blood splashed on his face, and broke the secret letter that Luo Zhengyi was holding in his hand.
Because of the extreme pain, Luo Zhengyi clutched the paper in his hand tightly before he died, and the corner of the letter had been crumpled into shape. A person died so tragically in front of him, Wei Xiwan, who was already panicked and his hands were trembling, spent a lot of effort to take out the secret letter from Luo Zhengyi's hands.
When I looked closely, there were only a few words in the letter: "Xi Wan, kill Luo Zhengyi." ”
And the payment and military seal are Shen Tucang, the general of Xiyue State.
It was like a thunderbolt in Wei Xiwan's mind, and in the case of extreme shock, she also instantly understood that this was a well-planned frame-up, just as Wei Xiwan was nervously and quickly thinking about what to do next, the door of the study was suddenly pushed open.
"General Wei, ...... you" As soon as the guards who came to look for her approached Luo Zhengyi's study, they smelled a strong smell of blood overflowing from the room, and then saw that there was blood splashing on the window, and pushed open the door in a panic to see what was going on, but they didn't want to see Wei Xiwan standing next to Luo Zhengyi, who was already dead, covered in blood.
The guard felt bad, and immediately wanted to turn around and flee and shout, but just turned around, and before he could shout a word, he was covered in the mouth from behind and fainted with a palm.
Wei Xi looked around and no one else noticed, and then dragged the guard who had fainted into the room, and closed the door tightly, she knew that she must not let him run out and call someone at this moment, otherwise this guard would be at a loss as a person to testify that she killed Luo Zhengyi.
Wei Xiwan gasped and looked at the guard who had just been dragged in and lay unconscious on the ground, and then looked at Luo Zhengyi, who was no longer breathing. The patrol people of both teams saw and knew that she had come to General Luo's study tonight, and now there was another guard, and if she wanted not to be accused of killing the general, the only way to kill them was to kill them.
Wei Xiwan began to gradually calm down, and it was clear that it was impossible for her to get out of the way, and it was impossible for her to really kill all those who had seen her come to the general's study.
"Chen Luo!" Wei Xiwan said the name coldly from his mouth, his eyes were already like frost, "It's not good, Qiao'er!"
Panicked again in her heart, she left Qiao Er, who didn't know martial arts at all, Wei Xiwan just wanted to run out of the door but stopped, turned around and put the secret letter in his hand in the candle flame and lit it, and after burning it clean, he looked at the guard who was still lying on the ground.
"I can't care about that much. Ignoring the guard who would become the most powerful witness against her when she woke up, Wei Xi left the study at night and ran desperately in the direction of Qiao Er and Chen Luo.
Along the way, he deliberately avoided Wei Xiwan and was not seen by anyone, and returned to his courtyard smoothly, but it was empty, Wei Xiwan ran into the room again, and did not see any trace of Qiao Er and Chen Luo.
"General Wei, I didn't expect you to invite us to your place for the holiday tonight. A group of soldiers entered the courtyard with a smile, and only then did someone come to tell them that the guard general had prepared good wine and food in his courtyard and invited everyone to celebrate the Qichang Festival, and they came together.
When a group of soldiers first walked into the courtyard, Wei Xiwan happened to have his back to them, and when he heard the words, he turned around, and his blood-stained skirts were exposed to everyone's eyes, and the strong smell of blood also came out.
"Wei ...... General ...... ...... you?"
"You...... ...... this?" The turn startled the unsuspecting crowd.
Before Wei Xiwan could speak, a sharp voice came from the position of the general's study, piercing the originally calm night sky.
"Oh no, General Luo was assassinated!"
Suddenly, the whole army was in chaos. As soon as the group of soldiers present heard this, they were shocked and immediately looked at Wei Xiwan, who was covered in blood, and they didn't know who shouted first: "Catch her!"
Everyone rushed up, regardless of whether Wei Xiwan was a murderer or not, his appearance at the moment was the biggest suspect in their eyes.
"What a kill-it-all-or-one bird. Wei Xiwan sneered, from the moment this group of people walked into the courtyard, she knew that the matter was not so simple.
Looking at the person who drew his sword and came towards her, Wei Xiwan knew that he was outnumbered, and he had no intention of fighting anyone, so he turned around and fled.
Most of the martial arts practiced by the officers and men in the army are mainly hand-to-hand combat, and there are not many people who are as good at light skills as Wei Xiwan, and everyone has mixed feet, and they can't catch up for a while.
"Ordered to send more men to watch the city gates, and until the murderer is caught, the city gates will not be opened tomorrow morning. ”
"Yes. ”