Chapter 499: Time is Running Out
Night.
In a dimly lit place, surrounded by torches, a few jailers gathered around a table eating and laughing.
"Open the Door"
A man in armor said, his face was angular, his posture was as tall as a pine, his momentum was as strong as the sun, and his eyes were as bright as cold stars under his sword eyebrows.
The man was the deputy general of the city defense battalion, named Zhao Tao, and there were two soldiers behind him.
"My lord, without the orders of the commander, the little ones dare not open the door"
The soldier on one side said with his fists clenched.
"If it weren't for the commander's orders, would the general have come? Open the door, the Lord Commander is still waiting"
Zhao Tao continued, a little impatient in his words.
"This ...... The"
The soldiers looked at each other, frowning slightly.
"If you don't believe me, just ask, General Ben is waiting for you here"
Looking at the soldier's hesitant appearance, Zhao Tao's face was displeased, and his tone increased.
"How can the little one not believe the adult, the adult is here, please"
Hearing the man's stiff tone, the soldier said with a smile, and then opened the door to let the man in.
"One listen, two good brothers, three more, four seasons...... You lose, drink"
"Five heads, six six shuns, seven skillful, eight horses, drink, drink"
"Ahem"
Just then, a deep coughing voice appeared.
"Adult"
When the three jailers turned around and saw Zhao Tao, they were so frightened that they quickly knelt on the ground and trembled.
"You're so bold"
Seeing the jailer drinking flower wine here, carrying out the wine order, and looking at ease, Zhao Tao's eyes were cold, and he reprimanded angrily.
Hearing this angry voice, the three jailers were horrified, their lips white, their whole body trembled, and their eyes showed an uncontrollable fear in them.
"The adults spare their lives, the little ones don't dare anymore, beg the adults to bypass us this time"
Several people knelt on the ground and begged, their cowardly eyes flickering, looking panicked and overwhelmed, their eyes trembling violently, revealing an unconcealable fear and despair, as well as a hint of unyielding will to struggle for survival.
"Hmph, General Ben has something to do now, and I don't have time to deal with you, so take General Ben to the death row prisoners"?
Zhao Tao's eyes were as sharp as lightning, looking at the three of them.
"My lord, without the orders of the prince, no one will be put on death row"
The three jailers said tremblingly, not even daring to raise their heads.
Hearing this, Zhao Tao frowned, and the eyes of the two soldiers behind him were burning.
"General Ben is here to ask questions on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief."
Seeing the entangled appearance of the jailer, Zhao Tao's eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "Hmph, I wanted to let you go, but you don't know what to do, then don't blame General Ben for being ruthless."
"Big, small one, I'll take you there"
Hearing this, the jailer was so frightened that he did not dare to stop him.
"Hmph, lead the way"
Zhao Tao snorted coldly, very displeased.
After a while, the jailer took Zhao Tao and his party to the death row where Wu Duan was, and when he was about to arrive, Zhao Tao said: "Go and wait outside, General Ben has something to say to him alone."
"Yes, yes, yes"
The jailer nodded like pounded garlic and hurriedly left, for fear of touching his brow.
"Time is limited, hurry up"
When the jailer left, Zhao Tao whispered to the two soldiers behind him.
"Wu Duan"
The two soldiers came to the cell and looked at the sleeping Wu Duan, whose eyes were as sharp as knives, and there was no emotion at all.
"Who are you?"
Hearing someone calling for him, he opened his eyes and looked at the cell, where he was startled to see two figures.
"Master, let us ask you, what did you say Prince Yin said?"
One of them said.
Hearing this, Wu Duan was shocked, his pupils shrank, his heart was shocked, and he thought of the identities of these two people in an instant.
With his mouth wide open, he was about to shout, but suddenly he felt his brain roaring, his thinking was confused, his body was uncontrollable, and he couldn't speak.
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I saw a person with five fingers flexed and extended, and a powerful force sucked him over and grabbed him directly by the throat.
"The master asked me to ask what you told Prince Yin"
"Leave me alone, I'm ...... Want to live...... Pretending to take refuge in Prince Yin and deceiving his trust, I ......"
Wu Duan's heart was beating wildly, his face was flushed, he was undergoing unbearable torture at the moment, and the huge force made him unable to even speak, and his throat rolled hard.
"So you've said everything"
Hearing this, one of them said indifferently, his eyes like a beast, full of aggression.
"I'm ......"
"Click"
As soon as this person used his strength, he directly pinched Wu Duan's neck, let go of his hand, his body fell weakly on the prison fence, blood dripped down the corner of his mouth and fell to the ground, and his unwilling eyes widened.
When he died, he didn't expect that the people of Xiaoxiang would be so bold and dare to trespass into the city defense camp.
"Let's go"
One of them said to Zhao Tao.
"Adults walk slowly, adults walk slowly"
When the jailer saw Zhao Tao, he looked flattering.
"Hmph, there will be no mercy next time"
"Don't worry, there won't be a next time."
When Zhao Tao walked away, the jailer straightened up and reached out to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.
After a stick of incense, Zhao Tao and his party left the city defense camp and came to a hidden corner.
"The matter of Wu Duan's killing can't be hidden for long, I can't stay in the city defense camp anymore, when will the conditions promised me be fulfilled?"
Zhao Tao was bought by the Xiaoxiang Society a long time ago, in order to allow him to climb to a higher position and grasp more core information.
For so many years, Xiaoxianghui has not contacted him, and has given him some credit, if it weren't for killing Wu Duan, Qian Yan wouldn't want to waste an important chess piece so quickly.
You must know that the city defense battalion belongs to the direct command of the emperor, and it is a very difficult thing to put eyeliner in it.
After Zhao Tao's identity is exposed this time, it will inevitably cause vigilance, and the whole city defense camp will be secretly investigated.
In the future, it will be even more difficult to insert people in.
"Cashed out right away"
One of them said, his eyes were cold, and he did not hide the killing intent in his heart at all.
"Immediately? …… You want to kill me? ”
Hearing this, Zhao Tao frowned, then reacted, and looked at the two of them with a vigilant face, exuding the momentum of the middle grade of the realm.
"Only the dead can keep secrets"
Facing Zhao Tao's negligible momentum, the two sneered, not paying attention to it at all.
Seeing this, he turned around and wanted to escape, these two people are masters of the Heavenly Realm, and they have no chance of winning at all.
Run!
At this moment, there was only one thought left in Zhao Tao's mind.
There was a sneer behind him, and there was a sharp pain in his body, Zhao Tao looked down at his chest, and at some point, there was an extra blood-stained sword on his chest.
The Heavenly Realm is strong, I'm afraid it will be like this.
Then his body collapsed weakly, and after a few shakes, he completely stopped moving.
"It's ridiculous, you still want to run away in front of us"
Then, the figures of the two rose into the air and disappeared into the night.
Following.
"My lord, it's not good, Wu Duan is dead"
At this moment, one of his subordinates came and said.
"How did you die?"
Yun Xuan was shocked, this is a city defense battalion, since the last time Hua Yinghou was killed, he has deliberately strengthened his vigilance, even if the former of the Heavenly Realm comes, he can be strong enough for the soldiers to come to support.
"Someone broke his neck and died"
The subordinate said truthfully.
"Check for Ben Wang and see who went to death row last night"
Yun Xuan was furious, he didn't expect someone to enter the death row and kill Wu Duan unknowingly, and it looked like an insider had committed a crime.
When he entered the city defense camp today, the soldiers did not show anything unusual, nor did they hear any bad news.
However, before the ass was hot, Wu Duan was killed.
Intuition told him that there was a mole in the city defense battalion, and as for who it was, he soon knew.
so
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ruthless, he came directly to the city defense camp and killed people, this matter is inseparable from Xiaoxianghui.
Although Wu Duan's death was unexpected by Yun Xuan, his role was also brought into play, although there were some regrets, but it was enough.
The behemoth of Xiaoxianghui has already cracked, and there are enough here, and the rest will be left to time to slowly erode.
It is unrealistic to want to bring down Xiaoxiang at once, and so far Yun Xuan has not fully seen through the foundation of Xiaoxiang Society.
After a cup of tea, the soldier came and said, "My lord, only Adjutant General Zhao Tao went to death row last night, and he took two soldiers with him."
"Didn't the king say that no one should go in without the king's command"?
Zhao Tao, it seems that this person is the eyeliner that Xiaoxiang will place in the city defense camp, and it is worthy of the Xiaoxiang Club, and even the city defense camp can put his own eyeliner.
"My lord, the soldiers guarding the door said that Zhao Tao said that they let Zhao Tao in after your order."
"What about Zhao Taoren"?
"Back to my lord, it's gone"
"Look for it, dig three feet into the ground and find it"
In one night, it is enough to leave the national capital with a family, even if you hurry up, you don't know which direction Zhao Tao is going?
It's just that Zhao Tao really left the national capital?
Yun Xuan was not sure.
If it were him, he would never let Wu Duan's matter happen again.
Half an hour later.
"My lord, Zhao Tao is dead, he was killed by a sword"
The servant came in and said.
"Let General Lin and all the generals come over"
His face sank, and sure enough, it was still as he thought, Zhao Tao was killed, and the clue was interrupted.
"Adult"
At this time, Lin Hu and the six lieutenants came in and hugged their fists and said.
"Sit"
"There was a traitor named Zhao Tao in the city defense battalion, and he led people to kill a death row prisoner, and he was also killed"
Glancing at the seven people, Yun Xuan said calmly.
He didn't know if there were any other people in these people, and he didn't want to use his skills to probe them.
The city defense battalion can only have one master, doing things for others, and he is not interested in this kind of thing.
When he took over the city defense battalion, Yun Xuan never thought about holding the city defense battalion in his hands, which is why he has never cared about the power of the city defense battalion.
The tighter he grasped the full force of the city defense battalion, the more dangerous it was for him.
After listening to what Yun Xuan said, the seven of them frowned, their eyes flickered, and they were a little flustered.
This news is not good news for them, and if they are not careful, they are likely to be implicated by Zhao Tao, and the light ones will be demoted, and the heavy ones will be killed.
The latter is highly likely.
The city defense battalion has always been directly under the emperor, and they can only be loyal to the emperor alone, so it can be said that wanting to join the city defense battalion is much stricter than joining other arms.
Especially as generals, their ancestors have been investigated for eighteen generations, and there will be absolutely no problem.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have survived until now.
But now there are spies in such a tight place, which makes them feel uneasy.
If there is anything to do with Zhao Tao, according to the emperor's character, he would definitely rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.
"My lord, this matter is the negligence of his subordinates, so that Zhao Tao will take advantage of it, and please punish him."
At this time, Lin Hu stood up and said, as the person under the city defense battalion second only to Yun Xuan, Zhao Tao had been by his side for several years.
His true identity has not been discovered, which is his negligence, poor supervision, and lax discipline.
"This king has called you here not to hold you accountable, but to tell you that the sea of suffering is boundless, and there is a shore to turn back.
Don't get any of you dead in the streets when the king learns the news."
After beating them, Yun Xuan waved them away.
There are only fifteen days in total, and now that we have entered the end, we need to solve the matter of the Black Triangle as soon as possible.
Time is running out.
(End of chapter)
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