Chapter 542: Assassination
At the gate of the Shuaifu, gongs and drums were beaten, and several strong men carried freshly slaughtered pigs, cows, sheep, and more than a dozen jars of fine wine.
The leader is a middle-aged man, dressed decently, and is praising the benefits of the Ghost Face Legion to the onlookers, what loves the people like a son, Qiu does not commit any crimes, etc., the focus is on Ye Feng, saying that he is wise and wise, and he is not chaotic in case of emergency, and it is precisely because he made the right arrangements the night before yesterday that he saved hundreds of thousands of people in Kaiyang City.
The middle-aged man gushed endlessly, spitting everywhere.
At this time, someone shouted: "Look, Ye Shuai is back." ”
Zhongrennian immediately stopped speaking, with a smile on his face, everyone gave way to a road, and Ye Feng walked slowly.
He shook it to the ground and said with a respectful expression: "On behalf of Lu Lin, the gentry of Kaiyang City and Countryside visited Ye Shuai, and I would like to thank Ye Shuai for his life on behalf of the tens of thousands of people who moved from Kaiyang City!"
Ye Feng hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "Squire Lu is polite, it is our responsibility to protect the family for the people, and I really dare not be a handsome person for the heavy thanks of the people of Kaiyang City." ”
Lu Lin shook his head and said, "If Ye Shuai said so, he would be too modest, if you hadn't ordered a retreat in time, we would definitely have died in Kaiyang." After coming to Yancheng, it was you who ordered everyone to be settled, so that we had a place to stay, so that we would not suffer from hunger and cold. ”
Ye Feng was really moved, and said, "It's just a little thing, why worry about it." ”
"It may seem like a small thing to you, but for us, it's a great blessing to live. Lu Lin turned his head to look at the young man on the side, and said in a slightly scolding tone: "Why are you still stunned, hurry up and pour wine for Ye Shuai to thank him for saving his life...... Hehe, Ye Shuai, don't be surprised, this is my nephew, his name is Lu Sheng, and he has never seen the world. ”
Lu Sheng took a bowl and a tray from the hands of the person next to him, opened the wine jar and poured it into Wanzhong, and walked over with the tray.
"Clumsy, let's come!" Lu Lin took the tray and knelt down on one knee: "When I left home, I was in a hurry, I could only prepare a slight gift, compared to your life, these gifts are too light, please drink this cup Ye Shuai!"
"Squire Lu is really too polite. Ye Feng stretched out his hands to pick up the wine bowl and said to the crowd of onlookers: "Thanks to the love of all the villagers, I deserve it......!
There is an unwritten habit of drinking this kind of wine, that is, you must first give a large impassioned speech, if you drink it directly, although it can show the bold side, but at the same time, it will also show the uncultured side.
Lu Lin continued to kneel on the ground, waiting for Ye Feng to finish drinking before he stood up.
After finishing his speech, Ye Feng raised the wine bowl flat, then raised his neck and poured it into his mouth.
At the same time, Lu Lin suddenly tilted the tray upward, and a small hole appeared in the intricate carved pattern on the front side, which was aimed at Ye Feng's neck.
On his own face, the smile disappeared in an instant, and became hideous, and his right thumb pressed to the side bulge.
Sou!
A flying knife shot out from behind Ye Feng and hit Lu Lin's wrist.
"Ahh
Everyone was shocked, Ye Yunyang flew out with a stride, kicked Lu Lin to the ground, stepped on his shoulder and said: "The means are very clever, pretending to be a squire to toast, intending to murder my father! Senior sister, take that kid down!"
The kid was Lu Lin's nephew, Lu Sheng, who was about to burrow into the crowd.
Ying Qi shot like lightning and took down Lu Sheng.
Ye Feng didn't know why, and asked, "Yun Yang, what's going on?"
Ye Yunyang reached out and picked up the tray and said, "Did you see this pinhole on the side, if my guess is correct, there must be a poisonous needle hidden in it, just now he aimed at his father's throat and wanted to commit murder, and I found it in time." ”
"Nonsense, this is slander, I sincerely thank Ye Shuai!" Lu Lin quibbled.
Ye Yunyang said coldly: "Yes, then do a test on you, so many pairs of eyes watching, it is necessary for me to prove that what I said is true." ”
With that, he aimed the tray at Lu Lin's back.
Lu Lin's frightened body trembled, proving Ye Yunyang's suspicions, he suddenly turned the tray and pressed the button on Lu Sheng.
Click!
Swish!
With the sound of a crisp machine, a three-inch-long silver needle flew out of the small hole and hit Lu Sheng's throat.
The silver needle is very powerful, and after flying out for a few meters, it can also pierce half of its length into a person's throat.
Lu Sheng's eyes widened, and then he let out a painful scream, and in just three seconds, he bled to death through seven holes.
Ying Qi hurriedly jumped away and said in a reproachful tone: "I didn't say hello in advance when I killed someone, and I almost got my clothes dirty." Little junior brother, what's the matter with you, didn't you say that you were going to kill Lu Lin, why did you become Lu Sheng again?"
"It's useful to keep Lu Lin, and you have to dig out the mastermind behind the scenes through him. Ye Yunyang flipped the tray over, and said while studying: "This thing is not exquisite, it is made so thick, in order to cover up the launch hole and trigger button, so many complicated patterns, I can see at a glance that something is wrong." ”
From the very beginning, he was suspicious of Lu Lin, carefully observed the other party's every move, and soon found clues from the tray, in fact, at the beginning, he suspected that there was something wrong with the wine, and like him, Lu Zishuo, Ying Qi and others also focused their attention on the wine, and determined that the wine was not poisonous, so they were completely relieved and did not stop Ye Feng's drinking.
The act of supporting the army turned into murder, Ye Feng threw away the wine bowl, his face became ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "Escort this person back and interrogate him strictly, and be sure to find out the real murderer behind the scenes!"
Obviously, Lu Lin's uncle and nephew were only the killers in charge of the operation, and the mastermind was someone else.
Lu Zishuo stepped forward, picked up Lu Lin and threw it to the guards, and escorted him into the Shuaifu.
When everyone came to the living room, Ying Qi said with some shock: "Fortunately, the little junior brother found out in time, otherwise it would be too mysterious!"
Before entering the mansion, she had checked the flying needle, which was coated with severe poison, which could kill people in a moment, even a martial artist of the Bright Sky Realm could not be spared, not to mention Ye Feng, whose strength was only in the middle of the Golden Body Realm.
"Yun Yang, how did you find out that Lu Lin had bad intentions?" Ye Feng asked.
Ye Yunyang smiled faintly and said: "I didn't believe it from the beginning, it can be traced back to the moment General Lu appeared at the head of the city, what kind of gentry of Kaiyang City, it's too late for them to hate you, how can they come to thank you." ”
There is a big difference between the aborigines of the three cities and the families of the legion, they think that it is the appearance of the Ghost Face Legion that provokes the orcs, if the three cities are still under the management of Great Qin, with the alliance between Great Qin and the orcs, how can they do something to slaughter the residents.
Strictly speaking, it was indeed the appearance of the Ghost Face Legion that caused a catastrophe to Dragon City and Kaiyang City, even if Ye Feng made some efforts and saved some people's lives, but compared to losing his home and relatives, this little favor is nothing at all, and it is already a great deal not to hate Ye Feng.
Because he is the commander of the three armies, he has a million soldiers in his hands, and those who have resentment dare not speak out.
Moreover, picking up a life from Kaiyang City and Dragon City, coming to Yancheng does not represent safety, but jumping from one fire pit to another, because there are 10,000 demon beasts and more than 3,000 orcs outside, and they may attack the city at any time.
Combined with the previous two battles, the probability of breaking the city is more than ninety percent, and it is still difficult to escape death at that time.
Under such circumstances, how could the aborigines support the army from the bottom of their hearts, and how could they thank Ye Feng in such a high-profile manner.
Also, although Lu Lin was dressed like a squire, his rough hands completely betrayed him, just ask a local tyrant who is pampered on weekdays, how can he have calluses on his hands.
Moreover, his so-called nephew, in order to achieve the purpose of hiding people's eyes, he gave Lu Sheng too many "scenes", such as introducing his name, scolding him for being blind, etc., in the case of already being suspected, these behaviors seem redundant.
It was precisely because of this thought that Ye Yunyang paid close attention to his every move from the beginning.
After listening to his analysis, everyone suddenly realized.
Lu Zishuo said with a guilty face: "It's all my fault, I was deceived by such a childish trick! I should have been more careful, I almost killed Ye Shuai, I really deserve to die." ”
Ye Feng waved his hand: "Zishuo doesn't need to blame himself, even I didn't notice it, let alone you! Yun Yang, you analyze it, who will be the mastermind behind the scenes?"
Ye Yunyang didn't want to think about it and said: "It must be inseparable from those local tyrants in Yancheng, Longcheng and Kaiyang City." ”
"How so?" asked Ying Qi, puzzled.
He reminded everyone: "Do you remember yesterday's incident, the tiger people shouted only against my father and Aunt Luo Yue, this is a trick to drive a wedge between the residents, the soldiers and my father. Don't worry about the ghost face army, the soldiers followed their father to fight in the north and south, and everyone has a lifelong friendship, so there is no need to worry about mutiny, but it is difficult to say on the residents' side, especially those local tyrants, the richer they are, the more they cherish their lives. ”
Ye Feng has publicly stated more than once that he is inseparable from the orcs, that is to say, he will never lead the crowd to surrender, but the orcs have also publicly stated that if they do not surrender, they will slaughter the city, and the squires and local tyrants will not take risks in order to save their lives.
In this case, assassinating Ye Feng is a very good choice, as soon as he dies, the Ghost Face Legion is leaderless, and it is very likely that he will take the initiative to open the city and surrender, and their goal will be achieved.
Of course, if Ye Feng wins Luo Yue after his death or Ye Yunyang provokes the big beam and continues to fight against the orcs, when the city is broken, these people can use this to ask the orcs for credit, and there should be no problem in exchanging a life for such a big merit of killing the commander of the three armies.
Ye Yunyang continued: "Because my father is a high-level martial artist, and he is accompanied by a high-level martial artist, they can only use assassination. Strictly speaking, Lulin's plan of action was perfect, and it almost succeeded. ”
At this time, Wei Wencheng walked in from outside and said in a deep voice: "Lu Lin has confessed! It was the gentry and wealthy families of Yancheng who took the lead, plus the gentry who escaped from Kaiyang City and Dragon City, they jointly financed the murder and planned to surrender to the enemy after Ye Shuai's death. ”
Ye Yunyang smiled, and the result was the same as he guessed.
Ying Qi got up angrily: "What about the list, I'm going to arrest people, these bastards, no one wants to have good fruit to eat!"