Volume 1: The Smoke Festival Chapter 2 Diversion
"Master Fan." Xie Wuyi looked at Fan Keyu coldly and interrupted his sobbing in a deep voice.
Fan Keyu was stunned, busy calming down, and recalled the scene two years ago with difficulty.
"At that time, the war was tight, and the military rations were prepared urgently, and it was not until the day before our departure that the military department handed over the transportation route map to Lord Qiao."
According to Fan Keyu's account, Xie Wuyi took out a piece of paper and drew a route on it. At the same time, in order to prevent accidents, every time she wrote a page, she asked Fan Keyu to sign and draw on it.
"We walked all the way to the official road, and when we arrived near Mount Emian in Luzhou, we suddenly encountered heavy rain for several days and nights, during which the river swelled and caused mudslides......" Fan Keyu's voice became more and more hoarse, "I have never seen such a heavy rain, and Lord Qiao had to decide to change the route......"
"Do you still have a picture of that time?"
Fan Keyu shook his head, silently took the pen and completed the road map they got from the military department, and drew the actual route. Xie Wuyi took the drawings and frowned instantly.
Not to mention that the plan of the military department is unreasonable, Hezhou is in the south of Dayu, and the front line from the imperial capital Zeyang to Qiongchuan will not pass through Hezhou in any case. But Qiao Chun chose to detour from the south, and then enter the Qiongchuan front line from Hezhou, no wonder he was caught by the officials of the DPRK and China.
They didn't know that Qiao Chun was on a detour, but they only knew that if they were delayed for such a long time, wouldn't they regard grain transportation as child's play?
Xie Wuyi looked at the map and thought, "My father just changed his route, why didn't he explain the situation to the imperial court?" β
"Miss Joe!" Fan Keyu was about to cry, "Do you think Master Qiao is such an imprudent person?" β
Not really.
In Xie Wuyi's impression, Qiao Chun may not have outstanding political achievements, but he must be conscientious. If others do these things in the household department, he can't wait to do it three times, and most of his hair is boiled off, for fear of making a mistake.
How could such a cautious person commit a capital crime at this juncture?
Fan Keyu stared at Xie Wuyi's eyes, his lips trembling, "After discussing with a few henchmen, he sent three urgent letters to Qiongchuan, Hezhou, and Zeyang: Qiongchuan informed the prince and the lord that we were delayed by the torrential rain, and asked them to raise food from Hezhou, the richest place recently; Hezhou explained the need for food in advance, and asked the assassin to help mobilize it, and it was enough to maintain it for three or five days at most; Zeyang sent a letter to the Holy Lordβ"
"Impossible!" Xie Wuyi, who was recording, blurted out.
Since the decision was made to find out the case, Xie Wuyi traced all the way from the front line of Qiongchuan and searched all the prefectures and counties in the western border, and no one had ever made a move to collect grain. She has also been to Hezhou, even if the actions of Hezhou Assassin Shi are hidden, there should be no news at all.
"Sounds like a made-up right?" Fan Keyu smiled bitterly, "But that's the truth, Lord Qiao sent the three people he trusted the most and had the fastest steps to deliver the letter, who would have thought that no one would deliver the letter to ......"
Xie Wuyi quickly went over what Fan Keyu said in his mind. Not to mention Zeyang, the two messengers of Qiongchuan and Hezhou are undoubtedly more important because they are involved in the front-line grain and grass. Zeyang and Qiongchuan must not have received the letter, and the only breakthrough is Hezhou.
Thinking of this, Xie Wuyi put away the page of confession that Fan Keyu had just drawn, frowned and asked, "Who went to Hezhou?" β
"Master Qiao was afraid that he wouldn't be able to move the history of Hezhou's assassination, so he specially sent the best eloquence-"
Fan Keyu's voice stopped abruptly, and the whole person froze in place. Xie Wuyi was just about to step forward when he suddenly felt a change in the airflow above his head behind him. Before she could see what was happening, her feet were moving.
Xie Wuyi turned around and opened his cloak and protected Fan Keyu as fast as he could.
At the same time, with a wave of her left hand, a silver shimmer of light slashed straight at the strange air current.
"Squat, don't talk!"
The fire fold in his hand was extinguished, and in the dark, Xie Wuyi quickly locked on to the direction of the hidden weapon with his keen hearing, and a faint light flickered between his fingers.
After walking the rivers and lakes for many years, Xie Wuyi's most convenient self-defense weapon is the flying needle. But after a few shots, she didn't get a response that her target was hit.
On the contrary, the air coming towards her side did not stop at all.
Xie Wuyi used the cloak as a barrier to wait for an opportunity to dodge, but the person on the other side seemed to be very familiar with her path, and had already woven a huge needle net in the dark room, teaching her to avoid it.
With an injury on his right arm, Xie Wuyi was not good at performing moves, and he didn't dare to get too far away from Fan Keyu, so he was suddenly a little powerless.
This shouldn't be!
In terms of secret attacks, even if Xie Wuyi is not invincible in the world, he should be a leader, how could he not be able to hit all at once?
Xu is pain can make people concentrate more, and Xie Wuyi suddenly thought of a place that she had overlooked.
- Exhaust vents.
She suddenly sobered up, her palm shook, and a handful of smoke swept away along the shimmer light.
The needle net finally stopped, and Xie Wuyi's body was already sore, but fortunately, the other party did not make any other moves. Unable to find the fire fold at his feet, Xie Wuyi leaned against the wall and breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately went to call Fan Keyu.
"Uncle, we need to get out of here as soon as possible!"
However, all that responded to her was the silence of the room.
"Master Fan?"
Xie Wuyi's heart was grabbed all of a sudden, and an ominous premonition quickly rose in his heart.
She touched Fan Keyu's body, her palms trembling as she slid from his chest to his shoulders, and eventually, Xie Wuyi felt a silver needle at his throat.
Fan Keyu!
With a "boom", Xie Wuyi's brain exploded, and the violently surging blood tide in her chest instantly engulfed her.
Rao is that she had inspected the entire Guanyin Temple in advance, but there is no completely closed dark room in the world, and there are exhaust vents in the tightest places. Unexpectedly, this gift to the way of life gave the villain an opportunity to take advantage of, and it became a killing move that killed people.
She shouldn't have been so careless, how could she be so careless......
Xie Wuyi regretted it, but in the chaotic thoughts, there was another thought holding a gossamer, looming.
The Assassin must have been in ambush in the dark room long ago. Fan Keyu had already said so much to Xie Wuyi, and even the road map had been drawn, and the other party clearly had plenty of time to do it. But why did he choose to kill Fan Keyu when he said "Hezhou sends messengers"?
Xie Wuyi's heart was pounding, and he couldn't think at all. She only knew that the last person in the world who witnessed the military ration escort case had stopped breathing under her nose.
The stone door of the darkroom was pushed forward, making a slow, clunky grinding sound. Xie Wuyi was extremely angry, slapped the wall with his left hand, and three rays of light flew towards the comer.
Dingββ
The silver needle and the back of the knife collided, and he suddenly lost his strength, and Xiao Wei, whose hem was wet, walked into the dark room under the protection of a peach-eyed guard.
In the flickering firelight, Xie Wuyi stood straight, a few strands of broken hair sticking to her face, reflecting the coldness in her eyes.
Last night, when she was visiting Fan Keyu's residence at night, she attacked her, and just now she was caught in Emian Mountain, and now she is following Fan Keyu to kill her, Xiao Wei is really well-intentioned.
Obviously, he found her in the woods, and the so-called finding no one was all pretended.
β just to lure her in.
Xie Wuyi sneered: "Your Excellency is satisfied?" β
Xiao Wei was silent.
Two years ago, Xiao Wei was demoted from the acting king to the king of Xiangcheng because of his intercession with the family of the main culprit, and moved to the imperial mausoleum. He lived in the imperial tomb for less than a month before secretly escaping, and happened to meet Fan Keyu in Luzhou Dubi.
The wrath of the Son of Heaven ambushed millions of corpses, and Xiao Wei was really surprised to see such a living mouth. But Fan Keyu was timid, no matter how Xiao Wei hinted explicitly, he just refused to tell the story of the military food escort.
Also, now the imperial court is busy with post-war pensions and daily government affairs, and the emperor is seriously ill in bed due to the loss of his beloved son, so he has no time to take care of Fan Keyu, a small person, of course, he is afraid that he will be killed once he says something.
So Xiao Wei became a pig farmer in Broken Nose Village, and protected Fan Keyu by the way. When Xie Wuyi descended from the sky and appeared in Broken Nose Village, Xiao Wei realized that he might have waited for an opportunity.
He really wanted to know what happened to the military food escort that made him lose his most beloved brother and his most beloved father.
Xiao Wei was thinking about a showdown with Xie Wuyi, not wanting Xie Wuyi to bump into an assassin who assassinated Fan Keyu with a poison dart when he visited Fan Keyu's residence at night, Xiao Wei's guard Cheng Yi accidentally injured Xie Wuyi when chasing the assassin, and it was no wonder that Xie Wuyi suspected that he wanted to kill her.
In desperation, Xiao Wei had no choice but to let Xie Wuyi go to Guanyin Temple, and he led someone to follow secretly.
However, when Xiao Wei eavesdropped, the imperial tomb sent an urgent letter, and the emperor issued an order to summon Xiao Wei back to the palace. He was distracted, oblivious to the fact that the Assassin had infiltrated the dark chamber without a sound. At that time, the guards only cared about Xiao Wei, and it was not until the assassin escaped that the two were aware of it. Xiao Wei was annoyed and immediately asked Cheng Yi to chase after him.
In the blink of an eye, Fan Keyu was murdered.
Xiao Wei sighed silently in his heart, it seemed that Xie Wuyi would not believe him.
Sure enough, Xie Wuyi clenched his fists and said coldly: "It's really hard for Your Excellency to follow all the way here." β
"Don't be unreasonable, you girl!"
The peach-eyed guard who was chattering around Xiao Wei in the mountains and forests was named Feng Da, and he jumped to his feet and shouted unconvinced: "Master Fan has been working in Broken Nose Village for two years, don't you know how many assassinations my sixth master has helped him block in the past two years?" β
His Royal Highness was degraded because of Qiao Chun, Xie Wuyi didn't appreciate it, and he dared to sarcastically mock His Highness!
Feng Da glared at Xie Wuyi angrily, and when he saw Xiao Wei glancing lightly over here, he had to shut up aggrievedly.
Listening to Feng Da's words, Xie Wuyi's fingers moved slightly, and he tasted something else.
Since Fan Keyu is the only surviving insider in the military rations escort case, the emperor did not kill him completely, and people have continued to assassinate him in the past two years, does it mean that there is another hidden story in the military rations escort case?
Fan Keyu can live to this day, is it all because Xiao Wei has the heart to protect him?
So Xiao Wei prevented anyone from approaching Fan Keyu, was he worried that he would be killed?
Did she misunderstand him?
Xie Wuyi's expression had just eased, when he saw Xiao Wei yawn, leaned on the stone door and crossed his arms and asked, "The girl cares so much about the military rations escort case?" β
Listening to Xiao Wei's words, and even alluding to her identity as the bereaved family of the rebel, Xie Wuyi completely understood.
She should have expected the attitude of the imperial court, didn't she? The crown prince is Da Yu's most outstanding heir to the throne, the emperor's rebel, and Xiao Wei's most respected brother. Isn't it logical for Xiao Wei to use Fan Keyu to lure Qiao Chun's daughter into the net?
On the contrary, she underestimated him too much.
She still thought that Xiao Wei was protecting Fan Keyu, which was really self-inflicted. Even if Xiao Wei is ridiculous, after all, he is still the prince's brother, how can there be a reason to help the "rebel"?
She is only a clever civilian girl, how can she fight the prince who grew up in the deep palace?
Xie Wuyi was just about to open his mouth, and the fire fold in Feng Da's hand suddenly shook violently.