MTL - Perfect Encounter-Chapter 72

The light from the door was suddenly blocked. It is possible that the person outside the house was lying on the door and looking in through the crack of the door. Jing'er was cold all over, she closed her eyes and dared not look. The people outside waited for a while, as if observing the movement. Didn't see her! Jinger shouted in her heart.

She opened her eyes, only to see a dagger inserted through the gap in the door and pry the latch bit by bit.

Little by little the latch was removed, and despair was like ice, freezing Jing'er's heart little by little.

There was only a slight "click", and the door bolt fell out of the latch case.

Jing'er stared at the door, staring intently, but at this moment she heard a familiar voice outside saying: "What are you doing here?"

Master!

Only then did Jing'er start to tremble, and tears were about to flow out.

A man's voice said: "Why did you come back? Something went wrong?" He sounded very surprised.

"When did something go wrong when I was doing something?" Mrs. Jing Yuan took two steps forward and stood in front of Mr. Xie.

Mr. Xie flashed a moment of panic, after all, he was caught by someone, but he quickly recovered his normal expression, and settled the score with Jing Yuan: "I asked you to follow Li Mingyu, make sure he got the things, and sent them back to Ziyun Tower, Don't have an accident on the way, and then kill him at the East City Gate at noon. What time is it now, and you appear here, how dare you say that nothing went wrong?"

"You said to let him get the things, and he got them. You said to let him die, and he died. You said to let him get the things to be sent back to Ziyun Tower, and his body and things were all sent back Ziyun Building, what's wrong?" Master Jingyuan replied coldly and flatly.

Mr. Xie opened his mouth, but he couldn't refute for a while. It was obviously wrong, but he did everything he ordered. He slowed down for a while, and finally calmed down completely: "You made a move in advance? You made a move when he was halfway back to Ziyun Tower?"

"Did you say no?"

Mr. Xie was furious: "I made it very clear, every point is clear. How dare you act recklessly!" He hid his things in Ziyun Tower, went out and disturbed the defense of the city gate, and was accidentally killed in the chaos. It's completely different if the important evidence is killed halfway, okay?

Mr. Xie was so angry that smoke rose from his head. This Ponny is a mess!

"If you only need to kill one person at the East Gate at noon, just let me go to the East Gate at noon. Why did you let me leave early in the morning? Whether he got the things, returned home, what does it matter to me?" Jing Master Yuan said coldly: "I only kill people, and I don't do other things. You know that very well. You want to dismiss me, but you just want to come to my place to investigate."

Mr. Xie's face was so dark that his intentions were exposed.

Master Jingyuan said again: "I am very unhappy that you broke into my nunnery."

Hearing what she said, Mr. Xie simply said: "I am not happy that you are hiding things from me. What, you want to be a traitor? This lucky lamp is something that Xiao Guoren likes to play with. How could you have it?" ? There are grids drawn on the ground, like children playing, how can you have them? Who is hiding in this house?"

He pushed open the door, and the door panel hit the wall. Jing'er was standing in the corner between the door panel and the wall, not daring to breathe at all.

There is no one in the house.

Mr. Xie was stunned, but soon found that there was a quilt on the bed, which looked like someone had slept on it just now, and there were small things on the table, which looked like children's things.

"Who are you hiding?" Mr. Xie turned his head, stared at Mrs. Jing Yuan and asked.

Jing'er closed her eyes and swallowed her saliva. Then she heard the teacher say: "I will tell you what I want you to know, and I won't tell you what I don't want you to know. You control too much."

"Willing?!" Mr. Xie was furious, "You are so courageous. Are you willing or not? Whatever you are asked to do, you have to do!"

"Really?" Master Jingyuan's voice was very cold.

Mr. Xie took a step forward and shouted, "I warn you..."

Before he could finish speaking, a sword was thrust into his chest.

Mr. Xie took a breath, completely in disbelief. He stared at the sword, and the pain spread from his heart to his whole body.

Jing'er couldn't see it and didn't know what happened. I just heard Master Jingyuan's voice say: "I hate others warning me the most. I also hate people telling me what I must do and what I must not do. Let me tell you, I am willing to kill for you because I want to kill. I I wanted to kill you, but you just begged me to kill you, that’s all. It’s not that I’m afraid of you, it’s not that I owe you. Do you understand?”

"You..." Mr. Xie was speechless in pain, his clothes were stained red with blood, he knew he was going to die. So suddenly, completely out of his expectation.

"So now I want to kill you, so I will." Master Jingyuan said with a straight face, "It's that simple."

Mrs. Jingyuan kicked Mr. Xie and drew out her sword. Mr. Xie fell to the ground, panting in pain. Without hesitation, Master Jingyuan turned around and stabbed again. Mr. Xie suddenly became silent.

When Jing'er heard the voice, she guessed all kinds of things, and her whole body froze in fright.

"are you there?"

It took Jing'er a long time to realize that this was Mrs. Jing Yuan asking her. She was terrified, and she thought she should answer right away, but she opened her mouth but couldn't speak, only the sound of her teeth chattering up and down.

This voice already let Master Jingyuan know that she was there.

She came over, closed the door, and said, "He's dead. You stay in the house first. You can come out after I clean up."

The tone was calm, as if saying that you should come out after I finish cooking.

Jing'er looked at the closed door, and it took a long time before she slowly came to her senses, her legs softened, and she sat on the ground.

Mrs. Jingyuan didn't pay attention to Jing'er's reaction, she didn't go into the room to check her condition, she didn't comfort her, she didn't explain her. She carried Mr. Xie's body on her shoulders, carried it out of the courtyard gate, took the **** that was placed next to the vegetable garden, found a random place not far away, dug a hole, and buried the body.

Then she came back, fetched a bucket of water, and washed the blood in the yard, but couldn't completely wash it away. She didn't care. Packed up. Go back to the house to fetch water, take a shower and change clothes, and then go to make lunch.

Li Mingyu's body was sent back to Ziyun Tower, Xie Gang and Jiang Song dealt with the affairs first, and Long Da rushed back after receiving the news.

On Li Mingyu's body, two booklets wrapped in oiled paper and a piece of paper were found. It was written on the note: These can be used as evidence that An Ruochen is a spy, so that the military and the government will strictly investigate her.

Among the two books, one is a thin roster, which contains the names of some detailed works in Zhonglan City, but most of them are useless to Long Da and the others. Xu Matchmaker, Liu Ze, Lou Zhi, etc. are all dead, and they have been checked, but there is nothing new. It's just that An Ruochen's name is mixed in it.

Another thick booklet records the process of how each detail was recruited. Among them, An Ruochen was recruited by Matchmaker Xu, and the content was actually similar to what An Ruochen said in the yamen. It was written that after Matchmaker Xu's death, Matchmaker Xu's death and An Ruofang's disappearance allowed An Ruochen to seek help from the government and the military, and took the opportunity to infiltrate the military in order to obtain military intelligence. If the conditions are right, seduce Long Teng, confuse his mind, and get his strategic ideas. If necessary, an assassination plan can be carried out.

After reading the two booklets quickly, Long Dafei raised his eyebrows: "No more?"

"No more." Xie Gang replied. "After he finished picking up the booklets at Dingsong Pavilion, he realized that someone was following him, so he ran away." He repeated what the spies and the police had said. He snatched the horse, and when he fled, he failed to sit still and broke his neck.

Jiang Song said bitterly: "It turned out that he was the traitor. I never expected it. No wonder the military orders and defenses would be leaked. All the documents, files and orders were in his hands. He knew all about the guard post of Ziyun Tower."

"Presumably he intends to let Mr. Min go, and then produce some evidence to prove that the spy in the army is an officer. This will not only keep the leader of the spy, but also solve the old case of the military insider." Xie Gang said: "If the officer is killed If she is confirmed as a traitor, then the secret cases she found before will be questioned, and the general will be held accountable."

Long Da nodded and thought for a while: "Call Manager An." A guard led away. Long Da waved his hand again: "Take the corpse away, so she doesn't have to look at it."

After a while, An Ruochen arrived. Hearing that the spy case in the army had been solved, and the culprit was Li Mingyu, he was shocked. "Li Changshi is loyal to the general."

"That's what it looks like." Jiang Song was still angry. After all, Li Mingyu was still his direct subordinate, so it was a great embarrassment to Li Mingyu to make such a mess.

Xie Gang told An Ruochen about the matter, and showed her the words, lamp oil, and the two booklets drawn by Li Mingyu during his planning.

An Ruochen looked at the plans of the city gates: "Is this really his handwriting?" In fact, she had already recognized it, but she still couldn't believe it.

"Know people, know faces, but don't know heart." Jiang Song lost his temper and slapped off a corner of the desk with his palm.

An Ruochen opened his mouth, but still closed it. The evidence was conclusive, and another appearance was caught, and Li Changshi's figure really matched the person who picked up the bell that Aunt Lu said. She didn't know what else to say.

"Have you seen everything clearly?" Long Da asked An Ruochen.

An Ruochen nodded, and put the two booklets back on the table. They were written in a decent way. "The pen and ink are as new." She said. This is the identification method taught to her by the general, not to mention that she is the person involved and knows that the content is fabricated, even this one also knows that the book is fake.

The room was silent, and there were no sighs.

After a while, Long Dao said: "Since that's the case, let's do it like this. Don't make public about it, it's not a decent thing. The military prestige is damaged, and the military discipline is lost. It's a shame."

Jiang Song gritted his teeth: "The general will be convicted."

Long Da said again: "I'll go and inform the prefect, and let him deal with it safely."

Of course, Yao Kun, the prefect, has no objections. You can handle the details of your military by yourself. Our yamen is not a big mouth. After reaching a consensus, Long Dao took An Ruochen away.

An Ruochen rode the war drum and galloped behind Long Da. This time she felt that she rode better. But when I was riding, I found that something was wrong. Where is this riding?

Long Da answered it as a matter of course: "Take a green trip."

An Ruochen: "..." Really outing?

As a result, Long Da took her out of the East City Gate, ran around and then turned to Guanliu Pavilion. I got off the horse at Guanliuting, and checked the surroundings carefully. Those yamen and military ambushes have all been withdrawn, and there is no one around. Long Da looked carefully at the top chairs and pillars of Guanliu Pavilion, and there were no marks or objects.

An Ruochen sat in the pavilion, watched Long Da's actions, and asked him: "General, do you think something is wrong?"

Long Da also sat down, and said: "The evidence of his meticulous work is too sufficient, and the evidence of your meticulous work is too perfunctory."

An Ruochen raised a question mark on his forehead.

Long Da explained to her: "He took such a big risk to retrieve the physical evidence that he wanted to frame you at Dingsong Pavilion. If he wants to use this physical evidence to sue you against me, or file a lawsuit against a higher official than me, The accusation is subtle, and I was confused by you, so the evidence is not well prepared."

"He didn't prepare it, Mr. Xie prepared it for him. He just took it back." An Ruochen guessed, "If he is safe and sound, maybe he can see that this evidence is useless, so he didn't plan to use it at all. Well. Maybe there will be some disputes with Mr. Xie. You have not done your work carefully, what should I do? Actually, I think the writing is quite decent, the content is detailed, and the inference is reasonable. Let me tell you what I said They can all be matched. Maybe some officials and lords will conclude that this is ironclad evidence."

Long Dashu leaned back, lazily and comfortably, and said: "There are a few points. One is that he needs to explain clearly how he got it. The other is how he judges the authenticity of the content. The third is that he needs to communicate with You confront it. Once he takes this so-called evidence to sue you, he will easily fall into the situation of false accusation. A person who falsely accuses others is a spy, and he may be a spy. He will not fail to understand this truth."

"So he probably won't sue. He doesn't know what's in it. He fell to his death without opening it." An Ruochen repeated this point again. It's quite uncomfortable to think about it, after all, it's an acquaintance who I see every day, and suddenly it's gone. "If we hadn't found out that the bell was missing last night, maybe Li Changshi wouldn't have to die, maybe we would have another chance to discover his flaws later."

Long Da shook his head: "It's not that we found out that the bell was missing. The key is that the prefect saw that Li Changshi took the bell and reported it to the prefect. The prefect wanted to ask me and asked Li Changshi to spread the word on purpose. Chang Shi concealed it. Before we found out that the bell was missing, the prefect had already arranged for the police to lurk there, remember?"

An Ruochen remembered that there was indeed someone coming out to salute the general at Dingsong Pavilion. So as soon as the general and the prefect met, they discovered the problem of Mr. Changshi. Wait, An Ruochen asked: "General, you said that a government officer saw Li Changshi take the bell away, did he see someone take it away or did he see Li Changshi?"

"After seeing his face clearly, and recognizing him, it's Li Mingyu."