The scholar's name is Zhang Jie, and he is the son of the elder of the Tsing Yi Sect, Fairy Peony. His junior sister is named Luo Jing, and she is the apprentice of Fairy Peony.
The Peony Fairy was once famous all over the world, but later she also retired.
Jianghu thought it was because the beauty was getting old, so she stopped coming out to embarrass herself.
In fact, she was married to Zhang Feng, one of the top ten swordsmen in the world.
However, Zhang Feng looked down upon the Tsing Yi Sect, so he did not serve in the Tsing Yi Sect.
It's just that the people in the Jianghu community are short of money and have to accept the fact that his wife is no longer connected to the Tsing Yi sect.
In order to strengthen the relationship with him, a master of the Tsing Yi Sect, the leader of the Tsing Yi Sect even accepted Zhang Jie as his disciple, although it was only in name, because Zhang Feng did not want his son to get too close to the Tsing Yi Sect.
It's just that Zhang Jie didn't listen to his father and couldn't stay idle at home, and became the secret agent of Qingyi Sect.
This time, someone with a new face was needed to act as a spy, so the two of them took action.
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Grassland outside the forest.
The fire had been extinguished, and the hazy skylight was not enough to see clearly, but the smell of blood made people flinch.
I started the fire carefully and was shocked when I saw the bodies scattered on the ground.
"Brother, let's go."
"Take another look and see if Liu Ruhai is among them."
Zhang Jie changed the title unconsciously, because once these soldiers died, whether dead or alive, Liu Ruhai would not be able to explain to the King of Southwest, and his status would definitely plummet, so naturally there was no need to address him as sir.
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Facing so many corpses, Zhang Jie suppressed his panic and disgust and carefully explored them.
I quickly checked them one by one and confirmed that there was no Liu Ruhai.
Zhang Jie said: "The people who attacked them used concealed weapons. They probably made a sneak attack in the dark."
"Liu Ruhai's martial arts is higher than these people. He should have blocked the hidden weapon, but he did not block the sneak attack. However, he ran away immediately. There are signs of vomiting blood here."
Luo Jing stood far away, "Come on, senior brother, whether he is dead or alive, that is not our concern."
"Junior sister, I am cooperating with the Southwest King to understand the trends on the Southwest King's side, which will be beneficial to us."
"Yes, yes, everything you said is right, but the officers and soldiers might come to clean up the mess. Are you sure you want to stay here as a wanted criminal?"
"Okay, junior sister, go back and report to the leader."
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The other side.
In the forest, Yamazaki and Shandai kept watching.
When I was disposing of Liu Ruhai's body, I saw that there were fewer torches here and it would be best if they were all dark, so I decided to go back and have a look.
Because I really lack practical experience, I just forgot an important thing.
However, seeing the fire light up again, he stood still.
Seeing that they were a scholar and a beauty, I heard their conversation was taught by Qing Yi, and I was wondering if I should keep them here.
However, although the scholar was close to the forest, within a hundred steps, the beauty was always standing far away, about two hundred steps away.
It is estimated that if they move, they can certainly kill the scholar, but they may let the beauty escape.
After all, it was night, so she jumped towards the abandoned village and then found a random direction to sneak into the nearby woods.
They were fooling around, even if they followed her scent, they probably wouldn't be able to catch her.
Therefore, the two of them could only stand still and listen to what they said.
Seeing that they found nothing, they let them go.
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After waiting for a while, Yamazaki and Shandai, who were hiding in the woods, returned to the scene.
First, erase the pairs of footprints where the two people rushed out of the broken house and ran all the way.
At that time, lives were at stake, and there was no way to hide my clumsiness, so I used my full strength.
The depth of the footprints and the distance between them directly revealed their strength.
They also demolished the entire shabby house to prevent the tracking experts from finding out that they had smashed their way out through the wall.
After searching, all eight horses were dead. They were probably afraid that they were hiding people, so they killed them all without mercy.
Finding the two horses brought from Shanjiabao, Yamazaki wondered whether he should scratch the Shanjiabao mark on the horses.
Finally, I gave up and explained it to Shandai.
There was no hiding the fact that the two of them rode eight horses and ran wildly along the official road.
The powerful and thoughtful people, such as the Qingyi Sect and the imperial court, will all know.
What you don’t know will never know.
As long as their martial arts skills are not exposed, no one will know that the two of them have rushed out.
Just hide here until the end, and then come out when no one is around.
However, there is a flaw in this statement, that is, the two of them are too clean.
Shandai was speechless, but she could only follow her brother and roll a few times on the muddy ground.
Seeing each other's dirty appearance, the two sat in the quagmire and laughed.
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"Brother, if you have time, you might as well deal with that group of soldiers."
"No, as long as Liu Ruhai is not around, the rest will be left to the court and the Southwest King to suspect each other."
"How to say?"
Yamazaki sorted out: "First of all, Liu Ruhai claims to be the chief adviser of the Southwest King. Whether it is true or not, he is the guest of the Southwest King. Many people must know this."
"Stay at his site, and the court will make excuses for him, saying that the Southwest King instructed Liu Ruhai to mobilize elite troops to track down the Feihu Escort Bureau, and to retrieve the letters and evidence that reported him for rebelling."
"The King of Southwest is irrefutable. You can't say it was Liu Ruhai who transferred him secretly, right?"
Shandai asked curiously, "Why not? There is no evidence to prove it."
Yamazaki smiled and said: "Because there is no evidence of death, the court can frame it at will."
"If the king of Southwest refuses to accept it, then the court will say that you have neglected your duties under the rule. I will help you investigate and I will definitely get to the bottom of it."
"The investigation of Liu Ruhai is false, but the investigation of rebellion is true."
"The King of Southwest must agree. If he doesn't agree, everyone in the world will know that it is not because the imperial court is making things difficult for him."
"And if the King of Southwest wants to agree, he will have to deal with many things and go dormant again."
"Then we have to deal with the aggressive offensive from the imperial court. The Southwest King will never be able to achieve anything in his life, and even his branch will never have the chance to become bigger in the future."
"So, the Southwest King was forced to raise troops in the end.
"Then Shanjiabao has to make a choice, otherwise we can only abandon the fort and run away. We will see if the court allows us to go home after we have rested."
Shan Dai nodded, "So that's it. What if Liu Ruhai wasn't here?"
Yamazaki continued his analysis, "If he is not a famous person, the Southwest King can accuse the imperial court of framing him, saying that the imperial court found someone to pretend to be a soldier under his command and frame him for deploying troops secretly."
"In conjunction, the letters and physical evidence reporting rebellion are also false."
"Even if the imperial court knew that he was preparing to rebel, there would be no way to hold the banner high and openly suppress the rebellion."
"In fact, the imperial court knew that he was preparing to rebel, but it was difficult to take action, so the situation remained the same as before."
"Ah, wait," Shan Dai pondered, "if Liu Ruhai were here, the Southwest King could also say that he was bribed by the imperial court."
Yamazaki smiled and said: "No one in the world would believe that kind of thing unless the living Liu Ruhai said it himself."
"How about finding someone to pretend to be?"
"Then where do you say that? What if the Southwest King confronts him?"
"Ah? Well..."
Shandai was at a loss for words, it was true that she could not tell the truth.