Half an hour later, two fast horses galloped out of Mishan County and quickly disappeared on the official road heading south.
These two riders were Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu, and they were chasing a large group of people led by Di Pu.
Originally, Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu planned to separate from the group and return to Beijing, but before leaving, they encountered the tragic murder of Tang Langzhong's family and Ruoliu's mother and son, which made them change their previous thoughts.
The two of them were riding side by side on the official road. Hang Baiqiu had doubts in his heart, so he turned to look at Chai Yan: "You said you wanted that beast to die suddenly, did you think of a good way?"
Chai Yan also turned around to look. After hesitating for a moment, he said with a serious expression: "To tell you the truth, I can't draw up a specific plan yet. Let's catch up with the large group first, and then slowly look for opportunities and act according to the circumstances!"
"What?" Hang Baiqiu was also shocked, and said anxiously, "You haven't thought of a way yet?"
Chai Yan was neither impatient nor impatient, and said patiently: "Don't be impatient. How can it be so easy to kill someone without leaving any trace? Don't worry, since I said I wanted him to die suddenly, I will definitely do it.
You believe me!"
"It's not that I don't believe you..." Hang Baiqiu said with a worried look on his face: "It's just that I'm a little worried. Di Chu and Pu Junxiong are both here, and Xu Quede has his subordinates around him. How are you going to do it?
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Chai Yan shook his head: "I don't know! If there is really no chance to make a move along the way, then wait until after returning to Beijing. Xu Quede will definitely have to recuperate at home, and it will not be too late to find an opportunity to make a move then. At most, he will be allowed to live a few more days.
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Ever since they saw Ruoliu's mother and son and Tang Langzhong's family being killed, Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan had reached an agreement. Beasts like Xu Youde must die!
Hang Baiqiu could do this if she thought about it. It would be best if she had the chance to get rid of Xu Youde, a scumbag, but without the chance, she would not allow Chai Yan to act rashly and exchange Chai Yan's life for Xu Youde's. Hang Baiqiu couldn't bear it.
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Just after noon, Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu caught up with the large group of people on horseback.
Sun Xingba was the only one who came to greet Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu. In fact, Di Pu and Di Pu already knew the news about their arrival, but they never had the intention to come over to greet them.
Not seeing Di Chu and Pu Junxiong, Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu felt relieved. They had been following the end of the team, secretly observing Xu Youde's situation.
After observing for a long time, the two found that Xu Youde seemed to be in a good mood. Although the bumps along the way made his wounds uncomfortable, he still kept talking and laughing with the people around him.
Hang Baiqiu looked at Xu Youde's smiling face from a distance, and couldn't help but hate: "Laugh, let's see how long you can laugh!"
Chai Yan quickly touched Hang Baiqiu, frowned and shook his head at her, meaning: Don't do this, lest others find out!
Hang Baiqiu took a deep breath, closed his eyes and did not look at Xu Youde, lest he could not suppress his anger the more he looked at it.
The speed of the car pulling the animal cage was limited, but Di Chu and Pu Junxiong were in a hurry to return to Beijing, so the place to stay at night was not necessarily at the inn.
During the five days, they only stayed at an inn once, and the other four times they stayed overnight in towns or villages along the way. Fortunately, God was kind and did not give them wind, snow or heavy rain, otherwise the group would have been in a miserable state.
During this period, Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu never found an opportunity to attack Xu Youde.
Six days later......
There was still more than an hour before dark, and the large group of people entered Yuanyuan County.
The moment they entered the city, Di Chu and Pu Junxiong breathed a sigh of relief.
Changyuan County is very close to Huaidu, the capital. If we start traveling all at once and under the stars tomorrow, we can reach Beijing in only one and a half days.
Di Chu and Pu Junxiong had exactly this plan, so they entered Changyuan County early to prepare the team to have a good rest.
Just like in Mishan County, the animal cage carts were placed in the open space of the county government office, and were guarded by local government officials in cooperation with people from the Wude Division.
Liu Tonghao, the magistrate of Changyuan County, and Pu Junxiong were old acquaintances, so that night they held a reception banquet at Zhaixinglou to entertain officials above the rank of Director of the Wude Department.
As the envoy, Hang Baiqiu was naturally one of Liu Tong's best invitations, but Hang Baiqiu decisively refused because he was not good at drinking.
While Di Chu and Pu Junxiong were going to Zhaixing Tower for a banquet, Hang Baiqiu found Chai Yan.
When it got a little dark, in a remote alley behind the inn, Hang Baiqiu said to Chai Yan: "Let's find a chance to take action. Di Chu and Pu Junxiong have both gone to Zhaixinglou!"
Chai Yan said worriedly: "What you said is correct, but you didn't go to Zhaixinglou. If Xu Quede happened to die at this time, they would definitely suspect you..."
"So what?" Hang Baiqiu said fearlessly: "They can't find any evidence, what can they do to me?"
On the way back, Chai Yan had already explained the effects of heart-broken beans to Hang Baiqiu in detail...
It only takes the blink of an eye for the heartbroken beans to poison a person, and the toxins remaining in the poisoned person's body will soon dissipate, and no matter what method is used, they cannot be detected!
That's why Hang Baiqiu is so confident. Now she trusts Chai Yan unconditionally!
Chai Yan was silent for a moment, then showed a blood-red bean and said: "You think of a way to attract the attention of the food delivery person, and leave the rest to me!"
Hang Baiqiu nodded and said, "Okay!"
Not long after, Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan returned to the inn quietly.
It was dinner time at this time, and the hall on the first floor was full of people eating. Maybe because they were about to get home, everyone was very excited, and the scene was very lively.
Xu Youde has difficulty moving, so his meals will be delivered to his room by someone.
Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan were hiding in two corners where no one was paying attention, monitoring the door connecting the hall to the kitchen.
After a while, a captain walked out of the kitchen door. The captain was holding a tray with some food on it.
This lieutenant is one of the people responsible for Xu Youde's daily life, and delivering meals is his daily job.
Seeing the captain who delivered the meal walking towards the stairs, Hang Baiqiu immediately nodded in the direction of Chai Yan, meaning that he was about to take action, so you should act according to the opportunity!
Chai Yan immediately nodded back, indicating that everything was taken care of by him.
Unexpectedly, the meal delivery officer stopped dead in his tracks as soon as he stepped on the stairs with one foot.
Hang Baiqiu, who had already walked out halfway, was startled and quickly stepped back, thinking to himself what was going on?
The lieutenant seemed to feel uncomfortable, and his brows furrowed for a moment. Then he turned to look at a waiter in the hall and shouted loudly: "Come here! Yes, I'm talking about you..."
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The waiter who was called by the captain quickly put down what he was doing, ran over in a hurry, and asked: "What are your orders, sir?"
"Hold it..." Si Wei handed the tray with the food to the waiter, and then said: "I'll go to the latrine, and you can help me take these to Secretary Xu's room!"
"Secretary Xu?" The waiter looked confused. He didn't know who Secretary Xu was.
Si Wei's stomach was extremely bloated and he said impatiently: "Idiot, you are the one who was injured!"
Before he could finish his words, Si Wei clutched his stomach and ran back...