Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 138: Unknown True Face of Mount Lu
The man was standing by the flowers with his belt in his hand, obviously wanting to take a break and relieve himself, but he saw a figure lying in the flowers.

The man was horrified and jumped back, but he tripped over his own pants.

Fortunately, he was very agile and staggered twice but did not fall.

But the words he was about to shout were choked back by the trip.

When he stood firm and was about to shout again, Yang Yuan had already swooped up like a flying snake out of a cave.

Yang Yuan quickly stretched out his left hand, and before the man could even scream, he stabbed his throat with the knife.

"Hiss..."

The unknown killer fell on his back, breathing hissingly, but he was obviously dead.

The person died, and died cleanly and neatly.

Yang Yuan had a sudden thought and was about to drag the man into the bushes to hide him, but suddenly he remembered that the night watchmen brought hunting dogs.

If he hid among the flowers, he could use the scent of the flowers and plants to conceal his own scent.

But how could the smell of blood possibly escape the nose of a hound?

Abandon the corpse and continue to sneak in?
If that happens, the patrolling people will probably sound the alarm before he can successfully sneak into the inner house and find one of the three giants of Qiyun Society.

The inner courtyard would be surrounded by killers and he would not be able to escape.

Retreat now? From now on, the security here will definitely be strengthened, and it will be difficult for him to sneak in again.

In fact, as a newcomer who has only infiltrated for half a month, he will be the biggest suspicious target.

"Hiss..."

Yang Yuan started to have a headache. What should he do now?
According to the estimated time, the patrol team will be here soon.

Yang Yuan's mind flashed, and he leaped towards the open door.

"Boom!"

The light in the room made it even harder to see, and I could only vaguely make out the outlines of various places.

Yang Yuan didn't know how many people were in the room, nor did he know which bed the person he had just killed was sleeping on.
He only saw the outline of a bed, then rushed over with his knife.

As a result, there was a stool on the ground. Yang Yuan was unable to see the indoor environment clearly for a moment and kicked it down.

"Who?"

Suddenly a low roar was heard in the room, and Yang Yuan felt relieved. There was only one voice, and there were only two people sleeping in the room.

One has already borne fruit outside, and this is the only one left.

Yang Yuan rushed over like a gust of wind.

"Hu~~"

The killer suddenly woke up on the bed and saw a black shadow coming. Without thinking, he curled up his legs, kicked them again, and threw his hands hard at the same time, and a bed sheet spun towards Yang Yuan.

Then the man rolled over and fell to the ground, hugging the edge of the couch.

"Hey!"

The blade tore through the cloth, and the knife in Yang Yuan's hand only hesitated for a moment before it broke through the sheets and chopped onto his pillow.

The buckwheat husks in the pillow flew up immediately, and the killer took advantage of this split second to roll to the ground.

As soon as his body touched the ground, he rolled forward like a rabbit kicking an eagle. With his upper body still lying on the ground, his feet had already kicked Yang Yuan's lower abdomen hard.

When Yang Yuan missed his target with his sword, he quickly withdrew. At the same time, the sword in his hand "fought in all directions at night" with a whistling sound.

The man used a brutal move similar to the Ditangquan, but he didn't expect Yang Yuan to be so fast.

One of his legs was hit by Yang Yuan's knife, and he felt a sharp pain in his bones. He couldn't help but scream, and the strength in his leg was lost.

Yang Yuan is very "life-conscious" now. Although the man in front of him is unknown, he is a killer who studies and trains how to kill people every day.

Yang Yuan had never fought with anyone. He had only practiced with his eldest brother, and he had only been exposed to the art of killing for about a year.

Yang Yuan didn't think he had a chance of winning against a killer who had been studying how to kill since childhood if they had equal opportunities.

What's more, the patrol is about to arrive.

Therefore, having seized the initiative, Yang Yuan did not retreat for a moment.

He had determined the other party's position and knew that the other party had no weapons.
Therefore, the sword that was used to fight in all directions at night suddenly turned into the power to split Mount Hua, and the blade, with the force of wind and thunder, whistled down.

The killer didn't care about the severe pain from the knife on his leg. He turned around and twisted his waist, trying to escape in a "lazy donkey rolling" move.

But just as he turned halfway, his ilium was chopped off by a knife.

Although the hand knife is light, it is designed with the ability to penetrate armor in mind. So what if it cuts a piece of bone?
With a sharp blow of the knife, Yang Yuan split the man's pelvis in half.
The killer screamed in pain and fainted immediately.

Among a patrol team approaching in the distance, the hunting dog on a lead in front suddenly lowered its body and started barking loudly.

The night patrol personnel immediately became alert and drew their weapons.

The man holding the hound loosened the rope and shouted, "Go!"

The hound rushed forward like an arrow, and the night watchmen followed closely behind it.

Soon, they discovered that the hound was attacking a man repeatedly while growling angrily.

There was a flash of cold light in the man's hand, and the dog suddenly whimpered and staggered to the ground.

Then, the man was seen limping and running frantically towards the outer wall.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

"Dangdangdangdang..."

The alarm gong sounded in the backyard.

Well-trained killers rushed out from their dormitories one after another, but they did not run towards the place where the gong sounded. Instead, they first surrounded the inner courtyard in an orderly manner, and then radiated outward to control the roofs and roads.

Yang Yuan limped towards the outer wall. As soon as he climbed over the wall, he suddenly accelerated and ran away as swiftly as the wind.

When the commotion spread to the front yard, the service room was also alarmed.

When the bearded man rushed to the door, he found that Yang Yuan, who was sleeping at the door, had already arrived before him and was standing outside the door, craning his neck to look into the distance.

The bearded man asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Yang Yuan shook his head: "I just heard the gong. What gong was being struck in the middle of the night?"

Tang Hou, who followed him out, had a changed expression on his face: "Bang the gong? Our Qiyun Society, I'm afraid we've been robbed, right?"

The servants who were rushing out in the back, putting on their clothes one after another, heard this and started to laugh: "Old Tang, are you kidding? What kind of thief is so blind as to dare to rob our Qiyun Jinbiao Club?"

At this time, Yang Yuan's breathing had slowly evened out, and he smiled calmly: "Brother Tang, you are overthinking it, right? With so many heroes in our Qiyun Jinbiao Society, which little thief would dare to come?"

In the backyard, the deputy director Di Jiuzhou was the first to arrive at the side courtyard, followed by the recorder Lu Zang.

The head of the community, Ba Tingzhang, has not shown up yet. His wife, Miss Wan, has just returned from visiting her parents. She is such a hot and charming woman, so tonight will certainly not be "peaceful".

Even if they have heard the alarm, it will take some time to clean, tidy up, and dress.

Di Jiuzhou and Lu Zang did not wait for him. Surrounded by a dozen killers holding torches that lit up the yard as bright as day, the two men inspected the scene with grim expressions.

The leader of the assassin team that was on patrol tonight was telling them what he had seen and heard.

"That man was injured. When he was fighting with Ah Hei, his figure looked a little weird. When he was scared away by us, he ran fast but was limping..."

While listening, Di Jiuzhou and Lu Zang walked forward along the bloodstains on the ground.

The bloodstains became less and less as they got closer to the wall.

Obviously, either the man's injury was not serious and the bleeding was suppressed, or he was simply bandaged in a hurry. Di Jiuzhou looked up at the wall, and the night patrol leader hurriedly said, "More than a dozen brothers have already chased him out."

Di Jiuzhou nodded and glanced at Lu Zang: "Old Lu, what do you think?"

Lu Zang stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "Could it be... the person who destroyed 'Zhiweitang'?"

Di Jiuzhou thought for a moment and said slowly, "It's not difficult for him to find Guoxin. Anyone who is not blind can see all the problems of Guoxin, but without evidence, no one can do anything to them. But finding us..."

Lu Zang said solemnly: "If they come to us, it means that person knows our true identity."

Di Jiuzhou said: "But... is it possible? How could he know our identities?"

Lu Zang thought for a moment and said, "Only Eunuch Li, Zhang Gongfeng and Shen Goudang know our details at the Guoxin Office."

Di Jiuzhou frowned and said, "Zhang Dingbang and Shen He have already died in Zhiweitang. Could it be that something happened to Li Rong?"

At this time, the village head Batingzhang finally arrived.

From his expression, there was no sign of the joy he had just experienced.

This is probably how God is unfair to women.

After having just experienced sexual intercourse, a woman can always tell you something from the flush on her face, her hair that will always look messy no matter how she styles it, the charm in her eyebrows and eyes, and her wet eyes.

However, men basically do not have these symptoms.

Therefore, Bashetou looked very serious with a gloomy face.

After listening to Deputy Di's brief description of the incident, Ba Tingzhang said, "This person was able to sneak past the patrol personnel and get here before being discovered. Judging from the situation at the scene, it was because someone got up at night and discovered it by chance. It can be seen that this person is very familiar with the internal security of my Qiyun Society..."

Di Jiuzhou understood the meaning of the music and said, "The head of the society is saying that there is a traitor behind the scenes?"

Lu Zang said: "It's possible that there is a traitor, or it's possible that it is a traitor!"

Ba Tingzhang narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "First, check the members of the society one by one. This person has been injured. If he is in Qiyun Society, he can't escape!"

……

The torches lit up the night like day.

In front of the servants' room, sixteen servants stood in two rows with their clothes piled on the ground.

They stood there naked, and except for the eldest brother Baichuan who had a bit of belly, everyone else looked slim.

After all, people who work every day don’t eat very well, so how can they become fat?

But although they are all thin, some people look good-looking, with slender waists, round backs, perky butts and long legs, full of masculine fitness.

For example... "Xiao Song".

The bearded man stood on the left of "Xiao Song" and Tang Hou stood on the right of "Xiao Song".

Led by the recorder Lu Zang, several midnight assassins checked each person one by one with murderous intent.

The naked old Bai nodded and bowed, smiling apologetically, and his little Bai also nodded and bowed along with him.

After controlling the internal and external environment, all personnel were checked, including the self-inspection of the Three-Watch Killer.

These menial workers are the last batch.

The bearded man would occasionally steal a glance at "Xiao Song", and so did Tang Hou.

"Xiao Song" stood straight, but he could see the actions of the two people on his left and right from the corner of his eyes, and couldn't help but whispered: "What I have, you also have, what are you looking at!"

The bearded man made two "tsk tsk" sounds and turned his face away.

It is true that he has what others have, but sometimes, "have" and "have not" are different.

Just like the sixteen servants standing here, they were all naked, but judging from their well-proportioned bodies and well-built muscles, one person people noticed at first glance was "Xiao Song".

It’s like fifteen dogtail flowers surrounding a rich peony. They both have the word “flower” in their name, but they are really different.

The two of them stood on Yang Yuan's left and right. Hey, look at the money they spent to do odd jobs, what a waste!
The most important thing is that you make me feel embarrassed!

Tang Hou didn't think too much about it. He thought it was because he was shorter and fatter.

Otherwise, how could there be such a big difference between the two people? Is Xiao Song a donkey?
After checking the first row of servants, Boss Bai accompanied Lu Zang and several killers to the second row.

Yang Yuan stood in the team, not panicking at all.

After his whereabouts were discovered and he had to kill the night watchman, he immediately assessed the situation.

It's impossible to go in.

Because of the presence of night watchmen and hounds, the scent of the murdered person could not be concealed.

If he continued to sneak into the inner courtyard, the entire Qiyun Society would be alarmed before he found the residence of one of the three giants.

If we retreat at this point, there will be two problems.

First, this time we alerted the enemy, and it will be difficult to come back.

Second, if people wanted to conduct an internal investigation, he, who had only been there half a month, would easily become a suspect.

Fortunately, his previous work experience enabled him to think outside the ordinary way of thinking and find solutions to problems.

So, he took the initiative to let the patrolling killer find him, so that a group of people could see with their own eyes the "fact" that he was "limping" and injured.

As for the blood that dripped as he fled...

Why do you think he took the initiative to rush into the room and kill the other killer?
The kettle containing blood had been smashed by him and buried in the mud of the stream behind the house.

Because he was not injured and had made these misleading arrangements, he dared to take the risk and stay here.

Otherwise, he would have slipped away immediately.

The person who checked him just held a torch and walked around him back and forth. He asked him to lift the soles of his feet and even checked whether his feet were injured. Then he immediately went to check the next person.

They not only check everyone's body, but also observe everyone's expression.

They had already seen Yang Yuan and the two servants talking and laughing in low voices.

Someone with such a relaxed mentality is naturally less suspicious. In fact, they had ruled out Yang Yuan before the investigation.

Besides, they didn't want to see Yang Yuan either.

There's nothing you can do about it. Those who have comparable financial resources don't have as good a figure as him; those who have comparable figures as him don't have as handsome looks as him.

This kind of man is so unpopular.

The internal investigation was completed before dawn, and the assassin was not among them.

When the news reached Batingzhang, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that I was overthinking. This person should be someone lurking outside."

Di Jiuzhou smiled and said, "I told you, if this guy has already targeted us, he can just come and deal with us directly. Why would he hide here? He is not targeting a specific person. Everyone in our entire Qiyun Society is his target."

Recorder Lu Zang said in a deep voice: "We still need to be more careful and strengthen our vigilance in the near future. Our big event is about to start and we cannot afford to make any mistakes."

Ba Tingzhang said: "We should strengthen our vigilance, but we don't need to be on high alert these days. That person is injured and will not come again in the short term."

He waved his hand and said, "You guys go and rest first. Let's not mess up our situation."

Di Jiuzhou and Lu Zang agreed, bowed to him, and then left.

Ba Tingzhang let out a sigh and leaned back in his chair.

Suddenly, a delicate voice came from behind the screen: "Brother Ba, there is no such thing as a thief who steals for a thousand days. Otherwise, even if we try to outlast him, we will be outlasted by him. We have to think of a way to lure him out!"

(End of this chapter)