Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 583 The Storm is Hard to Calm
Yang Yuan immediately let go of the bamboo pole, and it exploded into two pieces, splitting to the left and right.

Yang Yuan fell backwards, and a bright knife light came up from him as he fell backwards.

This knife could split Kou Heiyi in half from hip to forehead.

However, Kou Heiyi also made the same movement of falling backwards, and a cold light rose up along his body.

The tip of the knife hooked Kou Heiyi's bamboo hat, and the hat was lifted into the air.

When Kou Heiyi's knife was about to break Yang Yuan's mouth, he actually paused.

Because of this blow, he had enough time and distance to avoid Yang Yuan's counterattack.

Yang Yuan missed the attack with his knife, so he supported himself on the ground with his left hand, and bounced up like a tumbler. He slashed the knife in his hand horizontally towards Kou Heiyi.

Kou Heiyi did not accept the attack, but turned around and walked away, pushing his body forward and passing through a piece of silk as soft as a cloud.

Yang Yuan chased him closely, but was also afraid that he would suddenly counterattack, so he drew his knife before he arrived and pierced the silk, but Kou Heiyi had already passed through the silk hanging on the pole below to dry.

One of them was chasing while the other was escaping, using the hanging silk and silk threads as cover, and they moved left and right like a cat chasing a mouse.

At this time, Yuan Chengju, Guo Xuzhi and his men also rushed over, but before they broke through the silk, they didn't know who they would run into. When they saw a figure, they hurriedly drew their swords. Sometimes, after they had chopped with their swords, they were shocked to find that the person opposite them was one of their own.

But it was different for Kou Heiyi. Except for himself, everyone he saw was an enemy, so he attacked without any scruples.

As he roamed around the field, the clanging of weapons continued, but Kou Heiyi was unharmed, while the people in the speed room were knocked down.

"Brush~"

A long pole was cut off at the end, and a long row of silk hanging from it fell to the ground.

"Brush~"

Another long pole fell.

Yang Yuan stood at the end of the courtyard and cut down more than ten tall poles about five feet apart.

Then colorful silks were seen falling to the ground, swaying in the wind, like a colorful spring surging under everyone's feet.

The colorful silk was blown up into the sky by the wind, and the sky above the courtyard looked like a cluster of blooming autumn chrysanthemums.

The scene was magnificent, except for the operators from the Que Room who were standing in the middle with knives in hand and looking around cautiously, as well as those who were lying on the ground groaning in pain, which somewhat spoiled the scenery.

Yang Yuan saw Kou Heiyi.

He was at one end of the yard, and Kou Heiyi was at the other end.

Across the undulating silk, Kou Heiyi glanced at him, smiled slightly, turned around and rushed out.

He had just returned from the silk reeling workshop, and the place he was rushing towards at this moment was still the silk reeling workshop.

Yang Yuan jumped up, stepping on the pieces of silk that had not yet landed firmly on the ground, as if stepping on colorful waves, and suddenly chased after him.

Those who fell to the ground were helped up by their colleagues. Some of them felt so painful that their shoulder bones were about to be broken because they were hit by the back of the knife.

Some of them held their waists and breathed with a stitch in the side, because they were kicked away by Kou Heiyi.

However, as Yang Yuan ran along, he saw no blood on any of them.

He Qiqi rushed out of the silk reeling warehouse with two copper plates under his arms, and turned back and shouted: "Hurry up, take the copper plates and leave. We don't need the Huizi or Jiaozi anymore. As long as you are here, we can print more."

After He Qiqi finished yelling, he turned around and ran. Just after he took two steps, he saw the man who warned him running towards him.

The man's bamboo hat had fallen off and only a small part of his mustache remained, but his figure and clothes still allowed He Qiqi to recognize him at a glance.

He Qiqi was surprised and asked, "Why are you back again?"

"The road ahead is blocked, so I'll find another way out."

As Kou Heiyi ran past him, he answered him casually and smiled at him.

"what?"

He Qiqi looked blankly in the direction where Kou Heiyi came from, and saw a man in official uniform, holding a sharp knife, running towards him.

Behind him followed a group of public servants, each holding a sharp blade, gritting their teeth, with ferocious faces.

The scene was like a vicious dog in the village leading a group of vicious dogs in the village, pouncing on a thief who sneaked into the village.

He Qiqi let out a strange cry, turned around and ran away.

Seven or eight people came out of the silk reeling warehouse, their hands stained with ink, holding baskets and copper plates.

Suddenly they saw the official rushing towards them, and they were all stunned.

He Qiqi ran wildly holding the copper plate. Seeing that the messenger was running very fast and leaving him far behind, he suddenly regretted that his parents had not given him two more legs.

He was running as fast as he could when he was suddenly kicked on his buttocks and flew up into the air as if riding on a cloud.

"Boom!"

He Qiqi fell into a big pit on the roadside where silkworm cocoons were soaked. Countless cocoon shells were splashed into the air with stinky water by his fall, and then fell towards him like raindrops.

Yang Yuan kicked He Qiqi away and continued to chase Kou Heiyi without stopping.

On the riverbank, Yang Yuan finally caught up with Kou Heiyi.

Kou Heiyi saw that there was a wide river in front of him. He couldn't help but slow down his pace because he realized that it was impossible for him to jump over the distance of at least 20 or 30 feet.

Yang Yuan sneered: "Why don't you run away?"

Kou Heiyi's breathing was quite intense. Compared to him, Yang Yuan, who had practiced advanced internal martial arts, was much calmer and his breathing remained steady.

Kou Heiyi panted heavily, turned around slowly, glanced at Yang Yuan, and said with a smile: "Not bad, you are better than me."

Yang Yuan held his knife horizontally and slowly approached. He noticed that the soil under his feet was relatively soft. If he exerted force, it would become more muddy, which would slow down his movement.

However, this environment would also affect Kou Heiyi. Kou Heiyi was standing closer to the river than he was, and the soil under his feet would only be more moist.

Yang Yuan said: "You have committed heinous crimes by collaborating with the enemy and betraying your country. You can't escape now, just surrender!"

Kou Heiyi said calmly: "I didn't sell out my country. I infiltrated your country for my country. The more I do, the greater my merits. What crime have I committed?"

Kou Heiyi was not worried about his current situation at all. It didn't matter to him whether he was caught or able to escape.

There was even a smile in his eyes: "Your Jia calendar said that you had been lurking in the Northern Kingdom for ten years and successfully entered such a confidential place as Jiageku. Your sins in the Jin Kingdom are your merits in the Song Kingdom. The same goes for me."

Kou Heiyi smiled and said, "I am not from Song Dynasty, so I only have merits, no faults."

Yang Yuan's face darkened, and he said word by word, "My eldest brother's death was also caused by you?"

The smile on Kou Heiyi's face had not yet faded, but a hint of pain flashed across his eyes.

"His death has nothing to do with me."

Kou Heiyi paused and said slowly: "It was you Song people who killed him."

Yang Yuan believed him because he had already found out the truth before.

The reason I'm asking now is just to find out whether Kou Heiyi played any role in fueling the situation.

Both the Song and Jin dynasties had many people who made great contributions to their countries but were ultimately destroyed by their own countries.

People like that are the ones who are most heartbroken, right?
Yang Yuan slowly raised his knife and said to Kou Heiyi, "Well, you are much luckier than my brother. At least the one who is going to kill you is not one of your own!"

As he said that, Yang Yuan rushed forward. Kou Heiyi immediately raised his knife and rushed forward, still smiling: "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to die yet!"

……

The action started in the speed room.

The "Chan Zi Fang" was taken under control by Zheng Yuandong himself, and all the personnel of the "Chan Zi Fang" were taken under control and awaiting investigation.

The list of foreign spies of "Chan Zi Fang" was retrieved, and the highest level of warning was activated.

All intelligence personnel who receive the warning will immediately take measures such as transfer and escape to completely cut off their current identities.

However, the intelligence network that the Song Dynasty had carefully built in the Jin Kingdom for many years was about to be destroyed, and it was unknown how long it would take to rebuild it.

The arrest operation also began in Lin'an City.

Led by the people from the Machine Speed ​​Room, the Imperial Archery Command and the Imperial City Bureau mobilized a large number of troops to begin arresting the people involved in the case.

Xu Hongcheng, the head of the Printing and Printing Office, was the first to be taken into custody.

When he was arrested, he was hiding in the printing room and mixing the ink for printing banknotes. He was caught red-handed.

Yang Leifeng, a member of the guild affairs department, was also arrested.

When he was arrested, he was happily thinking about going to have fun with Li Qiaoer tonight.

Last night he told his fierce wife at home that he would be on duty at Huiziwu tonight.

Huiziwu did not require officials to be on duty overnight, but Yang Leifeng made up such a system of duty himself.

Over the years, his wife has long been convinced.

Li Qiaoer's bookstore was closed down.

Li Qiaoer herself, the manager of the printing shop, and the printers in the warehouse where Uncle Lao Gou found the special ink stored were all taken away.

Su Qiao, the supervisor of the "Jinzouyuan", was also taken away.

When he was taken away, he was slacking off on duty and secretly compiling a new issue of "Lin'an Tabloid".

It is still uncertain whether Su Qiao is related to this case.

But as a person who had close contacts with the criminal, it was natural for him to be investigated.

Miss Shuifu from Cuiyu Tower in Datong Lane was also taken away.

When the officials from the machine room broke into the room, Feilisha, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, was riding his horse and testing his sword in the martial arts world.

Suddenly, a group of spies from the machine room burst in with shining knives, and Minister Fei was so frightened that he almost fainted.

In Huantan Town, Mr. Nanfeng Chi was also taken away.

He Qiqi Silk Reeling Workshop did not belong to him, but was just one of many workshops for which he was the "general agent".

However, this case was of great importance, so he had to be taken to the government office for investigation.

For a time, rumors spread throughout Huantan Town.

Nan Fengchi's guilt had not yet been proven, but rumors that he was a Jin spy and that his yard was filled with corpses had spread throughout Huantan.

……

By the river, Yang Yuan and Kou Heiyi moved swiftly and agilely, seemingly not affected by the surrounding environment at all.

But in fact, due to the influence of the ground, the movements of both of them have been greatly reduced.

Both of them were wearing official boots, which were extremely difficult to get rid of once they were covered in mud, making their feet heavier and heavier.

At this time, the sun had already set, and a red sun was visible at the end of the water, rising and falling with the waves.

There are sparse reeds on the mudflats, swaying gently in the evening breeze.

Yang Yuan and Kou Heiyi were fighting hard in front of the reeds under the red sun.

Kou Heiyi was already panting heavily, but he still had plenty of energy left. Yang Yuan's breathing had also become rapid, but it was much longer than Kou Heiyi's.

If the fight continued, it was obvious that Kou Heiyi would be at a disadvantage, but at this moment, a boat came over.

There was a cargo owner and a boatman on the boat. Due to the angle, they didn't notice the two people fighting fiercely on the shore until they got closer.

The boatman cried out in surprise and plunged the long bamboo pole into the water, and the boat settled down.

The cargo owner also looked towards the shore in surprise, with a look of excitement on his face.

Such drama is, of course, uncommon.

Yuan Chengju led seven or eight people and chased after them with knives in hand.

Guo Xuzhi and his men stayed in the silk reeling workshop, controlled everyone in the workshop, and cleared out all the tools used to print fake Jiaozi and Huizi from the warehouse.

Yuan Chengju and his men just chased in the wrong direction.

They chased along the road leading out of the workshop for several miles, but found that it was not right, so they came back.

This time they ran straight through the wild grass and mudflats, following the small river that discharged the cocoon wastewater, and ran here.

The weapons of Kou Heiyi and Yang Yuan collided, sparks flew, and the swords in their hands crossed over the blades of the other's weapons.

When the two pairs of cold eyes met, Yang Yuan sneered, "You can't escape."

"Not necessarily!" Kou Heiyi suddenly pressed the spring on the handle of the knife, and with a "pop" sound, he drew his sword and stabbed.

Yang Yuan was stunned for a moment because Kou Heiyi's knife was still blocking his knife.

Just this hesitation, Kou Heiyi's "sword in the sword" stabbed his upper arm.

After stabbing out with the sword, Kou Heiyi turned around and walked away, taking five steps in a row on the mudflat, but he did not walk in a straight line, but in an arc.

After five steps, his foot landed on a rock on the mudflat.

This stone was discovered by him during the battle just now.

Kou Heiyi took a step with all his strength and leaped into the air like a big black bird.

The boat that was watching the fun was parked in the slow flow on this side of the river, about two meters away from the shore.

The boatman on the boat thought that this distance was absolutely safe, but he did not expect that one of the two fighters would rush to the riverside and suddenly jump over.

Yang Yuan endured the pain in his arm, and used the knife in his hand to make a sticky force, spinning the "sword sheath" three times before it hit the ground, and then swung it forward and shot towards the "big bird" in the air.

"puff!"

Kou Heiyi stabbed him in the back with the "sword sheath" that used his knife as a sheath, but it did not penetrate his body as Yang Yuan had expected.

The "scabbard" pierced Kou Heiyi's back and then bounced off.

With a loud bang, Kou Heiyi fell heavily on the side of the boat about three feet away.

He was seen holding the sword in one hand, still swinging his arms vigorously, kicking the water with his legs, and using the remaining momentum to quickly rush to the side of the boat.

Kou Heiyi stretched out his hand to the side of the boat and rushed onto the boat with a spray of river water.

The boat was not big. It was hit by the waves and hit by Kou Heiyi, and it immediately began to shake violently.

The boatman was fine, but the cargo owner was not standing steadily. He swayed a few times, screamed, and fell into the water.

Those who eat melons have become those who drink water.

When Yang Yuan saw that the "sword sheath" had clearly pierced Kou Heiyi's back but did not hurt him, he exclaimed in surprise and immediately threw the knife in his hand straight towards the back of Kou Heiyi's head.

Kou Heiyi took advantage of the momentum to rush forward, grabbed the side of the boat with his hands, and suddenly jumped upward. As soon as he jumped onto the boat, Yang Yuan's knife stabbed his thigh.

Kou Heiyi groaned in pain, rolled over, and fell to the boatman's feet. He pointed the sword in his hand upwards and pressed it against the boatman's crotch: "Start the boat, go!"

The boatman was so frightened that he lost his soul. With such a sharp sword pressed against his crotch, how could he dare to resist?

The boatman hurriedly agreed, and pushed with all his might, and the boat sailed towards the other side.

Kou Heiyi sat up and met eyes with Yang Yuan who had chased to the shore.

Yang Yuan held his arm with one hand, blood smeared between his fingers.

There was a knife stuck in Kou Heiyi's thigh. Although it did not hurt the bone, it pierced his thigh.

He gritted his teeth, pulled out the knife, tore off the collar of his robe and quickly bandaged the wound. Looking at Yang Yuan who was getting farther and farther away, he suddenly grinned.

In the setting sun, a mouthful of white teeth looks as sharp as a wolf's fangs.

……

"My injury is not serious. I was just stabbed in the arm, but the bone was not broken."

As Yang Yuan spoke, he gently raised his arm and gestured to Liu Yanran and her brother.

"Look, the injury is not serious. I plan to go back to the Censorate for duty tomorrow."

He suspected that Kou Heiyi's sudden move of "sword hidden in the knife" showed mercy.

Subsequent investigations also confirmed his idea.

Many people sent by the Privy Council to capture Kou Heiyi were injured, but none of them were injured by his knife.

When he was forced to use a knife, he used the back of the knife.

"That's good!"

Liu Shangqiu breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at his sister, and decided to help: "My sixth sister was so panicked when she heard about it. She was afraid that something bad might happen to you, Erlang. If she didn't come to see you in person, she would have lost her appetite."

"Hmm?" After hearing this, Luxi, Danniang, Yuchan, Bingxin and other girls all turned their beautiful eyes to look at Liu Wanrong.

Liu Wanrong's face flushed, and she wanted to strangle her brother to death. She quickly covered it up and said, "Erlang saved my life. How can I not care about Erlang's injury?"

Yang Yuan laughed and said, "Has the person who was chasing Kou Heiyi not found any trace yet?"

Because Yang Yuan was injured and is now recuperating at home, he does not know many things in a timely manner.

Liu Shangqiu said: "No news, this guy disappeared without a trace."

Yang Yuan nodded and said, “He has been running the business in the Imperial City Division for many years, and later went to the Machine Speed ​​Room.

He not only understands the various methods of our Song Dynasty spies, but also has a detailed understanding of the various key points.

If he wants to hide or escape, it will be difficult to catch him."

Yang Yuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Kou Heiyi's identity has been exposed. It is meaningless for him to stay in Lin'an, so he will definitely leave.

The pursuit must continue, especially the main roads leading to the Kingdom of Jin, which must be strictly checked."

After a pause, Yang Yuan explained: "This move may not necessarily catch him, but it can create obstacles for him or his accomplices.

In the past, in order not to expose Kou Heiyi, even if the Jin Kingdom already knew our secret spies' identities, they would not touch them.

It’s different now. Only by preventing the news of Kou Heiyi and his accomplices from being easily transmitted back can our people evacuate in time.”

Liu Shangqiu nodded and said, "I understand. Zheng Ducheng also ordered this."

Yang Yuan said: "The Jin Kingdom and Xixia are in the same boat, and the Xixia secret agent..."

Liu Shangqiu said: "Don't worry, ever since I knew Kou Heiyi was suspicious, I have already made adjustments to the secret agents sent to Xixia who knew his background."

Yang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No matter what, now that we have uncovered the secret spy from the Kingdom of Jin who infiltrated the Speed ​​Room and solved the fake meeting case, Lin'an can have some peace for a while."

Liu Shangqiu said solemnly, "However, the Privy Council interrogated He Qiqi and his craftsmen and learned from them that before they were arrested, they had already shipped out about two million strings of fake Huizi and Jiaozi."

Yang Yuan couldn't help but frown after hearing this.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the average annual fiscal revenue was around 60 million guan. Although the land and population in the Southern Song Dynasty were less than those in the Northern Song Dynasty, the fiscal revenue remained above 100 million guan for many years.

According to this comparison, two million strings of cash does not seem to be much.

However, if two million strings of currency that should not exist were circulated in the market, especially if it was only circulated in the Lin'an area, the impact would still be huge.

What's more, these Jin Dynasty secret spies could produce fake Huizi continuously before, so the imperial court blocked the emergence of a large number of fake Huizi that were so real that they could be mistaken for the real ones on the market, and the Jin Dynasty spies would not make it public.

But now the Jin spies have lost the ability to continue counterfeiting money. Although these two million strings of counterfeit money will cause certain losses to the Song Dynasty's economy, the Song Dynasty's huge economic scale can still digest it.

In this situation, if the Jin Dynasty's secret spies took the initiative to expose themselves and let the people know that Huizi and Jiaozi were no longer trustworthy, panic would cause the circulation of currency to stagnate, and the losses caused would be incalculable.

Yang Yuan felt a sense of crisis again, and said in a deep voice: "So, the Jin Kingdom has another group of people in our Song Dynasty. They are responsible for spreading fake Huizi and fake Jiaozi in the market... We must find them, and quickly!"

Liu Shangqiu said: "Yes, this matter is very serious. Prime Minister Shen, Prime Minister Wei, and Councillor Tang have all issued orders. The Speed ​​Control Office, the Imperial City Department, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Lin'an Prefecture have all sent agents to work together to solve the case."

Yang Yuan thought for a moment and said slowly, "If we want to distribute a large amount of fake Jiaozi and Huizi to the market smoothly, the best channel is through trade..."

Yang Yuan shook his head and said, "I think I won't rush back to the Censorate to report for duty. I will just use the excuse that my injuries haven't healed yet to stay for a while. This is a good opportunity to conduct a secret investigation."

The Yang family now has many businesses involving many aspects. If one wants to find the source of fake club notes through commercial channels, the Yang family naturally has an advantage.

When Luxi and other girls heard that Yang Yuan would temporarily stop working on the grounds that his sword wound had not healed, they were suddenly delighted.

If my husband does not go to the Censorate for duty, even if he needs to go privately to investigate the source of the fake meeting notes, he will spend much more time at home than if he were on duty.

How could they not want their husbands to spend more time with them when they are still young?

……

Outside the Ministry of Justice prison, Su Qiao, the supervisor of the Jinzouyuan, and Nanfeng Chi, an official, were released one after another.

After careful investigation, it was found that these two people had no connection with the case.

Walking out into the sunlight, Chief Editor Su couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh. He was just slacking off on his duty and concentrating on editing the tabloid, so how could he have suffered such an unprovoked disaster?

Nan Fengchi was full of gratitude. He was a businessman, and a very powerful and famous businessman, so he naturally had a wide range of friends.

But how could he know whether all the people he came into contact with were human or ghosts?
In his impression, He Qiqi is a very kind and honest workshop owner.

Who would have thought that he was actually a Jin man and had been lurking in the Song Dynasty for so many years.

As the two were sighing, their respective families rushed over.

Editor-in-Chief Su's wife and Nan Fengchi's son each held a willow branch in their hands, wanting to sweep away the bad luck for them first.

One of them was standing on the left side of the road, the other on the right. They were just being swept away by their family members when a sedan chair carried by two people suddenly came towards them from the middle of the road.

When they looked up, they saw an extremely charming woman sitting on the sedan chair that was carried out from the Ministry of Justice's prison.

Her eyes are like autumn water, her eyebrows are like slender willows, and her waist is so thin that it cannot be held by one hand.

Like them, she had also come out of prison, but the beauty in the sedan chair was not as depressed as they were.

Although the woman's light gauze dress had wrinkles from staying in prison for a few days, her expression was still graceful and calm, like a peony in the wind, enchanting yet graceful.

Editor-in-Chief Su's curiosity was aroused again, and he asked with emotion, "Who is this woman? How could her sedan chair lead directly to the prison?"

His wife, who was "sweeping away bad luck" for him, suddenly became angry and changed the willow branch in her hand from sweeping to hitting: "Still looking, still looking, you old thing who only remembers food and not punishment, if you hadn't been flirting with Li Qiao'er, how could you have ended up in jail."

Shui Fu glanced over with her beautiful eyes, and seeing what Chief Editor Su and his wife were doing, she couldn't help but smile, then walked away gracefully.

PS: I owe two chapters to Alliance Leader JJM, and one chapter to Alliance Leader Guojinxiaoyingtichu.

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