Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 119

Chapter 119 Chapter III
The carriage staggered for most of the night before finally stopping at dawn. Qin Mubai and Chen Yan did not say anything more in the middle of the night. At this time, they called her, “Here we are. Get off the car.”

Chen Yan’s pair of bright eyes instantly opened, and she did not say a word. She leapt out of the carriage like a gust of wind. Her clothes fluttered across Qin Mubai’s face, leaving behind a fragrant breeze.

“Heh, the heroine’s body also has the scent of powder, and the scent of gardenias that prevails in Jianghuai is quite special … after all, she is also a woman!” Qin Mubai Wan’er smiled and stepped out of the car.

“General, that’s where it is.” A pawn with good sense raised his hand and pointed at an inconspicuous mansion.

“You guys should go forward and greet me first. I’ll be right back.” Qin Mubai dispatched three small soldiers and said to Chen Yan, “Before meeting Liao Lirong, I must promise me something.”

“Tell me, I may not agree.” Chen Yan said indifferently.

“This isn’t difficult.” Qin Mubai said, “I’m asking you not to take revenge on yourself after hearing Liao Lirong’s confession. It will ruin my plan.”

“What’s your big plan?” Chen Yan laughed coldly. “Killing and paying for your life with debt is a matter of heaven and earth from ancient times. You must have been investigating carefully. It can’t be said. It must be an excuse for officials to protect each other. I can’t agree to it.”

“Then I guarantee that you won’t be able to hear anything from Liao Lirong.” Qin Mubai raised his eyebrows and said seriously, “This case is huge. It concerns the country. It’s not as simple as Zhu Chengwen being killed. In his position, even if I kill Liao Lirong to silence him today, I won’t let you secretly take revenge to alert him and ruin my affairs.”

“Then I will kill you first!” Chen Yan pulled herself away from Qin Mubai, her figure flashing like a ghost sword as she stabbed towards Qin Mubai’s chest!

“Unreasonable!” Qin Mubai shouted. This time, not only did he not retreat, his chest and abdomen shrank as he slapped towards the sword clip like a pair of iron claws.

“Bang!”

With a loud explosion, Chen Yan’s sword, which was filled with killing intent, was actually caught between Qin Mubai’s palms!

Chen Yan was instantly shocked. Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough. She hurriedly pulled out her sword, but it was as if she had stabbed into an iron stone, unable to pull it out at all. In her rage, she raised her foot and swept it towards Qin Mubai. Qin Mubai shouted, his four limbs exerting strength at the same time. Both of his hands twisted the sword like iron claws, and at the same time, he stepped on the ground and leaned into the air.

“Ah …” Chen Yan was a woman after all. Although her swordsmanship was excellent and her movements were extremely fast, her strength was several levels weaker than Qin Mubai, who was born with divine power. Qin Mubai clapped her hands together with the inertia of her body as she stepped into the air, she was still able to grasp the sword!

With a buzz, Chen Yan released her sword. At the same time, the hand holding the sword hurriedly stretched out behind her and kept squeezing. Obviously, Qin Mubai’s squeezing just now had even injured her wrist.

Qin Mubai rolled her body and landed steadily on the ground. She looked at Chen Yan with a cold face and lightly snorted. She waved her wrist and grabbed the hilt of the sword in her palm. She casually waved her wrist. The sword stabbed straight into Chen Yan’s toes an inch before her toes as if it had grown eyes.

“Good men don’t fight with women, enduring you is not the same as being afraid of you. I hope you don’t treat my tolerance as weakness and incompetence.” Qin Mubai took a few steps forward and said indifferently, “Although I’m not willing to hit a woman, I don’t even mind killing you when you touch my bottom line.”

Chen Yan stared fixedly at Qin Mubai. Her fingers and sword were about to turn pale. She gasped hatefully and said in a deep voice, “Alright, I’ll agree to your conditions first. But you have to promise me one thing.”

“Tell me first.”

‘”If I find out about the murderer, I can give you a period of time to take care of the so-called’state-related’ matters. But once the deadline expires and you still haven’t brought the murderer to justice, I will kill you and the murderer together!”

“It’s autumn now. The murderers will be ambushed within a month. You will have a chance to see their heads.” Qin Mubai said calmly, “Therefore, you are not allowed to act recklessly for this month. Otherwise, you will have to bear the consequences.”

“Hmph! Listen carefully. I will follow you closely for a month until I see the murderer’s head land on the ground.” Chen Yan sneered, “Also, I just underestimated your dao for a moment. Do you really think you can beat me? I warn you, don’t speak to me in that threatening tone again!”

“Your legs are on your feet. I don’t care where you go. Follow me if you like.” As Qin Mubai said this, she turned around and left. “Besides, I’ve always only recognized victory and defeat, and I don’t have the habit of reasoning with corpses.”

Chen Yan’s delicate body trembled slightly, so angry that Silver Fang clenched her teeth and glared at Qin Mubai’s back with hatred. She still raised her foot and followed.

“General, Liao Lirong is inside. There are four brothers who stay here to guard the place. It is difficult to fly even with their wings inserted.” The two of them walked to the mansion. The three soldiers were all waiting outside and cupped their hands to Qin Mubai, saying, “General, Liao Lirong is inside.”

“Very good. You guys wait outside. I’ll go in and interrogate him.” Qin Mubai paused for a moment before turning around and saying to Chen Yan, “You’d better listen outside the door. Don’t barge in. I’m afraid you’ll kill him in a moment of excitement.”

“It’s up to you.” Chen Yan coldly threw down a sentence, held her sword in her arms, and turned her face away.

The three pawns scoffed at her and walked to the side, ignoring her.

Qin Mubai walked into the room. The four minions were scattered in different corners of the room. They closely monitored all movements inside and outside to ensure that there was no blind spot. Baiji has a lot of training in this area, and it seems that they have used it quite well in carrying out their missions.

Liao Lirong, on the other hand, lay sideways on the bed in the inner room, probably asleep.

Qin Mubai had the guards wait outside the door, walked to the bedside, and kicked Liao Lirong’s butt.

‘”Woo–” Liao Lirong was so frightened that he shouted and sat up. Suddenly, he saw Qin Mubai in front of him panicking and muttered, “General Qin, General Qin!”

“You still recognize me? That’s good, it saves me some breath.” Qin Mubai was not in a hurry and sat down on a chair beside the bed. He raised his chin and said, “Sit properly. I have something to ask you.”

“Yes, yes. If you have something to say, General Qin just needs to ask. This lowly position … I know everything and I can’t stop talking.” Liao Lirong was a little helpless. He sat down obediently, but he only dared to put half of his butt against the bed. He stood upright, but his head was drooping. He did not dare to look at Qin Mubai.

“Last time, I sent a few brothers to roughly ask you something. You already confessed. It was you who covered his nose with a wet towel while Zhu Chengwen didn’t spare, causing him to suffocate. Then, you created an illusion of his self-restraint at the scene. Is that so?” Qin Mubai asked.

“Yes, yes. At that time, this lowly position … was obsessed with ghosts and was forced by others. I, I’m sorry, Brother Zhu!” As he panicked, Liao Lirong actually used his sleeve to wipe his face and howl.

Outside the door, Chen Yan clenched her hands tightly on the joints of her fingers and bones. Her pair of starry eyes were filled with killing intent, but she finally managed to restrain herself from pulling out her sword and rushing in.

“If you continue to howl like this, I’ll punch your head.” Qin Mubai said calmly and indifferently, but Liao Lirong was so frightened that his entire body trembled that he instantly stopped talking and didn’t dare to say anything casually.

“Let me ask you, who gave you the order to do this? Who is your superior?” Qin Mubai asked.

“This, this lowly position can’t be said!” Liao Lirong opened his mouth awkwardly, looked at Qin Mubai in panic and anxiety, and then hurriedly turned his gaze away.

“Are you afraid that someone will take revenge and kill you after you say that?” Qin Mubai sneered, “Then have you thought about it clearly? If you don’t say anything, I can bury you alive now?”

“I, I said, I said!” Liao Lirong hurriedly said, like a bamboo tube pouring beans–

“My general qin also know, is jiangzhou secretariat into song nian, and jiangzhou capital lieutenant Ma Kun. Actually, the two of them weren’t the main culprits behind this case. They also obeyed orders. The biggest empress behind us is Shengnan Marquis Zhang Tianci! Last year, Cheng Songnian first reported a huge sum of money to Zhang Tianci. Afterwards, some of the higher-ups split half of the money, leaving a small half … The lowly officials and some of the petty officials shared some of the money. Originally, my senior brother Zhu Chengwen also had a copy, but he refused to accept it and even angrily scolded me. For this reason, I was extremely ashamed and wanted to return the money, but Cheng Songnian and the others threatened me with my life … I was helpless and had no choice but to secretly accept the money and become their subordinate from now on. ”

“Let me remind you first. You don’t have the face to address Zhu Chengwen as a senior brother.” Qin Mubai said, “Also, I want to ask you, according to what you said just now, you have divided more than half of the fifty million yuan, but at least ten to twenty million yuan has flown down to your county government. There should be records of the income and expenditure of this money. Where is the ledger now?”

“This … I really don’t know.” Liao Lirong shook his head in confusion. “Brother Zhu … oh, county magistrate Zhu only received five million yuan at that time. It was not enough. He was furious and prepared to sue the Imperial Court at that time.” However, they were persuaded by Cheng Songnian and the others. Since then, Zhang Tianci had had a killing intent towards him. I also heard Cheng Songnian’s instructions, saying that he wanted me to find a quarrel and tell Zhu Chengwen to scram out of the county government of Jishan County, and then promote me to the position of county magistrate. However, after accepting the bribe, Zhu Chengwen no longer trusted me so much. He was always on guard against me, and I never had the chance. Cheng Songnian kept urging me, saying that no matter what, he would sue Zhu Chengwen no matter what if he planted the stolen goods at the beginning of the next spring, so that he could get rid of Zhu Chengwen. Who would have thought that within a few days … the flood would erupt! “The general will know about the rest.”

“In that case, Zhu Chengwen does know a lot of things about you, and refused to join in with you, just at this time, the flood broke out again. Zhang Tianci, Cheng Songnian, and the others were afraid that this flood would trigger a thorough investigation into the construction of the embankment, so they ordered you to murder him, right? At the same time, you copied his handwriting and wrote a suicide note, and issued a county government decree in his name, forcing all the citizens of Jishan City to move out of Jishan City, right? “Qin Mubai said.

“Yes … yes, General Qin is very careful and predictable. Everything is as you said.” Liao Lirong’s face was drenched in cold sweat as he lowered his head and whispered.

“I’ll kill you!!!”

Suddenly, a shrill shout filled with sorrow and fury came from the door, and a black shadow swept in like a bolt of lightning. A cold light flashed and a sharp sword pointed at Liao Lirong’s throat. It stabbed at him with infinite killing intent and hatred!