Chapter 38 The thief who brought disaster to the country

Chapter 38 The thief who brought disaster to the country

Without any hesitation, all the men in black rushed forward.

Cold light flashed, blood flew, and the sound of gold and iron clashing could be heard endlessly.

Soon, the remaining guards were all dealt with by Ding Xiu and others.

Zhao Lihe left five men with Ding Xiu and ordered them to search for the belongings in the convoy. Then he got on a war horse and galloped away with the remaining three people in the direction where Wei Zhongxian escaped.

Along the way, corpses and body parts were everywhere.

There were also a few ownerless horses munching on weeds on the roadside.

Soon, Zhao Lihe saw Lin Zhongtian's figure.

At this time, it was only about a mile away from the place where the incident occurred.

As the distance increased, the sight obscured by the mist gradually became clearer.

Lin Zhongtian shot a shot through the neck of a cavalryman, then raised his hand and stabbed it through the chest of the last woman in white.

Looking from Zhao Lihe's angle, he could just meet the incredible eyes of the woman in white.

"Wei Ting..."

Zhao Lihe sighed in his heart, another familiar character had withdrawn from the stage of history.

Lin Zhongtian pulled out his spear and let the woman in white fall off the horse with eyes wide open with unwillingness.

Then, Lin Zhongtian rode past her, raised his spear on the horse's back, aimed at the carriage in front of him, and threw it violently.

In an instant, the spear broke through the air and penetrated the carriage with a devastating force, pinning the groom in front of the carriage to the ground along with a war horse on the left front.

The miserable screams were accompanied by the neighing of the war horses.

The fast-moving carriage instantly flipped over and fell to the ground, sliding a distance of seven or eight meters against the ground.

When Lin Zhongtian arrived at the carriage, Wei Zhongxian was crawling out of the carriage window with blood on his face.

Lin Zhongtian turned over and dismounted, patted the horse's head and asked it to rest on the side of the road. Then he walked to the groom's body, reached out and pulled out the blood-stained iron gun, and turned towards Wei Zhongxian.

It was at this time that Lin Zhongtian saw Wei Zhongxian's appearance from a human perspective for the first time.

He is dressed in plain white cloth, has silver-gray hair, and has an old face with age spots. Except for the fact that he has no beard, he is no different from an ordinary old man.

Also, regardless of his identity and status, Wei Zhongxian is indeed just an old eunuch.

The so-called momentum developed from being in high positions all year round was completely unable to be revealed in the face of the current crisis.

After climbing out of the carriage, Wei Zhongxian sat down against the carriage, looking a little frightened.

However, when he saw Lin Zhongtian coming with a gun, he calmed down for some reason.

"Who are you?"

Wei Zhongxian asked in a slightly tired voice.

Lin Zhongtian smiled: "An unknown person is not worth mentioning."

Wei Zhongxian stared at his face and suddenly said: "You are Fu Qingyun."

Lin Zhongtian raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Oh? The factory owner has also heard of my name?"

Wei Zhongxian laughed when he heard the words, and seemed to gradually regain his previous calmness: "The world and the court have never been separated. Although I have lost power now, after all, I once held great power, and I also arranged some informants in this world. Naturally I have heard of it. I don’t know the name of the Bone Demon Hand, but why are you pursuing me so hard?”

"If you just want to make money, there are thousands of taels of gold and thousands of brocades in the chariot and horses, which is enough..."

Before he finished speaking, Wei Zhongxian's voice stopped suddenly, and his old eyes stared intently at the man dismounting in front of him.

Looking at the face in his memory, Wei Zhongxian's expression gradually became enlightened.

"Oh it's you!"

"I didn't expect you, old man, to see me again."

Zhao Lihe came over with a smile, holding a rope in his hand, and tied up Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian knew Zhao Lihe's martial arts skills and did not resist. He just stared at him and sighed: "When the emperor captured you, I suggested that he execute you immediately. Unfortunately, the emperor was too young and committed the crime. Your soft-heartedness led to a big mistake and released you, a thief who brought disaster to the country..."

"I am a thief who brings disaster to the country, so who are you?"

Zhao Lihe laughed angrily at Wei Zhongxian's words and couldn't help but retort.

Wei Zhongxian laughed when he heard this: "Although I, Wei Zhongxian, wield power and bring trouble to the court, I have never been disloyal to the Ming Dynasty. But you are different. I have heard of your theory before. That is I am digging for the roots of the Zhu family’s imperial power. Compared with you, I am just a scabies disease, and you are the real disaster to the country!"

"snort!"

Zhao Lihe snorted coldly and was about to argue with him.

Lin Zhongtian suddenly slapped Wei Zhongxian on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.

"Okay, it's almost done. You have already decided to rebel. What is there to talk nonsense about? Let's take him back first. Wei Ting just shot a flare. Fucheng County will react soon. We must rush Evacuate this place before the officers, soldiers and imperial guards."

At this point, Lin Zhongtian paused and then said: "Of course, if you want to stay and compete with them, I don't mind either."

Seeing that Lin Zhongtian had said this, what else could Zhao Lihe say, and he quickly said: "Let's go, let's go now!"

The two got on their horses, and Zhao Lihe took Wei Zhongxian away first. Lin Zhongtian returned to the convoy, moved the most valuable belongings to the two carriages with Ding Xiu and others, and drove the horses away.

After a while, a group of officers and soldiers came over cautiously. They were shocked when they saw the tragic situation on the official road.

Soon, the entire city of Fucheng County was under martial law, and two or three messengers rode on horseback and galloped towards the capital.

Lu Jianxing and others who were hiding in Fucheng County noticed something was wrong, immediately revealed their identities, took people out of Fucheng County, and saw the tragic situation of Wei Zhongxian and his carriage on the official road.

"This...who did this?"

Lu Jianxing and his Jin Yiwei were both shocked.

Shen Lian frowned and carefully inspected the battle traces in the convoy.

Jin Yichuan glanced at it a few times. Even though he had known for a long time that it was Zhao Lihe and Lin Zhongtian who did it, he still couldn't help but feel a little surprised and shocked when he saw this scene.

After calming down, Jin Yichuan came to Shen Lian and asked in a low voice.

"Second brother, have you discovered anything?"

"A few, but not much."

Shen Lian pointed to the corpse in front of him with a heavy face and said: "Look, although the corpses here are in miserable death conditions, most of them have only one fatal wound. They should have been killed by a single blow. Look at this corpse again. The man was forcibly split in half from the middle, which shows that the person who struck was extremely powerful, and the move was simple, yet cruel and precise."

"This style is not like an ordinary killer, but more like..."

Having said this, Shen Lian hesitated for a moment, and his mind couldn't help but recall the Shura scene in the Battle of Sarhu eight years ago.

Jin Yichuan understood what Shen Lian meant, and followed his words calmly: "It looks like those powerful generals in the army!"

"A strong general in the army?"

Lu Jianxing was startled when he heard this, then glanced at the shocked Jin Yiwei colleagues beside him, pulled Shen Lian and Jin Yichuan to the side, and said in a low voice, pointing.

"Could it be..."

"impossible!"

Shen Lian understood what he meant and shook his head: "The emperor has already sent us here. There is no way we will do anything more, unless Eunuch Zhao wants to take this opportunity to get rid of you and me."

"But we three brothers have never provoked him, why would he get rid of us?"

"This is what I think is impossible." Shen Lian analyzed calmly, "So I think that compared to the possibility of the emperor sending someone else to get rid of Wei Zhongxian, the probability of Wei Zhongxian directing and acting on his own is higher!"

"Direct and act on your own?" Jin Yichuan asked in surprise, "Why?"