The eleventh year of Xuyang, the third day of August
After three days of investigation, Liu Xin has preliminary evidence that Chen Nianji colluded with the salt mine.
Luo Fuxian's professional qualities as a Jin Yiwei are quite good, and he also has several useful people under his command. Therefore, after many investigations, a chain of clues was finally gathered.
Liu Xin also personally went to several salt mines near Hanzhong with Luo Fuxian and found several problematic account books.
Returning to Hanzhong Mansion, he checked the remaining clues found by the Jinyi Guards of Qianhu Station in Hanzhong and locked in three people.
There is one person in charge of the salt mining department, the deputy director of the Salt Class.
There is one person in charge of transporting official salt into the warehouse, and one person is the director of the salt transport department.
These three people have been secretly arrested by Jin Yiwei and have confessed.
After receiving the news, Liu Xin hurried to a villa outside Hanzhong Prefecture before he could check it with Chai Junfeng. This is Luo Fuxian's secret base, where Liu Xin and Luo Fuxian discussed matters in the past few days.
It was a quarter past noon. It was rainy in summer, and the wet weather made people feel irritable.
Liu Xin has been in and out of Hanzhong Fucheng in the past few days. Although there are spies from Jinyiwei at the city gate who are responsible for letting Liu Xin in and out of the city, every time he sees the wanted notice on the notice board at the city gate, Liu Xin feels resentful in his heart.
Now that the people from Nanzhen Fusi are about to arrive, Chen Nianji's evidence has been almost collected. As soon as the people from Nanzhen Fusi arrive, he can directly order the arrest.
The most important thing here is Chen Nianji's evidence, which is the only thing that can bring down Chen Nianji.
After leaving Hanzhong Fucheng, Liu Xin galloped for about a quarter of an hour, and finally he could see the villa behind the misty rain curtain in the distance. This was a farm. After the owner was caught committing crimes earlier, the farm was expropriated by Jin Yiwei.
The farm is very large, but the living area only has three yards and two high-rise buildings, which is not too big.
One of the tall buildings has been used as a prison cell, and the three salt mine officials are locked inside.
The rain in summer is not cool, but it is too unstable, sometimes heavy rain and sometimes drizzle.
As we approached the farm, the rain suddenly became heavier. Suddenly, Liu Xin felt a warning sign in his heart, and his whole body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He turned over and dismounted without any hesitation, hooked his feet in the stirrups, pressed his whole body against the horse's belly, and continued to move forward.
Puff puff...
Dozens of crossbow arrows penetrated the thick rain curtain. Because of the sudden heavy rain, the strength of these crossbow arrows was reduced a lot, and because the arrow body was damp, the speed was also reduced a lot.
Several more crossbow arrows hit the horse. The horse neighed in pain, slipped under its feet, and fell to the ground. Liu Xin took the opportunity to roll to his feet. When he stood up, the sword in his hand was already unsheathed.
You can't run at this time. The more you run, the easier it is to become a target.
The archers were inside the farm. There was a low earthen wall outside the farm. The crossbow shooters were behind the wall.
Liu Xin didn't know if Chen Nianji had discovered some clues and sent people to invade the farm, but he had to go in now to confirm whether the evidence of Chen Nianji's crime was still there, otherwise he would not give up.
Breaking through the rain curtain, Liu Xin was extremely fast and his figure was ethereal.
Lightweight swan goose body
This is the top movement technique he learned from the young master of the evil sect. At that time, he was still young and he didn't know the value of this movement technique. Later, he heard from the master that he knew that this was the top movement technique of the evil sect, better than that of the Holy Sect. His top level body skills are even better.
The focus of this movement technique is not on speed, but on its unpredictability, allowing you to dodge flexibly even when there is no point of leverage in the air.
The second round of crossbow arrows came, but Liu Xin easily dodged it. Before the third round of crossbow arrows could be fired, Liu Xin had already smashed through an earthen wall and slashed away with his knife. Sparks bloomed in the rain!
Liu Xin frowned. The opponents were all wearing armor, and they looked like elites in the army.
This group of crossbow-wielding soldiers did not panic when they saw Liu Xin breaking through the earth wall. Instead, they spread out to both sides and distanced themselves.
Only one person slashed the armor on the chest with a knife after Liu Xin broke through the wall. The armor was torn immediately, and a large amount of bright red seeped out from it. The huge force also threw the person away and fell heavily to the ground.
Liu Xin's toes picked up the crossbow arrows that had fallen to the ground. One of the crossbow arrows had already been cocked, indicating that these archers had completed this action. The reason why they did not shoot immediately was because the distance between the enemy and ourselves was too close and they were afraid of accidental injury. At this time, the nearest archer was already ten meters away from Liu Xin. The hum of the crossbow strings sounded, and several crossbow arrows were shot at Liu Xin at the same time.
Liu Xin's sword flashed around him and he easily blocked these crossbow arrows.
This kind of crossbow arrows can be easily dodged by ordinary young warriors. However, the sensitivity, perception and explosive power of young warriors are insufficient. If the number of crossbow arrows reaches the current number of twenty or thirty, the young warrior will not be able to dodge 100%. , it also depends on luck.
But speaking of luck, Liu Xin was lucky today. The heavy rain turned into a downpour, which not only blocked the sight of the shooters, but also greatly reduced the speed and power of the crossbows, reducing the threat by half.
However, these shooters were obviously just trying to stop Liu Xin, retreating while shooting, and they were not firing in volleys, but in several rounds. Therefore, Liu Xin had no chance to catch up, and he never thought about catching up. Killing these ordinary soldiers was completely meaningless. , they are just following orders.
Liu Xin's goal was very clear, it was one of the two tall buildings, but the shooters clearly had another purpose in retreating, which was to make way for others.
Many soldiers appeared in the farm. Their armors were obviously much thicker than those of the shooters. There were only a dozen of them, but they scattered around Liu Xin and surrounded him with a heavy momentum.
Behind the earthen wall, a dozen figures turned over lightly. They did not have armor on their bodies, but judging from their physical strength, they were all warriors with good cultivation, and each of them had a small attainment level.
This is a trap for him!
Liu Xin reacted immediately.
The dozen or so warriors who had just appeared were obviously blocking his way back and were preparing to sneak attack him. Who knew that he did not retreat, but instead rushed forward, so these people appeared a step too late.
There are soldiers in front, warriors in the back, and shooters in the distance to provide support. Only Chen Nianji has this skill.
The thought flashed away, and now Liu Xin began to think about whether to force a breakout or temporarily retreat.
The curtain of rain is thick, the clouds are stacked, and the whole world is gray. On a tall building in the farm, several people are standing by the railing, looking at the scene of siege and killing below.
Chen Nianji wore a smart outfit today and soft armor underneath. He looked downstairs with a sneer at Liu Xin who was surrounded by soldiers. He glanced at Mr. Luo Fu next to him and said:
"I accept your petition, and you and I will be friends from now on!"
Luo Fu first clasped his fists respectfully: "I am willing to do my best for Mr. Chen!"
Between Chen Nianji and Luo Fuxian, there was a middle-aged man with an extremely delicate goatee. He was holding a helmet in his hand and was wearing armor. There were traces of old injuries on the armor's surface, indicating that it was an old piece of armor.
He is Ban Wei's deputy general, and the commander of Han Zhongwei is Shi Zhongyu.
At this time, the soldiers who were besieging Liu Xin in the farm were his men.
"Why haven't we taken down this person named Liu yet?" Chen Nianji put his hands on the railing, his eyes were bloodshot. The man downstairs gave him a great fright. He couldn't sleep well these days. This man If it is not removed for a day, he will not have peace for a day.
Shi Zhongyu pinched his goatee and said very confidently: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, my soldiers have contacted the combined attack technique. Although that boy is a Dacheng realm warrior, the commander said that although he is fast, his attack power is not enough. My soldiers The soldiers just restrained him. Manpower is sometimes poor, and when his internal strength is exhausted, he can be easily killed. Besides, there are also elites under Luo Qianhu's command."
The look of embarrassment on Mr. Luo Fu's face flashed away. These people were all cultivated by him secretly. Hanzhong Qianhu Institute was almost a bunch of drunkards. In order to protect his rights, he secretly raised a group of people, and today he brought them all out. .
While the three of them were watching, footsteps came from downstairs. Dan Si, Zheng Xiao and a group of second-generation nobles came upstairs. They heard Chen Nianji say that they planned to capture a murderer today, so they came to take a look together.
Through the rain curtain, Dan Si and others could not see clearly who was besieged downstairs. Except for Dan Si and Zheng Xiao, the others were just watching the fun. As soon as Shan Si came up, before he could ask any questions about the origin of the murderer, his eyes were firmly attracted to him.
The besieged figure downstairs had erratic speed and fierce attacks. He was still able to face the siege of a dozen soldiers and a dozen masters with ease, and his attacks were extremely sharp and accurate. The dozen masters didn't even dare to get too close and could only attack. Supporting the enemy from the outside, the dozen or so soldiers were wearing heavy armor and were not afraid of attacks, but their cultivation was too low and they could not catch the figure at all.
Zheng Xiao watched for a moment and felt that the besieged figure was inexplicably familiar, so he asked: "Brother Chen, where did the murderer downstairs come from?"
Chen Nianji's attitude towards Zheng Xiao and others is quite good. After all, when they go to the imperial capital in the future, they will all be in the same group and must take care of each other. Moreover, Chen Nianji completely relied on Qin Guogong's thick thigh to support the table, and these people were all powerful second-generation nobles, especially Zheng Xiao. His father was a very important member of Qin Guogong's camp. Chen Nianji was determined to fight with Zheng Xiao. Build good relationships.
Shan Si is the face of the younger generation in their camp, the well-known Yuanwei Escort Agency, which requires money and people. Many disciples from the Yuanwei Escort Agency serve in the military. They have a great background, not much worse than Zheng Xiao. .
These two people must be friends with him, so regarding Zheng Xiao's question, Chen Nianji said without hesitation: "This man's surname is Liu, and he is a swindler. He claimed to be a Jin Yiwei and deceived Luo Qianhu. Fortunately, Luo Qianhu He discovered the problem in time and set up this trap, and he will be killed today!"
Zheng Xiao was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the figure downstairs. At this time, Shan Si had turned back and looked at Zheng Xiao, and their eyes met in the air.
"Is this person?"
"It seems so!"
The conversation between Shan Si and Zheng Xiao was like guessing. Chen Nianji was confused and asked, "What are you talking about? Do you know him?"
Shan Si was silent, turning back to look downstairs, while Zheng Xiao spoke for a moment before saying, "We have met this man before, at the Hanzhong Army Racecourse!"
As soon as these words came out, Chen Nianji was fine. Luo Fuxian and Shi Zhongyu's expressions changed drastically at the same time.
It happened that Zheng Xiao continued to say: "This person has a document to be able to enter the military horse farm. I think the document... must be real!"
Chen Nianji frowned, but before he could react, Luo Fuxian and Shi Zhongyu on the other side exchanged glances. Shi Zhongyu showed hesitation in his eyes, but Luo Fuxian had no way out at this time.
Of course he knew that Liu Xin's identity was true, but he had to say it was false, because only in this way could he be exempted from the death penalty, and only by avoiding the death penalty could Chen Nianji have a chance to fish for him!
This was also something he and Ban Wei had discussed. Because of the previous kidnapping of Chen Nianji, they could kill Liu Xin first if his identity was suspicious.
Because this matter cannot be suppressed no matter what, when Ban Wei heard that Liu Xin was the Qianhu sent by Nanzhen Fusi, he already knew that things were bad and Liu Xin must be eliminated.
Therefore, what they are doing now is that they have to shoot with an arrow on the string.
Originally, in today's trap, as long as Liu Xin was killed, everything would be over. Unexpectedly, Shan Si and Zheng Xiao would actually interact with this Liu Xin.
Isn't this man from Nanzhen Fusi? Why should he go to the military horse farm?
Luo Fuxian and Shi Zhongyu both had such doubts in their minds, and while Shi Zhongyu was still hesitating, Luo Fuxian had already said coldly: "This person's identity is suspicious. Although the token given is genuine, he does not have an appointment document, and his behavior is suspicious. Qianhu will go down now to question him, if his identity is true, I will stop this siege!"
After that, Luo Fu jumped off the tall building first, used his strength several times in the pavilions, and landed firmly!
Zheng Xiao looked down with a suspicious look on his face, while Shan Si looked gloomy and didn't say a word, just staring downstairs.
Chen Nianji had also reacted now, so he looked at Shi Zhongyu, only to find that Shi Zhongyu had disappeared. He probably went to find someone to notify Ban Wei.
Liu Xin's swordsmanship was mainly about speed. Although there were more than thirty besiegers, the armor of the soldiers was very large and their movements were relatively slow, making it difficult to form an encirclement. However, the dozen or so masters were afraid of their lives and did not dare to fight with Liu Xin. Xin was close, otherwise as long as a few people swarmed up and entangled Liu Xin, the soldiers would be able to form an encirclement.
Just when Liu Xin was considering whether to retreat, a figure jumped from a tall building and rushed towards him with a knife.
Seeing that person through the rain curtain, Liu Xin instantly understood everything that happened today!
Luo Fu betrayed first!
Liu Xin believed in the investigative capabilities of the secret investigation team, and Luo Fuxian was definitely not Chen Nianji's person. Later, because of his own threats, he could only investigate Chen Nianji. Perhaps during the process, Luo Fu made some calculations and placed his bet on Chen Nianji's side.
At this moment, Liu Xin put the retreat behind him. The first priority was to kill Luo Fuxian.
The soldiers who besieged Liu Xin lost Liu Xin's figure at the same time, and the dozen or so low-level warriors saw Liu Xin's body turned into an afterimage, passed through the soldiers, and pounced straight towards him. The man from far away.
Luo Fuxian's pupils reflected the rapidly enlarging figure of Liu Xin. He clenched his teeth and stepped out with his knife, sweeping it out. This sword was filled with all his Qi, and his inner strength was fully activated. The sword's light was like a sudden fire in a dark world.
Shan Si's eyes flashed brightly on the tall building. This sword should have the power of the middle-grade Dacheng realm. It depends on how Liu Xin copes with it.
The sword light swept out, and this sword was enough to split the thick armor of the armor.
But at the top of the arc-shaped sword light, a sword wrapped around the thunderous force, tore the sword energy without any hindrance, drove straight in, and penetrated Luo Fuxian's heart!
puff!
Luo Fuxian couldn't believe that his most powerful attack could be easily broken. He staggered two steps. His strong body and internal energy that had not dissipated left him half alive.
"You are Jin Yiwei, do you still remember?"
A cold voice came from behind, and a large mouthful of blood spilled from the corner of Luo Fu's mouth. His chest was penetrated, his heart was broken, and it was impossible for the gods to save him!
With his last breath, Luo Fu turned around unwillingly and murmured: "Obviously you are just a member of a thousand households, how can you compete with... and the adopted son of Qin Guogong!"
Liu Xin's face was expressionless, with rain running down his face. He looked into Luo Fuxian's eyes and asked, "Is this why you chose to betray?"
Luo Fu first swayed his feet and shook his body. Behind him, the soldiers and a dozen junior warriors had gathered around him, but no one dared to get close. Liu Xin's previous sword was simply beyond their understanding.
Is this still something humans can do?
"Ha...what's the point? I just want to know how you could defeat my full blow so easily."
Luo Fuxian could no longer maintain his standing posture. He slowly knelt down, but stubbornly raised his head. It seemed that he would not rest in peace until he understood this problem.
Liu Xin was silent for a long time, until Luo Fuxian's eyes lost all life.
"I've seen someone use your sword skills before."
"Kill me!" The sudden loud shouts brought the armored soldiers back to their senses. When Chen Nianji saw Luo Fu fell first, he cursed a few words of useless trash, and then shouted loudly, causing the hesitant armored soldiers to wake up. The soldiers took action.
Hearing Chen Nianji's roar but not seeing their immediate superior, the soldiers did not take action. However, the next moment, Shi Zhongyu personally led his men to rush over and shouted loudly: "Kill!"
Liu Xin turned around and ran towards another tall building. The threat of the crossbow arrows was reduced to a minimum in the increasing rain. Liu Xin was very fast, and Shi Zhongyu took the lead. Although he was wearing heavy armor, his speed was not much slower than Liu Xin.
Liu Xin turned his head and took a look, and realized that this person was a senior in the Dacheng realm, and his internal strength far exceeded his own. After all, the difference in years of cultivation was there.
Just when most people were attracted by Liu Xin, in the cornfield outside the farm, several strong figures were hidden. The leader of them was more than eight feet tall. The others were already very strong, but under his Against the backdrop, she looks petite and exquisite.
"Buhe, do we want to take action?" A burly man asked in Northern Barbarian.
This eight-foot giant was none other than Bu He, whom the Imperial Capital had taken action against. Bu He's eyes were fixed on Chen Nianji, who was constantly shouting on the tall building.
On the way to send the elder back to the northern barbarians, Bu He heard the elder saying that he wanted to arrest this Chen Nianji. It seemed to be related to the Central Plains people who had a good chat with the elder that day. The elder hesitated to do this all the way.
After returning the elders safely to the tribe, Bu He decided to go out and do it alone. Because of several failures in the imperial capital, he was scolded by the prince. Although the prince had shown mercy, for Bu He, this was something that a warrior could not do. Bear the weight.
Therefore, he resolutely took his brothers out and went all the way south, finally finding Hanzhong Mansion. After many days of searching, he finally found Chen Nianji.
At this moment, it is indeed an excellent opportunity. So many people have left, and there are not many people in that building.
It didn't take more than a second to think simply, Bu He already had a choice.
"Go, do it!"
