Qin Chuan left the court and walked toward the back chamber.
He walked into the main hall of the inner house and sat down on the chair, his face showing fatigue. He had been working too hard in the five years he had been serving as county governor.
Seeing him coming to the inner house, a woman brought a cup of hot tea in front of him. Qin Chuan was really thirsty, so he took a sip of the tea without waiting for it to cool down.
The woman was Qin Chuan's wife, her name was Lu Suya. After she got married, she was given the title of Qin Lu. She was not pretty, but she was good-looking. They were married before Qin Chuan took office as the county magistrate.
Qin Chuan was a very honest official and he only served the people. He never did anything to enrich his own pockets or prey on the people. He even often helped poor people.
The daily life is not like that of a county official. With only the meager salary of the county governor, not to mention buying a house and land, even eating and drinking is simple.
His wife had no complaints about this and was willing to live a hard life with him. If it were any other woman, she would have encouraged her husband to rely on his position to make money.
On weekdays, the two of them have the male taking care of the outside world and the female the domestic one. The man is busy with government affairs every day, while the woman lives in seclusion and concentrates on taking care of the man. They are a well-known loving couple in Xinyang City.
Neither Qin Chuan nor his wife noticed that today there were always two pairs of eyes watching them silently beside them.
Many matters in Qiao County are now in order. Although Mr. County Yin is also very busy, he is still much more relaxed than in previous years. He only needs to deal with government affairs, approve official documents, and open courts to review cases every day.
In the next few days, Qin Chuan was busy with government affairs as usual, completely unaware that two figures were always following him, following him like a shadow.
On the fifth day when the two figures followed and monitored Qin Chuan, the situation changed somewhat.
Late at night on the fifth day, when all the people in Xinyang City fell asleep, Master Yin of Qin County was still reviewing official documents in his study, and his wife Lu Suya was still awake and waiting beside him. It was a very warm scene.
Suddenly, a small black shadow fell from the sky. It was a black carrier pigeon. The carrier pigeon landed directly on the table where Qin Chuan was reviewing official documents. Qin Chuan's expression showed no change at all, as if he was used to it, and as if he was waiting for the arrival of this little guy. .
Qin Chuan skillfully opened the mechanism on the black pigeon's leg and took out a letter. The little guy was obedient and jumped onto Qin Chuan's shoulder and stopped moving.
Qin Chuan and his wife looked at each other. They returned to the inner room and closed the doors and windows. They still didn't notice that the two figures who had been staring at Qin Chuan were hiding in the shadows. One of them sighed softly, and the two followed him again. Arriving in front of the inner room door, he quietly observed.
Qin Chuan opened the envelope carefully and read the contents of the letter with a solemn expression. After reading it, he handed the letter to his wife and took out a blank piece of paper to write something on.
At this time, his wife had lost her previous virtuous and virtuous appearance. After reading the letter, she glared at Qin Chuan.
"Qin Chuan, do you still remember our mission to Yingzhou?" Lu Suya said in a very small voice.
"The boss said in the letter that he is extremely dissatisfied with what you did in Qiao County."
"You are just a spy, but you really think you are a high official of the Taichu Dynasty!"
Lu Suya's words contained a huge amount of information. If outsiders heard it, they would probably be shocked. No, the two people outside the door already looked surprised at this moment.
"Yes, I am a spy. My mission is to collect intelligence. Your mission is to supervise me. Let me ask you, have I ever had any negligence or omission in my mission over the years?" Qin Chuan remained calm, as if nothing happened Nothing could shake him.
"But, the leader said, what you are doing in Qiao County now is no different from capitalizing on the enemy. You should know the consequences of the crime of capitalizing on the enemy. If it weren't for the short time of our new Korea, we would have trained a spy to sit in your position. It’s not easy for you, otherwise the boss would have ordered me to get rid of you and then be done with it.”
"It's too late for you to take action now. The reason why I did this is just to make more people's lives smoother. I didn't interfere in military matters. If people's lives are stable, they will be even less willing to have war in the country. Peace will not continue. Okay?"
"The nine states in the Central Plains have to fight to the death. Even if the world is unified in the end, do you know how many people will be destroyed and displaced? The people who are hurt the most by war are always the civilians."
"It's really unbelievable. Xinhan has trained you for so many years, where did you come up with so many weird ideas?" Lu Suya looked confused, as if she couldn't understand Qin Chuan's words at all.
"Hey, it's useless to tell you this. Now you are just a pitiful tool." Qin Chuan sighed softly, with pity in his tone.
"What did you say?" Lu Suya looked angry, but Qin Chuan ignored her and continued writing on the paper.
"Okay, don't make this useless argument anymore. I will still do my job as an official. Of course, the information will be truthfully transmitted back to Xinhan. If you really receive the mission and say you want to kill me, I will definitely not resist. After reading it, burn the letter as soon as possible, so as not to expose it."
Just when Lu Suya was about to burn the letter, two figures rushed into the house, one heading towards Qinchuan and the other heading straight for Lu Suya.
Qin Chuan was just a scholar and had no martial arts practice. The dagger was directly pressed against his neck. Looking at Qin Chuan's appearance, he had no intention of resisting.
However, Lu Suya was not a weak woman. When she saw the coming person, she was so fast that the letter could no longer be burned. She immediately put the letter into her arms, backed away quickly, and then took out two short knives beside the bed.
Judging from the degree of Lu Suya's internal energy released at this time, this person actually has a cultivation level in the middle stage of the external release realm.
Just when Lu Suya was about to attack the enemy, she saw the man put on a strange charging posture, and several enemy figures attacked him. Then she felt hot liquid splashing out from her neck, and two His eyes went dark, and the body slowly fell to the ground.
Qin Chuan saw his former nominal wife die in front of him, but he didn't have any unnecessary expression. Instead, he stared at the person who killed Lu Suya with interest.
"Two young heroes have such strength at their age. In Yingzhou, only the Xinghe Sect has such disciples. Even within the Xinghe Sect, the two of them should be considered the best."
"Let me guess again. Although Lu Suya was a little confused by the elixir, she is still considered a senior spy among spies. Normal methods of concealing traces cannot be hidden from her eyes. With this method, you two He must be from the Seven Kills Camp."
Qin Chuan had a smile on his face, as if he wasn't the one holding his throat.
He guessed correctly. He had been lurking here for many days and took action to kill Lu Suya. The two people who controlled Qin Chuan were Gu Xifeng and the monkey Xiao Houzai.
Gu Xifeng stayed with his back to Qin Chuan for a while, then wiped the dagger and put it into his boot.
"Monkey, put away the dagger. I don't think Mr. Qin will resist or seek short-term responsibility. Mr. Qin, can we have a chat?"
"It's exactly what I want. However, let's change the title. Now that the identity has been exposed, this adult's name sounds a bit harsh. Just call him by his name." Qin Chuan looked relaxed.
"Well, you are much older than us, so I will call you Uncle Qin. The two of us have been lurking around you for a few days. You are really a good official who deserves respect, and you are better than what the intelligence says. Well, before tonight, I really hope that the information is wrong."
Qin Chuan shrugged and motioned to Gu Xifeng to continue.
"We have all heard the conversation between the two of you just now. What you wrote should be the information passed to the new South Korea."
"Well, you're right. Now that the matter has come to this, this thing will have to be handed over to you sooner or later. Otherwise, how will you two interact with each other?" Qin Chuan said and folded the paper full of words a few times. The monkey was afraid that there would be unintelligible details in his thoughts. He wanted to stop him, but Gu Xifeng told him not to take action.
Qin Chuan threw the folded paper at Gu Xifeng. However, Qin Chuan was an ordinary person and the paper he threw was very light. The paper was thrown crookedly. Gu Xifeng dodged and caught the paper firmly, opened it and started reading. .
"The writing is really detailed. Uncle Qin, your identity as a spy is completely confirmed."
"It doesn't matter, it's already this time. I don't want to hide anything anymore, and I don't want to walk out of this door alive. I just want to chat with you two little guys before I die."
"Uncle Qin, don't you want more people to live a stable life? As long as Uncle Qin you are willing to stop being a spy of Xinhan, I will definitely find a way to make the sect change your mind and let you continue to be the county governor or even I can become a bigger official." Gu Xifeng said with some excitement.
"My child, don't talk nonsense. No court is willing to appoint spies from other countries as officials. Once you betray, you will never be used."
"But..." Gu Xifeng wanted to speak again, but he just didn't know how.
"No need to, Taichu Dynasty and Xinghe Sect will never let me live. Besides, after so many years, I have lived enough as a person who should have died long ago. It is better to go and reunite with my family as soon as possible." Qin Chuan said such sad words He can still smile and be so open-minded that it makes people feel heartbroken.
"your family…"
"They are all dead. My parents died in the war when I was ten years old. I crawled out from among the dead alone. I could only live on the streets, begging. I have seen too much indifference from the nobles, and I have also experienced the indifference of the lowest class. The warmth of the people, if it were not for those kind people, maybe I would have starved to death or frozen to death."
"About a year later, it was too long and I can't remember. I was picked up in a carriage on the street and taken to a strange place."
"There, I was forced to learn knowledge and various skills together with many children. Although it was very hard, I had enough to eat and had many friends. It was the happiest time in my life. Lu and I Su Ya met there.”
"Later I found out that the place we were in was the Jin'an Dynasty Mole Camp, which was an espionage organization."
"A few years later, we went out to perform missions. Suya and I partnered many times to complete the missions, and she saved my life many times during the missions. At that time, I was at the age when I first fell in love, and I fell in love with that kind and lovely person who I got along with day and night. It’s inevitable that the girl will be fond of you.”
"Jin'an's secret power is really not worth mentioning. Even the intelligence organization is very moral. Don't you think it's a bit ridiculous?"
"I just developed a sense of belonging to Jin'an. The powerful and beloved Jin'an dynasty disappeared overnight."
"The Mole Camp has no authority to place spies on the Jin'an Palace, and there is no source of information about the changes in the palace. The Mole Camp was breached without any precautions, and almost all of its members were taken down by Han Linfu, even if they were out on a mission. After returning, they all fell into a trap."
"I don't know where Han Linfu got the drugs that can control people's minds. These drugs are not stable and will kill you if you are not careful. I watched my friends who have been with me for many years lose their lives one by one. Only a few can be kept in stock. But they have all become tools that only take orders from Han Linfu."
"This kind of drug does not completely obliterate people's consciousness, but it retains your consciousness but can control your thinking. It is really scary to take the drug and not die, but can only be controlled by others."
"Lu Suya was one of the people who survived after taking the drug. From then on, she was no longer who she was. The girl I once liked in my heart also died at that moment."
"The reason they didn't give me any drugs was because they had decided at that time that I and some other people would seek official positions in other countries. It would be difficult not to be discovered if I took drugs."
"If you ask me why I took orders from Xinhan, do I, a homeless person, have any choice?"
"Now that we've found this, I think you all know the rest based on the Xinghe Sect's intelligence capabilities."
Gu Xifeng nodded. During Qin Chuan's story, especially after Jin An was mentioned, Gu Xifeng's expression changed slightly. Although it was deliberately controlled by Gu Xifeng, it was still caught in the eyes of Qin Chuan, a senior spy. , Qin Chuan looked at Gu Xifeng with interest.
"Okay, you should be tired of listening to the nagging of a dying man. Should you do it or should I do it myself!" Although Qin Chuan's body is still full of life at this moment, there is a trace of death in his eyes.
"Monkey, bring a pot of wine." Gu Xifeng was in a very low mood.
The monkey didn't talk nonsense. He went out to find a pot of wine and three cups in his hand.
The monkey obediently filled the three glasses with wine. Qin Chuan moved his fingers and a little white powder fell into his wine glass.
Gu Xifeng and Monkey raised their wine glasses at the same time and said almost in unison: "Uncle Qin, let's go!"
Qin Chuan also raised his glass with a smile.
"It's nice to have wine before leaving! Hahaha."
The three of them drank the wine in one gulp.
As the poisonous wine entered his stomach, Qin Chuan's face gradually showed a hint of blackness. He put down the wine glass and walked tremblingly towards Lu Suya's body. However, the poison was released too quickly and he fell to the ground before he even touched the body. .
Qin Chuan used up his last strength to grab Lu Suya's hand.
"Father, mother, Suya, I'm here to find you..."
He slowly closed his eyes, as if falling asleep.
