Zhou Jie and the other three followed Nie Ziyi and finally caught up with Zhao Bensan and his disciples before they left.
The few of them hid at the side, ready to observe the situation first before making a plan.
Zhao Bensan and his disciple hurriedly ran over, looking very flustered.
"Traitor, traitor!" Zhao Bensan pulled Xiao Tong, who was about to get into the carriage, and grabbed his clothes tightly. He said with a disappointed expression,"I didn't expect you to play this game with me. I've lost all my rice bowl because of you.”
"That's enough, Master." Xiao Tong said indifferently,"Didn't you draw that painting on someone else's behalf?" I'm just stealing a beam and replacing a pillar. The two of us are the same.”
"But if you do this, aren't you harming Lord Wang?”
"Haha! I'm dying of laughter." Xiao Tong scoffed at this and said mockingly,"Master, aren't you trying to harm Lord Cao by playing tricks on the Great Hero Duan? The East and West Chambers were both harmful. What was the difference?”
Zhao Bensan suddenly felt that this disciple of his was a little unfamiliar. He looked at Xiao Tong in a daze.
Xiao Tong did not care about Zhao Bensan's gaze as he continued,"It's more important to earn money now. Besides, now that we have a large sum of money, we can really go back to our hometown to buy land and rent.”
The more Xiao Tong spoke, the more proud he became. It was as if he was already a landlord. Zhao Bensan pointed at Xiao Tong with a trembling finger. His heart was filled with grief. He opened his mouth but could not say anything.
Xiao Tong knew what Zhao Bensan was going to say. He patted his shoulder and said,"Master, you should be more open-minded! I advise you to enjoy the glory and wealth!”
"You must have planned this beforehand!”Zhao Bensan pointed at the child and said angrily,"You, you wicked disciple."”As she spoke, she was about to hit him.
Xiao Tong rolled his eyes and pushed Zhao Bensan away."You can see Eunuch Wang, but I can't see Eunuch Cao? Ever since the people from the East Chamber took me to see Eunuch Cao, I've made up my mind. Rather than running around with you and living under someone else's roof, I might as well take this opportunity to fight.”
"Do you know how much money is here?”Xiao Tong picked up the bag of silver and said,"To tell you the truth, the benefits Eunuch Cao has given me are more than what you have received in the past few days.”
"Do you still have any conscience?”Zhao Bensan couldn't stand it anymore and started fighting with Xiao Tong.
Liu Ruoxin, who was listening at the side, couldn't contain her anger. She gritted her teeth and said,"Yang, you bastard. You knew they were going to frame my foster father, didn't you?”
"I didn't participate in this matter. How would I know?”
"Bah!" Liu Ruoxin didn't believe Yang Yuxuan's words at all. She shouted angrily,""As the number one expert of the East Military Hall, how could you not know? It would be strange if I believed you.”As he spoke, he was about to draw his sword and attack.
Zhou Jie hurriedly grabbed Liu Ruoxin's hand and sheathed his sword,""Ruoxin, calm down. I believe that Eunuch Cao must have done such an important thing personally. He would not tell Yang Yuxuan since there were too many people.”
Zhao Bensan and his disciples stopped arguing when they heard the commotion. They hurriedly got into the carriage and wanted to leave as soon as possible.
"Not good! They want to leave." As he spoke, Zhou Jie activated his lightness skill and rushed forward to stop the carriage.
Liu Ruoxin and the others followed behind.
However, at this moment, a flying knife flew over from somewhere and stabbed into Xiao Tong's chest. Xiao Tong screamed until the end. When Zhou Jie went forward to check, he was already dead.
"Xiao Tong, don't scare me!" After all, Zhao Bensan and Xiao Tong were master and disciple. It was difficult for them to accept that such a thing had suddenly happened.
Just as Zhao Bensan was grieving, another steel needle flew toward him. Zhou Jie was already prepared. He instantly took out a flying knife and threw it at full force.
Zhou Jie's throwing knife not only knocked down the steel needle, but also flew in the direction where the steel needle came from. However, there was no reaction when the throwing knife flew into the grass. It was likely that the killer had already retreated when he saw that the situation was not good.
At this moment, Zhao Bensan had already memorized too much and lost his mind. He could only stare blankly at the child's corpse.
Liu Ruoxin unsheathed her Dragon Scale Art and pointed it at Zhao Bensan's throat.
Zhao Bensan finally came back to his senses. He covered his head with both hands and dodged."Don't kill me, don't kill me!"
"If we want to kill you, we don't need to do anything.”Yang Yuxuan looked at Zhao Bensan and said coldly,""Tell me, what tricks are you playing behind my back?”
"No, no, Sir, please spare my life!" Zhao Bensan hurriedly begged for mercy. He pointed at the child's corpse and said,"It's all because Xiao Tong was blinded by money that he did such a thing!”
Zhou Jie pressed down Liu Ruoxin's sword and looked at Zhao Bensan,""What exactly happened? Tell me in detail from the beginning to the end.”
"Hey!" Zhao Bensan sighed regretfully." I was originally a fortune-teller who traveled around the village. I made a living by reading people's palms and determining their marriages. But who knew that business would never be good?"”
Zhao Bensan paused and pointed at Xiao Tong's body."Xiao Tong turned out to be a little pickpocket. I took pity on him and adopted him. However, who knew that he would still be a thief after he grew up and would often sneak around. Until one day he came back and told me he had thought of a good idea to make money.”
"I want you to disguise yourself as a divine fortune-teller and use a portrait to solve the case!" Zhou Jie said.”
"That's right." Zhao Bensan nodded and continued,""That day, Xiao Tong sneaked into a house and happened to see someone raping a woman and killing someone. He came back and told me what that person looked like. He wanted me to perform a ritual in front of everyone and draw a portrait of that person. He said that I saw it through my Heavenly Eye. I thought that if I caught the murderer like this, I would also gain a reputation. In the future, there would definitely be more people looking for me for fortune-telling, so I agreed.”
"In that case, why did you come to the capital?" Zhu Yipin asked in confusion.”
Zhao Bensan seemed to have thought of something sad and said regretfully,"It's all because of Xiao Tong. After asking around, he even found out about the matter of the county magistrate embezzling the granary. That Magistrate refused to give up and brought people to kill us. We were forced to come to the capital to rely on cousin.”
Liu Ruoxin looked at Zhao Bensan angrily," Why did you frame my foster father?”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Bensan hurriedly shook his head and said,""Miss Liu, you really can't blame me for this! When I saw Lord Wang, I told him that I would die as a swindler. But he said that it didn't matter. He asked me to beat him at his own game and execute Duan Yingxiong in front of me. I was really afraid and could only agree to his request.”
"Impossible, there's no plan!”
"What I said is absolutely true. If there's even half a lie, I'll be struck by lightning!”Zhao Bensan thought that Liu Ruoxin still didn't believe him, so he told her everything he knew."Lord Wang told me that Duan Yingxiong's case is going to cause a sensation in the court, and then he will ask the emperor to summon me. When the time comes, I only need to draw the first row of fat, round-faced father-in-law wearing purple clothes on the left. I did, but who knew that Xiao Tong would secretly exchange my painting with Eunuch Cao from the East Chamber.”
Liu Ruoxin didn't believe that Wang Zhi would do that. She glared at Zhao Bensan and said,""You're lying. My foster father wouldn't do such a thing. You must have received benefits from Eunuch Cao and deliberately framed Godfather. I'll kill you now.”With that, he stabbed his sword at Zhao Bensan.
How could Yang Yuxuan let Liu Ruoxin succeed? He swung his saber and scabbard to block Liu Ruoxin's sword.
Yang Yuxuan looked at Liu Ruoxin coldly and said,""Now that the truth is out, what else do you want? This matter was originally instigated by Eunuch Wang. Our Factory Duke is just giving him a taste of his own medicine.”
Zhou Jie saw Liu Ruoxin and Yang Yuxuan confronting each other, and it seemed like they were about to fight.
Zhou Jie hurriedly stood between the two of them and said,"We can't jump to conclusions about who's right and who's wrong in this matter. Zhao Bensan is just a chess piece in the game between the East and West Chambers. Although he was wrong, he did not deserve to die.”
"Even you're speaking up for him. I really misjudged you.”
"Ruoxin, calm down!" Zhou Jie was hurt by Liu Ruoxin's words. He suppressed the bitterness in his heart and said,""I know that Eunuch Wang's arrest was a huge blow to you, but you can't kill the innocent. What you're doing will only make things worse.”
"I don't care. I'm going to kill Zhao Bensan today. Zhou Jie, if you stop me, don't blame me for being merciless.”As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Ruoxin raised her sword and attacked again. Even Zhou Jie was in her attack range.
Zhou Jie naturally wouldn't stand there and let Liu Ruoxin kill him, but he didn't have the heart to attack her. Helplessly, Zhou Jie could only use Lightness Skill to dodge and entangle Liu Ruoxin.
Zhou Jie's dodging made Liu Ruoxin even angrier. She couldn't help but attack faster.
Liu Ruoxin was already at Xiantian Realm Level Six, and her realm was much higher than Zhou Jie's. In addition, Liu Ruoxin's swordsmanship was exquisite while Zhou Jie only dodged. As the saying went, a long defense would lead to a loss. After a dozen moves, Zhou Jie was in a dangerous situation.
Fortunately, Liu Ruoxin's attention was on Zhou Jie, which gave Nie Ziyi an opportunity to attack Liu Ruoxin's sleeping acupoint from behind.
Nie Ziyi supported Liu Ruoxin who had fallen down and handed her to Zhou Jie,""How pitiful. He's so angry that he's gone crazy. After you go back, you have to take good care of her for a few days, so that she won't come out and kill anyone she sees again.”
Zhou Jie looked at the haggard Liu Ruoxin in his arms with pity, completely ignoring Nie Ziyi's sarcasm.
Nie Ziyi shrugged and didn't say anything else.
At this moment, Zhou Jie heard the system's voice.
Mission triggered: Escort Zhao Bensan
Introduction: Zhao Bensan and his disciples participated in the battle between the East and West Chambers. Cao Shaoqin, the Duke of the East Chamber, decided to get rid of Zhao Bensan and his disciples in order to keep the secret. Now that Xiao Tong was dead, but Zhao Bensan had escaped, Cao Shaoqin would continue to send people to hunt him down.
[Request: Escort Zhao Bensan out of the capital.] Before leaving the capital, Zhao Ben San could not die.
[Reward: 400 chivalry points, one lucky draw card, one special status exchange coupon]
[Punishment: None (Note: This is such a dangerous mission. Do you think you can survive if you fail?]”
Host, do you accept the mission?"
"I accept." Zhou Jie pondered for a long time before deciding to accept the mission.
Zhou Jie handed Liu Ruoxin to Nie Ziyi and said,""Miss Nie, please take care of Ruoxin for the time being. I'd better send Zhao Bensan out of the city first, in case there are more assassins who want to kill him.”
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