Under the night, the campfires in the camp were flickering, and several people were sitting around the campfires.
The surrounding environment was quiet, and no one spoke.
Shi Qingxue leaned on Mo Junyang, her eyes falling on the dim fire.
He didn't speak or close his eyes to rest.
"What are you thinking about?" Mo Junyang hugged her tighter and covered her with his coat, then asked in a low voice.
Shi Qingxue also subconsciously shrank into the warm embrace and asked, "If your guess is correct and these people wearing bandit clothes are really from the army, then who do you think they are?"
Mo Junyang didn't answer at first. After a long silence, he whispered: "I don't know."
"What's your guess?" Shi Qingxue raised her head and glanced at Mo Junyang.
Mo Junyang fell into silent silence again, his voice lowered and deeper, "They are not from the Shi family army, not from the Ministry of War, nor are they from the city defense army..."
Shi Qingxue gave a smile that was not a smile, and continued: "It is impossible for local officers and soldiers to appear in Kyoto, so only the internal guards are left, right?"
Mo Junyang's thin lips were pursed tightly. He didn't know whether he couldn't answer or simply didn't want to continue this topic.
Shi Qingxue did not continue to press, but instead asked: "What are you going to do?"
No matter who is the real culprit behind the scenes, throwing these 'grass bandits' out is obviously to settle the matter.
Mo Junyang: "Things that should be investigated should be investigated clearly."
Shi Qingxue laughed, "You insist on this."
Mo Junyang raised his eyebrows slightly, "What else do you think I would do?"
"I thought you would help cover it up!" Shi Qingxue really thought so.
After all, this matter is full of mysteries, and now the clues have almost been cut off again.
It would be difficult to continue investigating, not to mention the implications, which might be more terrifying than they imagined.
Mo Junyang shook his head, "Since we have checked, there must be a result."
He has never been the kind of person afraid to face the truth.
Shi Qingxue nodded and said: "In this case, let's think about this matter again! Let's talk about what we can confirm now.
Based on Ah Xuan's observation, this is where dozens of previous bank robbery cases must have occurred. "
Mo Junyang nodded and followed her words: "Yes, and these dead people are probably the same group of people who carried out the robbery in the first place."
Shi Qingxue raised the first doubt, "According to Bai Yin's burden, if we set out early in the morning, it is absolutely impossible to pass this place in the middle of the night. We will camp in the previous valley to rest."
Mo Junyang: "Yes, so the things they transport are definitely much lighter than silver."
"Then the question arises, where did the cartloads of silver shipped from the treasury go?" Shi Qingxue asked.
"It's hard to tell for the time being, but the tens of millions of money in the two countries' treasury is definitely very considerable. I have ordered people to conduct a thorough search of the entire Kyoto, but no trace was found."
If Shi Qingxue realized something, "Then there are only two possibilities left. Either the treasury silver has been shipped out of Kyoto long ago and disappeared without a trace; or it did not exist from the beginning.
Which guess do you think is more likely? "
Mo Junyang's eyes were dark and dark, as if he was trying to suck people in.
After being speechless for a while, he still shook his head, "I don't know, maybe..."
His voice was low and deep, as if he was carrying a heavy burden.
Speak out slowly and word by word.
Shi Qingxue had to listen attentively, but at this moment, a whistle came from the woods, interrupting Mo Junyang's words.
Everyone who had been drowsy under the light of the fire suddenly woke up. Their first reaction was to stand up, swish their swords out of their sheaths, and point them straight into the darkness.
It was also at this time that black shadows leaped out like ghosts.
Shi Qingxue didn't see clearly at all and heard the sound of weapons clashing.
Immediately afterwards, she felt someone tightly hugging her waist, and her whole body randomly rose into the air, and the sound of 'ping pong' could be heard in front of her ears.
She subconsciously grabbed Mo Junyang's collar, and the man's calm voice came to her ears again, "Don't be afraid!"
Shi Qingxue was stunned for a moment, and felt dumbfounded for a moment.
This man, obviously at a critical moment, with danger so close, still had the energy to comfort her.
It feels like she is some kind of exquisite porcelain doll. In addition to personal protection, she also needs to take care of her mood.
However, after the man's simple words of comfort, she really wasn't afraid at all.
Even if the bright swords and shadows were right in front of her, she still had the energy to observe the fighting environment.
There were about forty or fifty masked men in black armed with sharp knives, fighting with their men, and the fight was inextricable.
Mo Junyang, on the other hand, had a hand-to-hand fight with one of the men in black at the beginning. After beheading the man, he quickly left the battle and watched from the outside with Shi Qingxue in his arms.
Shi Qingxue also had more opportunities to observe the battlefield.
She noticed that these masked men in black were all top-notch in terms of their appearance and the weapons they used.
It had only been a few breaths since the whistle sounded. If their people hadn't been alert, they might have been caught off guard by the enemy's surprise attack.
But even so, these men in black still entangled their people, and it was hard to tell the winner for a while.
With powerful men and a numerical advantage, it was a fierce battle.
Shi Qingxue once again felt her heart beating rapidly.
She grasped Mo Junyang's clothes tightly and couldn't help but whisper: "Jun Yang, do you want to help them?"
Now their own people did not have the upper hand, but there were too many enemies and they were coming fiercely. Shi Qingxue was really worried that Qu Yuexuan's group of men would not be able to hold on.
"It's okay, just watch!" Mo Junyang patted the back of Shi Qingxue's hand to reassure her.
His sharp eyes never left the battlefield for a moment, seeming to be sizing up something.
Then, at a certain moment, Mo Junyang suddenly said: "Ziye, that's it, arrest him alive."
As soon as these words fell, it was like a switch was turned on.
Everyone who was struggling to deal with the enemy's swords suddenly became sharper, and both their speed and strength suddenly increased to a new level.
He struck at the man in black fiercely.
This change happened almost instantly, and everyone worked at the same time.
'Ah', 'Ah', there were screams one after another, and then I saw the men in black being shot to the ground one by one, not dead, and then the bright knives were placed on the necks of the men in black.
The situation was one-sided.
The few men in black who were still standing saw that something was wrong and wanted to retreat, but it was too late. Wei Ziye led a small group of people to outflank them from behind and surrounded them.
The leading man in black winked at his subordinates, who immediately raised their swords and wiped them on their necks, but they were still a step too late.
The dart in Mo Junyang's hand shot out and stabbed the wrists of these people steadily.
They let out shrill screams, their hands lost their strength, and their swords fell to the ground.
Of the more than forty men in black who came to assassinate them, about ten died. Although the rest looked miserable, they were all captured alive.
Qu Yuexuan immediately fed them cartilage powder so that they could not even bite their tongues to commit suicide.
Then they were tied into a ball with ropes and thrown beside the campfire like trash.
"Jun Yang, what are you going to do next?" Qu Yuexuan walked up to Mo Junyang excitedly. Although he didn't say it clearly, the word 'proud' was almost engraved on his face.
In the battle just now, dozens of people from the enemy died, but not a single person from their side died.
Mo Junyang glanced at the crowd gathered around the fire and said coolly: "You brought the golden sore medicine. Give the injured people medicine to rest first, and keep an eye on the uninjured people."
The smile on Qu Yuexuan's face froze, and when he followed Mo Junyang's gaze, all his pride disappeared.
Although everyone on their side was indeed alive, many people were still injured after the fierce fight just now. One of them had a large gash from his right shoulder to the back by the enemy. Even in the dark, blood could be seen trickling out.
But this man kept gritting his teeth, not complaining of pain, or even making a sound.
But the more this happened, the more depressed Qu Yuexuan became.
After all, he was the soldier he had brought out. If he was injured like this, he would be in great pain!
Qu Yuexuan suppressed all his excitement and walked back silently to bandage the injured person.
When passing through the 'captive area', he accidentally stepped on the hand of one of them, who made a shrill scream.
Qu Yuexuan didn't seem to hear him, and he hit him hard a few more times. The pain made the other person tremble all over, and when his tears and nose started to flow together, he seemed to suddenly realize the other person's existence.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't see it just now." He hummed nonchalantly before retracting his foot very slowly.
The prisoner wanted to cry but had no tears: "..."
Oh shit! Even if you are cheating, please be careful! Can you please take the gloating off your face first
But no matter how angry he is, in this one-sided situation, what can this person say
He could only retract his hand silently and stay away from Qu Yuexuan.
Qu Yuexuan glanced at him with disgust, then walked forward swaggeringly.
Shi Qingxue watched the whole scene and couldn't help laughing.
This Qu Yuexuan is really not willing to suffer at all!
Although it is a bit unscrupulous to torture prisoners, but!
People have been bullied to the point of being bullied, so what kind of ethics are they talking about
Moreover, Shi Qingxue also noticed a key detail—
"Jun Yang, where did Zichao go?"
Obviously when they first faced the enemy, Zi Chao tried to come to help Mo Junyang. Later, after seeing that Mo Junyang was fully capable of dealing with the enemy, he got involved in the battle again.
But after the flash of swords and shadows, Wei Zichao disappeared out of thin air.
Shi Qingxue observed carefully and found that the four elite teams brought by Qu Yuexuan seemed to be missing a team of people.
When Qingxue noticed it, Mo Junyang didn't hide it and said bluntly: "I asked him to go into the woods and take a look."
"Huh? Oh..."
Qingxue was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
Yes, this assassination was obviously an organized and premeditated attack on Mo Junyang.
In addition to these assassins, there must be someone behind the scenes who is manipulating all of this.
Just as Qingxue was looking curiously into the woods, several figures walked out of the shadows.
They are the five subordinates of Wei Zichao and Qu Yuexuan.
I saw that each of them was holding a man in black clothes and a mask, and they were pushing him towards this side.
Although the man Wei Zichao caught also had his face covered, his clothing was obviously different from the other masked men.
He must be the mastermind they had been speculating about.
Shi Qingxue felt relieved and began to wonder who this person was
"Want to take a look?" Mo Junyang asked in a low voice. It was obvious that Shi Qingxue was eager to try.
Shi Qingxue looked away embarrassedly, but still nodded, "Yes."
Mo Junyang took Shi Qingxue's little hand and walked to the person behind the scenes.
When the man saw Mo Junyang, his pupils trembled suddenly, as if he wanted to avoid Mo Junyang, but Wei Zichao held him firmly in place.
As Mo Junyang raised his hand, the veil on the man's face fell to the ground.
The excitement on Shi Qingxue's face suddenly stopped, and her pupils instantly widened, "It's you!"