lcionline Chapter 224 Intercepting the deal, how come it was you?
Chapter 224 Intercepting the deal, how come it was you?
Su Mowan looked into the woods behind her. Although she couldn't see anyone, she could clearly sense that someone was nearby.
After shouting loudly, no one appeared. Su Mowan frowned and asked Feng Yue in a low voice, "Could it be one of our people?"
"No."
Feng Yue shook his head.
If they were one of their people, they wouldn't be hiding; they would have shown themselves directly.
Clearly, there was a second group of people in the woods besides them.
This realization made Feng Yue break out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, it was Consort Su who discovered the person; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
He bent his index finger to his lips again and blew a signal, and soon received the same response.
Feng Yue then said to Su Mowan, "Consort Su, I have already informed them to be careful."
"Alright, since they won't show themselves, let's go rescue them first. They'll show up eventually!"
As Su Mowan spoke, she glanced around briefly, then leaped from the treetops toward the prison cart.
The sound of clashing swords echoed from the middle of the forest near the exit, indicating that the fighting was extremely fierce.
Su Mowan's heart tightened, and she used all her strength to shoot forward like an arrow released from a bow.
Feng Yue behind him tried his best to keep up, but he was still left behind by a distance.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Su Mowan arrived at the scene of the fight.
Looking down from the treetops, she saw a dozen or so masked men in black entangled with the soldiers. Although the soldiers outnumbered her by more than double, they were clearly losing ground.
The dozen or so men in black who were fighting caught sight of Su Mowan approaching out of the corner of their eyes. At first, they didn't know whether she was friend or foe. Fortunately, two of them were guards at the west gate and had seen Su Mowan dressed as a man before. So, they only hesitated for a moment before recognizing her and using a code to pass on Su Mowan's identity to the other sixteen men.
Ignoring the people fighting, Su Mowan lightly touched the ground with her toes and headed straight for the prison cart.
Seeing her head towards the prison cart, Li Junmo, who was hiding behind two soldiers, quickly pushed the two soldiers protecting him forward and gave a death order: "Stop this person! Otherwise, you'll be beheaded!"
The two soldiers were too intimidated by Su Mowan's sudden appearance to move forward, but Li Junmo gave a fierce order, so they gritted their teeth, gripped their broadswords, and charged forward.
Qingcheng, who was in the prison cart, had seen Su Mowan dressed as a man before, and recognized her without any effort. A smile immediately appeared on her face.
She tried to move her numb legs and stand up.
But because he had been squatting for too long, he fell back down.
She wanted to call out "Mo Wan", but when she opened her mouth, she realized that it would expose Su Mo Wan, so she could only look straight at her with her tearful eyes.
Su Mowan landed on the prison cart.
She reached out and yanked hard on the prison van door, actually managing to yank it open. It wasn't that the chains broke; the wooden door snapped open.
It is evident that internal force was used.
"Qingcheng, I'm here!"
Su Mowan's exposed eyes were filled with heartache.
Although Qingcheng frequented brothels, she had never suffered like this before. In just one day, she already looked quite haggard, which made Su Mowan clench her teeth even tighter.
"Watch out! Someone's behind you!"
Qingcheng was initially beaming with joy, but just as Su Mowan reached out to pull her, she saw two soldiers behind her with ferocious expressions rushing towards Su Mowan as if their lives depended on it.
Su Mowan did not turn around.
She drew her sword, turned sideways, and unleashed a sharp sword aura, sending two soldiers charging at her flying a good distance of ten feet!
The two struggled for a moment, but found that their chests were throbbing with pain, so they simply lay down on the ground and refused to get up.
Seeing the terrifying skill of the newcomer, Li Junmo, who was hiding behind the tree, immediately took off running into the depths of the forest. Although he stumbled and staggered, he was surprisingly fast when it came to escaping for his life.
Just then, Feng Yue arrived and saw Li Junmo fleeing into the woods. He then asked Su Mowan for instructions: "I will go after him."
"Need not."
Su Mowan carefully pulled Qingcheng up, gripped the shackles with both hands, and easily broke them with her inner strength. The sound of the 'crack' was rather frightening, which surprised Feng Yue, who was watching from the side.
Consort Su's skill level is probably not much lower than her master's...
Qingcheng regained her freedom, but her hands were sore and she almost collapsed.
Su Mowan simply let her sit down, since it was inappropriate for Feng Yue to help her up.
Do you have a bow and arrows?
After Su Mowan and the others sat down, she turned to look at Feng Yue.
Feng Yue didn't have any on him, but the eighteen guards did. Feng Yue turned around and shouted, and someone took a bow and arrow from their shoulder and threw it straight at him.
Before Feng Yue could reach her, Su Mowan intercepted the bow and arrow halfway up the mountain and headed straight for the treetops.
The eighteen guards were not weak, but seeing Su Mowan's graceful lightness of movement, they couldn't help but admire her greatly.
Li Junmo had already run about two hundred meters, his figure darting back and forth in the woods, looking extremely panicked.
Like prey.
Prey fleeing in vain.
Su Mowan stood on the treetops and saw his disheveled figure in the distance. A bloodthirsty smile curled at the corner of her lips. She gripped the bow and arrow tightly in her hand and chased after him, stepping on the treetops.
It was already getting dark.
Li Junmo ran through the woods, deliberately hiding in the darkest spots. Because of his somewhat obese physique, he was already panting heavily.
He ran to a dimly lit place, leaned against a thick tree trunk that blocked his shadow, and took a few deep breaths.
He then raised his sleeve, which had been torn by the branches, and wiped the beads of sweat pouring down his forehead.
Just as he took his third breath, his eyes suddenly widened, staring straight ahead with fear in them!
"W-who are you?!"
A dark figure sat in a tree not far away, hidden among the branches and not clearly visible.
Li Junmo's heart was pounding.
He felt his death was imminent, and his voice trembled as he spoke.
The dark figure chuckled softly, leaped down from the tree, drew the sword from its back, and instantly a clanging sound of a sword being drawn from its sheath rang out.
Li Junmo was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost knelt down.
"Your Excellency, who are you to cause trouble? I have no grudge against you! Are you trying to assassinate an official of the imperial court?!"
After the dark figure took two steps, Li Junmo could see that the person's eyes were as black as obsidian, looking at him as if he were a dead object.
The man's face was covered, but his lips moved slightly beneath the mask, uttering, "Since it's an assassination, no one will know."
Li Junmo really wet his pants this time.
He barely managed to stand by holding onto the tree trunk, his legs trembling, but the overwhelming smell of urine left him with no strength left to stand.
He thought through the whole story and hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, please let me explain! The prisoner I brought here today was not someone I wanted to bring. It was Consort Shen who abused her power and threatened me, saying that if I did not comply, my whole family's lives would be in danger!"
"Consort Shen?"
The dark figure indeed paused for a moment.
Upon seeing this, Li Junmo quickly pressed on, saying, "Yes, yes, yes! It was Consort Shen who forced me to close this case quickly and ordered me to immediately escort that dancer to the execution ground!"
The shadowy figure brandished the sword in his hand, startling Li Junmo, whose calves had just stood up, causing them to tremble again.
Why would Consort Shen hold a grudge against a mere dancer?
"This...this official has no idea!"
"Where did Consort Shen get the people to threaten you?"
Consort Shen was married into the palace from the Left Prime Minister's residence. This implies that the Left Prime Minister's residence also played a role in this matter.
Knowing it was a trap, Li Junmo, in order to save his own life, no longer cared about his family as he had mentioned before.
He revealed the truth: "It was the eldest son of the Left Prime Minister's residence! He personally told me that this was Consort Shen's intention!"
"It seems the Left Prime Minister's residence is already making moves." The man in black muttered to himself, then walked towards Li Junmo, sword in hand.
Just then, a cold shout came from another direction: "Wait!"
The man in black looked in the direction of the sound.
A person with a white veil was seen floating lightly above the treetops. Upon seeing this, the person was shocked, realizing that such skill far surpassed their own.
When Li Junmo saw someone else approaching, he instinctively cried for help.
"Hero! Hero, save me! I am the Prefect of the Capital, an official appointed by the Imperial Court! This...this man is trying to harm me!"
The men in black on the ground were clearly not part of Feng Yue's group. Su Mowan frowned. Could it be the unfamiliar aura she had sensed earlier?
"Who are you? Why are you here?" Su Mowan asked, looking down at her.
The man in black on the ground looked up and scanned her: "You don't need to know who it is, but this corrupt official can't be allowed to live today."
As the man spoke, he raised his sword and thrust it at Li Junmo, who screamed and ran behind a tree trunk in an attempt to dodge the attack.
Su Mowan, who was perched on a treetop, couldn't let anyone else do the work, so she drew her bow, squinted, and aimed the arrow at Li Junmo's back.
With a 'whoosh', the arrow left the bowstring and shot towards Li Junmo, who was fleeing, like a bolt of lightning.
The man in black thrust his sword toward Li Junmo's back, but Su Mowan's arrow came first, piercing straight into Li Junmo's back!
Li Junmo fell forward instantly, his obese body trembling a few times before falling silent.
He has already died.
Su Mowan put away her bow, and a smile of satisfaction, after venting her anger, appeared on her pale lips beneath the face mask.
She didn't originally intend to shoot Li Junmo directly, although she really wanted to kill this corrupt official.
She thought of Murong Jing.
The fact that Murong Jing sent men to follow her to intercept the prison cart already indicated that Li Junmo's life and death were in her hands.
But as the saying goes, every country has its laws, and every family has its rules. Corrupt officials are certainly hateful, but the law will punish them. Putting aside everything else, Song Chuwen would definitely bring Li Junmo to justice.
She was angry, but she still retained a sliver of reason.
Therefore, she did not intend to kill him on the spot, but only wanted him to suffer some physical pain.
However, the man in black had just raised his sword to stab Li Junmo, carrying a murderous aura. Li Junmo was already doomed. Rather than let someone else benefit from it, she might as well do it herself!
So she fired a sneak attack.
The man in black, having been outmaneuvered, seemed somewhat displeased. He stretched out his foot and kicked Li Junmo's corpse to see if he was truly dead.
Just then, Su Mowan silently appeared behind the man in black. Sensing her approach, the man in black tried to back away.
It's a pity that it's too late.
Su Mowan held the black cloth she had just removed in her hand, looking at the delicate face with some surprise.
"why you?"