AWB Chapter 160 Evidence in Hand
Chapter 160 Evidence in Hand
Under the gaze of the two men, the sharp knife finally picked the bolt, and the door was pushed open a crack. The moonlight and night outside poured in, followed by a quiet foot stepping in.
Ye Xi raised his hand without hesitation and slashed with his knife, piercing the man in black's chest before he could even struggle!
Blood spurted out and landed on the door panel.
As the first person fell, the second person realized something was wrong and simply called the rest of the people to rush in!
For a moment, the doorway seemed very narrow. Ye Xi stood at the doorway alone with a knife in his hand, with the momentum of being able to defeat a thousand people alone. The men in black outside actually suffered a loss. Two or three of them were knocked down by Ye Xi's cold knife before someone chopped down another door and rushed in.
Torches were lit outside. Wu Liu sat on the armchair with several men standing beside her. The torches illuminated her sinister expression.
"If the Grand Tutor hadn't informed me of the news in advance, I might have really fallen for your trick. I've heard that Princess Annan is as graceful as a man, and seeing her today is indeed true."
She picked up a cup of tea and looked at Ye Xi, who was gradually being completely blocked by the burly man, with a look of interest in her eyes.
"It's a pity that he will die in my farm today. In the past, I was tired of seeing those prostitutes, but today, I can see the happiness of Princess Annan, which is also a good pleasure."
Ye Xi's killing intent grew stronger as she spoke. She was a completely different person when she grasped the knife. She was decisive and ruthless, her blade slashing down with each blow. Despite being forced into a corner while fighting and retreating, she wasn't completely at a disadvantage. She took a few kicks, but the blade she returned to her foe was a life-threatening blow.
Lin Shanjuan was stunned watching from the beam. Although he had known Ye Xi was strong, he had never expected her to be this strong! Such skills were rare in any dynasty.
However, if he continues to consume energy like this, even if Ye Xi fights his way through a sea of corpses and blood, he will eventually run out of energy.
They are in the Wu Mansion, like fish on a chopping board. If they want to break the deadlock, they have to capture the leader first.
Lin Shanjuan's eyes were fixed on Wu Liu, who was in a leisurely posture, and he approached quietly in the night.
Wu Liu was still making sarcastic remarks outside, trying to disturb Ye Xi's mood, not realizing that danger was right in front of him.
"If Princess Annan dies, it's not my fault. If you had just stayed in the capital and been a princess, instead of interfering here, you wouldn't have ended up like this. Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving!"
"You're said to be wise, but you're so foolish. Is a mere female consort worth the princess going through fire and water for? Really..."
There was a muffled groan from the person behind him. Wu Liu was so surprised that before he could turn around, he was kicked unexpectedly and fell forward to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, she was pulled up by a huge force, and the next second a cold dagger was placed across her neck.
The incident happened suddenly, and before the others could react, they saw that their master had been captured by someone else.
Compared with Lin Shanjuan's tall and straight figure, Wu Liu looked more like a fallen tree root, dilapidated and decayed. He was so scared that his face turned pale and he dared not even breathe.
"Tell them to stop and stand back."
The cold warning frightened Wu Liu even more. She hurriedly followed Lin Shanjuan's words and instructed everyone:
"Back off! Quick!"
The crowd retreated noisily, and the pressure on Ye Xi suddenly eased. He jumped out of the door and together with Lin Shanjuan, put the knife to Wu Liu's neck.
The heavy blade made Wu Liu fall down for a moment, but he was forcibly pulled up by the two people, like a puppet with broken tendons, and retreated to the corridor with them.
"Mrs. Wu, the situation has reversed." Lin Shanjuan laughed softly, which sounded like the devil's whisper to Wu Liu.
"You...what do you want?"
Ye Xi exerted force on his hand, and the blade cut a bloody line on Wu Liu's neck. "Do you know why we are here? Where is the thing that Chang Zhenming has with you?"
Wu Liu gritted her teeth and had no choice but to show them the way. Now that Chang Zhenming had lost his momentum, and she wasn't his most loyal servant, there was no need to risk her life to protect her.
What's more, a princess and an imperial inspector are already right in front of us. It is inevitable that they have reinforcements behind them, and they will be searched there sooner or later.
Wu Liu hesitated as he walked, and finally brought the two to the door of an empty room: "It's inside, you...just go find it yourselves, let me go..."
Lin Shanjuan kicked the door open and pointed at the man who had just surrounded and beaten Ye Xi: "Go and find him."
The man walked in hesitantly, his hands trembling visibly. As soon as he stepped in, Wu Liu closed his eyes.
Suddenly, a big pit appeared under the man's feet. The moment he fell in, he let out a wail and a bloody smell came out. You could tell what a bloody scene it was without even looking!
Lin Shanjuan frowned slightly and chopped off Wu Liu's arm without hesitation. The huge pain made Wu Liu wail miserably, and he almost fainted from suffocation.
"You have so many little tricks up your sleeve." Lin Shanjuan tapped her face with his dagger. "Then let's see, do you have more little tricks, or do I have more tricks?"
The pain made Wu Liu extremely resentful: "Even if you kill me, don't even think about getting out alive!"
Ye Xi was taken aback by her words. Just when she thought they were going to be in a stalemate, Lin Shanjuan snorted disdainfully:
"Madam, your life is your own. Even if we die, but you die first and I chop off your limbs, turning you into a human pig, you will never be able to live the comfortable life you have now, and you won't even be able to leave your body intact. Why bother?"
These words struck Wu Liu's heart. She struggled for a long time, but finally sighed, "I will put down the mechanism. You don't need to restrain me like this. You have a point."
She looked at her broken arm and said, "This arm is enough to repay his kindness over the years."
Upon hearing this, Ye Xi looked at Lin Shanjuan, who nodded at her and said, "Tell them to leave here."
Wu Liu looked at everyone and said, "The messenger stays, and everyone else leaves the backyard!"
A sturdy man squeezed out from the crowd. There was also a row of numbers printed on his body, which was particularly eye-catching.
He stepped forward and pulled the mechanism at the door, and the big hole closed instantly. Then he supported Wu Liu and helped her bandage the wound.
Wu Liu's face was pale and he staggered inside. Ye Xi and the others followed him in cautiously.
The four of them walked to the wall, and the man twisted the mechanism again, and the wall suddenly opened, revealing countless small cabinets!
The cabinets look like the medicine cabinets in a Chinese medicine store, one next to the other, densely packed with numbers written all over them.
The man looked at the number on his chest, then touched a cabinet with the matching number and pulled out a large box of letters with several books stacked inside.
"These are all the things he did for Ji Shihan. Every single thing is recorded. The rest are the letters he exchanged with Ji Shihan."
She was in so much pain that she couldn't speak clearly. It took her a long time to recover. "Once... he had all his letters copied and put them in his study. He kept these originals with me and asked me to help keep them safe."
Ye Xi picked it up and flipped through it. It was indeed as she said, but she didn't have time to look through it carefully now. The important thing was to leave here first.
The two men took Wu Liu and her doctor and left that night. They did not release her until they had escaped for several miles, and then set out on their return journey at dawn.