Chapter 30: Murder Hidden in Yuzhou City

Chapter 30: Hidden Dangers in Yu Prefecture City

Evening.

"Madam, I'm going to make a house call in the south of the city, so I'll be leaving now."

An Jing greeted her and left, carrying his small medicine box.

"Alright."

Zhao Qingmei chuckled, "Remember to come back early."

Watching An Jing's retreating figure, Zhao Qingmei's gentle expression instantly turned as cold as frost: "Tan Yun."

"Young Miss!" Tan Yun immediately scurried over.

"I don't want Tie Yunshan to see tomorrow's sun."

"I understand. Even if Liu Qingshan comes, he won't be able to save him."

Tan Yun saw Zhao Qingmei's gaze, then licked her lips and walked towards the back of the house.

She hadn't seen blood in a long time.

On the Yuzhou River, small boats drifted by in twos and threes, and a beautifully decorated pleasure boat was moored.

"Taking customers?" Someone shouted at the pleasure boat.

"Scram, scram, scram, no customers."

Jiang Sanjia, in disguise, was leaning in the cabin, half-asleep. Hearing this, he naturally had no good tone.

No one would have thought that Jiang Sanjia, a wanted criminal by the Cao Gang and the imperial court, was currently right under their noses.

The customer on the small boat, hearing Jiang Sanjia's words, wasn't angry and directed the boatman to row towards a pleasure boat further away.

"Dinner's ready."

Just then, Mu Xiaoyun's voice sounded.

"Coming."

Jiang Sanjia lazily stood up and came to the small table. He had just picked up his chopsticks but immediately put them down, complaining, "Why is it pickles and steamed buns again?"

He had it better in the dungeon than this.

In his life, Jiang Sanjia loved meat and wouldn't eat without it. Liu Haoping, fearing he would die, had to provide him with large fish and meat daily. Although he was in a dark, sunless dungeon without freedom, the food was not bad.

Now that he was out of the dungeon, his meals had gotten worse.

Mu Xiaoyun picked up a bun and started gnawing on it, saying, "It's good enough to have something to eat."

"Is this the attitude for asking someone to do something?" Jiang Sanjia snorted softly.

"You dog, if you don't eat, do you believe I'll make you eat prison food again?" Mu Xiaoyun's lips curled into a cold smile.

Jiang Sanjia immediately wilted upon hearing Mu Xiaoyun's words. Others might not know, but this crazy woman, Mu Xiaoyun, was capable of anything.

This woman might actually do what she said.

Jiang Sanjia gave an awkward laugh, picked up a bun, "By the way, when you came back, you said Tie Yunshan sent a challenge to Brother Zhou?"

"It's all over the city. Tie Yunshan deliberately spread the news to provoke Zhou Xianming. Once he finds Zhou Xianming, won't he find you?" Mu Xiaoyun shrugged.

"His provocative tactics might work on young people, but not on that Zhou Xianming," Jiang Sanjia sneered.

He understood that 'Zhou Xianming' was an old fox, incredibly shrewd. It was absolutely impossible to make him act with such a simple provocation.

"Tie Yunshan also has no choice. He can't find you, so naturally he wants to find that swordsman." Mu Xiaoyun smiled charmingly and muttered, "I'd really like to see him accept the challenge."

"Now that I think about it, life in that prison wasn't bad. Out here, I still have to suffer through these hard times… Hmm? The smell of roasted chicken?"

Jiang Sanjia suddenly caught a whiff of roasted chicken and then kept swallowing his saliva.

"Sanjia's nose is sharp. You smelled the roasted chicken before it even arrived?"

The curtain was lifted, and An Jing, dressed in a dark blue-black robe, walked in, holding two roasted chickens wrapped in kraft paper.

"Brother Zhou, why are you here?"

As Jiang Sanjia spoke, he reached out to touch the roasted chicken.

"Sanjia, look how impatient you are." An Jing directly threw the roasted chickens in his hand to Jiang Sanjia, "For the past half-month, I haven't seen the red lanterns hung high, so I came uninvited, fearing that you all had fallen into the hands of the Cao Gang."

Mu Xiaoyun's Opportunity could improve his root bone, so how could he not be anxious?

Mu Xiaoyun sighed softly, "Sanjia's injuries haven't healed yet. Only when he has largely recovered can we investigate my husband's whereabouts, so Brother Zhou might have to wait a while longer."

Jiang Sanjia seemed to have been without greasy food for some time, so he held the roasted chicken and gnawed on it heartily.

An Jing nodded. If the true whereabouts of Liu Qingshan were unknown, it would indeed be difficult. However, everything depended on Jiang Sanjia. Once his injuries were 70-80% healed, he would use Ghost Valley Heavenly Secrets to find Liu Qingshan's whereabouts.

"That's easy enough to say."

An Jing paused here and looked at Mu Xiaoyun, asking, "May I know what the reward you mentioned for me, Madam, is?"

He had to plan carefully so she wouldn't fool him.

"It will definitely satisfy Your Excellency."

Mu Xiaoyun's eyes narrowed slightly, "But before that, I'd like to know if Your Excellency's methods are truly firm, because when the time comes, Your Excellency will be our backbone…"

Jiang Sanjia, who was feasting, paused slightly, then seemed to realize something.

"What do you mean?"

"I heard that Tie Yunshan of the Cao Gang wants to challenge Your Excellency to a duel. Actually, I'm also very curious whether Tie Yunshan's saber is faster, or Your Excellency's sword is faster."

"You mean his head?"

"Exactly."

"Good."

An Jing's answer was simple and direct. It turned out that Tie Yunshan was already on his kill list.

"Then I await Your Excellency's good news."

"Soon."

After An Jing finished speaking, he slowly walked out of the pleasure boat.

Jiang Sanjia, while gnawing on the roasted chicken, said, "You're letting him go kill Tie Yunshan, which might be a bit difficult. That old man must be staying in the Main Branch, and even if it's just Tie Yunshan, who knows if the Cao Gang will feign an attack."

In his opinion, it would be unwise for An Jing to go to the Yuzhou Main Branch.

This was clearly a trap set by Tie Yunshan.

Mu Xiaoyun smiled faintly, "It's precisely because it's difficult that I'm letting him do it."

Jiang Sanjia clicked his tongue, "Your 'one stone, three birds' strategy is indeed good. Firstly, it can test Zhou Xianming's strength. Secondly, it can make him attract the attention of the Cao Gang. Thirdly, if he kills Tie Yunshan, it can also be considered a declaration of his stance."

"From your words, it sounds like you think he can do it?" Mu Xiaoyun picked up a bun and said leisurely.

"If we go by common sense, I think it's very difficult."

Jiang Sanjia pondered for a moment and said, "Tie Yunshan and Hong Yuanwu have a very good personal relationship, and there are many experts in the Main Branch. Although Zhou Xianming agreed readily, if he falls into an ambush or is attacked jointly by Tie Yunshan and Hong Yuanwu, there's a chance he might fail."

"So."

Mu Xiaoyun lowered her head and smiled, "Let's finish eating quickly and be ready to slip away at any moment."

"I think that's completely unnecessary."

Jiang Sanjia leaned lazily on the deck, his mouth already greasy from eating, "What I said applies to ordinary people, but my Brother Zhou is not an ordinary person."

"He is very cunning and sly, not one to show his hand without seeing a rabbit. The reason he agreed to kill Tie Yunshan, and so readily, is probably because Tie Yunshan has long been a target he intended to kill."

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