thousand words

Chapter 23 The Silence of the Lambs

Li Junhao just watched quietly like this, but to Mr. Zhao, it was like a silent delay.

After a long while, Li Junhao suddenly lowered his head and smiled wryly twice. When he raised his head again, there was no hesitation in his eyes, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Zhao...I didn't expect it was really you."

He still remembered what Qian Yuhan asked him: "It doesn't matter to me who the murderer is, I just want to find the murderer to help my disciple get rid of the crime... On the contrary, it's you, no matter who the murderer is, can you accept it?"

It's just that he didn't expect that this 'murderer' was Mr. Zhao who had been by his side for so long and had become his right-hand man.

Manager Zhao was rescued by Li Junhao five years ago.When the Weihe River was flooded back then, Director Zhao was one of the few survivors. Li Junhao was only a supervisory censor at the time. He met Director Zhao when he was inspecting the disaster. At that time, Director Zhao was beaten by a group of refugees because of food. Li Junhao shot After saving him, he saw that this person had bright eyes and quick thinking, so he called him back to the mansion.Who would have thought that the person who was beaten and refused to fight back at the beginning has now become a murderer without blinking an eye, and he is a top killer who has been strictly trained without hesitation.

Mr. Zhao's deep eyes were indifferent, and he was silent for a while before slowly speaking: "Yes, it's me."

Li Junhao paused and said in a deep voice, "Why?"

Director Zhao was startled for a moment, and then suddenly realized that this was the last chance Li Junhao gave him, but it was a pity that he couldn't open his mouth to explain anything, because he had no way to explain.Director Zhao smiled wryly and shook his head: "The disputes between the rivers and lakes are just reciprocal." He said it lightly, but Li Junhao could hear the helplessness in it.

Before Li Junhao could speak, Qian Yuhan suddenly laughed. He glanced at Mr. Zhao, who looked at death like home, and said, "Repay your grievances? Mr. Zhao is really clear about your grievances!"

Everyone could hear the sarcasm in this sentence. Everyone was waiting for Qian Yuhan to continue, but his tone suddenly changed and his eyes became cold. Who is the master?!"

Everyone except Baili Mingyan was stunned. Sure enough, people who are not from the Jianghu will never understand the affairs of the Jianghu.

Manager Zhao was stunned and then sneered, "I killed people, there is no mastermind."

If it didn't hinder other people, Qian Yuhan would have a thousand ways to make the person in front of him confess, but as long as the imperial power is involved, he won't make a serious move.Qian Yuhan said: "If you want evidence, I can give it to you now." After a short pause, Qian Yuhan continued: "There were six people who died, but these six people were not killed by the same person. There is still a difference. These people were all intoxicated by incense before they died, and it is not ordinary incense but soul-suppressing incense."

Baili Mingyan was taken aback for a moment, and turned to Qian Yuhan. The soul-suppressing incense reminded Baili Mingyan of the attack on Chuuxue Pavilion in Liaoyi.Soul-suppressing incense is a fan｜incense specially aimed at martial arts masters. It is rare among the people. Even the royal family may not have it. the same gang...

Qian Yuhan continued: "Director Zhao, I don't think you are rich enough to afford so many soul-suppressing incense..."

Manager Zhao glanced at Qian Yuhan and said nothing, Qian Yuhan smiled slyly and said, "Don't put on an expression of 'how do you know', don't you know who I am?" After something was said next to him, Manager Zhao's face changed suddenly, as if he had heard the most shocking thing in the world.

Then Manager Zhao turned pale and said, "What do you want to know?" His lips were trembling slightly.

Qian Yuhan said: "Didn't I say everything, I want to know the mastermind behind the scenes... or the truth about Shen Qingyun's death."

The astonishment on Mr. Zhao's face was fleeting, but Qian Yuhan still keenly caught it. Qian Yuhan paused and said: "Don't try to lie to me."

Director Zhao was stunned for a moment and then heaved a long sigh. The middle-aged man seemed to be ten years older in an instant. He slowly said: "I am just a killer. I will do whatever my superiors ask me to do. I don't care about anything else." Know……"

This sentence undoubtedly admitted the existence of the mastermind behind the scenes, but Manager Zhao hesitated to speak, and still refused to let go completely.

Qian Yuhan seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and finally added fire: "I know what you are worried about, as long as you are willing to tell the truth, I will help you solve the following things."

Manager Zhao shook his head and looked up at Qian Yuhan in surprise, but Qian Yuhan showed a confident smile: "Do you think it's not worthwhile to exchange one word for one of my promises?"

Director Zhao stared blankly at Qian Yuhan, frowning as if confirming what Qian Yuhan had said just now. After a long time, he sighed softly: "A promise made by Qian Yuhan is hard to change, so how could it not be worth it. The matter of Chief Shen..." Before he finished speaking, Director Zhao was speechless—the silver needle that flew over suddenly pierced his throat in an instant.

"Snow Red Needle!"

Qian Yuhan reacted the fastest, and the people under his feet were already chasing the black shadow outside and flying away. Baili Mingyan followed closely behind, but the speed of the person in front was very fast. After chasing two streets, the distance was not only not getting closer, but getting closer. As they got farther and farther away, Qian Yuhan suddenly stopped on a roof when Baili Mingyan couldn't keep up.

Baili Mingyan sped up a few steps to catch up to Qian Yuhan, panting behind him and said intermittently: "Why... why don't you chase..."

Qian Yuhan didn't answer him but said loudly: "Shen Qingyun, come out!"

Baili Mingyan was stunned for a moment, then blurted out in surprise: "Shen Qingyun?! He..." Isn't he already dead?

Qian Yuhan said in a deep voice: "He is not dead."

As soon as the words fell, a low laugh came from the darkness, Qian Yuhan flew off the roof and landed lightly in an alley.Under the moonlight, Baili Mingyan saw a person standing at the end of the alley. The person was dressed in black and hid in the shadows, his face could not be seen clearly.

Qian Yuhan walked forward with a light smile: "Deputy Chief Shen, don't come here without any harm." After a short pause, Qian Yuhan seemed to think of something interesting and smiled evilly: "Speaking of which, we just haven't seen each other for six days. , Wuhun."

The night wind blows, pushing dark clouds to cover the moonlight.The man in black was silent, but there was applause behind him. Baili Mingyan turned around in amazement, looking at him alone at the entrance of the alley.

The dark clouds drifted over and the moonlight poured down, illuminating the quiet and deserted streets again. Shen Qinglian stood at the entrance of the alley with her purple shirt fluttering, and the cold moonlight made his face paler.His beautiful face was as cold as ice, and his frowning was the only expression on his face.

Qian Yuhan glanced back, clapped his hands and smiled and said, "Oh, the two brothers are together... that's great, it saves me from rushing back to Liaoyi for the nine-day appointment." After that, he turned and walked towards Shen Qinglian: "Master Shen, I have found the murderer."

Before Qian Yuhan could reach Shen Qinglian, he felt a strong murderous aura rising from behind, and then a person flashed in front of him, and almost at the same time, another person appeared beside him.

Wuhun stood in front of Qianyuhan and looked at him coldly, while Baili Mingyan stood beside Qianyuhan, stretching out one hand to protect Qianyuhan, staring at Wuhun vigilantly, with the other hand he had already drawn out Qianyu The crescent moon in the cold hands.The atmosphere became tense in an instant, and the eyes of the four people seemed to be ready to meet each other with swords at any time.

It was Qian Yuhan who was the first to break the silence. He pressed Baili Mingyan's hand, and said slowly: "Master Shen, I'm here for an appointment today. Even if you want to make a move, wait for me to finish talking first."

Shen Qinglian also stopped Wuhun, and said with a faint smile: "I'm sorry, please tell me, Your Excellency."

Qian Yuhan glanced at Wuhun who was standing beside him and said, "I would like to ask Deputy Chief Shen to meet you with his true face first."

Wuhun was shocked, his whole body was filled with a strong murderous aura, he didn't relax until Shen Qinglian patted him on the shoulder.

After a long silence, Wuhun stretched out his hand and slowly tore off the black mask, revealing a face somewhat similar to Shen Qinglian's but sharper and tougher than his. Shen Qingyun said in a hoarse voice, "How do you know?"

Qian Yuhan smiled slyly and said, "I just found out."

Shen Qingyun was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly anger surged and he said fiercely: "How dare you set me up!"

Qian Yuhan said: "I, Qian Yuhan, dare not do anything. Besides, I already knew that there is no evidence. Now you have saved a lot of trouble by showing your true face in person."

Shen Qingyun was extremely angry but was stopped by Shen Qinglian, only to see Shen Qinglian chuckled and said: "As expected of Qian Yuhan, in fact, you knew it when we first met, right?"

Qian Yuhan waved his hand and said, "I'm not that smart yet... At that time, I was just curious why this legendary cold-faced killer cared so much about you, which was more than his subordinates cared about the gang leader. In addition, there are rumors in the world that Qinglian gang killer Wu Hun directly obeys the orders of the gang leader, who rarely appears in the gang, so I want to know why he is familiar with the affairs of the gang since he rarely shows up in the gang? Last point, your purpose is not just Baili Mingyan..." Speaking Here Qian Yu continued with a cold laugh: "I'm afraid your main target is me or the "Thousand Words Book"."

"Let Shen Qingyun fake his death, and then reappear as a martial soul. On the one hand, he will blame Baili Mingyan for legitimate reasons to chase him down, and on the other hand, he will force him to come to me and lead my whereabouts to look for the "Thousand Words Book". When we learned that we were going to Beijing to investigate, you all followed closely. At the same time, Feige sent a message to the capital branch and started to use the previous murders to continue killing people and pretend to be a serial murder. Once again, Baili Mingyan was blamed. Wait until we arrive When the capital was in the capital, they disclosed the news to the government, tried to separate me and Ming Yan, and tried to break it one by one... I am afraid that the inn on the outskirts of the city is also yours. They used poisonous spiders in front of us to force us to appear... all these can be described as unscrupulous."

Shen Qingyun's face was livid, and even Shen Qinglian, who had been calm before, changed her expression and her eyes became gloomy.

Seeing this, Qian Yuhan felt the pleasure of tearing off the mask, and then said: "It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven. You never thought that the Minister of the Ministry of Justice would know me and assist me, let alone that the machine ghost would suddenly appear and help Ming. Yan."

Baili Mingyan was surprised when he heard that, and blurted out, "Help me, the machine ghost?"

Qian Yuhan said indifferently: "Why do you think we fell into the trap when we were in the inn, and why did the seven-star trajectory become complicated? Don't you think it's because someone wants to hold us back and don't want us to be exposed in front of the government? And the prison in the Shangshu Mansion It's not that easy to leave..."

Hearing this, Baili Mingyan suddenly fell silent, and a strong sense of powerlessness filled his heart. After all kinds of encounters, he realized that he was just an ignorant child from beginning to end, unable to distinguish friend from foe.But he still didn't understand why Jigui would help him, could Jigui not belong to Ming Qi...

After hearing Qian Yuhan's words, Shen Qingyun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "That's right, since you know everything, we won't go around the bush, can you borrow "Thousand Words Book" to read it?"

Qian Yuhan smiled slightly and said: "You are really direct, but I'm sorry, I really don't have the "Thousand Words Book" on me. If you want it, why not waste time on crooked ways."

"No?"

Shen Qingyun squinted his eyes, and in the next second, he suddenly drew his sword and made a violent attack. Qian Yuhan raised Xianyue to block quickly, and the silver edge of each knife and sword shone in the dark alley, reflecting a penetrating cold light.Qian Yuhan held a knife in one hand and walked slowly, only defending and not attacking, but he was able to do one move with ease; while Shen Qingyun moved extremely fast, and the complicated moves were dazzling.

Qian Yuhan sneered as he stepped back, "You really have the confidence to attack me."

Shen Qingyun said: "I just want to test how powerful the rumored Qian Yuhan is!" After saying that, he suddenly jumped up, stabbing in the air like a broken bamboo and rushed towards Qian Yuhan's face.

But Qian Yuhan smiled faintly, and seemed to sigh and said: "You can't do what you can." Immediately after the sound of the crescent moon, Qian Yuhan's blade turned from defense to offense, and there seemed to be countless knives shaking under the silver moon. Shen Qingyun I just felt that the right hand was shaking, and the meridians all over my body seemed to start to tremble. By the time he reacted, the sword had left his hand.

"Thousand dragons and nine cuts?!"