Chapter 233: Leaving for Nanjiang (1/2)

Translator: Madesmoiselle V.

The man looked sideways at his palm, and saw that a kind of distinctive redness had indeed appeared, as if blood about to coagulate…

His gaze turned cold and, flipping his wrist over, he deftly broke away from Murong Xue's grip, and mercilessly slapped his palm at her: his identity had been exposed, so there’s no need to hide anymore…

Sneaking on her? He was biting off more than he could chew!

Murong Xue curled her lips, a touch of murderous smile formed at the corner of her mouth. She turned sideways to avoid the attack of the man and kicked upward, landing a ruthless kick on the man’s chest, sending him flying three or four meters away and smashing heavily on the ground, making him feel dizzy and his ears ringing, as well as aching all over…

Grinding his teeth, the man was about to stand up, but a faint whooshing sound rang and, before he knew it, ten guards appeared before him, their long swords in hand drawn towards his neck mercilessly, and the sharp blades had reached his skin. There was no way he could escape this time…

”Who are you? Why did you put phosphorus in the provision?” Lin Qingfeng looked at the man and asked sharply.

The man didn't answer, and a trail of dark blood slowly dripped down from the corner of his mouth. He slowly fell on the ground, his eyes wide open, and he was dead…

Liu Qingfeng was shocked: ”what's going on?”

A guard squatted down and, looking at the body carefully for a moment, said in a deep voice: ”Your Excellency, he poisoned himself!”

”Poisoned himself?” Liu Qingfeng knitted his eyebrows. He had heard that some men of sacrifice and shadow guards would hide tiny poison bags in their teeth, and if their mission failed, they would take the poison and kill themselves. Unexpectedly, today, he had witnessed the hearsay with his own eyes…

Looking at the man's body, he sighed heavily: ”he died with the clue…”

”Not necessarily!” Murong Xue came up and, looking at the body emotionlessly, said: ”the phosphorus is from Mount Yin of Nanjiang, which is directly under the jurisdiction of its royal family. This man could have access to so much phosphorus, which is enough to imply that he’s related to Nanjiang…”

Liu Qingfeng's gaze turned sharp: ”he’s a spy from Nanjiang!”

”That stand a good chance!” Murong Xue nodded gently, her cool eyes glistening with seriousness never seen before.

A spy from Nanjiang had sneaked into the granary of Qingyan, put phosphorus in and burned the provision of the soldiers. It was still a trifle that the provision was gone. What if he had put poison instead?

Cold sweat immediately ran from Liu Qingfeng's back. He glanced sharply at the head of the granary, the registrar, and various associates, who were now trembling out of fright. Falling to their knees in panic, they said hurriedly: ”Your Excellency, it’s not our fault…We didn't know he was a spy…”

”Yes, Your Excellency…He came a few months ago…We weren’t familiar with him…”

”If we’d known that he was a spy, we would not have allowed him any closer to the granary…”

The incessant explanations rang in his ears, which gave Liu Qingfeng a headache, and he impatiently interrupted them: ”well, I will look into this carefully. Go now, all of you. You will stay home until we find out the truth, and none of you are allowed to approach the granary again.”

”Yes, sir…” They answered in chorus repeatedly and, with a long sigh of relief, they backed out in gratitude: they would definitely cooperate by staying home and waiting for the investigation…