Chapter 105 Murder [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

Guo Chongwen is a Confucian cultivator at the third level. If we alert the enemy and cause him to flee in panic, it would be a bit troublesome.

When a Qi Refiner is trying to escape, he still has a lot of magical skills to use. Especially since he has always been in a high position, it is hard to say what preparations he has made to save his life.

Therefore, the plan that Liang Yue and the Yinma Supervisor had previously agreed upon was not to conduct a rash search, but to board the boat first and aim at Guo Chongwen's location before taking action.

There would always be people from the Horse Drinking Station following him inside and outside the city walls. As long as they saw Guo Chongwen, he would basically have no way to escape.

After hearing Cao Yi's words, Liang Yue glanced into the bottom cabin.

This boat probably doesn't carry too many people on a normal day. There are only two small rooms on the left and right of the cabin, with an aisle in the middle. They sat at the bow, and the aisle led to the stern. The old boatman was alone at the stern controlling the direction.

The layout of the ship is very simple.

A corrupt official is a corrupt official. The standard of his escape is higher than others and he can occupy a cabin all to himself.

For such a short trip, comfort is not important, the most important thing is privacy. If you can afford a cabin, you can avoid the embarrassment of meeting people face to face.

After a little thought, Liang Yue said, "Let's have a quarrel, pretend to fight, and then find an opportunity to break open the door of a cabin."

His idea was that it was too deliberate to open both doors. If one door was opened, it was Guo Chongwen. If not, then Guo Chongwen was most likely in the other door.

Cao Yi nodded in agreement, "Okay."

The two people were planning to have a quarrel.

Suddenly, I heard a man and a woman arguing over there. They were whispering at first, but as they talked, their voices gradually became louder.

"Don't say anything more. You've ruined everything I have!" The woman held her head and said in pain, "I really don't know why I believed your lies in the first place!"

"Why do you say that?" The young man held her shoulders and said, "When I discussed it with you, you clearly didn't refuse!"

"That's all because of my own ignorance!" The woman shook her head and said, "You never thought about me at all."

The man said coldly, "If you think so, then I can't help it."

The quarrel between Liang Yue and Cao Yi was interrupted by them. Seeing this scene, Liang Yue rolled his eyes, gave Cao Yi a look, and came over and said, "Miss, let's calm down. We need to communicate well about everything."

The man and woman turned their heads together and looked at him strangely, feeling a little puzzled.

What kind of people can get on this boat? And do they have the kindness to stop a fight?
Cao Yi just received his gaze and stood up and said, "Why do you persuade this girl instead of that man? Isn't it his problem?"

Liang Yue frowned and said, "With just a few words, who can you tell whose problem is? I just felt that the girl's emotions were not that stable, so I just advised her to speak properly."

"If this man hadn't done anything, how could the girl be driven crazy?" Cao Yi retorted.

Liang Yue raised his voice and said angrily: "How do you already know who is right and who is wrong? I just advised them to communicate well so that they can know who is right and who is wrong!"

Cao Yi also had an angry look on his face. "Then why do you advise the girl to be stable and not the man? It's obvious that he has bigger problems."

Looking at the two of them yelling at each other, the man and the woman were a little stunned, shaking their heads left and right, not knowing what was going on.

As I was listening, why did we get back to the same place?
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the man stood up and advised: "You two, we are not in any serious trouble, you don't have to be like this..."

The woman also frowned and said calmly, "You two don't need to worry about our affairs."

The person who was being persuaded to stop fighting at the beginning came out and started persuading others.

But this fight couldn't be stopped.

Liang Yue yelled, "This girl's reaction is even greater. I just advised her to be more stable. How do you know whose problem it is?"

"If it's not the man's problem, why is this girl so unstable?" Cao Yi also asked back in a roar.

The two seemed to be in a cycle.

Liang Yue finally couldn't hold it in any longer and yelled, "Fuck you!"

He swung his fist and knocked Cao Yi away.

bang——

Cao Yi flew several feet away and hit the cabin door on the left side at an angle, knocking it open with a bang.

"Ah!" A child screamed from inside.

Liang Yue looked inside and saw that the cabin was very small, with only a bed for one person to lie flat on and a small coffee table with tea and cakes on it. There was a door but no windows, and there was an air vent above the door that was the size of a human face, which looked dark and cramped.

There were three people inside, sitting side by side on the bed.

A middle-aged monk in a white robe, with a shiny bald head, a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and a calm and gentle appearance.

A woman in a pink long dress, with fair skin and a plump figure, looks dignified and steady.

Sitting between the two of them was a boy in a small flowered jacket, who looked to be about five or six years old, and was also chubby and fair.

Cao Yi broke down the door, and the little boy was startled and cried out in surprise.

"Two donors." The monk immediately stood up, protecting the beautiful woman and the child behind him. He looked around the situation outside and said in a deep voice, "No matter what conflicts you have, please don't disturb my family of three."

That sounds weird.

Don't disturb my family of three...

Liang Yue didn't have time to think about it, and immediately said, "Sorry."

The boatman came over from behind the boat and shouted angrily, "Everyone go back and sit down!"

Cao Yi stood up and looked at Liang Yue.

After this commotion, they were probably able to confirm that Guo Chongwen was in the room on the right, and they could immediately launch a thunderous attack, rush in and take action!
……

But at this time, the boat had approached the city wall and suddenly began to sink.

The boatman said to everyone, "We are about to leave the city, I hope everyone will be safe. We are all here with problems, so don't create new troubles."

He took a closer look at Liang Yue and Cao Yi, and continued, "Today is my last trip on this ship. I will stop after I finish your order. So I hope that today is calm and everyone can leave the city smoothly."

After he finished speaking, he began to hold a jade talisman in his hands and make hand gestures.

Black covers suddenly began to rise on both sides of the ship. A formation was operating in the dark, and the surging true energy enveloped the entire ship. The light inside the ship suddenly dimmed.

what happened?

Liang Yue suddenly realized that this was a submarine.

The principle of this ship leaving the city should be to sink the hull and leave the city along the river.

The principle is simple.

The difficulty lies in the dense array of formations in the river, which will surely grind the ship into dust once triggered. Since they were able to pass through, it means that there must be an insider among the defenders on the city.

The guards at the four gates were rotated regularly. It was possible that one or several of the guards had opened up this industry to protect serious criminals from leaving the city and charge high amounts of silver per person.

Sure enough, the fully folded boat sank at an accelerated speed and should be able to pass through the waterway under the city wall soon.

Just at this moment, a loud bang was suddenly heard.

It seems like the hull has been shaken by something!
Rumbling--

This was followed by an even more violent vibration, and the ship dropped rapidly, crashing into something soft before stopping completely.

The darkness continues.

call out--

The woman was the first to emit light. It seemed that there was some secret treasure hidden in her sleeves. When it was activated, colorful glazed light shone brightly.

Then the boatman lit a torch and stood at the bow, enveloping everyone in the dark yellow light.

The light flickered and swayed, with a bit of weirdness.

Seeing the light, the woman immediately retracted her magical powers.

"What's going on?" the young man asked.

The boatman's face was tense, and he said, "Someone must have destroyed the formation on the boat, causing it to fall into the river."

Their current appearance is that the boat has been sealed and then completely sunk into the sand at the bottom of the river, like a betel nut stuck in the ground.

"Can it be repaired?" The black-robed old man at the bow opened his eyes for the first time and asked in a hoarse voice.

"I can't get out, and I can't get the materials to repair the formation." The boatman shook his head.

"Then let's swim out by ourselves?" said the young man.

"Absolutely not!" the boatman said sternly, "This place is right under the city wall, surrounded by countless magic arrays. Without the avoidance runes on the bow, you will be wiped out in an instant. If you have the strength of a Grandmaster, you should be able to take the risk and try."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a sudden silence.

The boatman continued: "Just wait patiently, someone will come to rescue us soon."

The monk and his family of three in the cabin also came out. The beautiful woman looked a little flustered and asked timidly, "Can we still leave the city?"

"Yes." The boatman stood in the middle and said firmly, "Soon the defenders on the city wall will find us, and we can be rescued."

Really confident.

The defenders on the city wall discovered an unidentified ship sneaking under the wall, so they rescued it instead of destroying it directly.

There was indeed collusion.

Liang Yue had been silent until he saw that everyone except Guo Chongwen was here, and suddenly asked loudly, "Who destroyed the formation?"

"This..." The boatman looked back at the stern and said slowly, "It was hard to tell where it came from in the dark, but it was probably done by someone on our boat."

"I knew it!" Cao Yi also stood up suddenly, "Someone doesn't want us to leave, and wants everyone to die here. Find this person!"

“I am also very curious about who wants to keep us here.” The old man in black robe also said hoarsely.

The young man and woman had reconciled and were leaning against each other, not saying a word.

Over there, a family of three, the beautiful woman and the child were hiding behind the monk, shivering, while the monk had a calm expression and stood safely.

Liang Yue walked to the cabin on the right, and said as he walked: "Why do the people inside never dare to show up? I think he is the most suspicious!"

After that, he kicked the door open and shouted, "Come out."

Now they were no longer worried that Guo Chongwen would run away. Everyone was trapped in the formation under the city wall, with no way up or down. As long as he was still on the boat, they would have no choice but to surrender.

boom!
But after being kicked away, he suddenly froze.

Because in that narrow cabin, there was indeed a middle-aged man in brocade clothes lying on the bed, but he was sitting straight and motionless, his eyes looking up at the sky, his chest was bright red, and blood was dripping down his sleeves to the ground, and it was still warm.

It's as if he's already dead!
Cao Yi came up behind him, took a look, and whispered, "This man is Guo Chongwen."

It's still a step too late.

"Dead?" When the boatman saw it, his face suddenly turned gloomy and he looked as if he had suffered a great misfortune.

Seeing that someone was dead, everyone else on the boat started to panic, except the old man in black robe who remained sitting quietly.

"It's what happened in the darkness just now." Liang Yue looked at everyone with a sharp gaze and said solemnly: "The murderer should be among us."

　Good morning.

For the record, this is the second time I’ve stayed up all night without sleep since I started writing this book.

I got up and started working. After I posted the chapter, I'll see if I can sleep later. If I can't sleep now, I will really get up and write. I'm not joking.

It seems like I really need to get some medication, as the good sleep I had during the holidays won’t continue.

The number of words I update every day for this book is much higher than before, and my working hours are also much longer. I will suffer from insomnia if I keep writing until late at night before going to bed. It has almost become a regular occurrence, and there is no good way to deal with it.

Ugh.

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