The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 713 Sister, We Lost

The sharp arrow shot into the carriage, instantly causing chaos among Xilin's troops.

The men in black who had been lying in ambush for a long time flew out from both sides and attacked with sharp blades in hand. At the same time, someone shouted: The emperor has ordered that no one should be left alive!

In the dense forest nearby, Cheng Du leaned lazily against a tree, listening to the shouting with the corners of his lips raised.

"Sister, do you think we should be merciful and leave two more witnesses?"

Wen Yan glanced at Cheng Du and said, "Everything has been arranged. Don't worry. The witnesses left behind are definitely enough to prove that Beiyang was responsible for this."

"It's a pity that Shen Yanxi is in charge of the peace talks this time. Prime Minister Shen, who has never made a mistake, can't turn the tide this time. And Jiang Suining, if they were not on the opposite side, I really hope to be friends with them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Suining's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"I thought we were already friends."

The smile on Cheng Du's face froze, and he and Wen Yan turned around in surprise, only to find that Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi had appeared behind them at some point.

In an instant, Cheng Du had a very bad premonition.

After Wen Yan was surprised, his face immediately darkened, "Why are you here?"

"The reason you are here is the reason why we came here." Shen Yanxi said calmly.

With just one sentence, the color on Wen Yan's face disappeared.

The last trace of smile on Cheng Du's face disappeared. He turned his head and looked back at the Xilin team on the official road. "So, the Xilin envoy is not among them?"

"No, the real Xilin envoy had already quietly entered the city early this morning. According to the time, he should have arrived at the post station by now." Shen Yanxi said.

Cheng Du retracted his gaze and looked at Shen Yanxi and Jiang Suining, "When did you find out that we were going to take action? In other words, when did you find out that there was something wrong with us?"

"After confirming Murong Yu's identity." Jiang Suining said.

"What's the reason?" Cheng Du's eyes were filled with doubt. "Is it because Murong Yu bought the private information of the Minister of War through the black market?"

"If it was just Minister Hu, it wouldn't be surprising. After all, the black market is open for business and has enough money, so naturally, the information can be bought away. Even if you keep Murong Yu a secret, it is just following the rules of the black market, which doesn't mean anything." Shen Yanxi paused for a moment and continued, "What really concerns us is Pu Hua. Pu Hua is the Minister of War, but he colluded with Murong Yu, and Murong Yu also threatened Pu Hua through privacy, so where did the information about Pu Hua come from?"

"So you think the information was sold on the black market, but..."

"But it seems that Murong Yu has not bought any information about Pu Hua from the black market." Jiang Suining took over Cheng Du's words, "But you have found another way and reached a deal with Murong Yu through a middleman. I have already confirmed this with Tianyin Pavilion."

Long before Murong Yu entered Beiyang Imperial City as an envoy, he already had something on Pu Hua.

Although Cheng Du and Wen Yan seem to be just doing business in the black market, they are secretly planning, spying, and pushing everything.

"Tianyin Pavilion, Lin Ziqing, he is indeed amazing. We originally thought that he would not find out the news, but we didn't expect that he still couldn't keep it secret."

"When a goose passes by, it leaves traces. As long as you have doubts and investigate carefully, you will always find traces."

"Since you already knew about this at that time, why didn't you take any action?" Wen Yan asked with a frown.

"Because it was just suspicion at that time, and there was no evidence after all, but it is different now. You sent people to lurk among the people who received the Xilin envoys, to get information and eavesdrop on the conversations, probably to determine the specific time of the Xilin envoys' arrival and Beiyang's arrangements, so as to arrange the assassination. The person you sent was arrested after delivering the last message to you this morning. Now, I'm afraid he has already confessed."

Shen Yanxi looked at Cheng Du and Wen Yan in front of him.

"Now that all the evidence is solid, all the secret agents you deployed in this dense forest have been controlled. The only option left for you is to surrender."

"Adu, you retreat first, I will cover you." Wen Yan immediately spoke to Cheng Du, and at the same time his hand fell on the soft sword at his waist.

"Sister, forget it." Cheng Du shook his head to stop Wen Yan. "Since it has come to this, I think the Prime Minister must have made all the necessary preparations. How could he possibly give us a chance to escape?"

"A'Du..."

"Sister, we lost." Cheng Du's usual smile appeared on his face again. "It's meaningless to continue struggling."

Shen Yanxi said, "He's right. Since he's here in front of you now, all your escape routes are naturally cut off. You can't escape."

Wen Yan sneered, "Even if I can't escape, I will die together with the person who ruined our plan!"

Before she finished her words, she suddenly pulled out the soft crossbow from her waist and attacked in the direction of Shen Yanxi and Jiang Suining. However, before she could get close to them, several crossbow arrows were accurately shot at her.

Wen Yan swung her sword to knock them down, but one of them still hit her shoulder.

"Sister!" Cheng Du immediately pulled Wen Yan back.

Shen Yanxi raised his hand, and the crossbow arrows behind him stopped.

"I don't intend to kill you here, but the premise is that you better not make any more moves."

Wen Yan sneered, "When did Prime Minister Shen become so hypocritical? What's the difference between killing you on the spot and taking you back to be executed? If I had known this would happen... I shouldn't have let you leave alive when you first entered the black market!"

"If you didn't let us leave alive, how could we have carried out our subsequent plans step by step? Now that I think about it, I'm afraid even the Xilin spy incident was part of your plan."

"It is true that we did not cause the death of the spy. We simply took in those people who had nowhere to hide, and by the way, let Xilin's people in during the banquet at the Wuliang Building."

Cheng Du seemed to have regained his composure, and there was even a hint of emotion in his tone.

"Speaking of which, the Ninth Prince of Xilin is also a character who was able to kill them in the black market. It's just a pity that he was fooled by you and took great pains to bring back a fake defense map."

Jiang Suining looked at Cheng Du and sighed softly, "Why do we need to continue covering it up until now? You don't regret that Murong Yu was fooled. You just regret that the war between Xilin and Beiyang was not fought thoroughly, and that both sides were not defeated, so as to achieve your... revenge goal."