Qianye glanced at Ma Zhong coldly, then suddenly picked up a steel nail and inserted it deeply into his thigh.
Amidst Ma Zhong's screams, Qianye said calmly: "This is the price you paid for betraying me. Now, tell me honestly, what is your identity, and what is this cargo or transaction?"
What?"
The man said as fast as he could: "I really don't know what the goods are! I just waited for the delivery person to come over to pick up the goods, and then escorted them to the designated receiving area, where there was another person responsible for receiving the goods. But now that person
The place is ruined."
Hearing such a complicated handover procedure, Qianye frowned, and his intuition told him that the jade letter in his arms was probably not an ordinary letter.
"Then who are you working for?" Qianye asked again.
"I belong to the Egret Legion, which is... considered a force affiliated with Younan Province."
Upon hearing this answer, Qianye's thoughts were momentarily interrupted.
Although the Younan Province still exists in name in the empire's territory, in fact most of the area has escaped from the empire's control. It is one of the provinces with the most serious rebel activities. The so-called Egret Legion is actually
Rebels.
Qianye didn't expect that Song Zining's transaction partner this time would be the rebels. According to the laws of the empire, the crime of trading with the rebels was on top of colluding with the dark race.
The rebels have existed for hundreds of years. The empire has repeatedly suppressed them, but they are still killing them. One place is peaceful, and the other is rising again. In recent years, the situation on the Western Continent has become increasingly severe, and the rebels are getting bigger.
It was so powerful that the empire had to transfer Marshal Lin Xitang to take charge. Even so, it was only a check and balance, but it could not uproot it.
Although Qianye was exposed to some helpless things behind the "rebels" when he was on a mission in Red Scorpion, what he saw more was that the Imperial Army was killed by the rebels when they were fighting against the dark race.
He was stabbed in the back. So Qianye had an instinctive aversion to the rebels.
Qianye suppressed the discomfort in his heart and thought about a few strange things about this matter. Then he raised his head and looked at the woman in black. Seeing that there was no surprise on her face, she knew that the spineless man in front of her must be
He said everything that needed to be said.
It turns out that this Ma Zhong is a lieutenant colonel in the logistics and munitions department of the Egret Corps, and the Mr. Lin he just mentioned is his immediate boss, a deputy director of the munitions department. The stronghold that was taken away by the ghost rope this time was a maintenance line of the rebels.
The trade line has been very safe for two years. Even as Ma Zhong, he does not know the details of the other party in the transaction. He only knows that it is a very powerful arms dealer in Qinlu.
As for Ma Zhong himself, although he was also directly responsible for some foreign transactions of the rebels, this time he was just the liaison person, and the one who actually came to receive the goods was another lieutenant colonel.
The person's name is Chen Lu, a female, about 27 or 27 years old, with level 7 combat power. She has been in Younan Province for ten years. Her military rank is not high, but she is a technical officer, responsible for purchasing and maintaining raw materials.
The special force array of the force gun is a very important position.
Therefore, after the accident, Ma Zhongcai still held out slim hope that maybe the rebels would send someone to rescue him.
When Qianye heard this, he turned around and asked the woman in black, "Has Chen Lu also fallen into your hands?"
"After the stronghold was taken, all the survivors were taken away by the headquarters." The woman in black said, and added, "It has been three or four days since the incident happened. They should have said everything they should and should not have said.
Already."
Qianye looked at the woman in black who had gradually regained her composure, smiled unexpectedly, and said: "But just like that, you still don't know my identity and what I brought. So, as long as I leave,
, this thing doesn’t exist?”
The woman in black responded with a charming smile. This time her expression was much more lively, "Although you are very powerful, you can't compete with the entire Guinsoo. Apart from other things, our leader in charge of this area is a warrior."
Jiang. You are so young, strong, and have a bright future, so you might as well give up!"
Qianye smiled again. He seemed a little moved, and turned his eyes to Ma Zhong. When Ma Zhong heard the conversation between the two, fear began to appear on his face, and he opened his mouth to say something.
However, Qianye took the lead and said, "But I'm still a little worried. For example, this Ma Zhong, although he said he didn't know the specific details of the transaction, it's always a troublesome to keep him."
The woman in black hesitated and said, "Although the employer wants him alive, since nothing can be squeezed out of his mouth, it doesn't matter if he kills him."
In order to protect herself, the woman in black had been trying to persuade Qianye Mingzhe to protect himself and leave from the lobby on the ground floor, so she repeatedly made it clear, implying that Guisuo had no idea about Qianye's origins and identity. At this time, she finally spoke with Qianye.
He was so relaxed that he couldn't care about the client's requirements. In comparison, of course his own life was more important in front of him.
Ma Zhong was horrified. It was the first time he heard that Guisuo's client actually wanted him alive. What made him even more frightened was that the mysterious deliveryman who had passed through Guisuo's heavy siege actually wanted to kill him to silence him!
"No, don't! You can't!" Ma Zhong shouted.
Qianye's eyes glanced at Ma Zhong without any warmth, making the latter tremble. "Since this transaction line has been cut off, it's still because of your incompetence, so just cut it off completely."
"And! I also know a secret!" Ma Zhong hissed, "Save me, this secret is definitely worth it!"
Qianye said calmly: "Oh? Come and listen."
Ma Zhong's mood had been ups and downs several times, and he had begun to pant, "First... put me down first."
An unknown light flashed in Qianye's eyes, and he quickly pulled out the steel nails on Ma Zhong's wrists with his bare hands.
Ma Zhong fell heavily to the ground, breathed for a while, and then said: "Chen Lu is from the Song Dynasty, and it is even possible that her original surname is Song."
Something suddenly flashed through Qianye's mind, so fast that he could hardly catch it, but he had already keenly realized that this accident was not purely for profit. In other words, Guisuo's client not only wanted to take advantage of others, but also wanted to take advantage of others.
There was another purpose behind the robbery of this batch of goods.
And the key to the matter may be the dual identity Chen Lu mentioned by Ma Zhong.
"Song Clan?" Qianye raised his eyebrows and glanced at the woman in black.
When the eyes of the woman in black met Qianye's, her face turned pale again, and the fear in her eyes was even worse than before. This was also the first time she heard about this, and as a member of the Guinsou assassins, she knew very well,
Knowing this kind of secret, especially involving a behemoth like the Song Dynasty, is definitely a life-threatening talisman.
Ma Zhong's eyes were fixed on Qianye, like a drowning man searching for driftwood.
He couldn't see any expression on Qianye's face, and for fear of not being believed, he nodded desperately and said: "It's the Song clan, absolutely right! I accidentally saw Chen Lu interacting with a person, and that person I was with a long time ago
I met her in Donglu, she was a steward of the Song Clan. Later I followed her twice, and once I heard a few words of their conversation. There is absolutely nothing wrong with her!"
The meaning contained in this news is complex and extensive. The Song clan is one of the four great clans and the backbone of the imperial aristocracy. From a standpoint, it is of course incompatible with the rebels.
Since Chen Lu is the secret agent planted by the Song clan among the rebels, if her identity is exposed, it will be a fatal disaster for her. For the Song clan, in addition to losing an informant, she may also be followed and destroyed.
Related people and things.
However, things are not that simple. Now it is almost certain that Song Zining is using this line to make deals with the rebels. If this happens, he will be charged with collaborating with the enemy.
Qianye said calmly: "This news is really valuable, at least it can let her do something." If Ma Zhong uses this as a blackmail, it is indeed very likely that he can get some benefits from Chen Lu.
Ma Zhong hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "I have indeed thought about it, but... I haven't had time yet."
Qianye suddenly asked: "Who did you sell her to?"
Ma Zhong responded reflexively: "I didn't!" Then he seemed to suddenly remember something, his pupils contracted, showing an extremely frightened look.
Qianye said what Ma Zhong was thinking at this time, "Then why did Guisuo's client want to keep you alive?"
If the target of the robber is just this batch of goods, after catching the real consignee, Ma Zhong, the middleman who knows nothing about anything, will have no value. Killing him directly will avoid future troubles. Now that the other party has named a living person, it is obviously
We plan to keep him as a witness. Then the person Ma Zhong can testify against is his colleague, Lieutenant Colonel Chen Lu.
Ma Zhong's face changed, his eyes flickered, and his mouth moved, but he made no sound. However, when he was still hesitating, he suddenly felt a cold feeling in his throat, and then he lost consciousness.
"What are you doing!" The woman in black trembled all over, her voice rising uncontrollably, as if she would scream the next moment.
She saw Qianye pull out a short knife and slit Ma Zhong's throat. The woman in black was not a little girl who had never seen blood, but Qianye's movements that were so stable that they never seemed to deviate even an inch made her endure it.
Trembling constantly.
"This kind of person can be sold to anyone, so why keep him?" Qianye's tone was still calm, but he was trying hard to suppress the waves of irritation in his heart.
At this moment, Qianye had no interest in pursuing what Ma Zhong had done or not done, and the cause was no longer important.
The situation is obvious. Song Zining's transaction has been exposed, and it is the worst-case scenario. The people behind the scenes are not satisfied with ending this transaction line, but are also arresting witnesses. This means that Song Zining himself is also in danger.
Qianye took a deep breath, raised his eyes, looked at the woman in black, and said, "Tell me the location of your regional headquarters."
"You can't fight Guinsoo!" The woman in black still wanted to fight for it.
Crimson teeth danced on Qianye's fingertips, and his handsome face was half-hidden in the shadow of the dim light. "There is someone alive in the hall, and there is someone upstairs who is still alive, and he seems to have a higher status than you."