One thousand nine hundred and forty-seven chapters inside and outside the city
The cold wind howled through Kuocheng. It was already late at night, and the entire Kuocheng was completely dark and it was difficult to see any lights.
In the past, Kuocheng would not have fallen into silence so early, but tonight was naturally very different. After the previous battle between the four ghost painting families of Su Wang, I thought that Kuocheng would be quiet for a while, but I did not expect that in the past few days, Kuocheng would be quiet.
The calmness is brewing for the big storm in front of us.
Just like the violent wind tonight, it swept across the entire Kuocheng. It seemed that all the warriors in Kuocheng were caught in the violent wind.
Some forces joined the Su Wang family's camp, while others joined the Ghost Painter's camp. At this time, even some medium and large forces had difficulty remaining neutral.
The original city lord's palace wanted to remain neutral, but as a result, its men suffered serious losses. Even the city lord himself, Guo Tong, was killed. The bloody lesson taught everyone that they could only choose one camp to join.
Looking at the dark Kuocheng, Duan Yueyao's thoughts became a little confused for some reason. With her scheming and resourcefulness, such a situation would rarely happen, but now she really felt this way.
"Miss Duan, more than half of Shopkeeper Luo's people have returned. We have roughly investigated the surrounding environment. We also have a good idea of the enemy's layout. What should we do next?"
After waiting for a long time without seeing Duan Yueyao speak, Shu Zai finally couldn't hold back and asked.
When asked by Shu Zai, Duan Yueyao subconsciously raised her head and looked to the north. That direction was naturally where the old district in the north of the city was, and where the war was currently most concentrated.
With a slight "sigh", Duan Yueyao said: "The opponent is indeed beyond my expectation. In terms of layout and preparation, Ghost Painter can be said to be foolproof. If there are no surprises, they will win this time."
Opening his mouth in surprise, Shu Zai said in disbelief: "How could such a thing happen? It is impossible for a ghost painter to have such an ability. Could it be because the surrounding layout is very strong, but this doesn't mean anything."
Duan Yueyao did not show the slightest impatience, her eyes fell into the distance and said: "From the intelligence point of view, there are arrangements on the east and west sides, but the south side, which seems to be the strongest, is actually the weakest.
Chu, can you understand what this means?"
His lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, Shuzai shook his head in confusion.
"This shows that the enemy has a huge appetite and is confident that they will completely annihilate us, so they have such an arrangement." Duan Yueyao said in a solemn tone.
Shu Zai was still puzzled and asked: "But the Guihua family suffered heavy losses before. Even if they get on the line with Captain Lin, they cannot have too strong combat power. After all, we have already explored Zuixianglou.
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"Why"
This is Duan Yueyao's third heavy sigh tonight. People who know her will definitely be very surprised, because it is really rare to hear Duan Yueyao sighing helplessly.
Slowly looking in the direction of Zuixiang Tower, Duan Yueyao said with a serious expression: "Actually, not only you, but also me also missed an important detail. I didn't know until I found out the arrangement of those people just now.
What did I miss?"
Shopkeeper Luo and Tang Bin, who were not far behind Duan Yueyao, were also very curious. They didn't understand what Duan Yueyao meant, and they couldn't imagine what else was missing.
With a hint of memory in her eyes, Duan Yueyao said: "When Qiu'er and I left the imperial capital, Captain Lin and his group followed us until we were controlled by them bit by bit and fell into their hands.
The only ones who cooperated with them during the whole process were the ferocious beasts, which kept my attention attracted to the ferocious beasts. And after arriving in this vast city, I have always ignored one thing, that is, Captain Lin and his family members with the surname Mu are in the city.
There is another group of people."
This sentence was thrown out, like a huge stone dropped into the calm lake. Their faces were full of disbelief, because it was too difficult for them to accept this judgment.
"How is this possible? Amber has been here for a long time, and there are no omissions in the intelligence. If the opponent still has potential combat power, how could he not have discovered it at all?" Tang Bin shook his head and said.
"Actually, I don't want to accept this. But now, no matter how unwilling I am, I can only accept this possibility."
Duan Yueyao raised her hand to gently tuck her long hair that was blown by the wind around her temples, and continued: "Brother Tang should have heard of a saying called 'dark under the lamp'. The closer we are, the harder it will be."
Seeing clearly, or thinking you see clearly, makes it easier to overlook some things.
They put me under house arrest, so of course they couldn't let me get any important information. It can be said that everything I saw was what Captain Lin allowed me to see."
After a pause, Duan Yueyao continued: "Actually, Amber's situation is very special. I have never noticed one detail before, which is why Amber was arranged to guard me. This kind of matter should not be left to Amber who doesn't know the details yet.
Come and do it.
Because there were too many things happening around Captain Lin at that time, you secretly came to contact me, and then Captain Lin explored the old district in the north of the city. These things happened one after another, which made me ignore this problem.
Now it seems that when Amber was rescued by Captain Lin from the beginning, his identity was already suspected. However, Captain Lin deliberately did not take any action. Instead, he kept Amber and let him slowly reveal his flaws.
It can be said that Amber is quite shrewd, and of course there is some luck involved. You did not contact him after you sneaked in, and instead chose to alert the snake, operating in two lines: one in the dark and the other in the dark. Fortunately, you did not come into contact with Amber at that time, otherwise Amber would have been exposed.
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What happened after that was a bit special. The scar-faced woman was conquered by me without Captain Lin knowing anything about it. Therefore, Amber’s contact with me when he was guarding me was never exposed. As a result, Captain Lin never found Amber’s identity.
The problem was that in his opinion Amber was a minor player, so he was not in a hurry to attack him.
But because he has been wary of Amber, Captain Lin will naturally hide it deliberately. I even suspect that apart from Captain Lin, only Ren Huo and Yu Xiao know that there are a group of people with the surname Mu."
"Why is Miss Duan so sure, but we still don't have any clues about the other group of people."
Tang Bin still found it hard to believe it and said with a frown. Shu Zai nodded after hearing this and said, "Yes, if they had been prepared earlier, how could we not have any news at all."
Duan Yueyao turned to look at Tang Bin and asked softly: "I wonder if Brother Tang still remembers the name 'Mu Xiu'."
Looking at Duan Yueyao in astonishment, Tang Bin replied: "Of course I will not forget this. You must know that when we just entered Kuocheng, there was someone named this name among the people who were captured together, and this name..."
At the end of his words, Tang Bin's voice gradually became quieter, and finally he stopped. But his eyes gradually widened, and his eyes were full of solemnity.
"I think you have probably guessed something. I heard that Zuo Feng had already checked his memory about the Mu Xiu you killed. That Mu Xiu didn't know much information. He only knew that he contacted the ghost painter after entering Kuocheng.
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Because it was a liaison, you and I ignored this news, thinking that since it was a liaison, it was impossible to send too many manpower, but the other party just sent it, and the 'Mu Xiu' you met was indeed responsible for liaison, and a large number of
The 'Muxiu' may have entered Kuocheng even earlier, before we and Captain Lin came to Kuocheng."
After a slight pause, Duan Yueyao said while recalling: "Based on these circumstances, I went to see Hu Hu and Zuo Feng, who sneaked into the Mu and Shu clans respectively, but were taken away by Captain Lin and the big shopkeeper at the same time. It seemed that they were not the same.
So a coincidence is an inevitable result.
'Mu Xiu' might have family secrets and important information on him. Captain Lin didn't want outsiders to obtain it, so even though it was so dangerous and had alerted all the warriors in the city, he still took action to save Amber.
The big shopkeeper seems to have smelled a hint of danger. In order to investigate the situation, he of course hopes to dig out information from the Mu family. He doesn't want to directly attack the people under Captain Lin, so he will appear at that time and will
Take Zuo Feng away."
Previously, they noticed that Duan Yueyao's expression was very solemn, and neither Tang Bin nor Shuzai understood why. It was not until this moment that Duan Yueyao revealed all his analysis and opinions that they both felt a sudden realization.
Initially, the two of them did not believe what Duan Yueyao was worried about, but after listening to her analysis, they finally understood why Duan Yueyao was so sure.
Tang Bin had seen Duan Yueyao's power before and was still very calm, but this was the first time that Shu Zai had seen the power of the woman in front of him, and he was stunned on the spot.
Although the clues were there, there were some things that Duan Yueyao was able to grasp tightly and deduce the truth just by hearing other people's narrations.
Looking at Duan Yueyao, Tang Bin said with a somewhat solemn tone: "The current situation is that the enemy's strength is unknown, and a group of lurking warriors have not taken action yet. And with this group of people, the opponent has the ability to completely annihilate us. Then
Should we consider leaving?"
Zuo Feng was worried about Duan Yueyao and Yao Qiu'er at first, but now both women have been rescued, and Amber has escaped smoothly. Now they can really get away. As for the life and death of the Suwang family, he has not considered it at all.
But after listening to his thoughts, Duan Yueyao shook her head and said: "No, the situation outside the city should be more complicated. I even suspect that the Lin family warriors who have colluded with the ferocious beasts are waiting for us to leave the city.
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This time, Shu Zai's expression changed slightly and he said: "Miss Duan's analysis is right. Although I don't know the details, the family seems to have some cooperative actions against Kuocheng. Now that I think about it, it is probably the arrangement outside the city."
Duan Yueyao was still calm, but Tang Bin's face became even more ugly because he thought that there were still people on his side staying outside the city.