Chapter 2816: Chapter 3817: Heavy Losses
The person watching Wang Xun noticed that he went out in the latter half of the night, of course Wang Xun is Bai Ruozhu.
He saw Bai Ruozhu go into a room, he hurried inside, but where was Wang Xun’s figure? Not far away, Liu Chan was lying on the ground, a fierce wound on his neck.
"Could Liu Chan be the traitor?" he muttered, wondering if he should quickly report it to the Team Leader.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside, he wanted to hide, but there was nowhere to go.
The patrol went to Liu Chan’s room, and as soon as they entered, they saw another team, and Liu Chan was beside him, already dead.
"Did you kill him?" the patrol asked.
The observer didn’t know how to respond immediately, if he said no, would the credit go to someone else?
But if he said he did, what if he was wrong, would he be punished?
The patrol signaled to his partner, whispering, "He wants to steal credit."
"Knock him out first," another person suggested.
The observer was quite agile; seeing the situation was bad, he kicked someone down and rushed out the door.
He ran to find his Team Leader and explained what happened.
"So you think Wang Xun killed him?" the Third Squad Captain asked.
"I didn’t see; as soon as I went after him, Wang Xun was nowhere in sight, likely ran out the window," the observer said.
The Third Squad Captain’s face darkened, "Wake our people up; Team Two wants to steal credit, no way!"
Bai Ruozhu was already mixed into Wang Xun’s team, and someone had already heard some news, in places like this, news spreads quickly from one to ten, ten to a hundred.
"They say there are five spies, and just now the patrol seemed to have killed someone," she casually said in the crowd, unnoticed.
"Let’s go, hurry and see, don’t let spies kill our people," someone shouted.
"Alright, I’ll inform the Team Leader," someone eagerly ran out.
Bai Ruozhu and the team hurried to Liu Chan’s room, where Team Two and Team Three were already arguing; Jiang Yichun was mixed into Team Three.
He glanced at Bai Ruozhu, flicked his finger, and someone suddenly fell.
"Who attacked?" someone shouted.
Bai Ruozhu discreetly used some poison, and not far away, someone screamed and fell to the ground.
"Team Two, you’re asking for death!" Team One got angry and started fighting.
"Team One, do you really think we are easy to bully?" Team Three also joined in the fight.
In an instant, chaos ensued, Diao Shengyan pretended to fight with his companions, even faking a hit to the face, yelling in pain.
Someone nearby came over to help, saying, "Wang Xun, be careful of those cunning bastards!"
By the time Lian Jin and Ma Xingguo arrived, many were already dead or injured.
Most injuries were caused by their infighting; although each strike was fierce, they showed restraint, and there were few deaths.
So the rest were basically killed by Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun taking advantage of the chaos.
These people aided evil, and to avoid exposing the mountain bandit identity, descended regularly to plunder the populace, committing countless atrocities, deserving of their fate.
"What are you all doing!" Lian Jin shouted angrily, "Stop immediately, or face military law!"
Instantly everyone dared not move, retreating to their respective teams.
"Everyone line up!" Lian Jin called.
Ma Xingguo looked at these people, then at the corpses on the ground, "Lian Jin, are these the soldiers you’ve trained?"
Lian Jin suddenly felt immensely embarrassed, hurriedly saying, "Young Master, there must be some misunderstanding here."
"Investigate, find out immediately!" Ma Xingguo ordered.
Lian Jin started interrogating them, but unfortunately, everyone who heard Wang Xun talking in his sleep, including the Team Leader, died, and no one knew how it started.
The patrol saw "two" spies but couldn’t confirm the other’s identity.
The traitor rumor was entirely baseless, but now things had escalated, and Ma Xingguo genuinely suspected a real spy was interfering.
"Punish them with standing; no sleep tonight!" Lian Jin shouted angrily.
Ma Xingguo patted Lian Jin’s shoulder, "You investigate it, catch those little rats."
"Yes, Young Master," Lian Jin said.
Lian Jin checked the headcount; this internal turmoil apparently resulted in over a dozen deaths and twenty or so injuries, quite a loss.
...
In the Bai Residence, the little maid could finish her work on time, but the steward hadn’t returned, as his mental state remained poor.
The sky grew dark, the little maid was washing the last piece of clothing; her hands were a bit rough, washing clothes takes its toll.
She glanced at her slender fingers; a faint red powder was sprinkled on the clothes.
The next day, a steward in the residence wore the dried clothes and that night also saw a ghost, greatly startled.
But this steward was brave, not as intensely emotional as the Laundry Workshop’s steward before.
Finally, the matter reached Gao Zhou’s ears; Gao Zhou immediately raised his guard, officially asking the stewards to check the books while secretly observing the steward’s condition.
Sure enough, he was poisoned!
He didn’t rush to cure the steward, not wanting to alert the enemy.
After checking the accounts, he let the stewards retreat.
"Chushuang, what do you think of this matter? Could there be more than one poison master?" Gao Zhou asked.
Chushuang smiled, "You think it’s easy to train poison masters? I don’t think there are too many, I’ve set up a barrier in the main house, during the day we must be more careful, especially as the children love playing outside."
"Oh, those two went out to play, leaving us with such trouble," Gao Zhou complained.
Chushuang pinched him, "What do you mean went out to play, they’re actually in real danger, and you as the father still have the nerve to complain?"
"Why did you pinch me again? Without reason you pinch me, all these years still the same," Gao Zhou continued to complain about his wife.
Chushuang pursed her lips and laughed secretly, "Because it’s comfortable to pinch you, good feeling."
Gao Zhou chuckled, grabbed her hand and pressed it against his waist, "Pin from here, it’s more comfortable, don’t believe me, try it?"
"Get lost!" Chushuang slapped him away.
In the Laundry Workshop, the little maid succeeded, grinning evilly.
Her target naturally wasn’t the stewards; they were merely her touchstones, or rather, poison stones.
Next, she would make Bai Ruozhu regret for life, just wait and see.
...
In the Weifeng Stockade, Lian Jin began inspecting all the soldiers, having some ability in training them, his inspection was extremely thorough, Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun had to temporarily hide.
Soon their fake identities were exposed; at the moment, they were in the Space eating grilled fish, having torn off their human-skin masks, contemplating who next to impersonate.
Lian Jin was discussing it with Ma Xingguo, Ma Xingguo said, "They might disguise as others, we must be vigilant."
"I’ve asked some soldiers, the two can disguise to blend in, but their voices can’t fool people, they previously claimed to have hoarse throats," Lian Jin said.
