Border Cook

Chapter 497 This knife
An Leiting stuffed the last piece of cake into his mouth and drank the water in the cup.

Then he got back on his horse and prepared to continue his journey.

Jiang Siyuan hesitated for a moment, but finally climbed onto the horse with the help of others.

When everyone was ready, An Leiting squeezed the horse's belly and shouted, "Gee!"

The horse raised its front hoof, but before it took a step, there was a "whoosh" sound, and a feather arrow pierced straight into the ground about five feet ahead.

The horse was suddenly frightened, neighing and raising its body, almost knocking An Leiting to the ground.

Seeing this, An Leiting hurriedly went to comfort the horse, trying to calm it down.

But immediately afterwards, there were a series of "swoosh" sounds, and a large number of feather arrows fell from the sky and pierced into the road ahead, completely blocking the way for An Leiting and his group to move forward.

"Who is it!" Yue Xinjie yelled subconsciously.

"Wow!"

Almost in an instant, countless heads emerged from all around and approached them in a black mass.

Fan Honghui, Lu Qiyan and An Yunji walked to the front of the crowd and looked at An Leiting.

Sure enough, was it discovered?
An Leiting's heart sank suddenly.

Fan Honghui spoke slowly, "From here, go all the way west to the capital of Jinwei State and meet the ruler of Jinwei State. You can use your familiarity with the deployment and combat power of the Western Frontier Army as a bargaining chip for promotion. An Leiting, you really have a good plan."

"But, have you ever thought that if you do this, you are collaborating with the enemy and treason, and you are climbing up by stepping on the corpses and blood of the Western Frontier soldiers. If you really have a day of rapid rise and prosperity, with fine clothes and delicious food, won't you have nightmares every night?"

"Or do you think the lives of the soldiers of the entire Western Frontier Army are not worth mentioning at all and you don't care at all?"

The soldiers who came to surround and capture An Leiting had already learned that An Leiting had rescued Jiang Siyuan and was planning to collaborate with the enemy and commit treason. They were all extremely indignant. When they heard such words, they became even more angry. Their eyes almost spit fire, like knives, as if they were going to poke countless holes in the bodies of An Leiting and others.

An Leiting could sense the vicious gazes from those around him, and his heart sank. He yelled at Fan Honghui, "Don't try to sow discord between us!"

"Provoke?" Fan Honghui sneered, "Don't you think that your current behavior requires me to provoke you? I just told you the truth, and you are so angry. It can only mean that I hit the nail on the head and you are angry out of shame."

After saying that, Fan Honghui raised his hand and said, "An Leiting, you are a prisoner who escaped without permission and now intends to rescue prisoners of the enemy country. This is treason and collusion. This is a crime that cannot be punished. Capture him!"

The soldiers were extremely angry at An Leiting's despicable behavior. They were filled with rage and rushed forward with a roar.

An Leiting and others immediately took up their weapons to resist.

It was easy to deal with Yue Xinjie and others, but when facing An Leiting, although he knew that this person had already committed treason and had ambitions, he was the former commander of the Western Frontier Army after all, and he still had some awe in his heart, so he didn't dare to take action.

But at this time, An Leiting had already made a desperate attempt. He did not care about any feelings or past friendships. He raised his sword and killed countless people.

Jiang Siyuan, who originally looked sick, casually picked up a sharp steel knife at this time and waited for the right moment to stab someone else.

Seeing that An Leiting was right next to him, being surrounded by more and more people and obviously exhausted, Jiang Siyuan suddenly had an idea in his mind.

He was a prisoner. A general of the Jinwei Kingdom, becoming a prisoner of the Great Zhou Kingdom was a despicable thing, a shame for his ancestors. He had no face to face the Jinwei Kingdom and the king, and he should have died to apologize.

And in the current situation, it is obviously impossible to escape from the Great Zhou Kingdom. Either you will be imprisoned for life or be killed by the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Since we are all going to die, why not take a few more people with us before we die?

But given his current situation, even if he could find someone to take the blame for him, he would be nothing more than a nobody and not worth mentioning.

Only An Leiting...

An Leiting was not on guard against him at this time, which gave him enough opportunities to take advantage of. Although An Leiting had already planned to defect to Jin Weiguo at this time, this kind of traitor was the most disloyal and might not be favored by the king.

Furthermore, An Leiting has been in charge of the Western Frontier Army for many years and has fought countless wars with the Jin Wei Kingdom. He can be regarded as one of the important enemies of the Jin Wei Kingdom.

Killing An Leiting can actually be regarded as revenge for the soldiers who died in the battle before.

And he will be able to die with peace of mind then.

As Jiang Siyuan thought this, he changed the direction of the knife in his hand, pointed it at An Leiting, raised it high, and chopped it down heavily.

An Leiting had his back to Jiang Siyuan and was unaware of this scene, but Yue Xinjie next to him saw it clearly. He wanted to stop it, but because he was fighting with someone, he couldn't free his hands. He could only watch the glowing blade fall on An Leiting's body.

Almost in an instant, a nimble figure jumped up and kicked the big knife in Jiang Siyuan's hand away.

The force was so great that Jiang Siyuan's palm became numb and the knife fell off instantly. He lost his balance and fell to the ground.

An Leiting noticed the movement, turned around and saw An Yunji with a serious face and Jiang Siyuan who was extremely angry. He immediately understood what kind of danger he had just experienced and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When looking at An Yunji again, An Leiting's eyes were a little softer.

After all, he was the promising young man he had chosen. Although he did not take any action when he was imprisoned, he still knew how to save his life at the critical moment.

He really wronged An Yunji!
An Leiting suddenly felt a little regretful that he had sent Yue Xinjie to distribute mung bean cakes mixed with knockout drugs to the guards in the name of An Yunji, in order to drag An Yunji into the water and alienate the relationship between An Yunji and Fan Honghui.

"Good boy." An Leiting's voice was hoarse and a little choked, "You are worthy of being my adopted son!"

An Yunji did not answer, but continued to look at An Leiting with a serious face. He clenched the knife in his hand and then chopped it on An Leiting's body.

The knife was swung with great force, cutting through the armor An Leiting was wearing. The blade penetrated into his flesh, and blood immediately flowed out.

An Leiting felt pain and was a little unsteady on his feet. He looked at An Yunji with disbelief.

Just now, An Yunji blocked Jiang Siyuan's knife, clearly coming to save him, so why would he...

Seeing An Leiting's confusion, An Yunji explained, "I just blocked the knife because you gave me enough food to eat and gave me enough opportunities to survive until now and achieve what I have today."

"And this knife is for the seventeen children whose lives you took."