Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 101 Trap
The northern part of Beijing is bustling with people.

In an inn, Gu Jingnian slightly opened the window and looked outside.

As far as the eye can see, you can see the theater. It is no longer in business. The original courtyard has been sold to someone else and is now being renovated. Judging from the lights and decorations, it is preparing to be converted into a brothel.

The two trees outside had also been removed, probably because there was nothing worth monitoring.

There are one or two birds on the roof across the street. In fact, in such a cold winter, they should fly south... They must be the caged people's spies.

As for the people who used cages, hooks, etc. to capture him, he did not see any.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk."

There was a knock on the door. Gu Jingnian opened the door and saw Pei Nian coming back with a large sack on his back.

Both of them disguised themselves, but not too much. They just made their faces look more sallow and their appearances more ordinary, pretending to be a young couple.

Gu Jingnian believed that the closer the disguise was to their true self, the harder it would be to detect.

"bought."

Pei Nian turned around, bolted the door, and opened the sack. Inside were various fire-starting tools, two jars of kerosene, and also two crossbows.

When Gu Jingnian saw it, he became a little worried and asked, "How did you buy it?"

"I found a black market dealer who provided me with information. Don't worry, he didn't recognize me."

"Is there any news from Kaipingsi?"

Gu Jingnian was a little worried that he had implicated Yougui and Yi Yan.

Pei Nian said, "I have inquired about it. The Kaiping Division only said that the government office accidentally caught fire. Not only did they not mention you, a monster, but they also did not mention that I committed insubordination."

"A lot of people died, can it be covered up?"

"Those who know the situation will naturally know that you destroyed the Southern Court single-handedly."

Pei Nian said this, but he was a little disappointed. He felt that the court would be better off making the situation public and openly banning the refining of aliens.

Being so secretive makes it seem more like the people behind Mei Chengzong want to continue acting in secret.

Therefore, although she was not openly punished, she had no plans to return to Kaiping Division for the time being.

"Look, are these fire starters enough?"

"Maybe it's enough. What's important is whether there's a chance to set fire."

Pei Nian wrapped the crossbow arrows with oil-soaked cloth, dripped some wax on them, glanced at the sky outside the paper window, and asked, "Are you going to look for Qin Jun, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel? Or are you going directly to the Prime Minister's residence?"

"No." Gu Jingnian shook his head and said thoughtfully, "If they want to find the herbs so badly, they will definitely set up a trap to wait for me. I won't go."

"That?"

"Do you know where my brother-in-law is being held?"

Pei Nian shook his head at first, then thought for a moment and said, "I have a way to find out."

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At night, Dali Temple.

The lights were still on in the document room. A clerk pushed the door open and saw a middle-aged man who was flipping through documents in front of a shelf. He turned his head and the candlelight reflected a handsome middle-aged face with a solemn expression.

The clerk quickly bowed and said, "Shaoqing Pei."

"Name."

"This... this villain Zhao San, doesn't Pei Shaoqing recognize me?"

Pei Wu Gou glanced at his expression, then returned his gaze to the file and said calmly, "It seems that you are not the Ghost-faced Man in disguise."

Zhao San then understood that a few days ago a man with a ghost face disguised himself as a minor official and killed Chang Sicheng and robbed the Dali Temple Prison, so Pei Shaoqing became more cautious.

"Don't worry, Shaoqing. I am genuine."

"Yeah." Pei Wujiu was in a bad mood today. He had a serious face and asked, "Where are the files on Lu Yanning's case?"

"Yesterday, the temple minister ordered all the relevant files to be submitted."

"Ahem, I haven't been in the yamen for the past two days. Does it look like the case is going to be closed?"

"Yes, the temple minister has been working by candlelight for several days in a row, in order to close the case tomorrow."

"Is the temple minister still in the government office? After the government office was burned down, where did he move to?" Pei Wujiu asked. Without waiting for an answer, he ordered, "Take me there."

"Yes……"

Half an hour later, Pei Wugui left the Dali Temple and got on the Pei family carriage parked outside the door.

Inside the carriage, a maid was sitting with her head down, waiting for him to come out. When she saw him come out, she called out "Master" and told the driver to drive back to Pei's house.

After turning a few dark streets, the two men quietly jumped out of the car.

Pei Wu Gou took off his official uniform and token, left them on the carriage, and jumped out of the window. He landed lightly, not looking like a middle-aged man who was injured at all.

"Checked it out?"

"Ah."

"How did you find out?"

"I asked the Dali Temple Minister."

"You asked him and he told you?"

"I asked him with a dagger to his neck."

"He didn't shout?"

"killed."

The maid was immediately displeased and said, "You are too lawless!"

Pei Wujiu, who was walking in front, looked back at her and blurted out something for some unknown reason.

"Shut up, I'm your father."

The maid stopped and her eyes became fierce.

Pei Wujiu took two more steps, stopped, stroked his beard, and sighed: "I mean, your father can solve this trouble..."

Over there, the carriage drove back to Pei Mansion and went straight into the side door.

"Master, we're here."

The driver lifted the curtain and was stunned for a moment, wondering why the people in the carriage suddenly disappeared.

While scratching his head in confusion, he saw Pei Wugui standing in the corridor and asked, "What are you looking for?" "Master, you were in the car just now..."

"Can't I walk by myself?" Pei Wu Gou waved his hand casually, "You go down."

"Yes."

Pei Wuqiu was the only one left in the courtyard. He stood with his hands behind his back and sighed.

A person came out from behind the bamboo garden. It was Xie Qiaogu.

Before the driver came back, they were discussing what happened in Kaipingsi last night.

"what happened?"

"I guess my daughter came back and stole my official robe token, helping Gu Jingnian disguise himself as me and causing trouble again."

Pei Wujiu shook his head helplessly. Although he didn't know that his immediate superior had been killed, he could sense that things would be tricky.

Xie Qiaogu asked, "I've always wondered why you didn't let your daughter join us?"

"I don't want her to do these dangerous things."

"But it seems that you can't stop her. It's better to let her get the cooperation and protection of mortals."

"Let me think about it again." Pei Wujiu twirled his beard and thought, and said, "Looking back over the years, I can roughly guess what he is going to do. I want him and Lu Yanning to join the mortals."

"But he is extraordinary, so extraordinary."

"In my opinion, the so-called mortals are those who are against refining and follow the principle that ordinary people and extraordinary people should follow their own paths. Gu Jingnian has this in mind." Pei Wugui said, "As for Lu Yanning, he suffered such a catastrophe because he was unwilling to go along with those refiners."

Xie Qiaogu shook her head and said, "The price of saving Lu Yanning is too high."

"It was before, but now the situation has changed." Pei Wujiu said: "So I think mortals may be able to help them..."

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The night in Beijing becomes darker and darker.

In the study of the prime minister's residence, the person sitting on the chair was no longer Zheng Kuangfu, but a guard who looked slightly similar to him.

The person standing there and reporting official business in a serious manner was Qin Jun, a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel.

"Prime Minister, I will take my leave now."

After reporting on his official duties, Qin Jun withdrew respectfully, walked through the Prime Minister's Mansion, which seemed quiet but was actually surrounded by ambushes, went out the side door, and got on the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, he pricked up his ears alertly, ready to respond to Gu Jingnian's sudden attack at any time. Even he was a little nervous about facing the flaming wings of the phoenix.

But that night, even when he was lying on the bed with his eyes open listening to the noise outside the house, Gu Jingnian still didn't show up.

"Maybe tomorrow?"

Qin Jun thought to himself, trying to guess what preparations Gu Jingnian was making today.

Gradually I felt a little sleepy.

Just as my consciousness was becoming blurred, suddenly, there was a "bang" sound outside the house.

Qin Jun suddenly sat up in shock, shuddered on the couch, pulled the rope beside the bed, and with a "bang", an iron cage fell down, covering the servant who rushed into the room to report the news, and the servant was so scared that he turned pale.

"master?!"

Qin Jun narrowed his eyes and looked carefully to determine whether this person was Gu Jingnian in disguise.

After a while, he asked, "What's the matter?"

"There's something wrong at the hunting grounds in the north of the city, at the Yulin Army's headquarters."

"where?"

Qin Jun didn't react at first, but after thinking about it, he suddenly woke up.

The Yulin Army Yamen was where the serious criminal Lu Yanning was imprisoned, and he handled the case personally.

"quick!"

Qin Jun stood up and planned to find Zheng Kuangfu to report the matter, but after running two steps, he hesitated again.

He thought that this might be Gu Jingnian's strategy to scare him. What if he wanted to lure him out of the trap, or even take the opportunity to find the prime minister?
With concerns in his mind, he no longer worked at the same pace as usual and began to become a little confused.

At the same time, the Yulin Army’s headquarters was in chaos.

The riot happened in a strange way. Someone went around to the shed where hay was stored on the north side of the yamen and was driven away by the guards.

But this man actually attacked the guards, poured kerosene on the hut and started fire. He looked like a complete madman.

Unfortunately, the Yulin Army failed to kill this madman in the first place. They attacked him with swords, arrows, spears, and axes, but the other party was not afraid at all and just kept burning the yamen in a raging fire.

Until the soldiers in heavy armor rushed forward with spears and stabbed him into the flames.

I thought this farce of one man raiding the Yulin Army's headquarters would end here, but I didn't expect that this was just the beginning.

When the heavily-armored soldier lowered the spear in his hand, suddenly, a bright light appeared before his eyes.

They looked up and couldn't believe their eyes.

A wing of fire appeared in the sky, and a gentle wave of it brought about gusts of blazing wind.

The crazy young man with wings walked out of the flames and faced hundreds of elite guards, putting forward his demands coldly and arrogantly.

"I'm looking for Lu Yanning. If you don't want to die, get out of the way."

"kill!"

The Yulin Army also had their pride. With shouts, they thrust their upright spears forward again.

Gu Jingnian showed no mercy, he knew he didn't have much time.

The flaming wings flapped, and fireballs one after another hit the rows of heavy armor. Some soldiers caught fire before they could escape, and were roasted in their iron armor, causing roars and screams.

Although there were thousands of elite soldiers, no one could stop Gu Jingnian for a while.

In this way, he broke through the siege and approached the cell where Lu Yanning was imprisoned. His steps were not fast, but each step was firm.

Finally, he saw Lu Yanning locked in an iron cage. He swung his flaming wings, wrapped around the thick lock hanging on the iron door, and burned it straight off.

"Brother-in-law."

Lu Yanning looked up and was a little surprised to see Gu Jingnian.

He reacted quickly and shouted, "Don't worry about me, just go away!"

(End of this chapter)