Can't a girl be a traitor like Cao Cao?

Suddenly, someone walked over and pressed him back into his seat.

He turned his head and saw a familiar mustache.

She smiled and said to him, "Isn't this Manager Liu? What are you doing here? What do you need me for? I'm going to continue having fun."

Manager Liu stroked his mustache, then sat down opposite Lai Yuanwei and said with a smile, "Young Master Lai, I'm afraid you can't play anymore. Your debt is settled."

"What do you mean?"

Lai Yuanwei was completely confused.

Manager Liu then gestured to the accountant.

He then laid out the accounts, each entry listing the gambling debts Lai Yuanwei had incurred here.

Lai Yuanwei himself signed and pressed his fingerprint on all of them.

In the end, it was clearly written as a final settlement account.

The debt is one thousand taels.

"This this……"

Upon seeing this, Lai Yuanwei broke out in a cold sweat.

Although he realized that he might have a lot of money in debt at the gambling den, he didn't expect it to be so much!

If it's tens or hundreds of taels, you can ask Sister Hui for help, or kowtow to Master Hui, and they might be able to help you pay it back.

But so much... so much money...

Lai Yuanwei couldn't pay back the money even if he sold himself!

"This...this...Manager Liu, could you please grant me a few more days? I'm a little short on cash and can't come up with that much money right now..."

Lai Yuanwei got up to leave, but was stopped by two burly men behind him.

Cold sweat immediately streamed down his face.

He saw that Manager Liu immediately looked flustered.

Manager Liu looked at this despicable fellow, a flash of contempt crossing his eyes.

Then he laughed and said, "Actually, it's very simple to get rid of this debt. Young Master Lai just needs to do me a favor."

Lai Yuanwei swallowed hard and looked at him, saying, "What are you doing? I can't do something as illegal as murder!"

"Oh, how could I let you do such a thing?"

Manager Liu smiled and said, "It's just a small favor."

All you need to do is cooperate with us and do a small task at Hui Mansion tonight.

After it's done, not only will you not have to pay the gambling den's accounts, but you'll also make a fortune and reap considerable benefits for free!

Lai Yuanwei was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "What...do you want to do?"

Manager Liu then greeted him and whispered a few words in his ear.

Lai Yuanwei opened his mouth wide and stood there stunned.

Chapter 260 Assassination of Chi Junlin

That night.

Inside the residence of the Prefectural Magistrate.

Mao Qingyan, sitting in the tea room, had a very unpleasant expression.

Today he witnessed the local clans in the prefecture being obsequious to the prefect and his men, as well as a group of young men training enthusiastically.

This gave him an extremely strong sense of crisis.

I feel things are gradually slipping out of my control.

For a long time, the entire Xiangshui County had been under his control as the county magistrate.

He worked so hard for so long, sidelining one prefect after another, and managing the county as a monolithic entity.

Is it really time for all of this to end today?

Mao Qingyan was unwilling to accept this outcome.

He felt there was still a chance because he still held a card in his hand.

The highest-ranking card.

That is the Dongting Lake Gang, with whom we have maintained a peaceful relationship to this day. The interests of both sides are aligned.

The Dongting River Gang wanted to survive and wanted the imperial court to keep their vigilance below a certain level, so they needed to provide cover for them.

He needed the threat posed by the Dongting River Gang to Qi of Xiangshui County in order to seize the wealth of the rich households in the county.

Time and time again, they have cooperated in this way.

We should not let this sudden change put everything in a dangerous situation.

However, after such a long time, Mao Qingyan gradually came to understand.

In fact, the crisis they are facing now does not come from Wyeth or the imperial envoy.

The prefect was not considered a threat either.

There is only one threat.

That was the mysterious woman from the martial arts world among the Hui family.

To be precise, there are two!

In Mao Qingyan's eyes at this time, everything was caused by Hui's two guests.

Without them, so many people in the Water Gang wouldn't have died, and the Hui family would have been ruined long ago.

Otherwise, the campaign to suppress bandits would not have reached the point where it is now in full swing and has become the popular aspiration of the people of Xiangshui County.

He couldn't accept this result.

However, Mao Qingyan still believes that things can be salvaged.

He knew that he should still have one more chance.

This could destroy the entire bandit suppression operation at its root!

After waiting for a while in the tea room, Manager Liu with the mustache finally arrived late.

When Mao Qingyan saw the man return, he anxiously put down his teacup and asked, "How did things go?"

Manager Liu immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, I've done everything perfectly. Outsiders definitely won't be able to find out a single problem."

"Did the Hui family's son-in-law agree?"

"Does he have a choice? He owes so much money in our gambling den. If this gets out, he won't be able to face anyone in Hui Prefecture."

Where are the Water Gang members?

"It's arranged to come tonight. They've probably already entered the city and arrived at Hui's residence."

Mao Qingyan nodded, but his expression still seemed hesitant.

Supervisor Liu smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir. This matter will be handled cleanly. I've already made it clear to those people that if they mess things up, they should insist that they did it themselves. In any case, it won't implicate you, sir."

Hearing this, Mao Qingyan nodded, finally relieved.

He looked out the window; the night was already deep.

If things go smoothly, this farce should be over tonight.

-

Meanwhile, at the Hui family mansion.

It was late at night, and everyone in the mansion had already gone to sleep. The entire mansion was quiet, with almost no sound.

In such an environment, a person, under the cover of night, nervously walked to the small gate of the north gate of Hui Mansion.

Under the moonlight, it was clear that this man was Lai Yuanwei, the son-in-law of the Hui family.

I don't know what he's doing here at this time of day instead of sleeping in bed.

This is a small gate that only servants in the mansion would use. People of status in the mansion would usually use the main gate or side gate and would not enter or exit through this gate.

Because of the recent bandit suppression, the city is not very safe, and several servants will guard the area at night to prevent thieves from entering the houses.

However, Lai Yuanwei had just come up with a plan. He used the excuse of hearing noises in the courtyard to divert all the servants away from there.

Once he was sure no one was around, Lai Yuanwei walked to the small door, used the key he had prepared beforehand to unlock the brass lock on the door, and pushed the small door open.

After the door opened, Lai Yuanwei cautiously peered outside.

Suddenly, he saw a gleaming silver steel knife pressed against his neck in the darkness.

"We're on the same side! We're on the same side!"

Lai Yuanwei quickly called out a few times.

Then a group of burly men dressed in black emerged from the darkness.

They had a strong, fishy smell about them, clearly indicating they were bandits from the Dongting Water Gang.

Upon hearing Lai Yuanwei's terrified voice, the leader of the bandits immediately put on a sarcastic expression and said, "Young Master Lai, why are you so late? You've kept the brothers waiting."

Upon hearing this, Lai Yuanwei quickly replied, "Both of them have people watching them! I can't be too blatant, or what if I get discovered?"

The bandit snorted coldly and said nothing more.

He just kicked him and said, "Lead the way!"

So Lai Yuanwei eagerly led a group of bandits to sneak into Hui Mansion.

There were about twenty people in the group, not a lot, but enough for tonight's business.

If there were any more, the commotion of disembarking from the harbor would be too great and would easily be discovered by the county and local officials patrolling the shore.

The purpose of this group infiltrating the Hui residence was quite clear.

That was to find a way to kill all the martial arts practitioners in the Hui family mansion, as well as the imperial envoy Guo Shentong.

It would be best to wipe out the entire Hui family and burn the entire Hui mansion to the ground.

Let the people of Xiangshui County see what happens when they go against the Water Gang!

Lai Yuanwei naturally knew what these bandits had come to do.

As for why he agreed to this request—

Putting aside the thousand taels of silver he owed the gambling den, this beast never treated Hui Shi as his family.

That's what he's thinking now. If the bandits really kill the entire Hui family, then wouldn't he be the one to inherit their property?

As the group approached the vicinity of the East Courtyard, they gradually drew near the guests' residence.

Lai Yuanwei originally intended to give them directions and tell them the location of the Imperial Envoy's residence.

The leader of the bandits grabbed him and asked, "Which courtyard does that woman in red from the martial arts world live in?"

Lai Yuanwei was stunned; he hadn't expected them to want to kill this person first.

Then he raised his hand and pointed to a courtyard.

The group nodded and quietly moved towards that direction.

Then they dispersed and each went to a side room. They took out a pipe, carefully inserted it into the window paper, and gently blew air into it.

Before long, every room here was filled with a large amount of sleeping smoke.

The bandits calculated the time and, feeling it was about right, signaled to the others to get ready.

They each covered their faces with a wet black cloth, and then slowly used a knife to pry open the door to the room where Chi Junlin was staying.

Then it leaped out and quickly entered the room.

Judging from how familiar he is with the job, it's not like he's just started doing it for the first time.

At this moment, the bandits saw that the blankets on the bed were bulging, and it looked like there were several people inside.

So the leader gave the order.

Several blades pierced into the blanket in an instant!