When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

Chapter 55 He really added fuel to the fire

Two dark shadows tiptoed into the rooms of Lin Lezhi and Boss Hu respectively.

Lin Lezhi went to bed early and the candles in the room were extinguished. It was dim outside the window and the light that came into the room was barely enough to see things. There was a black mass on the bed, forming a ball in the quilt.

The black shadow clenched the knife in his hand, walked slowly to Lin Lezhi's bed, aimed at the place where Lin Lezhi was lying, and stabbed him hard.

On the other side, in Boss Hu's room, the man in black slowly walked to the bed and took out his dagger.

Just as the tip of the knife was about to pierce Boss Hu's body, the figure on the bed and the quilt suddenly jumped up, and the knife stabbed fiercely into the bed board.

The black shadow was startled and wanted to put away the knife, but he was a step too late.

The figure wrapped in a quilt on the bed didn't give the man in black any chance to react and kicked at the back of his hand. The man in black dropped his knife and tried to retreat, but the foot changed direction in mid-air and kicked straight at the man in black's chest.

The man in black was kicked hard, cried out in pain, and fell on his back.

The man in black covered his chest, pointed at the figure wrapped in the quilt on the bed, and asked, "You are not Boss Hu, who are you!"

At this time, a figure also dressed in black rushed into the room in panic, but he did not see the man in black lying on the ground. He was tripped by the body and fell straight to the ground.

The two of them were like a stack of people, one lying on top of the other, one facing up and the other lying on the ground, which was very funny.

The figure below pushed the figure above away, covered his chest and stood up, saying unhappily, "Why are you panicking?"

The figure that was pushed away stood up, rolling and crawling, and exclaimed in panic: "No... No, Jiang Lian'an is gone."

"what?!"

Hearing this, two vigilant glances were directed at the figure wrapped in the quilt on the bed.

Then the figure jumped off the bed, pulled out the short knife embedded in the bed board, and the quilt covering his body, and said to the two men in black with a playful smile: "I think... the two bosses are too impatient."

Lin Lezhi smiled brightly.

Their identities revealed, the two bosses stopped pretending and took off the black cloths on their faces, revealing ferocious looks.

The Third Master gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Jiang-Lian-An!"

"It's me." Lin Lezhi responded calmly.

"Why are you here? Where is that Hu guy?"

"Boss Hu was naturally put in a safe place, but... I should be the one asking you this, why did you go to Boss Hu's room instead of sleeping in the room?"

The two bosses looked at each other, murderous intent in their eyes.

"What? Are you two bosses trying to silence me? You are too cruel!" Lin Lezhi held the hilt of the knife in one hand and flicked the knife with the other hand.

"What do you want?" asked the boss.

"Me? Of course I want to capture the two bosses alive."

Hearing this, the two heads looked at each other at the same time, as if they had heard a huge joke, and then sneered.

"It seems that the two bosses don't believe in my ability."

The Third Master sneered, "With your fancy moves, you still want to capture two of us alive? You're dreaming!"

The two bosses looked at each other, their eyes full of determination and ruthlessness. The first boss calmly drew the knife from his waist and chopped at Lin Lezhi, while the third boss used his bare hands to hit Lin Lezhi's face.

Lin Lezhi dodged the attack from the third in command with a nimble figure, but he was surprised that the first in command's dagger had already stabbed towards his neck. Lin Lezhi dodged quickly, and at the same time, he grabbed the first in command's arm and twisted it outward, and the knife fell to the ground.

There was a crisp sound, and the boss held his dislocated arm and gasped.

Seeing this, the third in command took the opportunity to kick Lin Lezhi in the waist.

Lin Lezhi dodged sideways and grabbed the third in command's ankle with his backhand. Taking advantage of the third in command's strength, he pulled it and then let go. The third in command didn't have time to retract his legs and kicked into a cabinet beside him, breaking it. The broken wood stubs pierced his ankle and caused blood to flow.

Upon seeing this, the boss quickly picked up the knife on the ground and stabbed Lin Lezhi in the back. Lin Lezhi grabbed the boss's arm without even turning his head and threw him over his shoulder.

Then Lin Lezhi took advantage of the situation and grabbed the boss' wrist and twisted it. The boss felt pain and the dagger fell to the ground again.

This time, Lin Lezhi kicked the dagger that had fallen to the ground aside.

The two bosses were lying on the ground with their arms and legs spread out, grimacing in pain.

The two bosses fell to the ground. Lin Lezhi clapped his hands and said to them, "Bosses, your sneak attack skills are not that good!"

The two bosses were lying on the ground gasping in pain. They had only heard that Jiang Lian'an could solve cases, but had never heard that he could do martial arts.

At this time, a pimp came in and reported: "My two masters, it's bad. All the refugees in the dungeon are missing."

Upon hearing this, shock flashed across the eyes of the two heads.

"What?!

The big boss held up his loose arm and reattached it, then struggled to get up from the ground, looked at Lin Lezhi and said viciously: "You did it!!"

Lin Lezhi touched his nose and replied with a smile: "Don't wrongly accuse a good person. I was sleeping in the house early in the morning. The brothers guarding outside the door are all witnesses for me."

"If it's not you, who else could it be? Didn't you also get rid of the guy named Hu?" the boss said gritting his teeth.

Lin Lezhi shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, saying, "My two masters, I don't have the ability to get rid of so many people. If I really had the ability to change my position, why would I stay here?"

"hateful!!"

The boss was so angry that he gnashed his teeth. If those refugees ran away, it meant that everything they had done might be made public.

Now not only will you lose the money you made, but you may also lose your life.

Seeing the two heads' unhappy faces, Lin Lezhi smiled and added fuel to the fire, "Two heads, tell me, if the people go out from here and bring all the truth here to the outside world, will the two heads... have to sleep with their eyes open from now on?"

Lin Lezhi offered advice to the two of them: "However... I think the two bosses should just run away quickly. Maybe there is still a way to survive."

"It doesn't matter. They are just a bunch of useless refugees. Who cares what they say?"

The third boss had a fierce look on his face. He looked at Lin Lezhi with an expression that he wanted to kill him immediately, and gritted his teeth and said, "It's you, Jiang Lian'an, who dared to treat us two brothers like this. Do you really think you can afford this manor?"

"What does the Third Master want to do with me?"

"If I make you happy, I won't be named Liang. Come here——!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the human traffickers in the village gathered in front of the door, waiting for their turn.

The big boss smiled and said, "No matter how good you are at fighting, you can't handle so many people."

Lin Lezhi looked back, and then said without changing his expression: "It seems that I will die here today."

"No, letting you die would be too easy for you."

Lin Lezhi said "Oh" and smiled, "I thought the two bosses wanted me to die, but I didn't expect you were willing to spare my life. Jiang is grateful."

Fed up with Lin Lezhi's crazy and weird behavior, the Third Master looked at Lin Lezhi fiercely and said, "You keep talking too much. Believe it or not, I will make sure you can't speak for the rest of your life."

"Then I have to talk more now, otherwise it will be a big loss."

"Shut up, of course we want you to die, but you are Jiang Lian'an. Selling you will be enough for us two brothers to have no worries about food and clothing in the next life."

"Oh, really? I didn't expect that I'm so valuable. How about this? I'm also quite poor. Really, so poor that I can barely afford to eat. How about the three of us work out a plan to make money so that I can become rich as well."

Seeing Lin Lezhi's nonchalant expression and his relaxed look with enough energy to retort, he became even more angry.

"Jiang Lian'an! Stop acting here. Do you think you are great as a detective? But you won't be happy for many days. There are many people in this world who want to know your whereabouts and many who want to kill you. Capturing you and selling you to those people will make you miserable for the rest of your life, rather than killing you here. You will regret meddling in other people's business today."

"That might disappoint the Third Master."

"what?!"

Lin Lezhi lost the smile in his eyes and said, "Look at the miserable state of the two bosses now. I'd better leave the regret of this matter to the two bosses."

"You...!" The Third Master was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at the human traffickers outside the door and ordered: "Whoever catches him will be rewarded heavily."

At dawn, Xiao Yihuo and Qingchuan finally followed the marks on the ground and led the people to the stone road that Jiang Lian'an mentioned.

Xiao Yihuo raised his hand and touched the rock wall. Just as Jiang Lian'an said, the surface of the rock was very rough and granular.

As long as you follow this stone path, you will be able to return to the forest where you came from.

Xiao Yihuo turned around and looked at Qingchuan and said, "Qingchuan, take the people out."

"You want to go back to find Brother Lezhi?" Qingchuan said with an expression as if he had expected it, with no intention of stopping him.

Yang Hancai on the side couldn't help it, and hurried to Xiao Yihuo, persuading him: "No, Master, your body is important. Besides, Master Jiang finally sent us out. If we go back, wouldn't it be a waste of Master Jiang's kindness? And since Master Jiang let us out, I think he must have a plan to escape."

Xiao Yihuo looked at Yang Hancai. Although he did not express any emotion, he scared Yang Hancai so much that he wanted to kneel down immediately.

Xiao Yihuo retracted his gaze and said softly, "I can go back by myself. You take the people back with you. This is my own decision and I will bear the consequences myself."

"Then we have to go back too."

The people in front of him said one after another.

"Mr. Jiang risked his life to save us, so how can we let Mr. Xiao go alone to take the risk? We have to go too."

"That's right. We have more people. Why should we be afraid of them?"

"Yes, we are not afraid of him!"

Yang Hancai's face changed, and he said hurriedly: "Don't add fuel to the fire. This is not a trivial matter and should not be taken lightly. Now we know the route to the village. I think we should return to the town first and make a long-term plan. Asking the government for help is the best strategy."

Before Xiao Yihuo could speak, the people nearby started shouting.

"What's the use of government officials? They don't care about our lives. Besides, the people who sent us to this border area and let us fend for ourselves are government officials!"

"Yeah, that sounds nice, but in fact, he doesn't care about our life or death at all."

"How dare you!" Yang Hancai couldn't bear it and shouted at the people, "You insult the court so much, but do you know who I am and who brought you out here?"

The people were silenced by Yang Hancai's words and were curious about the identities of the two men.

Xiao Yihuo looked at Yang Hancai with a warning look. Yang Hancai immediately fell silent. Knowing that Xiao Yihuo's identity was almost exposed, he was so scared that he wanted to kneel down to Xiao Yihuo on the spot.

Xiao Yihuo retracted his gaze, looked at the people and said with a smile: "Brother Yang spoke rashly because he was concerned about everyone's lives. We have also received help from Lian'an before, so we came here to help Lian'an investigate the case. Now that Lian'an is in danger, I naturally cannot leave him alone. Everyone, just follow Brother Yang and Qingchuan and leave with peace of mind."

Suddenly someone in the crowd squeezed out and said, "I know, you are Jiang Guitan's helpers."

"Yes."

"Since you are Jiang Guitan's helper, you are also our savior. Please accept my greetings."

Seeing this, the people knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Yihuo and the other two, saying, "Thank you so much for saving our lives!"

"Everyone, hurry up and leave with Brother Yang and Qingchuan."

After saying this, Xiao Yihuo turned around and left, heading towards Yaren Village.

"Everyone, get up quickly and follow me out."

Qingchuan and Yang Hancai led the people through the narrow stone path and returned to the forest they had been to before.

As they were walking out, they heard a rustling sound in the woods, which gradually gathered around them. Everyone was frightened and gathered together.

"Master Qingchuan, it's... that voice again." Yang Hancai said in panic, holding his head.

Qingchuan frowned, paying attention to every move around him, and shouted: "Everyone stay alert, don't disperse--!"

Xiao Yihuo returned to Yarenzhuang. As soon as he stepped into Yarenzhuang, he felt a strange silence. The air was filled with suffocating silence. In just a few hours, Yarenzhuang seemed to have become an empty city.

In the yard, yellow paper money for the dead was scattered all over the ground, fluttering gently in the breeze, as if foreshadowing something. It was particularly dazzling in the sunlight. Copper coins engraved with the words "the seventh year of Chengjing" could be seen everywhere on the ground.

All the doors were wide open, and the wind blew the yellow paper money into the house.

Xiao Yihuo's pupils constricted and a strong sense of uneasiness surged in his heart. He began to search room by room, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't see a single person.

"Jiang Lian'an——! Jiang Lian'an——!" Xiao Yihuo shouted loudly while searching.

His voice echoed in the quiet village, but there was no response.

It's only been a few hours, what on earth happened here?