Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 250

Chapter 250: Assassin
Xuan Ruiquan narrowed his eyes slightly and kept his eyes on the maidservant. When there were only a few steps between the two of them, a dagger suddenly appeared in the maidservant’s hand.

Before anyone else could react, the maidservant turned around, raised her dagger, and neatly slit Peng Bofan’s neck. Blood spurted out from his neck, and Peng Bofan’s eyes were filled with confusion. He covered the wound on his neck and tried in vain to stop the bleeding.

A second later, Peng Bofan breathed his last and fell to the ground. Seeing the blood on the floor, the staff and servants screamed in horror, and the scene became chaotic.

“Ah! She killed people!”

“Guards! Catch the murderer!”

The maidservant took advantage of the chaos and slipped out of the hall. However, before she could walk out the door, Xuan Ruiquan’s sword was already aimed at her.

Feeling the cold, murderous aura coming from behind, the maidservant bent down and avoided Xuan Ruiquan’s sword. Before she could stabilize her body, Xuan Ruiquan moved his wrist slightly, and the direction of the sword changed.

Clang!

The maidservant blocked Xuan Ruiquan’s sword with her dagger. However, due to her awkward posture and the difference in strength, her hands were numb from the impact. She gritted her teeth, held the dagger tightly, and pushed Xuan Ruiquan’s sword away with all her strength.

Seeing that she was about to kick him, Xuan Ruiquan blocked her kick with the sheath of his sword, causing the maidservant to grimace in pain. Before she could take action again, Xuan Ruiquan cut off her Achilles tendon.

“Ah!”

The next second, the maidservant felt the pain. Her feet softened, and she knelt on the ground. Before she could react, Xuan Ruiquan’s sword was already on her neck.

Looking at the maidservant’s pale face covered in cold sweat, Xuan Ruiquan asked coldly, “How can a Xiong Nu sneak into Xia Empire and work for the government? Speak. Who works with you?”

Seeing that she couldn’t escape, the maidservant sneered and bit down hard.

Crack!

Xuan Ruiquan’s eyes darkened when he heard the cracking sound coming from her mouth. He put down his sword and watched black blood oozing from the corners of the maidservant’s mouth. The next second, her body fell to the ground, breathing her last.

Since the maidservant killed Peng Bofan and then committed suicide, Xuan Ruiquan has no way of knowing the real mastermind behind the death of the local magistrate and the person who colluded with the Xiong Nu. There are too many doubts in this case, and Xuan Ruiquan suspects that Li Junwang is not the mastermind.

Xuan Ruiquan flicked the blood off his sword and put it back into its sheath. He then turned to look at the others and found that most of them were crowded behind the table. Since most of them were just administrative staff and servants, Xuan Ruiquan ignored them.

He looked at the guards who came in and ordered, “Search the assassin’s body.”

When the guard saw that the secretary was dead, he quickly clasped his fists and said, “Yes, Wangye.”

While one of the guards searched the maidservant’s body for evidence, other guards searched the main hall for evidence. After searching for a while, the guard stood up and handed Xuan Ruiquan a necklace.

“Wangye, this is the only thing the assassin has on her body.” The guard said.

Xuan Ruiquan took the necklace in his hand and checked it. A few seconds later, he saw the same runes engraved on the wolf’s fang and knew that this assassin was the same group of people he killed in Chun Shan Town.

Thinking of those cannibals, Xuan Ruiquan’s eyes darkened. He looked at the guard and said, “Send the assassin’s corpse for autopsy. I want the report in tonight. Send the report to the inn in the north of the town.”

There are only two inns in Hua Shan Town. The one in the north is a low-quality inn, and the one in the center of the town is the best inn in the town.

When the guards heard that Xuan Ruiquan stayed in a cheap inn instead of a luxury inn in the city center, they looked at each other in shock. It seems that Yan Junwang is more frugal than they imagined.

Xuan Ruiquan didn’t know that because he was poor and couldn’t afford to stay in the luxurious inn, he gave the guards the wrong impression that he was a frugal Wangye. He looked at the staff and asked, “Who else can make a decision besides the secretary?”

A thin old man raised his hand and said tremblingly, “An– answering Wangye. It’s this subordinate.”

Xuan Ruiquan looked at his honest face for a few seconds before saying, “Ben Wang came here today to ask the local magistrate about the disaster relief sent by the imperial court. Why has assistance not been provided to refugees until today? Where are the money and supplies?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the main hall fell into silence. Even the guards who were looking for evidence stopped their work and looked at him. Sensing the change in the atmosphere, Xuan Ruiquan asked again, “Where is the money to help the refugees?”

The thin old man hesitated for a moment before saying, “Reporting to Wangye. We have never received any disaster relief assistance from the imperial court. Before his death, the local magistrate used the food reserves and money from the public treasury to buy medicine and grains for the refugees.”

“However, Hua Shan Town was originally a small town. We don’t have much food and money reserves. We can survive until now only with the help of the wealthy families in the town.” He added.

Hearing this, Xuan Ruiquan fell into deep thought. He has Chang Shou Pharmacy, which can help provide medicinal herbs. But if he gives away the medicine to the refugees, his subordinates will have to eat north wind in the future. However, if he didn’t help, many people would die in this disaster. He thought for a long time before making his decision.