Chapter 45: False Viper

Looking at the door that opened automatically, Li Yuanfang walked to the door to check, and Liu Jin also looked up to see outside the door.

At this moment, Liu Jin's body suddenly went limp, his eyes rolled back, and he fell on the table. After struggling for a few times, he became motionless.

Li Yuanfang turned around and saw this scene and was surprised.

Apart from the sound of the cold wind whistling outside, no other sound could be heard in the room.

Li Yuanfang looked around the room and his eyes finally fixed on a window.

There was someone outside the window, Li Yuanfang was sure of it.

His eyes flashed, and he gently pulled out the chain knife and flew towards the window to chop.

With a loud bang, the window was shattered by a knife.

Hu Jinghui, dressed in a viper costume, jumped in from the window and landed steadily on the ground.

"Ah!" Li Yuanfang shouted, turned around, jumped high, and chopped down with his knife.

Hu Jinghui drew out the Youlan Sword like lightning, waved his hand to block, retreated at the first touch, broke open the door and flew out.

When Li Yuanfang saw the assassin running away, he followed him and jumped out to chase him.

Faced with Li Yuanfang's relentless pursuit, Hu Jinghui launched an invisible needle in mid-air and shot it at Li Yuanfang.

Li Yuanfang had amazing eyesight. He caught the flying needle in mid-air and slapped it on his shoulder, pretending to cover his wound, and fell heavily to the ground.

Hu Jinghui saw Li Yuanfang fall to the ground and left the room without even looking back, without even checking.

A moment later, there was chaos outside the door, with screams of "Catch the assassin" everywhere.

The patrolling guards surrounded an assassin.

The assassin was also wearing Viper's clothes, and was evenly matched with several guards. The flashes of swords and shadows of sabers were intertwined, and the sounds of metal clanging were endless.

Hu Jinghui had changed back into the uniform of General of the Household at some point. He roared, pounced forward with a steel knife in hand, and cooperated with the guards to attack the assassin.

After being besieged by the guards and Hu Jinghui for two rounds, the assassin felt that he was no match for them, so he fought and retreated, trying to escape, which exposed his flaws.

Hu Jinghui took advantage of the moment when several guards were swinging their swords to stop and shout, "Catch him alive!"

But the guards were unable to stop themselves, and the assassin was stabbed several times. He screamed and fell to the ground.

Hu Jinghui bent down to feel the assassin's breath, but he was already dead.

At this time, Di Renjie arrived late under the protection of Zhao Ji and Qianniu Guards, only to see an assassin lying on the ground.

Di Renjie walked over quickly and took off the assassin's mask, revealing an ordinary face underneath the mask.

Looking at this face, Di Renjie screamed: "Not good, go check on Yuan Fang and the others."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ji and Hu Jinghui rushed into the back hall.

Li Yuanfang was seen lying in front of the door of the back hall, while Liu Jin was lying on the table. Both of them had dark faces and did not know whether they were dead or alive.

Hu Jinghui had a look of deep sorrow on his face. He rushed to Li Yuanfang, picked him up and shook him violently: "Yuanfang, Yuanfang, what's wrong with you?"

Di Renjie rushed over from behind and quickly stopped Hu Jinghui from causing further harm: "Don't touch him!"

Zhao Ji was stunned. If they weren't brothers, did they want Yuan Fang to die so much? This was not the right way to act.

When he saw the wounded man, he didn't check what injuries he had, but just shook him. If Li Yuanfang really had a sword wound on his body, he would have shaken him until he bled profusely.

Di Renjie stepped forward and repeated, "Don't move him. Lay him down on the ground slowly."

Fortunately, Hu Jinghui listened to the advice and put Li Yuanfang gently on the ground. Di Renjie squatted beside Li Yuanfang and carefully checked him. He found a steel needle as thick as a cow's hair on his shoulder.

Di Renjie pulled out the steel needle, put it to his nose and smelled it, then shook his head.

Di Renjie then walked over to Liu Jin's body and examined it, and found a similar steel needle on his neck.

I tried to check Liu Jin's breathing again and found that he had died long ago.

Di Renjie sighed, "If I had known this would happen, I would have never done it. I still can't escape the fate of being silenced."

At this time, Zhao Ji shouted: "Sir, go and see Yuan Fang!"

Upon hearing this, Di Renjie hurried back to Li Yuanfang, took out a cloth bag from his arms, and took out a silver needle to "rescue" him.

Zhao Ji secretly complained that Di Pangpang's acting skills were not top-notch and needed to be improved. If Yuan Fang really had something to do, how could you still have the mind to care about Liu Jin.

Fortunately, Hu Jinghui did not notice this. He was immersed in his own performance, watching Di Renjie give the injection with a worried look on his face.

After working for a long time, Di Renjie wiped the non-existent sweat and ordered: "Okay, it's out of the way. Carry Yuan Fang down and take good care of him."

Then two guards came out and agreed, and carried Li Yuanfang away.

"Sir, is Yuan Fang okay?" Zhao Ji asked.

"I have dealt with this kind of poison more than once or twice, so I have some experience with it. As long as Yuan Fang takes the medicine according to the prescription and rests well for a few days, he should be fine." Di Renjie said confidently.

"Your Excellency means that the poison Yuan Fang was poisoned with is the same as the one Li Er was poisoned with?" Zhao Ji said.

"Yes, Li Er, Liu Jin and Yuan Fang were all poisoned by the same poison. Fortunately, Yuan Fang has great martial arts skills and deep internal strength, which is not something ordinary people can achieve, so he managed to survive. As for Liu Jin..." Di Renjie shook his head.

"Then Yuan Fang won't suffer a relapse of snake venom like Li Er, right?" Hu Jinghui asked with concern.

Di Renjie picked up the candle wick and pursed his lips and said, "It's hard to say. It depends on how lucky Yuan Fang is."

At this time, a guard came over and handed over a handkerchief: "Sir, this was found on the assassin just now."

Di Renjie took the handkerchief and looked at it thoughtfully, then took out another handkerchief from his sleeve.

He held up the two handkerchiefs and compared them with each other. Both were made of Hu silk and the pattern embroidered on them was exactly the same, a small snake spitting out its tongue.

Hu Jinghui raised his eyebrows when he saw this. He didn't expect that the handkerchief he had casually dropped in Gannan Road was actually carried by Di Renjie all the time.

Di Renjie put his hands behind his back, frowned, and looked like he was deep in thought: "Same snake venom, same handkerchief, who could this assassin be?"

"Of course it's a viper." Zhao Ji said with certainty.

Hu Jinghui pretended to be shocked: "What, you said that the assassin was Viper?"

"Yes, it is the viper."

"This handkerchief was left behind by Viper in Gannan Road. It was picked up by Yuan Fang and handed over to you. Now, the same handkerchief was found on the assassin."

"Moreover, the adults said that the snake venom that Yuan Fang was poisoned by was the same as Li Er's. These two facts confirm that the assassin could not be anyone else but Viper?" Zhao Ji analyzed as if he was being smart.

Di Renjie nodded: "That's right. Yuan Fang has seen this viper. When he wakes up, we'll know the answer by asking him."

Hu Jinghui also nodded slightly, indicating his approval of this judgment.

"My lord, you said yesterday that if we catch Liu Jin and touch upon the core of this case, the viper will surely jump out. I didn't expect it to come true today." Zhao Ji said with a smile.

Hu Jinghui nodded repeatedly upon hearing this: "Yes, the longer I follow you, the more I admire you."

Di Renjie remained silent, his eyes deep as he said, "They can no longer sit still. The day when the truth comes out is not far away."

(End of this chapter)