Chapter 67: The Conspiracy
Zuo Feng hadn't paid much attention to the brocade corpse before, but just as he was leaving, he felt that the arm of the brocade corpse looked very unnatural.
Ordinary people will subconsciously defend themselves when they are killed, or cover the wounds on their bodies. The corpse's arms were strangely stretched outward, and his hands seemed to be trying to grasp something. Following the direction of his palm, Zuo Feng's gaze slowly fell on one of the legs of the desk.
Then a crack in the leg caught his attention, and he pressed his palm against the crack in his left foot. With a slight force of his fingers, he easily snapped off a wooden strip, and a piece of paper was revealed.
The three-finger-wide note showed no signs of obsolescence, and it could be seen that the note was still very new, presumably written recently. When the folded strip of paper is unfolded, a few lines of handwriting appear in front of you. The small characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing in one hand are strong through the back of the paper, and it can be seen that the person who writes should be a man, and the content is also very simple, only two lines.
"The city lord has been in retreat for many days, and when he is ready, he can send a message to me, and the yin group should not be gullible, if there is a change, enter the wild goose city. "It's just two lines. Behind it is a seal, and the seal has only one word, "jade".
His eyes stared at the note in his hand, and he looked at it many times, and even the back of the note was carefully examined, and then he slowly withdrew his gaze, and the few pieces of information mentioned in the note had already attracted Zuo Feng's attention.
If the two pieces of information about Yancheng and the city lord are linked, that is to say, the city lord mentioned in this note is the city lord of Yancheng, then this bandit must have an accomplice or a collaborator in Yancheng.
Thinking of the many difficulties suffered by a group of people in the village when they entered the city, and later they were seriously injured on the Weixiang Zhai Tower, all of which are really related to the last "jade" word, that is, Zhang Yu, one of the commanders of Yancheng.
Combined with the content of this note and what happened in Yancheng, Zuo Feng had already deduced that this Zhang Yu must have a close relationship with this gang of bandits. With the strength in Zhang Yu's hands and such a group of bandits, he started the idea of the city lord, obviously there is still too much difference in strength, so he wants to rely on the help of external forces, which is the "Yin Tuan" mentioned in the note. Zuo Feng still vaguely sketched out the inside story in his mind, but there were still some things he didn't understand. That's why the two sides suddenly turned their faces and left the body of the bandit in Zuojia Village.
This "Yin Group" should be the group of gray-clothed people, and Teng Xiaoyun also said that this group of gray-clothed people should belong to the forces of the Fengtian Dynasty. This means that the purpose of their group of people here is not only to find out the whereabouts of Fuji Wu back then, but also to plot against Yancheng.
Yancheng belongs to one of the important cities in the southeast of the Yelin Empire, if the Fengtian Dynasty wants to encroach on the Yelin Empire, this Yancheng is indeed a good springboard. Once the Fengtian Dynasty occupied Xiayan City, then using this place as a base, whether it was to the north to attack the main city of the Yelin Empire, or to the west to annex a large area of territory, it could freely transport troops.
Zuo Feng didn't care much about this kind of war between the two countries, but if it involved the group of gray-clothed people, he could use the power of the city lord to exterminate the gray-clothed people, and at worst, he could also destroy their plan. Thinking of this, Zuo Feng carefully put the note in his hand into his arms, although there are not many words, but I am afraid that it can play a huge role at the critical moment.
After putting the note away, a question came to mind. The strength of this group of killers should be very strong, and they are fully capable of killing all the people here, but why are there still female dependents escaping from here. If they didn't want to leave any clues, wouldn't it be safer to kill everyone and burn this place to nothing.
With doubts, Zuo Feng turned back to the previous hall again, the smell here was really disgusting, but this matter involved a major Zuo Feng had to endure the churning in his chest and abdomen, and carefully searched for it again.
This time the search was much more detailed than before, and this time he checked it with questions, and soon he made a new discovery. There were several corpses in the hall that caught Zuo Feng's attention, these corpses didn't seem to be on the bandit's side, but what caught Zuo Feng's attention was the weapons in the hands of these corpses.
Picking up a spear, the spear had broken in two, and the one with the head was inserted into the chest of a bandit, and as soon as the gun came into his hand, Zuo Feng realized the problem, because the gun itself was made by his father Zuo Changqing.
My father's carpenter was very careful, with a straight body and a surface that had been polished countless times. There are also small dents in the middle and tail of the gun, which are deliberately dug out to prevent slippage when holding the gun, and most importantly, there is a "left" character on the top of the gun.
After searching carefully again, Zuo Feng found several weapons that belonged to Zuojia Village, and they also had the mark of Zuojia Village on them.
This discovery made Zuo Fengqi's hands tremble slightly, this group of people slaughtered their own village, and even took the weapons obtained from Zuojia Village to kill the bandits. If it weren't for the fact that he was from Zuojia Village, and he had found that short sword before, it would have been really difficult to figure it out.
But then Zuo Feng discovered the contradiction, and his emotions calmed down. If you follow your own reasoning, the bandit side and the gray man side should be in the cooperation stage for the time being. Why kill this group of people in the cottage before the goal is achieved, and you must blame Zuojia Village, there must be other conspiracies in it.
Before he knew it, the left wind walked out of the hall, the cold wind of the night blowing slightly on his face, and the fresh and cold air made his mind clearer. With a slight movement in his arms, a small head came out, since entering the cottage, especially after the hall with a strong smell of blood just now, the little beast remained motionless in Zuo Feng's arms, as if he was extremely uncomfortable here.
At this time, Zuo Feng walked out of the hall, and it immediately poked its head out to get some air. Zuo Feng took out a little cork from his arms, broke off a small piece and sent it to the little beast, the little beast immediately screamed happily, grabbed it and got into Zuo Feng's arms again.
Zuo Feng then took out another piece of dry food, and ate it regardless of the fishy stench that was still wafting around. He hadn't eaten for two days since Master was poisoned and died, and at this time, because he hadn't eaten for a long time, he swallowed a mouthful ......of dry food and made a "cooing" sound in his stomach.
While chewing dry food, Zuo Feng began to analyze all the information. First of all, his own village was slaughtered, and the bandits involved in it were slaughtered, and at first Zuo Feng thought that it was the gray-clothed man who didn't want the information of "Fujigo" to leak out, but now it seems that it is not so simple.
After the bandits were killed, they were hung on wooden stakes outside the village in a very cruel way, which looked like revenge for the bandits' slaughter of Zuojia Village. Coupled with the fact that he had just found Zuojia Village's weapons in the hall, all this was to target Zuojia Village.
With a move in his heart, Zuo Feng suddenly remembered the small note in his arms. It involves the commander of Zhang Yu in Yancheng, this Zhang Yu is a person on the side of the bandits, if the people on the side of the cottage are slaughtered, then Zhang Yu may have to cooperate directly with the Yin Tuan in the next step. In this way, the intermediate link of the bandit leader is missing, and the Yin Tuan will be more handy when using this chess piece.
When Yin Tuan first came here, they continued to slaughter the surrounding small villages, the purpose was to find the whereabouts of "Fujigo", and their purpose in Zuojia Village was finally realized. Judging from the time of death of these people, it should be that after attacking their own village, some of the people who left came here to kill the bandits.
I am afraid that in the process of cooperation between the two sides, the Yin Tuan also learned that someone from the bandit side had infiltrated Yancheng and held great power. The bandits' side wanted to help him seize the position of the city lord of Yancheng, which undoubtedly played an important role in the next plan of the Yin Group.
Therefore, after they captured the "Fujigo", they launched the second step of the plan, slaughtering most of the bandits as Zuojia Village, and then leaving evidence and live mouth to plant on Zuojia Village's head. In this way, he got rid of his suspicion, and he was able to cooperate with the "shadows" in Yancheng logically.
I'm afraid that the retreat of myself and others to Yancheng is completely expected by the Yin Tuan, which also explains why some people in the Yin Tuan went back alive to report the news, but there was no enemy chasing and killing them later.
This step-by-step plan is linked one by one, if it weren't for Zuo Feng's mistake to rescue Teng Xiaoyun, I'm afraid this yin group would be the ultimate beneficiary of this conspiracy. Not only can they bring the "Fujigo" or the secret treasure back to the Fengtian Dynasty, but they can also get a big boost from the Yancheng, and eventually the Yancheng will also fall under their control.
According to Zuo Feng's analysis, I'm afraid that the Yin Tuan still doesn't know who the person who belongs to the bandit side in Yancheng is, and it can't get in touch with this person directly. At this time, the living mouth they left behind not only had the role of human witnesses, but also played a role in getting in touch with the "shadow" in Yancheng.
The survivors in the cottage are probably still hiding in the forest, and if they had followed the plan of the Gray Man, they should have been "rescued" by accident. Then contact the "shadows" in Yancheng, everything should develop like this.
But Teng Xiaoyun's disappearance may disrupt their plans a little, so now they are frantically searching for Teng Xiaoyun's whereabouts in the forest. I just don't know if the gray-clothed man is connected with the "dark son" in Yancheng, that is, Commander Zhang Yu.
After thinking about it for a while, Zuo Feng didn't think of any better way to sabotage their plan, so he put this matter aside for the time being. Since the other party is planting blame, they can't burn this place down, and I believe they won't stay here for long.
That being the case, that means that if there is some hidden place here, it will not be carefully investigated. The villagers have just arrived in Yancheng, and the conditions are still very difficult, if they can find some money here, they can solve a big problem.
Thinking of this, Zuo Feng searched for the inside and outside of the small building. He believed that if there was such a place to hide treasures, he would not be too far away from this small building, after all, such an important thing should be closer to him to feel at ease.
But the left wind turned for a long time and didn't gain anything, he was almost every piece of ground and every tree. Looking around, a very inconspicuous hut came into view, and I hadn't paid much attention to it for a long time before, but when I looked at it suddenly, I noticed that this hut was unusual.
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