Quickly wear, the host has evil intentions

Chapter 218 The General Doesn’t Want Power, He Just Wants to Fall in Love 10

Duan Ci bent the bow, his posture was agile, his eyes were cold, he locked onto the target and the arrow flew away.

The black hair and red silk were slightly lifted by the strong wind. The sunlight highlighted the outline of the hair, which was shining with a hint of golden light.

The arrow flashed with a cold light and hit the carrier pigeon flying in the woods. At the same time, a stone hit the bird with a sound of breaking through the air.

Duan Ci was stunned. Besides him, who else was attacking the carrier pigeon?

Zhou Ningxu also noticed this, and he immediately became alert. He gestured to the people he brought with him, asking them to catch people and pick up birds, while he went to find the person who threw the stone.

He nimbly slipped into the woods and his figure quickly disappeared.

When Qi Jin saw the arrow that pierced the pigeon's body, he left immediately without staying for too long.

When he was some distance away from where he was shooting the pigeons, he suddenly realized that something seemed to be missing from his body.

Qi Jin touched his sleeve and found that his slingshot was lost. It must have been scraped off by a branch when he was running just now.

He quite liked the slingshot, which was very convenient to use to hit people. It took him a long time to find the materials to make it.

He wanted to go back and look for her, but he heard a faint sound, someone was coming.

In order to avoid being discovered, he had no choice but to leave first.

The people brought by Zhou Ningxu brought back the shot down carrier pigeon and the person who released the pigeon. They brought the people in front of Duan Ci, took the envelope off the pigeon's foot and handed it to Duan Ci.

Duan Ci took it and looked at it. It contained information such as where their army had arrived and where they could ambush.

He looked at the man on the ground. The man had his head lowered and looked like a very honest and silent person.

The reason why this man was so active in going hunting just now was to scout the terrain so that the person he was working for could carry out the assassination better.

"Tell me, who sent you here, and why did you do this?"

Duan Ci asked in a cold voice, his temperament suddenly became sharp, no longer as gentle and elegant as before.

The man didn't say anything, and Duan Ci didn't want to waste any more time talking to him. He gave orders to his men to start the torture.

The man's mouth and body were checked and no weapons or suicide poison were found.

So Duan Ci let people do it with great confidence.

After a while, the man couldn't bear the punishment anymore and spoke.

"I said...I said..."

The man lay on the ground, and began to tell everything he knew as he breathed his last.

The person behind him is Lu Yan, who sent the message to ambush Duan Ci in order to eliminate him.

As for why they just wanted to cripple him instead of killing him, the man didn't know.

He didn't know but Duan Ci knew.

Lu Yan was the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard promoted by Qi Zui himself.

He is a mad dog that Qi Zui picked up and trained when he was capable, and he is one of the few people Qi Zui trusts.

He only listened to Qi Zui and handled all the shady matters for Qi Zui.

His methods are ruthless and extreme, and he will eliminate all unpleasant things to Qi Zui.

Many officials are afraid that they will be targeted.

The most likely reason why Lu Yan wanted to depose Duan Ci was because he was afraid that Duan Ci would cling to the military power and make Qi Zui worried.

They wanted to turn him into a disabled person so that he could not fight, and Qi Zui would have a reasonable reason to take back the power in his hands.

The reason why he was not killed might be because of the friendship since he had helped Qi Zui before.

"Brother Duan!"

Zhou Ningxu ran back in a hurry, holding his clothes. After he stood up, he looked at the person in front of Duan Ci.

“Is this the guy who released the bird?”

"Yeah. How are things going over there?"

Duan Ci was referring to his search for another person who was also shooting birds.

Zhou Ningxu took out a slingshot from his shirt. The slingshot was simple, just like the ones farm kids played with. The branches of the slingshot were smooth, and it was obvious that its owner used it frequently.

Zhou Ningxu spoke.

"We found this on the way to chase that guy. He must have used this to shoot the bird. Could he be a hunter in the mountains?"

"If that were true, you wouldn't have trouble finding people."

Duan Ci knew Zhou Ningxu's abilities. If he really went up the mountain to hunt, it would be impossible for Zhou Ningxu to not find him even if he wanted to take the fallen prey.

"Then I'll send someone to look for it?"

Zhou Ningxu asked.

"No, that person hasn't done anything harmful yet, so there's no need to waste time on him."

Duan Ci said calmly that they were only stationed here temporarily. If the man wanted to hide from them, they would not be able to find him. If the man wanted to harm them, then there was no need to rush, as they would be able to catch him sooner or later.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Ningxu nodded in agreement, then put the slingshot in his arms as if nothing had happened.

Duan Ci glanced at him and realized that the boy was interested in the slingshot and wanted to play with it by himself.

There's not much use for keeping the slingshot, and there's no technology to extract fingerprints, so just let him take it and play with it.

Zhou Ningxu put his hand on where he placed the slingshot. Seeing that Duan Ci didn't say anything, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt happy.

Hehe, one more toy.