Born in an ancient peasant family, the peasant girl became famous all over the world

Chapter 261: Killing the City Lord

"Act separately!" Ling Yunxiao said.

Jiang Yueqing first climbed over the wall with nimble and powerful movements, and when she looked again, her entire body had entered the tall courtyard.

She moved silently, sneaked into the courtyard, and looked up at the rows of houses.

Then, he entered the backyard.

Ling Yunxiao leaped up onto the roof.

His footsteps followed Jiang Yue's actions.

Zhang Yan also climbed over the wall with Jiang Yue and followed quietly. While protecting her, he also had a more important task.

Inside the mansion, the houses were lined up in rows. Jiang Yue had chosen a good spot in advance, aiming in the direction of the city lord, and her figure was undoubtedly exposed.

If he doesn't expose himself, how can he lure the city lord to show up?

"There are assassins!"

With the guard's shout, everyone in the mansion was immediately alarmed.

When women, children, maids and others heard the word "assassin", they all hid in their houses and dared not show their faces.

And the so-called city lord,

When he heard the noise coming from the yard, he thought it was Han Chao coming. He shivered all over and hurriedly looked for a place to hide.

The guards of the mansion appeared in front of Jiang Yue at the same time and surrounded her.

Is this the assassin tonight? He was caught so quickly?

No matter how they looked at Jiang Yue, she had nothing to do with the word assassin.

She was not wearing a nightgown, nor did she have the assassin's agile figure, and she was on the smaller side.

As for Jiang Yue, the moment everyone approached, she used both hands to fight, ready to fight back at any time.

"Who is it?" The head guard said coldly. Jiang Yue looked at him.

"I am not an assassin. I came here just to see the city lord."

"To see the city lord?" The guard shook his head and said sternly, "Is this a cover to assassinate our city lord?"

Jiang Yue: You guessed right.

"General Han is devoted to the country. You have misunderstood him. Now, he just wants to go home. I am here to beg the city lord to open the city gate and let him go!"

Jiang Yue's words were sonorous. She thought that if Han Chao were here, he would definitely be moved.

The city lord who was hiding in the house heard this and looked out through the crack in the door at Jiang Yue.

Upon seeing this, a look of contempt immediately appeared on his face.

"I thought he was a fierce general, but he turned out to be just a brat!"

He no longer felt afraid and just swaggered out of the house.

"You said that Han Chao was wrongly accused?"

That’s right, only Jiang Yue’s thin image could appear because of him.

"What reasons do you have to prove that he was not wrongly accused?"

The moment Jiang Yue asked back,

The sound of arrows whizzing through the night sky, and finally, before anyone could react,

With lightning speed, it hit the city lord right between the eyebrows with a hissing sound.

The city lord stared at Jiang Yue with his eyes wide open, his whole body still moving as if he was talking, as if he hadn't realized that he was about to go to see the King of Hell.

Finally, his whole body trembled, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground and died.

...And where is Zhang Yan now?

That's right, he had already taken advantage of the chaos and sneaked into the city lord's room.

As soon as people entered, they heard the maid's scream.

Zhang Yan remained calm and knocked her unconscious with a single blow of his hand.

Finally, he walked into the city lord's study and searched it, trying to find some clues about what Ling Yunxiao and Jiang Yue had heard today, and also, objects that represented the city lord's identity.

Looking at the pile of letters on the table, he opened the top one.

Looking up and down by the oil lamp,

Upon seeing this, his brows furrowed and he couldn't help but put it in his arms in a hurry.

Then, keep searching.

...In the courtyard outside the house,

"The city lord is dead."

"This……"

"kill him!"

The people around the city lord panicked instantly, and the look in their eyes when they looked at Jiang Yue was filled with murderous intent.

They raised their knives again.

However, just as they raised their swords, arrows kept falling towards their bodies.

As for Jiang Yue, at the moment the arrow was shot, she had already disappeared in front of everyone.

And all these guards, without exception, died under Ling Yunxiao's arrows.

There was chaos in the government courtyard.

Everyone hid in their rooms and dared not show up, for fear that they would die if they went out.

However, their absence does not mean that it is safe.

Jiang Yue will not let them go and let them go to Gaomi.

...When Jiang Yue, Ling Yunxiao and Zhang Yan met again, they were already outside the mansion on a quiet street.

At this moment, it seemed as if they had never been to the place where the city lord was just now.

The calmness of the three people at this moment was in stark contrast to the panic and noise in the government office.

Ordinary people might not be able to perform this mission as agilely as Jiang Yue, but it was the easiest one for Jiang Yue since he joined the army.

All three of them had a relaxed look on their faces.

At this time, Ling Yunxiao asked Zhang Yan:

"Have you found anything?"

"Yes." Zhang Yan took out the letter he was looking for and handed it to Ling Yunxiao, "Take a look."

Ling Yunxiao took it, took a closer look, and sneered:

"The King of Northern Yan has a very good plan. He actually thought of forming an alliance with Xining and offering the city of Liangzhou as a token of flattery!"

"Liangzhou City is our city!" Zhang Yan said firmly.

Jiang Yue got the general idea.

Beiyan had evil ambitions and was actually thinking of cooperating with Xining to attack Donglin together.

By then, Donglin will surely be defeated.

All three of them thought of this.

Jiang Yue said:

"That's right, Liangzhou City is our Donglin City."

The solution to the secondary dilemma is also very simple, of course, to take back Liangzhou.

If Beiyan wants to use Liangzhou to please Xining, it will inevitably break its promise.

Finally, “And this.”

Zhang Yan handed a token that he had looted to Ling Yunxiao.

"That's much simpler." Ling Yunxiao nodded with satisfaction.

...In the following night,

The three of them walked straight to the city gate.

They wanted to seize the opportunity and open the city gates before the news of the city lord's death spread.

At the same time, outside Liangzhou City, the Donglin soldiers, led by Chen Li and Cao Zheng, were quietly approaching in the dark and windy night.

The time they had agreed upon with the general had come, so they should act now.

Just an hour ago, they were still a hundred miles away.

The reason for traveling in such a hurry was naturally to avoid being discovered by the people in the enemy camp.

Of course, there are other reasons.

At this moment, Xia Yuanchen had already led the main force of the army, including Jiang Yue's Xuanwu Army, to the enemy camp in order to disperse their forces.

...at the tower,

The Northern Yan defenders were fully focused.

Now that the commander is dead, they will temporarily follow the command of the deputy commander.

The deputy general of Beiyan was standing on the high city wall while gazing into the distance across the night sky, fearing that the Donglin Army would attack him if he was not careful.

When the commander-in-chief Yelu Xiong was alive, he said that as long as they could hold out for two months, they would defeat the Donglin army.

The city lord also told him that the task of defending the city was urgent and he must not relax for a moment.

After Jiang Yue followed Ling Yunxiao and Zhang Yan, she first hid in the corner of the city wall and mingled with the people of Beiyan who were sleeping late.