Chapter 1020 Aftermath

Dai Liang's movements stopped. He reached out and touched the arrow stuck in his neck, which was still shaking, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Dai Liang raised his head and saw Wu Fan who was still in the state of archery not far away. He already knew in his heart that just now, he was only focused on dealing with the refugees rushing up, but he ignored Wu Fan. It was precisely because of this negligence that he gave him brought a fatal blow.

Feeling the constant loss of life force in his body, Dai Liang was very panicked. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but found that he could not make any sound. Dai Liang stretched out his hand towards Wu Fan, with a look of prayer on his face.

However, Wu Fan just looked at him expressionlessly, with no intention of stepping forward to save him.

Dai Liang's hand quickly dropped, his face still filled with prayer and nostalgia for life, but he was no longer breathing.

The refugees who frantically attacked Dai Liang stopped their attack after discovering that Dai Liang was not breathing, and retreated in fear.

"grown ups!"

At this moment, Tang San hurried over with his people. Many of them still had traces of the battle on their bodies. The blood stains and tattered clothes proved that they had just experienced a fierce battle.

"Sir, are you okay? I came here late, please punish me!" As soon as Tang San arrived in front of Wu Fan, he immediately apologized to Wu Fan.

"I'm fine." Wu Fan said, "You ask someone to clean up this place. Identify the dead refugees and identify them. If there are still family members here, deliver the bodies to their families and give them a sum of money." and food. Everyone else, regardless of whether they are injured or not, will be given a sum of money and food, and the injured will be given more.”

"Yes, sir." Tang San responded immediately: "Then Dai Liang's body..."

"Feed the dog!" Wu Fan said coldly.

"Yes, old man." Wu Fan's cold tone startled Tang San, and he responded repeatedly.

"Everyone, thank you for what happened just now." Wu Fan thanked the refugees who had just rushed over to help him.

"My lord, you're welcome."

"If it weren't for you, sir, we would have died of hunger long ago. It is our honor to help you, sir."

"If this bastard wants to kill you, he is against all of us and is the enemy of all of us!"

The refugees all said that although some people had died and some were injured, they had no regrets. Seeing that Wu Fan was fine, they all had smiles on their faces from the bottom of their hearts.

Wu Fan is like a reborn parent in their hearts, and they will never watch Wu Fan being killed.

Looking at the smiling faces, Wu Fan felt quite emotional in his heart. He just did what he was supposed to do, and even had utilitarian thoughts in this matter. However, these people turned their kindness into He takes it too seriously, risking his own life in order to protect himself.

In fact, Wu Fan took the initiative to tell Dai Liang and Ji Pei some information before, just to lure the snake out of the hole and induce Dai Liang and Ji Pei to take action. His goal was achieved, and Dai Liang indeed took the initiative. In this regard, Wu Fan Fan was not too surprised. Even if there were no helpers around him, and even if his strength was not as good as Dai Liang's, he still had the means and confidence to kill Dai Liang.

Summoning tokens, mount tokens, and even earth escape techniques are all methods Wu Fan has left.

However, what Wu Fan did not expect was that Niu Niu's words would cause the surrounding refugees to stand up for him and desperately protect him. Wu Fan did not expect this unexpected situation.

The refugees were obviously no match for Dai Liang. Even though there were many of them, they were not able to harm Dai Liang. In just a short period of time, Dai Liang caused more than ten casualties. This also shows that among real masters, In front of us, relying on human sea tactics alone will not have much effect.

However, it was precisely because of the siege by the refugees that Wu Fan was able to easily kill Dai Liang without using any special means. The sacrifices of the refugees were also valuable.

"Are you two okay?" Wu Fan came to Zhao Qi and Niu Niu and asked.

"I'm fine." Zhao Qi said.

"Niuniu is fine too." Niuniu said.

"That's good." Wu Fan said.

Wu Fan then asked Tang San to give some fruits, steamed buns and some meat to Niu Niu's family, and then took Zhao Qi back to the city.

"Those people are so nice." On the way back, Zhao Qi suddenly said to Wu Fan.

"Yes, they are all very kind people." Wu Fan nodded and said: "If it were not for the rebels, they would not be displaced. Such kind people should not live such a hard life, so we The rebels must be eliminated as soon as possible and allowed to return to a peaceful life.”

The two people were talking about the refugees outside the city. The impact of the refugees indirectly saved Zhao Qi, which made Zhao Qi very grateful to them in her heart.

"You are right! We must wipe out the rebels as soon as possible." Zhao Qi said: "Now that Dai Liang is dead, no one in the city will stop you from leading the army. I will give you authorization as a princess as soon as possible."

"Yes." Wu Fan nodded: "However, since Dai Liang died like this, there are some things that there is no way to know."

"You mean, leaking my itinerary?" Zhao Qi asked.

"Yes." Wu Fan said: "Although Dai Liang has some status in Qingyuan County, his status is not enough for him to know your secret itinerary. Someone must have leaked it to him."

Zhao Qi nodded, "It should be someone in the imperial capital who revealed the news to him."

"Not necessarily." Wu Fan said: "The source of the news should be in the imperial capital, but I have investigated Dai Liang's identity and background. He was originally just an ordinary soldier in the army. He started to rise to prominence because he married Ji Pei's illegitimate daughter. With his identity, he had no chance to meet people in the imperial capital, and such high-level people."

"You mean, there are other people involved in this matter." Zhao Qi asked.

"Yes."

"Are there any suspected targets?"

"Yes."

"Who?"

"Ji Pei!" Wu Fan said a name lightly.

"Him?" Zhao Qi looked thoughtful.

"Yes, no matter how suspicious he is." Wu Fan said: "Qingyuan County is originally a remote small town. Before me, there was not even a noble here. If it is a remote small town, ordinary people can't have connections with the high-level people in the imperial capital. Even Dai Liang, who has a high status in the city, doesn't have such connections, but Ji Pei is different!"

"He was a university scholar in the imperial capital! He even taught several princes and princesses!" Zhao Qi continued.

"That's right!" Wu Fan said, "Besides, he is Dai Liang's adopted father-in-law, which can also explain why Dai Liang knew about this."