Chapter 114: Xiao Dang a Plagiarist
The black satin was taken off, revealing a pair of eyes.
Just by looking at each other, Zheng Wu and the other two felt a chill all over their bodies, and their skin felt a dense and tiny tingling sensation all over their bodies.
Not to mention Sun Yourong.
The surrounding scenes disappeared completely, and those eyes filled her entire vision and mind.
Fortunately, it lasted for a very short time. The eyes only appeared for a moment before being immediately covered by the black satin.
Sun Yourong fell directly to the ground, gasping for breath and sweating profusely.
"Now, do you understand?"
Xu Chong asked calmly.
Zheng Wu and the other two were still in shock, and only came to their senses after hearing Xu Chong's question.
"Your Mightiness……"
Hua Nong Yue hesitated for a moment and asked uncertainly: "But are you haunted by a demon in your heart?"
Inner demon?!
As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Wu and Nan Hongzhi looked up at the same time, looking at Xu Chong with fear on their faces.
They really wanted to hear the word "no" from Xu Chong's mouth.
But what a pity.
Xu Chong nodded and said, "That's right."
I fucking ride!!!
Zheng Wu broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't help but run away.
At this time, Xu Chong waved his hand , "You don't have to be so nervous. If I can't control this little bit of inner demon, I won't dare to show up in Shuanghua Mansion so openly."
Having said that, but can the inner demon be controlled?
Zheng Wu and Nan Hongzhi looked wary and disbelieving.
"Two."
Hua Nongyue clapped her hands, "I believe this gentleman... Old Zheng, don't look at me like that. Don't forget, this gentleman has already made a move once."
"Uh...yeah."
Zheng Wu seemed to be thinking about something, and immediately felt relieved. "I was possessed by a demon in my heart, so I used all my strength when I attacked... If I couldn't control myself, I would have died just now."
Nan Hongzhi didn't say anything, but her expression softened.
"Also, if I'm not mistaken, your inner demon is Xie Changqing, right?"
Hua Nong Yue smiled, as bright as the spring breeze.
"Why else would I show you this?"
Xu Chong spread his hands and asked, "Do you think I have nothing to do?"
Such a relaxed tone and gesture finally made several people let down their guard.
After an eye contact, Zheng Wu spoke first as a representative.
"Your guess is correct. We were indeed discussing how to kill Xie Changqing just now."
Zheng Wu's tone was filled with resentment as he spoke, "Because of Xie Changqing, we lost a hall master, six assassin leaders, and thirty pairs of assassins. This hatred and grudge..."
"enough."
Xu Chong interrupted Zheng Wu and frowned, "You speak so eloquently, I will think you are treating me like a fool."
“…”
Zheng Wu choked immediately and said he didn't dare.
"Let me tell you."
Hua Nongyue smiled charmingly and said, "The Taoist master has issued an order that whoever can kill Xie Changqing will be the new leader of the Yuzhou branch..."
"That makes sense, but I don't understand..."
Xu Chong shook his head and pointed at a few people. "Why did your Taoist master only send a few of you?"
Contempt, naked contempt.
However, Hua Nong Yue didn't care and explained, "Of course there are far more than that, but those people are either dead or have returned in defeat. Among the three of us, one is from Xuezhou and the other two are from neighboring provinces, so we haven't given up yet."
"Haha, Your Excellency, please don't take this matter lightly."
Nan Hongzhi took over the conversation at this time, "It's not that we are not doing anything, but it has been proven that a strong attack is not feasible. We can only think of a way to outsmart it."
"Can't I just attack by force?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows. "The great Taiping Dao can't even manage a provincial government?"
"Your Excellency's words are absurd."
Nan Hongzhi refuted with a cold face, "Even though Taiping Dao can't compare with the imperial court, they can still produce a few people in the Nascent Soul Realm... If it weren't for the Dao Master's order that Zhong Dao couldn't take action, how could we be deadlocked here?"
Zhong Dao can’t take action?
Xu Chong narrowed his eyes and quickly figured out the reason.
That comes down to it.
The imperial court needs Xie Changqing to be alive, and to live in a high-profile manner, in order to demonstrate its own strength.
The Taiping Dao wanted to kill Xie Changqing in order to demonstrate its own strength.
In this case, we can't just consider the matter of "killing Xie Changqing", but also consider what means to use to kill Xie Changqing.
If we send out the best experts just for Xie Changqing, would that be considered powerful?
Not only is it not powerful, it is also very weak.
Therefore, the Taiping Dao released attractive benefits on the one hand, and restricted the participation of the various Dao realms on the other.
After figuring this out, Xu Chong stopped worrying about it and asked, "After all this time, have you found a solution?"
"Well……"
Zheng Wu touched his nose awkwardly and said, "It's just a direction."
"Really?"
Xu Chong was greatly encouraged, "Tell me in detail."
"yes."
Zheng Wu nodded and began to narrate: "The Provincial Administration Office is located in the north of the city..."
A stick of incense passed.
Zheng Wu first introduced the area of the Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office, the layout and structure of the buildings.
What followed was a careful deployment of defenses and ambushes hidden in the dark.
Xu Chong frowned as he heard this.
After saying so much, the final result can be summed up in two words - no hope.
"With the loss of so many people before, we are sure that the only way to kill Xie Changqing is to wait for him to come out from there."
Nan Hongzhi's eyes were gloomy, and she continued, "However, when Xie Changqing travels, there is no pattern to follow, whether it is the time or the place, so it is impossible to make arrangements in advance."
"So, there is still no solution?"
Xu Chong frowned, "Then why are you guys discussing this together? You might as well do something else with your time."
“…”
Hua Nong Yue's eyes flashed and became a little aggrieved.
How could this official rebuke a group of Taiping Dao rebels so naturally?
"Is such that."
Zheng Wu didn't take it seriously and explained, "Something happened four days ago. We were discussing whether it was possible to break through here."
"Um."
Nan Hongzhi nodded slowly, "Four days ago, Xie Changqing went to Shuangsheng Mountain, sixty miles south of the city, for an outing. He returned at 3:30 pm and stopped when passing by Nanshi... He stayed for a full 25 minutes."
"Pretending to be high-profile, isn't this what the court wants him to do?"
Xu Chong was puzzled, "What's the problem?"
"Your Excellency does not know."
Hua Nongyue shook her head. "In the past few months, Xie Changqing has passed by South City more than once, but only this time did he stop."
“Is there anything different about Nanshi this time?”
Xu Chong grasped the key point.
"Your Excellency is indeed perceptive."
Zheng Wu smiled and said, "The only difference between the Nanshi four days ago and the usual one was that there was an extra zither player from the subordinate prefecture city... It just so happened that this zither player was playing when Xie Changqing stopped by."
"Musician..."
Xu Chong hesitated for a moment, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Xie Changqing, you are a great pianist?"
"It's impossible to be sure, this is just our guess."
Nan Hongzhi shook her head. "Xie Changqing is too low-key. If he wasn't a member of the Xie family, no one would even notice him. Even the main sect knows very little about him."
"However, we intend to start with this matter and give it a try."
After saying this, Hua Nong Yue smiled and clapped her hands: "Bring me my zither, I will play a tune for you, my Excellency."
"yes."
Sun Yourong bowed and walked aside.
Not long after, he brought a lyre from the corner and gave it to Hua Nong Yue.
Hua Nong Yue stood up and walked towards the hall, then sat down cross-legged.
The zither is placed horizontally on the knee, and the ten fingers move slightly.
The sound of the piano rose slowly and spread everywhere.
The low part is long and the high part is exciting...
Well, Xu Chong could only think of this description, because he couldn't tell whether the music was played well or not.
There is no way. In terms of culture, this world is still quite different from my previous life.
The other three, including Sun Yourong, either looked intoxicated, or reminiscing sadly, or nodded continuously.
Does it sound so good?
Xu Chong had no choice but to nod his head repeatedly.
After one stick of incense, the song ends.
"good!"
Xu Chong clapped his hands first, "This song should only exist in heaven, how many times can it be heard in the world?"
Swish!
As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Nong Yue suddenly looked up and stared at Xu Chong with a look of shock.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Chong touched his nose.
"This poem...was written by you?"
Hua Nong Yue asked with a giggle.
"Uh, I heard it, I heard it."
Xu Chong waved his hands to cover it up.
Just now, he blurted out this sentence completely out of instinct in order to cover up the fact that he is a bumpkin who doesn't understand music... He really doesn't want to be a plagiarist.
"impossible."
Hua Nong Yue rejected it without even thinking about it.
"Why is it impossible?"
Xu Chong was a little curious.
"Your Excellency does not know."
Hua Nongyue shook her head. "The Taiping Dao cannot borrow the sincerity and integrity of the imperial examination like the people of Daqing, so they find another way to obtain the effect of sincerity and integrity in disguise by using the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs. Especially the children of the six major families, they have to choose a skill since childhood... I chose the music and poetry."
"But there are so many poems in this world, there must be some you don't know, right?"
Xu Chong spread his hands and responded casually.
"It's true that there are things I don't know, but it definitely shouldn't be such a perfect sentence!"
Hua Nong Yue said this with great certainty, and then relaxed a little: "If you say you heard it from someone, then may I ask what the title of the poem is?"
"Gift to the Flower Lord... Ugh."
Xu Chong blurted out.
However, as soon as he said this, he knew it was bad.
really.
Hua Nong Yue bit her teeth lightly, and two red clouds instantly appeared on her cheeks.
Her big watery eyes seemed to be able to speak: You still say this poem was not written by you?
Xu Chong wanted to cry but had no tears...Sister, this flower is not that flower!
"Hehe, I'm afraid you have admired Master Hua for a long time, right?"
The old woman Nan Hongzhi smiled mischievously, looking so vulgar no matter how you looked at her.
Hua Nong Yue was a little embarrassed and annoyed, but she not only did not refute, but also stared at Xu Chong, her eyes full of curiosity.
Xu Chong's scalp tingled from being stared at.
This elder sister, is she a little bit eager to get married?
"To be honest with you, Master Hua is a direct descendant of the Hua family and is also the head of a province. I'm afraid the court can't tolerate her."
Zheng Wu sighed and then changed the subject: "However, we in the Taiping Dao have always been open-minded and willing to accept all righteous people."
Wow, are you starting to poach people now?
Xu Chong was speechless, and simply said sinisterly: "My inner demon... seems to be unable to be suppressed."
Even though they could tell it was a lie, everyone felt a chill down their spines and stopped talking immediately.
Xu Chong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hurry up and get down to business."
Hearing this, everyone looked serious.
After all, they are martial artists and they all know what is important and what is not.
"Is such that."
Hua Nongyue returned to her seat and said slowly, "Seven days later, the peach forest outside the city will be in full bloom, and Shuanghua City's annual peach blossom festival will be held there. By then, I plan to sneak in as a zither player. If Xie Changqing also participates, as long as he gets within three feet of me, I will have a chance to kill him."
"Peach Blossom Festival?"
Xu Chong frowned, and after a moment he knocked on the armrest and said, "I have two questions. You should know about Xie Changqing's Taoist artifact... First, if you have hostility, the Taoist artifact will detect it. How can you avoid this?"
"I'm going to blindfold you on this one. Completely blindfold you."
Hua Nongyue blinked teasingly, and then said seriously, "As long as I can't see Xie Changqing, I won't have the intention to kill him. Plus, the soothing sound of the piano can even eliminate the hostility... Old Zheng has a secret martial art that enhances vision. You can stay at a distance and observe. Once you are sure that Xie Changqing is approaching, you can notify me with magic soldiers, and then I will take action."
"Hmm, that seems to work."
Xu Chong nodded, "Then the second question is, are you sure you can break through the Dao weapon-level defense capability?"
As soon as the words fell, everyone's face changed color.
Zheng Wu even stood up directly: "Protective ability?! That Taoist weapon has protective ability?!"
"You don't know this?"
Xu Chong frowned.
"really do not know."
Nan Hongzhi shook her head in frustration: "Those people before would be surrounded and attacked by fully armed soldiers if they got a little closer. They had no chance to find out this."
"you……"
Hua Nongyue bit her lip and said, "You saved my life."
"Don't."
Xu Chong waved his hands quickly, "I don't know if Xie Changqing will go yet."
"It seems that we have to make new plans."
Zheng Wu sighed.
Several people were a little depressed.
Xu Chong's mouth corners slowly curled up:
"I have an idea. You might as well listen to it."
