Chapter 115: Dao Weapon! Targeted Sniper Kill!
"what idea?"
Everyone was curious.
"I guess even if Xie Changqing attends the Peach Blossom Festival, he will surround the entire peach forest with a huge force."
Xu Chong spoke eloquently, "If you kill someone in the peach forest, no matter whether you can kill him or not, it will be difficult for the person who did it to break through the encirclement... So, I suggest that you do it outside the peach forest."
"Outside the peach forest?"
Zheng Wu was a little depressed. "I still don't know. How can we attack from such a long distance..."
"I have."
Xu Chong said calmly.
"This...what realm is your Excellency in?"
Zheng Wu asked curiously.
"Nine levels of body washing."
Xu Chong replied, "The Heart Demon can make me burst out twice the strength of the ninth level of Body Cleansing. Although it is not as good as the Seeding Dao, it is not far behind."
The ninth level of Body Cleansing, twice the strength of the ninth level of Body Cleansing? !
Everyone's heart sank.
After a moment, Nan Hongzhi shook her head and said, "Your Excellency is indeed very strong, but you are even less able to get close to us than we are. And if we get close to you, there should be no guarantee that you can penetrate the Taoist weapon's protection, right?"
"Indeed, I can't."
Xu Chong spoke slowly, "But, if I had a Dao-level hidden weapon in my hand, I would be 100% sure."
After going around in circles for a long time, I didn't expect that this was the only solution left.
In fact, if the use of the chief guard's Taoist weapons had not to be recorded, he would not have had to go to Taiping Dao at all.
"hidden weapon?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Nan Hongzhi pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Dao weapons are rare, and Dao weapon-level hidden weapons are even rarer. It's impossible to get them in a short time."
"No, I believe you can do it."
Xu Chong smiled and said, "Three of the six major families combined can't find a Taoist weapon?"
Zheng Wu looked struggling.
Others may not be able to get such things, but he knows clearly that there is an elder in the Zheng family who holds a Taoist-level hidden weapon.
But the problem is, how could people be willing to lend out such things so easily?
"Think about it, as long as I kill Xie Changqing, you can take over Yuzhou."
Xu Chong continued to persuade him, "Is a whole province not as good as a Taoist weapon?"
At the beginning, he really didn't hold much hope, and it was more of a test. Now... Zheng Wu's expression was too obvious.
After a while, Zheng Wu raised his head suddenly, "I can get this hidden weapon, but I need to make sure that you can kill Xie Changqing."
“How can we ensure this?”
Xu Chong frowned.
"Please show us your hidden weapon skills, sir."
Zheng Wu clasped his fists and said, "After all, the price was too high. If I can't ensure..."
"Is that so...Okay."
Xu Chong pondered for a moment and raised his hand.
A string was caught between his fingers.
Before everyone could react, Xu Chong snapped his fingers and the strings disappeared again.
"I only used the power of one hundred acupoints."
Xu Chong said calmly, and then pointed in the direction they came from: "You can go and take a look."
Zheng Wu and the other two floated away.
Sun Yourong stayed where she was, looking at Xu Chong with a dazed look in her eyes.
After a while, the three returned, all with shocked expressions.
By this time, they no longer doubted Xu Chong's methods.
Silently, the more than twenty-inch-long string sank into the exit stairs a hundred feet away, leaving less than half an inch outside.
Even this half inch was probably left so that they could find it.
"Five days."
Zheng Wu clasped his fists and said, "Please stay here for five days. After five days, I will present you with the hidden weapon with both hands."
"Go ahead."
Xu Chong waved his hand.
"yes."
Zheng Wu left first.
"In that case, I will come back in five days."
Nan Hongzhi chuckled and floated away.
After a while.
Xu Chong rubbed his brows helplessly, "Why are you still staying here?"
"Can you let me read the whole poem?"
Hua Nong Yue said a little embarrassedly.
“…”
Xu Chong was speechless for a while, but in order to quickly get rid of this older single woman, he recited the entire poem.
Hua Nong Yue then looked satisfied and took Sun Yourong away.
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"The silk pipes in Jincheng are playing day and night, half in the river wind and half in the clouds."
"This song should only exist in heaven, how many times can it be heard in the world?"
In a room somewhere in the underground palace, Hua Nong Yue repeated the poem over and over again. Every time she recited it, a hint of shyness appeared on her face.
"Aunt, there are no rivers in Shuanghua City."
Sun Yourong couldn't help but give a reminder.
"Shuanghua City doesn't have it, but Fengyang City does."
Hua Nongyue glanced at Sun Yourong and said, "This just proves that he had composed this poem a long time ago, but he just gave it to me in person and didn't publicize it... But the question is, who is he?"
"My aunt has so many suitors, isn't there one that matches her?"
Sun Yourong asked, her eyes flickering.
"Well, let me think..."
Hua Nongyue tilted her head and thought, then shook her head after a while: "There really is no one who can match. The only one who has some poetic talent is the governor of the Duan family, but he has died inexplicably... Even if he is not dead, it is impossible for him to reach the ninth level of cleansing so quickly."
"Is that so?"
Sun Yourong's voice sounded a little lost.
"Forget it, let's finish this and ask him in person."
Hua Nong Yue was also straightforward and didn't worry too much.
"What's the use of asking?"
Sun Yourong's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said, "He is an official, and we are bandits, unless you betray the Taiping Dao."
"It's just a poem. Although my aunt is somewhat moved, she is not completely obsessed with it."
Hua Nong Yue waved her hand and said with a smile: "Of course, if this person is really worthy of trust, why would I, Hua Nong Yue, care about this?"
“…”
Sun Yourong was silent for a while.
After talking about some trivial family matters, Hua Nong Yue pushed the door and left.
Sun Yourong opened her bag and took out a stack of documents from a small wooden box - information on the transfer of court officials.
This pile of documents contains information about one person and only one person.
Xu Chong.
And on the top one, there was a line of words written by her herself.
"The suspected murderer who killed Duan Yuanming used the Star-Picking Technique invented by Dou Tianyuan."
Yes.
Ever since Sun Yourong left Canglong County, she has been secretly paying attention to Xu Chong.
After the incident with the cave fragments, she once wanted to take Xu Chong away from Canglong, but Hua Nong Yue reassured her and she finally did not do it.
She was relieved only when Xu Chong later went to work for the Blood-Clothed Guards.
After all, the Blood-Cloth Guard is a special department. When there is no mission, they are extremely safe. Even if there is a mission, they will be relatively the stronger party.
However, not long after, the Jiang Zhihong incident and the Xie Changkong incident broke out one after another, which made her worried and she lost her appetite.
Fortunately, Xu Chong survived safely.
Until the news of Duan Yuanming's death spread, she was one of the people who had been paying attention to Xu Chong from beginning to end, and she quickly identified the murderer as Xu Chong.
Naturally, Wei Wuxie's death was also explained.
Although there was no direct evidence, she instinctively believed that the Wuxiang Clothes and the fragments of the cave heaven were both in the possession of Xu Chong, who was meticulous and good at disguise.
Today...
"That move is also to pick stars, right?"
Sun Yourong murmured.
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End of March.
To the east of Shuanghua City, the peach forest stretching for more than ten miles is in full bloom.
The petals are covered with a light layer of snow, and at first glance, they look like peach blossoms blooming in the cold winter.
This feeling of cold and warm separation is truly intoxicating.
Tens of thousands of people were crowding around, shuttling through the peach forest.
Or they might raise their glasses to invite people to drink, or they might discuss chess, or they might sit together to drink tea, or they might play solo with Hua Zhi.
The event starts in the early morning and lasts till sunset.
Around noon, a huge army came slowly and surrounded the peach forest with great force.
Just as everyone was panicking, a high-end carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of the peach forest.
A middle-aged man walked down with high spirits and a smile on his face.
It was Xie Changqing.
Xie Changqing in casual clothes.
"There is no need to panic. These soldiers are all good men from the Commandery. They are here to protect you and ensure the smooth progress of the event."
Xie Changqing spoke loudly and said with a smile: "I am here to join in the fun. You will not object to my welcome, right?"
"I dare not."
"Your Excellency is too kind."
“…”
No one dared to offend the head of a province, and everyone was full of flattery.
As for whether he cursed in his heart to spoil the fun, it is unknown.
And so the event continued.
After all, Xie Changqing was wearing casual clothes, as were his entourage. In addition, the scene of them getting off the car was only seen by people at the entrance, so it didn't take long for everyone to forget the existence of Taiping Hou.
Overall, the atmosphere of the event was not greatly affected.
Xie Changqing walked and stopped along the way, taking advantage of the fact that few people recognized him and enjoying the event to the fullest.
This is really hard for the accompanying security personnel.
In order not to disturb the Marquis's interest, they had to pretend to be other participants, join in the fun, and pretend to enjoy it so as not to be noticed by others.
Fortunately, Xie Changqing's pace was not fast and he seemed very patient.
Just like that, an hour passed by unknowingly.
"We're almost at the spot you're staring at."
On a small hill three miles away, Zheng Wu and Xu Chong stood side by side, facing the direction of the peach forest.
Xu Chong took off the black satin and stared at a peach tree in the peach forest with murderous eyes.
To ensure that he could kill Xie Changqing, he had to use all his strength. In that case, all his energy would be used up after picking the star. If he got close, he might not be able to escape the subsequent pursuit just by relying on the physical fitness of the ninth level of body cleansing.
Now, with a distance of three miles, it was safe enough, but he could not find Xie Changqing through the dense bushes and the crowd.
Therefore, the only way is to cooperate with Zheng Wu, choose the direction of attack in advance, and wait for Xie Changqing to walk over by himself.
Calculate the lead time and snipe at the target!
"Thirty steps, twenty-nine steps, twenty-eight steps...he stopped."
Zheng Wu began to count down.
Xu Chong concentrated.
"Twenty-seven steps, twenty-six steps, twenty-five steps..."
"Ten steps, and stopped again!"
"After this stop, there will be no more room to stop until you reach your target location. Get ready."
"Nine, eight, seven, six, five, now!"
Xu Chong's eyes narrowed.
Secret weapon - picking stars!
