Speaking of which, it was Tang Zhao's impromptu idea to let Wei Se come up from the mountain and cooperate with Tang Zhao.
The cause was a report from Hazardous Color.
Around midnight, Tang Zhao had just finished setting up the fire-leaving mechanism, and before the fire started burning, Tang Zhao received news from Danger, saying that he had finished his work at the foot of the mountain and was now away, and asked if he wanted to come up and help?
Tang Zhao originally wanted to refuse. After all, Wei Se could easily face the enemy at the foot of the mountain. However, there were still old swordsmen on the mountain, so Wei Se might not have the strength to participate. Going up the mountain rashly would add danger.
But at that time, he suddenly had a thought and felt that it might not be a bad idea to come up.
Wei Se doesn't need to take action, but with his elusive disguise ability, Tang Zhao can let Wei Se leave an alibi for himself when Tang Zhao takes action.
In fact, in ordinary martial arts fighting, there is no need to play the alibi game. Win is win, lose is lose. Losers always shut up and winners say whatever they say.
But here there is one thing that still needs to be considered.
Just kill the old village owner.
Tang Zhao hid his identity, so he would kill Meng Tiansheng, but he would think twice if the Black Widow was implicated. If Black Widow wants to secure her position as the owner of the village, which is already lacking in popularity, it is better not to bear the blame of "treason and usurpation".
In the same way, Tang Zhao could go on a killing spree in the villa and play "real stealth", but leaving a mess to Black Widow would be unethical.
Therefore, Tang Zhao decided to cut through the mess quickly with a relatively small cost. For this he needs Wei Se's help.
At this time, the up and down ropeway has stopped, and it is troublesome to go up the mountain silently. It is easy for Tang Zhao to use the sword beam to bring the dangerous color up, but it is too eye-catching. The same goes for sword control.
Tang Zhao thought of several ways, and finally picked the simplest one - let the owl bring up the dangerous color.
This method is very strange. With the power of an owl, it is definitely not able to carry people flying. However, Ping Jiangqiu's improved canned sword technique can carry people, so the owl just transports a canister up. How can he stop the birds in the sky with his cliffs?
When Tang Zhao's flame mechanism was triggered, the cry of night owls was heard in the sky, which was a sign of danger.
It was a tense moment in the other courtyard at that time. Tang Zhao was dealing with the people of the Five Poison Society. The dangerous color did not land in the other courtyard, but directly outside. At that time, Tang Zhao asked him to hide first and then find an opportunity to replace each other.
As for how to hide it, it's up to Wei Se to improvise. He was good at hiding and dormant, and he was at home in the crisis-ridden Jingzhe Villa.
When Meng Huazhou and Tang Zhao walked through the woods to find the old village owner, they happened to meet Protector Wu who was knocked down by Danger. At that time, Tang Zhao guessed that it was Wei Se who had done this, so he thought about finding an opportunity to exchange identities. But he didn't expect Wei Se to be so courageous. Not only did he easily take down a protector, but he also pretended to be a disciple who had been instructed by the protector to find someone and returned to the scene in person.
That's right, the disciple who was attracted by the fire and testified that the protector was fake was actually Wei Se in disguise. He may not have pretended to be a Dharma Protector at all, but only pretended to be a disciple and gave false evidence at the same time to direct everyone's attention to the fake Dharma Protector.
If Tang Zhao hadn't noticed the pair of Tongren, which was a slightly lighter color, he wouldn't have recognized that the disciple was in danger.
After successfully connecting with Wei Se, Tang Zhao changed identities with Wei Se in the forest. It should be said that only Wei Se took on Tang Zhao's appearance, but Tang Zhao didn't pretend to be a disguise. He randomly found a piece of cloth and covered his face to show respect for hiding his identity and went directly to Meng Tiansheng's room.
When he arrived at Meng Tiansheng's place, Tang Zhao was not polite and directly drew his sword. Although Meng Tiansheng was a swordsman and already in his twilight years, Tang Zhao came very unexpectedly and did not sign up. He was not allowed to use his other trump cards and directly controlled him.
Tang Zhao could have ended the matter with one sword, but at this time Meng Huazhou had already arrived outside the wall, and Meng Tiansheng begged, wanting to see his son one last time. Tang Zhao finally agreed. Only then did Meng Tiansheng have the opportunity to bring Meng Huazhou in for some final instructions.
When father and son said their final goodbyes, Tang Zhao was watching.
Because Tang Zhao was masked, Meng Tiansheng never imagined that the Black Widow he asked Meng Huazhou to kill was actually an ally of the person who restrained him. Perhaps he looked down on the Black Widow and felt that she was not worthy of such a teammate, so he had no scruples. Both Tang Zhao and Meng Huazhou heard the last words clearly.
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It seemed that killing him was the right thing to do.
But in the end, Meng Tiansheng was not killed by Tang Zhao, but by another uninvited guest. Tang Zhao was also surprised.
"Did Yue Lai kill him?" Wei Se asked.
Tang Zhao said: "Who is he?"
The sudden arrival of the man surprised not only Meng Huazhou but also Tang Zhao. However, unlike Meng Huazhou who rushed out and couldn't find anyone, Tang Zhao immediately spotted Yue Lai.
He recognized it from his martial arts skills.
Tang Zhao had seen that murderous sword once, it was the sword that Yue Lai used to sneak attack Protector Mi in another courtyard.
Tang Zhao felt that the sword was very powerful at that time. He could only say that the skill on the sword was "amazing". It was a sword move specially designed for sneak attacks, like a startling glance or a dragon wagging its tail.
Even Tang Zhao himself became a swordsman too quickly, and there were no such pure and superb tricks in his ordinary sword moves.
And the sword that killed Meng Tiansheng was stronger than the sword that killed Protector Mi.
Seeing this moment, Tang Zhao was shocked to realize that he still underestimated Yue Lai. The sudden thrust of the sword made Tang Zhao feel that if he did not have sword skills to protect himself, he would really be attacked by a sneak attack.
Although this Yue Lai was young, he was probably the most powerful swordsman Tang Zhao had ever seen, that is, a "swordsman" in the traditional sense besides abandoning the concept of "sword".
What is the origin of such a character?
Why did they kill Protector Mi and Meng Tiansheng along the way?
You can't really take revenge for Cha Feiyan, right?
After he achieved his goal, why didn't he leave, stay in the crowd without changing his identity, and still accept Meng Huazhou's invitation?
Could it be that he wanted to shovel Meng Huazhou down as well?
It was a coincidence that Meng Huazhou also wanted to kill him.
Although Meng Huazhou did not see through his identity as quickly as Tang Zhao did, after he calmed down, he checked his confession with several other people present. Everyone gave different testimonies, except for Yue Lai, no one remembered whether he was present.
Although he is indeed inconspicuous and no one can confirm that he left midway, he can also be identified by elimination.
This shows the benefit of Tang Zhao preparing a substitute. In fact, Wei Se didn't do anything. He just stood outside and appeared in everyone's sight, which already eliminated Tang Zhao's suspicion.
So now the most intense hunting battlefield is prepared for Meng Huazhou and Yue Lai.
Tang Zhao said sternly to Wei Se, "You go ahead. Go to Meng Tiansheng's room and have a look. If there's anything I'm not thoughtful about, I'll trouble you. This -" He took out a mirror, but it was a sword skill. "Beam" magic weapon, "guaranteeing that you can come and go without any hindrance."
Wei Se nodded. He didn't say much. Nodding meant "Wrap it around me."
Tang Zhao suddenly smiled and said: "There may be a difficult matter in the room that requires you to make a decision. No matter what you decide, I have no objection."
Wei Se felt slightly strange. Tang Zhao held his shoulders and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Wei Se. Let's get here first. I'll go on the rest of the way first."
Before Wei Se could react, Tang Zhao let go of his hand, stepped out of the illusion, and disappeared from Wei Se's eyes.
Wei Se was startled, always feeling strange. Tang Zhao was not a mystical person. Even though Wei Se had been with him for a long time, he had not yet developed the skill of "guessing one's mind."
At this time, he just followed Tang Zhao's instructions and waited in the illusion for a while, then changed his makeup, put away the illusion, easily replaced a disciple of the villa, and sneaked up the cliff.
The illusion can block light. If used well, it is no less than an invisibility charm. It only occasionally reveals flaws in the twisted optical fiber. Wei Se was a meticulous and cautious person, and no one noticed him all the way to Ting Lei Courtyard.
The Tinglei Courtyard was already empty. Meng Huazhou specially ordered that no one be allowed to approach the locked room. The disciples were worried about the death of two guardians and were busy, so naturally they followed the instructions not to touch the old manor owner's yard. Besides, no one dared to provoke the old village owner casually.
Wei Se approached Thunder Court and easily passed through the window paper with a beam of light and entered the room.
The room was indeed messy. Tang Zhao only confirmed Meng Tiansheng's death and did not arrange the old man's remains. The state of Meng Tiansheng's death was exactly the same as the state when he was stabbed by Yue Lai. His eyes were wide open and he could not rest in peace.
Of course, what Tang Zhao meant by "cleaning up" didn't mean asking Wei Se to close the old man's eyes, bury him, change his shroud, etc., but meant to clear away the traces related to Tang Zhao. Wei Se was good at this. Back then, some of his customers had special requests, such as pretending to be a natural death, or framing a competitor. The cleanup time was longer than the killing time. He was also very comfortable with this kind of task.
However, after entering the room, Wei Se took one look and suddenly froze.
For a moment, he seemed to understand the meaning of Tang Zhao's last words.
On the table, there was a sword stuck alone. The blade of the sword was dark, as if covered with a layer of rust.
Jingzhe Sword!
It is the sword that determines the fate of Jingzhe Villa that the five underworld leaders fight to snatch.
Tang Zhao did not take the sword away in the end, but stayed at the scene.
Then he said to himself before leaving: "There is a difficult matter that requires you to make a decision. No matter how you decide, I have no objection."
Could he mean...
After rolling over Tang Zhao's last words in his heart several times, he tasted the strong meaning of "separation" in them. Wei Se paused for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand to hold the sword.
A sense of joy emanating from his soul almost destroyed the city he had held for many years.
ever--
The three-foot sword was unsheathed, and the rusty blade suddenly glowed with luster.
It's such a... match!
