For some unknown reason, there has been no movement since Cao Yanqing and his two men fell into the secret passage.
The ghost mother stepped forward to watch and listened carefully to everything in the tunnel, but she seemed unusually quiet. This forced her to be on guard. To ensure the period, the ghost mother actually pushed Lu Hen next to her.
So even if Lu Heng felt 10,000 unhappy, what could he do?
Lu Heng stood up and looked around, only to see darkness. In order to find a way out, Lu Heng took out a fire seal from his arms.
He twisted the cap off with his mouth.
"puff--"
Blow hard, and the sparks of fire soon illuminate the entire tunnel.
The surrounding stone walls were actually carved with hammers. Obviously, Cao Yanqing implemented this plan very early. I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
"Holy Mother! They are not here, you can come down now!" Lu Heng secretly raised the fire folder to carefully check the surrounding secret passages with no human contact, and shouted to the ghost mother at the entrance of the secret passage above.
Through the dim light, the ghost mother could clearly see that the walls of the tunnel were empty. She suddenly felt that there must be something going on in this secret passage, so she jumped down to meet it. The two of them followed the secret passage and finally found a relatively open stone house.
What I saw was that the room was filled with rare treasures and several sealed wooden boxes. Yes, these sealed wooden boxes were the same boxes that disappeared that night.
"Cao Yanqing! Cao Yanqing! I didn't expect you were hiding so much!" The ghost mother grabbed a string of pearls and jade in front of her. Under the light of the fire, it shone brightly and gave off a colorful scene.
On the other side, Cao Yanqing was chased into the woods by the man in black cloak.
At this time, Cao Yanqing looked a little embarrassed. It can be imagined that the two of them had just experienced an extremely bad battle.
Looking at the deep claw marks left on the tree, Cao Yanqing was daunted and couldn't help but tremble! However, the man in black cloak didn't want to give him any room to breathe.
He flew forward, locked his wrists and arms, and threw him backwards with all his strength, hitting a tree hard.
The few leaves on the treetop were also knocked down, and slowly fell on Cao Yanqing's shoulders.
This was the first time in his life that Cao Yanqing had seen such an evil martial arts, but looking at the method of this stance, it was somewhat similar to the method of the Ghost Mother's martial arts.
"Boy! Who are you! Why have we never seen this kind of martial arts before?" Cao Yanqing staggered to his feet, smoothed the white hair hanging down from his forehead, took off the leaf on his shoulder, and looked at the mysterious man in front of him. Back view.
The man in black cloak did not rush to answer, but slowly turned around under Cao Yanqing's gaze, and a face as red as blood was revealed in front of him. I saw this man slowly walking towards Cao Yanqing.
Cao Yanqing felt that his martial arts was not good enough. Obviously the person in front of him was better than him in martial arts, and he did not want to sit back and wait for death. Seize the opportunity to take action first. Using all his strength, he volleyed towards the man in black cloak in front of him.
The man in black cloak saw the situation, but he was as steady as a rock. It seemed that every move made by Cao Yanqing was expected by him, and he dodged it easily.
"Who is this kid! Why can't our martial arts hurt him?" Cao Yanqing was obviously shocked by this sudden blow. He was about to leave in a flash, but how could the person in front of him let him escape so easily.
Cao Yanqing jumped up and felt a sharp pain in his ankle. Immediately afterwards, the whole body was pulled down by the strong force. Cao Yanqing fought back, but the man in black cloak locked his wrists and grabbed him. He turned his hand outward and pulled it outward with the force of his hand.
"ah--"
Blood spattered, and Cao Yanqing's hands were forcefully pulled off by the man in a black cloak.
Cao Yanqing turned around and wanted to run away. The man in black cloak covered his head with one hand. His long nails dug deeply into Cao Yanqing's skull, and blood immediately seeped out from Cao Yanqing's hair.
"I said! No matter how you hurt me, I will make you pay back double the amount! Today is the time for you to pay me back!" The man in the black cloak took off the blood-red mask with one hand, and Cao Yanqing immediately made Cao Yanqing Eyes wide open.
"It's - it's you!" Cao Yanqing's eyes widened, looking at the person in front of him who had been humiliated before. He never imagined that one day he would die at the hands of this inconspicuous boy.
"You should rest in peace! Before you die, I will let you taste the power of this "Bloodthirsty Magic"!" The man in the black cloak pressed hard, and Cao Yanqing's body softened and he knelt on his knees. . At the same time, the clothes on his body suddenly exploded and flew around.
"You are actually -" Before Cao Yanqing could finish his words, he fell back with a trace of unwillingness.
Seeing this, the man in black cloak continued to put on the mask, glanced in the direction of the two ghost mothers behind him, and then ducked away.
When the two ghost mothers heard the sound, they saw blood splattered everywhere on the ground, and two broken arms appeared in front of their eyes. And lying not far from the woods was a corpse, that of Cao Yanqing. With his eyes wide open, he seemed to be unwilling to rest in peace. This made one of the two people present stunned.
"What a boy! You're more ruthless than me! It seems I was right about you." The ghost mother didn't say anything, but she knew it better than anyone else.
"Holy Mother! Who on earth - who has such terrifying martial arts skills, would kill him?" Lu Hen looked at the ghost mother next to him with lingering fear.
"Go back and tell your master that this thief colluded with the Japanese to cause trouble, and you took the lead in cutting off his arms. You lost one of your own, but luckily you survived. As for the ten missing boxes - —" The ghost mother said, looking at Lu Hen beside her.
"Those ten boxes have been moved by the Japanese and disappeared without a trace!" Lu Heng continued after the ghost mother's words.
"That's right! Just tell your master like this. He will definitely not doubt you. Not only that, he will also reward you. Remember it!" The ghost mother said thoughtfully, stroking her hair with one hand.
"The little one must follow the Holy Mother's words and report to the master!"
"Very good!" The ghost mother turned to look at Lu Heng and continued: "Except for those ten boxes, I will leave the rest to you to report to your master!"
"I obey, little one!"
Inside the palace, the royal garden.
The man had a black crown on his head and wore a purple-black robe. Holding scissors, he was repairing the flower tree in front of him.
"Master! He's back!" A father-in-law stepped forward and stood beside him and said to him.
"Huh?" The man stopped what he was doing, was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Oh! Let him wait in the imperial study room first, and we will go when we are done!"
"My slave obeys the order!" The father-in-law bowed his body and retreated.
Lu Heng, who was kneeling at the foot of the steps, looked around, but still didn't see his master coming. But he never thought that his every move would be clearly seen by his master.
Soon, a figure walked in from behind the curtain.
"Master!" When Lu Heng saw that his master was coming, he immediately put his head on the ground, not daring to raise it even a little bit.
The man's eyes seemed suspicious, looking down at Lu Heng who was kneeling on the ground without daring to raise his head. He didn't even look at the road under his feet as he strolled forward. With a suspicious tone, he asked him: "Lu Humph! How are you doing with the things we told you?"
"Return to the master! The subordinates discovered his secret hideout. Cao Yanqing actually colluded with the Japanese bandits behind the master's back and caused trouble, and was killed by the subordinates!" As he spoke, he couldn't help but touch his lost arm, and continued: " It's a pity that those ten boxes had been secretly moved by the Japanese bandits, and my subordinates only found the jewelry that had not been transported away in time!"
The man squatted down with a little regret, patted Lu Heng who had lost his arm, and exhaled, saying: "I didn't expect it! This bastard! He and these Japanese bastards secretly attacked the foundation of our Ming Dynasty without telling me! We have to pull it out!" You can't get rid of him! Let these gangsters in the world take a good look at what happens to those who betray us!"
"We are really blind! We actually regard him as our confidant! This unsatisfactory dog slave!" He stood up, kicked the chair next to him, pointed outside, and said to Lu Heng: "Go! Get his skin off I got it, pretended to be a straw man, and hung it outside the palace gate so that all the ministers could have a good look at it!"
At this time, Lu Heng was so frightened by his master's thunderous roar that he dared not breathe, and his whole body was shaking non-stop.
"Did you hear what we said?" Seeing that Lu Heng didn't answer for a long time, the man turned around and took a closer look, only to see that Lu Heng's legs were already weak and his whole body was shaking. The master immediately noticed something strange, looked at Lu Heng with a cold light, and said with a half-smile, "We just asked you to scratch his skin, and then we scared you like this?"
"Slave - this slave is just in severe pain, so I can't stop shaking." Lu Heng was almost frightened by his own lies.
Seeing Lu Heng like this, the master felt relieved and called the imperial doctor to treat him. Without saying anything more, he let him retreat. He also called a guard and told him: "Go to the border quickly. When Chuan Longzhan returns to the capital, tell him that we have something to discuss with him."
"I obey!" The guard stood up and rushed out of the door.
The master was pacing back and forth, thinking carefully about what Lu Heng said just now, but for some reason, he suddenly stopped in place. His face was solemn, his eyes were cold, and his cheeks were bulging. He looked at the place where Lu Heng was kneeling just now. After carefully recalling Lu Heng's performance just now, murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"哐——!" Xiang saw the tea cup on the table, and in a rage, he smashed it to pieces and said angrily: "Corrupt officials! There are definitely corrupt officials here!"
"Somebody come!"
"Master, what are your orders?" A guard came forward and knelt down.
"Call Yang Fan!"
"yes!"
Within a moment, a figure came quickly.
The person who came was a young man in his early twenties. His face seemed gentle, but there was a fierceness between his eyebrows.
"Your Majesty, Yang Fan, pays homage to the Master!" Yang Fan knelt in front of him, raised his head and looked at the Master in front of him, and said, "I wonder what the Master is asking Wei Chen to come here for?"
"It seems that this Lu Heng can no longer be used! You keep an eye on him for us, but keep an eye on him for us. Before he loses his function, we hope you can get some useful clues from him! "Looking at Yang Fan in front of him, he emphasized: "Look at how many eyeliners there are in this palace, and pull them out! We don't want any factors that are not conducive to us to exist! Do you understand?"
"Weichen understands!" Yang Fan looked at his master and said firmly: "Please rest assured, Master! Weichen will definitely make good use of this bait and catch all those shrimps, soldiers and crabs in one go!"
"Well! When you succeed, we will definitely reward you well!"
"Thank you, Master! I will definitely live up to my trust!"
"Go!"
"Wei Chen resigns!"
Looking at Yang Fan leaving, the master's lips slightly raised with a satisfied smile.
[Questions: 1. Who could Cao Yanqing see before he dies?
2. Why didn’t the ghost mother let Lu Heng take away the ten boxes? But let him bring back the jewelry? What's the purpose? 】
