"Zhou Captou, what do you say?" Han Pingzhi asked.
Zhou Ming looked into the distance. Under the dark night, he could not see his fingers.
"When a flying knifeman suddenly launches a flying knife in such a dark night, even if you are fully prepared, you can't prevent it or avoid it." Zhou Yiming said seriously, his eyes full of coldness.
"Captain Zhou, are you saying that once you encounter a flying knifeman, no matter who he is, you will inevitably die?"
Han Pingzhi was originally confident in implementing the arrest plan, but after hearing Zhou Ming's words, he suddenly became frightened and couldn't help but ask an obvious question.
Zhou Yiming nodded, staring into the distance with his cold eyes, secretly lost in thought: "So, no matter whether you are prepared or not, whether you know about the existence of the Flying Knife Man or not, once you encounter him, the outcome will be the same."
Han Pingzhi sighed: "The matter has come to this, and we have no retreat. Mr. Zhou, you can tell me this secret at the last moment. Han is very grateful. Let's say goodbye. If everything goes well, I'll see you in the Yamen before dawn." ."
Han Pingzhi's indifferent attitude towards life and death at the critical moment made Zhou Ming sigh with emotion: "Master Han, take care."
The two nodded to each other, then turned around and walked in two different directions.
The specific name of the spy that Yi Ming was responsible for arresting was unknown. There was only one called Supreme Taoist. According to Hua Mian Lang's account at the time, this person's identity was mysterious and his whereabouts were even more erratic. His martial arts cultivation was so high that even Hua Mian Lang Even the wolf doesn't know, because this person has never shown his martial arts strength in public, and those opponents who have fought against him have never revealed his strength to the outside world, because those people all died in his hands. , there was no chance to speak at all.
The only piece of information that Hua Mianlang was certain about was that this supreme Taoist was now hiding in Peach Blossom Temple and had been active recently, as if he was planning something big.
Zhou Yiming held the seven-star sword in his hand, his steps were light and silent, and at the same time he was fast. He walked through the streets and alleys, and soon came to a suburb in the north of the city, where the Peach Blossom Temple was located.
In order to avoid alerting others, Zhou Yiming quietly jumped onto a tree, hid in the darkness, and quietly observed the situation around Peach Blossom Temple.
The surrounding area of Peach Blossom Temple is deserted and empty. There are only a few scattered houses in the northwest corner of the Taoist Temple, which is far away from the Taoist Temple.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yiming breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was that the Supreme Taoist could not defeat him, and in the end he would jump over the wall and hurt the surrounding residents.
Those scattered families are so far away from the Taoist temple, so I believe they will not be implicated.
Zhou Ming tiptoed and climbed to the top of the tree to observe the situation inside the Taoist temple.
Taohua Temple is a very large Taoist temple. There are seventy or eighty houses in the Taoist temple, and three or four of them are still lit at this time. I don’t know if someone is really not asleep, or if the supreme Taoist is trying to scare the uninvited guests. A deliberate ploy.
After observing the terrain, Zhou Yiming frowned unconsciously because he discovered a very difficult problem. Not only were there many houses in the Taohua Temple, they were lined up one after another, but the walls were also very high. The entire Taoist temple only had one front door. .
This posed a big problem for Zhou Ming. First of all, it was impossible for him to enter through the main entrance. The Taoist temple wall was so high that it was difficult to jump up. During the process of jumping up, no sound was made. , that would be even more difficult.
And after entering the Taoist temple, it is not easy to find traces of the Supreme Taoist. After all, there are so many houses. If you search one by one, you will not be able to find them all at dawn. What's more, if the Supreme Taoist in the middle is aware of it, he quietly The oil on the soles of the feet ran away silently, and Zhou Mingke's previous efforts were in vain.
In addition, Zhou Yiming also discovered a small strangeness, that is, the earth color of the open space around Peach Blossom View was a bit different, as if it had just been turned over.
"Is there a trap?" Zhou Ming muttered secretly.
At this time, a gust of wind blew, and the dark clouds in the sky were blown away, and the moon, which had been hidden behind the dark clouds, was revealed. The silver-white moonlight shined directly on the ground, instantly brightening like daylight. Everything that had been hidden in the darkness just now was invisible. .
Zhou Yiming was shocked. The moonlight came at the wrong time. He was at the top of the tree. If someone in the Taoist temple saw him, it would be even harder to catch the supreme Taoist than to reach the sky.
Zhou Yiming did not dare to hesitate and quickly got down from the top of the tree. In order not to make any sound, he even bit the Seven-Star Knife in his mouth.
After descending to the ground, Zhou Yiming hurriedly squatted behind the tree, and then carefully observed it from front to back, left and right, and found that there was nothing unusual. Then he looked at Peach Blossom Temple again, and there was no movement inside.
He looked up at the moon above his head. It was extremely beautiful at this time. A gap opened in the middle of the large dark clouds, allowing the moon to be fully exposed.
"This moon comes at the wrong time." Zhou Ming thought to himself.
At this time, the entire sky and earth were as bright as day. If Zhou Yiming rashly approached the Taoist temple, unexpected dangers might arise, so he could only endure and wait for the moonlight to disappear before implementing his arrest plan.
Zhou Yiming leaned against the tree, picked up the seven-star sword, and looked at the various treasures on the scabbard. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
Suddenly he thought of a thorny problem. Peach Blossom Temple is so big, with almost hundreds of houses inside. A Taoist temple of this size must have many people inside, not counting the pilgrims and lay people inside, but also the Taoist priests in the temple. Why? There must be sixty or seventy.
In the process of capturing the Supreme Taoist later, once a fight breaks out with him, the people around him will definitely not be harmed or implicated, but what about those Taoist priests and pilgrims?
If he bloodbathed Taohuaguan in order to catch a Beiguo spy, let alone whether such a sacrifice was worth it. Even if the court did not blame him for this incident afterwards, Yiming would still feel guilty in his conscience. After all, if he was rewarded for his meritorious service, he would I feel that I have paid for it with someone else's life, and I won't be happy at all when the time comes.
While Zhou Yiming was thinking about how to save the lives of people in the Taoist temple and successfully capture the supreme Taoist, a small black spot suddenly appeared on the northeast corner of the Taoist temple.
This small black spot moved quickly in the moonlight and soon became larger and larger.
Zhou Yiming put away the seven-star sword, moved his body slowly, hid behind the tree, and looked carefully at the black spot.
At first, because the black spot was too small, he couldn't see clearly what it was. When the black spot got bigger and bigger and gradually approached the Taoist temple, Zhou Yiming finally saw clearly that the black spot turned out to be a person.
This man was dressed in black. He was agile and moved quickly. He looked a little panicked in the moonlight. Every time he took a few steps, he would look behind him. His cautious look made Zhou Ming conclude that this was definitely nothing. Good people.
The man in black was carrying something on his shoulder, wrapped in precious silk. It was unclear what it was.
The man in black carried the things and quickly came to the wall of Peach Blossom Temple. He stopped and carefully observed the movement in every direction. When he looked towards Yi Ming, he hesitated for a moment, as if he was not sure what was behind the tree. Is there someone hiding?
Zhou Yiming hid behind the tree and secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he was well hidden, otherwise he would be easily discovered.
However, he still subconsciously held his hand on the handle of the knife because he was not sure whether the man in black would come to the tree to check what was going on.
The man in black didn't stop for much. After confirming that there was no movement around him, he jumped directly onto the courtyard wall. The whole movement was done in one go, and he looked extremely relaxed even when he was carrying an object.
All this was seen by Zhou Ming.
"With such powerful Qinggong, it seems that this person is definitely not an ordinary person - could he be the Supreme Taoist? Then what is that thing he is carrying?"
Zhou Ming felt confused for a while.
The man in black stood on the wall, turned around and took a closer look, then jumped into the courtyard and disappeared.
Zhou Yiming immediately wanted to rush out and follow the man in black into Peach Blossom Temple to find out.
But when he was about to step out from behind the hidden tree, he suddenly became aware of it and hid back again, continuing to observe the wall of the courtyard where the man in black disappeared.
Suddenly, the man in black leaned out half of his body from the courtyard wall and looked at Yi Ming repeatedly. The whole process took half a stick of incense.
"It's so dangerous! Fortunately, I'm keeping an eye out." Zhou Yiming thought to himself.
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky began to cover the moon again. Under the cover of the dark clouds, the moonlight became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared, and the sky and the earth fell into darkness again.
Before it got completely dark, the man in black had disappeared.
Zhou Yiming climbed to the top of the tree again and observed the activities in the Taoist temple. There was no change in the front yard of the Taoist temple. The lights were still on in the rooms. However, in the backyard of the Taoist temple, in a remote corner, there were dim lights. Under the candlelight, there were figures walking back and forth.
"Is the Supreme Taoist hiding there?" Zhou Yiming thought to himself.
Afraid that he would be discovered by people in the Taoist temple after staying at the top of the tree for too long, Zhou Yiming quickly climbed down from the top of the tree and hid himself. After waiting patiently and confirming that the man in black would no longer appear, he slowly walked out from behind the tree. Walk out, then move quickly and approach the Peach Blossom View.
When he was approaching the wall of the Peach Blossom Garden, Zhou Yiming suddenly stopped. Because he had noticed that the color of the earth here was a little different from the tree just now, so he suspected that there was a trap inside. For safety reasons, he bypassed this suspicious area. On the ground, from where the man in black walked just now to the bottom of the Taoist temple wall.
He turned around and observed carefully for a while, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual behind him, he put his ear against the courtyard wall and listened carefully to the movements inside the Taoist temple.
At this time, the Taoist temple was as quiet as if no one lived there. It was so quiet that it gave people a chilling feeling.
Zhou Yiming took half a step back, mobilized his energy, jumped up onto the high courtyard wall, then quickly squatted down, hiding his body in the blinding night, and raised his eyes to observe the Taoist temple.
In the several brightly lit rooms, there was not only no one moving around, but also no movement at all.
