At three o'clock in the morning, smoke curled up from the canyon, and people began to cook in earthen stoves to prepare dinner.
Gu Shengchao was also hungry, so he went back to help clean up and eat before making plans.
During the dinner, military advisor Zhou Hualiang was in a state of disbelief, completely losing his former vigor and vitality.
Others didn't dare to ask more questions. After all, he was a military advisor. Everyone thought he was considering important matters of the Tianqing Gang and couldn't be disturbed.
Only Gu Shengchao understood in his heart how helpless and lonely a weak person felt after losing his backer.
After the meal, Gu Shengchao walked to the boulder halfway up the mountain. When the sun went down, Fang Ju was nowhere to be seen.
He was a little uneasy. Logically speaking, he had already eaten, and he should have arrived by crawling.
Feeling uneasy, Gu Shengchao decided to go to the women's camp to meet him.
Passing by a small forest, the scent of two people inside caught his attention.
Because one of the auras was very familiar, it was undoubtedly Fang Ju. The other person had a heavy breath and was obviously a man.
Could it be that Fang Ju has grown up and has a sweetheart?
Or was he kidnapped here and wanted to do evil?
The ancient sage was puzzled and quietly slipped over.
Although there was still the last trace of sunset in the sky, the trees in the canyon were already dim and shrouded in darkness.
"If you agree to my promise, just nod. I promise that you will wear gold and silver and enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future."
A man squatted down and asked in a low voice. He couldn't tell who the other person was from his voice. He was definitely not familiar to him.
Fang Ju lay silently in the grass. She must have been tapped on her mute point.
If the mouth is blocked, there will definitely be a "whining" sound.
The man stared at Fang Ju and said, "You don't want to obey me, right, but do you know who I am?"
After a moment of peace, the man said again: "Although I, Lu Baokui, am just Young Master Tianqing at the moment, I am my uncle, and my future is limitless. Today, Taibao Zhou Chenglong disappeared. Although they didn't tell me, I know that he must be the same as Mr. Tianqing." The commotion on the mountain last night has something to do with it. Either I will be caught or my life will be in danger. I have been there during the day and there are uncleaned blood stains in the grass on the ground. They have already discussed internally that once Zhou Chenglong cannot be contacted at all, I will Come and serve as Taibao."
Only then did Gu Shengchao realize that he had met this person once before, when Zhou Hualong led them to meet him, which left a bad impression on everyone.
Lu Baokui looked at Fang Ju's expression and continued: "I know what you are thinking. It is just to delay time and wait for the people from the women's camp to rescue you."
He smiled sarcastically: "To tell you the truth, stop daydreaming. Your female camp master Zhao Jin may be stripping off her clothes right now and begging my uncle to favor her."
"look at me."
Lu Baokui took action forcefully and threatened: "Don't believe it, Zhao Jin takes away several beautiful girls every night. Do you know where they went? My uncle, the head of the family, will sell them to Happy Life when he has enough fun." Fang, this is a very profitable business. If you obey me, I will ensure that you will be safe in the future. If you refuse to submit, then wait until Zhao Jin sells you to Happy Fang. There will be a time when you regret it."
"You female camp masters all want it, so you don't have to be pretentious!" After saying that, he was about to tear Fang Ju's dress.
"stop."
How could the ancient sage Chao allow him to be so presumptuous? He shouted loudly and jumped over, showing the sword in his left hand and piercing the opponent's back.
All Lu Baokui's thoughts were focused on Fang Ju. When the ancient sage shouted loudly, he trembled with fright. Hearing the strong wind coming behind him, he summoned his sword, holding a short halberd in each hand and swept it behind him.
Although the halberd is short, the head is not small, just enough to block the sword's attack.
Lu Baokui turned around, his right halberd suppressed the ancient sage's super sword, and his left halberd slashed diagonally, trying to cut him into two pieces.
Gu Shengchao's left-hand phoenix dance was very good at swordsmanship. Before the opponent could attack, the sword had already been withdrawn. While dodging, he thrust his backhand towards Lu Baokui's armpit.
Just as Lu Baokui was about to parry, Gu Shengchao's feet were like wind, and he thrust out three swords in succession in an instant.
The Jiquan point in the armpit, the Mingmen point in the waist and the Dazhui point in the back of the neck are all fatal and difficult to guard against.
Lu Baokui was exhausted, and the heavy halberds became a burden. The moves are lagging behind, always half a beat too late.
After only a few moves between the two, Lu Baokui's position was chaotic and dangerous.
In desperation, Lu Baokui held his two halberds in front of him and warned: "I am the nephew of the leader, please don't do anything wrong."
He slowly moved towards the darkness and finally saw the blurry appearance of the ancient sage clearly.
"So it's you?" Lu Baokui exclaimed.
"What, you know me?"
Lu Baokui clenched his halberds and said, "Aren't you the invulnerable guy? It's a pity that you fell short in the last game, but it doesn't matter. I just need to tell my uncle to ensure that you become the Young Master Tianqing."
Seeing that Gu Shengchao didn't move, he thought that the conditions he proposed had impressed him, and said proudly: "As long as you obey my arrangements, it will be easy to become a young master. You can also choose the girls from the women's camp at will. How about it?"
"not good."
Gu Shengchao didn't want to talk nonsense with him and stabbed him with his sword.
The light in the trees was dim, and Lu Baokui vaguely saw countless sword shadows stabbing him, covering him up, down, left, and right. His double halberds alone could not resist them.
Lu Baokui was still rational at the moment. Although he didn't know what sword technique Gu Shengchao used, he also knew the subtleties of it. He didn't dare to risk his life and turn around and run away.
His vision was blocked in the haze, and he bumped into a tree in a hurry, and countless stars suddenly appeared in his eyes.
Even though he was dizzy, he did not forget that there was a powerful enemy around him, and he waved his halberds randomly for fear of a sneak attack by the Ancient Sage Chao.
"puff!"
Because he couldn't see anything, Lu Baokui struck the tree with his halberd. The blade of the halberd was deeply hooked into the trunk, and he couldn't pull it out in a panic.
In a hurry, he had no choice but to throw away the short halberd and hold the remaining halberd tightly with both hands, carefully watching the whereabouts of Gu Shengchao, lest he be plotted.
In fact, the ancient sage Chao didn't move at all, so he had a lot of time to look at him like a frightened bird, showing off his ugly behavior.
When Lu Baokui returned to normal, the ancient sage said coldly: "I'll spare your life today, but I will never let you go if you do mischief next time."
He didn't want to kill too many people, and it would be best if he could give people a chance to change their ways.
Gu Shengchao turned around and walked towards Fang Ju. The murderous aura behind him was strong, and a gust of wind was coming toward his back.
This man must seek his own death.
Gu Shengchao sighed, turned around and used his sword to draw Lu Baokui's short halberd.
Lu Baokui felt that the halberd he was holding in his hands was immediately out of his control. He could no longer control it and let the halberd fly out and be nailed to the thick tree trunk next to it.
In shock, he felt a sword light flash before his eyes.
At this time, he tried to hide again, but his throat was already sealed by a sword. He was unwilling to do so and had to slowly fall down.
A desperate death.
Shaking off the blood on the blade, Gu Shengchao put away the sword and came to Fang Ju's side to unblock her sealed acupuncture points.
Fang Ju coughed violently and said aggrievedly: "Thank you, Brother Gu, for saving me. I almost lost my virginity to him just now."
"How did you get here?"
Fang Ju pouted and said, "I saw it was getting late after dinner, so I went to look for you alone. Unexpectedly, this man was waiting by the bushes and suddenly made a move. I was caught off guard and was kidnapped into the woods."
"Let's go, maybe Elder Shui and the others have arrived." Ancient Sage Chao pulled Fang Ju up and they walked side by side.
Fang Ju worried: "What should I do with this person? Others will find him after dawn."
Gu Shengchao smiled and said: "That's okay. We have left tonight anyway. This is the headquarters of the Tianqing Gang, and we will have nothing to do with it from now on."
Fang Ju thought about it and followed the ancient sage away quickly.
When the two came to the boulder halfway up the mountain, it was completely dark.
Anyway, there was nothing to do, so Gu Shengchao chatted with Fang Ju and introduced the basic situation of Zhuang Lutao and Wanyanxi who were about to meet.
When she heard that Wan Yanxi was the descendant of the landlord of the residential compound where they lived, Fang Ju said excitedly: "That's great, we can pay the rent, so that sister doesn't have to go out and suffer."
As he spoke, two breaths rushed towards this side.
"It's Elder Shui and Brother Zhuang." Gu Shengchao sensed the two of them.
Gu Shengchao stood in a conspicuous position and deliberately let his breath drift into the woods.
He knew Wanyan Xi was nearby, but he couldn't sense her.
After a few breaths, the two people floated out of the bushes.
"Elder Shui." Fang Ju ran over, as if seeing a relative.
Shui Linglong was also shocked when she saw Fang Ju. She took her hand and asked, "Why are you here too?"
Fang Ju lamented: "It's a long story. I'll talk to Elder Shui in detail when I get back."
"Sister Wanyan, please come out too." Gu Shengchao whispered as he stared at the deep place deep in the bushes.
There was a sweet smile from behind, and Wan Yanxi appeared and said, "Brother Gu, there's no need to look for him, I've been here a long time ago."
She turned her head towards Fang Ju and said, "I accidentally overheard the conversation between you two. Although I can't see, I can still do a lot of things. Thank you sister for your kindness."
As she spoke, Wan Yanxi threw a scimitar at random, circled around several people's heads, and then returned to her palm.
Fang Ju was dumbfounded and asked in surprise: "Sister, you, how did you do it?"
"Practice makes perfect. I heard from Brother Gu that you run a noodle shop and I can help." Wan Yanxi put away her machete.
"That's great, we have more helpers."
Fang Ju was briefly excited and then said sadly: "It's a pity that Miss is not here, otherwise it would be even more lively."
"What's wrong with Qianhui?" Shui Linglong asked worriedly.
Yang Qianhui is her student. She studies hard and practices hard. Although she is a master and apprentice, she is actually a sister.
Fang Ju said sadly: "The young lady was taken back by people from the Yang Mansion, who said they wanted to force her to marry a dandy from another official family."
"Qianhui is my student. If you are forced to do anything, you can help with this favor. Although it is difficult for an upright official to handle household chores, we are all women and it is natural for us to help each other." Shui Linglong finally agreed to help Yang Qianhui.
Fang Ju became happy: "Great, let's set off and rush to Yang Mansion first."
Shui Linglong shook her head: "There are more important things to do tonight, let's wait until tomorrow."
"What's going on?" Gu Shengchao and Fang Ju asked in unison.
Shui Linglong said categorically, word by word: "Rush to Happy House immediately and assassinate the leader of the Tianqing Gang - Yu Zhenyu."
