"Then, that box may be related to Qu Fengzhi's secret mission."
Chang An said
Zhao slowly nodded and said
"It should be so, but we can't confirm it yet."
Zhuang Xiuyu listened, but felt a little puzzled.
"In that case, why not take it off and see what's inside."
Zhao slowly shook his head with a smile, looked at Zhuang Xiuyu, but said nothing.
Zhuang Xiuyu was curious and continued to ask, but was interrupted by Chang An.
"Because if the box is removed in full view of the public, then, firstly, the City Lord's Mansion will become the target of public criticism. Secondly, it is not advisable to act rashly before knowing whether this is a trap set by the murderer."
Zhao slowly looked at Chang An, his eyes full of admiration
"Chang Daxia is indeed extremely smart."
Chang An laughed
"Miss Zhao is too modest. But, next, what can Chang do for Miss Zhao."
Zhao slowly thought about it and said
"Originally, I invited Daxia Chang to come here because I wanted to use Daxia Chang's prestige in the world to intimidate those in the world. But now that such a change has occurred, my little sister wants to invite Daxia Chang to find out the truth for the City Lord's Mansion. Of course, afterwards, , naturally I won’t treat Chang Daxia badly.”
Chang An coughed twice
"I'm indeed interested, but I also have a request."
"Master Chang, please speak."
"I want to ask the City Lord's Mansion for ten arrows."
Zhao Huan was stunned for a moment, his brows furrowed slightly, looking a little embarrassed.
Chang An looked at Zhao Xuren
"Is there any difficulty?"
Zhao slowly struggled for a long time
"This matter needs to be discussed with my father."
At this moment, there was a noise outside the door
"Get away!"
"Sir, please calm down."
"Fart! If you keep nagging me, I'll kill you too!"
"Get away!"
Then, there was a sound of pushing.
"Oh, sir, don't be impulsive."
Following the man's voice, there was a violent kick on the door.
"Wow!"
The door to Chang An's house was kicked open.
A dozen men in armor swarmed in, staring at Zhao Huanhuan with grief and anger on their faces. Zhao Huanhuan was frightened by the momentum of those people and took a step back.
"What are you going to do!"
Then she said angrily
"You stinky bitch, you still dare to come here, brothers, kill this stinky bitch and avenge the commander-in-chief!"
The dozen or so men behind him were also aggressive.
"Kill her!"
"Kill her!"
…
Saying that, he started to take action.
Outside the door, the shopkeeper and the waiter ran in.
"My guest, don't be impulsive. This is City Lord Zhao's daughter. We can discuss things easily. Don't hurt your harmony."
The leading man's eyes widened in anger and he kicked the two of them away.
"roll!"
But I heard Chang An say calmly inside the house.
"Everyone, what's going on?"
When the leading man heard this, he realized that in addition to Zhao Manhua, there was a man and a woman in the room, but he saw Chang An sitting on the bed, his chest was wrapped in gauze, and red blood could be faintly seen.
"none of your business!"
He scolded coldly.
"Ahem!"
Chang An coughed again, which made Zhuang Xiuyu next to him look worried.
"I am Chang'an, Qingzhou, and I am a tenant here. This Miss Zhao is my guest. If you want to kill my guest, of course I will take care of it."
The leading man was stunned, his expression changed, he cupped his fists and said
"Pang Chong, the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, I didn't know that Hero Chang was here. I apologize for any offence."
The dozen or so armored men behind them looked at each other. Obviously, they did not expect that Chang An would appear here.
"It turned out to be him..."
They whispered quietly, Chang An was here, but they hesitated.
Pang Chong said
"Chang Daxia, Pang Chongjing, you are a hero. Pang Chong will naturally give your face to you, but this woman is suspected of killing the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army. We must avenge the commander-in-chief."
Chang An didn't answer him, but asked again
"Have you been here today?"
Pang Chong was stunned for a moment. He was obviously taken aback by Chang An's confusing question. After a moment, he nodded.
"Yes, why does Master Chang ask this question?"
Chang An smiled and said
"It's nothing. Chang knows about the conflict between Miss Zhao and your commander-in-chief yesterday. However, you said that Miss Zhao killed your commander-in-chief. What evidence is there?"
Pang Chong was furious
"What more evidence do you need? As soon as Fu Rushui died yesterday, this bitch rushed in with soldiers. It was obvious that this bitch designed to frame the commander-in-chief of my family. Later, when she saw that the frame-up failed, she secretly killed the commander-in-chief at night. "
Chang An shook his head and said
"Then why did Miss Zhao frame your commander-in-chief? She has no grievances against your commander-in-chief."
Pang Chong said without thinking
"For the treasure, of course."
Chang An coughed again and thought to himself: Sure enough, these people have no idea.
He looked at Zhao Xuanyuan and said:
"Oh! Then Miss Zhao, did you steal that treasure?"
As he spoke, he also winked at Zhao Huanhuan.
Seeing this, Zhao slowly blinked mischievously, then firmly shook his head at Pang Chong and others, raised his hands, and swore
"I, Zhao Xuanyuan, today swore to God in front of everyone present that if I, Zhao Xuanyuan, killed Commander Qu and robbed the treasure, I would be called upon to be struck by five thunderbolts from the sky, and I would not die a good death!"
Seeing Zhao slowly swearing a poisonous oath, Pang Chong's expression softened a little, but his murderous intent remained unabated.
"Of course she won't admit it!"
Chang An said
"All you want is to avenge your commander-in-chief. In this way, Chang will get to the bottom of this matter for you. This Miss Zhao has already sworn a poisonous oath. Please consider Chang's face and do it. An opportunity for Miss Zhao to prove her innocence."
Pang Chong looked thoughtful. After the conversation just now, he had calmed down.
"Since Chang Daxia has said so, Pang Chong will naturally give you this face. However, we, as emperors, cannot wait forever. Three days, three days is the limit. I hope Chang Daxia will give it to our brothers within three days. An explanation, otherwise, I will have to use this stinky bitch’s life to pay for the commander-in-chief’s life.”
Chang An nodded
"Okay, I'll give you an answer in three days."
Pang Chong bowed his hands and led his brothers out. Before leaving, he gave Zhao Huan a vicious look.
After they left, Zhao slowly closed the door again.
"Thank you, Master Chang, for rescuing my little sister."
Zhao slowly turned around and came to the bedside and saluted Chang An.
Chang An waved his hand
"You're welcome, Miss Zhao. You saved my life. Naturally, I can't watch you die in front of my eyes."
"What are you going to do next, Master Chang?"
Zhao slowly smiled sweetly
Chang An thought for a while
"I want to see the bodies of Qu Fengzhi and Fu Rushui first."
Zhao slowly nodded and said
"Master's body has been sent to Yizhuang in the south of the city. As for Commander Qu, his men do not allow others to touch it, so it is still in the inn."
Chang An said
"Okay, Xiaoyu, help me up, and let's go see Commander Qu first."
Zhuang Xiuyu was worried about his health and said
"Sir, you'd better rest for a day first."
Zhao Xuanyuan also said
"Yeah, it's not too late to see it tomorrow."
Chang An's face has turned a little rosy. Although the wound is still aching, he feels that he has gained some strength.
"It's okay, I'm much better."
The two of them couldn't defeat him, so they had to take him downstairs.
Zhao slowly led the two of them to the backyard of the inn
"In order not to affect the business of the inn, the owner specially set aside the backyard to store the corpses."
The backyard was empty except for a thick pile of hay stored in the west corner.
Beside the haystack, Qu Fengzhi's body was quietly placed on a wooden cart.
I saw that the corpse was naked from the waist up, and had been completely cut off starting from the neck.
The incision was extremely smooth, and it was obvious that someone had used an extremely sharp weapon to cut off the head.
On the chest of the corpse, there was a wound nearly half the size of a bowl, which penetrated to the back. On the outer edge of the wound, dried blood was spread evenly around it, but it did not look like it was caused by a sharp weapon.
In addition to this apparently fatal wound, Qu Fengzhi's entire chest was covered with interlaced stab wounds and sword marks.
In addition, there were two scars that caught Chang An's attention. Those two scars were new wounds that had not yet healed. They were thick and short, as if they were caused by a hidden weapon.
Zhuang Xiuyu snorted softly and covered his eyes with his hands, but he could clearly see that the green jade fingers covering his eyes were trembling slightly.
Chang An turned Su Xuan's body over again. There were still staggered scars on his back, but there were far fewer scars than on his chest.
Chang An looked over the body carefully again, and then let out a sigh of relief.
"How about it."
Zhao slowly asked with concern
Chang An shook his head
"It's hard to say now, but this case is indeed getting more and more interesting."
At this moment, Chang An's ears trembled slightly
"tread"
The gentle sound of landing did not escape his ears.
Chang An's face was cold, and the person who came was extremely good at lightness skills. If it weren't for his excellent ear skills, he would never have been able to detect that person.
"who!"
Chang An turned around and cleared his mind
When Zhuang Xiuyu and Zhao slowly heard this, they turned around in surprise, only to see a masked man in black standing in the backyard at some point, but they didn't notice it at all.
"It's you!"
Zhuang Xiuyu pointed at the man in black, feeling shocked and angry.
This was the assassin who attacked the two of them by the official road today.
"What are you doing here!"
Zhuang Xiuyu raised the long bow in his hand and stood in front of Chang An, looking at the man in black warily.
But he saw the man in black looking calmly and looking at Zhuang Xiuyu with great disdain.
"Chang An, we meet again."
The voice of the man in black is still so childish
Chang An smiled bitterly. He had suffered a big loss at the hands of this child today. Now he was seriously injured and had yet to recover, but he was an enemy on a narrow road again.
"You are really haunted."
The man in black laughed loudly when he saw the thick gauze on Chang An's chest.
"Hahahaha, I was deceived by you earlier, and you were still injured as expected. This time, let's see how you escape from my Wuzhishan!"
The man in black jumped up. He had excellent qinggong skills. Before he landed, a flying knife had been thrown out of his hand.
"Whoosh!"
The suffocating sound of breaking through the air echoed in the ears of Chang An and the three of them, and the flying knife was extremely fast.
"Come behind me."
Chang An suddenly grabbed the two of them and threw them behind him. However, when the flying knife hit Chang An's face, he was blocked in front of him.
"clang!"
The flying knife seemed to hit a wall and fell heavily to the ground.
"puff!"
Outside Chang An's body, the looming wall of internal strength seemed to be about to burst at any moment, and he himself spurted out a mouthful of blood. The old injury was not healed, and he forced himself to use his internal strength, which obviously involved the wound again.
The man in black narrowed his eyes slightly
"Hmph, you are worthy of being a Grandmaster. He is really difficult to deal with. He is already injured like this, but he can still block my flying knife."
But then he sneered
"Let's see how long you can last."
"Wow!"
A bright and dazzling light stung Zhuang Xiuyu and Zhao Xuanyuan unable to open their eyes.
The man in black pulled out a thin sword from his waist
"I know how to use it, not just with hidden weapons."
The thin sword was like a poisonous snake staring at Chang An, winding forward with its scales flashing.
Chang An ignored the bloody flowers that had spread on his chest and forcibly activated his internal energy.
The inner wall of strength that flickered outside gradually solidified, but his complexion became increasingly pale.
The man in black sneered more and more
"Suffer death!"
"Click!"
The rapier easily pierced Chang An's outer wall of energy. Chang An clearly saw that the blade of the rapier was also made of black iron.
Chang An smiled bitterly, there was no way he could stop it. If he was in full strength at this moment, he would naturally be able to avoid this sword easily, but at this moment, he was already unable to avoid it, and he was in danger of death.
"clang!"
But at this moment, a sudden change occurred. A cold arrow actually hit the rapier of the man in black, knocking the rapier to the ground. The man in black's hands were numb from the shock, and he looked around with fear on his face.
"who!"
Chang An woke up from the sound and looked around, only to see a figure standing high on the courtyard wall, holding a long bow. The arrow was naturally shot by him.
The man in black looked at the man with a solemn expression and said nothing, but saw that his dark iron thin sword was easily shot down by a cold arrow.
"Who are you, and why do you want to go against the Twelfth Floor?"
"Uncle Chu!"
Zhao Xuanyuan suddenly poked his head out from behind Chang An, looked at the figure, and shouted in surprise.
The expression of the man in black changed, he knew they were reinforcements, his eyes flickered, and he knew he was invincible.
"Chang An, you are indeed lucky. I hope you can have such good luck every time."
The man in black said a harsh word, jumped to a high place, glanced at the figure, and showed murderous intent.
Unexpectedly, the figure showed no fear. He slowly picked up the bow and aimed at the man in black again.
The man in black's eyes froze, and without saying a word, he flew away. His figure was seen constantly jumping left and right between the buildings, his ghostly appearance was unpredictable, trying to escape from the lock of the figure.
"Whoosh!"
The arrow leaves the string and travels straight forward at great speed.
"Well!"
With a muffled sound, the arrow hit the man in black dozens of feet away, but it did not hit the vital point. After the man in black was hit by the arrow, his speed did not slow down. After a few more breaths, Then he disappeared between the buildings.
"Uncle Chu!"
Zhao Huanhuan excitedly ran to the wall where the figure was. The figure looked at Zhao Huanhuan lovingly, jumped off the high wall, gently stroked Zhao Huanhuan's head, and said dotingly
"You are running around everywhere. Your father is worried and asked me to come and see you."
The figure finally revealed his true face at this time. He was a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face. He was tall and straight, not very burly, but the powerful muscle lines on the two arms still made people feel that this He is a very powerful person.
Chang An slowly walked forward and bowed deeply to the man named Chu.
"Thank you, senior, for saving me."
Only then did Zhao Xuanyuan react and introduced to Chang An
"Master Chang, this is my archery master, Uncle Chu Muhe."
She looked at Chumuhe again
"This is the great hero Chang An Chang Da Xia I often mentioned to you."
Chu Muhe looked surprised when he heard Zhao Xuanyuan's words.
"Oh! It turns out he is the head of the Chang family, and he is indeed a young hero."
Chang An laughed
"Senior Chu, I'm grateful, but I didn't expect that there is an archery master like you hidden in the city lord's palace."
Zhao slowly held Chu Muhe's arm and looked at Chang An with pride.
"Chang Daxia, although you are one of the seven masters, my Uncle Chu is also very powerful. He was already a first-class master at the Kuofu level ten years ago."
Chu Muhe laughed and cursed
"In front of the Chang family, my three-legged cat skills can't stand on the stage."
Chang An looked solemn.
"There are definitely many Kuofu-level masters in the world, but Kuofu-level archery masters are so rare. Senior Chu is unrivaled in the world just by his ability to defeat an enemy with one arrow from dozens of feet away."
Chu Muhe smiled slightly and waved his hand.
"Okay, okay, we don't have to flatter each other anymore. I have important matters to go back to my home. Slowly, do you want to go back with me, or..."
As he said that, Chu Muhe's eyes drifted towards Chang An, and Zhao Huanhuan's face turned red, unable to conceal his shy look.
"Uncle Chu!"
The expression is really cute.
Chu Muhe laughed
"Okay, okay, I'm leaving first. Master Chang, please take good care of my young lady."
Chang An laughed
"You must obey your orders."
As he spoke, Chu Muhe's figure jumped high and disappeared among the buildings.
Chang An looked at Chu Muhe's back solemnly and said to himself: Qinggong is not bad after all. When did such a famous figure appear in the world, but he is unknown.
