Chapter 144: There are enemies at night, and the Eastern Cult enters the dream!

The moon and stars are sparse.

It's almost May.

The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is also slowly starting to heat up.

However, it was evening and a cool breeze was already blowing.

In a dense forest, two fast horses were galloping through the forest like sharp arrows.

"Whoa!"

The man in the lead pulled the reins of his horse and looked forward with a deep gaze.

This person has straight hair that falls on his shoulders and back like a waterfall, bright yellow and flowing.

Like straw.

He waved his flawless white sleeves and said to the person behind him:

"Brother Quan Fu, please rest here tonight. No matter how urgent our situation is, we must consider the horses under us."

The man behind me still looked a little childish, but when I looked closely, I was deeply attracted by his bright almond-shaped eyes.

His face was angular, and his hair was casually tied in a high ponytail behind him, with only a wisp of bangs in front of his forehead.

These two people were Zeng Anmin and Bai Ziqing, who had traveled all the way south from the capital.

The court meeting ended that day.

On the second day, before Zeng Anmin went to look for Bai Ziqing, Bai Ziqing called him to his house and insisted on taking Zeng Anmin south with him.

One is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten, and the two hit it off immediately.

He found two fast horses and headed towards Liangjiang County at full speed.

This journey has already been four days.

Zeng Anmin rubbed his swollen temples.

His face showed fatigue.

Even though his true strength was at the sixth level of the Void Realm, his body couldn't take it.

He looked towards the south and murmured:

"We're still over three hundred miles from here to Liangjiang County. Let's rest for a while and continue our journey tomorrow morning. We'll try to reach Liangjiang before sunset."

"Um."

Bai Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief.

He actually didn't care. When he was promoted to the fourth rank, all the functions of his body had undergone obvious transformation compared to before the fourth rank.

Before the fourth rank, it was still "ordinary."

But after the fourth level, it can be called "extraordinary".

Not to mention the recent few days of travel, even if it took a few more days, Bai Ziqing would be fine.

He was afraid that Zeng Anmin could not hold on.

In his eyes, Zeng Anmin's physical fitness was among the best among the Confucian practitioners.

But I traveled non-stop for several days without sleep.

It definitely can't hold up.

“Huh~”

The two men found a deserted area, set up their tent, and then went to the riverside to fill their kettles with water.

After setting up a fire, we chatted for a while.

"Crackling."

The firewood beside me made a soothing sound at night.

"Sizzle~"

Zeng Anmin skillfully tore off a piece of chicken leg from the roast chicken that was just roasted over the fire.

Then he sprinkled some seasoning on the porcelain bottle he took out of his arms.

"promise."

After handing it to Bai Ziqing, he began to eat it with relish.

"tasty!!"

After Bai Ziqing tasted it, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Can it be grilled like this?"

"Stop talking nonsense, eat and rest for a while before setting off."

Zeng Anmin really couldn't resist the sleepiness.

After he finished eating, he went straight into the tent and closed his eyes.

“Huh~”

A long-lost feeling of relaxation.

Zeng Anmin's mind did not stop.

Lying there, thinking.

"I'm coming in too."

After Bai Ziqing extinguished the fire, he smiled and went into Zeng Anmin's tent embarrassedly.

"What are you doing?"

Zeng Anmin glanced at Bai Ziqing warily.

"I can't sleep, so I'll stay here to keep watch for you."

Bai Ziqing didn't say anything and just lay down with Zeng Anmin's feet touching.

…

Zeng Anmin didn't say much, his eyes were deep and he closed them again.

He thought slowly.

First of all, Huang Yuangao was the newly appointed Governor-General of Liangjiang.

His death was really too strange.

Although I only got a rough understanding of the file from my father.

Zeng Anmin could still feel the thief's strength, which was not strong.

First of all, only Zeng Anmin and his father knew the truth about the Black Cat Warrior incident.

The true identity of Black Cat Wufu is himself.

After the thief killed someone, he disguised the scene to make it look like Black Cat Warrior had done it.

This is a signal for Zeng Anmin.

In other words, the thief wanted to divert the case and trick people into targeting Black Cat Warrior.

This also indirectly shows that the thief does not want to, or dares not, expose himself.

It's very simple, if the thief is strong enough.

He simply didn't want to eat beef anymore.

What else are you doing to frame others?

"Snoring~"

Zeng Anmin just thought about it for a few seconds.

Then he heard Bai Ziqing's deafening snoring.

"Aren't you going to keep vigil for me?"

Zeng Anmin's mouth twitched.

"Brother Quan Fu... No... We can't do this..."

Bai Ziqing's intermittent mumbling in his sleep could be heard.

?

Zeng Anmin's face darkened instantly.

He was too lazy to ask more questions, so he turned over and fell into a deep sleep.

I don’t know how much time passed.

Zeng Anmin, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly moved his ears.

His eyes snapped open.

Those almond-shaped eyes flashed with an extremely alert gleam in the darkness.

There's movement!!

He tried hard to control his breathing.

There was a rustling sound coming from outside the tent.

Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes, he felt something was wrong.

He suddenly sat up and looked at Bai Ziqing.

Bai Ziqing was sleeping soundly at this time.

Like a dead pig.

What’s going on?

Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes.

No matter what happens at night, my vigilance and perception will definitely not be higher than Bai Ziqing's!

Bai Ziqing, a fourth-grade warrior, is so much stronger than himself!

How is it possible that I was awakened while he was still sleeping soundly??!

Weird!

Zeng Anmin tried hard to control his breathing rate.

Then he slowly circulated the martial arts energy in his body.

The aura of martial arts slowly surged onto his face.

His five senses became clearer.

Only then did he see it.

At this moment, Bai Ziqing's face was flashing with pain.

There was a faint black aura lingering around his temples.

“Click~”

A very eye-catching sound came from outside the tent.

Zeng Anmin heard it clearly.

This is the sound of shoes breaking branches.

Someone!!

plot!

Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes and changed his posture in the tent without making any sound.

Curl up and squat.

A hand axe also appeared silently in his hand.

This posture is extremely convenient for exerting force.

He waited patiently.

"Pah, pah."

The footsteps of someone outside became clearer and clearer.

finally.

Zeng Anmin saw a dark shadow covering the tent.

“Swish!”

The moment the tent door was opened.

Zeng Anmin's eyes were filled with extremely strong murderous intent.

“Chiu!!”

The cold light of the axe flashed in the darkness, emitting a chilling gleam that made people dare not look directly at it.

An extremely strange arc passed from Zeng Anmin's hand and headed out of the tent.

"Bang!!!"

The axe came into contact with something extremely hard.

"bite!!"

The object only blocked for a moment before being chopped off by the sharp axe.

“Sizzle!!”

The entire tent was instantly blown up by the martial arts energy in Zeng Anmin's body.

He suddenly jumped out of the tent.

The martial arts aura was madly locking onto the body of the man outside.

“Swish!!”

Another axe flashed.

But he struck nothing.

“Whoosh~”

Zeng Anmin could only see the man's back floating away into the distance at an extremely fast speed.

In just a moment, Zeng Anmin's eyes could no longer catch the man's back.

"You run pretty fast!"

Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw the man fleeing in panic.

But he didn't chase after him rashly.

According to the other party's ghostly speed.

It would be difficult for him to catch up, and he couldn't just leave Bai Ziqing here and ignore him at this time.

Who is coming?

What is your purpose of coming here?

Zeng Anmin looked in the direction where the figure disappeared and pondered for a long time.

It was obvious that the other party was coming for him and Bai Ziqing.

But the decision to rest here today was completely a spur-of-the-moment decision of the two of them.

Zeng Anmin took a deep breath.

"That is to say, this person has been waiting for us since we entered Jiangnan."

Is this a premeditated plot?

"Or has he been following us since we left the capital?"

Who sent him?

A series of doubts emerged in Zeng Anmin's mind.

At this time, Zeng Anmin was no longer sleepy at all.

He looked at the tent that he had chopped into pieces.

And Bai Ziqing who was still lying there and sleeping soundly.

"I'm up."

Zeng Anmin patted Bai Ziqing's face.

"Snoring~"

Bai Ziqing was sleeping very soundly.

Zeng Anmin frowned.

"Stay away from me! I don't like women!"

"Brother Quan Fu... please..."

"Let's keep drinking!"

“Good wine…”

Bai Ziqing was still murmuring.

What is he dreaming about?

Zeng Anmin's mouth twitched.

But the next moment, his eyes narrowed.

Eastern religious methods?

He looked at the black energy entwined around Bai Ziqing's temple, his eyes flashing with thought.

The Eastern Religion of Jiang State has a magical method of entering into pictures and records in dreams. One penny of life can be exchanged for a whole night of pleasure, which is a big profit.

"It's time to wake up."

Zeng Anmin slapped Bai Ziqing in the face again.

Bai Ziqing was still sleeping.

“Could it be this kind of black energy?”

Zeng Anmin paused as he looked at the black energy wrapped around Bai Ziqing's temple.

Then he stretched out his finger thoughtfully.

“Swish.”

A hint of lavender righteousness emanated from his fingertips.

"The great righteousness is extremely restraining to all evil in the world."

Zeng Anmin's fingers slowly approached Bai Ziqing's temple.

"Shhh~"

Sure enough, as soon as the fingers touched the black air.

The black air was like an evil spirit encountering the sun, with nowhere to hide.

It was soon corrupted by the righteous spirit.

The pain on Bai Ziqing's face slowly faded away.

Zeng Anmin folded his arms and stood there, waiting for Bai Ziqing to wake up.

"Hmm~"

A moment later.

Bai Ziqing suddenly opened his eyes.

"Brother Quan Fu!!"

He suddenly sat up from the ground, gasping for breath.

Then, he met Zeng Anmin's expressionless gaze.

"This is……"

There was a glimmer of doubt in Bai Ziqing's eyes.

He looked around.

He blinked in confusion.

The tent was completely shattered.

The surroundings were in a mess.

"You just fell into a deep sleep and couldn't be woken up no matter how hard I called you."

Zeng Anmin looked at Bai Ziqing in a deep voice and said:

"We're being watched."

Bai Ziqing's expression instantly turned serious.

He lightly tapped his toes and stood up from the ground.

He stood there thinking for a long time.

Then he looked at Zeng Anmin with a very serious look and said;

"Dream Entry Atlas. I just had a vague feeling that I was in a dream, but I wanted to wake up but couldn't... This is a method of entering dreams in the Eastern Religion system."

"Um."

Zeng Anmin nodded slowly: "Fortunately, I have the righteous spirit to protect me, otherwise you and I would be in danger tonight."

Of course, it may not be due to the righteous spirit.

But it is related to his golden finger [The Unyielding God of War, immune to all mental and soul attacks].

"It's just that..."

Bai Ziqing looked at the mess around him, looked at Zeng Anmin suspiciously and asked:

"There are traces of battle all around here. How can you, a Confucian cultivator, be safe and sound?"

"Well."

Zeng Anmin's expression froze slightly.

Then he waved his hand nonchalantly and said:

"I have a friend in the Xuanzhen Division. He created several force formations on me."

"Is that so?" Bai Ziqing looked at Zeng Anmin, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked as if he had guessed something:

"Could it be that you really have a close relationship with Sai Chuxue from the Xuanzhen Division?"

"Who told you that?"

Zeng Anmin's brows were tightly furrowed.

"It's spread all over the capital!"

While Bai Ziqing was packing up the tent on the ground, he walked towards the horse, turned his head towards Zeng Anmin and said:

"During this Illusion Formation Imperial Examination, you created a wonderful military formation technique. When you were boosting morale, you mentioned that you had a good relationship with Sai Chuxue, the Mysterious Formation Master."

"If you ask me, then don't hide it. If you really are with the girl from Xuanzhensi..."

Bai Ziqing couldn't think of the right words for a moment, so he just raised his eyebrows and looked at Zeng Anmin gossipingly.

…

Zeng Anmin's mouth twitched, he rolled his eyes and ignored him:

"Let's go quickly and enter Liangjiang County as soon as possible. I'm afraid something bad will happen if we're late."

After saying that, Zeng Anmin jumped on his horse.

With his legs in the stirrups and a long whip in his hand, he said:

"drive!!"

…………

The sun rises slowly.

When the sun radiates its unique warmth from the surface of the river.

Two fast horses stopped outside the gate of Liangjiang County.

Zeng Anmin looked deeply at the familiar city gate in front of him.

An inexplicable emotion emerged in my heart.

"Liangjiang County."

At this time, three months had passed since he left Liangjiang County and entered the capital.

So much has happened in these three months.

From the Eastern Palace assessment, to the Prince Qi case, to the Lou Tong poisoning case, and later the Ren Weizhi case.

Until the current Huang Yuangao case.

In just three months.

Zeng Anmin felt that he had experienced a magnificent experience that no one else could experience in their entire life.

"Let's go into the city."

The two of them were now dressed in costumes, with all the necessary attire and preparations.

He doesn't look like an imperial envoy sent by the court at all.

More like a chivalrous warrior.

So when entering the city, the interrogating soldiers carefully checked the documents of the two people bit by bit.

"By the way, when will the people from the Imperial City Bureau arrive?"

The two men entered the city, dismounted, and led their respective horses.

Zeng Anmin glanced at Bai Ziqing and asked.

"I don't know. They estimate it will take half a month?"

Bai Ziqing curled his lips.

In fact, when Bai Ziqing came to Liangjiang County to handle a case, the Imperial City Division also sent people to follow him.

However, both Zeng Anmin and Bai Ziqing knew that time was urgent.

So I didn't wait deliberately.

He headed directly towards Liangjiang County.

After traveling at full speed all the way, it took less than four days to travel south from the capital to Liangjiang County.

"Okay."

…………

(End of this chapter)