The sword, or rather the hidden weapon, was knocked down in mid-air by an internal force.
Xu Shiqing didn't look at Song Zhihe's reaction. He just easily knocked the opponent's sword away, and then he swung the sword across, cutting off everything fiercely and without hesitation.
Bang! Bang—
The flesh fell heavily on the wooden board. Song Zhihe's sturdy body was obviously very heavy, and the people around him almost felt the floor under their feet shaking and emptying, and they were actually shaken along with it.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
The guard closest to him screamed in horror. The reason was that the corpse on the ground had lost half of its shoulder and head. The head had rolled to his feet, and the ferocious expression on his face before death was staring at the man.
Xu Shiqing was frightened for a moment, but after seeing the situation clearly, he suddenly felt a little guilty.
But the person had already fainted, so he could only silently wish that the elder brother would forget this night when he woke up and not leave any shadow.
The chaos on the boat side was gradually subsiding. Xu Shiqing frowned. It was time for him to leave. It was not appropriate for people from the underworld to appear in such a scene. Although Song Zhihe deserved it and it was the Jinyiwei who asked him to kill him, the official procedures still had to be followed.
Respect for the imperial government is also a consensus among the people in the martial arts world. Sometimes some things cannot be argued about.
It's not like people can dig up their own ancestral graves, flee to Mongolia or the Jin Dynasty thousands of miles away, and declare that they are not from Qi or Zhou. In dreams, the ancestors will come out and beat up the unfilial descendants.
Xie Chongyue walked behind the Sword Immortal and said, "You really don't have any defenses behind you."
In his hand was a hidden blade that had been released and had just been pulled out of a person.
Xu Shiqing turned around and took a look. The person who was poisoned was the one Song Zhihe had just planned to kill.
Obviously, these two people were working together to set a trap for him.
Xu Shiqing suddenly understood.
Han Chengyu sorted out the situation at the scene and sighed: "The cat is coming, let's go quickly."
Half an hour is about to pass, and the Jinyiwei are about to board the boat, so the people from the martial arts world had better retreat.
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Needless to say, the three men were very proficient in Qinggong, and they managed to avoid the Jinyiwei and leave with relative ease.
As soon as he landed and confirmed that the surrounding environment was safe, Xu Shiqing hurriedly came to Han Chengyu and said, "Can you explain everything clearly now?"
Wen Cairou is in a very dangerous situation now. If she doesn't have a reliable expert to protect her, not only can she not protect the evidence, she can't even guarantee her own safety.
"No, don't tell me where she is." Xu Shiqing shook his head: "She can't be known to anyone right now, and you'd better not reveal that you know this."
This was a patch of reeds by the river, very tall, and they were hiding in it.
Xie Chongyue smiled and said nothing.
"...I don't know where she went." Han Chengyu whispered, "After I gave her the account book, I don't know where Rourou put it."
Miss Wen's disappearance from the martial arts competition to win her husband was obviously premeditated. Xu Shiqing initially thought that she had help, but now it seems that she did it by herself?
He was surprised. After all, all the descriptions of Wen Cairou indicated that her kung fu was average. Meanwhile, Xu Shiqing's fellow apprentice, Liu Wuyu, though still young, was talented and hardworking, and his skills were already among the best in the martial arts world.
After all, Liu Xiangsheng was Liu Wuyu's master, and it was impossible for him to send an underage apprentice to go south alone to keep the appointment without any consideration.
"...The clue is broken." Xu Shiqing showed a troubled expression, but after a while, he said, "Then let's go back first. We have finished what we need tonight."
"Oh, oh..." Han Chengyu was caught off guard by this. He thought the other party would hold on tightly: "You, you don't care?"
He is too young.
Xie Chongyue and Xu Shiqing froze almost at the same time.
They looked at each other and saw similar meanings in each other's eyes.
——This kid looks like you.
Too much emphasis is placed on the martial arts world and chivalry, but in reality, the martial arts world is not as glamorous as it seems.
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Three years ago, in the suburbs of Jinling.
It was a chilly spring day. A few birds flew over the mountaintop, and their long cries echoed in the valley.
Xu Shiqing took out some dry food from his bag, broke it into small pieces, and stuffed it into the man's mouth along with the water bag.
The Golden Spear Conference will begin in two months. As the largest and most important martial arts event in the entire world, people from all corners of the world will come to Jinling. Disputes and grudges will appear more frequently during this period.
This means that the crime rate in Jinling will increase significantly.
Xu Shiqing had seen people from the underworld who had been ambushed, were on the run, were seriously injured, or were hungry on the road more than once.
Long-distance travel in ancient times was very dangerous. Problems with food, wild animals, human hearts, and direction could mean death.
No matter how strong a man is, he will have no strength if he is hungry for a few days. If he is attacked or slandered, it will be even worse. How can he deal with the terrible birds of prey and poisonous insects in the mountains?
Just die.
If Xu Shiqing didn't have the system to help him, it would have been very difficult for him to travel from Bian Jing to Jinling.
Bian Jing is located in the heart of the Central Plains. To reach Jinling, one has to cross the Liaoshan Mountain Range that divides the entire Qi and Zhou dynasties into north and south. The nearby prefectures and counties have different names for it, but they all share the same fear of this hidden place.
That is the most primitive emotion of human beings towards nature and the instinct towards unknown dangers.
No matter how powerful a person's martial arts skills are, there is no guarantee that he can move freely and safely among the mountains with thousands of ravines and valleys.
"Are you okay?" Xu Shiqing watched the man open his eyes vaguely and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“…water…” The poor guy’s voice was hoarse. He was seriously injured and had a fever. In addition, he had not had a drop of water for several days. It was already too late to save him.
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