Chapter 310 Bai Youheng's Target
The little boy named "Zhu'er" is just one of the many children who died in Longzhou in recent days.
The murderer was naturally Bai Youheng who escaped from the Dafeng Army.
In order to complete the ancient ritual that would allow him to ascend to heaven, he needed the souls of 33,333 dead people and the spirits of 3,333 virgin boys.
Right now, the two countries are at war, so the former are enough now.
However, the latter is still far behind.
"One thousand four hundred."
"There's still two thousand left, alas."
Putting the ancient bronze mirror back into his arms, Bai Youheng sighed softly.
There are still fifty days until July 15th, which means that at least forty children will be killed every day on average.
This goal is undoubtedly difficult to achieve.
After all, the Gu Diao's range of activities is limited to Fengyuan City, and all the young children in the city will soon be gathered around the princess's mansion where Wei Changtian lives. Once they take action, they will most likely be discovered by the latter.
Bai Youheng didn't know whether Wei Changtian had the ability to kill the Gu Diao, but he was unwilling to take the risk.
What’s more, there is the mysterious old man who is rushing to Fengyuan.
This is also the reason why the Gu Diao has not committed crimes near the Princess's Mansion in recent days.
Since the Gu Diao can no longer be relied upon, the remaining two thousand spirits can only be obtained by myself.
Bai Youheng did not have any psychological burden about "killing children", but he was not a Gu Diao that was immune to all attacks after all. If he acted carelessly, he would likely be in danger, so the progress would certainly not be fast.
Just like the few days in Longzhou, he only "collected" less than fifty souls in total, and as the Longzhou government's search efforts continued to intensify, he soon had to move to another place to commit crimes.
"Squeak~"
The shabby wooden window was gently pushed open. Bai Youheng looked at the pedestrians passing by on the street outside the window, wondering where to go next.
Is there any place where I can quickly accomplish my goal? I frowned and thought hard for a long time, but I still couldn't think of any good place.
However, at a certain moment, a bold idea suddenly came to my mind.
Just like he had decided to come to the Wonju battlefield to collect the souls of the dead.
Rather than taking huge risks and constantly "roaming around committing crimes" and killing people one by one.
It would be better to just "put the final nail in the coffin" and deal with the remaining two thousand souls at once.
Looking around the world, there is only one place where so many young children gather.
That was what he had been trying to get the Gu Diao to avoid.
Fengyuan, Princess Mansion.
Two days later.
Princess Mansion.
"Sir, Wang Qian and his men have already picked up Senior Zhang in the Western Desert."
In the study, Chu Xianping reported: "It is estimated that it will take another six or seven days to reach Fengyuan."
"Hmm? Did you get it?"
Wei Changtian raised his head, his expression not quite surprised.
This old man is indeed coming to Fengyuan.
It seems that he is indeed coming for "Yan Luo".
However, Li Qi once said that the mysterious swordsman who killed Yama with one sword sixty years ago was named Zhou, and no one knows what his relationship with Old Zhang is. Forget it, there is no point thinking about it now. I will just ask when the person arrives.
"Okay, I understand."
Nodding and signaling Chu Xianping to sit down, Wei Changtian asked again: "What is the situation in Daning recently?"
"Nothing to write home about."
Chu Xianping answered truthfully: "The Dafeng army has retreated back to Yuanzhou City, but the imperial army is still defending Fengxian County. The two sides have been at a truce for several days, and neither side has any intention of making any rash moves for the time being."
"There is no important intelligence from the capital. Ning Yongnian doesn't seem to care much about the war in Yuanzhou. He sent several orders to Yuanzhou, but they all told Wu Ding to hold the front line of Fengxian County."
"As for Shuzhou, Madam Lu is now in charge. It is said that she has managed all affairs in an orderly manner and nothing has gone wrong."
"Oh, by the way, Madam Lu has also opened a branch of Chunshen Bookstore in Shuzhou City, and has started selling newspapers and other items."
“.”
Chu Xianping slowly recounted some of the events that had occurred in Daning in the past few days. Wei Changtian listened while flipping through the Yama Luo files, his expression remaining calm the entire time.
Because as the former said, there is really nothing worth mentioning.
He doesn't care whether there is a war in Wonju or not.
He didn't care what Ning Yongnian's plans were for the war on the front line.
He didn't care even more about what Lu Jingyao did after she went to Shuzhou.
As for the fact that she has now become the "master of his harem", since Xu Qingwan and the others have no objection, Wei Changtian just lets her do what she wants.
"By the way, Brother Chu."
Suddenly, Wei Changtian remembered something he cared about very much: "When will my grandpa arrive?"
"Master Qin left Shuzhou eight days ago. I believe he will be here in a few days."
Chu Xianping replied: "I have already asked the Freemasons to hand over the location of the Princess's Mansion to Master Qin. When he arrives in Fengyuan, he should come directly here."
"That's good."
Upon hearing that Qin Zhengqiu was coming soon, Wei Changtian relaxed a lot. He nodded and gave another reminder: "Keep a close eye on Youjia. Tell me immediately if she returns to the capital."
"I see."
Chu Xianping stood up in response: "Sir, if there is nothing else, I will leave first."
"Um."
“.”
Pushing the door open, Chu Xianping quickly left the study and walked out along the bluestone path.
Pei Dajun happened to be walking towards him at this time, so he stopped and greeted him.
"Master Pei."
"ah?"
Pei Dajun turned his head as if waking up from a dream, and bowed his hands in return with an apologetic look on his face: "It turns out to be Mr. Chu. Sorry, I was just thinking about something."
"No problem."
Chu Xianping nodded and asked casually, "Master Pei, are you going to look for the young master?"
"Yes, there are some things I want to discuss with Master Wei."
Pei Dajun asked, "Is Master Wei in the house now?"
"Yes, I just came out of the house."
"Mr. Chu, I will leave now."
"Well, Master Pei, go quickly."
"Goodbye."
“.”
After saying "goodbye", Pei Dajun hurriedly walked towards the study.
Chu Xianping stood there, looking at his back, without moving for a long time.
Pei Dajun had not met him many times, and the few exchanges they had had were just polite exchanges after chance encounters like today.
Logically speaking, the two of them were not at all familiar with each other, and it would even be a stretch to say that they were "acquainted".
But just based on the few brief conversations just now, Chu Xianping noticed that Pei Dajun seemed different from usual.
"Master Pei!"
Suddenly, Chu Xianping shouted loudly behind him.
"ah?"
Pei Dajun turned around and looked at Chu Xianping who was approaching him again from afar and asked in confusion: "Mr. Chu, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to ask you, sir."
Chu Xianping lowered his voice, leaned close to Pei Dajun's ear and asked with a smile:
"Do you know my name?"
(End of this chapter)
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