the truth
Since there's no way to escape it, the only option is to take a gamble.
Jiang Chaoyu shielded Zeng Chenhua behind her, facing the oncoming menacing group alone. The men who had been running towards them stopped and slowly walked up to Jiang Chaoyu.
"Who are you?" He Chengyi, the leader, asked. Compared to the other three, he was the shortest in stature, but the most striking in appearance.
“Those who hunt for gold and silver,” Jiang Chaoyu replied. There is a group of people in the martial arts world who love to search for gold and silver treasures, and he was now impersonating them.
In He Chengyi's view, Jiang Chaoyu was petite, yet she wielded a soft sword that seemed out of place for her, and her expression was cold. Meanwhile, the woman behind her, who appeared much larger than the woman in front, was hiding behind her, suggesting that the woman in front was not to be underestimated.
He Chengyi gave a wink to Wei Zhong behind him, who immediately gripped the hammer tightly.
"If you two want them, feel free to take them." He Chengyi gestured to the gold and silver jewelry on the ground, which was covered in dust.
Jiang Chaoyu saw through He Chengyi's intentions and realized he had no intention of letting them go. Jiang Chaoyu protected Zeng Chenhua behind her and stepped back, saying, "Thank you, but the two of us can't carry it. It seems we should go to the main building to call for help. Do you know of any other passage?"
While seemingly asking questions, Jiang Chaoyu was actually already searching for a way out. According to Zeng Chenhua's earlier statement, there must be another path inside the secret room they had discussed. However, Jiang Chaoyu looked at the path behind He Chengyi.
It seems the only way out is to fight them.
However, before she could make a move, her opponent insidiously released poisonous insects, trying to bite her without her noticing. But Jiang Chaoyu was no ordinary person. If she couldn't even see through this little trick, then the training of the Crescent Moon Sect would have been a waste.
Jiang Chaoyu grabbed the poisonous insects released by the thugs and threw them back, saying with dissatisfaction, "You're just doing someone else's job, why resort to underhanded tricks?"
Unexpectedly, this was also noticed. He Chengyi initially thought that he would be able to negotiate terms after the two of them were poisoned by the insects, but he did not expect to backfire. The poisonous insects were attracted to them instead, so he took out his Flying Swallow Dart and knocked the insects down.
Jiang Chaoyu's words revealed her true intentions, and He Chengyi smiled slyly, "Since you know we are here to help others, why don't you stay and keep these gold and jewels company?"
After speaking, he gave an order to the people behind him, and they all received the order and began to attack Jiang Chaoyu.
Jiang Chaoyu wielded her soft sword, which instantly launched an attack like a venomous snake. It entangled itself around the handle of Wei Zhong's hammer, and in an instant, Wei Zhong's strength was no match for Jiang Chaoyu's.
Seeing this, another person tried to thwart Jiang Chaoyu's attack from the side. Zeng Chenhua noticed this action and immediately took out his fan to block the person.
Now the two are trapped in the middle, surrounded by four people.
Seeing this situation, He Chengyi felt victory was assured and asked directly, "Who sent you?"
Jiang Chaoyu curled her lips slightly, her eyes full of disdain, and sheathed her soft sword, saying, "The only people who usually ask me are the dead."
Upon hearing this, the four men all thought Jiang Chaoyu was a bit arrogant and laughed. The laughter quickly drowned out what Jiang Chaoyu had just said.
He Chengyi and the others didn't take Jiang Chaoyu seriously, assuming she was just giving her final instructions before she died. "I thought she was something else, but she's only a novice. I'm afraid the one who's going to die is someone else."
Seeing their arrogance, Jiang Chaoyu was not annoyed. She turned to Zeng Chenhua and said, "You deal with the two on your side, and I'll deal with the two most arrogant and conceited ones."
After giving her instructions, Jiang Chaoyu tilted her head slightly to look at the two people in front of her, raised her eyebrows and smiled lightly, her eyes full of mockery, and said, "Oh, is that so?" Her words lingered for a moment, and then Jiang Chaoyu once again swung her soft sword at the two people in front of her.
Although He Chengyi was short, he was the most skilled in martial arts among the four. Seeing Jiang Chaoyu rushing towards him aggressively, he didn't rush and instead threw a flying swallow dart in the direction Jiang Chaoyu was coming from.
Jiang Chaoyu was not afraid of this. She directly knocked away the flying swallow dart in front of her with her soft sword and instantly appeared in front of He Chengyi. The tip of her sword was pointed directly at He Chengyi's eyes, but He Chengyi was not afraid. He calmly said, "Why don't you take a look behind you and see the dart you knocked away?"
Only after He Chengyi said this did Jiang Chaoyu realize that a force was coming towards her from behind.
It turned out that He Chengyi's flying swallow dart had changed direction and was coming towards her again. Jiang Chaoyu had no choice but to retract her soft sword and dodge the dart by turning to the side.
Seeing the Flying Swallow Dart return to He Chengyi's hand, and Wei Zhong beside him holding a hammer, the two felt victory was within their grasp. However, those who had been on the edge of a knife dared not underestimate their enemies until the very last moment.
Although they saw Jiang Chaoyu panting heavily, they knew very well that as long as he didn't die, they could be killed at any time.
He Chengyi kindly reminded her, "Miss, one shouldn't boast too early, otherwise the blood splattered on others will be your own."
Jiang Chaoyu calmed her breathing and slowly steadied herself. Seeing this, she replied, "Thank you for your concern, but I have always preferred other people's blood."
After glancing at Zeng Chenhua's side, which still held the advantage, he then continued his attack on He Chengyi and his group with his soft sword.
This time, Jiang Chaoyu adjusted his strategy, no longer directly confronting them. Instead, he first threw out his soft sword, and in that instant, Wei Zhong's hammer was caught, leaving only He Chengyi.
Seeing He Chengyi launch another flying swallow dart, Jiang Chaoyu put down her soft sword and ran behind He Chengyi. Before He Chengyi could react, she struck him on the back with a palm.
The flying dart returned to the spot where He Chengyi was standing. Before he could react after being struck by Jiang Chaoyu's palm, he was hit by his own flying dart. Seeing that He Chengyi had been hit in the chest, Jiang Chaoyu, to prevent He Chengyi from being killed by her flying dart, pulled him to a different position.
The flying dart struck the wall directly and remained fixed there.
He Chengyi looked back at the flying swallow dart, feeling fortunate. He hadn't expected to be hit by his own flying swallow dart. If it weren't for Jiang Chaoyu, he would have died.
Seeing that He Chengyi was completely under Jiang Chaoyu's control, Wei Zhong felt that the hammer in his hand had become a burden and he didn't know whether he should go forward to save He Chengyi.
Looking at Wei Zhong, who was holding two large hammers, Jiang Chaoyu knew that He Chengyi was the leader of the three of them. So she directly pulled out the flying swallow dart from He Chengyi's chest, not caring that He Chengyi was bleeding profusely after the dart was pulled out.
Jiang Chaoyu placed the dart against He Chengyi's neck, looked at Wei Zhong and the other two fighting Zeng Chenhua, and said loudly, "He is now in my hands. If you dare to make any rash moves, I will not be polite."
Upon hearing this, the other two stopped fighting and walked to Wei Zhong's side. Seeing He Chengyi bleeding profusely, they said that everything was negotiable, as long as he was released.
Zeng Chenhua also walked behind Jiang Chaoyu. Jiang Chaoyu, holding He Chengyi hostage, moved towards the secret room. When she saw the three people in front of her trying to get closer, she pressed down harder on He Chengyi's neck with the Flying Swallow Dart, causing bloodstains to appear on He Chengyi's neck.
Seeing this, the three of them stayed where they were.
"If you want him, then obediently answer my questions." Although Jiang Chaoyu didn't know the relationship between them, it seemed that all three of them valued He Chengyi quite a bit, otherwise they wouldn't have stopped so easily.
Seeing that the three men had stopped fighting for his sake, He Chengyi angrily said, "Don't worry about me, just go for it!"
The three shouted in unison, "Big Brother!"
In this way, Jiang Chaoyu understood the relationship between the four people.
"In that case, if you want people, then obediently answer the question!"
When the three people in front of her stopped moving, Jiang Chaoyu boldly asked, "Who are you people?"
Wei Zhong quickly replied, "The organization is located in the southern part of the capital."
Upon hearing this, even Zeng Chenhua was puzzled, wondering when the Jingnan Organization had come into existence.
The two looked at each other, both seeing doubt in each other's eyes. It seemed this organization was an underground one.
What are you doing?
Another person answered, "To connect with officials and merchants in the capital."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chaoyu understood that the mysterious force from before was them, or at least they were involved.
"When did it begin?"
Just as the other person was about to answer, his blood splattered onto Jiang Chaoyu's face.
Just a hair's breadth away from giving the answer he wanted, but Jiang Chaoyu could only watch as the man collapsed lifeless in front of her.
"If you want to ask, I have a better answer." Her cold words rang out, chilling like ice, and reached Jiang Chaoyu's ears even before she arrived.
Seeing the person in front of him fall, another flying dart struck He Chengyi directly in the heart, and he instantly stopped breathing.
Upon seeing this, Zeng Chenhua threw He Chengyi to the ground and then pulled Jiang Chaoyu behind him, waiting for the owner of the voice to appear.
"People, really, it doesn't matter whether you have them or not." As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Chaoyu's eyes fell on the woman who was covering her child's mouth on the street. She had changed into plain clothes and was holding a flying swallow dart in her hand, which seemed to be the same dart as He Chengyi's.
In an instant, the people Jiang Chaoyu had taken hostage died, and she no longer had any leverage to blackmail them.
The other two remained silent, simply bowing their heads to let the woman walk up to Jiang Chaoyu, while Zhang Chengfu followed behind her.
Jiang Chaoyu wasn't surprised by this. In her deduction, the appearance of that child was a setup, a trap to lure her into a trap. "So he deliberately appeared in front of me back then, didn't he?"
Wei Zhong pulled out the flying swallow dart he had just thrown, wiped the bloodstains off with his own clothes, and then presented it to the woman with both hands.
This woman is the third-in-command of the Jingnan organization, named Leng Bicha. She disguises herself as a married woman and usually appears so gentle that she goes unnoticed. However, the moment Jiang Chaoyu saw her, he noticed the calluses on Leng Bicha's palms.
If she were an ordinary woman, how could she have such calluses? So from that moment on, Jiang Chaoyu began to suspect the woman's identity.
So she followed the carriage, only to find that it was Zhang Chengfu who got off. Later, during the fight, Zhang Chengfu had already escaped, and Jiang Chaoyu guessed that he must have gone back to find reinforcements. Fortunately, she still managed to get some crucial information out of him.
"I didn't expect this young lady to be so clever, to be able to notice it." Leng Bicha took the flying swallow dart and applauded Jiang Chaoyu.
Leng Bicha looked at Zeng Chenhua in front of Jiang Chaoyu, sneered, and said, "I suppose the person in front of you is a man."
As the third-in-command of the Jingnan organization, he had experienced both hardship and triumph, and had encountered all sorts of situations. The man before us had a bold posture and an extraordinary demeanor, even though he was a man.
Upon hearing this, Wei Zhong and the other person behind him were surprised, realizing that this strength truly belonged to a man.
"May I ask which school you studied under, young lady?"
Jiang Chaoyu did not answer Leng Bicha's question directly, but said, "So you were the one manipulating things behind the scenes."
Upon hearing Jiang Chaoyu's words, Leng Bicha knew what she wanted to say and couldn't help but praise her, "If you didn't know so much, I would really like to make you my apprentice!"
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