What's wrong with your eyes?
Zheng Quchi hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to pull his hand down to check the situation, but saw "Liu Fengmian" turn his body slightly to the side, shake his head, and avoid her touch.
"Just an old ailment."
"Are you feeling very uncomfortable? Then wait here for me, I'll go to the pharmacy right away and get you some painkillers."
Zheng Quchi felt that since he had just tricked this weak and helpless son-in-law into signing the contract, he should at least act more proactively, otherwise... how would he coax him into signing the contract later?
Yuwen Sheng said gently, "Yes, I can take care of myself. You should go ahead."
Zheng Quchi responded with an "okay," then turned and stopped a passerby to ask him where the pharmacy was on the street. After getting the approximate location, he jogged over there.
Once he confirmed that the person was out of sight, Yuwen Sheng lowered his hand, his robes sweeping away the dust on the ground. A warm halo of light blended onto his face, making it appear hazy and indistinct.
Suddenly, a scout appeared from all directions, appearing behind the wall, within the tree canopy, and behind the crowd.
The marriage plaza is usually deserted, and with the wedding procession finished and everyone who was supposed to leave gone, the scout, with a cold and fierce expression, quickly dismissed everyone around, leaving no one to keep watch.
"General, the spies from Julu Kingdom who were hiding in Fuxian County just set fire to the Wenshu Hall and ransacked it. They are now heading towards Chunchu Ferry with thirty cavalrymen."
The Wenshu Hall, the location of the Fuxian County Archives, contains household registration information for tens of thousands of families. This is of no benefit to the Julu Kingdom and is merely a deliberate attempt to cause trouble for Yuwen Sheng.
Yuwen Sheng: "Have you lured everyone out?"
The scout raised his hand in a bow: "After the general ordered us to spread the news that you planned to secretly meet Gongshu Jiruo at the Wenshu Hall in Fuxian, our army ambushed people at various sentry posts. Sure enough, the people in the shadows began to stir. All those who had previously contacted the Julu Kingdom were arrested and imprisoned."
“That’s not enough. Besides Julu Kingdom, there must be other forces. How can I, Yuwen Sheng, tolerate these snakes, insects, and rats appearing at any time in my position?”
“There are also people in the military secretly trying to find out about the general’s whereabouts in Fuxian County, and these people have also been placed under surveillance.”
They probably never dreamed that the general hadn't gone anywhere, but instead disguised himself as a blind commoner and came to the matchmaking square for a blind date.
"Over in Julu Kingdom, can you see who the leader is?"
The scout was unsure: "It seems to be... Sima Moye from Julu Kingdom."
Yuwen Sheng looked up at him, a slight smile playing on his lips, and a chill instantly crept into his warm white attire: "Send fifty elite soldiers to intercept him when they arrive at Chunchu Ferry. If necessary, capture him alive or keep him dead."
"yes."
Yuwen Sheng led a horse over and nimbly mounted it. He took out a Taotie Nuo mask from his pocket and put it on. Just as he was reining in the horse and turning around, he caught a glimpse of an ugly and shocked face in the corner of his eye.
This person was Jin Duobao.
She has always been narrow-minded and selfish. This time, she was betrayed by Zheng Quchi and was unwilling to accept it. She returned, wanting only to vent her anger.
But she never expected that the blind man who was despised and looked down upon by everyone in the wedding procession would now be completely different, so majestic and imposing.
Yuwen Sheng smiled like a spring flower: "It seems you've seen something you shouldn't have~"
Wearing a mask, Jin Duobao was not fooled by his deceptive appearance, and thus could more directly feel the malice from the abyss, cold and bloodthirsty.
Her legs trembled, her face was covered in cold sweat, and her throat felt like it was being choked. She wanted to beg for mercy, to scream for help, to sob and cry, but she couldn't do any of it.
Everything went black.
As she watched the soldiers walking coldly toward her, she felt that her life... might end here today.
——
On the other side, following someone's directions, Zheng Quchi finally found a Chinese medicine shop. Just as he was about to go in, he was suddenly pulled into a dark alley by a hand.
Robbery?!
Murder?!
A series of social events flashed through her mind, scaring her half to death. Just as she was about to shout, someone covered her mouth and said, "Don't shout, it's me."
That voice... it's Qiu.
But Zheng Quchi was not relieved to recognize him; instead, she was annoyed that this unlucky kid had come looking for her again.
"You...you're healed?"
Seeing that she had calmed down, Qiu let her go.
Zheng Quchi saw that he was wearing a very ordinary black outfit, and his pale face still showed little emotion, like a killing machine.
"Um."
Suddenly, Zheng Quchi remembered that she wasn't dressed like Sang Xuanqing anymore. She was surprised: "How did you recognize me? Haven't I changed much?"
"Have you changed?" Qiu looked her over again, his flat eyes now holding a strange glint in them. "Are you pretending to be a woman? Then why don't you wear padding? It's easy to expose yourself like that."
He was genuinely advising her on the key points of her pretense.
But Zheng Quchi felt that her pitiful female self-esteem had been dealt a critical blow, with damage amounting to 100 million points.
So what if I have small breasts? Does having small breasts mean I'm not fit to be a woman?
"..." Ha, what could she possibly expect this idiot to know?
Too lazy to play games with him, Zheng Quchi cut straight to the point: "What brings you here today?"
Qiu nodded and uttered two words, their blades sheathed: "Assassination."
Zheng Quchi's eyes widened: "Assassination? Assassinate whom?"
“I unexpectedly discovered that Sima Moye of Julu Kingdom had set up an ambush at Chunchudu to assassinate Yuwen Sheng and seize the Nine-Dragon Mechanism Box. However, Yuwen Sheng and the Nine-Dragon Mechanism Box are also the targets of our Mo family, so we have to take action first.”
This was the first time Qiu had spoken such a long passage, but Zheng Quchi had no time to care about that; she was completely overwhelmed by Qiu's explosive description of the assassination operation.
"Why do we have to go? Why don't you go yourself?"
"Although I am skilled in assassination, this time the target requires your help."
Zheng Quchi was inwardly cursing: "Why? I don't know any martial arts. How am I supposed to assassinate a general of a nation? By sheer luck?"
When she found out she was a bastard, she secretly took all sorts of tests and found that she didn't have the legendary internal strength or lightness skills at all.
Qiu looked at her silently, and then... pulled out a crossbow from behind his back.
Under Zheng Quchi's bewildered gaze, he said, "In the Mo family, your crossbow skills are second to none, and you are the only one who can carry out an assassination within a hundred meters with absolute certainty."
With a trembling heart and sweaty hands, she was like an old woman in her seventies or eighties, on the verge of death, accepting the crossbow with a heart full of despair.
"Wow, I'm actually this amazing..."
But I don't know it myself, so what should I do now?
Qiu didn't catch her self-deprecation; instead, she acknowledged, "You are indeed capable. Once the assassination is successful, I will take you away."
She looked up: "What if we fail?"
"Do you think that if we fail, we still have a chance to survive against Yuwen Sheng?" Qiu asked rhetorically.
Zheng Quchi took a deep breath and discussed it with him: "...I think this matter is of great importance, and it would be best to consider it carefully."
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