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The following day, the quarry was cleared out, and the craftsmen were temporarily housed in a shantytown awaiting orders to resume work.
In the vast quarry, on a flat open space, a large iron pot was placed on a fire. Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao called for someone to bring over a sack and opened it.
The plump, white grains were poured into the iron pot with a "whoosh"—it was sorghum.
The sorghum was scalded and bounced in the pot. Then water was poured into the pot, and Yuan Sui, thinking himself clever, ordered someone to shovel in sand and quicklime and stir it together.
On the hilltop, Zheng Quchi lay on the edge of the cliff, muttering to himself, "...either steam it and then mash it, or grind it into powder and boil it into a paste. What is this all about?"
Unsurprisingly, the first attempt at making the soy milk failed.
Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao exchanged a glance, both seeing the other's resentment in his eyes.
The words that the little black mouse had used to question him in public still echoed in their ears. They refused to believe that they had obtained the secret formula but failed because they had neglected the manufacturing process.
"Keep adding more!"
fail!
"Let's cook the sorghum first," Silver Owl suggested, offering a different approach.
"How much sorghum should I add?" The person pouring the rice hesitated, not daring to be careless with the amount.
At the same time, he was heartbroken.
You should know that ordinary people wouldn't even buy a pound of sorghum to eat during the New Year and other festivals, but now these two are using it to make mud, pouring it into pot after pot.
Zheng Quchi gritted his teeth.
These grown men rarely cook, so when asked, how would they know how much sorghum to put in or how much water to add?
Add more!
Add more!
The two of them started giving nonsensical instructions, and in the end, they cooked another pot of burnt rice crust.
Yuan Sui waved his hand dismissively, even feeling impatient and angry because of his repeated failures.
"Pour it out, pour it out, and have another one!"
Zheng Quchi was simply at her wit's end. Her feelings were just like those of the craftsman who poured the rice—both heartache and trembling.
Those bags of sorghum were all bought with money!
Just then, a force tugged at her, and Zheng Quchi turned around to see Shan Bian, dressed in a craftsman's uniform, making a gesture towards her.
Let's get started!
She followed his gaze and looked down at Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao.
Is this about to begin?
To be honest, she really wants to turn this charade into reality and kill Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao, those two good-for-nothing idiots.
Zheng Quchi raised his crossbow, aimed at the two unsuspecting "prey" below, and spoke coldly.
Who should we take down first?
She asked Shan Bian.
Shan Bian had no objection to this: "Whatever."
“What do you mean by ‘anything’? There’s no choice,” Zheng Quchi retorted.
"Then kill Yuan Sui first!"
"Why?"
"Because... there's no reason why, let's kill Silver Owl first."
"Why?"
A vein throbbed on Danbian's forehead: "Zheng Quchi, did you do this on purpose?"
Zheng Quchi frowned: "No, it's just that I haven't gotten used to this new crossbow yet, and I'm worried that I might not be able to kill with one arrow..."
Dan Bian, however, thought it was no problem: "As long as you're fast enough, you can just finish them off with another arrow."
"OK!"
Zheng Quchi hit the target squarely, and the next second, without any hesitation, he pulled the trigger.
With two swift whooshing sounds, she fired two arrows in quick succession, striking the two men below in the chest.
Blood instantly spread along the wound, and Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao didn't even utter a cry before collapsing with a "thud".
"Well done!" Shan Bian's eyes were filled with excitement.
Zheng Quchi said, "I'm not sure if they're alive or dead after only being hit by one arrow, but they've both fallen, and it won't be easy to hit them with another arrow."
"An arrow to the chest, he's surely dead. We must get out of here immediately."
Dan Bian took out a pipe and blew out a wisp of smoke. Not long after, a burly and cold figure quickly floated over. After he landed, Dan Bian immediately led Zheng Quchi forward.
"Master Qu, it's a success! Now all that's left is to blow up the foundation of the city wall."
Zheng Quchi observed the middle-aged man called "Master Qu" without showing any emotion. He was very tall, with broad shoulders like a majestic mountain. Beneath his thick eyebrows, his long eyes were cold and sharp... He looked exactly like a bandit leader who killed and robbed.
"Alright, let's go blow up the city foundation now!"
Master Qu's gaze then swept toward Zheng Quchi.
Zheng Quchi lowered his head as soon as he met his gaze.
"You don't need to go."
Zheng Quchi didn't know if Master Qu was wary of her or thought she would be in the way. In any case, she didn't plan to go anyway, and since he took the initiative to ask, it saved her the trouble of finding an excuse.
She nodded obediently.
"Alright, then Master Qu, please be careful."
She was decisive and turned to leave.
Master Qu stared at her back for a while, until she was far away, before asking Shan Bian, "Did she really do it?"
"right!"
"After blowing up the city wall, notify all Mohist disciples to immediately retreat to Fuxian County and leave her alone."
"Why?" Shan Bian asked in surprise.
Qu Shi said coldly, "She is no longer of any use to me."
"But doesn't the Mohists still need her to find the Zheng family's map of mountains and rivers?"
"We did suspect that the Map of Mountains and Rivers was with her before, but she hasn't shown any signs of anything unusual for so long, so there's no need to waste any more time. As long as there are still Zheng family bloodlines in this world, we won't have trouble finding the Map of Mountains and Rivers."
Dan Bian remained silent for a moment, then finally made up his mind: "Yes, I'll do as Master Qu says."
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Because Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao were suddenly shot by an arrow and fell into a pool of blood, the group of craftsmen they had been ordering were all terrified. After they came to their senses, they began to scream and run away.
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