Chapter 64 Gu Liansheng's Plan
The water in which the frog is boiled is gradually boiling, and the next step is to be on guard against the frog's counterattack.
The situation outside was urgent, and Xun Yan couldn't accompany him all day long. He was often busy outside. Even Jiang Hanfeng sometimes had to help fight.
Too many forces have been annexed by Zanhua Lane. At this point, the appearance of morality is no longer useful. Whoever has the bigger fist will be the one to obey. Sects of all sizes have joined Zanhua Lane, and some gangs have vowed to resist to the death. Some people who have long since stopped participating in worldly affairs have returned to the arena. The scene is even more chaotic than when the Demon Cult dominated.
Shen Yingxue receives various messages every day. Because they are related to the main storyline, the Mosaic system is particularly lenient and removes most of the codes, so Shen Yingxue can handle these things with a clear mind.
Shen Yingxue retreated behind the scenes, and his subordinates would send him some news every day, telling him that Zanhua Lane had conflicts with those sects again, which sects came to seek refuge, where Xun Yan and Lan Jin went, and who they met.
He spread a piece of paper on the table, drew a few circles on it, and roughly marked a few forces in simplified Chinese characters. Every day there were new accounts coming in, and he felt the joy of playing a business simulation.
The subordinate came to report, "Master, a letter has arrived."
Shen Yingxue replied casually: "Put it down."
After putting down the letter, the subordinate did not leave immediately, but said: "The messenger left a message saying that the Bafang Sect brought a group of people to Jinling, and Master Mao was captured. The people of the Bafang Sect threatened you, saying that if you don't come out within three days, they will kill Master Mao, cut off his head, and hang it on the city gate."
"He was caught?" Shen Yingxue was stunned. How could someone as powerful as Lan Jin be caught? "Where's Xun Yan?"
"Lord Xun Yan should be in Annan..."
Annan is 180,000 miles away from Jinling, so even if Xun Yan wanted to help Lan Jin, he couldn't get there.
Shen Yingxue had no idea about Lan Jin's current situation. He opened the envelope and read it, and found that the letter was written by a hall master named Wang Xing from the Bafang Sect. The letter was very difficult to understand, and even without mosaics, Shen Yingxue could not understand many of the unfamiliar characters.
I skipped over those words and stumbled through the contents of the letter. It turned out that they won by numbers. Although Lan Jin used poison, he could only poison a limited number of people, and was eventually caught. He also tried to escape, but the people of the Bafang Sect were heavily guarded and were even more alert when they came into contact with Lan Jin. Lan Jin had no chance of escaping at all, and then there were all kinds of threatening words.
There was also a belt attached to the envelope, which was the one Lan Jin often wore, which was enough to prove his identity.
Shen Yingxue felt that the oral message should have been delivered by Lan Jin's subordinates. If it was from the Bafang Sect, there would be no need to deliver the oral message if a letter was written. Lan Jin knew that he could not read, so he reminded him of this.
Lan Jin's situation might not be as bad as the letter said, but it was definitely not good either.
Shen Yingxue had never seen the miserable condition of those who were poisoned by Lan Jin, so she thought that it must not be very good, and they would never let Lan Jin off so easily.
Shen Yingxue sneered, "You also go and tell the messenger that if the cat dies, no one will survive. I will first find Gu Lianhua. Who is Wang Xing? How can he be worthy of me to go to see him? Let him come by himself. I want to ask him whether what Gu Lianhua said at the beginning is true or not."
The information she had read over the past few days was not in vain. Shen Yingxue was sure that the Bafang Sect was united, so she dared to use their leader to threaten him. If Wang Xing was not in agreement with them, Lan Jin would have died unjustly.
The subordinate hesitated to speak and did not dare to correct Shen Yingxue's address.
The leader of the Bafang Sect is clearly called Gu Liansheng, not Gu Lianhua... Never mind, the master must know and probably said that on purpose. So when he passed on the message, he also said that.
A few days later, another message came, and this time the letter also contained a tuft of Lan Jin's hair. Wang Xing did not plan to come, and he regretted it for the sake of Gu Liansheng's face, and told Shen Yingxue to give him three more days. If he did not go, the next time he saw Lan Jin's hair would not be as simple as that.
Jiang Hanfeng came back from outside and learned the news here. He was worried: "They must have set up a trap long ago, just waiting for you to get there."
"There's no other way. We have to go no matter what. Three days is too tight. Let's pack up and leave immediately." Shen Yingxue had no doubt that they would kill Lan Jin.
Jiang Hanfeng asked someone to prepare horses, and he and Shen Yingxue traveled lightly and rode to Jinling together.
Shen Yingxue had not been learning the internal force for a long time, but with the previous martial arts as a foundation, he made rapid progress and could use the internal force. However, he still felt pain occasionally. Although the mosaic had reduced his work, it still affected his daily life. It seemed that his madness had not yet been cured.
Jiang Hanfeng rode a horse to carry him and let Shen Yingxue sit in front of him to control the direction for him. This saved Shen Yingxue a lot of energy and made him feel more relaxed.
The two of them traveled very fast and arrived in Jinling in the evening of the next day. There was still a long time before the agreed time, so Shen Yingxue used the token to contact the people in the Blood Shadow Building and was taken to a small courtyard to rest. She also inquired about the situation in Jinling.
The assassins of the Blood Shadow Building have been lurking in the dark. When they are not working, they are just like ordinary people, walking around the streets and alleys without attracting any attention. Although they don't know that Hua Zhu is half the owner of the building, they are also concerned about the fighting in the martial arts world. What happened these days has not been hidden from the eyes of the brothers of the Blood Shadow Building.
The man who reported to Shen Yingxue was a man with a scar on his face. His skin was very dark and his voice was rough. "About three months ago, a group of merchants came to Jinling City. Because it was relatively stable at that time, the brothers didn't take it seriously and just thought they were ordinary merchants. Until not long ago, they suddenly caused trouble in the city, smashed the shops in Zanhua Lane, arrested the people in Zanhua Lane, and lured Mao here. Mao brought a lot of people, but there were more people in the city, so they caught Mao easily."
"So, the people in the city had planned this long ago?" Shen Yingxue asked, "Are they all from the Bafang Sect?"
The man said, "There are other sects as well, and 80% of them are from the Bafang Sect."
Jiang Hanfeng wanted to say something but stopped himself.
Shen Yingxue asked him, "What do you want to say?"
Jiang Hanfeng said, "Three months ago, probably before the Emperor's birthday banquet, when we first arrived in the capital."
Shen Yingxue blinked, not understanding what he meant: "So?"
Jiang Hanfeng looked at the man, then at the other people in the room. Shen Yingxue understood and said to them, "There's nothing to do here, go down and have a rest."
After those people left, Jiang Hanfeng said, "Gu Liansheng may have misunderstood our relationship and thought that I had given up on you and had fallen in love with Huazhu. He was extremely ashamed and angry and wanted to avenge you, so he set this trap."
The Bafang Sect was far away from Jinling, and Gu Liansheng had brought all his wealth here, obviously intending to fight to the death. If he failed, the Bafang Sect would have to withdraw from the martial arts world and would no longer have a say.
The hatred between Hua Zhu and Gu Liansheng, in addition to Hua Zhu's plot, is also because of his harm to "Shen Yingxue". Gu Liansheng wanted to avenge both public and private grudges, so he made such a plan.
Shen Yingxue couldn't help laughing, and when she had finished laughing, she said, "This guy is really funny. Who does he think he is to make decisions for me?"
What Jiang Hanfeng wanted to say was that if the situation was critical, as long as Shen Yingxue revealed her identity, Gu Liansheng would not kill him.
But he couldn't say this to Shen Yingxue, as this was an insult to him.
Who is Gu Liansheng, and is he worthy of Shen Yingxue begging for mercy in this way? This must be something Shen Yingxue would not bother to do.
But Jiang Hanfeng was still afraid. Shen Yingxue's injuries had not fully healed. Although her martial arts were still usable, they were not as good as before. Even if he could reach his peak state, he would not be able to fight so many people.
Jiang Hanfeng watched Shen Yingxue fall asleep before leaving with a heavy heart.
Lan Jin was locked up in a dungeon, with only some leftovers to eat every day, which was never enough to fill her up. After a few days, she became haggard and too hungry to escape.
He knew that the Bafang Sect had colluded with other sects and set up a dragnet in Jinling. All the people in the Zanhua Lane in Jinling were also arrested by them. If Shen Yingxue came, there would be no one to help her.
He didn't want Shen Yingxue to come here, so he tricked the people of the Eight Directions Sect into passing on that message, creating the illusion that his situation was not bad. There was no movement outside for a long time, and Lan Jin knew that Shen Yingxue understood his hint. He breathed a sigh of relief and waited for death in the dark prison.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, the people from the Bafang Sect suddenly took him out. Lan Jin had a bad feeling and his heart beat faster than before.
The poison in his body had been searched away long ago, and he was weak, and his martial arts skills were not very high, so it would be difficult for him to escape even if he wanted to. Lan Jin could only watch the situation unfold, and was quietly led out of the dungeon, across a street, and to the other end of the street.
Here he saw the person he had been thinking about: "Master! Why are you here? Go away and leave me alone!"
Shen Yingxue's wheelchair was not here, and he was too lazy to pretend, so he stood side by side with Jiang Hanfeng. This scene deeply stimulated the people of the Bafang Sect.
Everyone in the martial arts world knows that Hua Zhu is a disabled man with a red birthmark on his face. These two characteristics are simply his trademarks. Now that Hua Zhu can walk freely, it is impossible for him to be disabled!
He is just pretending, he is hiding his abilities!
Pretending to be gentle and harmless, just like what happened in Zanhua Lane before, he will reveal his true colors once he has accumulated enough strength.
Everyone can see the ambition of Zanhua Lane.
No one knows the true strength of the flower master.
Shen Yingxue gave Lan Jin a soothing look.
Lan Jin was in such a bad state. His shiny fur had turned dirty, like a cat that had fallen into muddy soup. His fur was sticking to his body. He looked so skinny and pitiful. This cat was still crying, crying harder than the previous times. His nose was even red.
This is Shen Yingxue's cat, no one can bully him.
Shen Yingxue looked at the group of people coldly, "Where is Gu Lianhua?"
After these words came out, the expressions of the people in the Eight Directions Sect were different, and the most evil villain in the lead was even more cold. He took out a knife and winked at the others: "I didn't want to act so quickly. It's all your fault that you are seeking death. At this time, you still dare to provoke. Do you think that everyone in the Eight Directions Sect is dead? Go, kill the Flower Master!"
Shen Yingxue: “…”
He just asked a question, how could it be provocative? Are these people mentally ill?