Chapter 111: Catching a Turtle in a Jar
The leaders and disciples of the Qiongyu Sect and Juxian Villa are really good at hiding things.
In the next few days, Ling Chan still couldn't find any clues from the surveillance.
The martial arts conference will be held tomorrow, and the competition arena at Fuyun Villa has been cleaned up and fully arranged.
I heard that this arena was expanded ten years ago and is usually used by Gong family disciples to practice martial arts.
The sisters from Qingyi Tower are ready and will come to Fuyun Villa with other sects tomorrow.
Ling Chan has been very flustered these past two days. Thinking that tomorrow is the martial arts conference and Floating Cloud Villa will be very lively, she deliberately left Hongdougong, Langongyu and the other two and sat alone in a high pavilion.
It was spring, and the sun was shining brightly, making her drowsy.
Ling Chan forced her eyelids open, stretched out her hands to block out the sunlight, and squinted at the sky.
A ray of sunlight shone into her eyes, and for some reason, at that moment, an idea flashed through her mind.
Tomorrow, all the leaders and important disciples of the major sects in the martial arts world will come to participate in the martial arts conference. If someone closes the door to beat the dog... it's not... catching the turtle in the jar...
Ling Chan shuddered and stood up immediately.
She held up the hem of her skirt, which was in the way, and ran all the way to Xiao Jin's yard.
Xiao Jin was not in the yard. The guards said he had gone to the arena.
Ling Chan ran over again and saw Gong Zhou and Xiao Jin standing together from a distance.
"Why is Sister Wanyue so impetuous?" Xiao Jin asked. The doting in his tone made Gongzhou look sideways, but he himself didn't notice.
Ling Chan looked at Gong Zhou, "Uncle, I have something to say to Brother Rui Wang."
Xiao Jin was wearing a mask, but it couldn't hide the upturned corners of his mouth.
Gong Zhou bowed to Xiao Jin and said, "Your Highness, I will go over there and take a look."
Xiao Jin held out his hand and said politely, "Please."
After Gongzhou left, Xiao Jin looked at Ling Chan again, "Sister Wanyue, why are you rushing here in such a hurry? Is there something important?"
Ling Chan couldn't stand his slow speaking, so she grabbed his wrist and pulled him to a place where no one could reach him.
"I have a suspicion."
Xiao Jin's expression turned serious, "What?"
"I doubt... what Gongzhou will do at the martial arts tournament."
Xiao Jin motioned for her to continue.
"Do you remember the letter we found?" Ling Chan asked.
Xiao Jin nodded. Of course he remembered. Those letters shocked him for a long time.
"Isn't there a letter asking Gongzhou to disrupt the Daqi martial arts world and create disputes between sects..."
"Then isn't the martial arts conference the best opportunity?"
"Almost all the famous sects in the martial arts world have come..."
Xiao Jin frowned, "Gongzhou...does he dare?"
Can he deal with the entire martial arts world with his own strength, or with the strength of the Gong family?
and..
"I brought a thousand soldiers this time."
Ling Chan still believed in her sixth sense, "He will definitely do something, but we just don't know."
"But the more this happens, the more we need to take precautions."
Otherwise, if Gongzhou really did something, and all of them were in Fuyun Villa, they would be trapped.
When Ling Chan said this, his eyes glanced at Gong Zhou in the distance. He was talking to a disciple of the Gong family.
The current Gong Zhou is completely different from the Gong Zhou she saw in the dark room in the back mountain that day.
One is a chivalrous man of justice, the other is a madman!
Speaking of which, Gong Zhou has not gone to the dark room in the back mountain these days, so Gong Taining and Gong Yi are safe for the time being.
"Let me ask you, how many troops are stationed near Qingzhou Prefecture?"
Xiao Jin answered truthfully, "The garrison consists of 4,000 men."
The number of people was not large, so General Zhu Xu dispersed the garrison to various counties and villages... and there was no one from the garrison to be deployed to the government office.
"Can you mobilize them?" Ling Chan retracted her gaze, thinking that she still had to keep an eye on the surveillance in the dark room in the back mountain tonight.
"Can."
"You should transfer them back and let them be on standby in the barracks."
This request made Xiao Jin a little embarrassed.
The reason why Zhu Xu was asked to send troops to protect the people was not just to leave Gongzhou with no one to turn to for help, but because the people really needed to be protected in such a situation.
"Everyone in the martial arts world is here in Qingzhou Prefecture, paying close attention to the situation at the martial arts conference."
"The people should be fine."
Xiao Jin thought for a moment, hands behind his back, and nodded, "Okay, I'll have Jiu Zhen notify Zhu Xu right away."
"But... they might not be able to make it to the martial arts conference even if they rush back from all the villages and counties."
Ling Chan's face darkened. "Let them rush back overnight."
"After the martial arts conference is over, this princess will treat them to wine and meat."
"Okay." Xiao Jin replied.
Ling Chan glanced at Gong Zhou again before leaving the training ground.
She is now going to install surveillance cameras outside Fuyun Villa to check the situation outside at any time.
As soon as Ling Chan left, the disciple who was talking to Gong Zhou also left.
Xiao Jin looked at him and snorted in his heart. This disciple was most likely following Ling Chan. His luck was really bad.
As soon as the disciple walked out of Fuyun Villa, there was no trace of Ling Chan.
He began to look for her around, but when he turned around, he bumped into Ling Chan.
Ling Chan smiled at him, raised her hand, and pierced the hairpin directly into his neck.
The disciple's eyes widened in disbelief...
Ling Chan could understand his surprise.
After she moved into Floating Cloud Villa as Ling Chan, she never showed off her skills. They probably thought she was a weak woman who couldn't even lift a finger.
Drag him into the woods and cover him with all kinds of fallen leaves...
Ling Chan installed two circles of surveillance cameras outside Fuyun Villa, one circle was close to Fuyun Villa, and the other circle was one mile away from Fuyun Villa.
When we finished the surveillance and returned to Floating Cloud Villa, the sun had already set.
She was also very tired, so she asked for hot water, took a hot bath, and then snuggled into bed.
But she couldn't sleep, she had a premonition that Gongzhou would go to the dark room in the back mountain tonight.
She couldn't sleep, and Hongdou and the others couldn't sleep either.
"Sister Lan." Hongdou moved closer to Gong Lan. "What is a martial arts conference like? I've never seen one before..."
Gong Lan had never seen it before. "It should be... different sects challenging each other... to see who has the most powerful martial arts, and who has the most prestige in the martial arts world..."
"What's so good about being the leader of the martial arts world?" Hongdou muttered.
Gong Lan rubbed her head and said, "There are so many benefits."
"The leader of the martial arts world can command the martial arts world... like the emperor of the martial arts world."
"Respected by fellow martial artists, how impressive!"
"Whatever you want..."
However, during the ten years that Gongzhou was the leader of the martial arts world... many people in the martial arts world were dissatisfied, which made his position as leader less glorious.
"Then...Miss, are you going to challenge too?" Hongdou's eyes were full of worry.
Gong Lan had to answer her, "Yes."
Tomorrow, Ling Chan will become the owner of Qingyi Tower in front of all the sects and officially take over the female soldiers left behind by the master.
Thinking of this, Gong Lan became very excited and looking forward to it.
Ling Chan almost couldn't bear it, but fortunately, when her eyelids were fighting each other, there was movement in the darkroom.
It was really Gongzhou who went to the dark room in the back mountain.
Gong Taining and Gong Yi’s acting is really good. They are still yelling at Gong Zhou like before.
Gongzhou didn't suspect anything...
He took the whip and beat Gong Taining and Gong Yi.
This time the whip didn't last long, and soon he happily dropped the whip.
"The martial arts conference is tomorrow." He actually sat cross-legged opposite the two cages.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow I want them all dead!" Gong Zhou finished speaking, throwing his head back and laughing, "Hahahaha, die all of them!"
After laughing, he added, "Including Ling Chan."
"Once she dies, I will let you follow her, and let your entire Gong family gather together in the underworld."
"Wuwuwu... Hmmmm..." Gong Yi was extremely anxious, but he still remembered Ling Chan's instructions not to let Gongzhou find out that their voices had healed.
Gong Taining also kept stretching out his hands, "Hmm...ah...mm..."
Gong Zhou must have been in a good mood, as he did not stop Gong Taining and Gong Yi. Instead, he crossed his arms and looked at them quietly.
"If you want to blame someone, go and blame Gong Lele."
"If she hadn't taken a fancy to Ling Rui and gotten involved in the court disputes and the struggle for imperial power, how could the Wan family be wiped out and the Gong family become my possession?"
Ling Chan's eyelashes trembled when she heard his words. The extermination of the Wan family...is it also related to the court?
"Starting tomorrow, the conflict between the imperial court and the martial arts world will resurface... Daqi is plagued by internal troubles. By then, my Dahe army will be able to break through Daqi's borders... Hahaha."
Ling Chan was shocked...
Gong Taining and Gong Yi were even more shocked, "Ah... um... well..."
What exactly does he want to do?
The two really wanted to ask Gongzhou, but... they couldn't open their mouths.
Gong Zhou stood up and said, "Don't worry, I'll tell you again in two days."
"Hahaha." He laughed and left the dark room.
After he completely left the dark room, Gong Yi couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what on earth does he want to do?"
Gong Taining's face was solemn. "Yier, didn't you hear what he just said?"
Gong Yi was stunned, not knowing what Gong Taining was referring to.
"He said, his Da He army..." Gong Taining repeated Gong Zhou's words, "He's the Da He army? He's a Da He person?"
After saying this, Gong Taining himself was confused. He was clearly his son, so how could he be a Da He person...?
"Could it be that Aunt Hai is a Dahe person?" Gong Yi thought of the key point.
He stared at Gong Taining and asked, "Dad, could Aunt Hai be a Dahe person?"
Gong Taining grabbed the cage and shook his head blankly, "No, no way?"
Gong Yi sighed helplessly, "Dad, you..."
He didn't know what to say. "If Aunt Hai is really Da He's spy, then... then her inability to speak... may also be fake."
"Then... Gongzhou believes that those things you said to Hai Niang were not good, Dad, were probably said to him by Hai Niang."
When Ling Chan heard what the father and son were discussing, she felt ashamed.
My own grandfather...caused so many troubles because of a woman.
And Gongzhou said half and half...
Ling Chan put her glasses aside and prepared to go to bed, as she still had to move her arms and legs tomorrow.
I had just put down my glasses and hadn't even laid down when they started vibrating again.
Ling Chan picked it up and found that the abnormality was indicated by a surveillance camera that was newly installed today, one mile away from Fuyun Villa.
He quickly picked up his glasses and put them on, adjusting them to the unusual picture.
There was no light in the wild, and the moonlight was weak, but thankfully the surveillance equipment had night vision capabilities, so Ling Chan could clearly see many figures whizzing across the screen...
The key is the clothes these people are wearing... they look very familiar.
It looked like the clothes worn by Daqi soldiers. She had seen such clothes on the soldiers brought by Xiao Jin.
But these people were definitely not Daqi's soldiers, because they did not speak Daqi's language.
Ling Chan adjusted it again, and subtitles began to appear on her glasses.
"Hurry, Floating Cloud Villa is just ahead."
'Hide in the woods tonight and don't make any noise.'
'Quick, quick.'
They were coming for Fuyun Villa and were disguised as Daqi soldiers.
So this is what Gongzhou said about the conflict between the imperial court and the martial arts world resurfacing...
Imagine that these people rushed into Fuyun Villa disguised as soldiers of the Daqi court and killed people from the martial arts world. No matter who became the leader of the martial arts world in the future, the feud between the martial arts world and the court would be established.
Judging from the temperament of the people in the underworld, I am afraid they will fight to the death with the imperial court.
"Where did these people come from..." Ling Chan muttered angrily.
It's normal for Dahe to have spies in Daqi, but so many gathered at once...?
Ling Chan thought about it carefully and understood. Gong Zi had said before that many people from the martial arts world without any sect or affiliation came to Qingzhou Prefecture. It was very likely that they were spies in disguise.
Qingzhou was originally the stronghold of the Gong family. The government had a good relationship with the Gong family, and the Gong family also hosted the martial arts conference, which made the government's inspections more relaxed, so these people could easily sneak in.
Logically speaking, in order for tomorrow's martial arts conference to go smoothly, Ling Chan should deal with them immediately.
but...
Ling Chan was ready to take advantage of the situation.
Didn't you let these Da He spies pretend to be from the Da Qi court?
Then, when these people broke into the martial arts conference, she would expose their identities, point out Gongzhou's conspiracy, and then involve Rong An in the capital to further restrain Rong Ruxiang.
Ling Chan didn't sleep well all night. She had to check the surveillance from time to time to make sure there were no unexpected situations.
The next day, she was woken up by Hongdou. Her eyelids were drooping and she looked very listless.
"Miss, Gong Dian is back." Gong Lan brought the news.
Gong Dian returned from the capital on the day of the martial arts conference.
When he went to the capital, he brought six disciples with him, but he came back alone.
The other three elders were shocked when they heard this, because five of the six disciples were theirs.
"Didn't Qingyilou come?" Gong Dian asked them.
Gong Shan, Gong Xin, and Gong Zhi's expressions changed slightly. Why didn't Qing Yi Lou come? Not only did they come, but they also killed so many disciples of Fuyun Villa.
Gong Dian clenched his fists and said, "If they come today, I will definitely teach them a lesson."
Gong Shan, Gong Xin and Gong Zhi agreed with Gong Dian's words.
Ling Chan changed her clothes and just walked out of the room when a gust of wind blew and she sneezed loudly.
"Miss, please put on some more clothes..." Hongdou said.
Ling Chan waved her hand and said no, her clothes could regulate the temperature.
She suspected that someone was talking about her when she sneezed just now, such as... Gong Dian who had just returned.
"Remember, don't touch anything at today's martial arts conference!"
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