The corpse of the man in black was scattered all over the ground, and blood spread along the cracks in the bluestone bricks. The little dumpling sitting in the tree saw that someone was still alive and originally wanted to go up and finish him off.
Killing was easy for her. The last time was on the city wall, which was Huo Xiaolong's first time killing someone. He incapacitated his opponent with one stab, and then struck him on the neck.
To strike again and finish off the opponent is as easy as turning one's hand.
The man in black was not dead after being stabbed in the heart by Sister Zhiyin's light sword. He was holding a jade leaf in his hand. The guard wanted to say something, but he was bleeding too much from his wound and did not have the strength to speak.
Huo Xiaolong jumped down from the branch and came to the man's side, asking...
What are you trying to say?
The bodyguard could have bitten his lip and swallowed poison after failing his mission, but he didn't; he wanted to live.
"If you want to live, tell me everything you know, and I can save you."
The man nodded with all his might, and the little girl stepped forward and pressed his pressure points, immobilizing him. Then she took out a medicine bottle from around her neck and shook it twice.
This bottle seems to be almost empty; there are still two or three pills left.
She ripped off the guard's mask, dislocated his jaw with a 'snap', used a small twig she had just broken off from a tree to remove the venom sac behind his teeth, and emptied the medicine bottle inside.
"Cough cough cough."
The guard felt like he had almost choked to death, but thankfully he swallowed the pill and came back to life.
"Why did you save him, Long'er?" Chunying asked. She didn't quite understand her younger sister's actions; wasn't she supposed to leave him alive?
"He took the initiative to say, 'Don't make Mom so tired.'"
“You child, you can’t use ginseng pills to cause harm. If Doctor Gu sees this, he’ll scold you again.”
Hehe~
There was no need to keep the other person alive. Chunying turned the person over and snapped their spine with her fingers. The girl hummed a little tune as if nothing had happened, wiping the blood from her delicate hands with a handkerchief.
"Come on, my daughter wasted some medicine trying to save you, so I hope you won't disappoint me."
This bodyguard was treated better; he lay on the bed in the darkroom, with Cen Ang sitting beside him. The man felt like a pig on a chopping board, at the mercy of these women.
"The Ye family, from Suzhou and Hangzhou, made their fortune with their gold-plated restaurants. Their entire family was wiped out, except for two survivors: one in Prime Minister Chen's residence, and the other in Jiang Liuye's backyard..."
"The two of them can serve as witnesses."
Cen Ang continued to ask
"What about physical evidence? Who can prove that the Minister of Revenue colluded with someone to hire someone to commit murder? No one will believe that if this gets out."
"These are Jiang Liuye's... accounts with various wealthy merchants of the Great Yan."
The man took out an account book from his robes. The account book was wrapped in two layers: one layer of oiled paper and the other of silk. There was a notch in the middle of the account book, shaped exactly like the piercing mark left by the sword of the Soulmate.
Blood spread along the gap, soaking the paper.
"Where did you come from?" Cen Ang asked.
This secret guard wasn't there to kill them at all; he was there to deliver evidence. Why would the Emperor's secret guard betray them? What was this person's background? Mother Cen wanted to know the answer.
"Ye Zheng gave it to me."
Looking at the emerald green jade leaf tightly clenched in the man's hand, Cen Ang tilted his head and asked...
What do you do for the Jiang family?
"Keep watch on the inner quarters."
So you've got yourself caught up in this, huh? Fine, fine.
Sending these things is not enough. Cen Ang needs to send someone to check their authenticity. If they are fake, the entire Fengyue Pavilion will be ruined.
"If it's true, I won't take your life."
"I don't care! Please... help me... get her out."
"I can't guarantee that."
Cen's mother has never even met Ye Zheng, so how can she guarantee that she can be rescued?
"But I will do my best."
The bright moon shone in the sky, and Huo Xiaolong lay on the rooftop, lost in thought.
"Grandpa, why don't you take down that Zhanchen Tower? It kills people!"
Leader Zhang stroked his beard a couple of times and said with a self-deprecating smile.
"Little Dragon Girl, do you know what Zhanchen Tower was like before?"
"They turned the martial arts world into a bloodbath. It wasn't just wiping out a family, it was wiping out an entire sect. Not a single person from the sect survived. Hundreds of people, hundreds of lives were lost in an instant."
"In the martial arts world, someone has to be the face, and someone has to be the substance. Zhanchen Tower is now the substance between the martial arts world and the imperial court."
"Someone needs him to exist; some dirty work has to be done by someone."
Do you know how Grandpa became the leader of the martial arts alliance?
Huo Xiaolong shook his head and continued listening to the old man.
“I killed the previous leader of Zhanchen Tower and colluded with his disciple from the inside.”
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