When Li Qiusheng woke up, it was already 6 o’clock and the day had long since dawned.
The servant who was already standing by the side, seeing his master wake up, reported, “Young master, we have found out that the ecstasy in Song Ziyu’s hand came from an underling’s offering. The underling who offered the ecstasy died last night in the alley near the Spring Boudoir Pavilion.”
Li Qiusheng felt that his head, which had just rested, was starting to hurt again, and waved his hand, “Understood, go down.”
The subordinate saluted and withdrew.
‘Silenced? Was it really the Song family who exterminated the mouth, or was it just someone playing a trick?’
Li Qiusheng rubbed his forehead and was speechless for a long time.
Qing Yu stayed at the inn during the day to cultivate as usual. During this period of time, Qing Yu had been cultivating during the day, and at night he would either go out to discuss plans with Li Xin, or he would be dressed in black and masked and go on a night-time a*sa*sination trip.
Sometimes there would be nothing to do at night, or when he returned early after the discussion, he would continue to practise. With Quan Zhen Xin Fa, a Taoist method of exhalation, Qing Yu’s quality of sleep was always very good, and he only needed to sleep for three hours a day to satisfy the fatigue of the day.
Suddenly, Qing Yu opened his eyes and there was already one more person in the room without a sound, it was Xiao Gao.
Little Gao was very strong, Qing Yu could only be sure of one thing, as to how strong, with Qing Yu’s current realm, it was completely impossible to estimate. If he had not deliberately emitted his aura, Qing Yu would not have been able to detect his arrival at all. This meant that if he wanted to kill Qing Yu, it would be as easy as taking something out of a bag.
Little Gao looked deeply at Qing Yu: “You are about to break through.” The words were very certain.
“Don’t forget the bet.”
A haze flashed in Qing Yu’s eyes, quickly returning to clarity as he raised his head and looked straight at Xiao Gao: “I will make the suppression and will never break the requirements of the bet.”
Xiao Gao nodded, his mask covering him so that Qing Yu could not see his expression and wondered if he believed his a*surance.
Xiao Gao continued, “On the imperial court’s side, it has already begun to take action.”
Upon hearing this, Qing Yu could not help but wonder, “When did they make their move?”
During this period of time, Yangcheng City had been calm and quiet, and Qing Yu had tried his best to stir up the wind and rain, but he could not make any commotion. The Li family had been killed, but Li Qiusheng was still shrinking away as a turtle, and Li Pingxiang did not even show up.
Last night, Zhang Mingyuan suffered such a big loss, lying on the ground outside and listening to the wall for two hours. If the Song family hadn’t sent someone to protect him, the Zhang family’s only son, who had never suffered a loss before, would have fought Song Ziyu to the death. But today, the Zhang family has not moved, as if it was not Zhang Mingyuan who suffered a loss last night, but Song Ziyu. This was a false alarm to the Song family, who were on the alert.
Xiao Gao gave Qing Yu an odd look and said, “There is a man from the Sun family’s side branch, named Sun Man, who is trusted by the Sun’s five tigers. He is also the lord of the Crouching Tiger Fortress. Half a month ago, this man led his men out to rob a large merchant and stole a thousand taels of grain silver. Unexpectedly, this merchant was an official merchant who specialized in purchasing medicinal materials for the court in the southern border. Sun Man’s robbery of money has already made it onto Department Six’s wanted list, and recently, there are already Department Six constables who have started sweeping the mountain thieves and bandits around Yangcheng.”
Qing Yu finally knew why Xiao Gao’s eyes were odd. Sun Man had robbed a thousand taels of silver and had just returned to the mountain fortress, without even entering the door, before he was slaughtered by himself; the silver, a thousand taels, had long ago been taken by Qing Yu in exchange for villain points.
“Wait, it’s not right. The official merchant of the court, how come he only brought a thousand taels of silver with him, is the court poor?”
Xiao Gao’s eyes were even more odd, looking at Qing Yu was a little uncomfortable, his words were also rare with a little emotion: “Do you have a little misunderstanding of the value of a thousand taels of silver? An ordinary citizen’s living needs for a year are almost only about one tael of silver, a thousand taels of silver is enough to cover the living expenses of a thousand people for a year.”
“——”
D*mn it, the drama misunderstood me. Qing Yu was inwardly roaring madly.
In my previous life, when I watched TV dramas, the main characters in them would need more than ten taels for a casual meal, and those robbers would rob a million taels of silver at the drop of a hat. In this life, Qing Yu spent the first ten years of his life as a beggar on the street, small and weak, the slightest amount of coins he got was snatched away by other beggars, and in the later years, he had been staying in the Northern Cang Mountains, and had no concept of the purchasing power of silver.
“So,” Qing Yu awkwardly changed the subject, “the court side is designing for Sun Man to rob the official merchants and use this as an excuse to start sweeping out the mountain bandits, using the Sun family as an entry point to open up the situation.”
“That’s not right, don’t they have a traitor in Yangcheng? How come they still need to find an excuse to strike on the outside.”
Xiao Gao said gruffly, “This means that they are going to make a move ——”
When Qing Yu heard Xiao Gao’s words, it also occurred to him that there was an internal and external attack, the imperial court was prepared.
“The only good news now is that it has been determined that the Sun family is not a family that has collusion with the imperial court.”
Xiao Gao said, “What Mr Mo means is that you should do it as soon as possible, do not let go if there is a mistake, and destroy the Yangcheng family first.”
“I know, I will do it as soon as possible.” Qing Yu slowly nodded his head.
Without further ado, Xiao Gao’s figure flashed and disappeared into the room.
Although Qing Yu knew that he must have left through the open window, he could not catch a single trace of his departure. In his heart, he knew that Xiao Gao must also be practising a martial art similar to the Sword Technique of Purging Evil, which focused on acceleration. This kind of person was very good at a*sa*sination. Qing Yu had killed several times in Yangcheng these days, and every time he succeeded, the other party could not catch a single trace, so it was clear that this kind of martial art had a terrible bonus for a*sa*sination.
Whenever Xiao Gao met with Qingyu, he always came and went in this way, which was not without a warning to Qingyu. Your life is in my hands, if you want to live, be honest.
Qing Yu closed his eyes again and concentrated on his cultivation.
Mr. Mo was already a bit too lazy to hide his malice, the imperial court side had already taken action, and he still let himself, a small shrimp from the Houtian realm, preside over the operation, the duck was not yet cooked, and he was not afraid of flying into someone else’s bowl.
The most urgent task is to strengthen our strength. With more strength, there is more hope of surviving the treacherous whirlpool that will follow.
During this period of time, with the help of pills and his extraordinary natural talent, Qing Yu had already opened up all three Yin veins on his hands and feet. As soon as the Ren Vessel is cleared, the next Dou Vessel, since the three Yang Vessels of the hands and feet had already been cleared during the previous practice of the Sword Technique of Purging Evil, can also be started directly.
When the moon was in the middle of the sky, Qing Yu stopped practising. He had not been practising martial arts for long, and although he had been able to make rapid progress during this time thanks to his pills, his natural talent and his extraordinary internal martial arts techniques, he still did not have enough substance and was unable to open up the Ren lineage in one go.
Although Qing Yu was anxious, he knew the truth that speed is not enough, so he stopped his training at once.
Mr Mo had already ordered that it was not the time to turn against him. To do so at this time would be tantamount to seeking one’s own death.
Although Qing Yu thought that his wisdom was not weaker than others, he knew that he was far less familiar with Yangcheng than Li Xin, so it was necessary to discuss with him.
It was about time, so Qing Yu got up, put on his mask, picked up his blue water sword and leapt out of the window, just like Xiao Gao, and headed for Li Xin’s house.
