The Man in the Iron Mask still couldn't see his face. He could only see through the cold black iron mask a pair of cold eyes under the mask.
Obviously he was pretending to be a ghost in the cave, but when Xue Cheng saw the man in the iron mask, he couldn't help but feel a sense of security in his heart.
The man in the iron mask stood there as if he was holding up the world. The previous panic, uneasiness, and messy thoughts in his heart all disappeared, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.
"You're here!"
"Um."
The man in iron mask responded coldly, but Xue Cheng felt a warm current welling up in his heart.
Sometimes he stood up from his seat uneasily, wanting to take a step forward but not daring to do so. He was quite reserved and did not have the calmness and calmness that he used to deal with many of his colleagues before.
After several hesitations, he stood uneasy, but under the calm gaze of the Iron Masked Man, he gradually regained the peace in his heart. Being able to stand in front of him, like Yue Ting standing in front of him, his heart naturally settled down.
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"Is it because of Xie Sui and the organization behind Xie Sui?"
The man in the iron mask didn't reply. After talking about such related matters, Xue Cheng gradually regained a familiar sense of handling cases, as if he was reporting to his superiors, and his speaking speed gradually became normal.
"They came to see me again. This morning the evil talisman in my hand burned again. Something evil must have been targeting me."
Xue Cheng had thought about this matter before and had a rough guess in his mind, and now he said it like this.
"I caused the opponent to lose troops several times in a row. The opponent is obviously eyeing me. Now it is very likely that I will be regarded as a key target. After all the masters of the Black List were defeated, the opponent still dares to attack me.
"Obviously the other party has more confidence. If we can take the opportunity to lay a trap, we can probably gain even more..."
"...I have already thought about it. I can contact Han Jialang's family to send many people in the true essence realm to help (his three uncles), and I can also find a grandmaster-level person from the family (his clan leader).
"If I have definite and reliable information, I can also find two grandmasters from Jinyiwei and Liumen, well, at least two..."
Xue Cheng had nothing to hide in his report, and he spoke with full confidence.
With his connections, he can directly enter three masters or above this time. If there are multiple additional personnel to mobilize the ability of Jinyi Guards, he can mobilize dozens or hundreds of people who are in the stage of marrow cleansing and blood exchange.
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Unknowingly, he already had a strong force.
Even if another Black List Grandmaster comes, he has a certain degree of confidence that he can keep the other party.
Speaking of this, Xue Chengdu couldn't help but get more and more excited and fluent as he talked. If he could catch another black master, he might go to the capital of Jiangnan West Road and become a royal guard.
With a thousand households, it is really possible to control a house with a thousand households.
Of course, this requires a lot of operations and time.
After all, Qianhu also has descendants, and their descendants can inherit the title of Qianhu. If there is an opportunity, they can replace Qianhu of Jinyiwei at any time.
Over such a long period of time, there is no big problem in the hereditary inheritance of figures such as Jinyiwei Zongqi and Xiaoqi. They are usually inherited from the descendants who are more outstanding.
There are many people to follow for a position like Jinyiwei Qianhu, and many people will compete for a position.
After all, there are not many Jinyiwei Qianhu with real power. If it is just the name of one Qianhu, it doesn't mean much.
The current Jinyiwei commander's father was a Jinyiwei Qianhu back then. However, this commander did not wait quietly for his appointment. Instead, he fought at the border for many years and became a deputy Qianhu with his military merits.
The controversial gesture of inheriting the position of commander of the Imperial Guards, no one can say no.
I don't know how many people are coveting that position, but no one has the ability to compete for it. After all, that man has great military achievements. At the same time, his father was also the captain of the saint's guard.
With his own efforts and the insignificant shadow of his parents, he was able to stay ahead of everyone.
"Your guess is correct, but in the wrong direction."
Xue Cheng spoke eloquently, but Zhang Mingtu only responded calmly with one sentence.
"ah?"
Xue Cheng was stunned for a moment, unable to react. He reflected carefully and asked with some anxiety: "Is there a Grand Master-level figure hidden in the other party?"
The organization that can be targeted by the Man in the Iron Mask is extremely powerful. It is not surprising that a grand master-level figure appears. If it targets you, it will indeed be useless based on the current arrangement.
A grand master-level figure takes action, and his arrangements are completely unstoppable.
"No, you are thinking wrong!"
Zhang Mingtu said calmly: "Look down and take a look at your bowl."
Xue Cheng was stunned for a moment, a little confused.
He refused to go out to drink and have fun with many of his colleagues, but he woke up in a hurry and hadn't had breakfast yet, so his subordinates naturally went to the street to buy breakfast and put it on his desk.
He had been busy thinking about related issues before and hadn't had time to eat yet.
Xue Cheng looked down and saw a common millet porridge, next to it there were big meat buns for four people, a sauced beef, and a cold cucumber.
For an ordinary person in Duitou, such a breakfast is considered a luxury, but for him it is still normal.
He looked carefully and saw nothing strange.
The cooked millet porridge is thick and white, which is very appetizing. The people who serve it have obviously put their heart into it.
Daroubaozi is also a century-old restaurant. The sauce is generous and the filling inside is well blended. The beef filling is too thick and some mixed vegetable oil is specially added inside to make the overall taste more mellow.
The beef in sauce was also done just right, and some crushed chili peppers were specially added to the cucumber. He likes spiciness, and they are all his usual favorites. He didn't think there was any problem.
At most, the bowl of millet porridge was a bit worse than usual, and some of the rice grains inside seemed a bit too big.
Zhang Mingtu squinted his eyes slightly. Under his gaze, Xue Cheng's body was covered with a layer of evil energy, especially around his eyes, which was as thin as hair.
Cover your eyes!
And it's a pretty clever technique.
Areas such as county offices, government offices, and Jinyi Guardhouses are all protected by the Imperial Qi of Great Xia, and ordinary evil spirits have no way of entering, let alone harming people in such areas.
Once you try to harm someone in such an area, they will inevitably be counterattacked by the imperial dragon energy, causing them to die violently.
But this does not mean that all places where government offices are located are pure lands without any evil spirits.
If someone is willing to pay a certain price, perform spells in advance, and do very complicated procedures, they can still perform some limited actions under the Royal Dragon Qi. After all, the Royal Dragon Qi protects the world and is extremely powerful, but the corresponding spirituality is still there.
It's a bit lacking, not so flexible.
Of course, the so-called lack of adaptability is also relative. If you are in Kyoto, dragon energy changes so much that it even knows how to change better than ordinary people.
But now, Xue Cheng's eyes were covered with a ghostly aura.
This little bit of ghost energy will not do much damage to people, and will only have a very subtle impact on academic performance.
Usually evil spirits use this method to make people wander around in place like a ghost hitting a wall, and make people fall into an illusion.
For Xue Cheng, the other party did not use this method, but another one.
The subtle techniques involved are quite exquisite, far beyond what can be described as a ghost beating a wall or a ghost covering one's eyes.
Zhang Mingtu could understand the principle, but he couldn't operate it at all. In Xue Cheng's eyes, the other party seemed to have merged into a magic array.
It can partially confuse Xue Cheng's eyes, and the concealment of ghost energy in this aspect is very subtle. At least half of the evil-proof talisman was burned, and it did not burn again later.
As for the other party's purpose, Zhang Mingtu lowered his head and took a look. The food on Xue Cheng's table looked normal. The meat buns were big and round, and the beef sauce was just right.
Only that bowl of millet porridge fell in Zhang Mingtu's eyes. What was flowing inside the millet porridge was not rice grains, but slowly flowing poisonous insects.
It is also off-white, much like grains of rice, but it moves slowly, little by little.
At this moment, Zhang Mingtu was swimming in the bowl of millet porridge and felt a little sick in his heart.
If he hadn't come over, I'm afraid Xue Chengcheng would have eaten all this bowl of Gu worms in his stomach soon.
Well, Xue Cheng will probably add an alternative way of death after that.
Yes, Xue Cheng’s strange death was also known to future brothers Zhang Mingtu later.
Brother Zhang Mingtu thought that since a master-level figure had been captured and all the people related to Jiujiang County had been destroyed, Xue Cheng would not have much of a problem, so he went directly to Donglin Temple to pretend to be the reincarnation of the Buddha.
Unexpectedly, the news of Xue Cheng's death was later heard, and there were even many casualties in Jiujiang County in an area.
And Xuecheng's death is also a big mystery. It's very strange that a person from a hundred households, and a hundred households with a promising future, suddenly died young.
It seems that Xue Cheng was controlled by the other party using Gu insects. Then the other party learned a lot of information from Xue Cheng and mistakenly believed that the man in the iron mask was someone within their ranks. Therefore, they conducted a rigorous investigation, which led to their internal
A conflict occurs.
After all, if we look backwards from the experience, it is true that the spies of the Land of the Rising Sun were greatly damaged, and it seems that someone had the foresight to predict all their courses of action. It can be said that there is definitely a traitor.
No one could imagine that Zhang Mingtu could know certain things from the future.
"Put the Five Emperors' Money and the Peach Wood Sword you asked for over your eyes!"
Facing the confused Xue Cheng, Zhang Mingtu responded coldly.
Although Xue Cheng didn't understand why the man in the iron mask asked him to do this, he still obeyed obediently.
When the Taomu Sword was placed in front of his eyes, he vaguely heard a small howl of pain coming from in front of him.
His eyes, which were originally normal, suddenly became sour and astringent, and even shed tears. He was shocked.
In his blurry vision, he saw the bowl of millet porridge in front of him that he was about to drink. The white lines flowing inside the millet porridge shocked him inexplicably, and even made him feel a little nauseous.