Young Master Zhao returned to the hall, looking at the skeletons with a gloomy face, his fingers curling and stretching like twitches, and an extremely violent emotion surged in his heart.
He really wanted to pull any maid over, crush each other's bones one by one, and listen to the most beautiful sound in the world to him, the sound of the girl's bones breaking and smashing, accompanied by the girl's screams.
, to vent the anger in my heart.
But Mr. Zhang's warning kept echoing in his mind, forcing him to suppress the violence in his heart.
What if Mu Qingxue finds out...
The people of Shenqutang will not give face to the Duke of Ying...
You are in vain, so you don’t need to go through the procedures, just behead first and tell later...
Young Master Zhao's chest rose and fell sharply several times, then he took a deep breath and cursed in a low voice:
"You little bitch named Mu! Sooner or later, I will use you as a target for practicing martial arts!"
But these are just cruel words of incompetent rage.
Even if Mu Qingxue does not have the status of Shenqitang, with her third-level martial arts cultivation, even the Duke of Ying must be cautious and consider carefully if they want to deal with her.
Young Master Zhao has only one qualification and two useless abilities. He relied solely on countless resources to build up his cultivation to the seventh level, but could not even develop internal strength. Why should he care about Mu Qingxue?
He also knew that he could only rage furiously, and as he indulged his appetite, his heart became more and more angry. He strode to the corner of the hall, opened a secret mechanism, and entered an underground secret room.
What are displayed in this underground secret room are real human bones and skeletons.
Young Master Zhao vented his anger in the basement, destroying only one of the human bones and skeletons in his collection, and then stopped.
The last remaining skeleton had slender bones and was less than the height of Young Master Zhao's heart. It was actually just the skeleton of a child.
Its bone surface is covered with a layer of crystal enamel, and under the reflection of the pearls inlaid on the roof of the secret room, it faintly shines with jade luster.
Young Master Zhao looked at this precious collection that had been collected here three years ago. His fingers kept curling into claws and then unfolding. He was reluctant to destroy it for a while.
"For you, I have paid a huge price... Not only have I been forced to live in Changsheng County for three years, I am afraid I will have to endure another three years... You are my most precious collection, how could you be so easy?
Destroy you?"
Young Master Zhao murmured to himself, looking at this almost perfect and slender skeleton with fascination, "But today, I really can't help it... Just, just have a little fun, just have fun...
"
He pinched the first phalanx of the slender skeleton's left little finger with two fingers, exerted a slight force, and with a snapping sound, he crushed that phalanx, which was tougher and denser than the bones of an ordinary adult man, to pieces.
Hearing this crisp sound, Young Master Zhao shivered violently, a sickly flush appeared on his cheeks, and he trembled to himself:
"As expected of a natural jade bone... the sound of bones breaking is simply... it is simply the sound of nature..."
Resisting the urge to destroy another phalanx, Young Master Zhao decisively turned around and left the collection room.
He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would be unable to control his surging passion and do something he would regret -
Born with jade bones, and having used countless precious elixirs to cleanse the marrow, cut veins, and strengthen the bones since childhood, such a precious and perfect collection should of course be kept and enjoyed slowly. How could it be completely destroyed in one go?
When Young Master Zhao left the underground secret room.
Xiao Zhao, who had memorized the method of opening the secret room, also walked briskly and left the Zhao Mansion to report the information to Shen Lang.
…
【Big discovery, Shen Lang, Meow has made a big discovery!】
"What big discovery?"
[It turns out that the eldest son of the Zhao family has provoked a powerful enemy...]
After Xiao Zhao finished telling the information he heard vividly in his heart, Shen Lang couldn't help but frown slightly and said:
"No wonder Zhao Mengshan has such a family background and strong support, but he insists on staying in a small place like Changsheng County. It turns out that he provoked a powerful enemy and killed the daughter of a fourth-grade true Qi realm warrior... A fourth-grade true Qi realm warrior
, isn’t squeezing to death an iron waste like Zhao Mengshan, who is barely a seventh-grade master, like suffocating an ant?”
[Shen Lang, is this news useful? 】
"Uh... Actually, it's not of much use. After all, we have just arrived in your land and have no relatives in the world. We don't even know the situation in Changsheng County. When we leave Changsheng County, we are even more confused. Where can we find someone with a name?
A fourth-grade warrior who we don’t even know about? Even if we find him with great luck, by the time we find that warrior, we don’t know how many innocent maids will have been killed.”
[What about Mu Qingxue? Judging from the tone of the man surnamed Zhang, the people from Shenqitang seem to be a bit stubborn. If Mu Qingxue knew about this, she might not stand idly by. 】
"No matter how stubborn she is, she is still a member of the system. If we really kill Ying Guogong's brother-in-law, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future. After all, she is kind to us, so we'd better not cheat her on this kind of thing. Besides, she
I am busy wiping out the cult and I don’t know where I am running around. Even if I want to complain to her, I don’t know how to contact her now!”
Xiao Zhao suddenly drooped his ears, looking listless:
[Alas, I thought I had gotten some incredible information...]
Shen Lang chuckled and rubbed Xiao Zhao's little head:
"The information you gathered today has been of great help to me."
【Really?】
"Of course it's true. Don't we already know where Zhao Mengshan practices alone? We also know his martial arts moves and the specific destructive power of his 'Tiger Claw Kung Fu'. With this information, we can already know ourselves and our enemies."
Yes. There is also that underground secret room, which can be used to make a big deal..."
【Hey hey hey...】
The cat smiled proudly and couldn't help but raise its tail.
The fish was not happy with the cat's triumphant appearance, and poked its head out of the pottery basin, spitting out bubbles:
[Shen Lang, next time you send me on a mission like this, I promise to do it better than a cat!]
[Hey, let’s talk about it first if you can stay out of the water for a long time! But even if you leave the water, you have no legs and can’t walk. Why do you do this kind of mission of sneaking into the enemy camp to find out the news? You will be killed on the way.
Cat takes it away!]
[Hmph, can a mere big cat beat me? Besides, what wealthy family doesn’t have a pond? You can get information even if you put me in a pond!]
[Meow, are you kidding me? If I don’t have the time to put you into the pond, I might as well just drive the Wushuang and sneak in...]
【Puff puff puff, I’m so angry!】
When it comes to sneaking on land, a fish really has no way to defend itself against a cat. It can only become so helpless and furious that it spits out several big bubbles, swung its tail and sank to the bottom of the basin, never wanting to talk to the cat again.
Shen Lang was no longer too lazy to try to persuade the dragon and tiger, who were born to be in conflict with each other. He held the pottery basin in one hand and the kitten on his shoulder, concentrating on walking and sneaking all the way back to his house.
Nothing happened all night.
In the early morning of the next day, Shen Lang finished breakfast, said goodbye to the cats and fish, and wandered to the Yamen Dianmao to go to work. As usual, he greeted Zhu Hu and Lao Zhao nonchalantly, laughed and mingled with his colleagues in the Yamen, and then walked with Zhu Hu on the street.
We stayed until noon and invited him to another meal, and then...
"Brother Zhu, something is wrong today. My stomach seems to hurt a little."
Zhu Hu: “What’s wrong with this?”
"I don't know. Maybe there are a few days that men have every month? Anyway, I feel like I have to ask for leave."
"..."
Maybe it was out of some kind of guilt, maybe it was because Shen Lang invited him to a restaurant every day, and he was short-tongued, or maybe it was because of Mu Qingxue's relationship, but Zhu Hu still allowed him to take leave this time.
So Shen Lang once again successfully left work early and went straight to the market to purchase again. He bought a large amount of rice, noodles, meat and eggs, fresh fish and sausages, fruits and vegetables and other daily necessities, and packed them all into some space after moving home.
The space of the dot pen has a fresh-keeping function. No matter how hot the weather is, no matter how hot the weather is, whether fresh meat, fish or vegetables, whatever you put in it will be the same when you take it out.
Not only did he purchase these daily necessities in large quantities, he also spared no expense and went to the sword shop to buy the remaining two ordinary iron swords. He also randomly bought three single swords in the style of Yan Ling Dao.
It was obvious that Shen Lang was preparing for the failure of the operation, or the operation was successful but his whereabouts were exposed.
Everything must be planned in advance, and failure to do so will result in failure. If it fails or is exposed, you will have to run away, so naturally you need to prepare supplies for the run away in advance.
For this reason, he also planned to invite Zhu Hu to a restaurant for a big meal every day in the next few days and ask him about the surrounding geography.
If you have the chance, it would be best to get an accurate map.
Unfortunately, there are no maps for sale in bookstores in the market.
Perhaps in this era, accurate maps were still classified as military secrets. You may have to find accurate maps in the yamen's classics library. There may not be a nationwide map. At most, there is probably only a map of Yingzhou Prefecture, or even a map of the surrounding areas of Changsheng County.
After purchasing, Shen Lang went home to practice again, not only practicing boxing and swordsmanship, but also sparring with Xiao Zhao.
[Zhao Mengshan's Tiger Claw Kung Fu is a little faster than my Cat Fist. Shen Lang, you must at least be able to catch my Cat Fist with ease, or dodge past it, to hope to avoid Zhao Mengshan's Tiger Claw Kung Fu.
.
[But don’t think about parrying, his claws are so powerful that they can even scratch copper and iron to leave quite a few marks. If you are scratched by one of his claws, no matter where he scratches you, your skin will be torn, your muscles will be broken, and your muscles will be broken...
…Now, are you ready?】
Xiao Zhao's inner voice, although her voice is still milky and childish, her tone sounds a bit serious.
Shen Lang couldn't help but become serious and nodded solemnly:
"Ready."
[Then the meowing has begun. Meowing...ah da da da da da da da...]