When Xiao Zhao held a pen in his mouth, he quickly sneaked out of the Zhao Mansion, walked along the secluded alleys, and rushed back to his own house.
Shen Lang was in the Jingjing Pen space, caressing Xiaogu's smooth and jade-like little skull, praising its timely use of "Yinfeng Burial" and its beautiful hair. It had made great contributions to killing Zhao Mengshan, and it could be regarded as a tribute to him.
Its predecessor avenged its murder.
The tips of the small-boned index fingers touched each other, and the two slender white-bone soles were also placed in a pigeon-toed shape, giving a shy look that could not be praised.
The little fish was swimming around in the pottery basin next to it, constantly sending out heartfelt shocks:
【What about me? I have also made great achievements!】
Shen Lang did not hesitate to praise:
"Of course the little fish did a beautiful job, and the timing of the ignition was just right, so that Zhao Mengshan didn't have time to make any effective reaction... Come on, have a good one!"
After saying that, he grabbed the small fish and wanted to kiss it.
[Bah, bah, bah... Fish is not a charming fairy who serves his master! Fish is a serious little monster who does things based on his ability! 】
Xiao Yu shook his head repeatedly, spit out water arrows, and slapped Shen Lang's face with his tail, determined not to allow him to kiss her.
After praising the two little demons, Shen Lang carried the gold soft armor again, came to the "Demon Taming Technique" under the small moon, and asked:
"What is this soft armor? Can you identify it?"
During the questioning, he also noticed that there was a small light spot in the little moon. If you look closely, the shape of the small light spot looked like a mini kitten's paw.
Just when I was wondering what those "mini kitten claws" were, the silvery white moon burst out with a cold moonlight, falling on the golden soft armor, and swept across the soft armor like scanning light.
Then, an additional piece of information appeared in Shen Lang's mind:
Jiao Yao soft armor is made of the "Jiao Yao" woven by the legendary "Jiao Ren". It will not drown in water and will not burn in fire. It can effectively resist flintlock rifle fire from twenty steps away.
"You won't drown in water, and you won't burn in fire? Can you block a flintlock rifle from twenty steps away? Isn't it harder to break through cold weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows? It is indeed a treasure armor. However, this armor alone,
It shouldn’t be enough for Zhao Mengshan to survive the explosion, right?”
In a secret room, facing the explosion of a large barrel of gunpowder at close range, even if you are wearing a full set of plate armor, you will be blown to pieces.
A piece of soft armor that can only withstand flintlock rifle bullets at a distance of twenty paces is about the same as a modern body armor. How can it withstand it?
"So, does Zhao Mengshan have any other means of protection?"
After pondering for a moment, Shen Lang put aside his doubts and pointed towards the little moon to see what the "mini kitten claws" in the little moon were.
As the small light spot in the shape of a "mini kitten's paw" merged into his fingertips, a stream of information poured into his mind.
After feeling dizzy for a while, Shen Lang came back to his senses, browsed briefly, and suddenly burst into laughter:
"It turns out it's not a mini kitten paw, but a tiger paw..."
That's right, those mini kitten claws are exactly the "Tiger Claw Technique" secret book scanned and stored by Little Moon in the Demon Taming Technique, and just like the "Ten Steps to Kill", it has been interpreted and corrected by the Demon Taming Technique, and has become a natural and consistent combination.
Lang's physical characteristics seem to be tailor-made for him.
"Can you only train up to the fourth level of true energy realm? That's right, even with Zhao Mengshan's rubbish qualifications, which can't produce internal strength even if he piles up resources, giving him exercises that are directed to the fourth level seems to be purely for food expenses, and it's unnecessary...
... If I were the Duke of Ying, I would have such a good-for-nothing brother-in-law, so I would be able to casually teach him a fifth-level skill."
at the same time.
The entire Zhao Mansion was already in chaos.
There are servants who are loyal and weeping, panicking as if they are at the end of the world, and there are also maids and maids who are precariously covering their faces and weeping, seemingly sad but actually happy.
The clever servants took advantage of the chaos, quickly grabbed the money with their hands and feet, and then fled overnight. Of course, there were also loyal servants who rushed out of the Zhao Mansion and rushed to the Yamen to report the case.
There was even a die-hard Zhao Mansion steward who sent out capable servants to leave the mansion on horseback. He wanted to ride out of the city overnight and rush to Yingzhou Prefecture to report the news.
Although the city gate is closed after dark, due to the prestige of Zhao Mansion, the gatekeepers dare not not open the city gate.
But when the Zhao Mansion was in chaos, everyone in the mansion had their own plans and responses.
Xiao Zhao had climbed over the wall and returned to his house with a pen in his mouth. After entering the bedroom, he put the pen holder on the table and tapped the pen holder lightly with his small paws to send a signal.
After receiving Xiao Zhao's signal, Shen Lang came out of the space wearing only a pair of shorts.
The clothes and shoes he wore during tonight's operation were already tainted with the smell of gunpowder smoke. He had left them in the Dianjingbi space. Not only did he not plan to wear them again, he would also find an opportunity to destroy them completely outside the city in a while.
As soon as he came out, he went straight to the bathtub and took a medicinal bath. Before going out to do things in the evening, he had already prepared the medicinal bath soup. Although the medicinal soup had cooled down, the effect of the medicinal bath was still there.
exist.
Not only that, the rich and weird smell of the medicinal soup can also completely wash away the residual smell of gunpowder smoke and the extremely weak smell of blood on his skin, hair, and nails.
Shen Lang closed his eyes and held his breath. His whole head was soaked in the medicinal soup, and not a single hair was exposed.
While feeling the slight strengthening of his body caused by the medicinal bath, he reviewed his actions tonight.
The whole process of sneaking in and out was led by Xiao Zhao, and there was never any trace of human sneaking. Even a detective who is good at criminal investigation would not be able to find traces of the "killer" entering and exiting Zhao's house. Perfect.
There were no witnesses at the decisive battle, which was perfect.
The broken sword was recovered, and the left arm with two heavyweight lead bullets buried in it was cut off and taken away. Even the fragments of the chopping board that blocked Zhao Mengshan's blow were largely recovered. The weapons clues were cut off, and the sword shop and gunsmith shop were not implicated.
It's perfect.
The gunpowder had long since been wiped out, leaving no trace.
Besides, gunpowder can always be obtained by those who have the means, and they can even prepare it themselves. There is no way to investigate the source.
But Shen Lang has never touched anything related to gunpowder these days. Except for the small amount of ammunition that was registered when he bought the gun, he has never bought even half a liang of fire salt and a penny of sulfur.
If the county soldiers in the barracks did not want to go to jail or even be angered by the Ying government, they would certainly not report the loss of two barrels of gunpowder. In other words, as early as the second day after the gunpowder disappeared, Shen Lang noticed that the county soldiers
They pulled two small cannons out of the city, presumably in order to use "training consumption" as an excuse to conceal the disappearance of the gunpowder.
Shen Lang has purchased a large amount of daily necessities in the past few days, which is barely a doubt.
After all, it was midsummer in July, and there were no refrigerators or freezers in this world. He was not the kind of wealthy family that could afford an ice cellar. It was unreasonable to buy so much rice, flour, fresh fish, meat, fruits, and vegetables.
But this alone cannot be related to the murder of Young Master Zhao.
Who would have thought that he purchased so many supplies in preparation for running away?
People who are ready to run away at any time, shouldn’t they exchange all their belongings into gold and jewelry that are small and easy to carry? How can they carry thousands of kilograms of rice and flour, hundreds of kilograms of fresh fish and meat, and several barrels of bacon and eggs?
, a dozen buckets of vegetables and fruits escaped?
Can he carry him alone? Is it possible that he needs to hire a convoy to help him escape?
People who run away can only carry a small amount of dry food with them.
Therefore, when it comes to purchasing a large amount of food supplies in the summer, we can only say that he is mentally ill and does not use money as money.
As for his inquiries about Young Master Zhao...
I, Shen Lang, was recommended to serve as a county government official through a letter written by Master Mu from the Shenpaitang Hall. Can you please tell me about it? Master Mu recommended me through a letter written by Shenpaitang. Is it really just for me to be a small government servant?
Who do I ask about and what is their purpose? How can ordinary people ask about it?
The most important thing is that Young Master Zhao was assassinated by a sword, and that sword even penetrated his "tiger claw hand" that had been tempered many times and could scratch copper and iron.
The reason why Shen Lang didn't damage Zhao Mengshan's palms and the sword wound on his throat was because he was trying to mislead - anyone with a little knowledge of martial arts knows that swordsmanship is not that easy to practice.
When he invited Zhu Hu and Lao Zhao to have a drink before, Shen Lang pretended that he was practicing the sword art that Master Mu helped him interpret, and he pretended to be curious and inquired about the swordsmanship from the two of them.
Therefore, he knew that there was no swordsman in Changsheng County.
In Yingzhou Fucheng, where there are many swordsman masters, many young swordsmen start learning swordsmanship from a young age and first practice basic skills for a few years.
Unless a swordsman who has become a monk on the way has divine talent, even if he spends several years of hard work, he will only be able to develop a second- or third-rate swordsmanship at best.
Shen Lang's "Ten Steps to Kill" also has a step-by-step orthodox training method. It is also necessary to first practice the routine sword moves to lay the foundation, and become familiar with the usage and characteristics of the sword. Only after the basic skills are solidly practiced can you advance to the actual killing moves.
The time it takes to lay the foundation for this orthodox training method is also calculated in "years".
Everyone in the Changsheng County Government knows that ten days ago, I, Shen Lang, was just an ordinary person without any skills. This matter was judged by Mu Qingxue, the third-rank divine catcher of the Divine Catcher Hall, personally, and was witnessed by many detectives and county soldiers on the spot.
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The sword skills I practiced were also interpreted by Master Muda for me. The ninth level realm only has one basic routine of sword skills. It is only for performance, not for killing the enemy.
Even if a master of the seventh rank, Master Zhao, was caught in a trap and suffered internal injuries, he would never be killed with a sword by a rookie who had only practiced basic skills for a few days.
So unless Shen Lang exposes himself, or someone turns on the "God's Perspective" throughout the whole process, keeps an eye on Shen Lang, and has insight into all his secrets such as his magic pen, killer sword, and little goblin, otherwise conventional means alone will not work in any case.
It's impossible to trace him.
Unless there are some special extraordinary means...
"There is still Taoism and witchcraft in this world. Zhao Mengshan was injured in the explosion and survived, and he even had the ability to fight back. He couldn't do it with the soft armor alone. It's hard to say what Taoism or witchcraft means.
Life was saved.
"According to this calculation, the Duke of Ying's government should be able to have in-depth contact with Taoism and witchcraft. However, my understanding of Taoism and witchcraft is still very superficial. I really can't predict whether the Duke of Ying's government will be able to come up with something that can be used.
Extraordinary means to find out the truth..."
Shen Lang pondered in his heart.
The soft armor was not enough to withstand the explosion at close range. Zhao Mengshan's ability to survive must be due to some kind of Taoism or witchcraft.
During the subsequent fight to the death, he did not use similar means to save his life, thinking that he had already been consumed in the explosion.
Although he was a little wary of the Taoism and witchcraft detection methods that might exist in the Duke of Ying's Mansion, after thinking deeply, Shen Lang decided to calm down the situation first and not run away for the time being.
Although he was ready to run away and had enough supplies stored in the space to last for several months, he had only arrived in this world for the first time after all, and he didn't even fully understand the human geography around Changsheng County, let alone other places.
Once you run away, you are just asking for help.
With the power of the Duke of Ying's government, if a piece of sea arrest document is issued casually, the Chu State is so big that there is no place for him to stay——
He is just a time traveler with no identity or connections. In this "acquaintance society" of the imperial power era, he will be quite conspicuous no matter where he goes.
Unfortunately, he is not familiar with geography, so even if he wants to hide in the deep mountains and forests, or even flee overseas, he may not be able to do it.
"I still have one last resort to save my life. If I'm really exposed, I'd better hide in some fine pen space.
"Anyway, there are enough supplies in the space. I will stay in seclusion there with Xiaoyu, Xiaozhao, and Xiaogu for a few months. I don't believe that Duke Ying is willing to patiently guard me for several months for his perverted murderous brother-in-law..."
After thinking this, Shen Lang no longer had any worries. He got up and got out of the tub, washed himself with water, went to bed and fell asleep.
He originally thought that after the first murder, he would feel a lot of discomfort and might even have trouble sleeping, but the result was completely different from what he had originally expected.
After killing Zhao Mengshan, he didn't feel any discomfort at all, only feeling happy from the bottom of his heart.
When I went to bed at this time, I didn't feel any swaying, and I fell asleep soundly when I hit the pillow.
In his sleep, he seemed to see the innocent girls who were killed by Zhao Mengshan, especially the girl in the mass grave who he personally examined and saluted and smiled at him.
I don’t know how long a dream lasts.
Suddenly, a rapid banging on the door woke him up.
Before he even opened his eyes, with a thought, two flintlock pistols with open hammers appeared out of thin air in his hands.
At the same time, Xiaogu also appeared in the room silently, walked to the door and stood in the shadow.
Taking precautions, Shen Lang listened carefully, only to find that what came from outside was Zhu Hu's shout:
"Brother Shen, get up quickly! A big eucalyptus was discovered. The county magistrate was alarmed. He got up in a hurry and rushed to the scene of the eucalyptus discovery. He also ordered to summon all the police officers and yamen! Don't sleep, Brother Shen, come out quickly!"
Shen Lang sighed, knowing in his heart that it would not be exposed so soon.
Immediately, he put away his two guns, recalled Xiaogu and ordered some fine pen, yawned, and said to the lake outside:
"Brother, please wait a moment and get up soon."
Putting on his uniform, thin-soled boots, and a standard waist knife, Shen Lang straightened his hat, strode out of the room, walked through the small courtyard, opened the courtyard door, and saw Zhu Hu holding a torch.
He was standing outside the door with a serious look on his face.
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