The black satin was taken off, revealing a pair of eyes.
Just by looking at each other, Zheng Wu and the others felt chills all over their bodies, and dense tingling sensations spread across their skin.
Not to mention Sun Yourong.
The surrounding scenes all disappeared, and those eyes filled her entire vision and mind.
Fortunately, it only lasted a very short time, and those eyes only appeared for a moment, and were immediately covered by black satin.
Sun Yourong fell down directly and lay on the ground panting and dripping with sweat.
"Now, do you understand?"
Xu Chong asked calmly.
Zheng Wu and the others were in shock, and they finally came to their senses after hearing Xu Chong's question.
"Your Mightiness……"
Hua Nongyue hesitated for a moment and asked uncertainly: "But you are haunted by inner demons?"
Inner demon?!
As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Wu and Nan Hongzhi both raised their heads and looked at Xu Chong with fear on their faces.
They really wanted to hear the word 'no' from Xu Chong's mouth.
But it's a pity.
Xu Chong nodded and said: "Exactly."
I ride a horse!!!
Zheng Wu broke out in cold sweat and couldn't help but run away.
At this time, Xu Chong waved his hand indifferently, "You don't have to be so nervous. If you can't control these inner demons, I won't dare to show up in Shuanghua Mansion arrogantly."
Having said that, can the inner demon... be controlled?
Zheng Wu and Nan Hongzhi looked wary and disbelieving.
"Both of you."
Hua Nongyue clapped her hands, "I believe in your Excellency...Old Zheng, please don't look at me like that. Don't forget that this Excellency has already taken action once."
"Uh...right."
Zheng Wu thought thoughtfully and suddenly felt relieved, "When you are haunted by inner demons, you have to attack with all your strength... If you couldn't control it, I would have died just now."
Nan Hongzhi said nothing, but her expression softened.
"Also, if I guess correctly, your inner demon is Xie Changqing, right?"
Hua Nongyue smiled, as bright as the spring breeze.
"Why else would I show this to you guys?"
Xu Chong spread his hands and asked, "Do you think I am too busy?"
Such a relaxed tone and gesture finally made several people let down their guard.
After making eye contact, Zheng Wu, as the representative, spoke first.
"Your guess is correct. We were indeed discussing how to kill Xie Changqing just now."
As he said that, Zheng Wu's tone was full of resentment, "Because of Xie Changqing, we lost a hall master, six Anzi leaders, and thirty pairs of Anzi. We hate each other..."
"That's enough."
Xu Chong directly interrupted Zheng Wu's words, frowned and said: "You say so high-sounding, I will think you are treating me as a fool."
"..."
Zheng Wu choked immediately and did not even dare to speak.
"Let me tell you."
Hua Nongyue smiled charmingly and said: "The Taoist Master has issued an order. Whoever can kill Xie Changqing will be the new Yuzhou Branch Hall Master..."
"This is reasonable, but I don't understand..."
Xu Chong shook his head, stretched out his hand and nodded a few people, "Why did your Taoist master only send a few of you?"
Contempt, naked contempt.
However, Hua Nongyue didn't care and explained: "Of course it's far more than that, but those people are either dead or have returned home in vain. Among the three of us, one is from Xuzhou and the other two are from Linzhou.
So I haven’t given up yet.”
"Haha, your Excellency, don't take this matter lightly."
Nan Hongzhi took over the words at this time, "It's not that we are inactive, but that a strong attack has proven to be unworkable, so we can only think of ways to outsmart them."
"Can't we attack by force?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows and said, "Taipingdao is so dignified that even a chief envoy can't do anything about it?"
"Your words are absurd."
Nan Hongzhi retorted with a cold face, "Not to mention the Taiping Dao compared with the imperial court, the Ningying Realm can still produce a few... If it weren't for the Tao Master's order, the Taoist couldn't take action, how could we be in a stalemate here?"
Can't take action?
Xu Chong squinted his eyes and quickly figured out the reason.
In the final analysis.
The imperial court needs Xie Changqing to live and live in a high profile in order to show his strength.
Taipingdao wanted to kill Xie Changqing in order to show its own strength.
In this way, we should not only consider the matter of 'killing Xie Changqing', but also consider the means to kill Xie Changqing.
If you send out the top masters just for a mere Xie Changqing, is that called powerful?
Not only is he not strong, he is also weak.
Therefore, while the Taiping Dao releases impressive benefits, it also limits participation in various Dao realms.
After thinking about this, Xu Chong stopped worrying and asked: "Have you found a method after such a long time?"
"Well……"
Zheng Wu touched his nose awkwardly and said, "I just have a direction."
"Really?"
Xu Chong became energetic and said, "Let's talk about it carefully."
"yes."
Zheng Wu nodded and began to tell: "The Chief Envoy is located in the north of the city..."
A stick of incense passed by.
Zheng Wu first introduced the area of the Chief Envoy's Office, the layout and structure of the building.
What follows is tight defense and an ambush hidden in the dark.
Xu Chong frowned when he heard this.
After talking about it for a long time, the result can be summed up in two words - no chance.
"Coupled with the loss of so many men before, we are sure that the only way to kill Xie Changqing is to wait for him to come out from there."
Nan Hongzhi's eyes were gloomy and he continued: "However, when it comes to Xie Changqing's travels, there has always been no pattern in terms of time or location, and it is impossible to make advance arrangements."
"So, there is still nothing we can do?"
Xu Chong frowned, "Then what are you cats discussing together? If you have this time, you might as well do whatever you need to do."
"..."
Hua Nongyue's eyes flashed and she became a little sad.
How could this official reprimand a group of Taiping Dao rebels so naturally?
"That's right."
Zheng Wu didn't take it seriously and explained: "An incident happened four days ago. We discussed whether it is possible to break through from here."
"Um."
Nan Hongzhi nodded slowly, "Four days ago, Xie Changqing went for an outing to the Shuangsheng Mountains, sixty miles south of the city. He turned around at three o'clock in the morning and stopped when passing by Nanshi... for a full two-quarters of an hour."
"Pretending to be high-profile, isn't this what the court wants him to do?"
Xu Chong was puzzled, "What's the problem?"
"You don't know something."
Hua Nongyue shook her head, "In the past few months, Xie Changqing passed by Nanshi more than once, but this was the only time he paused.
"Is there any difference in Nanshi this time?"
Xu Chong grasped the key point.
"Your Excellency is indeed keen."
Zheng Wu smiled and said, "The only difference between Nanshi four days ago and the usual one was that there was an extra luthier from the city under the jurisdiction... It just so happened that when Xie Changqing stopped, the luthier was
Play.”
"Musician..."
Xu Chong pondered for a moment, narrowed his eyes and said, "Xie Changqing, is he an excellent piano player?"
"We can't be sure, this is just our guess."
Nan Hongzhi shook his head, "Xie Changqing is too low-key. If he hadn't been a member of the Xie family, no one would have noticed him at all. Even the main gate knows very little about him."
"However, we plan to start from this matter and make a try."
After saying that, Hua Nongyue smiled and clapped her hands: "Bring me my piano, and I'll play a tune for your Excellency to appreciate."
"yes."
Sun Yourong bowed and walked aside.
Not long after, a lyre was brought from the corner and handed to Hua Nongyue.
Hua Nongyue stood up and walked to the hall, then sat down cross-legged.
Hengqin is placed on the knees, and the ten fingers are moving slightly.
The sound of the piano slowly rose and spread everywhere.
The low points are long and the high points are exciting...
Well, Xu Chong could only think of this description, because he couldn't tell whether the playing was good or bad.
There is no way around it. In terms of culture, this world is still very different from what it was in my previous life.
The other three people, including Sun Yourong, either looked intoxicated, were feeling sad and remembering, or were nodding their heads.
Does it sound that good?
Xu Chong was helpless and nodded frequently.
After a stick of incense, the song is over.
"good!"
Xu Chong took the lead and clapped his hands, "This song can only be heard in heaven. How many times can you hear it in the human world?"
Whoosh!
As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Nongyue suddenly raised her head and stared at Xu Chong with a look of astonishment on her face.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Chong touched his nose.
"This poem...was written by Your Excellency?"
Hua Nongyue asked as she ate.
"Uh, that's what I heard, that's what I heard."
Xu Chong waved his hand to cover up.
Just now, in order to cover up that he was a country bumpkin who didn't understand music, he just blurted out this sentence out of pure instinct... He really didn't want to be a copywriter.
"impossible."
Hua Nongyue rejected it without even thinking.
"Why is it impossible?"
Xu Chong was a little curious.
"You don't know something."
Hua Nongyue shook her head, "Taiping Dao couldn't use the imperial examination to express their sincerity and integrity like the people of Daqing did, so they found another way to use chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs to achieve the effect of sincerity and integrity in disguised form, especially in the Liu Dynasty.
Children of big families have to choose a skill since they were young...the little girl chose the piano and poetry."
"But there are so many poems in this world, there are always some you don't know, right?"
Xu Chong spread his hands and responded casually.
"It is true that some young women don't know this, but it should never be such a wonderful sentence!"
Hua Nongyue said with absolute certainty, and then relaxed slightly: "If you said you heard it, then what is the title of the poem?"
"Prince Xianghua...uh."
Xu Chong blurted out.
However, as soon as he said it, he knew something was wrong.
really.
Hua Nongyue bit her teeth gently, and two red clouds flew up from her cheeks instantly.
The big watery eyes seemed to be able to speak: You still said that this poem was not written by you?
Xu Chong wanted to cry but had no tears... Sister, this flower is not that flower!
"Hey, I'm afraid you've been admiring Hall Master Hua for a long time, right?"
Nan Hongzhi, an old woman, smiled narrowly, but she looked so vulgar.
Hua Nongyue was a little embarrassed, but not only did she not refute, she also stared at Xu Chong with curiosity in her eyes.
Xu Chong was stared at so hard that his scalp went numb.
This eldest sister somewhat hates being married, right?
"To be honest with you, the Master of the Hua Hall is a direct descendant of the Hua family, and she is also the master of a province. I'm afraid the court won't be able to tolerate her."
Zheng Wu sighed, and then changed the topic: "But, our Taiping Road has always opened its doors and is willing to accept all righteous people."
Good guy, are you poaching now?
Xu Chong was speechless, and simply said sadly: "My inner demon... seems to be almost uncontrollable."
Even if they heard that this was a lie, everyone felt a chill running down their spines and quickly stopped.
Xu Chong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hurry up and get down to business."
Hearing this, everyone looked solemn.
After all, people in the martial arts know their priorities clearly.
"That's right."
Hua Nongyue returned to her seat and sat down, and spoke slowly: "Seven days later, the peach grove outside the city will be in full bloom. Shuanghua City's annual peach blossom event will be held there. At that time, I plan to serve as a violinist.
Sneak in, and if Xie Changqing is also involved, as long as he comes within three feet of me, there will be a chance to kill him."
"Peach Blossom Party?"
Xu Chong frowned, knocked on the armrest after a moment, and said: "I have two questions. You should know about Xie Changqing's Taoist weapon... First of all, hostility will be detected by that Taoist tool. You should know this.
How to avoid it?”
"On this point, I plan to do it blindfolded, completely blindfolded."
Hua Nongyue blinked teasingly, and then said sternly, "As long as I can't see Xie Changqing, I won't have any murderous intentions. Coupled with the soothing sound of the piano, even hostility can be eliminated...Old Zheng has a secret to enhance his eyesight.
Wu, you can stay and observe from a distance. Once you are sure that Xie Changqing is approaching, you will notify me with your military force, and then I will take action."
"Hmm, it seems feasible."
Xu Chong nodded, "Then the second question is, are you sure you can break through the Taoist-level protective capabilities?"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone changed their expressions.
Zheng Wu stood up directly: "Protective ability?! That Taoist weapon also has protective ability?!"
"You don't know this?"
Xu Chong frowned.
"I really don't know."
Nan Hongzhi shook his head dejectedly: "Those people before were always surrounded by heavily armed sergeants if they got a little closer. They had no chance to test this out."
"you……"
Hua Nongyue bit her lip and said, "You saved my life."
"Don't."
Xu Chong waved his hand quickly, "I don't know if Xie Changqing will go."