When Xu Zhiqiong first joined Zhang Deng Yamen, Xiao Songting was a green lantern man. His true identity was that of Liang Yuming, the crown prince of Prince Huai.
As for whether he first became an internal agent or entered Zhangdeng Yamen first, this matter is unknown. We only know that Wu Xu had already figured out his identity at that time.
On the night of the fierce battle in Longjiao Ghost Market, Wu Xu ordered the old red light Yi Xulou to control Xiao Songting. Yi Xulou was careless and died at the hands of Xiao Songting, who was turned into a flesh and blood puppet by Xiao Songting.
In fact, it is not Yi Xulu's carelessness. Xiao Songting has a fifth-level cultivation of Yin Yang and a seventh-level cultivation of Killing Dao. His overall strength is already above that of Yi Xulu.
After Xiao Songting rescued Liang Yuming, he did not show up for a long time. Both Xu Zhiqiong and Wu Xu regarded Xiao Songting as Liang Yuming's person, and Xiao Songting did provide a lot of help to Liang Yuming.
But when King Huai raised his troops, Xiao Songting appeared again, proving that his master was not Liang Yuming, but King Huai.
After the death of King Huai, Xiao Songting once again showed his strength. Under the watchful eyes of several third-level people, he used the magic circle to escape calmly and took one person away. This refreshed Xu Zhiqiong's understanding of Xiao Songting.
Tao Huayuan is also the fifth grade of Yin and Yang. Does Tao Huayuan have such ability?
Apparently not.
Of course, there were other factors on the day of the incident. The main factor was Feng Jing'an. As a fifth-grade judge, Feng Jing'an first killed King Huai and then escaped easily. He attracted everyone's attention to himself and created a way for Xiao Songting to escape.
Chance.
But even so, Xu Zhiqiong was shocked that Xiao Songting was able to escape in front of four third-grade men.
Is it possible that Xiao Songting was the emperor's servant and that he was lurking next to King Huai. On the night of the incident, the emperor did not want to arrest him and deliberately let Chen Shuncai and Gongsun Wen escape?
It's possible, very possible!
Especially after King Huai's death, if he is really King Huai's person and his master has just died, this guy should be temporarily settled.
But he was not restless.
He placed a poison on Jiang Feili.
What is his purpose for doing this?
Jiang Feili was infected by a grass poison. She didn't have an attack earlier or later, but she had an attack in front of Xu Zhiqiong on the day Xu Zhiqiong moved to Mingdengxuan.
This is obviously a trap. Jiang Feili was under the control of grass poison and behaved abnormally in front of Xu Zhiqiong. Xiao Songting wanted to use Jiang Feili as bait to lure Xu Zhiqiong into the trap.
If I follow Jiang Feili's clue to find Xiao Songting, will it be equivalent to being deceived?
Why did Xiao Songting try so hard to harm me?
The biggest clue so far comes from Zhang Jiugu's description.
Xiao Songting belongs to a special organization, and his identity in the organization is exactly what Zhang Jugu said was Xiao Situ.
This organization was probably the Nufu Sect, and the Nufu Sect was supported by the emperor, which further proves that Xiao Songting was probably a subordinate of the emperor.
Because Xu Zhiqiong was investigating this organization, he suffered revenge from Zhang Jiugu and Xiao Songting.
They first went to Xu Zhiqiong's home and tried to assassinate Xu Zhiqiong, but they met Chang Decai.
After Chang Decai left with Shi Shuangliu, they ambushed Xu Zhiqiong at home again. Xu Zhiqiong avoided them again because the old beggar was delivering a message.
Next, Xu Zhiqiong was called into the palace, and there was a problem.
The emperor called Xu Zhiqiong to the palace to prevent Xu Zhiqiong from continuing to investigate the mysterious organization.
Xiao Songting tried to assassinate Xu Zhiqiong to prevent Xu Zhiqiong from investigating the mysterious organization.
The two have the same purpose but very different means.
The emperor did not dare to kill Xu Zhiqiong because he was afraid of offending the White Tiger True God, but Xiao Songting did not have so many worries when he killed him.
Is Xiao Songting really a subordinate of the emperor?
Does he not consider the emperor at all?
Is the organization he belongs to really the Nufu Cult?
Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his eyebrows and asked Han Chen: "Brother Han, have you seen Zhang Jiugu these days?"
"Yes! I've seen it more than once!" Han Chen nodded, "I go to Xiji from time to time to take a look. Zhang Jiugu is still selling cloth in the market!"
"Still selling cloth!" Xu Zhiqiong was stunned for a long time. This is so arrogant!
Not only Xu Zhiqiong felt provoked, but Han Chen had already run out of patience.
"Brother Xu, you were busy a while ago, but now I heard from Taibu that the Suzaku Palace matter has been settled, and the matter of Zhang Jiugu raising Gu should also be dealt with. Tomorrow we will go to Xiji to arrest the evil woman and take a closer look.
Interrogate and see how many people she has harmed in total!"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "Zhang Jiugu is waiting at the market. She is obviously not afraid of us. I'm afraid we will suffer a loss if we go there rashly."
Han Chen was surprised and said: "We are officials and she is a thief. How can officials be afraid of thieves?"
Xu Zhiqiong sighed and said, "It's hard to say who the official is. What if there is a high-ranking official behind her?"
Han Chen was stunned. He didn't hear the underlying meaning. Instead, he blamed Xu Zhiqiong: "Shi Shuangliu's family was killed, didn't you care? Jiang Shaoshi was also killed by them, didn't you care? Zhang Jiugu acted so viciously.
, I don’t know how many people have died at her hands, and you really just watch and don’t care?”
Xu Zhiqiong shrugged his eyebrows: "How should we manage it?"
Han Chen said: "Are you worried that there are not enough manpower? One for you, one for me, including Junior Brother Tong, plus Brother Chang. If you still feel that it is not enough, I will ask Taifu to give us more manpower. If it is still not enough,
Don’t you still have a lamp-carrying office?”
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Does the Zhang Deng Yamen listen to me?"
Han Chen was surprised and said: "When you were a red lantern man, all the lantern holders were willing to listen to you. Now that you are a thousand households, how come they don't listen to you?"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled bitterly and was speechless. Han Chen still didn't understand his embarrassing situation.
Xu Zhiqiong has no real power.
Tong Qingqiu said: "Senior brother, don't force my brother, I guess he has his own reasons."
"No matter what the difficulties are, we can't ignore things that matter about human life!" Han Chen said angrily, "If Wu Qianhu were sitting here, that evil woman Zhang Jiugu would have been killed long ago!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold wind suddenly blew in the Mingdeng Pavilion, and the flames of the everlasting lantern trembled.
Tong Qingqiu smiled. Seeing Han Chen's excitement, he quickly took the opportunity to change the subject: "The doors and windows are closed tightly, where is the wind coming from?"
Yes, where is the wind coming from?
Xu Zhiqiong stared at the lantern for a moment, with one sentence echoing in his head.
If Wu Qianhu were sitting here...
If Wu Xu were sitting here, what would he do?
Xu Zhiqiong groped under the desk for a moment, opened the secret compartment and took out a book.
"This is the tactic I decided on after thinking about it for several days. Please take a look at it, two brothers!"
Tong Qingqiu read two pages, nodded and said, "My wife also knows this tactic."
"My sister-in-law alone will be useless, but my brother can still handle it?"
"If you practice for a few days and take two pills, you can give it a try!"
Han Chen looked at the two of them in surprise: "Is this really a tactic?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said: "Is it a tactic or a fierce battle?"
Han Chen said angrily: "You really thought I was so easy to deceive, and then you talked about business. Why are you looking at spring paintings now?"
When I want to show it to you!
This is an out-of-print work, and if you, a person who doesn’t know how to appreciate it, read it, it will fail Li Shabai’s hard work.
If you are in Goulan, there is no need to look at spring paintings.
But now that he is no longer at Goulan, Xu Zhiqiong can only calm down among the spring paintings.
When there was nothing else in his mind but the pure images in spring paintings, Xu Zhiqiong quickly found the answer to the question.
The answer is that he must know what he wants to do.
When Wu Xu was preparing to deal with Liang Yuming, Liang Yuming involved Zhou Kairong and deliberately distracted Wu Xu's energy, but Wu Xu was not fooled.
Emperor Zhaoxing was much smarter than Liang Yuming. He could also use this strategy, and he used it more skillfully than Liang Yuming.
Xu Zhiqiong suffered a loss once. When he was investigating the blood tree, he was summoned into the palace by Emperor Zhaoxing and involved in another turmoil. His attention was successfully distracted.
If he goes to check on Zhang Jiugu now, Xu Zhiqiong will have to suffer another loss.
Xiao Songting will spare no effort to deal with Xu Zhiqiong. Once Xu Zhiqiong is trapped, it will be difficult to escape, and he will even involve more people, such as Taibu and his second brother.
Once everyone is involved, Emperor Zhaoxing can do what he wants to do.
Liang Daguan's family, you are overthinking. With such a good minister like me, how can I let you go smoothly?
There was one thing that I originally wanted to slow down, but now it seems that if Xiao Songting is really from Liang Daguan's family, Xu Zhiqiong will have to take action as soon as possible.
Xu Zhiqiong asked Tong Qingqiu: "Brother, how are you preparing the medicinal powder I asked you to prepare for me before?"
Tong Qingqiu scratched his scalp and said, "The prescription has been prepared, but I don't know if it is effective or not."
Han Chen frowned and said, "What medicine are you talking about?"
Tong Qingqiu said: "It's Sui Sheng Gu."
Han Chen exclaimed: "You are learning the art of Gu? This is impossible!"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "This is not used to harm others!"
Han Chen said: "Of course I know it is not used to harm people. The poisonous poison is used to destroy crops. If one plant is infected with poison, ten thousand will be seedless! The poisonous poison is extremely harmful. A few poisonous insects can destroy thousands of hectares of fertile land.
No harvest, this is a forbidden technique in Yu Xianguo! What are you doing with this?"
The parasitic poison lives on crops like a parasite. It cannot see any change in appearance, but it can turn all crops into empty shells. It is an extremely vicious poison.
"Suishenggu does not necessarily have to destroy crops, it can also destroy other things." Xu Zhiqiong took out a handkerchief and placed it in front of Han Chen.
Han Chen saw this handkerchief and understood Xu Zhiqiong's intention.
"But, this method is still too dangerous..."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Don't worry, there are restrictions in the Gu technique."
He introduced this voodoo technique to Han Chen, who was amazed after hearing it.
"Brother Xu, where did you learn this Gu technique? I have never seen it in southern Xinjiang for decades."
Xu Zhiqiong did not answer. This Gu technique was created by him.
Half of them come from ancient books collected by Tao Huayuan. One ancient book describes the refining method of Sui Sheng Gu, which can be refined by those with a ninth-level cultivation of Gu sect.
The other half comes from Taibu's "Gu Volume", which introduces ways to restrain the random poisons.
Mixing the methods of refining and restraint, it becomes a voodoo with limited destructive power.
Coupled with Tong Qingqiu's prescription, the nature of the voodoo technique has also changed. It is no longer as simple as making crops not produce seeds.
Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong was unwilling to answer, Han Chen did not ask further questions, and continued: "Junior Brother Tong's prescription is also suitable for producing Gu, but without Gu sect cultivators, this Gu will not be able to be refined."
Xu Zhiqiong whispered: "There are some Gu sect cultivators."
Han Chen blinked and understood what Xu Zhiqiong meant: "Yes, yes, but things are not easy to handle."
Xu Zhiqiong handed the handkerchief to Han Chen: "Thousands of lives are here. Whether it can be solved or not depends on Brother Han's ability."
Han Chen held the handkerchief and said in silence for a long time: "How many Gu worms do you want?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Two hundred!"
Han Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Give me three days."