The morning light was getting brighter, the morning breeze was not blowing, and the young crops that had just reached their knees stopped shaking. Xue He let go of his right hand, and the bleeding from the severed arm was no longer there. He picked up seven knives from the ground and slowly inserted them back into the sheaths behind him. During the whole process, pain flashed across his pale face from time to time. It was obvious that these simple movements were extremely difficult for him now.
Su Li and Chen Changsheng had already left on their furry deer, but he didn't leave. Instead, he just sat down, bandaged the wound, and thought about something. After the Ivy Banquet and the Great Court Examination, Chen Changsheng's reputation had already been established, and his reputation spread far and wide beyond the capital. The letter from his elder brother Xue Xingchuan specifically mentioned this young man. Xue He knew that this boy was the youngest dean of the Orthodox Academy in history, and it could even be said that he represented the voice of the Orthodox Church and the old royal family to the Holy Empress. It was just that this boy should be tested in the Zhou Garden, so why did he suddenly appear in the In the north of Tianliang County, with Su Li
Of course, the main reason why he didn't leave immediately at this moment was not thinking, but waiting for the assassin hiding in the blue field to show up. He didn't know who the assassin was. Although he had obtained Su Li's whereabouts from the other party, he only knew that since the assassin hadn't gone away, it meant that he was in danger—Su Li had said to Chen Changsheng when he was leaving. Well, the assassin would most likely take advantage of Xue He's serious injury to kill him, and then put the matter on Chen Changsheng's head—Xue He himself thought so.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew up in the quiet field without any warning, and the green sorghum poles lowered slightly in the wind, revealing a figure that looked like a stone.
Suddenly, that figure disappeared again, it should be closer.
Xue He stretched his right hand behind him, grabbing the handle of the knife.
As a god general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if he is unable to fight anymore, he still has to die in battle. If he is really destined to die in the hands of these ghosts and monsters, he might as well die by his own sword.
The breeze continued to blow, but the assassin never appeared.
I don't know how long it took, when the sun was getting stronger and Xue He, who had lost too much blood, was about to be unable to hold on, he suddenly discovered that the assassin had already left.
Why did that assassin leave? Xue He didn't understand, so he stood up with difficulty supporting his body with a knife, and then saw someone wrote a line of very clear words with the edge of a sword on the ground not far ahead.
The assassin should have seen that line of writing, so he didn't do anything in the end.
"Liu Qing, Zhou Tong will know what you have done."
Xue He's expression changed slightly. He didn't expect that the assassin was actually the legendary Liu Qing, and he didn't expect that Su Li and Chen Changsheng would leave such a sentence before they left.
It was this sentence that saved his life.
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On the bank of a lake five hundred miles north of Tianliang County, two fur deer were drinking water with their heads down. Chen Changsheng was following Su Li's instructions to clean the grass and berries that the fur deer would eat later. The water in the lake was a bit cool, he looked at Su Li who was resting by the lake, and asked curiously, "Who is Liu Qing?"
The words outside the sorghum field were written by him with a dagger, but the content was said by Su Li. He had no idea what those words meant.
Su Li said, "It's the guy in the birch forest, in the sorghum field, who never dared to show his face."
Chen Changsheng was a little surprised, and said, "That assassin? Is it very powerful?"
Su Li said casually: "When those old fellows in Tianji Pavilion were bored, they once privately ranked the killers on the mainland, and Liu Qing ranked third."
"The third killer list..."
Chen Changsheng thought about being secretly followed by such a terrifying assassin all the way, and suddenly felt that the wind blowing on the lake became a bit cold, and subconsciously looked around.
It's just... The terrifying assassin who is the third on the list of killers has such an ordinary name? He was a little puzzled.
Su Li opened his eyes and said, "The more professional an assassin is, the less he will attract attention. The great assassin who has always been at the top of the list doesn't even have a name."
Chen Changsheng felt that this sentence sounded a little weird. Who was the assassin who was at the top of the list of killers, and Su Li would even praise him for being amazing? One must know that even the Holy Empress Tianhai and the Pope didn't get much respect from Su Li's words. He couldn't figure it out, so he asked instead, "What do you mean by asking me to leave that sentence?"
"Xue He is Xue Xingchuan's younger brother, and Xue Xingchuan is Zhou Tong's only friend. If Zhou Tong knows that Liu Qing killed Xue He, Liu Qing's fate must be miserable."
"Liu Qing is also afraid of Master Zhou Tong?"
"The more shady a person is, the more afraid he is of Zhou Tong."
"Including the amazing assassin at the top of the killer list?"
"That one is of course a special case."
"But senior, you said before that after he killed Xue He, he could pretend that I did it. Since he is the third assassin on the killer list, there must be a way to arrange it without any doubts."
"I know he is Liu Qing, so as long as I live, Zhou Tong will know."
"Master Zhou Tong will believe your words?"
"You don't need to believe it, it's enough for Zhou Tong to suspect that Liu Qing killed him."
"But... there is no evidence."
"When Zhou Tong is doing something, when does he need evidence?"
Chen Changsheng thought about those terrifying rumors about Mr. Zhou Tong, and thought that it was true.
People in Kyoto say that Zhou Tong's name can stop babies crying at night, and now it seems that it can also deter an assassin who is the third on the list of killers.
He said, "I still don't understand why that assassin wanted to kill Xue He."
Su Li looked at him and raised his eyebrows and asked, "I don't even understand why you didn't kill Xue He."
"General Xue He came to kill senior, not me. As you said, after he knew who I was, he obviously had no intention of killing me. If so, he has no way to kill senior again. You, why did I have to kill him? Senior... You seem to have forgotten that when it comes to camp, I should be closer to God General Xue He than to you."
Chen Changsheng said: "On the contrary, since senior wants me to kill Xue He, why did you ask me to leave that sentence before leaving?"
Su Li said: "Since you don't want to kill someone, of course you have to let him live. You should do enough to avoid suffering."
Chen Changsheng didn't know how to respond to this sentence, and instead said, "That assassin doesn't know when he will make a move."
He looked at the lake in the sunset, very worried. Li Shan's Junior Martial Uncle's reputation is naturally stronger than Zhou Tong's, but now Su Li no longer has that kind of deterrent power, especially when he blocked Xue He's knife for Chen Changsheng in the early morning.
"Assassin is the profession that requires the most success rate, so it must be the most conservative."
Su Li looked at the sunset in the lake and said, "Until I fully confirm my injury and your upper limit, he won't show up, let alone make a move. He will just wait like a mentally handicapped man."
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