Time kept going, and the faces of the two officials from the Qing Dynasty in the carriage turned even paler, and they left Baihua Lane without stopping any longer.
The starlight shone on Zhou Prison, on the crabapple tree, and on Zhou Tong's red official robe, like hell, like a fairyland, like a sea of blood.
Listening to the subordinate's return, there was no expression change on his face, just like a dead person.
There is a sword array of Nanxizhai in the Orthodox Academy, and there are Orthodox cavalry outside. It seems that the Li Palace has done nothing, but in fact, it has been prepared for a long time——Mao Qiuyu has been in the inn in Baihua Lane, with nothing to do, but has a magic weapon with him . There are still eighteen cardinals in the Orthodox Academy, and there are still some strong men left behind by Mei Lisha in the night.
Zhou used the lives of more than ten elite assassins to confirm these facts.
With such a formation, even if the Holy Empress really mobilized the Habayashi Army, she might not be able to kill Chen Changsheng, unless she did it herself, and it had to be done in the shortest possible time, otherwise His Majesty the Pope would definitely appear—he didn’t at all Expecting to kill Chen Changsheng tonight is just a test, the conclusion is that it is not possible, and another method must be found.
In a manor on the outskirts of Kyoto, some people were discussing the same thing.
"No, it's too difficult to break into the Orthodox Academy without attracting attention."
"The clan has spent so much money over the years, is it all fed to the dogs?"
"If it is other things, it can probably be done, but this matter is not a trivial matter."
"First of all, you have to tell me how many people we have in the Orthodox Academy."
"We do have internal support in the Orthodox Academy, and we also have internal support in the Orthodox Cavalry. We can even find friends who are willing to help us in the Li Palace, but Xu Yourong's response is simple but very effective. As long as Nanxi Zhai's sword formation exists, We can't get close to the small building."
"I don't believe that the sword array formed by those little girls can stop us."
Seeing the excited expression of that nephew, Tianhai Chengwu frowned slightly, raised his right hand to stop the debate in the hall, and asked, "Is your surname Zhou, or Wang, or Su?"
Zhou is Zhou Dufu, Wang is Wang Zhice, and Su is Su Li.
For thousands of years, only these three people have crossed the Saintess Peak and broken through the sword array of Nanxizhai. However, even they have spent a long time and devoted a lot of energy to it.
Who in the Tianhai family can match these three legends? And who would have the confidence to break through the Nanxi Zhai sword array and enter the small building to kill Chen Changsheng before the Pope manifested himself
Hearing this, the nephew had nothing to say, blushed and lowered his head.
Tianhai Chengwu glanced at his son who had been silent all this time, and then said indifferently to the clansmen: "The saint is intelligent, and her deduction skills are unparalleled in the world, so there will be no loopholes left."
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"The state religion will naturally protect Chen Changsheng. The saint thought that coupled with her willingness to protect Chen Changsheng, the saint empress might be afraid, at least she would not take action herself, so Chen Changsheng is safe, but she forgot one thing. The thing, that is, Chen Changsheng is not a dead person."
Zhou Tong looked at his subordinates expressionlessly and said: "Since he is not a dead person, he must have his own ideas. If he wants to leave the Orthodox Academy, who can stop him?"
The subordinates didn't quite understand and asked, "Why did he come out?"
Zhou Tong stood in front of the court, looked at the crabapple tree, and said nothing.
He had seen the transmission of letters between Tianji Pavilion and the palace.
Old Man Tianji said in his biography that Chen Changsheng was about to die.
He knew that a person like Chen Changsheng would never die peacefully like this.
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The wine glass fell on the hard pear wood table, making a dull but somewhat clear sound. Tianhai Shengxue, who had just returned to Beijing from Yongxueguan, raised his head, mockingly looked at the brothers and sisters in the hall, and finally landed on his father, saying: "We can only wait for him to walk out of the Orthodox Academy."
Tianhai Chengwu's expression softened, and he felt a little relieved, but the next moment, the relief dissipated with the night wind, his expression became serious again, and his voice became cold.
"He will come out, as soon as he steps out of the Orthodox Academy, kill him."
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The night was as peaceful as before, as if those fallen figures were just hallucinations, and there were not many terrifying assassins who had come and been killed one by one.
Zhexiu quietly looked at the lakeside, confirming that the assassins were all dead, but his mood did not become relaxed, he was still a little worried, slid down from the banyan tree, and walked into the small building.
Countless sword intents are concealed but not uttered, secretly following the principles of heaven and earth, intertwined in the space around the small building, if someone breaks in without authorization, it will inevitably arouse countless terrifying sword lights.
Zhexiu turned a blind eye and walked over like this.
Those sword intents were still hidden in the night, not aroused, and fell towards his body. The disciples of Nanxizhai were very aware of the relationship between him and Chen Changsheng. The saint girl was invited into the palace, and they really had no way to make a decision in such a short period of time.
There is no real calculation in the world, even if Xu Yourong is very good at deduction, and there is a starry sky on the horoscope, he still can't figure out certain things, such as people's hearts.
Zhexiu just walked through the sword array of Nanxizhai and walked into the small building.
Then, he saw Tang Thirty-Six.
Tang Thirty-Six was very worried about Chen Changsheng, so he would appear here as a matter of course. Obviously, all the arrangements left by Xu Yourong would not have any effect on him.
"What is he doing?" Zhe Xiu looked at Tang Thirty-Six and asked.
After only half a day passed, Tang Thirty-Six seemed a lot tired.
The fact that Chen Changsheng was about to die put everyone under tremendous psychological pressure. As Chen Changsheng's best friend, his mood was greatly affected.
Tang Thirty-Six did not answer his words, looking at the closed door of the room with a sad expression.
Zhe Xiu didn't say much anymore, just walked up and pushed open the door.
There was no one in the room.
Seeing the empty bed and deserted desk, his and Tang Sanshiliu's expressions suddenly changed.
A while later, Su Moyu, who received the summons, also arrived here.
"what to do?"
Su Moyu's expression was very anxious, and he said, "We have to report to Li Palace as soon as possible."
After a moment of silence, Zhe Xiu said, "No."
"There is a kind of giant beast, when it knows that it is going to die, it will go to a very distant place by itself, quietly waiting for the arrival of the last moment, and does not want to be seen by anyone, maybe it thinks that this is the only way to retain its final dignity .”
Tang Thirty-Six said: "Chen Changsheng probably thinks so."
Zhexiu said: "Cats will also do this before they die."
The bedding and quilt on the bed were neatly folded, like blocks of tofu. The desk and the bookshelf were spotless, as if they had just bought it today. It seemed that Chen Changsheng had brought nothing with him when he left, including the old books on the bookshelf and that The bamboo dragonfly was soaked in water, but Xuanyuan Po was not there at this time, otherwise he might find that a kitchen knife for chopping bones was missing in the kitchen of the Orthodox Academy.
In addition, when Ye Xiaolian went into the library to rest, she found a small box next to the quilt. When she opened the box, she saw a letter signed by Chen Changsheng. He said it was for Xu Yourong.
In the middle of the night, half an hour before these things happened, Chen Changsheng jumped out of the window of the library building, walked through the dense woods, came to the kitchen on the other side of the lake, took out a kitchen knife, and opened a yellow paper umbrella , climbed over the newly built wall, and left the Orthodox Academy.
The female disciples of Nanxizhai discovered that the target they were protecting had disappeared. Not long after that, the news spread to the manor on the outskirts of the city and the courtyard in Beibingsi Hutong.
The crabapple trees in early autumn naturally have no flowers, and have not had time to shed their leaves. They are green and green, blowing gently with the night wind. The starlight fell on the bright red official robe, and then reflected under the crabapple tree. The rising and falling green leaves were coated with a scarlet color, as if turning into a sea of blood.
"I don't like any variables that are out of control. I hope you can eliminate this variable as soon as possible. In other words, you only have one night to find him."
Standing on the steps, Zhou Tong looked at the officials who were kneeling all over the courtyard and said expressionlessly: "Then I don't care what method you use, I must kill him."
The officials in the courtyard dispersed like the tide in silence, leaving only the solitary crabapple tree and two officials in scarlet official robes.
There are very few officials who are qualified to stand side by side with Zhou Tong, and Cheng Jun is one of them. As a powerful minister who is also deeply trusted by the Holy Empress, he is only ranked under Zhou Tong in the title of Eight Tigers among the people.
"Bringing into the Orthodox Academy at night to assassinate him is one thing. If he left the Orthodox Academy, if we still want to kill him in the capital, it would be an open murder... The Pope will not let us go."
Cheng Jun served as Minister of Dali Temple, but he didn't have the slightest sense of solemnity endowed by Zhou Lu. His triangular eyebrows hang upside down, his nose is flat and his lips are thin, and his appearance is extremely disgusting.
The officials that the Holy Empress used at the beginning were all extremely rejected by the officialdom and once frustrated, because at the beginning, no official with both ability and political integrity was willing to serve her.
"Except for your empress, who in the world is willing to let people like us go?"
There was a faint smile on Zhou Tong's face. Under the light of the stars, his face looked a little pale, as if he was not alive, and his smile looked weird and terrifying.
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The news of Chen Changsheng's departure from the Orthodox Academy reached the manor, the discussions of the Tianhai family ended in a hurry, and the people quickly dispersed, and the family's will spread throughout the capital. From the Habayashi Army to the capital, countless people entered the night to try Find Chen Changsheng and kill him.
Tianhai Chengwu walked under the autumn tree and looked at the bright lights far away, and he was silent for a long time without speaking—it was Gan Terrace, the empress's favorite place to stay.
Looking at his father's back, Tianhai Shengxue was also silent, he felt something was wrong today. It is of course not easy to kill Chen Changsheng, but the entire Tianhai family should not be furious with such a posture, because the momentum is too large, because it may not be able to find Chen Changsheng, but it will be easier to alert the people over there , and even somewhat like a kind of notification, why