After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1403 Catching up

"This is the Kind Mother Needle. It has no attack power itself, but it can be used to sew and refine other magic weapons." He Lingchuan said, "Xue Zongwu's magic weapon 'Smooth Sailing' and Qi Yunsheng's several cloth puppets were all made with it. In addition, Qi Yunsheng was able to track us because of the connection between the Kind Mother Needle and 'Smooth Sailing'."

"This is a treasure that can be used to create other magical instruments." Dong Rui took it and gestured a few times, "What do you want to create?"

"I want to give it to someone as a gift." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "It can only be put to good use in the hands of certain people."

The second treasure is a red circle.

These toy-like magical instruments can cast the magical power of "drawing a prison on the ground", and just now they even trapped Aunt Zhu... for a while.

After the battle, it went to collect the spider silk and picked up the red circle by the way.

"I like this one!" Dong Rui couldn't let it go. "I want it."

He is a demon puppeteer. The demon puppets are all very powerful, and he himself is the weakest link. He likes any magical tool that can save his life.

The third piece of trophy was a mutton-fat jade bottle.

Ten drops of cold dew are generated here every day. Just one drop can freeze the entire pond, along with the fish and aquatic plants inside, into ice that will not melt even after being exposed to the sun for two days.

Dong Rui laughed and said, "With this thing, can you jump into the volcano?"

Lingguang was very interested in this bottle. It seemed that cold dew was a good material for making ice talismans and frost dew pills. The latter was very effective in curing unconventional fire poison.

He Lingchuan gave the bottle to it.

Qi Yunsheng had a lot of miscellaneous magical instruments on him, a large number of talismans with different functions, and even two pieces of black crystals, all of which He Lingchuan accepted with a smile.

It turns out that killing people and stealing treasures can make money quickly.

Dong Rui stretched lazily and said comfortably: "Xue Zongwu and Qi Yunsheng are gone, I wonder how Yaoguo will react?"

Really been waiting.

"This trip to Yao Kingdom will no longer be boring." He Lingchuan sat down and closed his eyes to rest. "You know why I must kill Xue Zongwu? That's because killing ten other officials is far less significant than Xue Zongwu alone, and far less influential than his death. He is one of the three great marshals of Yao Kingdom, and is extremely important to Yao Kingdom and King Yao - especially now! His death will inevitably cause a huge shock to the entire Yao Kingdom."

When encountering saline-alkali land on the road, the snail toad climbed up the ground and changed its route, just passing by a pool of water.

It wasn't raining here, and the water was as black as ink and as smooth as a mirror.

He Lingchuan pointed at the pool and said:
"We are outsiders. The situation in Tianshui City is like this stagnant pool of water. No matter how turbulent the undercurrent is, we are new here and cannot see the clues or the benefits. But there is a way that can help us intervene quickly."

The snail toad hit a stone.

With a splash, the stone fell into the water, creating ripples and the tranquility of the lake was broken.

Dong Ruifu was suddenly enlightened and said, "Throwing a stone to test the water?"

"That's right, throwing a stone to test the water." He Lingchuan looked at the rippling lake. "Xue Zongwu's death is that stone, but it's big enough to be considered a meteorite. Once it hits Tianshui City, our chance will come."

"During this trip to Yao Country, I didn't have any cards in my hand. Hmm, that's not right—" He thought for a moment, "The Black Armor Army can barely be considered a small card. But it's far from qualified to play at the table with Qingyang and King Yao."

"Killing Xue Zongwu is our first big card. From now on, we have a chance to play with them!"

Killing Xue Zongwu was the first step of his plan.

No matter how difficult it is, he must complete it. Otherwise, the road ahead will be really difficult.

Lingguang bandaged him, leaned forward to sniff it, and nodded with satisfaction: "No smell of medicine, very good."

Dong Rui exhaled lightly. He was not surprised at all that He Lingchuan's plan could achieve this point.

King Yao half invited and half coerced He Lingchuan to come to Yao Kingdom. But he had no idea that his actions were like inviting a wolf into the house and inviting fire to burn himself.

This guy messed up Lingxu City in the past, and now he is sharpening his knife and wants to attack Tianshui City again!

He Lingchuan was about to speak when he suddenly heard a soft "pop" sound in his arms.

Huh? He took out a grass knot: "It's broken."

Dong Rui recognized it as the "Qian Qian Knot", which was a pair of two knots. Within a certain distance, if one of them broke, the other would break as well, making it very convenient to use for simple communication.

The other knot was in Wanqi Feng's hand. He broke the knot to convey only one message:
Come back quickly, trouble is coming!

"How far are we from Zhuoyue?" He immediately urged Dong Rui, "Hurry up!"

Dong Rui rolled his eyes: "This is the fastest way, just let the snail toad take off. By the way, your hair and clothes are all wet!"

He Lingchuan was busy in Mangzhou all night. Not only was he wet all over, but there were also a few grass leaves in his hair.

Lingguang quickly picked all the leaves for him.

……

When General Chongwu returned to the riverside inn where he had a drink last night, the sun was struggling to break free from the clouds and trying to show its face.

The river, after being washed away by heavy rain, turned muddy and yellow.

He walked into the inn and saw the tables in the hall were littered with cups and plates, and the waiters were cleaning them up.

The inn was very busy, with many business travelers checking out and getting on the bus with their luggage.

General Chongwu said, "Go find out which teams were robbed last night."

"Yes!" The subordinate went straight to find the shopkeeper.

General Chongwu passed by the private room where he had had a drink last night, and was moved, so he walked in to take a look.

The place had been cleaned up long ago, the table was clean, and there were no cups, plates, or bowls.

He stopped a passing waiter and asked, "When did this table of guests finish drinking?"

"I, I just got here this morning."

The night watchman was sleeping soundly last night. He looked confused when he was woken up by General Chongwu's men. The front yard was too lively last night, with customers coming and going, and the turnover rate was very high. He opened his mouth and thought for a long time before saying, "That private room seemed to have finished before sunset. We went in to clean up, and two more tables of customers came in."

Sunset? General Chongwu counted on his fingers and found that Fan Shuang, He Xiao and the others also finished their fight within an hour of his departure.

This is not surprising, as Fan Shuang seems to have an average alcohol tolerance.

He walked to the backyard of the inn and saw two palace guards standing in front of Fan Shuang's door: "Is he up?"

"Master Fan is still resting."

Even if the palace guards didn't say anything, General Chongwu could still hear the snoring coming from inside. "Was he drunk last night?"

A drunk person sleeps deeply.

"He was drunk, very drunk. Commander Zhao and Island Master He helped him back to his room." The palace guard added, "Lord Fan suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and knocked on Island Master He's door, wanting to have a few more drinks with him."

"and then?"

"Before we knocked on the door, we were stopped by Island Master He's guards. We sent him back to this room, and he made a fuss for a while before he fell asleep." In fact, the palace guard was also sleepy, and it was not appropriate for him to yawn in front of General Chongwu.

"Where is Island Master He?"

"I slept all night without opening the door."

General Chongwu nodded, turned two corners in the corridor, and walked towards He Lingchuan's guest room.

Those guards of Yangshan were very conscientious in their duties. They stood guard at the lord's door all night and saluted when they saw General Chongwu.

"Where is your master?" General Chongwu asked with a smile, "The sun has risen, but he still hasn't gotten up yet?"

"My lord had a drink last night and is still resting."

"Didn't the banquet end yesterday evening? Did you sleep for ten hours straight?"

Wanqi Feng replied, "My lord, you have been worrying about business and working hard for days. It's hard to have a good night's sleep."

"Eat first, then go to sleep." General Chongwu said as he reached out and knocked on the door, "Mr. He!"

He moved quickly, and just as guard Yang Shan was about to stop him, he had already knocked on the door.

Tuk-tuk-tuk!
Wanqi Feng's eyes flashed slightly. The other party was a general of Yao State, so it was not easy for them to stop him.

There was no movement inside.

"He is sleeping too soundly." General Zhongwu wanted to knock on the door again, but Wang Fubao stepped sideways and stopped him: "General, why are you disturbing my master?"

His words were a bit aggressive, and the guards behind General Chongwu shouted angrily: "Disrespectful!"

General Chongwu raised his hand to interrupt. Just as he was about to speak, a noise suddenly came from inside the house, and then the door creaked open: "What's the noise?"

He Lingchuan was standing behind the door, his face showing a look of confusion from just waking up, but also a bit of displeasure.

His tone was somewhat reproachful, but when he saw the person at the door, he was startled:
"Hey, General Chongwu?"

He immediately changed his expression to one of concern: "Did you recover the stolen items?"

"We caught him." General Chongwu saw He Lingchuan was sleepy, with messy hair and bare feet without socks. He really looked like he had just got up. He glanced at He Lingchuan again and saw that the windows in his room were closed and the light was very dim. "We chased him all night, but luckily we caught him."

There's nothing suspicious.

He couldn't explain why he came to check on He Xiao, maybe it was just a flash of inspiration.

"Thank goodness!" He Lingchuan said with a smile, "When the general came to have breakfast with me, I knew that all the troubles were solved. Wait for me, I will change my clothes."

There was another creaking sound, and he closed the door without saying anything.

General Chongwu knocked on the door on the pretext of wanting to have dinner with him, but he was too embarrassed to just turn around and leave, so he had to step back two steps and wait.

The door closed, and He Lingchuan leaned against it, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.

Holding the soul-stealing mirror in his arms, he shouted, "Wow, that was a close call. It was just that close."

He Lingchuan had just arrived at the riverside when General Chongwu knocked on the door. He jumped directly into the house through the window, ruffled his hair, took off his shoes and socks, and pretended to be sleepy before opening the door.

On the way back from Mangzhou, he used his true energy to dry the moisture off his body and hair, otherwise he would have been exposed on the spot.

Finally caught up.

Otherwise, General Chongwu would definitely become suspicious if no one responded after knocking on the door for a long time.

This plan has only been successfully completed at this moment.

General Chongwu waited outside the door for more than a quarter of an hour before He Lingchuan finished tidying himself up and pushed the door open again.

She wore a crimson brocade robe and a white jade crown, and a small enamel gourd as long as her little finger hung from her waist. The simplest thing on her body was the lightly embroidered gold belt.

Everyone's eyes brightened. Such a flamboyant outfit made him look handsome and suave.

(End of this chapter)