Chapter 135: Overturning the Nest
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Shen Yufeng rushed back with the soldiers. His expression was very ugly. As soon as he arrived, he knelt on one knee in front of Tang Jinghong. “General.”
Tang Jinghong looked at Shen Yufeng, who was in a sorry state, and his eyes darkened. “Where are the grains?”
Shen Yufeng lowered his head and said hatefully, “They were all taken away by the refugees.”
Tang Jinghong clenched his fists and was furious. “When were the grains taken away? Where were they taken away?”
Shen Yufeng’s eyes were red. “Two hours ago, 1,000 meters west of Xu City, a large group of refugees suddenly rushed out and surrounded us. There were more than 10,000 of them, but we only had 1,000 soldiers. We couldn’t resist at all…”
Chu Qingzhi raised her eyes. A thousand soldiers? She remembered that there were two thousand soldiers escorting the grains. What was Jinghong up to?
Tang Jinghong stared at Shen Yufeng. His eyes were deep as he said, “Bring me there.”
“Yes, General.”
Tang Jinghong walked towards Chu Qingzhi. “Qingzhi, 1’11 go to the place where the grains were taken away and see if I can find any clues. I’ll be back soon.”
Chu Qingzhi nodded. “Okay.”
Tang Jinghong led a team of soldiers and horses and sped away.
Chu Qingzhi stood on the spot and looked at Tang Jinghong’s departing figure. She kept guessing that this guy must have other plans.
Not long after, a young man in ragged clothes walked over. His eyes were filled with fear as he said, “Sister, my father is not feeling well. Can 1 trouble you to take a look?”
After saying that, he pointed to the right side of the forest and showed the word in his palm to Chu Qingzhi… “Kill.”
Chu Qingzhi’s eyes flashed, but she remained calm. “Alright, I’ll go immediately.”
Seeing that Chu Qingzhi saw the word on his palm, the young man heaved a sigh of relief. “Sister, 1’11 go back first. Come when you can.”
This sister found the water and saved his family. Even if he died, he wouldn’t betray her.
Chu Qingzhi nodded at the young man. “I’ll go immediately when I get ready.”
The young man glanced at Chu Qingzhi and left quickly.
Chu Qingzhi carefully selected some herbs from a box and wrapped them up before walking in the direction the young man pointed.
She was curious. Who wanted to kill her?
She walked to the right of the forest. The more she walked, the fewer people there were. The mountain wind blew, carrying with it a trace of killing intent.
Chu Qingzhi pretended not to know anything and walked away from the crowd step by step. At the same time, she spread out her divine sense and searched for the other party’s location. Soon, she locked onto those killers.
About ten meters away from her, there were a total of ten people. They were dressed in black and had masks on their faces. They were filled with killing intent.
The assassins hiding in the dark kept watching Chu Qingzhi’s every move. They were not happy about being sent to assassinate a girl who looked harmless. Wasn’t this making a mountain out of a molehill?
Just as they were thinking, they saw Chu Qingzhi take out some herbs. Then, they blinked and the herbs disappeared. After that, they smelled the fragrance of the herbs.
“S-smells so good…” Before they could finish, all ten assassins fainted.
Chu Qingzhi raised her hand and patted it. Four soldiers ran out of the forest. “Miss Chu.”
Chu Qingzhi instructed, “Tie them up. By the way, there’s poison in their mouths. Take it out first to prevent them from killing themselves.”
“Yes, Miss Chu.” Miss Chu was amazing. She killed ten assassins in an instant. The four soldiers looked impressed.
In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the ten men in black were all tied to the tree trunk.
When the young man saw this scene, he was completely relieved.
A group of soldiers gathered around and watched curiously.
Tan Yibin walked to Chu Qingzhi’s side and asked curiously, “Miss Chu, where did you catch these people?”
Chu Qingzhi said calmly, “They wanted to kill me in the forest over there.”
The soldiers were shocked. If anything happened to Chu Qingzhi, the general would definitely kill them.
Tan Yibin quickly said, “Miss Chu, please shout for help next time. Don’t do it yourself. If you get hurt, we’ll be dead.”
Chu Qingzhi smiled. “Alright, let’s not talk about this now. Go and wake them up. I want to ask questions.”
“Yes.” Tan Yibin cupped his fists at Chu Qingzhi respectfully.
The soldiers cupped their fists to express their admiration for Chu Qingzhi from the bottom of their hearts. The ability Chu Qingzhi had displayed during this period of time had already won the approval of all the soldiers.
A group of soldiers surrounded the men in black. They originally wanted to splash water on them to wake them up, but water was too precious now and they could not waste a drop of it. Hence, the soldiers took out their daggers and stabbed them, forcing them to wake up.
The men in black shook their heads. After they regained consciousness, they were shocked to see Chu Qingzhi standing in front of them.
Chu Qingzhi walked to one of the men in black and asked, “Who sent you?”
Cold sweat trickled down the man in black’s face. “Wan Zhilin.”
When the other men in black heard this, they wanted to bite the poison and commit suicide. However, when they searched for the point in their mouths, they couldn’t find anything.
They were even more terrified. Now, they did not even have the ability to commit suicide. They had completely become fish on the chopping block.
Chu Qingzhi didn’t know who Wan Zhilin was.
Tan Yibin immediately explained, “One of the ten subordinates of the Lord of the Northern Border. He’s in charge of carrying out assassinations.”
Chu Qingzhi looked at the man in black. “Other than killing me, are there any other missions?”
“No.”
The men in black were extremely terrified. They did not know what was going on, but they couldn’t suppress the urge to answer whatever Chu Qingzhi asked. It was too strange.
Chu Qingzhi smiled evilly. “How many assassins do you have?”
“Ten thousand.”
Tan Yibin and the other soldiers were very shocked. Nurturing 10,000 assassins, what the Lord of the Northern Border was up to was clear.
Chu Qingzhi asked again, “Where is your nest?”
“It’s in a valley on the Northern Border. Every time we enter, we have to be blindfolded and brought in by someone, so we don’t know the exact route.”
Chu Qingzhi paused for a moment and asked, “Has Wan Zhilin come to Xu City?”
“I don’t know.”
Chu Qingzhi crossed her arms and looked at the man in black. “Was the Lord of the Northern Border involved in instigating the refugees to rob the grains?”
“I don’t know.”
Chu Qingzhi waved at Tan Yibin. “Do you remember what he said just now?”
Tan Yibin said, “Yes.”
Chu Qingzhi said, “Tell Jinghong the exact words when he comes back later.”
Tan Yibin said respectfully, “Yes.”
Chu Qingzhi waved her hand. “I don’t have anything else to ask. Your general can continue asking when he comes back.”
The men in black were living a life worse than death. Why did they meet a woman like Chu Qingzhi? It was too terrifying..
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