Chapter 40: The Night Capture of the Assassins

It had been some time since he left the capital, and Yao Qingshu didn't know what had happened in the Hou Mansion.

At this moment, he was riding a horse, galloping on the way back, the horse's hooves splashing, and the dust and smoke all the way were like clouds.

As we reached the depths of the forest, the road became narrow and rugged, and the speed of progress slowed down.

In his eagerness to pass on the master's letter to his disciple, he chose a shortcut to the top of the mountain.

The road was steep and potholed, the horses' hooves were slippery, and where they passed, gravel flew behind them and rolled down the valley.

Before reaching the top of the mountain, in a flat and open place halfway up the mountainside, Yao Qingshu stopped his horses, observed the three-way intersection in front of him, and discerned the direction to Kyoto.

At this time, a sassy yin wind invaded. Immediately after, many black shadows flew out of the woods on both sides, hitting Yao Qingshu's body.

Yao Qingshu, who was unexpected, quickly drew his sword, decisively jumped off the horse, and took precautions.

In the blink of an eye, the black shadow was close to him, surrounding him, and enveloping him layer by layer.

At this juncture, there is no need to hesitate for a moment. Yao Qingshu looked around, didn't wait for the reaction of the man in black, saw the weak position, and struck first. Then he got up and made a move, jumped up, and danced his sword. Two sword qi flew out from mid-air, as if there was nothing.

As far as the sword qi went, sparks flew and dust flew. When the dust cleared, in an instant, several masked people in front of him had fallen to the ground.

His companion fell to the ground, and the rest of the masked men swarmed up in unison, lunging towards him.

Yao Qingshu seized the opportunity, his legs and feet exerted a slight force, and he flew towards the outside of the encirclement.

The other party is numerous and powerful, and Yao Qingshu knows that he can't be entangled with it. After jumping out of the encirclement, he immediately rushed to the depths of the woods. They want to take advantage of the small space in the dense forest to weaken the opponent's numerical advantage.

In the dense forest, taking advantage of the masked assassin's limited vision, Yao Qingshu stopped, jumped up, and hid above the tall branches of the lush trees.

It's just gone.

At this time, several masked people happened to pass by.

Without thinking, Yao Qingshu immediately swooped down from a height, and the sword in his hand was aimed directly at one of the masked men.

Suddenly, Yao Qingshu was close to the head of the masked man. Before he could react, his sword blade had already slashed through the masked man's neck, a trace of blood oozing out, and the masked man's expression was stunned, and he fell to the ground silently.

These people are not ordinary killers, and they are still experienced in dealing with raids. Yao Qingshu had just landed, and several people immediately swung their swords, cooperating with a set of offensive moves from the heaven and earth net, tightly sealing the space for him to perform his sword style.

With such a dense offensive, Yao Qingshu could only fight in a short manner. In an instant, the swords collided, and sparks flew like lightning and thunder, shaking the fallen leaves.

In the face of the surging attack, Yao Qingshu, who had been defending and retreating all the way, had a flash of inspiration and dodged to the side of a big tree behind him, temporarily blocking the masked man's killing move. Then he jumped into the air, the sword came out of the cold, and a masked warrior on the edge couldn't turn around, and was stabbed in the chest by Yao Qingshu's sword, staining a bright red.

Before the masked man who was stabbed had fallen, Yao Qingshu quickly put away his sword, and a few somersaults plunged into the bushes on the side, hiding away.

Although Yao Qingshu is not a first-class master, he is also an outstanding disciple in the Heavenly Apocalypse Palace, and ordinary masters can't help him.

Hearing the sound of fighting, the other masked warriors also gathered and chased in the direction where Yao Qingshu was hiding.

There were chasing soldiers later, and Yao Qingshu didn't dare to slow down. The matter of being trapped by himself was small, and the master's letterhead on his body was quickly delivered to Luo Xiaotian, but it was urgent. He had no intention of fighting, even if he ran all the way back to Kyoto City, he had to complete the things that his master had assigned.

After a while, he looked back behind him, but he didn't see the masked figures, and thought he had left them behind.

However, at this very moment. In front of him, a mysterious master wearing a hat and a green robe suddenly jumped out of the air, holding a long sword and stabbing straight at him.

The long sword broke through the air, and the sword qi was strong. The mysterious master's body was full of breath, and a trace of breath faintly appeared to envelop his upper body, and where his body passed, fallen leaves flew.

This person has profound skills and powerful killing moves.

Seeing the other party's intentions clearly, Yao Qingshu knew that something was wrong, his whole body sank down, leaned backwards, bent his legs and knees, and slid according to inertia to avoid the attack.

Since going down the mountain, except for Uncle Qianji, this is the most powerful peerless master he has ever seen. But who is he Yao Qingshu? The stuffy oil bottle in Luo Xiaotian's mouth, Zhang Ruyue's eyes were stunned. In the face of such a master, he will not run away from it. My heart seems to be full of anticipation, wanting to compete with this peerless master.

In the dodge and gliding, he sank into the dantian and transported out a set of mental methods, and the internal breath was poured into the sword body, which was transformed into sword qi, and loomed slightly.

The two met up and down closely, and Yao Qingshu charged his sword qi and sent it out, pointing directly at the hat master.

This person is not an idle person, and he has long been aware of his intentions. Before the sword qi arrived, it spun sideways in mid-air, changing its trajectory, easily avoiding the attack, and landing lightly. A light touch on the toes, no marks left in the dirt.

Yao Qingshu fixed his sword and put away his sword, his expression was shocked, and he couldn't help but sigh: This person's skill is so realm, I am afraid that it is on par with Uncle Qianji, if he didn't do his best just now, he would not be his opponent at all.

The other party didn't seem to have malicious intentions, but why did he intercept him, Yao Qingshu was very puzzled.

Under the towering trees that cover the sky and the sun, the two stand opposite each other. The sword of the hat master is sheathed, crossed and encircled in the hands, the brim of the hat hanging low; Yao Qingshu held a sword in his hand, his eyebrows were cold and resolute.

stalemate. Yao Qingshu put his sword into the sheath and said to the mysterious man: "This senior, I don't know you, why are you in my way?" ”

The hat master raised his head slightly, revealing half of his face, and said in a cold and low voice, "You must go back with them." ”

After speaking, he raised his hand and pointed at the masked killer who was chasing not far behind Yao Qingshu.

Yao Qingshu followed the direction he was pointing and looked back, only to see a sword shining with cold light, and the masked assassins were rushing towards him, just a few steps away.

He was helpless to prepare for battle, but when he turned his gaze, he found that the senior of the hat was long gone.

He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, his luck adjusting his breath, and he was ready to fight again.

The sword was unsheathed, and the clang.

However, this time, it was the Flying Tiger Claw that came before the human. More than a dozen pairs of flying claws with chains on their tails are as strong as their name suggests, like hungry tigers pounced.

Yao Qingshu swung his sword to block a few pairs, but it was also easy.

Before he could catch his breath, the remaining Flying Tiger Claws followed. Subconsciously, he could only continue to swing his sword to resist. At this moment, a pair of flying tiger claws slid across the long sword, and the collision caused it to change its trajectory, the head and tail rotated, and the chain chain at the tail was instantly wrapped around the sword body, unable to break free.

Still stunned, another pair of claws flew past his waist and tore a hole in his clothes.

Soon, the masked man jumped several times and surrounded him in the middle. I thought that the flying claws that fell all over the ground were no longer threatening. Unexpectedly, the masked people cooperated with each other, pulled up the chains on the ground, and in an instant, they weaved an iron net, locking Yao Qingshu firmly in the middle, no matter how he struggled, he couldn't move.

At this point, he had no power to fight back, so he could only let the masked man take him away.

After a few moments, the forest was quiet again, and the group disappeared into the depths of the forest.

……

Luo Xiaotian, who was investigating the case in Kyoto City, didn't know that his senior brother was in danger, but he wondered why he had been away for so long and hadn't returned.

He didn't have time to delve into the reasons and devoted himself to the investigation of the case.

In the past few days, there has not been much progress on the case. The news has been released for some time, but no one has seen any action. Luo Xiaotian felt that maybe he was wrong, the mastermind of the bombing should have guessed his intentions a long time ago and would not act rashly.

But these are just speculations, and he can only wait until everything is decided. Therefore, many times, Luo Xiaotian stayed in the Dali Temple Dossier Hall.

At night, he looked at the files and on-site evidence, and was at a loss.

The candle was dimming, and the wick was about to burn out.

The main book has been dismissed, and Li Wenyi is ambushed in the dark outside Dali Temple, and no one has come to replace the new candles. Luo Xiaotian, who was alone, didn't bother to care, anyway, the impact of the black light was not great, and he couldn't see these things on the case more than a hundred times.

A faint evening breeze blew in through the doorway, and the only faint flame left on the lamp was extinguished by the wind, and the room was instantly filled with darkness.

The darkness in front of him made Luo Xiaotian a little drowsy, and the three corpses next door would no longer affect him.

In the haze of his eyes, a burst of fire outside woke him up. The bright flames shone in his fully awakened pupils.

The vigorous flames flickered in the courtyard of Dali Temple, and the outside had been set on fire by others.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and Li Wenyi, who was ambushed in the shadows, hurriedly took people out and participated in extinguishing the fire together. He seems to have an indissoluble bond with fire, and wherever Commander Li is, he must be prosperous and unstoppable.

The flames were blazing, and the scene was chaotic. At this moment, a black figure suddenly fell from the high wall of the backyard. Sneaking quickly, he quietly pushed open the door and crept into the dossier hall.

The museum was still dark, and the man in black cautiously came to the main hall to look for physical evidence.

He took a few steps forward, and he had already touched the desk of the main bookkeeper's office. I looked around and found nothing. He groped along the edge of the case, grabbed the air with both hands, and finally ran into the main case. Immediately, his fingers tentatively touched in the dark, and finally he finally grasped a soft object.

The man in black was very excited in his heart, and he held on to it. Hurriedly used his other hand to take out the fire fold on his body.

The fire fold was polished, and a flame ignited.

A faint light washed away the darkness in front of him. At this moment, a face suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, close at hand, and each other's eyebrows almost touched each other.

"Hi-" Luo Xiaotian, who was sitting on the desk, ripped off his black mask, squeezed out a smile, and waved at him.

The man in black widened his eyes and looked down, only to realize that he was dragging a corner of his clothes in his hand. The man in black suddenly panicked, looking at this face in a daze, completely stunned.

"You seem to have taken the wrong thing, you should have asked for this." Luo Xiaotian pulled back his clothes, picked up the fluorite powder on the table and sprinkled it on the other party's face.

The man in black was hit by the fluorite powder, woke up in horror, and immediately stepped back, rubbing his eyes.

"Be careful, it's ...... poison," Luo Xiaotian reminded softly.

"Ahh

With a scream, the fluorite powder had already been kneaded into the eyes of the man in black.

"It hurts, doesn't it? I reminded you. Luo Xiaotian tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled.

At this moment, the man in black was in unbearable pain, lying on the ground rolling and wailing.

Li Wenyi outside the door didn't know at all, he was busy actively extinguishing the fire, and there was chaos in the courtyard, and the soldiers who were originally in ambush all poured out of the nest and fought the flames one after another.

Luo Xiaotian opened the door, looked at the chaotic scene in front of him, couldn't help but shake his head, and shouted to Li Wenyi: "Come in and arrest someone!" ”

Li Wenyi turned his head in response, his whole face was dark, and there were only two eyes left.

He didn't hear what Luo Xiaotian said, so he ran up to him and asked, "Lord Xiaotian, what is the matter with calling me?" Someone is setting a fire in the courtyard, and I'm leading someone to put out the fire. ”

Seeing his appearance, Luo Xiaotian held back a smile on his face, pointed to the dossier hall behind him, approached his ear, raised his voice and said, "Go inside and arrest people, lie on the ground!" ”

Li Wenyi was stunned, looked inside, and then replied, "Yes!" ”

Li Wenyi effortlessly tied up the black-clothed man who was screaming and brought him to the courtyard.

He looked sideways at Luo Xiaotian, who was still standing at the door, with a casual expression, and secretly admired.

Luo Xiaotian gave him a look, he immediately understood, grabbed the collar of the man in black hard, lifted him whole, and asked sharply with a fierce light in his eyes: "His grandmother, who are you instructed by?" Dare to break into Dali Temple at night! If you send it to the door like this, you are willing to be a ghost under my knife! ”

The man in black shouted and ignored him.

"I have the antidote." Luo Xiaotian said.

Li Wenyi immediately repeated his words and shouted to the man in black: "My lord has an antidote, tell me the mastermind behind the scenes, spare you from death." ”

The man in black was in pain, like an ant devouring his heart, and had to beg for mercy. He wailed and shouted, "It's the prince! I'm from the Prince's Mansion. ”

Li Wenyi got an answer, threw him to the ground, and said to Luo Xiaotian: "My lord, this thief is from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how can this be good?" ”

Luo Xiaotian smiled and said nothing, knowing in his heart.

No one would betray their master so quickly.