Chapter Fifty-Nine: Secretly Observing
"Zhou Zhutou, how do you say this?" Han Pingzhi asked rhetorically.
Zhou Ming looked into the distance, under the dark night, he couldn't see his five fingers.
"In such a dark night, the flying knife suddenly sends out a flying knife, even if you are fully prepared, there is no way to prevent it, and there is no way to avoid it." Zhou Zhou Ming said with a serious expression, his eyes full of coldness.
"Zhou Zhutou, are you saying that once you encounter a flying knifeman, no matter who it is, you will not be able to escape death?"
Han Pingzhi was originally full of confidence in the implementation of the arrest plan, but after hearing Zhou Ming's words, he was suddenly frightened and couldn't help but ask an obvious question.
Zhou Ming nodded, staring at the distance with cold eyes: "So, whether you are prepared or not, whether you know the existence of the Flying Knife Warrior or not, once you encounter it, the ending will be the same." โ
Han Pingzhi sighed: "The matter has come to this, we have no way to retreat, Zhou Zhutou, you can tell me this secret at the last moment, Han is very grateful, let's separate, if everything goes well, see you in the yamen before dawn." โ
Han Pingzhi's downbeat attitude of life and death at the critical moment made Zhou Ming quite emotional: "Lord Han, take care." โ
The two nodded to each other, then turned around at the same time and walked in two different directions.
According to the confession of the flower-faced wolf at the time, this person's identity is mysterious, and his whereabouts are even more erratic, and his martial arts cultivation is high, even the flower-faced wolf does not know, because this person has never shown his martial arts strength in public, and those opponents who have fought with him have never revealed his strength to the outside world, because those people all died in his hands, and there was no chance to speak at all.
The only bit of information that the flower-faced wolf is certain is that this Supreme Daoist is now hiding in the Peach Blossom Temple, and he has been active a lot recently, as if he is planning something big.
Zhou Zhou Ming held the seven-star knife in his hand, his steps were light and silent, and at the same time, he was fast, passing through the streets and alleys, and soon came to a suburb in the north of the city, where the Peach Blossom Temple was.
In order to prevent the grass from startling the snake, Zhou Ming quietly jumped on a tree, hid in the dark, and quietly observed the situation around the Peach Blossom Temple.
The Peach Blossom Temple is surrounded by barren land, all open space, and only a few scattered families are unevenly located in the northwest corner of the Taoist Temple, which is far away from the Taoist Temple.
Zhou Zhou Ming was relieved when he saw this situation, what he was most worried about was that the Supreme Daoist would not be able to beat him, and finally the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, hurting the surrounding residents.
The scattered families are so far away from the Taoist temple, I believe they will not be implicated.
Monday Ming tiptoed to the top of the tree to observe the situation inside the Taoist temple.
The whole Taoist temple of the Peach Blossom Temple is very large, there are seventy or eighty houses in the Taoist Temple, of which there are three or four rooms, and the lights are still on at this time, I don't know if there are really people who have not slept yet, or the supreme Taoist people in order to scare the uninvited guests, deliberately played tricks.
After observing the terrain, Zhou Zhou Ming unconsciously frowned, because he found a very tricky problem, the entire Peach Blossom Temple, not only are there many houses, row upon row, but also the courtyard wall is very high, and the entire Taoist Temple only has one gate in front.
This poses a big problem to Zhou Ming, first of all, it is impossible for him to enter from the main gate, and the courtyard wall of the Taoist temple is so high, it is difficult to jump on it, and in the process of jumping, it is even more difficult to make a sound.
And after entering the Taoist temple, it is not so easy to find the trace of the Supreme Daoist, after all, there are so many houses, if you look for them one by one, you can't find them all at dawn, not to mention that if the Supreme Taoist in the middle is aware of it, the soles of the feet are silently anointed with oil and run, and Zhou Mingke will give up all his efforts.
In addition, Zhou Zhou Ming also found a small anomaly, that is, the soil color of the open space around the Peach Blossom Temple, which is a little different, as if it has just been turned over.
"Is there a trap?" Monday Ming muttered secretly.
At this time, a gust of wind blew, the dark clouds in the sky were blown away, and the moon that had been hidden behind the dark clouds was revealed, and the silver-white moonlight hit the ground directly, instantly bright as day, and everything that was still hidden in the darkness just now was nothing to hide.
Zhou Ming was shocked, this moonlight is really not the right time, he is at the top of the tree at the moment, if he is seen by the people in the Taoist temple, it is more difficult to catch the supreme Taoist than to ascend to the sky.
Zhou Ming didn't dare to hesitate, quickly lay down from the top of the tree, and even bit the Seven Star Knife in his mouth in order not to make a sound.
After going down to the ground, Zhou Zhou Ming hurriedly squatted behind the tree, and then carefully observed it back and forth, left and right, and found that there was nothing unusual, so he re-observed the Peach Blossom Temple, and there was no movement inside.
He looked up at the moon above him, and it was very beautiful, and a crack opened in the middle of the large dark clouds, just in time for the moon to be fully exposed.
"The moon is not coming at the right time." Zhou Ming said secretly in his heart.
At this time, the whole world was as bright as day, and if Zhou Ming rashly approached the Taoist temple, it was likely that there would be unexpected dangers, so he could only be patient and wait for the moonlight to disappear before implementing his arrest plan.
Zhou Ming leaned against the tree, picked up the Seven Star Treasure Knife, looked at the various treasures on the scabbard, and liked it more and more.
Suddenly, he thought of a thorny question, the Peach Blossom Temple is so big, there are almost hundreds of houses inside, such a scale of Taoism, there must be many people in it, not counting the pilgrims and monks inside, that is, the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple, how can there be sixty or seventy.
In the process of arresting the Supreme Daoist later, once you fight with him, the surrounding people will definitely not be harmed and implicated, but what about those Taoist pilgrims?
If you wash the peach blossom view in blood in order to catch a northern country, let's not talk about whether such a sacrifice is worth it, even if the court did not blame himself for this incident afterwards, Zhou Zhou Ming would not be happy in his conscience, after all, if he was rewarded for his meritorious service, he would also feel that it was exchanged for other people's lives, and he would not be happy at all.
Just when Zhou Ming was thinking about how to save the lives of the people in the Taoist temple and successfully arrest the supreme Taoist, a small black dot suddenly appeared on the northeast corner of the Taoist temple.
This small black dot moves quickly in the moonlight and soon becomes larger and larger.
Zhou Zhou Ming put away the Seven Star Treasure Knife, slowly moved his body, hid behind the tree, and looked carefully at the black dot.
At first, because the black dot was too small, he couldn't see what it was, but when the black dot got bigger and bigger, and gradually approached the Taoist temple, Zhou Zhou Ming finally saw clearly that this black dot turned out to be a person.
This person was dressed in black, agile and fast, he looked a little flustered in the moonlight, and every time he took a few steps, he looked behind him, and his cautious appearance made Zhou Ming conclude that this was by no means a good person.
The man in black carried something on his shoulder, wrapped in precious silk, and it was impossible to see what it was.
The man in black quickly came to the wall of the Peach Blossom Temple with his things on his shoulders, he stopped, carefully observed the movement in every direction, and when he looked at Zhou Ming's side, he hesitated for a moment, as if he was not sure if there was someone hiding behind this tree.
Zhou Ming hid behind a tree and secretly rejoiced, fortunately he hid it tightly, otherwise it would be easy to be discovered.
However, he still subconsciously held his hand on the hilt of the knife, because he was not sure if the man in black would come to the tree to check what was going on.
The man in black didn't stop long, and after confirming that there was no movement around, he jumped and jumped directly to the courtyard wall, the whole action was done in one go, and it looked extremely easy while carrying something.
All of this was seen by Zhou Ming.
"With such a powerful light skill, it seems that this person is by no means an idle personโis he a supreme Taoist? And what was that thing he was carrying? โ
Zhou Ming had a puzzle in his heart.
The man in black stood on the wall, turned around and looked at it carefully, and then jumped into the courtyard and disappeared.
Zhou Zhou Ming wanted to rush out for the first time, and jumped into the peach blossom temple with the man in black to find out.
But just as he was about to come out from behind the hidden tree, he suddenly kept an eye on it, and hid back again, continuing to observe the courtyard wall where the man in black had disappeared.
Suddenly, the man in black leaned out half of his body from the courtyard wall again, and looked at Zhou Ming repeatedly, and the whole process took half a burnt incense.
"It's dangerous! Fortunately, Lao Tzu kept an eye on it. Zhou Ming said secretly in his heart.
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky began to cover the moon again, and the moonlight became smaller and smaller under the cover of the dark clouds, and finally disappeared, and the sky and the earth fell back into the darkness of reaching out and not seeing the five fingers.
Before it was completely dark, the man in black was gone.
Zhou Ming climbed to the top of the tree again, observing the movement in the Taoist temple, the front yard of the Taoist temple has not changed, the lights are still on the few rooms, but the backyard of the Taoist temple, a remote corner, there are dim lights on, under the reflection of candlelight, there are figures walking back and forth.
"Could it be that the Supreme Daoist is hiding there?" Zhou Ming said secretly.
Afraid that he would stay at the top of the tree for a long time and be discovered by the people in the Taoist temple, Zhou Ming quickly climbed down from the top of the tree and hid, waited patiently, and after confirming that the man in black no longer appeared, he slowly walked out from behind the tree, and then quickly moved his steps and approached the Peach Blossom Temple.
When he was about to approach the wall of the Peach Blossom Temple, Zhou Ming suddenly stopped, because he was on the tree just now, he observed that the soil color here was a little different, so he suspected that there was a trap inside, for safety, he bypassed this suspicious ground, and came to the bottom of the Taoist Temple wall from the place where the man in black walked just now.
He turned around and carefully observed for a while, and after making sure that there was nothing abnormal behind him, he put his ear to the courtyard wall and listened carefully to the movement inside the Taoist temple.
At this time, the Taoist temple is quiet as if no one lives there, so silent, but it gives people a chilling feeling.
Zhou Zhou Ming took half a step back, urged his vitality, jumped onto the high courtyard wall, and then hurriedly squatted down, taking advantage of the night when he couldn't see his five fingers, hiding his figure, and raising his eyes to observe the Taoist temple.
In the few lighted rooms, not only was there no one walking, but there was not even any movement.