The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 325 Su Mingjun

Li Miao naturally wouldn't leave things unfinished. Seeing that he had found a breakthrough, he casually poked the chopsticks all the way to the bottom, ignoring the man's cries of pain, and turned to walk to the table, leaving the rest to Cao Hanyan.

"So, you did know Brother Gao's location and came here specifically to find him, right?"

Cao Hanyan asked.

"Yes."

The man still had a chopstick stuck in his ear, bleeding profusely, and had completely lost the will to resist.

The chopsticks not only punctured his eardrum, but Li Miao's casual insertion also destroyed some small organs inside. He is now experiencing dizziness, tinnitus, and constant gagging, but he can only force himself to answer.

"Where did the weapons come from?"

"It was crafted by a master craftsman according to the blueprints."

"Why do you know so much about Brother Gao's martial arts?"

“Someone gave us the diagrams, along with the diagrams for the whip.”

"Including countering moves?"

"Yes."

"Who gave it to me?"

"She said her name was... Su Mingjun."

Before Cao Hanyan could react, Gao Anyu, who had been standing aside watching the commotion, suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed in astonishment.

"Who?! Say it again!"

“Su…Mingjun, that’s the name.”

"Meteor" thought hard for a moment and answered definitively.

Thump thump thump.

Gao Anyu took several steps back, muttering to himself.

"Su Mingjun, Su Mingjun..."

Cao Hanyan shouted sternly.

“Tell me the whole story, from beginning to end!”

Having already been through a lot with Li Miao, and not being a pushover himself, "Meteor" immediately spilled the beans, recounting the whole story in detail.

Six months ago, the kidnapper was killed by Gao Anyu. Fearing that Gao Anyu would come back for them, the group packed up their valuables and fled their hometown that very day.

Logically speaking, with their wealth, they could easily live on it for ten or eight years if they were a little frugal. But these people were used to shady dealings, and money came easily to them, so they never knew how to live frugally. In just over half a month, they had spent all their money.

They ran out of money and were at a loss.

With the kidnapper dead, their old business couldn't continue relying on their five faces. With their business gone, their official protection was gone, and they dared not show their faces, fearing that some powerful underworld sect that had always disliked them would come and kill them.

More than half a month passed, and the group couldn't hold back any longer.

After some discussion, the group decided they had to go back to their old ways. But they wouldn't be as "refined" as before. They would simply rely on their martial arts skills to kidnap a few respectable women and sell them to make ends meet.

So the group spent their days scouting the area around their hideout. After a few days of searching, they actually found a beautiful woman. What's better is that she lived alone and had no relatives or friends to take care of her!

How could these men tolerate this? That very night, they dressed in black, scaled the courtyard wall, and prepared to abduct the woman to a brothel to exchange her for money.

But who knows——

"We had just crossed the wall when the woman stood in the courtyard, smiling at us without the slightest sign of panic. We felt something was off and went forward to try and subdue her."

"But unexpectedly, it was just one move, only one move."

"We were all subdued by her; she pressed our pressure points and we couldn't move."

“At the time, we all thought we had been defeated, but unexpectedly, she didn’t attack us at all. She just casually threw a booklet on the ground and turned to go inside.”

"She said her name was Su Mingjun, and if I wanted revenge, I should look at this booklet. If I didn't have the guts, I could leave on my own. After that, she didn't leave the room again."

"When dawn broke and the acupoints released themselves, we planned to leave immediately. But after standing there all night, the wind had opened that booklet. We took one last look before we left."

"At that very glance, we recognized the moves drawn on it—the very moves that Young Master Gao used when he fought us that day!"

Having said that, there was no need to listen any further. Cao Hanyan waved her hand to interrupt him and concluded.

"So, in order to seek revenge against Brother Gao, you didn't leave, but went back to find her and began to practice these methods to restrain Brother Gao, until now, right?"

"Meteor" nodded.

Cao Hanyan took a few steps slowly, pondered for a moment, and then turned back to Li Miao and said.

"What do you think?"

Li Miao laughed.

"The person isn't important; the key is the timing. How long after Xiao Gao left did you meet this Su Mingjun?"

"Meteor" pondered for a moment, then nodded and said.

"Less than a month, about twenty-one or twenty-two days."

Li Miao continued to ask.

"You haven't been out of the martial world for a long time, and Xiao Gao doesn't have any reputation. How did you manage to pinpoint his location?"

Sure enough, "Meteor" replied in a deep voice.

"Su Mingjun told us."

The moment they first clashed, Li Miao could tell that his opponent looked travel-worn, as if he had just finished a long journey. Rather than believing it was a coincidence, he preferred to believe it was intentional.

The key point is time.

Half a year ago, Gao Anyu had only just woken up and had just eliminated this "kidnapper" a month ago when someone stepped forward and exposed all his secrets to others.

Now, just as Gao Anyu set off for the Kongming Sect, Su Mingjun learned of his movements and sent these "shooting stars" over.

After Gao Anyu woke up, this "Su Mingjun" knew all his movements and knew that he was looking for him, but he never showed himself. Instead, he sent a carefully trained enemy who was specifically designed to counter Gao Anyu.

It's hard to call this a well-intentioned act.

Upon hearing these words, Gao Anyu was momentarily at a loss.

Cao Hanyan sighed. He was an outsider, but he knew very well what this name meant to Gao Anyu.

Gao Anyu lost his memory. After waking up, he only remembered two names: one was his own, and the other was "Su Mingjun".

Zheng Yi jokingly remarked that this was probably his fiancée, which explained his vivid memory of her. Though said without intention, Gao Anyu took it to heart.

But the current outcome seems to be the exact opposite—this "Su Mingjun" might be an enemy.

A name that represents all of Gao Anyu's past, possibly the name of an enemy.

Such news, which crushes all expectations into dust, would be unbearable for anyone.

Li Miao smiled and waved at Gao Anyu.

"There's no need to rush to conclusions. You can think about it from the other side: she knew where you were six months ago, so why did she only start making her move now? She could have just taken advantage of your delirium and ambushed you to kill you. Why waste half a year training you to have a few opponents?"

“There’s another possibility—if she thought you could beat these scoundrels, then she might not have done these things out of good intentions.”

"She might be trying to remind you that it's time to put down the black ruler and prepare to break through to the pinnacle."

"She deliberately revealed the name Su Mingjun to these scoundrels, perhaps to lead you to investigate something."

Li Miao turned to look at the "shooting star" hanging on the wall.

"Besides Xiao Gao's position, what else did Su Mingjun tell you?"

Seeing that it was Li Miao who asked the question, the "meteor" was naturally afraid and dared not be negligent, so he quickly concentrated and thought carefully. After a while, he suddenly raised his head and said.

"It wasn't intentional; I just overheard her mention two names before."

Li Miao raised an eyebrow.

"Which two?"

"Meteor" said in a deep voice.

"Kongming Sect - Long Haifeng!"

(End of this chapter)