Loan Wusheng

Chapter 65: Walking in the Night with Brocade Clothes, Beheading with One Knife (5k)

It was a dark and windy night, and the Zhenfusi Yamen was completely silent.

Song Zhen sat in the yamen, cross-legged on a cushion, breathing quietly.

As the most mysterious government agency in the entire Great Zhou court, no one dared to invade the Zhenfusi. After all, this government agency represented the imperial power!

However, night duty is still indispensable, and tonight it is Song Zhen's turn.

The Zhenfusi Yamen in Heishan County now has six small flags and one general flag.

Although there are still many secret guards of the Zhenfu Division in Heishan County, the reason why they are called secret guards is naturally because no one knows their identities. Therefore, Song Zhen also does not know the number and identities of these secret guards.

Maybe he is a vendor selling pancakes on the street, maybe he is a servant feeding horses in the mansion, maybe he is a sleepy old official in the county government office... anyone could be a secret guard of the Pacification Division.

Therefore, the reputation of the Zhenfu Division was known to everyone.

With such a great reputation, naturally no one dared to offend the Zhenfusi Yamen. Although Song Zhen was on duty at night, he was just practicing in the Zhenfusi Yamen.

After practicing for a long time and completing a great cycle of circulation, Song Zhen slowly opened his eyes and was immediately shocked!
At some point, a mysterious man wearing a black cloak and a black iron mask appeared on the chair in his room. He exuded an icy aura that was so chilling that it captivated everyone!
This made Song Zhen shiver uncontrollably, and he quickly pulled away to grab the knife!

He had been practicing breathing exercises here for such a long time, but he didn't even know how this person appeared here, and how long he had been here... How terrifying must this person's cultivation be? !

Could it be that he is an outer martial artist?
Song Zhen suddenly felt his scalp tingling. Just as he reached out to draw his sword, he suddenly felt an extremely powerful true energy sweeping over him. Song Zhen was about to resist, but saw a dark black token thrown straight in front of him.

After seeing the token, Song Zhen was startled at first, then he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately clasped his fists and said, "I am Song Zhen, the flag bearer of the Pingzhang County Pacification Division. I greet the Lord of the Dark Guards!"

It turned out to be a secret guard!
Fortunately.

However, just as Song Zhen clasped his fists in greeting, he heard a low and hoarse voice from under the mask: "Song Xiaoqi, you are too polite. I am of the same rank as Song Xiaoqi, and we are comrades. There is no need to address me as sir."

Hearing the words of this 'secret guard', Song Zhen was startled, and then his scalp began to tingle again. He thought to himself: 'Have the prefectures and states become so powerful that they use outer-level warriors as small flags? '

For a moment, Song Zhen was actually a little worried, fearing that if he didn't intensify his practice, he would be demoted and really become a "Tiqi".

At the beginning of the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were blood-refining warriors working in the Zhenfusi Yamen as Tiqi. Later, Emperor Shenwu felt that the blood-refining warriors could not do much in gathering intelligence, so he dismissed all the blood-refining warriors.

However, the most common name of Tiqi in the Zhenfusi was retained, and therefore the "small flag" was usually called "Tiqi".

Before, Song Zhen didn’t think that he would be demoted and lose his job.

But after seeing the small flag secret guard in front of him, he felt a sense of crisis.

Song Zhen sniffed and then continued to ask, "I wonder if this... Excellency, is there any important secret that brought you here this time? If necessary, I will go and ask the general flag of our company to come over."

"No need."

The secret guard shook his head, circulated his Qi, and directly sucked the token back. He continued in a gloomy and hoarse voice: "Prepare a weapon for me."

Hearing this, Song Zhen did not hesitate and directly handed over his imperial sword beside him: "If you don't mind, you can use this sword of mine. This sword was forged by a famous craftsman in the county. It can cut hair and iron like mud!"

"It's thoughtful. I'll pay you back after I'm done."

The secret guard nodded, then took the imperial sword directly, and with quick and light steps like a piece of paper, he disappeared in the office of the Pacification Office in an instant.

After seeing the secret guard disappear, Song Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He had a vague feeling that something big might happen in Heishan County tonight.

……

"Song Tiqi's sword is quite good."

Zheng Jun put on a dark black mask and tried to swing Song Tiqi's sword twice. He felt that it was indeed an extraordinary item and a good sword.

The secret guard from the Pacification Division who came to Song Zhen to ask for a knife was naturally Zheng Jun himself.

This trip to the Zhenfusi Yamen made Zheng Jun feel deeply moved.

In the beginning, he was able to obtain the official position of "Zhuangban Dutou" thanks to the support of Song Tiqi.

I didn't expect that I have reached the point that makes Song Tiqi so nervous. Time really flies.

amount.

It seemed like only two months had passed.

That's fine.

Zheng Jun held the knife, wore a black robe and mask, and walked towards Xu Heng's mansion.

Since entering the Qi Accumulation Realm, Zheng Jun has been practicing Qi for more than ten days. His true Qi has become powerful and not as hasty as when he first entered the Qi Accumulation Realm. Therefore, he can stroll leisurely on the street.

Not to mention the ordinary people who are on night watch or patrol on the street, even if there are warriors in the same Qi Accumulation Realm staying around Zheng Jun, they may not be able to detect Zheng Jun's footsteps if they don't listen carefully.

In the dark night, Zheng Jun quickly entered the courtyard of Xu's mansion.

Xu Heng's mansion was not far from the county government office. After Zheng Jun arrived nearby, he was naturally much more careful. After climbing over the wall and jumping into the courtyard, he saw that the house was pitch black and Xu Heng himself was not in the mansion.

Come to think of it, Xu Heng was a bit strange.

After becoming an official, he did not hire maids or servants.

This is the only life I have.

It is said that he has a wife in his hometown, but she was not brought to the county.

After Xu Heng was not at home, the yard became somewhat deserted.

Seeing this, Zheng Jun did not leave. He picked up a bench from Xu's house and sat quietly in the room to regulate his breathing, waiting for Xu Heng to come back.

Where could he go?

Just like this, Zheng Jun waited quietly until the middle of the night, when he heard a slight sound of a door being pushed open. Then he realized that Xu Heng had pushed open the door and entered the yard.

Xu Heng walked lightly and tiptoeingly, not as if he was returning home.

Zheng Jun was extremely calm. The moment Xu Heng pushed the door open and entered the room, he drew his sword and stood up. With a chill in his aura, he shouted in a deep and hoarse voice, "Xu Heng, you're in trouble!"

Zheng Jun's loud shout scared Xu Heng directly. Xu Heng never dreamed that there could be someone hiding here. Seeing the blade flashing with cold light, Xu Heng wanted to escape immediately.

Although Xu Heng is a ninth-rank official of the imperial court and will soon be promoted to an eighth-rank county magistrate, his talent in martial arts is average. He has only refined his blood seven times and has not yet entered the realm of accumulating energy.

Forget about running away. The moment he took a step, Zheng Jun had already made his move. Quickly and efficiently, he used the crude grappling technique included in the 'Eagle Power' to lift and press Xu Heng to the ground.

Zheng Jun did not hesitate at all and threw the black iron token directly at Xu Heng's face, saying, "The Pacification Division will handle the case."

The cold token instantly sobered Xu Heng up. He was terrified: "My Lord, it's unfair! I have done nothing wrong. It was me who exposed the Qingshui Gang's treason! I have done great service to the country."

"Have you made contributions to the country?"

When Zheng Jun heard this, he couldn't hold it in for a moment.

Let alone the Qingshui Gang's rebellion, Zheng Jun estimated that the rebellion of the entire Heishan County, or even the entire Pingzhang County, would not be considered a meritorious service to the country in the eyes of the imperial court.

It's really good at flattering one's self.

Zheng Jun said coldly: "Since I came to you, I must have sufficient evidence! Since you are unwilling to speak, then come with me to the county prison and have a look!"

After saying that, Zheng Jun picked up Xu Heng, seemingly intending to take him away.

When Xu Heng heard the word "imperial prison", he felt as if the sky had fallen. He shivered and said, "I know I was wrong! My Lord, I just framed... framed the Qingshui Gang and wanted to get promoted. I won't go to the imperial prison..."

"Besides, the Qingshui Gang did have rebellious intentions! Although I may have framed them, I was able to expose the traitors by accident!"

Xu Heng had a sad face, his whole body was shaking, and he began to defend himself.

Imprisonment.

Whether it is a play or a rumor, it is an extremely terrifying place.

It is said that after being imprisoned, death is actually a relief.

Therefore, Xu Heng said he didn't want to go to the imperial prison at all.

He committed such a minor crime that he shouldn't be sent to prison, right?
Xu Heng was extremely terrified and couldn't understand why the secret guards from the Pacification Division would come to see him.

"Humph."

Zheng Jun snorted coldly, then squatted down and said patiently, "Tell me, is there anyone suspicious in Heishan County?"

"Looking suspicious?"

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, Xu Heng immediately realized that the other party did not seem to be looking for him, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! In reply to your words, Zheng Jun, the head of the Black Mountain Guard, is very suspicious!"

"He has been practicing martial arts for less than three months, but he already has such powerful skills. How is this possible? In the past ten generations of our Zheng family, there has never been a martial artist who could accumulate energy. Where did he get his talent for martial arts?"

"In my humble opinion, either Zheng Jun is the evil villain who practiced the 'Five Organs Skill' in the county a few days ago, or he got some extraordinary treasures on the Black Mountain, so his second brother disappeared on the Black Mountain. If not, he is a demon or a spy of Beirong!" Xu Heng gritted his teeth and said solemnly to Zheng Jun: "Moreover, he defeated Gao Jingxing of Canghai Sect today with the Treading Wave Knife! There are many doubts about the death of Zhao Da, the leader of the county government's strong squad, and his brother Zhao Er!"

"I sensed something was wrong at the beginning and secretly asked the Zhao brothers to investigate the matter. Now it seems that the Zhao brothers must have discovered Zheng Jun's cunning whereabouts, so they committed the crime and killed Zhao Da and Zhao Er. Please investigate it!"

Xu Heng spoke with certainty, as if Zheng Jun was the real culprit who brought chaos to the Great Zhou. If he was not killed, Heishan County would never have peace!
And Zheng Jun, who, in Xu Heng's words, would bring everlasting unrest to Heishan County, fell into deep thought.

Is this the reason why my strength has improved so rapidly?
"Why did you come back so late tonight?" Zheng Jun continued to ask.

"I...I invited Gao and Bian from Canghai Sect to have a drink to celebrate their rite of passage."

Xu Heng whispered: "At the same time, please ask them to help investigate Zheng Jun."

Zheng Jun heard this, but he didn't care too much about this topic: "What about the county magistrate? What has Meng Xian done recently?"

"Mr. Meng?"

Xu Heng was stunned for a moment. He never thought that the official from the Pacification Office in front of him would actually ask him about Magistrate Meng.

"This one……"

Xu Heng spoke hesitantly.

He didn't know what to say, he hadn't even started arranging the story for Magistrate Meng.

"You just need to tell me what County Magistrate Meng has done in the past two months, and whether there is anything that you find strange." Zheng Jun said in a deep voice.

Xu Heng is best at putting accusations on people and making groundless accusations. Otherwise, how could he rise to the top by framing others?
It is still necessary to listen to the opinions of professionals.

Industry specializing in surgery.

Hearing Zheng Jun's question, Xu Heng's brain immediately started working fast and he told him everything he had learned recently.

But to Zheng Jun, these were all useless news.

For example, the county magistrate goes to get off work on time from nine to five every day.

He raised a black cat, and occasionally one could see the county magistrate feeding the cat in the county government office.

He was a low-key person, with only two servants around him, and no followers such as legal advisors or scholars.

He loves drinking the green tea produced locally in Heishan County and has a special tea room for it.

Even if Xu Heng were to find fault with Meng Xian, he wouldn't be able to find any fault with him.

It seemed as if County Magistrate Meng was really just a cowardly little magistrate who was unwilling to steal the limelight from Cai Xun, the county lieutenant who came from a big family, and was tolerant in everything.

This also made him and the chief clerk Shen Yunyi join Cai Xun early on and be willing to be under Cai Xun's command.

After hearing these words, Zheng Jun fell into deep thought.

It's all in vain.

But it was not a wasted trip.

At least I got some new useful information.

Those guys from Canghai Sect have bad intentions and want to deal with me.

"My lord, my lord."

Xu Heng's cleverness came up, and he quickly knelt down and crawled in front of Zheng Jun, rolled up his sleeves, and planned to use them to wipe Zheng Jun's shoes. At the same time, he said: "I am just a small character, a mere Dianshi, not even enough to fill the teeth of the Zhenfu Division! How much credit do you have for arresting me?"

"I am willing to act as your eyes and ears and keep a close eye on Magistrate Meng's actions. I will definitely satisfy you!"

After saying that, Xu Heng began to prepare to polish Zheng Jun's shoes.

But just when he was about to polish his shoes, he was suddenly startled.

Because he found that the shoes looked familiar.

I had never seen it because I was covered by the cloak before.

Now that I have seen this pair of shoes, I have recognized their owner.

Zheng Jun!

In an instant, a chill rushed up his back, and Xu Heng broke out in a cold sweat and froze.

If he hadn't cared about Zheng Jun so much and remembered Zheng Jun's dress and style every day.

He couldn't recognize it at all!
Seeing Xu Heng was stunned for a moment, Zheng Jun smiled: "It seems that you recognized me."

Xu Heng was sweating profusely, and said quickly: "How can you say that, sir? You are obviously a leader in the county city, how can I recognize you?"

"Is there something wrong with the shoes? You should be careful. I only wore this pair of shoes when I was a policeman. I stopped wearing them after I became a squad leader. After I joined the Black Mountain Guard, I never showed them. I only used them as training shoes when practicing martial arts."

Zheng Jun sighed and picked up the imperial sword: "You have been paying attention to me for so long, Xu Dianshi, you really deserve to die!"

A hint of sneer flashed across his black and white eyes.

Seeing this, Xu Heng gritted his teeth and stood up without hesitation, punching Zheng Jun in the face!
In Zheng Jun's eyes, a warrior who couldn't even accumulate energy was undoubtedly a joke.

With just a slight raise of his hand, Xu Heng's fist was grasped by Zheng Jun, unable to move.

"Now, I will send you down to see Zhao Da and Zhao Er."

Zheng Jun slowly grasped the hilt of the knife.

Xu Heng's eyes were filled with fear, and he begged for mercy: "Captain Zheng, I..."

But before he could finish his words, he could hear the faint roar of a dragon in his ears.

The next second, a blade of light suddenly cut across Xu Heng's neck, like a harvested stalk of wheat in a wheat field, cutting straight down.

"puff!"

The head flew out and blood gushed out like a fountain.

Zheng Jun was not a novice who had just killed someone. He cut with his sword and there was no blood on his body.

After finishing, Zheng Jun calmly put away the knife.

Without hiding anything, he pushed the door open and walked out.

[Kill the enemy, the progress of the Treading Wave Sword repayment +9, current repayment progress: 3411/5000. ]

"Nine o'clock?"

Zheng Jun looked at the small ink characters that appeared in front of him and sighed heavily for a moment: "I'm speechless!"

The points gained by killing Xu Hengjia were not as fast as those gained by Zheng Jun using his swordsmanship.

Zheng Jun can add twenty or thirty points with each strike of his sword.

"It seems that killing those weaker than me will only increase my progress very little. It seems that only Qi-accumulating warriors of the same realm can increase my progress rapidly!"

As Zheng Jun sneaked around at night, he thought to himself, "In addition to killing people, martial arts performance and teaching can also improve the repayment progress, but the repayment progress of this 'Da Dao Wu Shu' should be far more than these points. Any behavior that can improve one's martial arts under normal circumstances should be considered as repayment."

"The repayment process still needs to be planned. This will make it easier for me to 'borrow martial arts'. There are so many martial arts in the world. To master all martial arts, I still need to work hard!"

Zheng Jun thought in his heart.

At the same time, Zheng Jun also knew that every time he borrowed money, the "practice a thousand times" was just a pronoun. The exact number of times was not indicated at all, and it could only be judged by the repayment progress.

It's hard work.

When passing by the Zhenfusi Yamen, Zheng Jun casually threw the imperial sword into the Yamen.

After throwing it away, Zheng Jun quickly returned to his hut, piled the black cloak and shoes together, struck a flint, and burned them all with fire.

Then he changed into his official robe and began to practice the Broken Jade Technique tonight.

Zheng Jun is now a martial arts genius known to everyone in Heishan County, and it won’t be long before his name spreads throughout Pingzhang County.

If you want to transform yourself from a "peerless genius" to a "peerless genius", you still need to work hard.

Zheng Jun now only sleeps two hours a day.

The rest of my free time is spent practicing martial arts!
I heard that the geniuses of those big sects and the young masters of aristocratic families have been learning martial arts diligently since childhood. I started later than them, so I need to use diligence to make up for the gap.

If one is just complacent about the "Great Dao Martial Book" all day long, and always feels that he is the son of destiny and favored by heaven, then it is a waste of heaven's gifts, and there is absolutely no possibility of achieving a Dharmakāya or a True Lord!

Coming to this great world of Yama, Zheng Jun no longer wants to stay in Xuqi and Waigang all his life, but wants to be a local tyrant and a local snake in this small piece of land in Heishan County!

(End of this chapter)