A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 371 The Power of an Arrow

After Duan Rong tried the bow and arrow, he carefully discussed the next specific action plan with Ximen Kankan, Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan.

Afterwards, Duan Rong hurried away under the cover of night.

The chief altar envoy will arrive in four days. During these four days, he will continue to monitor the movements of Sun Qian and Ruan Fengshan. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.

When Duan Rong left, it was already late at night. Ximen Kankan, Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan were all very tired, but Duan Rong had already told them that there were five spies around Ximen Mansion who were waiting and monitoring them.

They did not dare to take it lightly and decided to take turns on duty.

The first person picked out was Liu Shushan. Ximen Kankan and Shen Mizhi were resting inside. Liu Shushan yawned and sat at the door of the main hall.

The next morning, Ximen Kankan patted Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan on the shoulders and said, "Today, I will take you to have a good time. This is also a way to show my hospitality as a host!"

Then, Ximen Kankan took Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan and walked out of the gate of Ximen Mansion in a swagger.

The spies had been waiting outside Ximen's mansion all night. Early in the morning, Ximen Kankan went out with two servants, and the spies immediately followed them from a distance.

Ximen Kankan first took Liu Shushan and Shen Mizhi to have breakfast on the roadside.

Looking at the familiar beef soup stall and the sign of Lu Ji Shao Bing not far away, Ximen Kankan was really moved. "Everything in Fucheng is good, but it's not as good as Xiangu County."

The three of them were already starving, so they sat down and started eating and drinking.

Ximen Kankan looked at the way Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan ate and muttered softly, "You two are servants, please pay attention to your status. The soup you slurped splashed on my face."

Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan realized that they had been eating too much. Shen Mizhi had just fought with Ximen Kankan for the cake. Moreover, the two of them occupied the table and pushed Ximen Kankan into the corner.

The two of them huddled their legs together, squeezed to one side, and gave most of the table to Ximen Kankan.

The three were eating when Ximen Kankan suddenly saw a huddled little beggar lying in the sun at the opposite alley across the street, looking at them expressionlessly.

Ximen Kankan's eyelids jumped and he almost choked. That little beggar was clearly Duan Rong.

Duan Rong was just a little envious that the three of them could sit comfortably in the stall and have a solid breakfast.

Ximen Kankan just glanced over there and turned his head away, pretending not to see Duan Rong.

It is normal for a little beggar to stare at the breakfast stall, but it is not normal for a diner to keep staring at a little beggar.

After the three of them finished their meal, Ximen Kankan took them to the gambling house.

Although the owner has changed, Weiyangfang is still the largest gambling house in Xiangu County. Although it is morning now, the curtains in the gambling house are drawn and candles are hung high, making it impossible to tell whether it is day or night. Many gamblers are still pushing cards in a drunken state.

Ximen Kankan and Liu Shushan were both players in this area. They soon became addicted to the game and used Shen Mizhi as an errand boy to exchange chips...

The two of them stayed in the gambling house until nightfall, and only came out at Shen Mizhi's urging, still unsatisfied.

Afterwards, Ximen Kankan took them to Babaolou for a big meal, ordered several famous dishes from Xiangu County, and specially went to Liu Shushan to taste some of the new dishes.

Liu Shushan ate the eight-treasure gourd duck and praised it highly.

After they finished their meal, Shen Mizhi thought they would go back to rest, but unexpectedly, Ximen Kankan wanted to take them to Huaying Tower.

After all, Huayinglou was a brothel, and Shen Mizhi was the daughter of an official family, so she naturally didn't want to go there. She just sat there, mumbling and cursing Ximen Kankan under her breath.

Ximen Kankan glanced around and whispered beside her, "There are spies following us around. You are a servant now, don't expose yourself to me. We are going to Huaying Tower now, and you must come with us!"

Shen Mizhi had no choice but to follow them shyly when she saw Ximen Kankan and Liu Shushan walking towards Huaying Tower.

Shen Mizhi was feeling very embarrassed in the Huaying Building, but Ximen Kankan and Liu Shushan were having a great time. When they saw that it was already dawn, they came out, reeking of alcohol.

Shen Mizhi stayed in the building all night, feeling nauseated by the unpleasant smell of powder mixed with alcohol.

The three of them returned home in a daze and took a nap, then went to the gambling house, then the restaurant, and then the brothel.

This happens every day!

After the first day, two of the five spies who had followed them withdrew, leaving only three.

The next day, the three were still living a life of drunkenness and spending money everywhere. That evening, two more spies were removed, leaving only one spy to follow them.

After the third day, even the last spy withdrew.

Because they finally realized that following Ximen Kankan and the others was a sheer waste of energy. This guy was just a playboy, who simply came back to indulge in the world of money and paper money in a familiar place.

The second half of the night of the fourth day, tomorrow is the day when Wei Ziyang, the chief Dharma envoy of the altar, will go to Xiangu County for inspection.

The number of patrolling yamen runners on West Street had obviously doubled, and the activities of spies who were lurking everywhere and moving in the shadows had also become noticeably more frequent.

Duan Rong still looked like a timid little beggar, dozing off by the wall at an alley not far from the county office.

The closer we get to the final moment, the more we need to keep our composure.

Seeing that it would be dawn in two hours, Duan Rong was ready to start planning tomorrow's affairs in another hour!

Tomorrow is the day when the two big fish appear! It is also the day when he will close the net!

I just wonder if the net he prepared can arrive in time?

Duan Rong thought so and looked up. He saw the dark night sky above the mountain.

The words of the person at the contact point flashed through his mind, and he sighed silently: People from the Ministry of Public Security should be reliable!

At this moment, Duan Rong's eyelids suddenly twitched. His spiritual sense had been scanning the surroundings, and just now a figure walked into the range of his spiritual sense.

It’s Ximen Kankan!
Ximen Kankan came alone, Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan were not with him!
Using spiritual sense to scan and watch, I saw Ximen Kankan getting closer and closer, walking towards this side along the side of West Street.

Duan Rong sat up straight from his dozing state in the corner.

In the dark night, he saw a familiar chubby figure slowly walking towards him from the other end of the street.

"What does this kid want to do?"

Duan Rong was puzzled for a moment, because the plan they had discussed before did not include this step, but Ximen Kankan was getting closer and closer, obviously walking towards him.

Ximen Kankan had already walked not far from Duan Rong.

Duan Rong sat there, looking at him with suspicion.

Ximen Kankan walked up to Duan Rong and suddenly threw a chicken leg into Duan Rong's arms, saying, "This is a reward from my master!"

Duan Rong took a look at the chicken leg in his arms and suddenly stood there in a daze, as if petrified.

At this moment, there were ten thousand horses galloping through his heart.

No! Big brother!
What is this song you are singing to me?

Tomorrow is the day to close the net!
Have you been playing for a few days and made yourself crazy?
If Duan Rong hadn't seen a team of patrolling yamen runners walking towards this side not far away, he really wanted to throw the chicken leg directly on Ximen Kankan's fat face!
At this time, Ximen Kankan turned around to leave, but after he took two steps, he suddenly pulled down his pants by the wall and started to pee.

The urine splashed on the wall, making a splashing sound.

Duan Rong was already a little amused by Ximen Kankan at this moment. He thought Ximen Kankan must be crazy. Fortunately, this was ancient times, otherwise he would have thought Ximen Kankan was on drugs.

But at this moment, Ximen Kankan said in a low voice while draining the water: "Hu Huanhuan poisoned Bai Rong and was discovered. Now, Bai Rong is hanging her in the room and beating her. He will probably beat her to death. It's up to you whether to save her or not!"

After Ximen Kankan finished talking, he finished peeing. He shuddered, pulled up his pants, and walked away as if nothing had happened.

Duan Rong stood there in a daze, his breathing became disordered!
He was confused, not about whether to save Hu Huanhuan or not, but because this guy came to talk to him so carelessly. After that, he left as if nothing had happened. Duan Rong actually had no direct relationship with Hu Huanhuan, but she was Shen Ping's old lover.

Shen Ping was indebted to Duan Rong and could even be considered half his master.

Duan Rong once mentioned the fact that Hu Huanhuan was Shen Ping's old lover as gossip to Ximen Kankan, and also mentioned some things about Shen Ping.

It is estimated that Ximen Kankan was playing in Huaying Building and happened to see the incident, so he felt sympathy and came to tell Duan Rong. He just told Duan Rong that it was up to Duan Rong to save him or not.

After all, it's time to close the net. If we act now, complications may arise!
At this moment, the patrolling yamen runners had already walked up to Duan Rong.

The patrol leader was a thin, horse-faced middle-aged man. He saw Ximen Kankan throwing a chicken leg to the little beggar and peeing against the wall. These things were perfectly normal in his eyes.

Duan Rong noticed that the leader was looking at him, so he immediately took the chicken leg and started to eat it. However, even though he was hungry, the food tasted like chewing wax.

When the leader saw the little beggar's ugly eating habits, he turned his face away.

Duan Rong was chewing on a chicken leg when he realized that Ximen Kankan had already walked out of the range of his spiritual awareness. Moreover, there was nothing unusual, and the spies had not discovered him at all.

Duan Rong had to admit that Ximen Kankan's trick of throwing him a chicken leg and then whispering the story while peeing against the wall was enough to make him unsuspecting even if there were spies following him.

After all, he was just a little beggar on the street at that time.

Although Ximen Kankan's move was a bit reckless, it was unexpected and hit people's blind spots. Thinking about it carefully now, there was actually no risk.

Ximen Kankan walked to the alley not far from Huaying Building, where Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan were waiting.

Shen Mizhi looked at Ximen Kankan suspiciously and asked, "Where have you been?"

"I didn't go anywhere, I just took a piss." Ximen Kankan said casually, "Come on, let's go back. Go to bed early today, we have things to do tomorrow."

Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan naturally knew what Ximen Kankan meant by something happening tomorrow. The three of them walked into the alley together, preparing to go to Ximen Mansion.

When Ximen Kankan was about to enter the alley, he turned his head and looked at Huaying Building three blocks away. The lights of Huaying Building were particularly conspicuous in the dark night. Although he told Duan Rong, he was not sure whether Duan Rong would save Hu Huanhuan.

Duan Rong sat there, finishing the chicken leg in his hand, and he already had the answer in his mind.

It would be fine if he didn’t know, but since he knew, how could I not save him?

Shen Ping’s kindness is just one of them.

On the other hand, perhaps in the eyes of others, Hu Huanhuan is just an old prostitute who runs a brothel, but from Duan Rong's modern perspective, Hu Huanhuan is truly a heroine who has been able to carve out a place for herself in such a world.

There are many extraordinary people in the world, and he really doesn't want to see Hu Huanhuan beaten to death in the room by a guy like Bai Rong.

Moreover, in two hours, it will be daybreak. Tomorrow is the day when the chief altar envoy will come to inspect Xiangu. Duan Rong estimated that if he only killed one person and the time was so tight, it shouldn't have any impact.

Once Duan Rong made the decision, all the doubts in his heart were instantly swept away, and he stood up with clear eyes.

Under the cover of his spiritual sense, after confirming that there was no one around, Duan Rong suddenly leaped into the yard of the house next door.

The yard is not big, even a little cramped. There is only one main room, one back room and one kitchen in the yard. In the corner of the cramped yard, there is a grape vine.

Duan Rong often took naps at the nearby alley these days, and he had a clear understanding of the family's situation.

A mother and son lived in this house. Just two days ago, they suddenly received news that their father had passed away due to illness, so the woman took her child back to her hometown to attend the funeral.

The rituals for weddings and funerals in this world are quite complicated. I won't be able to come back for more than half a month after this trip.

Fangzheng's courtyard was also empty, so Duan Rong decided to requisition it temporarily.

Duan Rong jumped into the courtyard and landed almost silently. He then rushed into the kitchen.

In the corner of the kitchen, he picked up the black python bow and pulled out a black iron arrow from the quiver!

One arrow is enough to kill Bai Rong!
Duan Rong put the black python bow on his back, grasped the black iron arrow in one hand, and went out. He walked along the dark alley as fast as a ghost, heading towards the Huaying Tower!

Along the way, Duan Rong used his spiritual awareness to the fullest, avoiding the spies everywhere, and stood in the dark shadow of an alley in a residential area three meters away from Huaying Tower.

Standing here, Duan Rong was already able to use his spiritual sense to cover the entire Huaying Tower inside and out.

I saw a remote room on the second floor of Huaying Building. Two eunuchs were guarding the door with sticks. Inside the room, Hu Huanhuan was tied with hemp ropes and hung from the beam.

Her whole body had been whipped like a bloody gourd, and her face had been hit by several whips, leaving her skin and flesh rotten. Bai Rong still had a distorted face and kept whipping Hu Huanhuan with the whip.

Hu Huanhuan was only breathing out but not breathing in. Bai Rong's whip was hitting her body with all his might, but she couldn't move at all, as if Bai Rong was whipping her with a sack.

Behind Bai Rong, the wine table was littered with cups and plates. Beside the table, there was a body lying on the ground, its face was black, and it was obvious that it had been poisoned to death.

That day, after being humiliated by Bai Rong, Hu Huanhuan became more and more angry, so she dug out a poison that Shen Ping had left for her from under the box. She had used this poison to poison rats in her early years, and it worked very well.

On this day, Bai Rong was drinking and having fun with one of his male favorites in the room. When he saw that the wine was gone, he called the maid who was serving wine to fetch a jar of wine.

Just as the maid was about to go to the wine storage to get some wine, Hu Huanhuan stopped her and said that this jar was the good wine she had just taken, and asked her to give it to Bai Rong to enjoy.

The maid didn't think much about it. After thanking him, she took the jar of wine and returned to Bai Rong's room.

As soon as the wine was added, the male favorite drank only a small cup and then began to convulse all over, breathed dead, and his face turned black in an instant.

Bai Rong was immediately furious and was about to twist the maid's neck. The frightened maid said that Hu Huanhuan gave her the jar of wine on the way.

When Bai Rong heard this, he immediately understood that Hu Huanhuan couldn't bear the humiliation and wanted to poison him!

Bai Rong jumped out of the room and came to Hu Huanhuan's house, and found Hu Huanhuan sitting there drinking tea in a formal dress.

Hu Huanhuan glanced at Bai Rong who had barged in and said calmly, "What a pity! I didn't poison you to death!"

Hu Huanhuan had no intention of running away at all. She knew very well that whether she poisoned Bai Rong to death or not, she could not run away!
Bai Rong grabbed Hu Huanhuan's hair, dragged her into his house, and called two eunuchs to get a hemp rope and tied Hu Huanhuan to the beam!

Bai Rong wanted to whip Hu Huanhuan to death to relieve his hatred!

Duan Rong stood in a dark residential alley. Under the cover of his spiritual sense, the sight of Hu Huanhuan being beaten to a bloody pulp made Duan Rong's eyelids twitch.

Duan Rong took off the black python bow from his back, and the bones around him suddenly made strange explosions.

In the darkness, his body grew bigger and bigger, and soon returned to his original shape!

Duan Rong took a slight breath, and under the cover of his spiritual consciousness, he suddenly drew his bow and arrow, and in the darkness, he aimed at Bai Rong who was in a remote room in Huaying Tower three meters away.

With the surge of true energy, the black python bow was instantly stretched to its full length like a full moon!
The black iron arrow, under the infusion of powerful true qi, the airflow around it has begun to change!
With a "bang", the bowstring was stretched!

The black iron arrow drew a stream of air! The air was faintly visible in the darkness! Like steam under the scorching sun!
That was high-speed friction, a strange phenomenon that exploded in the airflow!
In the room, Bai Rong's face was splattered with many blood spots. That was Hu Huanhuan's blood. The whip in his hand was already oozing blood!

But Bai Rong's expression became even more twisted and excited. He liked to torture people. Only when he tortured people did the scene of being crushed by a fat pig in the depths of his mind seem to dissipate a little.

Bai Rong wanted to hit him again with the whip!
But just as he raised his blood whip, suddenly a black shadow shattered the window and, with a stream of air, shot towards his head like lightning!

The black shadow was too fast and Bai Rong had no time to react, but his Divine Blood Skill was automatically activated when he was between life and death!

Bai Rong's whole body suddenly burst into blood!
The floating blood threads, like living things, instantly gathered at Bai Rong's head and headed towards the black shadow!
But the dense, wriggling blood threads instantly dissipated and disappeared as soon as they came into contact with the black shadow.

The black shadow blew Bai Rong's head apart without any hesitation!

Bai Rong's Divine Blood Art successfully reached the second level.

But Duan Rong's arrow was at the level of Great Perfection of the True Qi Realm, how could he block it? !

(End of this chapter)