When Chen Ping found Luo Li, he seemed to have guessed that Chen Ping was coming and was practicing swordsmanship alone in an open space.
"Brother Luo, Nangong Daxia..."
Chen Ping asked with a frown. When he learned from Zhao Jin that Nangong Ming went alone to find Pi Xiu's camp to test his strength, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
It's not that I'm afraid that Nangong Ming will be in danger, but that he's worried that Nangong Ming will scare the snake away and scare Pi Xiu away.
He came all the way to Lingzhou, and his main purpose was to catch Pi Xiu to avenge his murder of a master. This opportunity was extremely precious to him, and Chen Ping didn't want to go in vain and let Pi Xiu escape in the end.<
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Luo Li didn't respond for a while. After practicing the moves at hand, he exhaled and sheathed his sword, and then looked at Chen Ping.
"He said he didn't return for five days, so he burned three sticks of incense to pay his respects."
Chen Ping was stunned for a moment. Didn't he say that he was going to test the enemy's situation? Why did this sound like a life and death battle?
Luo Li saw the expression on Chen Ping's face and explained with care.
"He has always been like this and behaves appropriately, don't worry."
Chen Ping could only nod helplessly. Nangong Ming had already gone. All he could do was wait.
In the mountains and forests of Lingzhou, Nangong Ming's figure flew between the trees, his sharp eyes like a hawk always paying attention to the surrounding situation, and stopping from time to time to observe the traces on the ground.
Two days later, when Nangong Ming climbed up and looked into the distance again to examine the surrounding terrain, he suddenly found something inconsistent somewhere.
He didn't hesitate for a moment, and ran towards the direction where he noticed the abnormality.
However, when Nangong Ming arrived at that place, he did not see a single person, and there was no one in the huge camp.
He carefully searched the camp, and finally deduced the approximate time when these people left through the remaining traces of life.
"Danger!"
Nangong Ming's eyebrows suddenly stood up, his feet immediately became fierce, and he chased after following the tracks of carriages and horses on the ground.
He arrived late, this group of people had already set out for at least a day and a half or even two days!
Whether he wanted to leave Lingzhou or murder Chen Ping, Nangong Ming would not agree.
You must know that the reason why he came to find them alone was not just to test the other party's reality. If possible, he also wanted to catch this group of thieves in one go!
Even if the number of opponents may be thousands or more, so what?
Although there are thousands of people, I am going!
Nangong Ming thought in his mind and couldn't help but speed up. What he didn't notice was that in the nearby dense forest, a pair of eyes were staring at him.
"Envoy, will you arrange for the brothers to take a detour to ambush him?"
"This person should be the master next to Chen Ping. As long as he is killed, Chen Ping will be just a powerless scholar who can be manipulated at will!"
Pixiu glanced coldly at the talkative subordinate next to him, and then stared at the gradually disappearing figure.
Somehow, Pixiu felt familiar, as if he had seen this person somewhere before.
"If I want to ambush him, will I give him a chance to find this place?"
Pi Xiu snorted and said disdainfully: "I just asked him to chase him and get this tiger out of the mountain. Congxing Fucheng is still free for us to come and go?"
After saying this, he narrowed his eyes and ordered, and a swarm of people suddenly appeared in the originally peaceful forest, and then rushed towards Congxing Mansion.
"Chen Ping, you really want to kill me... By coincidence, I think so too."
Pixiu gave a cruel smile, looked up to the southeast of Congxing Mansion, and then disappeared into the mountains and forests.
As for the reason why Chen Ping came to Lingzhou despite the imperial examination, Pixiu had a rough idea. Calculating, the grudge between him and Chen Ping had been forged since the eighth year of Tianqi, that is, ten years ago.
Pixiu was very glad that he discovered it in time, otherwise if such an enemy who won the power at the age of eighteen grew up, let alone whether the organization would be affected, at least his life would not be easy.
What's more, the affairs in Lingzhou have been messed up by Chen Ping. He can no longer report to the capital. The old and new scores are being settled together. Pi Xiu can't wait to peel Chen Ping's skin and bones!
When Pixiu led a large force to the vicinity of Congxing Mansion, the forwards he sent two days earlier had already collected some intelligence.
"Report to the envoy, the city is now..."
After listening to the report from his subordinates, Pixiu waved his hand to express that he understood, and his eyes couldn't stop flashing, "Very good, everything has gone very smoothly so far.
As long as Chen Ping can die in Lingzhou, his mission will be completed.
It may still make the higher-ups unhappy, but this is already the best solution he Pixiu can make based on the current situation in Lingzhou, and if Chen Ping, the Chunwei Hui Yuan, dies in Lingzhou, the shock will not be as big as Tu.
Where can people go when they make trouble?
"Hoo, ho!" Pi Xiu gradually became excited and his breathing became rapid.
He suppressed his almost trembling heart and stroked his short beard to analyze.
The closer we get to the last minute, the less we can take it lightly. Careful thinking is the key to success. Pixiu warned himself that if he wanted to kill Chen Ping, he had to escape safely. This plan must be flawless!
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After returning from Mulu, the crisis in Lingzhou was relieved, and progress in other areas was steady and good. Chen Ping felt that the pressure on himself had suddenly reduced, and all he needed to do next was to force Pi Xiu out or lure him out. He believed that he had ruined so many good things for Pi Xiu, and now that he no longer covered up the news about being exposed in Lingzhou on purpose, Pi Xiu would definitely be blamed.
Chen Ping is waiting here, even if he uses himself as bait, as long as he can lure Pi Xiu to stay in Lingzhou.
Pi Xiubu's plan was completely destroyed by him. If Pi Xiu dared to stay, Chen Ping would dare to let him die in Lingzhou.
Because, the next Lingzhou will be his home court of Chen Ping!
"Brother Zhao, if you were Pi Xiu, what would you do now?"
Zhao Jin, who had stolen half a day's free time, didn't have time to relax for long before he was called out by Chen Ping. Upon hearing this question, Zhao Jin frowned and hissed, feeling a little guilty.
"If I were Pixiu, what would I do? This..."
"All his cards have been played, and now there are only two choices. Either the strong man breaks his arm and leaves Lingzhou in time, causing us to lose the clue again."
"Or..."
Zhao Jin glanced at Chen Ping, and after meeting his eyes in perfect understanding, he laughed dumbly: "Then he will definitely come to seek revenge on you!"
Chen Ping applauded twice, and then analyzed: "They have invested so much manpower and material resources in Lingzhou, and they will never give up. Knowing that I am in Lingzhou now, they may have already started preparing to kill me." p>
Zhao Jin nodded and couldn't help but ask: "Why do you look so relaxed? Are you really not afraid that they will jump over the wall and kill you at all costs?"
"Whether or not to kill depends on whether they have the ability. Besides, isn't there Brother Zhao and Brother Luo?"
Chen Ping chuckled, then looked out the window at the horizon, thinking that Nangong Ming, who had been out for three days, couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Although he has been in contact with Nangong Ming for more than a month, Chen Ping still feels very unfamiliar with this peerless master.
He is very similar to Luo Li, and they both have secrets hidden in them. This time, they went to look for Pixiu and the others without saying hello, which made Chen Ping have suspicions.
Nangong Ming may have some unexplained entanglement with this organization.
Thinking of this, Chen Ping wanted to know more about this organization more and more, because it was likely that it had appeared many years ago, otherwise it would not have spread such a huge network across the country.
"They had a certain scale at least ten years ago. It is impossible that there are no clues over the years, right! There must be some clues left behind!"
Chen Ping narrowed his eyes with a firm gaze.
He had a feeling that he was getting closer to the truth.