"Is it possible that you really want to tie me up and send me to the capital? Haha, don't be ridiculous!"
Chen Ping looked at Pi Xiu, whose hands were tied together and followed by a rope, staggering behind the horse.
At this moment, he had probably guessed his next fate. He ignored his body and screamed loudly. He didn't feel anything even though he was being dragged forward.
"Brother Luo, stop for a moment."
It had been more than three days since he set out from Congxing Mansion, and he had not yet left Lingzhou. Chen Ping had originally thought of settling the accounts with Pi Xiu in two days, but seeing Pi Xiu begging for death, Chen Ping simply decided not to wait, so as not to have a long night and many dreams. "Hey, do it, do it! I killed your master and lived happily for ten years. Will these ten years be uncomfortable for you?"
"Now that you can take revenge, what are you waiting for?"
Pixiu's ridicule did not stop for a moment. Chen Ping dismounted and came to Pixiu to examine him. His indifferent and ruthless eyes made Pixiu feel a little embarrassed.
"You are right, I will kill you with my own hands."
Chen Ping murmured, and started to move his hand, but instead of using a knife, he untied Pi Xiu's rope, and then stood there holding his breath and concentrating.
Pixiu let out a laugh. He knew what kind of trick Chen Ping was trying to play. He knew that his life was about to end and he didn't worry about it anymore. He had seen Chen Ping's methods and abilities in Lingzhou for two months. Thinking about it, death wouldn't be a big deal.
Injustice.
"Boy! Grandpa will help you!"
Pixiu grinned wildly and rushed out of the road towards the forest nearby. Chen Ping took advantage of the situation and picked up a crossbow and loaded the crossbow arrow.
"This is the first lesson you taught him?"
"The path he takes will kill people, many people."
In the team, Nangong Ming nodded and replied noncommittally: "But you have forgotten that some people do not need to do it themselves. It only takes a word or even a look to kill someone."
Luo Li frowned, he hated people like that.
"If you want Chen Ping to become like you, then let me tell you that he won't live long in the capital. He is not a person like you or me. If you want to defeat those bastards, you have to use their methods. That's what Chen Ping needs to learn.
A means."
Nangong Ming reminded Luo Li and kept silent. It's not that he didn't understand the truth, but he was afraid that after learning what he did, Chen Ping would lose his original intention and become those people.
"Time will tell everything. I saw something else in this young man, something different from all of us. I can't tell what it is, but it is definitely not the stench and vulgarity like them."
Nangong Ming's voice on the breeze reached Luo Li's ears. He suddenly pulled out his long sword and murmured: "In the past, I couldn't defeat them with both civil and military skills. Later, I figured out that just relying on reason and swords would not work against such people.
of."
"In these years of searching the world, I have met countless people, but Chen Ping seems to have hope. Time is not waiting for me. I am ready to put everything on this bet. What about you?"
Luo Li opened his mouth and spit out two words after a while.
"I'll follow."
Pixiu was running, he was running crazily, and the pain in his body seemed to disappear. He didn't look back and knew that Chen Ping was chasing him, and his death was already doomed.
"Whoosh!"
Another crossbow bolt came, and Pixiu groaned and fell to the ground. After a while, Chen Ping came over with a long sword.
"Ha! Ha! Huchi!"
"You deserve to die."
Chen Ping stared at Pixiu and said, closed his eyes and silently recited the words "Master" in his heart, then closed his eyes, then stepped forward and inserted his sword into Pixiu's heart.
As Pixiu's body shook violently through the hilt of the sword and spread to his arms, Chen Ping gritted his teeth and remained motionless. Finally, he used his long sword to cut open Pixiu's chest, dissecting the vigorously beating heart and taking it in his hand.
"Student Chen Ping sacrifices him with the heart of a thief!"
"May my mentor rest forever!"
A roar like a tiger's roar resounded in the forest. After an unknown amount of time, Chen Ping stood up with his sword in hand. He looked at Pi Xiu, whose eyes were gray and motionless, then turned around and walked out.
"He's back. Well, he looks pretty good. He seems to have made some progress."
Chen Ping refused the handkerchief, got on his horse with blood all over his body, and the team immediately set off again.
Heading towards the capital.
.......
No one is immutable, the sea can turn into mulberry fields, let alone people?
The thousand-mile journey from Lingzhou to the capital took half a month on the way here and ten days on the way back.
After putting on brand new clothes outside the capital, Chen Ping, who had returned to his image as a handsome young master, felt a little uncomfortable. Compared with the various dangers in Lingzhou, the capital was too safe. The safety made Chen Ping feel unreal.<
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"Chen Ping!"
"You kid sneaked out without telling me, and you didn't call us for such an interesting thing as investigating a case. It's so boring!"
Not long after returning to Tianxiang Pavilion, Chen Ping heard two voices outside. He smiled bitterly. Needless to say, it was Cheng Cheng and Xie Zhiyuan who smelled the smell.
"Hey! We haven't seen each other for two months, have you changed so much?"
Xie Zhiyuan is holding a folding fan, wearing a yellow t-shirt and a nondescript big hat with flowers, which makes him look particularly eye-catching.
Beside Xie Zhiyuan, Cheng Cheng looked over, wearing a round-neck robe and holding a folding fan. When he saw Chen Ping, he immediately beamed.
Chen Ping curled his lips helplessly. In the situation like Lingzhou, he himself almost lost his life in the past. This was under the protection of Luo Li. If he brought these two goods, the good guy Pixiu would be happy and buy it.
One for two, the group will be destroyed immediately.
"Don't be ridiculous, you don't think anything of it in the capital. A trip to Lingzhou will cost me half my life!"
Chen Ping vomited bitterness, but his eyes were darting around behind the two of them. Xie Zhiyuan, who had a sly look on his face, immediately started shouting.
"Hey, hey! What are you looking at! I tell you that Miss Su's family didn't come!"
"As for you, Huiyuan, who ran out of the capital after winning the ranking, everyone in the capital was talking about it. The storytellers in the restaurant even arranged a repertoire for you. How do you still expect Miss Su to come and see you? Tsk tsk, you are so shameless.
I was three-thirds thick back then."
Hearing that Xie Zhiyuan was bragging while arranging himself, Chen Ping lost his temper. How could he be his opponent with such talk?
"Let's have a cup of tea. Try the Kunlun Point I brought back from Lingzhou."
"Isn't Kunlun Mountain in the west? You..."
Chen Ping glared at him, wondering whether he wanted to drink or not, and then went to get the tea cup. Xie Zhiyuan quickly joked: "Okay, I know you almost died, right?"
"Brother Cheng, he wants to ask you something, please talk to him."
Xie Zhiyuan plucked the tea leaves, smelled the flavor, and said to Cheng Cheng aside.
Chen Ping stopped talking and turned to talk to Cheng Cheng.
Although Chen Tianrui sent news through Tianxiang Pavilion and there were newspapers available for reading, in the final analysis, they were not as well-informed and comprehensive as those in the capital, especially Cheng Cheng and Xie Zhiyuan.
"Are you saying that His Majesty's condition has improved? He even summoned the ministers for questioning a few days ago?"
"That's right, it seems that the imperial examination is only a matter of a few days, and it's just the right time for you to come back!"
Cheng Cheng rubbed his hands and said excitedly, but Chen Ping was not so optimistic.
He had heard about the emperor's illness a long time ago. This year's situation is probably in the advanced stage. He doesn't think it would be a big deal if the emperor continues to be there. After all, it is normal for conservative treatment to be delayed.
But now that my condition has suddenly improved, I feel strange no matter how I look at it.
"Hmph! The people from the Tiansi Supervisor also said that the bright Ziwei Star is a blessing from God!"
Xie Zhiyuan's voice suddenly sounded, but Chen Ping felt that his tone seemed a bit cold and sarcastic.