Chapter 112 Mask
An old man and a cat were all alone on the long street.

"Master, what is Zhigu Tunlong?"

"It's the sword-like technique of using a single chess piece to kill the other party's dragon. It's murderous at every step, and you have to survive in the face of death." Old man Yao walked slowly on the bluestone road holding Wuyun. "Chen Ji's chess style is like this, and so is his life. People often say that judging a person by his chess is not without reason."

Old Man Yao sighed, "If there is no change this time, I'm afraid that Jin Zhu will be tricked to death by Chen Ji."

"You seem to be very familiar with Jin Zhu? You even know his cultivation method. I heard Chen Ji say that you must never let others know your cultivation method, or you will be killed."

Old Man Yao thought for a moment and said, "Not really, but when I was in Beijing, I saw him grow from a fat boy to a big fat boy, and from a young and inexperienced man to what he is now."

Wu Yun suddenly said, "Master, Chen Ji said you have many secrets."

Old Man Yao laughed: "Me? That's what he said."

Wuyun thought for a moment and said, "Can I tell you this?"

Old Man Yao also thought about it: "Did he say that I can't tell you?"

"No."

"That's what you can say."

Wuyun nodded: "He said that you clearly know the forty-nine heavens, but you said you don't know."

Old Man Yao was startled: "How does he know that I know?"

Wu Yun said, "He said that when he made gunpowder, you asked him who taught him the alchemy technique, and you asked him if it was Wuji Mountain that taught him. Later, when he was chatting with the prince, he found out that Wuji Mountain was one of the forty-nine heavens."

Old Man Yao smacked his lips and said, "You really have to be very careful when talking to this guy. He'll catch you if you let anything slip. You say he's so smart, but why is he so smart in the wrong place? He's still not smart enough."

"Where should I be smart?"

Old Man Yao said, "If he is really smart, he should take you away from Jing Dynasty and stay away from these troubles. A truly smart person should avoid karma and have no worries so that there will be no flaws."

Wuyun nodded: "So you are his weakness."

Old Man Yao laughed angrily: "Forget it, I can't explain it to a little cat like you!"

"Master, where are we going now?"

Old Man Yao thought for a moment and said, "Of course we have to go to Mudan Bridge to have a look. Chen Ji has calculated it clearly, but he used the strategy of driving the wolf to swallow the tiger to kill the golden pig, and he himself has to get involved. The golden pig will definitely be killed by him, so how can he keep himself safe?"

Wuyun raised his head: "Master, Chen Ji said he has a plan."

"Oh?"

Wuyun recalled for a moment and said, "He said that he had been wearing a mask from the beginning, and when the critical moment came, he deliberately broke up with Jinzhu. In order to prevent him from disrupting the situation, Jinzhu would definitely find someone else to wear a mask, because this was the easiest way for Jinzhu. Chen Ji said that people are lazy and are used to solving problems with the simplest method, and Jinzhu is no exception."

Old Man Yao thought for a moment and sighed, "Why did Jin Zhu have to provoke this kid?"

"Master, are we still going to Mudan Bridge?"

"go."

"You're going to help him?"

Old Man Yao said unhappily, "He's so smart, why does he still need my help? Can't I just go and see what's going on?"

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In the thick night.

The Golden Pig wore a mask with an ox head and stared at the Peony Arch Bridge quietly. He felt that the bridge in front of him was like a bloody mouth that could swallow a dragon in one gulp.

There were five people standing beside the carriage more than twenty feet away, but it was too dark to see their faces clearly.

The carriage was covered tightly, and it was unclear whether there were people or ghosts inside.

Jin Zhu took a deep breath and asked subconsciously: "Chen Ji, do you think we should retreat?"

Liu Tiao was stunned for a moment: "Sir, I am Liu Tiao. Chen Ji was escorted and did not come here."

The golden pig turned his head slightly and looked silently at the green tiger face beside him for a long time without saying a word.

He laughed at himself in his heart, and then said, "Do you think that the Liu family set up an ambush because they have seen through our identities?"

Xifeng maintained an upright and arrogant posture, and whispered under the mask: "Sir, the Liu family may have ambushed people just to be on the safe side, not targeting us. If we were to handle such an important matter, we would also arrange for people to control it in advance."

Liu Tiao whispered, "That makes sense."

Jin Zhu refuted in a low voice: "When it comes to your life and property, how can you take chances?"

Xifeng was silent for a moment: "Sir, why don't we retreat first? We may have a chance to catch him later."

Liu Tiao said, "Sir, as long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood."

The Golden Pig remained silent, unable to make a decision.

This was the reason why he had gone to find Chen Ji earlier: he didn't even have anyone around him to help him with advice.

At this moment, the curtain of the carriage was opened from the inside, and Liu Mingxian, wearing a black fox fur cloak and holding a small copper hand warmer in his hand, slowly got out of the carriage.

He and Jin Zhu and the others looked at each other from a distance, and asked with a smile: "Since you are here, why don't you go up to the bridge and chat?"

The two sides were facing each other on and under the bridge, and the air gradually solidified. Even the Luo River under the bridge was silent. The next moment, Jin Zhu whispered, "The arrow is on the string and must be shot. Go to the bridge! Liu Mingxian has appeared. Listen to my orders later!"

Xifeng stepped onto the bridge.

When Liu Mingxian saw them boarding the bridge, he smiled and said, "Why are you guys so cautious?"

The Golden Pig behind Xifeng sneered, "After you handed over the deputy chief of the Craftsmanship Bureau to us, you instructed the Luocheng Military Department to take him back. This has violated our agreement. We are willing to come here tonight, which is a great gift to your Liu family."

Liu Mingxian gradually stopped smiling: "With my Liu family's status, who is qualified to talk about gifts?"

Jin Zhu smiled and said, "Oh? In the early years, your Liu family relied on the Queen Mother and the cabinet elders to act arrogantly and domineeringly, leaving behind many handles. In recent years, the situation in the court has reversed, and half of the Liu family's students and former officials have been impeached by the censors. Seeing that the situation is hopeless, they can only hide in Yuzhou. In a few years, I am afraid that even Yuzhou will not be able to be saved, and finally the family will be confiscated and exterminated."

Jin Zhu's voice gradually turned cold: "If not for this, how could your Liu family think of contacting my Jing Chao?"

Liu Mingxian suddenly sneered: "Jingchao...are you really from Jingchao? Lord Jinzhu, when did you become a spy for the Jingchao Military Intelligence Department?"

When Jinzhu heard the other party calling out his name, his expression changed immediately and he pulled Xifeng and Liutiao back.

Liu Mingxian suddenly shouted: "These three people are traitors of the Jing Dynasty. I am the magistrate of Luocheng. I should eliminate them for the court. Kill them. Kill them without mercy!"

The relationship has fallen out!

Zhang Guoer, who was behind Liu Mingxian, took out a copper whistle from her waist and blew it. The sharp sound tore through the night.

In an instant, the quiet houses suddenly opened up, and hundreds of elite soldiers wearing brown leather armor rushed out and fought with the spies hiding in the alleys!
When the Golden Pig was flying back, they saw more than ten people with long knives in their mouths climbing up from under the Peony Bridge behind them, blocking their retreat.

Xifeng said hurriedly: "Sir, these are the elite troops hidden by the Liu family in the Yanshi camp!"

Golden Pig wanted to pull Xifeng and Liutiao into the river, but was stopped by Zhang Guoer, who was stroking the Shanhua Ghost Money, and the two tattooed men.

With a gloomy face, he listened to the clanging of metal in the night, and turned to look at Liu Mingxian: "Lord Liu secretly dispatched soldiers into the city, is he planning a rebellion?"

Liu Mingxian said meaningfully: "I am arresting the thieves of Jing Dynasty, how can it be a rebellion?"

Jin Zhu sneered, "You say that we are traitors of the Jing Dynasty, do you have any evidence, Lord Liu? If there is no evidence, besieging the Secret Service Department without authorization is tantamount to treason."

Liu Mingxian stroked the copper hand warmer in his arms and said with a smile: "I still have the secret letter you sent me to Mudan Bridge. The secret letter clearly uses the method of hiding words in secret letters that only the Jing Dynasty Military Intelligence Department would use. This is the evidence. Even without this, I can still fabricate a lot of evidence. Lord Jinzhu, don't worry about this matter."

Jin Zhu slowly took off his mask, and saw Liu Mingxian turned around and said to someone beside him: "Master Yuan, we previously leaked confidential information and your company was almost surrounded. This was indeed the fault of our Liu family. Tonight, the head on Jin Zhu's neck is a generous gift from our Liu family. It is used as a token of surrender. Is it sincere enough? I wonder if the company leader can go south. Our Liu family has something important to discuss with you."

A deep voice responded slowly, "Master Liu is sincere. If you can really get the head of the golden pig, the chief will definitely come south to see you."

The golden pig's pupils contracted and it suddenly looked at the person who spoke: a fat figure wearing a bamboo hat next to Liu Mingxian.

He wanted to see the other person's face clearly, but the other person not only lowered his head, but also had a gray cloth covering his face.

Jingchao Military Intelligence Department!
No wonder Liu Mingxian had exposed their identities. It turned out that they had reconnected with the Jingchao Military Intelligence Department!

But the key point is, the Liu family had not yet reestablished contact with Jing Chao three days ago, so how come they suddenly got in touch? !
What went wrong! ?
Golden Pig looked at the elite Liu family soldiers who were slowly surrounding him and asked fiercely, "Kill them!"

Liu Tiao looked at the three Liu family officials in front of him, then turned back to look at the elite soldiers behind him.

He suddenly felt a little regretful for suggesting that he should wear the tiger mask. Otherwise, it should be Chen Ji who died on the bridge, not him!

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A quarter of an hour ago.

In the narrow alley, Chen Ji was pushed by the spy and staggered forward.

In order to prevent him from having any bad ideas, the spies who were guarding him tied his hands behind his back with ropes.

Chen Ji suddenly stopped and did not move forward. The secret agent behind him kicked him, but Chen Ji dodged by turning his body sideways as if he had eyes on his back.

The spy kicked into the air and stumbled, almost falling: "You f*cking ..."

He stood firm and tried to grab Chen Ji, but Chen Ji was as slippery as a loach and he couldn't catch him at all.

Chen Ji was staggering as he ran with his hands tied behind his back. The two of them were chasing each other in the alley, and gradually ran out of the alley and ran farther and farther along the shore of Los Angeles.

Seeing that there was no hope of reuniting with his colleagues, the spy immediately drew his knife and said, "If you run again, I'll kill you with my knife!"

Chen Ji stopped and stammered, but his mouth was restrained and he couldn't utter a complete word for a long time.

The spy impatiently took off the cloth from his mouth: "What on earth do you want to say?"

Chen Ji moved his chin, put his hands behind his back and asked in a deep voice: "Sir, do you feel something is wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

Chen Ji said hurriedly, "There are probably hundreds of residents in this area. On average, three out of ten households in Los Angeles have dogs. But hundreds of spies have sneaked in to monitor this place, but not a single dog barking has been heard. Where have all the dogs gone?"

He continued, "And it's not just the dogs that can't be heard. It's still dark at four o'clock, but the dung-carrying people and the people who go to the market to sell and buy goods should be setting out. Sir, we've been walking for so long, have you seen anyone go out?"

The spy was terrified when he thought about it carefully. He was not a fool. Everything Chen Ji said made sense!
However, at this moment, they heard a sharp whistle from afar. Before they could react, they saw the doors of two houses in the alley being kicked open, and five or six elite soldiers in leather armor rushed out!
The spy gasped when he saw these dozen elite soldiers: "The Elephant Armor Guards from the Yanshi Camp!"

In the narrow and dark alley, one of the Elephant Armor Guards shouted and swung his sword first: "Kill!"

However, when the long knife came down, Chen Ji, with his hands tied, turned around quickly, and the knife actually went right through the rope between his hands!
With a hissing sound, the rope broke.

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There will be another chapter which will be very late, please read it tomorrow morning
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