Nine Chapters of Strange Cases

Chapter 380 The Second Golden Man

"Su Changying, the outcome is still uncertain, don't be so smug! You can arrest me if you want, but don't touch my Huo family! Heavens!"

Huo Yu was captured and put in shackles. For a moment, the archers were hesitant to act, looking at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do.

With a cry from the heavens, a scholar dressed in white slowly walked out of the gate, holding an oil-paper umbrella in his hand, looking like a ghost that had stepped out of a mural.

The man with the missing front tooth, hiding to the side, watched with regret that he couldn't paint, for the Grand Commandant's mansion actually harbored such a true beauty.

Could he be a male prostitute kept by Commander Huo? In an instant, Missing Tooth had already come up with a heart-wrenching and beautiful story, and he wished he could turn around and tell it to everyone.

The scholar named Cangqiong stepped out, and the wind blew his robes, revealing glimpses of gold.

"General Su, Grand Commandant Huo is not in the mansion. I advise you to leave immediately."

Although you are the commander of the Northern Army, you are not its true master. The longer you linger here, the sooner you will die.

At this point, he looked concerned and said, "If we don't leave now, it will be too late."

As he spoke, he walked out gracefully. Just as people relaxed their guard, the oil-paper umbrella in his hand suddenly spun, and countless fine silver needles shot out in all directions, instantly causing screams to erupt.

Hearing the commotion behind him, Cang Qiong's face remained ashen.

His hidden weapons, though powerful due to their scattering as they spun, had a fatal flaw: they were indiscriminate in their use, showing no regard for friend or foe, or even family.

The archers behind him couldn't dodge, but Su Changying in front wielded his longsword with impenetrable skill, and not a single silver needle escaped his eyes.

What an amazing kung fu!

Cang Qiong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

However, the umbrella was just a smokescreen; his real killing move was hidden in the hilt of his sword. His swordsmanship was in no way inferior to Su Changying's.

As he thought this, he gently moved his hand, and a narrow, long sword was drawn from the umbrella handle. Just as he tossed the fan in his hand forward to block Su Changying's view, he heard the person in front of him shout, "Release the arrows!"

Thousands of arrows pierced the sky.

The umbrella painted with the winding streams of Wushan was instantly pierced. Cang Qiong's long sword was still raised straight towards Su Changying, but he was completely unable to move. Thousands of arrows pierced through his robes, turning him into a hedgehog.

Su Changying glanced at him and said, "I hate scholars the most. They're so hypocritical and talkative."

Seeing him reminds me of that disgusting civil official, Zhao Yizhou.

Huo Yu lay on the ground, staring in disbelief at the scene before him. He exclaimed, "Su Changying, you have no martial ethics!"

Su Changying did not answer his question, but said in a deep voice, "The second one."

Huo Yu's pupils contracted sharply. He looked up at Su Changying in disbelief, a surge of fear rising within him.

From the very beginning, Su Changying was counting: the first one... the second one...

He hadn't understood what he was doing before, but now that he thought about it, his gaze fell on the two corpses beside him, both of whom were dressed in gold.

He suddenly remembered what Su Changying had said before: everything was under Lord Zhou's control.

Did Zhou Zhao really have all their backup plans?
This is impossible!

Su Changying didn't even glance at Huo Yu again, and led her men straight into Huo Taiwei's mansion.

Han Ze took the lead and searched the place. "General, Grand Commandant Huo is not in the mansion. Not only that, his eldest son Huo Du and nephew Huo Ting have also escaped. We must have leaked the news!"

Su Changying's expression remained unchanged. "It's alright, Zhou Zhao has his own arrangements. Escort the man to the prison and seal off the Grand Commandant's mansion. Han Ze, come with me to arrest the traitor." The dejection on Han Ze's face vanished instantly, and he immediately perked up again.

Thinking this, he rushed up to Huo Yu, raised his hand and slapped him across the face, then smugly hid behind Su Changying.

"Serves you right for bullying me back then! You even blinded my horse back then. If I weren't so weak, I would have blinded it back long ago. Today, I've finally gotten my revenge, haha!"

Not to mention Su Changying, even Huo Yu was speechless.

Han Ze laughed a few times, and seeing that Su Changying didn't wait for him at all, he immediately ran out and caught up with Su Changying.

He was running fast and a little out of breath. "Brother Changying, why do you take me everywhere you go? Are you trying to get me to do military merits?"

Su Changying mounted her horse. "Zhou Zhao, take Min Zangzhi with you."

Han Ze was completely confused. He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you think I'm as dashing and debonair as Min Wenshu, someone you'd be proud to take out?"

Su Changying hesitated, realizing that talking to a fool was truly difficult.

He uttered just two words: "eyeliner".

Han Ze smiled sheepishly. He had almost forgotten that he was His Majesty's spy, planted right next to Su Changying.

Every time he entered the palace, he would gesticulate wildly and recount everything to His Majesty in great detail, and then he would receive a handful of golden melon seeds. Every time he entered the palace, he felt like a monkey doing somersaults in the market. Although he didn't understand it, His Majesty liked to watch.

While Su Changying led the Northern Army away on horseback, Huo Ting, who had been quietly leaving, was unaware that a figure had quietly appeared behind him.

He sped along, his agility a far cry from the clumsy figure I had previously seen in the case.

He moved lightly, shifting his weight a few times, and landed directly in a dark alley. He walked to the door, raised his hand and knocked three times hard and then lightly, then twice hard and lightly. The door suddenly opened a crack, and a man poked his head out, holding a child of about five or six years old in his arms.

"how?"

Huo Ting slipped inside. "Brother, listen to your uncle. Leave the city immediately and return to Chang'an once things have settled down. Yu-ge is no match for us; something has most likely happened to the manor."

The plot has been exposed, and Su Changying and Zhou Zhao are coming in with overwhelming force... "As long as the green hills remain, there's always firewood to burn."

As he spoke, he noticed Huo Du staring gloomily at someone behind him.

A bad premonition rose in Huo Ting's heart. He turned his head and saw a girl standing under the old apricot tree in front of the house. She stood quietly with her arms crossed. The wind made her hair ribbon fly up. The four words "no taboos" looked like a death warrant.

Huo Ting's face immediately turned ugly.

Huo Du, who was standing nearby, immediately shouted, "Huo Ting, you actually brought Zhou Zhao to arrest me!"

Huo Ting looked at Huo Du in disbelief, "Big brother? You don't believe me? How could I do such a thing?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhao clicked her tongue and smiled at Huo Ting, "Where there's life, there's hope. What you're keeping is useless material, how can you burn it?"
No wonder Grand Commandant Huo, who is second only to the emperor, still wants to achieve another meritorious service in supporting the emperor. There's no other way; none of his descendants are capable enough. If he doesn't take the risk, your Huo family will eventually seek your own demise.

Don't blame me; blame yourselves for being so useless.

As soon as Zhou Zhao finished speaking, a slender and fair hand emerged from the room. The hand was adorned with jingling bracelets, and each fingernail was painted with vibrant red nail polish.

"Hehe, Lord Zhou, why don't I have a go at you!"
"I've heard you're the number one young lady in Chang'an, taking on Tianying City all by yourself. Tsk tsk, I, Ruyue, am not convinced!"

The childish voice suddenly changed, turning cold, "Let's see who is the number one expert!"

(End of this chapter)