The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 141: Ruined Temple, Mountain Stronghold, Brothel

In a dilapidated mountain temple, several people were gathered in front of a campfire.

Some people are sharpening knives, some are regulating their breathing, and some are eating.

After a while, someone spoke.

"Captain, how far have we escaped?"

The man who was sharpening the knife stopped what he was doing, looked up, looked at the stars through the hole in the roof, and then thought for a moment.

"It's about three or four hundred miles away."

"What, can't stand it anymore?"

The man smiled bitterly and said, "You know the martial arts of Shaolin monks. Their level is not higher than that of their peers, but their foundation is too strong."

"I was hit that day and injured my right shoulder. If I keep hiding like this, I'm afraid I'll have hidden injuries."

When the knife sharpener heard this, he also sighed.

"I also want to settle down, but this matter is too big, the Royal Guards will definitely come."

"The leader asked us to flee separately, which was originally a plan to make the Jinyiwei lose sight of one thing while focusing on the other. Whoever is caught by the Jinyiwei will be abandoned, and we must not be abandoned. What else can we do if we don't hide?"

The dilapidated temple became quiet for a moment, with only the sounds of wind, sharpening knives and the crackling of burning firewood being heard from time to time.

After a while, the man sharpening the knife let out another long sigh.

"I really don't know where this Li Miao came from."

"Left Envoy Lan, Right Envoy Yun, Protector Mao, Banner Master Zhou, our Banner Master, and the hundreds of Gu soldiers the sect had gathered, all died in his hands overnight."

"If we hadn't received the news that he went to Miaojiang, we wouldn't have dared to attack Shaolin."

"I just hope that the Miao people can hold him off for a while longer."

He shook his head and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something else.

"want--"

He stopped, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his fingers trembled involuntarily.

The fingertips touched the blade, cutting a wound. A trickle of blood flowed along the blade to the ground and seeped into the soil.

But he was unaware.

The person next to him was listening to him talking, but for a moment he stopped talking. He looked at him strangely and reached out to pat his shoulder.

"Captain, what's wrong?"

In this dilapidated temple, the only sounds were the breathing of the few of them. Even the sound of the wind had stopped for a moment. In the cold winter, there was not even the sound of insects.

They were running for their lives, so how could they not pay attention to the surroundings? But there was clearly no sound around them.

He looked at the other person and found that he was also frozen in place, his lips trembling and his teeth chattering, making a "clicking" sound.

It was clearly behind him!
He turned around suddenly and drew the weapon from his waist.

"who!"

He looked behind him intently.

The moonlight flowed into the ruined temple through the hole, dimly illuminating a corner.

In that corner, there was a man leaning against the wall with his arms folded.

The moonlight illuminated the lower half of his face, where a smile was visible.

"That's it? Do you know anything else?"

The man laughed.

"plum--!"

Bang.

Before he could finish his words, a headless body fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Blood spurted out of the cavity and splashed into the fire.

laugh--

The bonfire was extinguished.

Plunged into darkness.

Suddenly, a violent noise was heard in the temple, along with the sounds of swords being drawn, shouting, cursing, and crying.

After three breaths, it became quiet.

No more sound.

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"Hahahaha, let's drink this cup to the full!"

"please!"

In a mountain village, two people were sitting in the main hall, a big man with his arms open, and a scholar-looking man, were toasting each other.

There is a plaque hanging in the hall with four big characters "聚义为洪" inscribed on it.

"Brother, your martial arts skills are really superb! If it weren't for you, the escorts today would have almost failed to capture them! That young lady is so tender!"

"With you in my village, it's like adding wings to a tiger!"

The big man laughed roughly.

"Brother, you are too kind. It was just a coincidence that I got a good martial art."

"If you are interested, I will copy a copy for you tomorrow."

The scholar also said with a smile.

"Oh? Hahahaha, I'll be respectful to you then!" The big man was delighted, and the last bit of hesitation in his heart disappeared. For a moment, both the host and the guest were happy.

After three rounds of drinks, both of them were a little drunk and were about to leave for a rest.

But I heard a hurried sound coming from outside the door.

"Boss! Second in command! Something bad has happened!!!"

A man crawled in from outside the door, his face pale.

"Yes, someone called—"

Bang.

Before he could finish his words, the man's head exploded.

The headless body fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.

A man walked into the room, stepped over the corpse, and stood in the middle of the hall.

His eyes scanned the two of them, finally landing on the scholar.

"He's quite good at hiding. He found a bandit camp to join and even became the second in command."

"Tell me what you know about Ji Tianrui."

The big man stood up suddenly, reaching for his knife, and yelled, "Who the hell did you come from? How dare you——"

Bang.

The headless body fell down and overturned the wine table.

The wine and food splashed on the scholar, but he didn't dare to move at all.

Fingers trembled, face turned pale, teeth chattered.

"Li, Mr. Li..."

He said tremblingly.

Li Miao looked at him and smiled.

"You Ming Cult kids all recognize me."

"I'll give you one stick of incense to tell me everything you know. If you can't finish or don't want to say it, I'll press your acupuncture points and tie you to the back of my saddle."

"The next place I'm going to is fifty miles from here."

"Fifty miles, more than enough to turn you into a pile of minced meat."

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Quanzhou Prefecture, the prefectural capital.

In a room filled with the fragrance of cosmetics, the top performer was holding a pipa, playing and singing.

"No, I love the world~ It's like being misled by past relationships~"

"Flowers bloom and fall at their own time, it all depends on the Lord of the East~"

The voice is gentle and plaintive.

After finishing the song, she put down her pipa, moved her lotus position gracefully, and walked to the table.

She stretched out her slender hand, picked up the wine jug, filled a cup, but instead of offering it to the guest, she brought it to her own lips and gently bit the rim of the cup.

A hint of bright red was left on the rim of the cup.

This is called "tasting cinnabar", which is the way brothel girls feed wine to their beloved patrons.

Honey is added to the rouge of prostitutes, which gives it a hint of sweetness and a unique flavor when drunk.

She bit her lip lightly and brought the glass of wine to someone's mouth.

"Sir, drink this cup and then we can go and rest."

"it is good."

The man was dressed like a young man from a wealthy family. He took the wine glass with a smile on his face, but did not drink from it. Instead, he held the bright red liquid to his lips, savored it for a while, and then drank it all in one gulp.

"Sir...you are bad..."

The top performer blushed and looked at the man with love in her eyes.

"In that case, let's go and rest."

The man said with a smile and was about to stand up.

Bang! ! !
In an instant, the roof broke and bricks and tiles fell down!
Amid the flying dust, I heard the man shouting, "Rui'er! Rui'er! How are you?!"

The rich young man stood up coughing, waving his long sleeves to clear away the smoke and dust.

But he was stunned for a moment.

Because at this moment, there was a heroic man standing in the room, and his Rui'er was being strangled by him, her face flushed, and she kept struggling.

"You! Let her go!!!"

The rich young man drew the sword from his waist and shouted angrily at the man.

Li Miao turned his head to look at him, but sneered.

"Stupid, you slept with a man for most of a month and you actually fell in love with him."

After saying that, he turned and looked at the top card.

"You are even better at hiding. You killed the top prostitute in the brothel and disguised yourself to receive customers. You are so creative that I am a little reluctant to kill you."

"Tell me, where is Ji Tianrui?"

(End of this chapter)