Hidden moth

Chapter 155 Why the Smart Calculation Was Wrong

"If Zeng Hongye lets Wu Yanjun come back alive, he will never have a good ending. If you let Zeng Hongye come back alive, you will not have a good ending either!"

This is what Li Xiuyuan said to He Kao.

He Kao claimed that he went to the mountains for skiing, camping, and ice fishing, and found two suspicious people, so he quietly approached and eavesdropped on their conversation... This story could barely fool Lao Qian, the second uncle, and Xiao Wu.

It’s not that these people are not smart and sophisticated enough, but that He Kao did not say where the incident happened.

In fact, before he met his second uncle Xiao Guangnian, He Kao had already reached the vicinity of Xiaohe Town on foot. The place where he rescued Wu Yanjun was also near Xiaohe Town, less than ten miles away from the town.

Even without any cultivation, an adult who is physically fit, well-prepared, and has experience in the wild can do this. Besides, He Kao doesn't look like someone without any cultivation.

He is either the secret disciple of Elder Jiang or the secret disciple of Elder Gu.

Zeng Hongye was chasing Wu Yanjun, so the place where He Kao met them should be near Xiaohe Town. This does not need any special explanation.

But the actual situation was not like that. Zeng Hongye had crossed the border of Mauro and arrived two hundred kilometers away. How did He Kao meet them there by chance while walking?
Meeting Zeng Hongye hundreds of miles away would be fine, but how could he have teleported back to Xiaohe Town to save Xiaowu? A careful person would find that the time and space did not match at all.

Then there is only one reasonable explanation, He Kao is the hidden moth.

Elder Li told him that he should either pray that Zeng Hongye and Xiao Si would be trapped in the ice and snow and never come back, or find a way to resolve this hidden danger... He Kao would have to do this job himself.

It turns out that He Kao did a great job!

How to notify Li Xiuyuan after the deal is done? They agreed to use the wolf smoke as a signal. He Kao was very puzzled. Could Elder Li, who was far away in Acheng, see the wolf smoke rising from the border of Maoluo?
He Kao sat on the hillside, trying to stay as far away from the smoking bonfire as possible to avoid being smoked.

The weather is really nice today, with bright sunshine early in the morning and white clouds floating in the blue sky. It's just that a wisp of smoke rising from the snowfield is a bit of a spoiler... Just when he thought of this, a whirlwind suddenly rolled up in the sky.

Normally, tornadoes roll upwards, but this one rolled downwards, descending from the sky along the column of smoke, bringing the thick smoke back and extinguishing the fire along with it when it reached the ground.

Not only was the fire extinguished, but the smoke and dust also disappeared, turning into scattered black ash on the ground.

This was definitely not natural wind. He Kao had never seen such an amazing magic before. He quickly stood up and saw a white cloud slowly floating down. When it landed near him, it was almost the size of a room.

The clouds parted, and an elderly man who looked like a retired cadre emerged, holding a staff more than a meter tall in his right hand. He planted his feet on the ground and waved his hand, and the cloud quickly shrank and was stored in his sleeve.

He Kao was stunned. Ever since he came into contact with magic, he felt that the world had become mysterious. How come it had evolved into a fairy tale now?
The man chuckled and said, "Your smoke is too thick! Be careful or you'll attract the border patrol drones!"

As he spoke, the old man waved his hand again, and a gust of wind blew up on the hillside again. The accumulated snow covered the black ash completely, so that no trace could be seen in the air.

He Kao quickly stepped forward and saluted: "Greetings, Elder Gu. I didn't expect it was you who came!"

Gu Chun: "Do you know me?"

He Kao: "I met you last year in a hospital in Qiyuan."

Gu Chun: "That's what happened... Elder Li went to Acheng, and Elder Jiang is still watching over the clan law hall, so I'm the only one who can come. Besides, as a geomancer, I represent the clan law hall to monitor the world's magic schools and punish the scum. This is my job."

He Kao: "Thank you for your hard work! What just happened was..."

Gu Chun: "That is a flying divine artifact, a cloud. It has been collected by the Huiming Shi family in modern times. I have to thank you for exposing it. The Huiming Shi family was eradicated for their evil deeds, and this artifact fell into the hands of the Zongfa Hall. I will borrow it for a while."

No wonder Gu Chun arrived so quickly; it turned out to be a flying artifact called a cloud. He had learned the general area from Elder Li and had already arrived there, having flown over when he saw the agreed-upon smoke signal.

Gu Chun pulled up the branch stuck in the ground. A roasted flying dragon was skewered on it, now cold. He sniffed and asked, "Is this delicious?"

He Kao: "It tastes great. Can I add some seasoning and grill it for you?"

Gu Chun: "One isn't enough. Am I going to eat it all by myself while you just watch?"

He Kao: "I'll get a few more."

Gu Chun: "How did you clean it from all the ice and snow?"

He Kao: "I can take it back to my own kitchen."

Gu Chun: "Then go ahead and do your work. This is actually better for making soup."

He Kao: "Then let's roast two and stew two?"

Gu Chun smiled: "I almost forgot you are a hidden moth, it is really convenient for you to do anything."

When the geomancer Gu Chun arrived, He Kao felt relieved, and the interrogation was left to him. Gu Chun walked into the cave while he was talking. Just as He Kao was about to go fight the flying dragon, Gu Chun came out again and asked, "How much medicine did you give them?"

He Kao: "This is also my first time dealing with a high-level warlock. I'm afraid I won't be able to control it. The weight is a bit heavy."

Gu Chun: "Too much is as bad as too little; just the right amount is the right temperature. You've already reached the third level of cultivation, don't you understand this principle?"

He Kao: "You are right." Gu Chun: "I want to ask - when will they wake up? Is there any way to get some more antidote?"

He Kao: "This... I'll try my best."

Gu Chun: "First, get the antidote and then stew the dragon."

He Kao had no choice but to rush to prepare the antidote. The so-called antidote could not be completely effective, but it could make Zeng Hongye and Xiao Si wake up earlier... Then he was busy catching Feilong and going home to stew soup.

What is added to the Feilong soup are the mountain mushrooms sent by the second uncle. After the soup is stewed over there, they come over here to light a fire and barbecue.

He Kao was very busy. When Gu Chun finished interrogating the two men and they came out of the cave, a small table had been set up at the entrance with two stools next to it. The table was covered with tableware, and the soup bowl and baking tray were also placed there.

Gu Chun's face was originally solemn, but he became amused when he saw this scene. He said with a smile: "You can ride the clouds without drinking, and you can drink without riding the clouds?"

He Kao quickly replied, "I don't know what kind of wine you would like to drink, so I haven't served it yet."

Gu Chun casually announced a name, and He Kao turned around and brought it to him in a few moments. He poured it for the old man himself and said, "Have those two guys confessed the truth?"

Gu Chun: "It's not like the police are interrogating a case, so there's no question of whether or not someone confessed. They just told the clan law hall the truth about what they had done during this period and why they were after Wu Yanjun."

Gu Chun interrogated Xiao Si first without waking Zeng Hongye up.

Xiao Si's real name is rather long and difficult to pronounce, so let's just call him Xiao Si. He is a Mao Luo who travels back and forth to the Eastern country all year round. His father's generation is engaged in border trade business, and sometimes they also engage in illegal businesses such as smuggling.

Zeng Hongye also did some border trade, and through this he met Xiao Si, taught him some magic, and took him in as his disciple. Xiao Si had been practicing magic for five or six years and was now at the third level.

The only sorcerer Xiao Si came into contact with on a daily basis was Zeng Hongye, and he had never revealed his identity as a sorcerer in front of others. One reason was that many of the things he did were not easy to show in public, and the other was that Zeng Hongye had also warned him.

Zeng Hongye told him that all major sects forbade the transmission of their techniques to outsiders, especially foreigners like him. If the clan law hall discovered this, not only would Zeng Hongye be punished, but Xiao Si's cultivation would also be abolished!

Xiao Si helped Zeng Hongye do a lot of dirty work. For example, relying on his cultivation, he often crossed the border back and forth and did many illegal things.

Gu Chun told Xiao Si that he was deceived by Zeng Hongye and that there was no such rule in the Shumen Zongfa Hall.

Then the old man showed some of his tricks and taught Xiao Si some tricks, so Xiao Si confessed everything... As for what the specific tricks were, since He Kao was not allowed to watch, He Kao did not ask.

According to Xiao Si's confession, they had planned this in advance and set up a secret camp in the mountains near the border. They planned to capture Wu Yanjun alive, bring him to that camp, and then someone would take over.

Xiao Si just followed his master to capture people. He didn't have to worry about anything else, nor did he know anything else. However, an accident happened when they were trying to capture Wu Yanjun alive, and the guy actually ran away.

When they chased to the bank of the Wulong River, they encountered a snowstorm. That place happened to be not far from their secret camp, so they rushed to the camp to get some equipment and supplies... and then they chased for four days and five nights.

After questioning Xiao Si, Gu Chun knocked him unconscious again, then woke Zeng Hongye up and continued questioning him. Zeng Hongye knew there was no hope when he saw Elder Gu, so he answered all the questions and even made arrangements for his funeral.

Zeng Hongye just couldn't understand one thing. He just set up a trap to deal with Wu Yanjun, but the plan was so careful, so how could it eventually attract Elder Gu?
Could this be a trap, a decoy deliberately placed by the clan law hall to lure someone in? If so, then the person who entrusted him with the task was actually harming him.

He is doomed to die, so the people who harmed him cannot have an easy time.

Zeng Hongye had no grudge against Wu Yanjun and they had never met before. He did this because he was asked to do so. The other party promised him many benefits and told him that there was a good opportunity to kill him because Wu Yanjun and Ye Yuxuan had gone to Yimei.

The other party demanded that Wu Yanjun be captured alive and have him "disappear legitimately." Zeng Hongye then called in his junior sister, Fu Xiaoci, and the two of them agreed to set up a trap together.

Why did he look for Fu Xiaoci? Because they had already had an affair, not only as a man and a woman but also as partners.

When they were still young, they had set up a honey trap together and dealt with many evil and ruthless gangsters. Not only did they gain a lot, but they also had a lot of fun.

According to the plan, he would capture Wu Yanjun and take him to a secret camp, notify the person behind the scenes to take over, and then he would have nothing to do. He could return and claim that the forest was vast and he had no idea where Wu Yanjun had escaped to.

As a result, plans could not keep up with changes, and after so many days, Wu Yanjun was still not caught... These were the results of Elder Gu's interrogation just now. Feilong drank and Elder Gu told He Kao everything.

He Kao sighed inwardly. These sorcerers were truly skilled at playing games. They could turn something perfectly good into something bad. The collective execution order was meant to protect all sorcerers. It had just been issued, and yet, it was being used to frame someone.

It is difficult to acquire magic skills, and it is even more difficult to succeed in practicing them, but you are focusing on this kind of thing.

"Who is behind the scenes directing Zeng Hongye?" He Kao asked the most concerned question.

Gu Chun said meaningfully, "I heard you discussed this with Xiao Wu for quite some time, and your analysis was very reasonable."

He Kao: "So is my guess correct?"

Gu Chun: "Almost all of your analysis is correct, except for the most important point. The person behind Zeng Hongye's actions is a former deacon of Danding Sect, Yu Pingzhou, a fifth-level taste master."

Seeing He Kao speechless for a moment, Elder Gu looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze and asked, "It's not Wan Zhongle. Are you disappointed?"

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(End of this chapter)