Period drama: Old Cao's carefree life

Chapter 211 Assassination of Liu Huai 2
As the saying goes, "You can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days."

These two guards had been watching the gate for a long time and had never seen anyone dare to make a move against the Liu residence, so it was impossible for them to be on guard every night with high spirits.

Nighttime is when it's easiest to feel sleepy, so it's perfectly normal to take a nap occasionally.

Unfortunately, just because no one dares to make a move on a regular basis doesn't mean it will never happen.

Just one time would be enough to kill them!

Wrapped in his night clothes, Cao Weida moved with the agility of a dragonfly skimming the water, like a ghost, silently approaching the wall.

As he got closer, he gently leaned against the wall, held his breath, and observed the surrounding movements.

Not only are there Mingwei here, but there are also patrolling guards who pass by every fifteen minutes. If they are discovered, tonight's assassination mission will be a complete failure.

"That Liu Huai is really afraid of death! His quarters are practically like those of a Japanese officer!"

Listening to the footsteps approaching and then receding, Cao Weida silently complained to himself.

He's just a traitor, yet he guards the mansion so tightly. How afraid of death must he be!
The cost of these guards alone would be a considerable expense each month.

No wonder Liu Huaiping, despite committing numerous evil deeds, has managed to live a long and healthy life.

With this level of defense, without Cao Wei's intervention, unless a platoon of soldiers is assembled and equipped with heavy weapons, it would be nothing short of a pipe dream to break through in a short period of time.

Using such a huge cost to kill a traitor who has little strategic significance is obviously not worthwhile.

"However, you're unlucky to have run into me, you son of a bitch!"

If a direct assault won't work, our ability to infiltrate and assassinate is top-notch!

I've been to the Japanese military warehouse multiple times, so what's a small traitor's residence to me?

"Next time I draw a prize, I'd prefer to get an ability like a sharpshooter. If I had that ability now, I could find his trail during the day and headshot him from a distance with an M1941 semi-automatic sniper rifle. It would be simple, quick, and much safer than this."

After the footsteps completely disappeared, Cao Weida quietly approached the two guards, snapped their necks twice with a 'crack', caught them before they fell, and then gave them a hard blow to the temple.

The two guards immediately stopped struggling, supported them against the wall, held them at gunpoint, and pretended to be unconscious.

Seeing that there were no major flaws, Cao Weida nodded in satisfaction. He glanced at the tightly closed door and immediately abandoned his plan to enter through it.

Because the door is locked from the inside, it's impossible to open it from the outside.

With a wave of his hand, a ladder appeared in his grasp. He leaned the ladder against the wall and nimbly climbed up.

What catches the eye is a wire tangled with the barbed wire mesh; this wire is the power cable that supplies electricity to the barbed wire mesh.

The two guards outside the gate sounded more like they were guarding the power grid than the gate itself.

Once the power lines are cut, it means that most of the power grid's protective capabilities are lost.

"The defenses may seem tight, but they are actually riddled with flaws. If just one link is compromised, the seemingly secure defenses will crumble on their own!"

Cao Wei grinned, "No matter how tight your defenses are, you still have to drink my foot bath water!"

Then, he produced a pair of pliers and ruthlessly cut the wire.

Crack~
After a slight noise, the line was completely cut off, indicating that the power grid had completely lost its ability to supply electricity.

He didn't intend to break in through the front door. After the power was cut off, he went down again, put away the ladder, circled around, and took out the ladder again in a corner and climbed up.

This is a blind spot, and most of the time, unless people in the yard do it intentionally, they will not look this way.

Cutting off the power was only the first step; the second step was to cut a gap in the barbed wire.

Because the barbed wire is covered with barbs, if you don't cut the wire, you'll get hooked and bloodied if you try to climb over it.

He climbed onto the top of the wall, peered around to make sure it was safe, and then carefully took out his pliers to begin his work.

Crack~
Crack~
Small, slight noises could be heard from time to time. Thanks to the fact that the wire was not thick, it was quite easy to cut. In just a few minutes, a hole big enough for one person to pass through had been cut.

At this point, Cao Weida stopped what he was doing, put away the pliers with a wave of his hand, looked around, and then flipped over through the gap into the courtyard.

Using a special technique to dissipate the force of the fall, he quickly got up and darted behind a flower bush.

In the dim light, he saw a faint light coming from a room not far away; that was Liu Huai's bedroom.

Cao Weida crouched low and moved quickly along the shadowy corner of the wall until he reached the window. He slowly straightened up and peered inside through the crack in the window.

Inside the room, Liu Huai, dressed in pajamas, was already asleep on the bed; there was no one else in the room.

Liu Huai has been afraid of the dark since he was a child, so even when he was sleeping, a dim light was always on in the room.

At the entrance, two bodyguards stood, their eyes occasionally scanning the surroundings, but they weren't particularly vigilant, and even chatted and laughed with each other in a leisurely manner.

Clearly, the mansion's impeccable defenses gave them a great sense of security, making them doubt that anyone could sneak in silently. Cao Wei glanced at them out of the corner of his eye, avoiding direct eye contact for fear of being detected.

He knew that to successfully assassinate Liu Huai, these two bodyguards had to be killed.

The two daggers landed silently in his hands. He twirled them twice, and the feeling of controlling them as if they were his own arms made him very satisfied.

Having mastered Northern Fist, he was not only skilled in bare-handed combat. It should be noted that almost all Chinese martial arts originated from weapons, and every Chinese martial art has its own set of weapons to use!

To put it simply, you can say that a skilled weapon user doesn't know Chinese Kung Fu, but you can't say that a Chinese Kung Fu master doesn't know how to use cold weapons!

In Chinese martial arts, weapons are seen as an extension of the arm!

For Cao Wei Da, who had mastered Northern Fist, his skill with weapons was also at a master level!

Taking a deep breath and holding it in, he crept over quietly. When the distance between them was still three meters, he suddenly stood up and rushed over like an arrow released from a bow.

The two bodyguards were clearly taken aback by this turn of events and were so shocked that their eyes widened in surprise.

Before they could react, Cao Weida's dagger had already slit their throats.

The two men stared wide-eyed, clutching their throats tightly with both hands, trying to stop the gushing blood, but it was all in vain.

After slashing the throats of the two men, Cao Weida did not stop. With a twist of his dagger, he precisely pierced their hearts in the next instant.

He held up the two corpses to prevent them from falling and alerting others. After confirming their deaths, he waved his hand and put them into his spatial storage.

He used a dagger to pry open the door latch and quietly went inside.

Slowly walking to the bedside, looking at Liu Huai who was sleeping soundly, Cao Weida's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

The dagger in his hand was still wet with blood as it slowly moved toward his neck.

Suddenly, the phone rang. Liu Huai, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes and saw the dagger only a few centimeters away from him. His eyes widened in shock.

"Hero, hero, spare my life!" Liu Huai stared wide-eyed in terror at the uninvited guest before him, his whole body trembling with fear.

He was an extremely afraid-of-death man. From the day he defected to the Japanese puppet regime, he was always very vigilant, fearing that he would be assassinated by the anti-traitor squad.

Therefore, he spent a lot of money on the defense of the mansion!

The cost of bodyguards and protectors is a considerable expense every month.

He simply couldn't understand how someone could sneak in so quietly when the mansion was so heavily guarded!
Could there be a traitor within the household?!

But now is not the time to think about these things; he immediately decided to risk his life for money!

As long as you're alive, you can earn back any amount of money you've spent!

But once you die, everything is over!

"Good sir, I can give you money, lots of money! Just let me go!"

As he spoke, one hand quietly reached under the pillow.

But the next second, a flash of light, and the tendons of the hand that was reaching for the pillow were severed at the root.

"Woo."

The sudden pain made him want to scream, but the blanket tightly covered his mouth, silencing the scream that was about to come out.

"Looks like you're not being honest! Trying to play these tricks on me? I think you really want to die!" Cao Weida deliberately lowered his voice, his tone full of sarcasm and murderous intent. With a flick of his wrist, he pulled a Browning pistol from under his pillow.

"Alright, since you're so eager, I'll send you down now!"

Seeing the dagger about to be pressed against his throat, Liu Huai shook his head in terror, his eyes filled with pleading.

Cao Weida narrowed his eyes. "What, do you have something to say to me?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Huai was overjoyed, his eyes filled with a thirst for life. He nodded repeatedly, making soft whimpering noises through his nose.

“I can let you speak, but if you dare to speak even a little louder, I’ll slit your throat with this dagger!”

The blanket was slowly pulled away. Liu Huai, who valued his life, didn't dare to cry out. He begged for mercy:
"Hero, it's all a misunderstanding! I can buy my life with money; nothing in this world is more important than money!"

"Oh? Is that so? How much can you offer?" Cao Weida lowered his voice, making it sound particularly cold-blooded: "If I kill you now, can't I get it the same way?"

"No, no, no!" Liu Huai was both terrified and delighted. He was terrified that this person might keep his word and release him after taking the money.

Fortunately, this person was greedy!

His eyes gleamed with aggression as he whispered, "I don't have much money here. Most of it is hidden in secret places. If you spare me, all that wealth is yours!"

(End of this chapter)