Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 520 How about you rebels fight each other first?
"I want to see the complete plan!"

Shen Qixuan stared coldly at the man in black.

Yuan Jianzha chimed in, "Time is of the essence. We must see the complete plan tonight. I need to confirm that your plan includes an 'escape plan'."

The man in black nodded: "Relax, don't make that face. This is the complete operation plan. Tomorrow morning during the court session, we'll ambush Li Nanxing from the civilian house!"

To get from the Marquis of Jingyuan's residence to the palace, one needs to pass through seven or eight streets. One of these streets consists of two-story residential buildings that are rented out to the public, making it a favorite of assassin organizations.

After arriving in the capital, Qin Shi Mingyue and Han Shi Guan rented twenty-five rooms specifically for assassinations.

The man in black's plan was extremely detailed.

Setting up the strategy, entering the game, killing the game, and escaping.

Each part is well-organized, more in line with the rules of classical Chinese prose than the eight-legged essay, and has a kind of beauty like calligraphy and painting.

Shen Qixuan couldn't help but praise: "Launching assassinations from five directions in succession, like a plum blossom opening its five petals, is truly an excellent plan. Li Nanxing is doomed!"

"Plum Blossom Killing Formation? What a brilliant idea!"

A sound came from outside, but even faster than the sound was a sharp sword light. A cold glint flashed by, and the joints of the three men's hands and feet were severed by the sword energy. Li Zhaoting pushed open the door of the room and looked coldly at the three assassins.

Shen Qixuan's face was filled with horror: "Impossible! How did you get here so fast? Did you know the future? Who betrayed us? It must be that bitch..."

The Legend of Qin and the Pass of Han has nine members.

There are three people who came to the capital to open a branch.

The Ox-Head and Horse-Face are responsible for carrying out the mission.

"The Other Shore Flower" is responsible for taking orders and planning.

Shen Qixuan has always looked down on the Red Spider Lily, believing it wanted to kill her. Now that she is in dire straits, she has to curse it out to her heart's content, even if it's just to vent her anger.

Li Zhaoting sneered: "Shen Qixuan, you are not suited to be an assassin. Your hobbies are too obvious, and your temper is too ruthless. If you had seen my files, you would know that finding you was just a piece of cake for me."

The man in black smiled wryly: "Yellow Dog, Yuanbao!"

Li Zhaoting scoffed: "If you reek of alcohol or cosmetics, I don't know where to find you. You smell terrible, would it take a lot of effort to find you?"

Bull Demon, don't blame Shen Qixuan. You're no better than him. You smell like cow dung. You've been to countless farms in the capital. Where can you hide?
The adhesive rod is getting worse with each generation.

A third-rate hitman with distinctive physical characteristics and a vicious temper has somehow become a guest of honor!
This is truly disappointing!
Is this the structure of the Manchu assassin organization?

You are far inferior to the Green Dragon Society.

An absolute gap, like an insurmountable chasm.

You are not killers.

You are Manchu spies who infiltrated the Song Dynasty.

I'm giving you two choices.

1. Confess willingly and die a quick death.

Second, we will send you to the Ministry of Justice prison.

Do you understand the meaning of hard work and perseverance?

Have you heard of the torture devices invented by Junchen?

Do you know about the Yin Gui Sect's Punishment Escape Technique?

You can first experience the tortures of the Six Doors, then savor the tortures of the Imperial City Guard, and finally go to the Eastern Depot's prison. I guarantee you, even the toughest men will turn into a pile of trash after going through all three prisons.

Ox-Head and Horse-Face, tsk tsk tsk~~

Li Zhaoting reached out and grabbed the plan devised by the other shore flower. He opened it and glanced at it, discovering that in addition to the Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty Passes, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had also sent an assassin organization that had many collaborations with the Azure Dragon Society.

The name of this assassin organization is:
—A sky full of stars, twinkling brightly!

The founder is: unknown to gods and ghosts.

The man in black robes was a member of the Eight Banners and a staunch supporter of the Qing Dynasty. He remained silent. Shen Qixuan and Yuan Jianzha were so frightened by Li Zhaoting that they trembled all over, losing nine-tenths of their courage.

"Tell me everything you know!"

"I don't have much patience."

"Don't test my temper."

"Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious."

Li Zhaoting took the wine flask from his waist, poured some wine into his palm, and it instantly froze into ice.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Dozens of life-and-death talismans were shot at the three people.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Li Zhaoting pulled off the three men's chins to prevent them from biting their tongues and committing suicide, and then punctured their dantian to prevent them from severing their heart meridians. He then sat aside and watched the show.

The effects of the Life and Death Talisman are self-evident.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the three of them turned into maggots wriggling on the ground, painfully excreting excrement and urine. Shen Qixuan, who usually loved this kind of scene and smell, now felt disgusted when it happened to her.

"Can you confess now?"

Li Zhaoting picked up the chins of the three men.

Shen Qixuan looked at Li Zhaoting in horror.

Yuan Jianzha had lost all his courage.

The man in the black robe trembled all over, trembling with fear.

Seeing Li Zhaoting pick up the wine pot again, the three hurriedly begged for mercy and revealed all their information.

The plans of two assassin organizations in Beijing.

The assassination plot against Li Nanxing.

The secret agents planted by the Manchus in the capital.

The mastermind behind the assassination of Li Nanxing.

The three confessed honestly. Even the black-robed man, who was confident he could withstand being cut into a thousand pieces, had to lower his proud head in front of the Life and Death Talisman. Li Zhaoting was a man of his word and did not send them to the Heavenly Prison.

They were not sent to the Imperial City Guard or the Eastern Depot.

When the three of them opened their eyes, they saw a smiling fat man in front of them. His body was as fat as a pig, and he was laughing very happily, with his eyes narrowed into slits.

The three let out a desperate wail.

Those who work hard and bear no complaints are nothing more than lowly soldiers!
This guy is the real King Yama!
Zhu Yueming rubbed his chubby little hands together, not minding the dirt on the three men, and said smugly, "What a stroke of luck! It's our turn to get rich! Don't worry, brothers, as long as you confess honestly, I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury!"

"Zhu Yueming, just kill me!"

Shen Qixuan struggled desperately on the ground.

Zhu Yueming shook his head: "My three brothers, you are too valuable! I'll risk my reputation to go to the Imperial Hospital and ask Shu Dafeng to treat you. I'll even make soup for you with thousand-year-old ginseng, just to save your lives!"

Zhu Yueming still respects Shu Dafeng quite a bit. As the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, his proudest achievement in life was preparing medicine for Su Mengzhen.

While he couldn't cure Su Mengzhen's illness, he could alleviate Su Mengzhen's cough. Based on this alone, Shu Dafeng's medical skills were recognized by all the imperial physicians. Zhu Yueming was a man of many talents, but he dared not offend Shu Dafeng.

Until he dispelled the myth of the tree's greatness.

In the original storyline, Guan Qi used his innate, body-breaking, formless sword energy to fight Mi Cangqiong's upward-pointing staff. The combined power of the two powerful moves landed on Zhu Yueming. Zhu Yueming escaped with his unparalleled escape skills, but he was still grazed by the energy and thus contracted a serious illness.

He had rectal bleeding all day long, and the stench was unbearable.

Shu Dafeng treated Zhu Yueming's illness by saying that he was affected by the aftereffects of a peerless internal energy technique. He said that he did not need medical treatment, but would recover if he continued to have rectal bleeding for several dozen days.

The author, Shu Dafeng, added two final sentences.

"Judging from your complexion, which is bright yellow with a radiant glow, and your sleek beard and pale lips and forehead, you don't seem to be in any trouble. I'm sure you'll be able to get through this!"

"This is physiognomy, not medicine—just take it as a reference, I'm not very good at physiognomy."

Zhu Yueming really wanted to grab a table and smash this guy to death!
We haven't experienced these things yet.

Zhu Yueming maintains absolute respect for Shu Dafeng.

He loved to use the image of tall trees and strong winds to scare prisoners.

Shen Qixuan cried, she cried very sadly!
Why was I reincarnated back then?
It's good to be a wronged ghost!
Why come to this world to suffer?
Why did I encounter Li Zhaoting upon coming into this world? Meeting Li Zhaoting would have been one thing, but why did I open my eyes to find Zhu Yueming before me? I'd rather see an executioner!

Zhu Yueming picked up the towel with a smile.

They wiped their bodies.

It's not for the purpose of "getting promoted"!
really not!

That gentle smile... it can't be!

That night was fantastic.

Li Zhaoting acted overnight, uncovering all of the Manchu Qing's arrangements in the capital, killing or capturing them. The Imperial City Guard followed up by picking up the scraps, easily achieving their performance targets.

The killings continued until the morning court session.

It wasn't that Li Zhaoting was slow in killing, but rather that the morning court session started early. The lamps burned at midnight and the roosters crowed at dawn. Those who got up even earlier than the roosters were the entire court of civil and military officials, shivering in the cold wind, holding several memorials in their hands.

Li Nanxing was relatively relaxed.

Li Zhaoting upgraded his father's equipment.

The same mini heater used by Mei Changsu.

It keeps you warm as spring in late autumn. Li Nanxing's favorite feather fan, which he initially thought was a tribute to Zhuge Liang, turned out to be genuinely Zhuge Liang's equipment. The feathers are from the Vermilion Bird and can emit a fiery energy that is even more comfortable than air conditioning.

Li Zhaoting tried it out and found that the Vermilion Bird Feather Fan could be used in martial arts competitions. When using the Vermilion Bird Feather Fan to make moves, the internal energy would be accompanied by fire damage, causing a double blow.

After drinking alcohol, the energy can double.

Three assassins stared at Li Nanxing's sedan chair.

They are “survivors”.

They were never on the list.

Assassins rely on surprise attacks; if they leave traces, can they still be considered assassins? Even the man in black robes doesn't know the true plan of the Other Shore Flower.

Ox-Head and Horse-Face are both bait.

The three "outsiders" were the real killers.

The three men gripped their hidden weapons tightly; if Li Nanxing's sedan chair got even a fraction closer, they could...

"Wow!"

A crane's cry came from behind. Bai Yunfei and Lan Xiaodie rode on white cranes, coldly watching the three. Before the three could get up, Lan Xiaodie plucked the pipa, and Bai Yunfei picked up the bamboo flute. The two sound waves crossed each other without making a sound, and the three assassins bled from their seven orifices.

Lan Xiaodie said excitedly, "Bai Yunfei, haven't we done a good deed? That slut Gongsun Lan, relying on the fact that she entered the family earlier, claims to be the head of the princesses. When we get back, we'll make her kneel down and call me 'sister'!"

Bai Yunfei glanced at Lan Xiaodie and said, "Gongsun Lan's child will definitely be born before yours. She's heavily pregnant, how dare you make Gongsun Lan kneel down?"

Lan Xiaodie was defeated by Bai Yunfei in one blow.

Bai Yunfei shrugged: "What's there to argue about? We're all noobs. If we keep fighting, all the benefits will go to the female tyrant. We'll only get the scraps!"

Lan Xiaodie's entire body turned to stone, cracking open.

Bai Yunfei added insult to injury: "Keep a close eye on things! If anything goes wrong and your father-in-law is even slightly injured, we'll be relegated to cleaning toilets and scrubbing chamber pots for the rest of our lives. With a single order from the First Madam, we'll be sold off to Lingnan!"

Lan Xiaodie quickly rallied her spirits and gently played a soothing melody, the sound waves spreading out like a gentle breeze.

This method belongs to "bionics," which imitates the echolocation of bats to find their way and uses sound waves to locate enemies. As long as an abnormal frequency is detected, the enemy's location can be confirmed.

Lan Xiaodie and Bai Yunfei specialize in sound wave kung fu, and their skill in utilizing sound waves surpasses even Feng Suzhen's.

……

The headquarters of the Yuxian Gang.

Kang Jinlong angrily overturned the table.

"How could this be?"

How did Li Zhaoting know?

"Are these assassins all idiots?"

Holding a nine-ringed broadsword, Kang Jinlong angrily chopped the furniture in the room into pieces. Mu Qingxia watched him quietly until he had vented his anger, then gently comforted and soothed him.

"It must have been done by the Azure Dragon Society!"

"The Azure Dragon Society! The Azure Dragon Society! The Azure Dragon Society has killed several of its leaders and destroyed half of its branches with Li Zhaoting's friends. Why are they helping Li Zhaoting?"

"I just found out that the maids of the Li family like to sell information about their masters to the Green Dragon Society. The Green Dragon Society's branches in the capital and Jinling rely on the maids of the Li family to complete their missions. There is no hierarchical relationship between the branches of the Green Dragon Society, and they often stab each other in the back."

“I’ve heard a little about the Li family’s maids. I thought it was just a rumor, but I didn’t expect it to be this serious. Everyone says that the Li family’s matriarch has the talent of a top scholar and is good at managing a household. If she can’t even manage her maids, how can she be the matriarch?”

How many wives and concubines did Li Zhaoting have?

"More than ten!"

"With over a dozen wives and concubines, six apprentices, and more than a dozen children in the future, plus maids, servants, cooks, and grooms, how will Li Zhaoting support such a large family? Is he going to do business that requires no capital?"

"The Li family... the Li family... how could such a mentally unstable lunatic have mastered such high-level martial arts? Is it that Heaven is blind, or does Heaven favor the mentally ill?"

"In fact, Li Zhaoting is not crazy at all. Doing this is not only harmless, but also has four benefits."

First, by earning a large amount of gold and silver, Li Zhaoting's life was of the highest quality, and he was never short of money.

Second, they spread false information. The information sold by the Li family's maid was true, but incomplete. Each time she sold information, she would conceal part of the truth.

Third, reduce external spying. A big figure like Li Zhaoting is bound to be secretly watched by countless people. Li Zhaoting has taken the initiative to expose information. Those who want to investigate Li Zhaoting can simply buy information from Tianji Pavilion. There is no need to risk their lives to keep an eye on him. This is beneficial to everyone.

Fourth, the cooperation with Tianji Pavilion has led to the Jianghu Monthly's description of Li Zhaoting using subtle and euphemistic language, hiding the truth between the lines. Only by peeling back the layers and removing the adjectives can one glimpse the truth.

With so many benefits, there is absolutely no downside.

Only a fool would refuse!

Do you still think Li Zhaoting is crazy?
Don't look at me like that. I'm not as smart as you. This is something I learned from the Heavenly Mandate Sect. The Heavenly Mandate Sect has dozens of intelligence analysts responsible for analyzing important figures in the martial arts world.

When they were analyzing Li Zhaoting, I went over to sit in on a few classes. They devised thirty-three plans targeting Li Zhaoting, most of which involved using his beauty as a weapon.

Unfortunately, if I had three months, I could try it once or twice. But if I only had three or four days, even if Chang'e descended to earth, Li Zhaoting wouldn't give her a second glance.

Senior, what other plans do you have?
Li Zhaoting's revenge came soon.

Those assassins will definitely betray us.

Wang Shenglan inherited all the unique skills of the Xiaoyao Sect. Senior brother should know that the Xiaoyao Sect has a torture method that is unprecedented in history, making people unable to live and unable to die.

Wang Shenglan will, and Li Zhaoting definitely will.

There is more than one piece of evidence that Li Zhaoting is proficient in the Life and Death Talisman; he is truly a terrifying figure!

It is powerful in every aspect.

Their power is so great it inspires despair.

Mu Qingxia looked at the back garden with self-pity.

She specializes in wood-attribute techniques, enabling her to use wood-escape techniques in deep forests. She has a natural affinity for plants. After practicing the Heavenly Mandate Sect's techniques, she gained unparalleled charm, but she has an extreme aversion to men and prefers to talk to plants.

Kang Jinlong sighed, "Do your best and leave the rest to fate. Let's see if Li Zhaoting can break the Five Elements Formation!"

Mu Qingxia sighed and remained silent.

Both men were quite loyal to the Yuxian Gang.

In the original storyline, the leader of the Yuxian Gang was defeated, and the powerful Yuxian Gang collapsed overnight. The two not only did not run away, but also wanted to avenge their master. They formed an alliance to besiege Feng Suzhen and achieved remarkable results.

They definitely won't run away.

It's just a pity about the unpredictability of fate. I thought that Li Zhaoting's mission to Dali to quell the border troubles would take at least half a year to return, and possibly two or three years.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhaoting went on a trip and returned in no time. The leader of the Yuxian Gang had just recovered from his injuries and was planning to expand his power and bewitch several princes. With Li Zhaoting's return, the situation became extremely dire.

The Eighth Prince deeply disliked the Encounter Immortals Gang.

Princess Tianxiang also disliked the Yuxian Gang.

The Empress Dowager used the Encounter with Immortals to fish.

Zhao Zhen was in his twenties and did not need the "elixir of immortality" concocted by the leader of the Yuxian Gang. Apart from the Eighth Prince and Prince Yao, he could not get through to the upper echelons.

……

Prince Yao's Mansion.

Prince Yao, who is known for his love of Taoist cultivation, enjoying the wind and clouds, and embracing pure yang energy, reveals a profound inner strength that is completely different from what is rumored, and he treats Hong Kun's internal injuries.

With a massage, Hong Kun coughed up the stagnant blood, his internal injuries were mostly healed, his complexion gradually returned to its plumpness, and he clenched his fist tightly, his strength restored to 30-40%.

"Your subordinate is incompetent and has caused Your Highness worry!"

“It’s not that you’re incompetent, it’s that Li Zhaoting is domineering. When the sky is arrogant, rain is sure to fall, and when a person is arrogant, disaster is sure to follow. This is the capital, not Nanjing. If Li Zhaoting acts so recklessly, he will sooner or later provoke a powerful figure, and he may face the calamity of having his entire family wiped out.”

"What the prince means is..."

"The leader of the Yuxian Gang wants to cooperate with me to jointly kill Li Zhaoting. If we succeed, he is willing to give me three volumes of his family's alchemy manual and fully support my great cause!"

"Your Highness, I do not trust them. The old bastards of the Yuxian Gang are too cunning, even more sinister than Jia Shifang was back then. They have great ambitions, and we must be on guard!"

“Hong Kun, think about it, how does our power compare to the Yu Xian Gang? Apart from the prince's status and surname and bloodline, can we compare to the Yu Xian Gang?”
I was just using the Encountering Immortals Gang!

Once I achieve my great ambition, I will eliminate them immediately.

The country is mine!
No one can disturb my rule!

Prince Yao's face flushed red, and his whole body trembled.

The powerful and domineering true energy shook the secluded cultivation room, and even the artificial mountain outside trembled.

……

The Eight Princes' Mansions.

The leader of the Yuxian Gang personally visited Zhao Yuanyan.

Zhao Yuanyan pulled the gang leader aside to discuss alchemy, talking for almost half an hour without getting to the point. The gang leader was so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks. He was at a disadvantage, like a fish on a chopping board, and naturally felt inferior to Zhao Yuanyan because he needed his help.

"Your Highness, I wish to do something."

"what's up?"

"Surround and kill Li Zhaoting."

"Why are you telling me all this?"

"I will make my move tomorrow afternoon!"

(End of this chapter)