Speed ​​Pass starts with choosing a hunter

Chapter 257 Retreat

The maid collapsed weakly on the ground.

The spiritual soup in his hand fell and shattered, and the emerald green soup flowed all over the floor.

"what happened?"

Du Qinghui's voice came from inside the house.

Bai Yuan stepped over the threshold and walked into the room.

"There's something wrong with this person."

Du Qinghui narrowed his eyes slightly: "What's the problem?"

"She brought the mask, and she also poisoned the medicine."

Du Qinghui didn't ask any nonsense like how did you find out? It's impossible for Dong Wanjun's apprentice to be unskillful.

As a Painted Skin Man, Bai Yuan can easily see through other people's disguises.

This maid was normal when we met last time, but this time she has a face mask. There must be something fishy going on.

As for poison, Bai Yuan certainly didn't have the ability to identify poison from a distance.

Even if he used his Manggu Zhuha skills to their full potential, it would be impossible, no matter how powerful the poison master was.

It was just that the spiritual flavor of the spiritual soup was too strong, and the bowl in the maid's hand had no spiritual smell at all, so he could almost conclude that it was poisoned.

Du Qinghui nodded, he didn't even ask anyone to check.

Don't use people with suspicion, don't use people who are suspicious.

If even Bai Yuan is unreliable, then there is no need for him to stay here any longer.

Bai Yuan's eyes suddenly became colder.

"Master Du, we need to leave here."

A drizzle began to fall in Lingzhou City.

The sound of the rain falling on the eaves is particularly pleasant, and those who are sleeping soundly fall into a deeper sleep without realizing it.

At this time, a figure like an iron tower appeared outside the door of the Du Mansion. He did not bring an umbrella. Raindrops fell on his bare arms, making him look even more ferocious.

The two-inch-thick red door was like nothing in front of him, and he only used one punch.

boom!
The gate collapsed and he walked into the Du Mansion.

Kuidong scanned every scene in the yard with an expressionless face.

He came here naturally to kill Du Qinghui.

As for why Dong Wanjun did not appear here, it was of course because he was trapped. He had to admit that the young man surnamed Dong did cause him some trouble, especially when he had not fully recovered.

Fortunately, it doesn't take long. It doesn't take long to kill Du Qinghui. One breath is enough.

As for the young man who was good at using knives and poison, of course he only needed one punch, which was probably like stringing together candied haws.

Kui Dong already knew everything about this place from the killer of the Soul-Chasing Tower.

He arrived at the Du Mansion almost at the same time Bai Yuan killed the maid.

Kui Dong came to Du Qinghui's room, which was empty except for the body of a maid.

"Ran?"

He spoke slowly.

But he was not worried that Du Qinghui could really leave the yard.

Because this place has been surrounded by the Soul-Chasing Tower.

As long as everyone in this yard is killed, Du Qinghui will be killed sooner or later.

At this time, a patrol team of Lingzhou troops finally arrived.

"who!"

All that could be heard was the buzzing sound of the spear being dropped horizontally.

Dozens of Lingzhou soldiers rushed towards Kui Dong.

Kuidong snorted, stretched out his big hands, grabbed the spears, and tore them to pieces in an instant.

Those soldiers were all blown away by the terrifying brute force and fell to the ground vomiting blood.

Kuidong's horizontal training is too terrifying!
The Beiyuan barbarians are inherently tougher than the Xuanyang people, and with their horizontal training, they are almost like iron men.

The killing begins.
Every time Kuidong passed a place, there were a few more corpses.

In just one stick of incense's time, there will be no living person in the entire Du Mansion.

Just as he was crushing the head of a servant of the Du Mansion, a voice slowly rang out: "Northern Barbarian, do you really think that there is no one in Xuanyang?"

Kuidong turned his head and looked.

A hundred meters away, a middle-aged man in a black and gold python robe was confronting him.

"Li Kangyan."

The King of Qingzhou's name was Li Kangyan.

Five toes are a dragon, four toes are a python. There are not many people in Xuanyang who are qualified to wear python robes, and Li Kangyan happens to be one of them.

The distance of a hundred meters was only three breaths away for Li Kangyan. He leaped over the flowers of the Du Mansion like a flying swallow and came in front of Kui Dong.

Qingzhou is not connected to Beiyuan, and the King of Qingzhou has never participated in the war between Xuanyang and the Demon Sect, so this is the first time he and Kuidong have met.

The fierce aura from Kui Dong made him fearful.

The next moment!
Kui Dong roared loudly and punched Li Kangyan in the face.

Li Kangyan snorted coldly, and drew the long sword from his waist. It wrapped around Kuidong's fist like a silver snake, and Kuidong's terrifying attack was turned into nothing by the soft sword.

After missing the attack, Kui Dong retreated violently.

He didn't even make another move, his huge body rushing towards the courtyard wall.

There was a loud bang, and the courtyard wall was knocked down by Kui Dong, and the figure disappeared long ago.

Li Kangyan had no intention of pursuing.

Although Kui Dong was seriously injured, his foundation in horizontal training was still there, so he thought he could not be killed.

However, his original purpose of coming here was not to kill Kui Dong.

Just as he was about to go deeper into the Du Mansion, a young man supporting an old man appeared in the darkness not far away.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your help." Du Qinghui bowed to Li Kangyan.

If Li Kangyan had not arrived early tonight, there would probably be no one alive in the Du Mansion.

Even though Bai Yuan used disguise to blend the two men in among the servants, they still couldn't escape death in the end.

Of course, it was precisely because of the disguise technique that they bought precious time and waited for Li Kangyan to arrive.

Li Kangyan bowed to Du Qinghui, called him "Sir Du", and then looked at Bai Yuan with interest.

"Are you Bai Yuan?"

Bai Yuan clasped his fists and said, "It is the junior."

"Li Huan told me about you. Today I see that you are indeed a young talent."

"Your Majesty is so complimentary."

Li Kangyan had a very sharp eye. He saw Bai Yuan tearing off Du Qinghui's mask just now. Even he had never seen such an exquisite disguise technique.

No wonder his ninth son praised Bai Yuan so highly.

Bai Yuan looked at Li Kangyan and breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that Li Kangyan has shown up, the crisis in Lingzhou has been resolved.

As the sky gradually brightened, Old Man Dong brought the Lingzhou Army to the Du Mansion.

"Greetings to the prince, Lord Du."

Du Qinghui waved his hand.

He did not blame Dong Wanjun for coming to the rescue late. The fighting in the provincial government office last night must have been no less intense than that here, as could be seen from the blood all over Dong Wanjun's body.

"Master, Kui Dong came here last night, but was fortunately forced back by the prince."

Bai Yuan briefly told Dong Wanjun what happened yesterday.

Dong Wanjun nodded. He did not expect Kui Dong to personally attack despite being injured.

You know, although Du Qinghui was in a miserable state, Kui Dong's injuries were not light either. He was worthy of being the grandmaster of horizontal training, and his recovery ability was truly terrifying.

Li Kangyan looked at Dong Wanjun.

"A great reputation is a great honor. Lord Dong, Minister Xu has a favorable opinion of you. He really did not make a mistake in choosing you."

Dong Wanjun clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, thank you for your praise."

As far as he knew, the King of Qingzhou was arrogant, and when Xu Dingchun was still the General Zhenbei, their relationship was not very good.

Li Kangyan laughed loudly: "Old Du, we haven't seen each other for eighty years. Can you still drink alcohol with your old bones?"

Du Qinghui snorted, "I was the runner-up in the imperial examination that year, and you were only the third place. You couldn't compare to me then, and you still can't compare to me now."

"Old Du, stop talking nonsense. If I hadn't let you off, do you really think you could have defeated me?"

Bai Yuan just felt a headache listening to the two old men who were already over a hundred years old talking nonsense.

However, he did not expect that Li Kangyan had actually participated in the imperial examination.

Xuan Yang wanted to become an official, but for a person of ordinary background, there were only two ways: civil examination or military examination.

Du Qinghui was originally a student from a poor family. It was because of his status as the second place in the imperial examination that he entered the Hanlin Academy. After that, he was able to stay in Kyoto as an official and finally became a second-rank official.

But no one expected that Li Kangnian, as a member of the royal family, had also participated in the imperial examination.

Although Xuanyang did not prohibit the royal family from taking the imperial examinations, they did not have to go through the layers of screening of the imperial examinations.

After all, the Li family is eager for their children to become successful, so of course there are many faster shortcuts.

The two old men quarreled continuously, and it ended with Du Qinghui becoming exhausted.

Li Kangyan was like a victorious general, his back straight as if the breath he had been holding for decades had finally been released.

Back then, he was just the unpopular eleventh son, not even as good as Li Huan today.

In order to gain fame and fortune, he simply concealed his identity and took part in the imperial examination that year, and finally became the third place in the imperial examination.

After graduating from high school, his identity could naturally no longer be concealed. Not only did the old King of Qingzhou know about it, but even the late Emperor at that time knew about his name.

Under the instructions of the previous emperor, he lost his title of Tanhua Lang, but his status in the Qingzhou Palace was greatly improved. In the end, he stood out among his brothers and inherited the throne.

There is a special circle in Xuanyang officialdom, that is, people of the same year.

He and Du Qinghui were both successful candidates in the imperial examinations, and they had once drunk together on their graduation night.

At that time, people thought Du Qinghui was old-fashioned and would not go far in officialdom. Unexpectedly, Du Qinghui would eventually become Xuanyang's most loyal minister.

As the King of Qingzhou, Li Kangyan was subject to many restrictions and could not leave Qingzhou on weekdays.

Du Qinghui stayed in the Kyoto Censorate for eighty years.

So this was only the second time the two of them met.

"Cough cough."

Du Qinghui finally recovered his breath.

He looked at Li Kangyan with a smug look on his face, as if he could see the days when the two young men were reciting poems and composing couplets together and despising the nobles.

In fact, there was another teenager at that time.

The young number one scholar was originally valued by the then Minister of Personnel and had high hopes for him. He was the most successful among the three.

But I didn’t expect that he later fled to Beiyuan and no news was heard from him again.

As for the various reasons, no one can explain them clearly.

This is how the officialdom is. Walking fast is not necessarily a good thing in many cases. Walking steadily is the most important thing.

Therefore, even though Du Qinghui admired Bai Yuan very much, he would not do anything to force the issue.

"Come on, I was able to suppress you before, and it's the same now."

Du Qinghui glared at Li Kangyan with his beard puffed out.

The two of them pulled each other out of the Du Mansion.

Bai Yuan looked strange.

I didn’t expect that these two big shots of Xuanyang would have such a character.

He couldn't help but glance at Old Man Dong.

He is worthy of being my master. He remained calm from beginning to end and it is obvious that he is a man used to big scenes!
(End of this chapter)