"I'm fine." Zhang Xueming smiled, then remembered that Gong Yuanzheng couldn't see him because he was wearing a mask, and he really didn't want to show his face in such an occasion, so he tilted his head and nudged his chest, "Let's talk about it when we get back, ok?"

Her voice sounded a little muffled under the mask.

Gong Yuanzheng blushed unconsciously again, and with his free hand he covered the spot where she had hit his forehead. He nodded obediently, moved aside obediently, and looked at her eagerly: "Yeah."

Zhang Xueming used his spiritual sense to search all the rooms on the second floor and found that there were two women lying in only one room. The one on the floor was not threatening, and the one on the low couch by the window was not far from death. He simply stopped and used his short stick to point at Jackdaw Seven and Jackdaw Four on the ground: "Ayuan, look, people dressed like this are usually Wufeng's instructors who are responsible for training low-level assassins. Wufeng calls them Jackdaws."

Seeing that Gong Yuanzheng's attention had shifted to the jackdaws, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued to explain: "These people know a lot about Wufeng, but they are difficult to catch. Most of them are orphans raised by Wufeng since childhood. They are very loyal and not afraid of death. Unless you can find their weak spots, it will be difficult to pry open their mouths."

But as long as they find their weak spot, they will sell Wu Feng without hesitation, even if they will die.

The weak spots of these Jackdaws are often the cold-blooded and heartless female assassins that they have carefully trained.

Well, it’s quite difficult to understand.

In addition, with the male protagonist Gong Yuanzheng by their side, these two jackdaws this time will not be like the two caught before, choking to death while drinking water or eating, right?

"It is very likely that the two of them are the contacts of the Wufeng bride who sneaked into the palace this time." Zhang Xueming threw out this sentence and successfully read the information he wanted from the faces of the two jackdaws on the ground.

"Not afraid of death? That's great." Gong Yuanzheng laughed, looking both naive and divided in such a scene. "Many people are not afraid of death. But that's just because they don't know that sometimes, living is much scarier than dying."

So even though Gong Yuanzheng didn't get the chance to fight the enemy with knives this time, he was still very satisfied to get two jackdaws wearing black leather uniforms.

Zhang Xueming directed Gong Yuanzheng to stop the bleeding of Jackdaw Si, and fed him and Jackdaw Qi each a homemade powerful tranquilizer. He then removed the limb joints and jaws of all the people lying on the second floor, and left them there.

After entering Ziyi's room and walking to the beaded curtain that separated the low couch from the bedroom, Gong Yuanzheng stopped.

This action taught him a truth: a lying enemy does not necessarily lose the ability to resist. If he does not want to be caught in a trap, the best way is to stand at a distance and shoot with hidden weapons.

Looking at the woman in purple on the low couch with resentful eyes, Gong Yuanzheng's mouth seemed to be filled with poison: "Zhao Zhao, shall we go somewhere else? This woman is so old and not good-looking, she is definitely not Gong Ziyu's confidante. Although Gong Ziyu and I don't get along, his taste shouldn't be that bad, unless he wants to find a wife."

Zhang Xueming was amused, and quickly put away the iron rod, freeing up one hand to hold Gong Yuanzheng who was about to turn around and leave: "She is the only one living in the six rooms here. The furnishings in the room are all valuable. She is wearing purple clothes. Who else could it be but the courtesan of Wanhua Tower?"

Gong Yuanzheng turned around and took another good look at Zi Yi, frowning: "Gong Ziyu is really crazy. I heard that he spends a lot of money on this woman every year... Is that it?"

Zhang Xueming patted his arm gently, signaling him not to dwell on the details: "Look, this woman has such a strong reaction to my anthelmintic. Her skin has turned red and black. Her blood must be full of invisible poisonous insects. I'm afraid she is the kind of poisonous woman in Miaojiang who has trained herself to be full of poisonous blood as mentioned in Guangzhen Strange Stories. Ayuan, didn't you guess that Wanhua Tower might have a big fish who is good at playing with poisonous insects? If nothing unexpected happens, it must be her."

She recalled the contents of the Gu Shu class in the learning space and said seriously, "I remember that book said, 'The blood of the Gu woman will kill any living creature that comes into contact with it, and there is no antidote.' And 'If it enters the water, it will turn into sewage, and if it enters the soil, no grass will grow within a radius of ten feet. Therefore, the Gu woman is also called the plague woman, and people avoid her as much as possible.' ... Ayuan, we can't take her back to the palace to deal with her. It's too dangerous. She is a human plague."

Gong Yuanzheng originally wanted to take some of Zi Yi's Gu blood back for research, but when he saw Zhang Xueming being so serious, and heard what she said about the Gu woman in the book, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and said hurriedly, "Then break her neck, wrap her body in layers of cloth, carry it to a place where there are few people and far away from water sources, dig a deep pit, and bury it after melting it with quicklime."

He sighed thankfully and complained, "I originally thought that my brother deserved it when that stupid ox Gong Ziyu gave away all the hard-earned money to Wufeng, and even gave away so many pieces of information. But now it seems that he only gave money to Wufeng and didn't beg for mercy to bring this poison girl back to the palace. Otherwise, if this girl had dropped a few drops of her blood into the water source, everyone in the palace would have died and no one would have known how she died."

Zhang Xueming pointed at Zi Yi and asked, "Are you going to do it or should I?"

Gong Yuanzheng rushed over immediately, grabbed a tea towel and covered Ziyi's neck with it, then stretched out his hand and broke her cervical vertebrae with a "click".

Poor Situ Hong, the most mysterious and feared of the Four Wufeng Monsters, was first dragged by Gong Ziyu, the most notorious dandy in the palace, to be a courtesan in Wanhua Tower in Jiuchen Valley for five years. Then, before the two factions went to war, he fell into the hands of such a pair of young men as a joke and died without making a single move.

Zhang Xueming called Gong Yuanzheng, and the two of them used the bed sheet to wrap Zi Yi's body layer by layer. They also squeezed the young girl who fell by the door until she fainted, dislocated her limbs and jaw, dragged her out and threw her in the corridor, and closed the door of Zi Yi's room. Then they went to check other rooms on the second floor.

Zhang Xueming didn't have time to go up and down the stairs. He walked to the thick wooden wall that separated the north and east sides, scanned it with his spiritual sense to find the weak point, then opened his fist stance and punched with 60% of his internal strength.

Gong Yuanzheng heard a loud bang, followed by a series of cracking sounds. Looking at the dark, thick wooden wall, she saw spider-web-like cracks on it due to her internal force.

"Zhao Zhao is so awesome!" Gong Yuanzheng opened his mouth wide and almost clapped his hands in excitement.

Zhang Xueming looked back at him, his eyes sparkling under the mask.

She stepped back and made way: "Come on, Ayuan, you come and give it a kick too."

Gong Yuanzheng came forward happily, slightly turned his body and got into position, and kicked right at the center of the point where Zhang Xueming had hit him earlier. The wooden wall immediately broke into pieces, and the fragments flew backwards, hitting several people who were lying on the opposite corridor.

"Ayuan's kick is so accurate!" Zhang Xueming clapped his hands in applause.

The two of them looked at each other and went back to their search happily.

After the entire Wanhua Tower was searched, Zhang Xueming put away the iron rod and mask, Gong Yuanzheng put away the hidden weapon, went out to get the red carp lantern, and gave a signal for Jin Fu to come over.

Zhang Xueming gave Jin Fu some instructions. Apart from dealing with Zi Yi's matter on the spot, she also pointed out several secret rooms, vaults and secret passages that she had discovered. Then, she unceremoniously pulled Gong Yuanzheng back to the palace gate.

After returning to the palace gate, Zhang Xueming and Gong Yuanzheng did not go directly to the Jiao Palace, but went back to the Zheng Palace to bathe, change clothes, and have a midnight snack. Then the two of them put on casual clothes, one carrying a big red carp lantern and the other carrying a bamboo mushroom lantern, and leisurely went to the Jiao Palace to find Gong Shangjiao.

The first thing Zhang Xueming said when he saw Gong Shangjiao was, "Mr. Gong Er, A Yuan and I put a lot of effort into today's operation. I want one third of all the gains, and A Yuan takes one third. Otherwise, I won't agree!"

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