books44 Chapter 231 What a pity
Chapter 231 What a pity
Zhang Liang took a lot of effort to calm the little golden monkey down.
Taking advantage of this moment of peace, he sat aside and consolidated his new state. He had already tested his martial arts in the battle with Dong Jun.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that he had promised Nanyue that he would go back to see her.
So, Zhang Liang took the little golden monkey and planned to go back to the Taoist temple. After packing up simply, he was ready to set off.
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As soon as they stepped out of the inn, they heard the sound of wind whistling in the street. On the roof, two figures flashed by in an instant. One was running in front, and the other was chasing behind. Their speed was so fast that ordinary people would think they had seen a ghost.
Zhang Liang didn't know the first one, but he had some friendship with the second one, Zhang Chong.
Looking in the direction where the two disappeared, Zhang Liang thought for a moment and said to the little golden monkey on his shoulder, "I'll take you to see something exciting."
The little golden monkey stood on his shoulder and nodded in agreement.
Zhang Liang then used his skills to chase in the direction the two men left.
In an abandoned temple in a city, Zhang Liang finally saw the second person he recognized just now - Jing Ke, whom he had not seen for a long time. He was standing outside the temple, holding a long sword in his hand, staring at the temple with a solemn expression. Zhang Liang hid in the dark and did not intend to disturb him.
Suddenly, Jing Ke drew his sword and pointed it at a window in the temple, because a shadow had just flashed in that direction.
Although neither of them could see clearly what it was, Jing Ke still acted decisively, and the tip of his sword instantly pierced through the window. Although an object was pierced, it did not feel like a human body.
The sword was swung to the side, and the entire window was knocked down. A man in black suddenly appeared in the window. Jing Ke's sword had pierced him, but no blood flowed out. The man in black was wrapped in a large cloak.
Just as Jing Ke was about to pull off the black-clad man's cloak, he suddenly heard a warning in his ear: "Don't move, be careful!"
But the warning came a little too late. Jing Ke had already opened the cloak and saw clearly that it was a scarecrow?
And what he stabbed was only the scarecrow. Just as he was about to take a closer look, suddenly, tiny needles flew out from the scarecrow's clothes. Jing Ke shouted "Danger!"
Two stones flew back from where the needle had been shot, colliding with the needle. These two stones were thrown by Zhang Liang from the dark. He was also the one who issued the warning just now.
After the stone and the flying needle fell to the ground, Zhang Liang quietly walked out from the darkness.
When Jing Ke saw that the person coming was Zhang Liang, he bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, brother Zhang, for saving my life. If you hadn't reminded me, I might have fallen into the trap."
Zhang Liang shook his head and asked, "What did you find?"
Jing Ke shook his head and asked in surprise, "By the way, why is Brother Zhang here?"
"I was planning to go back to the gym, but just as I walked out of the inn, I saw two figures passing by the eaves. One of them was you, so I followed them. I wanted to see what happened and catch up with the past. I didn't expect to save you." Zhang Liang explained.
Jing Ke nodded: "I see."
"Who was the person you were chasing just now? Why did he set such a sinister trap here?" he asked.
Jing Ke shook his head and said in confusion: "I don't know him. I was in the palace of Crown Prince Yan Dan. In the evening, he suddenly appeared in my room. He didn't say a word and just stared at me. I was frightened. When I was about to ask who he was, he shot a dart and ran away. I chased him out, and then what you saw happened. I chased him here and found that he entered this small temple, but I was worried that there was an ambush inside, so I kept guarding outside."
Zhang Liang nodded: "In that case, let's go together to find out what's going on." Jing Ke nodded, and the two went in together.
There was no one in the ruined temple except the scarecrow that shot the flying needles. There was a statue of a god in the middle. The two searched around separately, but still no one was there.
Finally, Jing Ke came to the scarecrow and carefully uncovered its clothes with his sword, but still could not find the mechanism that fired the flying needles. Zhang Liang stepped forward and removed the straw from the scarecrow.
Sure enough, there was a mechanism hidden inside. The scarecrow was just a decoration, and its core had two iron boxes, from which the flying needles shot out. Jing Ke took a look and said, "This is not a mechanism, but a simple timing device."
Zhang Liang shook his head: "There are indeed traces of mechanical devices here. If it was just a hidden weapon, it would not be possible to fire when you took off your hood."
Jing Ke nodded, looked around, and prepared to leave. At this time, the little golden monkey pulled Zhang Liang's hair and quietly pointed to the statue.
Zhang Liang and Jing Ke understood immediately, but did nothing and left together.
Walking on the street, Jing Ke said to Zhang Liang, "Thank you, Brother Zhang, for saving my life. I will treat you to a drink another day. Today I have to go back to discuss this matter with Crown Prince Yan Dan, so I'll take my leave now." Zhang Liang nodded, and Jing Ke turned and left.
At this time, Zhang Liang suddenly said: "If you have any difficult problems in the future, you can ask me for help. If you encounter problems that you cannot solve, you can also come to me." Jing Ke did not understand what he meant and just nodded woodenly.
After watching Jing Ke leave, Zhang Liang did not leave immediately, but turned around and returned to the ruined temple.
Not long after, in the temple that Zhang Liang and Jing Ke left, the statue facing the gate began to turn silently. Then, a hole appeared under the statue, and a man in black slowly walked out. He looked at the destroyed scarecrow and whispered, "I didn't expect to lead him here. Unfortunately, if it weren't for him, Jing Ke would be dead today..."