With the deaths of Wu Tiandong and Liu Qingqing, the Five Heroes of Jiangdong had completely become a legend.
Apart from Chu Xiu, the only person who had caused the destruction of the Five Heroes of Jiangdong was Qiu Dongmao.
If Chu Xiu were to evaluate Qiu Dongmao, he would only be able to say that he was a good-for-nothing. At most, he was a good-for-nothing who was clever.
In all fairness, Qiu Zhensheng had indeed been a little unfair to him. Just because of an oath, he had labeled Qiu Dongmao as an illegitimate son and thrown him to Shangyang.
However, Qiu Dongmao had also failed to live up to expectations. Qiu Zhensheng could not give him these things, so did he not want to fight for them himself?
If Chu Xiu had been in Qiu Dongmao's position, he would have definitely exposed his identity first and then used Qiu Zhensheng's reputation to develop his own power. As for whether he would fall out with Qiu Zhensheng, how could he care so much at this moment?
However, Qiu Dongmao had endured for more than 20 years without making a move. It was not until the crown prince sent someone to look for him that he realized that his opportunity had come.
To be honest, Qiu Dongmao was indeed very tolerant. Even Qiu Zhensheng had never suspected that this obedient illegitimate son of his would want to harm him and have such sinister thoughts.
Unfortunately, Qiu Dongmao was wrong about one thing. He thought that this was an opportunity, but he failed to see that he, Qiu Dongmao, was actually just a small chess piece in this game.
In this game of chess, the crown prince and the second prince were the players, while Qiu Dongmao, the Five Heroes of Jiangdong, and the others were all chess pieces. Jiang Wenyuan was also a chess piece, but he thought that he was also a player. In the end, he failed and was thrown out of the chessboard.
As for Chu Xiu, he was neither a chess piece nor a player. He was just an outsider, but he had relied on his own strength to fight his way into the chessboard and snatched some chess pieces and benefits.
Qiu Dongmao looked terrified as he looked at Chu Xiu. He said in a low voice, "Official Chu, what do you want to ask? I will tell you everything I know. I only ask that you do not hand me over to the second prince. Please do not kill me!"
Chu Xiu patted Qiu Dongmao's shoulder and said calmly, "I told you, I'm not that close to the Second Prince, and I don't plan to hand you over to him. It's just that you're too smart. Even if I ask you, you won't tell me the truth. Tell me that I'd rather take it myself. "
Before Qiu Dongmao could react, Chu Xiu's eyes had already turned into a bottomless abyss, pulling Qiu Dongmao into it.
Chu Xiu had already cultivated the Great Technique of Extinguishing the Skies and Destroying the Earth Soul Transfer to a profound degree. It might not be as overbearing as Xiahou Clan's Imperial Spirit Technique when facing martial artists of the same level, but when facing martial artists of Qiu Dong Mao's level, the Great Technique of Extinguishing the Skies and Destroying the Earth Soul Transfer really had the power to transfer souls.
At this time, Qiu Dongmao's body was constantly trembling. His spiritual power had been completely occupied by Chu Xiu's spiritual power, which was violently searching through his memory.
There were many memory-related methods among the spiritual secret methods of Taoism and Buddhism. However, in Chu Xiu's eyes, these methods were somewhat similar to hypnosis, which made warriors involuntarily fall into it and take the initiative to say everything.
Now, what Chu Xiu was doing was violently destroying Qiu Dongmao's spiritual power. Then, like raiding a house, he found everything he wanted in his spiritual power. The result was that Qiu Dongmao would completely become an idiot. The advantage was that this method would never go wrong.
After a quarter of an hour, Chu Xiu had gotten what he wanted. At this time, Qiu Dongmao's face was dull, and he looked straight at Chu Xiu with listless eyes.
His spiritual power had been completely destroyed by Chu Xiu. Now, he looked like an idiot.
However, Chu Xiu did not choose to kill Qiu Dongmao.
He was using the tiger's skin as a banner. Chu Xiu was now a member of the Guanzhong Torture Room. If he wanted to kill someone, there must be a reason. Even if the reason was very nonsensical, there must be one.
Chu Xiu's reason had been very clear from the beginning. Qiu Dongmao was a survivor of Qiu Zhensheng's case. Although the Eastern Qi imperial court had said that Qiu Zhensheng's case had been closed, as a member of the Guanzhong Torture Room, he must find out the truth and arrest the criminal.
As for the Five Heroes of Jiangdong, they had shielded Qiu Dongmao, a criminal. Whether it was intentional or not, they deserved to die.
Chu Xiu took Qiu Dongmao, who had become an idiot, all the way back to Qiu Zhensheng's manor on the Pegasus Ranch in Ji State.
At this time, outside Qiu Zhensheng's manor, there were only a few Dragon Riders Imperial Guards guarding the gate. Even Fang Zhenqi had left. After all, in their view, this matter had been closed. What was the point of staying here?
Seeing that Chu Xiu had returned with Qiu Dongmao, the other Dragon Riders Imperial Guards were all confused. What was going on?
Chu Xiu sent Qiu Dongmao to the Dragon Riders Imperial Guard and said, "Send this guy to Lord Fang. Tell him that he is a survivor of Qiu Zhensheng's case. The poison of July Begonia in Qiu Zhensheng's body was caused by him. He wanted to kill his brother so that he could inherit the Pegasus Ranch."
The Dragon Riders Imperial Guard was stunned. "But isn't the case closed?"
Chu Xiu said lightly, "Who said that there can't be a murderer after the case is closed? Give this to Lord Fang. He will know what to do. "
As he spoke, Chu Xiu handed a piece of paper to the Dragon Riders Imperial Guard. On it was written the process of the Crown Prince sending people to Eastern Qi to meet Qiu Dongmao. Although there was no direct evidence, this kind of thing did not need evidence.
The Second Prince only needed to know what the Crown Prince was doing behind the scenes. Although this matter could not cause too much harm to the Crown Prince, it could still make the Crown Prince's reputation a little worse.
Qiu Dongmao relied on him, but the plan failed. He could not protect Qiu Dongmao. This matter was mainly a blow to the Crown Prince's reputation among his own people. Chu Xiu believed that the Second Prince would know what to do.
As for Chu Xiu, this matter had nothing to do with him. In the eyes of outsiders, Chu Xiu spent so much effort to capture Qiu Dongmao just to do something for the Second Prince. In other words, he had some kind of cooperation with the Second Prince. Naturally, the Second Prince would take the blame for him.
The Dragon Rider Imperial Guard took the paper. He also knew that Chu Xiu had a relationship with their General Fang Zhenqi. Now, some people in the know were also spreading that Chu Xiu was actually on the Second Prince's side. Therefore, he did not dare to neglect Chu Xiu. He immediately found someone to send the news of Qiu Dongmao and Fang Zhenqi to Qiu Dongmao.
"Right, has Qiu Zhensheng's body been taken care of?" Chu Xiu asked.
The Dragon Rider Imperial Guard replied, "Not yet. So many things have happened in the court during this period of time. Qiu Zhensheng's death has been forgotten, so it is still preserved in the room. However, the court is choosing the next person in charge of the Pegasus Farm. It is estimated that Qiu Zhensheng's body will only be completely buried after the choice is made. "
Chu Xiu nodded and said, "That's fine. There are still some undetected clues on Qiu Zhensheng's body. I have to carefully look at it again. After returning to the Guanzhong torture room, I can report the details of this case to my superior."
The Dragon Rider Imperial Guard did not suspect anything. The people in the Guanzhong torture room had seen the body countless times. Now, it was not a big deal for Chu Xiu to look at it again.
Therefore, the Dragon Rider Imperial Guard directly let Chu Xiu in. He did not even follow him in to check.
Chu Xiu walked into the room where the body was placed. He picked up Qiu Zhensheng's right hand, closed his fingers, and used a special clay used to forge weapon models to copy Qiu Zhensheng's entire right hand.
In Qiu Dongmao's memory, Chu Xiu successfully found information about the place where Qiu Zhensheng hid his treasure.
To be honest, the place where Qiu Zhensheng hid his things was quite tricky.
Ordinary people would store their treasures and other things in their own homes. This was convenient for them to access, and the home was also the place with the strongest power, so it was safe enough.
However, Qiu Zhensheng took a different approach. He did not hide his things in his home at all. Instead, he chose to hide them in a place near the Pegasus Farm.
The Pegasus Farm was the largest farm in Eastern Qi. Almost 90% of Eastern Qi's warhorses were produced in the Pegasus Farm. Therefore, the Pegasus Farm's defense was much stricter and safer than Qiu Zhensheng's home.
Moreover, as the owner of the Pegasus Farm, Qiu Zhensheng was the only one who could enter and leave the farm at will. Hiding around the farm was much safer than hiding in his home.
The key to open Qiu Zhensheng's treasure was his right hand. It was made by a master who was proficient in mechanisms that Qiu Zhensheng hired. It had to be exactly the same as his right hand to open it.
If his body was destroyed after his death, no one would be able to open the treasure.
After leaving Qiu Zhensheng's farm, Chu Xiu came to a small valley near the Pegasus Farm. Based on the information he obtained from Qiu Dongmao's memory, he spent some effort to find the entrance. He used the fake hand that he had copied to open the door of the mechanism.
Qiu Dongmao had never been to this place before. Qiu Zhensheng had only told his illegitimate son where he hid his wealth just in case.
The treasure vault was not big. It was only six feet in radius. After all, with Qiu Zhensheng's strength, it was impossible for him to accumulate too much even if he was the owner of the Pegasus Farm.
Most of the things here were various cultivation resources such as elixirs and elixirs. There were also some strange metals used for refining weapons. There were even quite a number of gold, silver, and jewelry. It was hard to imagine that Qiu Zhensheng, who had a simple personality, would collect these things.
However, Chu Xiu did not even look at these things. Instead, he rummaged through a pile of cultivation methods and secret boxes. Finally, he found the thing that he had always wanted.
It was a very ordinary cultivation method. It did not even have a title on the cover. It was written on an extremely flexible paper. The words were simple and mysterious. There were also diagrams describing the heaven, earth, and man, as well as the five elements and eight trigrams. At first glance, one would feel dizzy.
This seemingly ordinary cultivation method had a very famous name in the future. It was called the Heaven's Son Gazing at Air!
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