However, just as Lu Shengzhong was distracted, something happened.
The hilt of Bai Yao's sword suddenly stabbed out and hit the acupoint on Lu Shengzhong's waist.
When Lu Shengzhong realized it, it was already too late. At such a close distance, coupled with the difference in strength between him and Bai Yao, even if he was not distracted, it would be difficult for him to dodge.
A sharp pain hit his waist and a surge of mana rushed through his body. Caught off guard, a huge pressure came from his mouth and nose, and at the same time, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Before Lu Shengzhong could get away, Bai Yao's hand pressed on his shoulder and pinned him to the ground. Then, Bai Yao repeatedly poked his body and directly sealed his eight extraordinary meridians. After cutting off the possibility of him using mana, Bai Yao pushed his hand away and let go of him.
Lu Shengzhong staggered and felt dizzy. His breathing was rapid and difficult to control. His body felt like it was overturned, and he fell to the ground, coughing out another two mouthfuls of blood.
When he finally recovered, Lu Shengzhong shook his head and sobered up a little. He wailed in his heart. Without guessing, he knew that Bai Yao must have seen through his identity. However, he still held a glimmer of hope and suddenly turned to look at Bai Yao. He said sadly, "Why did you hit me?"
Bai Yao said indifferently, "Your body has mana rebound," hinting that Lu Shengzhong didn't need to pretend anymore.
Lu Shengzhong said, "Can't I cultivate?"
"Look here!" Niu Youdao called out and beckoned Lu Shengzhong to turn around. He smiled and said, "Let me introduce myself. I'm Niu Youdao, a disciple of the Shangqing Sect! I have a senior in the Shangqing Sect, his name is Song Yanqing. He once asked me to write a few poems for him. "At this point, he couldn't help but laugh.
When he first heard the poem, he immediately thought of two people. One was Song Yanqing, and the other was Song Yanqing, Tang Yi. However, Tang Yi only thought about it for a while and directly eliminated them.
Lu Shengzhong was instantly dumbfounded. He finally understood why Bai Yao said that he wrote the poem.
When he was attacked just now, he was still wondering how the other party could see through his identity. He didn't know where he had exposed himself, so he held onto a glimmer of hope to quibble. Now he finally understood. The original author of the poem was standing right in front of him. To think that he had been so proud of himself. He reckoned that the other party would look at him as if he was an idiot.
Thinking of this, Lu Shengzhong felt so ashamed that he wanted to bang his head against the wall and die. He had never been so humiliated. This time, he had really lost all his face. Others could only watch helplessly as he foolishly delivered himself to their doorstep to seek death. They would probably laugh their heads off!
In his heart, he was already cursing Song Yanqing's eighteen generations of ancestors. That bastard actually said that someone else's poem was written by him. Of all the poems he could plagiarize, he actually plagiarized the work of his own fellow disciples. Wasn't he afraid of losing face in the sect?
When Song Yanqing was fooling around in the brothels of the capital, he used poems to flirt with the beauties. He had actually suspected that those poems were not written by Song Yanqing. However, that was not important. There was one thing he was sure of. Since Song Yanqing dared to say that he wrote those poems, he must have dealt with the original author. Otherwise, if someone jumped out to criticize him, it would not only be him who would lose face, but the entire Song family. Song Yanqing should have understood this.
However, he never dreamed that Song Yanqing was even more arrogant and shameless than he had imagined. He had actually plagiarized a poem from a fellow disciple. It was fine if you plagiarized someone you had a good relationship with, but you actually plagiarized a poem from a fellow disciple you didn't get along with. How stupid would you have to be to do something like that?
Lu Shengzhong even had the thought of digging up the Song family's ancestral grave. He had put in so much effort to help that bastard take revenge, but who would have thought that not only did that bastard deceive him when he was alive, but he also cheated him after he was dead.
What he did not know was that Niu Youdao had been under house arrest in Peach Blossom Spring. Song Yanqing knew about the situation. He reckoned that Niu Youdao would not be able to leave Peach Blossom Spring alive in this lifetime. That was why he dared to plagiarize without worry. That was why he dared to publicly say that those poems were written by him. This was also the reason why he pursued Niu Youdao all the way to his death.
"…" Shang Shuqing turned his head to look at Niu Youdao. He was suddenly enlightened and understood.
After understanding what was going on, it could be said that he was angry and amused at the same time. This Daoye refused to admit that he could write poems no matter what. Now, he finally admitted it.
Looking at Lu Shengzhong again, Shang Shuqing felt a little pity for him. How unlucky must he be to encounter such a situation?
Lu Shengzhong slowly revealed a trace of a bitter smile. He raised his hand to wipe the blood from his mouth and nose. He simply spread his legs and sat on the ground.
Niu Youdao cupped his fists towards Bai Yao and thanked, "Thank you for your help, Senior Bai. I can handle the rest of the matter on my own."
Bai Yao squinted at the person sitting on the ground and expressionlessly hugged his sword, turned around and left.
Niu Youdao then smiled at Shang Shuqing, "Princess, I'll have to trouble Princess to help me keep those scholars in check. Don't let them feel that something is amiss."
Shang Shuqing shook his head and felt that it was funny. He stood up and left.
When there were only three people left in the house, Niu Youdao dragged a chair and placed it opposite Lu Shengzhong. He held his sword and sat down, "If you still want to quibble, I'm listening."
Lu Shengzhong tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of blood. He chuckled and said helplessly, "Since you've already seen through me, why didn't you make a move earlier?"
Niu Youdao, "You're just an assassin under someone else's orders. You're already in my control. Does it matter when you make a move?"
Lu Shengzhong chuckled, "Then why did you hire some pedantic scholars to cover up and numb me?"
Niu Youdao, "You actually thought of starting from the stationery store and set up a stable trap. You didn't come looking for me, but I took the initiative to look for you. It's hard to suspect you. If it wasn't for this poem, you might really have succeeded. When fighting with a smart person, you naturally have to be more cautious. It's easy for you to be suspicious when you come alone. Look at how good it is to have a group of people. If I tell you to go this way, just go this way. "
Lu Shengzhong did not know whether to laugh or cry, "It's just a worthless assassin. Just take him down directly. Is there a need to put in so much effort?"
"You yourself have admitted that you're worthless. So your role is … The person behind you is targeting me through you! In other words, my real opponent is not you, the middleman. I also want to fight with the person behind you through you. You should understand what I mean. "Niu Youdao explained slowly.
Lu Shengzhong chuckled and nodded slightly, "I understand. Getting rid of an assassin is not enough to vent the hatred in your heart!"
Niu Youdao's finger on the hilt of his sword slowly tapped. "What's your name, what's your sect, what's your background? If you don't want to suffer, then say it yourself!"
At this point, there were only two outcomes. Either die or live. Naturally, Lu Shengzhong would choose the latter.
After the other party had told him everything that needed to be said, Niu Youdao stared at Lu Shengzhong and pondered for a while. Then, he gave Yuan Gang a hand signal.
Yuan Gang quickly went out. Not long after, Yuan Fang came back with two monks. He even brought some weapons with him.
After confirming the target, Yuan Fang waved his hand, and the two monks immediately rushed forward. They first stuffed a piece of rag into Lu Shengzhong's mouth, and then used iron chains to tie Lu Shengzhong firmly. After that, they covered Lu Shengzhong from head to toe with a burlap sack. After that, the two of them worked together and carried Lu Shengzhong away.
Niu Youdao, who had witnessed the whole process, twitched his mouth. He realized that these monks were indeed skilled at doing this.
He and Yuan Gang left the pavilion and once again went to the courtyard where Bai Yao lived.
They stood in the pavilion and waited for a while before Bai Yao slowly walked out of the house.
Bai Yao, who was sitting in the pavilion, did not invite them to sit. Instead, he asked indifferently, "Is there a result?"
Niu Youdao smiled and said, "His name is Lu Shengzhong. He's not one of Song Shu's men but Wang Heng's. He's a disciple of Mount Five Liang. There are also five disciples of the Remaining Immortal Sect. Two of them are Golden Core cultivators. One of them is the son of Liu Lu, the housekeeper of Song Residence. His name is Liu Ziyu. "
Bai Yao snorted. "How dare Mount Five Liang meddle in the affairs of our Heavenly Jade Sect. They must be tired of living. Alright, I'll take care of this matter."
Niu Youdao said, "Senior, we can't let Liu Lu's son escape. It doesn't matter if we kill the others or not. It's best if we leave one alive to inform our sect. Liu Lu only has one son. Once he finds out that Lu Shengzhong betrayed his son, he will definitely cause trouble for Mount Five Liang. A mere Mount Five Liang isn't worth the Heavenly Jade Sect mobilizing so many people. We might as well let them fight each other. "
Bai Yao didn't express his opinion. Instead, he reminded, "I just received news that the Shanghai Sect has abandoned the Ancestral Court and evacuated all its members from Mount Green."
"Uh …" Niu Youdao was stunned. The Shanghai Sect had abandoned the Ancestral Court? But it wasn't hard to understand. They were probably trying to avoid trouble. He asked, "Where did they go?"
Bai Yao replied, "I don't know! Judging from the time, the disciple of the Shanghai Sect kneeling outside doesn't know about this. He hasn't eaten or drunk anything for so many days. I don't think he can last much longer. "
Niu Youdao said, "No one made him kneel. He can leave at any time …"
After leaving this place and returning to his courtyard, Niu Youdao immediately instructed Yuan Gang, "Ask Shang Chaozong's men to secretly detain that merchant. Don't let Feng Ruonan know."
The so-called merchant was a messenger sent by Lu Shengzhong's Junior Brother An Xiaoman from Nanzhou. In order to keep it a secret, Lu Shengzhong didn't dare to bring the golden wings with him. Thus, An Xiaoman arranged for someone to cooperate with Lu Shengzhong. The person disguised himself as a merchant and hid in the city. He was responsible for delivering messages for Lu Shengzhong.
"Also, go and tell that stutterer that the people from the Shang Qing Sect have already abandoned the mountain gate and ran away. Tell him to hurry up and find them. Don't kneel at the gate and make people sick!" Niu Youdao waved his hand in annoyance.
Yuan Gang nodded, turned around, and left.
Niu Youdao lay on the deck chair under the tree in the courtyard again. It was a habit he had developed in the Peach Blossom Land.
When Yuan Gang came back again, he gave him a piece of bad news. "Daoye, that stutterer said that the Sect Master is here, but he still refuses to leave!"
"…" Niu Youdao was speechless. It was the first time in his two lives that he had met such a stubborn fool. He muttered, "Damn it, is he playing a trick on me?"
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