Chapter 58 True Intention
“Shua!”
Xu Heng opened the tent with force and stepped inside.
The light in the camp was dim, and only a vague figure could be seen, lying on a Taishi chair. He was very quiet, seeming to be concentrating with his eyes closed.
Xu Heng slightly narrowed his eyes, gradually adapting to the darker room.
Generally speaking, he could see that the other person was an old man, with a slightly stooped figure and a rather thin figure.
Xu Heng couldn't help but his face condensed.
He originally thought that if his identity was exposed, he would simply assassinate him and then escape in hiding.
But now, he hurriedly put away all his thoughts.
The aura exuding from this old man actually gave him a chilling feeling down his spine.
Even though the other party didn't make any movement and was just lying there like an old man, the aura was clearly on par with Chu Hongyu's.
Obviously, this is also a master-level existence.
Is the Destiny Sect so cruel? He actually sent a master to take over the Heianjing stronghold?
As for what?
The last stronghold godfather was only a third-level warrior!
Xu Heng suddenly felt lucky. Fortunately, the spies from the Tianlao Camp did not successfully ambush him. Otherwise, they would all be in trouble if they really had to squat in this position.
“Are you Lao Liu?” At this time, the old man lying on the Taishi chair spoke slowly.
His voice was hoarse and weak, but as he spoke, the chair beneath him suddenly creaked and shook.
“Dong dong…”
Indistinctly, there was a faint sound of drums.
Xu Heng glanced at the old man from the corner of his eye, and saw that the old man was holding something in his hand.
It seems to be a small drum with a handle. Small **** are tied with strings on both sides of the drum head. As the Taishi chair shakes, the small **** gently hit the drum head, making a slight sound.
“Foster father!”
Xu Heng’s face suddenly showed surprise, and his eyes were full of excitement and he shouted with a trembling voice.
"Huh?" The old man suddenly turned his head to look at his shout, and the chair under him suddenly stopped.
“No, that’s not right, please forgive me, Godfather.”
Xu Heng seemed to have just woken up. He was still making movements to kneel down, but he suddenly stopped and said in great panic: "My parents left early. When I saw the figure of the godfather just now, I felt vaguely very kind, as if I had seen him." When I saw my relatives, I couldn't help shouting treasonous words and asked my godfather to forgive me."
“…” The old man did not speak, but stared at Xu Heng with a pair of deep and turbid pupils, which looked extremely sharp in the darkness.
Xu Heng also glanced at the object in the opponent's hand out of the corner of his eye.
If he guessed correctly, it was a rattle used by children to play. Combined with the old man's previous sense of loneliness and loneliness, Xu Heng had to boldly speculate that the old man was missing his heir just now.
Then be bolder, if you recognize the thief as your father at this moment, will there be any surprises?
Lao Xu shouldn't mind, right? Who made him disappear for so long?
Even though you and I have the qualifications of a great emperor, it’s not easy at the moment!
“Is it this drum that reminds you?” The old man suddenly picked up the rattle in his hand and stared at Xu Heng expressionlessly.
"Yes, my father made this for me when I was young, but unfortunately it was lost later, so I just made a mistake. Please forgive me, Godfather." Xu Heng lowered his head and said.
"You don't have to open your mouth to forgive me. I'm not a harsh person." The old man shook his head lightly, and his cloudy eyes looked at the object in his hand, as if memories were coming back to him.
“Yes, thank you very much, Lord Godfather!” Xu Heng responded immediately.
“I have had no children for a long time, and now I am all alone. The name of a foster father made me a little shocked.”
The old man suddenly smiled slightly, but the laughter sounded a little weird, as if he was hiding a deflated ball, leaking air while laughing.
“Godfather, if you don’t mind it, I would like to take care of you in your old age.” Xu Heng made another gesture of kneeling down.
“Wait a minute.”
The old man stopped him and said with a faint smile: "Do you know that I planned to hide all the officials in Heian Capital? It was my intention that Kojiro did not contact you to go with me. To a certain extent, the people in your stronghold People are actually abandoned."
"We are destined to live in response to calamity. We are abandoned. Even if we die in response to calamity, it is still our destiny. How lucky we are." Xu Heng began to speak evil words, which was a bit like a cult.
“Oh, you don’t hate me?” the old man asked with a half-smile.
"I don't dare. I know this must be the godfather who is testing me. If I, Lao Liu, die in Ping'an Capital, it will be my destiny. But now that I have come out and can still stand in front of you, I can't thank you enough." "Why hate?" Xu Heng said with sincerity and heartfelt expression.
“Oh, do you really want to recognize me as your adoptive father?” the old man asked with a smile.
"Godfather... No, the adoptive father agrees? Lao Liu pays homage to the adoptive father!" Xu Heng looked up at the old man with surprise on his face, and made a gesture to kneel down and kowtow.
“Yes, foster father!” Xu Heng straightened his legs immediately, leaned slightly and bowed to the old man.
"I came to you this time just to see you and ask some questions. However, it is late at night and I am also quite tired. You can find a tent to settle down and rest first. We, father and son, will talk to you tomorrow." The old man said calmly, His tone was a little more kind.
“Okay, foster father, you need to rest first. Lao Liu will come back to say hello to you tomorrow.” Xu Heng cupped his hands and backed away slowly. Even after leaving the camp, Feng and Yun were still standing outside, looking at him with strange expressions.
His shout of "adopted father" just now was so loud that the two of them were standing at the door, so there was no reason why they couldn't hear him.
“Two adults, I’ll go find my men first and come together.” Xu Heng smiled at them and said hello.
The two men just nodded and said nothing.
Finally watching Xu Heng leave, the two of them immediately opened the tent and walked into the camp. They bowed to the old man respectfully and saluted.
“Sir, didn’t you say you wanted to clear out the people in the stronghold? Why did you suddenly change your mind?” Lord Feng asked.
"Oh, are you worried that I will really believe that Naoliu wants to worship me as his adoptive father?"
The old man shook his head and smiled and said, "Lao Liu is a smart man."
Both Fengyun and Fengyun had puzzled looks on their faces. Is it because they are smart people that they paid attention?
"He just saw the object in my hand and he immediately called me "Father", which shows how shameless this person is. But he wanted to kneel to me several times in succession, but he never knelt down. He felt a little arrogant in his heart.
Actually, he knew that I didn’t believe him, and he also knew that I knew that he knew that I didn’t believe him, so he said that I was testing him. Haha, this was like a challenge to me.
He wanted me to give him a chance to see how he performs next, and then decide whether to accept him. "
When the old man said this, he stood up from the Taishi chair: "Then let me see if Lao Liu is qualified for such arrogance. He doesn't want to kneel to me, and he wants to be my godson, Kun Ba. I'm quite curious about him. Where do you get the confidence and confidence?”
"Master Godfather, what about his identity..." Master Feng said hesitantly.
"The identity still needs to be verified, lest you end up being a Scorpio Army spy again. You guys go back to Heianjing tonight to investigate and check out Laoliu. If there are no problems, I will take him to see Kojiro to argue the authenticity."
"yes!"
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At the same time, Xu Heng was walking alone on the dark road with a solemn expression.
That old man is not simple.
Although the opponent has been temporarily stabilized, this wave is not easy to operate.
The old man planned and hid the civil servants of Heian Kyo, which shows that he can also find Kojiro to identify the authenticity of his identity.
So there is no need to think about any plan to break into the enemy camp.
The other party is involved in a cult. Cult members are the most cautious. Without investigating their identity, they absolutely cannot be trusted and may even be killed rather than spared.
“Should I take the opportunity to run away first?”
Xu Heng’s eyes flashed with color.
If you leave Chu Hongyu and the others behind now and are alone, you will definitely have a chance to run back to the Scorpion Army camp and continue to survive until the end of the war and pass the exam.
Anyway, it’s just a simulation of actual combat.
None of these people are real anyway.
I am taking an exam. In order to score points, there is no need to engage in self-criticism of three moral values.
History is written by the victors. As long as I can get high scores and achieve something in the future, no one will dare to mention what I did here today.
So what if I mentioned it?
If you try it on their own, will they stop running?
What's more, I'm only at the tenth level of Jianqi. Even if I go back to find Chu Hongyu and the others, what can I do?
“That’s a good reason to go home.”
Xu Heng turned around and prepared to run in another direction.
There is no one around. If you turn on [Without Trace], you can easily escape from the area guarded by the scout army.
However, before running a few steps, he stopped again.
“Damn, I haven’t forgotten the principle of “three musts” but “one must not be eliminated”, but I really can’t help it.”
Xu Heng was a little annoyed and wanted to punch himself in the chest. Why was it so satisfying to run away, but his chest was so clogged, so against himself.
“No, calm down, you must be calm, don’t be impulsive.”
Xu Heng took a deep breath and continued to calm down his emotions.
"Senior sister once said that if you are in doubt, make a decision based on your own heart. What do I want to do most right now? Run away?"
Xu Heng whispered to himself, then slowly raised his head, his dark pupils looking full of energy in the middle of the night: "No, I don't seem to want to run that much. Regardless of the test results, what I want most now is..."
He suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the Ping An Army camp, with a strange smile on his lips: "Murder and set fire!"
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(End of this chapter)