Chapter 959 Mission

"You seem... to feel guilty." Cao Qin said calmly as he looked at Feng Bujue who was slowly getting up.

"No, I'm just not worth it for her." After Feng Bujue stood still, he cast a cold look at Cao Qin, "As a chess piece, her life has been too heavy and sad."

"Chess piece...?" Cao Qin said these words slowly, and then smiled, "Master Feng Lao...it seems that nothing in this world can be hidden from your eyes."

"Now that Lin Yan is dead, you can tell me the whole story, right?" Feng Bujue continued.

"It's possible, it's possible..." Cao Qin said, "But...is it really necessary?"

"Eunuch Cao has great plans and far-reaching plans. If you don't find someone who can understand you to tell these things..." Feng Bujue responded, "Isn't this a secret conspiracy?"

"Ha... okay." Cao Qin smiled.

He paused for a few seconds, sorted out his thoughts, and then continued: "This matter... we have to start from the year when Cangling discussed swords."

"Feng, I'm all ears." Feng Bujue answered.

Cao Qin nodded and continued: "Back then, when there was a debate about swords, the world was shocked. The collusion between Lin Chang and Qian Ping, the former commander of the Jinyi Guards, undoubtedly spread to the ears of the late Emperor. The late Emperor thought that this This should be taken as a warning and should not be taken lightly... If the Jianghu forces and some forces in the court secretly form a clique, they will soon become a force that no one can control and even pose a threat to the imperial power." He said slightly. After a pause for half a second, he continued, "So... not long after, a long-term and heavy mission fell on my shoulders."

"So that's it..." Feng Bujue asked, "It started from then on..."

Cao Qin did not respond to his words, but continued to narrate: "In order to realize this mission, I need two chess pieces. One... is a person who is the best in the world in martial arts and obeys my words; the second... is a person who has the ability to Someone who is ambitious, perseverant, and knows how to seize opportunities.”

"That's Lin Yan and Yuan Qi." Feng Bujue answered.

"Ha..." Cao Qin smiled but did not answer. He continued talking to himself, "It takes time to train the first person. Fortunately, the thing I don't lack most is time. Since there is no shortage of time, the next thing to decide is the candidate." He paused. , "Lin Yan... is a perfect candidate."

"It's easier to control a little girl like that, isn't it?" Feng Bujue said coldly.

"It's not as easy as you think, but... I did succeed." Cao Qin replied proudly.

Then, Eunuch Cao took off the wine bottle hanging from his waist, took a sip and then said: "After Lin Chang died, his widow who was pregnant with his child was driven out of Ye Mansion. I sent spies from Dongchang to I have been watching her secretly for several years, hoping to find out Lin Chang's martial arts secrets from her. As a result... I did not find the 'Taixue Dafa', but... my spies unexpectedly discovered that Lin Chang My daughter is actually a genius with extraordinary abilities.”

When he said this, Cao Qin glanced at Lin Yan's body subconsciously: "I have been waiting for five years and felt that it was almost time... So he sent someone to release a message saying that Lin Chang's widow was bringing the remains left by her husband. The secret is hidden in a small town.

Sure enough, within half a month, some gangsters smelling fishy smell were lured here.

That night, I lay dormant in the darkness. They waited until they forced Lin Yan's mother to death, and then took action to save the girl.

From then on, I became her adoptive father. "

"Then you just sold me out?" Feng Bujue interjected.

"Haha... you have to understand, Feng Lao Master," Cao Qin said. "If a person wants to grow up, he must have motivation. The death of her mother really stimulated her a lot, but I have already solved the gang of murderers on the spot; it's not that I haven't thought about... deliberately letting a few people go and letting them become Lin Yan’s future revenge target. But to be honest... those guys are not qualified at all. With Lin Yan’s qualifications, he can kill them all before he is ten years old.”

"So... I, the 'father-killing enemy', became the best choice." Feng Bujue continued.

"You have also seen her current martial arts skills." Cao Qin extended a hand. He motioned to the corpse over there and said, "Master Feng Lao, you should feel honored... Without you, there would be no Lin Yan today."

"You should continue talking about your mission." Feng Bujue never turned his head to look at Lin Yan. He just looked at Cao Qin and communicated with him in an unfriendly tone.

"In the following ten years or so, Lin Yan's martial arts has been making great strides. She has a very high level of understanding. She has been using Mingchen Xuan Gong to build her foundation since she was six years old, and she has learned countless true lessons from me... By the time she was eighteen years old, there were not many people in the martial arts world. She is a person who can be compared with her." Cao Qin continued, "And the most important thing is that she is also very obedient...In contrast to hatred, she is full of hatred for me, my 'savior' and 'teacher'. Gratitude. She will complete any task I ask her to do without hesitation.”

"If I guess correctly...'King of Hell' was born at that time, right?" Feng Bujue asked.

"That's right." Cao Qin replied, "The existence of the Burial Heart Valley and the legend of the 'King of Hell''s 'immortality'... are all part of the plan." He took another sip of wine and looked at Brother Jue with a strange look, "You should understand that those techniques that keep youth forever are actually not 'martial arts', but 'Taoism'. As for me... I entered Taoism through martial arts when I was over 50 years old, and Lin Yan took advantage of me... In order to keep her young and show her 'ageless' face, I will pass on some of my profound Taoist skills to her every year, and instruct her to meet with all the residents of the Burial Heart Valley every month to let them be witnesses."

"But doing this... is different from real immortality, right?" Feng Bujue continued.

"Of course it is different." Cao Qin said, "Didn't you see it just now... Once the skills are gone, her body will age exponentially."

"To put it bluntly... you are overdrawing her life in advance." Feng Bujue said.

"I am helpless too... After all, Taoism is different from martial arts, and it is not something that can be easily cultivated by someone of her age." Cao Qin raised his hand, "This is the only way to keep her youthful appearance."

"Then...what happened next?" Feng Bujue didn't want to hear this anymore, so he asked another question.

Cao Qin also continued calmly: "Twenty-one years ago, things in the Burial Heart Valley had basically settled down. I felt that the time was right, so I started looking for the second chess piece." He looked up at the cherry tree beside him, as if recalling something from the past, "That year. It was the first year of Shengping. After the death of the previous emperor, the prince... that is, the current emperor had just ascended the throne. It was a period of murder, and the court was full of blood and countless heads fell...

For ten months of that year, I racked my brains to accuse a group of people who stood on the wrong side and sent their entire families to the execution ground.

It was not until the twelfth lunar month that I had some free time, and I transformed myself into a blind fortune teller and went to the rivers and lakes..."

"It was at that time. You chose Yuan Qi." Feng Bujue continued.

"Heh..." Cao Qin said, "You can also say that Yuan Qi found me himself." He took another sip of wine and said, "Meeting him was indeed a coincidence. At first, I felt that he did not quite meet my requirements, because he was really mediocre and not young anymore; but later I found out... that is why he is the best candidate - the more clearly a person recognizes his mediocrity, the more he understands the value of opportunities. Moreover... Yuan Qi already has half a set of Mingchen Xuan Gong in his hands. It also saved me a lot of trouble. I have to say... this is an opportunity."

"So far... both chess pieces have been buried." Feng Bujue said.

"That's right." Cao Qin smiled, "What I have to do from now on... is to wait, wait for the opportunity to come."

"And the emperor... has chosen the opportunity for you." Feng Bujue continued.

"You seem to have known something?" Cao Qin said.

"I knew from the beginning that the emperor was behind this." Brother Jue replied, "I think... he is not critically ill at all?"

"Hahaha..." Cao Qin laughed, "Great."

"It's nothing great, just a very simple reasoning." Feng Bujue said. "If the emperor really wants to find some 'art of immortality', he can just ask you, the East Factory Director who gets younger and younger as he grows older. Why bother looking for the 'King of Hell'..." He paused. "In addition, after listening to your explanation just now, I can basically confirm that... the matter of the King of Hell and the mission given to you by the previous emperor are all known to the current emperor. Therefore, this so-called "searching for skills" mission actually has another purpose..."

"It's easy to chat with Master Feng~" Cao Qin nodded, "You are right... This journey is actually a "cleansing" mission." When he said this, his expression became a little more serious, "The current emperor is old, with only one young son, and he has not officially appointed a crown prince. And Jin Wang Zhu Zhizha... is in his prime, and has a high reputation among the people. Although he himself has no intention of usurping power, there are many people in the court who want to push him... and use this to get to the top.

Those civil officials are easy to deal with. I have a hundred ways to kill them; but the Jinyiwei, the Grand Commander's Office, the Imperial Guards, and even those in my East Factory... are not so easy to deal with."

"At this moment, these people should be dead, right?" Feng Bujue also saw the bodies in the villa, so he guessed one or two.

"Haha... Of course." Cao Qin said, "During this trip to the Burial Heart Valley, I gathered the few people who should be killed the most... It's very worry-free to be able to solve them all at once."

"What about the mission given to you by the late emperor?" Feng Bujue asked again.

"Well..." Cao Qin's expression changed slightly, "I used the 'art of immortality' as bait to lure Yuan Qi and many martial artists to gather here. I originally wanted to let them fight with the people in the valley trained by Lin Yan to a draw... and then wipe out the top masters of the Central Plains martial arts at one time." He paused for two seconds and then said, "Then, I just need to let Lin Yan establish a sect in the martial arts world... At most three years, she can unify the world."

"In this way... the world will become yours." Feng Bujue continued.

"No... it's the emperor's." Cao Qin said, "... I'm just a person who does things."

"Whatever you say..." Feng Bujue said, "But... Lin Yan is dead now."

"Yes, she is dead." Cao Qin said.

“Then who will be the supreme master of the martial arts world?” Feng Bujue asked.

"Hehe...anyone can do it, but you can't." Cao Qin laughed.

"Why?" Feng Bujue asked knowingly.

"Because you are an uncontrollable person." Cao Qin said, "Even I... am afraid of people like you."

"So..." Feng Bujue motioned for him to continue.

"So..." Cao Qin drank the last sip of wine in the pot, "You'd better die here."

"I thought we were friends." Feng Bujue said.

"We do have a friendship, if possible... I don't want to kill you." Cao Qin said, "But for my ideal, I must kill you."

"Ideal?" Feng Bujue put on a dead fish eye, "You are a person who has entered the Tao, and you are still working diligently for the court, I won't complain about this..." He laughed dryly twice, "But... you actually said you have an ideal?"

Yes, Cao Qin certainly has an ideal.

As mentioned above, he is a transcendent person.

Fame, wealth, glory and honor are no longer important to him.

He already has the world's invincible martial arts.

Stunning beauty... let's not talk about this.

In short, the things that most people in the secular world pursue are no longer a pursuit for him.

However, Cao Qin still has ideals.

What he considers is not so much a personal "ideal" as a "concept".

"Confucians use literature to disrupt the law, and knights use force to violate the law." Cao Qin's voice suddenly became high-pitched, and his eyes became very sharp, "Only when one person has the final say... can we put an end to party disputes. Only when the world is unified can there no longer be so-called "jianghu" in the world.

It is easy to kill, but difficult to destroy the heart; burying the heart in the valley, not only burying people, but also the heart.

I said... I have plenty of time, even if it takes another fifty or a hundred years, I will complete all this.

When I succeed, my Ming Dynasty will last for thousands of years, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe."

"Well~ ah~ well said." Feng Bujue put his hands in his pockets and tilted his head and said, "But when that time comes, you yourself... won't you become a heretic that must be eliminated under this system?"

"This... you don't have to worry about it..." Cao Qin said, throwing away the wine pot in his hand, and letting out his inner breath.

At that moment, the cherry blossoms around fell like snow, and the light mist in the sky swirled like a whirlpool.

The dawn light at dawn also fell from the sky at this time...

For many years, this was the first time that Cao Qin practiced his skills with a serious attitude. Because he knew... the opponent in front of him was worthy of him doing so.

"Master Feng Liao, you don't have to be polite." In the chaotic falling flowers, Cao Qin flipped and raised his palm, "You and I will fight today, life and death will be decided by heaven, no regrets!" (To be continued...)