Chapter 227 Chu Tang is missing
In the afternoon of that day, the news that Chu Tang returned to Wutong Academy spread again in Qingcheng.
Prior to this, in just one day, Chu Tang had a conflict with Prince Nanqinghou, so much so that the news of the two sides' action spread among the major forces in Qingcheng.
After all, there were many people who were guests in Nanqinghou Mansion at that time, and all of them had high status. Even if Nanqinghou Mansion wanted to suppress the news, it could not keep all these people silent.
Some people even used this matter as a topic of conversation and talked about it outside, treating it as a joke in Nanqinghou Mansion.
Except for a small number of people who admired Chu Tang for being brave, most people thought he was either stupid or crazy.
Is Chu Tang stupid?
From the information everyone has obtained about him, this man is not only not stupid, but also extremely smart.
Then why did he stand up for some irrelevant little people, and for this he did not hesitate to offend the Nanqing Hou Mansion so thoroughly?
Unless he's crazy!
And now the craziest moment has happened again. After fighting out of Nanqinghou Mansion, Chu Tang not only did not stay away from Qingcheng, but also returned to Wutong Academy with great arrogance!
Why, do you really think that Prince Nanqing is a little temperless kitten who can be pulled and stepped on casually?
Or is it that he, Chu Tang, thinks that he is so powerful in martial arts and so bold that even the Nanqinghou Crown Prince in Qingcheng, who is notoriously difficult to offend, doesn't take him seriously?
Whatever the reason, it's extremely surprising.
"Could he come back on purpose and want to cause trouble for Nanqinghou Mansion?" Someone boldly speculated.
However, this reason was too ridiculous and was refuted in public:
"It would be great if Prince Nanqing Hou didn't settle the score with him, but he still dares to send him to his door? That's not how he plays at the risk of his life!"
"Perhaps he is a foreigner and cannot understand Nan Qinghou's ability in Qingcheng."
"Maybe he is really a fool..."
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"What, you said Chu Tang returned to Wutong Academy?"
In Nanqinghou's mansion, Nanqinghou's eldest son Wang Haochen, who was being discussed by people outside, also asked Pei Nu in front of him with a look of disbelief.
The news was brought to him by Pei Nu.
"Then what are you waiting for? Pei San, hurry up and gather your troops, go to Wutong Academy, capture Chu Tang and give it to this prince!" After being stunned for a moment, Wang Haochen immediately became excited and started shouting to kill. .
Pei Nu looked embarrassed.
It was just after noon. After Wang Haochen woke up from a short nap, he was reclining on a deck chair in the back garden. Next to him, a maid was carefully feeding him pieces of fruit.
Facing Wang Haochen's expectant eyes, Pei Nu could only say: "Your Majesty, that's Wutong Academy. It's not easy for us in the Marquis' Mansion to do anything."
Wang Haochen sat up, pushed away the maid's hand in front of his eyes, glared at Pei Nu, and said: "We dare to break into the Governor's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion, it's just an academy, we are so scared!"
Pei Nu still shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, civil and military affairs have been incompatible since ancient times. The Marquis has a lot of troops. He is already a big man and attracts troubles. It just attracts others. The influence of Wutong Academy is not small. It is better not to cause trouble to the Marquis."
Wang Haochen glanced at him and softened his tone: "Then let him go like this? You are so useless! Yesterday you told me that we have power outside Qingcheng and we can catch them all. How could I have imagined that a day has passed? , you can’t catch up with his shadow. It’s even better now, he just walked into Qingcheng again with a big show!"
Pei Nu smiled bitterly and explained: "Your Majesty, we really didn't expect Chu Tang to be so cautious. The clues only reached Dongcheng and they were lost."
"Then where did they go last night? Have you found out? In addition, Chu Tang returned to Qingcheng alone? Where is that madman?" Wang Haochen asked displeasedly.
Pei Nu hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, after yesterday, I also sent people to guard Wutong Academy. In fact, I received the news that Chu Tang returned to the academy this morning."
"Oh?" Wang Haochen was not stupid. He immediately took a deep look at Pei Nu and asked curiously, "It's been half a day. What did you find out?"
Pei Nu replied: "Chu Tang is indeed just returning to Qingcheng alone. As for the madman he helped escape, he is actually... dead."
"Huh?" Wang Haochong sat up straight and looked at Pei Nu with bright eyes.
Pei Nu said carefully: "After receiving the information that Chu Tang had returned, I personally took people to the mass graves in the west of the city and found... where the corpses of the troupe were abandoned, someone had re-buried them. I asked people to bury them again. I opened the grave and found that the madman who had escaped earlier was also buried in it."
"How did he die?" Wang Haochen asked the key, "I saw him alive and kicking when he left. He didn't suffer any serious injuries."
Pei Nu's face turned slightly solemn and he said: "After careful inspection, we found that his meridians were severely severed and there were no signs of external force, so we speculated that he died by severing his meridians."
"Suicide?" Wang Haochen was quite surprised.
Pei Nu nodded and said, "Yes, commit suicide. The person who set up the monument wrote a letter to his fellow villagers in Guijun. It is probably Chu Tang who arranged the funeral for them."
Wang Haochen suddenly burst into laughter: "Very good! Very good! Just die! If they are all dead, there will be no proof of this matter! If I had known that he would commit suicide, I would not have had to worry about it all night. By the way, they Where is his body? Has it been dug out and fed to the dogs?"
Pei Nu's face froze, and he said in a solemn voice: "The dead are the most important. After confirming the identity, I... asked someone to bury them again."
Wang Haochen yelled, looked sideways at Pei Nu, and said with a sneer: "Pei San, I didn't expect you to be so humane. Why, do you feel aggrieved by following this prince?"
Pei Nu took a deep breath and said, "The prince is joking. I just don't want to completely offend Chu Tang. After all, no one knows whether he will look back at the grave."
Wang Haochen smiled disdainfully: "So what if I know, am I still afraid of a little catcher like him?"
Pei Nu's face became more solemn, and he said in an inexplicable tone: "To be honest with you, I'm really worried that he returns to Qingcheng this time just to do harm to your son."
Wang Haochen's face tightened and he said, "Why, he still dares to go to the Hou Mansion and act recklessly?"
"What if he really wants to do this?" Pei Nu smiled bitterly.
Wang Haochen stood up from the recliner, dragged a lame leg for a few steps, looked back at Pei Nu and asked: "How is the defense strength in the mansion? Is it okay to block a Chu Tang?"
Pei Nu said neatly: "Including me, there are always a full complement of 120 guards on duty. In addition, there are 23 retainers. A rough calculation shows that there are nearly 150 armed men. . However, except for me, who is in the sixth realm, most of the others are warriors in the second and third realms, and there are only twenty or thirty people who have mastered Gang Qi."
Wang Haochen smiled: "Twenty or thirty masters of the third level, plus hundreds of guards, there are quite a few who can hold the Pogang crossbow. With such power, are you afraid of just a Chu Tang? Pei San, are you too careful? "
After saying that, Wang Haochen lay back on the chair again, looking relaxed.
The solemn look on Pei Nu's face did not diminish, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't be careless! That Chu Tang's Qing Gong is hard to guard against. Not to mention that he comes and goes without a trace, at least we can't catch him. Here we are. , he also has a martial art that leverages strength, and is not afraid of group battles. I heard that dozens of people from the Cheng family in the east of the city surrounded Chu Tang, and several groups of four-elephant battle formations were killed by him!"
"Then what do you mean?" Wang Haochen asked impatiently.
Pei Nu said: "I would like to trouble the prince to ask for the marquis's token and go to the city defense army to mobilize several hundred soldiers to guard the marquis' mansion day and night."
"You're crazy!" Wang Haochen's eyes widened. "The city defense army has always been prohibited from interfering with matters in the city without military orders. They are only responsible for city defense. Without the governor's permission, even the governor can't mobilize them."
Pei Nu nodded seriously and said: "It is precisely because we know their importance that we need to ask for the Marquis' token. Many of the city defense army generals were brought out by the Marquis. They will recognize the Marquis' token." "
Wang Haochen was silent for a while before asking: "Is it really going to this?"
Pei Nu said in a deep voice: "I always feel that Chu Tang's return to Qingcheng this time is because of bad intentions! As long as he stays in Qingcheng for one day, the prince will not be able to live in peace."
"How can you guard against thieves for a thousand days!" Wang Haochen was very unhappy.
Pei Nu said: "Be careful and there is no big mistake. I also hope that I am overthinking it!"
Wang Haochen pondered for a while, and then said in a cold voice: "Pei San, I will obey you just once. I will give you the token and let you make arrangements. However, I hope you will resolve this matter as soon as possible!"
Pei Nu responded with a sullen face, but he was not sure at all in his heart.
"Chu Tang, what do you want to do when you come back?" Pei Nu was very troubled by this.
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What Chu Tang wants to do when he comes back is what Dean Tao Yingtao cares about the most.
That afternoon, she asked Sister Lian: "How is Chu Tang doing over there?"
"Meditate and adjust your breath."
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Early the next morning.
Tao Ying asked again: "Sister Lian, where is Chu Tang?"
"After breakfast, I did a set of boxing in the yard, and then meditated and adjusted my breath."
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The third day.
"Sister Lian, Chu Tang..."
"Meditate, exercise, and adjust your breath."
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The fourth day.
"Sister Lian..."
"Don't ask, just ask and meditate!"
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The fifth day.
"Miss, today Chu Tang went to the library to borrow some books and also requested a lot of pen and ink."
"What's wrong, you're not meditating anymore?" Tao Ying became interested.
"Looking at his normal expression, maybe the internal injuries he suffered before have healed."
"Borrowing books and pens, what is he going to do? Study for the top prize?" Tao Ying made a joke.
"Then the Imperial Civil Service Examination will test the medical knowledge of the meridians of the human body."
"What do you mean?" Tao Ying was stunned.
"He borrowed books that introduced the human skeleton and meridians, as well as some medical theories."
Tao Ying frowned and said doubtfully: "Is it because he saw so many people die that he wanted to learn how to save people? But is it too late for such a talented person to study medicine?"
Sister Lian couldn't answer this question.
Tao Ying's heart was scratching like a cat, and she felt increasingly weird about Chu Tang's behavior.
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The ninth day.
"Miss, don't ask. Chu Tang has locked himself in the room these days, scribbling and drawing, and won't let me get close. I don't know what he is doing."
Tao Ying: "..."
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Day 10, morning.
Sister Lian held a bundle in both hands and hurried to Tao Ying, shouting: "Miss, it's bad, squad leader Chu Tangchu is missing!"
Tao Ying was shocked and threw the book in her hand on the table.
This is a book that introduces the meridians of the human body. It is said to be similar to the book Chu Tang borrowed.
Tao Ying asked someone to find the book from the library. After reading it all night, he couldn't find anything special about it.
It is nothing more than a more detailed introduction to the knowledge of meridians and acupoints throughout the human body.
The general common sense in the book, when learning martial arts, the master teaches internal skills several times, so that people should pay attention to it, so as not to be lucky enough to go to the wrong meridians and become possessed.
It's just that the content of the book contains more details, which are things that only medical students need to master.
Tao Ying was annoyed after studying hard all night to no avail. Now she suddenly heard that Chu Tang was missing. Her worries for many days finally appeared, and she really panicked.
"Where has he gone? Didn't I ask the people below to pay more attention to him? If there is any trouble, report it immediately!" Tao Ying looked very anxious and angry.
As he said that, he wanted to rush out.
Sister Lian stopped her, handed over the bundle in her hand, and said, "Miss, he left this for you."
"What is it?" Tao Ying took the bundle. It was square, tightly tied, and quite heavy.
"There's another letter?" She saw an envelope inserted in the baggage belt.
There were six big characters on the envelope - personally signed by Dean Tao Ying.
"What ugly words!" Tao Ying made her first impression of the words on the envelope from the perspective of a college dean.
The few words written with the brush are like ink pigs, with no style and no writing skills. It can only be said that people can still recognize the words.
However, Tao Ying quickly realized that Chu Tang was just a catcher and a martial artist. Of course, he could not be expected to have superb calligraphy skills.
Not everyone can be as versatile as her!
"I want to see what he wrote and what he is going to do!" Tao Ying said to herself.
She first put down the baggage, then quickly opened the envelope and took out the letter paper inside.
There is not much paper, only two, and the writing is not long:
"Dean Tao, Mr. Chu is gone. Before leaving, he compiled the martial arts he has learned throughout his life into a book and left it with the dean. All martial arts can be practiced by the courtyard itself, or it can be taught by well-qualified disciples. . How to deal with it is entirely up to the dean. Please cherish it. Say goodbye to this and please cherish it."
Tao Ying read these few lines two or three times and was stunned.
"Learned all his life? Martial arts secrets?" Tao Ying looked in disbelief.
She wants more!
For example, where did Chu Tang go, what was he going to do, and why did he leave the martial arts secret book to her?
No matter how you look at it or think about it, it’s all a play on the deathbed!
These secret books are the objects of his entrustment!
"Chu Tang..." Tao Ying couldn't imagine anymore and immediately wanted to rush out and catch up with Chu Tang.
After taking two steps, she stopped again, looked back, and fixed her eyes on the bundle she placed on the table.
It goes without saying how good Chu Tang's martial arts are - even Xu Lingfeng, a high disciple of Luoshen Valley, was defeated, which shows how powerful Chu Tang is.
As for his unheard-of martial arts, everyone has always been curious about where they came from and how they were used.
The baggage in front of you is very heavy, you can see how many martial arts secrets are contained in it!
Now, Chu Tang has handed over all his martial arts to her, how can she not treat it with caution?
With trembling hands, Tao Ying carefully opened the bundle, revealing two stacks of books in front of her eyes.
When she took them out one by one and placed them on the table, Tao Ying's eyes widened!
"The Magical Art of Wedding Clothes", "Nine Yin Manual", "Mingyu Art", "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms", "One Yang Finger", "Flying Immortals from Beyond the Sky", "Lingbo Weibu"...
There are more than twenty martial arts secret books listed on it, and the number is so large that it makes one's scalp numb.
And every word in it is so shocking!