Chapter 1043 – Good People Should Kill Bad People (2/2)
Cao Yunping finally remembered, his brow unfolding. With a joyful face, he said to them, ”I remember now.”
Mu Jiushi cautiously asked, ”What did Senior remember?”
Cao Yunping did not directly answer her question, instead complaining, ”Why did you all return so late? I've been waiting for you for many days.”
Mu Jiushi suddenly felt rather uneasy, asking, ”For what was Senior waiting for us?”
Cao Yunping replied, ”I promised Chen Changsheng that I would kill you all.”
Mu Jiushi and the Second Prince paled.
Cao Yunping remembered more and hurriedly said to the Second Prince, ”Don't be scared, don't be scared, I remembered wrong. You weren't there. Only this girl must die.”
Mu Jiushi glanced at the approaching coastline and forced herself to calm down. ”Senior, why must you kill me? Might there be some misunderstanding between us?”
In her view, Chen Changsheng must have used some method to move this hidden expert, or else used words to deceive. So she naturally felt that she could think of some way to convince him or promise him some reward. The difference between the two depended on whether this hidden expert was actually a fool or just pretending to be one.
”I'm already a fool, really. So I've been hiding in the mountains all this time precisely because I'm afraid that if I randomly attack someone on the outside, I'll end up killing a good person by mistake.”
Cao Yunping earnestly explained, ”But you are not a good person, because you colluded with the demons and also killed Bie Yanghong's son. I know Bie Yanghong. He is a good person.”
Mu Jiushi was very nervous, but her expression remained indifferent. ”Senior, why are you so sure that I am not a good person? Just because Chen Changsheng told you?”
”Yes, I believe in Chen Changsheng's words, because he is a good person. Qiushan also believes in him, and Qiushan is also a good person.”
Cao Yunping patiently said to her, ”They are all good people, but you are a bad person, so we want to kill you.”
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After leaving the shore of the Red River, the White Crane did not fly too far before landing in the mountains.
The four Prefects of the Orthodoxy and the three thousand cavalry had made camp here while they waited.
Linghai Zhiwang reported to Chen Changsheng, ”A letter came from the Qiushan clan. It seems that person has gone to the Western Sea.”
Chen Changsheng froze, then asked, ”Confirmed?”
Linghai Zhiwang replied, ”Yes.”
Xu Yourong asked, ”Who went to the Western Sea?”
”Cao Yunping.”
Chen Changsheng explained, ”Some time ago, I met him in the sky.”
Xu Yourong knew that when he was flying from the Prince of Luling's estate to White Emperor City to give aid, a supreme expert had attempted to make trouble for him mid-journey. It was only now that she discovered that it had been Cao Yunping. She knew who Cao Yunping was and knew of his relationship to Qiushan Jun. She was naturally able to guess why Cao Yunping had appeared, so she gave Chen Changsheng an apologetic glance.
Chen Changsheng said, ”It's fine. It should have been the Prince of Xiang that had someone send a message, nothing to do with the Qiushan clan.”
Xu Yourong said, ”I heard Senior Brother say before that this senior truly does have a problem with his mind. Won't that affect his judgment?”
”It truly has been damaged somewhat. Senior's current level of intelligence is around that of a child, but… he is a good person.”
Chen Changsheng sighed, ”I didn't expect that my random remark from that night would really make Senior trouble himself to go to the Western Sea.”
Linghai Zhiwang took out a sheet of paper and passed it to Chen Changsheng.
It was a yellow sheet of paper, and ten-some names were written on it in cinnabar.
These names had been written out on the first night after the arrival of Linghai Zhiwang's group in White Emperor City.
Madam Mu's name had been written at the top of the page. It had already been crossed out, signifying that she had died.
Chen Changsheng took a brush from Daoist Siyuan. He dipped the brush in dissolved cinnabar and, on the second row, drew a line across Mu Jiushi's name.
This was a list of people to be killed.
From Hanqiu City to Wenshui, from Wenshui to Fengyang City, from Fengyang City to Holy Maiden Peak, and from Holy Maiden Peak to White Emperor City, all the people that needed to be killed had their names written down.
Next to Mu Jiushi's name was Chusu's.
Everyone's gazes fell on this name.
The camp became somewhat quiet.