lethal arsenal

Chapter 52 Double-faced and Three-knife
The moonlight is like yarn.

The white moonlight spread over the walls of the small courtyard and the bricks and tiles of the roof.

The bright soft light penetrated into the room through the wide-open windows, and then slowly faded, blending with the candlelight.

A pair of beeswaxes were burning in the house.

There is an elegant fragrance in the air.

Lin Dong lay leisurely on the bed, resting his head on his hands, staring at the pretty figure sitting beside the candle.

Miss Susu is knitting a pair of black-soled shoe uppers by candlelight.

In this era, no matter men or women, if they want to gain a foothold in the world, they often have to have one or two crafts.

Susu's cloth shoes are very well made, and she manages them methodically by candlelight.

Knowing that Lin Dong was looking at her, Susu didn't turn her head to look at Lin Dong, but just pursed the corners of her mouth with a smile that couldn't be hidden.

There is no wind outside the window, the shadow of the moon is silent, and everything in the room looks quiet and beautiful.

"Cough cough."

Someone from Lin who didn't understand the style interrupted this delicate and peaceful atmosphere.

"Susu, it hurts your eyes too much at night, should you rest?"

Lin Dongyi said something.

"I'm only a few shots away, why are you so anxious?"

The little girl Susu rolled her eyes at him coquettishly. Moisturized by the rain, the little girl was like a bud blooming on a branch, becoming more and more fragrant.

It's just that the beauty's kindness is the hardest to bear.

After several life-and-death struggles, Lin Dong has now accumulated a score of 30. If he is qualified with a score of 60, he is now considered to have completed half of it. Then, what should happen once the score reaches 60?

Will he leave this world?
What should Susu do?
He was depressed, inevitably melancholy, just sad words - yes, but not many, compared to the beauty in front of him, the scenery at the peak of martial arts is the desire he desires most in his heart.

Hearty battles one after another, new and magnificent worlds one after another.

That's what attracted him.

As for the girl who was following him, Lin Dong could only say that he would try his best to seek wealth and honor for her forever.

He himself is not very emotional, and I hope she will not put too much emotion into himself.

After all, love lasts forever.

The coldness in his eyes disappeared in a flash, and Lin Dong stretched out his big hand suddenly, fanning the candle flames down, his five fingers with thick knuckles, wrapped around Susu's slender waist, and pulled her into his arms.

"Oh, you are so annoying."

That's what she said, but Susu still put down the black-soled cloth shoes that were about to be completed, and rolled into the bed together.

However, just as Lin Dong was about to do something... thump, thud, a rhythmic knock on the door came from the yard.

Lin Dong frowned.

"Who is knocking on the door this late at night?"

Susu hugged Lin Dong's arm, and shouted softly, the blush still remained on her face.

"It must be all right."

Lin Dong added a sentence, and then pulled his hand from her embrace, comforting, "Go to sleep for a while."

While speaking, the person had already got up and put on his clothes.

He put on a black robe casually, turned his eyes around the weapon box, and after thinking about it, he chose the former between the one-legged bronze lance and the tiger-head claw cover.

The Holy Mother of Wudang was defeated, and Lin Dong took her trophy, the one-legged bronze man, for his own use.

[Bandits at the end of the Qing Dynasty are like cow hair, and they are as heavy as ever. The bronze man opened his eyes, and the world was shocked! 】

[You have obtained a special weapon - the one-legged bronze lance, which can be inlaid with affixes. There is one empty column, and the appropriate affixes will be inlaid, which will give the one-legged bronze lance skills / successful inlaying cannot be changed / the current number of affixes that can be inlaid: zero]

Things are good things, but when Lin Dong uses them, he simply swings and smashes them, relying on his unstoppable strength, he smashes mountains and cracks earth.

Normally.

If he smashed it round with one shot, Ma Xinyi would be unable to hold back the big gun. In terms of power, it is stronger than the Madonna of Wudang who has not practiced the "Buddha Saying Warriors Moving Mountains" to the end.

The moonlight fell on the black cloak like frost, Lin Dong stepped forward and opened the wooden door of the yard.

A strong blood.

Choking on the face.

Without even thinking about it, Lin Dong moved faster than he thought, and the one-legged bronze man aimed at the black shadow outside the door and smashed it down on the head.

"What a fool!"

Ma Xinyi yelled sharply, grabbed the people beside him, and retreated quickly.

The clasped hands of the one-legged bronze figure stopped a foot in front of Ma Xinyi's head.

"Big brother?"

Lin Dong was a little surprised.

Outside the door, Ma Xinyi was covered in blood all over his body, and his original black coat seemed to have changed color, obviously he had experienced hearty killing not long ago.

As the ruler of a county, who can make him into such a mess?

Thoughts are like electricity.

Lin Dong pulled him into the room, and then, with a look, he saw Luo Xingyun next to him, surnamed Luo, who was fairly clean and elegant.

Oddly, though, he carried a bundle on his shoulders.

"What is this for? Fleeing? Even if fleeing, shouldn't it be Lin, Zhang, Ma, the three brothers who are loyal to Jinlan and have a life-and-death relationship, running away together? What's going on with Luo Xingyun included?"

Lin Dong turned to let Luo Xingyun come in, waiting for the two to give him an explanation.

"Third brother, now is the time for us to live and die."

Ma Xinyi opened his mouth to take the lead.

Lin Dong looked suspiciously at the two of them.

At this time, Luo Xingyun, who squeezed through the door, spoke up: "I received news yesterday that Emperor Xianfeng summoned Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Prince Zheng Duanhua, Sushun, Jing Shou, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han, Jiao Youying and others in Yanbo Zhishuang Hall's bedroom."

Ma Xinyi went on to add: "We received this news, it was already too late, and it took about two days for the incident to happen."

"What do you mean? What can the major events of the Qing court have anything to do with us?"

Thinking about it in his head, Lin Dong didn't ask any more questions, as if he was uneducated, but waited for them to continue explaining.

Luo Xingyun next to him probably understood Lin Dong's mind.

Luo Xingyun hurriedly said again: "Emperor Xianfeng issued an edict to appoint the eldest son Zaichun as the crown prince."

"The most important thing is that Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Jingshou, Sushun, Mu Yin, Kuangyuan, Duhan, and Jiao Youying were sent to assist the prime minister wholeheartedly and to support all government affairs, which shows that the sky is about to change."

Lin Dong rolled his eyes, probably understood.

"You and I, these two people, are probably saying that the emperor is about to die."

"The only problem is that even if the emperor of the Qing Dynasty changes, what does it matter to us?"

"Whether it's the Empress Dowager Cixi taking advantage of the trend, or some other ministers taking power, no matter what the court does, they must support the Hunan Army in destroying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, because this is the fundamental policy of a country!"

"Who is in power? It's really not that important to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Whether it's a powerful minister or the queen mother, at least at the current stage, they must have desperately supported the Hunan Army."

"If you want money for money, you want food for food. If you really can't give money and food, you will even hand over the highest authority in the local area, and let the troops of the Hunan Army kill, burn, and plunder, and make preparations on your own. That is...the massacre of the city...that is to turn a blind eye, to close one eye..."

In an instant, there are thousands of thoughts.

Lin Dong is not a political idiot. He has been in this world for a few months, and with all the knowledge of later generations, he can see many things clearly.

"Brother, what do you mean?"

Lin Dong chose his words carefully when asking.

"Taiping dog thief, rebelling against Tiangang, turning the world upside down, cutting down mountains and destroying temples, destroying our mountains and rivers for thousands of miles!"

"A few days ago, Eastern King Yang Xiuqing even set fire to Yuelu Academy. He ran against the world's scholars! If I want to switch to the imperial court, you must help me."

When Ma Xinyi's words came out of his mouth, Shi Shi was shocked.

Lin Dong's pupils shrank suddenly.

Hu~hu~
He took a few deep breaths and looked around before calming down.

Luo Xingyun on the side also stared at Lin Dong with flickering eyes, and opened his mouth to add: "Master Lin, the Taiping Army has no future, they cut off their own way."

For some reason, a word popped into Lin Dong's mind at this time, it was called "Slave of the Three Surnames".

Lin Dong's eyes flickered faintly in the night sky.

Ma Xinyi grabbed Lin Dong's shoulder and continued, "You have to trust me, we are brothers!"

"That's right, Master Lin, you and General Ma lived and died together, brothers of Jin Lan who have drank blood wine."

Luo Xingyun couldn't help saying more.

Lin Dong tightened the one-legged bronze lance in his hand, and asked back: "Since we are brothers, why didn't you see me, Brother Wenxiang? On the contrary, it's something like this. Eldest brother first talked with Luo."

Lin Dong looked around, wondering if there were any archers prepared in the dark, as long as he said something that disagreed with Ma Xinyi, all arrows would be fired immediately, and a scene of brother killing brother would be staged.

However, with his current attainments, two green and two white affixes, he is not afraid of a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers coming.

"Do you really want to serve someone like the King of England? What is he?"

Ma Xinyi sternly said.

Then, the old horse spoke like a gun, and said something quickly.

"Wenxiang's mind is simple, and there are many people around him who are distracted, so he can't keep things in check. Once I tell him, no way, he doesn't know when he will be exposed."

"This is a big issue, and the fewer people who know it, the better, and the fact that the law is not passed on to the six ears. Mr. Luo can know it because I entrusted all the plans to him from the very beginning, when I seized Yangchang County. Otherwise, how could the Luo family be a country gentry who would support us with all our strength!"

Ma Xinyi didn't tell the truth until now.

[You have received a new mission. 】

[Task name: Two-sided three-knife. 】

[Mission Description: The Luzhou Battle of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is about to start. Before the war, the commander-in-chief Ma Xinyi approached you and entrusted you with a secret mission. Completing the mission will reward you with a green affix/mission failure or rejection of the mission. The relationship between you and Ma Xinyi will immediately become hatred-the degree of endless death. Please choose carefully! 】

Ma Xinyi's sincere face seemed to have become illusory at this moment.

Lin Dong could only hear the babbling voice of missions resounding in his ears.

(End of this chapter)