Chapter 53: The Confused Killer
At this time, Zhang Cheng and Fa Zheng still did not dare to relax their vigilance. They didn't know whether these killers would come or not, but they waited until the rooster crowed and no one came in again. Only then did they relax a little bit of vigilance and leaned in the corner and half asleep.
Guo Zhiyuan didn't sleep well in the middle of the night, and kept listening to the movement with his ears. In the second half of the night, he knew he was safe before he could hear the movement and fell asleep with confidence. However, as long as Chu Wan'er was with Guo Zhiyuan, she felt an inexplicable sense of security. She began to hold on and fell asleep soon after.
As Guo Zhiyuan expected, the plan went smoothly, and there was no movement at night. The men in black did not dare to do anything after folding half of their hands. They stayed in the house and waited for dawn.
Thanks to Xu Guangqi's proposal, Guo Zhiyuan was surprised that something was strange, so he discussed with Xu Guangqi. Xu Guangqi proposed this idea. At that time, Guo Zhiyuan was still half-believing and half-doubted. Although Guo Zhiyuan, who had been in the officialdom in his previous life, had no experience in walking in the world. On the contrary, Xu Guangqi wandered in the world for decades, had rich experience and controlled people's psychology very accurately, so he decided on this real and real plan.
As soon as the sky was dawn, Guo Zhiyuan and others were about to set off. In order to confuse the killers, everyone did not leave immediately, but instead had breakfast in the hall. Seeing that they were so calm, the remaining killers were even more afraid to act rashly. They could only hide behind the door and watch through the crack in the door, not daring to take a step out of the door.
Guo Zhiyuan and Xu Guangyuan looked at each other and smiled knowingly. After eating some miscellaneous grains, everyone packed their luggage and left. Zhao Shizhen and his servant naturally changed their clothes and mixed in.
Several killers in the door were still hiding behind the door carefully and whispering in a low voice.
"Have you met that Zhao Shizhen?"
"I didn't see clearly, there were so many of them, so how could I ask for it!"
"We haven't seen anyone. They won't be so cruel. Kill all the brothers we sent!"
"No, there are six living people. Even if you kill six chickens, you can't be able to make any noise!"
"Stop fighting, you'll know when they go up and take a look!"
While talking, Guo Zhiyuan and his party set off. On the way, Guo Zhiyuan saw that Zhao Shizhen was old and invited him into the carriage. Wang Xi and the others were completely unaware of what happened last night. As the saying goes, ignorant people are fearless. They slept very well last night and set off in high spirits. It was just that it was difficult for Zhang Cheng and Fa Zheng. The two of them were taking a nap immediately, which made Chu Wan'er laugh all the way.
When the killers saw Guo Zhiyuan and his group out of the inn, they didn't dare to walk out of the room. It took a long time to send a killer to check the situation. Soon, the killer came back in a daze.
“How is the situation?”
"We didn't find our brother. I searched all the rooms, but I didn't see anyone. The decorations inside were normal, and there were no traces of fighting..."
"Impossible! How can six living people be gone if they are gone? Even if they are killed, there will be corpses!..."
"I really don't. If you don't believe it, go up and see it yourself!"
"These people can't know magic! They've turned all of them away!..."
The killers became more and more frightened as they spoke, and their eyes were full of horror. The killer leader was calmer and waved his hand and said, "Don't scare yourself, there is no magic in this world! But these people are indeed not simple, we are not wronged! We were finally not defeated by them. Now I think about how to explain to my master!..."
When they mentioned how to explain to their master, the killers stopped talking. They all knew how terrible the master behind them was, and none of them could afford the cost of failure of the mission.
"We just said that dozens of masters suddenly appeared to rescue Zhao Shizhen. We even died a few brothers. Can the master still make things difficult for us?..." A killer whispered in a low voice.
"Master, I won't listen to your explanation. If the mission fails, there is only one ending waiting for us, die!" The killer who was pretending to be a waiter said with a sad face.
The killer leader knew that he could not discuss any good ideas with his idiots, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Now he can only be a living horse. Since Zhao Shizhen is going to retire and return home this time, why don't we go to his hometown again? If he goes back, we will have a chance! Fortunately, we did not reveal our identity as a master, so he shouldn't have to kill us all. If it really doesn't work, we can only become a bandit!"
Several people discussed it and went straight to Zhao Shizhen's hometown. If Zhao Shizhen was not subdued by Guo Zhiyuan, he would still be unable to escape death. In history, this famous firearm expert in the Ming Dynasty was unsuccessful and was very destitute. Although he escaped suspicion after the "Demon Book Case", he was exhausted physically and mentally. It is said that he was mentally insane and even dreamed of having sex many times. Finally, he died of depression and death. However, now that he met Guo Zhiyuan, his fate naturally changed. He was able to show his strengths and shine!
Besides, after Guo Zhiyuan walked a few miles, Guo Zhiyuan ordered the parking lot to stop when he saw no one around, and asked Zhang Cheng and others to lift a few boxes from the car, and lifted the killers he caught last night like a living person. He scared Wang Xi and others who were unaware of the situation. Guo Zhiyuan did not explain or tried to interrogate the killers, because he knew in his heart that even if he interrogated them, he would definitely have the same result as the previous killer. Since he had guessed who the mastermind was, he did not do anything more, and left the killers who were still unconscious and continued on the road.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to ride on the same carriage with Zhao Shizhen, Xu Guangqi started chatting with Zhao Shizhen. As Guo Zhiyuan's number one adviser, he naturally saw that Guo Zhiyuan valued Zhao Shizhen, and he wanted to find a way to narrow the distance between them.
"I heard that Mr. Zhao has a lot of research on firearms?" Xu Guangqi deliberately asked a topic that Zhao Shizhen was interested in.
"Oh? Does Mr. Xu also know about this?"
"I don't dare to take it, I just have a little research on mechanical theory..."
When the firearm was mentioned, Zhao Shizhen became energetic, "Fireware also needs to be applied to mechanical principles. Can Mr. Xu tell me about your opinions?..."
"I think that after each shot of the current musket needs to be refilled* and then fired, which is both time-consuming and too troublesome. Can we make some improvements at the tail Hyun Gook and the fire line, and can we let them fire continuously?..."
Chapter completed!