It’s night, the clouds are thick, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

On the outskirts of Songhai, inside the Mohist stronghold, the main hall is brightly lit.

In the house, all the senior officials of the Mohist family except Master Xu, as well as Gai Nie who does not belong to the Mohist family, are all gathered here.

The reason why they gathered here was Zhang Liang who visited at night.

After receiving the information from Tianming during the day, Zhang Liang resolutely came over that night, although he said he would wait for the right time.

The current situation in Songhai is changing too fast. Any action should be taken sooner rather than later. Zhang Liang naturally doesn't know how to do it.

As for the martial law in the city...that's about it.

It's somewhat useful to say it's useless, but it really doesn't mean much to a person of his strength.

As soon as Zhang Liang came and sat down, Master Ben guessed it himself before he said anything about what he wanted to do with him:

"Master Ben urgently invited me to meet and talk. It must be for... the Black Dragon Scroll, right?"

Master Ban was stunned, "Does Zifang know about this?"

Zhang Liang smiled slightly and nodded, "I accidentally learned about the loss of the empire's top-secret Black Dragon Scroll. I have always speculated whether it was intercepted by the Mo family."

"Today, Tianming suddenly came to me and said that there was something urgent. In addition, the empire has been particularly restless these past two days, so I made some connections."

"Oh, that's it...Zifang deserves to be from Zifang, and he is really quick in thinking." After listening to the explanation, Master Ban smiled a few times while stroking his beard, and complimented Zhang Liang by the way, before returning to the topic.

"I'm really looking for you this time because of the top-secret information recorded in the Black Dragon Scroll."

"You should know something about this object. It has two protection measures. The outermost six-layer lock, old man, I have cracked it, but there is nothing we can do about the thousand secrets inside."

"Mr. Gai said that in order to decipher the cipher text, you must rely on something called the Thousand Machines Copper Plate."

Zhang Liang nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, "Yes, the Thousand Secret Texts are carefully woven by the Yin Yang family, with more than a million variations. The only way to decipher them is to rely on the Thousand Secrets Copper Plate that contains the decoding table, otherwise no one can do anything."
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Master Ban saw that Zhang Liang did know something about the Thousand Mechanisms Copper Plate, and his face showed joy, and he hurriedly asked, "But we don't know the specific whereabouts of the Thousand Mechanisms Copper Plate. Mr. Gai only knows that according to convention, it should be handed over to Sanghai."

The highest chief of the region, I wonder if you have any relevant information about Zifang?"

Zhang Liang looked at the expectant eyes of everyone in the Mo family and responded with a smile and a slight nod:

"Liang, I know exactly one or two things about the whereabouts of the Thousand Machine Copper Plate."

After receiving a positive answer, everyone in the Mo family showed a little joy unconsciously.

"Great!"

The big hammer excitedly hit the thieves next to him with his fist on his shoulder, beating him for a long time with his teeth bared and his mouth speechless.

Thief Zhi was probably used to accidental injuries from reckless men, so he rolled his eyes at the other party helplessly and said nothing.

After Zhang Liang looked around at everyone, he smiled and continued, "First of all, I want to tell you some good news."

"In Songhai City now, the person theoretically responsible for disposing of the Thousand Mechanisms Copper Plate is the eldest son Fusu. However, he did not directly choose the simplest, roughest, and safest way to place this important item - that is

Leave it to the national preceptor Gu Xun for safekeeping."

"I don't know the reason. In short, the Thousand Mechanism Copper Plate is still kept separately in the Thousand Mechanism Building in the General's Mansion."

"Ha! This is easy to handle!" After hearing the good news, Thief Zhi immediately raised his eyebrows, his yellow hair trembled slightly with the movement, and let out a contemptuous chuckle in his mouth. He didn't know when and where he touched a circle.

She came over and was being held upright by him, spinning on her fingertips.

Zhang Liang's eyes slightly raised when he heard this, and the smile on his lips became even wider. He nodded and responded, "There is an unrivaled king of thieves in the world, so it's no wonder."

"But I still have some reminders to give to Brother Zhizhi."

"Hey! Mr. Zhang, please speak." Thief Zhi smiled, threw the disc at his fingertips, caught it casually, and immediately came close to Zhang Liang.

Although Tao Zhi has almost absolute confidence in stealing things, he is by no means an arrogant person. He absolutely recognizes Zhang Liang's intelligence, and the reminder that the other party thinks is necessary must have its meaning.

Any thief who doesn't pay attention to intelligence collection is just a waste destined to miss.

"The General's Mansion is so tightly guarded that I don't need to say anything. Brother Zhizhi is a master at this and has his own methods to deal with it."

"What I want to remind you is the Thousand Machine Building used to store the Thousand Machine Copper Plate."

"That building was built by the Gongshu family themselves. The entire building is covered with mechanisms. Once the guards find an intruder, they will immediately activate the mechanism. Steel plates several inches thick will completely block the building within thirty seconds at most.

All entrances and exits."

"By then, normal people will never be able to escape."

Thief Zhi grinned and shrugged, "It's easy to handle, as long as I don't alert any guards."

As the king of thieves, if you can steal something and still alert the owner, then that’s inappropriate and it’s like overturning the situation?

He would not do such a bad job of smashing signs.

Zhang Liang shook his head at this, "I believe in Brother Zhizhi's ability, but it is difficult to achieve this."

"The platform on which the copper plate of Thousand Machines is placed has also been set up with a mechanism. As long as there is the slightest change in weight on it, the mechanism will be triggered directly."

"Because the triggering speed is too fast, it is almost impossible to avoid it by equal weight replacement."

"Hiss..." Taizhi touched his chin, smacked his lips and muttered, "In this case, I guess we can only make a time difference... It's not a big problem."

Zhang Liang then added, "In addition, a special blood silk array is arranged in Qianji Tower as a defensive measure."

"Blood Silk Array? What is that?" Suddenly hearing a completely unfamiliar term, Thief Zhi scratched his head in confusion and asked.

"Blood silk is a special kind of silk produced in a small country in the Western Region. It is ten times thinner than ordinary silk and its color is extremely transparent. It is almost impossible to identify it directly. At the same time, it is also extremely tough and has been specially prepared by the Yin Yang family.

, it is soaked with highly toxic substances, and if you touch it, you will die."

"And the end of each silk thread in the array is connected to a copper bell. Once it is touched, it will immediately make a sound and move the guards, and at the same time trigger the closing mechanism."

"Ah... it's getting more and more challenging, hehe, I like it!" Taizhi's brows jumped when he heard it, but he didn't show any timidity, but became more and more eager to try.

The King of Thieves naturally has his own pride. If it is not difficult, how can it be worthy of him personally taking action?

Zhang Liang looked at the enthusiastic Thief Zhi and gave him the final reminder:

"Last point, this information was all obtained by me before."

"If the Black Dragon Scroll is lost, the empire will definitely think that someone will pay attention to it, and there is no guarantee that they will not step up their precautions."

"I don't know whether new defense methods have been added to the Thousand Machine Tower. Brother Piozhi can only act according to the situation."

"No problem, let's do it the same way." Thief Zhi lifted the two long locks of hair on his forehead and showed a very optimistic smile, "First of all, you have to find a way so that I can clearly see the existence of the blood silk."<

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"Mr. Zhang, do you have any clues?"

"This may be accomplished by isolating part of the colored light. The most direct way is to... find a pure enough monochromatic gemstone."

Zhang Liang smiled and gave his own solution.

After listening to this, Thief Zhi nodded thoughtfully.

A pure color gemstone without any impurities is a rare thing, and it is very precious even to the Mohist family.

But...if he remembered correctly, someone should have one, right?

At this time, the gazes of Master Ban, Gao Jianli, and Xue Nu happened to collide with Pirate Zhi, and their gazes seemed to have the same meaning.

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Early the next morning, in the woods on the outskirts of Songhai City.

The morning mist has not yet cleared, and the scene in the forest is vague and unclear.

A burly figure is walking in the forest, carrying a large sword like a door panel on his back. The figure has dark skin and multiple tattoos on his face. He is Sheng Qi, known as the "Black Swordsman" in the world.
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This guy was ordered by the empire to work as a temporary worker in the net, and has been chasing Genie.

It's a pity that now he only knows that Genie is in Songhai, but he doesn't know where Genie is in Songhai, so he can only wander around every day, waiting for news from the snare, and trying to kill the mouse in a blind way.

Obviously, the effect is average and it is basically a waste of time.

Fortunately, Shengqi doesn't care. He doesn't need much rest time.

At this time, Shengqi's steps suddenly stopped because a figure emerged from the mist ahead.

This is a man who looks most middle-aged, with a mask covering his face, wearing dark tight clothes, and carrying a relatively large sword on his back. Of course, it is far from the giant sword.

This person is a master, at least he is a master at hiding his aura, otherwise Shengqi would not have realized that someone was blocking his way until his eyes caught the figure.

However, this conclusion is no longer needed for Shengqi, because he recognized who the other party was.

Although he has never seen the person before, he still knows something about the sword behind the other person's back.

One of the Eight Swords of the King of Yue——Zhen Gang!

Then his identity is self-evident, Luo Wangtianzi first-class killer, member of the Six Sword Slaves—Zhen Gang.

Zhen just showed up, and the other members of the Six Sword Slaves...

As soon as his thoughts came to this point, Shengqi immediately turned part of his body to his sides.
To be continued...