Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

As dawn approached in the second half of the night, the fire in the Chenghuang Temple gradually went out.

This is usually the most tiring time of the night.

The five assassins hiding around the City Emperor Temple had been lying in ambush in the woods and snow for a whole night. They were already freezing to death. When they saw the fire in the City Emperor Temple finally coming, they jumped out of the snow without saying a word, holding long swords that were shining with cold light, and rushed towards the City Emperor Temple at a rapid speed.

However, what surprised them was.

When they rushed into the Chenghuang Temple, they suddenly found that the temple was empty, with only a burnt fire and bursts of white smoke.

"What's going on? Where are the people?" the leading killer said in surprise.

"Boom!"

As soon as he finished speaking, before the other four killers could reply, a deafening sound of spiritual energy explosion was heard, and then the ground beneath their feet collapsed instantly.

The five people were so unlucky that they fell directly into the pit below.

"Go! Pour water into the pit for me."

The five people were still struggling in the pit, terrified and not knowing what was going on, when Gu Chan's loud screams suddenly rang out outside the City Emperor Temple.

Then everyone rushed in with kettles, toilets and other water containers, and poured the water into the pit without saying a word.

The five killers were soon soaked, shivering from the cold, and trying desperately to climb out of the pit.

Ma Zheng led a few people, and when they saw someone climbing up, they would hit him on the head with a stick and beat him directly into the pit again. Gu Chan led other people and kept pouring water into the pit.

It was not until the water had reached their waists and they were shivering from the cold as they stood in the pit, unable to move, that she waved her hand and said, "Stop falling. They are too cold to fall."

"Hmph! You are a bunch of bastards. You dare to rob goods. Do you really think we are easy to bully?" Ma Zheng shouted coldly.

Gu Chan said with a wicked smile, "I'm afraid they are not here to rob goods, otherwise they would have just got on the carriage and driven the horses to pull the goods away. Why are they rushing in with knives?"

"Are they coming for you, Boss?" Ma Zheng asked.

"Just ask and you'll know." said Gu Chan.

After saying that, she squatted down at the edge of the pit, stared at the five people below and asked, "Who is the leader among you?"

"Yes... yes... me..." said the killer standing in the middle.

"Who asked you to kill me?" Gu Chan asked.

The leading killer clasped his hands over his chest, trembling all over, and kept his mouth tightly shut without saying a word.

Gu Chan sneered and said, "Oh! You're still so stubborn! Come on, everyone, move aside and don't block the door. The cold wind is blowing hard outside now, so let the wind blow in to freeze them."

The people blocking the door immediately stepped aside.

"Huhuhu..."

The cold wind outside blew in, and the water in the pit began to freeze slowly.

The leading assassin couldn't stand the cold any more, and hurriedly said in a trembling voice, "Manager Gu, please... please spare our lives... We are also... entrusted by others... and we are taking money from them... and we are here to help them get rid of their misfortune..."

"Who asked you to kill me?" Gu Chan shouted angrily.

"It's...it's Zheng...Zheng Shixian..." said the leading killer.

Gu Chan was so angry that she clenched her fists, wishing she could cut the bastard into pieces.

When she dismissed him from office before, she didn't beat him, and let him leave safely with his family. But she didn't expect that this bastard was so ungrateful that he even dared to hire a killer to kill her.

Not to mention her, anyone would be angry if it happened to them!

The leading killer asked in a trembling voice, "Manager Gu... I... I don't understand... When did you find us... and when did you dig this pit..."

"Nonsense, we already discovered you when you came out of the post station and followed us all the way here. But in order to confuse you, we pretended nothing happened and slept in the City Emperor Temple. When you let down your guard, we slowly started to dig holes and melt the snow." Gu Chan said with a grim face.

The leading assassin clasped his fists in admiration, saluted Gu Chan tremblingly and said, "As expected of you, Manager Gu. We... are completely convinced..."

"Are you convinced? Fine then. You can ask me to spare you, and I can also give you silver. You go back to the post station now and help me beat Zheng Shixian up and knock out his two front teeth." Gu Chan said with an idea.

The leading assassin said hurriedly, "Manager Gu, we dare not! The Zheng family is very powerful in the Central Plains. If we touch Zheng Shixian, we will definitely die. Instead of dying, we might as well stay in this pit and freeze. This way, if the assassination mission fails later, at least we have a reason."

"That makes sense. Okay then! You guys continue to freeze in the pit! I'll let someone else take care of that bastard. It'll save your lives, too." Gu Chan said with a sly smile.

After saying that, she led everyone out.

The five killers hurriedly thanked Gu Chan, and then no one dared to climb out of the pit. They all stayed in the pit obediently and were soon frozen unconscious by the cold wind. They stood in the pit like five popsicles, looking funny.

Gu Chan ignored them and said directly to Cheng Hao, "Do you dare to beat up Zheng Shixian for me and knock out his two front teeth?"

"Why not? I already disliked him when he was the county magistrate of Zhongyuan City. Now that he is no longer the county magistrate, I can't wait to beat him up." Cheng Hao said with a strange laugh.

"Okay, then go to the post station and beat him up, and bring me back his two front teeth." Gu Chan waved her hand and ordered.

Cheng Hao rushed towards the post station without saying a word.

Gu Chan got into the carriage with everyone else and sat waiting.

After dawn.

Just when Gu Chan was getting impatient, Cheng Hao finally came back with bloody hands. When he came to the carriage, he immediately took out his two bloody front teeth and handed them to Gu Chan.

Gu Chan took out a small sachet with a look of disgust and asked Cheng Hao to put the two front teeth in it. Then everyone set off and continued on their journey.

Ma Zheng was sitting in the carriage, looking at the sachet containing the front teeth in Gu Chan's hand, and asked in confusion, "Boss, why do you want to install his two front teeth?"

"Take them as trophies! Don't look at these two front teeth. They may seem useless now. Who knows, they may come in handy someday. I'm giving you this sachet now. Please keep it for me. When I need it, you can give it to me again." Gu Chan said with a grin.

Don't be fooled by her serious words, because actually, she just thinks it's fun.

Just imagine how interesting Zheng Shixian’s expression would be when he woke up and found that his two front teeth were gone!

Ma Zhengze believed it to be true and actually put the sachet carefully in his pocket, for fear that he would lose it. If Gu Chan asked him for it in the future, he would not be able to take it out!