99. A bounty that will go down in history
Darkness falls.
Not long after the Spring Festival, although there is still a calculation time beyond "years" in this world, for mortals, "years" is enough.
The spring, summer, autumn and winter of the year is a cycle.
In the bustling city, many people are saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, immersed in the prosperity of the royal capital.
They are fortunate and do not need to bear natural and man-made disasters, because this is the city of the Son of Heaven in the Great Zhou, Tianque.
Light and shadow go hand in hand.
The darkest side of Tianque is an abyss with an unknown geographical location, which is also where the killer Red Mansion is located.
The location of the entrance to this abyss is also a mystery.
All who enter are blindfolded, and then ride into the abyss in a pulley-like carriage.
The abyss is jagged, and the streets criss-cross it.
The lanterns are hung, like a lingering fire dragon, and the world that illuminates this side is floating in red and dusk, like the setting sun.
Whew...
The carriage slid into the entrance to the street.
The young man with his hands wrapped in bandages stepped out of the carriage, the black cloth covering his face ripped open to reveal a white mask.
The face behind the mask was a little distorted.
The boy touched the bandage on the back of his hand, which had been stabbed by the woman he loved most during the day.
The woman still stabbed him for a squirrel.
The young man looked up at the archway at the entrance of the street, the blood-red word "Red Mansion" was full of cold softness, and the street was full of red light, with treachery and ferocity.
"Xia Ji, I will add 100,000 taels of bounty to the 500,000 bounty today! ”
This young man was one of the four people who assassinated Xia Ji at the bottom of the lake during the day.
Now, he's coming with a grudge.
Entering the streets of the Red Mansion, he skillfully changed the special wooden sign symbolizing the honorarium.
Round, the size of a baby's palm, blood-red, withered on the inside, but the appearance is smooth and smooth.
A wooden plaque represents 10,000 taels of silver.
Soon, he came to an underground palace with many pillars.
In those pillars were a number of human heads, wrapped in lime, and next to each head there was a bounty from the year, as well as a profile of the characters.
This is a way for the Red Chamber to show off its force.
Walking through this pillar forest and entering the underground patio, there is a five-story tower.
There are five floors of the tower, and each floor has a lot of bounty information, and the higher you go, the higher the bounty.
The boy walked straight to the fourth floor and went straight to a stone platform.
There is a portrait of a merry boy in the glass cup on the stage, which is Xia Ji.
Inside the glass bowl are fifty gold medals, representing a bounty of 500,000 yuan.
The boy threw the ten wooden plaques he had received again, and the gold medals were stacked higher.
A bunch of clanging crunches.
The bounty was 600,000.
The Assassin Buildings have something in common with each other.
In other words, the Red Chamber can see the bounty increase, and the rest of the major forces can also see it.
The boy suddenly thought of the bounty offered by the one on the fifth floor.
He couldn't help but look a little obsessed.
The portrait on the bounty is overwhelming, even if the painter only paints her in case, that charm can come out through the paper.
Xia Ning, reward: one million taels of gold, converted into one million taels of silver!
Her bounty was already in the top five, and she had only entered the Assassin's Mansion a few days ago.
It's just that this woman who once bore the name of the demon concubine has just ascended the throne of the queen, and there are few assassins, but there will be brave men under the heavy reward, so it may not be nothing.
Slowly, the young man watched Xia Ji's bounty begin to grow, and slowly fixed at 720,000 taels of silver.
Obviously, many people want the little white face of the royal capital to die.
...
Northland.
In the dark, Wen Changxiong was sitting quietly in the mourning hall.
The wind swept across the old man's angular face.
On the mourning hall is the daughter's spirit card.
Soon, a black-armored young general walked in quickly and said softly, "Master Hou, the reward has been released." ”
Wen Changxiong nodded, and said with the same expression: "Wait for three days, and if no one takes the task for three days, it will be doubled." ”
The black-armored young general was stunned: "Double?"
Wen Changxiong said: "I want the lives of their sisters and brothers." If you don't double it, how can you lure the strong to kill it? If there is no news after three days, then double it again. ”
"Again... Double it again?!!"
The black armor junior swallowed.
That Xia Ning is a bounty of four million taels of gold, and Xia Ji also has a bounty of millions of silver...
The lives of these two sisters and brothers are really valuable, and the people who want to kill them will really rush to them when the time comes, right?
...
Three days later.
Assassin world.
Killer Red Mansion.
The bounty on the top tower moved.
Xia Ning's bounty changed from fifth to fourth, reaching a terrifying two million taels of gold.
And Xia Ji's also became 1,250,000 taels of silver.
That's a heart-pounding number.
It's just that if you want to assassinate the two sisters and brothers, what you need to face is Da Zhou's terrifying counterattack.
The White Tiger Torture Hall, the Secret Guard, are all ghosts hiding in the shadows...
This is a lot of money, but even if it is too much, if you don't have the life to enjoy it, it will be in vain, but there are more and more assassins staying in front of the stone platform where the two bounties are offered.
The white face is the customer, and the colored one is the assassin.
The levels of the Assassins according to the color of the mask, from weak to strong, are: green, blue, purple, orange, gold, and red.
Assassin of the sixth rank.
The red-faced assassins are the Red Mansions, and there are only a few of them.
Finally, an Assassin wearing a red demon mask stopped in front of the Xia Ji bounty.
He looked at it for a long time, but he still didn't accept the bounty.
It is difficult to kill Xia Ning, and Empress Ning is in the deep palace.
But killing Xia Ji is a test to the bottom, and even leading Ning out of the hole, in the eyes of smart people, assassination is not only a manual work, but also a mental work.
The assassin stood for a short time, seemingly imagining various assassination strategies in his head, weighing the benefits and risks, but walked away.
During this period, many Assassins went to the bounty stone platform of "Xia Ning" and "Xia Ji".
Finally, two days later, the "Information of Xia Ji and Xia Ning" in Fengyun Building began to sell well.
The details of the lives and movements of the two have been seen and pondered by many caring people.
...
Northland.
"Dingbei Hou, still no one answers... Are we really going to double the bounty?"
The black-armored young general asked tremblingly.
The mighty Hou Ye, whose hair was slightly gray, said coldly: "Four million taels of gold will be rewarded for Xia Ning, and four million taels of silver will be rewarded for Xia Ji." ”
"It's... Master Hou, we don't have so much money. ”
"Go for it. ”
The black-armored young general was silent for a moment and said respectfully: "Yes." ”
"If you fight, you will die, and if you die, a lot of military salaries will be vacated, after all, many people in the military department do this, and even if I act like this, you still swear to follow, Lu Feng, do you think so?" Wen Changxiong got up in the dark, and a slightly golden voice sounded.
The black-armored young general was stunned, and then hurriedly said, "The last general doesn't dare." ”
"Don't dare, it's not that you won't, but you're really wrong, Wen won't do it.
Do something, don't do something.
Although Wen is not a gentleman, as the Marquis of Dingbei, these seven words are still remembered in his heart.
If someone can really kill Xia Ning's sister and brother, then Wen will naturally find a way to get the bounty. ”
Wen Changxiong said softly: "Do you remember Wen Yi, she hugged you before she entered the palace..."
The black-armored young general said in a deep voice: "The last general remembers. ”
Wen Changxiong suddenly asked sharply, "Do you believe that she is a monster?"
Without waiting for an answer, the Dingbei Marquis said angrily, "I don't believe it!!
Wen Yi can't die in vain!
And the crown prince... He also did a good job, he didn't act rashly, he didn't do anything stupid, obviously he has a master behind him, and he can also listen to this master's advice, which is very good.
Then, I, the grandfather, can't hold him back!Go ahead, according to my words, double the bounty again!"
"Yes!"
Wen Changxiong looked at the shadow of the young general and fell into deep thought.
He will give much, much though.
But the price is worth it.
As soon as the Xia Ning sisters and brothers died, the prince's obstacles were swept away.
What's more, who in this river and lake can enter the deep palace and kill the queen??
If that man dares to do it, he will dare to give money.
His 44 million taels of silver are gambling on the future!
The black-armored young general bowed his head and hurried, he swallowed his saliva, feeling that he was going crazy.
The bounty of 44 million taels of silver was enough to record the Xia Ning siblings in the history books of the Assassin bounty.
And he will go and announce such a bounty.
This...
It's crazy.