Chapter 1: The Assassins

The night was dark, and there was silence in Luojing, the capital of the Han Kingdom.

Darkness enveloped the city.

In front of the General's Mansion, bright lights spread out a yellow-white barrier, scattered in all directions, sprinkled on the ground, and shone into the distance through the darkness.

Where the light could not reach, in the depths of darkness, a graceful figure, accompanied by the dim light of a little lantern, walked towards the general's mansion.

The darkness covered her weak form, and it seemed that it was wrapped around her body for a long time and did not want to leave, even if it was close, it was impossible to see her face clearly.

In this hot summer, a gentle breeze blows, and the chirping of insects in the grass scatters the surrounding tranquility.

For some reason, seeing her coming, the two soldiers guarding the door suddenly felt a chill to the bone.

In the blink of an eye, she was walking up to them.

"Stop!"

The guard on the left drew his sword sharply, took a step forward, and scolded:

"Where did the woman come from? If you dare to take a step forward, you will not blame me for being rude! ”

The woman listened but did not listen, and continued to walk forward until she was close to the guard, then she stopped, looked at the high steps in front, looked at the pair of majestic stone lions on both sides of the steps, looked at the majesty of the forest in front, shook her head, and replied lightly:

"I am a maid under my wife, I was ordered to go out on errands, and now I am back at home."

The voice is soft and good, but there is a hint of coldness, which is contained in it.

The soldier looked at the weak and beautiful woman in front of him, and when he heard her voice, he was a little frightened in his heart, and couldn't help but look back.

Seeing this, the guard on the right frowned, quietly raised his leg and kicked him, waving his hand behind him.

The soldier took the opportunity to look back, and remembered that there was a column of elite guards specially arranged by the emperor inside the gate

"Take the token and I'll see!"

This strong voice frightened the few night birds perched on the big tree in front of the door into flying around.

As if he was a little dissatisfied with him suddenly loud, the woman's beautiful face, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then she reached into her arms, took out the token and handed it over.

The soldier received it in his hand, and he and his companion rummaged through it several times, and the token was no different.

The soldier was slightly embarrassed, scratched his head, and said with a wry smile:

"The token is real, but why do I feel that this girl is very strange?"

His companion shook his head, walked back, and scolded:

"Fuck, nervous, I'm nervous, I'm nervous, the General's Mansion has a large population, how many of your fucking elm heads can you recognize?"

The soldier frowned, nodded and said:

"That's right."

After saying that, he returned the token and waved his hand to let her in.

The woman bowed her head slightly, walked past the soldier, walked slowly up the steps, and finally, stepped into the majestic general's mansion.

In the dark, the insects chirped more happily.

Behind her, a low cheer sounded from time to time at the entrance of the General's Mansion, even some subordinates who had served by the side of the Hundred Lord General for many years generally had to show a special token to pass at this time.

For a while, the entire General's Mansion was heavily guarded, and I don't know why the emperor suddenly added such a tight guard to the Hundred Lords' General's Mansion in the past few days-

When I entered the General's Mansion, I saw that the courtyards of the houses were one after another, magnificent, the roads were tortuous, the bottom was bottomless, and a wealthy spirit was coming.

Because the hundred lords like to be quiet, at night, the entire general's mansion is immersed in a thick loneliness, extremely mysterious, and there is a trace of lifelessness.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, the lonely general's mansion is lonely, and it is a good night to kill!

The house was dark and quiet, and only occasionally when the guards of the courtyard carried lanterns on patrol did there be a little light shining through the thick darkness, and there were also some lanterns hanging at the turn of the corridor that shone dimly in the hot summer.

In the faint light, a figure gradually became clear, it was the woman in black who wanted to enter the door in the evening, at this time she was like a vigilant fox, sometimes hidden, sometimes rushed out, after being familiar with the layout of the scenery in the courtyard and the rotation of the guards patrolling the courtyard, she sneered and lowered her body, and touched the back house.

Suddenly, she stopped behind a clump of flowers, and saw a large black dog lying lazily there with its tongue sticking out not far ahead.

The woman in black frowned slightly, there must be vicious dogs in the mansion of the hundred masters, and she was a little negligent before, but she didn't expect this.

The road ahead is the only way to go, and only by killing it can you get to guò.

Thinking of this, she cautiously walked a few steps forward, and before she had taken a few steps, she saw the black dog suddenly raise its head, its ears stand up, and sniff left and right, as if it felt something strange.

The woman in black couldn't help but clench her hands tightly, if the black dog barked to attract the attention of the guards in the courtyard, it would be very bad.

Seeing that the black dog was so alert, the woman immediately stopped, did not go any further, she leaned into her arms, and wanted to use a dart to get rid of the vicious dog blocking the way, but just as she was about to act, she suddenly stopped, her face became gloomy in an instant, and a question came to her mind:

"Now that the emperor has taken such strict protection measures for the hundred masters, there are vicious dogs of the night vigil here, and there must be people who keep watch not far away."

Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in the eyes of the woman in black-

In the second half of the night, it rained lightly, even in the sultry summer, in this rainy day, there was also a little cool, the guard Li San stood under a leafy tree, couldn't help but wrap the thin clothes on his body, took a deep breath, the rain mixed with the smell of earth, poured in.

Li San stretched his waist for a long time, took a step back, leaned against the trunk of the tree, and looked bored at the majestic mansion on this rainy night.

Inside and outside the hospital, there are two absolutely different lives.

Walking into the courtyard is like entering a prosperous world, where every step is paved by money, and every stretch of hand is hugged by beautiful women.

The poor are outside the house.

Li San leaned against the big tree and guarded the mansion, and he didn't know how many days and nights he had, and there had never been a problem.

I haven't been out for a long time, and after someone comes to replace the shift, I want to find a place to have fun.

He squinted slightly, wanting to squint for a moment as he usually did for a vigil.

It's just that before going to bed, he didn't think to look up and take a look.

At the moment when he was stunned, Li San only felt that his shoulders sank, and before he could react, his mouth was blocked by a foreign object again, and his hand was knocked hard by some object, and the knife fell to the ground, his arm was also clamped, and his knee was kicked, and he instantly knelt down and couldn't move.

Only between the calcium carbide firelight, Li San was controlled by others, and he could no longer exert any strength.

The moonlight shone from behind him, revealing a graceful figure on the ground.

At the same time, a feminine voice sounded in my ears:

"If you don't want to die, just be honest with me."

Li San only moved slightly, and he felt pain all over his body, it seemed that the other party used an unknown method to make him unable to move, and he also knew that there was no room for resistance at this time, so he quickly nodded "woo" twice and agreed.

Seeing that he cooperated, the slender jade hand that was hiding on his mouth loosened slightly.

Li San was about to catch his breath, but the hand quickly moved down, locking his throat.

Although that finger looked soft and weak, and it didn't seem to have any strength, the strength that came from it was very strong, and Li San knew very well that as long as he dared to shout, that hand would strangle himself mercilessly.

A trace of fear passed over Li San's face, and he asked in a low voice after a while:

"Who are you, this is the mansion of the Hundred Lord Generals, don't you want to die?"

The soft voice behind him that made people feel numb came slowly, if it weren't for the enemy, hearing this voice, I was afraid that Li San would have already softened to the ground.

"Stop talking nonsense, sue me, where is the hundred lords now?"

As he spoke, the fingers pressed on Li San's throat were pressed violently, Li San's face changed greatly, and he said continuously:

"The woman spares her life, the woman spares her life, the general is reading in the study every day at this time!"

As if to judge whether Li San was telling the truth, the woman behind her suddenly became strangely silent, Li San was so frightened that her soul was about to leave her body, but she didn't know how to make her believe, and when she was in a hurry, she suddenly felt a shock in her neck, and the whole person fell forward.

In the distance, the black dog, still sticking out his tongue and shaking his head and looking around, did not watch out for a blackened dart at the front of the dart shooting from a distance, and the black dog was shot by the poison dart before it could even scream and never wake up again.

Inside the General's Palace.

A very ordinary study, there is no special decoration in the study, there is a desk against the wall, and the four treasures of the study are placed on the table, which is elegant and generous.

The furniture in the study is all old-colored, looking antique, and a sense of elegance comes to the face.

It's just that it doesn't match the identity of the study.,There is a set of armor hanging on the wall of the study.,The armor is old.,It's old.,It's old.,It's old.,There's a dark black blood mark.,If you're close.,You can smell the faint smell of blood on this armor.。

Under the wall, there was a candle lit on the table, a book was spread, and next to the book was a long sword that the master carried with him, and the owner of the desk, the general of the hundred masters, was quietly looking at the yellowed book in front of the table.

It's as quiet as a picture.

The hundred masters are sixty years old, tall, with a stern face, even if they are reading a book at this moment, their bodies still show a daunting momentum from time to time, which makes people frightened.

After a while, the hundred masters took a long breath, put down the half-read book, stretched his waist, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, as if he was savoring it, closing his eyes and contemplating.

A gust of wind blew, stirring the half-closed books on the table, and swaying slightly.

Concealed the footsteps of a ghostly figure running softly in all directions.

Downstairs in the study, the old Wang Tou, who was in charge of boiling water for the hundred masters, was throwing two pieces of black charcoal into the stove, in this hot summer, sweat flowed on his cheeks non-stop, even if it was rainy outside, but he couldn't feel a trace of coolness here.

The old king's face was flushed by the firelight, he wiped the sweat with his hands, his mood was slightly irritable, he raised his head, looked upstairs, and saw that there was still a faint candlelight on it, and it seemed that the general was not sleeping.

He smiled bitterly, sighed, and muttered:

"Damn, a rough man who leads the army just fights your battle well, you have to pretend to be a Sven person, stay up late in the study every day without sleeping, as if you can read and understand how much, the harmful Lao Tzu will also suffer with you, on this hot day, I have to stay up all night to boil water for you, and one day I will make Lao Tzu anxious, and throw boiling water in your face!"

As soon as the words fell, behind him, under the light of the fire, a ghostly figure suddenly appeared, and he was suddenly alert, but before he could turn back, he felt a sudden pain in his neck, and then he didn't know anything.