It all goes back a few years. Soon after the end of the Southwest War, the "non-governmental organization" of the Heavenly Bless Heroes Regiment began to infiltrate the ancient city of Hue. This process is not easy, Hue City is the capital of Vietnam after all, the power of the government is in every corner of the city, coupled with the Qianguo Tiandi Association and the ancient **** three religions and nine streams, the underground power of Hue City is like an impenetrable secret world.

And the foundation, which was laid little by little, is now under terrible threat.

This threat is the ninja group under Lin Yiqing.

The purpose of the Heavenly Blessing Troupe in entering Vietnam was to make trouble at the right time and turn Vietnam into a quagmire for the Great Qian Empire, so as to give Japan time for development and to enable Japan to intervene in Korea when the Qianguo had no time to separate. But none of them thought that the ninja group under Lin Yiqing would quietly enter Vietnam.

Since then, there has been a fierce confrontation between the Heavenly Bless Heroes and Lin Yiqing's ninja group, and it was a war without smoke and without sword. In the world of meticulous work, there is only killing and being killed, life without leaving a name, and death without leaving a corpse.

Because the other party is too strong, most of the manpower of the Heavenly Blessed Heroes Troupe has been lost in Hue City. Although the other party also paid a certain price, the other party had already gained a firm foothold in Qianguo, there were sufficient personnel to recruit, and it did not take long to recover, so in the open and secret battles in Vietnam over the years, the Tianyou Heroes Regiment has always been at a disadvantage, so that it almost stopped its activities.

The Heavenly Bless Heroes Regiment has a group of regular members in Hue City who are responsible for handling all kinds of daily work, but their every move is under the surveillance of the enemy, and the real intelligence work must be someone unknown to the opponent. However, under the careful precautions of the other party. It is difficult to make any progress in the detailed installation work. Because the ninja group has infiltrated the Vietnamese government. Anyone who is transferred from within Japan is closely monitored, and the only thing that can really be used is the few people left behind, and Chen Anshun is one of them. This group of manpower will never be used unless it is absolutely necessary.

But now, with the French army conquering Hue and forcing the Vietnamese government to sign a protectorate treaty, the situation has changed drastically, and the ninjas' actions have become strange.

"When did those eight people get into trouble?" Chen Anshun thought for a moment. Asked.

“…… Seven days ago. ”

"Oh?" Chen Anshun looked at Wan Zhongcai uncertainly, "What happened seven days ago, I only told me today, I am afraid that I will be targeted by them." Or are we all outcasts? ”

Wan Zhongcai didn't speak, and took a sip of tea.

Chen Anshun became more and more excited, the emotions that had been suppressed in his heart for four years reached their peak at this moment, and he seemed to be roaring: "I don't need you to say this, I know that they are all dead, do you know that their corpses were thrown out of the city by the Vietnamese, dug out and eaten by wild dogs!" It is said that there are no relatives to claim it. Those bastards knew no one was going to go......" His chest rose and fell as he said this. It's like the bellows he uses to light a fire in the kitchen.

"So what can you do?" Wan Jong Chae looked at him and waited for him to calm down before continuing: "I'd rather abandon you than take the risk of exposing our power more." You've seen this happen a lot, and I don't think you should understand it too. His expression didn't change in the slightest. He had a chubby, fair face, not at all like a man who worked in the Vietnamese government, and only his subordinates really understood the ruthless and resolute side of his immediate boss.

Chen Anshun calmed down, and he lowered his head. This kind of thing had happened too many times in the past four years, and every time he heard this kind of news outside, he had to pretend to be indifferent, and it was the first time he had lost his temper about it, and perhaps the last.

"The farthest pair of eyes that the Heavenly Bless Heroes Group has seen are definitely not the ordinary people in the market who will worry about these things."

"Now I'm the best pair of skillful hands in the Heavenly Bless Heroes Group, thank you." Chen Anshun turned his face away. The faint light faintly illuminated his face, and years of smoky cooking made him look older than his actual age.

"What the hell should I do?" He asked sullenly.

"Find out what they're up to. Also, I'll send you a helper. ”

With Wan Jong-jae's words, a person strode out of the corner. Chen Anshun was startled, the man was silent in the dark before, and he was completely unaware of the presence of a third party.

"This is Ah Wu, who has just been transferred from North Korea, has a good brain and is passable. I was going to Qianguo, but I forced me to come over. ”

The young man named Ah Wu held his head high, his eyes did not squint, and he did not mean to greet his seniors at all. The people who can be sent to Qianguo will definitely not be just "passable", but Chen Anshun will not accept this set.

"I don't need a helper," he didn't even look at Ah Wu, "Send me a newbie, and I'm afraid that I'll not be exposed fast enough?" ”

Wan Zhongcai sighed: "It's true that he is a novice, and it is because of this that it is easy to create an identity to come in." You can also learn a little more by following along. As you know, we're running out of manpower right now......"

Chen Anshun stopped talking, just looked the young man up and down over and over again until the other party seemed uncomfortable.

Three days later, in the evening, it was time to close. The guys all went home, and Chen Anshun began to board the store again.

Ah Wu swept the floor inside, he arrived this morning as Chen Anshun's "cousin", with a standard country accent, but he didn't have to worry about goofs.

The two of them were busy with their own work and did not talk. After Chen Anshun finished loading the board, he began to wipe the table, and Ah Wu helped to place it next to him.

"How did you come up with the idea to do this?" Chen Anshun kept in his hands and asked coldly.

"There is a shortage of people, so I came." Ah Wu also bowed his head and continued to work.

The two of them cleaned up quickly, and it didn't take long to pack up everything. Seeing that there was nothing left to live, Ah Wu turned around and walked into the backyard and sat in the patio in a daze. Soon Chen Anshun came behind him with a teapot and looked up at the sky, there were no stars in the sky, only gloomy clouds. It's as if it's made of pig iron. Low low down the pressure.

The clouds in the sky piled up. It became thicker and thicker, and the wind carried a hint of coolness, rolling up the dust in the corners of the wall and scattering it high, and there was a faint smell of earth in the air.

His voice fell: "I don't know how my hometown is now." The wind lifted the corners of his coat and made a slight trembling sound, mixed with the gradual sound of the wind, and it was not very clear to hear.

Chen Anshun sat down beside him and said, "I was similar to you when I first came. I want to make a career and create a career in this city of Hue. Not to mention that he is turning the world upside down, at least let them be terrified when they hear my name......"

He picked up the teapot and took two sips, then said, "You know what? I was actually in the Guards Wing back then, and I could have been promoted. At that time, my sword skills and gun skills were the first, but I couldn't do horsemanship. He shook his head, "I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, when I was a child, I fell while riding a horse and was kicked by a horse and broke two ribs." Later, his body was better, but his heart fell ill. When you get on the horse, you get weak. It's okay to ride a horse on a horse, but don't even think about dancing a knife and sticking on a horse. ”

Ah Wu turned his head. Apparently curious about his story.

"That's it, when the war ended, I was discharged from the military due to injury, and my friend recommended me to join the Heavenly Bless Heroes because I didn't have to ride a horse. At that time, I thought it was very good, and I could make a big show here. After the result came, it was to open a ramen restaurant, and it would be four years to open it......" Chen Anshun sighed, as if regretting his lost youth, "By the way, you kid too, why don't you go to Qianguo?" Don't be sent in the same way as me. ”

"It's not." Ah Wu shook his head and said lightly, "I asked for it myself." ”

"Oh?" Chen Anshun was stunned for a moment, "So you want to do a big job here." Or ......" he looked at Ah Wu a little teasingly, "do you have other important tasks on your side?" ”

Ah Wu frowned and didn't say anything. I don't know where the spring insects are hiding scream, and the intermittent chirping sounds seem very lonely in the gloomy night of spring.

Chen Anshun said to himself: "Let me tell you, after two years of work, you will understand, and the actual situation must be different from what you think." It's no better here than anywhere else, it's all a shameless job, and you don't even think about what makes you famous and powerful all over the world. Doing fine work is just the opposite, to be a man with his tail between his legs, to be inconspicuous is not to be inconspicuous, to be in the limelight means to be exposed, and exposure means to be dangerous. ”

Ah Wu still didn't speak.

"Let me tell you, the so-called best fine work is the deepest hidden, the most like, the best kneading, and the most aggrieved. If he Wan Zhongchai had made it clear in advance that coming to Hue would have been kneading noodles for four years, the ghost would have given him his life. ”

Ah Wu stood up and turned his head to leave.

Chen Anshun didn't stop him, and took another sip of tea: "I know that you definitely don't like to listen, it's not that I deliberately vented your anger." Guess how long I've been squatting at this noodle restaurant? Exactly four years, one month and seventeen days. Over the years, I have only contacted the organization through notes and codes, and I have not been to the base more than five times, and I usually get along with my neighbors, and I always have to remember to pretend to be an honest Vietnamese Shunmin - I haven't talked to my own people for four years, and I feel happy to be able to say whatever I want, and I can't control my mouth for a while. ”

Ah Wu stopped and stood there silently.

Neither of them spoke, and after a while, Chen Anshun suddenly asked, "What exactly is your mission?" ”

"Kill Lin Yiqing," Ah Wu finally spoke, "I'm going to kill Lin Yiqing." ”

Chen Anshun looked at him inexplicably.

"My mission is to kill Lin Yiqing." He said word by word.

Chen Anshun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed without warning. His laughter was so loud that he had to cover his mouth to avoid suspicion from his neighbors, but he still laughed non-stop. Ah Wu was red from his laughter, and glared at him with clenched fists.

"You want to kill Lin Yiqing?" Chen Anshun waved his hands and smiled, panting as he said, "This is the task that Wan Zhongcai gave you?" ……”

Ah Wu nodded.

"How did he Wan Zhongchai know that Lin Yiqing would come to Hue? Specially sent up for you to kill? Chen Anshun laughed, "This is not the time for war, there is no need for him Lin Yiqing to take risks in person, just send someone here, why do you want to come by yourself?" ”

Ah Wu was about to explain, when there was a sudden sound of slamming the door outside, and someone shouted rudely: "Open the door!" Immediately after that, chickens and dogs jumped nearby, and the sound of footsteps was everywhere, and it seemed that there were people walking everywhere.

Ah Wu jumped up violently, and there was an extra short knife more than seven inches long in his hand. The blade is jet black. There is not the slightest reflection in the moonlight.

"Wait." Chen Anshun stopped him, "Don't be so nervous, it doesn't have to be coming at us, it may be something else." I'll go check it out first. After saying that, he pulled the jacket to his shoulders, shrunk his neck, and changed into the image of the ordinary man in the market again, and walked to the front door with his hands in his sleeves. It's just that in his hand, he also clasped a sharp blade.

The door opened. Outside there were people, and the flickering torches pierced the eyes. Chen Anshun glanced through the cracks, and it seemed that the situation was the same in front of every house nearby.

There was a faint scream in the distance, and before Chen Anshun could react, the person standing outside the door pushed him into the store and followed him in stride.

"Master, what are you going to do here?" Chen Anshun deliberately said loudly.

But the men didn't talk, and they poured into the store and closed the door. The man at the head slashed at Chen Anshun with a knife, and he was about to take someone's life without saying a word.

Chen Anshun screamed "Ahh The dagger in his sleeve was about to be handed out. At this moment, Ah Wu's short knife flew past his face with a whoosh, and plunged straight into the throat of the attacker. Then Ah Wu rushed into the house with a shout, and snatched the blade of the other attacker with his bare hands.

Chen Anshun scolded secretly. It has always been done carefully, and the emphasis is on quiet, and if you can not make a sound, you will not make a chicken, and if you can open and close like Ah Wu, you can only use it when the two armies are facing each other, and it is easy to not open it in a narrow room, and the effect is not good.

But at the moment, he didn't have time to care about these things, and there were four people in the house, one of whom was fighting Ah Wu, and one of whom went over to help. Chen An rubbed his body and stepped forward by the way, blocking the other two at the door to relieve the pressure on Ah Wu's side.

Ah Wu dodged his opponent's knife sideways, grabbed his arm, and pressed him down on the table with the strength of twisting his waist. Ah Wu hit with a lot of force, Chen Anshun heard a very clear sound of bone cracking, the man couldn't bear the pain, and screamed.

"Shut him up!" He yelled.

Ah Wuzheng had just snatched the knife and cornered the other person, and when he heard this, he threw the knife violently, turning around and twisting the neck of the screamer.

"Another one!" Chen Anshun yelled again.

The man in the corner was caught off guard and was stabbed in the stomach with a knife, but he refused to admit defeat, and staggered up again with one hand on his stomach. Ah Wu picked up the chair in the corner and knocked the knife in his hand away, pulled out the knife on his opponent's stomach with his backhand, and pulled out a large section of intestines by the way.

A moment of distraction made Chen Anshun reveal his flaws. The attacker was originally forced in front of the door by him, and the long knife could not be used, so he was always at a disadvantage. Taking advantage of Chen Anshun's slow effort, one of them suddenly pounced, and was stabbed by a dagger in the shoulder, forcing Chen Anshun to the ground. The other man held his long knife aloft, and he was about to cut it down when he saw it.

Ah Wu roared a tiger, crossed the table and grabbed the waist of the person who raised the knife, and the two of them also rolled to the ground. The original slash lost momentum, but it still hit Ah Wu's back. Ah Wu then crushed the man's Adam's apple.

"Let's go!" Chen Anshun pushed away the corpse pressed against him and pulled out the dagger from under the other party's ribs. Someone was already approaching the door, and he picked up the latch that was standing next to him and latched the door of the store, pulling Ah Wu to run behind.

"This way!" The two ran into the kitchen, and Chen Anshun opened a cauldron, and there was a secret door hidden under the pot.

He pushed Ah Wu into the dark passage, and then leaned in himself, and then reset the pot outside the table. After closing the secret door, the prepared soot fell from the side, covering the secret door as if it had never appeared.

There was a loud bang. The door of the noodle shop was finally slammed open, and the attackers with torches rushed in.

The thunder rumbled louder, and the bean-sized raindrops began to crack and crash to the ground.

In the distance, the sound of a child crying could be heard.

As the night passed, the rain finally faded. The two who escaped were huddled in a corner, their clothes covered in stucco.

Chen Anshun tried his best to help Ah Wu block the rain and prevent his wounds from coming into contact with dirty water. Their faces were also covered with dirt, and Chen Anshun simply tore up his clothes, rolled in the muddy water again, and dressed up as beggars everywhere.

Smoke was still billowing in the distance, and that was where they lived. Not only their house, but several nearby houses were set on fire, and the fire was not extinguished by the rain overnight.

"I said don't want people, don't want people, Wan Zhongcai has to let you come. It's a good thing, but something happened as soon as I came. Chen Anshun complained, "It's a pity for my restaurant." ”

"I'm sorry." Ah Wu is trying his best to hold back the pain of his wound. His body was hot and he was shivering.

Seeing him like this, Chen Anshun couldn't say anything more. He moved Ah Wu a little further in, took off his coat and draped it over him, and continued to stare thoughtfully in the direction of the smoke.

The sky is getting brighter, and there are more pedestrians on the road, and from time to time there are catchers and officers and soldiers passing by, all in the direction of the noodle restaurant. In addition, there are horse-drawn carts with bamboo poles and the like on them. The hurried catchers turned a blind eye to the two beggars on the side of the road.

"Something is wrong." Chen Anshun said to Ah Wu, "I felt something was wrong last night. Even if our identities are revealed, they have no reason to kill the neighbors. And we obviously killed their people and ran out, but now we don't even have the posture to search for them. ”

"They are not the ninjas under Lin Yiqing, and the ninjas are not so easy for us to kill." Ah Wu also nodded, "Their style of play is more like a marketplace." (To be continued.) )

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