Empire, imperial capital.

The prime minister and the dragon general Xiang Wu were notoriously incompatible in the court. Therefore, if someone sees this supreme commander of the military and politics sitting quietly and drinking tea in this mansion at this moment, I am afraid that they will suspect that something is wrong with their eyes.

Xiang Wu, Prime Minister, is indeed drinking tea at the moment.

In fact, the two are indeed very incompatible.

But as ministers of the emperor, if the empire really has something very important to do, they can still sit together and discuss, which is why the empire is still strong now.

"Your Majesty doesn't know about the loss of the palace performance map." The Prime Minister was the first to speak.

"Hmph, such important things should have been kept by our military, and you always say that the Tianji Pavilion you have formed is the most impeccable organization. However, such an important thing was stolen by a snitch. ”

"Uncle Xiang's words are not right, even if Uncle Xiang thinks that the General's Mansion is safer than the Tianji Pavilion, but a few months ago, that thief also appeared in the General's Mansion, and I don't see Uncle Xiang you catch him." The person who spoke looked like an ordinary scholar, and the scholar who appeared at the meeting between the dragon general and the prime minister was naturally not ordinary at all.

He was the son of the prime minister.

Xiang Wu said: "This map is related to the defense in the palace, if it is to be changed temporarily, the manpower and material resources involved are huge, if this map is obtained by the enemy country, even if Your Majesty has the protection of that master, others do not." ”

The prime minister said: "I naturally know the importance of this map, but the person who stole this map, even Tianji Pavilion, no one can catch him." ”

Xiang Wu said: "Tianji Pavilion once recruited the first assassin Akasi, didn't it. ”

The prime minister shook his head and said: "If it is not my clan, its heart must be different, this Akasi was originally the prince of the Silver Moon Kingdom, although he was selected as one of the nine jades by the Tianji Pavilion because of it, he is not controlled. He even assassinated an official of the DPRK and China. ”

Xiang Wu said: "It means that if you want him to catch the thief, he may not be willing to go." ”

The prime minister did not speak, which was considered a tacit acquiescence. But the prime minister's son said: "Uncle Xiang and his father don't need to worry, this Tianji Pavilion also has information about this thief, this person is competitive and greedy for money, since Akasi is difficult to tame and inconvenient to control, it is better to let this thief take the initiative to find Akasi." ”

Xiang Wu understood and said: "There have indeed been rumors in the rivers and lakes recently, there are people who can compete with Akasi in terms of speed, this Akasi may not care, but the wind shows his people, but there must be a competition, a good starting point." ”

"Since your father and son have a countermeasure, then the matter of this palace diagram will be solved by you."

The prime minister sneered and said: "General Xiang has every opportunity, and the Tieli Kingdom and the Wanzang tribe are now eyeing the empire, and we have to rely on General Xiang and your resourceful Mr. Shen, so that we people can live a stable life." ”

Xiang Wu's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he didn't speak, for a long time, he took a deep breath and said coldly: "That scholar is a genius, in my opinion, he is more terrifying than a hundred thousand cloud cavalry." ”

After saying this, Xiang Wu left, and there was no follow-up.

When Xiang Wu walked away, the prime minister's son said: "I thought that Xiang Wu was my father's enemy, with a terrifying martial arts and military strategy, even if he didn't like the way of power, he was ten times more shrewd than many officials in the court. ”

The Prime Minister agreed.

"It's just that even though I've given him such an evaluation, I'm still underestimating him."

The prime minister asked, "What is the explanation?" ”

The prime minister's son said in a deep voice: "Xiang Wu is truly loyal to the country, and now that the palace performance map has been lost, it means that except for His Majesty, who is protected by that master, everyone else is in danger of their lives, Xiang Wu attaches great importance to it, and even talks with his father for so long, but even so, he still doesn't pay enough attention." ”

The prime minister suddenly understood. Xiang Wu has always distrusted himself, but he let himself go back to find such an important thing.

He also smiled: "It seems that my opponent is not simple." ”

The prime minister's son nodded and said, "But good chess is always interesting when it takes a long time." Xiang Wu's trust is the scholar of the Shen family, although he is the gray jade in the nine jades of the heavenly machine, but he has not really offered much strategy for his father, and he has stood in the wrong camp and chose to help Xiang Wu, the martial arts conference is approaching, and it is time to get rid of him. ”

……

In the Silver Moon Country, because of the transcendent status of Akasi, so he has his own palace, although the palace in such a small country is not too luxurious, but it also has the characteristics of the Silver Moon Country, among the tall forests, the flowing water washes the mountains and rocks, and occasionally sees the Nanban elephant cavalry walking by, patrolling the palace, Akasi sits on a leather seat, the white-haired Akasi is actually very young, but the hair quality is snow-white soon after birth, and the moon god in the mythology of the Nanban, so it is known as the son of heaven.

Akasi's martial arts are very high, because all his martial arts can be seen almost once. But after reading a lot of books, about the wisdom left by the ancient people of the Southern Barbarians, he was only interested in two things, assassination and light work.

He has always believed that the art of assassination is an art, which can make it easy to kill a person whose martial arts are far inferior to the opponent, and light skills can allow him to have the capital to maneuver in front of his opponent who is far superior to his own strength.

There are all kinds of people in the world, all kinds of martial arts, he is one of the most talented people in the world, but he only specializes in these two kinds of kung fu, so now, Akasi is like a god of death.

It seems that fate is really creating a god of death, unlike other assassins, who like to use straight daggers, and the weapon used by Akas is called Turbidity Moon, a dagger like a crescent moon, but like a scythe.

Death's Scythe.

Even in the Central Plains Martial Arts with a cloud of masters, and the Imperial Palace in Longtan Tiger's Den, no one has the confidence to survive in the face of Akasi's assassination, and even most people will think that they will definitely die.

As usual, Akath was in the palace looking at the secret letter sent by the Emperor of the Silver Moon Kingdom.

The politics of the Silver Moon Country is very simple, because it occupies the Southern Barbarian Nature, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the remote and mysterious Southern Barbarian Secret Realm is a headache for most countries, and the expedition always consumes manpower and material resources, and the Silver Moon Country has an Akasi that represents the blade of death, and the so-called politics is to kill those who are harmful to the Silver Moon Country. And killing people seems to be really simple for Akasi, whether that person is in the Nanban Secret Realm very close, or the farthest far north from the Nanban Secret Realm, as long as Akasi wants to go, he can go quickly. So probably before the appearance of Akasi, there was no single warrior in this continent who could threaten the officials and high-level officials of all countries in the entire continent with the power of one person.

Akasi did it.

Today's secret letter is different from the past, the slender fingers caressed the back of the knife of the cloudy moon, and after reading the secret letter, there was a trace of expectation in the original indifferent expression.

He'll have to prepare for this fight. He walked deeper into the palace, glanced at the nearby guards, and knew there was no danger. With just one glance, he knew that the guards had not been replaced. There are also sound fluctuations in the air, subtle changes in smell.

Perennial assassination, he knows one thing, the so-called killer, the assassin, is living in killing and being killed, and Akasi, who is used to killing, will never allow himself to be killed. Therefore, he is proficient in the way of assassination, and he is naturally proficient in the way of anti-assassination.

Wine is a kind of wine unique to the Nanban Secret Realm, with a good taste and not intoxicating. Akath sipped his wine, thinking about the contents of the secret letter.

Do you come to yourself openly?

Very interesting people.

At some point, some people began to compare the name of Fengzhan with the name of Akasi. Akasi does not have the arrogance of the so-called king, but he is a little happy, and if someone can think of going with him, it is to specialize in the way of speed. In fact, he has always wanted to see this wind exhibition.

This mission is good, or not a mission, he is the one who is tasked and Feng Zhan is the one who performs the task.

It's just that Akasi is notoriously a person from the Tianji Pavilion, but he is not controlled by the Tianji Pavilion at all, so he didn't expect that the loss of such major information by Gong Yantu would let him know that if it was really in the hands of Feng Zhan, wouldn't it be able to threaten the most powerful country in the continent if he took it from Feng Zhan's hands.

When will it come? Akasi was a little expecting the man called Wind Zhan to come to him.

"Silver-haired people, rare, and in this place, it seems, you are Akasi?"

Pupils constricted.

Akasi didn't expect that someone would sneak in even though he had confirmed that there was no abnormality.

Black hair, bronzed skin, slender fingers, sharp eyes, with an uninhibited smile, a little sloppy and a little ruffian.

The encounter between the assassin and the thief came so suddenly.

Akath was only startled for a short moment, then calmed down and looked at Fengzhan with interest.

The wind exhibition hangs upside down on the beams in the Akasi house, and is also contemplating the legend of the fastest in the continent.

Feng Zhan's face is very ordinary and ordinary, and it won't give people a second look when it is placed in a pile of people, and it is far less handsome than Akasi.

But Akasi said, "You have a face fit to be an assassin." ”

Feng Zhan looked at Akasi, saw the hands, slender and white as a woman's fingers, and said with a smile: "You also have a pair of hands that are very suitable for being a thief." ”

Then they both looked at each other's feet.

What they have to compare is the work of their feet.

"If you were an Assassin, you might be the only one to achieve."

"If you are a thief, everything can be stolen except my uncle's things."

The duel between the thieves and the assassins is actually very boring in the deduction of Akath and Fengzhan, but they are looking forward to it.

Feng Zhan landed, looked at Akasi carefully, and so did Akasi.

They were very similar, and although Akath looked elegant and lazy, and Fengzhan looked bohemian, both of them saw a hint of cynicism in each other's eyes.

Akasi played with the dagger, his posture was calm, like a noble son, he said: "Did you steal the palace performance?" ”

Feng Zhan shook his head: "No one dares to buy that thing, uncle, I'm not interested in things that can't be exchanged for money." ”

Akasi nodded and said, "I didn't believe it, but after meeting you, I did." The political struggles of the empire really like to go around in circles and be bored. ”

Feng Zhan went straight to the point and said, "How to compare." ”

Although Akasi was satisfied with the wind show that he seemed to be able to call his old enemy, he didn't feel that the other party could compete with him at full speed.

The air seemed to freeze instantly.

A chill suddenly appeared in front of Feng Zhan's neck.

Turbidity Moon has reached Feng Zhan's neck, and the distance between the two was originally about two zhang, faster than a blink of an eye, and Akasi had already put the knife on the other party's neck.

He said calmly: "Are you sure you want to ...... with me"

The words didn't end, Feng Zhan disappeared, and he didn't disappear far, but suddenly appeared behind Akasi, Feng Zhan had no weapon, only put his finger on Akasi's temple, and said with a smile: "What were you going to say just now?" ”

Akasi sighed, quite helpless, it seemed that this ordinary-looking guy might really be his destined enemy.

"It's just that you're running so fast."

A trace of touch that had been on the fingertips of the wind disappeared in an instant. Akath had regained his graceful seat in his fur chair, looking carefully at the intruder.

"Three days later, you and I will face off. Although the speed may be worth my expectation, however, your martial arts are really poor. If you want to live in this world, you might as well come to me. ”

Feng Zhan smiled: "Tsk, I can be regarded as seeing someone thicker than me, even if your assassination method is like a ghost, but if you can't touch me, everything is empty talk." ”

Akath shook his head, a chill gradually appeared in his eyes, and said: "One day, you will feel the helplessness of just having speed, I don't want you to die too soon, otherwise you will already die." ”

Feng Zhan also restrained his smile and said: "If one day, there is a crisis that I can't hide from even at full speed, it can only mean one thing, it's not that my martial arts are too poor, but ......."

He looked at Akasi and said slowly, "I'm not fast enough. ”

Akasi suddenly felt that perhaps in the pursuit of the word fast, Feng Zhan was purer than himself. It's just that there may be people in this world who are faster than you?

Akasi, who didn't smile, smiled and was very happy: "In three days, you will know the answer you want." ”

……

A month ago, Gu Sanqiu received a letter.

He is the head of the world's merchants, and naturally has some relationship with the palace, and he is considered an imperial businessman, so he only recognizes the seal on the letter.

In fact, his Fortuna Pavilion has been dealing with organizations that seal the letter.

The content of the letter is a request, or it is actually a conspiracy, the God of Wealth Pavilion is a dark line of the Tianji Pavilion in the power of the rivers and lakes, even the nine major factions do not know that the God of Wealth Pavilion is actually subordinate to the imperial court.

This is a wealthy force forcibly created by financial resources. Gu Sanqiu has issued many orders to seek talents, and has invited many masters in various fields with a lot of money.

And this time, the empire needs the God of Wealth Pavilion to issue another merit-seeking order.

The content is very simple, the martial arts conference is imminent, although there are countless masters in the God of Wealth Pavilion, but the top masters have always been scarce, so the God of Wealth Pavilion is willing to use a lot of money to ask for a rare master.

But if you want to prove your peerless talent, you must surpass Akas, the god of death of the Silver Moon, in speed. As long as those who can do this, the God of Wealth Pavilion is willing to offer a high bounty.

Bounty, Golden Million.

After Gu Sanqiu released this news, it caused a shock in the rivers and lakes. Shocked that Gu Sanqiu had little money in the end, even Ning Wuxie, who had the highest bounty in the rivers and lakes, was only worth 100,000 gold. Gu Sanqiu's move was inevitably a bit of a loss. Gold million, if this money is used to invest in the Silver Moon Kingdom, I am afraid that Akasi himself will be willing to help the God of Wealth Pavilion at the martial arts conference.

But in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that even if Gu Sanqiu changed the bounty to 10 million, it would be meaningless, so some people were thinking, maybe this was the propaganda of a God of Wealth Pavilion.

Because no one believes that there will be people in this world who are faster than Akas.

Half a month after the million order was issued, Gu Sanqiu didn't see anyone coming to receive the order, and he couldn't help but be a little funny. No amount of money can create a person who is faster than Akasi out of nothing.

But just when Gu Sanqiu was determined to forget about it, Ling was picked up.

The person who receives the order is naturally Fengzhan. Gu Sanqiu's mind was bright, and he suddenly thought of a possibility. So he didn't say anything about it.

But the order of the wind exhibition is effective. Gu Sanqiu said that if he can surpass Akasi in terms of speed, and the silver ticket with a million gold equivalent is sent by someone, the money bank of the God of Wealth can be said to be the most trustworthy money bank in the world, and the transaction volume is huge, and the silver ticket is silver money, so there is nothing wrong with it. Feng Zhan agreed.

However, Gu Sanqiu told him not to leak this matter, for fear that it would cause trouble to the God of Wealth Village, and there were too many martial arts spectators, I am afraid it would also affect the competition.

It's just that he took the good hand of Zhuangzhong and Feng Zhan to the Nanban Secret Realm to find Akasi, which is considered a notary. Originally, Gu Qianqiu thought that a character like Akasi would definitely not accept this kind of competition, but Feng Zhan was very confident that the other party would have the intention of competing after seeing his speed.

So, there was a trip to the Nanban of the wind exhibition. That's why there is the above, the first meeting between the assassin and the thief.

In three days, the personnel of the God of Wealth Association who came with the wind exhibition have already left for the frost river and returned to report the upcoming speed showdown.

The content of the competition is very simple, a long-distance run, whoever reaches the finish line first, who wins, that is, wins the name of the fastest in the world.

It's just that the so-called long-distance running is still a bit too delicate.

From the Southern Barbarian Secret Realm in the Far South, to the town of Xuemo near the Ice Helm Mountains in the Far North. A contest that has crossed the north and south of the entire empire is coming.

Inside the palace, Akasi was sipping wine, thinking about what had happened recently, planning for possible troubles in the Silver Moon Kingdom during the competition. Calm demeanor.

Maybe there are people who can challenge themselves, but it's just qualified, and it's still too early to win. He didn't think he was going to lose. With frost-white moonlight hair, a body that seems to have no limits to its natural perfection, Akasi is confident that he is a god in the world.

What others need decades of hard work to achieve, he can comprehend in a short time, months, or even days.

The whole world underestimated Akasi, a true peerless genius.

An agent reported that Akasi Fengzhan was buying some dry food, which surprised Akasi a little. Such a famous thief seems to be extremely poor. I didn't think much about it, Akasi didn't have much to prepare, only some money, and he was a little worried about the wind

The exhibition of too much grain affects the speed.

"I just hope that you don't lose too much in this competition, at least you have the possibility of surpassing me, only if you have it

You deserve to live. ”

……

At night in the dense forest, the night in the Silver Moon Country is extremely cool, and this coolness is due to the heat of the day

Target. The smell of trees was all in his nose, Feng Zhan had a grass in his mouth, people were lying on the branches, and the food and luggage were also hanging on the branches, and his eyes were looking at the moon in the sky, and his thoughts were complicated.

Many people think that the Great Thief is an extremely rich thief, and it is. It's just that he never touched the money.

Feng Zhan thought of many people, childhood friends, villagers, and relatives, and the girl who had been waiting for her.

With this money, you can fulfill that promise.

Many years ago, he made a promise to them, and he did not hesitate to become a thief for that promise. Even if he only stole from someone who should have stolen, he still couldn't hide the fact that he was a thief.

He needed just too much money. So much so that over the years, it was not enough to steal.

Feng Zhan took a deep breath. Thinking of that calm stabbing Akasi, I didn't really have much confidence in my heart.

But only this time, be sure to win!