Chapter 55: Responsibility and Hesitation

"It seems that the strength of the ink is not trivial! I didn't expect such a magnificent complex to exist in this canyon. Huo Guang and Huo Quzhi finally saw the dark pavilion, and the two of them were also slightly shocked by the scene in front of them.

"Well, it does have some strength." Huo Quzhi just nodded and said.

"Two of you, please. The Pavilion Master and the Elders have been waiting for a long time! "There are also two stone gates outside the Dark Pavilion, and the stone gates are like the portals of the Dark Pavilion. At this moment, a middle-aged man in sackcloth with an ordinary appearance took over the ink-clothed swordsman who originally led the way, leading Huo Guang and Huo to get sick.

"This person's palms are white, and there are no calluses in the tiger's mouth, it seems that this person does not know martial arts. Come to think of it, not all of them are killers. "Since entering the Dark Pavilion, Huo Guang has always paid attention to observing everything around him. The person in front of him was completely different from the two ink-clothed swordsmen at the cliff, and Huo Guang guessed that there was also a detailed division of labor in the dark pavilion.

At this moment, the situation in the dark pavilion is completely different from when the two brothers have not entered, and now the dark pavilion is quiet, except for the Mai man who led the way, Huo Guang looked around, all the palaces were empty, and there seemed to be few people in the entire dark pavilion headquarters.

"False and real, this dark pavilion is also shrewd. In this way, my brother and I don't know what the strength of the Dark Pavilion is at all, and we will have some scruples about them. Huo Guang became more and more curious about the Dark Pavilion in his heart, if a busy Dark Pavilion could still make people understand it, and now such a Dark Pavilion would make people feel even more mysterious.

Although the dark pavilion is built in the canyon, but the terrain is also high and low, after walking more than ten steps, Huo Guang and the two went up to an open square, and the end of the square is the main hall where the old pavilion master and the three elders are just now, on both sides of the square are conjoined houses, the doors and windows in the house are closed, so that people can't see what is inside.

At the same time as he ascended the square, Huo Guang had already seen that in the center of the square, four old men in sackcloth and white hair were staring at his two brothers. Huo Guang also fell his gaze on these four people, and he also found the pattern on the chest of the three elders of the Sun, Moon and Star.

"The champion Hou came from afar, and the old man has lost his welcome, and I hope that Hou Ye will forgive his sins." The old pavilion master arched his hand from afar, and on the surface it looked extremely polite.

"Presumably, Your Excellency is the Lord of the Dark Pavilion, and these three are the three elders of the Sun, Moon and Star, right? Ben Hou has also admired your great names for a long time! Huo Quzhi stepped forward quickly, and there was no tension at first, but Huo Quzhi's tone was also a little unkind.

"I don't know what the champion Hou Ye is doing when he comes to the Dark Pavilion? Do you want to do business with our Dark Pavilion too? The old pavilion master's eyes fell on Huo Guang, and after an instant, he moved back to Huo Quai, and asked Huo Qubing about his intentions when he spoke again.

"Doing business? The business of the Dark Pavilion is getting bigger and bigger now. I want you to kill someone, but I don't know if you dare to take it? Huo Quzhi said meaningfully.

The old pavilion master and the three elders also heard that Huo Quai's words were there, and there was even a sarcasm about the dark pavilion. The four of them couldn't help frowning, but Elder Ri, who had the most upright and fiery personality, said first: "As long as the starting price of the champion Hou is raised, there is no one in this world who we can't kill in the secret pavilion." ”

"Is that true? So you really killed everyone? Huo Quzhi's tone became solemn, and he stared at Elder Ri with fierce eyes and said.

"As long as it doesn't violate the rules of our dark pavilion, there is indeed nothing that can't be killed. I don't know who the Marquis of the Rolling Army wants to kill? This time, it was not Elder Ri who spoke, but the old pavilion master said in a solemn tone. The old pavilion master was also a little uncertain in his heart, he always felt that Huo Qu had something to say, so he was very cautious when answering.

"If I want you to kill a liege, how much gold?" Huo Quzhi looked directly at the old pavilion master, and even faintly smelled of forced gaze.

"What...... This is absolutely unacceptable. Champion Hou doesn't know the rules of our Secret Pavilion, right? Not to mention a liege, even if it is a hundred stone officials of the county government, we can't accept it in the dark pavilion. Hou Ye is an important minister of the imperial court, so he should know the rules of our secret cabinet, right? The old pavilion master was shocked at first, and then he felt very bad. He also knew that Huo Qubing would not come to the Dark Pavilion for no reason, and he would not be so bored as to say that he would ask them to kill any liehou.

"Good, good, good...... You know your own rules. But on the fifth day of the first month of last month, your assassins in the Dark Pavilion actually assassinated Huo Guang, the brother of Ben Hou, in Maoling. At this time, if you don't give Ben Hou a satisfactory explanation, don't blame Ben Hou for making you ink chickens and dogs restless! Huo Quzhi first smiled and said a few good words, and then suddenly his tone changed, there was a smell of Xingshi asking for guilt, and finally he directly pulled out the sword on his waist and pointed the sword at the old pavilion master.

"Presumptuous ......"

"Huo Quai, you deceive people too much."

Elder Sun and Elder Yue shouted at the same time, and with a flick of their sleeves, they didn't know where to get an extra sword, which was held in their hands. Huo Quzhi's performance was indeed a bit ruthless, and he directly threatened to make the ink man restless, which was equivalent to hitting the scar of the person in the dark pavilion with a stick. You must know that in this era, the ink people have withered, and even most of the ink people have to be incognito, Huo Qubing is not using the dark pavilion as a threat, but threatening the entire ink person, which is equivalent to nakedly slapping these people in the face.

"Wait...... Champion Hou, although you are now in power, but we ink masters are not greedy for life and afraid of death, if you really want to do this, then don't blame us for burning jade. The old pavilion master stretched out his hand to stop the two elders of Sun and Moon who wanted to fight Huo Quai. This old pavilion master believes that if it is really someone in the dark pavilion who assassinated Huo Guang, then he must have investigated Huo Guang's identity first, and since he still dares to assassinate, it means that Huo Guang is a person who has no official status, so this does not violate the rules of the dark pavilion.

"Ah Guang." Huo Quzhi still pointed his sword at the old pavilion master, and shouted Huo Guang at the same time.

Although Huo Quzhi didn't say what he wanted to do, Huo Guang naturally understood Huo Quai's meaning at this time. Then he reached out and took it into his arms, and then held a copper seal with a black ribbon in his palm.

"What do you have to say now? Do you want to find out what the Assassin is confronting him with? A-Guang, tell them what the characteristics of the assassin who assassinated you are! When Huo Guang took out the official seal, the old pavilion master and the three elders on the opposite side instantly changed their faces, and at this time, Huo Quzhi didn't give them a chance to speak at all and began to ask rhetorically.

This is the second time that Huo Guang has taken out the official seal of Zhu Cao's servants in front of people, and he didn't expect that such a mere thousand-stone official seal would be so invincible. Although Huo Guang had many thoughts in his heart, he said without hesitation: "I saw a two-inch-long scar on the back of the assassin's right hand, the scar was bent irregularly, it should have been scratched by a tree branch when he was a child. ”

Huo Guang didn't have any obvious impression of the assassin, but when the assassin stabbed him, Huo Guang had accidentally seen a scar on the back of the Assassin's right hand that was different from the color of his skin. Later, Huo Guang carefully recalled the appearance of the scar and came to his conclusion just now.

"This ...... I think there must be some misunderstanding in this. Elder Star, do you know if there is such a person in my Secret Pavilion? Seeing Huo Guang's official seal, the old pavilion master obviously felt that he had lost money.

Elder Xing glanced at Elder Sun a little strangely, and then said to the old pavilion master, "It seems that Elder Ri's disciple Zhong Wuji has a scar left on the back of his hand from childhood. ”

"Hand over this person, don't let me do it myself!" Huo Quzhi said aggressively, as if the entire dark pavilion was shrouded in his shadow at this moment.

"Why don't you bring him here?" The old pavilion master said with some anger. He didn't expect that it was really someone in the dark pavilion who broke the rules.

"Brother, they're not going to hand over the assassin, are they?" Huo Guang didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and even this development process was completely different from Huo Guang's way of thinking, at least in the face of this situation in the future generations, even if the secret pavilion was in trouble, it would be difficult to take the initiative to admit it.

"Don't worry, if the Dark Pavilion didn't even have this kind of responsibility, then it would be impossible for the Ink Artist to exist for so many years!" At this time, Huo Quzhi put away his sword and said without worry.

Huo Guang thought about it for a while, and then understood the reason. No matter how the ink scholars declined, and even they were reduced to establishing a dark pavilion to accumulate financial resources to retain the fire, and the changes of the times did not make them abandon the style of the ink scholars of the Warring States. In the final analysis, this is still a group of ink writers who 'value promises, ignore life and death'.

At this moment, Huo Guang also had to admit that even if they were his enemies, these dark ink masters were worthy of respect, at least there would be no such people in the future generations.

Soon, Elder Xing came to the square with a man in ink, and with a sword from Huo Guang, this person recognized him as the assassin who assassinated him in Maoling that day.

"Is that him?" Huo Quzhi turned around and asked Huo Guang.

"Hmm!" Huo Guang nodded in response. I don't know why, the person who once wanted to put himself and death was standing in front of him, and Huo Guang didn't have the hatred he deserved in his heart.

"Indefinite, what the hell is going on?" Elder Ri asked with some hatred. He was originally short-tempered, but after knowing that it was indeed his disciple who broke the rules of the dark pavilion and assassinated Huo Guang, who had an official position, he didn't even mean to be partial.

"It's all because I'm incompetent, I easily listen to what others say, and I don't seriously investigate myself. Champion Hou, I will bear the consequences caused by my indefinite period, and this matter has nothing to do with the Dark Pavilion! The assassin Zhong Wuji walked in front of Huo Quzhi and Huo Guang, his words were similar to what Huo Guang guessed, this person really didn't know that Huo Guang had an official position. However, Zhong Wuji did not say who bought the murderer.

"Who told you to kill me?" Huo Guang asked calmly, now he didn't even have much hatred for Zhong Wuji.

"If I hadn't seen the black ribbon in your arms that day, I would have withdrawn the last bit of strength, and I guess you wouldn't be standing here now. Regardless of whether you have an official position or not, failing to kill you is already me breaking my promise and wanting me to tell my employer, which is even more impossible! Zhong Wuzhi looked at Huo Guang, and his eyes fell on the black ribbon of the official seal.

At this moment, Huo Guang rang, it turned out that the clock was stabbed on the book by a sword, and then he sighed lightly, not entirely because of the book, but also because he saw the black ribbon in his arms. That is to say, when the clock was indefinite, he suspected that he had broken the rules, and he withdrew the force that was originally going to be exerted, so that he did not puncture his heart and saved his life.

This time, even Huo Guang was a little surprised, Zhong Wuzhi wanted to kill himself, but in the end, because of Zhong Wuzhi, he saved a small life. If it wasn't the Ink Assassin who came to assassinate him, but someone like the Ranger Haoqiang, then it would be impossible for him to die.

"Hmph, no matter what the reason is, I just know that you almost killed Ah Guang. Ah Guang, how he stabbed you with his sword that day, how you stab you back today. Huo Quzhi suddenly raised his long sword, and the tip of the sword reached Zhong Wuji's throat.

Huo Guang was slightly stunned, and his palm subconsciously held the hilt of the sword at his waist. At this moment, he was also contradictory, did this sword stab himself or not? Killing people and saving people is just between his own thoughts, but the seemingly simple choice made Huo Guang, who has always thought he was decisive, hesitate!