Chapter 188: Rumors (2-in-1)
In the mansion of the second prince of Balman, the congealed aura has not been able to dissipate for a long time. Jin Gaochi quickly realized what had happened, his face was slightly embarrassed, and he saluted: "Your Highness, the prince is quite arrogant, please don't blame Your Highness." ”
"Ladies and gentlemen."
The expression on the face of the Second Highness was a little calmer, and he looked at the embarrassed-looking right-hand man below, and understood that the development of this matter seemed to have exceeded the latter's expectations, so he bowed his head slightly, looked at Wang Anfeng, and said with a smile as usual:
"Wang Gongzi, is it? It's so arrogant, I once heard that there are often crazy births in the Central Plains, and now I see it, it is worthy of the name. ”
"Sure enough, I saw it."
Although Jin Gaochi saw his expression, although he was not angry, he was faintly cold under his tone, and his heart was slightly cold, knowing that his recommendation this time was not only fruitless, but also left an impression of ineffective work in His Highness's heart, and he was slightly uneasy in his heart at the moment, and he was faintly angry at Wang Anfeng.
I knew that it was such a crazy life that couldn't control my mouth, and I should have asked Tianqingzi to clean up well, break my tendons and fractures, and it would not be too late to endure some hardships, but now I am really in a hurry.
The old man sitting beside Gu Mu under the Second Highness stroked his beard and smiled:
"Young people are not afraid of tigers when they are newborns, and it is a good thing to have momentum, first the old man is now accustomed to being cautious, and there is no young man's spirit, and now when I see such a young man, I still have some nostalgia in my heart."
Jin Gaochi's face froze slightly, took a step forward, and said:
"Zhou Lao said this wrong, Wang Gongzi only saw His Royal Highness for the first time, and his heart was shaken, and he was naturally calm and calm, which was the first-class style that Jin had seen."
The old man smiled, noncommittal.
Jin Gaochi immediately turned sideways, even though he was already faintly impatient and irritated in his heart, he couldn't give up at this time, otherwise, the evaluation of him by everyone present would fall again.
Seeing Wang Anfeng's lazy appearance at the moment, he thought it was his own demeanor before, but at this moment, he only felt that it was an eyesore, and he still laughed to himself:
"Come, Prince Wang, I'll introduce you to all the masters."
"The old man on the left side of His Royal Highness, but an amazing old hero and old hero in our resting country, was frivolous when he was young, and when he was crowned, he joined the army as a captain, fought and killed for 20 years, and the official reached the left general, but he returned to the field with his armor and returned to the field, and he was free on the rivers and lakes, and he called himself the old man of the lonely boat."
"Mr. Zhou has learned martial arts to become a family, and he has honed on the battlefield, which is a rare martial arts mastery in the world.
He tried his best to ease the atmosphere at the moment, and his words were full of praise, but he never thought that the old man would not appreciate it, smiled, and said: "The old man's little kung fu is not comparable to Mr. Jin, and Mr. Jin's eyes are the most beautiful in the world. ”
Jin Gaochi held his palm slightly, with a smile on his face as before, and explained clearly to Wang Anfeng one by one, and as Wang Anfeng expected, all of them were the masters of the famous great families in the rest country, and they gathered here today, but they didn't know what was to discuss.
Gu Mu's expression was calm, and he had already restrained his mind in this short period of time, and after Jin Gaochi introduced the six people one by one, he had thoroughly sorted out his thoughts, his voice was graceful, and he said:
"Today, Mr. Jin introduced Wang Gongzi here, and he was overjoyed, but at this moment it was a feast for a few friends, and he was too late to wash the dust for Gongzi, and asked Gongzi to rest here today, the coming day is long, and there are many places below, and I have to rely on Gongzi many times."
After a few polite words, he raised his hand in exchange for a maid, whispered a few words, and waved her hand to take Wang Anfeng out of the house, Wang Anfeng didn't say anything more, but before leaving, he glanced at the second highness indifferently, and seemed to be quite disappointed, so he waved his sleeves and walked out after the maid.
Jin Gaochi in the house relaxed a little, and after the two of them walked away, he bowed to Gu Mu, knocked lightly on the ground with his forehead, and said:
"Please condemn your highness."
Gu Mu shook his head and said: "Mr. knows that he is eager to recruit talents, and takes the initiative to introduce talents to the government, but what is the crime?" ”
Jin Gaochi's forehead touched the ground, never raised, and said:
"The minister is guilty of not investigating."
"It's just that when I saw that this person was talented, I was happy in my heart, and wanted to introduce him to His Highness as soon as possible, but I failed to study him in time, resulting in the damage to His Highness's majesty, and the death of the lord humiliating the minister, which is the crime of dereliction of duty."
Gu Mu's heart gradually dissipated a little anger, waved his hand, and said with a smile:
"Mr. Jin is always so polite, things in the Central Plains are so bad, too cumbersome, I have received Mr.'s sincerity, not to mention that with the current situation, I have to slowly examine how he is, it is too ridiculous, Mr. is not guilty."
"Come, give a seat, serve wine."
Having said this, Jin Gaochi breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed again, and got up, and the guards next to him sent the seat and added a glass of wine, Jin Gaochi got up and apologized with spirits, and after a few rounds of drinking, he took the initiative to ask:
"The ministers are outside, I don't know that His Highness has summoned you all into the palace, but what is the important matter?"
Gu Mu was silent for a while, then motioned to the man on one side to speak, and the latter said:
"Mr. Kim, have you ever heard of the black list?"
Jin Gaochi's expression was slightly solemn, and he said:
"What the Ouyang Sect Master said, but is it the black list that claims to encompass the world's evil masters?"
The man surnamed Ouyang bowed his head slightly and said:
"It's the black list."
Jin Gaochi couldn't help but sit a little straighter, and understood the trickiness of this matter in his heart.
The old man in the lonely boat played with the cup in his hand and murmured:
"If you have compassion, you will die in the wilderness, and all evil will be entered, black list?"
Jin Gaochi said in a deep voice:
"Isn't there a master on the black list who appears in the royal city?"
The man surnamed Ouyang nodded and said, "Yes, it is the Soul Breaker who ranks eleventh in the black list, and my disciples have enough credible information to prove that the Soul Breaker entered the city the day before yesterday, and then killed the two of us before leaving." ”
Jin Gaochi's heart couldn't help but tense, and murmured:
"Soul Breaker, the eleventh person on the black list."
"Do you know anything about this person?"
Ouyang Che shook his head and said: "I don't know, the people in the black list are alone, hiding and hiding, most of them have offended the big families on the rivers and lakes, if their identities are exposed, within a few months, they may be found by the enemy and die in the wilderness." ”
"However, there is no need to worry too much about this matter, although the top ten on the black list are powerful enough, but the soul breaker is only the eleventh on the black list, the tenth on the black list, was previously repelled by the Guzhou seniors with a twenty-nine-style moon-breaking cone, the eleventh, the martial arts are still below that, there are Guzhou seniors, don't worry too much."
"The main reason why we are here is to ...... other people"
At this moment, the old man in the lonely boat suddenly sighed, put the wine cup in his hand on the table, made a small soft sound, interrupted the sound, and everyone's eyes subconsciously looked over, and saw the complicated look on the face of the old man who had been in the family, the battlefield, and the rivers and lakes all his life.
Fear, self-deprecation, uneasiness, fear, all kinds of things, all mixed together on the face, the palms of the hands were lowered, as if they were trembling slightly, everyone was puzzled, but Jin Gaochi's heart suddenly suddenly, and a thought arose.
Could it be ......
It took the old man in the lonely boat a dozen breaths to break free from such complex emotions, his eyes lowered, and he sighed: "It's him again......"
"I never thought that there would be a chance to meet this person."
The second prince, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but say:
"Has the General ever met with this Soul Breaker before?"
The old man of Guzhou raised his head and said with a wry smile: "Not only have we met, when the old man came here before, the master of the Ouyang Sect only said that he knew the news of the person on the black list, but he did not explicitly say that it was this soul breaker, if he had known that it was him, he was not afraid of His Royal Highness's jokes, and the old man might not have the courage to come here to sit." ”
Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, and the inconspicuous old man in front of him enjoyed considerable fame in the rivers and lakes and in the court, not to mention the art of war, and his martial arts were also superb, and his courage was extraordinary.
It has been said that if the old man had not traveled around before, but had been around the king of Balman, the king might not have died.
But such an old man, just hearing the name of this black list soul breaker, showed a look of terror, and made it clear that if he had known that it was the soul breaker who came here, I am afraid that he would not have the courage to appear here.
Gu Mu's expression was slightly condensed, and he said:
"Please also ask the general to make it clear what is special about this person that can make the general like this."
"It's how strong his martial arts are, as long as he hasn't entered the realm of the grandmaster, there are hundreds of ambushes here, and he may not be able to please you together."
The old man shook his head and said:
"It's useless to be outnumbered by him."
"Why is that?"
The old man was silent for a few breaths, and then said:
"Because he's an assassin."
Everyone's expressions changed, and the appearance of a world-famous assassin in the city of Balmain in such a situation where the rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings, which in itself was enough to make people tremble.
They hadn't invited this master known as Soul Breaker to come. Now there is only one possibility that a top Assassin will be invited here.
The Great Prince.
Such a thought flashed through the minds of many people at the same time, and immediately made everyone's expressions change slightly.
After all, an assassin is not an ordinary warrior, and he may not be as good as a weaker wrestler in a head-on fight, but if he is hidden in the shadows, he may be able to assassinate a warrior who is stronger than himself.
Even if it was a five-grade master, they would not be vigilant to this extent.
Not to mention anything else, the old man in front of him has been in the five-grade realm for more than ten years, and he has a powerful and mellow body, and he can resist the tenth undefeated on the black list.
But a top assassin. Even a sixth-rank assassin is more worrying and wary than a fifth-rank martial artist.
One of the people present could not escape.
Jin Gaochi said: "The general said before that he had ever met with this Soul Breaker? ”
The old man smiled bitterly, did not answer, but stood up, he was a thin old man, his face was full of wrinkles, gray hair, it was hard to imagine that such an old man was once a handsome man when he was young, and a fierce general who was invincible on the battlefield.
He looked around at everyone, stretched out his hand to untie the belt of his clothes, grabbed the sides of the clothes with both hands and pulled them out, revealing his chest, everyone just glanced at it, all of them were shocked and discolored, in the old man's shriveled body, there was a wound that had been healed, but it still looked shocking, the skin, muscles, and green tendons were strangely twisted together, which should have formed a lump of flesh, but the old man's body was sunken down.
There was a dead silence when everyone boarded, and Jin Gaochi said with difficulty:
"General, this, this is ......"
The old man in the lonely boat sighed, pointed to his wound, and said with a wry smile:
"Why would you give up the position of General Zuo?"
"I have been fighting on the battlefield for half my life, that is, the Great Qin Iron Cavalry has been taught once, I was only over fifty years old that day, if it is an ordinary old man in the family, I am already old, but for me, my ambition is in full swing, and I want to be a general above 10,000 people under that person."
"But that's when I met that gambler."
Ouyang Che was slightly stunned, and then said:
"Soul Breaker?!"
The old man of Guzhou nodded and said: "Yes, it's just that the soul breaker at that time was just a young man, and he looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and I had already pushed open the dragon gate, formed a formation across the battlefield, and was arrogant in my heart. ”
"Bet on who will make the quickest move."
"He was very reasonable and asked me to strike first."
"I used my fastest martial arts, but it didn't work, the Moon Cone only pierced a phantom, and then the boy had already appeared on my side, leaving such a wound on my body."
"It's ridiculous that I relied on martial arts at that time, I was arrogant, and I provoked a lot of enemies, so I could only resign from the military and hide in all directions, until in recent years, those enemies have died separately, and I dare to come out."
Speaking of at least twenty years ago, the old man's eyes still showed lingering fear, and the extremely hideous and twisted wounds on his body all proved how terrifying the Soul Breaker was as an assassin.
What's more, the soul breaker back then was just a teenager, and he was able to hit the six products hard when he made a move, and now twenty years later, if he makes another move, who else can stop it?!
As long as everyone thought of this, they felt that they had a heavy boulder in their hearts, and they were a little out of breath, and the old man of the lonely boat silently folded his clothes, sat on one side and drank with his head down, and there was a little more aging and decay on his body.
At this time, the second prince suddenly smiled and said:
"It's so powerful, then you don't have to worry about it."
Everyone looked at him curiously, and the young man said calmly:
"Such a big master, the price of a shot must be very large, my brother has always been proud, he has never looked at my younger brother in his heart, and he will never be willing to pay such a big price to invite a person on the black list who he has always looked down on to kill me."
"What's more, since he is an assassin, then he naturally pays to kill people, so there is room for negotiation, don't panic, Mr. Jin, the one who introduced you today...... Yes, is it called Wang Gongzi? Crazy is really crazy, but don't you know what you can do? ”
Jin Gaochi's heart moved, he understood the meaning of the second prince, got up with a smile, and said:
"It's a bit of a long story, but listen to me......"
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The maid introduced Wang Anfeng into the backyard of the mansion.
The back part of the Second Prince's Mansion was far more dangerous than the one that came from the front, and Wang Anfeng could feel a slight tingling gaze, full of scrutiny, and the instinctive tightness of his body when the strong bow and crossbow pointed at the vital point.
Having seen the elite troops behind the second prince firing a volley of thousands of arrows at the time of the incident that day, Wang Anfeng had already expected the battle at this time.
But what he didn't expect was that the maid who led him to the place where the doorman was temporarily staying was the only seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who had the courage to draw her sword and stand in front of him that day when he broke into the tent of King Balmain.
At this moment, he was leading the way five steps before he was walking.
Wang Anfeng hugged the little beast, it was cold in winter, the cold was stimulating, his injury was not healed, he coughed lightly, the maid's footsteps paused slightly, and then silently turned the direction and walked to a room that was biased towards the daylight.
As he was walking forward, he suddenly heard the Qin people behind him speak in an unfamiliar Sabbath and said:
"Is the girl a close attendant of His Royal Highness?"
She was slightly stunned, but the man behind her should be a guest of His Royal Highness, so he didn't hide anything at the moment, shook his head, and said softly:
"No, the servant only came to His Highness's mansion a month ago."
Wang Anfeng knew it in his heart, coughed twice, and then asked with a smile:
"Where did the girl go on an errand before? But what should you call it? ”
The girl was slightly stunned, mistakenly thinking that he had a frivolous meaning, and couldn't help but feel angry in her heart, but she still restrained herself and said softly:
"A cheap name can't enter the ears of the son."
"Previous...... Before, the servant was an errand in the king's account. ”
Her voice gradually lowered, faintly aware that she seemed to have said something that should not be said, a little cramped and uneasy, a month ago, the king was in the account, but anyone who knew a little about the current situation of the rest of the country, knew that she should be the king's maid when he was assassinated.
Or, it was for this reason that His Royal Highness kept her alive.
Wang Anfeng coughed lightly twice and said:
"I see.
The two of them immediately fell silent, just walked forward, and after walking for about half a moment, the maid in front had just stopped, and suddenly heard the Great Qin people behind them ask softly:
"So, how are you doing?"
The girl's footsteps paused slightly, and she was slightly dazed for a while.
She could guess that His Highness had left her alive because she had seen the king's killer with her own eyes, but that was why she had not been put to death for the Sabbath Code. I was able to follow behind His Highness with my sister, although I don't know what the future holds, but I survived after all.
Two people together.
Enough is enough.
She nodded subconsciously and hummed softly.
Wang An's eyes softened, coughed softly, the wind blew through the sparse forest, the girl could hear the gentle sound of the breeze blowing through the sparse forest, the winter was high and far away, she felt a little vast in her heart for some reason, it turned out to be another winter. Someone behind him whispered softly, as if he was sighing, as if there was nothing:
"That's for the best."
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"I'm going to ask you this time."
The old man with white hair and ruddy cheeks, wearing a azure robe, has an ethereal bearing, quite like a master, flicks the dust, and says:
"In addition, the old man has one more thing to say, after you deal with the second prince, how about doing something for me? The old man can use three cheats as an add-on. ”
The person on the other side smiled in surprise:
"Oh? An iron like you is willing to pluck his feathers? It's bizarre, it's fun. ”
"But by all accounts, I'm only going to kill people."
The old man said lightly:
"That's what I want you to do."
Opposite the old man, the handsome man, but with a slightly gloomy temperament, seemed to be quite interested, and said with a smile:
"I probably can't do anything else, but kill? Then I'm an expert, say, who do you want me to kill you? ”
The old man shook off the dust, took a sip of tea, and said:
"Kill a Great Qin man who doesn't know martial arts and is sick and weak."
"Well, it's not a difficult thing for you, is it?"
PS: Today's update presents...... 5,400 words, if you split it up, each chapter is 2,700 words, although there is no way to compare with yesterday, but it has not directly degenerated into a primitive state......