Chapter 3: The Boy in White
Xu Xi indulged herself and admired the night scene for a while, this ancient dynasty that did not exist in any of her memories had a style that she had never seen before, the buildings were tall and spacious, and they were especially magnificent against the background of the dark night.
The breeze passed through his hair, and Xu Xi couldn't help but close his eyes, feeling this natural softness.
She smelled a hint of gunpowder.
Xu Xi opened his eyes suddenly, there was no firecracker sound around, where did this saltpeter smell come from?
There was a faint sound of fighting in the distance, and she listened carefully, and when she got up again, she decided to run in the exact opposite direction.
Thinking of Wei Qiuqi's eyes during the day, Xu Xi knew that there was trouble, but she didn't want to get into trouble.
The scenery around her quickly receded, and she was running quickly along the ridge of the roof. Although the skills of being a hired killer are still in the past, the high-rise buildings in modern society are almost next to each other, and it is easy to jump over them, but in ancient times, it was ...... She still had to run for a while to cross the five-meter gap, which was exhausting.
The familiar smell of gunpowder came again, Xu Xi dodged suddenly, and with a "bang", an iron projectile hit, and the heavy tiles on the ridge of the roof instantly shattered into several pieces.
"What people!"
Xu Xi hung under the eaves with one hand, and finally climbed up, and several people suddenly surrounded him with lights, and the man led by him was dressed in a black robe and gold boots, and the golden embroidered flying eagle on his chest was the person he saw during the day.
"Who is here, dare to break into Jianyuan Mansion at night!"
Xu Xi was not standing there, nor was he squatting, the man was holding a firearm in his hand and facing her. After hesitating, she still raised her hands and surrendered, after all, although the fire gun was not as powerful as the gun, at such a close distance, if it hit, she would have to bear it.
"That hero...... Speak well," she smiled, "put away your things first." β
The Flying Eagle Guard simply took the thistle terrestris, "You come down." β
"I ......" Xu Xi quietly glanced around, "I can't get down." β
"Whoever goes up can come down!" The servant next to the Flying Eagle Guard snapped, "Say! Is it from the national teacher's faction? β
National teacher? What national teacher? Shen Gong Leopard?
Xu Xi made up this picture and suddenly felt a chill, but in the eyes of others, she was weak and silent, and after a while, the person picked up the thistle again.
"If you have something to say, ...... well"
Before she could finish speaking, a flying knife passed through the wind, and she spun around quickly, avoiding the blade, but the flying knife did not stop, stabbing straight towards the place where the flying eagle guard was. With a "bang", the flying knife was opened by the man, and several copper coins fell to the ground with a clanging sound.
Xu Xi silently admired in her heart, and at this time, a man in white quietly landed beside her.
"Huh?"
The white-clothed boy was quite surprised when he saw her, "When did Shizun accept a female disciple?" β
Xu Xi had a black question mark on his face, "Who are you?" β
She didn't directly ask who the master in this person's mouth was, the other party regarded her as her own, at least it wouldn't be unfavorable to her for a short time. Besides, this can be more or less a clichΓ© to understand the situation.
The man in white was about to answer, but the flying eagle guard underground had already raised a fire and pointed it at them, "You are really in a group. β
Xu Xi wanted to say something, but the boy in white suddenly hugged her and said with a smile, "I knew that Shizun loved me, and finally found a junior sister to bully me, that kid in Qianling was too boring to tease." β
As soon as the words fell, rows of crossbow machines were fired at the same time by the courtyard wall, and in an instant, hundreds of crossbow arrows flew towards the two of them.
Xu Xi finished thinking about it, and was about to dodge, but the man in white grabbed her by the collar and brought her back, "Eh, junior sister, what's the panic, look at the senior brother showing you two hands." β
With a wave of his hand, a long sword came out of its sheath in the middle of its white sleeve, and the silver blade was like a dissolved moonlight. The crossbow arrows in front of him are like heavenly maidens scattering flowers, but this son is standing in the night wind, and he has a bit of calmness.
Xu Xi thought to himself, brother, don't be in the limelight, when the time comes, the slap in the face will be small, and the loss of life will be big. It's been a day since I first arrived, so don't explain here......
A few gusts of wind blew and scraped like knives on the face. As soon as Xu Xi took off the sleeve that blocked her face, she was stunned by the scene in front of her.
When those crossbow arrows were about to fall, the man in white just flicked his sleeves and waved his sword lightly, and those crossbow arrows were broken in two. The crossbow bolts kept falling, and the wide white sleeves were swept airtightly, like white clouds, and occasionally several hidden weapons were mixed in, all of which were bounced away by him one by one, and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
"Sure enough, there are two brushes." Xu Xi admired.
After this crossbow bolt, the man in white suddenly put away his sword, grabbed her arm and pulled her away, and a few more bricks and tiles broken by iron pellets suddenly appeared where the two had just stood. By the time the people gathered, there was no trace of them on the ridge.
The wind whistled past his ears, Xu Xi couldn't help but bow his head, and those roofs kept retreating. The young man in white's light skills are excellent, even if he brings one more person, his speed has not slowed down, but with a slight touch, he swept a few feet away.
There was a cry of jackdaws in the distance, and the man in white suddenly stopped, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, the jackdaw landed firmly on his finger. Only then did Xu Xi notice that the left fingers of the man in white were full of silver-gray finger guards, and the patterns on them were clearly visible.
The man in white untied the secret letter tied to the feet of the jackdaw, and after reading the letter, he suddenly said to her, "You go to help Shizun first, tell him the old man, I will go to the City God Temple tonight, and I will visit him in a few days." β
Xu Xi nodded and left as if nothing happened. The opportunity is rare, and Tiangaolu will never see her again in the future, and these people may not be able to find her even if they want to.
She took a deep breath and was about to lift her foot when the man suddenly shouted, "Wait. β
Xu Xi turned around, a smile of unknown meaning appeared on the face of the white-clothed man, and pointed in a completely different direction, "Shizun is over there." β
Xu Xi was taken aback, and the man suddenly asked again, "Do you know Pei Huai?" β
There was a dead silence in the atmosphere.
Pei ...... Huai? She repeated, quietly taking a step back.
"Yes, Pei Huai." The boy in white said with a smile, and suddenly his sleeve shook, and the long sword suddenly came out of its sheath and stabbed straight at her.
Xu Xi grabbed his wrist, turned over and crawled to his back in a few steps, and his two arms tightly strangled the man's neck. The strangulation technique used to be taught to her by Luo Bing, and anyone who let Luo Bing get close to her had almost no way to live. She used to think that no matter how fast she moved, she couldn't move faster than a bullet, and she was quite disdainful of this move, but she didn't expect it to come in handy when she crossed over.
However, the key point of strangulation is to lock it with joints, Xu Xi is not good at learning, and it doesn't take long for his strength to loosen. The man in white grabbed her wrist and reflexively slammed her to the ground, a long sword piercing through the masonry and standing upright at the side of her neck.
"Who are you? Why do you disguise yourself as a person from Jinghu Palace? What is the purpose of this trip? As she spoke, the blade tilted forward a little, cutting off her head at the slightest mistake.
Xu Xi was lying on the ground grinning in pain, and when he heard this, he wanted to cry without tears, "This son, I really, really...... Just passing through. I don't even know what you're talking about. β
The boy in white stared at her, and after confirming that she was not lying, he suddenly let go.
"You really don't know Pei Huai?"
Xu Xi rubbed his wrist, "I really don't know." β
"That's good."
The man in white nodded, Xu Xi thought that this meant to let him go, but a sentence suddenly came from his ear, "Since you don't know each other, then let's get to know each other well before leaving." β
Before Xu Xi could react, the man in white suddenly grabbed her and swept a few feet away, and threw it into a room where the candles were flickering.
A few steel knives passed by, Pei Huai only raised his sleeves slightly, and those air currents passed through his sleeves, without hurting him at all. When those sword-wielding warriors looked back, Pei Huai was already standing in the hall, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of mockery.
"Such martial arts dare to assassinate this seat, Lord Wei is afraid that his longevity will be exhausted, and he will be confused."
Wei Qiuqi's face turned blue when he heard this, and the white jade cup in his hand slapped heavily on the case, and suddenly those fragments pierced his palm, and blood flowed down the corner of the table.
"Give it all to me! Those who kill Pei Huai will be rewarded with thousands of gold, and there will be thousands of households! β
The two black-clad warriors glanced at each other and swept straight at him. In the shadow of a sword and sword, Pei Huai stood by and waited, and the insolence on his face was still unabated. The two knives slashed down, and Pei Huai was about to reach out to take it, when a figure broke in.
To be precise, they were thrown in, and the two warriors were hit by this flying shadow and fell to the ground, Pei Huai unceremoniously took the two knives that flew in, and threw them backhanded, and blood splashed in the hall.
As soon as Xu Xi got up, her eyes covered by a dark robe, she raised her head slightly, and what caught her eye was a handsome face that was extremely aggressive. Pei Huai looked at her condescendingly, and a mocking expression suddenly appeared on his good-looking face.
β¦β¦ Well, it's a very underwhelming face.
One of them flew into the air, and the horizontal knife slashed straight at the two of them. Pei Huai was about to take the move, but Xu Xi suddenly turned over and swept the man to the ground with a volley. Immediately after that, a thin knife flew over, Xu Xi didn't look at it, and caught the handle steadily.
The candle flame flickered, illuminating her pair of flying eyebrows. Xu Xi condensed slightly, and compared it to the light, this knife is good, it is her usual length.
The tiger is not powerful, is it really when I am a sick cat?
Pei Huai's eyes changed when he saw her, and then stepped aside. Jinyu rushed towards her in a green suit, Xu Xi wiped the knife horizontally, and the blade accurately cut the tendons and veins in her hand, and suddenly blood was dripping, and the blood-stained knife rolled to the ground.
As if the blood in his whole body was awakening at this moment, Xu Xi held the knife in his backhand and stepped into a black cloth without fear. Those moves suddenly slowed down several times in her eyes, and the thin knife flew in her hand, and the veins were accurately cut by her, as easy as if they were probing for something.
She did have dexterous hands, and knife skills were her proudest skill, even better than her control of a computer. All the fancy punches and kicks or deadly stunts, as long as he is holding a knife, it is impossible to win Xu Xi. She can always see through those flaws at a glance, and then cut his meridians and veins in the other party's gestures. Luo Bing has praised her more than once, this is God's reward for eating.
After a clang, the last man fell to her feet with bloody hands. Xu Xi swung the knife, and the blood on the knife was thrown to the ground, and she wiped the knife with her already dirty sleeves, her face was a little gloomy.