Three years ago, Geumwon-gun, Inju, night.

Tonight is the annual Lantern Festival in Inju, and as the capital county of Inju, it is indispensable to be full of lights and lively.

Shangguan Xiao crouched on the ridge of a house, staring in the dark at the brightly lit street market in the distance, and in the center of the street was the mansion of Hu Gui, a famous local merchant magnate.

This person went to other places to do business in the early years, made a lot of money, and now he has returned to his hometown and is ready to enjoy his old age.

In fact, the Lantern Festival was originally tomorrow, but because today is Hu Gui's 60th birthday, seeing that he donated money for disaster relief and relief of the people on weekdays, full of merit, the county guard made an exception to advance this year's Lantern Festival by one day, and was overjoyed.

After all, it was a state festival, and he didn't dare to advocate the festival in advance, so he had already asked the governor of Renzhou for instructions, and the governor quickly approved it.

In the small talk between the tea stalls and wine markets, people learned that Hu Gui donated half of the money he earned from business to the construction of the Great Wall on the border of Zhenyuan in the early years, and he also participated in the construction, because of his help, the section of the Great Wall from Guanzhou in the north was completed ahead of schedule, effectively resisting the threat from outside the Great Wall. Maybe that's the real reason.

I don't know when, there is one more person next to Shangguan Xiao, her name is Zeng Rou, and Shangguan Xiao belong to the same veil of ghosts, and she is also Shangguan Xiao's little sister.

"Your stealth skills are quite good." Shangguan Xiao said softly.

"That's less than one ten-thousandth of my senior sister." Zeng Rou quipped.

"Don't talk about it, it's mission time, be serious." Shangguan Xiao only faded her usual cold face in front of her.

Zeng Rou muttered and nodded, "Yes." ”

"Where's the Su Shang?"

"The second senior sister said that there is something to do temporarily, and it will be a little later."

"She does it every time." Shangguan Xiao was a little dissatisfied and said, "Forget it, don't wait for her, the two of us can complete the task." ”

Shangguan Xiao was about to leave, but was stopped by Zeng Rou: "Senior sister......"

"What's wrong?" Shangguan Xiao could see that she seemed to have something on her mind.

"Have you ever thought about yourself?" Zeng Rou asked.

"Why are you asking that all of a sudden?"

"Over the years, we have not asked about right or wrong, only about the target, and living like this makes me feel like a patrol on the street, like a walking corpse, a puppet that is manipulated by others......"

Shangguan Xiao seemed to understand something, and asked, "It must be that Su Shang said something to you, yes or no?" ”

Zeng Rou knew that she couldn't hide it, so she acquiesced.

"Where is she now?" Shangguan Xiao's tone was calm but irresistible.

"She's leaving the Veil of Shadows." Zeng Rou replied.

"When the sect master took us in, we were still outcasts living on the streets."

"I know that we have done so much for him over the years, and the kindness should be repaid." Zeng Rou seemed very determined, and she seemed to have the idea of leaving.

Pop, the bean-sized raindrops fell on the tiles, and also hit the faces of the two people, and then, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the lively street market just now was instantly extinguished, and people all went into their respective houses to hide from the rain, leaving only the lights of Yan Shan.

On the roof, the special night clothes of the two were waterproof, they wore hoods, and the rain was noisy.

Shangguan Xiao looked through the rain curtain at the central courtyard that was still brightly lit, the surrounding streets were empty, and now was a good time to act.

"Are you adamant about going?" Zeng Rou raised her voice slightly, "He is a good person and has helped many outcasts like us. ”

"It's always about the goal, not right or wrong."

"It always has been, right?"

After being silent for a long time, Shangguan Xiao's tone revealed a hint of helplessness: "We have no choice. ”

After speaking, Shangguan Xiao jumped forward, flew to the adjacent roof, and then took a seemingly light step, and after a few clicks, he escaped into the depths of the dark rain curtain.

Zeng Rou wanted to chase after her, but was stopped by Su Shang who suddenly appeared behind her: "Let her go, everyone has their own choice." ”

Shangguan Xiao jumped into the alley along the edge of the wall, and after a few steps, a person suddenly jumped down from the eaves on the left side and landed steadily.

It seems that the other party has been waiting for a long time, either the guards are too tight, or someone has reported the news, but now there is no time for Shangguan Xiao to think too much, and the battle is about to break out.

The opponent threw out the hat first, the hat rotated and shot out a flying blade, Shangguan Xiao pulled out a long knife to block, and at the same time, the other party untied the ribbon wrapped around his hand, revealing a pair of metal arm armor and rushed over.

Is this equipment a Yanshi? Shangguan Xiao didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly parried.

But what Shangguan Xiao didn't expect was that the hat that was spinning in front of him was actually suspended in the air! Many tentacles suddenly appeared under the hat, and when their true faces were completely revealed, they looked like flying jellyfish, but it quickly sprayed Shangguan Xiao's face with black mist, and Shangguan Xiao looked at it, and the vision that was originally disturbed by the rain and fog became more and more blurred.

This guy can also use the methods of hunters, and is proficient in the way of beast control!

Shangguan Xiao simply closed his eyes, held a long knife in his hand, and slashed with a charged force, and the other party hurriedly closed his fist to make a block, and the metal collided with a sonorous sound.

Shangguan Xiao quickly retracted the knife and then turned over and jumped, the strong force was not at all like that issued by a weak woman, the other party could only block again, and the previous strong attack was now completely passive.

Before the other party could react, Shangguan Xiao changed his hand to hold the knife and raised the knife from the bottom to the top, the other party retreated again and again, but his clothes were still torn, fortunately he was pushed away by his left arm, otherwise it was cut to the neck, and if he turned the blade again, he was afraid that he would be wiped on the spot.

The other party secretly sighed at Shangguan Xiao's strength, but soon turned into disdain, he secretly lucked his right arm, his right elbow contracted back, the vertical rain curtain was attracted by invisible force, the rain gathered around his right arm like weightlessness, and then punched forward, and the rain rotated to form a whirlpool in the air, like the drill bit of a drilling machine, stabbing Shangguan Xiao!

It seems that this person is still an extraordinary master, Shangguan Xiao's eyesight has almost recovered, when she opened her eyes, she rotated the handle of the knife, and threw the long knife with all her might, the long knife broke through the water cone and stabbed the opposite side, and the water cone also split into countless water needles, instantly penetrating Shangguan Xiao's body.

The other party faced the oncoming long knife, swung his right arm to block, but was not pierced by the hidden weapon flying out of the hilt, he breathed rapidly and sprayed blood foam, covered his neck and knelt on the ground in pain until the whole person fell down, the blood melted into the rain and spread, and was quickly diluted by the rain, washed away, leaving only his corpse and his unbelievable eyes. I'm afraid he won't be able to accept it until he dies, he has the cultivation of three professions, but in the end he was killed by an ordinary female assassin who was nothing.

Shangguan Xiao was covered in blood, and with her tenacious willpower, she struggled to get up, and a team of guards arrived in the distance, she hurriedly picked up the long knife, and disappeared into the heavy rain curtain again.

The rain gradually became smaller, Shangguan Xiao leaned on the willow tree on the bank of the river, many lanterns on the river were beaten by a heavy rain, the only few remaining lamps were still helpless, with the river drifting, some were swept into the whirlpool, unable to extricate themselves, some could not withstand the weight of the stagnant water, and sank to the bottom of the river.

Shangguan Xiao took off his hood and let the drizzle kiss his face, just quietly looking at the river, so that he was distracted.

Not long ago, she received news that the Phantom Veil was seized by the government for sending a killer to assassinate Hu Gui, and the sect master was arrested and imprisoned.

The plan of a secret organization can be easily cracked by the government, and the biggest possibility is that there are traitors inside, and the answer is self-evident.

At this time, a person quietly approached, Shangguan Xiao noticed that the person who came was Su Shang, and she wanted to pull out a knife and cross her shoulder to ask her why, what was she doing all this for.

But she was already tired and just calmly asked, "Why?" ”

Su Shang did not answer positively, but said: "Do you know who the employer hired us to kill Hu Gui is?" ”

Before Shangguan Xiao could speak, she continued: "I know, you will only 'don't ask about right or wrong, only ask about the goal', but I'm different from you, I have an extra mind, I found out that this employer is from Jingzhou Junyang, the imperial city, and I also found out the real details of Hu Gui, he is not a good man on the surface, he colluded with people in the north, and there are engineering quality problems in the Great Wall in the Guanzhou area, this is all his ghost, and he is ready for the invasion of Zhenyuan in the north." I have to say that Junyang played a good game of chess and got rid of two unstable factors at once. ”

"You also have a credit for that, right?"

"Now that you and I are free, isn't that good?"

Shangguan Xiao fell silent.

Su Shang suddenly asked seriously: "You have been working hard for others all your life, has anyone worked hard for you?" ”

Shangguan Xiao was silent, she looked at the duckweed on the river blankly, feeling unprecedented loneliness, she was like a lonely duckweed in this world.