Chapter 161: A Hidden Threat
"Cao Ying!" Luo Feng said in a deep voice.
"Cao Ying?" Hearing this name, Gu Shen suddenly looked puzzled, and he really couldn't remember who this person was.
The main thing is that he killed too many people, so many people who died under his hands, how could he remember the names of each one.
Seeing this, Luo Feng was also a little helpless, and said: "Brother Gu, this Cao Ying is Cao Zhen's guard, and he was sent by Pingxi Hou to protect Cao Zhen's safety. ”
Hearing this, Gu Shen immediately realized who Cao Ying was.
On his way from the Heavenly Capital to the Firmament Mansion, Cao Ying led a group of people to besiege him, and they were all killed by Gu Shen.
Since it was Cao Ying who offered a reward for himself in the Bloody Clothes Building, it must not be Cao Ying's own intention, it could only be sent by Cao Zhen.
In this way, Gu Shen felt that Cao Zhen's death was not unjust, and he had already killed him.
Luo Feng saw that Gu Shen looked indifferent, so he reminded: "Brother Gu, don't feel indifferent, no matter what, in Pingxi Hou's opinion, you are inseparable from Cao Zhen's death, after all, Cao Zhen had a grudge against you during his lifetime." ”
After saying this, Luo Feng glanced at Gu Shen deeply, about the grievances between Gu Shen and Cao Zhen, He also investigated it clearly during this time, with Gu Shen's character, if Cao Ying's death had nothing to do with Gu Shen, Luo Feng would definitely not believe it.
Hearing this, Gu Shen also frowned, He could naturally see Luo Feng's thoughts, After all, Luo Feng didn't hide anything, even Luo Feng guessed that Cao Zhen's death was very likely to be related to Gu Shen, not to mention the unfathomable Pingxi Hou.
Gu Shen is very skeptical now, Pingxi Hou, does he also think that Gu Shen deliberately killed Cao Zhen?
Or in other words, after investigating what happened, whether Pingxi Hou could find out that Cao Zhen's death was mainly due to Gu Shen.
This is a point that Gu Shen had to consider.
After all, Pingxi Hou is very powerful, although he sits in the border pass all the year round, there are many people who support him in the imperial court, and, not to mention anything else, the boundary of Yanzhou border pass alone is impregnable by Pingxi Hou, and in that territory, even if it is Yanzhou's town guard, it may not be as effective as Pingxi Hou.
It can be said that there, the Marquis of Pingxi is the king, the emperor of the soil, everything in the border pass is decided by him alone, and there are hundreds of thousands of loyal elite troops under his command, and its strength can be said to be extremely powerful.
Moreover, even Pingxi Hou himself, his cultivation is not weak, at least in the realm of returning to the truth, it may even be higher, and it is not impossible to reach the realm of a martial arts master.
It's just that since Emperor Xia's retreat, he hasn't come to Shenzhou to report on his work in Beijing for a long time, and few people can know about his specific situation.
Gu Shen had also read some files about Pingxi Hou in Jingtiansi, and knew that this person was scheming and ruthless, if he learned that Gu Shen had killed his only son-in-law, he would not let Gu Shen go.
There is no shot now, which can only show that it is not the right time yet.
Gu Shen's sword eyebrows frowned slightly, if it weren't for Luo Feng's light, Gu Shen really couldn't have imagined that there was already a great enemy hidden in the dark, eyeing him.
However, even if Gu Chongzhong is given a chance to return to the original scene, he will never hesitate, and he will still kill Cao Zhen as he did before.
After all, at that time, Cao Zhen was too dangerous, if Gu Shen left Tiandu, Cao Zhen would definitely find a way to do it to his second uncle Gu Chengfeng's family.
And Gu Shen, as the envoy of Jingtian Sidu, it is impossible to stay by the side of the second uncle's family all the time.
Moreover, at that time, Cao Zhen already had the idea of targeting Gu Shen and wanting to kill Gu Shen, if Gu Shen didn't take the initiative to take action, when Cao Zhen was fully prepared, maybe he might die.
"Brother Gu, Pingxi Hou is not an ordinary person, according to my Hongchen Lou intelligence, he has been accumulating strength all these years, as if he is secretly preparing something, you must be careful in everything." Luo Feng admonished with a solemn face.
Gu Shen nodded, he already knew the threat of Pingxi Hou, but now when he was in Jingtiansi, he had made great contributions, not to mention, he also showed his strong talent, without any evidence, Pingxi Hou wanted to move Gu Shen, it was absolutely impossible, Jingtiansi and Daxia would not agree.
Pingxi Hou is definitely not so stupid, he dares to turn his face with Daxia for the sake of a Gu Shen.
The reason why he sent his only sister-in-law to Tiandu was that in addition to wanting Cao Zhen to accumulate his contacts to cope with the future, there was another unavoidable reason.
That is, because he has not entered Beijing for a long time, many ministers and magnates in Great Xia are doubting his intentions, even the crown prince.
After all, now that the emperor is in retreat, the world is already turbulent, plus the birth of the Liuhe God Cult, and now the situation in Kyushu is even more treacherous, if Pingxi Hou has other thoughts, it will definitely be a huge blow to Daxia.
If the emperor is here, then Pingxi Hou will naturally not be, and he does not dare to have other thoughts, but now, the emperor is not there, Pingxi Hou has a lot of power, and he is at the border, just as the so-called general will not obey the order of the monarch outside, what he wants to do, it is difficult for Daxia to know.
And Pingxi Hou may also know that Daxia is jealous of him, so he sent his only son to Tiandu in time, to say that it is not good, Cao Zhen came to Tiandu is a proton, but his status is very high, and no one wants to provoke him.
But if Pingxi Hou dares to have two hearts, Cao Zhen's life is uncertain.
But now, Cao Zhen is dead, and Pingxi Hou has no scruples, which is why King Huai said that this matter was solved by him personally in the court.
Now in the entire Great Xia, in addition to the prison master of Qin Tianjian, only King Huai can suppress Pingxi Hou.
As for the Jingtian Division and the Spiegel Division, Pingxi Hou knew that the Jingtian Division supervised the world, and now that the world was in turmoil, the Jingtian Division had no time to deal with him, and as for the Spiegel Division, he had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the Spiegel Division did not have many people, and it was not so easy to deal with him, unless it was the four major overseers.
Of course, the main reason is that the Grand Commander of the Jingtian Division and the Mirror Master of the Spiegel Division are not there.
All in all, in a short period of time, Pingxi Hou would never give Gu Shen a shot, of course, this is on the surface, secretly, in fact, Gu Shen is not very afraid.
Because although Pingxihou is strong, Yanzhou and Shenzhou belong to two large states after all, and they are far apart, and it is not as easy as imagined to secretly persecute Gu Shen.
In the final analysis, it's still time, as long as Gu Shen is given time, Gu Shen firmly believes that he can definitely be afraid of anyone.
At this time, Gu Shen looked at Luo Feng and said, "You just said that there are two people who have rewarded me in the Bloody Clothes Building, one is Cao Ying, and the other is who?" ”
When Luo Feng heard this, he said: "I don't know the specific identity of the other person, he hides it very well, but I just know that this person is very likely to be the local force of the Firmament Mansion." ”
Hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Gu Shen's eyes, and when Luo Feng said this, he vaguely guessed that except for Cao Ying, who was rewarding him in the Bloody Clothes Building.
Not surprisingly, nine times out of ten it is the Sunset Sword Sect!
Only the Sunset Sword Sect has the courage and ability to contact the Bloody Clothes Building, and dare to issue a reward to him.
"Brother Gu has a guess?" Luo Feng looked at Gu Shen and asked.
Gu Shen said lightly: "Eight or nine is not far from ten." ”
To be honest, Gu Shen was really grateful to Luo Feng, if it weren't for Luo Feng, he really wouldn't have known that it was these two people who had rewarded themselves in the Bloody Clothes Building.
Gu Shen also thought about informing Jing Tiansi of this matter, but Cao Ying was already dead, Cao Zhen was also dead, this matter had nothing to do with Pingxihou, and it was impossible for the court to question Pingxihou for him, so it would be good if he didn't come to question Gu Shen.
As for the Sunset Sword Sect, if there was no conclusive evidence to prove it, Jing Tiansi would not easily move a top force in Kyushu like the Sunset Sword Sect.
Especially at this sensitive juncture, if a war starts with the Sunset Sword Sect, Jingtiansi will definitely be involved in some of his energy, and at that time, the Demon Sect and the Demon Ghost will have a chance to take advantage of it.
Of course, if Gu Shen could find conclusive evidence to prove that it was someone from the Sunset Sword Sect who rewarded him in the Bloody Cloak Building, then Jing Tiansi would also make a thunderous move, without evidence, Jing Tiansi's name would be unjustifiable, and he would also be questioned by the people of the world.
When the time comes, the Liuhe Divine Sect may also come out to make trouble with the rain.
Since the retreat of the Emperor of the People, the re-emergence of the Liuhe Divine Sect, and the disaster of demons and ghosts has become more and more serious, the current Jingtiansi is no longer as good as before.
Because I was involved in too many things.
Gu Shen's expression was grim, his eyes were deep, one day, he would personally ascend to the Sunset Sword Sect and step through their mountain gate.
"Thank you very much this time." Gu Shen sincerely thanked Luo Feng and said, "In the future, wherever you can get me, you can speak at any time." ”
When Luo Feng heard this, he immediately laughed and said, "Brother Gu, then I'm welcome." ”
Gu Shen was noncommittal and said, "Of course there is no problem, but that is later, and now, you still have to tell me where the thirteen strongholds of the Bloody Cloak Building are in the Firmament Mansion." ”
Immediately, Luo Feng restrained his smile, took out the map, and pointed out to Gu Shen where the thirteen strongholds of the Bloody Cloak Building were in the Qiongtian Mansion.
"Bloody Clothes House is really bold!" After Luo Feng pointed them out one by one, Gu Shen suddenly raised his sword eyebrows, and his eyes were extremely cold.
Without him, just because, inside the Dome City, there is actually a stronghold of the Bloody Cloak Building, which is right under the nose of the City Lord's Mansion.
I have to say that the most dangerous place is the safest place, and it seems that there are many people inside the Bloody Cloak Building who are well versed in this truth.
"Wait for me here, I'll go and I'll be back."
After leaving this sentence, Gu Shen returned to the inner room to change his clothes, and then directly found Wen Ziyun, the lord of the Firmament Mansion, explained his intentions, and asked him to mobilize the army to encircle and suppress the Bloody Clothes Building.
Wen Ziyun was drunk last night, and he had just gotten up under the service of the maid today and was washing, when Gu Shen came and immediately startled him.
Hearing that Gu Shen was going to exterminate the Bloody Cloak Building, Wen Ziyun naturally would not disagree, even if he sent someone to inform the garrison of Firmament City, everything was under Gu Shen's command.
Gu Shen acted resolutely, and after seeing Wen Ziyun agree, he turned around and left.
In fact, even if Gu Shen himself and his current strength are now, he can wipe out the stronghold of the Blood Cloak Building alone, but now that there are people in hand, there is no need for him to do everything himself.
Wen Ziyun looked at Gu Shen's back and muttered, "This Lord Gu really doesn't stop, if you don't do something for a day, you will be uncomfortable, right?" ”
After saying that, he shook his head and continued to wash himself under the service of the maid beside him, who still had a headache from last night's hangover.
At this time, Wen Ziyun sincerely felt that with the benefits of a certain martial arts cultivation, at least the body and bones were strong enough, and there would be no such problem if he drank too much.
On the other side, Gu Shen was dressed in a dark robe, with sword eyebrows and sideburns, and a long sword at his waist, and immediately left the City Lord's Mansion with Luo Feng.
Outside the City Lord's Mansion, the garrison ordered by Wen Ziyun also moved quickly, and it didn't take long for dozens of people to gather here, this is also Gu Shen's order, the number of people is not too much, these are enough, Wen Ziyun naturally will not have a word about Gu Shen's orders, what Gu Shen says, he just does.
"Let's go!"
Gu Shen's face was cold, he boarded the horse, his hair was flying in the wind, he waved his palm, and immediately ordered, dozens of soldiers immediately moved, and followed behind Gu Shen very neatly.