Chapter 40: Death hangs in the balance
Xu Wei quietly looked at the private room on the third floor opposite, several restaurant guys were humming and carrying away a box full of gold, and a piece of bright-colored jade was respectfully delivered to the guests on the third floor at the same time, so that the transaction was completed.
The atmosphere in the entire Golden Jubilee Building has been stirred up, and the Oiran in the Gao family's Yinlong Hook Column is accompanied by strings and drum music, slowly walking up the arch bridge in a rain of petals, and the stunning appearance and aura seem to be born with the ability to make men willing to surrender to it.
Ah Mo next to Xu Wei was completely intoxicated by the face and figure of the Oiran, and even forgot that it was Wang Liu's turn to appear next.
As the Oiran of the Yinlong Hook Fence received the full applause and praise from all around, Wang Liu also slowly walked up to the glazed platform in the uninterrupted music.
Tonight, Wang Liu was dressed very luxuriously, the amber robe embroidered with the picture of the golden edge crane was particularly dazzling under the lights, the cyan jade crown seemed to be able to drip water at any time, and a pair of boots were irregularly inlaid with several Western Regions colored beads on each side, and the strange stone and jade pendant dangling around the waist was so beautiful that people did not dare to blink.
But these things are worn on Wang Liu's body, just like Wang Liu standing next to the outstanding Oiran at the moment, no matter how you look at it, it is not appropriate.
Just putting those jade colored beads and Oiran together will definitely be the icing on the cake, but because there is an extra king in the middle, the entire glazed stage has a sense of flaw.
Especially when Wang Liu, who was still conceited and close to the Oiran, there were already many people in the Golden Jubilee Building who couldn't stand it and wanted to oust Wang Liu.
However, Wang Liu will not care about this, after all, after tonight, he will become a newly wealthy businessman in the divine capital, and Wang Liu has even begun to imagine that even the high-ranking fairy Oiran next to him will probably have to serve himself as the emperor for a night tonight on the face of a silver ingot and a consistent copper coin.
Oiran's voice was soft and thin, like a piece of silk silk cloth gently covering a person's cheek and then gently sliding away, even if she deliberately raised her voice to let the entire Golden Jubilee Building hear it, but it was just turning the silk cloth into a silk scarf, which made many people who heard it flutter in their hearts.
Everyone has a love for beauty, and in the face of such a rare goddess in the world, if Xu Wei changes his usual life, he will take a serious look at it, and carefully feel the sound of nature that can please people's hearts, but now it is definitely not possible, Xu Wei even unconsciously ignored what Oiran said, and just pricked up his ears to listen to other movements around him.
It is also a bit of a coincidence, just when Xu Wei carefully discerned the surrounding sounds, he really heard some strange sounds, except for the sound of thunder and wind outside, Xu Wei seemed to hear the sound of iron gently hitting the wood, not one or two, but a vast number of them, followed by the dense footsteps of "stampede" pressing the sound.
Someone was climbing the building, Xu Wei's heart moved, and he said to Ah Mo, who was looking at the glazed platform intently: "I'll go outside and take a look, you keep an eye on Lu Min's side, and if there is any movement, rush over immediately, whether he lets off the fireworks code or not." ”
There are no terraces on the sides of the Golden Jubilee Building, but exquisite winding corridors and elegant and chic slender pavilions.
Xu Wei's insight was not wrong, there was not a single guard of the Yunwei Dart Bureau on the third floor on Gao Zhen's side, he walked quickly to the corridor and looked down, and sure enough, there were dozens of masked black-clothed people who were hurriedly climbing to the second floor taking advantage of the momentum of the strong wind.
The dart masters of the Yunwei Dart Bureau on the street at the bottom of the building have all fallen, but the people around them have not dispersed, Xu Wei took a closer look at the way those people went around, and felt that they were not at all like the group of people who watched the excitement before, but more like they were sentry.
It seems that Gao Zhen is ready to do it, how could he, who only wanted to spend a thousand guan to buy the "Sanskrit Samadhi Sutra" before, be willing to spend hundreds of thousands of guan so much to buy a sutra that may not necessarily affect the situation of the court? No wonder there are so few guards here, all for the convenience of coming up from here, Xu Wei thought so.
However, there was a slight mistake, the group of men in black did not just climb from Gao Zhen's side, the other two detachments had actually begun to climb from Lu Min's side and the backyard where Xu climbed the tree for them.
And in fact, the black-clothed man on Lu Min's side made even more noise, because the two lieutenants of Sima Yujian had been on standby in front of the window on the first floor over there, and at this moment, they had already taken the lead in fighting with the masked black-clothed man who was trying to climb up to the second floor.
Therefore, although the atmosphere in the Golden Jubilee Building was so hot that almost no one could notice the slightest movement outside, there was still a lot of commotion on Lu Min's side, but Xu Wei was far away from the third floor on Gao Zhen's side at the moment, and he didn't understand what had happened on the other side.
After hiding his body to avoid the sight of the man in black, Xu Wei climbed out of the corridor at the risk, steadied himself and hung upside down on the eaves of the cloister on the second floor, trying his best to lean over and look inside the second floor.
This is also strange, there are more than 30 masked black-clothed people who have been holding a uniform pointed scimitar and pressing towards the guests on the second floor step by step, but the dart masters of the Yunwei Dart Bureau on the second floor actually retreated step by step, as if they did not want to resist.
I only heard one of the leaders of the men in black shouting in a strange dialect: "Don't move, don't move, hurry up and hand over all the money, uncle will keep you safe!" ”
Relying on the dark clouds covering the moon, Xu Wei had not yet been discovered, and he saw that this group of black-clothed people did not plan to kill them, so he kept an eye and quietly observed the dart master and Gao Zhen of the Yunwei Dart Bureau.
With this observation, Xu Wei really found that the dart masters of the Yunwei Dart Bureau were all stunned and stood in place, and several people turned back to find Gao Zhen from time to time, and a few of them were even too much to even pull out their weapons.
Still playing there, Xu Wei was fiercely greedy with Gao Zhen in his heart, and sent so many black-clothed people to attack his restaurant at night, and secretly communicated with Yunwei Dart Bureau early, in order to not only "Brahmana Samadhi Sutra", but also wanted to take this opportunity to loot the guests who participated in the Treasure Conference in the Golden Jubilee Building in the future, what is this not a robber?
Thinking that since Gao Zhen had this plan, then the redemption of 300,000 yuan worth of money in Lu Min's small box must also be one of the biggest targets of this group of black-clothed people, Xu Wei hurriedly planned to turn over and retreat, and detour back to Lu Min from the third floor on Gao Zhen's side.
Suddenly, Xu Wei heard the sound of knocking footsteps at the staircase leading from the second floor to the third floor, thinking that the black-clothed people on the second floor were also planning to come up and loot the guests on the third floor.
Just when Xu Wei decided to ambush for a while before hearing Lu Min's fireworks signal, he was still leaning over and hanging upside down on the eaves of the corridor on the second floor, and he actually saw Gao Zhen walking from the crowd to a very front position.
At this moment, Gao Zhen's face was impatient like a tiger on the mountain who had been provoked by a monkey, and while pointing at the man in black, he scolded the dart master of the Yunwei Dart Bureau and said, "Fuck Lao Tzu!" Didn't you see that they were robbers? Are you looking for the bodyguards to stand still and be a seed? ”
"What are you arguing about, poking your mother? Look for death! A black-clothed man leader who was directing his subordinates to move cash raised the crossbow in his hand and was about to shoot at Gao Zhen.
Although the range of the short crossbow fired with one hand is not enough, but such a distance is aimed at the door of the head, it seems that it does not intend to leave Gao Zhen alive at all.
If Xu Wei stayed in place for a moment, he should feel calmly that Gao Zhen was dead, and there would be less entanglement and less trouble.
But Xu Wei is a kind person in his bones, and for him, Gao Zhen, who seems to be innocent in this matter, should not be killed by thieves easily.
When Xu Wei thought of this, his body had actually flipped down into the second floor, and he accurately kicked a man in black who was slowly moving the booty downward, and the man in black who was ruthlessly kicked by Xu Wei fell back with his arms open.
And Gao Zhen is also considered to be fateful, at the moment when the leader of this group of masked men in black pulled the wrench, the man in black who was allowed to turn over and kick from top to bottom slammed into the waist of his leader.
The tight string of the short crossbow snapped, so fast that it was almost impossible to see the shape and could only hear the "whoosh" crossbow arrow flew past Gao Zhen's ear, shooting Gao Zhen's ear into a large notch, and blood dripping down the thick fleshy hand that covered his ear.
Xu Wei, who was unarmed, raised his knee and slammed into a person who was still stunned next to him, and when the latter bowed down, he picked it up and blocked it in front of him, to prevent the other party from shooting him with a short crossbow.
However, at this time, these masked men in black no longer had time to set up crossbow arrows and pull the trigger, Gao Zhen roared after being shot in the ear: "Don't give it to me yet!" ”
The dart masters of the Yunwei Dart Bureau did not hesitate at this moment, raised their weapons and killed the masked black-clothed people, at the beginning of the fight, the masked black-clothed people took the lead, and several dart masters had already landed on the ground before they raised their heads.
However, Yunwei Dart Bureau was able to dominate the Shendu Dart Club by no means relying only on Yu Dajiang's support, and a group of dart masters soon fought on par with the masked black-clothed people under the leadership of the two dart heads.
Xu Wei didn't expect that these masked men in black were so well-trained that they would skillfully use small killing arrays to surround themselves, trying to rely on numbers and clever footwork to kill Xu Wei.
Xu Weiyuan, who was dodging, saw that Lu Min's side seemed to be fighting, but the dart masters of the Yunwei Dart Bureau over there seemed to be a little more conscientious and had almost suppressed the opponent.
But in fact, the dart masters on Lu Min's side didn't plan to do it at first, and even retreated to the side under the pretense of protecting the guests, as if they took the initiative to give way.
Who knew that the masked black-clothed man at that end was even more fierce, seeing that the people in the Yunwei Dart Bureau were all carrying weapons, and each black-clothed man raised his hand to a crossbow when he saw him, and shot several young dart masters on the spot, which forced those people in the Yunwei Dart Bureau to fight for their lives.
In the face of the siege and killing of the military array, Xu Wei did not retreat half a step but swung his knife forward to break the enemy, and the pointed scimitar he grabbed slashed the chest and wrist of the two people in front of him, and the two who stopped in pain directly disrupted the pace of other people in the military formation, and there were a few people on the side who wanted to make up the military formation in a hurry, but they were caught off guard by Xu Wei, who suddenly turned around.
The masked black-clothed man has a variety of tactics and is well-trained, but the Yunwei Dart Bureau is not weak, especially the Yunwei Dart Bureau, those dart masters are wearing high-grade soft armor, and the wrists, hands, knees, ankles and other key parts are also blocked by sturdy protective gear.
The Yunwei Dart Bureau's desperate resistance also won Gao Zhen and other wealthy guests a chance to escape, and some people even had time to deliberately snatch back their small boxes stuffed with tickets, Xu Wei's figure was almost elongated, one step out of the encirclement of the masked black-clothed man, and another step directly jumped over the several people of the Yunwei Dart Bureau who were fighting, and soon came to Gao Zhen, who was covering his ears and running for his life.
"Boss Gao, I really can't understand today's hand, what is the purpose of the scheming?" Xu Wei asked Gao Zhen while observing Lu Min and Liuli's booth.
Gao Zhen seemed to be annoyed in his heart, and regardless of Xu Wei just saving his life, he said to Xu Wei: "You come to ask Lao Tzu?" I still want to ask you! ”
Seeing Gao Zhen leave in a hurry, Xu Wei didn't chase anymore, because he saw that several musicians, dancers, and elite dart masters of the Yunwei Dart Bureau had already been cut down at the sub-stage on the second floor, and a large group of masked black-clothed people rushed towards the glass booth, obviously to grab the "Sanskrit Samadhi Sutra".
Xu Wei had to admit that the masterminds behind these masked black-clothed men were very clever, first letting some of the black-clothed men raid the sides to attract most of the dart masters upstairs and downstairs and around, and then waiting until the guards around the sub-stage were empty, and then let the main force come out, almost ensuring that their road to capturing the Sanskrit Samadhi Sutra was unimpeded.
Seeing that the masked black-clothed man led by him was about to cross the arched bridge and kill on the glass booth, Xu Wei, who knew that Lu Min was not in danger for the time being, picked up the sharp knife in his hand, cut off the knife-wielding fingers and ankles of the two black-clothed men chasing in front of him in an instant, and took a big step and stepped on the wooden chair with one foot and jumped onto the table full of delicacies.
Xu Wei took advantage of the serial movement of the dining table, and the white horse drilled out of the chaotic battle between the Yunwei dart game and the masked black-clothed man through the gap, and ran towards the side closest to the glass booth with all his might, and then took advantage of the uncontrollable wild horse-like running momentum, stepped on the railing on the second floor and jumped high, as if he really flew in the air, and went straight in the direction of the glass booth.