Chapter 19: The Assassins

The woman seemed to have spotted them, a group of two women, running in their direction, and two black-clad masked men behind them were quickly chasing them.

Gradually getting closer, the group saw clearly, these two people seemed to be a mother and daughter, running desperately, the original elegant clothes were covered with dust, the hair on the head had been scattered, and the eyebrows revealed this exhaustion, but it was still difficult to hide the outstanding temperament of these two people.

"Help us, someone is chasing us from behind." The older women rushed for help;

Gu Che and the two guards did not immediately express their intention to come to the rescue, the guards' consideration was that after all, they were out of the house, and more was better than less.

Besides, the strength of the people chasing and killing behind is not clear, and it is still a question whether these people can be defeated, and their main purpose is to send Tao Yaoyao to Master Tao in the capital.

"Okay, come up, I'll protect you," Angel said in a big way;

Gu Che didn't have time to speak, he could only look at the two guards with a wry smile, he was afraid that he was not afraid, he was far away, he sensed that it was just the strength of the peak of the liquid, and he had not yet reached Jindan, but he didn't want to expose his strength.

At this time, the two killers also rushed up, and when they saw a line, but two guards who had just been born and three young men and women, without saying much, they slashed with knives, as if they wanted to quickly deal with these people.

Gu Che's eyes lit up, and a soul cry sounded in the hearts of the two killers, and they lost their minds for a while, at this time, An Qi hit the two of them with a plan to transfer flowers and trees, and the two flew back more than a meter away, and then another plan was intertwined, and the dead wood on the ground quickly grew and entwined the hands and feet of the two.

"If you want to hurt people in front of my Whirlwind Woman, you guys are still a little tender." Like a proud rooster, Angel stood in the carriage and looked down on the two.

"Angel, you're amazing." Tao Yaoyao also showed a smile of adoration.

The two killers recovered, easily broke free from Anqi's tree rope, raised their knives and slashed again, and Gu Che instantly dodged in front of the second girl.

Just as he was about to make a move, a sharp arrow hit the arm that raised the knife, piercing the bone, and the man was in pain, but did not love to fight, and ran directly and quickly into the distance.

I saw a horse galloping forward, and I saw the man on the horse with a bow in his hand, a spear on his back, dressed in a brocade robe, and a tall hat on his head, and came to him in a few moments.

"My lord, please hurry up and save my husband." I saw the lady crying and rushing up and kneeling in front of the comer.

"Don't worry, I'm Tu Minghao, the Yin Qinwei of the capital, and I'm here to pick up Miss Tao Yaoyao this time, who is it?" Tu Minghao said,

"I am, you are sent by my uncle, listen to this lady first, please speak." I saw Tao Yaoyao talking to Tu Minghao and this lady;

"My husband was entrusted by Lu Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to come to Jindu to save people, but when he was about to arrive in the capital, he suddenly rushed out of two killers and rushed directly to us, in order to protect me and the little girl, the husband desperately dragged the two killers just now, and now I can trouble the adults to take us to see the husband together!" Madame said anxiously with tears.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Tu Minghao glanced at Tao Yaoyao, only to see him nod, and then everyone went to the place of the incident together.

In fact, not far ahead, I saw a carriage overturned, the horse had long since lost where to run, a person next to the carriage was lying on the ground, before he died, he seemed to be holding on to something, there was an obvious scar on his neck, and he had been out of breath for a long time.

"I'll wait to find someone to collect your husband's body, you go into the city with me first, and I'll send you to Lord Lu first" Tu Minghao said to Madame, who nodded weakly.

"I'm not leaving, I'm going to guard my father" I saw the girl next to her crying loudly from the beginning, to now looking at the corpse blankly, as if her tears had dried up, and she couldn't accept this fact.

"Jiajia, your father has left, in order to protect our safety, if you don't leave here, he can only die in vain" The lady pulled the girl named Jiajia into the car.

"Then it's troublesome for this adult, send us to the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, and the concubine is grateful" Mrs. said to Tu Minghao again, as if she had accepted this reality.

"Let's go" Tao Yaoyao said, Anqi was suddenly very quiet, seeing this person dying in front of him, it seemed that he suddenly found that the rivers and lakes were not the happy enmity and hatred written in the book, chic and free, but cruelty everywhere.

The group soon arrived at the city, the huge city is like a giant beast, and this tall city gate is like the huge mouth of the giant beast, the city gate is full of cars and people, this brocade is really outrageous, there are more than ten sizes of Anhu City.

There are millions of people living here, ordinary people who make a living on the streets, monks with guns and swords, and the capital Yin is the big and small things that manage the city of the capital, which is no different from the ordinary city lord, but because it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is more important.

The Tao family's house is on a street on the west side of the palace, it is not the core location, the house is decent, there is no very luxury and huge, covering an area of only 10 acres, it is the housekeeper Uncle Liu who goes out to receive it, after arranging the luggage and affairs, after entering the door, Mrs. Tao has been waiting for a long time.

After seeing the group, he warmly invited Gu Che and An Qi to stay here at night, Gu Che did not accept the kindness, he had something to do at night, An Qi stayed here, and Tao Yaoyao at night to see the night view of the capital and taste the food.

The sky had completely darkened, Gu Che walked on the streets of Jindu, the lights on both sides were bright, the streets were still bustling, and he walked to a bustling commercial street, where a small river separated the east and west sides.

An arch bridge on both sides of the river bank connects the east and west, the river surface is full of colorful boat mills, large boats and small boats are dotted on the lake, and the commercial lights on both sides and the willows on the shore are also prosperous.

The riverside roads are all paved with bluestone slabs, all kinds of vendors on it, there are a variety of patterns such as snacks, sugar people, cakes and so on, dolls for sale, calligraphy and paintings are of different colors, hairpins, brocade robes, green shirts, and tulle are all colorful, and they are very lively.

The crowd on the street is shoulder to shoulder, and then there are all kinds of restaurants, tricks are frequent, they are enthusiastic at the door, one by one dressed in light yarn, holding a round fan, young women swaying enchanting curves, all kinds of dignitaries and nobles, rich businessmen and people spend money like dirt, a lively scene.

Gu Che walked to a restaurant, only to see that it was written in Zhuzhongju, only to see that the restaurant has three floors, the façade is decorated with bamboo, and only a gurgling sound of running water is heard after entering the door.

It seems incompatible with the prosperity of the outside world, a row of bamboo and rockery, there is continuous flowing water in the rockery, and the white pebbles are dotted under the rockery, which is clearly visible in the water.

"Good evening, how many of you?" I saw a beautiful woman dressed in plain clothes in the palace greeted her, and the bun on her head was simply inserted into her hair with a wooden hairpin, and everything looked elegant and simple.

"There are already friends who have come, and the person who booked is called Nan Qiao." Gu Che replied;

"Guest officer, your friend is in the box on the third floor, I'll take you there." Because Nan Qiao had already greeted the people below when he came, so as soon as Gu Che said, the maid here understood, and then took Gu Che to the third floor, and the paintings hanging on the corridor were very distinctive, all of them were some figure paintings, not some Daguan manifestations, but some small people, selling wine, begging, darts, all walks of life, and all kinds of life.

"Knock knock" knocked on the door three times, and then heard the maid say to the inside, "Guest officer, your guest has arrived."

I only heard the sound of the piano coming from inside, which was very good.

"Squeak", the door was opened inside, only to see that it was Chen Mazi who opened the door.

"Young Master, you're here." Chen Mazi said with a flattering smile.

After entering the door, Gu Che did not speak, but couldn't help but look for the source of the sound of the piano, only to see that there was a large space inside, there was a large table in the middle, a position by the window, and a tea table, and the charcoal fire under the tea stove exuded a fiery temperature.

On the opposite side of the tea table, there is a piano table, on which there is a brown guqin, and it is Nan Qiao who is plucking the strings, three thousand ink black and green silk with a seven-hole exquisite hairpin shallow, purple and ground bud lace long skirt, the skirt gold thread embroidered with some fine cherry blossom petals.

A pair of slender jade hands are on the piano, up and down playing with unknown tunes, like mountains and flowing water, so that people listen to it, the mood is calm, at this moment Nan Qiao seems to be like a fairy and outstanding demeanor to captivate the country, looking up at Gu Che's appreciation, smart eyes flashed a hint of playfulness, and then stopped his hands.

Gu Che sat by the window, fiddled with the teapot and cups, motioned for a few people to sit down, and said, "What's the news?" ”

"Young master, we have found a few locations, you can choose, the entire Jindu Imperial Palace is located in the middle of the city, and the surrounding area is arranged outwards according to the size of the official rank, until the outermost civilians and merchants.

There are four markets as a whole, one each in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and the east side is relying on auction houses and material markets, mainly some materials for repairing and some people for leakage.

The second is the West Market, which is backed by the Vault Mountains, so adventurers come and go to collect medicine and hunt some precious materials, while the North Market is mainly a place where the common people who live and trade, and the things traded are relatively ordinary.

And finally is the Nanshi where we are now, relying on this Jinjiang tributary because it is close to the wharf, mainly some merchants who come to Jindu to buy and sell.

And it is relatively close to the largest school in Jindu, Jindu Academy, and the students in it are either the children of the aristocracy, or the top talents in various cities, with strength, money, and a better environment, this has gradually become the largest gold cave in Jindu, restaurants, casinos, underground black markets, etc. are gathered again.

We've got three shops in each market for you to choose from. Chen Mazi said in detail;

Gu Che's five fingers tapped on the table slowly and regularly in order, looking outside, but did not speak.

"The thousand-year-old peach tree you were looking for before, it also happened to have news, the location is in the most prosperous Pinjin Cave on this street, this place is also named after this peach blossom, called Taohuawu, I'm afraid this shop is not easy to get, and it is said that the hidden forces behind it are also amazing" Nan Qiao added;

"Okay, I'll take a look later, now let's get down to business, we must have a foothold in this capital.

First of all, Chen Mazi, I have an exclusive secret recipe for food, after finding a good location, open a restaurant, and implement it as soon as possible, including some other industries on the bright side in the future, all of which are operated by Chen Mazi.

Mountain ghosts, you mainly enter Youqiong Mountain, your witchcraft needs to be cultivated in the mountains as quickly as possible, by the way, find some useful medicinal materials and ingredients, when you need it, I will call you back, and finally Nan Qiao, buy a place to enter the Jindu Academy. Gu Che said;

After discussing some details, the four of them began to eat, and the dishes of this house also maintained the same style as the restaurant, which was very elegant and special.