On the 14th day of July in the 11th year of Zhengyang, Hai Shizheng.

Outside the small courtyard of the second entrance, there were watchmen beating the gong to tell the time, and the singing of the watch slowly went away.

Liu Xin opened the windows and doors of the room, letting the cool wind outside blow in slowly, blowing away the stuffy air in the room.

The moon is particularly round tonight, the moon stars are sparse, the moonlight sprinkles the clear and bright moonlight, and a few wisps of floating clouds in the distance are blown away and decomposed by the wind like blowing foam, and finally make this sky clean and thorough.

The breeze blew through the broken hair beside Gui Wanqiu's ears, brushing the ends of her hair, and the coolness gradually smoothed the heat in her heart, her breathing became smoother, and her thoughts were clearer.

"Mrs. Gui, your brother is dead, and his death is unknown!" Liu Xin returned to the table and sat down, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of slightly cold tea.

"People go to tea and cool, there is a case in the Imperial Horse Prison, your brother's death is not completely meaningless, some people may wipe this case on your dead brother, after all, he is powerless to refute!" Liu Xin said as he drank.

He actually didn't think that Gui Wanqiu had anything to do with the case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. The case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor has been discovered, and the two major intelligence systems in the imperial capital, Dongchang and Jinyiwei, have joined forces to investigate. At this joint, anyone who is related to the case will be careful.

And Gui Wanqiu just teamed up with an underworld boss today to kill another underworld boss, if it was related to the case, then she would definitely not be so bold.

Liu Xin didn't think that Gui Wanqiu could have such a scheming, and more importantly, Gui Qinchen was killed outside the imperial city today. And with Gui Wanqiu's ability, if she knew that Gui Qinchen would escape from the imperial city today, with her help, Gui Qinchen might be able to avoid pursuit and assassination, and thus go into hiding.

Liu Xin added two handfuls of firewood to Gui Wanqiu's heart, lit a fire, and then drank tea silently.

Time passed bit by bit, Gui Wanqiu's face was full of struggle, at a certain moment, a look of relief appeared on her face, she slowly relaxed her body, slowly spoke, and her voice was full of hoarseness:

"You say you're Jinyiwei? Is Liu Xin's real name? ”

Liu Xin was happy in his heart, he knew that he had opened the other party's heart defense, Liu Xin nodded, his face was still light: "Treat each other with sincerity, Liu Xin is my real name." I might as well tell you that I am one hundred households in Wenxuanfang in Inner East City, and one hundred households in Inner East City were ordered by the emperor to investigate this case. ”

Gui Wanqiu frowned slightly: "You are only a hundred households." ”

Liu Xinfeng's light expression froze, what do you mean, looking down on hundreds of households?

After cleaning up his mood, Liu Xin smiled and said: "Although it is a hundred households, I am actually cooperating with Dongxiang of Dongchang Thousand Households. Ahem, no matter where you are, there is a struggle, you should understand! ”

Liu Xin pulled out Yuan Dongxiang's tiger skin and forcibly saved his dignity, but Gui Wanqiu did not find out, but the latter showed a sudden look.

Sure enough, a hundred households are nothing, and when they heard that there were a thousand households, people's expressions changed. Liu Xin secretly slandered himself.

After Gui Wanqiu made a decision in her heart, she simply started telling it more than ten years ago, Liu Xin listened carefully, this story was told for an hour, and the time came to the sub-hour.

From Gui Wanqiu's narration, Liu Xin heard the story of a poor man.

Although the reputation of the Imperial Horse Sect is not obvious, it is quite famous in Hanzhong, because there is a military horse farm in Hanzhong, and one-third of the military horses of the Zhengyang Kingdom are bred from there.

Before Emperor Wu City unified the rivers and lakes, the relationship between the Imperial Horse Sect and the Hanzhong Military Horse Farm was a cooperative relationship. But after Emperor Wu City integrated and unified the rivers and lakes, he aimed at the Imperial Horse Sect. The entire Imperial Horse Sect was all filled into the military horse farm, and Gui Qinchen and other eight people were brought to the imperial capital as the best imperial horse masters.

Originally, they thought it was just the dissolution of the sect, but what they didn't expect was that when they entered the imperial capital, they didn't know who entered the slander, so they purified all eight people and locked them up in the imperial city on the grounds of secrecy.

Gui Wanqiu said that on that day, a group of women and children thought that the eight people were entering the palace to face the saints, but no one came back after waiting for a few days, and finally waited for a letter to come, saying that the eight people were recruited to work in the imperial city, and the monthly payment was given.

But when almost all the women heard the news, they fell into a state of sorrow, and some even thought that the eight were dead. Only Gui Wanqiu kept calm and heard the most critical sentence.

When she heard this, Liu Xin couldn't help but think in her heart that Gui Wanqiu should have married Fan An at that time, but she showed that she didn't care about her husband, but cared more about those concubines.

In Gui Wanqiu's narration, this paragraph was directly skipped, and Liu Xin was not easy to ask.

For those Yulu, Gui Wanqiu's explanation was that she used those Yulu silver to dot the guards in the imperial city, the eunuchs who came out to buy, etc., hoping to find out the news of her brother. (Note that here, Gui Wanqiu does not mention that she has a husband.) ）

I don't know if it's because these guards and eunuchs in the imperial city are strict, or if her brother and others are dead, she hasn't found the slightest news for two years.

Later, she learned from some sources that the underworld forces in the imperial capital were hand-eyed, so she used the latter to devote herself to the underworld, established the Shuntian gambling house, and took refuge in a backer. It wasn't until two years ago that she got in touch with Gui Qinchen in the imperial city through the means of the underworld.

Although she knew that Gui Qinchen and the others had been purified, Gui Wanqiu also felt resentful, but after all, people were still alive.

It's just that contact between them is not frequent, just because contact is difficult.

"As long as I know they're alive, I'll be relieved!" Gui Wanqiu said quietly.

When Gui Wanqiu stopped narrating, Liu Xin's sword eyebrows slowly fell, and he looked at Gui Wanqiu with a smile and said, "In your narration, why didn't you mention your husband, Fan An!" ”

Gui Wanqiu's face was unwavering, Liu Xin guessed that she had already guessed that Jin Yiwei might have found out her details, but she still chose to hide it. It wasn't until Liu Xin poked it that she spoke: "Fan Anhe... It's a mistake, my father is a sect elder, and he is the son of the sect master. We were married from a young age, and I married him when I was twelve. But I don't like him, with my brother protecting me, he can't pester me. It wasn't until they entered the Imperial City that I was relieved. ”

Liu Xin recognized Gui Wanqiu's answer, but he would not let go of this topic easily, and followed up with the question: "So you followed Shao Shiwang?" ”

There was a slight hesitation on Gui Wanqiu's face, but she was not surprised, she said: "In the underworld of the imperial capital, you can't survive without a backer. There's no such thing as me talking to him or not, I'm just a tool for him. ”

Liu Xin didn't find any signs of falsification from Gui Wanqiu's expression, and at this time he couldn't help but wonder, he actually had an idea to consider Gui Wanqiu and Shao Shiwang as the real murderers. But now, it doesn't seem like it.

Because Gui Wanqiu behaved too calmly, it is true that in this era, if a woman wants to survive and develop, it seems that she can only rely on one way.

And if Gui Wanqiu and Shao Shiwang are the real murderers, then there is one thing that is very strange, that is, the death of Gui Qinchen. The relationship between Gui Wanqiu and Shao Shiwang is not secret, you can know it with a little investigation, and even in the underworld, many people know that behind Gui Wanqiu is Shao Shiwang, a thousand households of Jinyi Wei. Although the relationship between Gui Qinchen and Gui Wanqiu is also secret, it is also not a clue that cannot be found. It seems a little stupid for three people with such close connections to do such a case.

Liu Xin pondered for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "If you don't omit or hide any information, it seems that there is no possibility for you to become the target of the other party's assassination." Is the letterhead of the connection between you and your brother still there? ”

Gui Wanqiu nodded: "Although it is a felony to communicate privately with my brother, my brother has been in the imperial city for more than ten years, and the eunuchs who guarded them have long turned a blind eye. And I have Shao Shiwang as a backer, so it's not difficult to leave some letterheads. ”

"Then I need you to give me all the letterheads, go find them now!" Liu Xin stood up, and suddenly thought that if the enemy was wiped out at the same time, he also thought of destroying these letters, it had been several hours since Gui Wanqiu was attacked, and it was difficult to say whether the letterhead was still there!

Gui Wanqiu was not in a hurry, she said: "It should be fine, but now it is inconvenient for me to pick it up." Because those letterheads are hidden in the courtyard of Shao Shiwang and me, where the guards of the Earl's Court are guarded! ”

Liu Xin suddenly forgot that Shao Shiwang had a knighthood, and if he had a title, he could have a private army. The enemy will not blatantly go to Shao Shiwang's territory, that will make things bigger. On the contrary, killing Gui Wanqiu is an affordable choice, once Gui Wanqiu dies, Shao Shiwang will definitely not continue to treasure the other party's things, after all, in Shao Shiwang's eyes, Gui Wanqiu is just a tool man.

"Mrs. Gui, early tomorrow morning, I will go with you to get the letterhead." Liu Xin said.

Gui Wanqiu looked at the sky outside and listened to the sound of the gong when the watchman struck the representative, she hesitated: "I have some things now, I may have to leave." ”

Liu Xin looked at each other suspiciously.

Gui Wanqiu's face was embarrassed, and she hesitated for a moment before she gritted her teeth and said, "I contacted the people of the Dog Slaughter Sect to help me investigate the clues of the person who killed me." Now I might have to commission one more thing. ”

Liu Xin frowned, he had heard of the name of the Dog Slaughter Sect, a force that has risen in the rivers and lakes in recent years, belongs to the Demon Dao, and is known as the No. 1 killer sect in the rivers and lakes today, and the most famous of the sect is the Zodiac killer, each of whom is a famous executioner.

Thinking of Gui Wanqiu's underworld identity, it is also common sense that the other party will use the Dog Slaughter Sect.

Liu Xin thought about it and decided to follow Gui Wanqiu.

"I'll just act as your bodyguard, first, to protect your safety, and second, I also want to see the famous Dog Slaughter Sect."

Gui Wanqiu's face was embarrassed, but soon, the true colors of her generation of underworld heroes made her make a decision.

At midnight, on the road of curfew, Gui Wanqiu and Liu Xin walked quickly towards the Suncheon Gambling House one after the other.

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The emperor has a curfew, whether you are a brothel or a gambling house, you are not allowed to continue to open after the curfew, and even if it is opened, there will be no guests.

And because the brothel of the Qinglou can stay overnight, although it will be closed after the curfew, but when the door is closed, everyone should be happy or how to be high. The customers in the gambling house will lose at some point and even have no underwear left, so it is naturally impossible to keep them all night, so the gambling house will close its doors when the time comes.

Gui Wanqiu and Liu Xin walked on the streets that had been deserted after the curfew, their steps hurried, but they did not deliberately hide their whereabouts. In the outer city, even after the curfew, there are some special people who can still walk on the road, and Gui Wanqiu belongs to this special member.

Liu Xin saw someone poking his head out on the roof of a certain house in the distance, and when he saw the special lantern belonging to Gui Wanqiu in Liu Xin's hand, he silently retracted his head again.

Liu Xin learned from Senior Brother Cheng that these people are also Jinyiwei, but they directly belong to the commander of Jinyiwei, and they are also the means by which Jinyiwei controls the entire imperial capital at night.

Liu Xin's rented house is on the south side of Chongbei Fang, not far from Chongnan Fang, but it still took two people half an hour to get on the road. In the past half an hour, Liu Xin could feel that where Gui Wanqiu passed, many secret sentinels had set their eyes on them and stayed for a long time. These secret sentinels should be the shadows of the Jinyi Guard, and they are also the people who protect Gui Wanqiu.

Although Gui Wanqiu is also from the Jianghu Sect, her own cultivation should not be high, but she still dares to go to the meeting alone, thinking that it is also because of these battles.

Outside the gate of Chongbei Fang and Chongnan Fang, a carriage waited quietly on the inside of the gate, Gui Wanqiu took the lead in getting into the carriage, and Liu Xin followed. The groom is a middle-aged man, with thick joints in his hands, and his qi is restrained, and he is a good hand.

Liu Xin followed Gui Wanqiu into the carriage, and the horseman was slightly stunned, but then Gui Wanqiu's soft command came, his eyes hesitated and slowly retracted, and with a flick of the reins in his hand, the carriage walked up leisurely.

Gui Wanqiu and Liu Xin were in the carriage, neither of them made a sound, Liu Xin simply closed his eyes and recuperated, and the next thing was to meet the people of the famous killer organization of the Demon Dao, he had to recuperate.

Gui Wanqiu kept changing her expression, her fists were clenched subconsciously, and she relaxed, and so on.

About half an hour later, the carriage slowly stopped, Liu Xin opened his eyes, Gui Wanqiu had already gotten up and leaned down to get out of the carriage.

"You go back first, I'll be staying in the gambling house tonight." Gui Wanqiu commanded, the horseman bowed his head silently, and after Liu Xin also got out of the car, the reins were flicked, and the carriage left quietly.

Follow Gui Wanqiu into the Shuntian Gambling House, until she reached a small building in the deepest part, Gui Wanqiu opened the door, there was a step inside, she followed the steps up, until she reached the highest point of this building, on a terrace on the fourth floor.

Liu Xin followed closely, with a slight doubt in his heart, they were not in a hurry this way, it took an hour. And Gui Wanqiu only said that she would meet with the killer of the Dog Slaughter Sect tonight, but did not agree on a specific time.

As if guessing the doubts in Liu Xin's heart, Gui Wanqiu came to the edge of the terrace by herself, felt the cold wind blowing on her cheeks at night, and said softly:

"The Dog Slaughter Sect has always been mysterious, and I have also heard that as long as the commission is issued, they will appear within the agreed time. And this time can be a broad period of time or an exact hour, but no matter what, the Dog Slaughter Sect killer will appear on time. ”

Liu Xin was just about to answer, when a woman's coquettish laughter suddenly came from behind him, Liu Xin's body was shocked, and he suddenly turned around.

The fourth-floor terrace is ventilated on all sides and is a short distance from other high-rise buildings, with only one staircase leading up from the third floor. But whether the female killer of the Dog Slaughter Sect came up from the stairs or crossed from other places, she couldn't escape Liu Xin's ears and eyes.

But this person appeared, but there was no expectation.

Gui Wanqiu was also obviously startled, and her body subconsciously took two steps back.

Liu Xin stared, ten steps away in front of him was a tall woman who was nearly six feet tall, she was slender and straight, and she wore a mask that covered her entire face, and the mask was painted with a Cloud Palace Immortal Rabbit. The woman was wearing a tight-fitting garment with no sleeves, and her bare arms were tattooed with snake scales and lotus flowers.

Tattoos on both arms, snake scales and lotuses! It is a rabbit that is one of the 12 zodiac killers of the Dog Slaughter Sect!

In the information of the Holy Sect, there is the basic information of the nine people in the Zodiac Killer of the Dog Slaughter Sect, and the three people who are currently unknown are codenamed Rat, Rooster, and Dog. And the rabbit is the only woman among the zodiac killers, and the intelligence mentions that the rabbit's weapons are two long knives, but now the rabbit is not holding a knife in his hand, but comes with his bare hands.

"Hehehe~ Gui shopkeeper, introduce yourself, I am a rabbit, you can call me a rabbit directly, or you can call me sister! Hehehe~" The rabbit just stood there, twisting her body, but she didn't move forward, her voice was the same soft type as Gui Wanqiu. Liu Xin could feel the gaze behind the mask resting on him most of the time.

The Zodiac Killers are all cultivators of the Dacheng Realm, and it can be said that it is an extremely terrifying killer organization. But because they clearly mark the price, they will only sell after accepting the commission, so the harm to the rivers and lakes is not great.

Liu Xin was secretly vigilant, the Zodiac killer has been famous for several years, although the rabbit is not the highest combat power among the known nine people, but the killer of Dacheng Realm is still worth being vigilant against, especially the latter's silent appearance, which made the hairs behind Liu Xin's back explode.

The rabbit's body must be top-notch!

Gui Wanqiu's face trembled slightly, although she was gorgeous, she looked like a young woman in her early twenties, but in fact, she was over thirty-five years old, and the rabbit's figure and voice were very young, the rabbit's age was probably not older than her, but the latter asked her to call her sister.

Ignoring the question of title, Gui Wanqiu directly said her demands, this strong woman in the business world is resolute and resolute.

Rabbit didn't care about Gui Wanqiu's ridicule for ignoring herself, but nodded after listening carefully, and repeated in a soft voice: "So sister, your appeal is very simple, as long as you find someone who killed you, you don't need us to take action." ”

Gui Wanqiu nodded: "Yes, my revenge, I will avenge it myself." ”

Rabbit hehejiao smiled: "But judging from your description, you don't seem to have the ability to take revenge with your own hands, and you don't have many chips to find someone, only one thousand taels." There are not many words to kill, a person only needs this number, it is better for you to think about it. ”

The rabbit raised his palm, spread his five fingers and shook it, and then said: "Because I heard that the client is your sister, I came in person, otherwise it should be the middleman." Sister, you see that I am here in person, for the sake of my sincerity, sister think about it again! ”

Liu Xin: "..."

It was his first time to meet the killer, and the killer was bargaining, selling and boasting, and it was also the first time, this feeling made Liu Xinjue a little novel, but it didn't look like buying a murder scene.

Gui Wanqiu stared at the rabbit's raised hand for a moment, still shaking her head: "Just find someone, and revenge myself!" ”

The rabbit seemed to be a little pity, and his voice was a little low: "Really, people heard that you are the owner of the gambling house, why don't you kill anyone." ”

Liu Xin raised his eyebrows, he had an immature idea in his heart, and he said faintly: "I have a commission here, I don't know if you can accept it?" ”

The rabbit quickly turned his head to look at Liu Xin, and his voice was full of excitement: "Hey, little brother, do you have a murderous job?" I'll take it! I'll take it! One person has five thousand taels, and if you have two, you will be given eight percent off, and three will be seven percent off! ”

This young lady doesn't seem to be doing very well, so positive?

Liu Xin pondered for a moment and said, "Don't you need to evaluate the object I want to kill first, the price is five thousand?" ”

Rabbit nodded: "It's a price here for me, it's not easy to say it from others, you have to seize this opportunity!" After this village, there is no such shop! ”

Liu Xin nodded silently, and then said a name: "Liu Licheng!" ”

Hearing this name, Gui Wanqiu suddenly looked at it in surprise, while the rabbit hesitated for a moment, as if thinking about who this name was, and when she figured it out, two cold lights shot out from behind the mask and looked at Liu Xin: "Are you playing aunt and grandma, Liu Licheng, if I remember well, it's the Jinyi Wei Qianhu of Inner East City!" This kind of person, how can I kill it! ”

Liu Xin spread out his hands and said helplessly: "Then you just can't help it, I thought you could!" ”

The rabbit suddenly became dumbfounded, and after a long time, he said quietly: "Of course it's not impossible, but you have to add money!" ”

Liu Xin's heart moved slightly, the courage of the Dog Slaughter Sect was really big, and thousands of households in Jinyi dared to kill.

"But you clearly said a fixed price!"

The rabbit waved his hand and said: "The people of the court will increase the price, this is the rule of the road!" ”

Liu Xin frowned, but saw that Gui Wanqiu gave him a look, it seemed that there was really such a rule, he thought for a while and said: "Just add money, then I won't kill it, it's too expensive." ”

Rabbit said anxiously: "Alas, alas, why don't you ask how much money to add, maybe not much!" ”

Liu Xin sighed: "I can't afford five thousand taels!" ”

Rabbit: "..."

"You're fooling me!" The rabbit said angrily.

Liu Xin shook his head and said solemnly: "No, I didn't!" I do want to kill Liu Licheng, but I really don't have any money, I just ask about the market, and when I save enough money, I'll invite you! ”

Rabbit looked at Liu Xin, and after a long silence, asked, "When will you be able to save enough money?" ”

Liu Xin folded his fingers and counted the Jinyi Guard's Yulu and said: "A month's Yulu is about twenty taels, and a year is..."

"Bastard!" Rabbit Jiao snorted: "You're just kidding me!" ”

Liu Xin waved his hand, he just asked casually, but the killer rabbit was serious.

Just before the rabbit's real fire came up, Gui Wanqiu interrupted at the right time: "I seem to remember that someone wants to kill!" ”

When the rabbit heard this, he immediately let go of Liu Xin, a poor ghost, and looked at Gui Wanqiu and asked anxiously, "You said it!" ”

Gui Wanqiu pulled the broken hair between her sideburns and said, "Put this commission in the back, and then complete the commission to find someone first." ”

Rabbit's voice was noticeably a little deeper: "Okay, since that's the case. I have received your appeal, and the Dog Slaughter Sect has taken over this task, but according to the rules, if you are looking for someone to work, you must pay a fifty percent deposit first! ”

Gui Wanqiu nodded, and took out a stack of silver tickets from her waist, each of which was in a denomination of one hundred taels.

Rabbit Xing hurriedly came to Gui Wanqiu's side, don't ask Liu Xin how she knew, no matter who it was, she could see her emotions from the rabbit's jumping steps.

The rabbit took the silver ticket, shone it at the light of the lantern, and then nodded: "Okay, it's correct, thank you boss!" If it's okay, I'll go first! ”

Gui Wanqiu nodded, and the rabbit turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly stopped, turned around again, looked at Liu Xindao, and said, "Your salary is too low, you can't afford to use me!" ”

After that, she came to the edge of the terrace, stepped on the railing by the terrace, and strode forward, her body falling vertically, without using any body method, just jumping off the building like that.

Liu Xin stepped forward quickly, poked his head out and looked downstairs, and the figure of the rabbit had disappeared.

This method is terrifying!