Chapter 38: The Phantom of Sekijo
From the capital to Juyongguan, a distance of more than 100 miles, if you want to travel in one day, ordinary people have to wear the stars and the moon. Chen Wenqi has martial arts, and his foot strength is naturally better than ordinary people, especially the "Yi Marrow Gong" has broken through the third layer, and he is even more light and fast, and he has reached Juyong Pass in most days.
"Mingzhu and drums out of the mediocrity, with the Shibian city of ten thousand horsemen."
Looking at the Juyong Pass with its peaks and mountains in front of him, Chen Wenqi remembered the first two sentences of Emperor Zhu Youzhang's poem "Zhuangxing". From the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty for more than 800 years, Juyongguan was not only a battleground for soldiers, but also a key road to communicate between the Central Plains and the outside of the Saiwai with the geographical location of "controlling the north and south". After Yongle Emperor Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, Juyong Pass was valued by the imperial court because it was the northwest gateway of the capital, and set up a guard in this place, stored grain and grass, and was always ready to resist the enemy outside the pass; Although the terrain is dangerous, it is not lacking in prosperity.
Thinking that he traveled westward alone, neither "beating the drums", nor having thousands of horses to follow, which was very different from the scene in the poem, Chen Wenqi couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
The time was still early, Chen Wenqi was not in a hurry to stay, and after entering the Guancheng, he walked to the city platform of the urn. However, on the city wall, ten forts were lined up, and a "Hongyi cannon" of more than two zhang was placed on each fort, and the captain of the military aircraft battalion guarded it day and night, and was heavily guarded.
"Who?"
As soon as Chen Wenqi showed his head, and before he had one foot on the ground of the city wall, a military aircraft battalion captain with a spear in his hand walked up to him and asked sharply.
"Ah, passing guests. β
"Passing guests?" the captain carefully looked at Chen Wenqi from head to toe, front to back, "What are the passing guests doing on the city wall?"
"I didn't do anything, I just wanted to climb up and enjoy the scenery around here. β
"Climb up and see the view?" The lieutenant seemed to have read a few words, and when he saw that the person in front of him was a weak scholar, his tone eased down, "This is a military restricted area, no one is allowed to enter, you better go somewhere else to see." β
"Yes, yes, let's go. β
Chen Wenqi turned around and went down the city wall, walked around the city aimlessly, and then walked into an inn called "Nanguan".
"Guest officer, do you want to stay or eat?" As soon as Chen Wenqi entered the door, Xiao Erhe, who had a long scarf on his shoulder, greeted him with a smile on his face. Dare to love this inn also has a restaurant.
"Is there a cleaner room?"
"Yes, yes, the rooms in the shop were very clean. If the guest officer wants to stay, there is an upper room on the second floor. β
"Well, go up and have a look. β
"Okay, guest officer, please. Xiao Er stretched out his hand to Chen Wenqi and asked him to walk in front.
Going up to the second floor, Xiao Er opened a room at the innermost end of the inner corridor. It is not an exaggeration to say that this room is an "upper room", the room and the bed are larger than the other rooms, and there is a red lacquer table of eight immortals and two Taishi chairs of the same color, and there is a pot of three cups on the table, which I think is prepared for the guests to visit with friends. There is a window on the right hand side of the door, and when you look at the window, you can see the scene of the city. Staying here is quiet and safe.
Chen Wenqi untied the bag behind his back and put it on the table of the Eight Immortals, Xiao Er knew that the guest was going to stay, so he hurriedly pulled down the long towel on his shoulder, dusted the sheets and covers on the bed, and wiped the tables and chairs that were already spotless.
After doing this, he said to Chen Wenqi with some embarrassment:
"Guest officer, this upper room is one hundred and twenty wen per night, one settlement per day, pay first and then stay. β
Chen Wenqi smiled and nodded, indicating understanding. Because he went far away, the copper coins were too heavy to carry, so Zhu Youzhu allowed him to withdraw the treasury silver from the prefectures and counties along the way with the royal gold medal when he needed it, and returned to Beijing to settle the bill. Therefore, he only brought a few gold and silver ingots and silver tickets with him in case of emergency. The gold and silver ingots were too natural to pay, so he asked Xiao Er:
"Can you use Daming treasure banknotes in your store?" Daming treasure banknotes are the official silver bills (that is, paper money) issued by the dynasty, but because most of the people believe in real money and silver, many merchants do not use this kind of silver tickets in private, so Chen Wenqi has this question.
"Yes. Xiao Er replied.
Chen Wenqi thought to himself, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the credibility of the Ming treasure banknote is still quite high. So I took a silver ticket of 200 wen and paid the room fee. For the remaining eighty texts, I asked Xiao Er to order some food casually and bring it to the room.
After a while, Xiao Er came to the room with two dishes, a bowl of rice and a pot of wine, set up the dishes and chopsticks for Chen Wenqi, took out the wine cup from the tray and was about to pour wine, Chen Wenqi held down his hand holding the pot, and said:
"I'm not used to drinking, so let's take it back. β
Xiao Er said sincerely: "Although it is late spring now, the mountains here are high and sparsely populated, and the climate is still as cold as winter. The guest officer is alone away, drink some wine to warm up, and you can also sleep well at night. β
"Thank you for your kindness. However, when you smell the wine, you get drunk, and you really can't drink it. Chen Wenqi was afraid that Xiao Er would be too enthusiastic, so he simply said it seriously.
Sure enough, Xiao Er was drunk when he heard the wine, so how dare he persuade him to persuade him again, and hurriedly put the wine jug in the tray and said, "In this case, please ask the shopkeeper to return the excess silver money to the guest officer." β
"No need, the rest will be rewarded to the little second brother. β
"Thank you, thank you. Guest, please use it slowly, and I'll clean up the dishes and chopsticks later. When he heard that he was rewarded with money, Xiao Er thanked him one after another.
After Xiao Er left, Chen Wenqi closed the door, sat down against the window, and enjoyed the twilight of the closed city outside the window while eating.
Suddenly, a noise faintly reached the room, and it sounded as if it was in the inn.
Chen Wenqi didn't care, and continued to eat and watch the scenery.
After a while, the sound of the downstairs not only did not stop, but got closer and closer, as if it was coming upstairs. Sure enough, there were many footsteps at the staircase, and only one voice shouted: "Run, I told you to run, you kid ran to the edge of the sky, and Lao Tzu didn't let you go." β
Another voice cried out, "Help, kill someone." β
Before the words fell, only a "bang" was heard, Chen Wenqi's door was knocked open, and a person stumbled into the room, and hid on Chen Wenqi's left side. Immediately afterwards, a big man broke in, it seemed that this was his territory, and reached out to grab Chen Wenqi's arm and threw it to the side: "Get out of the way." β
Who knew that under the fall, Chen Wenqi did not move at all, but he stumbled and almost fell to the ground. After the man stood firm, he pulled up his sleeve and said, "Huh, I can't see that I am still a good man, so try to eat my punch again." With that, he slammed his big fist at Chen Wenqi.
Chen Wenqi stretched out the bamboo chopsticks in his hand and faced the man's fist. When the man saw this, he forcibly stopped the momentum and retracted his fist. Fortunately, he saw the opportunity early, otherwise, there would have been two more breathable holes in his fist at this time.
Chen Wenqi took the opportunity to look at the two. The man who first hid in the room was a thin man, no more than five feet tall, with a thief's eyebrows and rat eyes, and although he shouted "help," he did not show any fear;
Chen Wenqi said to the big man: "Honorable driver, have you recognized the wrong person? β
The big man seemed to come to his senses, turned behind Chen Wenqi, and scolded: "Boy, run wow, see where you are still running?"
The lean man was short, and he used his hands and feet together to get under the table. When the big man walked around to the other side of the table, he came back to him.
Chen Wenqi saw that the two of them thundered heavily and rained, not like a revenge fight, but like a child playing hide and seek.
The two circled a few times, and suddenly, the big man didn't know what he was stepping on, and one couldn't close the momentum, and his huge body crashed towards Chen Wenqi. The lean man had already bypassed Chen Wenqi at this time, and he also stumbled, falling towards the table, and grabbed the bag that Chen Wenqi put on the table with both hands "justly".
Chen Wenqi was hit, the whole person tilted to the left, "coincidentally" knocked the thin man away, and the left elbow also smashed the back of the thin man's hand, the thin man was in pain, and his hands were loosened, and this time he really fell to the ground. At the same time, Chen Wenqi's right hand was not idle, and while his left elbow smashed the back of the lean man's hand, he resisted the body of the big man who fell into his arms.
"Have you 'beaten' enough? If you haven't played enough, please move elsewhere to continue, and you will have to eat later." Chen Wenqi stood up and said without hurrying or annoyance.
The big man looked at Chen Wenqi, then at the package on the table, the Adam's apple on his neck jumped up and down, and walked out of the door stupidly. Seeing this, the lean man quickly turned over and stood up, slowly bypassed Chen Wenqi, and then turned around and ran away.
Xiao Er seemed to be waiting outside the door for a long time, and the two left with their front feet, and he walked in with his back feet, and asked with concern, "Guest officer, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Little second brother, these two are guests staying at the hotel?"
Xiao Er shook his head: "No." They are two local scoundrels, and they usually smell like each other and beat up evil people everywhere, I don't know why dog-eat-dog get up today?"
"That's right. Chen Wenqi didn't know whether to say it to Xiao Er or to himself, and fell into deep thought after finishing speaking.
The deepest wing room on the first floor of the "Nanguan Inn" has a closed door. In the room, a sturdy man with a black scarf and a masked face sat on the edge of the bed, and there were two people standing in front of him, who were the big man and the lean man who were fighting in Chen Wenqi's room just now.
I saw the lean man take out a big ingots from his arms, and his eyes looked at the big man. The big man slowly put his hand into his arms, took out the same big ingot, and put it in the hands of the lean man. The lean man held the two ingots in front of the masked man with both hands, and said, "Good man, the two of us are not as good as others, and we couldn't get the package of that guy, and the two original silver ingots were returned." β
The masked man didn't move, and asked, "What's the matter, you guys got into a fight with him?"
"Not really. As soon as the black bear entered the door, he was about to break the guy away, but the guy didn't move as if it had taken root. Then the black bear punched the face of the guy again, and he easily defused it. We expected him to be strong in martial arts, so we didn't dare to act rashly. The lean man replied, and when he saw that the masked man did not stretch out his hand, he placed the two ingots on the bed.
"So, you didn't even touch that guy's package?"
"Not really. The lean man suddenly became excited, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "The package of that guy was placed on the table, and the two of us pretended to fight, and when the black bear crashed into the guy, I hurriedly fell on the table and grabbed the package with both hands. I don't know whether the guy intentionally or not, his elbow slammed into the back of my hand, and my eyes blackened with pain, and I was somehow knocked to the ground by him, and he took back the package in his hand. After speaking, he looked at the ingots on the bed with a disappointed look.
"Have you ever touched the contents of the package?"
"There is a long hard object in the tentacle inside, and it must be a sword. But I didn't touch anything square, so I guess it was hidden in my clothes or in my arms. β
The masked man nodded, as if agreeing with the lean man's speculation. He glanced at the two ingots and said to the two in front of him, "The two of you have worked hard, and I will reward you with two ingots of silver." Oh, it's already dark, and that guy might have to settle accounts with you, so you can avoid the limelight first. Let's go, I'll send you out of the city. β
As soon as the two heard that the masked man had rewarded them with ingots, they rushed forward, grabbed one and stuffed it into their arms, and followed the masked man out of the chamber.
The night is vast, and the bustling and noisy Guancheng during the day is already brightly lit and few people at this time. The masked man led the two out of the gate and walked forward for a while. The lean man pulled the "black bear" in his mouth, stopped at the intersection, and said to the masked man: "Good man, please stay, and we will take our leave." β
The masked man put his hands on their shoulders and said, "Don't be busy, I'll take you home." With that, he slammed his hands and struck the Tianzhu point behind the necks of the two of them with his side palm, and the two of them never dreamed that the masked man would kill the killer in pain, and they were both killed immediately.
The masked man took out the ingots of the two and stuffed them into his arms, and sneered: "Don't blame the two of you for being ruthless, if you leak this secret, you will have a life in the next place? Besides, uncle, I have only two ingots of silver for half a year, so can you earn it for nothing?" After speaking, he kicked the bodies of the two off the cliff one by one.
Back at the inn, the masked man still walked into the large chamber, bolted the door, did not light the lamp, he walked to the narrow door at the head of the bed, lowered his hand and said, "My lord, my subordinates have sent them back to 'home'. "There is no cave behind the door of daring!
"Well, no one saw it, did they?" asked a voice behind the door.
"Nope. β
"Well, the two of them can only play the role of throwing stones to ask for directions, and to solve this person, we have to do it ourselves. β
"Please tell me how to act. β
"Come in and talk about it. β
The masked man hesitated, then reached out and pushed open the small door, and walked inside.
Let's say that after Chen Wenqi finished eating, he washed with the hot water from Xiao Er, then sat cross-legged on the bed and vomited, condensed his internal strength to open up the meridians, and continued to practice "Yi Marrow Gong". Over the years, I have developed the habit of practicing before going to bed, and I have not interrupted it during the township examination and the general examination. I had just vomited for a week, and suddenly heard the sound of the door "bang", followed by a slight sound of footsteps gradually passing away.
Chen Wenqi got out of bed, opened the door and looked left and right, but did not see half a figure. When I looked down, there was a white object on the ground inside the door, and I bent down to pick it up, and it turned out to be a folded note.
Chen Wenqi closed the door, lit the lamp and candle on the table, unfolded the note and looked at it, only to see four big characters written on it: "Beware of night attacks."
Whether the person who stuffed the note was friend or foe? Chen Wenqi had no way of knowing. But when you think of the scene at dinner, it's not a big mistake to be careful. Chen Wenqi decided not to meditate anymore, put the royal gold medal in his arms and tied it tightly to the place where his belt was tight, and took out the "Painted Shadow Sword" from the package and put it under the pillow, then blew out the lamp and candle and went to bed early. At this time, there are still three or five guests sitting sparsely in the lobby of the inn, or there are saukers and literati who are vassally elegant, or there are people who drink and buy drunk, in short, they will not return to the room until late at night, so they can sit back and relax at this time.
"Knock-knock!knock!" In the haze, Chen Wenqi heard the beating of the drum, one slow and two fast, and it was already three watches. Listening intently, everything was silent, except for the occasional low chirp of unknown insects. Chen Wenqi turned over and sat cross-legged on the bed to practice "Yi Marrow Gong". Since crossing the third layer in the Imperial Prison, in the past few days, nine acupuncture points such as Jiquan, Qingling, and Shaohai of the "Hand Shaoyin Heart Sutra" have been opened. As long as the 19 acupuncture points of the "Hand Sun and Small Intestine Meridian" are opened, the "Yi Marrow Gong" can reach the realm of the fourth layer.
"Knock-knock! knock!" The drums sounded again, and the tail of the child was ugly. In the sound of the drum, Chen Wenqi suddenly heard footsteps outside the door, which stopped abruptly in front of the door, and everything fell silent again.
Chen Wenqi stretched out his hand and pulled out the "Painted Shadow Sword" under the pillow, listening intently to the movement outside the door. For a long time, there was still silence outside the door, Chen Wenqi was convinced of the footsteps he heard, but he didn't understand why the people outside the door didn't move. Just as he was confused, he suddenly smelled a light smoke-like smell, and the people followed him a little fluttering.
Not good, Mi Xiang!
Chen Wenqi suddenly realized, hurriedly floated out of bed, tiptoed to the window, punctured the window paper, approached the hole in his nostrils and took a few breaths of fresh air, and suddenly felt that the spiritual platform was empty.
The thief of "three indiscriminate", Chen Wenqi thought hatefully. Most of the people who use the incense are the small crumbs of some chickens and dogs, and they are despised by people in the martial arts. Where did this person come from? Was it the two people who were fighting, or was there someone else? Chen Wenqi was too lazy to think about it, believing that he would be able to find out after a while.
Sure enough, there was a soft knock on the door, presumably to test whether the person in the room had been unconscious. After a few moments, all I heard was the sound of the latch being clicked. With a "clatter", the latch was pried open, and the door was gently pushed open. No figure could be seen in the darkness, but the footsteps could be heard as two men entered the room with their foreheels and hind feet. The two entered the room, and without saying a word, they both rushed to the bed, and slashed at the bed with a knife.
Hearing a muffled noise on the bed, Chen Wenqi was shocked. These two seem to have a deep hatred with themselves, and they suddenly kill them when they enter the door. Who is this? I don't have a life-or-death rival?
Suddenly, Chen Wenqi smiled loudly and said, "Don't be busy, the person you are looking for is here." As he spoke, he lit the fire and lit the candle on the table.
In the dim light, two masked men in night clothes stood side by side with waist knives in their hands. Although they couldn't see their expressions, it could be seen from their eyes that the two of them were shocked at this time.
"Why did the two sneak into other people's rooms late at night and kill people without asking?" Chen Wenqi held the "Painted Shadow Sword" in his left hand and did not put the two in front of him.
The masked man on the left, who was slightly taller, shouted "up", and the masked man on the right pounced on Chen Wenqi in both directions.
"Slow. Dare to ask if the two of you know each other?" Chen Wenqi seemed to be accustomed to nature, and others wanted his little life, and he was still there to ask politely.
"Why don't you know the famous champion and the great hero who flew to get jade? Otherwise, why did the uncle come here?" said the tall masked man grimly.
Didn't recognize the wrong person.
"What kind of grudge do I have with you, why do you want to do this?" Chen Wenqi was very unfamiliar when he heard this voice, and it would be difficult to guess the origin of the two for a while.
"Right and wrong are just to speak more, and the troubles are all because of the strong head. The kid surnamed Chen, take your life. After speaking, with a knife of "brush", he slashed at Chen Wenqi.
Chen Wenqi's left hand "Painted Shadow Sword" was raised horizontally, and he opened the head of the tall masked man.
Just when Chen Wenqi's left body was exposed to the empty door, the blade of the short masked man slashed at the waist. Chen Wenqi couldn't avoid it, twisted his left wrist to the right, and the vertical sword fell, picking off the big knife of the short masked man with the scabbard.
Chen Wenqi snorted coldly and said, "Come and don't be rude." After saying that, the sword was handed over to the right hand, and the sword with the sheath was held with a sword flower, and a move "divided the flower and brushed the willows", attacking the chest points of the two people. Chen Wenqi had the heart to try it tonight, but he was afraid that he would not be able to control the proportions and hurt people's lives, so the sword was not unsheathed.
But the two masked people in front of him not only were not weak in martial arts, but also cooperated quite tacitly, especially the tall masked man, who flew up and down with a single knife, attacking more and defending less, and greeted Chen Wenqi's vital point with a knife. The short masked man took the opportunity to go around behind Chen Wenqi and sneak attack. Chen Wenqi was careless and fell behind for a while. The tall masked man was overjoyed when he saw the situation, and whispered to the masked man behind Chen Wenqi: "Be quick with your hands and feet, send this kid on the road." With that, his hand tightened, and he raised his knife high and slashed down at Chen Wenqi's left shoulder. The short masked man behind him suddenly realized, and a big knife slashed at Chen Wenqi's right waist. In this way, Chen Wenqi's front, back, left and right, as well as on his head, were covered by two big knives, and it was impossible to get out except for entering the ground.
In his busy schedule, Chen Wenqi used a style of "pushing the cup and changing the lamp" in the sword technique, and when the tall masked man's single sword was about to fall, he was short, took a step to the left, and turned the "Painted Shadow Sword" with his right hand, poking the "Yangguan" point behind the tall masked man. The tall masked man's right hand raised a single knife lost its target, and he couldn't hold it back, plus the "Yangguan" point was poked, and immediately "Tengteng" took two steps towards the place where Chen Wenqi was standing, and the single knife in his hand involuntarily slashed at the short masked man, and his lower abdomen also happened to meet the blade that the short masked man slashed at Chen Wenqi's waist.
The situation turned abruptly. When the two masked men were triumphantly preparing to celebrate, they suddenly saw the cold blade reaching their bodies, and they were immediately shocked, and hurriedly retracted the knife momentum, and each jumped back a step before the danger was resolved.
As soon as Chen Wenqi succeeded, he expected that the sword technique was indeed exquisite, so he was not in a hurry to solve the battle, and used the sword moves practiced in the edict prison one by one, and further integrated them from actual combat.
Under the cover of the tall masked man, the short masked man turned behind Chen Wenqi again, and took advantage of the opportunity of Chen Wenqi's move to run out, roared lowly, and slashed Chen Wenqi's back with a knife. At the same time, the tall masked man used a knife as a gun, and the tip of the knife slammed radially towards Chen Wenqi's lower abdomenβanother abdominal and back pinching momentum.
Chen Wenqi snorted coldly, drew his sword out of the sheath, and made a move of "the daughter is scattered and will come back", the old style is not finished, and the new style is born, and the right hand uses the sword as a knife to meet the single knife cut by the tall masked man;
Just listen to the sound of the "bell", and the sparks splash. Although the single knife in the hand of the tall masked man was specially made of stainless steel, it was still not as sharp as the shadow sword, and under the swords slashing each other, the single knife in the hand of the tall masked man suddenly lacked a gap. After missing the blow, the tall masked man hurriedly retreated, preparing for a second attack.
The short masked man saw that he was about to succeed, but suddenly saw the opponent's scabbard stretched out, and he was facing his wrist, hurriedly withdrew his move, jumped back, and dodged Chen Wenqi's move.
After fighting in the cramped room for an hour, Chen Wenqi relied on the three-layer skill of "Yi Marrow Gong" and the exquisite moves of "Blade Sword Technique", and he became more and more courageous, and he did not show any fatigue. The tall masked man knew that if he continued to fight, not only could he not kill Chen Wenqi, but it would be a problem for the two of them to retreat, so he said to the short masked man, "The 'idea' is too hard, let's go", and took the lead in breaking to the door of the house, and the short masked man followed closely behind and fled.
"It's not easy to go. The sword in Chen Wenqi's hand tightened, turning into a group of sword shadows and encircling the short masked man behind.
Seeing this, the tall masked man turned around and waved his knife to relieve the siege.
The sword shadow around the short masked man was constricted, and just as he secretly exhaled and was about to rush out of the door, Chen Wenqi pointed to the point of life in his middle waist, and immediately froze on the spot.
The single knife in the tall masked man's hand made a semicircle in the air, and slashed diagonally at the short masked man. Chen Wenqi didn't expect him to suddenly attack "his own people", and hurriedly waved his sword to separate. But it was too late, and I saw a cold light fall, and the short masked man fell to the ground in an instant.
Chen Wenqi was stunned by the scene in front of him, and deeply regretted that he should not have ordered his acupuncture points, so that "I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me."
The tall masked man took advantage of Chen Wenqi's distraction and fled through the door.
Chen Wenqi let out a long sigh, put his sword back into the sheath, picked up the lamp and walked to the short masked man, and lifted his masked black scarf.
This is an ordinary-looking short-haired man who he doesn't know.
Chen Wenqi put his hand into his arms and took out two ingots and a waist card.
This is an oval-shaped bronze plaque, engraved on the front with the words "Jinyi Pro-Army Gongwei Division", and engraved on the reverse side with the words "Beizhen Fusi Zhonghou Office, 100 households".
Chen Wenqi was taken aback, picked up the single knife that the man threw aside, and saw a thick back and a thin blade, the handle was quite long, the spine was straight and the blade was slightly curved, and the handle was engraved with the number: Jingong 30867. Yes, this is the standard saber of Jinyiwei - embroidered spring knife.
Chen Wenqi sat down at the table and cleared his thoughts. How did the people of Jinyiwei target him? Except for his dealings with Mu Bin, the supreme commander of Jinyiwei, he had no direct contact with anyone else, let alone a deep hatred. Jin Yiwei commanded Mu Bin, although he has no deep friendship, but this person acts uprightly, even if he wants to embarrass himself, he will not do such a dirty deed. Besides, if Mu Bin wanted to harm himself, he could have done something in the edict prison as early as possible, why did he wait until now? Under Mu Bin, no one in Jinyiwei has anything to do with him.
Puzzled, Chen Wenqi simply put the matter aside, called the shopkeeper of the inn, and asked him to report to the yamen in Guancheng at dawn. The innkeeper was panicked by the death of someone in the store, and when he heard Chen Wenqi speak, he was relieved and said yes again and again. called Xiao Er to open a small room for Chen Wenqi and asked him to rest. After Chen Wenqi thanked him, he followed Xiao Er to another small room on the second floor, and asked Xiao Er to bring a pen and paper.
......
The large wing room in the deepest part of the first floor is also dimly lit at this time. The tall masked man's face was unraveled, and he lay on the table and wrote on a very thin white silk:
"The sniper attempt failed, this person's kung fu tricks are like knives and not knives, I am afraid that he is a descendant of Han, so be careful. Under the thin silk, an oval waist card pattern was also drawn, and two small seals of "brocade arch" were written in the pattern.
After writing, the white silk roll was rolled and stuffed into a small bamboo tube, the mouth of the tube was sealed with fire glue, and tied to the leg of the carrier pigeon standing at the head of the bed.
After releasing the carrier pigeon, the masked man lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said hatefully: "The boy surnamed Chen, Lao Tzu can't help you, someone will take your life." β
After speaking, he extinguished the lamp and candle, jumped out of the window, and disappeared into the vast night.