All the way from Nancheng to the stone castle on the mountain, Zhang Ji can feel the whole city's anticipation and fanaticism for tonight's competition, and the bold casino even openly sent people to the street to solicit customers, "Whoever wins and who loses, who lives and who dies, you can bet, come on, a good opportunity to make a fortune, once in a century!"

Zhang Ji was dismissive of the casino's bragging, but he was deeply impressed by the fluctuation of people's hearts, the competition between the Dubu King and the Dragon King was not the final battle, no matter whether he won or lost, it still took a huge price and a long time to solve the remaining strength of the other party.

However, for the hundreds of thousands of residents of Biyu City, this is a decisive battle, and the result will determine who owns Biyu City and even Jinpeng Castle, as if the armies outside the city are just decorations, and will disappear overnight with the defeat of their masters.

Zhang Ji doesn't like this phenomenon.

He bluntly stated his thoughts to King Dubu, "The city lord's competition has attracted too much attention, which is not good. ”

"What's wrong?" Shangguan Fa stood in front of a stone pillar, like a skilled craftsman pondering where to carve the first chisel from.

"There are still many things to do after the competition, and they need to be carried out step by step, but the people under the mountain seem to think that this is the end, they will be in a hurry, and I hope that the king will not be affected too much. ”

"You've become less daring. Shangguan Fan turned his head to look at the military advisor, a long time ago he was wondering if he had chosen the wrong person, and now this feeling is getting stronger and stronger, "At the beginning, you were very supportive of deciding the outcome of a battle and completely destroying the Dragon King." ”

"At this time and then, the Dragon King was still very weak, and I underestimated him and made many mistakes, and now I want to correct my mistakes and treat the Dragon King as if he were an equal opponent. Zhang Ji admits his mistakes, but there is no remorse in his tone, in his opinion, the past is just a reference, and smart people always look to the future.

"Now you haven't seen through the Dragon King either. Shangguan Fa glanced at the west-leaning sun, he was about to go down the mountain to face the battle, at this moment, he wanted to pour out his thoughts, Zhang Ji was not a suitable object, but he was the most qualified audience, "He is still a killer, no matter how hard he tries, no matter how high his status is, he is still a killer in his bones." This means that he believes more in the knife in his hand, although the army is powerful, it is always something outside the body, but the knife is a part of the body. ”

Zhang Ji met the gaze of the Dubu King—he was the only one who dared to do so in Jinpeng Castle—and found that the King's day was not the same as usual, and the enthusiasm of the mountain seemed to have crept into Jinpeng Castle, affecting even the most stubborn stones.

Shangguan Fa turned to the stone pillar, as if it was the Dragon King himself, "He wants to compete with me, and he has always thought that even if the army has an absolute advantage, even if there is no participation of the Central Plains people, even if there is no deep hatred in his heart, he still has to find a way to compete with me." Remember, he killed the master with his own hands, and killed the master with his own hands, this is like a road, he has already walked more than half of it, even if he finds that the direction is wrong, he still has to go to the end. He wanted to kill me with his own hands, and that was the only way it would be over. ”

Zhang Ji secretly wondered if he hadn't returned to the stone castle for too long, or because of the gloomy weather, why was it so difficult to breathe? He felt that his chest cavity was like an old bellows, and he didn't know how many times he could withstand the squeezing, "The Dragon King is a killer. Trusting the judgment of King Dubu, he paused for a moment and continued, "The king is also a killer. ”

Shangguan Fa didn't answer immediately, and his left palm suddenly struck, about a foot away from the stone pillar, and quickly retracted.

There was a muffled thud, and the square stone pillar surrounded by arms broke in two.

Zhang Ji's eyes widened slightly, revealing a hint of surprise, he didn't know martial arts, but he had seen a lot of atlas secrets, and said: "The stone pillar is broken in the palm, and there is no tremor on the ground, the king is not only profound, but also uses it even more superbly, without a little waste." ”

Shangguan Fa was even more proud of the fact that there was no warning before this palm was issued, and he did not give the enemy a chance to react, but Zhang Ji could say that this was already remarkable.

Shangguan Fa turned around and said, "That's right, I'm also a killer. ”

Zhang Jiqiang suppressed a sigh in his chest, but his breathing was heavier, "Just this once?"

Shangguan Fa sneered, Zhang Ji's appearance as a teacher is sometimes very annoying, "This kind of thing is hard to come by, a year ago, I would have disdained to compete with a traitor." ”

It was a world that Zhang Ji couldn't understand, and he didn't want to delve into it, "The arrangement after the competition, does the king want to hear about it?"

Shangguan Fa nodded, the competition could only calm the desire in his heart, but it could not satisfy his huge ambitions, he still needed Zhang Ji.

"I assume that the Lord will kill the Dragon King tonight. Zhang Ji looked at King Dubu, and after receiving the confirmation signal, he continued: "The dragon army will be in chaos because of this, at least one general will surrender, and two or three generals will probably surrender after waiting and seeing, only Dugu Xian - I guess he doesn't want to surrender, but he is afraid that the king will not let him go." ”

Dugu Xian used to be the general of Jinpeng Castle, and later defected to the Dragon King, and one of his arms was cut off by the Jinpeng killer.

Shangguan Fa raised his head slightly, "Of course I won't let him go." ”

Zhang Ji preferred to be bribed, but he cautiously did not say anything to persuade him, because a one-armed general is not worth annoying the Dubu King, "Pang Jing is a trouble, he hopes that the king and the dragon king can die together, and killing the dragon king is not in line with the Western Regions strategy of the Central Plains, so he can't be expected to help Jinpeng Fort in the future." ”

"Can't you give more gold?"

"Well, I don't think Pang Jing is that kind of person, he is a bit presumptuous. ”

"Then we should keep all the gold and use it for other purposes. ”

Zhang Ji admired the current Dubu King even more, and he was calculating but quickly decided, "Okay, I will make arrangements, in this case, Jinpeng Fort needs to find another supporter in the Central Plains court." ”

Jinpeng Castle's operation in the Central Plains has not been a year or two, and it has been carried out several generations before the Dubu King, so Shangguan Fa can ask such a sentence, "Who do you think is more suitable?"

"After that, I will go to the Central Plains myself, and if I had to choose one in advance, Princess Hoa Binh might be the best candidate. ”

"Oh?" Dubu King was a little surprised.

"Pang Jing and the princess should not be a harmonious couple, since Jinpeng Castle can't get Pang Jing's favor, it is better to specialize in the princess. As for the general Pang Ning and the central servant Yan Qin, they belong to one faction of the Central Plains party dispute, and they can be false and wronged, and they can't do it because they offend the other faction. King Xiao and Jinpeng Castle have no festivals, and once the Dragon King is dead, it will be easy to obtain his understanding. ”

The Central Plains seemed so far away, Dubu Wang thought to himself that this is why he needed Zhang Ji, there must be someone to think about these things that are temporarily useless in the future but very important, "Just do as you say." ”

"Next is the North Court, the order to assassinate Shulitu has been issued, and it will be completed in a month. ”

"Why not go faster. ”

"It's better to be in a hurry than to be in a hurry, the assassination is completed in a month, and the news reaches the Central Plains in a month, and Jinpeng Fort has nearly two months to arrange troops. When Luo Luo defeats the remnants of Shulitu and unifies the grasslands, the Central Plains will urgently need to establish a powerful king in the Western Regions, and at that time, the king will lead the left and right, and it will be a trivial mistake to kill the dragon king. ”

"Hmm. ”

"In these two months, the king lord has to completely clear the dragon king Yu Tillers, so that the people of the Central Plains understand that Jinpeng Fort is the only overlord in the Western Regions. ”

"Hopefully your money isn't spent in vain. ”

"As long as you are willing to bid, it is easier to buy people's hearts than you think, of course, some people fish in troubled waters, and some people will calculate, but how many people are really betraying the Dragon King, do the information they provide find useful?"

"Hmph, the Dragon King is not my opponent in the first place, I don't need this information I know what tricks he wants to use, he will have a set of swordsmanship to find the enemy in the dark, very coincidentally, and learned a few tricks from the stone room of Sword Alley, and they will be used on me. ”

Zhang Ji knew that he should have confidence in King Dubu, and he did believe that the king's martial arts were the first in the Western Regions, but he didn't want to make the mistake of belittling the enemy again, "All my plans are based on the Dragon King's death tonight, as long as he lives, even if there is only one breath left, many of his subordinates will not accept the bribe, and even the most determined betrayer will be shaken, those people are afraid of the living Dragon King." ”

"He's going to die. Dubu Wang said coldly, dissatisfied with the suspicion of the military advisor.

"Miss Ru...... It won't be an obstacle. Zhang Ji had to ask this sentence, like most people, he couldn't understand the heart of Dubu King's love for his daughter.

"Hopefully not. Shangguan Fan's tone softened slightly, "Old Man Mu has led him out of the city, and if there is no accident, he will tie her up until tomorrow." ”

Zhang Ji is responsible for formulating some of the most important plans for Jinpeng Castle, but there are still some things that are not within his knowledge, such as Old Man Mu.

Shangguan Fa felt that there was no need to keep it secret anymore, "Old man Mu pretended to betray me, isn't it very useful to have a guy like him who is messing around?"

Zhang Ji was stunned in his heart, and at the same time he admired it very much, the first person assassinated by Old Man Mu was the swordsman of the Tianshan Sect, which deceived everyone, he was indeed useful, but it was also not credible, "The king can restrain him, right?"

"His life is in my hands. Shangguan Fa replied simply, not because he deliberately concealed it from the military advisor, but because it involved complex martial arts, and Zhang Ji couldn't understand it at all.

Zhang Ji suddenly felt relieved, he always felt that there was a reason for the Dragon King's self-confidence, but the Dubu King actually bypassed everyone and firmly controlled the old man Mu, and the odds of winning suddenly increased greatly, if the information of all parties was credible, the old man Mu knew the Dragon King's martial arts well, and it was extremely helpful to the Dubu King.

"That's it. Zhang Ji said.

"That's it. Shangguan Va repeated.

Zhang Ji didn't go down the mountain with Dubu Wang, and when he reached the middle of the mountain, he asked the guards who used to be Jinpeng killers around him, "Do you like martial arts?"

The guard was extremely surprised by the sect master's question, and pondered for a moment before replying: "All the martial arts I have learned, all the training I have received is how to start from behind, I can compete in martial arts, but I will be very nervous, and I will definitely not like it." ”

This is the answer Zhang Ji wants, in his opinion, the Dubu King and the Dragon King, who are keen on the decisive battle of martial arts, are not real killers at all, but more like losers among killers.

That's why only these two people in Jinpeng Castle have become hegemonic contenders, Zhang Ji concluded from this.

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