Chapter 256: Five Days
Fang Wen was locked in a room with the swordsman, and he was not able to get out of the prime minister's mansion until midnight.
It is impossible to go out of the city and go back to the inn, but fortunately, Xu Xiaoyi has already arranged a residence, and the two of them will be picked up as soon as they leave the prime minister's mansion, so that they will not be on the streets.
Entering the guest room, Fang Wen took off his damp underwear, finally spit out the breath he was holding in his heart, and scolded the dragon king Yang Huan, as if the other party was standing in front of him, and then swore to the sky that he would not say goodbye tomorrow, even if he asked for food all the way, he would have to go back to his hometown, and he would never be a military adviser to the bastard boy again.
Gu Shenwei didn't hear this, Fang Wen didn't leave the next day, it wasn't money and power that made him change his mind, but a woman.
The woman pushed the door in, leaned against the door frame, and looked up and down at the scholar with bare legs, "I haven't seen you in such a hurry." ”
"Who are you?" Fang Wen was red-faced, half-squatting, and covered his legs and feet with his clothes.
"Someone paid for me to serve you, what, is it not satisfactory to me?"
Fang Wen opened his mouth, feeling as if he had said something, but as if he hadn't said anything, the woman laughed, and he laughed too, throwing away the idea of returning home for food.
In this way, Fang Wen didn't have the heart to find out what was going on in the Prime Minister's Mansion at all, so he made Prime Minister Shi look panicked and let go of the two hostages in his hand.
It wasn't until the next morning that Xu Xiaoyi personally came to comfort the frightened military advisor, and Fang Wenshi asked for details from his mouth.
The wooden box sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion had half a human head hidden in it, but the other four were normal, and the servants carried it to the treasury, and the supervisor checked the scales to register, opened the door of the warehouse, and the first thing he saw was the other half of the human head, and the hair was tied with strings, hanging on the beams, and swaying slightly in front of everyone.
The supervisor and the servants were so frightened that one fainted, two were paralyzed, three vomited, and four softened, and only one person could barely move, so he went to call for someone at once.
The guards were more daring, and took off half of the head, combined it with the other half in the wooden box, and recognized this as Xiang Kai, the Jinpeng killer who often walked around the mansion.
Prime Minister Shi was also frightened by this news, the treasury is the most heavily guarded place in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he was unknowingly put into half a human head, if this person is not capable, or there is a traitor in the mansion, no matter which possibility it is, it shows a fact: the killer can sneak into the Prime Minister's Mansion at any time and behead anyone.
The human head in the wooden box is just a reminder that the one in the treasury is a real threat.
Prime Minister Shi vacillated between anger and fear, and finally decided to let the two hostages go, and then he summoned Shangguan Tian, the young lord of Jinpeng Castle, and announced one thing very politely: within five days, if Yang Huan's head could not be brought in, the prime minister would change his position and introduce the envoy of the Great Snow Mountain to the king.
This is the news that Xu Xiaoyi got through the inside line, Fang Wen touched his neck, and even said in his heart, "It's dangerous", the dragon king's strange trick almost killed him, but after thinking about it, if it wasn't for this method, with just 10,000 taels of gold, it was indeed impossible to make Prime Minister Shi abandon Jinpeng Castle.
In this way, the focus of the battle returns to the dragon king, and if he survives for five days, he will be victorious.
Gu Shenwei didn't just think about hiding for five days, he had to continue to prove his strength.
In a sense, this is a close contest, Jinpeng Fort is strong, but it can't be used in Shule Country, Prime Minister Shi Cheng has publicly stated that he will not provide any help, and the Dragon King Yang Huan is experienced and familiar with many methods of Jinpeng Castle.
On the first day, the main forces of both sides were hidden at the same time, the dragon king completely lost his trace, and only the Mei Shaochu Nanping was following him, and even Xu Xiaoyi couldn't say the whereabouts of the two.
The day was basically peaceful, both sides sent people to monitor each other, but they both understood that the killer would not show up to save people, Fang Wen liked this principle, which meant that he was not in any danger at the moment, and he could accept the woman's service to the fullest and wait for the final result.
The next day, the movement began to make a big noise, and all the Jinpeng Dart Bureau was dispatched, except for the palace and the Prime Minister's Mansion, almost all the inside and outside of Shule City, and all the forces of all sizes got the message: those who provided the whereabouts of the killer Yang Huan would be rewarded with 50,000 taels of silver, and the heads would be rewarded with 100,000 taels of silver.
Shule City is rarely so lively, everyone in the streets and alleys is talking to each other, asking about the whereabouts of the pale young killer, Fang Wenshi, Xu Xiaoyi, and several swordsmen from Daxue Mountain have all been turned out, quite some people do not believe in evil, and think that they can force out the killer Yang Huan, and frequently come to the door to provoke, Xu Xiaoyi gathered everyone together and hired swordsmen who had nothing to do with Jinpeng Fort to protect everyone.
The officers and soldiers of Shule State also came forward to suppress the attack, and no small troubles were allowed, and the prime minister had ordered that this competition should be limited to those who had the identity of killers, and should not affect innocent people.
On this day, there were no results on both sides, but the news of Yang Huan giving the prime minister's head spread, and some people began to respectfully add the word "Dragon King" in front of his name.
On the third day, the hooligan ruffian who hoped to get the reward was still digging three feet into the ground to find clues of the "Dragon King Killer", but the Jinpeng Dart Bureau died down, and all the dart masters were recalled and did not come out all day.
Many people believe that Jinpeng Castle has found the traces of the Dragon King, and is waiting for the final shot.
Fang Wenshi, Xu Xiaoyi and the others were also a little restless, their lives and futures were pinned on that killer, if something happened to the Dragon King, they would be beaten back to their original form immediately.
Only Tie Linglong was indifferent to this, practicing the sword technique as usual, and comforted the others afterwards, "Don't worry, it's okay if you find it, the Dragon King will kill them all." ”
The little girl's faith was not transmitted to everyone, and even the swordsman of the Great Snow Mountain began to feel uneasy, praying that the divine bird could come down again to save the dragon king.
The red-topped roc will not appear casually, Tie Linglong explained seriously, "It is not a pet raised by the dragon king, no one can control it, you can come and go as you want, and the dragon king can't summon it at any time." ”
Everyone's confidence was even more hit, and Fang Wen was thinking in his heart that if things were not good, he would have to persuade the rich man Xu Yi to arrange a way back, and he might be able to get a piece of the pie.
On the fourth day, Jinpeng Castle's side made a move, hitting the confidence of everyone in Daxue Mountain to the bottom.
The hidden dragon king also needs intelligence, and there must be someone to contact the outside world for him, Chu Nanping's whereabouts were leaked, and on the second watch that night, the Jinpeng killer was dispatched to surround the disguised swordsman in an inconspicuous small inn.
There are more than thirty killers in total, which is enough to clean a small organization, and many people suddenly realized that maybe Shangguan Tian had already known the whereabouts of the Dragon King and Chu Nanping, and had been pretending to be confused, just to secretly mobilize manpower.
Few people saw the battle that night, but the legend of the next day was so vivid that it seemed that everyone had witnessed it.
Two killers enter the room to catch the hatch alive, but they wake up their target, and the young swordsman jumps through the window.
It stands to reason that thirty killers will never let a teenager run away, but somehow, Chu Nanping broke through the encirclement, and during this time, he fought with four or five killers without any damage to each other.
There are people who are familiar with Jinpeng Castle's style of acting and claim that this is a ploy by the young lord Shangguantian, Chu Nanping must have been followed, and at this moment, the Dragon King has probably been surrounded.
On the fifth day, rumors were flying all over the sky, and there were more than ten versions of the news that the Dragon King was killed, and even the most confident Tie Linglong was a little unable to hold his breath, giving up practicing sword skills, staying by Xu Xiaoyi's side, and listening to every absurd piece of information.
"As long as you don't see the human head, the dragon king will be fine. Tie Linglong set the bottom line, and every time she saw someone running in in a hurry, her heart was tight.
The inhabitants of the whole city were waiting for the final result, and those who wanted to get the bounty were very disappointed, and even felt that they had been used by Jinpeng Castle for two or three days in vain, so they supported the Dragon King instead, hoping that he would make it through the fifth day.
The killers usually do not act during the day, but the dart masters of the Jinpeng Dart Bureau once again all went out, surrounding a place that is said to be the hiding place of the Dragon King, and all the people who enter and leave are secretly identified, and if their faces are slightly unfamiliar, they will be followed and checked, although these dart masters are not officers and soldiers, but no one dares to resist.
The place surrounded by the dart masters was the area of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which surprised everyone and made it logical, except for the palace, there was really no safer place in Shule City than here.
In the name of hunting, Prime Minister Shi Cheng went out of the city as early as two days ago to avoid concessions and "gave up" his home to two groups of killers, but when he said that, even if a single grass was destroyed in the house, there would be no winner in this competition.
If they could, everyone wanted to watch the battle between the killers that night, but unfortunately, such a good show was not open to anyone, and even the officers and soldiers joined the blockade team, and together with the dart masters, all the idle people and others were kept out, only the servants in the prime minister's mansion waited excitedly, since their lives were not in danger, everyone wanted to see the killer's demeanor with their own eyes, which was enough to brag about for several months.
As night falls, the intersection is crowded with hundreds of residents, who do not expect to see what to hear, but only want to know the outcome as soon as possible.
The house was so quiet that a person who claimed to be an expert explained this, "The killer just wants to be silent, and the chickens and dogs jump and crackle loudly, which is the ...... between officers and soldiers and robbers."
The person who said this was taught a lesson by the officers and soldiers, and he refused to leave with a blue nose and swollen face, and said vaguely: "Wait and see, the Dragon King is not easy to mess with, he is the nemesis of Jinpeng Castle, and a hundred killers may not be ......."
The dart masters once again taught this unknown guy a lesson, and the scene was as quiet as the Prime Minister's Mansion from then on.
In the early hours of the morning, the people were almost gone, and the officers and soldiers and the dart division also slackened off, and everyone was wondering if there were any killers in the Prime Minister's Mansion in the secret competition.
As soon as the morning dawned, the door of the house opened, and the two servants yawned and came out to clean the streets, and before they closed their mouths, they were surrounded by a group of people, startled, and after hearing everyone's questions, they shook their heads again and again, "No, no, even the dogs don't make trouble, where is the killer?"
Five days had passed, and people who were eager to know the results were asking around, and finally, at noon, news came from outside the city that the Dragon King had won, and Shangguantian, the second young lord of Jinpeng Castle, had been taken prisoner in disgrace.
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