Chapter 404: Poison
Among the disciples of Xiaoyue Hall, in addition to the lotus girl, Gu Shenwei is most familiar with Guan Shang.
In the underground palace of the Bodhi Garden in Biyu City, the two had a battle between the two openly and secretly, and when Guan Shang revealed that he was a disciple of Xiaoyue Hall at the last moment, Gu Shen was quite surprised.
After that, the two worked together a few more times.
Guan Shang is a very good killer, it is no accident that he can become Shangguan Fei's green face, Xiaoyuetang is good at secret arts, and he is slightly inferior in real martial arts, and the Dutch girl and Guan Shang are rare masters among them.
Years of green noodle training have allowed Guan Shang to practice a special set of skills: hide his strength and try not to attract attention as much as possible.
She can show herself at different levels as needed, from a weak woman who is powerless, to an ordinary Jinpeng Castle swordsman, all the way to the top blue-faced assassin, she can show it convincingly.
Because of this, every time Guan Shang was nearby, Gu Shenwei would suddenly feel a sense of tension in his heart.
Today, this nervousness came unexpectedly, Gu Shenwei didn't understand its source at first, his eyes swept over the face of Guan Shang after the disguise twice, but he failed to find any flaws, until the third time, a faint signal flashed in his mind, Gu Shenwei immediately grabbed it, suddenly found the source of the tension, and at the same time recognized that she must be Guan Shang.
Guan Shang's disguise is very ingenious, he does not make himself younger or older, he is still about thirty years old, and his facial features are slightly modified, but she has become much more mediocre, and she is like the real her.
Guan Shang is good at hiding his sharp energy, but once he discovered her disguise, Gu Shenwei immediately remembered that this was not the first time Guan Shang appeared in the cave mansion, in fact, in the past two days, almost every time Gu Shenwei saw the fat patriarch, she stood in the nearby group of servants.
Gu Shenwei was waiting for Guan Shang to make a move, he had already prepared, he was not afraid of the martial arts of the disciples of Xiaoyue Hall, let alone their secret techniques, and the lotus girl had already helped him relieve his worries.
Before coming to see the fat patriarch, Gu Shenwei guessed that the "distinguished guest" of the Wind Swallowing Gorge was likely to be a traitor to Xiaoyue Hall, but the Lotus Girl was a lot more at ease at that time, Jinpeng Castle was a huge organization, even after a complete training, there were still many secrets in that stone castle that were not accessible to ordinary killers, but for Xiaoyue Hall, the Lotus Girl believed that she had figured out everything about it.
"If it was really that group of traitors planning a conspiracy, they would never dare to assassinate with real swords. The Lotus Maiden was so sure of this that she and the Dragon King went their separate ways, instead of staying together to protect each other.
When a true Xiaoyue Hall disciple assassinates a master, he is most accustomed to using a variety of secret techniques, which naturally include a wide variety of poisons.
"They have three poisons to choose from, all of which are odorless and tasteless. "The Dutch girl is like a number of treasures, comment on them one by one," The first kind has the fastest effect, but it is harmless to eat, and it must be sucked in, so that someone has to risk throwing the powder, we just need to guard against it; the second kind is also very effective, and it needs to be added to the food to trick us into eating, but it works too quickly, and the first bite will have an effect, if you spit it out in time, the harm is not great, and it is estimated that they will not use it; the third kind has the slowest effect, you need to eat it several times in a row, and it will accumulate before it kills people, there is no antidote after the attack, and there is no trace of it, and the poisoned person is no different from sudden death, and the name is called'One end scattered', take the meaning of one head down. ”
This is a few of Xiaoyuetang's many secret medicines, it is not easy to survive in such a sect, Gu Shenwei is very curious about a question, "In this way, it is really easy for Xiaoyuetang to poison someone, and it can easily get rid of suspicion afterwards." ”
"It's easy, but it's cumbersome to scatter and it's not an important target, so we don't use it casually. ”
Obviously, both the dragon king and the lotus girl are important targets.
"Maybe we've eaten a few times in a daze. ”
"Well, there's a possibility, until it happens, can't be confirmed. ”
Although she couldn't be sure, the lotus girl still had a way to dissolve the poison, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to survive in Xiaoyue Hall now, she took out a small wooden box with more than ten red pills in it.
Gu Shenwei had a serious madness, the Lotus Girl once gave him two such pills, he didn't eat them, and then gave them to others, but it was no big deal, and now, he has to face the choice of eating or not eating, the question behind it is to what extent he wants to trust the Lotus Girl.
"This is the only antidote until the poison strikes. The lotus girl carefully held the small wooden box as if it were a priceless but fragile treasure, "As long as there are Xiaoyue Hall disciples nearby, I will eat one every seven days, this is what I reformulated in the country of incense, and I haven't used it yet." ”
The specialty of the country of incense is the abundance of herbs, and the lotus girl has to go to the country's high priest of incense and all his disciples to make many secret medicines with them.
The vigilance in Gu Shenwei's heart rose sharply, but he didn't show any hesitation on the surface, he picked up a pill and threw it into his mouth.
The lotus girl also took one grain in front of him.
"Within seven days, there will be no Xiaoyue Hall disciple who can quietly assassinate you. She said.
Guan Shang would rather sacrifice a companion than frame Jinpeng Castle, just because he didn't want the Lotus Girl to find out that there were still Xiaoyue Hall disciples here, so that the Lotus Girl and the Dragon King would not take the antidote in advance.
This idea was very good, but Gu Shenwei not only guessed it, but also recognized her.
It was getting late, Ha Chilie chose the "person he liked", strictly speaking, this was chosen by the Dutch girl, he received a hint, pointed to a girl next to him, and left without saying anything.
The two servant women who followed him to observe carefully smiled knowingly, and quickly informed the patriarch of the results.
"Ah, my grandson-in-law is here, we are really a family this time, you have a good eye, pick my favorite granddaughter. The fat patriarch opened his arms and congratulated Hachilie affectionately.
Ha Chilie's face was still red, and he didn't know whether to call the fat patriarch "uncle" or "grandfather".
The matter has been decided, after chatting a few words, Gu Shenwei got up to say goodbye, and the moment he stood up straight, a flush passed over his face, as if he had been infected by Ha Chilie, but the flush disappeared very quickly, and almost no one noticed anything unusual, not even the Dragon King himself seemed to notice.
This is what he deliberately made with his internal strength.
Scattered before the attack, the user will not feel anything special, but there will be some subtle signs of accumulation, and the Lotus Girl assumes that they have eaten a little poison at every meal after entering the Swallowing Wind Gorge, so she describes in detail the reaction they should have.
A sudden flush on the face is one of them.
Gu Shenwei hoped that Guan Shang could do it as soon as possible, he had been delayed in the Wind Swallowing Gorge for too long, and in three days, the news of the Dragon King's reappearance might have spread all over half of the Easy Sea.
He can't strike first, there must be more Xiaoyue Hall traitors hidden in the Wind Swallowing Gorge, and he has to wait until they are all exposed.
Guan Shang was probably the only one who saw the Dragon King's face flush, but she obviously didn't think this was the best time to strike, and still chose to stay put.
Gu Shenwei also pretended to know nothing.
The Dutch girl was waiting for him in the room, and as soon as they met, she said, "I'm afraid we'll have to kill another person tonight." ”
Among the fat patriarch's group of daughters, granddaughters, and many maids, the lotus girl did not find any trace of the disciples of Xiaoyue Hall, this is normal, no one dares to pretend in front of the imperial masters, Yan'er was recognized by a complete accident, she never imagined that the lotus girl would come to the Wind Swallowing Gorge so soon.
But the Dutch girl found a master.
She is a maid, and the owner is the fiancée chosen by Hachilie.
The granddaughter of the fat patriarch appointed by the lotus girl naturally has a reason, and the maid ring next to the young lady obviously thought that she was exposed, and there was a trace of murder and panic in her eyes, so the lotus girl was even more sure that she would be able to do martial arts, and she was good.
"It's a test, and they want to know if our goal is still on the Jinpeng killer, so they send a target. ”
Gu Shenwei felt that the Lotus Girl's judgment was accurate, agreed with her decision, and then told her that he recognized Guan Shang.
Hearing this, the Dutch girl was silent for a while, "I have never been able to fully trust her. ”
Gu Shenwei remembered that Guan Shang was always nervous in front of the Lotus Girl, and was more humble than the lowliest slave, and when the Lotus Girl went mad, she also specially reminded the Dragon King not to let Guan Shang approach.
"We have to do it as soon as possible, I'm afraid something has happened to Shiguo. ”
"There is still one last day, we have eaten enough, and we should have a seizure around noon tomorrow. ”
The two of them repeated the same trick, bolted the door from the inside, jumped out of the window, and after appointing a fiancée to Hachilie, they were going to assassinate the fiancée's maid.
There is also a possibility that Yahuan deliberately revealed her identity and lured the two into the trap, if the opponent was only a Jinpeng killer, this possibility was very high, but the methods of Xiaoyuetang's disciples were different, and the Dutch girl believed that poison was their choice.
The Seventh Young Master had just been assassinated, and the security in the village was obviously much stricter, and after the third watch, there were still many people patrolling around with torches, and secret sentries were arranged in many places.
There is only one road in the Swallowing Wind Gorge, and there is nowhere to hide, so Gu Shenwei and the Lotus Maiden clinged to the cliff wall and sneaked quietly, dodging a large number of torches, and advancing towards the target along the winding shadows.
Most of the caves here have two or three floors, and the ladies generally live on the highest floor, and the lotus girl has already inquired about the residence of the young lady and Yahuan in advance, so there is no need to look for it.
It was a strange assassination, and both the killer and the killed volunteered to jump into the hoax.
Sacrificing a master was just to convince the Dragon King and the Lotus Maiden that the main messenger behind the scenes was Jinpeng Castle, if it weren't for a little understanding of Xiaoyue Hall, Gu Shenwei wouldn't have believed that someone could make such a plan at all.
Xiaoyue Hall was full of crazy people, and Gu Shenwei couldn't help but think about what kind of experience the Lotus Girl had suffered over the years, perhaps no easier than the pain of ice thorns when she went mad.
There were ventilated windows on the cliff wall, and as usual, Gu Shenwei was responsible for opening the windows to go in and kill people, and the lotus girl was guarding behind him to guard against the enemy's sneak attack.
Gu Shenwei pried open the window with a dagger, gently opened a crack and took a look, and found that he and the lotus girl didn't need to go in.
The two corpses were lying on the ground, without heads, Gu Shenwei couldn't see more details, so he could only guess that this was the young lady and the maid ring that the lotus girl suspected.
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