Near Mudao Lane is a deserted courtyard, overgrown with weeds, half-tilted houses, stones and wood scattered everywhere, when the sun sets, it is the most lively place in Jinpeng Castle.

There were seven or eight thousand people living in the stone fort, all of whom had various needs, and only the owner could be fully satisfied, and those killers who lived and died, with silver in their hands, were eager to spend it, so a small black market was born.

Every time the sun sets, there will be people in black who will cut through the messy grass and get into the gaps in the walls, looking for what they want among the ruins: fine wine under the banner of the south wall, delicacies just delivered from the north city, and all kinds of daily necessities of unknown origin.

Buyers and sellers are all masked, which makes the black market even more "black".

The Shangguan family acquiesced to the existence of the black market, but it was not allowed to exceed the seventeen uninhabited courtyards, and the time was not allowed to exceed the second watch.

Gu Shenwei would come to the black market every three or four days to buy wine for his master, and he was already familiar with the place, and he could even recognize some of the merchants who often came, such as the young Shangguan Hongye.

Shangguan Hongye is the nephew of King Dubu, and his father died early, which made him the lowest in the master circle, and he is not as good as a favored minion, and even worse than those killers who spend money lavishly.

In order to let this "master" do some favors, Gu Shenwei once asked for a lot of gold and silver utensils from Xue Niang, pinched them and gave them to him, and the son of the Shangguan family claimed that they had already been used up, but in fact, they carefully restored the utensils to their original state and sold them on the black market.

The business was not very good, and after a few months, there were still a few gold and silver pots left in his stall.

Gu Shenwei squatted down and pretended to pick something.

Dressed in servants' clothes and masked with rags, Shangguan Hongye quietly sold the goods, blowing them into the sky as if the stolen goods were the king's utensils.

Another rule of the black market: no loud noises.

Gu Shenwei took out a few pieces of silver, which was the "salary" given to him by Tie Hanfeng after killing the horse-faced man, Shangguan Hongye's eyes lit up.

"What do you want? This potty is pure gold. ”

"I don't want anything, just a favor. Gu Shenwei pulled down the black cloth on his face so that the other party could recognize him.

"Get out of here, I'...... I'm curious, I'm here to play, not to do your business. ”

Gu Shenwei took out a few more pieces of silver, and he figured out that this fierce and inward-looking guy definitely couldn't resist the temptation of money.

Shangguan Hongye's hand in tidying up the stall stopped, he despised his weakness, but hated his poverty even more, seeing that Gu Shenwei was about to put away the silver, he stepped forward and held it down, "What do you want me to help with? ”

"No, I want to ask you, Yu Gongzi is still in school, right?"

"Very little. Shangguan Hongye retracted his hand again, he didn't want to do what he did when he offended Shangguan Yu again.

"Help me inquire if Young Master Yu has any acquaintances in the Fire Refining Academy. ”

"Ha, I still need to inquire, her own brother is there every day. ”

Shangguan Hongye regretted it as soon as he said it, the money had not been handed yet, and the information should not be leaked so easily, Gu Shenwei didn't care, asked a few more words, and gave all the money to Shangguan Hongye.

He knew it.

Shangguan Yuxing is a well-known son of the family, he is not a martial artist, he eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and occupies everything, he was originally in charge of Dongbao, and he was dismissed not long after, but he was familiar with the rules and market conditions of the various courts in Dongbao, and gave himself the title of "counselor", and since then he has been specializing in secretly solving "personal grievances" for others.

Unlike the official titles of sword master, hospital administrator, and steward, the position of "counselor" is not on the roster at all, and such people do not receive remuneration, and their only privilege is that they can freely enter and leave certain places.

Gu Shenwei had actually seen Shangguan Yuxing, but he didn't know the identity of this person at that time.

Shangguan Yuxing is a young man in his twenties, if you look closely, his appearance is somewhat similar to his sister, but his body is medium and thin, not like Shangguan Yushi, who has long hands and feet.

Like Tie Hanfeng, he often jumps around in the Fire Refining Courtyard, and can talk to every Yellow Belt steward, but he has never approached Huan Nu, Gu Shenwei once thought that this was a handyman, but he didn't expect it to be the opposite brother.

Gu Shenwei quickly confirmed that it was this Shangguan Yuxing who followed him every time he threw the corpse.

After observing for a few more days, he decided to have a showdown with the stalker, Shangguan Yuxing had no status in the castle, and the stewards were not as polite to the iron cripple as they were to him, which made Gu Shenwei feel that he could teach him a lesson and give the little female devil a word.

"Killers only use their own knives. This is what Gu Shenwei wanted to remind Shangguan Yu of.

There were still three days left before the fourth monthly test, Gu Shen went to the Fire Refining Courtyard alone, received a corpse, and then, as usual, left alone against the corpse.

didn't go far before he noticed the stalker behind him, Shangguan Yuxing's skills were too poor, and it was easy to show his feet.

This time, Gu Shenwei did not go to the cliff of life, but turned into the boulder cliff, and immediately put down the body when he arrived at the place, hid at the entrance of the boulder, pulled out the narrow knife, held his breath, and waited for the stalker to take the bait.

After a while, there was a slight gasp from the other side of the boulder.

Gu Shenwei turned the boulder around, grabbed the placket of the stalker with his left hand, and put the narrow knife in his right hand on the opponent's neck, and was about to open his mouth to threaten, when he suddenly felt a tremor in his heart, and took a step after dragging the prey in his hand, just avoiding a sneak attack.

There was still someone behind Shangguan Yuxing.

The man was also a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, short and stocky, resolute and resolute, dressed in black, unmasked, and holding a narrow knife in his hand, which was immediately known as a killer apprentice.

With his ability to control his breathing freely, Gu Shenwei knew that this person's martial arts were not weak.

Gu Shenwei pushed Shangguan Yuxing away, and he was on full alert, and it was really unexpected for such a master to emerge.

"Bastard boy, it's really ruthless. Shangguan Yuxing turned around a few times before he stood firm, relying on the bodyguards to protect him, and his tone was very tough.

"What are you doing with me?"

"Don't do anything, I want to see what you're doing. ”

"Stay away from me and let your sister come to me on her own. ”

"My sister, what's the matter with my sister?tmd, you curse, don't you, clouded leopard, teach him a lesson!"

The boy known as the clouded leopard had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and he showed his posture with his knife, and his strong muscles were revealed through his clothes.

Gu Shenwei didn't expect that if Shangguan Yuxing didn't stand up for his sister, who would he be instructed by? He didn't have time to think about this accident, and he was ready to fight, this apprentice was much more powerful than his opponents in the previous three monthly tests, and he was not allowed to be distracted.

"Hey, you two shouldn't meet until three days later, so let's just fight it early. Shangguan Yuxing stepped aside, waiting to see a good show.

The two teenagers just confronted each other, neither of them made a move for a long time, they were the best among the more than six hundred apprentices, they could feel the refreshing murderous aura from each other, and they were not willing to waste their precious first move unless they found a loophole.

Shangguan Yuxing didn't notice anything, he only saw two gloomy teenagers, and couldn't help but be disappointed, "Kill, what are you waiting for?"

The clouded leopard took the lead in attacking, and the knife was not very fast, but it was steady and ruthless, and like Gu Shenwei, it took a frontal attack.

Gu Shenwei can be faster than him, but for a person who shoots steadily, "slow" is often a trap, so Gu Shenwei took this trick hard, and the two knives intersected, and his arm was faintly numb.

His harmony is already the third layer of yin and yang, and his internal strength is stronger than some adult killers, and there are even teenagers who are more powerful than him.

This aroused Gu Shenwei's ambition, and the knife and the clouded leopard slashed each other, the two of them became more and more violent, and with the strength of the other party, the knife became faster and faster, and the knife wind forced Shangguan Yuxing, who was watching, to retreat step by step.

"Go to TM, go to TM ......" Shangguan Yuxing let out a series of curses, not knowing how to express the shock in his heart.

After more than fifty slashes, the two teenagers retreated at the same time, and they both needed to catch their breath.

Gu Shenwei met the killer apprentice who was evenly matched and good at frontal attack for the first time, and couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy, but the short and stout young man on the opposite side didn't show the same feeling, still showing murderous intentions, as if he didn't kill people, he wouldn't stop.

"Am I offending you?"

Gu Shenwei stared at the clouded leopard, but it was Shangguan Yuxing who asked.

"You have to ask yourself, anyway, there are people who don't like you and want your life. ”

If it weren't for Shangguan Yushi, Gu Shenwei would have been able to guess that the person would be Miss Luo Ningcha, and he had also seen the good fortune of the children of the Shangguan family, "What will the big-headed god reward you?"

"Why did you pull out the big-headed god again?" Shangguan Yuxing frowned, feeling that what this young man said was getting stranger and stranger.

Gu Shenwei was more and more puzzled, apart from those two women, he couldn't think of anyone else who wanted to kill an apprentice, could it really be to make Tie Hanfeng not a killer master? But the master's opponent had already been killed in the alley of Nancheng.

It was the clouded leopard that launched an attack again, and as soon as it came up, it launched a fast attack, and Gu Shen tried his best to deal with it, and after dozens of knives, the two staggered again, still without a win.

Shangguan Yuxing was a little anxious, the two rounds of attack clouded leopard had not killed the opponent, this was something he had never seen before, "What are you waiting for, make a special move, the silver is not given for nothing." ”

The clouded leopard, who had not spoken a word from beginning to end, was urged, and his gaze became more and more fierce, and even the knife was as tight as a sharp arrow.

Gu Shen felt sorry for him, the clouded leopard was strong and the knife was fast, and he cut it down at his own pace, and the outcome was unpredictable, but he was now impatient, and he had to strike first when his breath was not smooth, and he would naturally show his flaws.

Even Shangguan Yuxing, who could only watch the excitement, smelled the smell of violence that was about to come, and his hands were twisted together with excitement.

Just as the two teenagers were gathering momentum, a strange voice rang out rudely.

The sound came from the bottom of the cliff, as if countless rocks were rolling down, and the movement was so great that the entire boulder cliff seemed to be about to collapse.

The killing machine stopped suddenly, and the three of them looked at the edge of the cliff together in surprise, and after a while, they were stunned to see a monster jump up.