Chapter 119: Tsuchiya
It's not enough to only inform, someone has to leak the specific whereabouts of the black-robed woman, and Gu Shenwei handed over this task to the lotus girl.
Although the lotus girl has a close relationship with Huan Nu, Shangguan Yushi did not give up on wooing her, in fact, except for Huan Nu, Shangguan Yushi's ambition included all Jiachen apprentices.
This trick really worked, and on the third watch that night, the two sons of the Shangguan family came unexpectedly, and the lotus girl woke up the three teenagers outside the tent.
Gu Shenwei has been pretending to sleep, and when he heard the voice of the lotus girl, he immediately sat up, and while dressing, he observed the other two, Liuhua did not take off his clothes when he slept, he jumped off the bed and held the short bow in his hand, and the wild horse dressed in an orderly manner, and glanced at Huan Nu, whose eyes were very open showed a trace of confusion.
The whistleblower is a mustang.
Gu Shenwei was a little disappointed, although the two were once mortal enemies, and he still had a knife wound left by a wild horse on his chest, but this young man's knife skills were outstanding, and what was even more rare was that he was reasonable and had a natural leadership temperament, Gu Shenwei originally hoped to develop him into an ally.
Shangguan Ru, dressed in full black, with a masked black cloth tied around her neck and the hilt of her sword, mysteriously announced to several teenagers that she was on a mission, and the brown belt killers had to go with her, and then she looked at everyone with a look that whoever disagreed was a traitor.
No one objected, not even Gu Shenwei squeaked, he knew that Shangguan Ru hated the so-called prudence the most, Shangguan Yushi had been staring at Huan Nu, she was much more mature than half a year ago, and she could already see the emotions hidden in her eyes.
Six teenagers set off before dawn.
Shangguan Ru left a letter to the big head god, thanking him for his hospitality, asking him to send Qingnu and the others back to Jinpeng Fort safely, and at the same time "borrowed" six camels and a large amount of provisions.
Gu Shenwei doubled the water bladder, he hoped to push the charge of "luring the master to take risks" to Shangguan Yushi, but he still didn't trust the big-headed god, so he made up his mind, and after entering the desert, he found a way to get Shangguan Ru to go back to Biyu City directly.
There was silence in the Iron Mountain camp, and the minions guarding the door bowed to the Ten Princes in surprise, and the bandits did not understand the rules, so they said, "Ten Princes, what are you going to do?"
"Hunting. Shangguan Ru replied with a smile, this was the moment she had been looking forward to for a long time, leading a fierce killer to assassinate the evil black-robed woman, and the game had finally come true.
Shangguan Ru's excitement was beyond words, holding the reins in his left hand, holding the hilt of the knife in his right hand for a moment, his expression was serious, but there was a smile in his eyes, he looked around whenever there was a stir, if he hadn't been a killer, he should have been silent, and he would have been chattering a long time ago.
Gu Shenwei looked at her back, thinking of himself since two years, at the age of fourteen, like Shangguan Ru, he regarded the whole world as a playground, just care about his own happiness, and thought that all problems would be solved by his father and brother.
On the way to kill, nostalgia is so out of place that Gu Shen discarded it for a change of heart.
By the evening, the six had entered the desert, and in order to avoid being tracked by Iron Mountain, they had advanced a little further east before turning south.
The black-robed women once wanted to force them into the Southern Desert, but now that the "guests" have arrived, they have to deliberately hide their tracks to prevent the "host" from being discovered.
Shangguan Ru's serious disguise finally failed, she personally set up a tent with the teenagers, pulled everyone to the ground for a banquet, and drank half of the wine she carried in one meal, and the laughter and laughter could be heard for miles away.
But she finally followed Shangguan Yushi's advice and didn't light a bonfire, in fact, she drank freely in the moon, which increased the excitement of drinking.
The next day, the power of the hot desert gradually appeared, and the interest in assassination diminished little by little, even Shangguan Ru looked listless, and by the afternoon, she no longer held the handle of the knife all the time.
Gu Shenwei once suspected that the big-headed god had colluded with the black-robed woman, but now this suspicion has been reduced, they have never found anyone following, let alone found any signs of traps, it seems that except for the big-headed god himself, no one knows that the tenth prince of the Shangguan family has entered a dangerous place.
On the third day, the six-member assassination team encountered a storm and lost their way, not to mention the southeast and northwest, and even the people around them could not recognize it, and they did not dare to stop, because the sand and dust were overwhelming, and it only took a moment to bury the whole camel.
This is a storm that changes fate, and it is only at dusk that it is difficult for the six disgraced teenagers.
They were lost, they should have seen the "Three Dead Trees", which marked the hiding place of the black-robed woman, but there were still endless sand dunes in front of them, and they could not see anything but yellow sand.
The storm also brought another consequence, only Gu Shenwei knew, their whereabouts had been completely buried, if the big head god sent someone to follow them, they would definitely have lost their target at this time.
The wine was gone, and Shangguan Ru drank a few sips of tasteless water and quickly went to sleep.
Shangguan Yu ordered four Brown Belt Killers to explore the path in different directions, but found nothing.
On the fourth day, the six of them continued to move south, and they could not see the mountain pass when they came, so they did not know how far they had deviated, but they knew that they would reach another mountain all the way south, and if they followed the foot of the mountain to the west, they would reach the boundary of Biyu City.
This was in line with Gu Shenwei's plan, and he was now in a more urgent mood to escape from the big-headed god than to avoid the black-robed woman.
Shangguan Ru didn't want to go home empty-handed for the first time to command the assassination operation, and if he couldn't leave the desert with a few heads on his shoulders, wouldn't the prestige of the Ten Princes be greatly damaged? She insisted on advancing while searching, greatly slowing down her speed, and it was not until the food was exhausted that she had to admit this tragic defeat and quicken the pace of her march southward.
On the tenth day of entering the desert, except for Shangguan Ru, everyone else did not eat in the morning, but fortunately, Gu Shen was prescient and brought more water, otherwise they would not even be able to drink water.
On this very day, the seemingly doomed assassination attempt took a turn for the worse.
This desert is only a prominent part, not particularly wide, after ten days of walking, the assassination team has come to the edge of the desert, although they have not seen the mountains in the south, but an oasis has appeared in front of them.
It is a bit reluctant to say that it is an oasis, more like a Gobi with sparse plants, the area is not large, there are several earthen houses in the middle, and there is not even a wall.
Liuhua stood on a sand dune, the first to see the oasis, the others hid their camels, and they all lay on the sand to observe, and after a long time they saw someone enter the hut, the distance was too far to see their faces clearly, and they were dressed like black.
Shangguan Yushi was the first to get excited, "I found it, it must be another hiding place for the black lizard." ”
"It could also be a couple of herders. Gu Shenwei didn't want to dampen everyone's enthusiasm, but there were some white spots around the earthen house, which looked like sheep gnawing grass.
Shangguan Yushi glared at him, "You just want this operation to fail." ”
"Don't quarrel, we have to work together. Shangguan Ru whispered to dissuade, as if he had returned to the time when the three of them were playing the "assassination" game in the fort.
"I'm going to investigate. Gu Shenwei took the initiative to ask for help, and set off without waiting for Shangguan Yushi's consent.
Wearing the yellow cloak he had brought out of the Iron Mountain camp, he approached the oasis in a circle, hiding behind a pile of stones a hundred paces away from the earthen house, and smelled a familiar smell before he saw a living thing.
The land was filled with a strong smell of dead people, and even a Jinpeng Castle killer who was accustomed to seeing corpses suddenly felt a rush to his nose, and there was a deep pit not far away, from which vultures flew up and down from time to time.
When it was almost dark, a woman in yellow came out of the earthen house, although she was not wearing a black robe, but her sleepwalking posture, from head to toe revealed madness, immediately proved that she and the women in black robes were all the way, not to mention that she also dragged a corpse in her hands, which was by no means a common work for herdsmen.
The woman in yellow casually threw down the corpse at the edge of the pit, startling seven or eight vultures, but she was not affected in the slightest, and turned around and walked towards the earthen house, shaking her head and nodding her head along the way, as if muttering something.
When the woman entered the house, Gu Shenwei quietly crawled to the edge of the pit and waved away the impatient scavenging birds.
The pit was full of bones, and the body that had just been thrown was parked at the edge of the pit, and it was a young man, covered with scratches of various shades, and barely able to see the whole skin.
The "corpse" suddenly came to life, shook a few times, blood gushed out of its mouth like a spring, and after a while it was quiet again.
Gu Shenwei quietly retreated, and the vulture, which had been waiting impatiently, pounced noisily on the food.
Gu Shenwei brought back the "good news", Shangguan Ru couldn't wait to arrange the route and formation of the assassination, in fact, the teenagers were already familiar with this, no matter how many contradictions there were in ordinary times, they were all a whole when they acted.
On this day, the moon was very round and bright, and the moonlight sprinkled on the smooth sand and stones as if a thin layer of snow had fallen.
The six teenagers took turns resting until the moon went down before they began to move, which was the time of the night when people slept most soundly.
Gu Shenwei walked in the front, leading everyone around the deep pit where the corpses were thrown, and slowly approaching the target from the back of the earthen house, he didn't see the sentry during the day, but he didn't dare to be careless, and still went around in circles to observe in all directions.
Caution was good, and they spotted something strange in a nearby tree, a dark shadow crouching on the branch, a little too big as a bird's nest.
This is the only one who is on guard, and the people in the earthen house don't seem to be too worried about a sneak attack, and their vigilance is not high enough.
Liuhua used her crossbow to solve the dark whistle, and the crossbow arrow hit the vital point, and the black shadow on the tree straightened up suddenly, and died in place without saying a word.
The perfect assassination would have been to touch the side of the target's bed and kill him in his sleep, but their information was not detailed enough, they didn't know how many people were in the house, and they didn't know the layout inside, so they took a conservative approach.
Liuhua hid twenty steps away from the earthen house, long bows, short bows, and arm crossbows were lined up, wild horses, Huan slaves, and lotus girls each guarded a door, and Shangguan Ru and Shangguan climbed on the roof to ambush when it rained.
Gu Shenwei was in the middle, the first to move, knocked lightly on the door, and a vague answer came from inside, and after a while, someone pushed the door out.
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