Chapter 282: Ambush
Biyu City had never felt such a deep panic, even in the era of the Western Regions scuffle a few decades ago, and it had not been affected so much.
The black blood flag fluttering everywhere, like a terrible prophecy that was revealing its full contents, weighed on everyone's hearts.
Jinpeng Castle reacted quickly this time, and even the killer, who rarely appeared in public, wore a full outfit and hurriedly walked around the streets in broad daylight.
In the eyes of some people, the Jinpeng killer is a guarantee of safety, but for others, it is a source of disaster, and some people even begged the killers not to take off their black blood flag, "You took the flag away, what if the dragon king comes to take revenge on me......?"
It was useless to plead, in less than an hour, all the black blood flags in the city were put down, and there was no one left, and even more than a dozen flag planters were caught, but none of them were alive, these people seemed to be possessed by demons, once they were encircled, they would rather swallow poison and commit suicide than be taken prisoner.
The killers can only carry strings of human heads through the city, hoping to reassure the residents.
No one can rest assured. The dragon king is still nowhere to be seen, and the killing never seems to end.
Biyu City spent more than ten days of terrifying life, the swordsmen of all forces arrested people everywhere, and everyone looked like spies who planted flags for the Dragon King, for which there were many fires and incidents, and even the Jinpeng killers were often besieged, and they had to prove in public that they were not disguised by the Dragon King.
At the same time, the "Dragon King" is still committing crimes, and the targets of murder are gradually expanding, first killers and swordsmen, then merchants in the southern city, and finally the rich people in the northern city.
In just ten days, more than 50 people died in Biyu City, although the number was not much, but the panic caused by it was city-wide, and hundreds of people fled outside the city with Xiaosoft, and even rushed all the way to the southern countries.
Therefore, when they heard that the envoy of the Great Snow Mountain was coming to Biyu City, the vast majority of people were first angry, and then relieved.
"Let's get over it. Even the swordsmen said so in private.
Fang Wen had great success with the Central Plains Protector in the Western Regions, and he went to Biyu City with him, as well as the Central Plains envoy.
He kept hearing about the situation in Biyu City on the way, and he was very puzzled in his heart, and a little dissatisfied, the Dragon King had gone too far, and the terrifying atmosphere had a subtle boundary, within the boundary, it could force the other party to sit down and negotiate peace, but beyond the boundary, it would make the Great Snow Mountain a public enemy of the Western Regions.
As the news increased, he became more puzzled, and at the same time erected hundreds of black blood flags? The Dragon King is not an immortal, just with him and Chu Nanping, it seems that they don't have this ability. If this is not a rumor, it is really not like the style of the dragon king.
Fang Wen swore to the envoy of the Central Plains that the matter of Biyucheng was definitely not the work of the Dragon King, "Someone wants to sabotage the peace, and there is a conspiracy in it." ”
This is his opinion, and it is also his hope, he doesn't know enough about the dragon king, that young man hides a deep hatred in his heart, and he may jump out at any time Something bad may pop up.
There was still a day away from Biyu City, Chu Nanping came to the camp at night to ask for a meeting, and his words reassured the military advisor, "Someone framed the Dragon King, and he is looking for the main messenger behind the scenes." ”
Fang Wen immediately took Chu Nanping to meet the envoy of the Central Plains, and tried his best to convince the other party that someone in Biyu City was pretending to be the Dragon King.
The envoy of the Central Plains believed in the Dragon King's sincerity, but it was still difficult to achieve peace due to a series of assassinations.
The group entered the North City, first met with the Governor of the North Court, Mo Chu was angry, and almost ordered someone to pull the envoy of the Great Snow Mountain out to cut off his head to show the public, for the sake of the face of the envoy of the Central Plains, let him go for the time being, but gave a very tough word, "Either the Dragon King apologizes with death, or catches out the so-called 'impostor', otherwise the North Court will never support the peace." ”
The next day, they went to the Four Noble Truths Garan, and the monks were very polite and supported the peace, but they said similar things to the city governor, "The dragon king killed Master Lianhua, such a crime is angry and resentful, and the people of the Western Regions and the whole temple hope that the dragon king will give an explanation, if there is really an impostor, please point it out." ”
The next thing I saw was the Meng family in Beicheng, and the parent Meng Yuzun personally met with the two messengers, and said with a huge belly: "Someone told me that the fourth child of my family was killed by the Dragon King, and that was a few years ago, and the Meng family was incompetent and couldn't come up with clear evidence, so I won't pursue it, but I won't help him." I have no objection to or support the matter of peace. ”
Fang Wen naturally understood that Meng's attitude was no different from opposition.
On the fourth day of entering the city, Jinpeng Fort sent people down the mountain and respectfully said to the envoy of the Central Plains: "When there is not a single swordsman left in the Great Snow Mountain in the west, and all the heads of the assassins in Biyu City have landed, the king lord will consider negotiating peace with the Dragon King." ”
There is a reason for Jinpeng Castle's refusal to negotiate peace at this time.
The "Dragon King" killed more and more people, and the Jinpeng killers caught a lot of flag planters, although these people still committed suicide when they were caught, but there were still a few people who were attacked by sneak attacks, and they didn't have time to swallow poison and became alive.
It is said that Jinpeng Castle is stepping up its time to torture these captives, and it will soon be possible to discover the dragon king's lair hidden in Biyu City.
The situation in front of Fang Wenshi was like this, he finally won the support of the Central Plains, but it was mostly offset by the atrocities of the fake dragon king.
The Central Plains has a strong influence in the Western Regions, but it cannot be the enemy of all forces, and the envoy has privately met with many people to understand the hearts and minds of the people in Biyu City.
Finally, he had a showdown with the envoy of the Great Snow Mountain: "The Dragon King said that someone is pretending to be him, I believe, but you had better find out the impostor now, at least point out who these people are, I think there must be a time limit for this matter, ten days." ”
The envoy of the Central Plains is equivalent to giving an ultimatum, Fang Wen is in a hurry, urging Chu Nanping to find the Dragon King and tell him the urgency of the matter, but the young swordsman is not in a hurry at all, "I don't know where the Dragon King is, he asked me to protect you these days, and he didn't say where he would hide." ”
Of course, Fang Wen hopes that someone will protect him, Bi Yucheng has a deep resentment towards the Dragon King, and it will inevitably affect the envoy of the Great Snow Mountain, but what he is most worried about now is not his own safety, but whether the Dragon King understands that time is running out, and as soon as the Central Plains envoy leaves after ten days, the Dragon King's hegemony career that has just begun will be ruined.
No one found the Dragon King, because Gu Shenwei was hiding in a place that even he couldn't imagine.
He didn't go to Xiao Fengchai again, she was a businessman, she only talked about business with the strong, if the dragon king became a street rat and lost his use value, she would not hesitate to betray him.
The Proud Tower, the Four Noble Truths, the Northern City, every place he could think of was full of dangers.
The female archer appeared at the right time and rescued the dragon king for the second time.
Gu Shenwei was chasing down the two followers of Boss Mo's men at that time.
Boss Mo teamed up with Lianhua and Lianye to defraud the newcomer of the swordsman's money, and just when the Dragon King was about to find him, he fell to the ground and died violently for no reason, and his death was the same as that of those flag planters who committed suicide by swallowing poison.
Of course, this will not be a coincidence, Gu Shenwei believes that by following this line, he will definitely be able to find out the mastermind behind the pretending to be the Dragon King and killing the Holy Monk.
Boss Mo is dead, but the two thin followers are still alive, Gu Shenwei doesn't expect these two people to know much of the inside story, but just hopes to dig up a little valuable clue.
These two people are easy to find, after Gu Shenwei found that the whole city was full of black blood flags, he immediately returned to the scene of Boss Mo's death, the body was still lying in the same place, and the followers were frightened by the flags that appeared one after another, and looked around in a daze, never daring to mention the word "Dragon King" again.
By the time everyone had recovered from the initial shock, the two attendants had also figured out one thing: the backer was dead, and staying here was not only useless, but could also lead to disaster.
The two glanced at each other, turned around and slipped into the crowd, and secretly went home to avoid trouble, they were brothers and lived together.
The person who killed Boss Mo may come back to kill these two henchmen, Gu Shenwei monitored for two days and two nights, and he didn't meet his eyes, hoping that the enemy in the dark would show his feet.
The two followers lived in seclusion, and occasionally went out without a knife, completely giving up their identity as swordsmen.
No one came to kill them until the third day, when several swordsmen questioned the brothers, but quickly left, seemingly asking nothing and not taking strong measures against them.
Gu Shenwei felt that the moment he was waiting for was approaching, because he recognized those swordsmen as people from the Kun Society, and there were fish-shaped patterns on their clothes, which were the signs made by someone after he escaped from Jinpeng Castle.
On the third watch of the night, a murder occurred in the blacksmith village in the easternmost part of the southern city, and a black blood flag was erected high, attracting many killers and swordsmen to fly over, and shortly thereafter, a man in black jumped to the house of the two brothers to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
The two of them could never have imagined that being a follower of a third-rate swordsman would cause death.
Gu Shenwei didn't stop him, but switched his target and followed the black-clothed assassin.
The Assassin probably thought the mission was easy, and hastily erected a black blood banner after the killing, and immediately fled into the night.
The brothers were not important people, and the black blood flag in their house would not be discovered until the next day.
The Assassin flew up the wall at great speed, and after a few circles, suddenly jumped into an alley.
It was in this alley that Gu Shenwei was ambushed.
This must have been a trap set a long time ago, Gu Shenwei had just landed, and four knives immediately stabbed him in front of and behind him.
Gu Shenwei had been vigilant, his body was still in the air, and he had already drawn his narrow knife, even a little earlier than the ambusher.
The two ambushers were immediately stabbed and fell to the ground, but more masked men poured out from both sides of the alley, and no one shouted, silently rushing towards their target.
The speed at which the dragon king killed was obviously beyond the ambusher's expectations, and after the fourth person fell, the supporters were still a few steps away, so Gu Shenwei took this opportunity to jump back onto the courtyard wall.
He didn't want to run away, but to go around with his pursuers to avoid being surrounded, and he had been in countless ambushes over the past few years, and he had more experience in escaping than anyone else.
A dozen ambushers followed closely.
Gu Shenwei's strategy of killing the enemy in a roundabout way had not yet been executed, and the female archers appeared, not one or two, but a group, and the arrows were fired in unison, and most of the ambushers were shot in the first round.
The battle on the roof finally caught attention, and someone hid in the corner and sounded a gong to warn him.
A female archer extended the invitation again, "Dragon King, please come with us." ”
Gu Shenwei didn't plan to run away halfway this time, he wanted to know who the female archers were, and why they always knew the trap of assassinating the Dragon King.
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