Chapter 608: Excitement
Shangguan flew like a corpse, sitting next to the elated old man Mu, listening to the strangers introduce the situation word by word.
"Inside information, absolutely accurate, the old Khan King is dead, and there is a zombie living in the palace tent, controlled by a group of mages, pretending to be alive, occasionally making a move or two, and even someone speaking for him. β
"The prince and the ministers were angry, but they were bound by the oath and did not move their swords in the palace tent, so they thought of us people. β
"At the third watch tonight, rush into the palace area, kill people casually, remember to cut your nose, and you can get a reward from any prince, one thousand taels and one. β
"If it's a mage, you have to ask for a head, one hundred thousand taels, do you hear? one hundred thousand taels!"
"Women can grab whatever they want, and gold, silver and jewelry can take whatever they want, as long as you can resist. β
"I'm confused, is the woman robbing or killing?"
"Silly boy, if you like it, you will rob it, and if you don't like it, you will kill it. β
...... The crowd was in a state of extreme excitement, and drank for a while in a nearby tavern, no one was willing to pay, and all the equipment was smashed, many people ran to Shangguan Fei to toast, planning to form a group with him later, "Don't hit your nose anywhere, you just kill people, I'll cut my nose in the back, and finally three seven open, you seven and I three." β
Shangguan Fei smirked, turned to Old Man Mu as soon as he was free, and whispered, "Do you believe it? β
"What's wrong?" Before Old Man Mu could speak, a drunken swordsman next to him rushed to explain, "Think about it, how long has it been since I saw the Old Khan King show up? Every year at the Dragon Court Conference, the Old Khan King will come to watch several important competitions in person, but this year, he didn't watch a single one, he just drove around. Also, this is about to start a war with the Central Plains, and the old Khan King is still like nothing, and he doesn't even have a decent military parade......"
The drunkard listed many reasons, but he thought that the most powerful one was this one, "I heard a friend say ......" mentioned the word "friend", he accentuated his tone, but lowered his voice, revealing a full mystery, and even the wine in his mouth was much weaker, as if this "friend" was a god, "The ten princes made an agreement to kill the mage first, and then choose the new Khan King, they are not easy to start, so they can only invite us outsiders." β
Shangguan Fei couldn't help pouting, feeling that he should know more than these high-rollers, the Dragon King worked hard every day to dig up information, if he didn't even know, there must be a fraud in this matter.
Old Man Mu didn't care about this, and pushed the drunk under the table, "What are you afraid of? Let's follow behind, if there is a trap, you have time to escape, you just have to kill people, you have to kill until you can't stop, I said it would take ten days and half a month, but now it seems that maybe tonight will make you reborn." β
"The people in the palace don't know martial arts, is it useful to kill them?" Shangguan Fei was still not down-to-earth in his heart, and found all reasons to refuse to participate in the ** operation.
Old Man Mu looked at Shangguan Fei blankly, as if he had said something particularly stupid, and then asked sincerely: "Are you and the good girl really the seed of the Dubu King? Could it be a mistake? You two are kind-hearted and timid, how can you have half of the temperament of the Shangguan family? Your mother ......?"
This is Shangguan Fei's most taboo topic, and immediately stopped Old Man Mu from going on, "My mother is fine, my sister and I look more like the Meng family, but if you look carefully, the eyes, nose, and cheekbones, especially the earlobes, are exactly the same as the king." β
"It's the son of King Dubu, so you have to be ruthless. Old Man Mu looked left and right, pressed down the drunken ghost who had finally come out of under the table, and said in a very low voice: "Stupid, who said that you killed the palace maid and eunuch? β
"They?" Shangguan Fei looked around in horror, for fear of being heard.
"Of course, do you think I'm stupid? Killing people in the palace, even if it's not a trap tonight, it will be a capital crime in the future, and if you want to use your nose to get money, hehe, it's almost the same as getting a knife, and you swordsmen in the Western Regions and the Central Plains will do this. But the chaos in the Dragon Court is a good opportunity for you to kill someone, aren't you afraid of revenge? In this case, who knows if it was you who did it?"
As soon as Old Man Mu finished speaking, someone next to him asked, "Are you Shangguan Fei?"
Old man Mu is nothing, he looks at the comer, forgetting that he has little skill left, and he may not be able to beat it if he really moves, but Shangguan Fei almost jumped up from the chair, "Yes...... No, who are you?"
It was the red-faced man, looking at his appearance, he had no intention of avenging the beard, approached Shangguan Fei and sat down, with a smile on his face, "I'll just say that the two are extraordinary in appearance and strong in martial arts, they are definitely not nameless, they are the right-hand men of the Dragon King, the famous Mu seniors and Shangguan Shaoxia." β
Shangguan Fei laughed out loud, and his surname was supfixed with the word "Shaoxia", which was awkward to hear.
Old man Mu was very dissatisfied with the title of "senior", frowned and said: "If you have something to say here, if you have a fart to put elsewhere, you don't need to pretend." β
Old man Mu is a well-known demon in Beiting more than ten years ago, Shangguan Fei is from the Western Regions, even if he wins two days in a row in the warrior competition, the reputation of the two in the grassland is negligible, as for the Central Plains hawkers, in fact, they are unheard of, the red-faced man opened his mouth is a clichΓ©, and the result is not a "set" accurate.
Old Man Mu and Shangguan Fei are not famous, but the Dragon King, with the efforts of several princes, is known to everyone, and even the people of the Central Plains know this killer-born hero of the Western Regions.
The red-faced man was not taken care of when he was reprimanded, and said with a smile: "It's really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I said it wrong...... Actually, we're a family, aren't we?"
Old Man Mu looked at him twice, "You are my long-lost son, don't look like you?" β
The red-faced man smiled more and more flatteringly, "Seniors are really joking, I mean we all do things for one master." As he spoke, he clenched his fists and shook them.
"What are you doing, you want to fight? Old man Mu rolled up his sleeves and pointed at Shangguan Fei, "You go." β
The red-faced man hurriedly waved his hand, he didn't want to end up with a disheveled corpse, "Ten, this is ten, I am the person invited by the King of the Sun, the Dragon King and the King of the Sun are friends, aren't we a family?"
Old Man Mu and Shangguan Fei looked at each other, the allies of the Dragon King changed too quickly, and they didn't have the feeling of "family" yet.
"The two of you were ordered to participate in tonight's operation, right? Hehe, to be honest, I've seen the martial arts of the two of them, and I'm more confident. The red-faced man looked at Shangguan Fei with reverence, and suddenly lowered his voice: "I heard that the Dragon King will be the main force tonight, is it true?"
Seeing that neither of them spoke, the red-faced man nodded tacitly and retreated with satisfaction.
"Why did the Dragon King go tonight?" asked the old man Mu.
"I don't know, he's always haunted at night. β
"This is really wrong, why is the King of the Sun Chasing spreading the news that the Dragon King is the main force?
"Let's go back to camp and see if the Dragon King is there. β
"Don't worry, let me ask you, do you plan to remain loyal to the Dragon King?"
"Of course. Shangguan Fei replied crisply, but his heart fluttered a few times.
"Well, good behave, it's great to lie to you. β
"I'm not lying, the Dragon King protects my safety, and I owe my allegiance to him. Shangguan Fei said more naturally.
"Yes, he protects you, you are loyal to him, what if he can't protect you?"
"What do you mean?"
"We have to participate in tonight's action, if this matter is really related to the Dragon King, you and I will act at the opportunity, either to make a great contribution in front of the Dragon King, or...... Hey...... You have to know the fate of the dragon king before anyone else, right?"
Shangguan Fei looked left and right, and whispered excitedly, "Actually, I think so too." β
"Okay. Old Man Mu suddenly became stern, "Finally tricked out your kid's truth." β
Shangguan Fei's body trembled, and he almost fell off the stool, "You ......"
"I'm kidding, I'll help you practice your guts. Old man Mu stood up, "Let's go, let's go." β
Shangguan Fei felt that his courage had been thrown away to an unknown place, and he reluctantly got up, only to see that the people in the tavern were calling friends, and walked out of the tent with confidence, and the red-faced man was clenching his fists and gesturing at him, as if he was already an old acquaintance.
The drunken man poked his head out from under the table and said indistinctly, "Dragon King...... Play it by ear...... Take me along. β
Old man Mu glanced at Shangguan Fei.
Shangguan Fei didn't particularly resist, because even he himself had the idea of killing people.
This punch disappeared silently, Shangguan Fei's control of Yin and Yang True Qi and Five Hole Fist became more and more proficient, and the drunkard appeared uninjured and did not shed a drop of blood.
Counting the daytime competition, before midnight, Shangguan Fei had already killed five people, he felt very strange, he had also killed people with his own hands in the stone castle, why did the more he killed, the less daring he became, but the effect of following Old Man Mu was just the opposite?
Freedom, he thought, was moved by Old Man Mu's beautiful description of freedom, and in the stone castle, killing people is like a craft to support a family, you can't have passion when you learn it, and you will never have a higher realm after you learn it.
The crowd gathered more and more, and I don't know who led the way, bypassing the artisan area and the aristocratic area from the east and west, and going straight to the northern forbidden area, which is full of free horse areas on the roadside, which can be used at will.
The horses' hooves were bursting, and the momentum was much louder than the last riot in the untouchable area, but the road was unimpeded, and no Beiting cavalry came out to stop it.
Most of the swordsmen had the same initial idea as Old Man Mu, walking behind, and immediately fled when they found that the situation was wrong, but the calm situation brought them great confidence, and the rumors became more and more like it, and the princes of the North Court seemed to really control most of the cavalry, and the only thing they were unwilling to do was to rush into the palace.
The crowd began to pick up speed, as if there was a treasure ahead, first come, first served.
Old man Mu was not in a hurry, and immediately dismounted when he arrived at the outskirts, hid in the grass with Shangguan Fei, and selected targets among the swordsmen who galloped by.
"There are too many people in this group, this one looks too weak, this ...... Hey, run away, these two people look at it and shoot. β
Shangguan Fei silently chanted "not afraid", jumped out of the ground, and punched the knight in front of him.
The knight drew his sword with incredible speed, and Shangguan Fei's newly established confidence collapsed at the same speed, and he hurriedly fell to the ground, turning over and burrowing into the grass.
"Stop, it's your own people. Old man Mu jumped out, "Isn't this Xiao Chu, long time no see, what are you doing?"
"Find the Dragon King. Chu Nanping put away his sword.
Shangguan Fei crawled out of the grass in embarrassment, "Fortunately, I recognized you and almost killed each other." β
Old man Mu looked at the person behind Chu Nanping, "Who is this little girl? Is it because my eyes are spent, or is it true, how are her eyes weird? Xiao Chu, you hit the demon?"
The little girl's green eyes looked over, revealing a fierce murderous aura, and the old man Mu trembled in his heart, and immediately knew that this was a disciple of Xiaoyue Hall.
(To be continued)