Chapter 872: Temptation
King Xiao didn't believe the Dragon King's speculation, "King Dubu has contact with the people around the emperor? It's unlikely, this kind of thing can't be hidden, and making friends with foreign clans, especially secretly dealing with a killer organization, is an unforgivable crime." The Dragon King should know that the Central Plains Imperial Court has always been very concerned about this kind of thing, and a privately hidden foreign letter is enough to pull down a high-ranking official. ”
"I think there is such a possibility, and it is worth investigating by King Xiao. ”
Gu Shenwei is actually very sure that King Xiao's so-called unforgivable sin is just a kind of coercion, and Dubu Wang refuses to easily reveal who his original employer is, and he doesn't even leave relevant records, but he will never be afraid to use this matter for his own benefit.
"Well, the widow will write an urgent letter to his friends in the court to pay attention to this matter. Xiao Wang said very casually, as if the result could be obtained in a day or two, looking at the indifferent Dragon King, he laughed, "Don't worry, Dragon King, even if someone in the court colludes with Dubu King, can his status be higher than mine?"
"If I had doubts about King Xiao, I wouldn't have talked about it. Gu Shenwei casually told a lie, he was actually a little suspicious of King Xiao, and this meeting was to find out the details.
King Xiao nodded thoughtfully, "The widow also thinks that the dragon king is not enough, the two of us can be regarded as sharing honor and disgrace now, if the dragon king is on a business trip, the widow will also be unlucky, or a big bad luck, haha." ”
King Xiao said that the battle of Qianqi Pass was his own credit, and his hasty escape with 20,000 Central Plains soldiers became a prescient plan to lure the enemy, and cooperated with the dragon army that attacked Luo Luo Wang Xu, as for the Beiting cavalry, it was a grassland civil war provoked by a series of clever schemes.
In the whole plan, the Dragon King does occupy an extremely important role, the Central Plains Imperial Court has sent a number of envoys, nominally to comfort the Central Plains soldiers, in fact, to investigate this great achievement that has not been seen for decades, Gu Shenwei will be questioned, and his answer will determine the merits of King Xiao.
It was on this basis that Gu Shenwei chose to cooperate with King Xiao, even if he had doubts, it was just a speculation of his habitual surname.
Since King Xiao promised to investigate, Gu Shenwei put this matter aside for the time being, "When will the master hired by King Xiao arrive?"
This is King Xiao's promise, he will find a master who can defeat the Dubu King, and finally lose to the Dragon King, and "give up" the position of the Lord of Biyu City.
Gu Shenwei listed it as one of the plans.
"It should be soon, it is estimated that it is on the way, the dragon king can rest assured, although the widow does not know much about martial arts, there are naturally people in the Central Plains who choose a master for the widow. The Central Plains is a big country with many talents, if you can't even find a peerless master, wouldn't it make the world laugh?"
King Xiao felt that his appeasement had an effect, Gu Shenwei was still a little worried when he said goodbye, this King Xiao didn't know martial arts, let alone the real killer, thinking that high martial arts could solve all problems, this is indeed true in the martial arts arena, but Dubu Wang is better at solving it off the field.
Gu Shenwei hoped that the Central Plains masters who came to Biyu City this time would be prepared for the assassination, rather than relying entirely on his protection.
At the gate of the barracks, Gu Shenwei ran into Luo Ning tea again.
Luo Ningcha stopped the carriage, lifted the corner of the curtain, and said to the Dragon King: "No problem, I will let those big and small leaders vouch for their soldiers, and whoever has an accident in the future will bring their heads to see me." ”
Gu Shenwei nodded slightly for riding a horse, "That's good." In his heart, he thought that this woman couldn't keep the Iron Mountain Army no matter what, and he should find a way to get it into his own hands.
Perhaps it was the Dragon King's absent-mindedness that caused Luo Ningcha's misunderstanding, she smiled, "The Dragon King should find me a bodyguard, just in case." Then say with your mouth: "Find a time." ”
Gu Shenwei pretended not to understand, said "yes" vaguely, and urged the horse to leave, he would rather give more than 2,000 Iron Mountain soldiers to the Dubu King than be involved with Luo Ningcha again.
As soon as he entered his camp, Gu Shenwei saw Shangguan Fei, who had lost his soul.
Shangguan Fei is one of the very few people who can enter this tent without being announced, he used to be very proud of it, but today he is as depressed as a water dog, when he saw the Dragon King coming in, he hurriedly stood up, and said with a sad face: "I saw the dragon turning over the clouds, how could he be injured like this?
Gu Shenwei said coldly: "Don't come to me for this kind of thing. ”
Shangguan Fei was slightly startled, but his mood was not so sad, and he hurriedly changed his serious expression, "I have something to do." He coughed a few times and continued: "The Dragon King has heard about it, and there has been another assassination in the city. ”
Gu Shenwei nodded, just last night, there were five or six assassinations in the villages where several swordsmen lived on the outskirts of Nancheng, and the assassins didn't seem to have any clear goals, so they singled out the swordsmen who were drunk and walked alone, and the methods were quite cruel, and it was said that the internal organs were taken out.
"Dragon King, you said it was a coincidence, Shangguan Hong disappeared last night. ”
"Missing?"
"My people said that Shangguan Hong has been staying in the city for the past two days, indicating that Shangguan Hong is purchasing supplies for the queen, but in fact, he hands over all the chores to others, and he himself runs to Wangcheng Lane every day, and the places he goes to are different every day. He had entered a room last night, before the assassination had begun, and did not come out until almost dawn, about half an hour before the last assassination was over. ”
"Your people, you don't follow them yourself?"
Shangguan Fei was greatly startled, "If Jinpeng Castle discovers my traces...... Dragon King, I still want to save my life to serve you. ”
Seeing that the Dragon King was silent, Shangguan Fei felt that he had passed the level, and continued: "You can do it, Dragon King, you can't let Shangguan Hong harm Biyu City again, you don't need to take action personally, slaughtering dogs and old man Mu is enough, if you want to be more secure, add Xiao Chu." ”
"Why?"
"Huh?"
"Why do you want to get rid of Shangguan Hong?"
Shangguan Fei looked dazed, "He's killing people indiscriminately in Biyu City...... Shangguan Hong's martial arts came from the wrong way, there must be someone behind him, either the lotus girl or the Dubu King, isn't the Dragon King worried?"
"Since the person who commanded him hasn't appeared yet, isn't it too early to get rid of him?"
Shangguan Fei suddenly said, "I understand, I will send someone to keep an eye on Shangguan Hong." ”
"No, withdraw all your people. ”
Shangguan Fei's eyes lit up, "The Dragon King is going to ...... in person Hehe, I didn't ask anything, I didn't know anything, so I took my leave. ”
Gu Shenwei didn't plan to follow Shangguan Hong personally, but sent someone into the city to summon him back.
Shangguan Hong came first was Long Chuanyun, who was now able to sit up on his own strength, Red Bat found a skilled craftsman to make a comfortable sedan chair, and two swordsmen from the Great Snow Mountain volunteered to be the sedan chair bearer.
"You should have sent someone to me. ”
Gu Shenwei didn't want Long Chuanyun to be too tired, so he arranged many duties for the captain of the guard, the original intention was not to let him feel that he was a burden, and to take care of his injuries, but the result backfired, Long Chuanyun was extremely serious, getting up early and busy at night, and even asked the red bat to teach him to read and write in order to read official documents.
Long Chuanyun shook his head, he was not willing to wait for the Dragon King to go to his tent like a waste, and raised the letter in his hand, "I just received it, the Dragon King should take a look." ”
The two sedan chair bearers nodded to the dragon king and withdrew, and Gu Shenwei took the letter.
It was a petition, the general content of which was that there were frequent assassinations and casualties in Biyu City, and the residents were panicked, hoping that the Dragon King would come forward to eliminate the crisis.
The content of the letter is nothing, the inscription attracted Gu Shenwei's attention, among the many business names and names, the Four Truths Garan Kun Society is impressively listed, the strange thing is that there is no sentence reading and blank space between the Four Truths Garan and the Kun Society, as if this is the same organization, judging from the meticulous writing of the whole letter, this does not look like a clerical error.
Gu Shenwei returned the letter to Long Chuanyun.
"I took it upon myself to let the red bats go into the city to visit...... Shangguan Jiaotou. Long Chuanyun said with some apprehension.
"Very good, let me know when you have the results. ”
"Actually, Shangguan Sect Leader can come to the Dragon King alone. ”
"She is now the head of the Kun Society. Gu Shenwei corrected, "You'd better get used to this title." ”
"Yes. Long Chuanyun reluctantly replied, he was willing to give his life for the Dragon King, but this "Lord of the Five Peaks" was still a huge mystery in his eyes, and he couldn't guess it.
Shangguan Hong came in the evening, his steps were hurried, his waist was bent just right, his eyes were looking at the ground, and his face was not as nervous and afraid as he was when they met last time, "Shangguan Hong greets the Dragon King." ”
Gu Shenwei hummed softly, and continued to read the piles of documents under the lamp, until he had read more than a dozen copies before raising his head, "When are you going back to Shiguo?"
"In about five days, the queen has a lot to procure, and a few things are hard to find. ”
"I've also prepared some gifts to take home with me when the time comes. ”
"Yes. ”
"Would you like to go back to Shiguo?"
Shangguan Hong raised his eyes sharply and looked at the Dragon King, and quickly lowered his head, "Of course, the queen treats me as kind as a mountain, and I am willing to serve her for the rest of my life." Shangguan Hong paused, and added, "As long as the Dragon King allows." ”
"The queen does need manpower around her, but the Dragon Army is currently employing people, I want to keep you in the army, I don't know what you want?"
Shangguan Hong's breathing was a little heavy, and he quickly returned to normal, and said humbly: "I can't ask for it, I also want to make some contributions, I'm afraid that my martial arts are low, and people are stupid, but I will delay the big things of the Dragon King." ”
"No, I'm pretty accurate. ”
"The dragon king knows the grace of encounters, and Shangguan Hong will never forget. ”
In just a few days, Shangguan Hong seemed to have learned how to deal with the Dragon King.
"Okay, I'm going to send you to the Iron Mountain camp to be Lady Luo's guard. ”
Shangguan Hong raised his eyes to look at the Dragon King again, obviously quite surprised by this appointment, "Yes. ”
"Take advantage of this opportunity, you can pay attention to King Xiao, he is from the Central Plains, he is not familiar with Biyu City, if there is any sign of error, you have to tell me at any time. ”
"Yes, I understand what the Dragon King means. Shangguan Hong's waist became even lower, to hide the look of surprise on his face.
"When you've made a contribution, what reward do you want?"
"The trust of the dragon king and queen is the greatest reward. ”
"That's not enough, maybe I can allow you to cut off a head or two. ”
Shangguan Hong raised his eyes for the third time, and he couldn't figure out whether the Dragon King was testing himself or if he really had this intention, and there were indeed a few heads that he was about to go crazy when he thought about it.
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