Chapter 273: Memory
Gu Shenwei turned into a relatively secluded alley, and the stalker was very careful, always keeping a distance of dozens of steps, relying on the light from the houses on the street to keep an eye on the target.
This person is very experienced, and if Gu Shenwei hadn't developed the habit of being suspicious, it would have been difficult to spot him.
The courtyard door of a house in front of him was hidden, Gu Shenwei stopped at the door, looked left and right, pushed the door in, closed it gently, listened to the door, and held his right hand on the hilt of the knife.
There was a sound of unbridled laughter in the room inside, which was the home of a prostitute, who was entertaining guests to eat and drink, and the servant had carelessly forgotten to close the courtyard door.
Gu Shenwei waited for a while, suddenly pushed the door quickly, his left hand reached out, and when he retracted, there was an extra person in his hand, and the narrow knife in his right hand was against the other party's neck.
The man was holding a piece of lime in his right hand, and was about to make a mark on the door, but he was caught off guard, but he still maintained his original posture, and then a coolness spread from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and his whole body suddenly became weak, but the sharp blade pressed against his neck, and he could only try his best to stand up straight, with his mouth open, and he didn't even dare to breathe.
"Name?" Gu Shenwei asked in a low voice, the laughter in the room was getting louder and louder, which was a good cover.
"Wang, Wang Cheng. ā
"Whose people?"
"IāI can't say. ā
Gu Shenwei's right hand was slightly forced, and the narrow knife cut through a layer of skin.
As an experienced stalker, Wang Cheng's courage was too small, his eyes were wide open, his limbs twitched, and his mouth was foaming at the mouth.
Gu Shenwei let go of his hand, Wang Cheng convulsed and slowly sat down, already dead, and the blood flowing from his neck was not even enough to feed a mosquito.
He had poison in his mouth and had already bitten himself off.
Gu Shenwei bent down to observe for a while, he didn't know much about the poison, he couldn't say why, and he didn't find any special objects on Wang Cheng's body, so he put away the narrow knife, pushed the door and left quickly, leaving the body to the men and women who were enjoying bliss in the house.
There are many people in Nancheng who have nothing to do with Jinpeng Fort on the surface, but doing things for Jinpeng Castle, this person named Wang Cheng is not like it, following someone for Dubu Wang, and he doesn't need to swallow poison and commit suicide as soon as he is caught.
Gu Shenwei returned to his residence with questions, and in his heart put Shopkeeper Lu and Zhao Siye on the suspicious list, he was followed when he went out for the first time in three days, the problem must be with these two people, but he couldn't determine who it was.
This small courtyard is located in a spontaneously formed village on the edge of the southern city, and most of the residents are poor swordsmen and businessmen, Xu Xiaoyi bought it a year ago, guarded by an old slave, only recognizes Xu Xiaoyi's seal, and the nearby residents are extremely mobile and do not pay special attention to the movements of their neighbors.
Xu Xiaoyi rented or bought similar houses, and got a total of seven or eight sets, which were distributed in different locations, in order to return to Biyu City one day.
Chu Nanping only came back in the middle of the night, and the two of them patrolled around the outside and found no stalkers.
The second Peng Immortal almost couldn't wait to see the killer Yang Huan, and as soon as he saw Chu Nanping, he guessed that the Dragon King had entered Biyu City.
"He said that the building would keep the two of us safe. Chu Nanping was simple-minded and believed in Peng Xianren's words very much, "We don't have to live here, there are many masters in the proud building, and Jinpeng Fort doesn't dare to cause trouble." ā
Gu Shenwei didn't plan to move to Wangcheng Lane, in fact, he changed his residence in the early morning of the next day, and changed his face with Chu Nanping again.
Since Peng Xianren was in a hurry to see him, Gu Shenwei was not in a hurry, he spent another three days, pretending to be a swordsman hired to avenge others, and inquired about Wang Cheng's details, this person was obviously very timid, but he was willing to swallow poison and commit suicide for a trivial matter, and the controller behind it must not be an ordinary force.
As a result, no one knew about this Wang Cheng, there were two Wang Cheng, both of whom were still alive and well, and had nothing to do with the stalker.
Gu Shenwei visited Zhao Siye and Lu Shopkeeper again, Chu Nanping was watching outside, and he didn't find the stalker twice, Gu Shenwei felt that the problem might be Chu Nanping, no matter how the young man dressed, he had an obvious swordsman temperament, and he was easily recognized by veterans.
Gu Shenwei put the matter aside for the time being, and went to meet with the proud Lou Peng Xianren one evening.
In the past, Peng Xianren was an ugly dwarf, and now his replacement is a white-faced scholar with a slight beard, who is very different from his predecessor, with no screen in front of him, sitting cross-legged on a hardwood couch, and a delicate boy standing on each side, one holding a sword, one holding a whisk, and the incense burner emits thick smoke, shrouding Peng Xianren in a mysterious atmosphere.
Without a powerful hypnotic technique, the effect of the second generation of Peng Immortals is far worse than that of the first generation, although the words he said are still cloudy, "Everyone will return to the Proud Building." That was his first sentence.
Gu Shenwei had studied "The Secret of Investigation" in Deyi Lou for a period of time, and was also regarded as a disciple of Deyi Lou, he didn't want to dwell on this issue, so he asked straight to the point: "I heard that you are in a hurry to see me?"
"I heard that you are going to make peace with Shibao?" asked Peng Xianren.
Gu Shenwei once reminded Chu Nanping not to say too much, but the proud building is half of the young man's home, and it is difficult to remain vigilant here, as soon as Peng Xianren showed his favor a little, he told the purpose of the Dragon King in full, and he didn't feel that he had leaked his secrets at all.
"Well, I'm tired of fighting and killing, I don't want to bleed anymore, and I don't want others to die because of me. ā
"You hope stopping the killing will help you make a peace?"
Gu Shenweiben didn't have such high expectations, but he still nodded, "I just don't know if the Stop Killing Club has this ability." ā
"Huh. Peng Xianren smiled kindly, as if the other party was an ignorant child, and he was an omniscient immortal, "There is nothing that Proud House can't do." ā
"Is it the Proud Building or the Killing Meeting?"
"The proud building is the killing meeting, the killing stop meeting is the proud building, now it's not the past, Yang Huan, Peng Xianren's divine power has surpassed Wangcheng Lane, the entire Biyu City has to listen to him, if you want to negotiate peace, he can negotiate peace for you." ā
The white-faced scholar seems to have a cognitive bias about his identity, although he claims to be Peng Xianren, but I don't know when he no longer calls himself "I", but always uses "Peng Xianren" and "he" instead, as if he was possessed by a former dwarf, he is still just a microphone, this way of speaking often makes listeners feel awe.
Gu Shenwei was not affected, because he knew that the dwarf Peng Xianren would not talk to him calmly, "But 'he' still has to put forward conditions, let's say, admitting that meeting each other is a good start for cooperation." ā
Peng Xianren smiled silently, the two boys bowed and withdrew, Chu Nanping also left, and after returning to the proud building, he obeyed the order of not only the dragon king.
On the third floor of the proud building, only immortals and killers remain.
Peng Xianren took out a piece of white silk as big as a futon from behind him, which was densely covered with small characters, stroked it lovingly, and then looked up and said, "Do you remember this thing?"
"Screens. ā
There used to be a huge screen in this room, which was used to cover the dwarf Peng Immortals, and recorded the "Investigation Secrets" and the so-called sixty-four practice methods, after Gu Shenwei killed the immortals, the screen was pushed down and broken, but I didn't expect the disciples of the proud building to rewrite a copy on the white silk according to their memory, and the size was similar to the screen.
"Almost all of the efforts of the Peng Immortals are on this, and they were almost ruined by you. ā
"Now that the immortal has been reincarnated, he must not care about this kind of thing. ā
"He doesn't care, but you took away some of the memories of the Peng Immortals, and it's time to return them. ā
Gu Shenwei had already prepared to meet all the nonsense of Peng Xianren, but he was still confused when he heard this, "If I have the memory of Peng Xianren, I will definitely return it to you, but I don't." ā
"You have. A hint of urgency flashed on Peng Xianren's calm and calm face, "When you killed him, you took away a roll of paper, it was his memory, and everyone saw it." ā
The stack of papers was the "Book of the Dead" written by Gu Shen for being bewitched, but it was not Peng Xianren's memory, "Oh, I have an impression of that thing." ā
"Yes, it's that thing, give it back to him, and Immortal Peng will let you do everything you want. Peng Xianren even showed urgency in his tone.
As early as three years ago, there were two disciples of the Proud Mansion who wanted to snatch the scroll of paper from the killer, and the white-faced Peng Immortal realized it later, because he spent a long time practicing the full set of "Investigation Secrets" and the sixty-four methods, but there was always no way to achieve collective practice, nor could he communicate with other disciples and speak for himself with the mouths of others, so he was convinced that the previous immortal did not write down all the exercises on the screen.
The missing exercise must be the scroll of paper snatched by the killer, and the disciples of the proud building are convinced of this, if they weren't full of fear and distrust of the outside world, they would have run all over the Western Regions to hunt down Yang Huan everywhere.
"Let's prove the strength of the Killing Stop Society, and then let's talk about returning the 'memory'. Gu Shenwei held the hilt of the sword in his hand and was about to leave, he was going to the Four Noble Truths to find Master Lotus Heart, which might be more useful.
"The strength of the proud building can be proved at any time!" Peng Xianren suddenly changed from calm and kind to majestic and ruthless, and his voice was low, shaking the candlelight from side to side.
More than a dozen strange-looking disciples of the proudly lit building suddenly appeared from outside the window and downstairs, holding various weapons, and surrounded the killer.
Chu Nanping was only one step late, and jumped from downstairs to the dragon king's side, with his long sword unsheathed, without saying a word.
"Chu Nanping, this person killed your own brother. A disciple with a tumor said sharply.
"The ruthless swordsmanship has not been practiced yet, and no one can kill him. Under the guidance of Gu Shenwei, Chu Nanping's swordsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds, but he still can't forget the ruthless swordsmanship that can never be practiced.
The disciples were eager to try, Gu Shenwei pulled out the narrow knife, he only used the sword to kill one person a year, and this year's quota has already been used.
The two sides calmly confronted each other, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
A disciple standing at the top of the stairs was the first to notice the abnormality and blurted out, "The peach forest is on fire." ā
Sure enough, the red light of the fire was already reflected on the proud building, and the roaring burning sound was mixed with the sound of a crackling horn, as if a giant beast was roaring.
This fire came extremely strangely, but it was very timely, and all the disciples of the proud building couldn't help but glance back, and took advantage of this time, Gu Shenwei pulled Chu Nanping out of the window, jumped on the high wall, jumped a few times, and disappeared into the night.
It wasn't until the next day that Gu Shenwei knew the importance of this fire, and that night, he only noticed one thing, and someone followed him.
This time, Gu Shenwei brought the tail to his real residence.
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