Chapter 309: Enemy
The news of the Dragon King's assassination paralyzed in bed greatly surprised the residents of Biyu City and the forces of all parties.
Faced with repeated questions from curious people and people with ulterior motives, Fang Wen refuted the rumors seriously, "There is nothing to do, the Dragon King is fine, how can he be paralyzed?"
However, in the past few days, the military division of Daxue Mountain ended the negotiations early every day and returned to the Dragon King's Mansion in Nancheng before it was dark, so everyone knew that something must have happened to the Dragon King.
Gu Shenwei really couldn't get out of bed, the skin trauma on his chest was not very important, and the stalemate in the dantian had also improved, but he couldn't get up from the waist down, and the poison on the hidden weapon was a big trouble, although the lotus leaves drove out most of it, there was still a little bit left that was difficult to eliminate.
Lianye felt that he had harmed the Dragon King, and he was deeply disturbed, so he had to heal him with internal strength every day, and he would not leave the Dragon King's Mansion again.
The injury will always get better slowly, and everyone is worried about whether the dragon king will have this time.
The fleeing Cloaked Man was a mortal threat, and he knew better than anyone that the Dragon King was vulnerable at this time and would likely return.
The Tianshan Sect sent a lot of swordsmen, and the guards of the Dragon King's Mansion together reached more than 100, which was enough to block ordinary attacks, but in the face of real masters, it was still full of loopholes.
Fang Wen suggested that the Dragon King move to the residence of the envoy of the Central Plains in Beicheng, but Gu Shenwei refused, he could not carry weapons when entering Beicheng, and his situation was even more dangerous, and Beicheng could not stop those who were bent on getting rid of the Dragon King.
The first two days were calm, and on the third day, Shangguan Hong was invited.
Coming to see the Dragon King, obviously against Shangguan Hong's original intention, he wore a thick and long cloak, like a thief came to the Dragon King's Mansion in the evening, and after entering the house, he still looked around, as if an ambush would suddenly appear in the cracks in the ground.
The others retreated, Shangguan Hong lifted his hood, and said nervously: "Why did you name and let me come? Isn't this betraying me?"
"I saved your life. Gu Shenwei leaned back on the pillow, his tone weak and cold.
"Save my life?" Shangguan Hong didn't understand what the Dragon King meant.
"Mrs. Meng must know that it was you who leaked the secret, and I called you out to remind her not to kill people and kill her, otherwise I will make it a secret. ”
Shangguan Hong said a few times, he knew that the Dragon King was right, but he didn't want to admit it, "You won't make it public, will you?"
"If I'm dead, why keep it a secret?"
Shangguan Hong looked cramped and uneasy, and his footsteps moved around, "What do you want?" Mrs. Meng can't let go of the two people under you, she said, unless she exchanges the secret note, she would rather die and the net is broken, anyway, you don't have evidence, and I don't have either. You know, the king listens to her. ”
Gu Shenwei coughed weakly twice, "I'm not in a hurry, tell Mrs. Meng to let my people live well, otherwise, she won't have a chance to break the net, I already have the evidence." ”
"Got it?" Shangguan Hong was visibly taken aback.
Gu Shenwei didn't say any more.
"That's all?" Shangguan Hong became more and more nervous.
"Hmm. Gu Shenwei looked at Shangguan Hong, and suddenly said, "Zhang Ji asked you to kill me, didn't you?"
Shangguan Hong was startled, and his face turned white, "No, no, Mr. Zhang also said that he wanted to see you when he had a chance, I ...... I'll leave if it's okay. ”
Without waiting for the Dragon King to answer, Shangguan Hong pushed the door out and left the Dragon King's Mansion quickly, for fear of being stopped by the guards.
The negotiation ended hastily, and Gu Shenwei stared at the door until he could no longer see Shangguan Hong's shadow.
The lotus leaf monk entered the room with an extremely serious expression.
"Does it look like it?" asked Gu Shenwei.
"Like. Lianye's tone was full of grief and indignation, and her fists were clenched, "I don't understand why it's him?"
"Although Master Lianhua was not killed by me, but he died because of me, Shangguan Hong wanted to kill me, and he didn't dare to attack me, so he blamed me, hoping that the killers in the Four Noble Truths and the castle would be furious because of this. Of course, this is all my conjecture. Now that someone sees Hong Gongzi walking out of the Dragon King's Mansion safely, you can move freely. ”
"Amitabha. "I'll be back as soon as I can." ”
"No, you don't come back. Shangguan Hong is the only king, Daxue Mountain can't participate in your private grievances, come back after solving it. ”
Lianye nodded solemnly, turned around and walked out of the house, and soon disappeared into the twilight.
Gu Shenwei had always had a suspicion about the Cloaked Man Assassin three days ago, and he had just received confirmation from Shangguan Hong, and even he understood what was going on with Lianhua's death.
Meng Yuzun, Lady Meng, Deyi Lou and Mustang all want the Book of the Dead, and they shouldn't want the Dragon King to die now, Jinpeng Castle and the Overseer are powerful, and if they send assassins, there won't be only one person.
Lianhua's assassination is also very strange, he is a bit pedantic monk, it stands to reason that he will not offend all the forces in Biyu City, and it seems that he was killed purely to frame the Dragon King, but he was stoned to death by the incense burner, and he had to poison the rice beforehand, which is different from the methods of abandoning the Dragon King after that.
Qingnu is Shangguan Fei's housekeeper, Gu Shenwei took it for granted that the mastermind behind the scenes was the Nine Young Masters, but he always had a doubt, Shangguan Fei knew that the Mustang Gang would pretend to be the Dragon King on a large scale in the future, why did he take the risk of killing this first person first?
It wasn't until Lin Xiaoshan said that Mrs. Meng sent someone to negotiate and Gu Shenwei blurted out Shangguan Hong's name that he suddenly had an epiphany that his enemies were not only those powerful forces, but also inconspicuous little people.
Shangguan Hong is one of them, Gu Shenwei has mastered his handle in Shule Kingdom, and after he returns to Jinpeng Castle, he must ask Zhang Ji for help, Zhang Ji is the hidden enemy of the Dragon King.
The teacher who had given Huan Nu a lot of help would never betray Jinpeng Castle for the sake of an anonymous student.
Thinking about this, Gu Shenwei remembered that Shangguan Hong's figure was almost the same as his own, and after his disguise, he could completely pretend to be the Dragon King and deceive the eyes of Lotus Ye.
As for the cloaked man assassin, it must have been Shangguan Hong and Zhang Ji who tried to invite them, only these two people are not interested in the "Book of the Dead", and may not know its existence at all, and they only want to kill the dragon king and destroy the mouth, but they don't have too strong strength, and they can't invite a large number of masters.
Monk Lianye went to chase and kill Shangguan Hong, Gu Shenwei felt a trace of regret in his heart, he originally had hope, thinking that he could win Zhang Ji to the side of Daxue Mountain, but now he knew that this matter was impossible.
It was already completely dark, and Gu Shenwei jumped out of bed and pinned his sword into his belt.
The girl Jiang walked in and was surprised and delighted to see the Dragon King get up, "The Dragon King ......"
Gu Shenwei raised his index finger and motioned for her not to be loud, Jiang lowered his voice, "How are you?"
Gu Shenwei shook his head, he was not all right, the poison was still in his body, and his internal breath was far from being able to operate freely, but he could stand up and dance the sword.
"Don't let anyone in tonight. He said to Jiang, "But if someone breaks in, don't stop it, hide in the bed and don't move." ”
Jiang nodded with wide eyes, heard danger in the Dragon King's tone, and asked in a low voice, "There are still assassins tonight?"
Gu Shenwei nodded.
He had already seen the killing intention from Shangguan Hong's eager attitude, although this illegitimate son of the Dubu King had the help of the best strategists, he was still not deep enough to hide the secrets in his heart.
Gu Shenwei stepped on the table and jumped onto the beam, and he tried not to use internal force now.
Jiang pushed his small bed to the side of the big bed, blew out the candles, and lay on it with his clothes closed, holding his breath, keeping his eyes open, not daring to move, for fear of affecting the dragon king hiding on it.
The night was getting deeper and deeper, and Gu Shenwei had the feeling of being a killer again, waiting, how long would a killer spend waiting in his life? He couldn't calculate, I'm afraid it would be longer than sleeping.
Slowly, Jiang couldn't hold on, fell into a deep sleep, and seemed to be dreaming again, and even the sound of breathing was full of sweetness.
She shouldn't have followed the Dragon King, or even come to Biyu City, he thought, immediately get rid of this boring thought, too many things that shouldn't have happened, there is no need to care about one of them.
Poof, there was a faint sound outside the window, as if the snow on the eaves had fallen to the ground, but the killer who was lying on the beam of the house was immediately alert, and the assassin he was waiting for finally came.
Gu Shenwei held the handle of the knife tightly, he didn't have much internal force to use, he had to seize the opportunity and kill the enemy with one sword.
However, the Assassin seemed to be too cautious and refused to enter the house.
Gu Shenwei pricked up his ears, and couldn't hear anything except Jiang's gentle breathing, as if the poofs were really just snow falling.
There was an accident outside, he thought, but he didn't jump in to watch, because it was probably a trap set by the enemy.
A sound of footsteps passed in front of the door, this was the patrolling Dragon King's Mansion guard.
In order to hide his eyes, Gu Shenwei did not give any special instructions to the guards tonight, and everything was business as usual.
Those swordsmen and swordsmen couldn't stop the real assassination experts, and sure enough, the footsteps faded away, and no one noticed anything unusual.
Gu Shenwei still believed that the poofing was not snow, but an assassin who came and went.
It might just be an outpost, he thought, a little nervous, because it meant there might be more than one Assassin tonight.
Who can Zhang Ji and Si Hong, who can be sent? They have no money and no power, and they only rely on the mouth of Mr. Teaching, and I am afraid that they will not be convinced by how many powerful Jinpeng killers, and there may not be any of them, unless they are retired killers who have left Jinpeng Castle.
Killers are usually past their prime, before the age of forty, and their future paths are either apprenticeship in the fort or seeking an idle job, or voluntarily giving up the title of Fortune Wings Killer and looking for an employer like a wandering swordsman.
Gu Shenwei suddenly remembered who the cloaked man was, they had met before, but the time was too long, and he didn't remember it for a while.
Another enemy came, this time there was no sound, but suddenly darkness flashed outside the window.
A tiny hole was carved out of the paper window, and an Assassin listened intently, and Gu Shenwei let out a breathing sound that was very consistent with Jiang's, indicating that there were two people in the room.
The shadows disappeared for a moment, and then a thin wooden pipe reached into the room, and a thick cloud of smoke drifted in.
This was not the usual drug used in Castle Wings, and the Assassins apparently did not want to leave any evidence of anything related to Castle.
About a quarter of an hour later, a dagger came through the crack in the door, ready to pull the latch.
But the dagger stopped as soon as it appeared, and the people outside seemed to hesitate.
The heart suddenly raised his throat, Gu Shenwei felt that great danger was in front of him, and his right hand was changed from the hilt of the sword to the hilt of the sword, and he might have to risk the aggravation of his internal injuries and use the Sword Technique of the Book of the Dead.
The warning of danger had not dissipated, but the assassin outside was gone, disappearing so abruptly that Gu Shenwei even suspected that he had misheard, only the dagger remained in the crack of the door, and then moved upward without warning.
The warning was getting stronger and stronger, Gu Shenwei hadn't been so nervous for a long time, and this nervousness had nothing to do with his injury.
A crack in the door opened, the width of a gust of wind, but a man flashed in.
The woman in the plain dress raised her head as soon as she entered the room and looked at the place where the dragon king was hiding.
Gu Shenwei's body suddenly increased cold, his whole body trembled, and he fell off the beam.
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