The old man took up his burden, and glanced at the two pedestrians on the corner, envious of the good fortune of the strange merchant, who had been setting up a stall here for many years, and knew every one of his peers on the street, but did not know when the newcomer had arrived.

He was an honest businessman, never meddling in his business, limping to the other side of the street.

Su Ai's heart was pounding, he wanted to ask Gu Shen for the reason for his ruthlessness, and he felt that he should observe carefully and learn skills from it, as for what use this skill was for, he didn't dare to think about it.

Gu Shenwei let go of his hand, and the corpse fell softly, "Search it." He said, retrieving his narrow knife from Su Ai's hand, walked to the intersection, and looked in both directions, there were pedestrians in the distance, but no one approached the street.

Su Ai stabilized his mind, knelt on the ground to search for the corpse, and soon found that in addition to martial arts, this merchant also had several peculiarities: he hid a dagger, with blades on both sides, which were extremely sharp, and was never used to cut fruits; there was also a medicine box and a small steel pipe, which was obviously poison, but unfortunately died before it could be used; the most peculiar thing was a small white silk hanging on his chest, on which a white-clothed monk was outlined with minimalist brushstrokes, and two lines of small characters were written: "The White Buddha was born" and "Yellow evil should be avoided".

Su Ai held these things in his hand, Gu Shenwei glanced back, and said, "Put them all in the basket." ”

Su Ai did as she was told, and finally even the corpses on the ground were moved in.

After this toss, his heart no longer beats, but he feels that he has become a co-conspirator, closer to the object of worship.

The two of them re-entered the streets of the northern city that were full of deep mansion compounds, and all afternoon, Su Ai did not notice any stalkers behind them.

"That's ...... Who is it?" Su Ai's curiosity surged again, giving rise to a series of questions, but he could only ask them one by one.

"Followers of the Ten Directions. ”

Su Ai looked dazed, in the Western Regions, no one had heard of this sect.

"That's a force in the northeast of the Central Plains. Gu Shenwei lowered his voice, he couldn't openly talk about the Ten Directions Sect in the capital, "The White Buddha is Maitreya, and the Yellow Evil is the Emperor, and they are rebelling." ”

Su Ai suddenly learned martial arts from the monks of the Four Noble Truths, and naturally came into contact with many scriptures, knowing that Maitreya was the future Buddha, and it was said that one day he would come to the world to create a happy land, and the Ten Directions Sect obviously used this doctrine as a reason and slogan for rebellion.

"Shouldn't they be friends?" Su Ai also lowered his voice, in his opinion, since Gu Shenwei wanted to seek revenge against some people in the royal family, the Ten Directions Sect seemed to be a help.

Gu Shenwei shook his head, "The Ten Directions Sect only accepts followers, not making friends, and besides, someone has already rejected them for me." ”

With the "help" of Zihe Zhenren, more than 20 people from the Ten Directions Sect were poisoned to death by Han Fen in the nameless valley, and there was no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides.

Su Ai was half-understood, and made up his mind to investigate the details of the Ten Directions Sect in the future, "The Dragon King recognized this person's identity at once, it's really amazing." ”

Gu Shenwei stopped, and at this time, the two of them had already walked out of a few streets, and returned to the area where the mansion was focused, and in the distance, several guard servants craned their necks to watch, "I didn't recognize his identity until you found the Buddha statue." All I know is that the first time we passed down that street, he wasn't the one setting up the stall. I sensed danger, so I had to kill him. ”

Su Ai was stunned for a long time, admiring Gu Shenwei's eyesight—he didn't leave much impression on the vendors on the street—and at the same time feeling a little frightened, and inadvertently forgot the title of Gu Gongzi, "Dragon King...... You haven't severed the relationship before killing him, have you?"

"He dared to follow me alone, and he had already cut off all 'relationships' on his own. ”

A man ran in the distance, and Su Ai stopped asking, and felt that asking any more would make him even more childish and ridiculous.

Fan panted with an air, "I finally found Engong, let's go to King Xiao's Mansion together, he also invited me." ”

The three of them walked all the way, Fan used a big breath to steady, and asked, "I heard that the people of the Luo family have dispersed the eyeliner of various factions, and they are making trouble with Engong again?"

"When they met, they asked me not to provoke the princess, and that's it. ”

"Hey, the dignified Hedong Luojiazhuang, willing to worship under the woman's skirt, one is not enough, the whole family is scrambling, which is shameful. ”

For the first time in two days, Su Ai heard the Central Plains people comment on another sect so bluntly, and interjected: "The Luo family uses the status of the princess to compete for power in the court, not just for beauty, right?"

Fan glanced at Su Ai and found that Gu Shenwei didn't care, so he laughed, "What the little brother said is that the princess is not young, where does the beauty come from? The Locke family is too ambitious, and sooner or later they will be planted, and when the princess tree falls, the Luo family's monkeys will be scattered, and then not only will the court have no status for them, but the rivers and lakes will not tolerate them, which is self-inflicted." ”

Su Ai also smiled, "No, I see that the princess is in danger......"

Fan Yong was taken aback, thinking that this kid was just an entourage from Biyu City, and he dared to talk nonsense in front of the Dragon King, but Gu Shenwei still didn't react, as if he didn't care about this conversation.

"What did you see from the princess?" asked Fan with a big laugh.

"I didn't see the princess, I only drank a few cups of tea in the front yard, those people didn't care about me, they chatted casually, and they all said that the palace assassination was a conspiracy specifically against the princess, and the dragon king came to the door today as evidence. But none of them thought about how to deal with the crisis, they were all inquiring about the good relationship between so-and-so and so-and-so, and they were ready to arrange a way out for themselves. That's why I say the princess is in jeopardy. ”

Fan Yongda breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that this kid had no conclusive evidence and insight, so he patted Su Ai twice on the shoulder, "Seeing the subtleties, the future of the Xiao Su brothers is immeasurable." ”

Su Ai blushed slightly, "Brother Fan said with a smile. He also peeked at Gu Shenwei and found that he did not respond to his own opinions, and he was disappointed.

There was already a steward waiting in front of King Xiao's mansion, and he respectfully sent the guests into a small building in the back garden, and asked the three of them to wait, and King Xiao would arrive immediately.

"This is called the Xianglou, His Royal Highness often enjoys flowers and wine here, accompanied only by relatives and friends, he did not treat Engong as an outsider today. Fan Yongda introduced that he had been an errand boy in the palace for many years and was very familiar with this place.

Su Ai looked around, and sure enough, there were small windows on all sides, and bursts of floral fragrance passed in front of her nose like a gossamer, and when she was about to take a deep breath, the fragrance had dissipated.

It was already dusk outside, and a series of small servants and maids came in, or lit candles and lamps, or raised plates and pots, and after a while, a sumptuous feast had been set up, and then they all retreated, leaving only two people to cut the candles.

Su Ai secretly said that the people of the Central Plains were so supportive, and just as he was thinking, Fan Yongda suddenly made an unexpected move - he took a step forward and crawled on the ground facing the staircase.

Gu Shenwei stood in front of the window and looked out, the two servants spun silk and did not move, and they did not react to Fan Yongda's weirdness, but Su Ai was really surprised, such a kneeling posture had never been seen in Biyu City, and it was only used when worshipping gods in the country of incense, the key was that the staircase was empty, and there was no statue of a god.

After a while, footsteps sounded, someone came up, and Fan touched the ground with his forehead, looking even more humble.

Su Ai stood behind Gu Shenwei and also looked out, feeling very uncomfortable about the scene in front of him, but when the footsteps stopped, he couldn't help but quietly turn his head and glance - he hadn't seen the princess in the morning, so he naturally wanted to see what the emperor's uncle looked like.

This look startled him, the person standing at the top of the stairs had a sickly face, supported by two attendants, still looking unstable, looking at Fan Yongda for a while, and his sigh was as intermittent as the fragrance of flowers wafting through the small building, "Get up." ”

"The villain's crime deserves death, please punish His Highness. ”

"You are not guilty, you were deceived by the killer, I am responsible for this, if I hadn't told you that several incidents outside the city were committed by the Dragon King, you wouldn't have done the following. Alas, the killer is so scheming that he can even infiltrate the palace, and you and I have no way to prevent it. Get up, there are still guests here. ”

This King Xiao is very reasonable, and Su Ai's initial impression of him is good.

Fan kowtowed a few times before getting up, his body was bent as usual, and there were tears in his eyes.

"Today you are a disciple of the Kongtong Sect, a guest of the palace, not a guard, so you don't have to be formal. ”

"Yes. Fan Yongda straightened up slightly, and his face still had a sad expression of having made a big mistake.

Su Ai began to sympathize with Fan Yongda, the matter was so big, the real culprit was hidden, but an ordinary disciple of the Kongtong faction took most of the charges, first blaming himself in front of the various factions in the rivers and lakes, and then prostrate in front of King Xiao, his reputation could not be restored for more than ten years.

King Xiao pushed away the waiter, took a step forward, and said softly: "The vicissitudes of life, I didn't expect to see Gu Jun again today, thinking about the heavy snow a few years ago, the beauty was warm and warm, and the widow sighed." ”

Gu Shenwei turned around, "Does King Xiao still remember Mrs. Luo?"

"How can you forget? Not long after the stunner, for example, it is difficult to see the sun in the morning dew, and Mrs. Luo died young, and her fame will be passed on to the world forever, which may not be a good thing. ”

"Well, if she's dead, a lot of people will die, and that's not a bad thing. ”

Xiao Wang laughed a few times, held the table and sat down, "Gu Jun is straightforward, and it hasn't changed for many years. ”

"With a sword hanging above his head, he naturally doesn't care about etiquette. King Xiao, some people say that you are the mastermind behind the assassination in the palace. ”

Several slaves next to him were full of indignation, and even Fan Yongda raised his head in shock, feeling that Engong's move really shouldn't be.

"Words are terrible. King Xiao didn't care, obviously he had heard the rumors, "The widow has no way to defend it, only to avoid suspicion, the widow has already played the court to beg for the country, His Majesty and the Queen Mother have been gracious, and it will be possible to make the trip in less than a month, and the widow's descendants are scarce, and they will take it with them." ”

If the emperor was indeed assassinated, it was customary for King Xiao as an elder to succeed to the throne, and only one of his grandsons could be a candidate, and he took all his family members with him, which was a symbol of refusal.

King Xiao didn't need to prove anything to the guests of the Western Regions, he had always been one of the important supporters of his nephew emperor, and if the emperor was killed, he would soon lose power, and it would be dangerous to stay in the capital, so he had to show in advance that he had no ambitions, and the family left Beijing to arrange a retreat early.

Gu Shenwei thought about another thing, "The emperor allowed King Xiao to leave Beijing to go to the country, which means that he was really killed." ”

King Xiao's face changed suddenly, and he suddenly screamed and fell backwards. (To be continued.) )