Chapter 43: Training
The relationship between Gu Shenwei and Shangguan Yushi has become very delicate, on the surface they are standard master and servant, one is high and the other is cautious, but when no one is paying attention, they will inadvertently reveal deep hatred in their eyes at each other.
There was no longer an open fight between the two, and the battlefield shifted to Shangguan Ru, the ninth prince, after all, they all had a common purpose: to please Dubu Wang's most favored daughter.
Gu Shenwei restored his status as the most favored boy to accompany him, running around every morning after the twins' butts, and using every opportunity to speak to instill an idea in Shangguanru: If you want to learn the most powerful martial arts in Jinpeng Castle, you must be a killer.
This is exactly what Shangguan Ru wants, she is only twelve years old after the New Year, and she is not qualified to participate in family affairs, so she is as curious about her own killer as others.
Gu Shenwei felt that everything was in his plan, but it turned out to be a step too late, and it was not him who finally completed the task of agitation, but Shangguan Yushi.
At the end of the first month, the atmosphere of the New Year had long been swept away, and that morning, as soon as the twins came to the school, Shangguan Ru stood on the steps, and called himself and his brother, Shangguan Yushi's companions to the front, about twenty-four or five people, and then announced loudly:
"Come with me, boys, let's play a new game. ”
Gu Shenwei saw that Shangguan Yushi patted his cousin's shoulder with a smile to express support and approval, and he knew that this was her idea again.
Although Gu Shenwei was unexpected, he was optimistic, but the head of the companions, Qingnu, felt a big headache, because the "game" of the ninth prince was full of dangers, and he couldn't participate in most of them.
But this time, he still felt that it was too out of line, the three little masters actually led twenty or thirty people straight to Dongbao, the last time they mixed in was not enough, do they still want to break through? Qingnu ran to the front, and just wanted to find Shangguan Yu when she begged her to persuade Jiu Gongzi not to mess around, but he saw from a distance that Dongbao had opened its gate and seemed to welcome everyone's arrival.
Qingnu was dumbfounded, although he was only in his thirties, he had served several little masters since he was a child, and no one had ever been so pampered like the twins, and there were people to help him carry the ladder in heaven.
If other young masters were like this when he was a child, the minions would reprimand him and tell him to concentrate on practicing martial arts, and the master in the Moon Courtyard would only be stronger than the teacher of Dongbao, and when his martial arts surpassed that of ordinary killers and he was qualified to be the young master, he would enter Dongbao, not as an apprentice, but as a master to select his subordinates.
The twins are really spoiled.
Qingnu kept shaking his head, like a dog drenched in water, not realizing that the teenagers behind him were secretly laughing at him.
Most of the young companions were entering the East Fort for the first time, and they were both excited and nervous, looking around, hoping to see something strange and brag to others when they went out.
But they were disappointed, Dongbao was no different from other places, it was still a criss-crossing alley, on both sides were one courtyard after another, the only feature was that there was no one, and after walking for a long time, there was no one to see, they seemed to be walking in a deserted city with no people.
But this "deserted city" is exceptionally clean, there is no snow on the stone road, the courtyard gate is also tightly closed, and the towering lintel is engraved with quaint words, as if a pair of cold eyes are watching the intruder.
The excitement gradually dissipated, and the terror spread among the companions, especially the two sons who led everyone farther and farther, I don't know who created a rumor that the final destination of this trip was the cliff of death.
In Jinpeng Castle, the Cliff of the Dead is much more famous than the Ghost Cliff, many of the slaves who grew up in the castle since childhood, they have not even heard of the Salary Courtyard, but they all know about the Cliff of the Dead, they think that all the dead killers will be thrown into the abyss from here, and continue to protect the Castle in another form in another world, it is said that there are ghosts near the Cliff of the Dead even in broad daylight......
Seeing the cliff at the end of the alley from a distance, Qing Nu's legs immediately softened into two balls of cotton, and he had to help the young man next to him to barely move forward, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Two sons, you can't go any more, there is ...... ahead"
"Death Cliff, what can't you go?"
Shangguan Ru turned his head and said calmly.
The ominous rumor was confirmed, and a large number of people softened their legs and feet like the Qing slaves, huddled together, and refused to move forward again.
"It's a test. Shangguan Ru also guessed the reaction of the minions, "Those who have the courage can go with me, and those who don't have the courage can turn around and go out of Dongbao by themselves." ”
More than half of the people didn't have much courage, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words, but Shangguan Ru's words were not finished: "Don't say that it is our company when you leave Dongbao, and go find the new master yourself." ”
Shangguan Fei, who was still afraid to approach the cliff of death years ago, didn't know why he was bold this time, stood on his sister's side, and said loudly:
"The people who sent away from the cliff are all my Jinpeng Castle elites, not only killers, but even my father and I will ascend from here after death, do any of you dislike here?"
As soon as these words came out, the people who had already taken half a step back took another step forward, and they had the reputation of "abandoning the master" on their backs, and it was difficult for them to get mixed up in Jinpeng Castle, so what else did they mention to find a new master? Although the two sons were childish and ruthless, they were deeply loved by the king, and their future was immeasurable, and serving them was both idle and could be rewarded from time to time, so the fool was willing to leave.
Especially Qingnu, Shangguan Ru and Shangguan Fei are likely to be the last two little masters he serves, and he has to work harder to wait for his masters to grow up and obtain important positions.
No one turned back, all of them had the courage to walk towards the cliff of death, and everyone looked righteous and awe-inspiring as if they were at home.
However, the most terrible thing did not happen, and Shangguan Ru's final destination was not the Cliff of Death.
At the south end of the alley, there was a boulder piled up, less than a foot away from the wall, barely enough for a person to pass through, but when you entered, it suddenly opened up to a semicircular clearing.
To the west of the clearing is a high wall of a certain courtyard, to the north is a boulder, and to the east is a curved cliff that sharpens sharply at the southernmost side.
Although it is close to the cliff of death, it is also a cliff itself, but the boulder is separated by a cave, especially the cliff side is surrounded by a half-human high iron chain, which greatly increases the security.
Gu Shenwei was also very puzzled, no one knew this place when he came last time, after careful observation, he found that the iron chains and stone pillars on the edge of the cliff were still brand new, obviously just a few days ago, and the ground also had traces of cleaning, without a single broken stone, as if it had been polished.
It must have been King Dubu who ordered this place to be renovated and given to the twins to play with.
Gu Shen was once pampered at home, but he had never been treated like twins, he could do whatever he wanted, and he could get whatever he wanted.
Gu Shenwei was inexplicably jealous, and the favor of the twins constantly reminded him of how beautiful the life he had lost, but it also strengthened his belief in revenge, and he even indulged his thoughts a little, imagining the scene where killing the twins one day would make Dubu Wang heartbroken.
He quickly reined in the wild horse in his heart and pretended to admire with the others.
The twins and Shangguan Yushi looked at their minions very proudly, and after the admiration stopped for a while, Shangguan Rushi said the content of the new game:
"Listen, I'm going to pick a few potential people from among you and train him to be a killer myself. ”
Shangguan Fei interjected: "And me, I also want to cultivate killers." ”
"Well, there is also Yu Gongzi, the three of us are the sword masters, and whoever among you is powerful will be the killer. ”
When everyone heard it, they were relieved, it turned out to be a game of "fake killers", protected by twins, how to toss in the castle, there must be no real danger, if the two sons have fun, maybe they can really reward the title of "killer" in the future, that is a big advantage of Pingbu Dengyun, so they have to sign up with a bang, even Qingnu is also excited, pushing in the crowd, claiming to rectify the order, in fact, he stands at the forefront.
However, some people snickered in their hearts, the status of the two sons when they grow up is "young master", but they want to depreciate their identity as "knife masters", which is really childish.
The three "knife masters" were very happy and began to compete for their own "killers".
Gu Shenwei put his mind at ease, although it was just a game, but if he guessed correctly, the twins must have learned a lot of killer skills from the Moon Lifting Academy, which would always help him, and in this process, he would be more favored by Shangguan Ru, among this group of teenagers, who else could learn better and faster than him?
He thought about it perfectly, but he ignored one point, how could Shangguan Yushi let him easily have frequent contact with Shangguan Ru?
At the beginning of the selection of the "killer", Shangguan Yushi asked him to leave, and she smiled proudly at the twins: "Okay, whoever speaks first will belong to whomever you want, and you are not allowed to cheat." ”
The twins' chagrin was overflowing, Huan Nu was the highest martial artist among all the accompaniments, both of them wanted it, Shangguan Fei reacted faster, and was about to leave another young man with good martial arts, Shangguan Ru's eyes rolled around, and he really had no choice but to choose his own "killer".
Gu Shenwei's chagrin could only be hidden deeply, the fight between him and Shangguan Yushi was still going on, and he lost another round.
The selection ended quickly, and each of the three "knife masters" chose three "killers", and the others let Qingnu take them away.
Qing Nu was not chosen, sighing and leading the loser away, in fact, he didn't know any martial arts, and he didn't even dare to watch the killing.
Each of the three "killer" squads chose a place to train, and this team occupied near the boulder in the north when it rained, with Shangguan Ru in the middle and Shangguan Fei in the southernmost place.
Shangguan Yushi looked coldly at the three people who belonged to him, and the first training content was to let them carry wooden weapons.
Gu Shenwei quickly understood her intentions.
Shangguan Yushi didn't want to cultivate any "killers" at all, she just kept arranging for the three of them to go out to do some chores, moving wooden knives and swords, taking martial arts atlases, asking people to send tea, sweat towels, etc., in short, to reduce their time in front of them.
In this way, Gu Shenwei not only couldn't learn anything, but he didn't even have the opportunity to get close to Shangguan Ru.
The other two teenagers were very happy about this, they were originally playing with their masters, and they didn't want to endure hardships and practice, and these chores were all part of their work, so they often deliberately grinded, and if possible, they preferred not to come here for a day.
The twins are very serious about this game, and the two of them have learned a lot of killer tricks, forcing their teenagers to study and practice hard, making them complain in private, and they are extremely envious of the three people under Shangguan Yushi.
After a few days, it got worse and worse.
When there was really no chores to send, Shangguan Yushi ordered the three of them to go outside to guard, which was called "dark whistle", saying that this was also a necessary skill for killers.
Gu Shenwei encountered an unavoidable obstacle, this jealous girl was even more stubborn than the boulder.