Chapter 214: Rumors
Nearly three years ago, Wei Lingmiao came to Biyu City and quickly made a group of fox friends and dog friends, at that time he was particularly interested in killers, and several times expressed his desire to understand the assassination process.
Meng Sigongzi did what he liked, and matched Wei Lingmiao to meet the eighth young master Shangguan Fu, the process in the middle is impossible for outsiders to understand, in short, Wei Lingmiao participated in the assassination, it was in order to make this guest see clearly and impressed, the eighth young master slowed down the process of action, and wanted to show perfect skills, but there was a little mistake.
When did Wei Lingmiao know the specific identity of the assassination target, Zhong Heng didn't know, anyway, Wei Lingmiao didn't stop the assassination, and only made one request, the Gu family's daughter was his woman, and he wanted to do it himself.
Gu Cuilan died under the knife of her future husband, and before she died, she recognized the true face of the murderer and issued a vicious curse, which made Wei Lingmiao sleepless and nightmares afterwards.
After Zhong Heng took office with the Governor of the city, he was in charge of the security of the mansion, and went several times to appease the frightened son, so as to sort out the complete story in a pile of nonsense.
Zhong Heng hid the secret in his heart and waited until the city governor received the "peace charm" and Wei Gongzi returned to Biyu City.
Wei Lingmiao has the eyeliner of the captain patrolling the city, and he brought him good news on the first night, Wei Gongzi's heart disease has not been cured, and one of the important purposes of this trip is to go to the Four Truths Garan to incense and purify Gu Cuilan's resentment.
"If the truth is made public, the image of Wei Gongzi's romantic species will be ruined. My requirements are not high, I only need 100,000 taels of 'peace charms' of several million taels, which is just a dime, and the money that Wei Gongzi threw to prostitutes is more than that, but he still wants to kill people. β
Gu Shenwei was glad that he didn't tell the truth in front of Wei Lingmiao, but why did Wei Gongzi tell the story that he missed his fiancΓ©e? Hoping to convey his affection to Shangguanru through the killer? Or did he feel guilty and make up a story to deceive himself?
"I see. Gu Shenwei showed just the right amount of surprise, in front of Zhong Heng, he had to try his best to hide his emotions, "But the truth doesn't matter, I still have to kill you." β
Zhong Heng smiled bitterly, the killer's words were his own theory, "Those contents just now are just a little sincerity on my part, from now on, Wei Gongzi also has a handle in your hands, and I have more important information." β
Gu Shenwei held the knife, and when Lord Du Wei continued, Zhong Heng smiled and shook his head, "This is the secret of my life, unless I am in a safe place, I will not say it, you can torture me to see if I can speak." β
Gu Shenwei's hand let go of the hilt, "Let you live, where am I going to get this last secret?"
"Go find the Eighth Young Master, I will be by his side. β
Gu Shenwei was really a little surprised this time, Zhong Heng actually had a connection with Shangguan Nu, which was really unexpected to him, "It turns out that Lord Zhong has been prepared for a long time. β
"Hey, a person who is a lackey also has to be a cunning rabbit, I'm just a petty official, just like you, I don't admit that I have a master, I have to find a way to survive by myself. β
Gu Shenwei got up and walked to the wall, knocked three times, and after a while, three swordsmen pushed the door in, two carrying a large cloth bag, and one carrying a small cloth bag.
In the big cloth bag is a headless corpse, and in the small cloth bag is a head, the head has an open mouth, staring at the godless eyes, looking through the dim light, it is clearly Zhong Heng's appearance.
The city patrol lieutenant was taken aback, and almost fell out of bed, but soon understood, "It turns out that Brother Yang has also been prepared. β
"Spending a few thousand taels of silver a month is worth it, I can't let you die like this. β
The two looked at each other and smiled, there was no trust between them, it was purely a naked use relationship.
Gu Shenwei didn't want to be a tool for Wei Gongzi to kill people from the beginning, and after receiving the assassination order, he immediately ordered a wax human head to be made.
This human head can't fool those who observe carefully, but Gu Shenwei thinks that Wei Gongzi will not come to check the authenticity in person, but the corpse is genuine.
Even so, if Zhong Heng couldn't tell useful information, Gu Shenwei would still kill him.
Zhong Heng took off his official uniform, changed into ordinary blue cloth clothes, and quietly left the brothel with the killer, leaving the rest to the three swordsmen to take care of, they would destroy the corpses, cut the prostitutes into scars, and fake a scene of murder due to jealousy.
Gu Shen provided coils and horses, Zhong Heng had to flee overnight, standing on the avenue, looking back at Biyu City in the night, Zhong Heng sighed, "There is nothing left." Brother Yang, when Wei Gongzi leaves, you'd better follow the escort. β
"I will. β
The way back to the Central Plains happened to pass through Shangguan Nu's camp, and Gu Shenwei still wanted to hear the secret.
"Xu Yanwei is a good girl, think about her, don't follow Wei Gongzi back to the Central Plains. β
After Zhong Heng said this, he slapped his horse and left, and the captain of the city patrol fled from Biyu City in such a hurry.
The city patrol captain was hacked to death in a brothel, causing a lot of gossip, everyone guessed that the mastermind behind the scenes was either the Kunshe or the Meng family, no one thought that the main messenger would be the son of the city governor, and after two days of arguing, no one mentioned this matter.
Gu Shen's plan to steal beams and change pillars was not perfect, but Wei Gongzi had no foundation in Nancheng, so he couldn't imagine that the realistic head would be fake.
As soon as the news of Zhong Heng's death came out, three low-ranking officers in the governor's mansion were arrested and killed with a cane on charges of corruption.
All blackmail has accomplices, and Zhong Heng wants to escape for his life, but he can't save these people.
Wei Lingmiao was the son of the Central Plains Shi clan, and it had become a habit to use people to summon people, and he never expected that the killer would join forces with Du Wei to create a conspiracy, and the day after the killing, he met the killer in a study in the Bodhi Garden and continued to negotiate.
Gu Shenwei already knew the intention of the city governor, and understood that the physical condition of King Dubu had important reference value for all forces, so he accepted the bribe, but asked for the 1.15 million taels to be swallowed alone.
The more greedy you are, the more you will be trusted.
Gu Shenwei won the negotiation, Wei Gongzi agreed to the killer's conditions, and appointed a confidant as a future contact, he himself was about to leave Biyu City, and the city governor would not meet with the killer anyway, in case the matter was revealed, Gu Shenwei would have no way to prove who the instigator was.
Everything was expected by the killer, only Xu Yanwei was in trouble, Gu Shenwei saw her again, but he couldn't tell the truth, he just ordered her to stay.
Xu Yanwei was beaten to death and wanted to leave Biyu City, threatening and begging, crying bitterly and rolling on the ground, saying that he had been selected and must not lose this opportunity.
Gu Shenwei went with her, he had fulfilled his obligations as a master, even if it was a dead end, it was Xu Yanwei's own choice.
In fact, Wei Lingmiao decided to take away more than one prostitute.
The entire Biyu City was a sensation, saying that Wei Gongzi spent millions of silver to buy hundreds of beauties, including prostitutes and young children who had not yet debuted, and planned to bring them back to the Central Plains as gifts.
Regardless of whether they have money or not, the men are sighing that there are no beautiful women in Biyu City in three years, and the only thing that makes them happy is that Xiao Fengchai, the iconic figure of Liuren Lane, was unmoved, and only left Wei Gongzi for a night, without giving him more special treatment.
The information that Gu Shenwei learned was more real, there were fifty in total, all of them were prostitutes, many of them were like Xu Yanwei, they paid for their own redemption and voluntarily followed Wei Gongzi, they were all tired of the life in Nancheng, and planned to go to the Central Plains thousands of miles away to find hope, not to mention that Wei Gongzi was such a gentle and amiable Fengyue master, who was many times stronger than those rough sons in Beicheng.
The governor's office sent out fifty carriages, specially to transport beauties, the vehicles were parked in an inn outside the east city gate, the shape is exquisite and chic, it is said that the craftsmen of the southern city rushed to build it day and night, these cars alone are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Wei Gongzi, who was about to leave the city, attracted more attention than when he arrived, so that the news of the appearance of the Dapeng bird was annihilated, and few people paid attention to it, until the convoy that carried away the beauty completely disappeared in the eyes of everyone, and the horror brought by the big bird gradually spread.
The Black Feather and Red-Capped Roc expanded its territory, flying almost all of the territory of Jinpeng Castle, initially in the wild, killing and injuring countless beasts, eating eyeballs, and another major habit is to open graves and eat dead human flesh, it is this latter habit that gives it the title of "magic bird".
Slowly, there are living people who are recruited, and the Four Truths Garan sent monks who know how to spell and understand martial arts, intending to subdue demons and eliminate demons, but they didn't even see the shadow of the bird, and the news of the red-topped Dapeng killing people came out from more places, and some good people drew a map accordingly, and found that the Dapeng bird was approaching Biyu City step by step in a circle.
When Wei Lingmiao hadn't left, the residents of Biyu City regarded this "magic bird" as a sensational legend, and not too many people cared about it, Wei Gongzi even showed a strong interest in it, "It would be nice if you could catch it, and you can bring it back to the Central Plains to give it to the emperor, I heard that there are two Dapeng bird specimens in Shibao, is it true?"
"It's true. Gu Shenwei is the most qualified to confirm this rumor.
The Dapeng Bird appeared, but the stone castle did not react, and the Dubu King, who had taken great pains to almost exhaust the strength of the castle, seemed to have no interest in this anymore, and Gu Shenwei regarded this as a sign.
Find out if Dubu Wang is sick and steal the "Book of No Dao", suddenly, returning to the stone castle has become more urgent, but Gu Shenwei is not in a hurry, he has to escort Wei Lingmiao all the way out of the realm of Jinpeng Castle.
It is easy to fight for this matter, Kunshe and Meng belong to the landlords and must send someone to see them off, Meng Mingshi is on Meng's side, Kunshe is more troublesome, Shangguan Ru will never meet Wei Gongzi, Shangguan Fei is not willing to leave Beicheng at all, Gu Shenwei did not even ask for it and got his wish.
His purpose was not just to hear Zhong Heng's ultimate secret.
Wei Lingmiao is the beast that killed Gu Cuilan, in Gu Shenwei's mind, he is even more hateful than the traitor Tie Hanfeng, he must kill this "brother-in-law", even if his identity is exposed.
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