The hurried knock on the door made the innkeeper's heart tremble, it was an extraordinary time, business was very deserted, and there was a group of refugees living in the store who often couldn't pay for their rooms, and it was impossible to make sure which of them was desperate, and caused some trouble outside, leading trouble here.

Even if he was prepared for the worst, after opening the door with a lantern, the shopkeeper was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground.

A group of strange soldiers surrounded the shop, and the pale young man standing at the door seemed to be the rumored dragon king.

"Guest officer, do you live in a hotel?" the shopkeeper didn't know what he was thinking, and after holding it for a long time, he actually came up with such a sentence.

Hearing that the dragon king came to inquire about things, the shopkeeper relaxed a little, and soon remembered the handsome young man, "That night was really weird, more than a dozen guests ran away at once, and they didn't even pay for the room, alas, my shop has been unlucky since then." ”

Chu Nanping was the only one of the guests who had paid in advance, and after nightfall, the inn was just about to close, when twelve or thirteen vicious guests suddenly rushed in from outside, all with swords on their bodies, and patted the table and said that they wanted the best room.

After tossing for a long time, the shopkeeper arranged the guests properly, and his heart jumped suddenly, and he didn't sleep well all night, so he heard the chaotic sound outside in the second half of the night.

First someone kicked the door, then there was a muffled shout, and after a word, there was the sound of ping-pong fighting, which lasted less than a quarter of an hour, and it seemed that more people were involved, and then some people ran away and some chased after them, and the outside quickly fell silent.

Wait until dawn, the shopkeeper immediately went to report to the official, the messenger came to check twice, and did not find any clues, the bandits entered the siege, no one cared about this little thing, anyway, there was no body at the scene, but more than a dozen guests did not pay for the room.

"No corpse?" Gu Shenwei asked, a little puzzled in his heart.

"Well, there wasn't even a drop of blood, if you just listened to the sound, the fight would be quite lively, probably they were measured. "I found that the dragon king was not as terrible as I imagined, and the shopkeeper spoke much more smoothly.

That's all, the shopkeeper has never seen the young swordsman again, and he has not heard of him.

The clue was interrupted at this point, and the doubts in Gu Shenwei's heart became higher and higher, Chu Nanping's martial arts path was very similar to that of the Dragon King, no matter how many enemies there were, it stands to reason that he would not fight "ping pong", let alone fight for nearly a quarter of an hour, and there was not a single corpse.

Could it be that there is a second handsome young swordsman in the world? Gu Shenwei asked the guest again about his appearance, and the shopkeeper described it very carefully, obviously he had carefully observed it at that time, "The eyes are big, the nose is straight, the lips are very thin, always closed tightly, he looks like a girl, but he must be a man, he is not tall or short, the sword on his body seems to be a little long, and he walks like a float, uh, it is still those eyes, as if he is thinking about something, but when he looks up at people, he can startle you, cold, and there is a ...... There is a ...... Something that is particularly uncomfortable. ”

It must be Chu Nanping, Gu Shenwei has no doubts, there must be another reason for the abnormality.

Gu Shen ordered someone to reward the shopkeeper with a large piece of silver, which was enough to make up for the loss caused by his cold business.

When he left the inn, it was already dawn, Gu Shenwei rode a horse, bowed his head and pondered, and when he was about to leave the alley, he glanced up, his heart suddenly moved, he didn't say anything, he continued to move forward, and vaguely thought of an answer.

The affairs of this day were very busy, the queen and the prime minister both claimed that Shangguan Jianyi would lead troops to besiege the dragon king within three days, although Gu Shenwei thought that the possibility was very low, he still sent scouts from afar and ordered people to go to Kang and Sha to inquire about the situation.

The minister of Huiguo was imprisoned, but the state affairs could not be taken care of by no one, and Gu Shenwei had to appoint an interim person in charge to stabilize the people's minds.

Inevitably, word spread that the dragon king was searching for the whereabouts of the young swordsman, and there was a great deal of interest in it, even more than concern for the queen and ministers, and there were many strange speculations.

"Oh, so the dragon king likes ......"

"No wonder he refuses to marry ......"

“......”

The speaker didn't dare to be too straightforward, so he had to use an ambiguous smile and a lewd look to supplement the rest of the meaning.

The rumors reached Gu Shenwei's ears, and he didn't care, a country that cares more about romance than the great changes in the government is more reassuring.

Moreover, this had the added benefit that many of the inhabitants concluded that the dragon king must have cared deeply about the handsome young man, and they flocked to him to provide information in the hope of receiving a heavy reward.

Gu Shenwei didn't have time, so he let Shangguan Fei be responsible for listening to all kinds of strange information, and as long as he was a little more reliable, he would give a reward.

As a result, a lot of silver was sent out all day, and Shangguan Fei's ears were about to have calluses, but he didn't get a piece of valuable information, it was nothing more than someone who saw Chu Nanping walking by on a certain street, and a mysterious person followed him behind him, and then turned a corner, and the boy and the mysterious person disappeared at the same time.

"Don't waste your money. Shangguan Fei plucked out his ears and advised the Dragon King, "Xiao Chu estimates that it is more auspicious than lucky, no need to ask, it must be me...... Shangguan Jianyi sent a killer to get rid of him, and he found a place to bury him, unless it was a coincidence, I was afraid that he would never find the body. ”

Gu Shenwei had already thought of this possibility, but there were too many mysteries in the whole matter, so he couldn't help but think about it less, "Shangguan Jianyi was high-profile when he killed people in Shiguo, for fear that others would not know that it was the handiwork of the Jinpeng killer, why did he change his style in Huiguo and kill my guards, and he didn't show off his head everywhere?"

Gu Shenwei is the person around him, only Shangguan Fei is good at intrigue and trickery, and he dares to say anything in front of the Dragon King, not because he is braver than others, but because he is a broken jar that doesn't matter.

"Well, that's a problem, he doesn't know that Xiao Chu is the Dragon King's guard? No way, even if he doesn't know, the Jinpeng killer next to him will tell him. ”

Shangguan Fei didn't care much about this matter, but talking to the Dragon King made him start to think seriously, "He also asked an ordinary palace guard to inquire about the news, it seems that there is no need, send a group of people to stay in the hotel, knock on the door and slap the table, this is not like the style of Jinpeng Castle." ”

"Xiao Chu entered the city so blatantly, it seems that he was a little careless, these two people are not stupid, but they do stupid things one after the other, which is strange. ”

Shangguan Fei frowned and shook his head, seeing that the Dragon King didn't squeak, he regarded this as an exam, so he lowered his head and thought for a while, and clapped his hands, "I think there is only one reasonable explanation, Xiao Chu deliberately showed up to lure the snake out of the hole, Shangguan Jianyi deliberately took the bait, it was to plan the plan, it seems that the person who lost was Xiao Chu." But why didn't Shangguan Jianyi publicize this victory? There is only one possibility, he didn't kill Xiao Chu, but controlled him in his hands, and used it for another purpose. ”

Sometimes, Gu Shenwei needs someone else to say what he thinks, so that he can observe the loopholes from the perspective of a bystander, "For nearly two months, Shangguan Jianyi seems to be very calm and has not used Chu Nanping. ”

"Hehe, Dragon King, you have to be ready, Xiao Chu may not suddenly appear at any time, covered in injuries, as if he escaped after a lot of hardships, crying bitterly to seek comfort from the Dragon King, you are soft-hearted, and you are in the scheme. You should know that those methods of Jinpeng Castle, no one can last for two months, even if it is the heart of the diamond, it will probably change at this time. ”

Gu Shen is prepared for this, he has always regarded loyalty as a rare quality, and has never had too high expectations for it, even for the most trusted people, there is also room for three points.

It seems that things will not progress for a while, and Shangguan Jianyi, who doesn't know where to hide, has the advantage at the moment, and the only choice for the Dragon King seems to be to wait for the other party to make the first move.

Shangguan Fei thinks so, it's none of his business, he can't think too thoroughly, and his intuition doesn't bother to work.

Gu Shenwei didn't want to wait like this, and let the enemy be fully prepared, so he quietly left his residence on the third watch that night, intending to look for clues alone.

Only people can tell lies, so when there are many confessions, the facts will be more ambiguous, and he wants to find some clues that he can't speak, and naturally can't lie.

Lurking on the high rooftops nearby, looking down the entire alley in the night, Gu Shenwei felt more and more that the day's guess was correct.

The alley is narrow and tortuous, the distance of hundreds of steps actually turns three corners, and it is a dead end, at the end is the inn where Chu Nanping once lived, the houses on both sides are low and simple, one after another, the so-called window is just a small hole half a foot square, even in broad daylight, you can't see the scene inside.

This is the perfect place to set up an ambush, but there should be enough people, some of them are guarding the entrance of the alley, and the ambushers will scatter and flee after being frightened, and the surrounding houses all look the same, but there are three places that are significantly lower, and people with a little experience will choose these three places to escape, and the second group of ambushers will wait there to kill the enemy one by one.

Perhaps this is Chu Nanping's intention to live in this remote shop, as Shangguan Fei guessed, to act as a bait to lure the snake out of the hole, but where does the "manpower" needed to set the trap come from?

Even if Hu Shining did not betray, he led a group of children, who had not been trained as killers for a long time, and seemed unable to complete such a relatively complex operation.

Gu Shenwei purchased the land in a valley outside the capital of Shule Kingdom, and some of the killer apprentices in it were bought, some were small beggars selected by him, and some were children provided by the peaks of the Great Snow Mountain, a total of about sixty or seventy.

Such a group of children, no matter where they are brought, will be very conspicuous.

As soon as Gu Shenwei thought of this, he really saw a little child sneaking into the alley.

The time, place, and people did not make sense, and the child knew how to hide his whereabouts by the shadow of the house, and walked cautiously in the middle of the night, when no one was around, and apparently had received some basic training.

Gu Shenwei didn't expect to get direct clues from this night visit, so he was very wary of this little guy sent to the door.

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