Once again, Gu Shenwei established himself as a leader among the killer apprentices: he became the first of his classmates to pick up a business on his own outside the fort.

He once assassinated the horse-faced man, but no one knew about it, and it wasn't his assassination plan, he was just a knife in the master's hand.

The apprentices didn't care about the affairs of Prince Shi, nor did they care about the low martial arts of the slain, and everyone was curious about how Huan Nu, who had only entered the city twice, let the business come to the door without the help of the master.

During the ten days of confinement, there were always familiar and unfamiliar apprentices who sneaked up to the door and immediately asked the question through the door panel after making a gesture of goodwill.

Gu Shenwei always told the truth, it was the business that found him, not him who found the business, Xu Xiaoyi was a witness he let go, Yunyun.

But the rumors are still getting more and more bizarre, and finally Huan Nu has become a wide range of know-it-alls in the South City Gate, no matter how he himself explains, the apprentices are convinced of this, whenever someone wants to follow the master down the mountain into the city, they always have to come to Huan Nu, hoping that he can introduce a "business", the price is not important, just want to earn some experience.

After Gu Shenwei rejected more than a dozen people one after another, the matter calmed down.

On the last day of confinement, the Dutch girl came to visit, with two other apprentices, but the two soon left, leaving them to speak separately through the door.

In order to abide by the agreement a few months ago, Gu Shen relayed all the diagnoses of Dr. Sun Shen's illness, and there were only two ways to cure the madness: those who believed in Buddhism went to the Four Noble Truths to read the exorcism scriptures, and those who did not believe went to the country of incense five thousand miles away to find strangers.

In Gu Shenwei's opinion, these two paths were false, the lotus girl did not express her opinion, she could not stay for a long time, so she simply told him another important thing.

"We've found the instigator behind Shangguan Yuxing. ”

Shangguan Yuxing had followed Huan Nu for many days, originally planning to have an apprentice master kill Huan Nu in the monthly test, but the two died under the beak of the red-topped Dapeng at the boulder cliff, which led to a series of assassinations.

"Who?"

Gu Shenwei initially believed that the messenger was either Shangguan Yushi or Luo Ning tea, but in the end it was all turned out to be wrong.

"Someone from the White Clothes Courtyard, surnamed Guo, maybe you have an impression. ”

"Mr. Guo?"

Gu Shenwei was surprised and inexplicable, he and Mr. Guo had only met twice, the first time was in the underground torture chamber of the Washing Heart Courtyard, it is estimated that Mr. Guo would not remember him at all, and the second time was when Shangguan Ru stole Moyu's palm and was blocked in the house by Mr. Guo, but Gu Shenwei was just a small attendant behind the master, and he didn't even speak, why did Mr. Guo want him to die?

"Mustang has confirmed that he once heard Shangguan Yuxing boast that it is easier to kill an apprentice in the Baiyi Courtyard than to kill an ant. ”

Gu Shenwei was not surprised that the Dutch girl was able to contact her former opponent, and all he was thinking about now was Mr. Guo, the unexpected enemy.

"I heard you're going to be sent to the White Clothes Courtyard, be careful. ”

The lotus girl left a reminder and left, Gu Shenwei analyzed repeatedly, but still didn't understand Mr. Guo's intentions, it stands to reason that what he doesn't like should be Shangguan Ru and Shangguan Yushi, with his status and status, it seems that there is no need to go to great lengths to seek revenge against a killer apprentice.

In the evening of the same day, Gu Shen returned to his residence after the confinement, and the next day he was going to work as a handyman in the Baiyi Courtyard, so he had to ask his master Tie Hanfeng for an explanation.

There is still ice and suspicion between the master and apprentice, but it is no longer necessary for you to live or die.

Tie Hanfeng silently listened to the apprentice's story, and did not give an answer immediately, but went out overnight, walked around the East Fort, visited a few acquaintances, and did not come back until midnight. He had already heard his apprentice tell him about stealing the knife for Xue Niang, and he had a rough idea in his heart, and after obtaining some necessary information, the puzzle in his mind was complete.

Tie Hanfeng explained the simplest part, "Mr. Guo didn't do it himself, not because of face, but because the killer fighting is a felony, and he can only kill you openly in the monthly test through another apprentice." ”

Seeing the apprentice's puzzled expression, Tie Hanfeng added, "Remember what I told you about dog training, if you want to make dogs fierce, you have to let them bite each other from an early age, so as to eliminate the weak, and when the elimination is over, you must set up rules to set up a hedge." The killer apprentice is a puppy, and he can kill around within the scope of permission, and when the best is selected, he must also set rules to set the hood. Therefore, Mr. Guo will not attack you directly, and conversely, you can't attack him, in this stone castle, the only person you can kill openly is me, and it will be an honor to be able to snatch the master's red belt and waist card. Ha, you can go ahead and try. ”

Gu Shenwei didn't want to try, he already knew how big the gap between himself and his master was.

"As for why he doesn't like you, I also know, it's because of that wooden knife, Mr. Guo kept staring at Moyu's palm at the time, but he brought back a fake wooden knife, you made him lose face in front of the king, no wonder he wanted to kill. ”

Gu Shenwei finally understood the origin of the enemy, and he guessed that Shangguan Nu must have told Wang the editor a story to explain the breaking of the wooden knife of the Six Killing Palace, in this story, the eighth young master would definitely not say good things for Mr. Guo.

The Baiyi Courtyard is located in the northernmost part of the East Fort, but it is not a part of the East Fort, it has many independent houses and pavilions, a total of 36 rooms, in charge of different functions, the structure of the White Clothes Courtyard is complex, there is little subordinate relationship between the houses, the head of each house is called the "suzerain", directly responsible to the Dubu King.

Mr. Guo is a suzerain, and his specific duties are a secret, and Gu Shenwei guesses that it may be related to maintaining the security of the fort.

Gu Shen was punished for entering the White Clothes Courtyard as a miscellaneous servant, but according to Tie Hanfeng, this was not only not a punishment, but also a reward, "The White Clothes Courtyard is very important, you can learn a lot of things there, Dongbao and I can't teach you, don't worry, you will come out soon." ”

Gu Shenwei felt that the master was too optimistic, he entered the library room, which was responsible for keeping the materials of the previous Dubu King's period, and the daily task of more than a dozen miscellaneous servants was to clean up the dust, eliminate the pests, and protect the pile of books and books that had been piled up for hundreds of years, and the contents of it were all trivial and miscellaneous matters in Jinpeng Castle over the years, except for the person who wrote at the beginning, almost no one had ever read it.

In this seemingly least important library, in the process of fighting endless pests, not to mention learning anything, I am afraid that the knife skills learned before will be rusty.

Tie Hanfeng understood the personality of his apprentice, so he reminded him several times not to provoke Mr. Guo again, and not to be delusional about revenge, the status gap between them was too big, it was best to keep a low profile and let the matter go away.

Gu Shenwei also didn't want to make trouble, but things were difficult to follow, and when the enemy secretly cast a big net, he had to fight back.

The first sign of casting a big net is a small thing, and Gu Shenwei will only understand the importance of this small thing later.

The handymen ate together in a large kitchen outside the Baiyi Courtyard, and few people spoke loudly, but everyone still had a channel to spread the word.

At noon that day, Gu Shen touched him for a young handyman beside him, and asked in a low voice, "Are you Yang Huan from Dongbao?"

Someone actually called him a made-up real name, Gu Shenwei didn't even react for a while, and only nodded after a while, and the handyman also nodded, continued to eat, and didn't say anything.

Gu Shenwei took advantage of the opportunity to pick up vegetables, and found a group of teenagers of the same age in the distance pointing at him, which was a handyman belonging to another room.

This is not surprising, Huan Nu is well-known in Dongbao, and he was the leader of the Arm Slave Gang at the beginning, so it is normal for other slaves to be interested in him.

The next day, on the fifteenth day after being demoted to the White Clothes Academy, Gu Shenwei returned to the master's residence in the evening, and was immediately told that something big would happen in the Fire Refining Academy.

Later, Gu Shenwei went to attend the gathering of the core members of the Arm Slave Gang, which they had discussed, once every three days, although the apprentice slaughter had ended, but everyone's vigilance had not completely subsided, so they decided to keep in touch, the location was not fixed, usually chosen by the Dutch girl, and then informed separately.

In fact, the Snow Mountain Gang still exists, and it is much larger, with twenty or thirty members, compared to fifteen people left on the side of the Arm Slave Gang.

It was at this gathering that the Lotus Girl said that it was rumored that the Fire Refining Academy would organize apprentices to carry out an assassination operation, and the real assassination would target people outside the fort.

This operation is not in line with the practice of Jinpeng Castle, under normal circumstances, the apprentices only after the teacher, can have the opportunity to go out to perform the task, and this class of apprentices, no one has yet to go out of the division, the original several consecutive monthly test in the person who killed the enemy, only Huan Nu survived the killing, but voluntarily lost to the lotus girl in the last monthly test.

But this class of apprentices is also recognized as the best in the past, and the survivors are only two or three percent, but they are strong opponents, so Dongbao broke the convention and specially organized this assassination operation, the details of which have not yet been announced.

The apprentices are excited, everyone wants to be chosen, their killing ** is at its peak, and they would rather welcome death with open arms than let fear show its head.

The killer masters had also heard about it, but couldn't reveal more information.

The next day, Gu Shenwei inquired and understood that the teenagers who pointed at him in the kitchen were the handymen in the clerical room.

The former is responsible for transmitting, reviewing, and keeping all kinds of documents submitted to the current Dubu King for review, and the people in the room often have the opportunity to meet the king, and only after the king ascends to heaven, these documents will be transferred to the library for permanent preservation.

Like Dongbao, there are many private transactions, as long as they do not involve top secrets, they are routinely tacitly acquiesced.

The apprentice's assassination operation was not top secret, so Gu Shenwei was able to make a copy, and the lotus girl also had a hundred taels of silver that could not be sold by the Yellow Belt manager, which happened to be used here.

In this transcript, Gu Shenwei did not find the name of Huan Nu, the lotus girl, wild horse, Liuhua and others are all on it, a total of twenty apprentices, will carry out the assassination mission at the same time, the specific time and place have not yet been finalized, and the situation of the target has not been mentioned.

Gu Shenwei was a little regretful, but he was happy for his partners, but he didn't know why, the content of this document made him feel uneasy, and he read through it repeatedly, but he couldn't find a specific reason.

In the end, among the seven or eight imprints under the manuscript, he recognized the words "Sect Master Guo Chun", and thought to himself, Mr. Guo will not play tricks again, but there is no Huan slave in the action list, he feels that he is too suspicious, so he tears off the manuscript and sleeps upside down.

Lines of words still flashed in the dream, all written in blood.