The big-bellied Buddha got a thousand taels of silver, as if he was not satisfied, patting his round belly, "Ah, take your daughter, you are your father's cash cow, and the other daughters together are not as much silver as you get, how should I reward you?"

"Thank you, dad, as long as you are happy, your daughter will be very happy, and there is no need for a reward. Xu Yanwei's voice trembled.

"That's how, that's how, I haven't let my dad moisturize you for a few days, this time it's a make-up. ”

"I—I'm a little tired, I ...... last night"

"Hey, do this kind of thing, women will never be tired, it's men who are tired, this time you're on top, let Daddy see if you're good at it. ”

Xu Yanwei was still trying to find a way to shirk it, the pot-bellied Buddha pulled her hair, pulled her out from under the quilt, and threw her on the ground, "You are also so pushy to the guests? Then the one thousand taels of silver you earn is too little, and it should be doubled." ”

The bodyguard at the door straightened his eyes, leaned forward a little more, and touched the tip of the knife behind the curtain, but he didn't even notice it.

Gu Shenwei held the handle of the knife with his left hand, keeping the imitation knife inclined upward, pressing the end of the handle with his right hand, pushing hard, the imitation knife advanced smoothly and smoothly by one foot, Gu Shenwei immediately withdrew from the curtain, and pulled out the knife by the trend, in case the bodyguard was dying and struggling, tearing off the curtain and entangling him inside.

It was a perfect stab, straight to the heart, the bodyguard spat out more blood from his mouth than from the knife, without any struggle, sat on the ground and died.

Blood dripped from the knife.

Gu Shenwei carried the knife, his eyes did not leave the fat man who had taken off his shirt to reveal his fat, and went around in a circle, testing the bodyguard's snort to confirm that he was dead.

The pot-bellied Buddha has a veritable big belly, and the fat even hangs down below the crotch, like a thick layer of leather armor.

"Hey, he's only been with me for three days, and we don't have anything to do with each other. ”

The big-bellied Buddha explained to Gu Shenwei seriously, and thought that the target of the killer was the bodyguard, he was not afraid, he had a backer, and this backer guaranteed that he would not be assassinated in Nancheng.

Gu Shenwei approached, the big-bellied Buddha was a little panicked, took a step back, sat on the bed, his fat chest rose and fell violently, and he gasped heavily, "There are a thousand taels of silver, you can take it." Little brother, I'm from the Meng family......"

Gu Shenwei cut out a knife horizontally, cut through a thick layer of fat, and cut through the fragile throat, he had no concept of the "Meng family", and only then did he remember that Mrs. Jinpeng Bao was also surnamed Meng.

The big-bellied Buddha's eyes widened, he didn't make any dodging moves, he watched the flash of the knife in amazement, his body stiffened for a while, and he fell down with a bang.

Xu Yanwei, who crawled back to the corner of the bed to hide, was bounced up and down, screamed, immediately grabbed the horn and bit it in his mouth, staring at the bleeding place of the corpse, trembling, as if fascinated, neither turning his head nor closing his eyes.

The assassination went so smoothly that Gu Shenwei even felt that the preparations in advance were a bit of a fuss, "Do you want a human head?" Gu Shenwei asked according to the rules of Jinpeng Castle, if the main customer was himself, he would cut off the fat man's head and take it away.

Gu Shenwei asked again, Xu Yanwei heard it, turned his head to look at the killer suddenly, and seemed to be fascinated, his eyes did not blink, and after a while he understood the meaning of the words, "No, don't." ”

Gu Shenwei picked up a silver ingot of about fifty taels from the low table, which was the other half of the reward after the good deed was completed.

"I'm leaving. With that, he threw down his knife, took the chosen route, and left through the back door, the street was still sparsely populated, and he quickly returned to the South Wall Tavern.

The siblings didn't look like stupid people, they took care of their own affairs, or hid or fled, in short, they didn't need to be cared for.

It's not yet noon, and the last few drunks in the tavern have been chased away, and the guys are cleaning up the scene and preparing for the next night of messing up.

Gu Shenwei was the first guest, but he didn't drink, which made the guy very unhappy, and called the shopkeeper to get rid of this unpopular teenager.

Gu Shenwei piled a hundred taels of silver on the table, "I only need a glass of wine, the most bright red." ”

This move would settle any possible disputes, and the guys immediately cleared Tie Hanfeng's table from last night and handed him a glass of the best wine in the store.

Gu Shenwei looked at the red dripping liquid, and tried to overcome the surging vomiting sensation in the depths of his stomach, even if he experienced the murder of his apprentices, even if he was used to seeing all kinds of dead people, he would still have this feeling, but he covered it up well, and outsiders couldn't see it, but it would make him feel ashamed.

After a while, Tie Hanfeng, who was full of spring breeze, came back and stood at the door and waved at the apprentice.

Gu Shenwei got up and walked to the master, leaving the glass of wine on the table without even touching it.

The two returned to the stone castle on the mountain together, Tie Hanfeng was in a good mood, chattering along the way, not mentioning the apprentice's internal injuries.

Gu Shenwei originally wanted to challenge the master with a private murder business, but when the matter came, he couldn't say it, this assassination was too easy, even the weakest apprentice in Dongbao could easily complete it, there was really nothing to boast about.

In his heart, the pot-bellied Buddha, like the horse-faced man, was put into a forgotten corner, and he was still vigilant against the master.

As a result, all day long, Tie Hanfeng did not show any signs of threatening or using his apprentices, and everything was as usual: bragging, scolding, drinking, bragging about bigger cows, and sleeping.

Before the time came, Gu Shenwei thought to himself, Xue Niang had also waited for several days to throw out the handle, he could only wait, so he went to bed and slept comfortably until he was woken up.

Gu Shenwei sat up and found that it was dark all around, and there were three men standing in front of the bed.

He was both ashamed and surprised that as a killer, he slept like a dead man, unaware of the outsiders who broke into the room.

"Come with us. A man whispered, his voice as calm as Gu Lun who had asked his youngest son to leave the manor more than a year ago.

Gu Shenwei quickly got dressed and obediently followed the three men out of the room, he knew the origin of these people, so he guessed that the master was finally going to take action, but the way was a little unexpected.

They are all the prisoners of the Washing Heart Temple.

Gu Shenwei had a painful memory in the Heart Washing Academy, but at least he wouldn't be killed there for no reason, so he wasn't too worried, believing that he still had value for Tie Hanfeng.

From the East Fort to the Xixin Courtyard, they almost had to go around half of the stone fort, and when they arrived, it was dark, and the three men locked Gu Shenwei in a small dark room in the East Chamber, leaving nothing behind.

I didn't go to the underground torture cell, which also seems to indicate that things are not too bad.

After about an hour, the door opened, and four men entered, standing in the doorway, with their backs to the sun, and it took a while for Gu Shen to see their appearances.

On the far left is Tie Hanfeng, and the person who is separated from him is Shen Liang, the sword master of the Washing Heart Courtyard, Gu Shenwei recognizes him, and remembers that he is the uncle of the Eighth Young Master, and the other two are ordinary executioners, he has no impression.

"Yesterday, you killed someone in Southtown. ”

A prisoner asked straight to the point, Gu Shenwei was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the Heart Washing Court was looking for him for this matter.

"Yes. ”

"Why?"

"Someone paid to hire me. ”

The executioner paused for a moment, equally surprised by the apprentice's straightforwardness, and the sword master Shen Liang spoke, "Tell me the cause and effect, and don't leave anything out." ”

Gu Shenwei confessed everything, from Xu Xiaoyi had seen him kill people, until he put down the blood-stained imitation knife and left Xu Yanwei's small building.

"The sister and brother surnamed Xu hired you to kill someone?"

"Yes. ”

"You killed two people, one is the pot-bellied Buddha and the other is his bodyguard?"

"Yes. ”

The sword master Shen Liang asked these two questions, and after receiving all of them in the affirmative, he laughed briefly, as if he had heard a clumsy joke, perfunctory and disdainful.

"Do you believe him?" Shen Liang turned his head and asked Tie Hanfeng.

Tie Hanfeng didn't have a smile on his face, which made his red face look serious and murderous, "Believe." There was a certain determination and anger in his voice.

The sword master shook his head helplessly, "I still have to hand him over, Brother Tie, you can't afford this matter." ”

Gu Shenwei became more and more surprised, and found that things deviated from his understanding, and he also felt incomprehensible about the "Iron Brother" of the sword master Shen Liang, Tie Hanfeng flattered like a flower in front of the steward of the Fire Refining Academy, but he was not formal with the sword master with a much higher status.

"Give me a moment. ”

Shen Liang looked at the bewildered killer apprentice, and didn't recognize him as one of the several teenagers who were interrogated here a year ago, "I'm going to hand him over before noon to get rid of the work of going down the mountain, you still have an hour." ”

The four men left, still without leaving a word, and Gu Shenwei repeatedly wondered what was wrong.

The pot-bellied Buddha claimed to be "a member of the Meng family", and his wife was also surnamed Meng, and the Meng family was the largest wealthy merchant in Biyu City, which was the only clue he could think of.

An hour later, Tie Hanfeng came back alone, "Let's go." ”

The master and apprentice left the Xixin Courtyard and did not return to Dongbao, but took two horses and rode down the mountain.

Along the way, Tie Hanfeng maintained a rare silence, and in the end, Gu Shenwei couldn't hold his breath first, "What the hell is going on?"

Tie Hanfeng glanced at his apprentice, and only said after a while, "You killed two people?"

"Hmm. ”

"But there were three bodies there. ”

"Huh, but......" He wondered which of the two siblings would be the third corpse, but it immediately became clear that neither of them would arouse the interest of the Washing Temple, "who is it?"

"The exiled prince of the Stone Kingdom, an important customer of the Stone Castle, will return to his homeland as a king in a few days. ”

Tie Hanfeng said very easily, but Gu Shenwei was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, he had never killed the prince, and none of the people he had seen looked like the prince, "But I didn't ......"

"I know, I said I believed you. ”

"Is the fort going to hand me over?"

They were driving down the mountain, and Gu Shenwei had a premonition that something was wrong.

"Not for the time being, we have three days to find out who the real culprit is. ”

"Shall we?"

"Well, let's do it. ”

Gu Shenwei became more and more unable to understand Master's true purpose.