Chapter 146: Chess Pieces

Mr. Guo was Mrs. Meng's first target, so when Gu Shenwei started with the Dutch girl, there was no chaos in the stone castle.

The timing of the arrival of the two was very coincidental, and within a quarter of an hour of hiding on the stone wall, Mr. Guo hurried out of the house with four entourage, he was an old fox with a keen sense of smell, and he was already alert to any unusual movement in the inner house.

However, Mr. Guo, like everyone else, still underestimated Mrs. Meng's determination and ability.

Mr. Guo is not very worried about his own safety, he has to protect an important person, and he is also a pawn in his hands that plays a key role.

Mr. Guo walked in the direction of Shangguan Hongye's residence, and Gu Shenwei finally determined that his guess was all accurate.

For the Shangguan family, this was a brutal family infighting, and for the two teenagers on the assassination mission, it was also a rare opportunity to practice swords.

Four guards, plus a Mr. Guo, Gu Shenwei decided to leave it all to the Dutch girl.

Gu Shenwei had seen Mr. Guo's skills, and the martial arts of this strategist were comparable to those of a first-class killer.

The influence of the "Theory of Assertion and Persistence" in the heart of the Dutch girl has not yet been eliminated, and only through a killing that is either life or death can it be possible to re-arouse the vigorous murderous intent.

Due to the different understandings of the "Book of the Dead", the murderous aura of the Dutch girl was originally extremely strong, and the weakening of the murderous intent had a greater impact on her.

Gu Shenwei didn't plan to help, if the lotus girl didn't break through this barrier, she wouldn't be able to survive in the stone castle at all, and she wouldn't be a helper for Huan Nu.

The lotus girl made a move at an intersection, using the word "Huan" sword.

She only hesitated slightly in the first move, the first guard had not yet fallen, the second sword had already stabbed out, like flowing water, and Gu Shenwei, who was hiding in the shadows, did not only applaud in his heart.

It is a pleasure to watch the swordsmanship of the "Book of the Dead", so that the person with this set of swordsmanship seems to be in danger forever, every sword is to survive to the death, kill the enemy when the counterattack is close in front of you, let the people who don't understand a handful of sweat in the palms of the hand, let the people who understand sincerely admire.

Without the will to die, no one can have the courage to use this kind of swordsmanship.

The four guards fell to the ground in an instant, and Mr. Guo was smart and made a mistake at the last moment, "I have served the king for more than ten ......"

He was killed by the lotus girl after only half a sentence, and he didn't understand, just because he was a close confidant of King Dubu, he was destined to die on this night.

The process of untying the knot in the lotus girl was much smoother than Gu Shenwei's, and when Gu Shenwei helped her clean up the aftermath, she could still feel the murderous aura on her body that had not completely dissipated.

The Lotus Girl was more like a natural killer than him, Gu Shenwei couldn't help but think that as early as the first time they met, she had already shown the characteristics of a ruthless killer, and she hadn't even held a real knife at that time.

The two of them drew their narrow knives, stabbed each sword wound to cover up the small and unique wound, and then cut off Mr. Guo's head and went to the inner house.

The drums of the fourth watch have just sounded, and in another hour the early risers will find the corpses in many parts of the fort, the old and mature will pretend to turn a blind eye, and the inexperienced young people will be startled until they have been taught a lesson by their acquaintances, and all the corpses will disappear before the third pole of the day.

Gu Shenwei and the Lotus Girl were the first to come back to restore their lives, which made Madame Meng very satisfied, and left the two in the hall to serve as temporary shadow guards, so one was hidden in a corner of the ceiling, and the other was hidden in the shadow behind the column.

The people around Mrs. Meng are getting more and more little by little.

Shangguan Yu came, and he guarded Mrs. Meng with a knife and served as a personal guard.

A big girl ring who knows words and hyphenation hides in the ear room, a desk is placed in front of her, covered with paper, two small girl rings are waiting, Mrs. Meng gives an order at any time, the big girl ring immediately writes it down, gives it to Mrs. Meng to take a look, and then hands it over to another girl ring to stamp the golden seal of the king.

This is how Gu Shenwei and the Henu assassinated Mr. Guo came about, which made the two deeply uneasy, Mrs. Meng's courage has reached the point of madness, if the Dubu King does not admit it afterwards, all the people involved will not escape punishment.

The sixth young grandmother, who was also from the Meng family, stood at the entrance of the station, leading several women, who were responsible for pagering.

Shangguan Ru became more active than his brother Shangguan Fei, and even began to help his mother make a plan to assign manpower, running between the main hall and the ear room to pass the paper.

More and more people heard the news, more and more people gathered inside and outside the hall, everyone who came back from the mission, Mrs. Meng no longer arranged the next task, nor did she let them leave, let them all stay in the rooms around the main hall, when the room was not enough, the people who came back to their lives could only stand in the courtyard, a handful of people from east to west, silently with eye contact, no one spoke.

Huan Nu and Henu are not the only teenagers to be used, in fact, a considerable part of the first batch of killers sent by Lady Meng are people from the Xiaoqi Camp, and the fate of these teenagers has long been tied to the twins.

Staying in the main hall, Gu Shenwei slowly understood Mrs. Meng's entire plan.

Mr. Guo regards Shangguan Hongye's mother and son as chess pieces, and he himself is also a chess piece in the hands of others, so Mrs. Meng doesn't take him seriously, she plans to cut the grass and eradicate the roots this time, and the goal is directly aimed at the young master Shangguan Chui.

The feud between Shangguan Chui and Mrs. Meng has a long history and is deep-rooted.

Shangguan Chui's position was once very stable, and everyone regarded him as the natural successor, but after the women of the Meng family entered the castle, all this slowly changed.

Madame Meng's control of Dubu Wang was unexpected, Shangguan Fa met all the needs of this young lady, never dismissed, when the twins were born, the favor was even more unsurpassed, and gradually threatened Shangguan Chui's position, he found that the originally obedient and polite younger brothers betrayed one by one and threw themselves into the new lady.

Like all young and powerful heirs, Shangguan Chui began to feel jealous and a little anxious.

Mrs. Meng co-opted the second young master, the sixth young master, and the eighth young master, who were dissatisfied with her eldest brother, and used her unique power in the inner house to buy a large number of slaves and miscellaneous servants.

Shangguan Chui was finally defeated by a few inconspicuous miscellaneous servants.

In order to eliminate the anxiety in his heart, the eldest young master secretly begged for witchcraft, thinking that he was unaware of ghosts, and he couldn't hide the miscellaneous servants who cleaned up the garbage.

Mrs. Meng got this information a few years ago, but she kept her guard and took out a large amount of gold and silver, so that the miscellaneous servants could continue to collect clues.

This is one of the many tricks that Madame Meng has gathered, and she is waiting for the perfect moment.

The information provided by the Dutch girl made Mrs. Meng have to act in advance.

Dubu King Shangguan Fa has a long-standing superstition, thinking that he will have ten sons, which is a symbol of good fortune, in order to make up this number, he will treat his youngest daughter as a boy, Shangguan Ru's favor is mostly derived from this.

If the twins become the young master, Mrs. Meng's power will increase greatly, which also means that the power of the big young master's side will be weakened.

She once had an affair with her husband's brother, and gave birth to a son, Shangguan Hongye, when her husband was still there, she didn't dare to speak out, and when her husband died, Mrs. Meng was already in the inner house with one hand to cover the sky, and she didn't dare to say it, so Shangguan Fan never knew that he had an illegitimate child.

The Yang family informs the eldest young master, hoping to get his support and correct Shangguan Hongye's name, so that she will no longer endure a bleak life.

Shangguan Chui and Mr. Guo immediately understood that this was a great opportunity, Shangguan Hongye was not dangerous to the young master, and supporting him could also be exchanged for loyalty, so that he could make up the number of "ten sons", which was just enough to squeeze out Shangguan Ru, so that the balance of power would be broken.

As soon as she heard the information of the Dutch girl, Madame Meng immediately understood the enemy's conspiracy and decisively took action in advance.

There was only one thing that Gu Shenwei couldn't understand, and everyone inside and outside the hall couldn't understand: where was King Dubu, and why was the seal that the king never left in the hands of Mrs. Meng?

At dawn, more important people in the castle were awakened, in a panic, each looking for their master, or running to the main courtyard of the young master, or running to the inner house, many people decided their life and death in a thought, the former loyal to Shangguan Chui temporarily decided to be loyal to Mrs. Meng, and those who had received money from the Meng family knelt at the feet of the young master.

The guards everywhere are useless, most of the official killers hide and remain neutral, and a few people become the killing weapons of both sides, so the young people of the small flag camp have the upper hand.

Madame Meng's practice of keeping all her supporters by her side was very beneficial, and in the first few hours of chaos, it was not clear who would win and who would lose, and the slightest reason could lead to a major betrayal, and the assassinations followed one after another, and the inner house was threatened seven times in a row, but none of them affected the main hall where Madame Meng was located.

Mrs. Meng's "staff" increased significantly, and at first it was all women, and slowly men gained the upper hand, and Shen Liang, the master of the knife in the Heart Washing Courtyard, was the uncle of the eighth young master, Shangguan Nu, and stood on the side of the inner house on behalf of the two uncles and nephews, becoming Mrs. Meng's most important ally.

The Washing Heart Courtyard was in charge of the punishment of Jinpeng Castle, and he knew the situation in the fort best, and he was more professional in collecting intelligence, and soon reported back the good news: Mrs. Meng's preemptive strategy was a complete victory, and the important people on the side of the young master were killed and wounded, especially the death of Mr. Guo, which was a major blow to Shangguan Chui, and he suddenly messed up his hands and feet, and issued many contradictory orders, which made his subordinates lose confidence.

Madame Meng delayed giving the final order to attack, and even her subordinates began to be anxious, they had already openly opposed the eldest young master, if they could not completely defeat the enemy, once Shangguan Chui regained power, it would inevitably lead to cruel revenge.

Madame Meng also needed an important chess piece, and among the many orders she had given, it was this that was not carried out smoothly, which made her extremely disappointed.

At three o'clock in the morning, most of the people in the stone castle woke up to find that the world had been turned upside down overnight, and most of them had no way to take refuge in one side or the other, so they could only wait in confusion.

The "chess piece" that Mrs. Meng was waiting for finally came.

Several brown-belted killers hurried into the main hall of the inner house with a man on his back, and the man was so frightened that as soon as the boys let go, he fell to the ground, shivering.

Gu Shenwei sneaked a look from behind the pillar and recognized the person who was arrested as Shangguan Hongye.

The illegitimate son of the Dubu King still couldn't run away.