Final Chapter. 12. The embankment of a thousand miles
After entering the city, the two brothers stayed in an inn in the East China Sea on the edge of the coastline. They had a steaming meal, then went back to their rooms for a hot bath; After inviting the iron-skinned shaver on the street to clean his head and face, he went to the street to buy two sets of clothes at random, and then went back to his room to rest.
They planned to visit the "sea crosser" who had his hands and eyes open to the sky after dawn the next day.
After Shen returned to the room, he pushed open the window, and the sea breeze with a faint smell of sea fish rushed into the room, which relieved his tense nerves along the way, and the feeling of sleepiness and exhaustion also hit him like a mountain and a sea; I casually pushed the window up, lay down on the slightly damp bed, and slowly fell into a deep sleep......
In the dream, countless women's faces flew in front of him; The head in front is Li Xuanyu, Lin Siwei, as well as Li Le'an, Yan Shuqing and other bloody relatives and close friends; The women in the back are all old people who have had some dealings with him or have been dead for a long time.
The owners of these heads are either very familiar or have only one side, and their age, appearance, status and status are also very different, and even the makeup style has its own merits! The only thing that is the same is that the expressions are all the same sluggish and rigid, and even faintly covered with a layer of frost!
Shen Gui is not afraid of heads, nor is he afraid of demons; He just felt a little strange, and after taking a few steps forward, he wanted to reach out and touch Lin Siwei's cold face, which had already revealed a little old......
Rustle rustle......
In an instant, there was a faint sound like skin rubbing sand and dust from the originally silent hanging head; Shen Gui looked fixedly, and saw the heads of those women behind the mist, and at this time, they all cracked a bloody mouth! From their dark throats, countless three-petaled strange tongues covered with flesh thorns poked out, and they quickly enveloped themselves......
Shen Gui was immediately awakened by the nightmare, and a cold sweat had already penetrated the futon that was already carrying a little sea tide; He stretched out his hand to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, and wanted to get out of bed to push open the window and breathe in the fresh sea breeze, but suddenly there was that very familiar voice in his ears!
Rustle rustle......
Shen Gui immediately distinguished, this voice was exactly the same as what he heard in his dream! He immediately stopped his thoughts and continued to act as if he was still immersed in a nightmare, rubbing his face repeatedly with his hands, and his breathing became rapid and irregular; To anyone, this is a standard reaction to a nightmare.
After a few strokes, he let out a long sigh and stretched his arms high to open his waist; Then he opened his mouth and yawned loudly, and then lifted the corner of the quilt with his left hand, apparently planning to get out of bed for a glass of water, or to get up all night......
Shen Gui lifted the quilt back with his left hand, and after turning around, the extra-long Spring Rain Sword had been quietly pulled out of its scabbard; He muttered "almost scared Lao Tzu to death" to cover up some noise that might have occurred; Once the sword is completely out of its scabbard, the left hand holding the sword will stab it under the bed!
The sword had just pierced through the bed and stabbed a black-clad masked night walker. The man slipped out of the bed with a "swish", and then went straight to the wide open window without looking back; Shen Gui turned his long sword and was about to get up to chase the thief, but he saw the other party raise his hand and shoot out a cloud of dust; Because he couldn't figure out where the enemy was coming, Shen Gui's movements were naturally blocked by the dust, and the other party took this opportunity to quickly jump out of the window and soon disappeared into the vast night......
Now Shen Gui has given birth to a pair of night eyes, and he can clearly see the thin night walker, fleeing into the distance, while pinching his bleeding left arm vigorously to avoid leaving blood stains on the beach......
"Hey...... Persistent, there's no need to poke the heart......"
After Shen Guishu finished counting himself, he waved his hand and threw the oil lamp on the table out of the window, continued to roll over to bed, and fell asleep.
Dreamless all night.
At dawn the next day, he stopped Qi Yan, who wanted to eat at the inn, and dragged him to a snack stall near the dock of the inn. After ordering two large bowls of fish and meat dumplings from the stall owner, he told Qi Yan lightly about the whole story of his attack last night.
In fact, this assassination attempt is not complicated, and there is nothing that cannot be figured out. The whereabouts of the two brothers, although they have not entered the government's field of vision for the time being; But the gossip spread by word of mouth among the people in the rivers and lakes must be faster than that of the government. As for the killer who was wounded in the left arm yesterday, although it is not clear who was employed; But his assassination of Shen Gui was certainly not an accident that started on the spot.
There was no problem with the food they had yesterday and the hot water for bathing; However, the clothes I bought were stained with some incense powder made from dried mandala flowers and ground and blended. Of course, the powder itself is non-toxic and harmless, and only gives people a slight sense of intoxication, as well as auxiliary effects such as rapid heartbeat. If you change to the common common colors on the market, the intoxicating effect is not as obvious as a glass of wine. Many party veterans or top brands in Qinglou usually use this thing to mix sachets to confuse the "prey" in their eyes.
Shen Gui also smelled this smell at that time, and he was very aware of all the effects of this thing; But this is an ordinary spice after all, and he only regarded it as a marketing means for ready-to-wear shops with lavender, and did not take it to heart; As for the oil from the oil lamp in the room, it was just adding some soothing spices, and Shen Gui naturally didn't take it to heart. But how can he know that although these two things are common things on the market, after the combination of the two, they will immediately amplify the effect of catalyzing both sides; As a result, Shen Gui fell into a nightmare unconsciously.
But Mr. Killer, who was half lucky and half unlucky, obviously did not estimate the individual differences in this drug; He never thought that the nightmare that was triggered by the exclusive secret recipe of the Ghost Hand Gate would only entangle Shen Gui for less than a quarter of an hour!
All the old rivers and lakes who have a certain amount of experience in the rivers and lakes have a common problem when they sleep outside; Either the facial features are outward, lying on the side and sleeping; Either you have your back facing the sky, but you can bend your legs and knees, and step on the bed board with the soles of your feet. The benefits of cultivating these two sleeping postures are also obvious: if a bad guy sneaks up while he is asleep, then the moment he perceives it, he can quickly get up and meet the attacking enemy.
So the killer judged that the moment when Shen Gui fell into the nightmare entanglement started from the moment he flattened his feet; However, people who have just sunk into a dream are still very sensitive to the surrounding environment, so all experienced killers will choose to attack after the other party is asleep!
It's a pity that even though his overall plan is leaky, he finally got a successful result, and the problem actually only appeared in a very small accident!
In fact, from the fact that he sneaked into the room from the window and Shen Gui couldn't notice it, it has been proved that the incense of the ghost hand door has its own uniqueness; However, the bad thing was that the place where he had laid an ambush in advance was the remains of an abandoned sailboat not far from Shen Gui's room.
In order to wait for Shen to return to the room, he has been hiding in the dilapidated cabin, waiting for the lights to turn on in the room; Although he didn't encounter any kraken water monsters, on top of the waist scarf of the night coat, he unexpectedly climbed up to a little guy. Anyone who lives in the coastal area must have seen this little thing. Some people call it a sea cockroach, and some call it a sea maggot; All in all, this thing is a small bug with a heavy carapace and a dozen legs. And this little thing usually lives by the sea and lives on all kinds of carrion omnivorous.
The few pairs of forefeet of this little thing had just been put on this person's waist scarf, and they were brought into Shen Gui's guest room by this ghost hand man who came and went like the wind.
Shen Gui has shown his strength in the recent period, and his reputation has resounded throughout the entire Huayu Continent! The story of the young hero who dominates the world and travels the world with two beauties is simply full of rivers and lakes. Whether it is the beauty of Li Le'an, the lord of Dongyou, and Yan Shuqing, the eldest princess of Youbei; Shen Gui Shen Wangye, who has been instructed and trained by many famous teachers, has already been painted by countless people in the rivers and lakes, and the boasting is mysterious and mysterious!
The killer took his bug friend and hid under Shen Gui's bed; And Shen Gui was also in a nightmare at this time, and he didn't notice this uninvited guest; But Mr. Sea Cockroach, who somehow hitched a ride, was a little unhappy.
It is the name of the man and the shadow of the tree; Even the sleeping Shen Gui looks no different from an ordinary young man, but how can there be a vain under the fame? Although this ghost hand sect man thought that the assassination plan had entered the final stage, because the pressure of Shen Gui's words was too great, his heart still inevitably beat wildly!
Feeling the fluctuations of the killer's body, the sea cockroach swayed its fourteen small thin legs angrily, and slowly began to move its body; The sound of insects crawling over the fabric was very soft, and the ghost hand men who were filled with heartbeats and wheezing sounds in their ears were of course deaf; But for Shen Gui, this kind of sound of knowing Suosuo was extremely abrupt!
Fortunately, the people of the Ghost Hand Gate also judged that Shen Gui should not wake up at this time, and they had already taken precautions in their hearts; This can barely twist his body in the moment of life and death; It was precisely with this little change in angle that he dodged the Spring Rain Sword that contained a faint halo and went straight to his heart!
As the target of assassination, although Shen Gui was a little confused, he had long been mentally prepared to be an enemy of the world; So for this matter, he just told it as a story with Qi Yan, reminding him to pay attention to closing the door when he slept, and he didn't take it to heart at all!
However, last night, when Shen Gui was awakened by the sound of insect feet skimming the fabric, the seven oil lamps engraved with Shen Gui's name in the Qin Tiansi of Beiyan actually extinguished one out of thin air again!