In the summer, the slave markets in the southern city come alive.

It is said that there is not even a decent street, and countless prisoner carts are lined up face to face in a wasteland, leaving a narrow and winding passage in between, and slaves and livestock are mixed up for everyone to choose.

Many people are waiting for this annual market, the rich need clever servants, the brothels need beautiful women, the shops need capable laborers, and the needs of Jinpeng Castle are more special.

There are many sources of killer apprentices in the stone castle, one of the important ways is the slave market, every year the young masters will send people here to buy young children, first train outside for a few years, and when they are a little older, they will be sent to the stone castle, this is a key step in cultivating future forces, no one will let go, and sometimes there will be fights.

This year is much more peaceful, the tenth prince is in the limelight on the surface, controlling half of the southern city, the other young masters are all interested in avoiding it, and Gu Shenwei almost did not encounter competition when he went to buy.

For five days he would come every day to buy a variety of small slaves, and the traders knew who he was, and recommended to him the strongest and wildest children, as had been the rule of the previous years.

Like the killer, there is also a son of the Meng family who must arrive every day.

Meng Sigongzi's name is Ming Xian, if it weren't for the fact that his younger brother Meng Mingshi has been messing around too much in the past two years, covering his light, he would be the number one playboy in Biyu City.

Gu Shenwei and this Meng Sigongzi had met in Bodhi Garden, and Meng Mingxian even made fun of him, in the killer's impression, this is a warm, cheerful and good at laughing son.

Every time they met in the market, Gu Shenwei would bow down to make way, Meng Mingxian looked indifferent and didn't even move his eyelids, he rode straight over, sometimes a servant came over and said a perfunctory word, and more often even the servant didn't care about the killer.

Meng Mingxian didn't hate the killer Yang Huan, he didn't care about the grievances of his younger brother Meng Mingshi, he really didn't see the killer salute, the entire Nancheng was not in his eyes, not to mention an ordinary killer in the stone castle?

Wei Song, the governor of the city, determined that the enemy who killed his son was the Meng family, and he couldn't wait for the Central Plains forces to return to Biyu City, so he asked the killer to kill a son of the Meng family for him.

Gu Shenwei has two choices, Meng Mingxian and Meng Mingshi, both brothers love to have fun in Nancheng, and the killer weighed the result of choosing Meng Mingxian.

Killing Meng Mingshi would lead the suspicion to Kunshe's side, and Gu Shenwei's goal was to make outsiders, at least the Meng family, suspect the city governor.

In this way, Meng Mingxian became the target of assassination in a daze, but he didn't know it.

Most of the little girls who came to the slave market to purchase were about ten years old, and the Meng family had many concubines, like the killers in Shibao, mainly cultivated by their own families, but there was a saying in the market that the Meng family was ruthless, and many of the little girls they bought died, so every time he came, the dealers flocked to him, but the slaves tried their best to hide behind unkempt.

On the fifth day, the "good goods" on the market were about to run out, but Meng Mingxian still came, and picked more carefully, those who are familiar with the rules of previous years know that the fourth prince is buying "private goods" for himself.

The moment of Meng Mingxian's assassination was the time when there were the most customers in the market, and the dozens of servants and guards who hugged him could only barely separate a small area for the master, standing side by side, his face rushing out, and no idlers were allowed to approach.

Outside the arrow field, Yang Huan, the killer of the Kun Society, was bargaining with the dealers, and there were more than ten swordsmen around him, and the two groups of people saw each other.

Meng Mingxian didn't care about the surging crowd around him, he took a fancy to a little boy, his eyes lit up, and he complained about why the dealers didn't show this kind of goods earlier.

The dealer was anxious to complete this business, and he was a little puzzled by the appearance of this little slave, but he didn't show it at all, but smiled all over his face, "This is specially reserved for the fourth son." ”

The more Meng Mingxian looked at this child, the more he loved it, took out a towel, carefully wiped the mud off the slave's face, revealing a piece of white and delicate skin, and he couldn't wait to go up and bite it at that time.

The little slave seemed to be very frightened, suddenly jumped out of the car, hit Meng Sigongzi, and then quickly got under the car, he behaved very honestly at first, no one was defenseless, and let him slip in like this.

The traffickers first persuaded and then intimidated, and finally knelt on the ground themselves, trying to drag the disobedient slaves out from under the cart.

As a result, there was nothing underneath, and quietly, the child had run away.

The dealer was extremely surprised, feeling that this matter was beyond his comprehension, and stood up with difficulty, before he could figure out how to explain it to Meng Sigongzi, the smile on his face froze suddenly.

Meng Mingxian had a dagger stuck in his heart, standing still, the person was already dead.

Gu Shen took a lot of trouble to persuade Chu Nanping to do this, and the stubborn little swordsman categorically refused to be a killer, "I only protect your safety, nothing else." ”

"What if I practice ruthless swordsmanship with you?"

"Oh, that's fine. ”

Chu Nanping was a dead eye, and Gu Shen had to fully consider what the consequences of his request would be, "Help me do ten things, and then let's practice swords." ”

"Ten pieces? ”

Gu Shenwei only said one thing, and asked Chu Nanping to pretend to be a dirty little slave and enter the market, waiting for the opportunity to assassinate Meng Mingxian.

Gu Shenwei had been shopping in the market for a few days, and he already had a full understanding of Meng Sigongzi's habits.

When the market was in a mess, Gu Shenwei squeezed through the crowd to take a look, Chu Nanping's dagger stabbed very accurately, Meng Mingxian died at that time, the killer helped to find the assassin, but found nothing, the slave trader was paralyzed on the ground at that time, and swore to the sky that the little slave was not his own, who would believe him? The entourage, who was eager to find a scapegoat, beat the dealer half to death, and carried it back with the corpse to restore his life.

Gu Shenwei returned to Kunshe and waited for Xu Xiaoyi's news.

Xu Xiaoyi has been relieved from the grief of his sister's death, and began to run on the streets again, "Everyone said that Meng Sigongzi died too strangely, and as soon as Wei Gongzi left, he was killed, as if he was reluctant to be a friend." ”

That's enough, no one has publicly suspected that the assassination was instigated by the Overseer, but speculation will soon follow.

Xu Xiaoyi didn't know that Chu Nanping was the assassin, and said with a smile: "People say that the fourth son was killed by a child, I think it's a bit like you." ”

Chu Nanping wouldn't lie, so he didn't speak, and Gu Shenwei reminded: "The Meng family is dead, and the children are probably not safe, so it's better for the two of you to stay at home and not go out." ”

Xu Xiaoyi realized something, blinked his eyes, "Understood, I will protect Xiao Chu well." ”

Without his sister, the small building in Liuren Lane naturally lost its use, and Xu Xiaoyi rented another cheap house, which was very hidden.

This is not a flawless assassination, sooner or later someone will think of the little swordsman who came out of the proud building, Gu Shenwei decided to attack the city governor Wei Song as soon as possible, and shifted everyone's attention to the vendetta of the Wei and Meng families.

On the night of the second day of Meng Mingxian's death, Gu Shenwei swam across the boundary river between the north and south cities with flying claws and a short knife commonly used by swordsmen, climbed the high boundary wall, and sneaked to the north city.

Beicheng has always been quiet, but the number of people patrolling this night has increased significantly, the death of Meng Sigongzi has brought a far greater shock to Beicheng than Wei Lingmiao, the former is close at hand, the latter is far away in the sky, many rich families are sad about the death of rabbits and foxes, and they can't help but worry about their own safety.

There was no change in the Governor's Mansion, and Gu Shenwei observed in many locations, but he didn't find any hidden sentries.

This was a slightly reckless assassination, without sufficient stepping on the point in advance, Gu Shenwei had only been to the mansion once, and he didn't know much about the situation inside.

Gu Shenwei's light skills were much better than before, but he still picked at the cracks in the wall and slowly climbed up, and every step into the courtyard had to be carefully observed, the city governor should rest in the backyard, as long as he caught a live mouth, it should be easy to force out which room he was in.

As a result, Gu Shenwei was attacked in the front yard, and the sneak attacker's knife technique had an obvious Jinpeng Castle style, silently, from behind, and suddenly.

Gu Shenwei didn't have time to parry at all, so he could only jump forward, roll on the ground a few more times, and finally be able to face the sneak attacker after getting up, but the knife was forced in front of him again.

One move loses momentum, the move is behind, Gu Shenwei always can't get up in one breath, so he can only retreat step by step, and every step is full of dangers.

When the attacker slashed the ninth knife, the second knife reappeared.

Gu Shenwei could only barely dodge, but he was still stabbed in the back.

Prudence is only a principle, after abiding by it a hundred times, you can't help but violate it once, Gu Shenwei has made many mistakes, and it is not until the lesson is tragic enough that the principle will be deeply imprinted in the heart and will never be erased.

He didn't have the energy to think about it now, and there was only one thought in his mind, dodging the next knife.

One sneak attacker suddenly turned around, as if under attack, and then walked a little staggered, revealing the arrow on his shoulder when he turned, causing the other attacker to attack a little slower.

This was the only chance, Gu Shenwei finally swung his knife, parried once, breathed a sigh of relief, jumped up the wall, and fled to the east.

Strangely, the raiders in the Overseer's palace did not chase them out.

Gu Shenwei ran into a secluded alley, leaned against the wall, hid in the shadows, and didn't let the moonlight shine on him, and suddenly, his calmness disappeared, and his heart was pounding.

Those two sneak attackers were real Jinpeng Castle killers, and their sword skills were first-class, as long as they were entangled for a while, Gu Shenwei would die under the knife, and he couldn't even show half of his martial arts.

And the person who rescued him in the shadows was even more unexpected, and he could shoot the Jinpeng Castle killer, even if he had all the advantages, he had to be a great shooter.

Gu Shenwei returned to Nancheng Kunshe as quickly as possible, changed out of his night clothes, brought his sword, went out to Liuhua's house, and knocked on it.

There was no light in the house, and Liuhua appeared, dressed in full clothes, with a cold expression, and did not say a word.

This is not a clue, as a killer, he often sleeps without stripping.

"Should I thank you?"

"You should be clear. ”

Liuhua showed a trace of resistance and disgust, to say that this is his own savior, Gu Shenwei can't believe it.

"You went out tonight?"

"The Tenth Prince asked you to ask?"

Liuhua's meaning is very clear, unless there is an order from Shangguan Ru, he will not answer any questions from Huan Nu, they are equal killers.

The expression on Liuhua's face suddenly changed, and she became very angry for no reason, her face was distorted, and she was as red as blood, as if she was about to swallow the Huan slave in front of her.

Gu Shenwei immediately held the hilt of the sword, and then let it go, this night, there was no chance for him to make a move.

Liuhua fell, foaming at the mouth and stiff like a slate.

Not far away, a muffled sound came from Shangguan Ru's room, and it seemed that something had fallen to the ground.

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