The marriage between the No. 1 killer organization and the No. 1 bandit gang in the Western Regions is destined to cause a sensation in Biyu City and spread for a long time.

Riding a horse and walking in the procession to send off relatives, Gu Shenwei was probably the only person who was not interested in the wedding itself, he had been to Biyu City once, and this time it was a revisit, but his mood was very different.

It was still two years ago, after nearly a month of hard work in the desert, the first densely populated place that the Gu family saw was Biyu City, and the first sip of water that the thirsty people drank was naturally like a jade liquid, and in the eyes of travelers, this place was tantamount to a paradise on earth.

Since the outside of the city, there have been shops and breweries, and the streets are lined with people of all colors, etc., and it is the first time that there are so many exotic people that everyone's eyes are almost not enough, and they are staring at each other one by one.

The old man Gu Lun didn't like this place, so he stopped for a while, went to the Yamen to change the Guan Wen, and set off early the next morning to continue westward to the Oasis Manor, which had already been bought hundreds of miles away.

Gu Shenwei and the two elder brothers both felt sorry for this, and the second brother muttered that he wanted to buy an orchid, and was taught a lesson by the eldest brother, but he himself stared intently at the beautiful woman on the street, and almost fell off his mount.

The second brother saved a lot of private money and secretly hid it under the bed, just so that one day he could come to Biyu City again to buy a fair-skinned and big-eyed beauty.

The procession entered the city through the west gate and marched through the streets with great fanfare, and the streets were crowded with onlookers, all bowing down and many scattering incense flowers on the ground, and this marriage between a killer and a robber was treated like a royal courtesy.

In Biyu City, the sword is the crown.

Jinpeng Fort is located on the top of the high mountain outside Biyu City, the only passage is a "zhi" shaped mountain road, the starting point of the mountain is the north gate of Biyu City, from a distance, the castle on the mountain is like the palace of the emperor, and the city under the mountain is its gateway and the first line of defense.

There are also houses on both sides of the mountain road, although not as dense as in the city, but they are by no means desolate, and the doors and walls of every house are decorated, specially to add joy to the marriage of Jinpeng Castle, in fact, most of these families have various connections with Jinpeng Castle, and they all rely on Dubu Wang to settle down and start a business.

As the mountains rise, the temperature gradually decreases, and even in the middle of summer, there is a slight coolness.

Anyone who approaches Jinpeng Fort for the first time will be amazed that there is no place at the bottom of the mountain that holds the castle a stunningly isolated peak, surrounded on all sides by an abyss, with only a stone beam more than a foot wide connected to the mountain road.

There is no protection on both sides of the stone beam, walking on it and looking down, only to see the clouds and mist, not hearing a sound, making people shaky, dare not look at it for a long time.

When they passed the stone beams, everyone dismounted and walked, and no one dared to take any chances, and if the animals that sat down were frightened, they would be crushed to pieces.

Anyone who walks through this narrow stone beam dozens of steps long with trepidation is hard not to feel awe of the castle in front of them.

In front of the gate of Jinpeng Fort is a vast open space, all paved with bluestone, some of which have been damaged, showing the castle's age.

The walls are also made of boulders, the height is unequal, and the staggered ones are scattered, but the lowest ones are also three or four zhang, and the top is full of arrow stacks and towers, and countless flags go straight into the clouds.

Such a fortress is really a fortification, as long as there is enough grain and grass inside, no one can break through it from the outside.

Gu Shenwei believed more and more in the existence of the divine will, and only because of this could he enter the interior of Jinpeng Castle by mistake.

The castle gates opened, and the crowd of brides stood at the door.

Gu Shenwei thought that he could see the legendary Dubu King Shangguan Fa, but he was disappointed, except for Shangguan Nu, he didn't see other Shangguan family members, and he didn't even witness the scene of the husband and wife worshipping the church.

Ten pairs of boys and girls, like the innumerable dowry, were now the property of the Shangguan family, and as soon as they entered Jinpeng Castle, someone took over the distribution.

The virgin was the personal servant of the new grandmother and was sent to Shangguan Nu's courtyard, but the ten boys were sent to a small courtyard, and the lintel of the courtyard gate was engraved with the words "Salary Yard".

At this point, the wedding banquet is only the ethereal music and faint laughter for these newcomers.

The first night at Jinpeng Castle was quiet and long, and no one bothered to ask about the new possessions except for some dinner, and the ten teenagers slept in a single room, a large kang that could barely squeeze everyone out.

Lin Yang, a sharp-faced teenager, was the first to recover from the shock, the fingerprints on his face had been eliminated, and his confidence had basically recovered, which was his idea of swearing goodbye, so he proclaimed himself "big brother".

"Jinpeng Castle, do you know, this is Jinpeng Castle, even the major royal families in the Western Regions also want to sell the face of the official family, we are lucky, no, I am lucky, I will definitely be able to soar, maybe I can also get the favor of the Dubu King." To be favored in Jinpeng Fort is to be favored in the entire Biyu City. As for you, follow me honestly and learn some tricks about how to deal with people, and maybe you can mix up your appearance. Also, don't blame me for not telling you, Castle Jinpeng kills people every day, at least one, you all have to be careful. ”

Lin Yang likes to scare people and prefers to be touted, and several teenagers do what he likes, begging him to take care of him with pale faces.

Lin Yang was noisy for nearly an hour before he fell asleep contentedly, and then, the other teenagers also fell asleep one after another, Gu Shenwei closed his eyes and opened them again, he still couldn't sleep, he didn't remember the last time he had a good night's sleep.

He'd been in Jinpeng Castle, where his sister might be locked up, and he could even feel her call, and though it was too risky, it was unbearable not to investigate.

Lin Yang might still jump up and shout, there might be traps outside, but Gu Shenwei couldn't care about this, quietly got up, barefoot, and sneaked out of the room.

The courtyard is very small, there is a gate on each side of the east and west, and there is an alley outside the east gate, Gu Shenwei and others entered the courtyard from this road, the alley is deep and long, and there are guards guarding it during the day, he thought about it for a while, and decided to go to the west gate to see the situation outside.

The door was hidden, which was a good sign, but it was pitch black outside, and Gu Shenwei could barely distinguish the surrounding situation after a while of getting used to it, the ground was flat dirt, scattered with a lot of gravel, and tall trees stood not far away.

It doesn't look like it's part of Jinpeng Castle, but it looks like it's out of the fort.

It was so easy to leave Jinpeng Castle, Gu Shenwei was very surprised, and carefully groped his way forward, about thirty or forty steps, and felt that a stone slipped under his feet, and then he heard a strange sound, so he stopped, and when he looked down, he was startled!

He had already reached the edge of the cliff, and he only needed to take one more step before he would fall into the abyss, no wonder there was no one to guard it, in fact, there was no need to guard it.

The strange sound came from below, distant and faint, like the sound of stones crashing against a cliff, like some kind of shrill whistle, in the gloomy night, as if it were an echo from hell.

Gu Shenwei's hairs stood on end, slowly took two steps back, turned around and ran towards the small courtyard.

Back in the courtyard, Gu Shen was a little calm, and walked lightly to the east gate, pushed it, only to find that the door was locked, he took a few steps back, observed where he could jump out, but hit something, turned around and looked up, only to see a person looking down at him.

The man was dressed in black, masked, almost blending into the night, with his right hand near his left waist, and when he looked closely, he could recognize the hilt of the knife in his hand, silent like a ghost.

Others, like themselves, also come to explore Jinpeng Castle at night?

Gu Shenwei was surprised and delighted at first, but the experience on the edge of the cliff made his mind more alert than usual, so he didn't move or speak.

The two of them stared at each other for a long time, and the man in black finally spoke first.

"You violated the curfew. ”

Gu Shenwei's heart was cold, the man in black was not a helper, but the night watchman of Jinpeng Castle, Jinpeng Castle was solid on the outside, and it was also heavily guarded inside.

"I don't know, I just came, I, I want to pee. ”

"Eight young grandmothers?"

Gu Shenwei nodded desperately.

The man in black hesitated, his hand holding the knife tightened and loosened.

"There was a night pot in the house. ”

Gu Shenwei understood that he had just escaped death, nodded hurriedly, and ran all the way back to the bedroom, looking for the night pot, but he was too nervous, and he held back for a long time before squeezing out a little, he always felt that the night watchman was still listening outside.

Touching the soil kang, my heart is still pounding.

"No more adventures. He reminded himself secretly.

The snoring came and went, and the other teenagers slept soundly.

Gu Shenwei hadn't thought of a way to take revenge, and on the second day after entering Jinpeng Castle, he found it even more difficult to even see Shangguan Nu again.

The Wage Yard has nothing to do with storing firewood, it is a place to send the dead.

Anyone who is injured or sick in the fort, whose status is not high, and who is not worthy of treatment, will be sent to this small courtyard to wait for death, in Jinpeng Castle, there are many such people, really just like Lin Yang said, "There are dead people every day."

The daughter of the god of the big head is enjoying her honeymoon, and the ten teenagers she brings with her wake up and fall into the abyss together, and they are assigned the duty of caring for the dying.

It's one thing to watch a sword kill someone, it's another thing to touch the dead with your own hands, watch the wounds fester, and blood flowing, at the end of the day, the teenagers seem to be dozens of years old, silent and melancholy, the smell of rot in their noses lingers, and even Lin Yang is dumbfounded, and he doesn't say a word.

The steward of the Progressive Salary House was a man in his twenties, thin and weak, pale, dotted with three or two pimples, as if he had been sick for many years, and was sent to this hospital to die, but he never died, and became the "master" of the place.

The steward's surname is Han, and his name is "Machine Slave", and when he talks about his name, he grits his teeth, as if his ugly name is all the fault of the teenagers.

He always carried a three-foot-long mahogany stick in his hand, and he often said, "Only by beating the bones soft can you teach good slaves." ”

The rules of Jinpeng Fort are much stricter than those of the Iron Mountain bandits, and the first thing Han Jinu did when he took over the new slaves was to name them, the naming method was very simple, pick the words in order from the thousand-character text, and add the word "slave" after it, and the words that may be taboo and too complicated were eliminated first, and there were seven or eight hundred words left, which were used by the slaves of the past dynasties.

That's how Han Jinu's name came from.

He pulled out a roster filled with all sorts of symbols to indicate which words were working now.

"Scattered and carefree, happy to play, Qi Xie Huanzhao, well, I have used up the considerations, and there are still ten words left, just right. ”

The room where the name was given was in the small courtyard next door, and an old man with white hair and sagging skin was in charge of this work.

Even if they can't understand the Central Plains dialect, those teenagers also understand what will happen next, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to be the first to go.

"Quick, there's still a lot to do. Han Jinu urged impatiently.

Lin Yang—who would soon have a new name, "Yao Nu"—pushed Gu Shenwei beside him, so Gu Shenwei was the first to get the name and branded it on his right forearm.

Huan Nu.

It turned out to be the same word as his nickname.

The pair of brothers, the eldest is called Qi Nu, and the younger one is called Xie Nu.

The boys all have two ugly words printed on their arms, plus a bird with wings spread, which is the symbol of Jinpeng Castle.

Looking at the novice who was oozing beads of sweat on his forehead, Han Jinu was very satisfied, and even showed the words on his arm, let everyone take a look, and then put down his sleeves and said:

"You are from Jinpeng Castle, you are a servant of the king in life, and you will serve the old king when you die, but now, your life is in my hands. ”