Chapter 276: Competition
The body lay on the ground, barely bloodstained.
"It's rare that you think so much about me, and the girls don't have to bother cleaning the carpet. Xiao Fengchai's expression did not move, as if the murderous scene just now, she was already used to it, she didn't know martial arts, so she wanted the Dragon King to lose her internal strength, but the assassin under the arrangement missed, "I really hope that the swordsman under my command also has skills like you." ”
She tapped lightly twice on the table, and two rickety mothers-in-law walked in and carried away the body without saying a word.
"My knife skills are not very easy to control. Gu Shenwei explained, but he didn't intend to apologize, that person actually used the nameless drug of Jinpeng Castle to sneak attack, unexpectedly the killer had already obtained immunity by taking regular rations of the drug a few years ago, Gu Shenwei only had a moment of weakness, but he had no spare strength to show mercy.
The strong have a variety of choices, and the weak only have the choice of killing and being killed.
"It's as hard to control as you are. Xiao Fengchai said with a smile, revealing a hint of provocation, which can be understood as praise, or as ridicule or ridicule.
"Tell me, what's the matter with me. Gu Shenwei did not respond to the other party's overtures, this woman has a certain temperament that may make other men obsessed, but it makes the killer vigilant, controlling and being controlled, he has suffered a lot in this regard, so he cares very much in his heart.
Xiao Fengchai's expression did not change, but the eyes that looked at the killer were more interested, "A small thing." ”
"It's a bit of a fuss to go to great lengths to come to me over a trivial matter. ”
"Hehe, it can't be counted, my people have been monitoring Lu Qiying in the South Wall Tavern, and it turned out that a strange young swordsman, Yi Rong, seemed a little nervous, so he followed from a distance, and then saw you again, he didn't know that you were the famous Snow Mountain Dragon King, until you skillfully got rid of the tracking and startled my other two subordinates, I thought, this can't be the Dragon King himself. I thought you would come last night, but I didn't expect that I, Xiao Fengchai, would also have a time when people were disappointed. ”
Unconsciously, Xiao Fengchai changed her attitude, from condescending to approachable, as if she was an old friend who had not seen the Dragon King for many years.
This is her ability, she can find the hidden feelings of the other party through the smallest details, and then adjust her attitude, only having a face can't please all men.
Gu Shenwei hadn't realized that his vigilance was lowering little by little, and by the time he woke up, his right hand had already left the hilt.
"Usually people come to me to kill someone, who do you want to kill?" he was reluctant to waste his time here, though his guard was lowered.
"The dragon king is quick to talk, but I am a little embarrassed, because I want to kill someone...... It has something to do with the Dragon King. ”
Gu Shenwei suddenly understood what was different about Xiao Fengchai, which she didn't show when they first met three years ago, and he didn't pay special attention to it.
Xiao Fengchai's eyes are more seductive than her appearance and temperament, and even more seductive than all the prostitutes in the entire Liuren Alley.
Gu Shenwei has seen a lot of prostitutes, they have their own specialties, and they have their own tricks to seduce men, but most of them belong to clumsy performances, or they are only good at a fixed expression, just like Xu Yanwei, her pitiful appearance can only fool the young children who are new to the party, and always can't keep experienced veterans.
What reveals their true emotions is their eyes, and a casual glance shows boredom with customers and a desire for money.
Xiao Fengchai can make her eyes and attitude perfectly integrated, her eyes are indifferent when she is noble, naughty when she is kind, ethereal when she is elegant, her eyes are reverent when she praises, and her eyes flow when she is teasing, every feeling seems to rise from her heart, without the slightest falsehood.
Gu Shenwei woke up at this moment, his vigilance regained, although his right hand did not regain the handle of the knife, but he had built a line of defense in his heart, and the life on the tip of the knife made him understand a truth: the master of killing not only uses a knife, the strategist uses his mouth, and the woman uses his heart.
"Shopkeeper Lu. Gu Shenwei knew the reason, but still asked, "Why did he offend you?"
"The Dragon King should know that I'm just a little woman begging for a living in the turbid world, doing some small business in the cracks, to be honest, I don't like people to compete with me, Lu Qiying probably didn't know, robbed my business, and grabbed more and more, which made me a little uncomfortable and couldn't sleep. ”
"You have a lot of masters, you don't need me. ”
"I have a master, and Lu Qiying also has it, but it's too late for me to find out, the tiger has become a problem, and if you want to get rid of it, you can only ask a master like you, the dragon king. ”
Gu Shenwei didn't squeak, Xiao Fengchai's words had a lot of loopholes, and he wanted to listen to how she explained.
Xiao Fengchai's smile was a little thicker, and there was a little grievance in his eyes, "The Dragon King doesn't believe me?"
"I have reasons not to believe it. ”
Xiao Fengchai adjusted his demeanor again, this time he looked like he was talking straightforwardly, which contained respect for the negotiation opponent, "Yes, why didn't Xiao Fengchai find Jinpeng Castle?
Xiao Fengchai asked his own question, paused for a while and then explained to himself, "I said, I found out too late for Lu Qiying, a competitor, he has almost everything I have, do you think he has no connection with Jinpeng Castle? Like all businessmen, he also has to pay a large sum of silver every month in exchange for the gods above his head to turn a blind eye. Therefore, if I ask Jinpeng Fort to kill him, I will have to pay a huge price, and I may have to bear the monthly silver on his behalf. The most important thing is that I know that Lu Qiying is doing business with the Dragon King, and I want to replace him, but I can't let Jinpeng Castle know. ”
The relationship between this woman and the various forces in Biyu City has always been a mystery, and Gu Shenwei doesn't know how much to trust her, "You're not afraid that I will die under the sword of Jinpeng Castle?"
"As long as the Dragon King is willing to cooperate with me, I guarantee that no one in Nancheng will be able to kill you, Xiao Fengchai may not know how to kill, but she knows how to protect people. Xiao Fengchai's voice looked very confident, and with this, her eyes became as sharp as a man, "Jinpeng Castle is the god of Biyu City, but it rises too high, while touching the sky, it is also far away from the ground, in Nancheng, as long as you drill deep enough, you have to avoid the eyes of the Dubu King." ”
Gu Shenwei had already figured out the details of Xiao Fengchai, and there was no need to linger any longer, so he retreated to the door, "My answer is no, and I want to remind you that if Lu Qiying dies, you will not be safe." ”
Xiao Fengchai's smile did not diminish in the slightest, as if he was still in control of victory after being rejected, "I'm not in a hurry, this is just a proposal, I hope that the Dragon King will think of my proposal first when he needs a safe hiding place in Biyu City." ”
The killer has left, Xiao Fengchai smiled and pondered interestingly, she knows more things than the Dragon King, so she believes that this meeting is not for nothing, she is always the winner.
There are not many pedestrians on the street, Gu Shenwei put on his hood and walked into the darkness, the biggest question in his heart still has not been answered, the person who followed him for the first time was not sent by Xiao Fengchai, the person who committed suicide by swallowing poison has another background, Xiao Fengchai does not know the existence of this person at all.
He walked near his lodgings, and instead of entering the alley, he jumped to the roof of the house at a great distance, like a killer on a mission, and hid on the dark side of the roof.
Xiao Fengchai still had a lot to say, but Gu Shenwei guessed some of them, such as Jinpeng Castle, which already knew that the Dragon King had infiltrated the southern city and was secretly mobilizing killers to kill him.
He understands the methods of Jinpeng Castle, and the killers usually don't search the city with great fanfare, they like to secretly find targets and then quietly take out the enemy.
This time was no exception.
After carefully going around for half a circle, Gu Shenwei found the traces of the killers.
Two groups of unknown killers hid in two houses one street away, guarding the entrance and exit of the alley, ready to be on standby, and avoiding alarms.
On the roof opposite the residence, the third killer monitors the movement in the yard, and as soon as the target appears, he will send a signal to the two partners behind, and then the two will summon all the killers and surround the house.
This was a standard assassination, and if Gu Shenwei hadn't started to investigate from the outermost part, it would have been difficult to find clues.
Gu Shenwei didn't want to startle the snake, but Chu Nanping was still in the house, and he had to rescue the young swordsman.
The two killers responsible for delivering the message had to change positions every once in a while, roughly around the target house, in such a way that they could eliminate blind spots.
After Gu Shenwei figured out the rules, he ambushed a killer in advance, pulled out his narrow knife, and waited silently.
The cat-hitched killer whispered, his eyes fixed on the moonlit dwelling, not noticing the small dark shadow behind him.
The distance was a little farther, Gu Shen rushed forward for the narrow knife, jumped up like a cat, and rushed behind the killer with a knife.
The killer's head hung on the ridge of the roof and made a slight noise, and Gu Shenwei waited for a moment to press on him, and slowly moved away.
Gu Shenwei directly touched the back of the second killer, the other party was alert, and turned around, the narrow knife was already in his hand, but he was still a little slower, and he was stabbed in the neck.
Under normal circumstances, a knife should be quickly retreated, but this time it is not possible, Gu Shenwei held the corpse, and at the same time caught the narrow knife in the opponent's hand, and helped him to lie down slowly, so as not to make too loud noise.
And the last killer in charge of surveillance, who hasn't moved for more than half a night, usually performs this kind of task by the best killers, and he has to have enough patience and sharp judgment.
Gu Shenwei didn't want to risk assassinating this master, so he went around to the back of the house, picked up three small stones from the ground, threw them at the back window, hit them twice in succession, paused for a moment, and came again.
When Chu Nanping heard the code, he quickly jumped out of the back window, and the two quickly fled into the complicated streets and alleys of Nancheng.
The watchers had already discovered the movements of the two, but the person who delivered the news was dead, and he didn't have time to summon the hidden large number of killers, alone, and he didn't want to risk chasing the dragon king, so he could only watch the target disappear.
There are still a few houses arranged by Xu Xiaoyi in Nancheng, but Gu Shenwei knows that none of them are safe, he was betrayed, and his whereabouts were exposed, just as Xiao Fengchai said, he needs a safe hiding place, and he has to drill deep enough.
Especially now, when the once-in-a-month madness was about to kick in, he had to find a secluded place to spend the six hellish hours.
(Merry Christmas to all!)