Chapter 16: The Assassin in Black

It's night......

The banquet during the day did not have much impact on Su Jia, but it was the words of the Liu brothers and sisters that made Su Jia a little worried.

In the room, Su Jia opened the window and looked up at the bright moon in the sky affectionately. Today, the sky is still clear and cloudless, and the moon is still bright.

The dark corner light curtain gradually hurts, and what will be the emotion?

The cold flute lingers and blows endlessly, how much sorrow, dreams and thoughts.

The fallen flowers of the past have drifted by, rolled up tears, and changed their love.

All thoughts are exhausted with the dust, and the candlelight burns and shines on the skylight.

Su Jia took out the bamboo flute in the package around her waist again and blew it silently. The flute is tactfully and low, and while the rhythm of the music is free, it can't help but feel a little desolate, as if it is implicitly telling the unbearable memory.

Su Jia sat on the chair in front of the window, and the fluorescence of the night spilled through the window, shining on the body of this peerless beauty, showing a trace of beauty and seclusion. The sound of the flute accompanied by the moonlight constantly wanders in people's hearts, and I really don't know whether it is joy or pain......

"Knock, knockβ€”" There was a knock on the door.

Su Jia immediately stopped playing the flute, and said in a short and powerful voice: "Who?"

"It's me, Xiao Tian. I only heard Xiao Tian's voice outside the door.

As soon as Su Jia heard that it was Xiao Tian, she got up and went to open the door. "Squeak-", the door opened. Su Jia saw Xiao Tian and said with a smile: "Oh, it's Ah Tian, what's the matter at such a late hour?"

Xiao Tian said: "Miss Su's flute is so good, I came to listen to Miss Su play the flute." ”

"How's your body?" asked Su Jia suddenly.

"What's going on?" Xiao Tian didn't seem to understand.

"It's daytime today...... Su Jia continued, "After drinking for the first time, are you okay?"

"Oh!" Xiao Tian suddenly realized, "At the beginning, I was a little dizzy, but now it's much better......"

"Really?" Su Jia continued, "Then you come in!"

So, Xiao Tian sat aside and said, "Miss Su, your flute sound is really good, I didn't expect Miss Su that you not only have strong martial arts, but also know a lot about music." ”

Su Jia slowly turned her head and said to Xiao Tian, "Ah Tian, are you really very willing to listen to me play the flute?"

Xiao Tian replied with a smile: "Yes, didn't I just say it, I came to listen to Miss Su play the flute tonight!"

At this time, Su Jia's eyes suddenly became a little sad, and she seemed to be caught in painful memories. She whispered to herself, "They used to say that...... so quietly, so that only Su Jia could hear it.

"What?" Xiao Tian naturally didn't hear clearly, and asked suspiciously.

"Oh, it's nothing......" Su Jia's eyes immediately changed, and said kindly, "Since you want to hear it, then I'll blow it to you......"

So, Su Jia sat in front of the bed and played the flute with her eyes slightly closed......

The sound of the flute is gentle and low, which seems to soothe people's hearts. Xiao Tian listened attentively on the side, and closed his eyes in reverie. However, because he also knew a little about music, Xiao Tian also seemed to feel a sense of desolation, as if he was pouring out his painful past. However, Su Jia once told Xiao Tian not to ask about her past, so Xiao Tian didn't say much. From time to time, Xiao Tian opened his eyes and found Su Jia's eyes closed and the appearance of holding his hand on the solo flute, and his face couldn't help but blush a little - Su Jia like that was so beautiful.

Xiao Tian was already intoxicated by this atmosphere...... Suddenly, there was another knock on the door of "knock, knock-", which interrupted Xiao Tian and Su Jia's thoughts, and the two of them woke up at the same time and asked, "Who?"

I only heard the voice outside the door: "It's me, Liu Duan, is Brother Xiao here, Miss Su?"

"He's ...... me," Su Jia said, "come in!"

"Squeak-" As soon as the door opened, Liu Duan immediately walked in.

When Xiao Tian saw it, he got up and asked, "Brother Liu, why are you here?"

"I just went to your room and found that you weren't there, thinking that you might be ......here," Liu Duan patted Xiao Tian on the shoulder and said, "I thought about it and decided to take you for a drink." ”

"Drinking?" Xiao Tian couldn't help but shout.

Liu Duan said: "That's right!"

Xiao Tian immediately waved his hand and shook his head and said, "Don't be kidding, I drank today, and my body hasn't fully brewed yet, so you took me to ...... this big night."

Liu Duan pulled Xiao Tian over and said, "Hey, man, one day you have to learn to drink, tonight is a good opportunity!"

Xiao Tian was a little at a loss, and looked at Su Jia with confused eyes, only to see Su Jia smile and say, "You just let him go......"

After Xiao Tian heard this, he agreed: "That...... Well, I'll go out for another drink tonight. ”

"That's right......" Liu Duan said with a smile. So, Liu Duan took Xiao Tian out of the Spring Building, while Su Jia was still playing the flute alone in the guest room......

Although night has fallen, you can still occasionally see a few patrolling soldiers walking down the street. Xiao Tian and Liu Duan came to a relatively remote small restaurant, where they planned to drink.

Liu Duan said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, give us a pot of wine!"

The shopkeeper saw the two of them, sorted out the towel and said, "Objective, are you still out to drink after ordering this?"

Liu Duan said: "This is also no way, the other larger wine stalls have already closed, so I have to come here." ”

The shopkeeper said, "All right, but ...... Don't drink too much at such a late hour, or you'll ......"

Liu Duan thanked him: "Thank you for the kindness of the shopkeeper, we just drink a pot, it's not a big problem." ”

The shopkeeper replied, "That's good, it's going to be closed here anyway...... so the shopkeeper dragged his tired body and poured a pot of wine for the two.

Xiao Tian and Liu Duan began to drink, but this time they did not use a bowl as they did during the day, but a cup.

Xiao Tian took a sip and said, "Hey, don't say it, Brother Liu, after the first drinking experience, the second time it was not so good." ”

"Yes, I have said a long time ago, drinking wine is a very simple thing......," Liu Duan said, "like the crowd gathering in the daytime, a big bowl of dry wine, that is heroic, and like being alone at night chanting poetry and drinking a small glass of wine, that is leisurely." Therefore, drinking alcohol can be regarded as one of life's great pleasures. ”

Xiao Tian drank another glass of wine and said: "Miss Su told me to drink alcohol to eliminate my sorrows, and Brother Liu, you told me to drink wine to taste life, it seems that this drinking is also a kind of knowledge, but also a kind of attitude towards life......"

Liu Duan also drank a glass and said, "You said Miss Su...... I think she's probably had a lot of hardships in her life, that's why she said that......"

"Now I can't figure out Miss Su's thoughts......" Xiao Tian shook his head, and then said to Liu Duan, "It's you, Brother Liu, I don't know how you are living in Liusha Town?"

Liu Duan poured another glass, paused, shook the small wine glass, and then said, "To be honest, Brother Xiao, I'm tired of life here......"

"Tired?" Xiao Tian said in surprise.

"Yes!" Liu Duan continued, "especially when working under Zhu Qiyang or Liu Jinquan, I even feel disgusted with their behavior and character. I originally opened an armory shop in Liusha Town, and then I happened to meet a disciple of Mingjian Villa who came from Dadu to transport darts. Because I was kind to them in an accident, they gave them the 'Splitting Knife Leg' martial art in return. Later, after Liusha Town was divided into two factions, the east and the west, by Zhu Qiyang and Liu Jinquan, it can be said that the people here are not happy. They looted the people's wealth on a large scale, and the people could be said to be in deep trouble. Later, they tried to blackmail me into joining their 'bandits', but because my martial arts skills were very poor, I had to be forced to agree. And the government here is not controlled, and there are not many righteous factions nearby, Zhu Qiyang and Liu Jinquan are the 'first sword' and 'shadowless sword' that everyone on the rivers and lakes has heard of, plus Liu Jinquan's master is Lu Huan, one of the four saints of martial arts, everyone can't do anything about him, and the people hate him to the bone......" said and said, his eyes were a little wet red.

Xiao Tian listened, and his heart was quite touched, he never thought about what it was like to live in an oppressed environment, he had been here for more than a year, and it was far less than Liu Duan's suffering. So, Xiao Tian asked again: "Then is Brother Liu ready to do anything next?"

Liu Duan drank wine and said to himself: "If there is a savior hero who can stand up and save the people of Liusha Town, it will be the best......"

Seeing Liu Duan's appearance, Xiao Tian no longer had anything to say, so he also drank with his head down......

In less than half an hour, the two of them drank the pot of wine on the table, and then walked out of the tavern one after another. Since Xiao Tiancai had just started to learn to drink, half a pot of wine made him already a little drunk. The two walked on the road, Xiao Tian spoke freely, and told Liu Duan his life experience and experience without reservation. Liu Duan listened, held Xiao Tian's shoulder and said: "It turns out that Brother Xiao still has such a bumpy experience, for more than a year, I'm afraid the days of wandering in a foreign land and sending people under the fence are not comfortable......"

Xiao Tian raised his head and said: "It doesn't matter if you send people under the fence, what I'm most afraid of is loneliness...... Being alone and having no one to stole back to you is what it feels like to be alone!"

Liu Duan responded: "Then what do you think is not lonely?"

Xiao Tian replied: "At least one person can be by your side at all times, and then the two people can help each other and care for each other...... You can talk to each other when you're happy, and you can share it with each other when you're in pain......"

Liu Duan asked again: "Then Brother Xiao, is this person in your mind a man or a woman?"

Xiao Tian said: "Being able to care about each other is to be very friends, it doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman......" Because Xiao Tian was a little drunk tonight, he spoke more openly, unlike the usual babbling.

In this way, the two talked while walking, and they were happy......

In the middle of the night, the people patrolling the streets packed their things and prepared to go home. Xiao Tian and Liu Duan were still walking forward, and found that there were two patrols in front of them who were preparing to pack their things and go home.

Liu Duan said: "They went back really late today!"

Xiao Tian asked, "You mean those who patrol?"

"Yes......" Liu Duan continued, "Usually they go back very early, it seems that Liu Jinquan and Liu Gongzi let them work overtime today." ”

While the two of them were talking, suddenly, the two patrolmen in front of them turned their heads and shouted, "Who is it?"

Then two screams of "ah-" were heard, and the two patrolmen fell to the ground, and then the sound of swords being withdrawn was heard.

Seeing this, Xiao Tian and Liu Duan quickly ran over to check the situation. To their surprise, there were a dozen black-clad masked assassins standing in front of them.

Xiao Tian and Liu Duan were shocked at first. I saw an assassin in front of me wave his wrist, as if ordering one person to kill Xiao Tian and Liu Duan. Then the other nine took a light step and jumped off the eaves - it seemed that they had an urgent and top-secret mission.

"Oh no, I didn't bring a sword today!" Xiao Tian panicked.

Liu Duan said to Xiao Tian: "What should I do?"

Xiao Tianzhuang boldly said: "What can I do? kill him!"

"But their light skills are so good, they must be professional killers...... Liu Duan worried.

"Anyway, the two of us treat him one, I'm afraid of him!" Xiao Tian, who drank tonight, also improved his courage a lot.

The black-clothed assassin on the opposite side didn't say a word, drew his sword, stood on tiptoe, and flew straight towards the two. The masked man was extremely fast, and in the bright moonlight, his sword body flashed with a sharp cold light.

Xiao Tian saw that it was surging and went up with a move to "turn the stars and move the stars", trying to push the opponent's sword path away. The masked man's sword met Xiao Tian's "Dou Zhuan Xing Shift", and the sword path really made a slight deflection - which made the masked man really surprised. But the masked man's reaction and speed were very fast, and after this sword missed, another sword slashed horizontally, as if it was going to take Xiao Tian's head. Fortunately, Xiao Tian reacted quickly enough, bending down and ducking to dodge. After the masked man split the air again, Xiao Tian wanted to launch a counterattack, taking advantage of the masked man's imbalance in the air, a move "Demon Fist" went up to the opponent's waist. Who knew that the masked man's reaction was too fast, only to see him roll over in mid-air, and Xiao Tian's "Demon Fist" hit the air. And the momentum of the "Demon Fist" was already great, and after Xiao Tian's punch was empty, the whole person also leaned forward, facing the enemy with his back. The masked man found a flaw in the air, and when he followed his heel, he kicked Xiao Tian in the back. With this kick, Xiao Tian was kicked to the ground and slipped a long way.

Then, the masked man landed steadily, raised his sword again, and prepared to stab at Xiao Tian. At this time, I suddenly heard Liu Duan shouting: "Brother Xiao, I'll help you!" After speaking, an arrow rushed forward.

Seeing this, the masked man turned around and pointed the finger at Liu Duan again. After Liu brought it up, one side leg swept over. The masked man didn't know that this was a "cleaver leg", but just blocked it with his hand. Who knew that Liu Duan's legs were quite powerful, and the masked man accidentally deviated to one side. Immediately after that, Liu Duan slashed across his leg again, but this time the masked man was ready and grabbed his leg with his left hand. Liu Duan was taken aback, his leg was not small, but it was easily grabbed by the masked man with one hand, which showed that these black-clothed assassins were all masters. But Liu Duan didn't stop there, his right foot forcefully disengaged the opponent's left hand, and then the whole person rose into the air, and a "spinning flying kick" kicked directly at the masked man's head. But this time, the masked man grabbed Liu Duan's left leg again, and he grabbed it even more firmly, and Liu Duan couldn't move in the air.

The masked man let out a wicked laugh and suddenly raised his sword, intending to chop off Liu Duan's leg. Seeing this, Liu Duan tried his best, but he couldn't pull it away. The masked man slashed with his sword, and he was about to cut Liu Duan's leg, but suddenly, Xiao Tian, who didn't know when he got up, rushed over and swept the masked man's sword away with a move of "Dou Zhuan Xingxing", and the masked man's sword flew out of his hand. Taking advantage of the masked man's inattention, Liu Duan pulled his left foot away from the masked man's hand, and kicked his right foot towards the masked man's shoulder. Seeing this, the masked man suddenly gathered all his strength, Liu Duan's kick on it did not feel anything, and both of them only took a few steps back.

Xiao Tian stabilized Liu Duan and said, "Brother Liu, let's go together!"

"Good!" replied Liu Duan.

So after standing firm, Xiao Tian and Liu Duan drove up side by side. But they didn't expect that the masked man's martial arts were indeed strong, and they saw the masked man turn over in the air, and kicked Liu Duan and Xiao Tian with one foot on the left and right. Xiao Tian and Liu Duan were overwhelmed by this sudden blow, and both of them suffered heavy blows in the chest, flew backwards, and then fell to the ground.

The masked man let out another wicked laugh, picked up the sword on the ground, flew over, and prepared to stab Xiao Tian and Liu Duan, who had no time to get up......

"Whoosh-bang", a bright light flashed, and a sword light hit the masked man's sword through a powerful internal force. The masked man felt that Shi Jian's internal strength was profound, so he stepped back a few times.

It turned out that Liu Jinquan and his patrol had arrived, and when they heard the screams and fights, they rushed over. At that moment, it was one of the swords in the "Shadowless Divine Sword" cast by Liu Jinquan that flew from afar through a powerful internal force.

After the masked man stood firm and held the sword, he only heard Liu Jinquan shouting from the opposite side: "'Shadowless Divine Sword' Liu Jinquan is here, what kind of thief dares to spread wild here?"

The masked man deeply felt Liu Jinquan's deep internal strength and exquisite swordsmanship, so he turned around and ran quickly in the direction of their large army. The masked man's light work was very good, and before Liu Jinquan could react, he disappeared from everyone's sight.

After seeing the assassin leave, Liu Jinquan's men helped Xiao Tian and Liu Duan, who were still in shock. Liu Jinquan asked, "What happened?"

Xiao Tian stood firm and said, "There are ten black-clothed masked assassins, and they seem to be going to complete some secret mission. Brother Liu and I can't beat one of them, it seems that these ten people are all top masters, I don't know what the purpose of their trip is...... It's not good, they ran in the direction of Miss Su, Miss Su is in danger!" Remembering that the direction of those black-clothed assassins just now was Chunyi Tower, Xiao Tian felt that Su Jia was in danger, so he hurriedly ran back.

"Hey, Brother Xiao......" Seeing Xiao Tian running over in a hurry, Liu Duan shouted and followed.

Seeing this, Liu Jinquan also ordered his men to go with him......

Spring Building......

Su Jia was still playing the flute alone in her room. She looked out the window with her eyes and looked affectionately at the street at night. Slightly, her eyes wrinkled slightly, she sighed deeply, and then slowly put the flute back into the package around her waist. She turned her head and looked at the broken candle on the table again, her eyes slightly melancholy, perhaps she was caught up in her painful memories again......

Suddenly, the candlelight on the table shook violently, and Su Jia seemed to sense something, and turned around and jumped to the side of the bed. Sure enough, a needle-shaped concealment flew into the house through the window and stuck it in the opposite wall. Su Jia calmed down for a while, took out the short knife from her waist, and was ready to fight at any time......

Suddenly, a masked black-clothed assassin flew into Su Jia's room, and when he saw Su Jia beside the bed, he stabbed straight away with a sharp sword, extremely fast. But Su Jia didn't panic, and the whole person rolled over and rolled to the opposite side. Seeing this, the masked man turned around extremely quickly, and another sword whistled through, stabbing Su Jia in the throat. But Su Jia was still calm, her head was slightly sideways, and then she took a small reincarnation of the right hand of the sword, blocking the sword. Not only that, Su Jia also exerted an internal force on the knife and buckled the masked man's sword, making it impossible for the masked man to break free. Then, Su Jia raised her left hand and prepared to point the masked man's acupoint.

At this moment, there was a loud bang, and a big hole was broken in the tile ridge of Su Jia's room, and another black-clothed assassin swooped down from the roof to Su Jia. There was no way, Su Jia held a short knife in his hand, so he had to temporarily back down. This turned into two against one, and the two masked men raised their swords to attack Su Jia, one left and one right. Su Jia's knife handle turned, and suddenly passed under the two masked people, and then slashed hard, only to hear a sharp knife sound, the swords in the hands of the two masked men broke into two at the same time, Su Jia stood firm on the opposite side, and turned to face the two. Seeing that their weapons were gone, the two masked men suddenly raised their right hands and shot several silver needles forward. But Su Jia's eyes were quick, he stood on tiptoe, his body soared into the air and spun in mid-air, and then he held the knife in his right hand, a big reincarnation, blocking all the silver needles. Before it was over, Su Jia shook the knife again, and all the silver needles flew in the opposite direction. After a while, I saw the two masked men glare, both of them hit their own silver needles, and then fell to the ground.

Su Jia won, in such a small space, he can be quick with his eyes and hands, Su Jia's martial arts are indeed high.

After a while, Su Jia heard that there were still people on the eaves, and seeing that he couldn't do it here, he jumped up from the big hole that had just been broken, and landed on the roof with light skills. In this way, there is a lot of space, and it is easy to stretch your hands and feet. But at this time, Su Jia noticed that eight more black-clad masked assassins surrounded her. Su Jia clenched the handle of the knife with her right hand, and did not dare to slack off for a moment.

After surrounding Su Jia, a masked man said coldly: "It seems that those two people have been killed by you just now......

Su Jia also said coldly: "Sure enough, it's your ......"

The masked man said again, "Long time no see, little junior sister!"

Su Jia leaned sideways and said, "Hmph, since I left, you have to sneak attack me almost every once in a while, it seems that your eyeliner is quite hidden......"

The masked man said again: "My little junior sister, you should go back with us obediently! In fact, the head of the family misses you very much, and he will not kill you if you go back, he loves you very much and treats you as if you were his own daughter......

"Shut up!" Su Jia scolded loudly, "Don't mention that man to me, I said that one day I will definitely kill him with my own hands!"

After hearing this, the masked man threatened: "The teacher's life is hard to resist, if the little junior sister is unwilling to go back with us, then we will have to use force......"

Su Jia closed her eyes and said, "I have drawn a line with you, except for the two men I swore to kill, I don't want to kill anyone again, you guys go......"

"Could the two men you are talking about be the head and the ......?" the masked man continued.

"That's enough!" Su Jia suddenly opened her eyes and said, "I said I didn't want to kill you, but if I insist on not going...... I'm going to kill you all!" Su Jia's words were intimidating, suffocating in the quiet night, and this peerless beauty's eyes were full of murderous aura at this time.

The eight masked men didn't listen, and after a period of silence, with the order of "kill-" land, the eight of them attacked Su Jia together.

Su Jia saw that they refused to leave, so she relented. When the sharp blades of the eight people arrived, Su Jia rose into the air, and then swung his knife down quickly......

Xiao Tianzheng ran back vigorously, worried in his heart: "Miss Su, you must not have anything happen...... Soon, he came to the gate of the Spring Building.

After hearing a few sharp knife sounds on the roof of the building, he regained his calm. Xiao Tian rushed into the hall and asked the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, what's going on up there?"

The shopkeeper said in a panic: "No...... I didn't know it, but I heard a loud noise upstairs...... I wanted to show it, but then I ...... When he heard the sound of weapons again, he was very afraid, and he was ...... Didn't dare to ......."

Without waiting for the shopkeeper to finish speaking, Xiao Tian walked to the top floor without hindrance. After coming to Su Jia's door, Xiao Tian kicked the door open. He was stunned by the scene in front of himβ€”the room was a little messy, with a hole in the roof and two masked bodies lying on the ground.

Xiao Tian recognized it, it was the same group of assassins who had just attacked him and Liu Duan. Xiao Tian ran over to the roof and shouted, "Is Miss Su on it?" as he spoke, picking up and grabbing the tile ridge and climbing onto the roof.

After coming up from the hole, Xiao Tian was stunned again - Su Jia was standing in front of him wiping the blood from the short knife with a silk scarf, and around Su Jia, there were eight masked corpses lying horizontally.

After Xiao Tian climbed up, he slowly stood up and looked at Su Jia with curious but frightened eyes. And Su Jia was facing Xiao Tian sideways, and after wiping the blood, she threw the silk scarf aside, then put away the short knife, wrapped it again and inserted it around her waist. Xiao Tian didn't dare to talk to Su Jia again, because at this time, Su Jia's whole body was obviously showing murderous aura, and his momentum seemed to be suffocating......

Suddenly, a person flew up from downstairs - it was Liu Jinquan. Liu Jinquan was also startled when he saw it, and then calmed down and asked Su Jia, "What's the matter, Miss Su, are these masked people coming at you?"

Su Jia said slowly: "It's okay, I'm used to it......" The tone was extremely low, and I didn't know whether to say it to others or to myself.

Hearing this, Xiao Tian was even more surprised on the side. And Liu Jinquan shouted to his subordinates downstairs: "That...... Find a few people to clean up the roof!"

So in less than a while, more than a dozen officers and soldiers arrived and began to deal with the scene......

Liu Jinquan turned to Su Jia and said, "Don't worry, Miss Su, I'll immediately ask someone to help you reopen a guest room, and ...... In the future, I will ask someone to guard every pass every day, so that Miss Su doesn't have to worry about such things......"

Su Jia didn't react much, she turned around and said slowly: "Whatever you want, I want to be alone now...... I want to be alone for a while" As she spoke, she slowly went downstairs, her eyes were dead, as if there was extremely heavy pressure in her heart.

And Xiao Tian looked at Su Jia silently from the side, feeling melancholy: "These assassins came to find Miss Su on purpose, and their martial arts are so high, there must be some background." Maybe it has something to do with Miss Su's life experience, I must find a chance to find out......"

After thinking about it, Xiao Tian also went downstairs and went back to his room......