In the reception, there was a lot of drinking and drinking, and dignitaries were dancing with their partners. Lin Zihan, who was the protagonist tonight, met some higher-level officials and sat on the sofa at the reception, holding a wine glass alone. Put on a show.
The red wine in the wine glass had been shaken by Lin Zihan and had lost its aroma. It was like a glass of bitter water, with only an endless sour and bitter taste.
"Why, Consultant Jia seems to be absent-minded." Yuan Tinghuan took a new glass of sake and walked to the sofa opposite Lin Zihan to sit down. He looked at Lin Zihan and asked seemingly unintentionally.
"The situation outside in the Southern Territory has reached such a chaotic level. The night I arrived, a large-scale war broke out, and yet our officials in the Southern Capital were able to gather together as if nothing had happened and enjoy this comfortable life." Lin Zihan said lightly, still shaking the glass of red wine that had lost its aroma in his hand.
"Compassion does not control soldiers. I am a soft-hearted person and have never been interested in these military wars. It is my younger brother who is too obsessed and has caused the current melee situation in the Southern Territory." Yuan Tinghuan said in annoyance, feeling helpless. The ground smiled.
"I've also heard that Mayor Yuan seems to be having a lot of trouble with his brother." Lin Zihan looked at Yuan Tingkai. He always felt that there was a shady conspiracy hidden underneath this kind face.
"I didn't expect that my family affairs would have been spread to the Empire and the Federation. I'm so ashamed." Yuan Tinghuan said, picking up the cup and drinking it down in one gulp, avoiding Lin Zihan's gaze.
"This is not just your family matter. If the Union Army gets the support of the mayor of Nandu City, then I think there are many cities in Nandu City that are willing to become a part of the Union Army." Lin Zihan said with a smile, and drank the cup of breakfast. The red wine that had lost its aroma was placed on the table, and he leaned back on the sofa.
"Why didn't your secretary come this time?" Yuan Tingkai suddenly changed the topic, diverted Lin Zihan's continued conversation, and directed the topic to Lin Zihan.
"She stayed in the hotel to deal with some official documents that were to be reported to the federation, so she didn't come with her." Lin Zihan knew that Yuan Tinghuan asked. He had already thought about how to explain it. When he decided to leave Lu Xin in the hotel, he started Think about it, after all, tonight's meeting will not be easy no matter how you look at it.
The reception hall was chosen unreasonably. On the middle floor of the hotel, all the guards were concentrated downstairs and at the top of the stairs. There was still some distance between the hall and the stairs. This distance also showed that those guards were very It is difficult to take into account what is happening here in time.
This may be why Yan Bing chose to stay at the door of the reception. As a senior agent of the Secret Service of the Security Bureau, Yan Bing knew that there were too many obvious omissions in tonight's arrangement.
"That seems to be a very important matter." Yuan Tinghuan said, also putting down the empty wine glass, and his eyes fell on the window behind Lin Zihan.
"Bang!" Accompanied by a crisp sound of glass breaking, a group of men in black appeared at the reception venue, holding fish intestine blades, and quickly stabbed several officials by the window to death. For a while, the reception was in chaos. , everyone started running in panic.
"Help! Help!" A man in black was intruded and grabbed the official by the collar, shouting for help. The people around him were indifferent and only focused on running for their own lives, without paying any attention to the official.
With a "puff~" sound, Lin Zihan watched with his own eyes as the official was stabbed into the abdomen by the fish-gut blade and fell to the ground.
Seeing the sudden intrusion of more than a dozen men in black, Lin Zihan finally looked at Yuan Tinghuan, with a trace of suspicion flashing in his eyes. From the moment he walked in, Lin Zihan guessed that something was going to happen, but he didn't expect it. Such an old-fashioned method.
As the killer broke in through the window, the door of the reception suddenly closed automatically, and Yan Bing was also locked in the reception.
Rolling a glance at the Security Bureau agents behind him, Yan Bing loudly asked these people to go up and stop the murderer who rushed in. At this moment, Yan Bing was not only concerned about Lin Zihan, but also about the impact of this incident on the entire Nandu government and the Security Bureau. negative impact.
Those security bureau agents were obviously not as capable as the SWAT team in dealing with such emergencies. However, under Yan Bing's loud command, they all came to their senses and began to walk towards the window, but the crowded crowd became The biggest obstacle to these agents' progress.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" The agents were trapped by the fleeing officials and could not get close to the window.
At this moment, Yuan Tinghuan was still sitting on the sofa, opposite Lin Zihan. The two of them sat there as if nothing had happened, watching all this happen.
The tall wine tower was knocked down. Lin Zihan looked at the red wine glasses scattered on the ground. The smell of alcohol made Lin Zihan feel that the red wine was not that difficult to accept. The tablecloth was stepped on by the crowd and placed on the table. The food was already in a mess.
"Why, Mayor Yuan doesn't seem to be afraid?" Lin Zihan showed a contemptuous smile at the corner of his mouth, looking at Yuan Tinghuan who was motionless but with a smile on his lips.
"I firmly believe that the government's security bureau is working hard to break open this door and come to rescue us. And such crowding will only cause greater casualties." Yuan Tinghuan said, looking towards the area being chased by more than a dozen men in black. The officials began to circle around the reception hall.
"I've always been curious about one thing. Everyone says that the Nandu government has become extremely corrupt. It's a waste of money, corruption and filth. I wonder what Mayor Yuan thinks?" Lin Zihan said lightly, glancing at Yuan Tinghuan with contempt. It fell on the empty wine glass in front of Yuan Tinghuan.
"Just like the current situation, they are just forced because there is a threat always behind them. In order to protect themselves, they are crowded and running desperately in one direction. Even if they run desperately, it is not as good as you and me sitting here. Safety.
But this is their only choice, because if they fall behind, they will die. So do you think anyone will analyze the situation in the face of threats? "Yuan Tingkai glanced at Lin Zihan, looked at the people running desperately, and pushed their savior in the wrong direction.
"So, from Mayor Yuan's point of view, the threat to Southern Capital or Southern Territory is the Empire Federation that has been persecuting." Lin Zihan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, leaned leisurely on the sofa, and slowly closed his eyes.
Two men in black, holding daggers in their hands, came behind Yuan Tinghuan and Lin Zihan, and pointed the daggers at the two of them, but they did not pierce them.
"Mayor Yuan, a killer can break into such an important cocktail party tonight. I wonder if Mayor Yuan is satisfied with Nandu's security bureau?" Lin Zihan said calmly, "Could it be that Mayor Yuan has other plans?"
"Counsellor Jia is laughing, dangers often happen, let alone these people who lost their lives?" Yuan Tingkai carefully avoided the dagger in front of him and leaned back.
Lin Zihan didn't pay attention to these, and still closed his eyes, looking contented. Lin Zihan was confident that he could end the killer's life before he took action.
"Dong~dong~" Just as Yuan Tinghuan said, there was a sound of banging on the door from the guests at the reception.
"It seems that the savior that Mayor Yuan has been waiting for has arrived." Lin Zihan said calmly, still lying on the sofa and crossing his legs leisurely.
"Clang~" There was a loud noise, and the entire door of the reception was knocked open. Those who rushed in were not the agents of the Security Bureau, nor the special service team of the Security Bureau, but Dihao's private soldiers, and the leader was Lu Fu .
Lu Fu didn't pay any attention to the panicked officials. He held a slender sword and stabbed directly at the man in black behind Lin Zihan.
The sword grazed Lin Zihan's scalp and penetrated directly into the chest of the man in black behind Lin Zihan.
But the man was not stabbed to death with one sword as Lu Fu expected. The man in black turned sideways slightly, and the sword missed the target. It did not penetrate directly into the heart, but into the lungs.
"Oh?" Lin Zihan opened his eyes and looked at Lu Fu's face, which was right in front of him, almost touching him. He smiled secretly at the corner of his mouth, then closed his eyes again and ignored Lu Fu.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Fu showed no mercy. He slapped the man on the shoulder, took out the rapier in his hand, and stabbed the man's heart accurately again, and then he let the blood flow out along the sword body.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
"Bang, bang..."
Accompanied by the sounds of various swords clashing and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, the seventeen men in black who broke into the reception all fell to the ground.
"I found this." A personal guard of Dihao walked up to Lu Fu with a few tokens and handed the tokens into Lu Fu's hand.
"Do you two know this token?" Lu Fu looked at the token for a few seconds, then casually threw it on the table.
"=This seems to be the symbol of a killer organization." Yuan Tingkai looked at the token and pondered for a few seconds.
Lin Zihan also opened his eyes, glanced at the token on the table, and then froze. How could Lin Zihan not recognize this symbol? This is the symbol of the Shadow Palace. Only the captain of the Shadow Palace Killer Team has a token. .
"How many killers are there in total?" Lin Zihan looked at Lu Fu and asked softly, his voice even a little lazy.
"Seventeen." Lu Fu said, and then looked at Lin Zihan in confusion. He was very puzzled. The killer was already in front of him. Lin Zihan could still be so lazy. He was really a weirdo.
"Seventeen?" Lin Zihan repeated, and then he saw the tokens on the table. There were eight in total. This was not the configuration of the assassins sent by the Shadow Palace at all. These people had obviously done their homework, but they had only done it. I didn't do enough homework.
"Why do I think this mark looks like the killer organization that spreads all over the empire?" Lin Zihan said, looking at Yuan Tinghuan, and it was already clear in his heart that Yuan Tinghuan undoubtedly wanted to divert his attention and would not hesitate to sacrifice government officials.
