After receiving a letter from the Mirage City Eternal Life Alliance headquarters, the siblings Guan Lingxiao and Xie Zhan parted ways in the south of the Moon River.
This letter was written by Song Guichao, the leader of the Eternal Life Alliance. The general idea was that he was ill and wanted his eldest son to come back to visit him, and by the way, he would put the appointment of the next leader on the agenda.
Whether it is the body of the old alliance leader or the position of the new alliance leader, this is a big deal for the young alliance leader and even the entire Eternal Life Alliance. Naturally, "Guan Lingxiao" can no longer accompany Xie Zhan and the two around.
Xie Zhan and Long Qing'er naturally went north to look for the Xinmomen people who might have traces of the "Luban Tiangong Map", while Guan Lingxiao returned to Mirage City along the waterway.
Song Guichao not only wrote this letter to his son, but also summoned all the leaders of the alliance back to the headquarters in Mirage City. The meaning is self-evident. Many leaders who received the letter secretly speculated in their hearts that Alliance Leader Song would die soon.
In fact, Song Guichao is not as old as expected. He is less than sixty now, but it is well known to everyone that he is physically ill. In those days, the Changsheng Alliance was not as famous as it is now, and it was still a family name. An unknown small sect, but still participated in the Nanhai Knights' encirclement and suppression of the notorious Wanjie Sect. With successive victories, Song Guichao and three other famous martial arts masters chased the leader Wanjie who escaped alone and forced him into the forbidden area of Xuantian Peak. However, they did not expect that it was set by the leader Wanjie. Trap - Knowing that he was surrounded by enemies, he lured the enemy deeper and set many traps in Xuantian Peak with the idea of perish together. Although Master Wanjie finally conferred the title, only one of the four martial arts masters, Song Guichao, survived, and because of Master Wanjie's sinister skills, the root cause of the disease was found - every time the seasons changed, Song Guichao only felt five years old. They were all burned, suffering as much pain as insects eating their hearts, and this pain lasted for more than ten years.
Of course, the killing of Wanjie Cult Leaders brought more than just pain - after this battle, Song Guichao's reputation soared, and he was praised by the knights of the South China Sea as the leader of the giant force in the fight against the Demon Cult, and the three famous figures who died were Originally they were all the masters of the Nanhai sects. After this incident, two sects relied on the Changsheng Alliance, which caused the Changsheng Alliance to rise up and become the same as the other three sects. It became a wealthy family second only to the nine major sects.
However, the development of the matter was also very tortuous, because soon after the incident, someone raised objections - only one of the four knights who killed the Wanjie leader, Song Guichao, survived, and he made a huge profit after the incident - - Fame, power, and influence are everything. It can be said that he alone takes all the credit of the four people. Think about what he has lost - except for an illness that is not known to be true or false, it seems that there is nothing to lose.
At first, the person who raised the question just felt that this matter was quite unfair to the other three leaders. After all, not only did they die, but the sect also became the wedding dress of the Changsheng Alliance. However, after all, Song Guichao's reputation Outside, his character is obvious to all, so this voice did not cause a big wave.
However, later this statement became more and more intense, and in the end it was said that "the other three did not die at the hands of the leader Wanjie, but Song Guichao secretly worked to embezzle their gang industry." Perhaps it was also because of people's old thoughts. It turned out that many members of the three gangs believed in this statement, and they gradually became strongly dissatisfied with the Changsheng Alliance and Song Guichao.
It wasn't until Zuo Qiuhuai, one of the former members of the Three Gangs, personally killed many rebels that the matter was settled. After all, Zuo Qiufeng, one of the three deceased knights, was his biological brother. If it was really Song Guichao After plotting against his brother, how could Zuo Qiuhuai help his enemy? Zuo Qiuhuai was also named the household god in charge of the Eternal Life Alliance for his contribution.
It's just that... the secrets in it are not enough for outsiders to tell, otherwise "Guan Lingxiao", as the "eldest son" of Song Guichao, would not call him hypocritical.
"Young leader!" As soon as Guan Lingxiao got off the boat, two men responsible for "picking him up" came up to him. They came under orders and had been waiting here.
Guan Lingxiao nodded lightly, but he was surprised and filled with doubts - the dock where he disembarked was still about three days away from the main alliance of the Eternal Life Alliance. Is it really necessary to wait for him at such a far place? What?
But after all, Guan Lingxiao is a person who can hide things. No matter how uneasy he is, he will not show it and just follow these two minions.
There are many ways back to Mirage City. Although taking the inner city is slower, it is very safe. However, taking the trail outside the city is much less safe, but it is a shortcut.
According to usual experience, walking on the main road in the city is the best choice. After all, whether it is an ambush or a black shop in the wilderness, it is uncertain. However, the two minions took Guan Lingxiao away with the words of the leader of the Song Dynasty. down the path. Guan Lingxiao's doubts deepened, but he remained calm on the surface.
After traveling for a day and a half, by the evening of the second day, the three of them stayed in an inn together. It is difficult to find an inn on a small road. Even if they can walk a little further before sunset, the three of them know several places to stay nearby, so they can only stay here and make another move tomorrow. Directly to the Everlasting Alliance.
"By the way, where are the other leaders now? Have they all arrived at Mirage City?" Guan Lingxiao asked the minions while he was stuck in the store before serving food, looking like he was chatting.
One of the minions quickly replied: "There are only the leader of the alliance and the two leaders Door God and Togami in Mirage City. The other leaders have not arrived yet."
Before he finished speaking, Guan Lingxiao's mind was already clear.
It seemed...Song Guichao had murderous intentions towards him.
Although the minions said that "the rest of the leaders have not arrived yet," in fact, based on the itinerary of the two of them, there is no way to know where Xue Yan and Pei Yuan went from Haiyin, and Song Guichao The letter to myself also made me go straight to Mirage City...
In Guan Lingxiao's conjecture, Song Guichao's "illness" was probably completely false, and this letter was just an excuse to lure him back. With Song Guichao's character, he would never let his fellow members of the Eternal Life Alliance see him returning to Mirage City. Taking action halfway would be the most consistent with his style.
For example... right in this inn.
There is nothing else to eat in this wilderness house, not even meat, only some refreshments and whole grains. Not long after, the owner of the inn brought the refreshments, along with a pot of soju.
"Young leader, please." I respectfully extended my hand to Guan Lingxiao.
"I'm not hungry yet, you go ahead and eat." Ever since he figured out all the doubts about this matter, Guan Lingxiao had concluded that the food was poisonous, and he was not going to touch even one bite.
The two minions also behaved in an orderly manner: "The young leader won't eat, so the younger ones won't dare to take action first!"
Hearing these two minions talking like this, Guan Lingxiao felt angry and funny at the same time - all the members of the Changsheng Alliance were happy charlatans, and there had never been any red tape like the elder brother eating me first and eating me last. As the saying goes, there must be monsters when things go wrong. , the behavior of the two minions further confirmed Guan Lingxiao’s guess.
Just as the two parties were pushing each other, the store owner who brought the side dishes made a move behind Guan Lingxiao's back.
Under the large porcelain plate was a bright sharp knife, which was out of Guan Lingxiao's sight and went straight to the back of his heart.
But who is Guan Lingxiao? Not to mention that he was already prepared for the surrounding environment, even if he reacted on the spot, he was not slow at all. Almost as soon as Tu Qiong saw him, he got out of the way, then pulled out the saber from his waist, and struck with just one blow. Cut off half of the store owner's arm.
This knife was very fast, so fast that before the shopkeeper could scream, he jumped behind Guan Lingxiao, and used the spine of the knife to hold the wrist-breaking knife in the gangster's hand. Guan Lingxiao's left hand was not idle either. While drawing the sword with his right hand, he lifted the table in front of him and put it in front of him, parrying seven or eight crossbow arrows fired from the corner of the small inn.
These crossbow arrows were nailed to the long wooden table, but they emitted strange smoke. They were obviously poisoned.
"It took a lot of effort to deal with Guan..." Guan Lingxiao sneered, and when he waved his hand again, the two minions in front of him who had followed him all day and night had already fallen into a pool of blood.
The next moment, several more assassins fell down from upstairs. They all abandoned their crossbows and drew their swords, and started fighting around Guan Lingxiao. Although these people had their faces covered with black cloth, Guan Lingxiao could tell with his own eyes that they were all subordinates of Song Guichao, not to say they were absolute confidants, but they were not far apart.
They only followed Song Guichao's instructions, so even if they were sent to kill themselves, the young leader, they would still do it.
The young alliance leader didn't know if there was an ambush on the opposite side, and what made him even more afraid was the poisoned weapon. God knows what kind of poison they used?
Poison can be said to be the most terrifying method. Because no matter how high a master you are, as long as you don't have anti-virus skills, you will have to admit defeat if you encounter one.
The crossbow arrows are quenched with poison, making them difficult to guard against. But in other words, as long as Guan Lingxiao is still entangled with these assassins, those who set off cold arrows will not kill their own people together, right? So he fought and retreated until he approached the window of the inn. He turned over and ran out, turned around and ran towards the road, shouting for help as he ran.
Some people may think that this is too embarrassing and does not have the courage of a martial arts master, but it should be noted that this is not the time to show off as a hero, and this is not the time to survive if you kill a few more people.
Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy, the ancients will not deceive me.
Guan Lingxiao's Qinggong was still superior to the famous Blood Bat King for his elusiveness. When he left the small inn, he saw an endless dense forest. With his Qinggong, even if he couldn't get rid of these assassins for a while, he could still fight with them. Go around for a while.
But not long after Guan Lingxiao stepped into this dense forest, he saw a dozen people swishing out of the dense forest and surrounding Guan Lingxiao in the center. It really made the sky and the earth not respond.
"Master Guan, what a quick Qinggong." This group of people in the dense forest seemed to have been waiting for a rabbit for a long time, or they had been staring at the movement in the inn. Among them, a middle-aged man with a painted face walked out. Holding a double-headed short gun, he was not afraid of Guan Lingxiao's violent attack and hurt him. He walked ten steps away from the opponent without stopping.
"You are..." Guan Lingxiao looked at the strange big painted face of the other party, and then looked at the makeup of these assassins. They were all the actors on the stage, and he had obviously recognized the identity of the other party.
The big man with a colorful face chuckled lightly: "Don't talk about our affairs yet..." He threw the small flag on his back to Erhualian who was following him. Erhualian immediately led the people in the direction where Guan Lingxiao came from. Went there, the group of people moved like wind and were well-trained. In an instant, only the young leader of the Eternal Life Alliance and the man with a big painted face were left in the dense forest.
"Why..." Guan Lingxiao didn't know why he asked this question, but he really had a lot of confusion in his heart.
The big painted face picked up the spear in his hand with his toes, stretched out his hand to grab it, and finally threw the gun head in the direction of the forest: "They are here to kill you; and we are here to kill them. .”
After that, the big-faced man picked up a corner of his blue shirt with his left hand and turned around: "Song Guichao sent them to kill you, and hired us to silence them."
"Then why did you let me go again?" Guan Lingxiao put the knife back again. He could see that the other party was not hostile.
"Song Guichao is not reliable, but you can still do it." The big-faced man shook his head: "We'Liyuan' only negotiates business with reliable people. If we kill you for Song Guichao, sooner or later he will kill us'Liyuan' too." Push it out and take the blame."
"No one would kill for their employer and take the blame for their employer, not even Liyuan." The big-faced man said again: "We want to kill only one person and earn money from two heads, so we want to talk to you."
Liyuan, the first assassin organization in Jiangnan.
