Outside Mingjiao Shuifeng Market.
Xiao Zhe shook off the rainwater on his bamboo hat: "The rain has been raining morning and night, but it didn't stop until I arrived. Is this the fault of the young leader?"
"Haha, the dignified No. 12 came here late at night just to make a joke like this? Did you develop feelings for him so quickly?"
Xiao Zhe sneered: "Paper tiger, you almost fainted from fright at that time, but now you have the nerve to laugh at me?"
"The eyes of such a young child were full of murderous intent. At that time, I really thought I was going to be killed."
He was the man who cheated on the young leader in the market.
The paper tiger took off his bamboo hat and half of his face was burned. He smiled and shook his head: "You didn't help me stop him at that time."
"The identity of the bridge builder cannot be exposed even if he dies. Your life has been decided since you chose to embark on this road. Who can you blame?"
Xiao Zhe's eyes were indifferent: "And it's a coincidence that I met you. It was the young leader who happened to wander over there."
"The relationship between you and me is not good enough to gossip, so stop talking nonsense and tell me about the 'Lantern'."
Bridge builders are people who provide information. They will infiltrate everywhere to gather information and help the killer complete the commission.
The lantern is a code word that refers to the target, and the bright light in the lantern represents the target's life.
Paper Tiger sat down, took out the lantern, and grinned: "I also want to tell you right away, but before that, No. 2 orders you to hand over the information about the young leader."
Xiao Zhe's pupils shrank. Could it be that besides himself, someone else was carrying out a commission related to the young leader?
The young leader is a man with a terminal illness, if he tells this matter himself.
With that person's temperament, he would definitely make a joke and then directly kill the young leader.
"What's wrong? Why don't you speak?" Paper Tiger stared at him and said.
Xiao Zhe gritted his teeth and remained silent. Although the young leader was a child, he didn't behave like one at all.
He is obviously a little devil who puts his head under other people's knives and has no humane feelings at all.
But why do I think of his haggard back?
Xiao Zhe clenched his fists, was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "The young leader is an incurable person with a broken bloodline, and cannot practice internal skills and mental methods."
No matter what, one day this matter will no longer be hidden, and he is the killer of the Hidden Killing Palace.
This is your own task.
"With a terminal pulse?" Paper Tiger laughed loudly, "No wonder the Palace of Light has been hiding him. It turned out to be because of this."
"No. 2 will definitely be happy to know, but how do you know that his terminal pulse cannot be cured?"
Xiao Zhe said in a deep voice: "There was a maid who wanted to kill the young leader. After he was injured, he went to the Ten Thousand Poison Palace for treatment. I heard it there."
"I see, but there is no shortage of doctors in Rifeng, right? Why does he need to go to the Palace of Ten Thousand Poisons?"
Paper Tiger paused for a moment, then chuckled and said, "This means that the young leader trusts the Ten Thousand Poisons Palace. Is there any problem with this interpretation?"
Xiao Zhe stared at the paper tiger and nodded, secretly sighing inwardly that this guy was really sharp.
"But you know what?"
He opened his eyes and put away his smile: "It was no coincidence that the Young Master came that day."
"Don't talk nonsense. I advise you to think carefully before speaking. I will not let anyone talk too much, even if you are a bridge builder." Xiao Zhe said coldly.
Faced with the threat of No. 12, Paper Tiger was not angry and smiled.
"As a big shot on the 12th, how dare I speak nonsense, but these words are indeed a conclusion reached after careful consideration."
He raised his head: "Do you still remember what the young leader said to me at that time?"
Xiao Zhe's expression changed. At that time, the young leader said that there was a scoundrel who wanted to chop off the boss's head, and there were still people under his command to help him.
If the young leader had already known that Paper Tiger was the bridge builder and deliberately went to find him that day.
The bug he said was being tricked and deceived by others was military advisor Jiang Xuanqing, and Yin Sha Gong was the one who helped her.
"Now you understand, the reason why the young leader said those words is to warn us."
Paper Tiger continued: "Think about it, the young leader had always stayed in Yangming Palace and never went out, but that day he suddenly came to the market and found me again. Is it really just a coincidence?"
Xiao Zhe was a little angry for some reason: "I don't believe that the identity of the bridge builder is a first-level secret in the Hidden Killing Palace. I don't even know all of you, so how could the Young Master know about it?"
At this point, Xiao Zhe was suddenly stunned.
They assigned themselves the identity of a bodyguard, but when they came to the market, they stood aside and watched the young leader being teased by a paper tiger.
Could it be that because he refused to kill the paper tiger, the young leader guessed that he was the bridge builder?
"I've written everything about the lantern and put it here. You can take it and read it." Paper Tiger put the bag on the table.
"But Yangming Palace is really in a mess. Even a maid wants to assassinate the young leader."
The paper tiger clicked his tongue and said, "That's right. A brat who has never been taught by his mother since he was a child and is still a brat with no bloodline will probably only be able to act mischievously. No wonder the maid can't stand it."
"A person who can't even practice martial arts still thinks of his generals as enemies. He's really a lunatic."
The paper tiger grinned: "If I had known this, I shouldn't have been afraid of him. It would have been better to kill him directly."
Xiao Zhe closed his eyes and thought of the thin figure after being injured in the assassination.
He drew his sword and swung it.
The paper tiger had one arm cut off and fell to the ground shouting angrily: "Asshole! What are you doing?"
"Since No. 2 still has something to do, I will spare your life first."
"I hope that every time you see your broken arm, you will remember that you are just a bridge builder. Why bother with the killer of the Hidden Killing Palace?"
Xiao Zhe put away his dagger and looked down at the paper tiger with murderous intent: "Do you think so?"
He ignored the paper tiger's cry and left.
I just did what I had to do.
…
Yangming Palace Annex.
Nightcrow croaked.
"This person has no relatives, so there is no way to know what he likes or what he hates, and there is no sign of practicing internal skills."
Looking at the incomplete information in his hand, Xiao Zhe frowned.
There is no sign of internal strength training. From this point of view, the target this time is a master with strong external strength.
That's why they gave themselves poison because they wanted to use the opponent's inability to control his internal power as a weakness, allowing them to directly use poison to deal with him.
It's just that in Yangming Palace, the cooks, maids and Lao Li can't gain the trust of the young leader.
It means that they are all spies sent by others.
Xiao Zhe burned the information in his hands. If the military counselor wanted to use other methods to get rid of the young leader, he would first get rid of those who hindered her.
In the entire Yangming Palace, the only one who was subordinate to the Young Master was Hou Gan.
The sun rises high in the sky.
"Young Master didn't seem to have any nightmares last night." Old Li chuckled.
Xiao Zhe nodded and said, "I really didn't hear anything."
Hou Qian, who usually had a serious face, gave a rare grin at this moment and said: "Cook, please bring the medicine to the young leader."
His reaction made Xiao Zhe a little surprised. The master had a good sleep. Is such a small thing worthy of him being so happy?
A person who has no idea what is about to happen to him can still laugh now.
"Hou Gan." The young leader opened the door and walked out, still drowsy, rubbing his eyes.
Hou Gan smiled and clasped his fists in salute: "Young Master, are you up? I see that you look much better today."
The young leader didn't even open his eyes. He grabbed Hou Gan's hand naturally and said, "I want to go out."
"But you're not feeling well yet. The cook will bring the medicine over in a moment. You can drink it before going out."
"I don't want to drink."
Hou Gan arranged the young leader's messy hair and said slowly: "You have to drink medicine on time so that your body can recover."
Looking at the scene in front of him, the relationship between the two was better than Xiao Zhe imagined.
They are more like family members than masters and slaves.
Xiao Zhe closed his eyes, he couldn't waver, his own thoughts were not important, he was his goal, and all he had to do was complete the task.
"Why are you still standing there?" Hou Gan patted Xiao Zhe on the shoulder, "Hurry up and follow the young leader."
"Hou Gan, do you have a woman in private?"
Hou Gan was speechless.
"Where's the child?"
Hou Qian still didn't speak and was frozen in place.
Xiao Zhe patted him on the shoulder and said as he walked: "Sure enough, you will be alone all your life. I knew it."
