Liu Kui held a knife in one hand and mechanically wiped the blood with a deerskin rag. At the same time, he coldly glanced at the youngster's movements.
The youngster walked to the side of the table and gently put down the wooden mallet. Then, he placed the gong on the table to prevent it from making a sound.
There was a pot of water and a plate of upside down cups on the table. Next to it, there was an opened cup with half a cup of water inside. That was the cup that Liu Kui had just used. The youngster gently turned over a cup and filled it with water. Then, he filled Liu Kui's cup to the brim.
The indifference in Liu Kui's eyes decreased slightly. "This is a young man who knows the rules."
Liu Kui prided himself on being a person who was slow in speech but quick in action. Therefore, he was especially concerned about other people's actions. This little servant was already much more pleasing to the eye.
After the youngster finished drinking, he gently put down the cup and bowed to Liu Kui. He smiled and said, "Thank you, General. I will go on patrol now."
Liu Kui grunted and wiped his eyelids. He lightly said, "The yamen has arranged for you people to keep watch at night. This is simply sending you to your death. Be careful."
Liu Kui had always been clumsy with words. He did not care about his superiors or colleagues. But now, he specially gave a word of advice to a little servant whose status was worlds apart from his. This was the first time he had done this. The youngster's smile had a very special affinity. It was easy for people to have a good impression of him.
The youngster's smile became even brighter. "Thank you, General, for your concern. Yang Langzhong was able to invite such a powerful person to guard the residence. Presumably, that thief will not dare to come again. What is there for me to be afraid of? "
A trace of a smile appeared in Liu Kui's eyes. "What do you know? Since that person dared to injure Yang Langzhong to that state, it is clear that there is an irreconcilable hatred between them. Why would you be afraid of someone catching him? You should be careful. If you really meet that person, humph! You better pray for your own good. "
The youngster thought for a moment and blushed. "That's right! General's might is certainly frightening. But that person has a blood feud with Yang Langzhong. Presumably … presumably, he will not give up. I should be more careful. Thank you, General, for your reminder. "
"Oh? Wait! "
Liu Kui stopped wiping his saber, raised his head, and asked, "Do you know what enmity that person has with Yang Langzhong?"
Speaking of which, Liu Kui still didn't know who had hurt Yang Langzhong and why. Everyone was curious. Hearing this sentence, he couldn't help but ask.
The young man said with some surprise, "I heard from the steward of the mansion that when the thief snuck into the mansion, he told Yang Langzhong that he came because of the Shaozhou murder case in the second year of Yong Chun, so he has an irreconcilable enmity with Yang Langzhong. General was invited here by Yang Langzhong, yet you don't know the identity of that bandit? "
"Second year of Yongchun … Shaozhou bloody case …"
Liu Kui lowered his head and thought for a moment. His expression suddenly changed. He suddenly raised his head and said, "That person is Shaozhou's Peach Garden …"
As soon as Liu Kui raised his head, his eyes suddenly opened wide because he saw the youth that was originally standing 3m away suddenly appear before him, and the youth's fingers were like beaks that swiftly and violently stabbed towards his throat.
"You dare …"
Liu Kui shouted angrily and raised the saber in his hand. The youth quickly retreated and suddenly stood 3m away. He was still in the same place as before, as if he had never moved from that position.
As quiet as a virgin, as fast as a rabbit.
Liu Kui waved the snow-white Thousand Bull Saber in his hand in the air, but the person under the saber was already gone. Liu Kui swung the saber in the air and wanted to stand up in shock and anger, but he suddenly felt as if all the strength in his body had been sucked out. His legs had no strength at all.
He wanted to open his mouth and shout, but his mouth was wide open and not a single word came out. His throat gurgled a few times, and blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth.
He was still holding the saber in his hand, but his steel-like arms suddenly softened. The originally bright and clean steel saber fell to the ground with a clang and was stained with a bit of dirt.
The youth's fingers were like a beak, and with lightning speed, he pointed at Liu Kui's throat and quickly retreated before Liu Kui could swing the saber again.
Liu Kui's eyes were wide open in anger, and his eyes seemed to be about to pop out of their sockets. He used all the strength in his body, but still couldn't spit out a single word, because his throat had been smashed by the youth's beak, and his vocal cords had been pierced into minced meat. He couldn't make any sound at all.
Liu Kui's face was as red as chicken blood. He barely managed to spit out a few indecipherable syllables, and his body began to shake.
The youth seemed to know what he wanted to say. He walked over and gently walked in front of Liu Kui, gently bent down, picked up the Thousand Bull Saber, straightened his back, looked into Liu Kui's eyes, and softly asked, "Since you know that there is a Peach Blossom Village in Shaozhou, don't you know why I made a move?"
Liu Kui's throat emitted a low whining sound. It was the sound of a wave of Qi passing through his throat, but he still couldn't speak.
The youth didn't hesitate. He suddenly raised the saber and waved it in the air, creating a halo. The white halo instantly turned red.
The last words Liu Kui heard were, "147 ghosts of the Peach Blossom Village are waiting for you. Please be on your way!"
A head with a leopard's jaw and an angry red face flew into the air. The saber was indeed a good saber!
…
After the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, a patrolling shopkeeper found Liu Kui's body.
This shopkeeper had a whistle hanging around his neck, but he only needed to scream to complete the summoning mission.
When many people rushed over in response, they saw Liu Kui sitting upright on the stool, becoming the 'King Who Stood Shoulder to Shoulder'. His neck was empty, and the head had rolled behind a pillar to the side.
Blood splattered all over the ground. Judging from the sputtering blood, Liu Kui wasn't placed back on his seat after his death. Instead, he was beheaded while he was sitting on his seat. Moreover … the person used Liu Kui's own saber. What did that person do to achieve such an effect?
Following Liu Kui's death, the Yang Mansion was in an uproar. Several maids who heard the commotion broke into the study, only to vomit after witnessing the bloody scene. The patrol officers all had gloomy expressions on their faces, as if someone owed them three hundred coins. Fengchen Imperial Guard Lieutenant Cai Dongcheng led Shen Jiahui, Wu Shaodong, and Huang Qilin into the study and never came out again. In order to prevent the villains from luring the tiger away from the mountain, Yang Mingsheng was also carried in by them.
The sorrowful and indignant cries of Shen Jiahui and the other two could be heard faintly from the study, interrupting the whispers of the Marquis Wu's shopkeepers. The whole courtyard was silent, and only the indistinct cries of grief could be heard, startling the crows that were resting on the branches and circling in the night sky.
The faces of the Marquis Wu's shopkeepers were not very good. The intruder was able to sneak into the study under such tight circumstances and take Liu Kui's head without the slightest resistance. What kind of terrifying person was this?
The Martial Marquis who were in charge of patrolling the streets secretly rejoiced and felt a lingering fear. Even the sentry posts that were hidden in the dark, when they thought that the assassin might have walked past them without them noticing at all, they couldn't help but feel their hair stand on end.
Whether it was the shopkeepers or Marquis Wu's, none of them had the awareness to catch this kind of fugitive. The Marquis Wu's received a meager salary, and usually only managed matters such as petty theft, swindling, and fire prevention. The shopkeepers, as their supplement, at most dealt with small matters such as neighborhood disputes and street fights. They had never dealt with such a big case.
This was a murder case, and the culprit had even killed the high officials of the Tang dynasty's Ministry of Justice and the Imperial Guard, Qianniu Bei's, without blinking an eye. This kind of fugitive had such extraordinary and terrifying martial arts. Who would be willing to send them to their deaths?
They stood there silently, not because they were mourning Liu Qianwei's death, but because they thought that the assassin's target was Yang Langzhong. As long as Yang Langzhong didn't die, the assassin would definitely come again. If they were not careful, they would be killed like chickens.
Of course, Yang Fan's face was also pale, and his face was full of fear. Even if you observed carefully, you wouldn't be able to find the slightest abnormality in his expression. Moreover, no one was paying attention to their expressions right now, because no one thought that the assassin was among them.
Yang Fan discovered that the four Qianniu Bei's were experts in joint attacks, so he decided that he had to get rid of one of them first. His Great Shifu had once told him that when well-trained soldiers joined hands to attack together, they had a tacit understanding of when to advance and when to retreat. This way, they could multiply the strength of each person. When they joined hands to attack together, the power they could unleash would be several times, or even ten times that of these individual soldiers combined.
These four Qianniu Bei's were obviously skilled in martial arts. Yang Fan didn't know how much power they could unleash when they joined hands to attack together, and he didn't want to waste his energy to find out. What he wanted to do, he had to be cautious at every step, and there was no need to take those risks. Since he could use his secret identity to kill one of them and achieve his goal, then it was fine.
These four people's joint attacks might have been practiced for a few years, or even ten or twenty years. The tacit understanding between them made them seem like one person. Killing one of them would destroy this tacit understanding.
Because these four people were used to attacking and defending each other and cooperating with each other, once one of them was killed, the remaining three would suddenly change their familiar attacking method. They might not even be as good as the three people who were trying to cooperate for the first time. This was tantamount to completely destroying the possibility of them joining hands to attack together.
After he entered the library, he exchanged a few words with Liu Kui just to confirm whether Liu Kui was also one of the participants in the Shaozhou bloody case. Of course, regardless of whether Liu Kui was or not, since he had already stepped into this vortex, he must die.
Liu Kui had only said half a sentence. Although he had only said half a sentence, the change in his expression, the tone of his voice, and the fact that he had blurted out the name of the Peach Blossom Village all proved that he was a participant in the Huan Shan Village massacre, or at least an insider.
If Liu Kui was like this, then what about the other three people of the "Iron Wall"?
What about Cai Dongcheng, the Commander of the Fengchen Guards?
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