Kuangzong Jianying's reaction was within Leng Yuqiu's expectation, but his strength... was far beyond the opponent's expectations.
Leng Yuqiu had no intention of drawing his sword against the two people in front of him because he thought it was unnecessary.
However, the moment the sword master put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and the moment his fighting spirit and sword intent burst out from his eyes, Leng Yuqiu's expression... changed.
An instinct made Leng Yuqiu take a step back. When he realized it, his hand had already grasped the sword.
"How is that possible?" At that moment, confusion and shock flashed through Leng Yuqiu's mind.
But before he could think about it carefully, Kuang Zuo Jian Ying had already taken action.
The sword edges collided rapidly in the air.
Anyone who can see this confrontation clearly will be amazed by the strength and speed of both sides.
However, the sound of this strike... was neither loud nor heavy.
The sound was like two glasses touching each other, light and gentle.
After the sword strike, both Master Jian and Leng Yuqiu's expressions changed suddenly, and they each retreated a few points.
"So that's it..." Leng Yuqiu immediately thought to himself, "The fact that he can't detect his internal strength is not because his internal strength is weak... but because his technique is unique and cannot be detected."
"Are you mistaken... is this guy actually so strong? Or is this the average level of NPCs in this script world?" Master Jian was also surprised in his heart.
"I haven't asked yet..." Leng Yuqiu rarely takes the initiative to ask for other people's names, but this time is obviously an exception.
"Huangfu Mingkang." Master Jian reported his real name word for word. His real name did not sound out of place in this martial arts world.
"Okay." Leng Yuqiu did not say his name, nor did he ask the other party if he knew him. He just said "Okay", then sheathed his sword and took out a piece of silver from his arms.
Ticket, "I'll pay."
As he spoke, he reached out and handed over the banknote.
However, Master Jian did not pick it up.
"No need." Kuang Zong Jianying said coldly, "We have the money."
The implication is that this is what we are talking about. As long as you are willing to compensate, it is fine. As for the money... it doesn't matter whether you pay it or not.
"But I think it's better to compensate you." Leng Yuqiu didn't take back his hand, "Just do me a favor."
What he meant was that for me, the matter is not over until I give the money, otherwise I will feel that I owe someone else something.
"Okay then." Master Jian quickly understood what the other party meant, and at the same time he also realized belatedly... When he decided to draw his sword, he had already missed the opportunity to cooperate with this NPC. Now he
You can only accept the money, end this incident, and accept that the other party will continue to maintain a "neutral" relationship with you.
So, the two players Jianghu accepted the money, left the second floor, and immediately went to the shopkeeper to change rooms.
In the process of negotiating with the innkeeper, they just found out who Leng Yuqiu was and what role he played in this incident.
But now it is too late for them to lament their poor ability to deal with NPCs.
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On the other hand, in Wang Qiong's mansion.
The aroma of grain, cotton wool, straw and firewood, and a hint of burnt smell mixed together and spread in the house.
Wang Qiong sat comfortably on the kang, eating cakes and drinking hot tea.
People who saw him at first sight would probably think of him as an ordinary farm boy, and would never have thought that he would be a living god of wealth who was extremely wealthy.
"Master." Cheng Wei's voice came from outside the door.
He stood at the door with his back straight. Even though no one was around, he kept a solemn and respectful expression when he said the word "village owner".
"Come in." Wang Qiong responded casually, even though he had not finished eating anything in his mouth when he spoke.
"Yes." Cheng Weinuo said, then opened the door curtain and entered the house.
"What did Po Wen say?" Wang Qiong knew what the other party came to report, so he asked directly.
"Back to the village owner, I am a virgin." Cheng Wei also gave the answer straightforwardly.
"Well..." Wang Qiong nodded, remained silent for a few seconds, and then asked, "Cheng Wei, what do you think?"
Cheng Wei was stunned for a moment: "You mean..." He really didn't know what aspect this question was specifically about.
"You know how much money, time and connections I have spent on this woman." Wang Qiong continued, "Are you not curious at all about what I am doing?"
Cheng Wei lowered his head and responded: "Master, as servants, we shouldn't ask questions, so we won't..."
"Hey~" Wang Qiong waved his hand to interrupt him, "You're not asking me now, I'm asking you." He paused for half a second, "What do you think...just tell me."
This question is not easy to answer.
Although Cheng Wei has always been by Wang Qiong's side, he really knows very little about this woman.
"In my humble opinion..." After thinking for a moment, Cheng Wei replied, "The owner of the village plans to marry this girl?"
Although this speculation may sound superficial at first glance, it is actually very reliable.
Indeed, Wang Qiong has no shortage of women, but "lover" and "wife" are two different things.
Wang Qiong is over forty years old and has never officially married. He has never put so much effort into a woman. In addition, he also specially arranged for Wen Po to verify his identity...
Based on all these signs, Cheng Weicai came to this conclusion.
"Haha..." Wang Qiong smiled, "It makes sense..." He paused, "But it's not right."
"Then..." Cheng Wei put forward another hypothesis, "Is it to give to others?"
Wang Qiong smiled and shook his head: "You guessed half of it right."
"My subordinate is stupid, please let me know clearly from the owner." Cheng Wei stopped guessing. A shrewd subordinate knows when to stop asking, even if the master asked him to ask in the first place.
"I want her to help me kill people." Wang Qiong continued.
Cheng Wei's eyes moved slightly and he thought: "She has very high martial arts skills?"
"Not high." Wang Qiong said, "To use the terminology in the world of martial arts...just third-rate."
Cheng Wei said: "But the money you spent on her can at least hire ten first-class masters to work for you."
Wang Qiong said: "Huh... But the person I want her to kill, even if we invite twenty first-class masters, will never come back."
Cheng Wei fell silent.
Logically speaking, he should ask "Who?" at this moment.
But he didn't ask, he didn't dare to ask, and he didn't want to know.
But Wang Qiong wanted him to know: "Why don't you ask who that is?"
Cheng Wei said: "Subordinates... don't dare."
Wang Qiong said: "Ah...that means you have already guessed a thing or two."
Cheng Wei couldn't deny it: "Yes."
Wang Qiong said: "But I want you to know ten percent, not one or two."
Cheng Wei said: "Thank you, Master, for trusting me." He had no choice but to accept it.
Wang Qiong said: "The one I want to kill is today's emperor."
Even though he was vaguely aware that he would hear such an answer, when he heard it, Cheng Wei's mind was still buzzing, and the huge pressure instantly made his stomach churn: "Dare you ask the owner of the village... why?"
Wang Qiong said: "Because he wants to kill me."
Cheng Wei nodded, he did not ask "how did you know", he knew very well that Wang Qiong would have a way to find out...
Therefore, if Wang Qiong said that the emperor wanted to kill him, then the emperor would kill him.
"Why hasn't he taken action yet?" Cheng Wei asked.
This is indeed a question... If the emperor wants to kill people, is it possible that he still has to wait?
Wang Qiong snorted coldly: "Humph... He has already taken action." He clenched his fist with his right hand and said angrily, "And... he was one step faster than me."
When Cheng Wei heard this, his expression changed: "You mean...his assassins have already been dispatched?"
Wang Qiong said: "Not only have they been dispatched, they have already come to me."
"Master!" Cheng Wei's face turned pale when he heard this, and he knelt on the ground. "Could it be that you doubt me..."
"Hey~ I'm not talking about you..." Wang Qiong showed a hint of impatience, turned away and said, "Don't be so surprised, get up and talk."
Cheng Wei wiped the cold sweat from his face and stood up again. After calming down a little, he thought for a moment and continued: "Then you mean... that 'Zhang San'?"
"He and the assassin are indeed a team, but his mission has been completed." Wang Qiong said, stuffing another cake into his mouth.
Cheng Wei was a little confused: "The owner of the village...who is the assassin?"
Wang Qiong shrugged: "That's the woman."
Before he said this, Cheng Wei didn't understand, and after he said it, Cheng Wei was even more confused.
"You don't understand, do you?" Wang Qiong said, "I'll tell you and you'll understand."
Cheng Wei cupped his fists and raised his hands: "Master, please speak."
Wang Qiong drank the remaining cakes in his mouth with tea, cleared his throat, collected his thoughts, and said: "First, let me ask you... do you know 'Through the Mirror'?"
"I don't know," Cheng Wei shook his head and replied.
Although he was once a member of the Jianghu, after being with Wang Qiong for so many years, the relationship between Cheng Wei and the Jianghu has long been very weak. Unless Wang Qiong has instructions, he will not deliberately inquire about those relatively secret information.
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"Those are four killers." After a slight pause, Wang Qiong continued, "Four killers who are rarely known but never fail."
This is a very high compliment.
As far as a killer is concerned, being "little known" is more terrifying than "never missing".
"Legend has it that each of these four people has a skill that is unparalleled in the world." Wang Qiong said, "And those four skills are... the disguise technique of 'Mirror', the beauty of 'Flower', the internal strength of 'Water', and
The Qinggong of 'Moon'."
"Disguise?" Cheng Wei reacted quickly, "Could it be that 'Zhang San' is..."
"Yes, he is 'Jing'." Wang Qiong continued, "The woman he sent is 'Hua'."
He curled his lips as if he was recalling the snack he had just eaten. After a brief silence, he spoke again: "And 'Hua' is the only one among the four who has the chance to kill the emperor."
Hearing this, Cheng Wei gradually followed Wang Qiong's train of thought: "Is this why the owner of the village did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to capture him?"
"Yes." Wang Qiong nodded and said, "If you want to kill the emperor, you have to find 'Hua'... 'Jing Hua Shui Yue'. These four people are very difficult to find, but half a month ago, due to a strange incident, I unexpectedly
We have found out the whereabouts of 'Hua'." He raised his eyes and looked at Cheng Wei, "That matter... you should also know."
"Half a month ago..." Cheng Wei murmured, "Are you referring to... King Yu's 'Hunting a Fox and Encountering an Immortal'?"
Not many people know about the incident he talked about, because it is not considered a "jianghu matter" or a "government and opposition incident." If you have to classify it, it can be regarded as a romance story...
The general plot is not complicated. It is about a powerful prince who "accidentally" met a beautiful "fairy" by a lake while he was out hunting.
The beautiful woman "invited" her back to her house, treated her with courtesy, and treated her as an honored guest, hoping that one day she could impress her.
Of course, there are many logical problems in this story, the most important of which are two: First, even if King Yu is obsessed with sex, the people around him should understand... This woman appears very strangely, and her origin is unknown.
, how could he be brought back to the palace? Secondly, even if everyone accepted that setting, how difficult would it be for him, a prince, to dominate a common girl? No matter what, he can't enter this kind of rhythm of chasing a goddess as a spare tire, right?
?
In short, the unreasonable part is quite prominent, which also greatly reduces the authenticity of this story; but... In that era, communication basically relied on shouting, word of mouth, and falsehoods. In the end, there were many stories that were spread beyond recognition. It was even worse than this.
There are some outrageous ones, so not many people know this story, and not many people question it.
Until... this story reached Wang Qiong's ears.
Wang Qiong's intelligence network spreads all over the world, the government and the public, and the people...
Therefore, he can know many things that others will never know in their lifetime, and he can also make many speculations that others would never think of.
Although Wang Qiong is not 100% sure, he is at least 50% sure that the "fairy" who is visiting Prince Yu's house is the "flower" in the mirror, and Prince Yu is her target.
After reasoning to this point, Wang Qiong immediately used his connections to prepare to carry out a mission of "robbing a woman from Prince Yu's Mansion".
Wang Qiong understood that once King Yu died, the woman would disappear; a killer like her would definitely disappear as soon as the mission was completed. So he had to find the woman as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, he may miss this rare and only opportunity.
So, he found the "Four Elites of Yuling"; those four people may not be the best candidates, but they are indeed the most suitable choices at that point in time.
However, nearly ten days have passed since those four people came out, and the person who finally brought "Hua" to Wang Qiong was not the Four Jue of Yuling, but "Mirror".
"Subordinate... I still don't understand." Cheng Wei thought for a moment and then said, "According to what the owner said, both the mirror and the flower are here to kill you?"
"Yes." Wang Qiong said.
"But you took the initiative to send someone to bring 'Hua' back." Cheng Wei said, "And... isn't her target the King of Feathers?"
"Her target...from the beginning, has been me." Wang Qiong continued almost word for word.
Hearing this sentence, Cheng Wei's thoughts were disrupted again. He followed the owner's wishes and went through the matter again. Finally, three minutes later, he suddenly realized: "That King of Feathers' Hunting Foxes and Encountering Immortals'
This matter...is the emperor's arrangement?"
"You finally thought of it." Wang Qiong nodded, "I said, the emperor wants to kill me; but wanting to kill me, Wang Qiong... is not that easy. He knows very well that once I notice his murderous intention,
He will take immediate action and strike first.
"After thinking through this, he set up this trap...
"Only the emperor can let a prince act for him.
"This play is just for me, because only I can see the story of 'Flowers are going to assassinate the Feather King' from that play.
"And I... did fall into the trap."
Cheng Wei followed Wang Qiong's thoughts this time and continued, "And that 'mirror'... should be a kind of 'protection'. If there is no accident, he doesn't have to take action, but obviously... an accident happened.
"
"Well..." Wang Qiong responded, "Legend...'Hua' can charm all the men in the world. As long as he looks at her, the men will be completely fascinated by her, and some will even be willing to be killed by her. So,
She only has third-rate martial arts, but she has never failed..." He paused, "Although I have warned Yuling Sijue in advance that men are not allowed to confirm the appearance of the 'goods', and they are not allowed to look at her on the way; but I
I think...80% of them didn't do it."
His reasoning is very accurate... When the flowers were robbed from the palace, "Zou Ting" of the Four Ultimate Skills... that is, the "big brother"... really never saw the "goods" from the beginning to the end; the martial arts among the Four Ultimate Skills
He, the tallest one, is responsible for cutting off the rear, and the "cargo" is taken away by the other three people.
The problem lies with their third child. This person is quite lustful on weekdays and often goes to Fireworks and Willow Alley. But it is this kind of person who still feels that his concentration is particularly good. It seems that he sees the vulgar and vulgar.
A pink queen also has the same virtues as a dog, and will become calm and contented in the presence of a truly stunning beauty.
Things changed like this. When the third child saw the appearance of "Hua", Zhu Cheng, the second child impersonated by "Mirror", knew that this person could not be kept, otherwise something would definitely happen. So, he met them in Zouting
Before rendezvous, he killed the third child.
In this regard, the fourth sister didn't have much to say. The third child was indeed seeking his own death.
As for what happened after Zou Ting arrived at Mi Si Inn, it was as written before... The death of Lao San made him curious; the difference between Zou Ting and Lao San was that Lao San thought he was a person with strong concentration.
A very determined person, and Zou Ting is really a very determined person.
After "It's a pity", Zou Ting's heart also became confused.
He began to think about his mission...
Naturally, Wang Qiong would not tell him such outrageous things as "I want this woman to kill the emperor." He used a simpler reason: "I want to sleep with this woman."
It's very simple and very convincing, but after Zou Ting saw that woman, this reason and this purpose became an extremely unstable factor.
The beauty of "Hua" is enough for a man like Zou Ting to give up a huge reward and give her freedom... and his purpose is just to occupy even an inch of her heart.
When this idea became clearer and more decisive, Zou Ting also died.
Now that the matter has come to this, there is no need for Jing to keep pretending... It is quite logical to kill Lao San, but to kill Zou Ting... the real Zhu Cheng does not have such high martial arts.
So, he did not stop and killed all four people in Yuling, burned these people together with the innocent people in the inn, and then personally delivered the "flower" to Wang Qiong.
"Master of the village..." After Cheng Wei figured out the whole thing, he took advantage of the situation and flattered him, "...his ingenious plan is admired by his subordinates..."
"Ha..." Wang Qiong said with a smile, "If it was really a clever plan, I should have figured it out while talking to Jing." He held his chin in one hand and grabbed another piece of pastry, "But actually...
…When you told me that she was a virgin, I was able to think clearly."
"Uh..." Cheng Wei didn't understand again, "By the way, my subordinates don't know...what does it matter whether the woman is a virgin?"
Wang Qiong said: "I know a few things about Jinghua Shuiyue, such as...the four of them are biological brothers and sisters..."
When he said this, another question in Cheng Wei's mind was solved: "Why is Jing not attracted to Hua?"
"For example... Hua has never let any man get her..." Wang Qiong was still talking, "Another example... In addition to her voice and appearance, Jing can also imitate other people's martial arts moves, and even her internal strength is exactly the same...
He gave a few examples at random, and without exhausting them, he brought the topic back, "In short, considering King Yu's character... Regarding the identity of 'Hua', there is nothing more convincing than this."
Cheng Wei also reacted to his reminder... King Yu was famous for being lustful. He was known as the devil in lust and the devil in flowers. He basically saw any woman with a bit of beauty.
He will not let it go. The woman kidnapped from his house is still innocent, which is very abnormal in itself.
"Well..." Cheng Wei muttered, "Now... my subordinates all understand." He paused for half a second and then continued, "Since the owner of the village has understood that the other party is here to kill you, it's easy to handle.
...My subordinates will arrange a group of hard-nosed men...of course, all of them are women...go and kill that 'flower' immediately..."
"Wait a minute." Wang Qiong interrupted her, "Who said they wanted to kill her?"
Cheng Wei was stunned again: "This... you mean... lock it up first?"
Wang Qiong picked up the teacup, took a big sip of tea, rinsed his mouth with tea, and then got off the kang: "No, I'll go and talk to her first."
"What?" Cheng Wei almost yelled out these two words, but he held back after all.
"Master of the village..." Cheng Wei said, "Didn't you just say that... as long as a man sees the appearance of 'Hua'..."
"Ha..." Wang Qiong smiled, "I didn't say it, it was 'legend'." He put his hands behind his back, "That kind of nonsense... I don't believe it anyway."
"But..." Cheng Wei looked worried, "The Four Wonders of Yuling..."
"Hahaha..." Wang Qiong laughed loudly, "They are them, and I am me. I have decided that the legend is false, and I am going to find out now."
Cheng Wei said: "What if..."
Wang Qiong smiled and shook his head, turned around, and walked outside the house while saying: "If it is true, then I will die under this legend, so what's the problem?"
