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 handwritten 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 wanted to look north 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 of Mirage City. The meaning is self-evident. Many leaders who received the letter secretly speculated in their hearts - Leader Song is this
He will die soon.
In fact, Song Guichao is not as old as expected. He is still 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 Wanjie Sect leader who escaped alone and forced him into the
Xuantian Peak, the forbidden area of the Wanjie Sect, was unexpectedly a trap set by the leader of the Wanjie Sect. Knowing that he was surrounded by enemies, he lured the enemy deeper and set many traps on the Xuantian Peak with the idea of perish together. Although
In the end, Master Wanjie conferred the title, but 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 - every time the seasons changed, Song Guichao only felt that he was suffering from internal diseases.
Burning, pain like a thousand insects eating the heart, 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. The three famous figures who died were
Originally they were all the masters of the sects in the South China Sea. After this incident, two sects relied on the Changsheng Alliance, which caused the Changsheng Alliance to rise up on par with the other three sects, and the Changsheng Alliance also changed.
It has become 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 -
- Reputation, power, influence, it can be said that he has everything. It can be said that he alone took all the credit of the four people. Think about what he has lost - except for an illness that is not known to be true, he seems to have lost nothing.
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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 acted to embezzle their gang industry." Perhaps it was also because of people's hearts.
Thinking about old times, it turned out that many members of the Three Gangs believed in this statement, and gradually developed strong dissatisfaction 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 Qiu Huai help his enemy? Zuo Qiu Huai was also named the household god in charge of the Immortal League 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 in charge of "picking him up" came to greet him. They came under orders and had been waiting here for a long time.
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?
However, Guan Lingxiao is a person who can hide things after all. No matter how uneasy he is, he will not show it and just follow these two minions.
There are many roads 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 based on the urgent call from the leader of the Song Dynasty.
Guan Lingxiao's doubts deepened as he walked down the path, but he remained calm on the surface.
After traveling for a day and a half, the three of them stayed in an inn together on the evening of the second day. It was difficult to find an inn on a small road. Even though they could walk a little further before sunset, there were several nearby
The three of them knew the place where they would stay, so they could only stay here and make a big effort to go directly to the Immortal Alliance tomorrow.
"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 two leaders, the leader and the door god, Togami, in Mirage City. The other leaders have not arrived yet."
Before he finished speaking, Guan Lingxiao's heart 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 a lie at all, and this letter was just an excuse to lure him back. And with Song Guichao's kind of character, I'm afraid he would never let anyone in the Eternal Life Alliance
Comrade saw that he had returned to Mirage City, so it was most in line with his style to take action halfway.
For example... right in this inn.
There was nothing else to eat in this wilderness inn, not even meat. It only had some refreshments and whole grains. Not long after, the owner of the inn brought the refreshments, along with a pot of shochu.
"Young leader, please." I respectfully extended my hand to Guan Lingxiao.
"I'm not hungry yet, you can eat first." Ever since he figured out all the doubts about this matter, Guan Lingxiao was sure that the food was poisonous, and he was not going to touch a bite.
The two minions also behaved in an orderly manner: "If the young leader doesn't want to eat, 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 was never any red tape like the elder brother eating me first, and 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.
Underneath the large porcelain plate was a shining sharp knife, which went straight to the back of Guan Lingxiao's sight out of sight.
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 and pulled out the belt from his waist.
With his sword, he cut off half of the shopkeeper's arm with just one blow.
This knife was very fast. Before the store owner could scream, he jumped behind Guan Lingxiao and used the spine of the knife to hold the wrist-breaking knife in the man's hand. Guan Lingxiao's left hand was not idle either.
When he drew 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.
"To deal with Guan...it took a lot of effort!" 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 downstairs. 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 see with his own eyes that they were
They are all subordinates of Song Guichao, not to say they are absolute confidants, but they are not far apart.
They only followed Song Guichao's instructions, so even if they were sent to kill themselves, the young alliance 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 weapons. God knows what kind of poison they used?
Poison can be said to be the most terrifying method. No matter how high a master you are, as long as you don't have the skills to prevent poison, you will have to admit defeat if you encounter it.
The crossbow arrows were poisoned, making them difficult to guard against. But in other words, as long as Guan Lingxiao was still entangled with these assassins, those who fired cold arrows would not kill their own people together, right? So he fought and retreated until he approached the inn.
When he reached the window, 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, nor is it the time to survive by killing a few more people.
Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy, the ancients will not deceive me.
Guan Lingxiao's Qinggong is still above that of the Blood Bat King, who is famous for his elusiveness. When he leaves the small inn, he is in the endless dense forest. With his Qinggong, even if he cannot get rid of these assassins for a while, he can 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.
"Leader Guan Shao, 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-ended 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 same as the actors on the stage. He had obviously recognized the identity of the other party.
The big man with the colorful face chuckled lightly: "Don't talk about our affairs yet..." He threw the small flag on his back to the Erhualian who was following him, and the 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 it really added 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 and grabbed it in the air, 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.
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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 negotiate business with reliable people. If I 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.
