In a small restaurant on Chang'an Street, Muyangfang, Daqian Capital.
Mrs. Zhang, who had just sent Gu Cheng off, immediately came here in a carriage with Gu Zheng and opened the door of a private box.
The Taoist priest who assassinated Gu Cheng as a temple ghost of the five internal organs was sitting among them.
The ghost in his heart was swallowed by Gu Cheng into the space of the jade pendant, but he used his own five internal organs to feed the ghost, so he could no longer be regarded as a human being. He was still living well without his heart, but his face was a little pale.
"Why are you here, Madam? I have been waiting for you for a long time, so I ordered a pot of the best Dahongpao. Madam, remember to pay the bill later."
The Taoist priest complained and took a sip of tea.
Mrs. Zhang snorted coldly: "Stop talking nonsense, have you found everyone?"
The Taoist priest clapped his hands and two people came out from behind the screen in the private room.
One of them is a one-eyed swordsman in white, in his thirties, with a cold face.
The other person is even more strange. He is thin and has a withered face, as if he is seriously ill.
But his left arm was thick and bulging, wrapped in circles of linen, and looked extremely awkward.
The Taoist priest pointed at the one-eyed swordsman in white clothes and said: "This is Han Ting, an abandoned disciple of the Heyan County Sword-breaking Sword Hall. The Sword-breaking Sword is very skillful and incompetent. He has been trained to the deepest level. Once the sword is released, it can break illusions and evil spells." , the most sharp.”
The Taoist priest pointed at the sickly weird man again: "This is the ghost hand Wu Qianxing, an abandoned disciple of the Wu family in western Hunan. The Wu family is good at cutting pulses and refining ghosts. His ghost hand is the general's ghost hand." The arm of a former general who had turned into black zombies was cut off and transplanted into his body. Not only is it invulnerable to swords, it is extremely powerful, it is also contaminated with corpse poison."
Mrs. Zhang frowned and said, "Why are they all abandoned disciples?"
The Taoist priest rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, who among the disciples of a serious sect would risk being hunted down by Jingyesi's hawks and dogs to work as a killer in the black market?"
"Okay, it's just them."
The Taoist priest did not take action, but stretched out his hand and twirled his index finger and thumb, as if comparing his feelings.
"What's the meaning?"
"Money."
Mrs. Zhang suddenly raised her brows and said dissatisfied: "You still want money? Last time you said that you would be able to capture him with all your strength, and you were a good boy, but the little beast was still alive and well. Now you want money?"
The Taoist priest snorted coldly: "How can something happen if my heart ghost kills an ordinary person? It's obviously because of your intelligence problems that led to the failure!
There must be some kind of magic weapon around that kid to protect his life. I also folded the inner ghost that I have been practicing for more than ten years into it. I have suffered a big loss on this deal. I haven't settled the score with you yet. Woolen cloth!"
Zhang said loudly: "You are obviously blackmailing me!"
A cold smile suddenly appeared on the Taoist priest's face: "Blackmail? Madam, you can understand it this way."
At this time, Gu Zheng, who was following Mrs. Zhang, suddenly screamed and pointed behind Mr. Zhang with a look of horror on his face.
A kid with a head that looked like a kidney had climbed onto Ms. Zhang's shoulders and was rubbing her cheek.
Mrs. Zhang tried her best not to scream, but with a look of horror on her face, she trembled and said:
"What do you want to do? Do you know that my brother has already worshiped in the Jiangnan God's Thunderbolt Hall?"
The Taoist priest sneered and said: "Scare me, even a poor Taoist dares to take a job in the capital. Do you think I will be afraid of Shenxiao Pilitang? This is the capital, not Jiangnan!"
Madam, if you don’t know anything about practitioners, don’t try to speculate on the world of practitioners with your pitiful little thoughts.
Whether it's blackmail or extortion, I have found him for you, madam. You decide for yourself whether I will give you the money or not.
You and I have some kind of relationship, I recognize you, but I, the kidney devil, don’t recognize you!
I forgot to tell you, my kidney ghost was made from a pervert. Madam, although you are a bit older, you have taken good care of yourself and your charm is still there. Look, it still seems to like it very much.
And you."
As he spoke, the kidney ghost suddenly opened his mouth, stuck out his tongue and licked Mrs. Zhang's cheek, causing her to scream in fright.
"I give! I give!"
The Taoist priest waved his hand, took back the kidney ghost, and muttered: "It would have been better if I had given you the money earlier. I have to talk so much nonsense. People's hearts are not old, and business is not easy to do."
"These two have one thousand taels each."
The Taoist priest pointed at the two people.
Zhang gritted her teeth and took out two thousand taels of silver notes and threw them to the Taoist priest.
"Madam still owes me a thousand taels."
"Didn't you say one thousand taels per person?"
The Taoist priest pointed at himself: "Have you forgotten the rules of my profession? There are agency fees."
Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth and threw out another thousand taels. The Taoist priest then took the money and left with satisfaction. Before leaving, he said: "By the way, madam, please don't forget to settle the tea money later. I'm poor."
Tao is a decent person, and he can't do anything like eating the King's meal."
As soon as they left, Ms. Zhang immediately slumped in her chair. She hugged Gu Zheng and gritted her teeth and said, "Zheng'er, have you seen the humiliation I suffered for my mother?
In a few days, I will ask your uncle to use all his strength and all the family savings to find a way for you to worship in Baiyun Temple!
The title of the Gu family belongs to you, and the success of the Gu family depends entirely on you!
I want to show that old woman that the little beast she is protecting is nothing but a waste. Only you can restore the reputation of the Gu family and bring glory to our ancestors!"
Gu Zheng nodded sharply. Although he was not old, what he showed on his face was extremely perseverance and ruthlessness.
Downstairs in the restaurant, the Taoist priest twirled the banknotes in his hand and smiled proudly.
Even if this woman doesn't hire a killer for money, she will do it herself.
How could he let that kid leave the capital smoothly if he was disturbed?
Now that someone is taking money, it can save yourself some effort, so why not?
………………
On the official road from the capital to Donglin County, Gu Cheng and three servants traveled for five days, but his heart became heavier and heavier.
Since leaving the capital, these three servants have changed from their previous submissive appearance, and have a cold attitude. They just rush on their way and keep an eye on him all the time.
These three people are all members of the Zhang family. To be more precise, all the servants in Gu Mansion's nursing home are members of the Zhang family. They are all soldiers of his second uncle's subordinates in Western Xinjiang. They were injured or aged and retired.
, then came to Gu Mansion to work as a servant.
This kind of thing is a custom for those princes who have passed down their military exploits to their families. It is not only reassuring, but also a way to show one's own benevolence and righteousness.
Along the way, Gu Cheng could vaguely feel that someone seemed to be following him behind him.
The official roads of Daqian extend in all directions, so it makes no sense that two riders always follow them behind them, and they do not overtake them, but always keep a certain distance.
This discovery made Gu Cheng's heart suddenly sink to the bottom.
He raised his eyes and glanced at the three servants beside him. Gu Cheng was currently in the early stages of ninth-grade external training, but these three servants were all retired soldiers. Even if they were not formal practitioners, they were much better than ordinary people and had rich fighting experience.
There are only training methods in Wu Gang's minutes, but no martial arts moves. When Gu Cheng left the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, he only brought a dagger that was easy to hide. Even if Gu Cheng had a hidden agenda and killed one person in a surprise attack, in such a wide area
In this place, everyone has horses with them, how can he escape?
At this time, Gu Cheng suddenly discovered that they were walking, seemingly leaving the official road and heading towards a small road.
Gu Chengyi frowned and said, "This road seems wrong, right? We are already far away from the official road."
One of the servants said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, it's faster for us to take the small road than the official road."
"But the trails are dangerous."
"As long as I am waiting here, I will ensure that the young master is safe."
As he said that, the three cavalrymen vaguely sandwiched Gu Cheng in the middle.
Gu Cheng didn't say anything more, and after walking for a few hours, the sky was getting dark, and a small inn appeared in front of the road.
"I'm hungry." Gu Cheng suddenly stopped his horse.
The three servants looked at each other, nodded and said, "Okay, let's get some food here."
The inn was very small, with only a few tables on the first floor and one innkeeper who was also a cook and waiter. It was specially prepared for businessmen who didn't like to travel at night.
Gu Cheng and others entered the inn, and one of the servants said: "Housekeeper, if you have any special food, please put it on the table quickly."
The shopkeeper rubbed his hands and said with some embarrassment: "I just passed by a large caravan during the day and ate a lot of food. The store was a little short on supplies. There were only two chickens and some leftover steamed cakes left."
"Bring them all up."
Just after the shopkeeper brought the things up, the door of the inn was pushed open, and Han Ting from Pofajian Hall and Wu Qianxing, the 'Ghost Hand', strode into the inn.
The innkeeper said sheepishly: "I'm sorry to you two guests, but I haven't eaten any more. The last few things were ordered by the previous guests."
"Is there any wine?" Han Ting asked.
"The wine is gone."
"Is there any cold water?"
"There must be cold water, but..."
Han Ting waved his hand and said calmly: "Then bring two bowls of cold water."
The innkeeper nervously brought up two bowls of cold water. His intuition told him that these two people were not good friends.
Gu Cheng was also sizing up the two people secretly, and at the same time he kept sighing in his heart. It can be said that this situation couldn't be worse.
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