The night shrouded the inner garden, and several stags were sleeping quietly under a tree. A black shadow suddenly fell from the sky, knocked down a deer, and with one slash, the long antler was obtained. The other two deer had not reacted yet.
, a cold light flashed, and the deer antlers on the head were separated from it. In the blink of an eye, three deer antlers were obtained, and several deer were so frightened that they fled in panic.
Although Guo Song and Li An were talking about big business worth thousands of dollars, he also needed money for food and drinks, so it was inevitable to come to make some extra money at night.
In less than half an hour, he cut off ten pairs of deer antlers. Under the cover of darkness, he avoided the patrol and quickly left the inner garden. He sold the antlers to a drug store and received five hundred taels of silver.
Generally speaking, only someone with strong martial arts skills like Guo Song can do this kind of thing. The patrol and defense of the inner garden are very tight. Generally speaking, if a ranger from the capital comes to poach, he will most likely be caught and beaten half to death.
There will also be a lawsuit.
However, people with high martial arts skills don't seem to bother to do this kind of thing. They have many ways to make money. It will be very embarrassing if others know that they are poaching. Only newcomers like Guo Song will enjoy poaching.
Two days later, in the middle of the night, Guo Song was suddenly awakened by a slight push on the door. He grabbed the sharp dagger in his hand, flipped backwards, jumped onto the box seven feet away, and lightly
He squatted down slightly and stared at the door that gradually opened.
A dark figure flashed in from outside and gently closed the door.
The hazy moonlight shone through the crack in the window. This was a young man whose face I had never seen before, but his figure was very familiar.
"What do you mean you broke into my room at night?"
Guo Song's sudden words startled the man. He laughed in a low voice: "Lao Wu, why are you sleeping on the wooden box?"
"Is it Fourth Senior Brother?"
The man rubbed it on his face, revealing Gan Yu's thin face. Guo Song was overjoyed and jumped off the wooden box. The two brothers hugged him tightly. Gan Lei punched him on the shoulder and said, "What medicine did you take, kid?"
I haven’t seen you for a few years, but you’ve grown so tall!”
"Where did senior brother hide? We thought he was caught."
"Hey! It's hard to explain. I've been hiding in Lantian County these days. When I came back at night to take a look, I found that the house collapsed. I knew you were here."
"Senior brother, I have something in my hand, a gold box."
Gan Yu nodded, "The contents of the golden box have caused a turmoil. How many people are trying to trace it. As long as it's with you, I'll be relieved. I'm leaving soon and can't stay in the capital."
"Brother, I killed Mao Shunshui!"
Gan Yu frowned, "He is just an outsider. Although I hate him too, there is no point in killing him!"
"Senior brother, he is a bait."
Guo Song told Gan Yu in detail about him and Sun Xiaozhen. Gan Yu sighed, "Xiao Zhen is a good apprentice. I'm afraid that they will find out about his relationship with me. I'm really sorry for him."
Gan Yu said to Guo Song again: "You don't know the bloody power struggle. There are many top masters in the capital. I serve as the instructor at the Huben Martial Arts Hall. In fact, I can only be regarded as a peripheral warrior and cannot enter their core."
"But now senior brother has become the eye of the storm!"
Gan Yu was silent for a moment, then solemnly said to Guo Song: "Junior brother, I won't hide it from you now. I am actually a member of the emperor, working undercover at the Huben Martial Arts Hall."
Guo Song was stunned for a moment, "Senior brother, I don't understand?"
Gan Yu smiled bitterly, "My identity has been exposed. Everyone knows that I have a secret decree from the emperor in my hand. They are tracking me down just to steal this secret decree."
Guo Song was still confused, so he simply got to the point, "How could senior brother be favored by the emperor?"
"Because of our master!"
"Because of Master?" Guo Song's eyes widened.
Gan Yu nodded, "You also know the master's lay identity. Our master is the Sword Saint Pei Min. He has two apprentices, one is our master, and the other is Gongsun Auntie, who is also our master's aunt. The master's aunt has always been
She lives in the palace. She was once the Emperor's personal bodyguard, and now she is the Emperor's chief swordsman and the master of the Hidden Sword Pavilion. However, she is old and rarely shows up anymore."
"Does she know that Master is in Kongtong Mountain?"
"She knows, she knows that the master is in Qingxu Temple, and his name is Mu Zhenren."
After a moment of silence, Gan Yu said again: "Three years ago, Yong County offered a reward of five hundred guan to a flower picker. I joined the hunt, but a woman beat me to the kill and killed the flower picker because the government wanted a living person.
, I accused her of breaking the rules, and we started fighting. It turned out that our sword skills were very similar. She was Gongsun's apprentice. When Gongsun heard about it, she sent someone to find me. She asked about her master, and I found out.
She turns out to be our senior sister-in-law."
"Senior brother works for the Emperor because of her?"
"I joined the Hidden Sword Pavilion, so naturally I will work for the Emperor."
Of course Guo Song knew about Aunt Gongsun. Du Fu wrote a poem about swordsmanship describing her swordsmanship. The master also told himself that he and Aunt Gongsun came from the same sect. It turned out that she was still alive and recruited Gan Yu.
After pondering for a moment, Guo Song asked again: "Then how did senior brother's identity come to light?"
Gan Yu sighed and said: "I have a subordinate named Zeng Jinxian. He went to assassinate Yu Chaoen's confidant Huangfu Wen, but was caught. Unable to withstand the torture, he confessed to me, saying that I had a secret decree in my hand.
, you also know what happened next, the news has spread, not only Yu Chaoen wants to arrest me, but also Li Fuguo and Cheng Zhenyuan want to arrest me."
Guo Song took out the gold box from the box and handed it to Gan Yu, "Senior brother, do you want to open it and take a look?"
Gan Yu shook his head, "There are rules in the Hidden Sword Pavilion. If you can't do it, you can return the gold box. The premise is that the gold box cannot be broken. If it is broken, you must complete it to the end. After completing the task, hand back the contents for destruction.
, to complete the mission, now it is my amulet, everyone wants to catch me, but they have never thought of killing me."
Gan Yu handed the gold box to Guo Song again, "Keep it for me!"
Guo Song suddenly thought of an important question, "If Aunt Gongsun knows your true identity, she will also find out that we are senior brothers. Will she guess that the gold box is with me?"
Gan Yu thought for a while and said: "She may indeed find out, but even if she finds you, she will not force you to do anything. Joining the Hidden Sword Tower is of my own free will. You know that my ideal is to be a
assassin."
"Senior brother, have you heard of Tianying Tower?"
Gan Yu laughed, "Everyone in Chang'an knows that in the fourth year of the Dali calendar, the emperor gave each of the three princes to build a recruitment hall. King Lu was the Tianqing Tower, King Zheng was the Tianyuan Tower, and King Zhao was the Tianying Tower. The emperor's
The original intention was for them to recruit heroes from all over the world, but what the people of Chang'an didn't know was that now the three buildings had changed and were controlled by the three eunuchs. They were filled with the top counselors and swordsmen of the Tang Dynasty. I was serving as a worshiper at the Huben Martial Arts Hall.
The instructor is actually the peripheral warrior of Tianyuan Tower."
At this time, Gan Yu stood up and said, "I came back just to see my junior brother. I have to go."
Guo Song took out a bag of silver and gave it to him, "Brother, take these coins!"
Gan Yu waved his hand and said with a smile: "I am not short of money. Junior brother, don't worry. I am actually protected by the Hidden Sword Pavilion and I am very safe."
With a touch of his hand, he put the mask on and turned into another person. Gan Yu smiled and said: "My aunt taught me the art of disguise. I passed it on to Xiao Zhen. He is a good boy. My aunt will protect me."
he."
"I will do it, don't worry, senior brother!"
Gan Yu looked outside the door, jumped onto the roof, ran on the roof, and soon disappeared into the darkness...
Guo Song went back to his room and lay down. He felt an unspeakable uneasiness in his heart. Although he saw his senior brother Gan Yu and could rest assured that he was safe and sound, his senior brother happened to tell the story about Aunt Gongsun.
Guo Song's uneasiness came from an unknown risk. Someone knew about his relationship with Gan Yu, and also knew that his senior brother's gold box was in his hands.
On a big tree behind Qingxu Temple, a slender black figure squatted quietly on the tree. She suddenly jumped away from the big tree and quickly disappeared into the darkness.