The reaction of Kuang Zong Jianying was within Leng Yuqiu's expectations, but his strength... was far beyond the opponent's estimation. Teana Wwww. ⒉
Leng Yuqiu didn't intend to draw his sword against the two people in front of him, because he thought it was unnecessary.
However, the moment Jian Shao put his hand on the hilt of his sword, the moment his fighting and sword intent burst out from his eyes, Leng Yuqiu's expression... changed.
An instinct made Leng Yuqiu take a step back, and when he realized it, his own hand had already grasped the sword.
"How is it possible?" At that moment, doubts and shock flashed through Leng Yuqiu's mind.
But before he had time to think about it, Mad Zong Jianying had already made a move.
Ping—
The sword's edge collided sharply in the air.
Anyone who can clearly see this confrontation will surely marvel at the strength and speed of both sides.
However, the sound of this blow... was neither loud nor thick.
The sound was like two glasses touching lightly, light and gentle.
After this sword strike, Master Jian and Leng Yuqiu's expressions changed abruptly, and they each retreated a bit.
"So that's how it is..." Leng Yuqiu thought immediately, "It's not because his inner strength is weak that he can't detect it... but because his inner strength is unique and cannot be detected."
"Is there any mistake... this guy is actually so strong? Or is the average level of npc in this script world like this?" Jian Shao was also in doubt.
"I haven't asked for advice yet..." Leng Yuqiu seldom asks for other people's names, but this time is obviously an exception.
"Huangfu Mingkang." Jian Shao reported his real name verbatim, and his real name sounds harmless in this world of martial arts.
"Okay." Leng Yuqiu didn't report his name, nor did he ask if the other party recognized him. He just said "Okay", then sheathed his sword and took out a silver sheet from his pocket. ticket, "I lose money."
With that said, he stretched out his hand and handed over the bank note.
However, Young Master Jian didn't pick it up.
"No need." Kuangzong Jianying said coldly, "We have the money."
The implication of this is-this matter, what we are talking about is reasonable, as long as you are willing to pay compensation, as for the money...it doesn't matter whether you give it or not.
"But I think it's better to compensate you." Leng Yuqiu didn't take back his hand, "You should do me a favor."
What he meant was—for me, the matter is settled when the money is paid, otherwise I will feel that I owe something to others.
"Okay then." Young 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. Being able to accept the money, end the incident, and accept that the other party will continue to maintain a "neutral" relationship with you.
So, the two Jianghu players took 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 knew who Leng Yuqiu was and what role he played in this incident.
But at this moment, it is too late for them to lament their poor ability to deal with NPCs.
...
On the other hand, in Wang Qiong's mansion.
The aroma of grain, the smell of cotton wool, the smell of straw and firewood, and a hint of burnt smell all mixed together and wafted into the house.
Wang Qiong sat comfortably on the kang, eating pastries and drinking hot tea.
People who saw him for the first time would probably regard him as an ordinary farmer, and they would never have thought that he would be a living god of wealth beyond rivals.
"Master." Cheng Wei's voice came from outside the door.
He stood at the door with his back straight. Even though no one was looking around, he maintained a solemn and respectful expression when he said the word "Villa Master".
"Come in." Wang Qiong responded casually, and the food in his mouth was not clean when he spoke.
"Yes." Cheng Weinuo said, before opening the door curtain and entering the room.
"What did Wen Po say?" Wang Qiong knew what the other party came to report, so he asked directly.
"Back to the owner, it's virginity." Cheng Wei also gave the answer straightforwardly.
"Hmm..." Wang Qiong nodded, was silent for a few seconds, and asked again, "Cheng Wei, what do you think?"
Cheng Wei was stunned for a moment: "You mean..." He really didn't know which aspect this question was asking about.
"For this woman, how much money, time and connections I have spent...you all know." Wang Qiong continued, "You are not curious at all, what am I doing for?"
Cheng Wei bowed his head and replied: "Master, we are servants, if we shouldn't ask, we won't..."
"Hey~" Wang Qiong interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "It's not you asking me now, it's me 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 been by Wang Qiong's side, he really knows very little about this woman.
"According to my subordinate's humble opinion..." Cheng Wei replied after a moment of consideration, "Is the owner planning to marry this girl?"
Although this speculation sounds superficial at first glance, it is actually very reliable.
Indeed, Wang Qiong has no shortage of women, but "lover" and "madame" are two different things.
Wang Qiong was over forty years old and had never formally married a wife. He had never spent so much effort on a woman; in addition, he specially arranged for a stable woman to verify her identity...
Based on these signs, Cheng Wei came to this conclusion.
"Hehe..." Wang Qiong smiled, "It makes sense..." He paused, "But it's not right."
"Then..." Cheng Wei put forward another hypothesis, "Is it for gifting to others?"
Wang Qiong smiled and shook his head: "You guessed half right."
"This subordinate is dull, please tell the owner clearly." Cheng Wei stopped guessing, a shrewd subordinate knows when to stop asking, even if the owner 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 read: "Her martial arts is very high?"
"Not high." Wang Qiong said, "Using the sayings in Jianghu... it's just third-rate."
Cheng Wei said: "But with the money you spent on her, at least ten first-class masters can be hired to work for you."
Wang Qiong said: "Heh... But the people I want her to kill, even if I invite twenty first-class masters, they will never return."
Cheng Wei was silent.
It stands to reason that he should ask "Who?"
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: "Subordinate... dare not."
Wang Qiong said: "Oh... that means you have already guessed a thing or two."
Cheng Wei couldn't deny it either: "Yes."
Wang Qiong said: "But I want you to know ten percent, not one or two."
Cheng Wei said: "Thank you for your trust." He had no choice but to accept it.
Wang Qiong said: "I want to kill today's emperor."
Even though he was faintly 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 to ask the owner... why?"
Wang Qiong said: "Because he wants to kill me."
Cheng Wei nodded, he didn't ask "how did you know", he knew very well that Wang Qiong would have a way to find out...
Therefore, Wang Qiong said that the emperor wanted to kill him, so the emperor wanted to kill him.
"Why hasn't he done anything yet?" Cheng Wei asked.
This is indeed a problem... The emperor wants to kill people, so is it possible that he has to wait
Wang Qiong snorted coldly: "Hmph...he has already made a move." He clenched his right fist and said angrily, "And... one step faster than me."
Cheng Wei's expression changed when he heard the words: "You mean... his assassins have already been dispatched?"
Wang Qiong said: "It's not just dispatched, they have already come to me."
"Master!" Cheng Wei turned pale when he heard this, and he knelt down on the ground with a puff, "Could it be that he suspects me..."
"Hey~ I'm not talking about you..." Wang Qiong showed a hint of impatience, turned his head away and said, "Don't be surprised, get up and talk."
Cheng Wei wiped the cold sweat off his face and stood up again. After calming down a bit, he thought for a while and continued: "Then you mean... that 'Zhang San'?"
"He and the assassin are indeed on the same team, but his mission has been completed." Wang Qiong said, stuffing another piece of pastry into his mouth.
Cheng Wei didn't understand: "The owner... who is the assassin?"
Wang Qiong shrugged: "It's that woman."
Before he said this sentence, Cheng Wei didn't understand, and after he finished speaking, 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 clasped his fists and said, "Master, please tell me."
Wang Qiong poured down the remaining cakes in his mouth with tea, cleared his throat, cleared his mind, and said, "First, let me ask you... do you know 'Flowers in the Mirror and Moon in the Water'?"
"I don't know." Cheng Wei shook his head and replied.
Although he used to be a member of Jiang Hu, but with Wang Qiong for so many years, the relationship between Cheng Wei and Jiang Hu has long been very weak. Unless Wang Qiong gives instructions, he will not deliberately inquire and understand those relatively secret news. .
"Those are four killers." After a slight pause, Wang Qiong continued, "Four little-known killers who never miss."
This is a very high evaluation.
As far as a killer is concerned, "little people know" is more terrifying than "never misses".
"It is said 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 power of 'water'." Moon's light work."
"Disguise?" Cheng Wei's reaction was quick, "Could it be that 'Zhang San' is..."
"Yes, he is 'Mirror'." Wang Qiong continued, "The woman he sent is 'Flower'."
He curled his lips, as if reminiscing about the snacks he ate just now. After a brief silence, he spoke again: "And 'Hua' is the only one among those four who has a chance to kill the emperor."
Hearing this, Cheng Wei gradually followed Wang Qiong's train of thought: "This is why the owner spared no expense to arrest him?"
"Yes." Wang Qiong nodded and said, "If you want to kill the emperor, you have to find 'Hua'...'Mirror Flower and Water Moon' are very hard to find, but half a month ago, due to a strange incident, I accidentally mastered them." It's the whereabouts of 'Hua'." He raised his eyes to look at Cheng Wei, "You should also know about that matter."
"Half a month ago..." Cheng Wei murmured, "You mean... the story of King Yu's 'hunting a fox and meeting a fairy'?"
Not many people know about the incident he mentioned, because it is not considered a "jianghu affair", nor is it a "government affair". If we have to divide it, it is probably a romantic story...
The general plot is not complicated, that is, a powerful prince "accidentally" met a beautiful "fairy" by a certain lake when he was out hunting, and then he took The beauty "invited" back to the mansion, and treated each other with courtesy, as a guest of honor, hoping to impress the beauty's heart one day.
Of course, there are many logical problems in this story, and there are two main ones: First, even if Yu Wang is obsessed with sex, the people around him should understand... This woman appears very strange, and her origin is unknown, How could he be brought back to the palace? Second, even if everyone accepts that setting, how difficult would it be for a prince like him to occupy a common girl? Why can't you enter this kind of spare tire chasing the rhythm of a goddess
In short, the unreasonable part is quite prominent, which also greatly reduces the authenticity of this story; it's just... in those days, communication was basically based on shouting, word of mouth, rumors, and stories that were passed on beyond recognition abound, which is even more outrageous than this There are also, so this is a story that not many people know, and not many people question it.
Until... This story reached Wang Qiong's ears.
Wang Qiong's intelligence network spread all over the rivers and lakes, the government and the public, and the people...
Therefore, he can know many things that others will never know for a lifetime, and he can also make many conjectures that others will never think of.
Although Wang Qiong is not 100% sure, but he is at least 50% sure that the "fairy" who is visiting at King Yu's mansion is the "flower" in the mirror, and King Yu is her target.
At this point in the reasoning, Wang Qiong immediately used his relationship to prepare for the task of "robbing a woman from Yuwang's mansion".
Wang Qiong understood that once Yu Wang died, that woman would disappear; a killer like her would definitely disappear as soon as the task was completed. So he had to hurry up and find that woman as quickly as possible, otherwise he might miss this rare and only opportunity.
So, he approached the "Four Wonders of Yuling"; those four might not be the best candidates, but they were 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 the "flower" to Wang Qiong was not Yuling Sijue, but the "mirror".
"Subordinate... still don't understand." Cheng Wei thought for a moment, then said, "According to what the owner said, the mirror and the flower are here to kill you?"
"Yes." Wang Qiong said.
"But you took the initiative to send someone to bring the 'flower' back." Cheng Wei said, "And... Isn't her goal Yuwang?"
"Her goal... From the very beginning, it was me." Wang Qiong answered almost word for word.
Hearing this sentence, Cheng Wei's thoughts were disturbed again, and he reorganized the matter according to the owner's intention. Finally, after three full minutes, he suddenly realized: "The feather king 'hunting the fox and meeting the fairy' The matter... is the emperor's arrangement?"
"You finally figured it out." Wang Qiong nodded, "I said, the emperor wants to kill me; but it is not so easy to kill Wang Qiong... Will take immediate action, preemptively.
"Thinking through this, he set up this situation...
"Only the emperor can let a prince act for him.
"This play is just for me, because only I can see the 'Flower Assassins Yu Wang' thing in that play.
"And I... did fall for it."
Cheng Wei followed closely Wang Qiong's train of thought this time, and continued; "And that 'mirror'... should be a kind of 'guarantee', if there is no accident, he doesn't have to take action, but obviously... an accident happened."
"Well..." Wang Qiong responded, "Legend...'Flowers' can fascinate men all over the world. Just look at her, and men will be completely fascinated by her, and some people will even be willing to be killed by her. So, she just With third-rate martial arts, I have never missed a hand..." He paused, "Although I told the Yuling Sijue in advance that men are not allowed to confirm the face of the 'goods', and they are not allowed to see her on the way; but I think...they Eighty percent of them didn't."
His reasoning is very accurate... When he robbed Hua from the palace, the "Zou Ting" of the Four Uniques...that is, the "big brother"...has never seen the "goods" from the beginning to the end; he is the one with the highest martial arts among the Four Uniques , who was in charge of the break, and the "goods" were taken away by the other three.
The problem lies in their third child, who is quite lustful on weekdays, and goes to Fireworks and Willow Lane a lot; but it happens to be this kind of person, and he feels that his concentration is particularly good. It seems that his virtue of being like a dog after seeing a vulgar fan will become a state of restlessness in front of a real stunning beauty.
Things changed in this way. When the third child saw "Hua"'s appearance, the second child Zhu Cheng, who was impersonated by "Mirror", knew that this person could not be kept, otherwise something bad would happen. So, before Zou Ting joined them, he killed the third child.
In this regard, the fourth sister didn't have much to say, the third child did commit suicide.
As for what happened after Zou Ting rushed to the Mixi Inn, it was as described in the previous article... The death of the third child aroused his curiosity; Zou Ting is really a person with strong concentration.
Unfortunately, after seeing the "flower", Zou Ting's heart was also messed up.
He begins to think about his mission...
Naturally, Wang Qiong would not tell him such unnatural 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 kind of reason and 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 space in her heart.
When this thought became clearer and more decisive, Zou Ting also died.
The matter has come to this point, there is no need for Jing to pretend anymore... Killing the third child is still a matter of course, but killing Zou Ting... the real Zhu Cheng does not have such high martial arts.
So, without stopping, he killed all four of Yuling, burned them together with the innocents in the inn, and delivered the "flower" to Wang Qiong himself.
"The owner..." After Cheng Wei figured out the whole thing, he took advantage of the situation and flattered him, "...the clever plan, my subordinates admire..."
"Heh..." Wang Qiong smiled, "If it's really clever, I should have figured it out when I was talking to Jing." He rested his chin on one hand, and grabbed another pastry, "But actually... When you told me that she was 'still a virgin', I could barely get my head around it."
"Uh..." Cheng Wei was a little confused again, "By the way, the subordinates don't know... what does it matter if the woman is a virgin?"
Wang Qiong said: "I know a few more things about the beauty in the mirror and the moon in the water, for example...the four of them are biological brothers and sisters..."
When he said this, another question in Cheng Wei's mind - "why Jing didn't fall in love with Hua" was also solved.
"For example... Hua has never let any man get her..." Wang Qiong was still talking, "For another example... In addition to the voice and appearance, the mirror can also imitate other people's martial arts moves, and even their internal skills are exactly the same..." He casually raised his hand After a few examples, he brought the topic back, "In short, considering Yuwang's character... Regarding the identity of 'Hua', there is nothing more convincing than this."
Cheng Wei also reacted to his reminder... That Yu Wang is notoriously lustful, and he is known as the evil ghost in the sex and the devil in the flower; will let go. The woman kidnapped from his house is still innocent, which is abnormal in itself.
"Well..." Cheng Wei pondered, "Now... all the subordinates understand." He paused for half a second, then continued, "Since the owner has already figured out that the other party is here to kill you, it's easy to handle... subordinates Let's arrange a group of tough hands here... Of course, all of them are women... Immediately go and kill the 'flower'..."
"Wait." Wang Qiong interrupted her, "Who said you're going 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 the tea, and then got off the kang: "No, I'll go talk to her first."
"What?" Cheng Wei almost shouted these two words, but he held back after all.
"Master..." Cheng Wei said, "Didn't you just say...a man only needs to see the appearance of a 'flower'..."
"Oh..." Wang Qiong smiled, "I didn't say it, it was a 'legend'." He put his hands behind his back, "That kind of nonsense... Anyway, I don't believe it."
"But..." Cheng Wei showed a worried expression, "The Four Wonders of Yuling..."
"Hahaha..." Wang Qiong laughed loudly, "They are them, and I am me. I believe that the legend is false, and now I have to find out."
Cheng Wei said: "Then just in case..."
Wang Qiong shook his head with a smile, turned around, and said while walking outside the house: "If it is true, then I will die under this legend, so what's the matter?"