At noon, the sky was cloudy.
The gloomy clouds obscured the sun, and even God seemed to help create an atmosphere of imminent rain.
At this moment, three figures appeared on the empty street.
The leader walking in the middle is a middle-aged man.
He was dressed in rags, holding a stick-shaped weapon wrapped in rags in his hand, and walked slowly, step by step.
The two people on both sides behind him looked much more eye-catching than him; Oda Ai and Sasaki Ming were players after all, and their appearance and temperament were quite different from the general characters in the script. With a certain degree of "harmony", they still stand out.
The three of them just walked on the widest main road in the middle of Linlu Town, walking in the silent cold wind, walking in the sight of countless hiding in the dark...
call out-
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, piercing the air and the suffocating depression.
Ping!
Oda Ai had quick eyes and quick hands, and with one hand raised, he easily blocked the flying hidden weapon with his wrist guard.
But, this is just the beginning...
Before the first hidden weapon landed, the follow-up attacks had already arrived.
With a flick of a finger, black dots flooded from all directions of the three of them like a torrential rain.
Those hidden weapons include darts, knives, needles, and bullets... Each hidden weapon has its own unique speed, strength, and way of killing.
Needless to say, methods such as poisoning, some concealed weapons are added with gunpowder, which will explode when they are blocked; some will split into two or several during the march; stuff.
Faced with such a siege in a place with no cover, generally speaking, the only way is to jump into the sky.
However, those three people... just stood there without moving.
"Sick sword..." At that moment, Sasaki Ming made a move. When he announced the name of the move, he was also in a sick state, "...Yuansha."
The voice fell, and the sword appeared.
In the next second, a transparent circular force field spread out centered on Ming Sasaki, covering Oda Ai and the middle-aged man beside him.
I don't know what the reason behind his move [Sick Sword·Yuan Sha] is, his saber is clearly still in its sheath, but it can also create a saturated sword energy field, blocking all those hidden weapons in the "circle". "Outside of the range.
After this round of combined attacks, the three of them were unharmed.
"what-"
Unexpectedly, a few seconds later, another change occurred.
But after hearing a scream, a person flew out from the window on the second floor of a building on the side of the road.
As soon as the man fell to the ground, more screams and the sound of weapons colliding appeared one after another.
"Hmph... have dogs started biting dogs..." Oda Ai looked at the figures flying out of buildings and dark alleys, and knew what was happening in places she couldn't see.
Her conjecture was indeed correct, right now it was a "black eating black" situation.
The group who took the lead in attacking them were members of the "Wind Wind Society".
This sect, to put it bluntly... is an armed gang of thieves, everyone in the gang is good at concealed weapons and light skills; they are not very strong when it comes to fair duels in broad daylight, but they are engaged in assassinations, ambushes, theft, etc. Their skills are not bad.
Last night, Xiefenghui killed many more martial arts fighters than the Crazy Tiger Gang. Of course... most of them were minions, and they couldn't solve a few real masters.
Compared with the scheming Tu Ji, the head of the Fengfenghui was relatively simple-minded, so that after the whole night of the assassination, their own losses were also heavy. By noon today, there were still about thirty of them left.
With this kind of strength, it is obviously difficult to handle "Sword Dance Grass".
Therefore, Xiefenghui thought of a simple and direct strategy, but it is also very likely to work... First strike is the best.
They deliberately chose to ambush in an area not very far from the entrance of the town, and the plan they set was to strike first, in order to take away those who carried the secret books, and then take advantage of their sect's advantage in lightness skills, grab the things and run away quickly .
But they never expected... that long-planned and inevitable attack was easily defused by the target; not only that, the three sects that were attacked the most by them last night, the Beggars' Gang, Hailongmen, and Baimeijiao, An ambush has already been laid in a more peripheral place. As soon as the people from the Fengfenghui made a move, the people from the three sects came and said "the oriole is behind" and made dumplings for them.
The fight... it will be over soon.
It's more like a massacre than a fight.
More than 140 people killed 30 people, and they still did their mental calculations without intention. The latter's persistence for a minute or two is not bad.
After all the congregation of the Xiefeng meeting lay flat on the ground, a black group of people appeared from all over the streets and alleys, blocking the way of the three people.
They were led by three people.
The first person was a man with gray hair and a shawl, wearing a light-colored strong suit. From his appearance, he was at least sixty years old, but there was no trace of oldness in his gestures.
This person, named Luo Can, is the current leader of the Beggar Gang.
As a gang with a long history, there have been many outstanding heroes among the previous gang leaders of the Beggars' Gang. Unfortunately, no matter in terms of talent, martial arts, or wisdom, Luo Can is not ranked well.
If there is anything commendable about him, it is that... he has successfully restored the unique skills that have been lost in the gang for decades-"Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" ".
This wouldn't be a big deal if it was placed more than a hundred years ago. At that time, there were many foreign martial arts of a higher level than the Eighteen Palms of Subduing Dragons, but in this "post-martial arts era", with such a set of The palm technique is enough for Luo Can to rank among the super masters and stand alone in the world.
Let's talk about the second person...
This person's name is Gu Jiaolong, and his clothes are ordinary, which is also the strong clothes that people who practice martial arts often wear, but his appearance is very distinctive, it can be said that he has a strong back and a strong waist, with delicate features.
Yes, you read that right, and I wrote it right, he just looks like this; therefore, this young gang leader of Hailongmen has the nickname "Jade Faced Dragon".
Hailongmen sect, as the name suggests, relies on the sea for food, and is considered half-martial and half-merchant; different from other sects, Hailongmen has always had a "good relationship" with the government, because they will regularly give some senior officials and Local officials provide rare treasures and delicacies in the sea, so they get a lot of convenience.
In the Jiangnan coastal generation, Hailongmen can be said to dominate one side. To give an example that is not an exaggeration - as long as they are within their sphere of influence, private salt business can be done openly.
As for the martial arts of this sect... Generally speaking, there is no superior martial arts, but there are a few sets of fierce foreign martial arts in the sect, which are not bad in actual combat.
Finally, look at the third person.
It was a woman, a woman so fat you couldn't tell her gender.
It may seem uncommon now, but in that society based on agriculture and relatively poor in material things, it is quite rare if you see a fat man weighing more than one or two hundred catties.
This female head...or...the female leader is named Feng Meiyu; this name was chosen by herself when she grew up. When she was a child, she didn't have a name, and it can be said that she had many names...
It may be said that no one would believe it, but when she was fifteen years old, the Feng sect leader in front of her was the head of a very famous romantic place in the capital. At that time, her name was "Feng'er".
Back then, Feng'er was a beauty, even though she was only a young girl, her precocious body had already conquered countless princes and grandchildren in the capital.
Because she was a child picked up by a procuress in a brothel and grew up in that environment, she didn't seem to reject selling her body to live a good life.
But, one day, she changed.
A woman's transformation is usually related to a certain man, and Feng'er is no exception.
At the age of nineteen, she fell in love with a son from a poor family. She loved his appearance, his talent, and every minute of being with him; even after many years, she still remembered That tenderness.
However, this relationship soon ended with the young master's untimely death.
His death was not an accident, it was just because he and Feng Er got too close and made the latter think of redemption; this is obviously something some people don't want to see, and those "some people" They are all people who can turn clouds and rain in the capital. To them, killing a humble Confucian scholar is similar to crushing an ant.
From then on, although Feng'er didn't show any abnormality on the surface, in fact, her heart was completely engulfed by the flames of revenge.
Using her own methods, she got some martial arts cheats and practiced hard in secret.
Hate is a terrible motivator that does not diminish over time, but only grows stronger...
Under such motivation, people are extremely efficient no matter what they do.
Three years later, Feng'er completed her revenge.
It only took one night for her to kill all her enemies and burn down the biggest brothel in the capital; she also skinned the old bustard and hung his body on the archway in the flower street.
After that night, Feng Er disappeared.
Until more than ten years later, a sect called "Baimei Sect" appeared in the Jianghu. Their leader was an extremely fat woman who called herself "Feng Meiyu".
Her obesity is not because she eats too much and is lazy... It's just because she relies on her own comprehension and strives to practice a variety of completely different internal skills without the most basic knowledge and rules, which eventually leads to abnormalities in her meridians and breath. After some years, these abnormalities gradually appeared in her body.
Obesity is just the most intuitive manifestation, and there are many other problems on her body, which make her suffer; People can cure her extreme "obsession".
Finally, the physical pain caused her mental problems... She gave up treatment, turned the pain into a new motivation, turned killing into a way to release stress, and turned the desire for power into her own painkiller... In this way, Baimeijiao was born.
"Beggars... Hailongmen... Baimei Sect..." The middle-aged man spoke slowly after the three of them and the rest of the gang stood still, "Look at this posture... are you guys joining forces?"
He guessed right, because of the various events that happened last night, the balance of strength among the various sects has changed. After negotiations, the three sects decided to unite to ensure today's victory.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Gu Jiaolong is in his thirties this year, just at the age of youth, and he has already formed a habit of saying the same thing in his own gang's territory, so his words and demeanor can no longer be said to be "aggressive". It was "horizontal", "Hand over the 'Sword Dance Grass Record', and I will spare you!"
"Oh?" The middle-aged man heard the words, his tone was still unhurried, "How do you know...'Jian Wu Cao Ji' is on me?"
Before Gu Jiaolong could answer, Luo Can continued, "'The murderer who killed the 63 members of Jiang's family will appear in Linlu Town on New Year's Eve with a note of sword dancing and grass; he is about fifty years old. , covering his face with a bamboo hat, and holding a weapon wrapped in a rag'..." He repeated this piece of information that had already been spread all over the rivers and lakes verbatim, and then said again, "Right now, apart from time, You are not outside the 'night', you completely fit the description of this message." He paused, then shifted his gaze to Ming Sasaki, "Furthermore...we have all seen the kung fu of your subordinate just now... That must be the move in Sword Dance Grass, right?"
Their speculation is reasonable, Sasaki Ming's "skill" is miraculous in the eyes of orthodox martial arts practitioners, and this can just be explained by "what he learned from the sword dance grass".
"Hmm... What you said makes sense, but there is one thing, I don't know if you have thought about it..." The middle-aged man still replied calmly, "The 'news' you said seems a bit too precise ...isn't it?"
When he said these words, the two players behind him didn't react at all, because they had learned the whole story from the middle-aged man before; but Xu who was hiding in the dark also heard the words Huai Shang, Kuang Zing Jian Ying, are not afraid, but their expressions all changed.
"So what?" Feng Meiyu stood there, looking like a big meatball, feeling a little struggling to speak, "What's the point of you talking about it now? Do you still want to deny that things are in your hands? on the body?"
"I don't want to deny anything..." the middle-aged man replied, "On the contrary, I want to admit something..."
"Didn't you just want to say... you released the news?" Suddenly, another voice joined the conversation.
Everyone followed the prestige, and quickly found a person on the roof of a house on the side of the street.
"Feng Bujue!"
The moment Jue Ge appeared, these three words rushed past the hearts of other players like a group of people crossing the border.
"Huh?" The middle-aged man's attention was also attracted by Brother Jue. He raised his head, gently pushed up the brim of the bamboo hat with his fingers, and glanced at Brother Jue, "You are..."
"Be careful..." Ai Oda whispered to the middle-aged man's ears immediately, "This kid is hard to deal with..."
"Hey! Which green onion are you?" Two seconds later, Gu Jiaolong shouted loudly at Brother Jue, "Do you have a place to speak here?"
"Heh..." Feng Bujue chuckled, and replied, "Master Gu calmed down, I just came here to say a few things that you may be interested in, and I don't mean to hinder the leaders."
"We don't have time to listen to your stories." Luo Can said, "I advise you to hurry up..."
"Wait a minute." Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man rushed, "I want to hear... what he can say."
As soon as he said this, the three heads were stunned for a moment, and they saw a subtle change in the eyes of Brother.
Of course, at this time, they still didn't take this young face seriously, they were just wondering what the middle-aged man was up to.
"Hehe... In fact, I don't have much to say, I can finish it in a while." Seeing that no one interrupted him, Feng Bujue continued, "Simply put... today's game was planned by you Yes." He looked at the middle-aged man and said with a smile, "If I didn't expect it, you should be the Dongying Ronin who 'didn't know the real value of the sword manual, so he took it to a pawnshop and pawned it at a low price'."
When the words fell, except for the middle-aged man, Oda Ai and Sasaki Ming, the expressions of everyone present changed.
Feng Bujue, on the other hand, didn't take it seriously, and said eloquently: "Actually, you are very clear about the value of Sword Dance Grass Record... That's why you use it as a 'bait' to set up this game..." He paused After a second, he continued, "First of all, you deliberately let Jiang San get the sword dance record, and then you created the Jiangjiabao massacre and took back the sword record; you know, Duan Keyi will definitely come to avenge his apprentice , to investigate the matter to the end... Therefore, you happened to use the name of the Diancang Sect to spread the news of Jian Wu Cao Ji's present world.
"When people hear the relevant news, they will take it for granted that... this is 'found by the Diancang faction', as if everything is logical.
"But when I heard about it, I felt something was wrong... .
"Let's not talk about how Master Duan and his disciples came to the conclusion that 'the murderer killed everyone in order to steal a sword manual' from a murder scene where there were no living people at all... Even if they recognized it The murderer's motive was 'to take away something important', and he used this as a clue to pursue it... The possibility of finding the so-called 'Dongying Ronin' and 'pawn shop' is very small.
"And the news that 'Sword Dance Grass will appear on New Year's Eve' that spread afterwards made me completely sure... the assailant himself was the one who released the news.
"As you said... the description of the news is too specific and precise, not only the time and place, but also your attire are all explained exactly."
Speaking of this, Brother Jue couldn't help laughing: "Hehe... The most ridiculous point is that since this news has spread all over the world and attracted so many sects and people, the 'that person' in the news is very Most of the time, he already knew about this matter... Under this premise, how could he still appear at the time and place mentioned in the news? Knowing that the entire martial arts forest is ambushing him, why did he still come to die?"
His question was obviously thrown to those few masters and other martial artists who were lurking around.
"Therefore, there is only one truth." Feng Bujue raised his hand, pointing at the middle-aged man, "The person with the sword dance grass note... the person who released the news... the one who made the situation today through many calculations people... don’t think they’re going to die.”
As he spoke, he turned around and looked at the three heads: "The ones who will die... are you."