Chapter 77 (1/2)
77 Spear’s consciousness _1
The teaching workshop Division, the little Pavilion of shadow plum.
Xu Qi ‘an sat lazily and leaned against the couch, the night watchman’s uniform hanging on the back of the chair.
In the spacious room, six dancers were dancing. Under the thin gauze dress, their slender waists were swaying.
Behind Xu Qi ‘an, a maidservant was massaging his shoulders. His legs were in the arms of another maidservant, letting her massage them.
The courtesan’s wife was wearing a beautiful and complicated long dress, her head slightly lowered as she concentrated on playing the zither.
Occasionally, he would look up at Xu Qi ‘an, who was so happy that he had forgotten about his duties.
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the sound of the zither dissipated, and the dancers left the house. Fu Xiang stood up, washed her hands in the copper Basin, and complained, “”So young master yang is the night watchman.”
“I’ve let you down, haven’t I?” Xu Qi ‘an looked down and played with her fingers as she replied indifferently.
The courtesan’s wife lifted her skirt and sat on his body. She pressed her hands on his firm chest muscles and smiled charmingly.”I like it …”
The reason why Xu Qi ‘an had turned to the teaching workshop was mainly because it was close to him. It was definitely not because it cost a lot to eat and listen to music. Here, Fu Xiang gave him free food.
“How does Lu know about the content of my conversation with number nine? The third fragment has been sealed, so it can’t receive messages from the other fragment holders, but they can see it? Is this Earth Book an ancient version of a QQ group …”
if I had known earlier, I would have added each and every one of my friends after the blood contract … I was a little frightened at that time and only wanted to get rid of this hot potato …”
“The heaven and earth Association and the earth sect seem to have a relationship … A division in the sect?”
Xu Qi ‘an’s thoughts were interrupted. He frowned and looked at the courtesan who was teasing him.
She had a pair of peach blossom eyes that made people feel tender and protective.
“Don’t move.” Xu Qi ‘an said unhappily.
A few minutes later, the maidservants who were guarding the outer room heard a sound.
“Let’s go first, it’ll probably be dusk.”
…..
Guiyue restaurant, between Shang Feng and Ming ya.
A Man in Black clothes was holding a saber with one hand and sitting at a round table with his back straight.
The Man in Black had a two-fingers-long knife scar on his cheek. His eyes were triangular, and his light brown pupils occasionally flashed with a fierce light.
He gave people a feeling of arrogance and madness, as if he would pull out his knife and cut people if there was a disagreement, his viciousness was extremely deep.
He was a death-row prisoner from the Yamen on Night Watch, the kind whose name had been drawn by the current Emperor, and the date of his execution was after autumn next year.
Today, he was suddenly dragged out of the death row by a Jin Luo. That Jin Luo told him that as long as he completed a mission perfectly, he could be released back to the pugilistic world and find someone to replace his death row status.
The credibility of this statement was very high. The list drawn up by the Emperor usually meant that death was inevitable and it was impossible to be pardoned. Finding someone to replace him was the right move.
This kind of “atonement for merits” deal was common in the Watchmen’s Yamen. He had heard about it from the seniors of the Jianghu before he was caught.
His mission was simple. He only needed to make a deal.
However, the black-clothed man knew that there was a great danger hidden within. Otherwise, why would he find a death-row prisoner for such a simple transaction?
The Man in Black accepted this mission for two reasons:First, rather than die, it was better to take a chance. Second, this was the inner city’s guiyue tower, one of the most prosperous areas.
Ordinary people would not dare to cause trouble in this place.
At this moment, he heard the door of the private room open.
“The door isn’t locked, come in!” The Man in Black responded in a deep voice.
The door of the private room was pushed open, and a man dressed like a martial artist strolled in. He was draped in a gray robe, and half of his face was hidden under the hood. The lower half of his face was exposed, and there was a thin layer of Blue Beard on his chin, as if he had just shaved it.
Both sides vigilantly examined each other.
Heh, she definitely can’t enter the inner city in this outfit … He most likely changed into it secretly after entering the guiyue restaurant … There might be a weapon hidden in the robe … The Man in Black Thought in a half-disdainful and half-vigilant manner. He heard the vagrant guest ask in a hoarse voice, ”
“Where’s the thing?”
The Man in Black stared at him calmly and said, “”I seem to have said that I spent five hundred gold taels on this mirror.”
What kind of mirror would cost five hundred gold … He added in his heart.
The cloaked vagrant guest replied with an “en.” He reached into his pocket and took out a stack of silver notes. The value of the first Silver Note was one hundred taels.
Although he knew that these silver notes would have to be handed over in the end, money moved people’s hearts. The black-clothed man’s eyes lit up uncontrollably, and his gaze was glued to the thick stack of silver notes.
“Mirror!” The cloaked martial artist placed the silver notes on the table and said in a hoarse voice.
The Man in Black looked at the mirror carefully, but he didn’t see anything special in it. He put it on the table.
The cloaked martial artist raised his head slightly, revealing a pair of eyes as sharp as knives. He stared at the mirror on the table for a moment.
very good, the deal is done. We’ve never seen each other again after we leave this door.
He picked up the mirror, while the prisoner in black stretched out his hand toward the silver notes with his eyes shining.
Suddenly, the Man in Black saw the left side of the man’s cloak flutter slightly. Not good! His pupils contracted violently as if he had been hit by a strong light. Without thinking, he rolled to the side to avoid any possible attacks.
As expected, the mission was not that simple … ‘Fortunately, I’ve been on guard …’ ‘He’s an expert. I can’t fight him head-on. I’ll break the window and get out. I don’t believe he dares to kill someone in the downtown area of the inner city …’ A thought flashed through the prisoner’s mind.
At this time, he saw a figure sitting in the place where he had been sitting. He was wearing a black suit and holding a knife in both hands. His neck had been cut flat by a sharp blade, and blood was spurting out of the big scar.
Eh?
A series of question marks appeared in the prisoner’s mind. Then, his consciousness fell into boundless darkness.
The cloaked vagrant guest kept the silver notes and laughed hideously. He then turned around and walked out of the private room.
……
The cloaked man left the Osmanthus Moon Tower. He rode the fast horse he came on and left the inner city and the outer city at a moderate speed. Then he whipped the horse on the official road, leaving a trail of dust behind him.
He ran for more than two hours and a tea stall appeared in front of him. There were three old tables.
The tea seller was an old man with white hair. There were no customers at the moment, so the old man was sitting at the table and drinking tea by himself.
The cloaked man reined in the horse’s reins. The horse neighed and raised its front hooves, stopping in the middle of the high-speed gallop.
The cloaked man tied the horse’s reins to a wooden stake on the side of the road, looked left and right, and walked towards the tea shed.