knife cut mountains and rivers

Chapter 48 The Dust Settles

Today is the second day of junior high school, the white crescent moon did not go down, leaving a white shadow in the sky, shining coldly on the people in Liuyin Lane.

Most of the swordsmen in Liuyin Lane will rest on the first day and the fifth day of junior high school. During the second day of junior high school, they will slowly crawl out of the cold alley to look for prey, and check to see if there is a notice at the gate of the city.In Liuyin Alley, people like Fu Cheng and Zhang Jinsheng are still a minority. Most of them are bounty hunters who depend on the sky to eat. They can only hold back the huge bounty of 15 taels. After all, Yang Lei's fate is too shocking.

Although unable to participate in the assassination, the swordsmen were watching the assassination of several masters with relish. Yesterday's incident had already spread, Fucheng and his little minister Zhou Xuanyi planned to assassinate Zhang Jinsheng.For ordinary swordsmen, this incident is a joke.

Zhang Jinsheng means invincible, means never lose.A prey to kill an assassin?Isn't this courting death?

Liu Sandao yawned and pushed open the door. The weather was fine today, and he was a little ready to move. He couldn't help but want to go to the ruined temple in Fucheng to inquire about news. Can he return to the ruined temple in Fucheng alive?If Fucheng is dead, can he attack Jinling and Song Xiaochuan?

Liu Sandao was a little happy thinking of this, he had been thinking about Song Xiaochuan's butt for many years.

But he was stunned as soon as he opened the door, a bloody smell permeated the sky above Liuyin Lane, Liu Sandao had never smelled such a strong smell of blood since he lived in Liuyin Lane.

"Dead?" Liu Sandao muttered in his heart, and at the same time had bad guesses.

He walked out quickly, and many people in the alley had already woken up early, with serious and angry expressions on their faces.

Liu Sandao's pace was a bit hasty, he almost started to run. When he reached the entrance of Liuyin Lane, his footsteps stopped suddenly. At that moment, he didn't want to believe what he saw. He couldn't help but began to tremble.

His first impression was a formation of huge black flies, like locusts passing through, and the buzzing sound made people feel panic.

There is a huge stone archway at the entrance of Liuyin Alley, and the three characters Liuyin Alley are engraved on the archway. Now these three characters are bleeding, and the blood has washed the three words Liuyin Alley to pieces.

Something was shaking in front of him, and Liu Sandao recognized it with a fixed look. It was a few corpses hanging upside down.With trembling hands, Liu Sandao counted 25 corpses in total. The corpses hung upside down on the stone archway, almost crumbling the stone archway in Liuyin Lane.Every corpse has its eyes wide open, showing a terrifying look of death.

The wounds were very clear, either on the chest or throat, the blood had already drained dry, and there were buzzing flies all around.

"Go, go, go!" Liu Sandao's eyes were a little red. The people in Liuyin Lane had no feelings, but to some extent they were a collective. How could someone be so mad and lay dead at the entrance of the alley like a display of prey?

But there were too many flies around, Liu Sandao couldn't catch up with him alone, and was soon surrounded by flies.Suddenly, Liu Sandao's movement of driving away the flies stopped, and he saw clearly the man in the middle, with a terrifying scar on his face, stretching from his left eye to his chin. This is... Zhang Jinsheng?

Liu Sandao staggered back a few steps, impossible, how could this be Zhang Jinsheng?

Zhang Jinsheng has a supreme status in the hearts of the assassins in Liuyin Lane. Liu Sandao wanted to join Zhang Jinsheng's team several times, but he failed to find the right way. For Liu Sandao, Zhang Jinsheng is a legend that can never be broken. Now the legend is... dead?

Liu Sandao couldn't believe that what he saw was Zhang Jinsheng. He finally understood the strange expressions of the people on the side of the road. Besides anger, there was also fear.

Fucheng and Zhou Xuanyi spread fear over the sky of Liuyin Lane, like a group of flies that could never be dispelled, buzzing in everyone's heart.

At this time, there was a sound of cow bells, ding ding ding——

The sound of cow bells is like waking up from a dream, and the crow is coming.

The leader of the crow is called Old Man Wu. Old Man Wu is smiling, and his smile seems to grow on his face. Every time he sees him, he always has such an expression. Now this expression makes people bored.

"Fourth Master Huang asked me to collect the corpse." Old Man Wu bowed to everyone present.

Then the subordinates brought by old man Wu quickly untied the corpse from the archway.Old man Wu is specialized in collecting corpses. He has a sense of respect for death and corpses. The people under him move very lightly, and they don't simply let the corpses hit the ground roughly.

Old man Wu's subordinates stacked the corpses one by one on the bullock cart. While he was doing these things, none of the swordsmen who stopped and watched in Liuyin Lane spoke. Everyone seemed to be holding a funeral for one person. With a solemn expression on his face, even if the swordsman in Liuyin Lane died in battle, he was still a hero.

Soon, the corpse was cleaned up, and the subordinates were busy cleaning the blood on the ground again.And old man Wu took a clean handkerchief, started and jumped onto the archway, he seemed to be silent, and fell lightly on it, behind old man Wu seemed to be the crooked pale moon, he stood On the bloody Liuyin Lane archway, carefully scrub the plaque clean.

Willow Lane has a new look—at least on the surface.

The deaths of Zhang Jinsheng and his partners will soon be forgotten by the people in Liuyin Lane. People will respect the dead, but they will not remember the losers.

Old man Wu was used to seeing ups and downs, and his smile didn't even change at this time. He sat on the bullock cart and said: "Life is like a dream, life and death are impermanent."

Old Man Wu's old man's voice seemed to be singing, with a strange tune of Bailu City folk songs, "Life and death are impermanent."

As he spoke, he lightly raised his whip, and the cowbell jingled again.Old man Wu left Liuyin Lane in the early morning with his cattle caravan.

What happened to Zhang Jinsheng planted seeds among every swordsman in Liuyin Lane. Some people gave up their minds completely, but others held a grudge and assassinated them one after another. They were not for money, but to vent their anger.Predictably, most of these people failed.

And it was Fourth Master Huang who stopped all of this. Fourth Master Huang didn't show off any more, he walked into the ruined temple in Fucheng with only Xiuxiu alone, and started the peace talks on behalf of the entire Liuyin Lane.

Fucheng was not surprised by Huang Siye's arrival. Huang Siye had lost too many people, and the assassination of Zhou Xuanyi became a bad business. Every time he assassinated Liuyin Lane, he would lose a large number of experts. Soon the foundation of Liuyin Lane will be destroyed.

Zhou Xuanyi wasn't surprised either, the main reason was that he didn't know who Huang Siye was at all. The last time Fucheng went to Zhang's tavern, Zhou Xuanyi didn't follow him, and he didn't know Huang Siye's show off. Fourth Master is just a somewhat mysterious man.

The ruined temple had no place to entertain people, so Fourth Master Huang could only condescend to sit at the stone table in the yard of the ruined temple.But Fourth Master Huang was very well-mannered, and he didn't express any dissatisfaction.

Zhou Xuanyi was seriously injured, his chest, arms, and thighs were all wrapped with bandages.Especially the wound on the thigh, Zhou Xuanyi pretended to be lame before, but now he is really lame.Leaning on crutches, Zhou Xuanyi limped out and sat opposite Huang Siye.

Huang Siye said: "You are famous, boy."

Zhou Xuanyi said: "What name?" Zhou Xuanyi thought of what Fucheng said before, that being famous in Liuyin Lane is not a good sign.

Fourth Master Huang said: "They gave you a nickname, Mr. Lame." When Zhou Xuanyi was assassinated, he insisted on going to the school to teach. Even if he was seriously injured, he would show up at Wande Academy the next day as scheduled. This left a deep impression on the people in Liuyin Lane.

Zhou Xuanyi didn't say a word, Mr. Lame didn't have a good reputation as the famous masters in Jianghu, such as Iron-Blooded Hand, Leng-Blooded Knife, Black Granny, not to mention Fucheng's brother Shi Xuejian came out of the river.

Mr. Lame is simply describing Zhou Xuanyi, but Zhou Xuanyi doesn't think this name is too ugly, but he is a little proud of it. He earned this name himself, like a seven-two-year-old who got it from Mr. Yu's side. Although the money is small and not popular, it is also earned by him.

Fourth Master Huang said: "I am not qualified to withdraw the reward." When the reward was issued, the young prince did not give any money. As for the relationship between face and face, how the two of them will resolve it is out of Zhou Xuanyi's consideration.

But the reward order was withdrawn at this time, like an insult to Zhang Jinsheng and the dead swordsman, giving his life for a reward order that was about to be withdrawn.Sometimes it's not about money, but about rules and dignity, these things are more precious than a person's life.

Fourth Master Huang continued: "It will not be withdrawn on the surface, but I can make this reward order dead. I can guarantee that no one will trouble you in the future,"

This sentence is even more interesting. There are several dead reward orders in Liuyin Alley. Although the amount is huge, because there are no clues or it is difficult to do so, few people will find out and continue to execute.Now, Fourth Master Huang wants to invalidate Zhou Xuanyi's reward order.In Fucheng's view, this is the best solution.

Zhou Xuanyi said: "How do you guarantee it?"

Fourth Master Huang smiled and said, "Young man, you have to trust me."

Zhou Xuanyi snorted coldly, and said, "Why should I trust you?" Zhou Xuanyi's words made Fucheng a little surprised. Huang Siye was negotiating peace with Zhou Xuanyi, but Zhou Xuanyi didn't seem to agree.

Zhou Xuanyi lost his memory, but the essential difference between him and Fucheng is that Fucheng's way of thinking is from the world, while Zhou Xuanyi's way of thinking is brought out of the temple.An empty promise made by one person is not called a promise, and without any substantive guarantee, it is not a peace talk at all.Now the relationship between Zhou Xuanyi and Huang Siye is very clear. After the talk broke down, Zhou Xuanyi continued to create a terrifying atmosphere in Liuyin Lane.

The idea of ​​displaying the corpses at the entrance of Liuyin Lane was conceived by Fucheng. Zhou Xuanyi had just killed someone at that time, and his whole body was still very numb. Fucheng was more familiar with this set of jungle rules.Obviously, the corpses of Zhang Jinsheng and his 24 companions are more deterrent to the enemy than Yang Lei.

Zhou Xuanyi could continue to create such a scene in Liuyin Lane, but Fourth Master Huang couldn't stand it.Zhou Xuanyi was absolutely sure that he had the upper hand in this peace talk.

Sure enough, Fourth Master Huang was silent for a while, and said, "What conditions do you want?"

When Zhou Xuanyi was negotiating, Fucheng was basically in a daze, but the final effect was very remarkable. Huang Siye gave Zhou Xuanyi his own bodyguard, only ten people, but it was enough for Zhou Xuanyi.The personal guards were led by Miss Xiuxiu, Huang Siye's personal servant. Although they would not be loyal to Zhou Xuanyi, they were on duty by Zhou Xuanyi's side, and the ruined temple suddenly had its own guards.

As far as this result is concerned, Fucheng was amazed, because he didn't understand at all that Zhou Xuanyi and Huang Siye were in a verbal lawsuit.

"What are you looking at?" After Fourth Master Huang left, Zhou Xuanyi turned his head and saw Fu Cheng holding a cup of tea, leaning against the door frame with a silly expression on his face.

"It's amazing." Fucheng praised from the bottom of his heart, and Fucheng deeply felt that if Zhou Xuanyi went to the court, his cold face and mouth would definitely be able to speak out against other Confucians.

"That's right." Zhou Xuanyi smiled, feeling a little smug in his heart.At the same time, I was a little disappointed, although Zhou Xuanyi had joined the young prince's army from a long distance away, how could Li Jianqing give up?

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