Electric light cut through the night sky, and the overlapping rooftops in Anqing City were as bright as day, illuminating the debris floating in the water in the streets. The sky immediately returned to darkness, and a moment later, deafening thunder struck, as if the entire earth was shaking.

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Four figures wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats waded through the knee-deep water in the street and arrived outside Ruyi Tower. The lanterns under the eaves in front of the door swayed in the wind and rain. The four people passed under the lanterns and came to the front door of Ruyi Tower.

The door on the first floor had been soaked in water, and there was no light inside. The leader knocked on the door lightly a few times. After waiting for a while, the door latch inside made a slight sound.

The leader glanced outside, and a flash of lightning happened to flash across, illuminating Guo Fengyou's face under the bamboo hat.

The door leaf opened slightly, drawing an arc-shaped water pattern in the stagnant water, revealing the person who opened the door. He checked into Ruyi Building in the afternoon, so that he could sneak in at night. After seeing Guo Fengyou, this person came towards

He pointed in the middle of the lobby.

Guo Fengyou didn't rush in. He poked his head in front of the door and saw that the lobby, which used to be guarded by waiters and shopkeepers, was full of water. A waiter had made a bed with two square dining tables and was snoring evenly.

Several long benches were placed in the water one after another, extending from the square table to the stairs. It was roughly the passage for the guy to go from the stairs to the square table to avoid getting his trouser legs wet.

Guo Fengyou glanced back, pointed to the position under his feet, reminded a few people to be careful of the threshold, and then raised his feet to enter the lobby. After all four people entered, amidst the sound of rain, the four people moved slowly in the lobby, and there were many people in the lobby.

The ripples on the water collide with each other,

"You stay at the entrance of the stairs." Guo Fengyou arrived at the stairs, took off his coir raincoat and bamboo hat, and warned the men who sneaked in in advance.

The man nodded and pulled out a short Japanese sword from his sleeve. The Japanese sword was very popular among merchants in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. It was widely held by the people and was a must-have item for killing people and stealing goods.

After the man took his seat next to the sleeping man, Guo Fengyou took the lead and walked to the second floor. The stairs made a slight creaking sound, and his dripping trousers and shoes left a series of marks on the stairs.

We quickly reached the second floor, and there was an alleyway on the left and right, with guest rooms on both sides of the alleyway.

Guo Fengyou gestured to the back, signaling everyone to move more gently. The three people behind him slowly came to Guo Fengyou's side. When they looked around, they saw several figures lying in the corridor, all of whom seemed to be sleeping soundly.

The four of them stayed on the spot. They did not foresee this situation at all in their plan. They had already found out where Liu Xiucai and Fang Yingqian lived through the maid. In the afternoon, they pretended to help the infiltrator deliver their luggage and came to see them.

Passing the door, there were no such people at all.

Guo Fengyou thought about it for a moment, and then he realized that these people were the waiters or cooks who originally lived downstairs. They moved upstairs because of the rising water level. They may also be city residents who came to avoid the water. This is because their plan was not thorough, because today

Everywhere in Anqing was flooded, and everyone was looking for high-rise buildings or slopes. There were only a few buildings on some streets, and the floors collapsed because they received too many neighbors.

"What should I do, captain?" A subordinate came over and said, "Or kill them all."

Guo Fengyou hesitated for a moment. There were a total of four figures on the corridor floor. There were also four people on his side. They had experienced the last assassination of Yatou, but they could not be said to be experienced. He was not sure that they could all be killed in the dark with one blow, in case they struggled before death.

If you alert the target or other tenants, you will lose more than you gain.

He shook his head and said, "No killing."

The subordinate was a little nervous, "Would you like to come back tomorrow?"

Guo Fengyou's forehead was sweating a little, and he was thinking nervously. Pang Yu's request was to kill Liu Fang and Liu Fang tonight. Even if he came back tomorrow, these guys might still be here.

At this time, the figure in front of him suddenly turned over, and Guo Fengyou's whole body was numb. They were all at the stairs, and they were not positioned beside those people, so it was too late to kill him.

The four of them didn't dare to move at all. They watched the figure turn half a circle, twist its legs and feet a few times, and then fell asleep again.

Amidst the noisy background sound of rain, the four of them stopped at the entrance of the corridor, breathing a little quickly.

Guo Fengyou's mind went blank, and the hand holding the knife trembled slightly.

Some flashes of light shone in the corridor, and then there was a roar of thunder. Guo Fengyou shook slightly, then turned to a few people and said, "Continue execution."

"Then how do we break down the door?" The men asked nervously. If they broke into the door according to their original plan, it would be easy to wake up the people sleeping in the alley.

Guo Fengyou looked up and said softly, "Wait for the thunder."

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The dark alley was pitch black, and various snoring sounds could be heard from the rooms on both sides. The tiles above the head were slapped by raindrops, making dense pattering sounds.

In front of Liu Xiucai and Fang Yingqian's door, two people stood respectively, waiting quietly.

A ray of electric light illuminates the ground, and the light penetrates the gaps between the window paper and the wooden frame, projecting bright lines in the lane.

Guo Fengyou raised his left hand high, and the other three people stared at his gesture. The four of them were like static sculptures, and the short moment seemed as long as ten thousand years.

He waved his left hand down violently, and the leader of each person in front of the door kicked the door leaf violently.

The roaring, ear-splitting thunder arrived on time, the door leaf quickly opened inward, the wooden door latch spun and flew into the room, and Guo Fengyou, who was waiting next to him, immediately rushed into the room.

He already knew the location of the bed frame and rushed to the right.

The person who kicked the door quickly entered and closed the door again. Just as the roaring thunder weakened, the door next door also closed at the same time, and the alley returned to its previous state, as if nothing had happened.

"you…"

There was a vague exclamation on the bedstead, and before he could call out, Guo Fengyou's short Japanese sword was thrust towards the source of the sound.

"Ah!" A scream came from the bed, drowned in the tail sound of thunder.

Guo Fengyou pressed his body up, and the Japanese sword penetrated deeply into the opponent's body. At this time, the target could no longer move, and the opponent's hands were waving violently. Guo Fengyou subconsciously judged the position of the body, and jammed the opponent's neck with his left hand to prevent him from making any sound.

Louder sound.

The target's legs and feet were kicking wildly, and the bed was creaking. His hands suppressed the target's legs, and the twisting was reduced. The man's throat made a gurgling sound, and his hands were scratching at Guo Fengyou's face and body.

Guo Fengyou drew out his short knife and stabbed at the target wildly in the darkness. Warm liquid flew out, covering Guo Fengyou's body and face.

The opponent's counterattack became weaker and weaker. After a while, Guo Fengyou gasped and stopped. The target had stopped moving.

The subordinate behind him said, "There was no alarm in the corridor."

Guo Fengyou nodded. After getting down from the body, he listened to the movement in the alleyway in front of the door. He was still calm, and then knocked a few times on the wooden wall in the room.

Over there is Fang Yingqian's room. Several knocks came back soon, indicating that the two people there successfully entered the room and were able to respond with knocks. It was considered successful. This operation seemed to be smoother than the last time. It can be seen that

Recent training is effective.

Together with his subordinates, he dragged the body to the window, removed the bolt, and opened half of the window.

There was a flash of light in the sky, and the world turned pale at the same time.

Guo Fengyou looked carefully at the face of the corpse after it was pulled up. Liu Xiucai's disgusting face was covered with blood and no longer alive.

"Let's set it up."

The men agreed, put Liu Xiucai's body down, opened the cabinet on the left, opened the luggage inside on the table, turned everything out and threw it on the floor, making a scene of murder and robbery. At the bottom, more than ten pieces of silver were exposed.

The subordinate raised his eyes and looked at Guo Fengyou.

There was a strong smell of blood in the room, and the blood on Guo Fengyou's face was solidifying. It was a very uncomfortable feeling. He looked carefully and said, "Throw two pieces on the ground and take the rest with you."

After his men put away the money and Guo Fengyou knocked on the wall again, the two opened the door and entered the alleyway, and the two people next door also walked out.

Guo Fengyou asked the three of them to go to the front, preparing to hold them back himself.

A person from the group next door walked up to him and whispered, "The room is empty. Fang Yingqian is not in the room."

Guo Fengyou's face twitched. What Pang Yu told him was not accomplished. One person died in the last operation, and this time there is one less target.

The subordinate whispered, "Would you like to search it?"

Guo Fengyou glanced around the alley in a blink of an eye. The endless sound of rain was beating on the tiles, and everything was dark. It was almost impossible to find someone at this time, and he was not familiar with Fang Yinggan's face.

But Pang Yu would definitely not be satisfied if he didn't kill this person. Guo Fengyou felt thirsty and clueless for a moment.

At this moment, voices suddenly came from a house on the right, followed by footsteps.

Guo Fengyou waved his hand and signaled the three men to evacuate. They returned the same way and left together with the man who was covering on the first floor.

After walking out of Ruyi Building, several people put on coir raincoats and bamboo hats and walked quickly east through the stagnant water into the alleyway, with Guo Fengyou walking at the end.

After crossing the alley, he took out his bamboo hat and saw the heavy rain pouring down on his head. He wiped his face vigorously with his hands, and the coagulated blood clots flowed away with the rain.

Guo Fengyou turned his head to look at the lantern in front of Ruyi Building, took a few breaths, then turned around and disappeared into the dark alley.

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In the barracks area on the east side of the Anqing garrison camp, it was still raining heavily. Two soldiers wearing raincoats stood upright at the gate of the camp.

The garrison camp is located on a slope, which is slightly higher than the surrounding areas. The foundation of the barracks has also been raised. Although there is some water outside the house, it does not affect the living inside the house.

The rooms in the camp were quiet, and all the soldiers were sleeping peacefully. Only the slightest light came from the window of a house on the north side.

There was a black cloth on the window, the room was filled with smoke, and two people were smoking pipes. Wu Tachai couldn't help coughing twice.

A dice cup passed through the air on the table and hit the table with a loud bang. The dice inside made two clattering sounds.

"Place your bet! Place your bet!"

Five or six people around took out money one after another, and some people took out newly saved coupons.

Jiao Guozhao pointed at Wu Dacai and said, "Quickly come down."

Wu Tachai hesitated and said, "I have no money left. I lost three yuan today."

The captain of the sixth game next to him said, "Brother Wu, please join in. It's rare that our Jiao Zhongjun is interested."

Jiao Guozhao slapped the table and said, "Your mother's three pieces of silver are nonsense. You don't have any money but you still have coupons. How can you keep it and still want to marry me as a concubine?"

Several people nearby also tried to persuade him, but Wu Dacai glanced at it coyly. These people were all from the Sixth Bureau, including captains and soldiers, including President Bai and his soldiers. Except for President Bai from Tongcheng, most of them were from the dock.

Waterworkers, these people often gathered for gambling before joining the army.

Everyone in the army knew that Jiao Guozha was Pang Yu's sworn brother. In the sixth round, General Manager Bai wanted to please Jiao Guozha. Jiao Guozha also gambled several times in his barracks and residence on weekdays, but the intervals were relatively frequent.
To be continued...