In a certain section of the Daheng Mountains, there is a large, unremarkable mountain, with a huge space carved out of its belly.
In the space, dozens of rooms of various sizes were built along the mountain wall. These rooms are distributed in layers and connected by stone paths.
In the middle of the mountain is a small square, facing the naturally formed large hole on the top of the mountain. It is precisely because of this large hole that the sun can shine in, filling the space inside the mountain with light.
The space inside the mountain is the mountain gate of the Hidden Killing Gate.
At this time, in a house on the third floor of the mountain, an old man with half-white hair and a skinny face was standing behind a desk practicing calligraphy.
A sturdy middle-aged man hurriedly walked into the room, bowed to the old man and saluted: "Elder!"
The old man continued writing without raising his head or answering a question.
It wasn't until he finished writing the words that the old man put down his pen, raised his head and said slowly: "What's the matter?"
"Return to the elder!"
The middle-aged man stood bowed and looked at the ground: "Wuwei City Flying Pigeon sent a message that our stronghold and backup stronghold in Wuwei City were destroyed. Shopkeeper Zhao, One-eyed Granny and Jing who went to find out the news about Jingjiu
Eight were killed.”
"What?"
The old man's eyes gradually became stern, and his gentle tone contained murderous intent: "Who did it?"
"According to the waiter who escaped, it was Jing Jiu's mission target who did it."
The middle-aged man felt the murderous aura emanating from the old man's first-class initial state, and he did not dare to express his anger, and lowered his head even lower.
"Um?"
The old man's momentum slowed down a bit, and after thinking for a moment, he asked: "Is that the young man in the late second-rate realm?"
"Yes! Elder!"
"snort!"
The old man clasped his hands behind his back and said in a cold voice: "It seems that I have underestimated him before. If he can kill the one-eyed Granny and Jingba, his strength should be far higher than that of the same level. If this deal is a loss, it will be cheaper than that of Wuwei City."
Two boys now."
"Return to the elder!"
The middle-aged man still bowed: "Fei Ge sent a message and brought back a message. The two employers, Zhao Zichen and Lu Kexiao, were assassinated in Yixiang Building last night!"
"Dead?"
The old man frowned and pondered for a while, then sneered: "Judging from the time, it should be the young man who killed him. It seems that the young man already knew who wanted to kill him."
The old man sneered again, walked out from behind the desk, paced around the room with his hands behind his back, and said:
"Although the employer is dead, we have collected the money and the mission is still there. What's more, he also killed our people. We can't let him go and let Jing Qi continue the mission. Jing Qi has second-rate peak strength, so he shouldn't be able to do it.
Problem."
"Yes! Elder!"
The middle-aged man bowed, turned around and exited the room, but was stopped by the old man again:
"Wait a minute!"
"Yes! Elder, please give me your instructions!"
The middle-aged man stopped in a hurry, turned around and bowed.
"Let Nan Qi go to Wuwei City to rebuild the stronghold, and also let him tell the two families in Wuwei City who killed them."
The old man said, and then sneered: "Huh! If we destroy two strongholds, then the forces behind him will no longer be wanted. We cannot do it ourselves due to the rules of the sect, so let the Caobang and Lu family do it.
!”
"Yes! Elder!"
The middle-aged man responded, exited the room and quickly passed the order.
…
"drive……"
On the official road from Wuwei City to Zhongdu, a young man in white and purple-mist attire and a young man in blue attire were galloping on their horses.
This boy and young man were Luo Chen and Zheng Xiaoliu who were going to Zhongdu to attend the auction. The two left Wuwei City yesterday afternoon, spent the night in a small town, and rushed to Zhongdu early in the morning.
Zhongdu is located in Zhongzhou, which is in the center of Daqian Jiuzhou. Wuwei City is more than a thousand miles away from Zhongdu, with high mountains and long rivers, and can only be traveled by land.
Walk until noon.
"Huh? Why are there so many people in front of you?"
Zheng Xiaoliu looked at the crowd gathered in the grove beside the official road ahead and asked curiously.
"Yeah! Let's go over and have a look!"
Luo Chen said, slowing down his horse and walking slowly forward.
"It's harmful, it's evil..."
"Yes! What a good young man."
"It's such a miserable death. People from these cults must die a happy death!"
…
Walking closer and listening to the discussion of the crowd, Luo Chen stood outside the crowd on horseback and looked into the woods.
I saw that the grove had been surrounded by government officials. There were four corpses lying horizontally inside, and a widower was playing with the corpses. Next to them were two third-rate late-level men, wearing flying fish suits and holding embroidered spring knives. Young men and women are surveying the scene.
"The man from Six Doors!"
Zheng Xiaoliu touched Luo Chen with his arm and tapped the young man and woman with his chin.
"Um!"
Luo Chen nodded, but his eyes were on the female guard at the six doors. He always felt that the female guard's eyebrows looked familiar.
The female guard who was looking down at the scene looked up if she felt something, and happened to meet Luo Chen's eyes.
Seeing the young man looking at her in confusion, the female guard didn't know why, but she still nodded slightly towards the young man.
Seeing this, Luo Chen smiled and nodded in response.
"Guard Qin, what's wrong? Do you know that boy?"
The young male guard glanced at Luo Chen and asked the female guard.
"I don't know you!"
The female guard shook her head, frowning and thinking about where she had seen the young man.
"Then how did you..."
"It's okay! Let's work!"
The female guard confirmed that she had not seen the boy, shook her head, lowered her head and continued to do her own thing.
Seeing this, the male guard shrugged his shoulders, raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and continued working.
"Hey... Mr. Luo, look at those corpses."
At this moment, Zheng Xiaoliu pointed at the corpses and said.
When Luo Chen heard this, he looked away from the female guard at the six doors and looked at the four corpses.
"Huh? Why are they?"
Luo Chen frowned slightly, these people were the same fat-headed and big-eared people who said they were going to attend the auction at Chunfeng Teahouse in Wuwei City yesterday morning.
"It's them!"
Zheng Xiaoliu nodded: "Looking at the wounds on their bodies, the arteries all over the body were scratched, and the bodies were white. It was obvious that they died from blood draining from the whole body. It seems that it was done by the cult."
"Um……"
Luo Chen crossed his hands across his chest and touched his chin with one hand: "These people are also in the middle to late third-rate realm. There are no signs of fighting at the scene, but they were killed like this. It seems that these cult people are really not simple!"
"Um!"
Zheng Xiaoliu nodded and looked at the corpses with a solemn expression. He was also in the third-rate late stage, so when he suddenly saw these corpses, Zheng Xiaoliu didn't know why, but he suddenly felt sad for the death of a rabbit.
"Let's go! It's getting late, let's continue on our way!"
After watching for a while, Luo Chen said, turned the horse's head and walked slowly towards the official road.
When Zheng Xiaoliu saw this, he also drove his horse to follow.