In the mansion, the banquet has ended. Guo Kai is standing in the study, holding his two beautiful concubines, waiting for the news.
However, as time passed.
An hour, two hours, until late at night, Guo Kai did not see his servant come back.
Gradually, Guo Kai became a little uneasy. Could it be that something happened?
However, in Handan City, it was Guo Kai's territory. How could something happen here? Even if something happened, the news should have been received.
"wrong!"
Guo Kai frowned.
"Sir? What's wrong?"
"grown ups!"
Two women with presumptuous looks were a little puzzled when they saw Guo Kai stand up and almost fall down due to his lazy posture.
However, at this moment, Guo Kai had no idea.
Walking around the room, Guo Kai had slowly sobered up from his drunkenness. When he realized that something was wrong, he became a little anxious.
"Someone is coming!"
Guo Kai shouted towards the door.
Soon a sword-wielding slave walked into the room.
"grown ups!"
The servant came to Guo Kai and bowed his hands in ceremony.
"Go and gather all the disciples in the city!"
Guo Kai breathed quickly and ordered with a somewhat uneasy look.
After spending so many years in Handan City and offending so many people in his life, the most important thing that Guo Kai can survive to this day, apart from having countless followers, is his awareness of the crisis.
at the moment.
Guo Kai had some bad premonitions.
"promise!"
The sword-wielding servant heard Guo Kai's words, bowed and turned around to leave.
After a while.
Five or six sword-wielding slaves left the mansion, followed Guo Kai's instructions, and went separately to find all the retainers Guo Kai had kept in Handan City.
However, in the dark and silent night, in the streets of Handan City, two of the slaves had not gone far. In the dark night, two slender bamboos stretched out from the corner, aiming at the two people not far away.
name slave.
In an instant.
Before the two slaves could react, they felt some pain in their necks. They touched their necks, and then a sharp pain suddenly hit their minds.
After falling to the ground, he convulsed violently.
The other four slaves holding swords who had not yet had time to go far heard the noise and turned around. They saw two slaves not far away lying on the ground in the night. They were frightened for a moment and drew their swords towards the surroundings.
.
"The enemy is attacking, please go back and report to the Lord!"
One of the slaves spoke.
However, just as he finished speaking, two men holding swords slowly appeared not far away in the dark night.
"kill!"
When the three sword-wielding slaves saw this, they knew that there was an ambush today, and they were afraid of danger, so they drew their swords and started to kill the two men.
Scholars died for their confidants, but these slaves were not even regarded as scholars, but they were eating and drinking Guo Kai's rewards.
Now, even though these three people know that there will be danger if they don't return to the mansion, they are still willing to risk their lives to cover one person and go back to report the news.
on the street.
Bai Yan looked at the three men holding swords, quietly placed one hand on the sword at his waist, and then slowly pulled out Wu Gao's sword.
Under the moonlight, the sharp sword in Bai Yan's hand flashed with a cold light.
Seeing those three men, Bai Yan, who had gone through battles and experienced life and death, didn't feel much nervous in his heart.
"Ahem~!"
While coughing, Bai Yan slowly used the cold light of his sword to reflect the moonlight on the eyes of the nearest man.
next moment.
Bai Yan then stepped forward with a sharp blade in his hand, holding a sword in both hands. Taking advantage of the panic of the man in front, he slashed the sword as fast as he could.
Yin Bei once taught Bai Yan swordsmanship. In terms of speed, accuracy and ruthlessness, Bai Yan learned the fastest and was the first to master it.
He looked at the first man covering his neck with a horrified look on his face.
Bai Yan ignored it and watched the second man slash with his sword, then quickly blocked it with his sword in both hands.
Under the dark night.
The huge force of the two sharp swords caused a small flash of fire to appear between the blades.
When the sword-wielding slave was about to withdraw his strength and prepare for the second strike, Bai Yan seized the opportunity in an instant, turned around and approached him.
As he turned around, the sharp blade drew a sword in his hand, and his forehand turned into a backhand.
Following the reflexive thrust, a hum came from behind.
Bai Yan leaned against the man and felt that the sharp blade in his hand could no longer advance, so he spun it hard. When drops of blood fell on his neck, he felt that the man behind him gradually became limp.
Only then did Bai Yan pull out his sharp sword.
As the sword blade was drawn out, Bai Yan watched the man behind him fall to the ground.
At this moment.
Tian Sui on the side had just killed another slave holding a sword.
Tian Sui looked at the corpse lying on the ground in front of him, then looked at Bai Yan aside, looking at the two corpses next to Bai Yan, with a look of astonishment on his face.
He had been practicing martial arts since childhood and later joined the army. Even though he had heard that Xu Zixiao was good at swordsmanship, he never thought that he would be inferior, let alone that he was so far behind in swordsmanship.
"Who does Zixiao study under?"
Tian Sui asked curiously.
"The unknown man!"
Bai Yan didn't answer Tian Sui's question and just said it in one sentence.
Seeing that the man who had tipped off the information not far away had also been assassinated and fell to the ground, Bai Yan couldn't help but be envious.
In terms of assassination, Qi Wushu is truly the best in the world.
If used in the right place, the effects of Qi's martial arts are absolutely terrifying. Unfortunately, these are the elites under Tian Sui's command. With the strength of the Qi State, he cannot cultivate such large-scale martial arts.
"You have to hide this? Could it be like Mr. Jin? How is it possible!"
Tian Sui looked at Bai Yan, his handsome face full of helplessness.
In Tian Sui's eyes, Duke Jin was in the Qi court, and he accidentally fell into the trap of villains and was framed by many villains. And a swordsman, no matter how powerful he was, could not be as good as Duke Jin.
In this world, among the swordsmen who have great swordsmanship and offend many powerful people, unless it is Yin Bei!
Think of Yin Monument.
Tian Sui stood there holding a bloody Qin sword, and immediately raised his head to look at the back of the young man in front of him.
The young man's swordsmanship and the nameless person he spoke of just now.
The more Tian Sui thinks about it, the more something is wrong!
Indeed, if it is Yin Bei, everything seems to be explained.
but.
"It's impossible!"
Tian Sui looked at the young man's back under the moonlight and shook his head.
Naturally, Tian Sui had some understanding of Yin Bei. In terms of swordsmanship in the world, Yin Bei was in a lineage of his own. No one dared to say that he was the first, but his unique swordsmanship could be said to be not inferior to anyone else's.
And because of Yin Bei's straightforward behavior, he offended many powerful people in the world, and was eventually poisoned by his trusted acquaintances in Linzi, Qi State, and conspired with outsiders to murder him.
In the mouth of the world, Yin Bei knew that he had offended too many people and would never have a happy ending, so he never accepted any guests in his life.
"I should be worrying too much!"
Tian Sui said softly to stop himself from thinking, then he came back to his senses and followed the young man towards Guo Kai's mansion.
In Tian Sui's eyes, this young man named Xu Zixiao has too many secrets and is very mysterious. It is not the time to ask questions now. He will find out slowly when he goes to Qi State in the future.
In front of the gate of Guo Kai's mansion.
Bai Yan stopped and looked at the man who had just wanted to go back to report, and fell in front of the door. He stepped over his body, came to the door and knocked on the door.
Turning around to look at Tian Sui, on the street at this moment, about twenty men in black clothes holding sharp knives were already standing behind the door.
"I heard that Guo Kai made millions of dollars in his life. Do you want to take some away later?"
Bai Yan asked softly.
When Lu Buwei spent all his wealth in Handan, he only had only a thousand gold, but according to rumors, Guo Kai had ten thousand gold.
"That's okay!"
After hearing Bai Yan's words, Tian Sui glanced around and nodded softly.
Although he was born into the Tian family and was a member of the Qi clan, Tian Sui's own personal wealth was not much. Although countless people wanted to curry favor with Tian Sui, Tian Sui also wanted to give gifts, especially the old men in Jixia Academy.
As for those scholars, Tian Sui had no choice but to send them away because of their status as relatives of the King of Qi.
This is also one of the means by which clans can check and balance the ministers in the court. It is also why the King of Qi relies so much on clans, and even the importance of clans is not lower than that of the court.
"Who!"
While Bai Yan and Tian Sui were talking, the door of the mansion slowly opened, and a very impatient voice sounded. The owner of the voice seemed to be quite angry.
See the situation.
Bai Yan and Tian Sui turned their heads and looked over.
The middle-aged man who opened the door originally had a frown on his face, but when he saw Bai Yan and Tian Sui, he saw that the swords in their hands were still dripping with blood, and he saw that there were more than 20 people standing behind them.
Man in black with sword.
The middle-aged man's expression fell into a dull state, and his eyes were full of fear.
After a while.
Screams were heard from everywhere in Guo Kai's mansion. The servants who were originally guarding the mansion took wooden sticks or sharp swords to resist the men in black who entered the mansion.
However, due to the huge difference in strength, it didn't take long for more and more servants in the mansion to die.
Bai Yan followed Tian Sui, and the two of them led five or six men in black along the corridor. Under the leadership of two maids, they soon came to a room door.
After opening the door.
Bai Yan and Tian Sui then saw Guo Kai in the room, listening to his servant's report.
When acquaintances met, Bai Yan showed a slight smile.
But Guo Kai's face was pale. Behind Guo Kai, the two women also kept retreating with frightened faces.
After Guo Kai came to his senses, he suddenly stepped forward with enthusiasm.
"Junzi Xu, long time no see! What are you doing today?"
Guo Kai had a smile on his face, but his trembling hands betrayed his heart.
Bai Yan ignored Guo Kai and entered the room with Tian Sui.
"Who is this?"
Guo Kai looked at Bai Yan, then turned to look at the exceptionally handsome man in front of him.
And under the frightened eyes of the two women in the room, the moment Guo Kai looked at Tian Sui, Bai Yan had already raised his sword and put it on Guo Kai's neck from behind.
Guo Kai felt something and his eyes widened. Before he could say a word, he felt an instant sharp pain in his neck, followed by a touch of coldness that gradually spread throughout his body.
inside the room.
Tian Sui saw Guo Kai holding his neck in horror, his hands full of blood, and turned to look at the young man in surprise.
To be honest, in Tian Sui's eyes, Xu Zixiao and Guo Kai should be talking to each other when they met. Xu Zixiao also took the opportunity to mock Guo Kai. After all, aside from the original grudge between Guo Kai and Xu Zixiao, Guo Kai also surrendered to Qin and betrayed
The Xu family now wants to capture Xu Zixiao to please King Qin Yingzheng.
Logically speaking, Xu Zixiao would take the opportunity to ridicule Guo Kai, and then kill Guo Kai after having fun.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Guo Kai's neck would be wiped off by the young man and his life would be taken away.
This ruthless and decisive decision made Wu Gao, not to mention Xieyan, and even Tian Sui himself, unable to help but feel frightened.
"It's a long night and many dreams. Take your money and leave as soon as possible! If Guo Kai dies, the whole city will be searched tomorrow."
Bai Yan felt Tian Sui's eyes and explained.
The villain died because he talked too much. Bai Yan had nothing to say to Guo Kai. After all, he had only met Guo Kai once.
At this moment.
Watching Guo Kai fall to the ground, his eyes were open and his body was shaking slightly.
"If King Zhao didn't use you back then, Zhao would have been honest and honest, and Li Mu would have been there, so why would Zhao be like this!"
Bai Yan stood next to Guo Kai, looked at Guo Kai's body, and sighed softly with emotion.
Tian Sui stood aside and nodded in agreement when he heard Bai Yan's words.
If a country and a king have villains like Guo Kai around them, it will be so sad and the people of the country will be so unfortunate.
"Cough cough cough~!"
Bai Yan suddenly coughed several times and covered his chest with one hand, his face full of pain.
"Zixiao!"
Seeing this, Tian Sui quickly put down his sword and helped Bai Yan forward.
"Hurry up and get your money and leave! Something will happen."
Bai Yan shook his head, turned to look at Tian Sui, his brows were furrowed, and his breathing was somewhat rapid.
"Okay! Zixiao, just wait here and Tian Sui will take the others!"
Tian Sui nodded and asked Bai Yan to stay here.
Tian Sui also knew that the poison in Bai Yan's body had not been cleared, and the blood that had just been killed might have caused the poison to relapse a little, which was why he was in such pain.
"Well! Brother Tian, remember to share some with me!"
Bai Yan nodded and did not insist anymore, but joked with a smile.
"rest assured!"
Tian Sui looked at Bai Yan angrily, somewhat confused about whether to laugh or cry. Then he called to the servants beside him, took the two maids just now, and left to get the belongings in the mansion.
inside the room.
Soon, only Bai Yan and Guo Kai's bodies were left, as well as two women whose bodies were trembling.
The two charming women looked at Bai Yan standing next to Guo Kai's body, their eyes full of fear, especially the dead-eyed look on Guo Kai's face on the ground. The two women were even more frightened and did not dare to say anything.
However, it was very fast and it didn’t take long.
Cries of killing were heard outside the mansion. The number was very large, which puzzled the two women. Logically speaking, most of the retainers and retainers in the mansion were sent out by Guo Kai. Now these men in black killed the remaining ones.
As a servant, no one should know about the situation in the mansion.
What's going on with those shouts of death outside?
At this time, a panicked man in black ran into the room and came to the young man.
"It's not good, Mr. Xu. There are officials from the Qin State coming to kill you outside. Your Excellency orders me to inform you and flee the mansion immediately!"
Men report.
"Li Qin? Go and tell your family immediately not to worry about me and leave separately!"
"promise!"
The two women watched the man in black leave, and upon hearing that Official Qin had arrived, a glimmer of hope appeared in their eyes.
The arrival of Official Qin also means that the young man has no time to take care of the two of them now. If he does not leave as soon as possible and waits for Official Qin to come, it will be too late when the young man wants to leave! What will happen if he is caught by Official Qin?
Just think and you will know.
Thinking room.
Both women have seen hope of living and are looking forward to the boy's departure.
However, as time passed slowly, the two girls discovered that the young man was still in no hurry to leave.
This made the two women very confused.
Is this young man desperate for his life? If he waits for the Qin officials to come over, the crime of killing Guo Kai will be enough for this young man to be beheaded and executed.
soon.
When there were heavy footsteps outside, the two women felt their hearts beating out of their chests. They looked nervously outside the door and then at the boy.
Finally, when they saw an official from the Qin State, the two women were filled with joy. They stood up quickly and were about to flee to those officials, thinking it was safe.
In the eyes of the two women.
The leading official and a Qin official holding a sword came to the room. They didn't seem to see Guo Kai's body on the ground at all, but walked up to the young man.
"General!"
"General!!"
A famous Qin official bowed his hands in front of the young man and said a salute.
In an instant, the two living women in the room looked at the young man with extremely frightened eyes.
"Take them both away!"
Bai Yan looked at Ye, then turned to look at the two women with frightened faces behind him, and whispered instructions.
Looking at the dead Guo Kai on the ground, he realized that the sword was Wu Gao's sword, not Bai Yan's own sword. Guo Kai's servants outside were missing and they all died of poisoning.
Therefore, even if someone investigates Guo Kai's death, the final conclusion is that he was killed by those traitors.
Before leaving Zhongmou City.
Bai Yan ordered his people to inform Ye, and asked Ye to take them to Handan. The pain just now was also deliberately pretended, in order to separate from Tian Sui.
Tian Sui is a gentleman. If he sees that he is not feeling well, he will definitely let him rest in his room.
Even if there is an accident, he has many ways to split up.
As for how to explain what happened next, Bai Yan had already thought about it. He had already thought about it when Zhongmu Chengda Sui said he could get the antidote.
However, these are things that need to be done only when the time is right in the future.
After a while.
In the dark night, outside Guo Kai's mansion.
Before the real Qin officials were notified of their arrival, Bai Yan had already dressed in Qin official uniforms, took his rank, got into a carriage outside the mansion, and left slowly.
The second day.
In Handan City, the news of Guo Kai's murder spread throughout the streets and alleys of Handan City. Countless people were shocked and clapped their hands on the table and applauded.
"Have you heard? Guo Kai is dead!"
"I heard that he was killed last night. It's so tragic!"
"If you die well, that villain Guo Kai should have died long ago!"
"No!"
On the street, people everywhere are talking about this matter.
Some scholars were walking on the street and heard others talking. When they learned that Guo Kai had been killed, they were shocked for a while, and then they started talking.
On the other side, due to Guo Kai's death, the nobles and nobles in Handan City also put their minds aside and recalled their retainers to avoid ending up like Guo Kai.
The Qin officials in Handan City also started to get busy because of the murder of a Qin minister. Whether at the city gate or on the streets, some Qin officials could be seen going from house to house with wanted portraits.
Check one by one.
At the top of Handan City, Bai Yan stood in the city road, looking at the carriage that was gradually leaving in the distance outside the city.
"General, all those people have been killed, no one is missing!"
Ye came behind Bai Yan and handed over his hand to report.
"Um!"
Bai Yan nodded when he heard this.
At first, Tian Sui's name was not written on the bamboo slips and handed over to Ying Zheng. In order to conceal Tian Sui's information, Bai Yan ordered that no one should be left alive in the main palace of Zhongmou City.
All this is because of Tian Feiyan.
But for Qi Martial Arts under Tian Sui, Bai Yan did not intend to let him leave.
Only when Qi's martial arts damage during this trip was completely exhausted, making it difficult for Tian Sui to make up for it in a short time, would he have some scruples in the Qin State and not rashly participate in things like assassinating Ying Zheng.
This is also for the good of Tian Sui and Tian Feiyan.
The Qin State is destined to be unified. This is the general trend of the world. It is impossible for an individual to resist it. Bai Yan knows clearly that the Tian family should not participate in the rebellion against the Qin State at this time.
"General, the news has been released."
Ye said, looking at Bai Yan.
Although he didn't understand why the general would deliberately reveal the news of being caught but not tell others the name of the person who was caught, Ye didn't ask any more questions.
"Okay! Let's leave immediately and return to Zhongmou City!"
After Bai Yan watched Tian Sui's carriage getting further and further away, he turned around and left after hearing Ye's words.
Tian Sui left safely and unharmed. This could be regarded as something he did for Tian Feiyan. In the future, Tian Feiyan would also learn about the incident from Lu Qi.
Now in a few days, Ying Zheng will soon arrive at Zhongmou City.
This time I was ordered to escort, and as Tian Sui left, the nobles who planned to assassinate Ying Zheng were killed, captured, and scattered.
No matter where Ying Kan is, as far as Bai Yan is concerned, this trip can be regarded as giving Ying Zheng some answers.