There was sudden silence in the hall, and breathing could be heard.
Yang Chaoxi felt anxious and took the scroll. With slightly trembling hands, he slowly unfolded the scroll and looked at it intently.
As expected, in the "Top Capital List of Two Capitals", many people's names are classified and listed according to the three-level divisions of Sheng Dynasty, state (prefecture) and county. Below the names of the people are the top capital of the reward, or reward, starting from fifty.
It ranges from tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver.
The three eye-catching official characters "Yang Chaoxi" were placed under the heading "Luoyang, the capital of the gods", and the reward was written in red pen, which was exactly the 12 characters of "the head is worth one thousand four hundred taels of silver to be paid".
The word "to be paid" was added later, which is quite different from the writing above.
Skipping over the densely packed names and shocking numbers, most of the scroll at the back is still divided into three levels: road, state, and county, but what is recorded is a summary of each person's life corresponding to the previous one. Including but not limited to gender, year of birth.
, appearance, parents, residence, sect, martial arts, hobbies, achievements, etc. His writing is concise and concise, often in just a few words, and he can summarize the person's situation to a certain extent.
Yang Zhaoxi turned directly to the article about Duji Road, Henan Prefecture, and Luoyang, the Divine Capital. It was still neatly written in small regular script, with rows of simple but clear words. After searching for a while, he found out between the lines.
A few sentences of summary:
Yang Chaoxi was born in the seventh month of Dingyou in the second year of Zhide. He lived alone with his widowed mother Lu in Yangliu Villa in Mangshan Mountain. He entered the Taoist register of Shangqingguan at a young age and was given the title of Chonglingzi, Neidan, Taoist scriptures, fists and feet, and weapons.
They are all familiar with it. In the spring of the eighth year of the Dali calendar, I traveled to the capital of the gods. I have not yet reached the weak crown. I have sword eyebrows and thin ears, hawk eyes and a tan mouth. I have a thin body, a handsome face, a stubborn nature, and good light skills. I am the best knight. I once followed him.
His teacher, Yuan Zhenren, went to the Mingde Hall in the Shendu Garden to mediate the private grudges between Taiwei Palace and Zoroastrianism. Although he was small, he was not timid, so he was named Dong Luoyang.
Yang Zhaoxi read it three times and found it both surprising and funny.
What surprised me was that less than two months after I came down from the mountain and entered the city, Yishui Pavilion had already found out the information in such detail. Anyone who was interested only needed to spend a little effort to ambush me in Luoyang City, and there was no chance of winning.
What made him laugh was some of the details, which were obviously heard from hearsay. And although he was familiar with all kinds of weapons, he was especially good at using swords. Now he even had the magic weapon "Shadow Sword", which was even more powerful. If the assassin didn't know this, he would probably
You'll still suffer a loss.
He glanced at his own bounty again, and was actually very tempted. He guessed that the person who issued the bounty was either Duke Jin of Qi or the treacherous prime minister Yuan Zai, who obviously wanted to kill himself at any cost.
After reading the summary of my life, I suddenly felt extremely strange.
Yang Chaoxi immediately shook his head, turned back the scroll, and took a closer look at "Luoyang, the capital of the gods". Not long after, he saw Li Changyuan, Gongsun Xuantong, Yuchi Yuan, Tong Chunxi, Long Zaitian, Qin Xiangchu, Zhang Songyue,
Luo Changqing, Shaila Worthy (Li Xiaoman) and many other familiar names, the rewards are at least three hundred taels of silver. Except for master Li Changyuan and Xiaoman, the rest of the names and numbers are all
The word "to be paid" is not marked.
According to this inference, the so-called "to be paid" should mean that the assassin has accepted the mission and is in the process of "running the mission", but has not yet succeeded; or although he has succeeded, he has not yet taken the head, the certificate, the letter, the road guide, etc.
Go to Yishui Pavilion to redeem the reward.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhaoxi only felt a sense of fear: although he had not been walking around the city in a ostentatious manner these past few days, he was walking in various places and streets in Luoyang without much vigilance. If the assassin who received the mission was unexpected,
If you attack him unprepared, you will most likely succeed.
After reading carefully for a while, he wrote down the names of the familiar people one by one, and then returned the "Liang Jingtou Capital List" to She Ji. He cupped his hands and thanked: "Xiao Dao, thank you sister She Ji for the advice! If you hadn't seen me,
This thing, even if Xiaodao is assassinated, he will never think about why he died."
She Ji took the scroll and handed it to Hua Ji next to her: "Gang Leader Long has arranged for people to prepare paper and pens. You can take a few disciples who can write well and make several copies of the "Two Capital Lists"
.Then I will send two copies for Yang Shaoxia to use."
Hua Ji agreed, stood up and bowed, then left the main hall and made her own arrangements.
Yang Zhaoxi picked up the tea cup brought by Qizhang Bowl, took a sip, stood up, said goodbye to Long Zaitian and She Ji, saying: "It's okay if you don't read this list. Now that you have read it, I feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles all the time.
! Xiaodao will set out now to tell the people he knows about the things contained in the "Two Capital Lists" one by one. I hope it's not too late!"
"slow!"
But Long Zaitian raised his arms to stop him, "Little friend, please don't be anxious! According to the old beggar's inference, as of this year, nearly a hundred people have been listed on the list in one city and one place in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and they have posted a lot of money.
Rewards are mostly smoke released by people with good intentions!"
Yang Chaoxi was startled when he heard this, sat down again, raised his eyes and said curiously: "Long Gang Leader, if this is just a smoke show, the total reward of these nearly a hundred people in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, is too small to say the least."
One hundred thousand taels of silver! Even if this thoughtful person is as rich as the country, he is still a madman, right?"
Long Zaitian choked half a mouthful of tea in his throat, and coughed several times before saying: "I wonder why the old beggar didn't explain clearly... Ahem! Whoever is able to go to Yishui Pavilion to offer a reward for killing people, regardless of whether he is crazy or not, must be rich.
That's expensive.
However, if Yishui Pavilion received a huge remuneration but could not assassinate all the people who published the list within the time limit required by the funder, not only would it have to return the remuneration, but it would also have to pay an additional 10% of the 'betrayal fund' to show justice."
Yang Chaoxi almost spit out all the hot tea in a sip: "There are still such rules?! Yishui Pavilion behaves like this, isn't it just a cocoon?"
Long Zaitian sighed: "People can't stand without faith, and businesses can't prosper without faith. With this foundation of 'bad faith', more investors will dare to come to trade with Yishui Pavilion. They don't have to worry about spending money."
The money was thrown into pieces, and nothing was gained.
The reason why the old beggar concluded that this matter was because someone deliberately set off the smoke. This is because the money owners who always offer rewards for killing people are either seeking revenge or seeking profit, and they will never put people to death without any reason.
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If you take a closer look at the names on this list, you will see that almost all of them are people with top martial arts skills from various palaces, temples, sects and sects. Which financial sponsor will seek revenge on these many masters at the same time? Or with these many sects?
People fighting for fame and fortune?"
Yang Chaoxi suddenly realized something: "What Gang Leader Long means is that the money owner who released a large sum of money as a reward this time is neither seeking revenge nor fighting for fame and fortune, but is going to make a big fuss. Is there another agenda?"
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Long Zaitian nodded slightly, stroking his beard and said solemnly: "That's right! When the old beggar joined Yishui Pavilion as a temporary assassin, he knew that the pavilion was very respectful to the gold lord! The transactions accumulated to a certain amount
The financial sponsors are all treated as guests.
When the amount of transactions with Yishui Pavilion reaches one hundred thousand taels of silver, he is called a "Shaobin". When offering a reward, he only has to pay a 50% deposit. When the amount of transactions reaches a million taels of silver, he is called a "Big Bin". When offering a reward, he only has to pay a deposit of 50%.
For a 10% deposit, you can recommend the palace staff to join the cabinet as temporary assassins.
Those whose transactions have accumulated up to five million silver are called 'Shang Bin', and no deposit is required before a reward can be issued; and one or several 'permanent assassins' are allowed to be assigned to work together to assassinate a person listed on the list.
It's really a matter of life and death, just follow your heart's desire!
And those who can collude with Yishui Pavilion to release such smoke must at least have the status of 'big guest'. And the target is the masters of various factions. They must be coming for the 'Shendu Martial Arts Conference', hoping to clear some obstacles in advance.
So that I can go on stage to win the sword and increase my chances of winning."
She Ji listened for a long time, her beautiful eyebrows were knitted into a ball, and she couldn't help but said: "Although this method has immediate results, it is almost an enemy of the entire martial arts world. If the matter is exposed, and the identity of the martial arts colleagues is known, I'm afraid it will be difficult to end well!"
But Long Zaitian shook his head and said: "Miss She Ji only knows one thing, but not the other. If you think about the person who publishes the list in Luoyang City, what strange things can you find?"
She Ji was confused: "What's wrong? It's just that the rewards are different."
Yang Chaoxi's heart moved and he blurted out: "Xiao Dao thinks that among the nearly 100 people on this list, there are officials, Taoists, soldiers, knights, bandits, witches, merchants, beggars, etc., but the only thing missing is the word 'monk'!"
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Long Zaitian snapped the case and stood up: "That's it! It can be seen that this financial owner has either a close relationship with the Buddhist sect, or he is an eminent monk in a certain temple!"
Hearing this, She Ji's expression became more gloomy: "This year's 'Shendu Martial Arts Conference' is being prepared by Xiangshan Temple. If the financial owner who issued the reward is also a member of the Shimen, then what exactly does the Luoyang Shimen want to do?"
?It’s a little thought-provoking.”
Long Zaitian deeply thought of it and couldn't help but sigh: "A small 'like water sword' can stir up a turmoil in the city of God and attract all the heroes to flock to it! No matter who is the initiator or who is adding fuel to the fire, after all, this world is just nothing.
It’s a hunting ground where the weak prey on the strong and the strong fight against each other!”
Yang Zhaoxi nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "I just don't know how many people in Luoyang City are lucky enough to see this "Top Capital List of Two Capitals"? How many people have seen the sinister intentions of the people behind the scenes?
Although Xiaodao has little virtue and little power, and is young and has little knowledge, he is willing to do his best to make the conspiracy hidden in the list public. To prevent fellow gangsters from being instigated by him and increase the number of killings!"
Long Zaitian wanted to persuade him again, but he heard She Ji said with a smile: "That's what young people should do! Punish evil and promote good, do your duty, eliminate violence, bring peace to the good, and be heroic. Even though there are thousands of people, I will go! This matter is certainly dangerous, but if you are human,
How can you talk about being a chivalrous person when people are afraid?"
While he was talking, he took out a dazzling spiral flute from his arms and put it into Yang Chaoxi's hand. He said with apricot eyes, "If Young Master Yang encounters any obstacles, you can call me Snake Lady to help. I will fight side by side with Young Master."
Fight until death!"
Old Long Zaitian blushed slightly. When he saw Yang Zhaoxi getting up to leave again, he hurriedly raised his hands and said in shame: "The old beggar is not greedy for life and afraid of death. It's just that this 'Jishantang' has everything ready to do, and you can't talk about life and death lightly. If Yang Xiaoyou really meets
No matter what the difficulty is, we, the disciples of the Beggar Gang, will risk our lives to help!"
Yang Chaoxi's eyes were slightly warm and he had mixed feelings. He bowed solemnly and ran out of the hall.