The most prosperous city in Sichuan, the Land of Abundance, is none other than Chengdu. Ice and Fire! Chinese
In Chengdu, the most majestic and tall house is the Chi family ancestral hall located at Niushikou in the west of the city.
The fourth day of March is not an auspicious day, but it is the Bashu Chi family’s annual ancestor worship day. It is also the busiest day of the year in the Chi family’s ancestral hall.
Li Hu was wearing a short green cloth shirt, his cheeks were smooth and shiny, and his hair was neatly combed. Compared with the slovenly appearance of his old hair and stubble, he was almost a different person. He was holding a cigarette in his hand. The light bamboo poles stood among the team of porters carrying three animal sacrifices in front of the Chi family ancestral hall. Although they looked relaxed, in fact, the handle of the short knife hidden close to the flesh was stuck hard on the back, which made it very uncomfortable.
Of course he came here not to worship his ancestors, but to kill people.
There are thirteen companions who came to kill him, ten of them have arrived in front of the ancestral hall, and the other three are in the streets far away, waiting to retreat after they succeed.
There were three people dressed as porters like Li Hu, and one person was disguised as a Taoist priest. One person was hiding in the belly of a cow being used as a sacrifice, and the other four people were mixed in with the onlookers.
The target they wanted to kill was Mr. Chi Siyuanchi, the head of the Bashuchi family.
The Bashu Chi family is the largest local tycoon in Chengdu Prefecture. The so-called local tycoon means that the Chi family owns tens of thousands of acres of fertile land around Chengdu Prefecture. It is said that the Chi family's gold and silver treasures are more than the wealth of all other people in the entire Chengdu city combined. .[
Half of these lands and properties were passed down from the ancestors of the Chi family, and the other half were earned by Mr. Chi. Money can make money. A rich man with a lot of wealth, a shrewd mind, and good means can make money at a very fast speed. It will be much easier than someone who starts from scratch.
A rich man like Chi Siyuan naturally protects himself very well. Although he is not a martial artist, he has good relations with various Jianghu sects in Sichuan. He has hired many masters as bodyguards. Only the Chi family There were no less than three hundred people who were guarding the courtyard. Chi Siyuan rarely went out. He stayed in his deep courtyard all day long. He was protected by a group of guardian experts. It was almost impossible to kill him.
But there is one day in the year when Chi Da's hometown must go out, and that is the fourth day of March.
Prosperous wealth, good fortune and longevity all depend on the blessings of the heroic spirits of the ancestors. Of course, Chi Siyuan will not be careless about paying homage to his ancestors. He will definitely go to the Chi family ancestral hall on this day. However, this year, the ancestors of the Chi family may not be able to bless him. Because "Tenchu" has chosen this day to take action.
Li Hu is no longer the fourth of the "Five Evil Dogs", but a member of the "Tianchu", and now "King Chong" is his name.
Today's "Evil Dog Sect" has become the fastest-growing gang in the world. In the past five years, its power has expanded to Henan, Shandong, Zhejiang, and Hebei, and has established branches in seven provinces. It has gained a great reputation. , no less than the "Seven sects of the Central Plains".
It is better to offend Yama than to offend evil dogs. This is a saying that many people in the world often say nowadays. Among the masters of the "evil dog sect", in addition to the cold-faced old man and the Jade Fairy, the reputation of the "four little evil dogs" is also at its peak.
The "Fifth Primary School" became the "Fourth Primary School" because two years ago, Li Hu died in a fierce battle with the "Tianhu Gang" in Zhejiang Province. At that time, the "Evil Dog Master" Hua Bushi also personally His body was sent back to Wuyang City in western Hunan for burial, and a tomb was erected.
Of course, the real Li Hu did not die. He was not even injured in that battle. After living in seclusion for half a year, he joined "Tianchu" according to the path pointed out by Chu Yiyi, and he became what he is today. King insect.
After joining "Tianchu" for a year and a half, Li Hu participated in sixteen assassination operations, about once a month. These operations were successful thirteen times. The manpower for each operation was fixed. In fact, "Tianchu" The killers are divided into groups, each group consists of thirteen people, and the group Li Hu belongs to is called "Xunli Group".
Xunli is the name of a hexagram, and there are sixty-four hexagrams in the "Book of Changes". I wonder if this means there are sixty-four assassination groups in "Tianchu".
Xun is wind and Li is fire. There is a hexagram like: A flower is blooming in the mirror. It looks very good but cannot be taken. The wind is up and the fire is down, which is really a bad omen. This hexagram is also a lower hexagram. If the person who asks for a lot gets it, This hexagram will surely lead to the destruction of the family and the death of people.
However, murder is inherently murderous, and the hexagram of great evil is not necessarily bad for the killer's profession. The success of the action does not depend on the hexagram, but on the skill of the murderer and the rigor of the plan.
For this assassination, the Xunli group had been preparing for ten days and had already formulated an action plan, and its name was "Killing Sacrifice".
The Chi family ancestral hall is a large house with a black roof and white walls. Inside the house are enshrined the spiritual tablets of ancestors of the Chi family. The house is located on a five-foot-high stone platform. Under the gate of the ancestral hall are hundreds of steps, and above the stone platform Below is a square dozens of feet long and wide, with a large wall two feet high on the outer edge of the square.[
Every year when he goes to the ancestral hall to worship his ancestors, Chi Siyuan will bring at least thirty bodyguards and more than a hundred guardians. The Xunli group only has thirteen assassins. If they attack by force, they will definitely have no chance of winning, so the best chance is to After Chi Siyuan entered the big house on the high platform, he started to do it in the house.
According to the rules, non-members of the clan should not be present when worshiping ancestors. Although Chi Siyuan will not completely adhere to the ancestral rules, he will not let too many guards follow the big house on the high platform. According to past habits, he will only Bring two personal bodyguards.
Xu Da and Ge Li are the two people with the highest martial arts skills in the Xunli group. They enter the big house to deal with the bodyguards and kill Chi Siyuan. Xu Da pretends to be a Taoist priest. He is a master of "Black Evil Palm", and Ge Li used the knife, and he and his sixty-six kilogram butcher knife were hidden in the belly of the cattle.
Worshiping ancestors must be done in a monastic way, and three animals must be offered as sacrifices. Although it is difficult for others to sneak into the big house, they will have no problem entering.
Once Xu Da and Ge Li start taking action, the other bodyguards standing under the steps will definitely realize that the task of Li Hu and the three porters is to block the bodyguards in the empty field under the stone platform and prevent them from rushing up. Use the steps to enter the big house to save people.
Outside the big wall, there were more than a hundred members of the Chi family, but they were blocked by four other killers who were among the passers-by watching the excitement, preventing them from entering the ancestral hall gate.
Ten breaths is the time limit from when Xu Da and Ge Li start to kill Chi Siyuan. It is also the time when Li Hu, the two killers, must prevent others from rushing into the big house. Once the time limit is up, they must retreat.
Of course, ten breaths is not long, but it is enough. Before the action plan was formulated, they had already inquired about all the bodyguards around Chi Siyuan. They had detailed information about each person, and they were absolutely sure to complete the assassination within ten breaths. .
The sound of horse hooves came from the distant street, followed by a burst of "cracking" firecrackers, and Chi Siyuan finally arrived.
Riding in front were thirty bodyguards from the Chi family. Mr. Chi did not ride a horse, but sat in a sedan, carried by eight strong men. When the sedan stopped in front of the archway in front of the ancestral hall, his face was red. When Guang Chi Siyuan was helped out, Li Hu immediately understood why he couldn't ride a horse.
Not only would it be difficult for a person weighing four hundred kilograms to climb on the back of a horse, but there probably wouldn't be many horses that could carry him. And the layers of fat on Chi Siyuan's body probably weighed more than four hundred kilograms.
Mr. Chi was supported by four family members and walked across the square towards the stone steps. The two people on his left and right were his personal bodyguards. On the left was a middle-aged man in his thirties who was wearing a well-dressed suit. Wearing a black-sheathed steel sword on the cowhide belt, he is Tan Feng, a master of the "Qingcheng School". His steps are steady and his breath is long. It is obvious that his martial arts skills are not weak.
The person on the right is a woman, wearing a long Qingluo skirt, a long sword with a green shark skin sheath hanging on her slender waist, with willow eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, and a very beautiful appearance. She is younger than Tan Feng, with only He looks like he is in his mid-twenties, but his background is by no means younger than Tan Feng.
Although the "Qingcheng Sect" is also a major sect, it is still slightly inferior to the "Emei" which ranks among the seven major sects. This woman is from the "Emei Sect" and her name is Min Yufeng.
Being able to hire experts from the "Emei Sect" as bodyguards means that the Bashuchi family is not just rich.
As soon as the master arrived, the drumming band in front of the stone platform immediately started playing, and a large string of firecrackers also went off non-stop. The people watching the excitement outside the ancestral hall all stretched their necks, wanting to take a look at the richest man in Chengdu Prefecture. How the old man looked like when he was born.
However, Chi Siyuan did not stop and walked straight to the big house on the stone platform. He had to go up a hundred stone steps. It was not easy for a fat man weighing more than 400 kilograms. With the support of four family members, With support and three rests, Mr. Chi finally climbed up the stone steps and staggered into the big house.
Min Yufeng and Tan Feng also followed closely, followed by a group of descendants of the Chi family. There should be no martial arts masters among them.
The three animal sacrifices were also carried in one after another, and then ten monks and Taoists also walked up the steps. Xu Da and Ge Li had entered the mourning hall. Thirty-seven bodyguards and five or six guests who came to watch the ceremony were under the stone platform. The guards of the Baiyu Chi Family Nursing Home were guarding outside the high-walled archway.
Everything is exactly as expected. The "killing sacrifice" operation has been going very smoothly so far. The next step is to wait for the signal and launch together.
Li Hu still had a leisurely look, and glanced at several of his companions in the porters group. Ma Zhong and Huang Yi were as silent as him. Only Chen Si's cheeks were tight, sweat appeared on his forehead, and his hands were in his sleeves. , his upper arms were stiff, apparently because he was holding the weapon hidden in his arms tightly.
Chen Si's weapon is a pair of short steel thorns. His martial arts skills are not much worse than those of Ma Zhong and Huang Yi, but he is a novice at assassination.
No one is born to kill. Even in a killer organization like "Tianchu", there are many novices. It has been more than a year since Li Hu joined "Tianchu". Although the Xunli Group has always maintained a thirteen-person group, However, the number of people in the team has changed by sixteen.
Some people were killed during the operation, and some people disappeared inexplicably. Li Hu never cared about their whereabouts. In fact, he also knew that it was useless to inquire. Among the thirteen people in the Xunli group, there was no one in the past year and a half. Only four people have been replaced: the leader Xu Da, the most powerful martial artist Ge Li, Xu Da's wife Mrs. Xu, and Li Hu.
Ma Zhong and Huang Yi have both carried out more than five assassinations and can be considered veterans. However, Liu Xiaosi just joined in a month ago to replace the vacancies of the deceased in the last operation. This "killing sacrifice" operation, It was the first assassination that Chen Si participated in.
If this kind of nervous expression and stiff posture were seen by an experienced expert, they would immediately find flaws.