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As soon as the words of the master of swordsman came out, Jing Kui said with great interest: "Oh, I don't know who is this person who is so sacred that you admire him so much!"

Jing Kui knew quite well about sword-backers, and the sword-backer himself was not weak, and even among the masters under him, he could be ranked among the top three.

Now that the Daoist who carries the sword is so respectful to one person, don't think that the other party's strength must not be too bad.

Others don't know, but Jing Kui still knows to some extent: it is not so easy to assassinate a person like Li Huan who is not weak in his own strength.

If it is really possible to win over a top player in the Jianghu, as the swordsman said, at least it can increase the success rate of assassinating Li Huan, can't it?

Besides, since there are people who can be used, it is natural to use them.

Jing Kui didn't hesitate at all on this point, and he didn't hesitate at all because the person recommended by the swordsman was from the Jianghu.

People in the officialdom like Jing Kui, in their eyes, people in the Jianghu are actually a group of unrestrained and rebellious people. It would be great if all such people died.

Unaware of what Jing Kui was thinking, the sword-bearer said with a bit of admiration on his face: "Master, you may have heard of this person's name."

Jing Kui frowned and gave the sword-bearer a faint look, while the scar-faced man at the side said to the sword-bearer, "I'm talking about Ma Qi, if you have something to say, what's the matter? Hurry up and tell me, who is that man?" What's the background, I don't know if I can take my sword..."

The sword-carrying man glanced at the man with the scarred face, then bowed to Jing Kui and said, "My lord, this man is Xiang Wentian, who is well-known in the world, known as the Heavenly King and Lao Tzu."

"Xiang Wentian?"

After hearing Ma Qi's words, someone muttered softly, and suddenly a flash of eyes flashed in his eyes: Mang raised his head and looked at Dao Ren with his back, "Ma Qi, isn't this Xiang Wentian you're talking about the left envoy of the Sun Moon God Sect, Xiang Wentian? "

Because of the Sun Moon God Sect, Xiang Wentian is also a high-ranking person among the Sun Moon God Sect, plus Xiang Wentian's name as Wang Laozi, he can be regarded as one of the most famous in the world generation.

Ma Qi stroked his beard, nodded slightly and said, "Yes, it is this person." ,
Even the scar-faced man from just now couldn't help but solemnly said: "If this person can really be invited, then our operation will really go much smoother."

However, one of them was dressed in brocade clothes and looked extremely rich. He looked like an Yuanwailang man in his forties and said: "This Xiang Wentian is not an ordinary person. We need to ask him for help. I don't know: what will it cost?" cost?"

Obviously this person thought more, after all, everyone knew how could someone like Xiang Wentian help them assassinate the imperial envoy for no reason.

Even people in the Jianghu do not take officials in the officialdom seriously, but assassinating imperial envoys is not a trivial matter. If there is no aggravation of deep hatred, even people in the Jianghu would not be willing to do it under normal circumstances. .

So if you want to invite the masters of the rivers and lakes to make a move, you must pay a corresponding price.

Jing Kui also looked at the sword-bearer.

The sword-carrying man hesitated for a while and said: "Sir, from my point of view, Xiang Wentian must have something to do when he hangs around in the south of the Yangtze River. The subordinates can go to see him, try it out, and see what he needs to pay. Only at such a price can you ask him to make a move."

Jing Kui nodded and said: "That's fine, just go and test it out. If his request is not too much, just agree to it." ,
Speaking of which, Jing Kui looked at the others and said, "You might as well think about it and see if you can invite some powerful helpers. As long as you can kill Li Huan smoothly, you will have to pay a great price. It's worth it too."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard the words, Ma Qi recommended Xiang Wentian, but it opened their minds.

Before, they only thought of assassinating Li Huan with their own strength, but now that they think about it, it would be better if they could invite some helpers.

But at this moment Jing Kui said again: "We are running out of time. If there are no accidents, the fleet of Li Huan and his party will arrive within a few days, so at this time tomorrow, I will wait for you."

their news. "

The crowd dispersed in a hurry, while Jing Kui sat there meditating.

On the canal, ships shuttle like flying, showing a busy scene.

The speed of several official ships flying the flag of Jinyiwei is not slow, and it is quite eye-catching when sailing on the big river.

On the one hand, the official ships of Li Huan and the others are much larger than ordinary ships; attention.

At this time, Li Huan was standing on the bow of the first big ship, looking at the surrounding scene from a distance.

I have to say that during this trip, Li Huan really felt the complexity on both sides of the Grand Canal. I can only say that the Grand Canal is really worthy of being the main artery connecting the north and the south. affected.

Chen Ke, Ma Ming and the others stood behind Li Huan at the moment, their expressions were dignified, and even the brocade guards on the surrounding boats counted one by one, and they all patrolled the surroundings extremely vigilantly.

Seemingly noticing that Chen Ke and Ma Ming were stretching bowstrings one by one, Li Huan, who looked away from both sides of the strait, didn't say anything.

Ever since they approached Yangzhou Mansion, Chen Ke, Ma Ming and others have been like this. They are completely on high alert, always guarding against enemy attacks.

Li Huan could understand the worries of Chen Ke and Ma Ming. Normally speaking, if someone wanted to deal with him, the imperial envoy, then this could be said to be the last chance.

After all, it won't be long before the group of them arrive at Yangzhou Mansion. At that time, the group of them landed, and it would not be so easy to find such a good opportunity to assassinate them.

Although they are also at risk of being assassinated when they enter the Yangzhou Mansion, compared to the assassination on the Grand Canal, it is obvious that as long as they are not stupid, they will definitely place the assassination on the Grand Canal.

Not to mention anything else, if you kill Li Huan and his party, you only need to scuttle the big ship, and then everything will be wiped out.

Coughing lightly, Li Huan glanced at Chen Ke and Ma Ming and said, "You don't have to worry so much. If it were me who wanted to assassinate, I would definitely not choose to do it in broad daylight and under the eyes of everyone."

Chen Ke nodded and said: "Your Excellency's words are true, and my subordinates also think that if the other party wants to assassinate, then nine out of ten it will be tonight, otherwise, we will arrive at Yangzhou Mansion tomorrow, abandon the boat and go ashore, they are thinking about assassinating My lord, the difficulty will definitely increase several times."

Li Huan glanced at Chen Ke and said, "Since that's the case, why are you so vigilant now? You might as well relax and prepare for the evening."

Chen Ke said: "These are just our guesses. Although the danger during the day is not great, it does not mean that there is no danger. We have the duty to protect the safety of adults. Naturally, we must keep our eyes open at all times. High level of vigilance."

Yangzhou Mansion, Qingping Wharf, this is a small wharf beside the Grand Canal, but although this small wharf is small, there are not many boats coming in and out.

However, if you observe carefully, you can find one thing, that is, the ships on the side of this small pier are obviously not all kinds of merchant ships, and the ships entering and leaving are very uniform.

This is obviously a private pier, and only such a private pier will have restrictions on the boats entering and leaving. It can be said that it is not a permitted boat, and it cannot berth here at all.

Qingping Wharf is surrounded by a mess of slums. As far as the eye can see, there are shacks all around.

The shack looked very messy, and it seemed that the people living here were all poor people.

Most of the people who live here are waterworkers who rely on the Grand Canal to make a living. These waterworkers rely on the Grand Canal to barely make ends meet. Many people are on the verge of life and death. , No one here would think of leaving.

No matter how chaotic it is here, at least they can earn a living, so there will always be people who will find a way to enter here to ask for a living.

But also because of this, there are also good and bad people in this slum, there are all kinds of people.

In a shack, Qiu Daniu's gnarled muscles appeared extremely strong, because of the perennial wind and sun, Qiu Daniu looked younger than his actual age
It looks much older.

He was obviously only about 50 years old, but he looked more like a man in his [-]s or [-]s, but thanks to his strength, he survived tenaciously in this slum all these years by virtue of his brute strength.

At this moment Qiu Daniu walked into his hut that was leaking everywhere, and saw a figure sitting cross-legged in the hut.

The man's complexion was a little pale, his hair was disheveled, and he was dressed in rags. He looked very embarrassed.

But just looking at the temperament that this person unintentionally exudes, it can be seen that this person is definitely not a water worker in this slum.

Qiu Daniu looked cautious, and when he saw the person sitting there, he said with a bit of excitement on his face: "Brother Lin, we brought you half a catty of rabbit meat for you to eat, just for you to make up for it." Replenish the body."

The people sitting there glanced at Qiu Daniu, and their gazes fell on a piece of rabbit meat wrapped in oil paper that Qiu Daniu took out, and a seductive smell of meat came to his nostrils.

With a grunt, Lin Pingzhi only felt his mouth secreting saliva, and an extremely strong sense of hunger rose from the bottom of his heart.

Qiu Daniu grinned, and handed the rabbit meat wrapped in oil paper to Lin Pingzhi: "Brother Lin, eat quickly."

Lin Pingzhi suppressed the urge to take the rabbit meat with great willpower, looked at Qiu Daniu and said, "Brother Qiu, you've worked hard all day, you should eat it."

Qiu Daniu stuffed the rabbit meat into Lin Pingzhi's hand and said, "You can eat it if you want, I've already eaten it."

Said Qiu Daniu turned around and walked out of the shack, but Lin Pingzhi clearly saw that when Qiu Daniu turned around, he subconsciously tightened his belt, and there was a hungry grunt. The cow was not eaten as he said.

Exhaling a foul breath, Lin Pingzhi stood up slowly, and the soreness in his body disappeared. He has been hiding here to heal his injuries these days, thanks to Qiu Daniu who secretly brought him food. Otherwise, even if he escaped the pursuit, he might starve to death because of his serious injuries.

Thinking of the dangerous situation where he was chased and killed by three first-class masters that night, Lin Pingzhi still feels deeply afraid.

You know: that night he really walked before the gate of hell. Although he is not weak in strength, he is no match for the three first-class players.

That is to say, his life was so bad that he found an opportunity to jump into the Grand Canal and escaped, but the injuries on his body almost killed him.

That is to say, he was discovered and rescued by Qiu Daniu, and Qiu Daniu's careful cover-up allowed him to escape the second and third waves of pursuit.

The energy of the person behind the scenes was so great that even the slum where the water workers gathered was thoroughly searched by the other party. The reason why he was not found was entirely because Qiu Daniu helped cover it up.

Now that I think about it, it was really a great fortune that he was able to escape this calamity from death.

Looking at the rabbit meat wrapped in oiled paper in his hand, Lin Pingzhi took a deep breath, and ate it up in three or two bites, perhaps because he ate some meat, or because he had recovered from his injuries. Lin Pingzhi had already regained some strength.

After about a cup of tea, I saw Qiu Daniu walking in. When he saw Lin Pingzhi get up, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he said with a bit of surprise: "Brother Lin, are your injuries healed?"

Lin Pingzhi nodded slightly at Qiu Daniu and said gratefully: "These days are thanks to Brother Qiu, otherwise Pingzhi would have died without a place to bury him. Please be respected by Lin Pingzhi."

As he spoke, Lin Pingzhi solemnly bowed down to Qiu Daniu.

Lin Pingzhi was originally pure and good-natured, although he had been with Li Huan all these years and was used to seeing all kinds of misery in Jin Yiwei, but this did not change Lin Pingzhi's temperament.

For his savior, Lin Pingzhi naturally expressed his gratitude to him.

Qiu Daniu waved his hands again and again to stop Lin Pingzhi from saying, "Brother Lin is too polite, I'm just doing a little work, besides, I have a sworn feud with the Xu family, and the Xu family seems to have gone crazy. Search everywhere for Brother Lin, then I, Qiu Daniu, will drive the Xu family crazy."

Although it has been said that Qiu Daniu has heard about his enmity with the Xu family, and Qiu Daniu has also said that it was impossible for him to save him at the beginning.

Either he couldn't bear to see him die like a living person, and later found that people from the Xu family were digging three feet to search for him, so Qiu Daniu tried every means to cover him up.

But no matter what Qiu Daniu saved him for, the grace of saving his life was real, and he, Lin Pingzhi, would always remember it in his heart.