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Kyoto is filled with a tense atmosphere, and the spies are getting more and more frustrated. As the most powerful spy network in the Great Chu Kingdom, the majestic Kyoto has become a jeopardy for the spies. Rumor has it that this official bank may not have been stolen by manpower, but perhaps by heavenly thieves.

Just like the ice melted into clouds, the official bank was stolen without leaving a trace.

Xue Poye has been in the Bank of the Household Department for four days, and there are still more than a dozen guards left on the empty bank, and the remaining Habayashi guards have all moved to the South Bank, after all, there are still a large number of official banks there. There is no theft, and there can be no more theft anyway. The empty warehouse here has been stolen, so it doesn't seem to be very important.

According to Teng Xifeng's intention, it is best to leave two or three people on Kongku's side and the other Habayashi guards to guard Nanku with all their strength.

However, Xue Poye always felt that there seemed to be some secrets hidden in the empty library. If they all left, these secrets would disappear. A thought that he thought was extremely absurd came up: "Could it be the Gongsun family who stole the silver this time?"

But even the Gongsun family couldn't do it so quietly, so Xue Poye's curiosity became more and more serious day by day.

It was snowing again, the snowflakes were mixed with cold air, there were not many lights in the bank, and the empty bank was even more gloomy and deserted. Xue Poye led his brothers to drink wine in a small stone house in the yard of the bank to keep warm.

In the middle of the night, a foot of snow had already accumulated on the ground on the entire empty warehouse side. Although it was midnight, the white snow surface and the few wall fires complemented each other, making the empty warehouse side look like brighter.

Xue Poye drank a lot of spirits, but his body was warm and tight, probably because he was too tired, and many Habayashi brothers had already fallen asleep in the room.

Xue Poye looked at the sleeping state of the crowd, couldn't help smiling and got up, adding some more charcoal to the stove.

He walked to the small window and looked at the empty yard outside the window, covered with snow everywhere. Over there, a row of tall and majestic warehouses lined up, and the huge stone gates were tightly closed.

Looking at the majestic warehouse, Xue Poye was a little amazed. At the beginning of the journey, never thought that one day he would see the economic foundation of the Great Chu Kingdom, let alone that such a warehouse full of institutions would be stolen by an astronomical amount. giant silver.

He took a deep breath and suddenly felt a pain in his chest, he couldn't help frowning, and looked back, he saw more than a dozen Habayashi guards lying in the room in disorder, and some even snored extremely loudly.

Xue Poye immediately took out a small porcelain bottle from his bosom, poured out a so-called "Great Yuan Pill", quickly put it in his mouth, and swallowed it down his throat.

It was cold for a while at first, but soon, the sharp pain in the chest gradually disappeared, and everything returned to calm.

Xue Poye's face was pale, he put away the bottle, and clenched his fists. This is the three Great Yuan Pills. He has mastered the feeling of Bi You's shocking poison, so once he did it, he immediately took out the Great Yuan Pills to interpret.

That Huaxian...!

A sneer appeared on the corner of Xue Poye's mouth.

Hua Xian wanted to use this method to firmly control Xue Poye as his pawn, but he didn't understand that Xue Poye was a person who had died once, and under that seemingly gentle face, there was a firm heart.

Xue Poye has always been immune to threats. Hua Xian's method made Xue Poye hate Hua Xian very much, and more importantly, it completely affected Xue Poye's rethinking of his own value.

Before that, Xue Poye had always regarded himself as Qinglianzhao's helmsman, and felt that he had the responsibility to protect Qinglianzhao, at least for the sake of Mrs. Lv, and would not rebel against Qinglianzhao.

It's just that today, Qing Lianzhao's strategist is Qing Lianzhao's strategist who is the antidote to China's idle tricks. Xue Poye has to ask himself: "Am I going to be a pawn of such an organization? Do you want to dedicate your life for the purpose of people like Hua Xian?" He thought about this question for a long time, and the answer he came up with was also very simple: "If you treat me well, I treat him well, if you treat me badly, I treat him badly, Those who want to use me must be used by me."

Qinglianzhao wants to use me, so naturally I can use Qinglianzhao too!

This is the survival rule of this era. Perhaps in the past, the splendor and prosperity in Hangzhou made Xue Poye hide a lot of the cold and cunning in his bones, but what he saw and heard in the capital these days has already deeply felt that if he wants to To live well, I am afraid that I need to give a lot of wisdom, and there will be a lot of traps to worry about.

Xue Poye stretched his waist and was about to take a rest. At this moment, he heard a strange sound faintly. The sound was the sound of stepping on the snow. very light.

Ordinary people would definitely not be able to hear this kind of sound, but when Xue Poye practiced the "Ecstasy Mind Method", the hearing power is not comparable to that of ordinary people, and in the middle of the night, everything is quiet, so Xue Poye I can hear you clearly.

The sound of stepping on the snow became quieter and quieter, Xue Poye only felt very puzzled. It is necessary to know that this treasury is a special and secluded place, and it has always been tightly sealed. Even if the treasury of the household is stolen, it is now empty , but the precautions along the way are still rigorous, ordinary people can't get close to it no matter what, and those who can get close to the bank are by no means ordinary people.

What's more, in the middle of the night, why did someone come to the bank of the household department at this time?

Xue Poye's heart froze, he walked over quickly, blew out the lights in the house, and it was pitch black immediately, even the light from the heater was extinguished by Xue Poye in two or three strokes.

"My lord, what's the matter?" In the darkness, alert voices sounded everywhere.

These are the elites of the Yulin Camp, the elite soldiers of the Great Chu, not only are they skilled, but also extremely alert. When the fire was extinguished, they reminded each other, and all ten people woke up.

The one who made the sound was Guhe, the captain of Pinhu, and Xue Poye extinguished the fire, which was unusual, and everyone naturally knew that something was wrong.

Xue Poye whispered: "Someone is coming, everyone get ready."

In the darkness, when they heard the sound of "chachacha", all the guards of the feather forest drew their knives in their hands and were fully alert. In the darkness, even the sound of breathing became much quieter. They also understood that someone entered the bank in the middle of the night , this matter is not ordinary.

Xue Poye hid by the window, quietly looking outside, staring at the gate of the yard.

There is also a small room at the gate, and there are two strong men living in it, who can be regarded as the gatekeepers here. If Xue Poye hadn't led people to hide here, then there would be only these two big men in the entire empty warehouse. Lux guarded.

The sound of stepping on the snow was getting closer, Xue Poye frowned tightly, his left hand did not grab the saber, but held his own cold blade, this is a treasure that cuts iron like mud, it is better than a saber in an emergency too much.

Finally, a figure leaped down from the high courtyard wall, and Xue Poye realized that the visitor did not go through the main entrance, but climbed the wall.

The courtyard walls of the household bank are different from ordinary walls. The courtyard walls of the residences of high officials and nobles are already extremely tall, but compared with the courtyard walls of the household bank, they are nothing. This person can Leaping onto the wall with ease, this light work is really not ordinary.

Xue Poye was taken aback, and whispered to Gu He next to him, "The man here is very skilled in martial arts, let the brothers be careful, yes, take bows and arrows, don't easily fight melee."

The soldiers of the Habayashi Guards naturally carried bows and arrows, Furukawa hastily informed everyone in a low voice.

After the figure came down, Xue Poye saw another figure floating down from the wall, and his whole body was shocked. It turned out that there was not only one person who came over this time, five people jumped from the wall several times in a row, all of them were wearing bamboo hats. Dressed in coir raincoats, they looked like five fishermen. They did not hold any weapons in their hands. They entered the courtyard and looked around silently. Xue Poye unexpectedly found that these bamboo hats were surrounded by gray scarves. , Under the snowy light, those people's wolf-like eyes searched every corner through the gray gauze.

One of the bamboo hat men had a white ribbon tied on his arm, which looked very conspicuous. He waved his hand lightly, and the two bamboo hat men rushed towards the stone house where the two strong men lived like ghosts.

The other three stood quietly on the snow, motionless, looking at the stone house.

I saw two people with bamboo hats rushing to the stone house, leaning against the wall one left and one right, one of them reached out and knocked lightly on the door, but there was no movement inside for a while, so the people in bamboo hats knocked twice again, finally there was movement in the room, The door of the room opened, and a strong man muttered, "Who is it so late at night...!" Before he could say the word "Geng", a man in a bamboo hat rushed forward quickly. Po Ye saw a flash of cold light, the Hercules clutched his throat suddenly, his body was already limp, his throat might have been cut.

When the strong man fell, the two bamboo hat men ran straight into the stone house without stopping, and in just a moment, the two of them flew out.

Xue Poye knew that within this short period of time, the two of them must have already dealt with another strongman. From this point of view, the person who came was an enemy rather than a friend, and there was a battle tonight.

It's just that Xue Poye didn't understand what these people were doing in the empty warehouse. Could it be because of the batch of missing silver?These people are like ghosts, who are they?

"Search around to see if there are any idlers!" The bamboo hat with a white ribbon on his arm said humanely: "As long as it is alive, it will be killed." His voice was extremely cold,

"Yes!" The four bamboo hat men agreed, and scattered like the wind, and one of them really walked towards the stone house where Xue Poye was.

Furukawa also saw it from the side, and said in a low voice: "My lord, we...?" He is also an elite of the Habayashi, and he has gone through many dangerous situations, so there is no trace of panic, calm and calm.

Xue Poye was pleased with Habayashi Wei's quality, and whispered in his ear: "You are behind the door, wait for that person to come in, you and I will attack back and forth, so as to kill him with one blow, don't let him yell, remember, remember, this man's martial arts Not bad, we must hurt his vitals."

The five bamboo hat men who sneaked into the warehouse this time are not ordinary people. Xue Poye has weighed it. Although there is no weak player in the Habayashi Guard, and even double the number of his own, if they really want to fight to the death, there are nine out of ten If it is not the opponent of the other party, it is very likely that it will face the danger of annihilation of the entire army.

Naturally, his martial arts improved very fast, and ordinary Habayashi guards could deal with three or four, but when he saw the man in the bamboo hat with a white ribbon on his arm, he knew that the opponent's kung fu was far superior to his own, and maybe one day he could With the kung fu of "Ecstasy Book", he surpassed the opponent, but it was by no means today.

In an instant, the man in the bamboo hat had arrived in front of the stone house, walked around the stone house, and even looked in from the window. Fortunately, the Habayashi guards held their breath and hid in the darkness motionlessly, so The house was extremely quiet, as if there was no one there.

The man in the bamboo hat probably didn't expect that there were more than ten Habayashi guards in the room, so he didn't take a closer look, but just took a casual look before leaving.

Xue Poye breathed a sigh of relief, but the man in the bamboo hat only took two steps back, then stopped, and said to himself, "It's weird, there's no one in this room, why is there a wave of heat?"

All the Yulin guards, including Xue Poye, broke out in cold sweat.

The man in the bamboo hat is really careful, and he can even notice this. Although the fire was extinguished and even watered, the heat from the stove and the heat from the guards of the feathers spread throughout the room. Not icy.

If it were an ordinary house, it would be as cold as a rock in this icy and snowy day, so the man in the bamboo hat quickly became suspicious, but at this time, he still didn't expect that there were more than a dozen feathers hiding under his nose. Lin Jingrui.

The man in the bamboo hat was obviously also curious, so he went straight to the door, and pushed the door open gently and skillfully. With a twitch in the corner of his eyes, he said in his heart: "No, there must be someone ambushing here." Just as he was about to retreat, he saw a stabbing pain in his back and at the same time a stabbing pain in his heart. Naturally, he was attacked one after the other Yes, and the part of the strike is the heart, the strike is decisive and sharp, and the heart is pierced one after the other.

When the man in the bamboo hat was dying, he wanted to give a warning, but before he could utter a sound, his mouth was icy cold, Xue Poye's cold blade pierced into his mouth, and it went straight in. Even if this man died, he didn't groan. Hum.

These things happened in the blink of an eye, but it was Xue Poye and Gu He who worked hard to stab the arrow into the heart of the bamboo hat man.

After the bamboo hat man collapsed, Furukawa quietly closed the door.

Everyone knew the danger just now, as long as the man in the bamboo hat made a sound, his companions would definitely notice and come over. Fortunately, Xue Poye was quick-witted and stabbed the man in the bamboo hat with a dagger in the throat, killing him silently. one person.

Xue Poye's heart skipped a beat, this move was really thrilling, even he himself didn't believe it was so smooth.

It turned out that Xue Poye and Gu He attacked quickly and fiercely. On the other hand, it was also related to the other party's lack of vigilance. This person never imagined that there was a trap to send him back to the west in this dark stone house.

Someone died here, but those people with bamboo hats didn't even notice it. After a while, several people with bamboo hats gathered together and said, "No one!"

White Ribbon suddenly asked, "Where's the fourth child?"

Everyone looked around, and it was really strange that one person was missing, so they heard one person say: "Brother, it's okay, the military division got the news that all the Habayashi guards and officials here have been transferred to the Nanku side, except for two Stupid Hercules, there is no one else, the fourth child will be fine, I will look for it!"

After speaking, the man came here again.

When Xue Poye heard the man's words, his whole body froze. He only felt a chill from his feet to the top of his head. He was sweating, his pupils constricted, and he looked incredible.

"Eldest brother? Military advisor?" Xue Poye had these two titles circling in his mind.

If he remembered correctly, Qinglianzhao was very familiar with this title.

The rudder master of the Kyoto sub-rudder is Qinglianzhao's senior brother, and now Qinglianzhao's military advisor Hua Xian is in Kyoto, if it is just a coincidence, then that's fine, but if the white ribbon senior brother in front of him is Qinglianzhao It is a great thing to be the master of the rudder in Kyoto.

If that's the case, the man in the bamboo hat that he killed was Qing Lianzhao's.

Is there really such an incredible thing in the world?What are these people at the helm of the Kyoto branch going to the Bank of the Ministry of Finance to do?

But he couldn't allow him to think too much, the man in the bamboo hat had already approached quickly, Xue Poye only realized at this time that the man in the bamboo hat was actually holding a soft whip in his hand.

Those who can be soft weapons must have special attainments in this kind of weapons, which naturally cannot be ignored.

Xue Poye's heart was pounding, and there was another feathered arrow in his hand, and Gu He was also preparing behind the door, as if he wanted to repeat the old trick, waiting for the man in the bamboo hat to come in and cover up another sneak attack. play.

But the person who came was obviously very smart, and he called in a low voice: "Fourth, old four, where are you? Fourth...!" He suddenly stopped shouting, and even stopped walking. He was two meters away from the stone house. The left and right places suddenly stopped.

In Xue Poye's heart, there is a battle between heaven and man. Although Hua Xian is someone he hates very much, but at least he is still the rudder master of Qinglianzhao's Hangzhou sub-rudder. But now knowing that the other party is Qing Lianzhao's person, but still continue to kill, this is a great inhumanity, this is a rebellious act of massacring fellow students.

But if you don't kill these people, can you let the other party kill you?

If they disclosed their identities, perhaps the people in the bamboo hats would regard Xue Poye as one of their own, but the guards of the Habayashi would turn pale with shock.

At that time, all the Yulin guards knew that Xue Poye was Qing Lianzhao's person. Even if they were forced to do so, they would draw a clear line with Xue Poye and confront each other with blades. In this way, they could only kill more than ten Yulin guards. Wei suppressed his mouth so as not to spread his identity.

But during the time Xue Poye was in Yulin Camp, he was deeply loved by all the soldiers, and they were like brothers on weekdays, how could he kill these people?

If you don't kill these people, then you can only help them kill the remaining four bamboo hat men from Qinglianzhao!

No matter what, always kill.

Xue Poye can only pray now, hoping that these people with bamboo hats are not Qing Lianzhao's people.

The man in the bamboo hat stopped in his tracks, stared at the stone house, and whispered to himself, "Why is there a bloody smell here?"

Everyone in the room became tense again.

This bloody smell is naturally emitted by the blood of the "fourth child", but on this cold winter day, the spread of the smell is not obvious, and this person can smell it, which shows that his sense of smell is really extraordinary.

The sound of "Kacha Kacha" sounded, and several people in bamboo hats came here, and one of them whispered: "It's really delaying things, we still need to find something, the sky is dawning, time is running out."

The man in the bamboo hat turned back to his companion and said, "You guys smell, there is a bloody smell here."

That elder brother stepped forward quickly, stood quietly, closed his eyes and smelled it, then jumped back suddenly, with a weapon like a small steel fork already in his hand, and shouted in a low voice: "There is an ambush!" During the process, his left hand trembled, cold stars protruded, and several cold lights came out from his left hand, directly hitting towards the window. There was a sound of "click", and the cold light broke through the window paper. .

"Puff puff puff" a few times, heard "Ouch" twice, two Habayashi guards were hit by the cold light, one of them whispered: "Yes...it's a poison dart...!" and died.

The other person struggled slightly on the ground, but soon stopped moving.

"What a ruthless hidden weapon!" Xue Poye was startled: "See blood and seal the throat!"

The four bamboo hat men outside already had weapons in their hands, scattered in front of the door, and shouted in a deep voice: "You dogs, come out!" Naturally, they called Xue Poye and others "dogs".