The corner door of the Duke of Qi's rear mansion opened, and a cloaked figure slipped out and disappeared.
Wu Hou, who was patrolling the curfew along the way, did not notice the cloaked man who was moving high and low.
After the cloaked man left the market, he evaded the patrolling Golden Guards and went all the way to the west of Chang 'an City.
In the west of Chang 'an City, outside a two-story house, the cloaked man climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard.
"Esteemed guest, sorry for not welcoming you!"
At the second entrance, when the cloaked person arrived, a man wearing a scholar's robe and a green jade crown with a green jade hairpin on his head suddenly appeared and bowed to the cloaked person.
"Esteemed guest, please come in. We'll talk in the backyard.”
With that, the scholar turned around and walked towards the backyard. The cloaked man followed him in without saying a word.
In a pavilion in the backyard, the two of them sat opposite each other.
Without waiting for the cloaked man to speak, the scholar took out a small bag and threw it on the table.
"This is the deposit from the mission that the honored guest gave us last time. I'm sorry, we can't complete the mission. The deposit will be returned.”
Glancing at the small leather bag on the table, the cloaked man did not take it. Instead, he looked at the scholar opposite him and covered his face under his hood. He asked in a hoarse voice,
"What do you mean?"
"My meaning is very clear. We made a move, but the mission failed. According to the rules, we will return the 3,000 taels of purple gold. We will not accept this mission.”
"Do you want to increase the price?" The cloaked man asked in a low voice.
"No, I won't do it even if I increase the price." "You can try to find someone else, Esteemed Guest.”
“…….”
Silence. The cloaked man's breathing slowly became heavy.
After a while, the cloaked man's hoarse voice spoke again,""We also offered three pieces of jade made of spirit jade.”
"I'm sorry, but these three spiritual jades are not our responsibility. Moreover, we also lost a spirit insect.”The scholar said with a smile.
Obviously, the other party wanted them to compensate for the three jade artifacts.
However, this idea was proposed by the other party. Black Prison would not be responsible for it.
"Can you tell me why?" After a few breaths of silence, the cloaked man asked.
"I'm not sure!" After the scholar finished speaking, he was silent for a moment before saying,"We sent out four gold-medal assassins, and each of them was at the late-stage of the Connate Marrow Cleansing realm. However, after they entered, there was no news of them, and we don't know if they're dead or alive.”
"This is an additional information provided to our honored guests.”
"It is precisely because of this that we, Black Dungeon, have decided to give up on this mission.”
“……. Thank you." The cloaked man cupped his hands, picked up the small leather bag on the table, put it in front of his chest, and turned to leave.
Seeing the cloaked man leave, the scholarly man looked around the pavilion with a regretful expression. Then, he shook his head and prepared to return to his room to pack his luggage and leave.
He could not stay in this place any longer.
However, he had only taken a few steps when the scholar stopped in his tracks. He frowned and turned around, slowly looking at the pavilion that he had just left.
There were four shadowy figures in the pavilion. They looked very unreal.
But the scholar knew that there were indeed four people there.
The scholar's expression changed when he saw the black-sheathed longsword at the figure's waist. He cupped his hands and said,"Are you guys from the north?"
"..." There was a moment of silence in the pavilion. After a few breaths, a cold and hoarse voice sounded from around the scholar.
"Yes, sir!"
"As expected." The scholar thought to himself. Then, his expression became solemn as he said,"I believe that you have already seen Black Prison's decision. If that esteemed lord is still dissatisfied, you can make a request. As long as it's not too much, Black Prison is willing to compensate.”
"My lord wants a stronghold and a promise.”After a few breaths, the voice once again sounded around the scholar. It was erratic, as if it was not from anyone in the pavilion.
"It has to be a promise that is within my ability.”The scholar was also smart and immediately understood the other party's goal. He directly added a restriction.
"Yes!"
Seeing the other party agree, the scholar's lips moved slightly, but no sound came out.
After a few breaths, the scholar shut his mouth and the figure in the pavilion disappeared.
He circulated his spiritual perception with all his might, but the scholar finally sighed dejectedly and turned around to walk towards the courtyard. His footsteps were a little faster than before.
If it was said that the other party appeared because of his carelessness.
However, when he left, the scholar circulated his spiritual sense with all his might, but he still could not find any traces of the other party.
After realizing this, the scholar broke out in a cold sweat.
The other party's movement technique was really strange and unpredictable. It was even more mysterious and strange than his spirit cultivator's movement technique.
If the other party wanted to assassinate him, perhaps he would not need to spend much effort, and he would not have the strength to retaliate.
If not for that, the scholar would not have taken the initiative to expose a stronghold and make a promise.
The Divine Capital Chang 'an was too big and there were too many experts.
It was better to leave.
……
In an alley in the market where the Duke Qi Residence was located, a cloaked man descended from the roof. After sweeping his gaze around, he turned around and headed towards the corner gate of the rear residence.
Chi!
However, just as the cloaked man raised his foot, the sound of a sharp weapon piercing through leather rang out.
Then, the cloaked man's expression changed drastically. He lowered his head and saw a black blade poking out from the left side of his chest.
The blade of the sword did not reflect light, but the cold and murderous aura was very obvious.
Whoosh!
The sharp sword was pulled out, and a sword shadow flashed. A large head flew up, and the headless corpse fell to the ground. At the same time, a black shadow took a small leather bag from the corpse's chest and disappeared without a trace.
Pa!
The flying head fell heavily to the ground, and the hood fell off, revealing Zhangsun Changfu's appearance.
The next morning, Zhangsun Wuji woke up. Under the care of his wife and servant girls, he washed up, put on his official robe and official hat, and prepared to go to court.
He went out of the room and looked at the inner court steward waiting outside, not the chief steward, Sun Changfu.
Frowning, Zhangsun Wuji asked,"Where's Chang Fu?"
"Master, the Chief is not in his courtyard.”The steward bowed and reported.
"Got it. Send someone to look for him."
"Here!"
After that, Zhangsun Wuji led a few family guards and walked towards the front manor.
After getting on the carriage, the driver drove the carriage towards the Imperial Palace.
…….
After the court session ended, Zhangsun Wuji was about to return to the yamen to work. However, he did not expect to see the guards waiting at the inner palace gate.
"What is it?" Zhangsun Wuji immediately walked over and asked when he saw the guard's strange expression.
"Old Master, bad news. This morning, the Chief was found not far from the mansion and his head was cut off.”The guard looked anxious, but he knew that this was a serious matter, so he only dared to report in a low voice.
"Return to the residence!"
"Here!"
Zhangsun Wuji boarded the carriage with a gloomy expression under the protection of the guards. Then, the carriage hurriedly set off and headed for the outer city of the Imperial Palace.
This scene happened to be seen by the Minister of Right Servant Fang Xuanling and the Head of the Secretariat Du Ruhui.
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