Chapter 115: Come to the Door
Guifanlou, the atmosphere has not been very good recently.
Kaifeng Prefecture seemed to have figured out the terrain of the underground drainage channel by some unknown means. Although the main target was the beggars in Wuyou Cave, many of Gui Fanlou's men were also arrested.
Even the silver and money that Guifanlou had just transported to the sewer was "robbed" twice by Kaifeng Prefecture, which caused them to suffer a heavy loss.
The money was put into their hands by the "officials" they cooperated with, and they were responsible for helping to launder money.
Since this was lost, naturally we had to take money out of the organization’s treasury to make compensation.
Even if you are an assassin organization, you have to be trustworthy. Otherwise, who will come to you to "do business" in the future?
The dragon head meeting will be held once again.
In the dim underground space, after the mechanical stone door was closed, only an oil lamp in the center of the table was still emitting a faint light.
The big dragon head wore a dragon-shaped mask and tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingers, making a 'tap-tap-tap' sound that was particularly loud in the silent space.
But no one had any objections, and even if they did, they kept it to themselves.
"How did Kaifeng Prefecture know the terrain here?" The big dragon head's tone was quite bad: "Or is it that someone is a running dog of the imperial court?"
No one spoke.
The other seven dragon heads sat quietly.
"Then it seems that the traitor is not among us." The voice of the big dragon head was unpredictable. It was the voice of an adult strong man before, but now it has become the voice of a feminine scholar: "Whether there is a traitor or not, if this continues, Kaifeng Prefecture will find us sooner or later. What can you do?"
The method used by the leader to test whether someone is a traitor is actually very simple: listen to the heartbeat.
He has profound skills and extremely sharp hearing. In addition, it is very quiet here, so if he wants, he can hear everyone's heartbeat.
No one's heartbeat quickened.
Perhaps there are some great monks, or Taoists who cultivate their minds and cultivate their character, who can remain calm even when Mount Tai collapses before their eyes at any time and under any circumstances.
The assassins can't.
Almost all assassins practice martial arts that have extremely strong explosive power.
Strong explosive power means having a strong heart. When in danger, the heart beats rapidly to quickly supply blood to various organs in the body, thereby achieving the purpose of "overclocking" the body, launching explosive attacks or escaping.
Therefore, most assassins, even if they can appear calm on the outside, when they actually encounter danger, their bodies will enter a combat state at an extremely fast speed that they cannot control.
The other seven leaders, hearing the question from the big leader, still remained silent.
After a moment of silence, the big dragon head had to nod: "Old Four, you go ahead."
The leader sitting in the southwest shook his head and said, "Boss, you know me well. I am not good at using my brain. If you ask me to kill someone, I will do it without hesitation. But for this kind of thing, let's forget it."
The big leader was silent for a while: "Seventh Brother, you usually talk the most, why are you silent now?"
“What can I say?” The man wearing a dog mask and sitting in the northeast said in a rather unhappy and weak tone, “I bumped into Zhan Maozi in the corridor a few days ago and he kicked me in the abdomen. My stomach hasn’t fully recovered yet and I have diarrhea whenever I eat something cold. I can’t even stand, let alone chop people.”
A few people chuckled.
They also heard about the encounter between Lao Qi and Zhan Zhao, but they didn’t expect that Lao Qi would lose so badly.
"Forget it. Since none of you are willing to offer advice, then just do as I say." The big dragon head thought for a while and said, "Second brother, third brother, you are responsible for finding out whether Kaifeng Mansion has a map to the sewer."
The two men nodded in agreement.
"Fourth and fifth brothers, you continue to be in charge of the previous matters."
"Sixth Brother..." The big leader looked at the only female leader among them and suddenly asked in a sinister tone: "When will you kill your cheap husband? You used him to hide your identity before, but now he is imprisoned by you. This is actually your weakness. It is very easy for your identity to be exposed."
The female leader said lightly: "I will kill him when the time is right."
But the big dragon head didn't believe it: "Your heartbeat quickened. When I asked if there was a traitor, your heartbeat didn't change. But now you are asked to kill a man, and you are so excited. Don't you want to kill him?"
"Big Dragon Head really loves to joke." Under the rabbit mask, the female dragon head licked her red lips: "I am just happy just thinking that I can kill him with one knife after another."
The other male leaders all shook their heads almost in unison.
The female leader is ranked sixth. Although her strength is average, she is the most ruthless among the eight of them.
At this time, the Eighth Dragon Head, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "Boss, as far as I know, the map of the underground sewers was destroyed decades ago. Now no one really knows the topography of the sewers, and even we only know a small part of it. But the recent actions of Kaifeng Prefecture are obviously because they have the topographic map, so they dare to act so blatantly. The person leading the way is Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao is good friends with Master Lu, so I'm wondering... maybe Master Lu is involved in this matter. He is very powerful and used some strange magic to get the topographic map of the sewers, so it's not surprising."
Everyone's expression was shocked.
The big dragon head suddenly sat up straight. This was his subconscious action when he felt danger. "Old Eight, why do you think so? Lu Sen has been in Bianjing City for two years. If he wanted to deal with us , he would have done it long ago. There is no need to wait until now!"
"But the problem is, we recently took his order, maybe he knows about it."
"He wants to fight us after accepting the order. Is he...having a problem with his brain?" The fourth man wearing a monkey mask said depressedly, "Isn't it normal for a killer organization to accept the order and wait for it? Accepting the order doesn't necessarily mean they are going to kill him."
Lao Ba laughed, "Master Lu doesn't think so. He is not a martial artist, so how can he know the rules of our martial arts world? The most important thing is that even if he is dead, we will still kill him as long as the time is right. Master Lu is a genius, and he probably took this into consideration, so he thought of cooperating with Kaifeng Prefecture to uproot us and Wuyou Cave."
"Since he is going to deal with us in Guifanlou and has the map in hand, why does Zhan Zhao keep heading for Wuyou Cave?" asked the second brother.
Lao Ba laughed: "Second brother, when you assassinate an enemy, do you kill those outsiders who may hinder you to increase the chances of your assassination being successful?"
Everyone now fully understood what Lao Ba meant.
"If Master Lu is really involved , then things will be troublesome." The big dragon head felt a little headache: "Even if our Guifan Tower is well hidden, Master Lu will probably find it slowly."
It's no wonder that Dalongtou feels embarrassed. Lu Sen plays loud music on the speakers in the morning and shows movies in the evening. These two things alone are enough to make most ordinary people admire and respect him.
The same goes for the people in Guifanlou. They go to the movies almost every day. In fact, deep down, while they recognize Lu Sen's identity as a 'real person', they are also quite wary of him.
Lao Ba said, "So the best thing for us to do now is to publicly announce in the martial arts world that we have dropped the bounty on Master Lu, and then the eight of us will hide outside for a while. After a year or two, Master Lu will forget about these shady people and come back on his own."
The big dragon head thought for a moment and said, "What Lao Ba said makes sense, let's do it this way."
But some people disagreed. The third brother suddenly slammed the table and said, "When did we in Guifanlou become afraid of people? I won't leave. If you want to leave, you leave."
The eldest brother chuckled and said, "Third brother, let me put this here. I understand that you are reluctant to leave because you care about the foundation you have built. After we leave, you can do whatever you want with the manpower in Bianjing City, but if something really happens, we will not rescue you. How do you think?"
The third brother stood up suddenly: "Okay, boss, this is what you said, you are not allowed to regret it."
"No regrets." After saying this, the boss stood up and left the room.
Then the others quickly left, and soon the third brother was the only one left in the room.
Lao Ba wanted to say something, but when he saw Lao San's eyes , he sighed slightly and left.
The female dragon head meandered around in the sewer for a long time and after returning to the ground, she turned into the charming tofu beauty.
When she returned to the house, she saw a man in white clothes, with his hands in his sleeves, standing tall at the door of his house.
Who is it? Tofu Xishi was a little alert, and she took small steps slowly and approached.
When he got closer to the door of his house, he found that the profile of this person was very familiar. When he thought about it carefully, he was shocked: Master Lu from Aishan Mountain!
Her heart skipped a beat and she turned around and wanted to leave .
But at this moment, she discovered that a handsome man wearing a black official hat and a bright red official robe appeared not far behind her, blocking all her escape routes.
Royal Cat Zhan Zhao.
Oh no! Tofu Xishi was filled with fear and her heartbeat quickened.
But her expression was still calm. She looked behind her, then at Lu Sen in front of her. She pretended to be scared, bowed, and asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, is this gentleman in front of me Master Lu in person?"
Lu Sen clasped his fists and smiled, "It is indeed me. I heard that the tofu pudding made by Tofu Xishi is the best in the capital, so I came here to try it."
If an ordinary man said this, it would sound like he was being a hooligan.
But Lu Sen had an extraordinary handsome appearance and a noble temperament, so what he said gave people a teasing feeling, romantic but not vulgar.
Tofu Xishi blushed and lowered her head, smiling, "Thank you Master Lu for your kindness, but my tofu pudding is sold out."
"Can't you grind some more?" Zhan Zhao, who had blocked the crowd from behind, came up and took out a small bag of soybeans from his clothes: "Madam, please rest assured, we have prepared the beans. You just need to help grind them, and you will get the same amount of money."
Tofu looked at the small bag in Zhan Zhao's hand, secretly hating it in his heart, but smiling shyly on his face: "Then please come in, both of you."
After saying that, Tofu Xishi opened the door of her home and walked in.
Lu Sen and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, then followed him in.
And at the door of Xishi Doufu's house, there were many people visiting. There is always a shortage of men who want to take advantage or peek at the door of a beautiful woman's house.
Seeing two handsome men following Tofu Xishi in, someone immediately sighed: "Tofu Xishi brought two people in at once, and they were both handsome. I guess there's no hope for us in the future."
"Don't talk nonsense. One of them is Master Lu, and the other is Guard Zhan, the chief constable of Kaifeng Prefecture. If one of them were to look for Tofu Xishi, it might be about that matter, but if two of them were together, things would not be so simple."
Someone immediately asked: "You mean, Tofu Xishi is in trouble?"
"That's possible, but it could also have something to do with her bedridden husband."
As for Lu Sen, after the three of them entered the yard, Tofu Xishi asked Lu Sen and Zhan Zhao to sit in the main hall, while she sat in the bedroom next door and dressed up a little.
She was extremely nervous at this moment. Although she had come to the bedroom, there was no extra passage here. If she wanted to leave, she had to go through the main hall. Lu Sen and Zhan Zhao were both there, leaving her almost no chance to escape.
"Things are getting troublesome." She subconsciously put her fingers into her mouth and gently bit her thumb nail.
When she is particularly nervous, she will do this action subconsciously.
At this time, the man lying on the bed opened his eyes. He looked at Tofu Xishi's back, his eyes full of resentment and malice.
As if she sensed the gaze, Tofu Xishi stood up, with a white handkerchief in her hand, and gently swept it across the man's nose. After a dozen breaths, the man closed his eyes in a daze.
After knocking the man unconscious, Tofu Xishi tidied herself up and walked out of the bedroom.
Seeing that Lu Sen and Zhan Zhao were waiting for her, she walked up to them with a smile and said, "I will grind tofu pudding for you two gentlemen now. Please wait for a moment."
Zhan Zhao handed over the small bag in his hand.
Lu Sen was looking at Tofu Xishi. This woman was very pretty and liked to wear white dresses. She was really charming.
Even many people who have characteristics of Boss Cao will particularly like this.
After Zhan Zhao handed the bag of beans to the other party, he suddenly said: "I heard that the male owner of this family has a serious disease and is bedridden. Madam, why don't you help him apply for admission to the 'Rejuvenation Sanatorium'?"
"I applied to the husbands at Huichun Hall, but was rejected." Tofu Xishi looked depressed: "It would be great if I could get in. I heard that if I stayed there for two days, the dead could come back to life."
"It's not that exaggerated. It's just a rumor." Lu Sen laughed. "Although my medical skills are not very good, I do have some ways to restore people's health. Tofu Xishi, are you willing to let me see your man? If the disease is not too troublesome, I can help him cure it. How about it?"
Now everyone in the capital knows that Lu Sen has fairy fruit and honey that can treat serious illnesses.
Tofu Xishi's heart sank, and then she shouted in surprise, "Really?"
There is absolutely no sense of incongruity in this acting.
Lu Sen stood up: "Of course it's true, take me to see your man."
"good."
Tofu Xishi turned around and suddenly threw something down. Suddenly, the room was filled with dust and smoke, and nothing could be seen clearly.
