Chapter 12 The kite waits for the strong wind at night to blow away the thick clouds...
Yan Jing had heard of Liming's reputation.
As the best assassin in the martial arts world, she is so skilled in martial arts that she can almost defeat any enemy. No matter how impossible the commission is, she can complete it alone.
But he has a strange temper. He will not kill a good person even if he gets a lot of money. He only collects information and kills the evil people.
Therefore, even though she was an assassin who had committed countless murders, she still had a very good reputation among the people.
"Li Ming is in the capital?" Geng You couldn't help but get excited after hearing this. "I've wanted to meet him for a long time. I wonder if the rumor that he's invincible is true."
"A friendly reminder," Huang Ben couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Geng You, "If you and she are going to fight, it means someone wants to kill the Prime Minister, and Li Ming has judged that the Prime Minister is a bad guy. Do you think this is a good thing?"
"I'm just talking, why are you taking it so seriously?" Geng You held back and kicked Huang Ben's calf. "It's just that I beat someone up a long time ago and my hands are itching. I just picked a bottle today."
Huang Ben was about to mock him for being like a mongrel dog that needed to consume energy every day, but he was interrupted by the sound of a book slamming on the table.
Yan Jing put the document he had just approved aside and looked up at Geng You: "You look very free."
Geng You had just been punished a few days ago. Hearing this, he immediately stood up and answered loudly: "No! Not at all! I feel fulfilled every day."
Yan Jing did not take his show of loyalty seriously and said calmly: "This is a good thing. Since you are bored and have nowhere to expend your energy, why not go to the Moon-Raising Tower?"
Geng You's eyes darkened, this meant he had to practice more at night.
But he didn't dare to refute, and just replied dejectedly: "Okay."
Yan Jing lowered his eyes, and stroked the ring on his finger back and forth with his fingertips. Then he took it off and handed it to Geng You: "Take it and the red kite with you."
Glass-type jade is lush green and you can tell at first glance that it is priceless.
Geng You perked up instantly when he heard this, and asked excitedly, "What do you mean...?"
Rules for the Dawn Commission: Fly a red kite to the top of the tallest building in the city, and place a token under the kite. If the kite and the token disappear together the next day, it is considered that the commission is accepted; if the kite disappears but the token remains, it is considered that the commission is rejected.
If the kite is still there and the token disappears, or someone impersonates the person who stole the token, Dawn will hunt down the person who stole the token.
Huang Ben looked at Yan Jing with some concern: "Sir, Liming is just an assassin. If he goes back on his word or betrays you..."
"It's okay." Yan Jing knew Huang Ben's concerns, nodded, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink to continue writing, "He won't make a difference."
The situation in the court was treacherous, and there were countless people who wanted to frame or kill Yan Jing, not just him.
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You hour.
"Old Zhang."
Lao Zhang turned his head and looked towards the sound of the figure. It was Lao Li, the city gate guard who came to take over his shift.
"Hey, Lao Li, is it time to change shifts?"
Lao Li burped and walked slowly towards Lao Zhang, looking very satisfied. "Yes, it's already evening. You should go eat quickly. If you're late, there will be no hot soup."
Old Zhang was somewhat dissatisfied with Old Li's unruly look. He was about to speak out a reminder when he suddenly felt a gust of wind passing by his ears and leaving a faint touch on his bearded face.
He slightly opened his eyes and tilted his head to look, but found that nothing passed by, as if it was an illusion.
"Lao Zhang?" Lao Li looked at his old colleague with some confusion, "What are you daydreaming about?"
Lao Zhang came back to his senses and thought to himself that he might be a little tired recently. He smiled at Lao Li and said, "It's okay. I saw it wrong."
Not far outside the city gate, the metal mask emitted a cold light under the moonlight.
Wen Ying looked back at the two city gate guards who were talking, and seeing that they didn't notice anything, she used her internal energy to continue on her way.
She had memorized the direction while riding in the carriage today, and with her excellent hearing, she soon heard the sound of bells ringing in a disorderly manner.
When her eyes fell upon the light reflected from the golden bells, Wen Ying lightly tapped her toes, flew up a tree, and jumped over several trees, approaching the parade. The sound of the bells was deafening.
Looking down from a high place, the marching crowd were all dressed in rags, with dusty faces and dirty clothes blending together, like a clay doll.
Everyone held a flame in their hands, either a candle or a torch, dyeing the girl's amber eyes a bright orange.
The words they mutter to themselves are the wishes they most hope to realize.
The procession had just begun, and there was little intelligence to be gathered except for the prayers of the believers.
The most urgent task is to find Bu Xingde, or the four great protectors, in order to get to know the truth of this sect.
They came from the slums, and Wen Ying went against the direction of the crowd.
I shuttled through the woods based on my impression, startling a few birds that hibernate during the day and come out at night.
The towering temple is extremely conspicuous in the barren land. The inscriptions on the doorposts look majestic and domineering during the day, but become more eerie and gloomy at night.
There were several believers sleeping around the high platform in front of the gate, some of them holding sticks to guard the platform, not to mention a group of people lying down in front of the temple gate.
Everyone wants to sleep in a place close to their faith, as if this would allow them to realize their wishes without any pain or suffering.
These people couldn't stop Wen Ying.
She hid in the darkness and slipped into the temple in the blink of an eye of the night watchman.
As soon as she entered the house, Wen Ying's stomach started to churn.
The first thing that catches the eye is a huge bronze statue with a golden body. It depicts Bu Xingde, who is without any wrinkles or grooves, with his hands clasped together, looking down upon the world.
He had the classic face of a bodhisattva, but was completely naked beneath his hooded robe, as naked as his own desires.
How narcissistic are you?
Wen Ying took a quick glance and didn't want to look at it a second time, so she hurried past.
Behind the golden statue was a courtyard with several rooms around it. When Wen Ying was about to search them one by one, she suddenly felt a breath accompanied by a low voice coming towards her!
"Where is the leader?" A man walked out of the room, wearing a black robe embellished with a gilded shawl, and asked the woman in red behind him.
Hongsuo, wearing the same red gauze dress as Bai Ri, followed the man out. When she heard the question, she frowned: "Who should I ask if you ask me?"
Jinque didn't take it seriously. He spread his hands and shrugged, saying, "I'm just worried that he'll die somewhere for no apparent reason. There have been many people trying to kill him recently. Three of them came yesterday alone."
"I heard that because that person urged him to hurry up, even the leader started working overtime. Haven't you noticed that the number of 'wish-fulfilling potions' has increased recently? And all of them are 'cured from all diseases'."
Hongsuo rolled his eyes and cursed the person above in his heart.
She had never heard of so many things to do before, and one day she would ask Bu Xingde for more money.
"Why does he need so many children? It's not easy for the poor to survive, and the speed of giving birth can't keep up with the speed he wants. They are not sows." Jinque sighed, "I really can't understand the thoughts of those powerful people."
Hongsuo was about to say something, but suddenly paused, lowered her eyelids and glanced sideways at the water tank beside her.
Jinque knew what was going on when he saw Hongsuo's reaction and frowned slightly.
Someone broke in.
"Adding more workload to me in the middle of the night." Hongsuo cursed inwardly. He held his breath and walked lightly, slowly approaching the water tank, and touched the long whip at his waist with his back hand.
Jinque's face was stern. He turned his wrist and a pair of mandarin duck axes appeared in his palm.
The breeze blew through the gauze covering the water tank. Hongsuo's eyes flashed, and he raised the long whip high and swung it heavily.
In an instant, water and debris splashed everywhere, the ceramic water tank broke into pieces, and the clear water spread throughout the courtyard.
No one.
Jinque relaxed his guard, turned the mandarin duck axe around his fingertips and put it away, laughing and mocking Hongsuo: "Are you under too much pressure? Can anyone make mistakes?"
There was a layer of frost in Hongsuo's eyes.
She just clearly...
"Forget it. The leader won't be too far away from us. He will probably go on the parade again tonight. You can take two bottles of 'wish fulfillment potion' with you." Hongsuo wrapped the long whip around his waist, turned and walked into the house, wanting to take two bottles of 'wish fulfillment potion' from the tray, but his eyes widened the moment he saw it.
Eight bottles of blue "votive potions" were neatly placed on the tray. Under the flickering candlelight, the clear liquid emitted a lustrous luster.
"What's wrong?" Jinque asked in confusion when he saw Hongsuo suddenly stopped moving.
Hongsuo pursed her lips and tilted her head to look at Jinque: "One bottle is missing."
"What?" Goldfinch asked again in disbelief.
"There is one bottle of vow-fulfilling potion missing, and it's the [blue] one."
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"bite--"
"The sky cannot hear the wishes of the people, only my bell can shake heaven and earth!"
When Wen Ying heard the loud voice, she stopped, and then the sound of "Master" came one after another, making the earth seem to tremble.
"Playing tricks." Wen Ying sneered and quickened her pace.
The glass bottle in his hand was filled with azure liquid, like a small lake.
She and Chuntao had both studied medicine, so as long as they had the original medicine, they would have no problem breaking Bu Xingde's magic tricks.
No diseases? She didn't believe it.
Wen Ying rushed back to the nearest west gate as quickly as possible. The marchers had already gone far away and the gate was about to be locked.
At the last moment, her figure flashed like a meteor and successfully passed through the gap in the city gate that was about to close.
It was so fast that it only left a residual image in the eyes of the guards at the city gate and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Old Li scratched the back of his head.
Is it an illusion?
Wen Ying should have rushed back home before dinner to avoid arousing the suspicion of the bamboo leaf snake.
But on the way back home, she caught a glimpse of the moon out of the corner of her eye and could no longer keep going.
The tallest building in the capital is called Lanyue Tower.
In his later years, the late emperor sought immortality and built this tower to communicate with heaven and earth. After the late emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne, the Moon-Raising Tower was only occasionally used as a venue for palace banquets.
Standing on the ground and looking up, the roof of the Lanyue Tower looks like a pillar supporting the full moon.
And above the top of the tower, there was a red kite flying high, crossing the bright full moon.
Very eye-catching.
Under the full moon, on the Moon-Lanyue Tower.
The young man in white hid his body behind a huge rock, only keeping his eyes on the situation on the top of the tower.
The location he chose was excellent, allowing him to see both the kite and the wooden box on the top of the tower at the same time, yet still be secretive enough.
Geng You just had to wait for the dawn to appear so that he could see the true face of the world's number one assassin.
The clouds obscured the bright moon, and the sky and the earth became dark for a moment.
When the strong wind at night blows away the thick clouds, the moonlight will shine on the earth again.
The moment his sight lit up, the boy's eyes narrowed.
The kite and the wooden box suddenly disappeared.
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