Chapter 106 The Man in Gray
Xiao Feng's pupils shrank, and the murderous intent in his eyes could no longer be hidden.
The gray-clothed man's voice rang out with a smile: "Don't be impulsive. You should know that if you fight, you will be the one who suffers."
His smile was faint, like falling snow, without a trace of warmth.
Xiao Feng felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave, staring at the man in gray.
The hat covered the gray-clothed man's eyebrows and eyes, revealing only his delicate chin and perfect lips.
Xiao Feng suddenly had an idea: this man in gray is very young, maybe about the same age as him.
The gray-clothed man played with the small flying knife with his slender fingers. "The flying knife is quite sharp, but the person you want to kill will have countless masters risking their lives to block his way. This flying knife may just grazed his skin before falling into someone else's hands."
The gray-clothed man spoke indifferently, but every word he said was like thunder, striking Xiao Feng's heart. He used great willpower to suppress the question that was about to burst out of his mouth and said coldly, "I don't know what you are talking about."
"I can help you." The man in gray ignored Xiao Feng's words and said lightly.
Xiao Feng's eyes suddenly widened: "What did you say?"
Through the bamboo hat, the man in gray looked even more mysterious in his eyes.
"I said I can help you. Our goals are the same."
"I don't know what you are talking about!" Xiao Feng shook his head violently and repeated what he had just said.
"Is that so?" The man in gray sighed softly. "If you're unwilling to seize the opportunity for cooperation, then you'll have to bear the consequences of failure."
He paused, and Xiao Feng could actually hear a hint of sympathy in his voice: "Whether you succeed or fail, you only have one chance to make a move. After all, there is only one ending for you."
Xiao Feng stared at the other person's moving lips, as if he was under a spell and couldn't move.
Is this man in gray who suddenly appeared trying to trick him, or does he really know his plan?
But how did the man in gray know?
What he was about to do would mean death if any of it was revealed, so he never mentioned it to anyone.
"Are you willing to exchange your life for a result that is doomed to fail?" the man in gray asked, waiting quietly.
Xiao Feng was speechless.
The huge fear and doubt pressed down like a mountain, making it hard for him to breathe.
"Forget it then." The man in gray said calmly, stuffed the throwing knife into Xiao Feng's hand, turned around and left.
The goose-feather-like snow was flying and intertwining, and the gray figure seemed to be able to hide between heaven and earth at any time. The clear footprints on the ground were soon covered with new snow.
"Wait!" Before Xiao Feng could react, the words to keep someone came out of his mouth.
The man in gray paused and stood still.
Xiao Feng bit her lip, ran after him, and stood in front of the man in gray.
He was half a head shorter than the man in gray, and spoke with his head slightly raised, which made the oppressive feeling brought by the other party even stronger.
"Who do you think I want to kill?" Xiao Feng asked word by word.
The gray-robed man stared at him for a moment, then suddenly took a step closer and whispered two words in his ear: "Prince."
Xiao Feng shuddered all over and the blood drained from his face.
He really knows!
"How... did you know?" It was extremely difficult for Xiao Feng to say this, but it also meant that he admitted it.
"You don't need to know this." The man in gray said lightly.
"Then how can I trust you?"
The gray-clothed man chuckled. "Whether you believe it or not is meaningless to you. If I were to deliberately coax you, I could turn around and spread your evil intentions. Then you would be dead before you even set foot in the gate of the Wuning Marquis' Mansion. So if you use your reason to analyze it, you should understand that I am here to sincerely seek your cooperation."
Xiao Feng was torn between his conscience and his desires. After a long time, he wiped his face hard.
His cheeks had long been soaked in the cold water from the melted snow, as if he was standing on an icy cliff with no way out and no way to survive.
He doesn't want a way out, nor a way to survive, he just wants the prince to die!
He heard his own trembling voice: "How are you going to help me?"
The man in gray stretched out his hand, and in his palm lay a small porcelain bottle.
In the snow, the porcelain bottle silently reflected the cold light.
"This is--"
"poison."
Xiao Feng trembled her long eyelashes.
The gray-clothed man spoke calmly, as if speaking casually. "It's a rare and deadly poison. Just apply the poison to a flying knife and pierce the person's skin. At best, the person will have their bones scraped out, and at worst, the poison will kill them. Your chances of hitting a vital point are much better than if you were to use a small flying knife."
"But what if I can't do it? What if the flying knife is blocked by someone?" Perhaps seeing the hope of success, Xiao Feng became worried and anxious.
"You can do it." The man in gray looked at the boy of fifteen or sixteen and thought with a firm tone.
The young man in front of him actually did it.
This small flying knife will cut the prince's skin and be stained with his blood.
It’s a pity that such a minor skin injury couldn’t cause much harm to the prince.
It would be different if the flying knife was coated with this kind of poison. If you were lucky, it could hit a vital part and kill the prince. If you were unlucky, the prince would suffer greatly.
"How can you be sure? Like you just said, that person has a lot of people protecting him."
The man in gray was silent for a moment, then spoke softly, "If you really fail, there's still me. I'm just like you, with no way out. I just want him dead."
At this moment, Xiao Feng suddenly had no doubts.
He believed what he said was true.
Then he had nothing to hesitate about, because this was what he had been planning to do. And now someone told him that he had failed and someone else would take over, so he should be happy.
Xiao Feng stretched out her hand and held the small porcelain bottle tightly in her hand.
"Good luck to you." The man in gray said and turned around silently.
Xiao Feng subconsciously took a step forward: "You——"
The man in gray did not stop, and Xiao Feng did not speak anymore.
Everything that needed to be said had been said; they were strangers to begin with.
The man in gray walked farther and farther away and finally disappeared from sight. Xiao Feng shook off the fallen snow on the green silk and turned to walk towards the slum.
The slum was bustling with activity, and he blended in with a shy and innocent smile on his face.
In Prince Jing's mansion, Prince Jing and Princess Jing were still arguing about who should go to the birthday party of Marquis Wuning's wife.
"Princess, go. This is a birthday party for the female members of the family, so you are the most suitable person to go."
Princess Jing leaned against the fumigation basket, looking lazy. "Our family has an average relationship with the Wuning Marquis's Mansion. For such occasions, someone from our family can go. I'm too lazy to talk to the Wuning Marquis's wife, so it's better for the prince to go."
Prince Jing was puzzled: "Why don't you want to talk to me?"
Are all women so childish and willful?
"We don't see eye to eye." Princess Jing said indifferently.
In fact, she had seen Sun Xiuhua once. Because the second daughter of the Wuning Marquis's Mansion entered the palace and scratched her niece's face, her niece suspected that Tang Wei was behind the fall into the water.
Although Princess Jing was disappointed that her niece entered the palace to serve the prince, she was still angry when her beloved daughter left behind by her twin sister was bullied.
But it is not easy to tell Prince Jing about this reason.
At this time, Qi Shuo walked in and asked with a smile: "Father, mother, are you talking about attending the birthday banquet for the wife of Marquis Wuning?"
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