However, no important figures in the martial arts world, such as the leader of the martial arts alliance, were seen.
Xiao Su also realized that this was probably a trap.
But at this moment, many people are watching her. If she leaves the Alliance Leader's residence, she will probably be secretly killed before she can even inform Gu Mu.
Xiao Su clenched her fists tightly, her face grim.
"Your Majesty, why does Xiao Su look like she's swallowed a mouthful of flies?"
The parchment scroll lying on Gu Mu asked softly.
Looking at Xiao Su's expression, Gu Mu felt as if she had swallowed a mouthful of flies—if one had to describe it that way, that mouthful of flies had probably been fluttering around in Xiao Su's mouth for a while before she swallowed it.
"Now she's caught in the middle, pleasing neither side. She gave me false information, so I'm bound to suspect her, and I might not give her the antidote because of that. She can only wait for the poison to take effect."
"The fact that the alliance leader and the others kept it from her means that the alliance leader doesn't trust her either—it's very likely that the alliance leader has guessed that she betrayed them, and when that happens, the people of the martial arts world won't let her off the hook either."
Do you think Xiao Su can be happy?
The parchment scroll sighed softly: "No, Your Majesty, I just feel that she naturally has a world-weary face. Actually, Your Majesty may not know, but when she is happy, she can also look very serious."
"That's why people in the martial arts world call her a heartless abandoned woman. If it weren't for her pretty face, that smug expression would definitely be very annoying."
Even now, she's not popular.
Gu Mu might not be into that kind of thing.
"The Jianghu Alliance Leader and the others are not at the residence. Where could they be?"
The parchment scroll lay on Gu Mu and asked.
The people here are all here to harm Gu Mu, which is why Gu Mu came here.
We can't let them off the hook just because they're not important.
Anyone who harbors ill intentions towards Gu Mu will be dealt with severely once he discovers them.
"Who cares? Let's deal with these people first." Gu Mu was too lazy to explain to the parchment scroll, after all, the parchment scroll was a single-celled organism.
Explaining such a complicated scheme to it would be a complete waste of Gu Mu's breath.
After saying this, Gu Mu jumped into the mansion.
Gu Mu's actions quickly attracted everyone's attention.
"It's His Majesty! His Majesty has arrived!"
"Take him down! Take him down!"
The people from the martial arts world looked at Gu Mu with great eagerness.
It's like a thirsty person in the desert finding a large bucket of sweet water.
They all pounced on Gu Mu.
Behind Gu Mu was the courtyard wall, and in front of him were martial arts practitioners surrounding him.
He drew his sword: "Not bad, let's attack together, you're quite prepared."
The parchment scroll flew off Gu Mu's body and tightly covered the mouth and nose of one of them.
The parchment scroll used some unknown method, but once it covered a person's face, no matter how much force the person used, they could not tear the parchment scroll off their face.
Only when he suffocates will the parchment automatically fall off that person's face and fly to another person.
While the parchment scroll was killing one person, Gu Mu's sword had already taken more than a dozen lives.
At this moment, the courtyard was not only filled with martial arts practitioners who wanted to capture him alive.
There are also the capable subordinates of those in the martial arts world, and those willing to risk their lives for them.
Therefore, Gu Mu has to deal with everyone in the courtyard.
Because they will all target Gu Mu.
...
On the street,
The assassins sat in the sedan chair and headed towards the leader's residence.
And at that moment,
Suddenly someone blocked his way.
"Our alliance leader would like to meet you," the person blocking the way said calmly.
The assassin used one hand to push aside the curtain and look at the people standing outside.
He was an unfamiliar face and his martial arts skills were not outstanding.
It seems like he's the kind of person whose death wouldn't cause the leader any heartache, which is why he was sent out to do something that could lead to his death at any moment.
"Lead the way," the assassin said calmly after glancing at the group.
Soon, the carriage turned around and headed in another direction at a fork in the road.
The assassins followed the guide to a farmhouse courtyard.
But the assassins could sense it.
There was only one person in the room of the farmhouse courtyard.
"Your Majesty, please come in!"
The man who was leading the way spoke respectfully.
The assassin touched his face.
The human skin mask fit his face perfectly; even if you touched it directly, you couldn't find a single flaw. Let alone others, he looked exactly like His Majesty.
It seems that Lu Xiaoyao's skill in making human skin masks, which she learned from the young man in the green robe, is indeed quite good.
However, this is only an extremely rare secret recipe.
To save their lives and avoid being hunted down, the young man in green robes and Lu Xiaoyao were not greedy enough to make money with human skin masks, so this method has not yet spread in the martial arts world and is known only to a very few people.
Those who know about it are more or less connected to this craft.
Therefore, even the leader of the martial arts alliance might not know.
The assassin was relieved, lifted the curtain, and got off the carriage.
...
Behind the farmhouse, in a bamboo grove, stands an inconspicuous little wooden house.
Because the bamboo forest is located on the back mountain, at a relatively high altitude, one can clearly see the outside of the farmhouse from the small wooden cabin in the bamboo forest.
"His Majesty has arrived." The leader of the martial arts alliance, who had been gazing into the distance from the window, suddenly spoke.
Because the wait was too long, the Pavilion Master of Yunjian Pavilion was playing chess with the Owner of Qianzhuang.
On the chessboard, the black pieces of the money shop owner were completely surrounded by the white pieces of the Cloud Sword Pavilion owner.
The money changer was pretending to be anxious and restless, holding a chess piece in his hand, hesitant to make a move, because if the Cloud Sword Pavilion Master made another move after him, his defeat would be certain.
But right now, for the money shop owner, it's a dead end, no matter where he places his piece.
Even the Cloud Sword Pavilion Master has a way to block all his escape routes.
The words of the Jianghu Alliance Leader undoubtedly provided the money shop owner with a very good excuse.
He tossed the chess piece in his hand into the chess box, then abruptly stood up, feigning urgency, and asked, "Really? What is His Majesty's purpose this time? What conditions is he willing to offer us?"
The owner of the money exchange also came to the window and looked in the direction of the farmhouse courtyard.
In their sight, His Majesty had already alighted from the sedan chair and was walking towards the room in the farmhouse courtyard.
The Cloud Sword Pavilion Master, however, was more cautious. He frowned and said, "Alliance Master, what if His Majesty discovers we're not there? If His Majesty gets angry, will he go back on his word and seem to want to break off the deal we made?"
The leader of the Jianghu Alliance smiled slightly: "His Majesty will of course discover that the people in the room are not us, but that is not important. What is important is that I do not really want to make a deal with His Majesty. Rather, we will hand him over to the Lord of Hidden City after he has delivered on his promise to us."
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