Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Soon, Gu Yue completely understood the nature of this so-called book signing event.

It's just a way to gather people together and socialize with each other without attracting attention and being considered as forming a clique or plotting rebellion. After all, it's just a book exchange meeting. People who are interested in getting married can also meet each other under this name. There is no distinction between male and female seats here, so there will be no gossip.

Not many people really came for this single volume, but the young men and women in the front seemed to really like it. They chatted with Gu Yue for a few words, ordered their signatures for the title page, and then left satisfied.

The rest were purchased and signed by the servants at home.

Gu Yue couldn't tell whether chatting with young masters and young ladies was more tiring or burying his head in writing was more tiring. In the former, he had to grasp the degree of being aloof and pretentious. He couldn't be too distant and indifferent to anger the nobles, but he couldn't be too warm. In the latter...

I should have known he wouldn't have such a long pen name. The character "Gu" is a traditional Chinese character with more strokes. Secondly, this is a monogram, which not only has the full name, but also a small and complex pattern.

Wouldn’t it be better to call you Qianshan?

Gu Yue wrote from morning to noon, and after eating a simple meal that only looked elegant but did not fill the stomach, he continued in the afternoon.

My hands hurt. I feel so sad.

While those nobles were having fun leisurely, shooting arrows, drinking, and eating snacks, he could only sit in the middle of the lake and keep writing the four big characters "Yue Gu Qianshan" and drawing. Moreover, not all of those who bought books came for this purpose!

Zhen Suhang gave a lot of money, which shows that "Unsolved Mysteries of Northern Qin" is indeed popular. But a wide audience does not mean that these dignitaries will take a liking to it.

As Gu Yue wrote, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

He closed the booklet and handed it to the boy in front of him: "Thank you for liking it."

The servant left with the booklet, and the next person came forward.

Gu Yue buried his head in writing, and after signing his seal, he still pushed it over: "Thank you for liking it."

However, the man did not leave. He was dressed as a guard, holding the book and opening it again, as if to confirm something. When Gu Yue noticed something strange and looked up, he had already closed the book, took something out of his sleeve, opened the title page, and handed it to the table in front of Gu Yue.

"Mr. Qianshan, my master likes "The Unsolved Mysteries of Northern Qin" very much, so, Ji Yan would like to ask you to sign it again." The guard said respectfully.

Gu Yue said: "Okay..."

He paused, and the hairs on the back of Gu Yue's neck stood up.

The man's thumb was retracted, and the other eight fingers were resting on the open snow-white title page. On the little finger of his right hand, there was a spiral tattoo with clear lines consisting of three curved lines.

There is an obvious difference in skin color starting from the middle knuckles of the fingers. The fingers are tanned wheat color and become much whiter upwards.

No cover-up. Like...

Like deliberately showing him the tattoo.

He tried hard to keep his expression unchanged, glanced at the exquisite blank booklet, and placed the brush on the ink dish.

"I don't sign on white paper. Please get something else."

The guard was obviously stunned.

He had anticipated some situations, but this one wasn't one of them.

"But this is..."

"It's quite strange. They sent someone to get an extra signature, but sent a guard who doesn't know the rules. Is this contempt?" Gu Yue raised his eyes and stared at the man coldly.

The guard was confused. He really didn't understand what was wrong.

Could this be a strategy for this person to delay time?

The team behind started to get agitated.

Gu Yue didn't know if Gu Xu standing behind him had noticed the strangeness on the man's finger, but he was at a loss. He was not good at dealing with such emergencies. Should he force the man to stay or pretend nothing happened and let him go? How should he choose?

First……

Get rid of him.

"Forget it, go ahead." Gu Yue said with his eyes downcast. He didn't seem to be surprised by the tattoo pattern that the guard deliberately revealed.

The guards were staring at him, making it hard to judge.

"I am sorry for my impoliteness. Please forgive me, Mr. Qianshan." The guard bowed and said respectfully, "I will take my leave."

Gu Xu locked his eyes on his back.

Wu Feng, who was hiding in the crowd, received the signal and followed quietly.

The chill on Gu Yue's neck lingered for a long time.

Is it a coincidence?

Wen Qing met him by chance at Caiwei Tower, and today he suddenly got a clue about the tattoo. Is this really a coincidence?

Tang Wuling and Wen Qing seem to be allies. Tang Wuling is hunting down people from Lingfeng Pavilion. He meets Wen Qing by chance, and then he gets clues about Lingfeng Pavilion.

Gu Yue thought, this was definitely not a coincidence.

……

Wu Feng tracked the guard as he left the pavilion where the book signing event was held.

This man was unusually alert. His body was light and cunning, moving through the streets of Luoyang, and Wu Feng had a hard time tracking him. He couldn't help but be shocked, because this kind of body movement was very rare in martial arts, and it was actually similar to his internal strength.

In desperation, Wu Feng could only take the risk of shortening the distance to avoid losing the target.

The guard walked through the alley and crossed two streets. Wu Feng chased him along the street for half a cup of tea, and suddenly realized: he had lost him!

The man was obviously very familiar with the street structure of Luoyang City, and Wu Feng was far inferior to him. He was already an unrivaled expert in tracking and eavesdropping in the Wu Sect, but this man was able to easily throw him off by taking advantage of the terrain. This meant that this man also had superior kung fu, and...

At least one stick of incense had passed before, and he had been aware of the existence of Wu Feng's tail.

Wu Feng thought of this and immediately dodged and hid in an alley.

However, it was too late.

The sword flashed and rushed towards Wu Feng. Wu Feng drew the dagger from his waist to block, and between the flashes of the sword, he could clearly see the face of the person coming.

It's that guard!

Wu Feng immediately realized that this person was extremely confident in his own skills. He was able to get rid of Wu Feng and even had the ability to switch roles and capture Mantis alive.

After just two moves, Wu Feng judged from the man's offensive that he was no match for him.

Get out first!

The master and Boss Gu have said more than once that compared to the mission, the lives of their secret guards are the most important.

Wu Feng gave up very decisively. He suddenly jumped up and cut the guard's throat, but when the guard raised his sword to block it, he turned his attack, stepped on the blue bricks, and quickly retreated.

It was impossible for him to go back to the water pavilion now. He could only escape from this person's sight and find a place to hide!

The wind was blowing through the alleys.

He was not familiar with Luoyang, which was a disadvantage he could never make up for. The guards followed him closely, and there was no sign that they could use the terrain to throw him off.

Wu Feng gritted his teeth, leaped onto the roof, no longer hiding his figure, and ran among the red walls and green tiles of Luoyang. The sound of each step he took quickly attracted the attention of the guards in the city.

"Look, look, there's someone running on the roof!"

"What are you doing? It's so dangerous..."

"Fuck, my tiles!!"

The guard didn't hesitate at all. He suddenly sped up and rushed forward, stabbing Wu Feng in the back with a sword!