Laughing at Chang'an

Torrential downpour.

Li Shen stood on the empty pier holding an umbrella. After he finished speaking, he waited for a while, but didn't get the slightest response, so he stepped forward.

A needle so thin that it was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, passed through the rain curtain silently and swept towards the back of his head.

The umbrella in Li Shen's hand tilted slightly, and one of the corners of the umbrella happened to be hit by the flying needle, and it was knocked back to the ground impartially.The reception was a bit warmer, Li Shen frowned slightly, he didn't intend to do anything when he came here, but right now, it seemed that he couldn't help it.

It seems to be a thin needle used for embroidery. Those who like to use this weapon are mostly women.Li Shen once heard an anecdote from Yang Xingxing, saying that there was an assassination team composed of all women around the lords of the past generations. This tradition originated from the wife of the mercenary king Li Sanduo. Only a small sum was left - virtuous and virtuous, with a son.But in wild history, she is well-known.

Her name is the wasp, and the needle on the tail of the wasp is the most poisonous to a woman's heart.

Needles rained down.

Li Shen frowned and jumped up, took three steps in the air, and jumped back to the place where he shouted.The most difficult thing to deal with this weapon is not its smallness and concealment, but its little destructive power.It is difficult for a solid battle armor or even the aura of an altar to guard against this kind of weapon, especially against the energy shields that are usually placed around important people, the effect is more significant than bullets.

A small needle, hardened with poison and coated with alchemy potions that can neutralize the source energy, becomes one of the most terrifying weapons in the world.

He stood outside the opponent's cordon with an umbrella, and said again: "I have no intention of fighting you, I just came to see Li Tieyi."

The other party still didn't give any response.

That's what you have to go through.Li Shen put down his umbrella and let the pouring rain fall on his head and body. He pulled out the straight knife on his waist. The cold and hard blade cut through the rain curtain and pointed diagonally at the ground.

Regarding the wasp, Haitang told him another version of the story.

There was a stupid girl who fell in love with a smart man. She knew that the man didn't really love her, but she was still willing to bear all the darkness behind him.She turned her back on the light for him, because she said he was her light, and she would rather be covered in filth, and let him be clean all the time.

Li Shen joked at the time, give me a dozen of such a woman.

So now I really give him a dozen.

The mouth is cheap and there is a day to accept it, and the goods will not be returned when you come to the door.Li Shen lifted the knife and took a deep breath, took a step forward with his right foot, it was all right, heeled up with his left foot, the needle came.He fell back on the spot like a tumbler, his center of gravity shifted from his right foot to his left foot, and the straight knife in his palm rotated counterclockwise. Swept down, scattered and fell in front of the ditch marks.

The thin needles that fell to the ground were soaked in the rainwater, showing strange colors, faint smoke rose from the needles, and the air was filled with strange smells.

The torrential rain blocked his sight, Li Shen held the knife and slowly looked around, then took another step forward.

puff.

He heard the sound of his own heartbeat, which was close to his ears, like thunder. It was very strange. His hearing seemed to be several times sharper than usual. speaking voice.

He was attracted by the speaking voice, if he heard correctly, one of them should be Li Tieyi.But it's not real, it's vague, like it's covered with a cover.He took a few more steps forward, the voice seemed to become clearer, but then dozens of sharp wind-breaking sounds rushed from all directions, Li Shen frowned and withdrew his attention, and decided to get rid of these annoying guys in front of him first.

The straight knife disappeared from Li Shen's hand, appeared on the other side of the rain curtain, and pierced straight into one's heart.The swarming needles pierced Li Shen's body, but it was only an afterimage. He was already beside the thrown straight knife, holding the handle of the knife, and forcibly tore open the opponent's body from bottom to top.

The blood merged into the rain, like a flying red silk.

The veil on the corpse's face fell off, and Li Shen accidentally saw the other's face clearly, and his steps faltered.

That's... Begonia?

At the moment when he was shocked, another cloud of thin needles came from behind, Li Shen suddenly turned his head, his eyes were filled with anger, he cut off the oncoming needle rain with a single knife, without concealing his anger, he scolded: "Foolish trick! "

Crisp giggles echoed around him, seeming to be mocking his anger.

Li Shen followed the sound and killed another person, but the other person pulled down the veil before dying, showing a face exactly like Baby Yang, and smiled sadly at him.

Li Shen slashed at that face without hesitation.

The laughter stopped and turned into a low whimper. Li Shen was almost overwhelmed with anger. He continued to kill with a sneer. No matter whether the other party was crying or laughing, or what kind of face they showed, they were all cut in half. mercy.

Until he killed the last person, that face was no longer that of Haitang, nor that of Yang Baobao. It became the face of his mother that he missed countless times alone in his memory.

Li Shen raised his head to the sky and screamed angrily.

The howling stopped, the heavy rain was still falling, and the surroundings were quiet. Li Shen lowered his head in a daze, and the corpse that was just under his feet had disappeared.

... hallucinations?

"The young master is determined, we are no match for you." The erratic voice came from the rain and echoed in Li Shen's ears, "I apologize for the offense. The master is waiting on the boat, please go aboard."

Li Shen, who was played like a monkey, was silent for a while, put his knife back into its sheath, picked up the umbrella he had left behind, and walked towards the cargo ship in the distance.

After walking two steps, he suddenly stopped and said, "Have you seen my mother?"

"Return to the young master, I have never seen it before." There was a little smile in the voice hidden in the dark, "It turns out that the most important woman in your heart is your mother. This is really...unexpected."

Li Shen, feeling slightly mocked: "...shut up."

………………

In the cargo ship not far away, the rainy old man Yu hurried into the cabin, and was stopped by the old servant in gray in front of Li Tieyi's room.

"Li Li, I want to see the master." He frowned, "What's going on outside? Why did the master give such an order?"

"The master is resting, you will come back later." The old servant in gray discouraged softly.

Old man Yu stretched out his hand to push him away, and there was an irrepressible anger in his voice: "I can't wait any longer." He walked into the room while speaking, lifted the curtain in front of the bed, and calmed down his tone as much as possible, Called: "Master..."

Li Tieyi, who was lying on the bed, looked at him quietly.

Old man Yu's eyes widened silently, and he lowered his head slowly, looking at the sword edge that appeared in his heart.The gray-clothed old servant with an indifferent face stood behind him, a sharp knife slipped out of his left sleeve, and he swiped upwards without hesitation.

Heads fall.

Li Tieyi opened his lips weakly, but couldn't make a sound, and there was pain in his eyes.

The gray-clothed old servant put away his knife and long sword, and took old man Yu's body and unrepentant head out of the room. Later, he came back with a basin and a rag to wipe off the blood on the ground.After doing all this, he washed his hands, walked to the bed, and tucked the corner of the quilt for Li Tieyi.

"Li Shen is outside right now." He whispered to Li Tieyi, "He wants to see you."

A trace of surprise flashed in Li Tieyi's eyes.

"Let him see you, things will become very troublesome, so I can only find a way to prevent him from seeing you."

The old servant in gray was speaking, smiled slightly, and shook his head.

"Speaking of which, you may be very disappointed. After all, he chose the Geng Army."

………………

Li Shen walked to the side of the boat and was about to board the boat when suddenly there was an extra hand in front of him.

"Young master, just listen to what this old slave has to say."

The gray-clothed old servant stood in front of him with a respectful expression, but there was a complicated look in his eyes: "There are rules for everything, let's not mention it last time, this time, it will be difficult for you to get off this boat after you get on this boat."

Li Shen looked at him quietly.

"Master's current situation, I am afraid that you cannot be half-hearted." The gray-clothed old servant straightened his waist and looked at Li Shen without flinching, "Whether to stay in the Geng Army or return here, please give me an explanation Let's talk."

Li Shen was silent for a moment, then said, "I will stay in the Geng Army."

As soon as the words came out, the surroundings seemed to become quieter. The old servant in gray sighed slightly, and took a step to the right, right in front of Li Shen.

"In that case, you can't get on this boat."

………………

An unprecedented atmosphere of panic is spreading in the glowing hall.

Li Mubai has urgently issued an order to recall all the Glory mercenaries stationed in Chang'an to the guild hall and prohibit them from going out.Even so, the death continues, and the guild hall is not a safe haven, and the tragedies of one's own people killing their own people continue to happen.Outside of Chang'an, the Xu family in Songyang, the Peng family in Yushu, the Qiu family in Wenyang...the news of their exterminations continued one after another, and everyone who was close to Li Mubai's allies was in danger.

After a big purge, the cadres of Huiguang gathered together, waiting for Li Mubai who was sitting at the head to speak.

Li Mubai's face was livid, and he remained silent.

"To fight back."

Du Zhong, who was sitting first on his right hand, said, everyone looked at Du Zhong first, and then turned their eyes to Li Mubai.

Li Mubai still did not respond.

The meeting broke up without end.The cadres left in frustration, while Du Zhong stayed behind, stretching out his hand silently, wanting to touch Li Mubai's face, but was slapped away mercilessly.

He slowly withdrew his hand and said again: "We must fight back."

Li Mubai looked up at him, with uncontrollable anger in his eyes: "Counterattack?"

"Li Tieyi is going crazy, so I want to go crazy with him? He kills, and I kill with him? Killing until the glow leaves nothing?"

Du Zhong looked dumb, repeating like a puppet: "We must fight back."

Li Mubai slapped him.

After a while, Du Zhong got up and left.Then, holding a gun, he left the hall alone.

That night, he came back alone, holding an old head in his hand.The head of Li Ren, the head of the five permanent generals of Huiguang.

Holding his bleeding head, Du Zhong said to the glowing mercenaries who had gathered after hearing the news——

"To fight back."

The mercenaries looked at him with fire in their eyes.

Li Mubai, who couldn't fall asleep, sat by the window of Tingfeng Pavilion, listening to the deafening counterattack outside, propped his forehead silently, and closed his eyes.

That night, Du Zhong led [-] elites out of Chang'an, fought in Zhongtu and Donghuang, and wiped out the seven relative alliances under Li Tieyi's command. So far, the curtain of the Civil War of Glory has really been lifted.