Chapter 20 The twentieth meeting of the dark night

Ritsu Xiangchuan hated himself for being unable to separate from his old man. He suddenly felt like a vine on a tree. Although it grew very tall and fast, it always clung to this tree, To live in the shadow of this tree. The old man is the tree. This bed does not have a mechanism, the mechanism is under the bed. The person waiting under the bed shut down the engine as soon as they got the news from the old man. Immediately, the planks of the bed would open downward like a door, and the old man would immediately fall from the bed and land directly on the boat below. The boat rowed away immediately, and rowed away as fast as possible.

Boaters must have been very familiar with this winding and complicated river road, not to mention, in the water, apart from fish, there is nothing faster than a boat. Ritsu Kagawa knew that no one would be able to catch up with that boat now, so of course he would not do such a stupid thing. It is stupid to do something that is useless. Ritsu Kagawa turned around slowly, put the lamp in his hand back on the table, and walked out slowly. Outside is the small hall for the old man's private reception. He went out and closed the door softly; shut it tight and locked it. He didn't want anyone else to come into the room.

What happened here today, it is best that no one else ever know. It wasn't dark at night, but the garden was very quiet. Ritsu Kagawa came out, stood in front of a bush of chrysanthemums, and took a deep breath. The wind carries the aroma of chrysanthemums, fragrant and fresh. The fresh and fragrant air always seems to have a magical power that can calm people down. "What should I do now?" Now Ritsu Kagawa only wants one thing. "Although the toxicity of the seven-star needle comes on slowly, there is absolutely no antidote. No matter who gets the seven-star needle, they can only wait for death."

Ritsu Kagawa only hoped that the old man's words were as correct as the others. There were footsteps on the path, walking quickly and hastily. Lu Xiangchuan turned around and saw Feng Hao. In the dark night, he couldn't see Feng Hao's face, he could only see that his eyes were full of tension and excitement. Lu Xiangchuan showed no expression on his face, and said indifferently: "Have you arranged for them to have dinner?" Feng Hao nodded. His Adam's apple was sliding up and down, and his mouth was dry and bitter. It took a long time to let out a long breath before he could speak, but his voice was still hoarse and dry.

He forced a smile and said, "They ate very deliciously, as if they already knew that it was their last meal." "They" are the eight people the old man left behind to be his bodyguards. People who can be the old man's guard are of course extremely cautious in their daily work. But they didn't expect that there would be poison in the food and wine they ate here, and they never thought that they would die. Feng Hao said again: "They are still in the dining room, and there are only five coffins left in the warehouse." Lu Xiangchuan said: "There is no need for a coffin."

Feng Hao said: "How to bury without a coffin?" Lu Xiangchuan said: "Cremation." Feng Hao pondered, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he finally understood what Ritsu Kagawa meant. Only cremation leaves no trace at all. It would be best if there were no traces of it left at all. Feng Hao laughed and said, "I'll order people to notify their families, saying that they died of a sudden illness." Lu Xiangchuan lowered his face and said, "Eight people got sudden illness at the same time?" Feng Hao lowered his head and said, "It's not a sudden illness, it was killed by the Twelve Feipeng Gang."

Ritsu Kagawa nodded. Feng Hao murmured, and said again: "But when the old man was here, the family members of those who died in battle were given a pension, one thousand taels per person." Lu Xiangchuan said: "Now the rules have changed, two thousand taels per person." Feng Hao took a deep breath and said, "Double?" Lu Xiangchuan said: "The money is not yours, so you don't need to be distressed." Feng Hao bowed his head and said, "Yes!" Lu Xiangchuan said: "If you want to earn more, you have to spend more. Only those who can spend money can earn more money. Don't you understand this?"

He suddenly discovered that this was also what the old man had said, and Feng Hao suddenly found that he had changed, became more majestic, and became more like the old man. But Feng Hao knew that Ritsu Kagawa would never be able to become another old man. Ritsu Kagawa may be calmer than the old man, and his methods may be more ruthless than the old man, but the old man still has some things that Ritsu Kagawa will never learn. Feng Hao couldn't help sighing quietly. Lu Xiangchuan suddenly asked: "Are you regretting that you shouldn't follow me?" Feng Hao immediately apologized and said with a smile: "How could I have such a meaning--I just thought of the three groups of people who left first, and they are all the old man's buddies."

Lu Xiangchuan said: "You don't need to worry about them, I have arranged someone to take care of them on the way, and they will definitely take good care of them." Feng Hao hesitated, and couldn't help asking: "Is the old man already sick?" Lu Xiangchuan said: "It's rheumatism, very sick." Feng Hao said: "Yes, I know!" It is also part of Ritsu Kagawa's plan to let outsiders know of the old man's death for the time being. Feng Hao said: "I'm going to arrange the corpses in the dining room now." Lu Xiangchuan interrupted him and said, "You don't have to go."

His face suddenly became very gentle, and he said: "In the past two years, you have done a lot of things for me and put in a lot of effort. I should also let you rest and enjoy it." Feng Hao smiled and said: "Actually, the things I did before were very easy and not strenuous." Lu Xiangchuan said: "You were also very relaxed when you killed Lin Xiu?" The smile on Feng Hao's face froze suddenly, and he suddenly found that when Lu Xiangchuan looked at him, his eyes were as sharp as a knife. Lu Xiangchuan smiled again, and said: "I know her martial arts is not high, so it's easy for you to kill her."

Feng Hao lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I didn't dare to do it, but you..." Lu Xiangchuan said lightly: "You don't need to remind me, I remember that I asked you to kill her to silence her!" Feng Hao didn't dare to speak anymore. Lu Xiangchuan suddenly lowered his face again, and said word by word: "But you raped her, did you follow my order?" Feng Hao's face immediately changed, and he became completely pale, and he responded, "I...I didn't..." Ritsu Kagawa sneered and said, "No? You think I don't know?" He laughed more terribly than the old man, and slowly continued: "You are a man, she is not an ugly woman, I don't blame you for doing such a thing, but there is one thing you shouldn't do." Feng Hao said: "What... what is it?" Lu Xiangchuan said: "You shouldn't just bury her body casually. Since you did such a thing, you shouldn't leave traces. It's really unforgivable to make such a mistake." Feng Hao jumped up suddenly, trying to escape.But as soon as he lifted his body two feet, he fell down, covered his lower abdomen with his hands, and rolled on the ground in pain. He didn't see how Ritsu Kagawa shot, he didn't even see the light of the hidden weapon, he only felt a stabbing pain in his lower abdomen, as if being stabbed by a poisonous scorpion. No one can bear this pain.Only now did he realize that he had made a fatal mistake! He shouldn't have trusted Ritsukagawa. If a person has the heart to kill his own wife, what else can he not do? Lu Xiangchuan watched him roll and struggle on the ground, and watched him die slowly, his eyes suddenly became very calm. "When everyone is angry and tense, he has his own way to vent." A hidden weapon that can make others invisible is the most terrifying hidden weapon. The most terrifying person is the person who can make others unable to see his true face. It was late at night. There is a small wine shop more than ten miles away from the old man's garden. It was so late at night, of course the wine shop was closed long ago, but suddenly a fast horse came galloping along the road. People on horseback are excellent at riding. If you want the horse to run wildly, the horse will run wildly, and if you want the horse to stop, the horse will stop.He directed the horse's four legs as if he directed his own. When the horse stopped outside the wine shop, the man had dismounted. When the man dismounted, the door of the liquor store opened. The light from the door shone on his face. A pale face, very delicate and serene, even a little weak. But his eyes are surprisingly firm and cold, completely out of proportion to this face, it looks like another person's eyes - Ritsu Kagawa. Why did he suddenly come to such a place at such a late night? He was supposed to track down the old man, and he still had a lot of things to do, so why did he come here overnight? The person who opened the door was a young man in his twenties, with straight short clothes and a greasy body. Anyone could tell from his attire that he was a boy in a small wine shop. But apart from his attire, there was nothing about him that looked like a boy. His hand holding the lamp is as stable as a rock, and it is obviously also stable when he swings the knife to kill. He has a square face, and he doesn't look like a very smart person, but his expression is full of confidence, and his every move is calm and composed. His mouth was usually closed, tightly shut, and he never said unnecessary things, never asked unnecessary things, and no one could ask anything out of him. His name is Xia Qing, and he may be the person Ritsu Xiangchuan trusted most in his life. Ritsu Kagawa trusted him for two reasons. First, because he was an old friend of Ritsu Kagawa when he was poor and humble. They used to steal and rob together when they were young, and they also went hungry together. When the weather was very cold, they hugged each other when they slept to keep each other warm. But this point is not important, the second point is the most important. From the very beginning, he was inferior to Ritsu Kagawa, no matter what he did, he was always the one who was caught and beaten when the two went to steal things together.By the time he released it, Ritsu Xiangchuan had almost spent all the money he had stolen, and he never complained. Because he admires Ritsu Kagawa, he thinks that Ritsu Kagawa should eat better and dress better than him, and he never wants to compete with Ritsu Kagawa. Ritsu Kagawa asked him to open a small wine shop here. Instead of complaining, he was very grateful, because if it weren't for Ritsu Kagawa, he might have been begging on the street. Of course, the wine and dishes on the table were not the kind of food and wine that people usually eat. The dishes were made by Xia Qing himself, and the wine was specially prepared for Lu Xiangchuan. This small wine shop also used a cook, but Xia Qing's cooking skills were much better than that cook's. Before Ritsu Kagawa sat down, he drank a jug of wine on the table to his mouth. "Ri Kagawa drinks most sparingly and has never been drunk." If others saw him drinking like this, they would be surprised, but Xia Qing was used to it. He often saw Ritsu Kagawa getting drunk here. Ritsu Kagawa always came in at midnight and returned when it was almost dawn. After drinking a glass of wine, he sat down and suddenly said: "Today, you also come to have a drink with me!" Xia Qing said, "Not good." Lu Xiangchuan said: "What's wrong?" Xia Qing said: "It's not good to be seen by others." Lu Xiangchuan said: "At a time like this, how could anyone see it?" Xia Qing said: "What if there is?" Ritsu Kagawa nodded, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes. This is the most reliable thing about Xia Qing. He behaves well and carefully, no matter when or under what circumstances, he will never change. After drinking the second glass of wine, Lu Xiangchuan suddenly smiled and said, "Do you still remember that when I was young, I promised that if I had a lot of money, I would marry you a very beautiful wife?" Xia Qing said, "I remember." Lu Xiangchuan said: "You will soon have wives, and you can have as many wives as you want." Xia Qing said: "One is enough." Lu Xiangchuan smiled and said, "You are quite content." Xia Qing said: "A person like me cannot be content." Lu Xiangchuan said: "What about people like me?" Xia Qing said: "You don't have to be satisfied." Lu Xiangchuan said: "Why?" Xia Qing said: "Because you are not satisfied, you will find more money and more wives, and you will definitely find them. If I am not satisfied, maybe I won't even have a wife." Ritsu Kagawa said with a smile: "A long time ago, you thought that I would climb very high in the future, but you still can't guess how high I have climbed now, absolutely impossible." At this time, there was another sound of hooves in the distance, and it came in a hurry. Lu Xiangchuan's eyes became brighter, and he said, "Hurry up and prepare more cups and chopsticks, there is a guest coming today!" Xia Qing didn't ask who the guest was, because when Lu Xiangchuan came here to drink, the guest was always the same one, and he never invited a second guest. That person only came twice in total, and every time he came, he always covered his face with a black scarf, and he refused to take off the black scarf even when drinking. It seemed that Xia Qing didn't even know what he looked like, only that he was a man, he seemed to be quite old, his voice was very majestic, his figure was tall and strong, but his movements were very light and vigorous. Although the horse he rode was always a good one out of ten thousand, it was almost collapsed from exhaustion, and the horse's buttocks were full of whip marks. It was obvious that it had come overnight from a far away place, and in a hurry. But after coming, he only said a few words at most, drank a few glasses of wine, and then rushed back. The horse had been changed for the second time. Xia Qing always thought that the horse he rode last time must have been exhausted by him. The strange thing is that there seems to be more than one person who came this time. The sound of hooves was rapid, and there were at least three riders. The first person to come in was the same person who had been here before, with a black scarf covering his face, only showing a pair of shining eyes. You just need to look at those eyes to tell that he must be a person of high status, who often orders others, but does not like to be ordered by others. When a person reaches this position, he no longer needs to hide his head and show his tail, and do things secretly. He came here to see Ritsu Kagawa, of course he definitely didn't come to chat and drink. Although Xia Qing didn't want to meddle in other people's business, he already thought that there must be some kind of extremely secret conspiracy going on between him and Lu Xiangchuan. So every time this person came, Xia Qing would immediately hide in his hut behind. This time is no exception, he has always understood his position very well, and has always been very knowledgeable. When he went out, he saw two people coming in, their faces were also covered with black scarves, their movements were also very vigorous, and each of them was carrying two large bundles in their hands. What's in the baggage? Although Xia Qing was also a little curious, he went out anyway and closed the door behind him. "The more you know, the more trouble you have." This is what Lu Xiangchuan said. Xia Qing will always remember every word Lu Xiangchuan said, just like Lu Xiangchuan will always remember what the old man said. The burden was placed on the ground, but it didn't make a loud sound. Those who came in with their burdens had already left. There were only two people left in the room, both of them were standing, and neither of them spoke, but there was a strange expression in their eyes: anticipation and excitement. After a long time, the masked man coughed twice and asked slowly, "How are you doing?" He asked this sentence very hard, as if he was afraid that the other party's answer would disappoint him. Ritsu Kagawa said: "Very good." The nervousness in the masked man's eyes disappeared, but he was still a little worried, so he asked again: "How good is it?" Lu Xiangchuan said: "As good as you say, it will be as good as it is." The masked man breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I never imagined that there would be such a difficult person today." Lu Xiangchuan said lightly: "I have thought of it a long time ago." The masked man nodded and said with a smile, "Your plan is indeed impeccable." Lu Xiangchuan said: "Where are you?" The masked man didn't answer, but untied all the four burdens on the ground. There was nothing else in the bundle but clothes; every piece of clothing was stained with blood to some extent. Lu Xiangchuan recognized these clothes, which he personally prepared for those people sent out by the old man. The nervousness in his eyes also disappeared, but he was still not at ease, so he asked again: "How many sets of clothes are there?" The masked man said, "Sixty-one sets." There were sixty-one people and sixty-one sets of clothes, which meant that none of the seventy people selected by the old man remained. Lu Xiangchuan also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "These people are not easy to deal with." The masked man sighed and said, "It's really hard to deal with." Lu Xiangchuan said: "The price you paid must not be small?" The masked man said: "Ten thousand taels of silver, sixty-one lives." Lu Xiangchuan smiled and said: "The money can be earned back, but the life belongs to someone else, so the price is not too high." The masked man also smiled, and said, "That's right, no matter how big the price is, it's worth it." Lu Xiangchuan asked, "Do they have anything left?" The masked man said: "No, people have been burned to ashes, and the ashes have been thrown into the river. These sixty-one people have disappeared from the world since then." Lu Xiangchuan said: "It's as if you were never born at all!" The masked man said: "Exactly the same." Lu Xiangchuan laughed and said, "I really didn't make friends." The masked man also smiled and said, "Each to each other." Lu Xiangchuan said: "Please sit down." The masked man sat down, and suddenly laughed again: "In the whole world, I'm afraid no one would have thought that the two of us would be friends." Lu Xiangchuan said: "Even Wanpeng King can't think of it." The masked man said: "Even the old man can't think of it." The two laughed at the same time, raised their glasses at the same time, and said, "Please." The masked man said: "Old man is dead, this place is already your world, do I still need to be afraid of others here?" Lu Xiangchuan said: "No need!" The masked man laughed, and suddenly took off the black mask, revealing his true face——Tu Dapeng! Lu Xiangchuan said with a smile: "If the old man is here now, he will be shocked when he sees your true face. To the end of his life, he thought that I was colluding with King Wanpeng." Tu Dapeng said: "Based on this alone, it is worth drinking to our hearts' content." Lu Xiangchuan said: "But I don't know when will you be able to invite me to Feipeng Castle for a drink?" Tu Dapeng smiled and said, "Hurry up, hurry up..." Lu Xiangchuan said: "Over the past year, King Wanpeng must have trusted you a lot." Tu Dapeng said with a smile: "It's also thanks to you." What he said was not polite. Ritsu Xiangchuan leaked the old man's secrets to him, so as long as he makes a move, he will definitely succeed immediately. Sun Jian and Han Tang were the two most terrifying people under the old man's command, and they all died at his hands. The Twelve Feipeng Gang was able to beat the old man to the point of being unable to fight back, and it was almost entirely his own power. Under such circumstances, why didn't King Wanpeng treat him differently, trust him more, King Wanpeng dreamed I can't even think of his real intention of doing this! "The more he trusts you, the better your chances of killing him." Lu Xiangchuan used Tu Dapeng to attack the old man in order to make the old man trust him more so that he would have the chance to kill the old man. Tu Dapeng used Lu Xiangchuan to attack the old man, but it was to make King Wanpeng trust him more so that he would have the chance to kill King Wanpeng. Although the circumstances of the two are different, the purpose is the same, and the result is of course the same. Ritsu Kagawa's plan was not only impeccable, but almost unbelievably ingenious. He deliberately provoked Wanpeng Wang and asked Wanpeng Wang to challenge the old man.This battle has not yet begun, and the outcome has already been determined. It was neither the old man nor Wanpeng Wang who won, but Lu Xiangchuan. Lu Xiangchuan smiled and said, "It's a pity that King Wanpeng will never know what role he plays in this play." Tu Dapeng said with a smile: "I might tell him before he dies that he thought he was an invincible hero, but he is actually just a puppet." Lu Xiangchuan said: "When are you going to do it?" Tu Dapeng said: "Now that the old man is dead and the puppet is useless, I can do it anytime, maybe tomorrow." Lu Xiangchuan said: "Not tomorrow, at least until the eighth day of the lunar new year." Tu Dapeng said: "Why?" Lu Xiangchuan said: "Because the seventh day is the old man's birthday, and it is also the day when he plans to attack Feipeng Castle." Tu Dapeng said: "I know." Lu Xiangchuan said: "Do you know how many people he plans to use to attack Feipeng Castle?" Tu Dapeng said: "Even he seems to have only seventy people." Lu Xiangchuan said: "Don't you find it strange?" Tu Dapeng said: "I just think he underestimated King Wanpeng too much." Lu Xiangchuan said: "The greatest strength of the old man is that he never underestimates his opponents." Tu Dapeng said: "Then he overestimated himself too much." He smiled, and continued: "Based on seventy people who want to attack Feipeng Castle, they are going to die."