Chapter 13 Chapter Twelve

The day is approaching late autumn, and the weather is getting cooler. After a day of work, people flock to the streets after dinner, take a walk, tease the children, recover from the fatigue of the day, and enjoy this short-lived joy.There are many people on the street, coming and going in an endless stream.The grocery stores, rouge shops, and silk shops that are still open at night are full of families. On an unremarkable street corner, lay a middle-aged beggar in ragged clothes.It is said to be a beggar, but his face is white and tender. How can he look like a beggar with a yellow face and emaciated face who has been hungry?

In a rouge shop opposite the beggar, a young monk was asking for alms. This monk actually had a tuft of yellow hair on his head.He said he was a monk, but his lustful eyes were all on the girls who bought rouge. Did he want to get all these girls back? Next to the Rouge shop, at the corner in front of the Heji medicine shop, there are two simple tables, a few benches, a stove, and a pot of hot soup. This is a small stall selling glutinous rice balls. An old man with white hair is cooking glutinous rice balls. .With the vicissitudes on the old man's face, it seems that he is not far from the grave.Although his movements were slow, his hands were steady.When pouring the soup, I accidentally splashed a few drops. How could a pair of steady hands splash the soup?Could it be that this hand is not selling glutinous rice balls, but holding weapons?

The beggar, the monk, and the old man just came yesterday, and the chief executive Yong Yangcai spent a lot of money to invite them here. They are the first-class killers in the five-member society.The Club of Five is the most famous, most successful, most terrifying, and the most low-key killer organization in the Jianghu in the past century. The biggest secret of its success lies in its low-key.Its internal organization is extremely strict, and its price is also the highest. Of course, if you can afford it, it can kill anyone for you. The old man who sells glutinous rice balls is the eldest brother, named Huang Li, and his task is to find time to throw a pot of boiling and hot glutinous rice balls at Xiao Qiu when Xiao Qiu walks by him.The beggar is the second child with a yellow problem. His problem is mainly lust and murder, but he has no problems at all.His task is to intercept Xiaoqiu's retreat at the street corner.The youngest and most dishonest monk is the third brother. Because of the yellow hair on his head, he is called a little yellow. He is the most ruthless and vicious with a sword among the three brothers. When the hot glutinous rice balls are dripping in a hurry, give Xiaoqiu a sword.Since their debut, the three of them have succeeded 19 times, and Zhu missed. Such a high success rate, in addition to their strict cooperation, is also related to their precise calculations.

They have calculated that it is five steps from the corner of the street to the Heji medicine shop, two and a half steps from the Heji medicine shop to the glutinous rice ball stall, and only two and a half steps from the glutinous rice ball stall to the street corner. These two steps are the last path Xiaoqiu can take. There are many pedestrians on the street, and the crowd is also a good cover. The escape route is ready. Xiao Qiu hits the sword, and a carriage will come immediately, and Brother Langshan Sima is on the carriage. Brother Sima in Langshan is not a brother, but a person with the surname Sima and the first name brother.What he is best at is tracking, covering and escaping.His task is to pick up a few people in the chaos.

They named the plan Operation Viper.Because they really can't think of a more perfect and more terrible plan than the poisonous snake. Like an animal instinct, as soon as he turned the corner, Xiaoqiu sensed the danger. This is a kind of animal instinct, an instinct of survival, and an instinct of brushing shoulders with death that has been honed over a long period of countless life-and-death situations. It’s just that he understands that he is very weak now. If a person has not eaten a grain of rice for a day and a night, and after waking up from a hangover, he is made to vomit and diarrhea by a roasted sweet potato, and then drinks a lot of bitter, astringent and strong wine, how can he not be weak? ?

Xiaoqiu knows that his current physical fitness and judgment are at their lowest ebb.However, he did not flinch, nor did he go back.Because, from the moment he turned the street, he had no way out! Across the street, in the attic of Zhaoyuan, through the hanging bamboo curtain, Chief Manager Yong Yangcai watched everything that happened on the long street quietly with a telescope he bought from the Western Regions trade. This is a good angle. From this angle, you can see the long street opposite. The three killers of the Wukouhui were hired by the chief executive Yong Yangcai for two thousand taels of silver. He bought Xiao Qiu with the two thousand taels of silver and disappeared from then on. Even though he knew that Xiao Qiu was definitely worth more than two thousand taels of silver, he could Save a little for Jardine Bank, and he will definitely save a little.

He has always believed that if a person is dead, he is really worthless. Huang Li has already started to make a move. There is a good reason why they chose the Hutchison Pharmacy on the corner of the street to set up the glutinous rice ball stall.They arrived here only a day ago, the preparation time was very hasty, and the disguise was insufficient, and it was easy for old Jianghu to see the flaws. So they only gave Xiaoqiu two and a half steps. In fact, when Xiaoqiu turned the corner of the street and felt danger, he took two steps unknowingly, his real reaction time was only half a step!This is half a step to determine life and death!

At the moment when Xiaoqiu's last half-step started, Huang Li raised his hand, and poured a pot of hot and boiling glutinous rice balls at Xiaoqiu. Operation Viper has been launched.The beggar's second son, Huang Maoqiao, immediately jumped from the corner where he was lying down to the middle of the street. He cut off Xiaoqiu's escape route. If Xiaoqiu retreated, he would bump into his knife. Before the exclamation of the passers-by on the street could be heard, Monk Yidianhuang had already sprung out from the rouge shop, flew forward, and drew his sword.Huang Li's glutinous rice balls have not yet been poured, but his sword arrives first!

A sharp, poisonous and fast sword!One move at a time, Guitian pierced Xiaoqiu's throat. A pot of steaming glutinous rice balls, a sharp sword flying in the air, and a knife waiting behind. The three of them cooperated seamlessly, and their timing, movements, and shots were all very accurate. Few of them have escaped from their fatal blow so far. Xiaoqiu happened to be an exception. He immediately started to retreat, the speed of retreating was actually faster than the dumpling dumpling and the stabbing sword.He retreated in front of the yellow-haired man's knife in one fell swoop.

Xiaoqiu retreats, a little yellow enters.A little yellow sword followed like a shadow.Xiaoqiu suddenly used a very weird and effective posture to slant out from between the yellow hair and a little yellow. Huang Mao and Yi Dian Huang only felt a blur in front of their eyes, and Xiao Qiu disappeared from their pincers. Due to inertia, the sword of Dian Dian Huang pierced Huang Mao's throat, and what Huang Mao's knife slashed was actually Dian Huang. abdomen. Their movements are really fast, and it is because of their speed that no one has ever escaped their pincer attack. It is precisely because of their speed and long-term cooperation that they stab each other without even thinking about it.

Even they themselves can't avoid it! Then, a pot of boiling and hot glutinous rice balls was poured on them. Xiao Qiu jumped out, turned halfway, drew his sword, spun around, and rushed towards the boss Huang Li.Sword to, chest piercing. In the attic of Zhaoyuan, the chief executive Yong Yangcai saw the process clearly.He couldn't help showing a hint of approval in his eyes, he didn't misjudge Xiao Qiu, and didn't underestimate his opponent.It seemed that everything was exactly as he had estimated in advance. Inviting these three killers from the Wukou Club is just feeding Xiaoqiu's sword. Yes, feed the sword.The poisonous snake operation is actually only a part of today's operation. The three of Huang Li and the others never dreamed that what happened just now was just a prelude. Although Xiaoqiu was weak, the tiger's dying blow was still extremely brave. That's why Xiao Qiu needs someone to feed his sword. When his last concentrated power is released, he really has no choice but to be slaughtered.Chief Manager Yong Yangcai understands the principle of exhaustion again and again. The two thousand taels of silver were actually bought for the lives of Huang Li and the others, Manager Yong felt that it was a bit expensive now. The core of today's operation is called Project Tiger Hunt.This was thought up by Director Yongda after a night of careful thinking. He thought about every detail, every step, and every possibility very carefully until he felt that there were no loopholes. An overwhelming, tight net has been cast. This street was quietly cleared yesterday, and the whole street was filled with people from Jardine Bank, so outsiders couldn't see it at all.Four of the Eight Great King Kongs came: Sun Ji, Zheng Hun, Zheng Hong, and Da Xiang guarded blocks in four directions.Especially Sun Ki, who has been trying to kill since he lost an arm. Yong Yangcai was still worried, so he specially spent 100,000 taels of silver to hire someone.This person is called Net Eye.The core of a trapping net is the mesh. As long as you catch the mesh, the prey cannot escape. This person is the real top-notch killer of the Wukouhui. If you want to kill an ordinary person, you can just find a gangster; if it is more difficult, people like Huang Li can settle it; but if you want to deal with people like Juhua Xiaoqiu, you only have people like Wang Eye. The key is that you have to afford the price. Yong Yangcai carefully checked all the people on the long street and all possible hiding places several times, but he didn't find who Wang Eye was, nor where Wang Eye was hiding. Only one thing is certain, the mesh must have arrived long ago.