Chapter VII - Shakha
The sun rose and sank.
All day, he sat on the edge of the bed and did not move, such as losing the manipulator of the puppet.
Oblivious to this, Jia Yu continued to meditate and eat, and in the evening went to the bazaar to buy a side of vegetarian scarf.
At night, she sat cross-legged on a wide stool and meditated, replacing sleep with this method.
When the dawn light reflected on the eaves of the window again, the teenager raised her head.
"Why are you saying this to me."
Her brow was unreadable in the faint light, and her voice was clear and gruff, with a cold certainty that was completely out of place for her age.
"Don't think it's any kindness, I merely have a habit of using even the other person if they are willing."
"I don't care whether there are shadow guards or not, it's irrelevant to raise an idler, so there's no need to be overly wary, and you have nothing to lose anyway."
"Why ...... did you save me then."
After a long moment of silence, she answered slowly. "I'm not a good person either, but ...... the person who broke through the War Slave Camp and the Pure Frontier Camp shouldn't have died in that humiliating way."
That kind of humiliation, more than killing a person, even if it is tough to the extreme, also has its intolerable bottom line, keep a respect for this spirit, that's all.
After a long silence, the teenager spoke again.
"Thank you, for making me see what I'm facing." He spoke word for word.
"Please teach me how to be a true killer."
An assassin is never based on martial arts skills alone.
The unobtrusive infiltration, the one-strike blitz, and the preciseness of a full-body retreat.
Only when all three were present could one be considered a qualified assassin. Killicide group of novice is always the highest rate of loss, rely on a cavity of blood and courage to assassinate people often die the fastest.
Thinking that all rely on the sharpness can be successful is definitely a kind of stupidity.
Sect for the loss of the killer punishment is quite heavy, they not only failed to waste the opportunity, but also alarmed the snake, so that another assassination doubly tricky.
Shadow guards are again different from the Slayer group.
Must fully assist the master to carry out the task, need to be excellent tacit understanding, the most basic is to say that the implementation, shadow guard is like the master's a hand, on the order whether to understand or not have to do.
At present, his experience is too little, it is difficult to take charge, the only thing he can do on this trip is to observe and try to figure it out.
Without saying any unnecessary words, Kayo explained the mission in the shortest way possible.
Shache's domestic hidden spies have written to report that Ü-Tsang has recently privately condemned a secret meeting with Shache's master, plotting to fight against the devil's teachings, and this matter even involves Shule.
Once the three countries hand in hand to form a secret alliance, the ministers within the king of the Church will be cleansed, a few years of hard work will be in jeopardy, the reputation of the magic religion greatly affected.
The regicide group has not yet recovered from the trauma of two years ago, sniping multiple targets at the same time is quite a struggle, and too many enemies caused by the shock of the countries to fight against each other is not the best strategy, this trip is extremely difficult to grasp the balance.
It's a hot mission.
Jiayi raised his eyes from the map and smiled slightly.
"Tomorrow, we will enter the city and pay a visit to the Lord of Shache."
The Shache King's Consort gave birth to a princess for the State Lord a few days ago.
Because of this, Shache was lit up and held a celebration for three whole days. Luxurious banquets were held day and night, and the atmosphere of revelry extended from the court to the people.
The people welcomed the visitors from other places with smiles, peace and happiness, and praised the king of the country, thinking that the king of Shache was quite popular among the people.
JiaYu submitted the jade edict at the official post, the greeting official's face changed greatly once he entered his hand, shivering unconsciously, and reported to his superior in a trembling voice.
Looking at the Western Region, no one knew that a pair of black wing markings symbolized the most terrifying demon deep within the Heavenly Mountains.
Dozens of Shacha people waiting for the affairs to be dealt with were not sure why, and watched as the post officer respectfully invited with an almost fearful demeanor, and the two outstanding teenage boys and girls stepped into the official sedan chair with great generosity, and went all the way straight into the royal palace.
The king of Shache was a middle-aged man in his late thirties.
Polite and courteous, obviously can not hide the nervousness, a civil servant near the left coughed gently, he only slightly calmed down.
"The two honorable envoys coming to Shache is really an unexpected pleasure, I didn't have time to welcome them, I hope that the honorable envoys will bear with me."
"What did the lord of the country say, it would have been rude of us to surprise our master with a hasty visit." Jia night fall generous response, words are quite dignified, although the description is still childish, but let a person dare not underestimate.
"Dare I ask if the god king is still satisfied with Shache's annual tribute this year?"
"Of course. This religion and your country has always been good friends have tacit understanding, the king of the Church repeatedly mentioned the country's master, are praised."
"This is very good, please ask Your Excellency to speak favorably in front of the Sect King, and forever end the good relations between the Jin Dynasty, Shache will be grateful." With a slight lift of his hand, the attendant at the side immediately brought up a gold plate, full of gold beads piled with huge gems, brilliant and dazzling.
Jia Yu faintly swept a glance and nodded his thanks.
"Thank you for your kindness, Lord of the Kingdom, I will be sure to pass it on."
"Dare I ask what the honorable ambassador is ...... here for," the country lord finally pressed on.
As if remembering in a flash, Jia Yu spread a light smile. "This is to congratulate the State Lord on the acquisition of his favorite daughter, and nothing else."
The State Lord was stunned and looked at each other with his close ministers. Tribute exchanges, every congratulatory celebration demonic religion indeed also have messengers to visit, just this time ......
"Traditionally with the countries are mythical elders in charge, two are elders subordinate?" A side of the civil official opened his mouth, smiled and probed.
"Not bad."
"I'm sorry, in the past, Elder Eater's subordinates were mostly people from the Western Regions, but it's rare to see two such young heroes." The civil official's eyes locked onto her.
It was common knowledge that all the ministries within the Demon Cult, except the famous Killer Team in the Western Regions, were all teenagers.
"This adult is?" Her expression remained unchanged, not answering the question.
"It is my close vassal, Shavari." The Lord of the Land squeezed out a smile and a token chortle. "Do not be rude to your honored ambassador."
Not waiting for the other to bow in apology, Kaya signaled that there was no harm in it.
"In fact, His Lordship is right, we were originally subordinate to Elder Kui." The moment the words came out of his mouth, it was tantamount to directly admitting that he was an assassin, and the faces of the surrounding Sachets went white.
"But ......" she eased out the second half of her sentence. "It is purely by chance that I am here."
"What does your honor mean by that?" Shavari inquired calmly.
Jia Night revealed a smirk, "Originally, we traveled to Dawan on business, and we happened to meet the mythical elder and his entourage who were called back to the mountain by the Sect King in a hurry and were unable to be separated, so we were condemned to visit on the way, so as not to lose our courtesy to the Lord of the Country."
She exhaled slightly, as if she had regrets. "It is inconvenient to go into details about the affairs of the sect, but we did not expect that this would cause the State Lord to be frightened, so it is our fault."
"No where no where, it's just that I haven't seen the mythical Elder for a long time and missed him very much, so I stopped by to say hello, please don't be offended by this honorable ambassador."
"The country lord is too polite, on behalf of the Sect King, I wish Your Highness many blessings and a long life of peace and happiness." Jia Yu took out the gift list from his bosom, and the attendant forwarded it to the lord of the country, "This is the congratulatory gift from the Sect King, may Shache and this Sect always be good neighbors."
"Many thanks to your esteemed envoy, please enter the temple to rest after a hard journey." The lord of the country relaxed a little and stood up with a smile on his face, "It's getting late today, my country will have a big feast for your envoy tomorrow."
The residence was quite luxurious, the king's honor was no better.
To the two envoys respect to this, the weight of the devil religion in the western region countries can be imagined.
The meal that was sent up was sumptuous and tantalizing, Jia Night put down his jade chopsticks after tasting a little of each, seemingly without much interest, and when he finished eating he immediately commanded.
"Shujing, go spy on someone."
"Who."
"Shavari." She pondered silently for a moment. "He's good at kung fu. You're good at light kung fu try to get as close as possible, never alert him, see who he comes in contact with, what he says, what his setups are, and then finally, have the spies check out where he's from."
"Yes."
The lights in the distance were still clamoring, this night was destined to be a night where some people had trouble sleeping.
"How?"
"He and the lord of the country had a long secret discussion, the lord of the country thought that we were just trying to get the golden beads and crossing the border on the way, not rushing towards Shache, but Shavari didn't see it that way, and convinced the lord of the country to strengthen the vigilance, and set up an army to protect the bedchamber in the night, and tomorrow's dinner party will be the last chance for us to meet the lord of the country face to face."
The attendants for the banquet would presumably be filled with guards instead, and it would be difficult indeed to assassinate with such unprecedented security, she smiled silently.
"And?"
"Shavari is not a native of the Shakti Kingdom, but a trade merchant. He has been in and out of the court for less than two months under the name of a virtual chamberlain, and is very sociable, with many ties to other important ministers. It is rumored that he is generous and frequents restaurants and dance halls."
"Shujing, go and instruct the secret envoys to try to spread rumors in the city that King Yu-Tsang has fallen ill into a deep caustic and may die at any time. Continue to monitor Shavari tomorrow and see what he does. Tell the attendants that we need to rest from our long journey, and resign from all other entertainments except for the dinner."
"Yes."
Within a day, the news of King Ü-Tsang's serious illness spread through the streets and lanes, and finally reached Shah Wali's ears in the evening.
He was stunned for a long time at the news and quickly ran into his carriage, scolding the driver to rush to a separate court.
Kaya listening to his report, seems to be expected, lowered his eyes to look at his own palm.
The hand is very small, the fingertips are thin and pitiful, like jade cut onion leaves.
She slowly flexed it and gripped it into a fist.
"There is still half an hour before the dinner, very good."