Chapter 521 - Old Friend

“I remember your last dagger was chewed up by a pig-faced man, so you can’t blame me, right?” Jiang Wang said somewhat helplessly.“Give back my talismans!

Return my Path Origin Stones!” Su Xiuhang threw a tantrum.

“Say, aren’t you a bit confused about the situation?”

Jiang Wang grabbed him up: “You haven’t explained to me yet, why were you sneaking into my carriage?

And pointing a dagger at me?”

It’s more normal to chat like this.

Following this kid’s rhythm, I almost felt like I was the one in the wrong!

Damn, wasn’t it because he tried to assassinate me first that I took a few of his talismans and a couple of Path Origin Stones?

I was already merciful enough for sparing his dog life, so how come it seems like I’m bullying him now?

“You better let go of me.”

I don’t know if he’s bluffing or if he’s resigned to his fate, but Su Xiuhang’s expression suddenly became serious, even stern: “Do you know who I’m rolling with now?”

Of course, Jiang Wang knew who he was rolling with!

Back in Cangfeng City, when I sent a message to Yang Court via that guy from World Building, A-Ce, I casually suggested that he clean house.

A-Ce mentioned at the time that Su Xiuhang had infiltrated into Hell Has No Door.

Which means, his current boss is Yin Guan!

Being a member of Hell Has No Door and running onto the official road, sneaking into a carriage—what could he possibly want to do?

Considering the destination of this carriage, the answer is obvious: there’s only one possibility, and that’s to take the chance to infiltrate Linyi.

Su Xiuhang’s own identity isn’t good for sneaking into Linyi, or rather, he doesn’t want to expose the fact that he snuck into Linyi.

So that means… What does Hell Has No Door want to do in Linyi?

“Oh?

Who are you rolling with now?” Jiang Wang feigned ignorance, appearing very curious.

“I am obviously…” Su Xiuhang started to say, and probably remembered that his current organization isn’t the kind like World Building that he could just blab about, so he swallowed his words back.

He paused for a moment, then scoffed: “You have no idea what kind of organization you’re provoking!

You have no clue who you’re talking to!”

“I really don’t know, eh,” Jiang Wang cooperated: “So why don’t you tell me?”

Su Xiuhang made a show of observing Jiang Wang for a while, then shook his head: “Forget it.”

His tone was somewhat wistful: “After all, we have an acquaintance.

Our organization is too dangerous, and it’s not good to involve you.”

“Oh?” Jiang Wang watched him perform quietly.

“Ah!” Su Xiuhang very theatrically lifted the carriage window curtain, all the while stealing glances at Jiang Wang’s expression.

Seeing that he didn’t seem to mind, he continued: “It’s already this late.

I must go back now.

Otherwise, if my boss can’t see me later, he’ll definitely go crazy.”

“What happens when he goes crazy?” Jiang Wang played along.

“That’s way too bloody!” Su Xiuhang’s face showed unwillingness, dramatically describing: “He might start killing from Hengyang Prefecture all the way to Linhai County, creating rivers of blood, with countless corpses scattered over miles.

You guys who are still on the road would hardly be spared.”

The three Yang Region prefectures are already completely under the control of Qi Country.

The border prefecture in the Western Territory should now be Hengyang Prefecture, but many people still regard Pingxi as the border; old impressions take time to change.

To kill from Pingxi Prefecture all the way to Linhai County is to cut right through Qi Boundary.

This bragging is a bit too much.

But Jiang Wang still cooperated by reacting with surprise: “Is your boss really that cruel?”

“It’s even worse than that!” Su Xiuhang spouted nonsense: “He has a green face and sharp teeth, and is twelve feet tall, having to eat human hearts for every meal.

The people he’s killed are not a hundred thousand but at least eighty thousand.

Old friend, you definitely must stay away from him.”

Now Jiang Wang had become an old friend.

“A wise man does not stand under a wall that is about to collapse,” Su Xiuhang advised gravely.

Jiang Wang seemed to comprehend but also not, and said with feeling: “I had no idea you were so important to your boss, that such a fearsome person would actually go crazy just because he couldn’t see you.”

“Ah, although I haven’t been in the organization for long…” Su Xiuhang shook his head helplessly, “There’s no helping it, I’m just too outstanding.”

Jiang Wang nodded solemnly, expressing profound agreement.

“Alright then, let’s leave our conversation at that for today.” Seeing that he had made enough of an impression, Su Xiuhang decisively got to his feet and said, “I need to hurry back and soothe our boss.

The people’s welfare is paramount, so let’s put our personal relationship aside for now!”

Seeing that Jiang Wang indeed had no intention of stopping him, he quickly scurried out of the carriage window, as swiftly as he had arrived.

After jumping out of the carriage window, Su Xiuhang ran wildly for a while before finally taking a long, deep breath and stopping, almost ready to applaud his own cleverness.

But he quickly slapped his forehead with annoyance, “My Array Plate!”

In his haste to flee, he had forgotten to take it with him, and it was worth quite a few Prime Stones.

But he truly lacked the courage to go back to Jiang Wang and ask for the Array Plate.

“Encounters with someone surnamed Jiang are never good!

Forget it, consider it as feeding the pigs!”

He grumbled and left the place.

Regardless, the mission must continue, and he still needed to infiltrate Linzi.

He had originally planned to sneak into Linzi City, and when he saw that this carriage had unrestricted passage and was fully documented (since the Bao family controlled the carriage service, which was already well-regulated, and Jiang Wang was a noble after all, there were certainly no issues with his passage in Qi Boundary), he had been tempted.

He didn’t expect fate… a calamitous fate!

He had to find another way now.

Stowing away in the carriage was not a viable option, after all, before getting into the carriage, who could tell whether it was transporting a person or a dog!

Su Xiuhang thought furiously.

In just this short amount of time, Jiang Wang had already been cursed in Su Xiuhang’s heart in at least a dozen ways.

If he had learned Yin Guan’s cursing technique and had Yin Guan’s power, Jiang Wang would at least be severely wounded by now.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t.

“Why are you still here?” a voice suddenly asked.

Su Xiuhang shuddered with fright and quickly turned around, only to see a man wearing a black mask.

This mask was a human face mask, with eyes and mouth exposed.

But it was entirely black, with a vivid white door painted on the forehead; inside the door were the blood-red characters “Wang the Coroner.”

This mask represented the fourth-ranked person in Hell Has No Door, Wang the Coroner!

In Qi Country and Zheng Country, with bounties on their heads and being hunted and besieged by experts from all sides, Hell Has No Door not only survived but developed at an astonishing pace.

Up to now, the core of Hell Has No Door consisted of ten people, known as the Ten Kings of Yama, who decided life and death.

They also had various agents responsible for intelligence and operations, becoming the most renowned assassin organization in the Eastern Region, and Su Xiuhang was one of the peripheral members inducted later.

Encountering Wang the Coroner here, Su Xiuhang felt a chill in his feet and dared not think about escaping anymore.

He honestly said, “I was thinking of ways to sneak into Linzi.”

The voice of Wang the Coroner was harsh, as if he wasn’t very accustomed to speaking, “Did you just have a fight with someone?”

“This…”

Su Xiuhang was reluctant to admit he had just encountered Jiang Wang.

For one thing, it made him appear too incompetent; for another, he didn’t wish for Jiang Wang’s death.

Although he wished he could beat Jiang Wang to a pulp, making the guy cry for his father and mother, he wasn’t quite ready to revel in his murder.

Especially since he was very clear in his mind that it was Jiang Wang’s mercy that had allowed him to live.

It had been the same during their earliest encounter in Qingyang Town.

Of course, if someone was willing to pay a hefty price for Jiang Wang’s head, then that could be discussed.

As an assassin, there wasn’t much room for sentiment.

Wang the Coroner took a step closer, “Hm?”

Su Xiuhang’s hairs stood on end!

With his eyes closed, he shouted, “I did indeed engage in a fight just now, trying to sneak into his carriage, but ended up getting kicked out!”

“Where?”

Then he heard another voice ask.