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Xu Huo mentioned Shi Qing's name, and the old lady quickly came out tremblingly. She led him in enthusiastically, "I know Professor Shi. He lives on the tenth floor. I'll take you upstairs."

"Are you Professor Shi's relatives? We haven't had any young people here for a long time. You must have become rich if you come here to look for your relatives. It's a good opportunity to take Professor Shi to live a good life." The old lady said to herself, "It's so inconvenient to live here. There's no one to maintain the building. It took two years for the elevator to be repaired after I complained to the government. The water pipes and wires are often broken, and sometimes we can't even have a meal. A few days ago, the old bald guy on the 32nd floor died. I saw him out for a walk the day before... Fortunately, he died of illness."

The elevator had reached the tenth floor. The old lady went out to clear the garbage in the corridor before knocking on the door.

Professor Shi opened the door wearing a tattered vest and was quite surprised to see Xu Huo and the others. "Sister Zhao, is this your relative?"

The old lady waved her hand and said, "You know all my relatives died a long time ago, so I came to find you."

"Looking for me?" Professor Shi looked at Xu Huo and the painter seriously, and thought about it carefully before asking, "Do you want to talk to me about something?"

"Can we go in and talk?" Xu Huo looked inside the house.

"Sister Zhao, you go back first. I'll bring you two vegetables later." Professor Shi said to the old lady, and then invited Xu Huo and the other two in.

Professor Shi also lives alone. Although he is unkempt, his house is very clean and all the furniture is in place. He also made a pot of strong tea.

"Tea is hard to find nowadays, and I usually can't bear to drink it." He poured out three cups with a smile.

Xu Huo explained his purpose, and Professor Shi was not surprised. "You are not the first one to come to me for the dungeon, but most people don't believe that the national treasure belongs to the assassin family, so few players come to me."

"I can tell you, but I have posted the origin of the assassin family and the national treasure on the communication terminal. Is there anything else you want to know?"

"Is there any member of that assassin family with more information?" Xu Huo asked.

"The first supervisor has the most historical records. Although no portrait has been left behind, there are many stories about him." Professor Shi picked out a few of the more famous ones to talk about.

The supervisor's surname was Peng, and he was called Peng Guan. His real name was unclear, and it should have been erased from historical records later. Even his surname might be fake, but he and the ruler at that time were good friends who shared life and death. He was present at every important turning point of the ruler, and he had saved the ruler's life. There is a relatively clear record that he was seriously injured in order to save the ruler. Most people would not survive with such injuries, but that man survived, and two days later he experienced another battle, successfully covering the ruler's escape from the predicament.

Because there were many witnesses, it caused quite a stir at the time. In order to publicize that the will of heaven was on the side of the rulers, Peng Guan’s deeds were deified for a time.

Deification is certainly an exaggeration, but this incident is definitely true. At least it shows that the members of this assassin family do have some talents and abilities that are different from ordinary people.

This incident illustrates the ability of Officer Peng, while the other incident illustrates the friendship between Officer Peng and the ruler.

When the country was first established, the ruler sent Officer Peng to carry out a secret mission. Three months after he disappeared, a small group of people who had escaped from a force that had once competed with the ruler were found dead in a remote farm.

However, one child escaped to the neighboring country at that time. Someone once saw a man in blue clothes sending the child away, and Peng Guan’s usual attire was blue clothes.

At that time, many people believed that Peng Guan had already rebelled. Under pressure, the ruler publicly issued a recall order. It was a recall, not a wanted order. He also stated that if Peng Guan could not return to the capital alive, then all those responsible for looking for him would be killed.

Half a month after the recall order was issued, Officer Peng returned. Outsiders did not know how the two close friends talked, but Officer Peng then took out his eyeballs and ears that had been specially treated.

One eyeball and one ear belong to the child who ran away. He is physically disabled. Even if the child is still alive, it would be difficult for anyone to use him to cause trouble.

From then on, Pengguan stayed with the ruler throughout his nearly fifty years of reign, until the ruler died without an heir and his three successors were killed within a short period of time, after which Pengguan and his family disappeared.

Of course, Pengguan’s family was also massacred. There are clear historical records that 47 people from three families of Pengguan’s three brothers were wiped out overnight, while others who seemed to be related to Pengguan fled before their identities were confirmed.

"But it's worth mentioning that Peng Guan was not close to his family." Professor Shi said, "The records show that he was with the ruler almost all year round. Officials everywhere could see him every day. If he occasionally returned home, it would be regarded as a rare event and spread throughout the capital."

"Based on this, some people also say that the three Peng brothers are not actually Peng Guan's real relatives. But I think that Peng Guan is good at fighting and has power, so reuniting with his family can completely conceal his true identity."

"When Pengguan fought alongside the ruler, he also had the support of people from the same family. The assassin's presence has always been interspersed throughout this period of history. He alone could not have done it."

Xu Huo listened in silence, and then asked: "Where do you think Officer Peng is most likely to go after he disappeared?"

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Professor Shi seemed a little excited when talking about this. "The friendship between Officer Peng and the ruler is unprecedented and unparalleled. It is a special case, but this assassin family is not completely invisible in history. They often appear. They seem to have a special philosophy and only assassinate incompetent rulers in troubled times. Except for Officer Peng, almost no one has clearly revealed their identity in other periods."

"I think their descendants are actually hiding in the capital city. They must have been involved in the expulsion of the former Chief Archon 20 years ago. Several powerful and famous players around the Chief Archon at that time died inexplicably, and no one claimed them."

"Although the heirloom was just a joke at first, the deeds of this assassin family in various periods of history can well reflect the word 'heirloom'."

Professor Shi took out some newspapers and said, "These are what I collected a few years ago. They are players from some of the major player forces in the island country who suddenly disappeared. At least one-third of them died suddenly in the country, and there were witnesses. They all wanted to compete for the position of the chief governor, and they behaved themselves after being killed."

Xu Huo quickly looked through the newspapers and picked out one of them, which reported that half a year ago, an A-level player in the capital city had died suddenly in public. The headless corpse fell in the exploding blood, and the shocked expressions of the people around him were also frozen in time.