Imperial Capital Baizhifang, Qingping Lane, Jiuli Street
This is the most barren place in the imperial capital. Most of the people living here are old people, young women, and children. The few men are also expected to work outside the city or farm outside the city at this time. However, outside the imperial capital, there was not much land. Most of it was divided up by officials. Only a few ordinary people still had their own land. Most of the people were tenants of the officials and gentry who rented land.
At this moment when it should be difficult to see men, four tall men suddenly appeared on Jiuli Street.
These four people are also wearing relatively ordinary clothes, and their faces are relatively dark. Although they are more in line with the common complexions of the people here, they are too strong and strong, and they can't help but attract the attention of others.
However, this was not the first time we saw such unexpected outsiders today, so the women and children, who still had many things to do, did not put too much energy on them.
The four people were far apart, as if they had no contact with each other, but there was a vague understanding between them. Two of them wandered around and came to a house, standing on both sides, while the other two I don’t know when and where I went, and disappeared on this street. Almost no one paid attention to all this, except for a child squatting there on a street corner, holding a dirty broken bowl in his hand. , there was a small half bowl of thin and yellow rice soup inside. He took a cautious sip, then raised his head, looked around blankly, and then spotted the two people standing outside the residence, with some curiosity in their eyes.
One of the two people standing seemed to be aware of it. He turned his head to where his sight was. He saw a child whose body was half hidden in the darkness. His eyes faced each other. The man suddenly revealed a fierce look. The child The child suddenly froze, and after a moment, the broken bowl clattered to the ground, and the child burst into tears.
The man's face changed slightly, and he seemed a little nervous. He turned back to look at the residence. At this moment, a shrill and sharp shout suddenly came from the residence:
"Killing!"
This sound was mixed into the already noisy environment of Jiuli Street. If you didn't identify it carefully, you would probably not be able to detect it. Moreover, the child's cry was also obscured at this time.
The companion of the man who threatened the child glanced at the child for no apparent reason, and then looked at each other. The two of them realized at the same time that the two accomplices who had sneaked into the house might have had an accident. He turned around and was about to go in when he heard a woman's voice coming from behind him.
It turns out that just now, as soon as An Huan'er and others left, a woman walked out of the house quickly. After getting some silver, she immediately had to exchange it for food to feel at ease. The people in Jiuli Street were complicated. If someone is watching them, they won't feel safe keeping their money at home. But when the woman came home, she saw two people standing outside the yard at the door of her house. She didn't care at first and just thought they were standing there by chance, but then she heard the sound coming from the house. She didn't even notice. After hearing it clearly, she thought it was the little girl at home who was probably scolded by her grandmother again, but then she saw the two people standing at the door turning to go to the yard. Only then did she realize that something was wrong, and she was subconsciously shocked. Exhaled sound:
"What are you doing! Ah! You are thieves! There are thieves!"
When the two men heard the voice behind them, one of them jumped behind him subconsciously. At this time, he couldn't care about anything else, so he just cut the mess with a quick knife!
The woman's voice was high-pitched and sharp. It spread far away, attracting many people to look here. But at this time, the man had already pulled out a dagger from nowhere and headed towards the woman's throat. He wanted to directly Ban this sound!
The dagger drew a line of cold light so fast that the woman had no time to react.
In the midst of the lightning and flint, the sound of breaking wind came from one side. The man reacted very quickly. The arm holding the dagger suddenly folded, and his elbow directly hit the source of the wind sound!
boom!
After a muffled sound, the man watched in shock as his arm was twisted and bent. The next moment, a bone-deep pain engulfed him like a tide. Before he could even let out a cry of pain, a black shadow covered his face. The attack hit him, and then his head was covered, and the endless darkness suddenly swallowed him up!
The person who took action was Liu Xin. He was very skilled in martial arts. Although he was young, as the senior brother of the first sect of the Righteous Path, his cultivation was considered a master in the entire martial arts world. The man holding the dagger is not mediocre. According to the martial arts strength, he is also a master of the Xiaocheng realm who has opened up the meridians and allowed the internal energy to flow. His reaction was not quick, but Liu Xin insisted on breaking the path with force and fought with fists and elbows. He fiercely bent the opponent's elbow, and then punched directly into the life gate, knocking the man unconscious!
All this happened only in an instant, and just now, the child's sudden cry had attracted Liu Xin's attention, and then the woman's exclamation became obvious. Before the others could react, Liu Xin Xin had already rushed out quickly.
At that moment, Liu Xin glanced at the tall man who had been standing behind An Ran and the other woman, but Liu Xin had no time to care about these details at this time.
Lian Subo almost made a move just now. Liu Xin's move was so fast that he was almost caught off guard. However, Liu Xin's goal was not towards An Ran and An Huan'er, so he reserved his strength a little and did not make a move.
An Huan'er and An Ran were both in a daze, but the general flag Ding Mingfu and another small flag who were following Liu Xin reacted quickly. Liu Xin had already told them the purpose of coming here. At this time, Lord Baihu suddenly took action. Naturally, he had his own reasons, so the two of them quickly followed suit.
Seeing the two people behind Liu Xin following closely, An Ran was a little puzzled, but Lian Subo looked at the backs of the two people thoughtfully, then came to An Huan'er's side and said softly:
"Miss, that young man is very skilled and has two followers. He must be a noble son from a wealthy family in the imperial capital! I think he is at least the son of an official of the rank of commander! Miss, what do you think of him? "
An Huan'er's mind was not on this. She stared at An Ran's expression, her eyes full of gossip, and asked simply: "Sister Ran, do you know that person?"
Even Subo became interested at this time and looked at An Ran: "Xiao Ran, what I said should be right, right? Do you know the identity of that person?"
An Ran came back to his senses at this time, with a slight blush on his face, and quickly explained: "I don't know his identity, we just had some... some..."
An Ran didn't know how to describe the relationship between them. Eleven years ago, that young man was just a teenager, much younger than her, but he saved her and got her out of the abyss.
Hearing An Ran's hesitation, An Huan'er became more energetic and quickly guessed: "Sister Ran! He can't be your old acquaintance, right?"
"Ah! What! No, no!" An Ran waved her hands quickly, her face even redder.
In this era, martial arts are popular, and the relationship between men and women is relatively open. At least those scholars do not dare to say to some young men and women who have practiced martial arts: You are shameless for ignoring the defense of men and women!
If someone dares to say such a thing, the person who is really shameless is probably the scholar who said it. At the very least, he will turn into a pig head, or even a dead pig head...
When An Huan'er saw An Ran like this, the fire of gossip in her heart was about to burst out. She turned around and looked in the direction Liu Xin left, and quickly said to Lian Subo: "Uncle Lian, let's go and have a look. He is so impatient, isn't he? If there's an emergency, we...we can help him!"
Lian Subo looked at An Ran hesitantly. He always knew what this young lady was thinking, but this matter depended on An Ran's attitude.
An Ran felt that her cheeks were hot at this time. She was actually not young anymore. She should have gotten married and had children long ago and stayed at home with her husband to raise children. However, because of some experiences she had when she was young, she never had that thought.
Seeing that An Ran didn't express anything, An Huaner directly took An Ran's hand and started walking towards Jiuli Street. An Ran had no choice but to follow. Lian Subo followed behind them, but he was thinking about the young man. If a person's status is really that of a commander, his status is still a bit low. If his family background can be higher, he can send a secret message to the prince to win over An Huan'er. Even if it doesn't work, he can win over An Ran. OK...
The three of them came out of the alley, but saw a commotion not far away. A series of exclamations came from there. Even Suber's sharp ears immediately discerned some key points from these noisy sounds. His face suddenly sank and he went to He took two quick steps forward to protect An Huan'er and An Ran, and said in a deep voice:
"Something happened ahead, let's take a look first!"
An Huan'er and An Ran knew that once Lian Subo was serious, it meant that something was serious, so they stopped where they were to take a look at the situation.
At this time, Liu Xin had already dealt with the second man. This man had already arrived at the door, but he sensed the situation around him. Just when he turned around, he saw that his companion had fallen to the ground, and then a young man rushed towards him. , he immediately waved the short sword in his hand, preparing to meet the enemy.
His skill is similar to that of his companion, and he is also at the Xiaocheng level. He uses his internal energy to draw the sword extremely fast, but Liu Xin is faster. He takes two steps at a time, which was taught by the evil young master Xue Sheng. Using the light swan goose movement, his body jumped up, and then swooped down suddenly. His body was extremely nimble, and he just turned slightly sideways to avoid the lightning-fast knife, then raised his knees and crashed directly into the man's arms.
There was a muffled sound with a hint of crispness, and the man's body was like a wooden stake that was thrown away, directly smashing through the door behind him and falling in hard.
After Liu Xin landed, he rushed into the house without hesitation.
At this time, the room was filled with the smell of blood. A man was killing with a short knife. The bodies of four or five women and children were lying on the ground. Blood was flowing all over the ground. They didn't know whether they were alive or dead. In the side room on the other side, there were sounds of fighting.
Liu Xin took action boldly and rushed towards the man with a short sword who was slaughtering women and children.
When the man who was killing saw Liu Xin rushing towards him, his scalp went numb. He only had one thought: Today's events were really not going well!
They had already targeted this family and were ready to come here after receiving the order today. The family of women and children really made them unable to be wary. But when they came here, they found that there were already two women and one man here. The man seemed to be a good player. In order to avoid trouble, they could only wait.
Finally, these three people left unexpectedly. They did not hesitate and took action directly. However, they did not know what went wrong. Among the women and children in this family, the youngest girl actually knew some martial arts. They were caught off guard. The two people who entered the house were unexpectedly killed at first. They were forced to retreat, but then although these women and children still had little resistance, they were different from ordinary women and children. One or two of them did not run around screaming, but picked up everything they could pick up and did nothing with them. resistance, but it was also a lot of trouble.
At this moment, the door was suddenly broken open. Before the man inside could see clearly what broke the door, he saw someone rushing over. As an experienced killer, how could he not understand what happened at this time? He slashed at the man with his knife, but a figure threw him down sideways. It was the old woman with white hair and blood all over her body. She had already been hit by the knife, but at this time she somehow got up again and was still pregnant. Such great strength.
The man was knocked down directly, and before he could resist, a big foot struck him hard in the face, and then he didn't know anything.
Liu Xin didn't expect that an old woman would catch her by surprise, but after he kicked the man unconscious, he had no time to pay attention to the old woman. After all, there seemed to be a killer in the other room.
Seeing Liu Xin's figure leaving quickly, and the two figures who appeared at the door not long after, they should be the young man's companions. The old woman was lying on the ground, with blood still flowing from her chest due to the knife wound. She watched helplessly as one of the two men came to her side, as if to help her up, but she tried her best to wave her hands, trying to let the man save her granddaughter, but she couldn't open her mouth.
Soon, a huge wave of tiredness came over her. She tried hard to open her eyes, but as if she was suddenly in the water, she lost the perception of her body. Slowly, darkness came overwhelming, covering her with tiredness. everything...
In the side room, the girl was holding a kitchen knife and waving it around, trying to force the man in front of her back, but there was a joke and ferocity in the man's eyes. He had a short halberd in his hand. If he occasionally took action, he could kill the man. The kitchen knife in the girl's hand shook open, and there were seven or eight people behind the girl. They hugged each other, their faces full of fear.
The movement in the outer room made the man frown. He didn't know what was going on outside, but he had three companions outside, so nothing would happen to him. He just thought they made the noise bigger, but at this time he also knew that he couldn't continue playing. The son went down, so he prepared to raise his halberd and move forward.
But at this moment, the door behind him was kicked open, and the man was shocked. He stabbed behind him with a backhand halberd, but nothing was hit. Before he was surprised, a strong wind had already It hit his neck so fast that he was knocked down before he could react!
Liu Xin simply dodged to avoid the blow, and then knocked him over with a hand knife. His movements were smooth and smooth. He had already used all his strength to attack. Seeing the tragic scene in the outer room, the anger in his heart ignited.
Liu Xin looked at the girl who was still chopping randomly. The girl seemed to have fallen into madness. He sighed slightly in his heart, grabbed the opportunity, grabbed the kitchen knife with his bare hands, and then lightly chopped the girl's neck with his palm. With strength in her hands, she supported the girl's hands.
"Excuse me, help me!" Liu Xin said to the women and children behind the girl. These women and children were still in shock, but after all, there was an older one who was calmer and immediately stepped forward to help the girl.
Liu Xin tilted his head and listened for a moment, but there was no other movement. Then Ding Mingfu entered the side room, saw Liu Xin and the unconscious man on the ground, and said:
"Sir, there is no other killer!"
"Yes!" Liu Xin simply responded, then turned to look at the women and children, and said in a slightly softer tone: "Okay, it's okay!"
At this moment, the frightened women and children suddenly screamed out, crying bitterly, and they didn't know what they were saying, it was chaotic and disorderly.
"Ask Lin Xiaoqi to find the officials from the nearby county government. You go to the Hundred Household Office in person, send someone over, and briefly explain the situation to Liu Qianhu. You go and tell it in person."
Liu Xin ordered. In fact, he already knew that this family was the one he was looking for. On the wall behind the group of women and children, there was a shabby flag with the totem of the horse-raising sect on it.
The enemy behind is faster than expected!
After sending Ding Mingfu and the flag officer out, Liu Xin took matters into his own hands, found ropes, tied the four men together, and threw them in the small yard outside the house. He squatted there, looking up at the sky with a sigh. At that time, he had nothing to do, and inside there were the earth-shattering cries of a group of women and children.
An Huan'er, An Ran and Lian Subo had already crossed the crowd and arrived outside the residence. The place was already crowded with people, but no one dared to enter the courtyard. The bloody smell from inside had already made everyone... I understand what probably happened inside.
It is also because in this era, there are many warriors, and there are many natural conflicts and bloodshed incidents. Most of the people have seen some of them, and they will not scream and run away when they see blood.
An Huan'er's face turned a little pale. This was the house she just left, which was full of women and children. Why did this happen suddenly. An Ran looked at Liu Xin who was squatting there with some uneasiness. After thinking about it, he walked into the small courtyard.
Lian Subo naturally wanted to protect An Huan'er. The four people tied together were good at first glance. The situation here was unknown now. He had already braced himself to the top, but besides that, he was still worried about the situation. Liu Xin's identity has a different view.
This young man is very skilled. As soon as he came here, a murder occurred here. Could it be that he was a police officer?
But will the policeman's skills be that good? Could it be that he is a head hunter? He is too young... General? But why is he here?
Perplexed, Lian Subo became more and more curious about Liu Xin's identity.
An Ran entered the courtyard, and there was a lot of exclamation from the surroundings. It was probably that the onlookers did not expect that such a young woman would dare to enter the courtyard.
"What...what's going on here?" An Ran asked, not knowing what to say.
Liu Xin raised his eyes and saw An Ran. Because he was familiar with it, he didn't hide anything deliberately and said:
"I investigated a case, and when I got here, something happened."
"Ah, you are the...captain? That's right, you were also investigating the case before saving my life, right? I've always wanted to thank you...well...but you were so young at that time... .Ah...I'm sorry..."
An Ran seemed a little incoherent. Standing here, she could actually see the situation in the house, and she was confused for a moment. The family was fine just now, but now... Ever since, even she herself didn't Know what you're talking about.
