"The strength of the hundred households under your command is beyond expectations..." Shao Shiwang looked solemn at this moment, and the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, but he could not raise his head. He watched Liu Xin's back disappear from the field of vision, and then turned his head. Said to Liu Licheng.
Liu Licheng also had a similar expression. The two of them had been paying attention to Liu Xin. They had been watching since the latter appeared. However, Liu Xin's sudden burst of speed and some reaction abilities clearly showed that he was an accomplished warrior in the Xiaocheng realm. He is also considered a master in the arena, and in the imperial court, such a person is also a talent that must be taken seriously.
Eleven years ago, before Emperor Wu's city "unified" the world, most of the masters in Zhengyang were in the world, and the martial arts talents in the imperial court were withering. If Emperor Kangyang hadn't been a great master, many generals and nobles wanted to cater to Kangyang. The emperor's preference cultivated a group of talents. The high-end military force of the imperial court may not even be as good as Jianghu.
During the Kangyang Dynasty, the most famous master in the court was Wu Guogong Zhu Guangxiao, and later there was Qin Guogong Tuoba Yunhan.
In the Xuyang Dynasty, Emperor Xuyang felt deeply that there were too many uncontrolled masters in the world, so he united with Emperor Wu City to integrate the world. The originally scattered world was forcibly brought together by Emperor Wu City.
Over the past eleven years, the imperial court's high-end combat capabilities have been greatly replenished, and with corresponding stimulation, a younger generation of official imperial masters have emerged one after another.
Compared with the current situation eleven years ago, the high-end combat power of the imperial court has already improved by leaps and bounds, but even so, in terms of per capita combat power, it is still unable to compare with the group of barbarians in the Northern Barbarians. The only disadvantage of the Northern Barbarians compared to Zhengyang is geography. The environment is extremely harsh and the population is sparse.
If the population of the Northern Barbarians was half or one-third of that of Zhengyang, then Zhengyang might have ceased to exist long ago.
Because Emperor Wu City integrated the world, countless martial arts secrets were collected by the court, and experts from Emperor City of Wu helped integrate these secret books. In the end, more than a hundred martial arts training methods were introduced by the court to departments at all levels, including the border army. The imperial army, local guards, pro-army and even county police officers, etc., all have different cultivation methods passed down. This is also the key reason why the Zhengyang martial arts style has prevailed over the past eleven years, and the average combat power has increased significantly, which ultimately led to the suppression of civilian officials by military officers.
For example, the current Jinyiwei Nei, after eleven years of continuous upgrading, its capabilities have also improved a lot. Jinyiwei has nearly 25,000 employees across the country. The chief flag officer basically fights with the Xiaocheng state. In other words, although he has not opened up the eight extraordinary meridians and developed internal strength, countless people have achieved the Xiaocheng state by relying on some skills and methods of beating the muscles and bones. level of combat power.
The hundred households of Jinyiwei are basically all those who have attained the Xiaocheng realm and have internal strength.
Those with a thousand households or above have cultivation levels that are close to the Dacheng Realm or even the Dacheng Realm, or have the same combat power.
This has almost become a mandatory requirement.
Liu Xin's combat power was barely at the Xiaocheng level before, and the pro-army is hereditary. Although he may not be a true Xiaocheng warrior yet, he can slowly improve in the future, after all, he is still young.
In fact, this was the basis for Liu Licheng's determination to kick Liu Xin away, and the reason why Shangguan He could let the right minister of the Ministry of War issue such an order.
But if Liu Xin is already a Xiaocheng realm warrior, then the situation becomes different. A "wild" Xiaocheng realm warrior who has not received official guidance from the imperial court. His personal information seems to indicate that he is only in his early twenties. Such a young, low-level martial artist is considered an elite within Jinyiwei, so he has been well cultivated.
Therefore, when he discovered that Liu Xin's strength was beyond Liu Licheng's own imagination, he was shocked at first, and then he felt cold sweat streaming down his forehead. Now he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off.
For such an elite figure, if Liu Xin fails to pass the assessment afterwards, some people within Jinyiwei will probably use this to criticize him, and people from the other two factions will definitely take advantage of it. And if Liu Xin passes the assessment, the same criticism may still happen. In addition, Liu Xin, a subordinate who will definitely bear a grudge against him, if he is instigated by others, it means that there is someone under his command who is always staring at him. ...
When he thought of this, Liu Licheng's eyes suddenly became fierce. Shao Shiwang saw the viciousness in his eyes and said nothing.
In the private room next door, there was no surprise on An Ran's face. This man had already had extraordinary skills when he was young.
But An Huan'er and Lian Subo were surprised and astonished to varying degrees.
An Huan'er felt that Liu Xin was so skilled at such a young age, so she became even more interested in the story between him and Sister An Ran.
But Lian Subo discovered some clues from Liu Xin's movement skills, and thought to himself:
Sure enough, the criminal is him... Could it be that this kid was arrested that day, but he was obviously with the county government's arrests... I know, this kid must be ambushing in the county government The man in the evil way was discovered! If there is a chance later, should I help him? Will the prince be interested in this kid...
Senior Brother Cheng was squatting on a street corner eating melon, and gave Liu Xin a vague look. Liu Xin understood, and his eyes fell on a shop in front of him.
This is a shop selling cloth, with two rooms inside and outside. The outer hall is a place for display and retail, and the inner room is for some big businesses. A private place is needed to talk. Of course, there may also be a place for the shopkeeper to rest and settle accounts. .
This kind of shop is located in the inner city, but actually not many people come to the shop every day. At this time, no one was seen lingering at the door of the shop.
Because Liu Xin and the prisoner were so fast, the commotion on the street had not spread here, and the few passers-by here did not notice anything unusual.
Liu Xin noticed slight movement on the nearby roofs on both sides. He guessed that it was someone arranged by Jin Yiwei. Although it was an assessment, after all, they were real death row prisoners. If they escaped, Jin Yiwei would not be able to survive.
Liu Xin estimated that this area was surrounded by Jin Yiwei's people, but Liu Xin had doubts about whether he could really trap that person. After all, that person might be a Dacheng realm warrior!
The Dacheng realm is the pinnacle of warriors in the whole world. There is a huge difference between a true master and ordinary warriors. Although it is only a gap between the opening of two meridians, more than 99% of warriors cannot cross these two meridians.
That stupid pig who messed with me behind my back, you really got into trouble this time!
Liu Xin cursed secretly in his heart, if he hadn't had to carry out the mission of Zongli, with his temperament, he would have just given up and left to see what happened to the person behind it.
It's a pity that I have a heavy responsibility now.
Liu Xin shook his head helplessly and slowly walked into the shop.
In the front hall of the shop, there should have been a shopkeeper or a waiter standing behind the counter, but now there is no one.
There are many shelves in the front hall, with cloth placed on them. There is basically no space to hide people in the entire front hall, so it is estimated that people can only be in the back room.
Liu Xin glanced outside the shop. Senior Brother Cheng had changed his position and was squatting. Although he seemed to be busy eating, his attention was actually focused on this place.
Although there are many Jinyi guards outside, Liu Xin feels that only Senior Brother Cheng is reliable.
After finding the door leading to the back room, Liu Xin pushed it, but it didn't open. It was probably because someone locked it from behind or blocked it. Liu Xin frowned, he was in trouble now. If he broke in by force, there would definitely be a shopkeeper or a clerk inside, and at least one ordinary citizen. If he forced his way in, if one of them was injured, his assessment would be declared a failure.
If Jin Yiwei's job is gone, do we really have to rely on Li's natal family?
Li's father is also a Qianhu, and the work he can arrange is probably equivalent to a general banner, Baihu? Don't even think about it, Li has three brothers, none of whom are from a hundred households.
While Liu Xin was hesitating, he vaguely heard a muffled groan coming from the inner room, and the next moment, a figure broke through the wall and fell heavily to the ground in the outer hall.
The shelves on the wall were scattered, cloth was flying, and dust was everywhere.
Liu Xin was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look and saw that it was the prisoner lying on the ground.
But at this moment, the prisoner had a mess of hair covering his face, a pool of blood on his chest, and his breath was extremely weak.
There's someone in the back room!
Liu Xin thought of it immediately, and then he didn't care about anything else and broke the door directly. He saw two men huddled together in the corner of the back room. He stepped forward and checked for breath. He was still alive, breathing evenly, and there were no obvious symptoms on his body. The scars seemed to have fainted from fright.
Judging from the costumes of these two people, they are probably the shopkeeper and the waiter of this shop.
Standing up, Liu Xin looked around in confusion. Although there was a window, it didn't look like someone had left there. He turned around and looked at the big hole. The walls of this shop are made of rammed earth. Although they are not as strong as bricks and stones, they are still a foot thick. To be able to punch through such a wall, one must be very strong.
Liu Xin asked himself that he didn't have this ability. He might have a way to pass through the wall, but it was almost impossible to punch someone through the wall.
Suddenly he remembered that the prisoner should know who was beating him like this, so Liu Xin quickly walked to the outer hall. The prisoner still maintained the same posture as when he fell.
Liu Xin stepped forward, explored the prisoner's neck, and found that the pulse was extremely weak. Although this person may have the cultivation level of Dacheng Realm, he must have been tortured in prison. I confronted him before and he was very fast. He must have reached his potential. Here he met a mysterious master and was beaten like this. , there is no way to save the day.
It seemed that because of Liu Xin's approach, the prisoner burst out with his last breath of strength before death, and Liu Xin subconsciously wanted to defend himself, but the prisoner's eyes flickering from behind his long hair like withered grass made Liu Xin stop. the movements of the hands.
This man's eyes were no longer as crazy and cold as before, but instead looked like he was asking for help.
After thinking for a while, Liu Xin leaned down and asked softly: "Who hurt you?"
The prisoner's eyes were clear, because Liu Xin asked him questions, and he seemed to know that Liu Xin was no longer guarding against him, so he used his last bit of strength to say something that shocked Liu Xin's heart. He didn't say who wounded him. It seemed that at this critical moment of life and death, it didn't matter who gave him the last blow.
"If...next time you meet someone with a lotus mark on their wrist, just tell them:"
With the help of Senior Brother Cheng, Liu Xin found the prisoner. The prisoner kept repeating his words with crazy eyes. The two sides fought fiercely. Finally, before he died, the death row prisoner suddenly regained clarity in his eyes and thought everything clearly in an instant. He took Liu Xin's hand. ,tell him,
"When you meet someone with a lotus mark on his right wrist, tell him: The white lotus descends to earth... all the people will turn around!"
White Lotus Sect!
From the words "White Lotus descends to the earth", Liu Xin immediately understood that this prisoner was a believer of the White Lotus Sect. It may be that he is at the Dacheng Realm, so his status in the White Lotus Sect must not be low!
After saying this, the prisoner died immediately, leaving Liu Xin speechless.
After a while, some imperial guards wearing fish-dragon uniforms entered the shop with crossbows in hand. The sound of the wall being penetrated just now was not small, but there was no further movement for a long time, so these captains came in to take a look.
Seeing Liu Xin standing there, the prisoner was already lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead. The captains looked at each other, not knowing what had just happened. They only heard a sound.
The captain turned around and left in a hurry. Liu Xin knew that he was going to call someone. Sure enough, not long after, Wu Hao came in a hurry. When he saw Liu Xin, his expression changed slightly, but he soon returned to normal.
Wu Hao looked at the prisoner lying on the ground, his eyes flickering.
After a while, a guard in gilded clothes strode into the shop. He was over mid-year old, with a short beard that was a little pale, and his whole body was burly and powerful.
When Wu Hao saw this person, he immediately saluted and said:
"My subordinates have met Wei Qianhu!"
After Liu Xin thought for a moment, he knew who Wei Qianhu was.
Jinyiweinan Town Fusi Qianhu, Wei Fuchuan.
Among the thousands of households in Jinyiwei, this is the only one with the surname Wei. But why did he appear here? Although this assessment was ordered by the Ministry of War and was hosted by Nanzhen Fusi, at most one hundred households were required to come. How could the second-in-command of Nanzhen Fusi come in person?
In fact, what Liu Xin didn't know was that although Nanzhen Fusi accepted the order issued by the Ministry of War without any hesitation, Dai De'an, the commander of Nanzhen Fusi, immediately smelled something abnormal about this strange thing, so he ordered Wei Fukawa paid attention to this matter.
Wei Fuchuan was already nearby. If Liu Xin was just an ordinary household, he would not show up and would just go back to resume his duties. This matter has been finalized, that is, Liu Licheng wanted to squeeze out Liu Xin, so he made this operation.
But things took a turn several times, which surprised him. The first is the identity of the death row prisoner. This person is a traitor to the White Lotus Sect. He has a high status and has a great level of cultivation. Until now, he has not spoken. He just keeps saying the slogans of the White Lotus Sect crazily.
It must be the upper echelons of Dali Temple who can bring out such a serious criminal, and he has just received the news that this person was personally brought up by the Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Shangguan He of the Ministry of War also came forward. From this, Wei Fuchuan already understood that the Ministry of War Why was this order suddenly given?
Shangguan He is the second son of Shangguan Ba, and Liu Licheng is from Emperor Wu City. It must be Liu Licheng who asked Shangguan He to come forward.
But what happened to the Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple?
Just when Wei Fuchuan was planning to go back and find out how the Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple appeared in this matter, the sudden burst of strength from Liu Xin surprised Wei Fuchuan again.
He was in his early twenties, had no official guidance in cultivation, and came from a poor family... These information were all archived in Nanzhen Fusi, so Wei Fuchuan could easily know these situations. Therefore, Liu Xin was labeled as a person with good talent in Wei Fuchuan's mind, and he was planning to develop this person into a person in Nanzhen Fusi, which would be used to suppress Liu Licheng.
He was planning in his heart, and new news came. This time he finally couldn't sit still. He wanted to go and see that hundred households in person.
Being able to defeat the rebel bandits in the White Lotus Sect's Dacheng realm, Liu Xin's strength once again exceeded Wei Fuchuan's imagination.
So there was a situation where Wei Qianhu came forward in person.
Wu Hao was beating drums in his heart, why is this adult nearby? It seems that Liu Licheng's series of operations have attracted the attention of Nanzhen Fusi, and he will talk to the adults about this later.
Wei Fuchuan came to the shop and first personally inspected the prisoner lying on the ground.
He didn't mind it and pushed the prisoner's hair away with his hands. Only then did Liu Xin see the man's face clearly.
This prisoner was only in his early thirties, but his cultivation was already extraordinary. Before his death, his expression showed an indescribable sense of relief, without any sign of pain.
Wei Fuchuan inspected it personally, and his curiosity about Liu Xin gradually grew, because apart from some torture scars on the prisoner's body, the real killing move was actually the punch to the chest, which directly shattered the heart.
Apart from this, there were no other recent injuries, which meant that Liu Xin only used one punch to kill this man.
Standing up and looking back, Wei Fuchuan looked at the wall with a big hole in it and the door that was broken on one side. In his mind, he had already sketched out the scene of this battle.
Liu Xin entered the shop and broke the door to the back room. After entering, the White Lotus Sect rebel had no time to resist and was punched away, smashing through the wall.
Even if this rebel bandit is now weak in strength, he can cause such destructive power, and the power of a punch is at least the peak of Xiaocheng Realm, or he has natural divine power!
Not long after, two lieutenants came out of the back room. The shopkeeper and the waiter inside were already awake. They said they were watching the store carefully, and suddenly an unkempt guy rushed in. He took action without saying anything, and then they fainted. In the past, I knew nothing and saw nothing.
Wei Fuchuan nodded and entered the back room. He only stayed for a moment and then came out again. There was no emotion on his face. He came to Liu Xin's side, said "yes" to Liu Xin in a calm tone, and left directly.
From the time he appeared to the time he left, he only said the word "not bad" the whole time.
Liu Xin felt a little slanderous in his heart. This man was so weird that he cherished his words like gold?
Wu Hao was standing aside, his mind constantly racing. The last word Wei Fuchuan said to Liu Xin was "not bad", which made him think a lot.
Liu Xin watched the captains pick up the body of the White Lotus Cult, and kept thinking in his heart, who broke the wall with him?
