With Yu Lie guiding the way, the return was very smooth without encountering any obstacles. He could already see the Yanbei City Gate. It was different from the inexplicable feeling when he left. When he returned to Yanbei, the young man was already full of doubts.
At this time, in Yanbei, the patrol and garrison of Yanbei had received military orders and went out in full force to search for traces of the boy. There was only one battalion of soldiers left in the city to maintain public order in the city.
The people in the city gradually woke up from the Dream Remnant Technique. Not knowing what had happened, they were holding the bodies of their loved ones and crying bitterly. For a time, the sound of crying resounded throughout Yanbei City...
"Sir, what happened, it's not just us, you see..." The general collected the corpses of the patrolling soldiers and stayed in the city according to the military order. Looking at the tragic scene on the roadside, one soldier couldn't bear to look anymore, and finally couldn't bear it. Stop and speak to the captain at the head of the column.
The captain sighed heavily, and then said with an angry face: "Those thieves have been killed, if they are still alive, they must be cut into pieces... By the way, I heard that there are still thieves who have escaped from the city, Ning His Royal Highness has led the patrol to capture the thieves. You should be smarter with your tactics. There may be some remaining bandits in the city..."
"Don't worry, sir. Don't talk about the hatred of brothers. It's just for the innocent people of Yanbei. Brothers will never let any thief go." The soldier spoke with hatred.
The captain nodded slightly, as if remembering something, and asked the soldiers: "Is that man awake? You can tell the brothers to take good care of him. He can also be regarded as the benefactor of our patrol."
"I haven't woken up yet. It's just a skin injury. It should be nothing serious... I heard that General Sun has sent people to the city to find another doctor..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the captain raising his hand. The soldier was about to ask curious questions when he saw the captain's sharp eyes staring at the street. Following the captain's gaze, he saw two people leading their horses and walking slowly with their heads lowered. Come.
"The city is in chaos, but these two people are walking so calmly. Something seems wrong. You guys go and stop them." Looking at the appearance of the two people, the captain became suspicious and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to go and investigate.
The soldiers were filled with anger because of the death of their previous comrades and seeing the miserable state of the people. When they heard the captain speak, they immediately moved forward, holding weapons in hand, and gathered around.
The person who came was none other than Yu Lie, who was returning to Yanbei City with Gu Xiao. At this time, the young man was wearing a large cloak, hiding his face in the hood, and leading the horse to follow Yu Lie in the city.
The young man also saw the scene of people gathering corpses by the roadside. He watched the corpses covered with scars being carried out, the frightened eyes before death, and the wounds that had long been frozen due to the cold weather, although they were no longer bleeding. , but the bloody smell still penetrates the nasal cavity...
"Lu Can, no matter how far away the world is, I will never spare you!" The anger hidden in the hood of the young man turned into a ball of flames. He could no longer suppress it. The palm of the large cloak that covered his figure was also clenched, and the sword was tightly clenched. Zangyue in the box seemed to have sensed the anger of his master, and was trembling in the sword box. If the young man had not reached out to comfort him, he would have left the sword box long ago.
As he secretly swore in his heart, he heard bursts of rapid footsteps reaching his ears. Gu Xiao raised his head slightly and saw a row of patrols coming towards him. He couldn't help but be on guard, and turned his starry eyes slightly to look at the dark alley. He secretly planned that if his whereabouts were really exposed, in order to avoid involving his eldest brother, he would pretend to hold him hostage.
Just when An Lun Zhenqi was about to take action, he heard Yu Lie in front of him turn his head slightly and said softly: "Brother Mu, don't worry, I have my own way to deal with these people."
Without Gu Xiao's response, Yu Lie opened his hood first and stepped forward to greet him. At this time, the patrol sergeant also saw clearly the person coming. Seeing that it was Yu Lie, they hurriedly saluted with military salutes: "I see General Yu, but I don't know how injured the general is." , it’s a little better.”
"The military order has been issued. Haven't the patrols all gone out of the city to hunt for the thieves? Why are you still wandering in the city?" Yu Lie frowned and said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, the patrol soldiers hesitated slightly. The patrol in Yanbei City was indeed the responsibility of the city's defenders, and a battalion of patrol soldiers in the city was indeed suspected of crossing the border.
When he didn't know how to answer, the captain had already seen the person clearly, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers behind him, put away his crossbow, and came quickly: "I have seen General Yu. The defense of the city is not my duty as a patrol. But when His Highness Prince Ning led the army to hunt down the thieves, he ordered us to collect the bodies of the fallen soldiers and..."
Before he finished reporting, he was interrupted by Yu Lie with a wave of his hand: "There is a military order
, I won’t be able to ask any more questions. Please cheer up and have a good time patrolling. "
After finishing speaking, he gestured to the person behind him and was about to leave. After taking two steps, he saw that the school captain and a group of patrolling soldiers had moved slightly and blocked him in front of him.
Yu Lie raised his eyebrows slightly and said angrily: "What does this mean?"
The captain had a look of embarrassment on his face. He raised his hand to the soldiers behind him to signal them to step aside. Then he turned around, cupped his fists and said, "I hope you'll forgive me, general. It's not that we don't understand etiquette. It's just that... Your Highness left the city." At that time, I ordered my general to issue a military order that all suspicious persons in the city should be investigated..."
"Are you saying that this general is a suspicious person?" Yu Lie's eyes widened, anger rising.
Although Yu Lie was not a general in the patrol army, he had a high military rank. The majesty of a general in his anger made all the patrol soldiers feel fearful and looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do.
The captain also regretted it. The whole army heard about Yu Lie's upright temperament, so he was talking too much. However, the military order had already been issued, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain: "General Yu misunderstood, it's not because we deliberately made things difficult... It's just..." ..The military order has been issued, and we dare not disobey it.”
Behind him, Gu Xiao saw that the patrol was aiming directly at him. Knowing that his identity might be exposed, Gu Xiao secretly touched the sword box behind him with his hand hidden in his cloak.
"You have military orders, and so do I!" Just as Gu Xiao was about to take action, he heard Yu Lie speak and couldn't help but look sideways, seeing that he seemed to have been prepared, and took out a tiger talisman from his arms and showed it to everyone.
As soon as the tiger talisman appeared, everyone was shocked and hurriedly performed military salutes. The young man behind him was also slightly startled. He was very familiar with this tiger talisman. During the previous night visit to Yunlai Inn, the Fu brothers used this when they asked themselves to go out of the city to mobilize troops. As a token.
Gu Xiao finally felt relieved, and the hand holding the sword box behind him slowed down a little, and Yu Lie's angry voice came to his ears again: "I was ordered to go to the city to find a doctor for your benefactor who was patrolling the army. Saving people is like putting out a fire. , if that man’s life was lost, can you bear the charge of being ungrateful to the patrol?”
As soon as these words came out, the captain turned pale with shock, and the patrolling soldiers behind him also looked at each other. Who dares to bear such responsibility? Moreover, the patrolling tiger talisman in Yu Lie's hand is absolutely true and cannot be faked. Just when he was thinking of how to end it. , but heard Yu Lie continue to speak.
"You, please get out of the way quickly. If there is any further obstruction, don't blame me. I will report to His Highness Prince Mingning and escort your troops to a safe place!"
After these words were spoken, no one dared to stop them. The captain gave an order, and everyone stepped aside without daring to say another word. Upon seeing this, Yu Lie restrained his anger, and then stepped aside slightly, signaling to the "doctor" behind him to go ahead... .Until the "doctor" wearing a cloak walked far away, Yu Liefang looked away from the faces of the patrolling soldiers, snorted coldly, and left with a roll of his sleeves.
Looking at the backs of those who had already walked away, the captain wiped the sweat from his cheeks and said to the soldiers behind him who still had not recovered: "Okay, don't be stunned. Go patrol the streets. If something goes wrong again in the city, , we are guilty plus one..."
All the soldiers stood up hurriedly and marched away... The soldiers who had been talking to the captain seemed to remember something at this time. They walked to the captain and said: "Sir... the military order was so urgent earlier, I never thought of it. , why can’t I see Xiaotang?”
After being reminded by the soldier, the captain remembered that he had never seen the soldier he had scolded when he was gathering the corpses of his comrades together. He couldn't help but curiously said to himself: "Yes, that boy... restrained himself earlier." I saw the corpse when I saw it, but why did I not see him after half a night passed by?"
"Could it be that General Fu and the others were recruited to search for the whereabouts of the green shirt outside the city?" The soldier thought for a moment, frowned and said.
The captain also felt strange, but he quickly collected his thoughts and reprimanded impatiently: "There are so many people in the city, maybe they have been transferred away by others. You kid, please stop nagging and patrol the city properly. We have already offended us." If you get rid of Yu Lie, don't let him take advantage of you, I won't be able to protect you by then."
The soldiers who were scolded by the captain had no choice but to put their heads away, no longer think about it, picked up the weapons in their hands, and pursued the front... The captain couldn't help but look back to the south of the city, and said to himself in confusion: "It's strange, Xiaotang is so clever. Come on, follow the rules on weekdays. When you finish patrolling the city, you need to ask where he went..."
It is the third watch of the night, the wind and snow have stopped, and the bright moon finally reappears in the night sky. The moonlight shines on the streets of Yanbei City, even in the dark alleys.
Illuminated by the moonlight, in a deserted dark alley, a corpse gradually appeared under the moonlight. The corpse was covered with residual snow. Judging from its appearance, it seemed that it had been dead for a long time.
Suddenly a wind picked up and slightly blew away the snow on the corpse, revealing the armor of the patrol on the man's body. The waist plate hanging on his waist was also revealed. On one side of the iron plate was the word "Patrol" and on the other side was the word "Soup". Very conspicuous.
This person was the patrol soldier who had previously accompanied the school captain to collect the corpses of the patrol soldiers in Nancheng, discovered the mysterious whereabouts, chased them into the dark alley, and was killed.
At this time, the murderer had already arrived in Beicheng. A pair of evil eyes were looking around, and he was muttering from time to time. However, there were few people on the street. Even if there were, they were deceived by Can Meng Gong in the middle of the night and missed. Innocent people who slaughtered their relatives and friends were in the grief of losing their loved ones, so how could they care about others.
This man seemed to have been looking for him in the city for a long time, and his face showed an expression of impatience. He walked along the street for a while, and finally couldn't help but cursed softly: "Little bastards, when grandpa finds you, I will cut you to pieces with thousands of swords to relieve the hatred in my heart..."
When he was about to speak, he saw the door of the inn across the street slightly opened. There was a person looking around and saw a familiar face. The person ducked into a side alley and observed secretly until he was sure that he had not made a mistake and revealed something. With an evil smile, he murmured in a low voice: "The emperor is worthy of his wishes, junior sister, make it easy for me to find him!"
"Sister, my benefactor asked us to wait for his return at the inn. Let's leave like this. If my benefactor returns to Yunxiang Pavilion and doesn't see you and me, he will definitely be anxious." Xiaodouzi looked at the woman and said with some confusion.
How could Murong Wu not know what Nuwa said, but the hustle and bustle in Yanbei City was getting louder, and just now in the inn he had seen soldiers patrolling the streets, but these were not the reasons for Murong Wu to go out of Yunxiang Pavilion to look for Gu Xiao, maybe only Murong Wu She knew that deep down in her heart, she was already a little concerned and worried about the boy.
Seeing the cute appearance of the little girl behind him, I wanted to laugh, but when I thought about the boy not coming back for a long time, I finally felt uneasy. I looked back and looked outside, then withdrew my gaze and spoke behind me.
"You kid, listen to what he says. Don't you see that it's safe outside? If we wait here in Yunxiang Pavilion, wouldn't it be a waste of time? Besides, sister, I have important things to attend to. I've been delayed in Yanbei City for too long, I can't wait endlessly."
As if he heard Murong Wu's far-fetched reasons, Xiaodouzi saw through everything, crossed his arms and opened his mouth, raising his childish face and said: "Sister, do you have something important going on, or are you worried about the safety of your benefactor?"
"Of course I'm worried about him. Even though the city is safe, he still hasn't returned..." He subconsciously took over the girl's words and said half a sentence before realizing that he had made a mistake.
