"Master Zhang -" the guard recognized Zhang Xiaopou, and while returning the salute to Zhang Xiaopou, he looked at him up and down with a strange expression, and asked with concern: "Why do you look so bad? And this sound, it's the evil wind entering the body and catching a cold. Yet?"
In fact, he really wanted to ask if there was something wrong with his practice, because the cold aura that was freely leaking from Zhang Xiaozu's body could clearly be felt to be leaking out of his own control.
The breath is disordered, leaked, and unable to be controlled. This is a sign that the practice has gone too far.
"Yeah" Zhang Xiaozhu pinched his throat and hummed through his nostrils, then cast a questioning look at the guard.
Now he can stop talking if he can, otherwise he will be afraid of being beaten if he talks too much. Hearing that thin, feminine voice, he couldn't help but get goosebumps.
"Sir, you must not have been in the city recently." The guard smiled at Zhang Xiaopou, and without waiting for Zhang Xiaopou to ask, he continued: "My young lady went to the north with the army."
Zhang Xiaozhu's expression suddenly darkened when he heard this, and he couldn't help but feel a strong sense of loss in his heart. He moved his lips and teeth slightly and murmured to himself: "Have you left already?"
In fact, he had been worried about this problem on the way here. Qi Yoyo said that he would go north with the army in the next two days, and he stayed in Baihuang Mountain for three days. Although he was mentally prepared, when he learned from the guard that Qi Yoyo Yoyo has really left with the army, but I still can't help feeling disappointed.
Zhang Xiaozu subconsciously rubbed the necklace in his arms through his clothes, thanked the guard, turned around to leave, but heard the guard shout: "Sir, please stay."
Zhang Xiaozu turned around and cast a questioning look.
"My young lady left a message for the young master and asked the younger one to convey it to the young master."
Zhang Xiaozhu's eyes lit up with a look of surprise.
"My young lady said that if Mr. Zhang comes to look for her, she will tell him that the renovation of Yaxuan has been completed and he can move there. The young lady also said that if possible, she hopes that Mr. Zhang can leave a room for her," the guard conveyed. .
"Thank you!" Zhang Xiaozu thanked him loudly, turned around and started to leave, but after taking two steps, he heard someone calling him from behind: "Mr. Zhang, stay."
Hearing this, he stopped and turned around, and found that the person calling him to stay was Wan Qiuqing, the wife of the city lord. He was wearing a cyan tight-fitting outfit and holding a sword in his hand. He had just come out of the mansion and had not yet stepped out of the mansion. Judging from the situation, he happened to bump into him when he came out.
"Young man, I have met the city lord's wife." Zhang Xiaopou hurriedly bowed in greeting, while frowning slightly, because Wan Qiuqing's expression was stern, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, and his whole person exuded a murderous aura.
Wan Qiuqing also frowned and asked, "What's going on with you?"
"Maybe I caught a cold." Zhang Xiaozhu responded awkwardly.
Wan Qiuqing obviously didn't believe this answer, but she didn't press the question, but asked: "Is it serious?"
"No - it's quite serious." Zhang Xiaozhu blurted out, thinking that it wasn't serious, but when he thought about his voice and the limpness somewhere in his body, he suddenly slumped his shoulders and shrugged his head with a miserable look on his face, like an eggplant beaten by frost.
"Are you here to see Yoyo?"
"yes."
"What are you looking for her for?"
"I want to give her something."
"What is it?"
"——" Zhang Xiaozhu hesitated, his cheeks slightly red. If it were an ordinary object, he wouldn't be secretive about it, but what he carried in his arms was a pendant, an object worn close to the body. Speaking of it would inevitably make people speculate, especially when the person asking was Qi Yoyo.
mother.
Wan Qiuqing did not ask the question to the end, but suddenly changed the topic and asked: "How much combat strength do you still have in this situation?"
"It won't affect combat effectiveness." Zhang Xiaozu replied.
"Okay then. Come with me."
"Where to go? What to do?"
"kill."
"——" Zhang Xiaozu secretly thought in his heart that it was indeed true. Wan Qiuqing's dress and the murderous aura exuding from her body told Zhang Xiaopou that she was going out to kill people.
"Is there a problem?"
"I am willing to listen to my lady's orders." Zhang Xiaozu responded.
"Your voice is so disgusting, it almost makes my ears puke." Wan Qiuqing said with a look of disgust.
"——" Wan Qiuqing's words were too direct, making Zhang Xiaozhu want to cry, but he was unable to refute because he himself felt disgusted.
Wan Qiuqing walked to Zhang Xiaopou's side, and suddenly the wind rose from the ground, lifting the two of them and flying towards the southeast.
After half a cup of tea, Wan Qiuqing withdrew from the Wind Domain, and the two of them landed on the roof of a tall building in the southeastern city.
Zhang Xiaozu followed Wan Qiuqing's knife-like gaze and landed on a large house two streets ahead, about thirty or forty feet away. Because it was facing the house and could not see the plaque on the door, Zhang Xiaozu had no way of knowing whose house it was.
"The Xue family of the five major families." Wan Qiuqing opened his mouth to clear up the doubts in Zhang Xiaozhu's mind, "It is very likely that he has been secretly controlled by Big Tooth Gou and has become a hidden thorn in Big Tooth Gou in Yancheng. My son Qi Changfeng has died several years ago They found someone who looked very similar to Changfeng and moved into the city lord's mansion. As a mother, I can even admit my own son. Do you think I deserve death? My son was killed by a thief and his body was gone, but I still greeted the thief every day and showed my utmost concern. How ridiculous."
Zhang Xiaozhu was horrified when he heard this. After being silent for a while, he comforted him: "Big-toothed dog must have been planning carefully for a long time to ensure that nothing went wrong before he acted. There is mental calculation without intention, which makes people unable to guard against it. It's Big-toothed Dog's fault, not Madam's fault." That's a mistake. No mother in the world would guard her son as much as she would a thief."
"I want them to be buried with my son!" Wan Qiuqing said in a solemn tone.
"It should be so." Zhang Xiaopou said.
"But there are always innocent people, and I wish I could kill them all!" Wan Qiuqing gritted his teeth, his expression gloomy and murderous.
"Madam, please do not be blinded by hatred."
"That's it." Wan Qiuqing nodded, then raised his hand and waved.
Just hearing a few muffled thuds, six steaming large wooden barrels rose into the air and flew into the Xue family's house. Some dark green liquid splashed out when they landed.
At the same time, many soldiers wearing helmets and armor suddenly appeared from all directions, occupying all the commanding heights around them, aiming their bows and arrows at the Xue Family Courtyard. The octagonal crossbows shining with cold light slowly emerged from hidden corners such as windows and under the eaves. , the clicking sound of the winding strings makes people shudder.
All streets and alleys are blocked.
On the surrounding city walls, eight-pointed immortal-killing heavy crossbows were also set up, and their number was doubled compared to the last time they dealt with the He family.
In an instant, in the entire central city, all the cultivators with advanced cultivation and sharp perception suddenly stood up and rushed out of the room as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Qi Wuwei, you are going too far!" Xue Maochun, the head of the Xue family, rushed out of the room and jumped onto the roof with murderous intent. He looked around with angry eyes, trying to find Qi Wuwei.
Wuwei's figure was not found, and finally fell on Wan Qiuqing. He frowned and asked angrily: "Mrs. Qi, why are you setting up such a battle? The city lord's palace ordered to recruit people, money, food, and food. Water, the Xue family all responded positively and turned in double the amount. Their sincerity and loyalty to the empire is a lesson to the world. Why do they still target the Xue family with crossbows? Could it be that the city lord wanted to take this opportunity to eradicate dissidents and cover up the sky in Yancheng with one hand? !”
Xue Maochun spoke plausibly and was angry in all directions, but in his heart he was extremely anxious and panicked. What he had been worried about all morning finally happened.
Early this morning, the deacons and sons of the Xue family who were outside all hurried back home. They all said that they had received an urgent move from the family, but Xue Maochun did not make any urgent move. Their first reaction was that someone wanted to make trouble for the Xue family. After some urgent deliberation, they decided to disperse and observe the situation secretly. However, before they could carry out the plan, they were surrounded by officers and soldiers led by Wan Qiuqing.
Xue Maochun stared at Wan Qiuqing, and with his peripheral vision looked at the six steaming large wooden barrels in the yard. The barrels were filled with dark green liquid, with the smell of herbs coming out. It must be some kind of concoction. He was extremely confused. What was Wan Qiuqing going to do? Was he going to force the entire Xue family to commit suicide by taking poison?
Wan Qiuqing ignored Xue Maochun's shouting and asked, but asked in an emotionless voice: "Is Xue Fusheng, the second housekeeper of the Xue Mansion, here?"
"What does Mrs. Qi want from him?" Xue Maochun asked.
"Let him take a sip of the medicine in the barrel." Wan Qiuqing said.
"Drink as you are told? Who knows what kind of poison is in the barrel?" Xue Maochun said angrily, "Mrs. Qi, I am calling you madam for the sake of City Lord Qi. Don't touch your face. I’m really afraid of you.”
Wan Qiuqing sneered, raised his right arm and hooked his index finger.
Whoosh!
A huge crossbow arrow, like a spear, shot out from under the eaves of a roof, hitting Xue Maochun with a sharp and ear-piercing sound.
At such a close distance, Xue Maochun couldn't react at all. The crossbow arrow grazed his right ear and shot it out, killing his entire ear. In an instant, blood poured out.
The crossbow arrow penetrated the roof with a bang, then penetrated two hard stone walls, and finally sank into the ground, leaving a dark hole on the ground, unknown how deep it was.
"Ah -" Xue Maochun woke up from the shock and panic after several breaths, and immediately covered his bloody right ear and screamed.
"Who shot it?!" Wan Qiuqing shouted angrily.
"Madam, this is the last general, Zhao Quan." The operator of the octagonal heavy crossbow not far away responded.
"The shot missed even at such a close range. When we go back, we can ask the prosecutor for twenty military sticks."
"yes!"
"Wan Qiuqing, you are going too far!" Xue Maochun shouted angrily. He thought Wan Qiuqing was going to punish the soldier who shot the arrow. Unexpectedly, he was indeed punished, but it was because the soldier missed the shot. The implication is that this arrow should kill him. How could this make him not angry?
Wan Qiuqing sneered back, slowly raised his right arm again, and said: "Master Xue, you won't go astray this time."
People from several major families were watching nervously. What frightened them most was not that Wan Qiuqing actually attacked Xue Maochun, but when did the soldiers who surrounded the Xue family take action? When was the octagonal heavy crossbow delivered and when was it set up?
Just like the last time the He family was besieged, everything happened under their noses, but they had no idea.
This is the scariest thing.
