Luoyang at this time. The people of the aristocratic family are all in danger, and the traders and lackeys dare not walk freely on the streets. The huge city looked deserted, and burnt vehicle frames and shops could be seen everywhere on the streets.
There were even corpses in the ditch that had not had time to be cleaned, and the stench filled the air and made people sick.
The messy sound of horse hooves sounded at the end of the street, and Xiliang soldiers walked across the street in twos and threes, talking and laughing.
The residents on the roadside closed their doors and windows tightly, fearing that some noise would make these beasts want to break through the empty door.
The drunken soldier's words were full of arrogance, pointing at his companions and telling interesting things about the romantic time last night.
At this moment, a strange sound came from an alley. The soldiers' expressions changed, and after looking at each other, they turned their horses and headed straight towards the entrance of the alley.
Kaka! The strange noise was still there, and the soldiers looked at each other and smiled, and one of them said: "Another fish has slipped through the net. There are too many rich families in Luoyang City. Every day, there are always a few who do not know what is good and what is good, and try to abscond with money. "The rest of the people laughed. A few people came to the entrance of the alley. Through the dim light, they vaguely saw a person with his back to them. He seemed to be carrying a heavy wooden box, and the strange noise was caused by the box being dragged on the floor.
At this time, this man also noticed the Xiliang soldier appearing at the entrance of the alley. However, surprisingly, he acted very calmly. He put his hands on the box, patted it lightly, and then sighed.
"..." After about a stick of incense. A large number of Xiliang soldiers rushed here on horseback. I saw seven or eight corpses lying at the entrance of the alley. There was a neat sword mark on the neck of the corpse. Blood flowed to the ground along the collar. At this moment, there was still a trace of warmth. Looking carefully, except for the sword mark on the neck, The tendons and tendons of these people's hands and feet were all severed with sharp blades.
On the wall nearby, nine bloody characters were extremely eye-catching. [The murderer, General Huben Wang Yue] One of the soldiers came out on horseback. Seeing these words, he said angrily: "Damn it, it's this guy again." The soldier next to him clasped his fists and said: "General, this person should still be in the city. As long as we seal the city and search every house, I don’t believe we can’t find him.” Niu Fu frowned and shook his head and said: “My lord has an order. From now on, no one is allowed to enter people’s houses without permission. At the same time, we must encourage traffickers and lackeys to start going out to make a living. , if this messes up the master's plan, can you bear it?"
"I..." The soldiers looked at each other, wondering why they suddenly issued such an order. Seeing the displeasure on everyone's faces, Niu Fu said in a deep voice: "You should be arrogant, but you have been arrogant enough. From now on, Luoyang City will be our base camp. If you continue to act recklessly, will there be anyone living in this city?" Soldiers Looking around, there were thick smoke and broken walls everywhere. They all smiled and responded: "The general is right, the lord is wise. Brothers, just do it." Niu Fu nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the people on the ground. After looking at the corpse, he frowned and said, "Move the people back. This thief is very skilled, so we have to let the master make the decision." After Niu Fu and his party rushed towards the palace, a man walked out of a rammed earth yard across the street. woman.
The woman stared in the direction where they disappeared for a while, then quickly closed the courtyard door and ran towards the alley on the other side.
After entering the alley and turning a few more turns, the woman came to a dilapidated courtyard gate. When the courtyard door was opened, dozens of children in the courtyard turned pale with fright. After seeing who was coming, they all returned to normal.
The two older children ran over, hugged the woman's legs, and cried: "Mom, my brother is dying, please save my brother, wuwuwu." The woman's expression changed, Quickly walking towards the dilapidated hut, she opened the straw curtain and a stench hit her face. The woman resisted and walked in. She saw children lying scattered on the floor in the house. They were generally young and all looked pale. .
The woman came to a young child. The child was lying on a bed made of weeds. His little face was hot. Looking at the clothes on his body, he did not appear to be from an ordinary family. When he saw the woman coming, he covered his belly. He kept crying out in pain.
After the woman comforted him for a while, she was at a loss as to what to do. She just asked the two older children to get water and let the younger ones drink some water first.
Just as the woman was sighing, a man wearing a large plain cloak flashed in from outside the courtyard. Seeing the visitor, the woman said excitedly: "Miss Ren, why are you here?" The visitor took off his cloak, revealing his graceful figure and a veil on his face. Although his appearance could not be seen clearly, it was only exposed. The look on his eyebrows makes people unable to bear to look away even for a moment.
"Don't worry, Aunt He. I deliberately concealed my whereabouts when I came here so that I won't be exposed. By the way, I gave the children some food and some herbs and clothes. I wonder if they can come in handy." For food, the children in the courtyard suddenly became energetic. One by one, they gathered around the girl to beg for food. Their dirty little hands left stains on the girl's body. However, the girl remained unmoved and divided the food evenly with a calm look on her face. to the children.
The woman took the herbal medicine handed to her, smelled it, and said happily: "Thank you, girl. Now everyone is in danger, and they are afraid to avoid me, Mr. He. If you can still take the risk, I... will take my place for the master and his wife." Thank you girl for saving the lives of the gentlemen and ladies." The girl smiled lightly and asked with a normal expression: "Is this medicine useful?" The woman nodded repeatedly.
"It's useful, it's useful. The young master will definitely be saved." Upon hearing this, the girl raised her head and looked at the young child in the room, but there was a hint of ferocity in her eyes that were calm just now.
···Zhong Xian rode his fast horse all the way south. After crossing the river, he went east along the Jian River to reach Luoyang.
There are seven short stations and three long stations along the way. Short-term inns are usually run by local people themselves. Because they are cheap and there is no need to check passing documents, the environment is very messy.
Basically, anyone can stay here. It is not an exaggeration to describe these places as a mixed bag. If they are not skilled, most people will not choose to spend the night in Duanyi.
Changyi is the so-called Guanyi. The environment is better, but you need a passing certificate before you can check in.
This is a document made of bamboo. What is recorded on the bamboo festival is usually the name of the person holding the bamboo festival, the official who issued the bamboo festival, the date and destination, etc.
If the staff discovers an error in the information when passing the checkpoint, the person holding the bamboo stick will be expelled.
In the Han Dynasty, this kind of identity document was more complicated. In addition to carrying a bamboo stick, it also had to carry a kind of thing called
The instructions for "passing" are recorded in this instruction manual are the materials and residences carried by the travelers.
There is also such a record in "Zhang Jie": "Those who understand the world must have rules and pass them on." Before Zhong Xian left, he found Wei Cheng because he needed Wei's help to issue the document.
"festival" and
"pass". With Wei's endorsement, Zhong Xian relied on the power in his hand to
"festival" and
"Passed", this world is where you can go, and you will get preferential treatment. This is the heritage of the aristocratic family. On this day, Zhong Xian rode his horse and stopped to rest at a post station less than a hundred miles away from Luoyang.
As soon as I walked into the inn, I heard a burst of cheers. I looked up and saw more than a dozen green forest people sitting together. In the middle, a young man wearing half leather armor was telling something vividly.
No one was surprised when they saw Zhong Xian coming in, but some couldn't help but glance at the luggage behind him.
Zhong Xian carefully wrapped the disassembled tiger-headed golden gun and compound bow in burlap and tied them directly to his back. It looked like an ordinary walking business traveler, which was not conspicuous.
After sitting down, someone brought a pot of water. Zhong Xian dipped his finger in the water and wrote "Sheep" on the table. He also made a gesture to indicate that he wanted two pounds of mutton. The waiter didn't ask any more questions. He just felt that Zhong Xian was high. It's cold and won't make him dumb.
At this time, Zhong Xian listened carefully to the conversation of the people over there. I just heard the young man in the middle say: "... I'm afraid you won't believe me if I tell you. I took a look at it from a distance. The silver gentian gun was very cold. Wherever the gun head passed, blood spattered everywhere and heads were scattered. Fei, the most incredible thing is...a little thirsty."
"Hey, you are so boring. Why are you thirsty again? You should tell me quickly. What is the most incredible thing?"
"Yes, that's what you said."
"Haha, don't worry, let me take a sip of wine to moisten my throat." Zhong Xian looked back, frowning slightly, and couldn't help but touch the package behind him with both hands. The hard gun body was cold to the touch, but it gave him endless excitement. sense of security.
After the young man drank a bowl of turbid wine, he continued: "The most incredible thing is the dragon on the head of the gun. Do you know that I vaguely heard the sound of dragons roaring at that time. I thought I heard it wrong. I focused my eyes I looked at the head of the gun, oh, guess what... that gun killed dozens of people, but there was not a drop of blood on the head of the gun. When I fixed my eyes and took a closer look, my dear, all the blood stains on the gun were covered by the dragon pattern. It’s been absorbed!”
"Really or not, is there really such a magical weapon in this world?" Someone raised doubts. The young man turned back to look at the man, folded his arms, and sneered: "Frog in the well, I have seen that gentian silver spear with my own eyes, and it is now in the hands of the Wei family in Hedong. If you don't believe me, go and ask, who in Hedong doesn't know it? Don't you know?" At this point, the young man's face changed, and his tone suddenly changed, and he said: "However, although the gentian silver spear is sharp, it ranks low among the seventy-two heavy weapons of the Disha. I heard that the Wei family There are a total of twelve earthly evil weapons, one of which is a dragon-slaying sword that can kill dragons and snakes, and there is also a poem that has been circulated."
"Heavy Earth Fiend Weapon!"
"Dragon-slaying sword!"
"What a poem? Read it and listen to it."
"Yes, yes, yes, read it quickly. If it sounds good, you will have enough good wine and good meat." The young man's face was filled with joy, and he cupped his fists and saluted the wealthy man. After thinking about it for a while, he said loudly: [The supreme king of martial arts, the sword slaughterer. dragon.
No one in the world dares to disobey orders. If you can't rely on the sky, who can compete with you? 】Gulu... The scene was silent for a moment, and many people swallowed hard, recalling the domineering power of these short twenty words.
The young man crossed his arms, and even though he knew he was a shill, he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body at this moment. The supreme martial arts master, the sword slaying the dragon, good guy, as soon as these words came out, the eyes of this green forest hero must be red.
Yi Cheng of the inn didn't care at all. He always thought it was young people talking nonsense, but he didn't dare to be careless at this time. The shock to him from these twenty-four words was even more terrifying than the previous Gendan Liang Yin Qian.
He first glanced at the young man, then quietly went out from the back door and came to a private residence behind the inn. This was a house specially prepared for important people. The status of the people who could live here was naturally not simple.
Yi Cheng stood at the door for a while, only to hear the roar of tigers and tigers in the yard, and the sound was deafening. He knew that the adult was practicing martial arts again.
This adult is not an honorific title, but a very big person in the true sense.
"Humph, who is coming?" Thunder struck, and Yi Cheng was so frightened that he hurriedly opened the door and said, "It's me, it's me." Seeing Yi Cheng, the man frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "Didn't someone say Are you there? Don't bother me if you have nothing to do." Yi Cheng looked up and saw that the tall man in front of him was the only one he had ever seen in his life. In front of this man, he was as weak as a cornered child, fearing that he would be slapped by him. Go die.
"Yes, it's like this. There is a ranger from Hedong in front. He is telling some interesting stories about his travels. I thought the general might be interested, so I took it upon myself to come over and inform the general."
"Ranger?" The man frowned slightly. Yi Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, I'm talking about the world's magical weapons. It is said that there are seventy-two earthly evil weapons in the world. No matter which one it is, as long as someone gets it, it can increase the level of force. There is one gun named The gentian is a bright silver spear, there is a sword called Dragon Slaying, and there is also a poem."
"Oh, read it to me." Yi Cheng cleared his throat. He felt that if he was weak, the majestic poem would be insulted if he read it out.
"Ahem, general, listen up... The supreme king of martial arts, the sword that slays the dragon. No one dares to disobey the orders given to the world. If you can't rely on the sky, who can compete with you?" Click!
Just as Yi Cheng finished reading, he saw that the door frame on one side of the big man was instantly crushed. The big man's hands tightly grasped the door frames on both sides. The solid wood door frame was as fragile as a clay sculpture in his hands.
"The supreme king of martial arts, slaying dragons with his precious sword, commands the world. No one dares to disobey... Hahahahaha... Where is this person now? Take him there." Yi Cheng looked at the crushed threshold, swallowed hard, and pointed. He walked to the front yard and said, "It's just in front. General, come with me." The big man snorted coldly, found some clothes and put them on, thought about it, and picked up a strange-looking weapon on the side.
This big man is already extremely tall, and this weapon is a head taller than him. The handle is as thick as an adult's arm. The "#" shape with two blades and three spears on it is more like a ritual weapon specially used for sacrifices. Rather than a practical soldier in actual combat.
Yi Cheng saw a look of surprise on his face. The big man said proudly: "This is Fang Tian's painted halberd. It weighs more than a hundred kilograms. It can be chopped, shoveled, and pounded. It was made by a famous craftsman from Xiliang in ninety-nine and eighty-one days and a lot of manpower and material resources." , what do you think?" Yi Cheng was stunned for a moment, glanced at Fang Tian's painted halberd that didn't look like a weapon, then recalled the gentian bright silver spear described by the young man, and then asked with a strange expression: "General, this magic weapon, Maybe suck human blood?”
