Chapter 400 Blood-stained sky
Zhao Yunming was silent for a while, and then ordered: "Send the order to the salary list organization and ask them to send out the commission!"
The strong man kneeling aside was stunned for a moment, then stood up and retreated.
Zhao Yunming, who is tall and thin, stands in this courtyard with his hands behind his hands. There are five entrances and five exits to the courtyard of the Presbyterian Church. The third courtyard is where everyone gathers for discussion, and the last entrance is the back garden. It is the place where the stone tablet is placed. There are densely packed names engraved on it, all of which are people who gave their lives for the establishment of Yinren.
The place where the tall, thin middle-aged man was at this time was the fourth entrance, which was a rare patio courtyard in the Presbyterian Church. Lin Hengshan often played chess with him here before, but at this time only Zhao Yunming was alone.
"What is supposed to come, will always come..."
I don’t know when, another snowflake fell from the sky. The tall, thin middle-aged man stood alone in the patio. Soon his shoulders were covered with snowflakes. He did not use his inner strength to clear them away, but stood like a lone pine. There was no movement there, and no one knew what the biggest intelligence chief in Luoye County was thinking.
After a long time, he sighed and said: "I hope it will be a good harvest again!"
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When snowflakes fell on the streets of Yinren again, Yi Xifeng had completed his daily sword-swinging training, but did not go to the Sword Intention Trail to continue practicing. Instead, he went shopping by the Chunfeng River with Li Xintian.
In the past few days, Li Chengqian and Li Chengtao had gone to banquets with Lin Hengshan, so the girl had more free time. Yi Xifeng also decided to take a rare vacation to relax, so the two made an appointment to go shopping together by the spring breeze.
Last year, this place was already crowded with tents set up by commercial banks from all over the world. This year there are fewer tents than last year. After all, there is no martial arts competition organized this year, so the excitement is naturally less. However, more than half of the mountain has been closed by heavy snow. In March, the people in the village had long wanted to buy some items for winter.
The Spring Festival will be in a few days. As the most important festival in Yinren Town, preparations must be made. It is precisely because the people of Yinren have such needs that those merchants and vendors naturally discovered the business opportunities.
Therefore, those large commercial banks will attend the Cloud Rest Day event in Luoye City today and tomorrow, and will gather here two days later to prepare for Yinren's Early Spring Festival. As for the small traders, their strength was average. Most of them did not attend the gathering in Yunxi Sunset Ye City. Instead, they entered Yinren Town in advance to recruit some customers first.
"Little girl, do you like masks? Haha, I have a lot of masks here, including snow rabbit ones, monkey ones, snow roe deer..."
A vendor saw Li Xintian stopping to look at the masks on his stall and explained. However, it seems that these masks are used to coax children. For a ten-year-old child like a girl... they are still somewhat attractive.
It's a pity that Li Xintian grew up with Li Chengqian and Li Chengtao since childhood, and her mind matured very early. Coupled with the training of martial arts and the nourishment of inner strength through thick coating, some people believe that she is fourteen or fifteen years old.
"Um, is there a mask of an evil spirit?" the fair-skinned girl asked tentatively.
The vendor was stunned for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment: "Girl, this hobby is really special. I sell them here for children to play with. The one you want is for combat, right?"
He glanced at Li Xintian's attire and said calmly.
Hearing this, Yi Xifeng beside him was not happy and shouted: "Who said that, I want toys! No, just those two..."
A fair-skinned boy and a fair-skinned girl each wore a mask and strolled along this lively street. Li Xin chose a rabbit mask with long ears and big eyes. Yi Xifeng also chose a rabbit, but he didn't want a girly one. Instead, he chose a rabbit with squinted eyes and two front teeth.
In his words, this rabbit is not a good bird at first glance, so buy it!
Although the two were wearing masks, they did not cover their faces with masks. They just wore them on their heads, looking like a rubber band to tie their hair. This outfit immediately attracted the attention of the people around them.
I saw this young man who was fair and delicate, wearing a milky white cloak and a set of lake blue clothes underneath. Although you can guess from his immature face that he is not really old, you can definitely be a beautiful boy! And the fair-skinned girl next to him is even more touching, with exquisite facial features and energetic eyes! Wearing a purple outfit and a black cloak, her fair skin was even more translucent!
Passers-by on both sides were attracted by the appearance of the golden couple. Even the mask vendor from before, the business today was ten times more popular than before.
Just when the two of them stopped in front of a fragrant rice shop, preparing to buy some fragrant rice and go back to make Laba porridge in the evening, a shout suddenly sounded behind them.
"Crazy! New addition!"
Yi Xifeng turned around and saw that the person coming was none other than his best friend, Lin Fenghuo. There were three more people following him, and he happened to know them all.
"Chengcheng, Xiaoxiao, uh... why are you here too?" Yi Xifeng stared at the last person and asked.
"Hmph! You can come shopping, but I can't?" The speaker was a beautiful girl. She was wearing a long cyan dress with a white ribbon tied around her waist, which highlighted her slender waist. This person was none other than , it is one of the beauties recognized by Yinren, Zhong Lingxi.
Compared with Li Xintian's exquisite beauty, Miss Zhong's temperament is more outstanding. Although her face and facial features are also very delicate and beautiful, these are not worth mentioning compared with her own temperament.
"Hello Sister Zhong, hello Fifth Sister!" Li Xintian said very obediently.
Fifth Xiaoxiao and Zhong Lingxi, who were wearing ponytails, smiled and nodded to her. Although Li Xintian didn't talk much, he was very smart. Fifth Xiaoxiao and Zhong Lingxi were both sixteen or seventeen years old, so they naturally liked this very much. A little sister who is only ten years old.
"Haha, your new rabbit mask is so cute, show it to me." Zhong Lingxi also noticed the cute rabbit mask on the girl's head at this time, and ran over with a smile and said.
The two have complementary personalities and are both smart, so they naturally get along easily. The fair-skinned girl took off the mask on her head and gave it to the other person, while Zhong Lingxi put the mask on her hair with a smile. A moment ago, she was still the elegant lady. This time In an instant, she turned into a young lady with a girlish heart.
Yi Xifeng ignored the three girls and asked Lin Fenghuo, "You four are also shopping?"
"Actually, I didn't plan to come at first, but the higher ups gave an order for us to assemble quickly. I met them both at Liangchengang." Heizi said, pointing at Fifth Xiaoxiao and Zhong Lingxi, and then said:
"Later I heard that you were by the Chunfeng River, so we planned to come over to find you first and go together."
Qi Chengcheng nodded and said, "Well, since you and Xintian are both here, let's go there together!"
With that said, the six of them rushed towards the northern camp together.
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Luoye City, the prefectural government.
At this time, the governor's house gradually became a little chaotic. Various servants and maids were constantly shuttling in various courtyards. It was obvious that the fighting coming from Fuyunju had disturbed this place. The entire county government covers a huge area, with three hundred large and small courtyards.
Of course, there must be some big ones and some small ones. The big ones are like the courtyard where Fuyun Residence is located. The area alone is about the same size as Ji Rentu's previous mansion. As for the smaller courtyard, there are only some rockery ponds and pavilions, just like the ones Lin Hengshan passed by when he first entered the house.
One of the courtyards is quite special, not mainly because of its size, but because there is a tall four-sided tower here! Lin Hengshan had passed by here before, but this dark four-sided tower should be made of special materials. Even a very powerful knight like Li Chengqian could not detect what was going on inside.
At this time, four men in black were sitting cross-legged in the tower, meditating. Judging from the faint blood oozing from their bodies, they were obviously injured. They were the tower attendants in black who had previously trapped Li Chengqian using the "Four Symbols Returning to the Origin Demon Sealing Array".
The bloodstains on their bodies should have been injured by Zhang Ming's "World-Shuffling Wind Finger". The exercises the four of them practiced were derived from the "Bloodthirsty Afterimage Record" of the Demon Cult, which itself was restrained by the Wind Finger. Coupled with the backlash caused by the broken formation, the four brothers The injury is serious!
"Brother, this operation is our first actual combat, but it ended in failure. I'm afraid..." the third child, Suzaku, said hesitantly.
Seeing this, the boss sitting in the Azure Dragon Seat thought for a moment and sighed: "It's just that I'm too impatient. This magic sealing formation is good, but it can't move its body. If no one is there to cooperate, there will be a slight mistake." All previous efforts are in vain!”
The other three men in black also sighed after hearing this. They have been injured this time. Without special measures, it will be difficult for the four of them to return to the battlefield in a short time.
At this moment, a group of black-armored soldiers opened the door under the four-sided tower, and eight soldiers walked in. It turned out that they were ordered by Zhang Heng to go to the four-sided tower to ask the tower attendant in black to take action.
"I have six black-armored soldiers under my command. By the order of the county magistrate, I ask you seniors to rush to the aid of the county magistrate! Attack immediately after receiving the order!" The leading man in black armor looked at the layout in the tower, but there was a feeling in his heart. chill.
As a soldier of the Six Gates, he was also on duty at the governor's house on a regular basis. He had seen this dark four-sided tower, but he had never seen the people inside the tower. Even the soldiers on duty didn't know exactly who lived in the tower.
This time, they followed their master Geng Yu to the aid of the prefectural government, and met at the gate with the other two groups of soldiers from the six gates. After entering the prefectural government, their group kept moving forward, just in time to meet up with the black cavalry brought by Ji Rentu. Later, he was commanded by Zhang Heng to send a message to the masters in the Simian Tower.
The man frowned and waited for three breaths. Seeing that no one answered him, he cleared his throat and planned to speak again. At this time, someone asked slowly: "Your Majesty gave the order? Are you sure?"
The sound obviously came from the upper level of the tower. He looked up and looked at the dark top of the tower. At this time, they were at the bottom of the tower, and the scene at the top of the tower was still pitch black.
"We are acting under orders, and please don't embarrass me," the leading man replied. He naturally did not dare to lie, but he also did not dare to disobey Zhang Heng's order, so he had to say this.
"Oh? You are acting under orders, haha, so you are not following the orders of the Lord Commander, but someone else!" The gloomy voice just now came again, but this time it seemed to be in the man's ears.
The black-armored soldier's heart trembled. He turned around suddenly and saw that the door that was originally open had been quietly closed at some point.
"What do you mean by this? Do you want to disobey the order of the governor?" As he said this, the man pulled out the demon-breaking crossbow behind him, and all the soldiers behind him also drew their crossbows and were on guard.
"Haha, of course we must abide by the orders of the Governor! Even if someone else fakes the order, for us, we will execute it first and then verify it before we can be sure! If there is anything fishy, we will not blame me."
Hearing what the other party said, the man in black armor felt relieved, and the originally tense atmosphere relaxed a lot. He said calmly: "In this case, senior, please set off immediately!"
"Haha, don't worry, we are already injured and need to recover before setting off!" A cold voice replied.
The black-armored soldier frowned and shouted: "I'm afraid that this will delay the important matters of the Lord Commander!"
Speaking of this, bursts of laughter suddenly came from the tower, and the cold laughter produced layers of echoes in the tower.
"Yes! So we need your help..."
"What kind of help?" The man in black armor heard the other party's evil intentions and clenched the Demon-Breaking Crossbow in his hand again.
"Haha, it's nothing, I just need your flesh and blood!"
In the closed four-sided tower, there was the sound of dense crossbow arrows shooting, but after a few breaths, screams were heard one after another. After another cup of tea, the door that had been closed was reopened.
The eight soldiers who originally entered the tower from here have disappeared. Standing at the door are four men wearing black clothes and hats.
"Brother, directly refine the flesh and blood of the eight of them. This...if the Lord Commander of the county knows about this, he will blame us." Xuanwu, the fourth child on the side, said with some worry.
The boss, Qinglong, nodded silently and responded: "That's right, so we are going to help the governor now! We can only get more merit!"
Having said that, the man took the lead and rushed towards the direction where the shock waves of internal energy were constantly coming out!
The bloodthirsty afterimage record is a magic sect technique. It is a natural way to absorb blood food to nourish and heal injuries. Moreover, the four of them are proficient in the Guiyuan Formation and use the four-sided tower to present the city's spirit-absorbing formation. The flesh and blood essence of these eight people, as well as the inner energy in their bodies, turn into an endless stream of heaven and earth energy, which is directly absorbed by the four of them.
This is not the first time that the black-clothed pagoda servant has practiced blood sacrifice on a living person since he started practicing, so naturally he doesn't feel any guilt about this. When he was training them, Ji Shenfu would capture some so-called "slaves" and use them for blood sacrifices.
And this four-sided tower is the place of blood sacrifice for four people!
You must know that the general attitude of the world is to stay away from people in the demon sect, so that most demon cultivators hug each other to keep warm. However, if you are in the ranks of the most powerful people, you may not have so much prejudice. After all, they are the top warriors in the world. They are all familiar with their respective personalities.
In fact, most demonic monks are similar to ordinary martial arts masters. The ones who really let people in the martial arts practice martial arts are those demonic cultivators who use the cruelty of ordinary people to practice martial arts. If these people are placed on any side of the force, they will be beaten by everyone. Even the demon sect and the divine sect, which are based on demonic martial arts, strictly prohibit the practice of blood-stained martial arts.
It's a pity that there are always powerful people who are greedy for the speed of practicing this forbidden magic skill, and will raise more or less dead warriors of this kind of magic skill. As for this four-sided tower, Ji Shenfu spent a lot of money to hire a master from the Demonic Kingdom to build it. Its main purpose is to prevent similar blood stains and isolate outside detection!
