Pei Chen did not leave Wangjing overnight, but took some money from Gao Yonglu and stayed at an inn.
At this time, Wangjing fell into a panic situation with a howl of "killer".
When the watchman walked through the Gao Mansion, he saw the gate of the Gao Mansion had fallen down and was in a mess on both sides. He walked up curiously. After all, the Gao Mansion was usually very majestic. The guards guarded the door and it was difficult for ordinary people to approach.
The watchman walked up the last step, but the scene in front of him was unforgettable in his life. He immediately started vomiting, and only after vomiting did he let out a horrified howl with a trembling sound.
Not long after, people from the government came to surround the Gao Mansion and carefully searched for any clues. However, no matter how they looked, nothing was found. The only thing that could be known was that all the people lying on the ground were killed by one blow, and the murderer was very serious. Being ruthless and decisive should seek revenge on the enemy.
Hou Wendao, the prefect of Wangjing, was shocked when he saw this scene. He kept mumbling: "What should we do? What should we do? How can I explain to the man in Xijing Palace? This is not deliberately trying to find trouble for me. Is it troublesome? Check it out for me! Even if I search the whole Wangjing, I have to find the murderer before he is blamed!"
But in this vast city of Wangjing, where there are two to three hundred thousand people, looking for such a murderer that no one has ever seen is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Everything is in vain, just to reduce the power of blame from the man in the capital.
The whole Wangjing was thrown into chaos overnight, and everyone was in danger.
At this time, Pei Chen was drinking peacefully in an inn. He also bought a pair of clean clothes with the waiter, and soon fell asleep.
Gao Yonglu's wife and children, accompanied by their maids, rushed to Xijing overnight and had no time to pay attention to the dozens of bloody corpses in Gao's mansion.
For more than thirty miles, the three of them walked in a daze, not daring to stop along the way for fear of something unexpected happening.
At the foot of Xijing City, the city guarding sergeant stopped three people. The three of them were in a miserable state, and they did not look as rich and gorgeous as before.
"Who is coming? Why are you entering the city late at night? Don't you know that the city gate is only opened at Mao o'clock every day? Get back quickly!" A soldier shouted from the tower.
"We are members of the Gao family in Wangjing. We have come to the city to report something urgent, and we ask the military master to be accommodating," the maid replied.
"Why is the Gao family not the Gao family? If I had to let everyone in the world with the surname Gao, wouldn't Xijing be in chaos? Don't say more, you can enter the city after dawn." The soldier continued.
Gao Yonglu's wife came forward at this time, took out a sign from her arms, and said, "You don't know me, so you should recognize this sign, right?"
The soldier did not dare to slack off. After all, there was only one high-ranking official in Xijing named Gao. Seeing that the woman was holding the token, he hurriedly went downstairs to check. The soldier hurriedly ran out of the door that was opened a crack and took the token. When the woman saw the sign in her hand, her hands suddenly trembled.
"I'm sorry, Madam, but I'm blind, so I'll open the door for Madam." After saying that, the soldier changed his previous attitude and respectfully led the three of them towards the city.
Speaking of this token, everyone in Xijing knows that it is Gao Bishan's token. If Gao Bishan comes with this token, no one in Xijing would dare not to give Gao Bishan face.
However, the matter was urgent at this time. Gao Yonglu's wife did not blame the soldiers, but asked the soldiers to take her to the Earl's Mansion in Gaobi Mountain.
After a quick knock on the door, the door of Earl Gaobishan's Mansion slowly opened.
The sleepy visitor wanted to get angry, but when he saw it was Gao Yonglu's wife, he immediately changed his attitude.
"Madam, why are you here so late at night? Looking so embarrassed?"
"Stop talking nonsense and take me to see my adoptive father quickly!" the woman replied.
The man didn't dare to refute, and led the way straight to Gao Bishan's residence.
Gao Bishan had done a lot of bad things and was sleeping very lightly. At this time, while half asleep and half awake, he heard the movement outside and sat up. At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Sir, someone from Prince Yonglu's residence in Wangjing wants to see you. He is outside the door right now." The guard whispered.
Gao Bishan was wondering, could something happen to the person who came at this hour?
"Father, I am Yonglu's wife, Mrs. Wang. I am here tonight to tell you something important."
After hearing this, Gao Bishan opened the door and walked out.
"What's the matter? Follow me to the study!" Gao Bishan said, but seeing the embarrassed look on Wang's and others' faces, he already had bad suspicions in his mind.
In the study, the servant lights the lamp.
"Father, Yonglu is dead!" Wang said while crying.
"What? Why did he die suddenly? Didn't he send a message yesterday saying that he would come to Beijing to visit our family next month? Did something happen?" Gao Bishan was very surprised.
"Father, as soon as it fell tonight, a strange man came to the house. He was armed with a long sword and killed everyone on sight. Only three of us in the whole Gao Mansion survived. The reason is that that man did not kill women and children, and the other men No one was spared." Looking back on that scene, Wang still couldn't believe it.
"Didn't our family send many masters to Yonglu to protect them on a daily basis? Why is it still like this?"
"Father, you don't know something. None of the people you sent and the guards of Gao Mansion could stop the murderer's move. In a moment, everyone was dead." Wang continued.
When Gao Bishan heard this, he was puzzled. Except for Pei Jianyi, who died many years ago, no one in the world has this ability. Could it be? "Did the man say anything?"
Only then did Wang remember what Pei Chen had said: "By the way, foster father, that man asked me to bring you a message."
"what did you say?"
"That person only said that person's apprentice is back? If you ask anyone, just say that the person who killed you with a sword is back. Other than that, he didn't say anything else." Wang looked at Gao Bishan, who was frowning. .
Gao Bishan was full of doubts and did not ask any more questions.
Wang was very curious and asked, "Father, who is that person? You, foster father, must make the decision for us."
Gao Bishan replied at this time: "What is supposed to come will come. I still remember that it was because of Yonglu's incident that the whole family of Xijing Sword Immortal Pei Jian was wiped out. However, there was still one person in the Pei family who survived. , is Pei Chen, the successor of Pei Jianyi, who is also a famous swordsman all over the world. Since he said he is that person’s apprentice, I think it must be that he has been dormant for many years and has come back to seek revenge.”
"Father, no matter who he is, please avenge my family!" Wang said.
Gao Bishan did not agree immediately, but just said: "I understand, you can stay here from now on. I have made my own decision on this matter. You can go down and rest first."
Wang didn't say any more and went down under the leadership of her servant.
Gao Bishan stood in the study and did not move a step for a long time. He stared at the flames blown by the wind and sighed: "It seems that a storm is coming!"
Sure enough, not long after, a light rain began to fall, and the weather became much cooler for a while.
Gao Bishan opened the window, looked at the falling light rain, and recalled the scene that year.
Gao Yonglu and his entourage were teasing a good girl on the street. Pei Jian acted righteously and injured Gao Yonglu. Later, Gao Yonglu came to him to complain and described it in a more elaborate manner. Although he knew Gao Yonglu's character, it was just that he was the one at that time. During the critical period of establishing his authority, he had no choice but to use Pei Jianyi to perform the surgery. That's why Pei Jian was stabbed in front of the Holy Emperor on the charge of rebellion. However, Pei Jian had a strong character throughout his life and volunteered to die to prove his innocence. This led to the subsequent tragedy of the Pei family.
But it was this incident that made all the officials in the capital see his methods. From then on, it was smooth sailing, and he achieved today's success and fame. Although he was an eunuch, except that he had less stuff than others, he had nothing else It has surpassed others hundreds of times.
"Come here!" Gao Bishan suddenly shouted.
I saw three figures suddenly appearing from around the house.
"Monsters, you three have been lurking around our family for many years. Now it's time for you to take action. Go to Wangjing to investigate. If you find this person, kill him on the spot!" Gao Bishan ordered with a stern expression.
"Yes, I obey!" The three of them disappeared immediately after saying that, they really looked like ghosts and monsters.
It turned out that these three people had been by Gao Bishan's side all along, and they naturally listened to everything they just said.
The three demons and monsters are all masters from the Western Regions. Gao Bishan spent a lot of money to invite them in the early years. Although he doesn't like martial arts, he still needs these people to protect him.
These three people are also very strange. In addition to their whereabouts, if they are separated, their personal combat power is almost the same as that of ordinary martial arts masters. But as long as the three of them fit together, it will be difficult for even the top martial arts masters to cope with it. Over the years, He disappeared from the world, but unexpectedly, he was always hiding next to Gao Bishan and had been bribed a long time ago.
Watching the three people leave, Gao Bishan seemed to feel that the matter could basically be settled, and then sneered: "Pei Chen, Pei Chen, since I was able to kill your master back then, I can also kill you today."
The next day, Pei Chen, who had just woken up, heard the news of an interrogation by officials downstairs. At this time, the door was knocked by the waiter.
"Your Majesty, the official who established the Wangjing Mansion Office came today. He said he wanted to interrogate the person who committed a crime in Gaofu last night. Please clean up and go downstairs for questioning." The waiter said softly at the door.
Pei Chen knew that these people were just going through the motions. Even if he stood in front of them with a sword, they didn't know that he had killed the people in Gaofu. So, Pei Chen took the long sword and went downstairs.
When a police officer saw Pei Chen coming downstairs with a sword, he called a group of brothers and walked over to block Pei Chen.
But when the policeman saw that the long sword in Pei Chen's hand had obvious rust marks and the blade was yellow, he immediately laughed and said, "Damn, I thought he was some kind of master. I was shocked."
Pei Chen was puzzled and asked, "I wonder what the official said?"
"Mom, is there something wrong with you, this old boy? If you don't learn how to hold a sword, let alone holding a sword, it's still a broken sword. How can this sword kill people?" the policeman continued to taunt.
Pei Chen said in a low tone: "I see, thank you for reminding me, sir. I'll see if I find a suitable sword, I'll just change it to another one."
"What a bad luck! Go away, go away, you don't look like the murderer who killed more than a dozen people in the Gao family by one person. You are so poor. Just stay aside and don't affect my investigation." The policeman said angrily. After that, he pushed Pei Chen aside.
The news of Gao Yonglu's death and the destruction of the Gao Mansion was quickly spread throughout Wangjing by the people in the government. Although it was a bit unbelievable, most people were still happy. After all, there were many people who had been squeezed by Gao Yonglu in Wangjing over the years.
No one in Wangjing except the wine stall owner knew who the murderer was, which was indeed unbelievable. Although Yue Heifeng Gao is easy to kill, he killed dozens of people and no one saw what the murderer looked like, which is also funny.
Pei Chen was as usual, holding a wine gourd and swinging a long sword on the street. He was a presence that could hardly attract anyone's attention. No one would transfer suspicion to this slovenly-looking middle-aged man. The dark yellow and rusty long sword immediately dispelled other people's doubts.
Pei Chen unknowingly arrived at the wine stall again. The owner of the wine stall who saw Pei Chen from a distance was startled by Pei Chen. He quickly stepped forward to pull Pei Chen over and whispered: "Brother Pei, how dare you come out?" Wandering around blindly, don’t you know that everyone in the city is looking for you?”
Pei Chen said: "Don't worry, they are looking for a master of martial arts who kills without blinking an eye. Do you think I look like it? Don't worry, hurry up and get me something to eat. I was really tortured by them this morning. A little hungry."
The stall owner didn't say much. While preparing the food, he looked towards Pei Chen who was sitting down and sighed in his heart: "Oh! This is the hero! Neither surprised nor happy, neither angry nor angry. , it seems ordinary, but in fact it is unparalleled, free and comfortable.”
The stall owner brought the food up, and Pei Chen ate it with big mouthfuls. He handed the wine gourd to the stall owner and said vaguely: "Fill the wine gourd for me."
The wife on the side saw her husband being shouted at and drank from. This would have been normal, but wasn’t the man in front of her the freeloader yesterday? So she stepped forward to grab the stall owner and whispered: “It’s the freeloader yesterday again. Yes, we are a small business, so why are you rushing to greet people?"
But the stall owner said: "Young women, what do you know? If it weren't for this big brother, I would have died many years ago. Don't make such nonsense."
After pouring the wine, he brought it to Pei Chen and asked, "I wonder what Brother Pei's plans will be in the future? Why don't you stay in Wangjing? There is still an empty room at my younger brother's house. If he doesn't mind, let's move in together."
Pei Chen took the wine gourd, looked at the person in front of him, and said: "You are still so honest and honest, you will suffer a loss! Pei is used to wandering around, so I better not disturb the business of you and your wife." After that, he left. A piece of silver was placed in the stall owner's hand.
"Brother Pei, what are you doing?" The man was a little surprised.
But Pei Chen said: "I said yesterday that you should repay your kindness with yesterday's meal. There is no reason for Pei to eat for free today." After saying that, he laughed and left.
The stall owner held the silver in his hand and looked at Pei Chen's retreating figure, feeling unhappy in his heart. He turned around and shouted to his wife: "My eldest brother must have heard what you just said. You are a woman, aren't you trying to embarrass me? Don't I become an ungrateful person? He is my savior!"
Seeing that his wife was somewhat remorseful, the man didn't say anything more, but he was listless all day long.
After Pei Chen left, three strange people came to the wine stall. It was the three evil spirits. After sitting down, the three people did not rush to ask for wine. Instead, they called the stall owner and asked about the tragedy in Gaofu last night. .
The stall owner didn't know that there was too much, so he dealt with it with a few words, and then served food and wine to entertain the three of them.
The man who returned to the side knew that the three of them must not be simple, so he secretly took a look at the three of them from time to time.
I saw these three people dressed in black, with high noses and droopy mouths, deep eyes, and long beards. They were obviously men, but they had a faint fragrance about them. From their accents, you could tell that they were from outside the customs. They suddenly came here to inquire about what happened last night. The person who came here must be evil, and now I can only hope that Brother Pei will be fine.
The three people put down their money on the table and left in a hurry, heading towards the city.
After leaving, Pei Chen was still wandering around the street leisurely, like a lazy man doing nothing.
Just when Pei Chen was asking questions in front of a stall, the three people walked past behind them, and it was the scent on their bodies that attracted Pei Chen.
Pei Chen turned around and saw three people walking in a hurry, heading towards the Wangjing government office. They must be people from the capital, maybe sent by Gao Bishan to deal with him, but who are these three people? Why do they look a little weird, not like people from the Central Plains martial arts world.
Pei Chen also followed a few people. Sure enough, the three people quickly entered the Wangjing Mansion Office. Pei Chen waited at the door and did not see the three people come out again.
I wanted to go in and observe secretly, but it was easy to be discovered at this time, so it was safer to wait until night. Pei Chen waited until night fell, then flew into the government office, searched around, and finally found a few people in the banquet hall in the backyard.
At this time, the prefect Hou Wendao was greeting several people enthusiastically, and kept saying, "History, I must say a lot of good things to you in front of Mr. Gao!" I am very grateful! 'And things like that. After that, he handed some banknotes to the three people.
"Your Majesty is so polite, but we three brothers are a little rude. Sir, please rest assured, this time the three of us are here for the murderer Pei Chen. As long as we take Pei Chen, you will be safe." One of them said said.
Then a few people started talking, laughing, eating and drinking.
Pei Chen knew the purpose of their visit and wanted to get up and leave, but was stopped by a voice coming from the room.
"Since you're here, let's come down and have a drink together!"
Pei Chen was very curious about how the other party found him, but at this time the three of them were already standing in the courtyard, and Pei Chen did not have time to think about it and flew down.
"I wonder who you are? Why are you eavesdropping on our conversation?" one of the three people asked.
"I am Pei Chen, the person you are looking for."
Several people looked at Pei Chen up and down. They really didn't expect that this was Pei Chen. Looking at the rusty sword again, they almost wanted to laugh.
"I'm curious, how did you discover me?" Pei Chen asked.
"Of course it's because of the fragrance. Judging from the way you look, you must have been following us since daytime. That's why you have this fragrance, but you can't smell it yourself." Several people laughed proudly.
"I see! Since these people are here to kill me, they should leave their names, otherwise they will become nameless ghosts if they die under my sword of wisdom." Pei Chen said.
The demon among the three said: "Do you know about demons and demons? The three of us are ghost-like existences. If you want to kill us, it depends on whether you can conquer the world with one sword as rumored."
"It turns out that you are monsters, but unexpectedly you have become Gao Lao's lackeys! Stop talking nonsense and take action!" Pei Chen said.
"In that case, let you have a taste of the Phantom Soul Locking Kill of the three of us!" Chi said.
At this time, a cool drizzle began to fall from the sky again, making everything around the area moist. It was just perfect for washing away the blood tonight. A fierce battle was inevitable.
Hou Wendao also recruited a large number of police officers to block all routes. Pei Chen looked around, took off his long sword, drank a long sip of wine from the pot, and then pointed the sword at the sky.
