On this day, a major event that has been widely circulated among Licheng's powerful families and ordinary people for more than a month is about to take place. That is, at Wanhua Tower, the four major oirans from Lijun will gather for a singing and dancing competition. meeting.
Of course, for a conference of this size, ordinary people would not even have the opportunity to enter the Wanhua Building on this day. Except for the masters, young masters, wives and ladies of the powerful families, there were only businessmen with wealth and ability. , Only the most talented people in poetry, poetry, and poetry are qualified to earn a red face for a place in it.
But even if they are not qualified to enter Wanhua Tower, it will not affect the enthusiasm of ordinary people for this conference, because it is said that on that day, at the auspicious sunrise, the four oirans will enter from the Sifang City Gate at the same time and sit on the six-horse float. to show their beauty to the people in the city.
Everyone can see it, but can only choose one.
As a result, the discussion about the four oirans became something that the people in Licheng talked about after dinner.
The weather was fine that day. Since the sun had not yet risen, a large number of people had gathered inside and outside the Sifang City Gate to watch the scenery. Outside the Sifang City Gate, four large and extremely gorgeous open-top carriages were quietly parked entering the city. At the front of the team, four beauties wearing green gauze and thin shirts, with faintly visible flesh, were sitting quietly on the carriage. In this late autumn morning, which was getting colder, they looked out of place with the clothes of the people around them.
Relatively speaking, the city, especially the inner city streets near the prefect's palace, seemed too quiet.
Especially in the streets where dignitaries live, every house is deserted.
Only in front of the courtyard door with the three characters "Prefect's Mansion" hung, there were people waiting early in the morning. One of them was riding a tall horse with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his posture was lazy. He looked like a drunk man while riding on the horse. He hunched his body and tilted his head to look in the direction of the courtyard gate. It was Luo Yun.
Next to him, the only person riding a horse alongside him was a woman whose whole body was covered in black tights.
It didn’t take too long for a girl in a fiery red dress to come quickly from the courtyard. She put on a little makeup today and wore few accessories. The overall look was fresh, refreshing, gentle and pleasant, and she put on her horse The man was startled, but it was Lu Sifan.
Behind Lu Sifan, she was followed by Lu Xiaobai, who was dressed as a male bodyguard and was inseparable from her.
Lu Sifan came closer and saw Luo Yun's expression was different, so he lowered his head to look at his own clothes, and then said apologetically, "Brother Luo Yun, I'm really sorry. My little sister just thought that you would be the same as before, but unexpectedly today It's so early, I just picked some clothes at random and hurried out."
Luo Yun straightened up on the horse, looked in the direction of the prefect's palace and said calmly, "It doesn't matter. If someone else wears such clothes, it will be a waste. If you wear it, even your mother will be happy when she sees it." Yes, have you forgotten? She really likes you."
Lu Sifan pursed his lips and looked at Luo Yun's back, feeling a little sad.
Seeing that Lu Sifan was silent, Luo Yun turned around and smiled at her, raised his riding crop and pointed at Dongfang and said, "Hey, little sister, look at the sun. If you don't leave, even the four great courtesans will gather in Wanhua Tower." The scene in front of me is no longer visible.”
"Oh," Lu Sifan glanced at the red sun that had risen a little higher, lifted up his skirt, and trotted to a large carriage that was already waiting behind the crowd.
Luo Yun looked around and waited until a group of guards and soldiers surrounded him and the carriage before he said "let's go".
The team started slowly and walked along the empty main street. However, the closer they got to the commercial district where Wanhua Building was located, the more pedestrians and even cars and horses were on the road. By the time they reached a few streets not far from Wanhua Building, it was already crowded. There were so many people that it was difficult for a convoy like theirs to pass.
Luo Yun sat on his horse and looked around, and saw a group of ragged refugees not far away who came out of nowhere and poured directly into the main street in front of them. These people seemed to be crazy, and they started to pull people when they saw them. , even snatching the objects in the arms of the men and the hairpins on the heads of the women, pushing and beating, tearing, scratching and biting, the scene suddenly became chaotic, and this chaos spread like an infectious disease, and soon it Triggered larger-scale riots.
People were pushing and screaming, making the whole street a mess.
Luo Yun pulled the reins and controlled the horse, glanced at the people running towards them, and shouted to the guards around him, "Protect the carriage behind!"
The guards sent several people to go near the carriage and knocked down the people and refugees who were attacking from all around. However, as the chaos intensified, the situation was obviously getting worse.
Luo Yun shouted to the guard leader in front, "This road is dead. Let's find another way. Let's move away first." He saw that the guard leader was hesitant and ignored him. He looked around and pointed. The nearest and wider street, "This way!"
After saying that, he pinched the horse's belly and turned to the street first. The guards around him looked at the guard leader, and the guard leader was looking at the woman in black sitting on the horse next to Luo Yun. When he saw the woman in black rushing towards He nodded, waved to the surrounding guards, and shouted, "Turn, the team turns! Escort the young master and the young lady's carriage into Baiyun Lane!!"
The guards then began to take action. Dozens of them came forward and backward, pushing away the civilians who were approaching and running around. When encountering the rebellious refugees, they did not kill them, but just hit them hard on the neck with their scabbards and walked quickly. After passing by, not long after, we entered the spacious Baiyun Lane.
Behind them, many refugees rushed over chasing the common people, forcing them to retreat deeper into the streets step by step.
This Baiyun Lane was quite spacious at the beginning. After turning a corner, it became narrower and narrower, so that in the end, the carriage Lu Sifan was riding in could hardly pass. At this time, the guards began to become nervous. The leader of the guard From the front to the end of the team, the guards were asked to block the back of Lu Sifan's carriage layer by layer to prevent the common people and refugees running behind from getting closer.
"Stop!!" The leader of the guard immediately drew his sword across his chest and shouted angrily in a deep voice, "Anyone who dares to take five steps closer to the noble's carriage will be killed!!!"
Behind the guard leader, all the guards drew their swords in unison. The white light of the swords immediately frightened the messy people behind them so that they did not dare to move forward.
So, the people in front leaned back, and the people behind pushed forward, forming a crowd. Those who were caught in the crowd, so that they were pushed down, fell on their backs, and the crying started immediately.
Seeing that something was wrong, the leader of the guard raised his leg and kicked a few times on one side of the wall, and then kicked on the other side of the wall. His body jumped onto the roof lightly, but before he could see the streets behind him, After seeing the situation clearly, he saw a black thread flashing past his eyes, and then his head fell into the street!
At the same time, everyone who stood in front of the crazy refugees suddenly lost their voices!
Because black threads slashed across it!
Everyone's bodies were cut into several pieces, and blood sprayed out, staining the streets and walls red! !
Only a lonely carriage and two expressionless men on horseback were left...
