About half an hour later, on the official road one mile away from the gate of Liangzhou City, a man and a woman rode fast horses and rushed towards Liangzhou City at high speed.
It was Zhuang Xiuyu and Chang An.
But when they approached the city gate, they stopped again.
"Hush!"
Chang An reined in his horse and stopped, and Zhuang Xiuyu followed and stopped together.
"Sir, what's wrong?"
I saw Chang An looking forward with a solemn expression. Not far ahead, a dozen people were lying dead in the middle of the official road. Mosquitoes and flies were constantly hovering above, and bursts of putrid smell assaulted my nose from the front.
"ah!"
Zhuang Xiuyu exclaimed when she saw this scene. She had never seen such a scene before. She unconsciously covered her mouth and nose, tears welling up in her eyes. She didn't really want to cry, she just saw this scene at the moment. Jing's tears refused to obey her orders. Not only that, but her body was also filled with waves of nausea.
Chang An patted her back gently, and the weak internal energy was transmitted from Chang An's palm into her body, gradually calming her chaotic mood.
After a while, although she still couldn't look directly at the scene in front of her, her mood became calmer.
She pressed her hands on her rising and falling chest, trying to calm herself down.
"gentlemen……"
There were still tears in Zhuang Xiuyu's eyes. She wanted to speak, but she just said two words, but she was choked and speechless.
Chang An still put his hand on her back and looked at her tenderly.
The pain in his chest was still constant, but compared to this, he felt more regretful. Looking at the corpses, his tone was weak but gentle.
"This is the real world. Things like this happen all the time."
Zhuang Xiuyu tried hard to wipe her tears, and tried to squeeze out a smile on her stubborn face.
"Sir, I can do it."
Chang An smiled, retracted his hand, and looked at the Liangzhou City Gate in front of him.
"We have to move on."
As he spoke, his eyes gradually became colder, he scanned the weeds on both sides of the official road, and said loudly
"Dear friends from all walks of life, I am in Chang'an, Qingzhou. Please come out and see me."
The tall weeds swayed in the wind, and after a while, no one responded to him.
Chang An's face became more and more serious, and Zhuang Xiuyu looked around nervously. Even she felt that the atmosphere here was unusual.
"Sir, is there someone ambushing you here?"
Chang An nodded slightly
"Lend me your bow."
Zhuang Xiuyu obediently took off the red bow from his back and handed it to Chang An.
"Sir, here you go."
Chang An took the red bow and said to her
"Don't move, I'll go and test it."
As he spoke, he drove his horse forward slowly
"Tuk tuk tuk..."
Above the official road, apart from the sound of wind and mosquitoes and flies, there is only the sound of Chang'an's horse hooves.
Zhuang Xiuyu only felt that there was boundless danger hidden in this peaceful official road.
When Chang An walked to the corpse
"Whoosh!"
A cold arrow came suddenly, but just when it was about to hit Chang An, Chang An jumped up, just tapping the horse's back with his toes. His whole body was as light as a swallow, and he turned two somersaults in the air. , easily avoiding the cold arrow.
Zhuang Xiuyu's eyes were wide open, and her gaze never left Chang An for a moment. She saw Chang An in mid-air, his body tilted, but he could still bend the bow and arrow. Then, she clearly saw a faint light coming from outside Chang An's body. Shining like thin jade.
"Wow!"
With just a slight pull, the bow is full
"Whoosh!"
The long arrow, with the sound of piercing the air, sank into the weeds beside the official road at a speed that could not be followed by the eyes.
She didn't hear any sound, but she could vaguely see two drops of blood splashing into the air from the weeds.
"Sir, you are so awesome!"
Zhuang Xiuyu shouted excitedly.
The whole movement took only two breaths, and Chang An had already landed firmly on the horse's back, squinting at both sides of the official road, his eyes as sharp as knives, and his heart was swaying under pressure.
"Xiaoyu, come to me!"
Zhuang Xiuyu nodded excitedly
"Um!"
Zhuang Xiuyu rode his horse and rushed to Chang An's side.
"Follow me."
From their position to the city gate, it was only a hundred feet away, but Zhuang Xiuyu felt it was extremely long. The weeds swinging on both sides of the road seemed like something deadly might jump out at any time, but when he saw Chang An beside him, , with that cold and murderous look in his eyes, yet he felt extremely safe.
Until the two of them arrived in front of the city gate, there was no danger again.
"Sir, are you okay?"
Zhuang Xiuyu knew that Chang An was seriously injured after all, and that moment just now might have caused his wound to open again.
Chang An was staring at the city gate, the box hanging in the middle, and gently waved his hand.
"It's out of the way."
Zhuang Xiuyu followed Chang An's gaze and saw the box.
"What's this."
Chang An frowned slightly
"Something that kills people."
Zhuang Xiuyu shuddered when she saw the blood dripping from the box, but she suddenly understood and looked at both sides of the official road behind her.
“Those people came for it?”
Chang An nodded slightly.
Before the two of them entered the city, they saw a large group of officers and soldiers patrolling the road inside the city. At the gate of the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the city looked at the two of them coldly.
"Stop! Who is it!"
Chang An said
"Qingzhou, Chang'an."
The officers and soldiers guarding the city were stunned. Apparently, Chang An's name had already resounded throughout the world, and they had naturally heard of it.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city looked at the two men with wary expressions, and unconsciously held their weapons in their hands.
"What are you doing here?"
Chang An laughed
"Why, do you have to ask such detailed questions when entering a city now?"
The city guarding officers and soldiers said coldly
"The city is currently under martial law. No one is allowed to enter the city!"
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"Oh? What if I have to enter the city?"
The expressions of the officers and soldiers guarding the city changed drastically. They tightened their grip on their weapons and unsheathed them slightly. The battle was imminent.
Behind Chang An, the sound of drawing a bow came. Hearing the sound, the defenders looked back and saw a beautiful young girl holding a red long bow with a frosty face and cold eyes.
The shining arrow feathers rest on the string, and there is a faint layer of mist on the snow-white arms.
"Wow!"
The arrow feathers came out in response, but they seemed lighter than Chang An's previous arrow.
Just before the officers and soldiers guarding the city drew out their weapons, Zhuang Xiuyu's arrow had already hit the helmet of the leading officer and soldier. The leading officer and soldier felt a chill on their heads. They unconsciously touched their heads, only to find that their heads were empty. They broke out in a cold sweat. It appeared on his forehead.
"Be bold!"
The officers and soldiers glared at Chang An and the two men, drawing their weapons, and the battle was about to break out.
"stop!"
But he heard a distant shout coming from inside the city gate.
All the officers and soldiers looked back and saw a young girl wearing a green shirt, riding a fast horse and coming at a high speed.
"Miss!"
When all the officers and soldiers saw the woman, they all knelt down to greet her without hesitation.
Chang An watched the girl rush to the city gate, her cheeks were rosy and she was very cute. She must have rushed here in a hurry and was tired.
The girl looked at Chang An with a happy face and quickly dismounted her horse and ran to Chang An, like a little girl who met her idol.
"Daxia Chang, my little sister Zhao Manchuan, I have been waiting for Daxia Chang for a long time."
Chang An only felt dizzy and felt severe pain in his chest. He smiled bitterly.
"Miss Zhao, please find me a doctor."
As he spoke, his complexion instantly turned pale, and he fainted on the horse's back.
"gentlemen!"
"Daxia Chang!"
Zhuang Xiuyu and Zhao Xuanyuan exclaimed at the same time. Fortunately, Zhao Xuanyuan was beside him at this time and supported him, otherwise, he might have fallen to the ground.
"Quickly go and invite Doctor Zhang from the north of the city!"
Zhao Huanhuan yelled and scolded the officers and soldiers behind him.
The leading officer and soldier quickly ordered his two men to fly towards the north of the city.
About two hours later, Chang An was awakened by a sharp pain in his chest.
Chang An's face turned ferocious, and he slowly opened his eyes.
"Daxia Chang."
"gentlemen."
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Zhuang Xiuyu and Zhao Xuanyuan standing beside the bed looking at him.
"Where am I?"
Zhao slowly replied
"This is Yuelai Inn."
He felt weak all over and looked at his chest, which was already wrapped in thick white gauze.
"The bleeding has stopped. Thanks to this young master's deep inner strength, even such a sharp flying knife could not penetrate into his heart. Otherwise, his life would be in danger."
Chang An saw an old man who looked like a doctor walking up to Zhuang Xiuyu and Zhao Huanhuan. He was also holding a flying knife in his hand, which was the same flying knife that had pierced Chang An's chest before.
"Thank you, Dr. Zhang."
Zhuang Xiuyu and Zhao Xuanyuan thanked them repeatedly.
Chang An knew that it was the old man in front of him who saved his life, he cupped his fists and saluted.
"Thank you, Dr. Zhang."
Zhang Langzhong didn't show any pretense, he just nodded slightly, said goodbye to Zhao Huanyuan, and left on his own.
"Miss, if there is nothing else, Zhang will leave."
Zhao slowly looked at Zhang Langzhong gratefully, wanting to express his gratitude, but saw that Zhang Langzhong had already left without looking back.
Chang An saw Zhang Langzhong's back and said
"What an interesting person. If you have the chance, I must get to know him."
But I heard Zhao slowly say
"Dr. Zhang is a strange man with a very weird temper. However, he is indeed a good man and has saved many poor people."
"oh!"
After hearing this, Chang An became more and more interested in Dr. Zhang.
"Chang Daxia, you are injured. Please take a good rest today. My little sister will come to see you tomorrow."
Zhao slowly said and turned to leave.
Chang An stopped her by calling her
"Miss Zhao, no need. Please tell me the whole story first."
Saying that, Chang An looked at Zhuang Xiuyu again.
"Xiaoyu, help me sit up."
Zhao Huan hesitated for a moment, then turned around and reached Chang An's bedside.
"Okay. Chang Daxia should have already known part of it through the message sent by my little sister's flying pigeon."
Chang An nodded
"The letter says that your father, City Master Zhao, has received a secret order from the palace. Qu Fengzhi, the commander of the Forbidden Army, will escort something back to Beijing in a few days via Liangzhou. Your father is asked to cooperate with Qu Fengzhi, but because it is The secret order cannot be leaked."
Zhao slowly said
"That's about it. It's just that Master Chang knows why I want to tell you this news and lead you here."
Chang An spread his hands and looked at Zhao Xuanyuan with a half-smile.
"Of course this happened unexpectedly."
Zhao nodded slowly, with a solemn look on his face.
"There was indeed an accident. In fact, a few days before my father received the secret order from the palace, he discovered that there were many Jianghu people in the city for no reason."
Chang'an heard this and said
"After your father received the secret order, he felt that the appearance of these Jianghu people in the city was related to the palace mission."
Zhao slowly looked at Chang An's eyes, shining slightly.
"Indeed, we are not good at dealing with Jianghu people, so we have no choice but to invite you."
Chang An suddenly remembered the hanging box outside the city gate.
"What's next, this matter should be far from over."
Zhao slowly withdrew his gaze and continued:
"Yesterday, Qu Feng arrived in Liangzhou City and stayed at the Yuelai Inn, which is here."
Hearing this, Chang An smiled and understood Zhao Huanhuan's thoughts. No wonder he lived here as soon as he woke up.
Zhao Xuanyuan also knew that Chang An could see her thoughts, and shyly avoided Chang An's eyes and continued.
"But before that happened, I got another message."
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"Another message?"
Zhao slowly said
"It's the master who taught me martial arts, Fu Rushui. He also returned to Liangzhou."
Chang An said in surprise
"Red Flame Spear Master Ru Shui is actually your master?"
Zhao nodded slowly, but her face was a little gloomy. When she talked about Fu Rushui, her eyes were a little red and her voice was slightly trembling.
"Before he became a grandmaster, he was always a guest in the city lord's palace and taught me martial arts. Besides my parents, my master is the person closest to me."
"Only a year ago, the master left. He said that he needed to leave for a while to attend to old friends."
Chang An frowned slightly, for the sake of an old friend?
"Go on."
Zhao slowly continued
"But just the day before yesterday, I received a letter from my master. The letter said that he will return to Liangzhou tomorrow and stay at Yuelai Inn."
"Of course I'm very happy, but..."
Zhao slowly said this, his face was filled with pear blossoms and rain, and he couldn't stop crying.
Chang An gently patted her shoulder and said
"It's just that when you know that Qu Fengzhi also appeared at Yuelai Inn, you feel that things are getting more and more complicated."
Zhao slowly wiped his tears and relaxed his mood.
"If combined with the fact that a large number of Jianghu people appeared in the city a while ago, it can be confirmed that this secret mission in the palace is no longer a secret, and my master is also involved in it."
"So, I mobilized a team of private soldiers and lurked outside the inn, waiting for how the situation would develop. However, I never expected that the master would actually fight with Qu Fengzhi, and even Died easily in the hands of Qu Fengzhi..."
Zhao Huanhuan sobbed slightly, Chang An frowned
"This is impossible."
This was Chang An’s first reaction
"Why would a master-level expert choose to do it in broad daylight and in such a crowded place like an inn, even if he wanted to kill someone to get something?"
Zhao Xuanyuan also agreed with Chang An's statement
"When I entered the inn and saw the body of my master, I immediately lost my mind. It was just his reaction that surprised me even more. He didn't immediately kill my master. After seeing me, he even killed me. I wanted to kill him, and I also asked my master if it was my father who shot him to kill him. I was so frightened that I forgot to identify myself as my family. If my private soldiers hadn’t stopped me, I might have died. The curve meets the straight sword."
Chang An's expression became more solemn
"It's really weird. This Qu Feng is definitely not a murderer. So why is he suddenly so crazy?"
A hint of hatred flashed through Zhao Xuanyuan's bright eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said
"Who knows what that madman is going to do."
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"Then what."
Zhao slowly replied
"But this morning, something even weirder happened."
She stared at Chang An and said word by word
"Qu Fengzhi died in the inn."
Chang An was shocked
"What!"
Zhao slowly nodded solemnly
"Not only that, his head was cut off and disappeared, leaving only a headless body."
Chang An lowered his head and pondered for a long time, still finding this unbelievable. In one day, two masters died in a small inn.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhao Xuanyuan continued
"Then, starting this morning, the box you saw when you came in was hung above the city gate."
