The central altar in the south of the city of Cochin.

It was a place of sacrifice left over from the previous dynasty, and after the Qin Emperor ordered the prohibition of private sacrifices, the peripheral buildings were demolished, leaving only this stone platform, but the original name has not changed, but the periphery has become a pedestrian avenue, which is more than three or four times wider than the general streets and alleys, and if there is a grand gathering in the city, it will be held here.

The flow of people at this central altar today is a few percent more than in the past, because Zhou Yihui of the Zhou family is about to be executed by the Adjudication Division here, and most of the people who come are because of the Zhou family's virtuous behavior in the city, and the remaining part of the people are attracted by the name of the Adjudication Division, after all, this organization can be regarded as the middle and upper echelons of Zhu Tianye.

The demon slayer who executed the punishment on this day is called Yijing, the martial arts strength of the nine-stage martial arts master, according to the rules promised to the cultivation alliance by the ruling division, when the demon slayer performs the demon extermination action, he must first report his life, because every demon slayer is registered, if he kills ordinary demons in the name of demon slayer, he will generally be reported by the people, and he will be investigated and punished by the cultivation alliance.

The other seven subordinates don't need to be repeated, although their strength is also in the seventh or eighth rank, but after all, they can't compare to the brilliance of the demon slayer, and no one will pay attention to them. According to the Ruling Division, only Demon Slayer assistants can be promoted to true Demon Slayer when they reach a certain level of seniority or strength, and their names have no meaning at this time.

With his eyes closed, holding a long sword in his hand, he sat upright on the stone bench, his cold face didn't seem to care about the noise of the onlookers, and he opened his mouth to ask, "What time is it?"

A demon slayer stopped and said, "It's a quarter of noon, and it's not time for execution yet. ”

"Is there still any time?" The Demon Slayer slowly opened his eyes, shot two rays of cold light from his eyeballs, glanced at the surrounding crowd, and said, "The time has not yet come, but I smell a few strong warriors in the crowd, and it is estimated that the person who should come is here." ”

"Need we to investigate?"

As if he said: "No, what should come is always coming, you just have to pay attention to that demon, if she takes advantage of the chaos to escape, you will be in trouble." ”

"Yes, sir!"

Among the people around, there were dozens of figures dressed in ordinary people's clothes walking into the crowd, and it seemed that there were not many people coming, making the roads here more crowded, and the voices in the crowd became mixed.

"My lord, I wonder when our Fangyuan Sect will start?"

"Wait, it's a quarter of noon, there's still some time, there's still some hope. ”

"But what if they do something to the young lady at this time?"

"No, the adjudication division is self-assured of justice, naturally we will not do such a thing that destroys the faith, once we make a move, we will completely become enemies with that demon slayer master, that is the ninth rank martial arts master, none of us is his opponent. ”

"So what are you waiting for?"

"Wait, the city lord's mansion, my father should still have a chance. ”

In front of the city lord's mansion, Zhou Kai knelt down and shouted loudly.

All the guards had already retreated, and there was silence around the mansion gate, and all that was left was his chanting.

"Yangta Wind City Lord, save my daughter! She is innocent, no matter what is wrong, it is my fault, now only you can save her, for the sake of me opening up the pattern of Jiaozhi City for the city lord, please come forward to rescue." ”

"City Lord, I, Zhou Kaiwei, am not a meritorious person, my Zhou family can do nothing, but please come forward to rescue Hui'er, she is innocent! ”

"When Du'er disappeared, I couldn't save me because the three major families restrained me, and I can't make up for it no matter how much I regret it. Now that Hui'er is in crisis again, if I still turn a blind eye, then what face do I have to meet the ancestors of the Zhou family. ”

Yang Tafeng turned his back to Zhou Kaiwei and reprimanded coldly: "Don't forget, Zhou Yihui is not your biological daughter, not to mention that it is the Demon Slayer who came forward today, it is Zhu Tianye's great force, and no one has ever dared to provoke their decision." If you want me to come forward to rescue your fox demon daughter, you are instigating me to risk the entire Jiaozhi City, once the ruling division is angry, let alone our Jiaozhi City, even the entire Qin Dynasty will have to compromise under pressure!"

Zhou Kaiwei knocked his head more than a dozen times in a row, his old body was already a little weak, and he said with tears in his eyes: "City Lord, if you don't make a move, who can I rely on?" Although Hui'er has no blood connection with me, I knew that I was her father for the rest of my life when I picked him up from the snow. She has been weak and sick since she was a child, and she has been unable to live a few years ago, thanks to the beads that Du'er got back, she can continue to live, she is really not easy to live to such a big age, finally, finally she has a life like a normal person, but she has to suffer this kind of calamity, I can't bear it, I can't bear it!"

"Have you admitted to stealing the Demon Slayer's Light Bead? Yang Tafeng turned around, his face was slightly gentle, and he sighed: "At the beginning, I came to Jiaozhi City alone to take up a job, and I don't have to worry about it at all, even if I was bullied by an ordinary servant of the three major families, I was silent, because I had nothing to worry about, but now, I am the real city lord of this Jiaozhi City, if I annoy the demon slayer, the responsibility will be borne by the people of Jiaozhi City, I dare not do this." Lao Zhou, although you are my cronies, I can't help you, or even come forward. ”

Zhou Kaiwei touched two handfuls of tears, and said in a low voice: "City Lord, in your eyes, Jiaozhi City is all yours, in my eyes, Du'er and Hui'er are all, what you can't tolerate is what I can't tolerate, you should understand how much I'm talking about." Whether you make a move or not, Hui'er, I must save it. Du'er has already taken someone with him, if I don't ask the martial arts master behind the city lord to make a move, Du'er will attack, and there will definitely be chaos in the city, no matter whether the city lord is willing to bear it or not, the demon slayer has no way to become a friend of Jiaozhi City. ”

Yang Tafeng sighed and said: "Old Zhou, why are you doing this? Force me to make a move, what will be the price You should know very well, now the wind and rain are turbulent, Meng Qiyan took those things away from me a few days ago, which made me uneasy and sleepless, if Zhu Ji appeared at this time, it would be equivalent to telling the world that Ling Tongzhi in the past was by my side, and his situation would be dangerous, and I would not allow this to happen." ”

Zhou Kaiwei kowtowed six or seven times in a row again, and said earnestly: "City Lord, Du'er is now the son of Fang Yuan within a radius of ten miles, and he himself will be a half-step nine-stage martial artist, although he has believers who can be driven, but he is not comparable to the strength of the demon exterminator at all, only the martial arts master can come forward to compete with that demon exterminator." You once said that after fifteen years of dedication, it is useless to protect the city, and I will have no merit in Zhou, but I am a person from Jiaozhi City. ”

Yang Tafeng was stunned, obviously shocked by Zhou Kaiwei's sentence "He is from Jiaozhi City", what he wants to protect is the people of Jiaozhi City, of course, including the Zhou family, he began to be difficult to refute.

At this time, a figure came from the beam of the house in the distance, and it only took a few seconds to come to the front of Yangtafeng, in Zhou Kaiwei's eager and reverent gaze, he looked at Yangtafeng and said: "Let me go, I have been hiding for so long, and I have not escaped the eyes of those people, the people in the seventh act have already known my identity, Meng Zhenyan also knows my identity, and Pang Lu also knows, it seems that there is nothing that no one can not know." He's right, he's also from Cochin City, and you have no reason to refute it. ”

Yang Tafeng frowned, he could see the begging in Zhou Kaiwei's eyes, and he could also sense the heroism in the mood of blessing misfortune, he really seemed to have no reason to refuse anymore. However, his worries have always been on his mind, and although there has been no other change in the situation after a long time, he cannot really rest assured.

Zhou Kaiwei said: "City Lord, please fulfill the heart of someone in Zhou, since the city lord can't come forward, then ask the grandmaster to help rescue him, just drag the demon exterminator, and other things will naturally be dealt with, as long as the adult can escape in time, it will not cause trouble in Jiaozhi City." ”

Zhu Xuan sneered: "You old guy thinks well, knowing that Yang Tafeng's intercession may not be effective, so let me directly participate in your plan, but I am a wise person." ”

Zhou Kaiwei said: "The adult has won the award, as long as the adult can come forward to help, no matter what price the adult needs, I will do my best to repay the Zhou family." ”

Zhu Wu didn't answer again, although he was a nine-rank martial arts master, in fact, all actions had to follow the instructions of Yang Tafeng, and he would only go if he agreed.

Yang Tafeng sighed heavily, looked at Zhu Wu helplessly, and said: "In that case, you can go on a trip! But you must remember that everything is important to the overall situation, and I don't need to teach you the way to make trade-offs, and also, try not to provoke things to Jiaozhi City." ”

Zhu Wu nodded.

Zhou Kai was slightly overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed a few times, and said, "Thank you, my lord, thank you for the city lord's success, Zhou is grateful." ”

Yang Tafeng said: "Zhou Kaiwei, I call you like this, if this matter is successful, let's go to other empires with Zhou Rongdu and Zhou Yihui, and go incognito, maybe we can escape the catastrophe, and it can be regarded as the little good fate we have left!"

Zhou Kai's voice choked slightly, he was stunned, and said, "Thank you City Lord!"

Xiaoyong City. One eight

Several black shadows were thrown from the roof, falling from the roof more than two meters high with a loud bang, only to see that there were already more than a dozen corpses in black clothes in the courtyard.

The three of them jumped off the roof, their bodies as light as swallows, and there was no sound when they landed.

"The seventeenth, we should have cleared all the spies in this area, and there are three black-clothed sentries in different costumes, the same as the dozen or so spies killed in Sifang City, they should all be the 'dark vultures' in Wohua Mountain. The man raised his head, revealing the gentle face in it, and it was the ultimate ability of the gun and halberd, Qiong Leshuang.

Since Qiong Leshuang appeared here, the other two are naturally people in Pang Lu's army, if Jiang Ming and the others are here, they will definitely be able to recognize that one is Kou Xiuyong, who has a reference to the inspiration, and the other is the silver spear tiger Lou Zhong, who has been silent for a long time, and finally acts again.

Lou finally said: "This dark vulture is the ultimate spy organization of Wohua Mountain, the total number is not more than 100 people, in the past two days, we have cleaned up the Sifang City and Jiaozhi Mountain Range, there should be more than 30 people, not ordinary sentinels, after these sentinels are removed, it is equivalent to destroying the ears and eyes of a section of Wohua Mountain in Jiaozhi City, and our task is completed." ”

Kou Xiuyong said with a strange smile: "It's not finished yet, Xiaoyongcheng is in front of Jiaozhi City, once there is wind and grass in the Jiaozhi Plain, the soldiers of Xiaoyongcheng's Wohua Mountain can be introduced to Jiaozhi City as soon as possible, and I want the governor's army to really drive into Jiaozhi City quietly, and it is only safe to clear these people." ”

Lou Zhong frowned and said: "General Kou Xiuyong, you mean to kill all the guards here, although there are only five hundred guards here, but if you want to rely on the three of us, there is no way to do this in a short time, not to mention that if we startle the snake and affect the governor's plan, we have made a big mistake." ”

Kou Xiuyong said: "What does it matter? The governor intends to do everything to arrange this battle this time, if we don't do it thoroughly, we will be responsible for the problem." Most of the soldiers in this small Yongcheng city are sheep tower style people, and our goal is only those who are lonely seekers, and the factor of exposure is minimized. ”

Qiong Leshuang smiled indifferently and said: "It sounds more interesting than looking for these secret agents, I don't have any opinions, what you do, I'll help you." ”

Lou finally looked at the two of them, sighed helplessly, and turned his head to look at the Jiaozhi Plain, at this moment Pang Lu's army is urgently driving here, this will be a disaster for Jiaozhi City, and Pang Lu has no original mercy.

"Governor, do you really want to do that?"

Jiangcheng.

Qiu Jue was lying on the couch, his handsome face revealed a trace of bleakness, and Bai Ping on the side was carefully feeding the decoction, but Qiu Jue still coughed a few times.

"Withdraw the medicine, how can these mundane medicines heal the injuries caused by the powerful people using the Yuan Potential. Qiu Jue waved his hand, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes.

Bai Ping glanced at Qiong Hua, who was standing on the side, and her beautiful eyes showed infinite unbearability, but in the end, she put down the medicinal soup.

Qiu Jue said: "How is Jiaozhi City?"

Qiong Hua bowed down and said: "Back to Gongzi, the generalissimo of the Eastern Soldiers and Horses, Meng Jianyan, has successfully obtained the necessary components from Yangtafeng, and sent them to Pang Lu, this morning came the news, Pang Lu's troops have been secretly mobilized, and everything is being implemented according to the plan." ”

Qiu Jue said indifferently: "Pang Lu is also a famous general, he was able to abandon his martial arts under the persecution of Jinshui Sect and choose to stay in the Qin Dynasty as a general, which in itself is not something that ordinary people can bear. Now that he can use his perseverance to shape the martial arts cultivation of the nine-stage person again, it is not easy. It's just that it's always difficult for heroes to live long, and this pattern of the Qin Dynasty requires his sacrifice, and since he promised me, he will naturally act according to my plan. ”

Bai Ping said: "Childe, the slave maid is just wondering, since we have those things, why don't we attack Wohua Mountain to exterminate Zongkun, and use Jiaozhi City as a battlefield, we don't seem to get anything." ”

Qiu Jue said slowly: "I didn't want to get anything, the old seven and eight are rare in that position, but I don't like it." They are all like autumn insects, they only deserve to live in the morning light, but what I want is the entire Yuanye Realm, how can it be the same as their vision? This battle starts, Jiaozhi City will no longer exist, whether it is Wohua Mountain or the capital city, it will enter the final decisive battle, this is the beginning of the real troubled times. ”

"Your Highness is wise!" Bai Ping and Qiong Hua bowed their heads together, and the two of them were deeply fascinated by this man who was equally talented and resourceful.

Like the white lotus falling in love with the lake that saved them, like the sunflower falling in love with the sun that nourishes them, he is like having no boundaries and no defects, he is the autumn of this world.

Today, however, he was wounded.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Qiu Jue coughed a few times again, and the violent movements seemed to drive his body up, Bai Ping and Qiong Hua hurriedly came up, but saw that the handkerchief that Qiu Jue used to cover his mouth was actually stained with blood.

"Childe ......"

Qiu Jue's face turned cold, he could realize that the injuries in his body were worse than he imagined, but his mind was like ice.

"Stand down!"

Bai Ping and Qionghua both sobbed, unable to cry.

"Stand down, didn't you hear me?" Qiu Jue said angrily.

Bai Ping and Qiong Hua let go of the hand holding Qiu Jue, trembling all over, but still bowed their heads and walked out.

Qiu Jue breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice: "I am still Qiu Jue, you can't change me!"

The city was silent, and everything was silent.

The sun seemed to be deliberately speeding up, and seeing that it was close to noon, the sun was getting full.

Zhou Rongdu hid in the crowd, looking nervously at the central altar in front of him, as time passed, the number of onlookers not only decreased, but also increased, it seems that people still admit in their hearts that "different races cannot stand together", and there are many people who want to see the excitement.

However, Zhou Rongdu's people have already been assembled, just waiting for an order.

"It seems that the father has no choice, and is really the same as at the beginning, he can only watch his children go to hell? I hate this feeling, I have more than enough strength to do this, the weak will be like this, what I see in my eyes has never been hate, but only the sorrow of being weak. Father, you gave up on me in the past, but this time, I will not give up my little sister, even if it is weak, it has the right to fight for life. ”

Zhou Rongdu's eyes flashed, there seemed to be a lot of decisiveness, he looked behind him, as if sensing a familiar and strange person, he didn't freeze any more, and then took his gaze back.

Then he looked at the central altar, and the long-seated demon slayer slowly opened his eyes, as if the realm seemed to notice him at this moment, and in the midst of the thousands of people, without any screening, he noticed him.

The eyes of the Imitation Realm did not move anymore, and the perception of the nine-stage human position could not be wrong.

Zhou Rongdu was shocked, and immediately looked at the situation.

"It's three o'clock in the afternoon, execution!"