The sun rises in the east, dispelling the night, but not dispelling the cold of people's hearts, this big northern city, people with female dependents in the family are afraid to spend the night in fear, they are afraid that the wives and daughters of the family will become the cannon fodder for those big people to fight for power, and become the next target to be humiliated and thrown on the street, everyone feels that there is an invisible sword on their necks.

When the storm comes, the big people call for wind and rain, fight for power and profit, these ordinary people can only hide under the ruins and steal their lives, they don't think about why they live, just to live.

In the lobby of the Yamen of Beicheng, there are officials on both sides, Cao Cao is sitting in the middle, Xiang Qing and Wang Shu are standing on both sides, and there are several old men with snow temples and frost mustaches and crutches who are about to die.

Several old men saluted tremblingly, and Xiang Qing immediately stepped forward to help them up one by one, signaling that they didn't need to salute, and the old men gave up.

The leader was old, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lord Cao, I was entrusted by the people of Beicheng to come to disturb Lord Cao, and I ask you to forgive me." ”

Cao Cao was also embarrassed to sit, so he ran down and held the old man's arm with both hands, "Where is it, what is the crime, the old man has something to say." ”

"Then my old man will have the courage to beg Lord Cao to raise his noble hand and spare the lives of thousands of people in our northern city!"

"Old man, what are you talking about, I, Cao Mengde, am not a corrupt official, I will not accept bribes, and I will not treat the people harshly, although I can't be called discerning, but everything I do is also for the people of Beicheng."

"Lord Cao bans casinos, strictly investigates thieves, and the people know what they do, but Lord Cao, please listen to me, there are countless famous families in this northern city, and they communicate with each other, you have to fight with them, that is impossible to fight, they open casinos, collect some harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and we are at most having a hard time, but Lord Cao wants to fight with them, but we innocent people are worried about our lives, we have not offended anyone, we want to live, is this also wrong? Please stop it, Lord Cao. ”

After that, several old men knelt down together, no matter how Xiang Qing couldn't help him, everyone present felt very uncomfortable, they went to bury the corpse overnight, and they didn't sleep all night, everyone stared at the panda eyes, just waiting for the murderer to come to the door, but it turned out that it was these old men who came to the door.

It's easy to say, these old men just left, Xiang Qing's heart is like a knife, obviously Cao Cao is an official who is the master of the people, but in turn he was stopped by the people, and he wants him to follow the same stream, so that these people can live, what is the reason.

Cao Cao sighed and said: "My Han Dynasty is already terminally ill, sad! Alas! ”

Everyone was silent, and Xiang Qing asked, "Wang Shu, do you know where Huzi went?" Why didn't I see him. ”

"Oh, I forgot to tell the second master, after he was busy last night, he said that something happened at home and he went home."

Xiang Qing didn't think much about it, but Cao Cao asked: "Last night we went out of the city to bury the body, how did he know that something happened at home?" ”

Wang Shu frowned and thought for a while, and said: "It seems that he picked up something, and then he hurried home, let me help him, I didn't think much about it at the time, I forgot about it, and now I remember." ”

"It's broken, something is definitely wrong, come with me!" Cao Cao rushed out of the door in a hurry.

Wang Shu and the others followed behind and asked, "Where are you going, my lord?" ”

Xiang Qing shouted: "Nonsense, of course I went to Liu Hu's house, who knows the few of you who will lead the way." ”

Everyone hurried to Liu Hu's house, the dilapidated house, the gate was split in half, the yard was messy, and there were two corpses in night clothes, which seemed to have been killed by Liu Hu.

"It should be in the house, go."

Xiang Qing walked in front and pushed open the door, the thundering sword in his hand had been unsheathed, to prevent assassins from hiding behind the door, the door was pushed open with a creak, a smell of blood hit the nose, everyone covered their mouths and noses, and then they saw Liu Hu leaning on the side of the bed.

On the bed, there was an old woman, her appearance was very similar to Liu Hu, but she was no longer breathing, Liu Hu also had a huge scar on his chest, he was already in semi-fainting, and he was still holding his knife tightly in his hand.

Everyone sent Liu Hu to the hospital for treatment, the injury was not very serious, his body was also very strong, and in the afternoon, he had already woken up.

"There were five people last night, and there was one person who had very strong knife skills, and after I killed those two people, the knife man struck, and his knife skills were very fierce, and I couldn't beat them, so I was cut by him."

Cao Cao asked suspiciously: "Obviously, they are here to kill you, since you have been cut, how did you survive?" ”

Liu Hu replied: "Those people all listened to the orders of one person, that person was thin and weak, not like a killer, Xu Tian was also there, it was he who knelt on the ground and pleaded with that person, and I survived." ”

After speaking, Liu Hu was about to get out of bed, but everyone hurriedly stopped: "Your injury is not healed, just recuperate here." ”

"My mother worked hard for me all her life, but I was dragged down by my unfilial son, so I went to collect my mother's body."

This man didn't have tears, his eyes were like magma surging, endless anger was dormant, he was a strong man, he never shed tears in front of others, he tried to control his emotions, and then walked towards the door step by step.

"No need, after sending you here, Junhyuk will go back and collect your mother's corpse and use the best coffin."

"Then I have to see my mother off, this is my duty as a son of man."

Cao Cao beckoned Wang Shu over, "Okay, Wang Shu knows where it is, let him help you go." ”

"Master Xie Cao."

For two days in a row, the coffin shop had sold eleven coffins, and eleven innocent lives had been killed in vain, and all of this was done by that one person

Wang Shu drove the car, Liu Hu sat on the eaves of the carriage, holding the coffin, in front of them were Xiang Qing and Xiang Xu on horseback, and everyone walked all the way to the place where the bodies of the three families were buried.

Liu Hu finally couldn't hold it anymore, the seven-foot man cried into tears, completely ignoring his wounds, buried the coffin, and Xiang Qing carved the inscription on the stone tablet with a thundering sword.

Looking at the eleven new graves, Xiang Qing clenched his fists, his eyes became red, he came to this era, this is the era he can't imagine, the mountain bandits are rampant and domineering, and the dignitaries and nobles regard the lives of the people like grass and mustard, knowing this kind, he is no longer the boy he once was, he faced these graves, and secretly swore in his heart, I want to change this cannibalistic society! I want the people to live a well-fed and clothed life!

At this moment, a group of people surrounded him, in fact, Xiang Qing found these hidden people early in the morning, and he waited for these people to come out.

The leader is the swordsman, there are nine rings on the back of the knife, and there is an iron chain on the handle, so you can throw the knife out and throw it back, he wears a hat on his head, and the mask on his face covers his face and he can't see his face.

"On whose orders did you come?" Xiang Qing asked.

"I don't speak to the dead." The swordsman replied coldly.

As soon as Xiang Qing heard the voice of this male duck, he immediately understood that this must be the person of the Ten Permanent Servants.

"Hmph, dead eunuch."

When the swordsman heard the word eunuch, he didn't get angry, but just snorted coldly: "Up." ”

There were more than 20 of those assassins, and they surrounded Xiang Qing, Xiang Qing looked back at Xiang Xu and shouted: "Xiao Xu, these small fish and shrimp will be handed over to you, I will catch the big one." ”

Xiang Xu pulled out the cold sword expressionlessly and rushed towards the encirclement, and the endless chill enveloped all the more than 20 people, just like the 10,000-year-old ice in the extreme north, freezing these twenty or so people in place, and the sword shadows seemed to contain frost.

More than 20 people also rushed towards Xiang Qing, but Xiang Qing ignored them at all, the only person the thundering sword pointed to was the swordsman, no one could get close to him, and all the weapons stretched out to Xiang Qing were cut off by the Zong Han Sword.

"Hahaha, interesting, I didn't expect you to be ordinary officials." The swordsman's bull laughed in a particularly frenzied voice, which was simply a sonic attack.

Ignoring these, Xiang Qing had already rushed to the front, the swordsman's knife had already collided with Xiang Qing's sword, and before the weapon could make a sound, Xiang Qing had already changed his move and rushed straight to the swordsman's plate.

The swordsman is not in a hurry, his feet are well founded, and the long knife can always block the key position, this eyesight proves that he is an opponent at the same level as Xiang Qing.

Seeing that the other party was solid, Xiang Qing rose into the air, and the thundering sword stabbed towards the swordsman's face, but the swordsman had already expected it, and crossed the blade to block the thundering sword, and then the long knife slashed at Xiang Qing against the sword body of the thundering sword.

Xiang Qing was not in a hurry, tilted his head, and then kicked the knife man in the chest, and the knife man also slapped Xiang Qing on the shoulder with a palm.

The swordsman flew backwards and retreated ten steps in succession before standing still, Xiang Qing also took five steps back to resolve the palm strength, the swordsman touched his chest, Xiang Qing touched his shoulder, both of them had a preliminary understanding of each other's strength, just a test just now, and the next thing is the real beginning.

Xiang Xu had already settled the battle, he took out his handkerchief, gently wiped away the blood stained on the Zonghan sword, and carefully made sure that the sword spike was not dirty, so he threw away the handkerchief and put the sword back in the scabbard.

Wang Shu looked at the battle on Xiang Qing's side, and suddenly his right hand clenched his fist and gently smashed it into the palm of his left hand: "Ao, I know, this person is from the palace." ”

Xiang Xu looked back at him, Wang Shu knew that this little eighth master didn't like to talk, so he took the initiative to explain to Xiang Xu: "This person's name is Bi Lan, known as the first knife in Luoyang, and he is the assassin of the Zhongchang servant Jian Shuo, since he came to Luoyang, there have been officials who have been killed, and people are panicking, everyone knows that he killed him, but no one dares to provoke his backer Shichang, so he has become the most famous assassin in Luoyang." ”

After that, Wang Shu also added worriedly: "Hey, I don't know if the second master can beat him, in this capital, I haven't heard that anyone can be the enemy of Bi Lan." ”

Xiang Xu didn't speak, he looked at the figure holding the thundering sword and smiled confidently.