Chapter 66: Re-entering the Secret Realm (6)
The General's Mansion of Qingfeng City.
The grief-stricken Jiang Ge squatted beside Liang Shu's corpse, and his heart was like a knife.
What a good child, Jiang Ge has been treating Liang Shu as a younger brother for a long time, and he is also ready to teach his Four Elephant Boxing to Liang Shu.
Who knew that in broad daylight, on the lively streets of Qingfeng City, yin and yang would be separated in the blink of an eye, and such a young life would dissipate again.
Jiang Ge felt extremely uncomfortable, and the young man's smiling face was deeply imprinted in Jiang Ge's mind.
"General, this big string is for you, the boss said it was big and sweet, hehe!"
Jiang Ge said softly in a hoarse voice with tears in his eyes: "Liang Shu, rest well, the eldest brother will definitely find out the murderer and kill him with his own hands." Hurry up and go to reincarnation, and I will teach you the best kung fu in the next life. ”
Click~
The black arrow held in the ginger singer broke in two, and a trace of bright red blood flowed from the clenched fist.
Wu Yan patted Jiang Ge's shoulder lightly behind him and said, "General's Day mourning, we will definitely avenge the revenge of the cold potato, let's bury it first." ”
Jiang Ge held back the tears in his eyes, wiped them with his cuffs, stood up and walked into the meeting hall.
Jiang Yibai, Chen Sheng, Li Ji, Chang Feilong, and Jian Hong, who had been by Jiang Ge's side all looked at Jiang Ge nervously.
Jian Hong took the lead in kneeling down on one knee and clasping his fists and said: "My subordinates are not good at guarding, please punish the general." ”
Wu Yan then knelt down on one knee and said guiltily: "The subordinates are negligent, please punish the general." ”
Jiang Ge shook his head, his voice low and terrifying.
"Everything in the city is business as usual, each performing its own duties, and the construction of Qingfeng Pass and the East and West Pass must be accelerated. Mercenary recruitment is doubled, and the recruitment is quickly completed and replenished to Qingfeng City. The purchase of various materials and the manufacture of weapons and equipment should be prepared when the recruits are assembled. An additional 500 soldiers were sent to form a scout team, and the exploration depth was increased in the east, west, and north directions. ”
Wu Yan received the order, but he was still worried in his heart: "The assassin? ”
"Jian Hong led the guard battalion, and Chen Sheng sent a thousand soldiers to search in a carpet manner. Catch this rat hiding in the shadows. ”
Jian Hong hugged his fists to receive the order, the murderous aura in his eyes was exposed, the main general was attacked, it was the dereliction of duty of the commander of the guards, Jiang Ge did not blame, but his heart was like a needle prick, his dignity was insulted and trampled, it was a swordsman's shame, Jian Hong clenched the long sword tightly, and secretly vowed to catch the assassin and make him feel painful.
Jiang Singer held the Zhenshan Sword and gently stroked the scabbard.
And over and over again.
There's no fourth.
"To each his duty, to each his own action."
"Yes, General."
......
Breeze City in the evening.
The assassination in the afternoon spread rapidly, and the business of the tea shop and restaurant became even more popular.
Instead, more people appeared on the bustling streets.
Many do-gooders will stop at the assassination site for a long time, speculating and commenting.
There are also many professionals from large families who go to scrutinize and simulate.
The general of the army was assassinated in the street.
For the first time in history.
Thus, a wide range of discussions and assumptions, speculations, deductions, and so on.
Everyone is interested in helping the general find the whereabouts of the assassin, and the possible hiding place is infinitely magnified.
All the people who participated in the construction of Qingfeng Castle can be said to know the entire city and each area well.
As a result, it was not just nearly half of the soldiers who were searching in a carpet manner.
The mercenaries of the major families spared no effort to participate.
In the end, it evolved into a city-wide mobilization.
Supervision, inspection, self-inspection, and orderly.
Finally.
The clues were dug up, as if the thin lines were woven into a huge web.
Eventually, they converge into a single thread.
The other end of the line gradually becomes clearer.
After a detailed inspection, the soldiers in charge of the basement finally found an empty wine barrel, hidden in the far corner, not far from the breathable skylight.
The craftsman who was in charge of renovating the sewers in the early stage found food residues in the original sewers of Seifeng Castle, thinking that it was just a place where rats and the like had stayed, so they did not pay attention to it.
A cave was found during the excavation of the tributary, but it collapsed when the people were digging.
When a large crowd poured into Breeze City, someone saw a young man with a pale and abnormal complexion, who had worked as a temporary worker at many construction sites.
The man always covered his mouth and nose, saying that he was dusty and worked hard.
I have worked as a worker, a groom, a cook for a restaurant, and a partner for an inn.
Each job is no more than a week, and basically after the probationary period, you will receive your salary and say that there is something at home.
The sudden population surge, the census of Qingfeng City did not start quickly, so the residents or businesses who have been stationed in one place for a long time will complete the procedures and household registration within ten days.
There's a time lag in between.
And the assassin grasped it very well, and at the end of the use, he would be hired as a permanent worker, and the employer had to do the registration and filing.
So...
When countless clues converged on this person, the mystery was obviously about to be revealed.
At the end of the line, it points to Wu Yan's back house.
Three days ago, Lao Qi, who was in charge of the firewood room and stable in the back house of the Wu Mansion opposite the General's Mansion, asked for leave because he was ill, and the housekeeper happened to see that the person who sent the firewood was replaced by a young man. The housekeeper moved his mind to ask this young man who was quite fond of him to help for a few more days
The young man shirked for a long time, and finally settled the matter after the butler had doubled the reward.
Wu Yan soaked in the General's Mansion every day, although he was only one street away from home, and his daily tedious official duties were entangled, so he went out early and went home late at night to rest.
The housekeeper is worried about all the big and small things in the Wu Mansion, and he will only tell Wu Yan's wife when he encounters an incident, and the housekeeper has hired a helper for such a big thing, and the housekeeper has not taken it to heart, so he has not reported it.
The opposite door of the General's Mansion, the firewood room of the back house of the Commander-in-Chief.
The world's ridiculous.
In the Wu Mansion that had been surrounded by water, Jiang Ge stood on the long street with a sword. Wu Yan looked like a dead mother and stood respectfully beside Jiang Ge and Jian Hong, his face full of humiliation and sarcasm.
Wu Yan's heart was already dead, no matter what, it was his own negligence, guilt, self-blame, shame and other feelings were mixed together, which was even more disgusting and uncomfortable than eating a bowl of maggots.
Fortunately, Jiang Ge had no intention of blaming, and fortunately, there was not a single sentence of framing and ridicule among colleagues.
It's late at night.
City-wide curfew.
The Consulate General's Office was brightly lit, and the surrounding places where people could stand were crowded.
There were no spectators, all soldiers armed with spears, steel knives, bows and arrows.
Embattled.
The small firewood house, the wooden door was locked, and there was no movement.
There was silence in the back house except for the sound of torches exploding.
Jiang Ge patted Wu Yan on the shoulder and said, "This thief is good at hiding and has nothing to do with the Wu family, so don't worry." ”
"Jianhong went to talk to the assassin, and said that I was waiting for him here, the street is spacious, and this general doesn't like to overwhelm people with power, so he will come and fight with me."
Jiang Ge shook the long sword in his hand, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned to reveal a sense of confidence, and his fighting spirit was awe-inspiring.
Not long after, Jian Hong and a pair of soldiers holding large shields slowly walked from the back door of the Wu family, surrounded by a black-clothed assassin, to the street in front of the general's mansion.
Jian Hong waved his hand, and the shield soldiers surrounding the assassin quickly retreated, guarding the five-zhang wide street.
On each side of the street is a human-tall metal shield.
On the buildings on both sides, on the eaves, countless archers with bows ready to fire aimed at the man in black.
On the wide street, several people stood in a straight line, each wearing a stubborn and focused expression.
Jiang Ge's side was Li Ji who was holding a giant shield.
In front of the man in black is Jian Hong, who holds a sword in one hand.
There were three people standing far away on the long street behind the black-clothed man, Chen Sheng with a long knife, Chang Feilong standing across the wall, and Jiang Yibai with a bow and arrow.
There was a night breeze, and the flames on the torches drifted in the wind.
Quiet.
Like stagnant water.
Jiang Ge saw that the man in black walked to the street without any panic, without a trace of timidity, and couldn't help but secretly admire, even if it was an enemy, this leisurely courage was worthy of admiration.
"Jianhong will step back for the time being, and others should not act without authorization, otherwise the military law will deal with it."
Jiang Ge took a few steps ahead, and saw the shining eyes of the man in black more clearly.
"Brother Tai's archery is transcendent, almost 100 shots, if it weren't for Jianhong's rescue in the afternoon, he must have died in Huangquan. Brother Tai's concealment technique, as well as his grasp of the state of affairs and human nature, are even more admirable, thoughtful, I have to say, you are a natural assassin. And a successful assassin, in fact, the last time you were on the city walls, you completely sent me through the ghost gate. It's just a pity that you don't know who I am. ”
Jiang Ge stared carefully at the eyes of the man in black as he spoke, and when Jiang Ge said the last wrong sentence, the eagle-like sharp eyes obviously trembled, and they shook their minds in an instant, puzzled and questioned.
Jiang Ge smiled and continued: "Maybe you will be curious and puzzled. But I don't need to explain too much, because I'm still standing in front of you. I believe that my brother Tai also knows a lot about me, why don't you take off the mask and have a good chat? Lord Defender? ”
"Hahaha, it's really interesting, no wonder you can rise quickly, much stronger than those ants who will only shrink into the Great Wall."
When everyone present heard the word ant, they all frowned, and the anger in their chests soared, and they all stared at the man in black with angry eyes.
The man in black took off the black mask in a dashing manner, revealing a disastrous face, bloodless, like a person who had lost too much blood and was on the verge of death, looking a little terrifying.
Jiang Ge only clearly knew at the moment when the man in black took off his mask that the people of the Dark Demon Clan actually looked like this, ugly and terrifying.
The nose is high, the eye sockets are deep, and the eyes are sharp. It's just that the mouth, like a beast, with its fangs exposed, looks extremely awkward.
Jiang Ge really wanted to say when he saw the whole face of the man in black, brother, let's cover it.
"You ants, there are too few interesting people, two appeared decades ago, until now, only one of you has appeared, and it is obvious that you are much weaker than the two people from decades ago. The lowly race seems to be degraded more and more, and it seems that it will not be long before you will disappear into this world on your own. Hahahahaha. ”
If the eyes can kill, the man in black at this time should have been turned into scum in an instant, no, there will be no scum left, and it will be wiped out.
Jiang Ge looked at the man in black with interest as he felt superior, pouted and said, "Look, you haven't fully evolved, and you still have such a mouth with fangs exposed, how can you be intimate with a woman?" Is that true of your women? Gott~"
"Hahaha"
"That's right."
"It's disgusting."
“......”
Madly humiliated by the soldiers around him, the man in black seemed to be poked in the sore spot, and he was angry.
His eyes were murderous and he looked around, and his big mouth full of fangs made the sound of teeth chewing, which was extremely unpleasant.
Jiang Ge rubbed his ears and said, "Let's not talk nonsense, I know that you are the guard of Qingfeng City, a member of the Dark Demon Clan, and I also know that there is no useful information from your mouth." I want to know your name, though, because you're going to be the first Darkdemon to die at my hands. ”
"A lowly race, defeated by his subordinates, smaller and darker than dust, and who still want to compete with the sun and the moon, I am the noble Daredevil: Daredevil. Suffer death, lowly human, roar~"
At the same time as the Daredevil Rahan let out a loud roar, a gray bone bow appeared in his hand, and then quickly retreated and rolled two times in succession, and an arrow with the sound of breaking the sky shot out.
At the same time, Jiang Ge's long sword was unsheathed, the sword qi was exposed, the cyan light wrapped the sword body, his feet lightly stepped on the ground, and the seven styles of Zhenshan were unfolded one by one.
Jiang Ge's steps are as light as the wind, his posture is ethereal and fast, and every time he performs a move, there is an afterimage staying in the air, or stabbing forward, or turning and slashing, or stabbing obliquely, or lifting a sword, or probing, or jumping, or sideways, the street is full of brilliance, and the sword aura is monstrous.
Just as the arrow with the aftermath spun and shot towards Jiang Ge about to approach, Jiang Ge stabbed forward with the sword in his right hand, and the sword qi of the sword body that emitted green fluorescence skyrocketed, and the tip of the sword pierced the arrow of the arrow, the arrow shattered instantly, and the sword body split in two and burst open.
The night demon Rahan did not pause at all, let alone pay attention to the sword light generated on Jiang Ge's body, and three dark arrows appeared in his hand in an instant, as if teleporting, and instantly moved to the left one position The arrow just shot out, and the figure instantly moved two positions to the right, and the arrow came out of the string, and then the figure disappeared in place and returned to the middle and jumped up gently, and another arrow flashing cold shot out, three arrows in three directions, as if completed in an instant, and shot out at the same time.
The three arrows flew almost simultaneously, rippling ripples at the end of the arrows. Immediately after that, the night demon Rahan rolled backwards, his whole body half-crouched on the ground, his left hand holding a bow, his right hand full of strings, a blood-red bone arrow like lightning, with two streams of black smoke that was rapidly rotating and winding around his body, like thunder, chasing after the three arrows that had just shot a second before.
After smashing the first arrow, Jiang Ge stared intently at the bone bow in the hand of the night demon Rahan, and saw that the three arrows that were shot out in an instant locked his space and could not escape at all, and another blood-red bone arrow flew with black smoke.
Without thinking about it, Jiang Singer Zhongzhenshan suddenly shone brightly, leaned forward, and advanced instead of retreating in the direction where the arrow was shooting, a surging battle intent dispersed, the whole person flashed with a faint green fluorescence, and the gray robe on his body instantly turned into a powerful and domineering battle armor when Jiang Ge sprinted forward, with dragons chasing waves on his shoulders and dazzling dragon scales around his body.
Jiang Ge, who had a phantom shadow like a streamer, started from the tip of the Zhenshan sword that was stabbed in front of him, and there was a green fluorescence that formed a light curtain while Jiang Ge was running, blocking in front of him.
"Bang~Bang~Bang"
Three crisp sounds of metal shattering came from the light curtain, and the shattered debris flew around, but fortunately there were huge shields on both sides of the street, and a dozen muffled collision sounds sounded.
The tip of the Zhenshan sword accurately collided with the bone arrow wrapped in black smoke, and the black smoke swirling on the arrow seemed to be able to swallow everything, and the green light curtain in front of the fast corroder Jiang Ge, the long sword in his hand came with a huge thrust, and the powerful power of the bone arrow in Jiang Ge's entire body pushed backwards.
Everyone present could see that a layer of faint green light curtain was covered with a layer of black smoke, as if it was rapidly devouring the light curtain, and Jiang Ge turned into the Zhenshan Sword held in both hands and made a buzzing sword sound, as if it was stinged by black smoke, trembling.
The green light curtain quickly disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye as Jiang Ge continued to retreat, and he saw that the black smoke was about to envelop Zhenshan Sword's body.
Jiang Ge, who felt a little desperate, gritted his teeth tightly, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
Jiang Ge knew in his heart that the black smoke screen had a special corrosive ability, once the consequences were unimaginable, Jiang Ge, who had already begun to tremble physically and weakly, was getting colder and colder, did he want to die again?
In the distance, after shooting the blood-red bone arrow wrapped in black smoke, the night demon rakhan squatted on the ground and gasped and coughed, and a mouthful of blood sprayed on the ground, looking at Jiang Ge who was shot upside down, and the night demon rakhan looked at Jiang Ge who was helpless with irony.
Sure enough, it's an inferior race.
"Give up, become a servant of the Night Demon, the Night Demon will grant you immortality and strength, lowly human, be my servant, the Blood Bone Arrow will bring you to me, become my slave, no matter how you struggle, you will not escape the erosion of the night. Get down on your knees before me, and I'll lead you to glory. ”
Daredevil Rahan seemed to be laughing and chanting a spell, and as he fell to his knees, he stretched out the fingers of his right hand and drew a spell-like pattern towards the clean ground in the black blood that he had just vomited on the ground.
Everyone's attention was on Jiang Ge's every move, completely ignoring the night demon Rahan, who was kneeling on the ground motionless.
The spell that Daredevil had drawn on the floor was about to be completed.
Jiang Ge was still struggling to resist the corrosive power of the bone arrow, but fortunately, Jiang Ge had stabilized his body and did not continue to retreat. It's just that they can't hold on, watching the black smoke eat away at the dark yellow Zhenshan sword body, and the layer of green fluorescence that has become nothing.
Just as Jiang Ge was thinking hard about how to solve the crisis in front of him, the starry sky of Qingfeng City seemed to be covered with a layer of smoke darker than the night sky, and the air was filled with a smell of corrosion, as if there was a wail wafting in all corners of Qingfeng City.
People who were hiding at home for a while all woke up from their dreams and looked at the dark shadows floating outside the window in horror and fear.
The world, turned into a dark night, devouring all life.