Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Brilliant Plan of the Snake of the Land

The next day just dawned, the north gate of Weiyang County was slowly opened, more than 100 merchants and farmers who were already waiting outside the city gate swarmed in, the militia soldiers who defended the city shouted loudly, but everyone ignored it, desperately squeezed into the city gate, the basket was squeezed flat, the shoes were squeezed off, the scene was chaotic, in fact, there is no difference between entering a minute early and entering a second late, but the Chinese people have been like this since ancient times, for fear that they will suffer a big loss if they go further late, and they will take advantage of the Buddha by grabbing a second early.

But there are also lone mavericks, at the end of the crowd stood a tall young man, fair skin, handsome appearance, I saw him wearing a purple and gold crown on his head, wearing a white brocade robe sewn with Wu Aya, and a black jade belt around his waist, which looked gorgeous and abnormal.

He stood straight, and the golden morning sun sprinkled on him, which set off his extraordinary temperament even more, but he gave people a very cold feeling, especially his eyes were full of coldness and arrogance, which made people dare not approach, and another reason why people did not dare to approach was that he wore a horizontal knife on his waist.

The horizontal sword is the head of the saber, representing a kind of identity, only the Yulin Army of the Daning Empire is qualified to wear it, but in addition to the Yulin Army, there is another kind of person who can wear it, that is, the highest level of samurai, and the Shadow Samurai can also wear it.

Of course, this young man is not the Yulin Army, he can only be a shadow warrior, and the shadow warriors are generally reluctant to reveal their identities, so although the imperial court allows the shadow warriors to wear horizontal swords, few shadow warriors will actually wear them, and this young man dignically carries the horizontal sword on his waist, which is equivalent to writing a few big words on his face, 'I am a shadow warrior'.

Of course, there is another possibility, he is a fake Shadow Samurai.

This young man is indeed a shadow warrior, and he is already the second time he has come to Weiyang County, the last time was to send a letter to Huangfu Qu, and after sending the letter, his sister Hua Ningyue returned to the capital, but he received a temporary order, and the master Huangfu Yibiao asked him to go to Jiangning Mansion to help Uncle Shen Guo do something.

Huangfu Yibiao and Uncle Shen Guo originally had common interests, and it was normal for them to borrow samurai from each other.

Uncle Shen is a native of Jiangning Mansion, and Jiangning Mansion is the seat of Chuzhou Prefecture, so the son born to Empress Shen, the sister of Uncle Shen, was named the King of Chu, which is also an interesting part of the Daning Empire, the title of the prince and the place of origin of the mother, for example, Concubine Xiao Shufei is from Qizhou, her eldest son was named King of Qi, and her second son was named King of Laiyang County.

Queen Shen has only four brothers and sisters, one brother and two younger sisters, but the Shen family is a relatively large family, one person has attained the Tao, the chicken dog ascends to heaven, most of the Shen family has moved to the capital, and there are also some clansmen in the old house of Jiangning Mansion, Queen Shen has a younger brother named Shen Yuan, who is quite capable, and the official title of Jiangning Mansion Shaoyin.

It is necessary to say two more words here, Daning is divided into Kyushu, but the state is not an administrative level, the earliest is a kind of military regional division, just like the six military regions in later generations, the highest official position of the state is the metropolitan governor, which is generally concurrently held by the prince, and the metropolitan governor of Chu Prefecture is the king of Chu.

The counties under the jurisdiction of Chuzhou are only nominally under the jurisdiction of Chuzhou, but in fact they are directly responsible to the imperial court, and the Jiangning Prefecture of Chuzhou is only half a level higher than the status of the county, which is equivalent to the municipality directly under the central government in later generations.

This shadow warrior Feng Chasing Cloud was seconded to Shen Yuan, who served as the Shaoyin of Jiangning Mansion, and Shen Guo's uncle failed to compete for the assassination of Donghai County, but the current emperor named Shen Yuan as Shaoyin of Jiangning Mansion in order to appease the Shen family.

Shen Yuan and Donghai County Magistrate Shi Xu Yuan are brothers-in-law, in order to compete for the financial power of Donghai County, Xu Yuan personally went to Jiangning Mansion to ask Shen Yuan for help, this shadow warrior Feng Chasing Cloud is one of the help.

The appearance of the shadow warrior wind chasing the clouds made the soldiers defending the city quiet, everyone saw the horizontal knife in his waist, and couldn't help but be in awe, the Daning Empire was both civil and military, and the samurai was also a kind of fame, which originated from martial arts, and there were about 10,000 people in the country who won the samurai fame, like Zhang Badao, the head of the Zhenwu Dart Bureau, but he was a fifth-level samurai, and he could make a splash in Weiyang County, not to mention the shadow samurai.

There are only more than 300 shadow warriors in the Daning Empire, and the scarcity is precious, and the shadow warriors must not only have first-class warrior qualifications, but also be recommended by two county kings or above, so the shadow warriors are also known as royal warriors, and among the more than 300 shadow warriors, there are people with higher status, known as national warriors, who are only responsible for protecting the emperor, the crown prince and a few princes, and the national warriors of the Daning Empire are still alive and well.

Without the soldiers, the merchants and peasants quickly entered the city, and the caves of the city gradually emptied, and the wind chased the clouds very arrogantly, and he had to wait for everyone to be gone before slowly entering the city.

At the base of the wall in the city squatted a large group of filthy beggars, the leader of which was the three-eyed Maitreya, he was scratching stinky feet, at this time he saw the shadow warrior entering the city, so he glanced at Wu Jin at the entrance of another alley, Wu Jin squinted, he recognized this shadow warrior, in the palace of Huangfu Qu, he was with a female warrior, it was the female warrior who stabbed him, he was the emperor's uncle, it was probably the shadow warrior that Su Hanzhen said.

Although he was not completely sure that this was the person Su Hanzhen wanted him to pay attention to, with the principle of 'I would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go', he nodded to the three-eyed Maitreya and quickly dodged into the alley.

The three-eyed Maitreya shouted, and a large crowd of beggars got up, men and women, old and young, with sticks in one hand and broken bowls in the other, limping and stinking on their bodies, and surrounded the brightly dressed shadow warriors.

"Get up early today, say hello to the master, reward me with a penny, thank you, if you don't give money, your belly will be ruined......"

The regimental soldiers who defend the city all know the three-eyed Maitreya, as the saying goes, 'Rather fight with the king of thieves than with beggars', not to mention that this is the leader of beggars, plus the shadow warriors are not a county order assassin, they have no obligation to protect, so no one comes up to ask.

Moreover, this shadow warrior is lonely and arrogant, and these soldiers defending the city have a kind of schadenfreude secretly, and they all want to see him make a fool of himself.

Feng Chasing Yun was caught off guard, and was immediately surrounded by a large group of beggars, the stench of the sky almost did not faint him, and several little beggars even hugged his legs, wiping his snot and black face on his bright brocade robe.

"Get out of here!" Feng Chayun roared, although the Shadow Warrior can kill the enemy, but it is not allowed to kill innocents indiscriminately, this is the rule of the imperial court, and as a Shadow Warrior, they have their own dignity, and on many occasions, they disdain to do it.

For example, isn't it easy to deal with these beggars now? Three punches and two kicks, knocking them all down, but who is he? He is a shadow warrior, a warrior supreme who has been recommended by both the king of Beihai County and the king of Luling County, let him and a group of beggars fight and kick on the street, if it spreads, where will his face go?

Feng Chaiyun gritted his teeth with hatred, but he refused to fight because of his identity, just scolded, which is also normal, usually beggars scolded and left, but he never thought that these beggars were aimed at him.

In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, he kicked over the two little beggars holding their legs, the strength was not great, but the two little beggars were lying on the ground and rolling, crying loudly, saying that they had lost their lives, and they wanted to report to the official to arrest the Jiangyang thief.

The three-eyed Maitreya who was hiding behind the city gate saw that the wind and clouds were dead and refused to do anything, and he was secretly happy in his heart, so he whistled, only to see a large group of beggars pouring out from all around the city, surrounding the wind and chasing the clouds, there were as many as three or four hundred people, and the vicinity of the north city gate was originally one of their nests.

The wind chased the clouds as if he had stabbed a hornet's nest, was torn and scratched by the beggars, only in the blink of an eye, his clothes were torn, his face was scratched, the jade belt around his waist and the purple gold crown on his head were not snatched away by anyone, his cloak was scattered, embarrassed, he was ruthless, and he didn't care about his identity, regardless of being laughed at, he pulled out his knife and slashed horizontally and vertically, for a while, the sword was light, murderous, and the majesty of the shadow warrior was greatly revealed, so frightened that the beggars crawled and ran in all directions, but the stones smashed at him with their heads and faces, and some little beggars were even more vicious, Fill it with pig urine bubbles and throw it at him.

These beggars were extremely slippery, and when they saw him chasing him with a knife, they immediately scattered into the alley, and the alley twisted and turned, and I don't know how deep it was, and even a foreigner did not dare to chase after him, but when he returned, the beggars came out from the other side, and still threw them with stones and urine.

Feng Chayun used a set of shadow warriors' deepest plum blossom snow knife technique on the street, the knife light flashed, the cold air was around, and the dance was impenetrable, but there were too many beggars, and they didn't pay attention to the rules, so he couldn't guard against it, and from time to time he was hit with a brick on his head, which made him dizzy, especially those pig urine bubbles, although a knife was split, but the yellow and white things inside would still rush to him.

The reason why beggars are disgusting and frightened is here, they don't fight with you, they pester, if you open a shop to do business, every day the gate is crowded with beggars, and your shop is filthy, this business can't be done.

At this time, a little beggar handed over a waist bag to the three-eyed Maitreya, which was just touched from the wind chasing the clouds, the three-eyed Maitreya opened the belt, and saw that there was a thick letter inside, it is estimated that this is the document that Wu Jin wants, he whistled again, and the beggars ran clean in an instant.

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