Chapter 58: The Trap
In one day, this unknown force of 100 people set fire to a total of two buildings in the vast imperial city, namely the Yixiang Temple and the Money Pavilion.
One is the land of red dust used to entertain human nature.
One is the place of gambling, which is used to entertain people's greed.
These are all places used by the nobles and high-ranking officials of the vast imperial city to enjoy themselves, and these places are only opened late at night, which means that the commoners cannot participate, and the unknown force is probably targeting the imperial court.
After these few days, the night of the vast imperial city also became silent, and the nobles and magnates did not dare to go out at night.
The imperial court sent a forbidden army to investigate the matter, and the forbidden army was one of the most elite troops around the emperor, and its members were all martial arts masters, and the average strength of the team was even more than thirty years.
The emperor's order was to catch one alive, and nothing else mattered.
The process of the forbidden army's actions is very terrifying, they are only responsible to the emperor, they are not bound by the laws of the northern kingdom, and they will not be punished even if they kill someone, so the people of the vast imperial city are very afraid of them.
Boom!
Kicking open the door of the tavern, they walked into the tavern with a depressing breath.
The dark and simple outfits, the cold expressions, and the silver-white word "forbidden" on their shoulders all show their fearsome identity.
"It's the Forbidden Army!"
"What to do, let's go quickly."
"Yes, yes, it's definitely not good to be interrogated by the forbidden army."
Some of the patrons in the tavern didn't want to stay here anymore when they saw the Forbidden Army.
The men walked away in groups, ready to leave.
And at the moment when they passed by the ranks of the forbidden army, one of the warriors in the forbidden army drew his sword.
Horizontal, oblique, vertical, and pick, it's just four swords, and there is no redundancy or lack of a trace.
A deep blood stain was left on each of them, and then the customers who were about to leave collapsed, blood all over the ground.
Kill! The forbidden army killed these people so casually.
"You all stay where you are, and whoever tries to get out before I nod my head will die." The leader of the forbidden army said cruelly.
There was silence in the tavern, and no one dared to speak again.
The forbidden army does have this kind of deterrent power when it speaks, maybe this is the power.
"You're the shopkeeper?" The leader of the Praetorian Army said to the timid man hiding under the counter.
"No...... No...... I'm not, I'm just a handyman. The handyman panicked.
"And what about your shopkeeper?" The Praetorian Leader's eyes became unkind.
The eyes stared at the handyman in a panic, and the handyman trembled and stretched out his finger to point under the counter.
"Hey...... Master Jun...... I...... I'm here......"
The old man slowly straightened up from under the counter, with an awkward smile.
"I heard that you suddenly received a bunch of outsiders here, is there such a thing?" The leader of the Praetorian Army asked.
"I didn't ...... No...... I'm here as a repeat customer, how can there be outsiders, Master Jun, you misunderstood me. The old man hurriedly explained.
"But that's not what I've heard, old thing...... You probably won't lie. The leader of the Praetorian Army squinted.
"No, no, of course I won't lie." The shopkeeper shook his head desperately.
“…… Search for me. ”
At the sound of an order, the forbidden army poured into the tavern, and all the rooms on the first and second floors were opened.
"Master Jun...... Master Jun...... My little business ......"
"Shut up!"
A group of customers huddled together and shivered, they really hoped that these forbidden troops couldn't find anything, otherwise if they were affected, then things would be terrible, after all, who in the entire vast imperial city didn't know that the forbidden army was a butcher who killed people without blinking?
After a while, several soldiers of the forbidden army walked out against the black cloth robe on one shoulder, and they threw the black cloth robe in front of the shopkeeper.
"Report to the Chief, find the black robe of the outsider."
This sentence made the hearts of everyone present tremble.
Finished.
The leader of the forbidden army picked up the old man who was in charge, and he said in a cold voice: "Shopkeeper, aren't you not lying?" ”
"I ...... I do not know...... I really don't know. The shopkeeper trembled.
"I advise you to be honest, otherwise I will be forced to ask one by one." The leader of the forbidden army took out a knife and said.
"But I really don't know, I haven't seen those outsiders at all."
"Then I can't blame me."
The leader of the forbidden army didn't say a word, and directly stabbed the old man in the chest with a knife.
"Wait!"
The handyman who was huddled to the side suddenly spoke, and the blade of the leader of the forbidden army stopped at a distance of only one little finger from the old man's body.
"I ...... I know where those outsiders are. The handyman said.
The leader of the forbidden army shook off the old man and walked to the handyman, and he patted the handyman on the shoulder.
"Very well, tell me now."
"I ...... I'll take you there. ”
The handyman worriedly led the forbidden army to the backyard of the tavern, where there was a small warehouse, which seemed to have been abandoned for a long time.
The handyman walked in, and he pulled open a large wooden frame lid at his feet, which covered a staircase with a deep, deep space underneath.
"There used to be a wine cellar down there, with a lot of space, and they've lived down here since they came."
"Hmph, I hope you're not a lying kid." The leader of the Forbidden Army said.
"Don't dare, don't dare." The handyman quickly shook his head.
"You go down with me, and if there's no one down there, I'll make this your graveyard." The leader of the Forbidden Army said.
"Ming...... I see. The handyman nodded.
The emperor asked to catch one alive, so they had to enter the cellar.
As soon as the leader of the forbidden army was about to go down, the handyman reminded: "There are a lot of people under them...... It's dangerous for you to go down alone. ”
The little handyman was right.
"The five of you stay on top, and the rest of you all go down with me." The leader of the Forbidden Army casually pointed out five people in the ranks of the Forbidden Army.
"Yes."
A group of the Forbidden Army went down the stone staircase with handymen, leaving five Forbidden soldiers to guard it.
Walk, go, the handyman led a group of forbidden soldiers to walk for a long time, this road is really deep, and it hasn't come to an end after walking for so many minutes, what is a wine cellar set up so deep?
"Master Jun...... What do you think you should do if you can't beat the people below? The handyman said.
"Can't beat it? Hehe, this is not something you should worry about, your own little life is still in my hands. The leader of the Praetorian Army said.
"Yes...... And whose hands are your lives held? The handyman stopped suddenly.
“…… How did it stop? Hurry up or I'll kill you right now. The leader of the Praetorian Army put his knife against the handyman's back.
"It doesn't matter, friend, you're buried with me now."
The handyman turned, a smile on his face.
Looking at the leader of the forbidden army, he was breaking out in a cold sweat......