Chapter Twenty-Seven: Night Chang'an
After these two words were finished, the faceless man who asked the pretentiousness in the hand of the Heavenly Tower Master hesitated. Although his sunken face was still 'staring' in the direction of Wu Mian, the movements of his hands had slowed down. The voice outside the door softened for a moment, and continued: "You have a good eye, you can choose a Yuanchang out of a million people. But if you miss it, no matter how many millions of people are, you may not be able to pick out the second Yuanchang. ”
When he said this, the voice outside the door paused, and when he saw that the faceless landlord did not speak again, the voice continued: "There is one more thing, Yuanchang is also nearly two hundred years old. Although you taught him the art of rejuvenating his face, he still looks like he is still in the prime of life, but he won't last a few years like this. Whether you want him or not, you have already planned. ”
After saying these few words, a cold snort came out of the faceless landlord's stomach. Then his sunken face turned to prepare the direction of the sound outside the door, and with the help of a voice in his abdomen, he said, "How on earth will you return Yuanchang to me?" ”
"Do what you should do" The voice outside the door said again: "I don't interfere with what you do, but don't interfere with others either." I've said what I have to say, and as for what you want to do, I'll wait and see......" After saying one sentence at the end, after a long time, the voice did not sound again.
The faceless landlord's chest heaved and heaved, and after taking a deep breath. The light of the long sword in his hand slowly dimmed, and he said to the disciples who were still entangled with Bai Wuqiu and Xiao Ren's three or two demons: "Forget it, let them go for the time being." The fortunes of the country have changed, and now everything is unknown. These people don't matter in the chaos......"
When the last word came out of his lips, the body of the faceless landlord had already disappeared in place. After his disciple then forced Bai Wuqiu and Xiao Rensan back with a sword, he also used the Five Elements Escape Method to disappear in front of the two demons.
"Don't run! Lao Tzu will be able to pinch you all to death here in a little while. In your last life, your parents accumulated yin virtue for you, otherwise Lao Tzu would have stewed you in the next pot......" After watching this master and apprentice disappear, he was already like a blood gourd, and scolded at the air that the two of them had brought.
"Big nephew, it's not us ginseng who said you, you will start scolding next time you don't leave." As he spoke, Xiao Ren San, who came out of the ground with Jin Chuangyao, began to bandage the wounds of the two stunned sons. Fortunately, there is no need for rough skin and thick flesh, and this skin trauma is nothing. It's just that I'm not convinced that I'm beaten like this, and I'm covered in wounds. muttered in his mouth: "If Lao Tzu had a demon weapon in his hand, those two people would have been stewed in the pot just now." By the way, Uncle San, I used to have demon weapons, right? ”
"Okay...... Xiao Ren San bandaged everything like a zongzi, and continued in his mouth: "But I have to ask your father about this, we ginseng remember that you used to take something to fight with your father." You were beaten and stunned by your father, as for that family? We can't remember ginseng......"
While the two monsters were still talking, Wu Mian was still where he was standing just now, his eyes staring at the location of the faceless landlord just now. whispered to himself: "Yuanchang may not be me who saved ......"
Wu Mian's family was just a trivial matter, and not long after the master and apprentice of the faceless building left, a series of major events occurred in the entire Chang'an City.
On the evening of the same day, 13 families on the left and right of a street in Chang'an City, and 99 members of the family, all of them, died overnight. Almost all of these people were killed by people who were cut at critical positions with sharp weapons, and there was such a big case in the capital in normal times, which was already about to alarm the emperor. However, the current situation is turbulent, and in addition to praying for blessings all day long, the emperor doesn't even care about the rebels who have almost reached the capital, let alone the ninety-eight lives. In the end, it was the Tingwei Mansion who hastily checked it, and after deciding a case of bandits, murder and trouble, they transported the ninety-nine corpses to the outside of Chang'an City, and randomly found a mass grave and buried them hastily.
Originally, everyone thought that this was an isolated case, but it was just a Jiangyang thief who took advantage of the war to kill people and steal goods in Chang'an City. After making a big deal, he fled from Chang'an City with the looted property. What I didn't expect was that the nightmare of the people of Chang'an City had just begun. Since then, people have died in their homes almost every day. Suddenly, the people in Chang'an City panicked, and in a huge capital, you can see people dragging their families out of it every day.
Although almost all the management troops of the Tingwei Mansion were sent out to patrol the streets, they still couldn't escape, and every morning there were a few or dozens of murders reported to the Tingwei Mansion, and the officers and soldiers who patrolled the streets on Chang'an City Street every night still did not even find the shadow of a Jiangyang thief. Tingwei was worried that the people of Chang'an City would fall suddenly, causing Wang Mang to be angry. In the end, he even declared to the outside world that he was defending the green forest and the red eyebrows, and closed the four gates of Chang'an City from now on. Idle people are allowed to enter but not to leave, even if this people die, they will die in Chang'an City. In just one month, two or three thousand people died in their homes for no reason.
This incident happened a lot, and it still alarmed Wang Mang, who was praying in the deep palace. After the new emperor was furious, he felt angry from the scene of the blessing ceremony to the court. The next holy decree cut off the court captain, and then sent his sixth son Wang Kuang, together with the general Wai Zhang, together with his old minister Yan Zheng in the Qiandi period to investigate this series of murders.
That night, Wang Kuang, Ai Zhang, and Yan Zhai soldiers took their respective soldiers in three ways. Patrolling in Chang'an City, Wang Kuang gave an order. Each family has to take turns to sleep, and when they hear someone patrolling the street outside, they have to automatically report the names of their family members. As long as one person's name does not match, the officers and soldiers patrolling the streets outside will rush in.
The area in charge of Yan Zheng happened to be near his private house, and he scattered with more than 500 officers and soldiers. One family asked loudly, and Yan Zai personally took a dozen or so small schools and passed by the door of a family. When the little colonel was instructed to inquire outside the door, there was no movement inside the door for a long time. Just when the officers and soldiers began to get nervous and were about to draw their knives and rush in, a somewhat confused man's voice sounded inside the door: "Wait a minute, the little one accidentally fell asleep." This is the ...... open the door."
Hearing someone talking inside the door, these officers and soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. At that moment, the little leader with the roster said to the man in the door: "You don't need to come out, just say the names of a few people in your family." Hurry up, the old man has to go to the next one. ”
After the officers and soldiers said outside, there was no sound inside the door. Just when the little leader was impatient and shouted and scolded, Yan Zheng at least came over. After frowning slightly, he said to the officers and soldiers gathered at the door: "Don't ask, rush in!" ”
After saying a word, the dozen or so officers and soldiers gathered here once again pulled their waist knives out of their scabbards. When the head kicked open the door, more than a dozen people rushed in. Almost as soon as they rushed in, there was a sudden flash of fire on the ground. I saw that the first few people were on fire, and the people behind were so frightened that they stayed on the spot, and after finally reacting, they escaped from it in fright.
Several officers and soldiers on fire were screaming and rolling on the ground, and the air was filled with a scorching smell. Seeing that several people were about to be burned alive, Yan Zheng rushed in and unloaded the fire control skills on several people. That's when they got their lives back. In addition to the two officers and soldiers who only had half their lives left, there were also several dead corpses lying in the courtyard. It seems that this Yan Tribulation has picked up a treasure.
At the very moment, a figure suddenly jumped from the backyard onto the roof. Then he fled from the rooftops of the house to the east. Since he was seen by Yan Zheng, there is no reason to let this person escape again. At that moment, Yan Zheng's eyes were fixed on the man on the roof, and he got up and chased down the street.
Although the man on the roof was also a monk, it seemed that his magic skills were still very shallow. When he fled, he didn't even know how to use the escape method, and Yan Zheng was worried that this person still had accomplices. I didn't chase too hard at the moment. But the four-legged one is faster than the two-legged one, and it looks like it's about to catch up. The man suddenly jumped in from the roof of the house in front of him and disappeared in front of a house.
Yan Zheng stood in front of the mansion, which was the place where he lent Wu Mian and them to live.