Early one morning half a month later.

Outside the imperial capital.

The spring breeze is dawning, the grass and trees in the fields near the official road are blowing, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, and the scene of spring flowers is blooming.

Many young women in the city get up early and come to the fields outside the city to pick flowers and smell them, or enjoy the fragrance of flowers and green silk.

But at this time, accompanied by the sound of 'stomping' horses' hooves on the official road in the distance.

Zhao Zhou led a hundred horsemen to trample through, and each horse had a few cowhide bags the size of a human head, with the faint smell of medicine and the smell of slightly rotting blood coming out of it, all the way through, let these women cover their noses lightly, and look at the back of Zhao Zhou's hundred horses leaving with a little dissatisfaction.

And the previous scene of flowers and beauties also made many merry scholars and sons come to hear the wind, standing against the riverside on both sides of the official road and chanting poems, hoping to be favored by which girl.

However, they didn't wait for the girls to let them arrange flowers and green silk, but after suddenly smelling this 'rotten' smell, they saw Zhao Zhou's style of riding an iron-armored crossbow, but some of the sons and daughters of the family noticed what was in the bag, and even recognized who Zhao Zhou and the hundred horsemen were.

"Could it be that they are the people in the Inspector's Mansion who went to clear the Iron Sword Gate..."

"The one who rode first was.... Inspector Zhao? Ouchi Janissake? ”

Some sons speculated that when Zhao Zhoubai rode by them, they didn't dare to talk nonsense, let alone say that Zhao Zhou and the others ruined their beautiful scenery.

Because their father has a lot of official positions in the court, he has a lot of dealings with several princes.

Similarly, when Zhao Zhou went to Tiejianmen and his party, there were also cronies in their family who followed, but when these cronies saw the scene of Zhao Zhou's destruction of Tiejianmen, they were frightened, and they came back five days earlier than Zhao Zhou's Baiqi, and also told their own lord the news.

This also made a few days pass, these sons have heard of it, knowing that these hundred horsemen are the Zhao Zhou and his party who 'killed people and destroyed the door', and even knew that 'Inspector Zhao, who is lawless and dares to kill the cronies of the eldest prince', will return to the imperial capital with a hundred guards in the next few days!

Now.

When they really saw Zhao Zhou, they definitely didn't dare to say anything, let alone say anything about the fragrance of flowers, for fear that they would also become the 'merit' in Zhao Zhou's cowhide bag like the 'Xuan Ming Second Elder and the Iron Sword Gate'.

"The Iron Sword Gate is famous in the rivers and lakes, second only to the world's first-class faction.... I didn't expect that now that I said that I was destroyed, I would be destroyed...."When a son-in-law saw Zhao Zhou go away, he immediately patted his chest and relaxed the pressure in his heart.

"Yes, the Iron Sword Gate has been destroyed! What's more, our parents still have an enmity with Zhao Zhou, I believe that as long as we dare to have a quarrel.... Then Zhao Zhou will definitely not show mercy to his subordinates...."Several sons and brothers also talked in a whisper, discussing Zhao Zhou's affairs, and at the same time, they were even more emotionally touched by the 'prestige' of their imperial court! ’

And in these five days. It's not just these sons and brothers who know about Zhao Zhou's deeds.

The knights who also returned to the imperial capital that day also told many relatives and friends around them about Zhao Zhou, or among their teachers, hoping that they would avoid intersecting with this 'ruthless Inspector Zhao'.

But under their rumors, it can be said that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.

In the five days since they returned, the news of 'Inspector Zhao Zhou destroying the Iron Sword Gate' has also spread more and more widely in the imperial capital, and basically it is known to knights, merchants, or children of some big families.

To put it simply, even if they can't tell everything about Zhao Zhou, they have overheard it and know that there is a character called 'Inspector Zhao Zhou'.

Especially, with the knights going south and north, the merchants are freighting.

Zhao Zhou's 'annihilation' this time also spread out of the imperial capital, so that many nearby towns also knew about it.

This also made Zhao Zhou return from the Iron Sword Gate, and now he has traveled thousands of miles, and when he passed by the official roads of several nearby cities, he found that many knights avoided him from afar.

Or what's more, after seeing Zhao Zhou's hundred horses, he didn't say much, and ran towards the mountain roads on both sides of the official road, as if he had committed something!

But.

Zhao Zhou also passed through a nearby town, heard the rumors, and knew what was going on, and when he saw that they were about to run away, he didn't have time to deal with them. On the contrary, he felt that his reputation had spread and that he would be better off in his work.

"After going back and forth for more than a month, in addition to getting two 'elixirs' and three elixir formulas, I also spread my reputation. When the time comes, those who hate me will still be the same. I hope that those who help me will definitely come to the Inspector's Mansion to defect. ”

Zhao Zhou thought about it, led a hundred horsemen across the official road, and after reaching a hundred meters in front of the city gate, the speed of the horses under the horsemen gradually slowed down.

"Avoid!" At the same time, as if they had received the news a long time ago, the officers and soldiers at the city gate escorted the nearby merchants, pedestrians, and knights to both sides, and let Zhao Zhoubai ride into the city.

But after Zhao Zhou just entered the city, the merchants and knights who came and went around him, like those boys, looked at the direction of Zhao Zhou's departure in the city and began to talk in a whisper.

"This person is Inspector Zhao?" Several knights chatted, looked at the guards around them, and were afraid that there would be something wrong with talking about Zhao Zhou here, so they left near the city gate.

"That's right! This person is Inspector Zhao! An accompanying swordsman was sure, because he was one of the heroes who had the honor to see Zhao Zhou destroy the Iron Sword Gate that day.

"Six hundred people up and down the Iron Sword Gate, all of them were killed by that Zhao Zhou?" The previous knight asked again, "Haven't the major factions in the rivers and lakes reacted now?" ”

When the chivalrous words fell, several chivalrous guests next to him also pricked up their ears, as if they never got tired of hearing this 'news of the destruction of the door', and wanted to know how those big factions would react.

"Shh But when the swordsman heard the man's inquiry, he glared at him, and then looked at the merchants passing by, and saw that they were not discolored, so he whispered, "You want to die?" Dare to call Inspector Zhao's name in the imperial capital? ”

"I...."The knight was stunned, but he also lowered his voice, "When did the political dynasty come out with such a law?" Can't call the official by his first name? ”

"It's not a law...."The swordsman whispered even more, as if he was telling some secret, "Although the political dynasty does not have such a law, then Inspector Zhao will pick on the affairs of our people in the rivers and lakes!" ”

"I see!" The chivalrous man was also afraid for a while, looked back and forth, and saw that Inspector Zhao did not lead people to kill, so he suppressed the tension in his heart again, and then asked in a low voice: "Then the big faction on the rivers and lakes...."

"Inspector Zhao's name is now only near the imperial capital, and it is as loud as the Iron Sword Gate." The swordsman interrupted, "I'm just going back to the master door now and tell the master about this..."

As he spoke, the swordsman drifted away, and after a short time, he disappeared on the side of the official road outside the city.

But he didn't hate Zhao Zhou in his heart, but envied Zhao Zhou's prestige and martial arts, and wanted to be a 'celebrity' who was about to stir up the situation in all directions, and see what it was like.

And at the same time.

Inside the Imperial Capital.

With the sound of hawking and footsteps, the city is prosperous, people come and go nearby, hawkers walk the street and shout, heroes talk and laugh loudly, and the street is lively.

When Zhao Zhou led the hundred horsemen in, he also slowed down the speed of the horses, and said to the chief guard behind him: "Now I have also arrived in the imperial capital." It is time to give the sinner's head of the Iron Sword Gate to the six gates. ”

"Yes!" The chief of the Praetorian Guard took the order, divided the five men, and asked them to remove the cowhide bags from the sides of the horses under the hundred horsemen's seats, and find a wagon to carry them.

It was only a short period of more than thirty breaths, and after these five people finished taking it, Zhao Zhou and the others did not stop, and then walked in the direction of the Inspector's Mansion.

It's just that along the way, as long as the knights who come and go have heard of the 'news of the extinction', now they have seen the group of nearly 100 crossbows on Zhao Zhou's side in the middle of the road, and they all recognize such obvious signs, and then avoid farther on both sides of the road, as if they are afraid of being sought by Zhao Zhou.

"He's Zhao Zhou...."These chivalrous people can avoid it, and some people even entered the nearby storefront, preparing to continue when Zhao Zhou left.

After all, this is the imperial capital. There are not many masters in the city, and there are even fewer officers and soldiers stationed.

No matter how dissatisfied they were with Zhao Zhou, it was impossible for them to jump out to find this mortal situation.

But except for them.

There are also many young knights in the restaurants and teahouses on both sides, or some young sons, who have no fear in their eyes when they look at Zhao Zhou and his party, but have a lot of worship, hoping that they will also become such a 'master'! ’

"Inspector Zhao didn't have a reputation half a year ago, and his name was not on the list. But after half a year, Inspector Zhao was sealed by the saint and was crowned with five products, and even the land list entered forty-five! ”

In a restaurant, with the sound of excited talk, there were three or four sons talking about Zhao Zhou's affairs in the past six months.

One of the young men said, and clapped his hands,

"Especially. Inspector Zhao also destroyed the Iron Sword Sect with two hundred innate beings in the middle of this month! Let them have no room to fight back! ”