Chapter 152: The wolves in the city, the voice from the dream
When Ling Xiaotian led people to the scene of the incident, the people of the Yamen had already sealed off all the surrounding streets.
Under the light of the torches, more than a dozen night watch officers were lying on the ground.
Ling Xiaotian stepped forward to check, and Master Li said, "Lord Wang, they all have bites in their throats, and it seems that they were indeed attacked by wild beasts to death." ”
Ling Xiaotian raised his head. In the darkness of the night, there was silence all around, every house turned off their lights and rested, and there was not even a single figure on the street.
"Who saw the pack of wild dogs?" Ling Xiaotian asked.
"It's him" someone pointed to the dark corner.
Only then did Ling Xiaotian notice that there was a little beggar squatting in the corner, he was trembling and shrunk into a ball, and his body was draped in a tattered linen, if he didn't look closely, he couldn't find his existence at all.
Ling Xiaotian walked up to the beggar, "Did you see a pack of wild dogs?" ”
The little beggar nodded, his dirty little face in shock.
"How many are there?"
"More than a dozen"
"Where did they go?"
The little beggar pointed in one direction.
Ling Xiaotian casually ordered a few guards. Look in the direction pointed out by the little beggar.
They walked through several streets in a row, but they didn't see even half a suspicious shadow.
"Lord Wang, even if it was really the wild dogs, they should have run away a long time ago." A guard said.
A gust of night wind blew, and Ling Xiaotian's footsteps froze.
There was a hint of a fishy smell in the wind.
"Get out of the way!" Ling Xiaotian shouted loudly and kicked at one of the guards beside him.
A dark shadow swooped down from among them.
"Lord Wang!" Several guards who followed behind him immediately drew their swords and rushed forward to protect Ling Xiaotian.
Several black shadows jumped down from the walls of different heights on both sides, surrounding Ling Xiaotian and the others.
The corners of Ling Xiaotian's lips flashed with a hint of meaning, and he said jokingly: "Sure enough, it's a wild dog."
When several guards saw the scene in front of them, their hearts sank at the same time.
What a wild dog is here!
Each of them was tall and large, and even if they landed on all four paws, their bodies were more than half a man's height and their sharp teeth were exposed from their lips. It's like a sharp dagger.
It's a pack of hungry wolves!
"Protect the prince!" The guards gathered their formation, if the opponent was a human, they were still sure to fight, but the opponent turned out to be this kind of beast, and there were many of them, and they were a little confused for a while.
The wolves quietly approached Ling Xiaotian and them, the night wind was filled with a strong fishy smell, and there was blood left on the teeth of each wolf. Apparently those people were bitten to death by them just now.
"Lord Wang, you go first, and your subordinates can resist for a while."
Even if they are accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, these guards are a little bottomless in their hearts, so many wolves, as long as they are bitten, they will be seriously injured at worst
Ling Xiaotian stood there but had no intention of retreating. Hongta Tu Brother.
"Lord Wang!" The guards were in a hurry.
"There's no hurry. Here comes our helper. Ling Xiaotian said with a smile.
On the deserted street, there was a faint sound of footsteps, walking without hurrying or slowing.
"The beings of the six realms are all those who are killed and eaten by my parents, even if they kill my parents, they will also kill my body."
The guards looked up, only to see a figure appear at the end of the street, the indigo blue straight-embellished robe was blown by the night wind, and a string of black Buddha beads hung out from the wide sleeves, each of which was jet black and shiny, and there was a faint flash of gold thread on it.
Ling Xiaotian smiled and looked at the young man who was gradually approaching. "The tenth brother came just in time."
The presence of the boy seemed to unsettle the wolves, who spun back and forth and whispered restlessly.
The young man made a seal with his hands and put the Buddha beads between his fingers, "The meat you eat today, you know that you are not your parents?" The former was extremely gracious, but now it is my mouth, and the meat eaten today is not the meat eaten by the brothers, and it is better to be the one who eats than to be you."
As he approached, the wolf suddenly let out a wail, and as if he had encountered some terrible opponent, he jumped over the low wall on one side, and the other wolves followed him, and all of them jumped up the wall, and fled without a trace in the blink of an eye.
"The tenth brother's cultivation has improved again." Ling Xiaotian smiled and looked at the young man opposite.
"Ten Highnesses?" Only then did the guards beside Ling Xiaotian recognize that the young man in front of him was actually the current Ten Princes, Ling Jingxiao.
Ling Jingxiao withdrew the seal and smiled calmly: "It's just a bluff, they will naturally flee if they feel afraid." ”
Ling Xiaotian couldn't help frowning as he looked at the direction in which the wolves had fled, how could there be wolves in the city, and there were so many of them.
"Sixth brother, there are changes outside the city." Ling Jingxiao said.
Ling Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, "You just went out of the city?" ”
"Not far from the city, there is a small army of Qi in ambush, but the sky is too dark, the little monk is a monk, if he gets too close and is discovered, he will inevitably kill again, and create a bad fate in vain."
Ling Xiaotian couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, his tenth brother has been a monk since he was a child, although he is only a lay disciple, he has obtained the true inheritance, not to mention his strange temperament, and his whereabouts are uncertain, even the palace can't see him a few times a year.
"Second brother's people didn't find you, did they?" Ling Xiaotian said worriedly.
Ling Jingxiao shook her head, "This matter is a bit strange, I'm worried that the Qi army wants to attack the city." ”
Ling Xiaotian's expression froze, "How many of them are there?" ”
"Less than five hundred."
This amount is said to be impossible to capture Qiliang City.
"Maybe their purpose is not just to siege the city." Ling Jingxiao gently twisted the Buddha beads in her left hand, "I also followed the traces of these wolves to find the hiding place of those Qi troops." ”
Ling Xiaotian's eyes flashed, and he suddenly turned around and walked back quickly.
"Lord Wang?" Those guards were all stunned by Ling Xiaotian's sudden move.
Ling Jingxiao stood on the dark street with her shoulders crossed, and sighed abruptly: "I said a long time ago that she would bring trouble, and I don't know if it's too late."
Jian Siqing suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and said, "Your Highness, King Xian's people are coming over here." ”
Ling Jingxiao answered, and quietly disappeared into the night with Silk Love.
Inside the yamen.
Su Baitong sat under the vine trellis with the little civet in his arms, and somehow fell asleep in a daze.
There was a faint fragrance in the air.
Although she was asleep, she could still tell that the fragrance was abnormal.
In her memory, this spice was often used by the emperor to spice up his tastes.
However, it is not like those inferior spices, which will charm the mind, it will only make it easy for women to have a good impression of the man in front of them, so that the emperor can start hunting, which is far more interesting than directly letting those women throw themselves into their arms.
Su Baitong's body gradually slipped down, and when she was about to hit the stone table in front of her, a pair of hands supported her in time.
"Tongtong" heard a nice male voice in his ear.
In the dream, she sat by the window, and the sunlight shone in through the window, stinging her eyes.
A man in the courtyard walked towards her, his whole figure shrouded in golden sunlight, she had never seen such a beautiful person before, and no one had ever smiled so gently at her.
Her heart was delivered to him at that moment.
"Chirp!" The shrill cry of the little civet woke her up.
The dream in front of him disappeared, and Su Baitong slowly opened his eyes.
"Miss Sue?" Virtuous King Ling Qingye stood in front of her, looking at her with concern, his voice was pleasant, just like what she had heard in her dreams, which broke her heart and moved her heart