Chapter XXIV: The Assassination I
At this time, Tang Fan and Xue Wuxian finally arrived at their destination, Cloud Dragon City, after a long journey of more than ten days.
Yunlong City is the largest city in the Baiyun Empire except for the imperial capital, and it is also the most prosperous commercial city in the Baiyun Empire, and it is also the place where the Tang family used to be.
Standing in front of the tall and majestic city gate, Tang Fan's eyes involuntarily blurred.
It's been seven years, and I'm finally back, although it's no longer a thing, but the old love is not over, and the revenge has not been avenged.
Stepping into Yunlong City again, Tang Fan's mood was mixed, and scenes from his childhood involuntarily came to mind.
Once he was the little master of one of the three largest families in this Cloud Dragon City, once he was favored by everyone in the family, once he was unscrupulous and arrogant in this Cloud Dragon City, and everyone wanted to be polite when they saw it.
But the accident seven years ago made him nothing, the clan was killed, his father did not know where to go, only he was desperately taken away by the old housekeeper and fled to the Great Wilderness Mountain like a lost dog, and became a small mercenary.
In the past seven years, he has thought countless times that one day he will return to this Cloud Dragon City, to find the murderer of the Tang family, and to avenge the tragic death of his relatives, and now he is finally back.
Although his strength is weak now and his wings are not yet full, he believes that he will grow up soon, and when the time comes, he will definitely find clues to the tragedy of the Tang family, and he also vows to let the more than 1,000 people who died tragically from the Tang family be blinded!
"Xiao Fan, don't be in a daze, hurry up, the deceased is gone, live well in the present, and live up to the spirit of your relatives in the sky!" Xue Wuxi's cold voice sounded in Tang Fan's ears, pulling him back from his thoughts.
"Hmm!"
Tang Fan breathed a long sigh of relief, put away his thoughts, and took a step to prepare to walk towards the city with Xue Wuxi.
"Gotta ......"
At this moment, from inside the city gate, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves rushing towards the city gate from far and near, mixed with an arrogant shout.
"If the people in front don't want to die, get out of the way, don't get in the way!"
"Hehe, hurry up, let's compete to see who is the first to reach Xishan today!"
When the people at the city gate heard the sound, they all hid in both directions, and those who dared to ride horses and gallop in the city were all people with status and background, not those who were ordinary people.
Tang Fan and Xue Wuxian also stopped moving forward and followed everyone towards the city wall.
As soon as they stood still, six or seven horsemen rushed out of the city gate, all of them wind scale horses, this is a first-order spirit beast, with a docile personality, running at a gallop, and it is the favorite and most raised spirit beast of the major families.
Immediately, six or seven people were all young people in strong suits, both men and women, all with arrogant faces, and they looked like they couldn't be beaten.
"Isn't that Yuwenting, the prince of the palace? And Xiao Ke, the youngest son of the Xiao family, and Yu Xu Shiyuan, the son of the Xu family, what are they going to do?"
"You don't know this, I heard that they are preparing a three-day hunting competition in the Xishan Sacrifice Forest, today is the day the competition starts, they should go to participate in the hunt!"
"Ah, hunting in the West Mountain Forest? Isn't that the place where prisoners are executed? What kind of hunting? Could it be those death row prisoners?"
"You guessed it right, I heard that this time it was a game of live hunting that took those condemned prisoners as prey. ”
"Ah, take death row prisoners as prey, it's so cruel for them to come up with it!"
"Yes, these boys are tired of hunting spirit beasts, and now they are all playing in different ways!"
"Alas, living people are treated as spirit beasts, what a sin! It's just that beasts are inferior! This Gongzi of Cloud Dragon City is really not as good as a generation. ”
"Shhh
"Alas......"
Tang Fan naturally heard the discussion of those people, he was very disgusted with the behavior of those sons, these people were simply inhumane, and they even treated prisoners as spirit beasts, they were living people, how did they do it?
Could it be that the disciples of those families were so extinct and mortal? If the Tang family was still one of the three major families in Yunlong City, and he was still the son of the Tang family, would he do this? Tang Fan asked himself.
Tang Fan thought that he really couldn't do it, he had no choice but to kill people in battle, but he really couldn't do it when he hunted people who had no resistance, even if he thought about it, he felt full of guilt.
Tang Fan believes that not only can't he do it, I'm afraid most people can't do it, and only those who are perverted in their hearts will do whatever they want!
Maybe his consciousness is still affected by his previous life, and he can't understand the behavior of those children of the family at all.
Tang Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly, now he is no longer the son of a family, just a little mercenary who wants to survive and avenge his clansmen, what is the use of thinking about this.
As the group of children of the family went away, the city gate was lively again, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going at the city gate, Tang Fan and Xue Wuxian also followed the flow of people to the city.
As a big city with the same reputation as the Baiyun Empire and the imperial capital, the prosperity of Yunlong City in the city was beyond Tang Fan's imagination, and the streets paved with huge stones were wide enough to run ten carriages side by side.
The street is crowded with people, the traffic is busy, all kinds of atmospheric and simple buildings are scattered, all kinds of shops and restaurants are everything, and it is very lively, so that Tang Fan, who is used to seeing the modern metropolis, is also amazed.
Tang Fan was a little curious and followed Xue Wuxian as he walked and looked, and he kept sighing in his heart, the prosperity of this other world is even better than that of the previous life!
Xue Wuxian took Tang Fan through the streets and alleys, and unconsciously walked to a somewhat desolate place, the Tang Mansion, where the Tang family used to be.
It used to be unusually prosperous here, and there was an endless stream of people who came to choose custom weapons, and with the tall and majestic buildings of the Tang family, it could be regarded as a scene of Yunlong City.
And now the Tang Mansion has become a dead and silent place, many buildings have been dilapidated, through the dilapidated courtyard wall can be seen the overgrown weeds inside, full of desolate atmosphere, here is a rare remote place in this prosperous Yunlong City.
In fact, this is also because of the tragedy of the Tang family, the Tang Mansion was not taken over, after all, thousands of people were slaughtered here, who thought that the long man accepted such an ominous mansion, so he let it be preserved, and such a picture was formed.
Tang Fan and Xue Wuxian stood in front of the Tang Mansion, the once shiny and heavy gate has now become rusty, covered with all kinds of sword marks, as if telling the tragedy of the night of the Tang family's tragedy.
Xue Wuxian looked at the sword marks on the door, his face was solemn, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
And Tang Fan looked at Xue Wuxian suspiciously, I don't know what he brought himself here for, let himself remember the past, or is there another purpose?
Didn't Xue Wuxian repeatedly explain that he wanted to keep a low profile when he came to Yunlong City when he was on the road?
Tang Fan was just about to speak, but Xue Wuxian suddenly stopped him, then turned his head and said coldly to the corner of the Tang Mansion: "Friend, you've followed us all the way, come out!"
"Huh, somebody's following us?"
Xue Wuxian's words startled Tang Fan, he didn't even pay attention to being followed? Who would follow him? Could someone recognize him?
Tang Fan looked at the corner, but after waiting for a long time, there was no reaction there.
"No one, Uncle Xue, are you mistaken?" Tang Fan whispered suspiciously.
Xue Wuxian didn't speak, but looked around with a solemn face, he wouldn't feel wrong, that guy gave him a very familiar feeling, just like the person he had contacted back then, if he was not mistaken, the other party should be the killer of Wuji Pavilion.
He really didn't expect that he and Tang Fan would be targeted by the people of Wuji Pavilion as soon as they entered Cloud Dragon City, but he couldn't figure out why the people of Wuji Pavilion would target them, and he didn't offend the people of Wuji Pavilion?
Could it be that the matter in the king's tomb has spread, and the other party wants to get the treasure in the tomb? Or has someone issued some task to the Wuji Pavilion? Who could it be? The Thirteen Princes or the people of those families in Black Rock City?
Xue Wuxian couldn't figure it out, he felt that the reason would not be Tang Fan, except for a few people who knew that Tang Fan was still alive, others would not recognize him as a member of the Tang family, let alone ambush here in advance, something must have gone wrong.
However, at this time, he didn't have time to think about it, he didn't know what the realm of the killer who assassinated them was, he didn't dare to be careless, once he was distracted, he and Tang Fan would be in danger.
In fact, he didn't find the exact location of the person just now, but he sensed that someone was hiding around, and he shouted at the foot of the wall to startle the snake, and then confirm the person's location.
It's just that the other party was not fooled, that breath is still there, but the breath is fluctuating, as if there are people in all directions, and the other party is obviously a mature assassination master.
When Tang Fan saw Xue Wuji's serious expression, he knew that things might not be as simple as he imagined, and the two of them seemed to be really being targeted.
And the other party's hiding methods are very clever, which shows that he may be a professional killer, which makes him nervous and dare not speak easily.
About another pillar of incense passed, there was still no movement around, Tang Fan and Xue Wuxian did not move, and the atmosphere was quiet and a little scary.
At this time, a subtle voice suddenly sounded in Tang Fan's ears: "Xiaofan, don't speak, remember what I said, wait until I make a move, you will run to a crowded place with all your might, the faster you run, the better, remember!"
This is Xue Wuxi's voice, he is transmitting to Tang Fan! Could it be that he has discovered the killer?
Tang Fan nodded imperceptibly, and secretly used his aura to prepare to escape.
At this moment, a sharp sword suddenly came from within the courtyard wall next to them, coming straight towards Xue Wuxi, the killer seemed to sense that Xue Wuxian was transmitting a message to Tang Fan, so he seized the opportunity of this moment to make a move.
"Glimps"
Xue Wuxian didn't dare to be careless, and when he came up, he made a big move, and the long sword in his hand turned into a white streamer to meet the sword.