Chapter 4 Murder and arson

Thousand Nights stepped over a moaning warrior and walked into the City Lord's Mansion. This time, a bunch of people poured out of the inner mansion, and they were finally able to find a few decent powerhouses inside.

Qianye's eyes fell on the white-faced and beardless middle-aged man in the center, and said, "I thought you could endure it for a while!"

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, his face was not angry but arrogant, and shouted: "Your Excellency is also a strong man, what kind of ability is it to poison some ordinary soldiers?

Qianye is not interested in even raising her eyelids for this trick of shouting to catch thieves. "Who are you?"

"This seat is far away!"

Qianye shook his head and said lightly: "I haven't heard of it." ”

Du Yuan's eyebrows suddenly turned into brows, he was the commander of the city guards, the number one master in the army, and his prestige was extremely high, only below Luo Bingfeng. Even the envoy of the Heavenly King has to give him some face.

If Qianye is sarcastic, it's just that, but he still looks serious and takes care of things.

After looking Du Yuan up and down, Qianye said again: "It's quite a bit capable." But Luo Bingfeng is dead, why are you still alive? This ability to save your life is really good. ”

Du Yuan's face was swollen with anger. When the empire besieged Luo Bingfeng that day, he also fought to the death, but he was seriously injured and unconscious. By the time he woke up, the war had long since ended, and he was snatched from the battlefield by several henchmen at the risk of death, and hid in the city, until the army of the Eternal Night withdrew, and then returned to preside over the overall situation.

Until not long ago, Du Yuan's injury was not good, and his strength had not fully recovered to his peak. Both he and those around him thought he had done his best. At that time, the empire came with a thousand momentum, who would dare to say that it could stop it?

It was the sarcasm of Qianye, which was particularly harsh in Du Yuan's ears.

He raised his eyebrows, stepped forward, and shouted: "Little thief! You plotted to kill the Luo City Lord, and this matter has not been settled with you, and you still dare to deceive the door! Do you really think that I heard that there is no one in Chaocheng?"

Qianye's expression was still so tepid, and she said, "Are you treating Zhang Buzhou's words as fart?"

"Zhang Tianwang's name is also what you can call casually?" Du Yuan's voice also improved a lot. From his answer, it can be seen that this person is shrewd to avoid evil and avoid evil, and has bypassed the language trap of a thousand nights.

However, Du Yuan's failure to go up did not hinder the overall situation, Qianye's voice did not improve, and the coverage was further expanded, and said: "I am listening to Qianye, the lord of Chao City, Zhang Buzhou personally informed Donghai of this news. This is my last reminder, if there is anyone who doesn't know me, or doesn't take Zhang Buzhou seriously, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!"

After that, Qianye looked at Du Yuan and said, "Did you hear clearly?The last time you picked up a life, did you plan to leave it here?"

In front of everyone's eyes, how could Du Yuan be subdued, and said angrily: "The thief is too rampant! You are so disrespectful to the Heavenly King, just with your little cultivation, it is not your turn to spread wild in Tingchao City! The old man will teach you how to behave today!"

He took a step forward, and the sword was not unsheathed, but casually pulled out a long sword from the waist of the person next to him, and pointed it at Qianye. Minghuang said that the old man can destroy you with a sword at will.

Qianye didn't care if he was really stupid or who he was acting for, he reached out and grabbed it, Dongyue was already in his hand, and then a dense thunder sound sounded on his body.

Hearing this thunderous sound, Du Yuan suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, as if a desolate ancient beast was waking up in front of him!

Before he could decide to take a top, he still didn't care about his face and retreated quickly, Qianye was already shaking his wrist, and Dongyue was cut off on the head!

The sword was silent, fluttering as if it had no strength, and even the direction of the sword blade was a little erratic, making people inevitably wonder if Qianye had been hollowed out by wine the night before, and even the sword could not be held steadily.

However, Du Yuan and the people with the highest combat power next to him all changed color, and in their eyes, the space around the sword blade was distorted, and it was definitely not because of weakness and weakness, the power that could cut through the space was too terrifying.

In an instant, Du Yuan knew that he would definitely not be able to block this sword!

It's just that at this time, he can't retreat, and if he loses his momentum, I'm afraid that he won't even be able to catch a blow. Du Yuan let out a strange scream, swung his sword upward, and slashed at Dongyue with a sword. Hearing only a soft sound, the long sword in Du Yuan's hand broke into two.

Dongyue has been re-tempered, and he is extremely strong at the moment, and his sharpness is even higher, not to mention that Du Yuan is just an ordinary long sword in his hand, even if he uses his own sword, there is only one sword and two breaks.

Dongyue's fall was not affected by this block in the slightest, but since Du Yuan had the idea of retreating, with his rich combat experience, he still used the power of the intersection of the two swords to retreat in an instant, escaping the fate of being cut open by Dongyue's sword.

Du Yuan held a half-cut sword in his hand, standing more than ten meters away, staring at Qianye with a pale face. has just walked back and forth between life and death, and no one can handle it calmly.

He was about to walk when he suddenly felt a little itchy on his face, and then he saw a drop of blood appear, sliding down the bridge of his nose and finally rolling down the tip of his nose.

Du Yuan's hand trembled slightly, and he put the broken sword in front of him. From the reflection of the sword blade, I saw that there was an extra red line between my eyebrows, and blood beads were slowly oozing out.

His hands trembled even more, and the blood line on his face showed that it was not an illusion just now, but indeed a roll on the line of life and death. If he had reacted a little late, his movements would have been slow and the blink would have been too long for a moment, and now he had been dissected in the center and turned into a corpse.

Du Yuan's Force level is still above Qianye, even if he knows that Qianye's extraordinary record is still going to come out, on the one hand, it is forced by the situation, if he surrenders without a fight, he himself will definitely lose his reputation, on the other hand, he also feels that he can always fight with Qianye, and at that time, naturally someone else will take action.

Right now, in this listening tide city, the people who want to teach Qianye the most are not their old people under Luo Bingfeng.

It's just that Du Yuan never expected that with just one move, he would almost die under the Thousand Nights Sword.

A sword missed, and Qianye didn't care. No matter what Du Yuan said, he has followed Luo Bingfeng for a long time, and in Tingchao City and even the entire East China Sea, he is a strong man below the god general. Just now there is the factor that he is overdoing it. Qianye thought to himself that he couldn't kill a strong person of this level with one hit, so he had to hit three or four times.

Since he had already started, Qianye had no intention of giving up after distinguishing the winner and defeat, and then took a step forward, Dongyue swept and slashed Du Yuan's waist.

At this moment, Qianye has already opened the mountain, the surging force is almost irresistible, the sword is as fast as the wind and thunder, as heavy as a mountain, a sword has just come out, and it has reached Du Yuan's waist!

This sword was too fast, and Du Yuan, who was still in shock, couldn't block it at all, and he could avoid it with a loud roar, and Dongyue was on top of his head again.

Du Yuan really couldn't avoid it, he didn't even have the space to throw away the remnant sword and pull out the sword, all he could choose was the direction of escape. He gritted his teeth and jumped into the crowd around him!

Qianye casually adjusted the direction of Dongyue's swing slightly, and a crimson sword qi was dozens of meters long, chasing Du Yuan and slashing over, as if there was no one around.

Du Yuan moved fast, Qianye's sword qi was faster, and those who were originally onlookers suffered, and the peripheral ones desperately threw themselves to the side, unfortunately there was no time and space to dodge around Du Yuan's landing point, so they could only hold a desperate mood and wave their weapons, trying to block the sword qi that was pressing on their faces.

A wave of blood suddenly appeared in the crowd, and anyone involved was instantly crushed.

And Du Yuan roared wildly, and a stream of blood rushed out from his back, and he fled in an instant.

Qianye didn't chase after him, and slowly put away Dongyue. Turning his head to look at the long street in front of the city lord's mansion, his gaze swept over the closed or half-open windows of the buildings on the street, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Then he walked through a place of dead and wounded and walked into the inner house.

A moment later, Qianye was already sitting in the middle of the City Lord's Mansion Hall. A temporary platform was erected here, on which a high-backed chair was placed to serve as the throne of the lord of the city.

Previously, Luo Bingfeng had been living in seclusion in the Holy Mountain, and basically did not live in the City Lord's Mansion. It is the city lord's mansion that has become the office of the city guards and various management departments. The furnishings of the meeting hall are also in the long table mode, and after seeing it for a thousand nights, people will clean up the tables and chairs, and when he comes to Tingchao City, he is not ready to "discuss" with people.

Qianye is condescending, and the fly in the ointment is that there are only a dozen or so people below, all of whom are small leaders, and there are no high-ranking figures. He didn't care, the strong man in the city guard must have suffered heavy losses after the two occupations of the Imperial Eternal Night, and after a sword hit Du Yuan hard, I believe that there will be no more small fish and shrimp who dare to provoke for a while.

"Have the bodies been cleaned up outside, and what about the dead and wounded?"

"Lord Thousand Nights, a total of eleven people were killed in battle, fifty-five were seriously wounded, and one hundred and twenty were lightly wounded. ”

Qianye sneered: "Died in battle? So, I, the city lord, am still your enemy?"

The little leader of the city guards below suddenly sweated on his forehead, and said in a loud voice: "My subordinates don't dare......!" Lord of the city, they are all acting according to orders, and they can't help it. Besides, with just a little bit of their deeds, you can kill them all with one hand, so why take these ants to heart? You see, is it better to have people treat the wounded first, and then punish them severely?"

Qianye tapped on the handrail and said lightly, "Which family is so tolerant of rebellion?"

Hearing the word rebellion, the little leader's cold sweat immediately fell, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his cheeks. He fell to his knees with a thud and said in a loud voice: "Lord of the City, they are really bewitched by others, and they are just confused for a while! Besides, killing them will not be good for your reputation!"

"It seems that I'm listening to the reputation of Chaocheng is not very good, do I still need to care?"

"Yes, of course!" the little leader said in a loud voice, "Actually, many people don't come, not because they are disrespectful, but because they are afraid of your prestige. I'm sure they'll figure it out right away. ”

Qianye looked at the little boss in front of him, who was already sweaty and had a neat mouth, and said, "You will think about others." Aren't you afraid that I'll be angry and behead you too?"

The man said: "The lowly position has no ability, and killing the lowly office will only stain the hands of the adult." ”

Qianye laughed and said, "You're really bold. It's okay, for the sake of you who are not afraid of death, then spare them the death penalty. But punishment is necessary, so that the dead bodies are thrown out of the city and not allowed to be buried. The wounded were first treated, and then expelled from the city, and were not allowed to return. ”

"Yes, my lord!" the people below agreed very happily, and after discussing a few words together, they divided a few people out to carry it out.

Chiya just watched from above, letting them move. These low-ranking officers were all veterans, and they obviously didn't think he would be able to sit in the position of city lord for long. When Qianye leaves or is driven away, the expelled person can naturally come back.

Qianye sneered in his heart, and he didn't say anything, and ordered: "Go and inform the various families in the city, and order the head of the family to come to the city lord's mansion to see me in the afternoon." Anyone who doesn't arrive will be punished as a rebellion! In addition, let the palace guards gather and take me to the mansion of Commander Du to have a look. ”

This order is full of murderous aura, but in the face of the power of a thousand nights and a sword that hit Du Yuan hard, who dares to say a word?

In a few moments, several military vehicles drove out of the City Lord's Mansion and headed for Du Yuan's mansion in Tingchao City.

These military vehicles are all heavy trucks, there is not a single off-road vehicle that officers often sit in, there are few soldiers on the car, and there are only twenty or thirty drivers in the car, and they look a little desolate. There was no one in the upper echelons of the city guard, and although the officers in the middle and lower ranks did not dare to openly disobey Qianye's order, they were always inevitably passive and sabotage.

Senya sat in the cab of the lead car, her eyes swept the streets left and right, and from time to time she could feel the malicious gaze of Dao Dao in the buildings on both sides. However, from beginning to end, no one dared to make a sneak attack, which disappointed Qianye.

Du Yuan's mansion is located in the west district of Tingchao City, which is a large mansion that occupies half a block, with high walls and deep courtyards, and it looks majestic from a distance. However, at the moment, the mansion was full of chickens and dogs, and there was chaos, mixed with crying and screaming. From time to time, someone ran out of the corner gate, carrying a package on his shoulder, and disappeared into the alley in the blink of an eye.

Qianye jumped down from the military vehicle, looked up at the plaque of Du Mansion with gold characters on a black background, solemn and not much worse than the City Lord's Mansion, and walked towards the gate.

"Stop! This is the Commander's Mansion, who dares to trespass, aren't you afraid of death?" At the gate of Du's Mansion, there were actually two city guards guarding, and they did their duty, even if the mansion was in chaos, they did not leave their posts.

Qianye was too lazy to talk to them, and two blood lines shot out from his fingertips, which instantly pierced the hearts of the two of them, and they were closed with one stab. The two guards lost all blood on their faces and fell to the ground, cut off from life.

Qianye took the small leader and more than a dozen soldiers, smashed the gate of Dufu and the plaque with a sword, and walked into the compound.

The people dressed as servants in the Du Mansion ran in and out, and there was a mess, and all kinds of objects and clothes were scattered on the ground, as if they had just been robbed. Qianye casually grabbed a subordinate and forced Du Yuan to ask about his whereabouts.

The man was so frightened that his whole body softened, but fortunately his speech was quite neat, and he said quickly: "The eldest master just came back, and his whole body was covered in blood." As soon as he came back, he asked people to pack up their things, and then left with a few young masters. As soon as the eldest man left, several aunts rolled up their things and fled. ”

After hearing this, Qianye couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, and said, "This guy, he runs fast! Luo Bingfeng is also a hero, how could he use such a guy as a commander." ”

Qianye thought about it wrongly. Du Yuan can be called a fierce general, with strong combat power, and he has always had prestige as a proud soldier who stabilized the defenders of the city. It's just that that bit of confidence has been broken again and again, and he was lucky not to die in the empire's siege of Luo Bingfeng, and he just escaped from the Thousand Nights Sword twice, but the rare setback was that he exhausted a little of his heroism, and he was no longer willing to die.

After letting the servant go, Qianye led the people to walk around the Du Mansion.

The architecture of Du Mansion looks atmospheric at first glance, but the details are quite rough, and the overall style is an imperial retro garden, which can be discussed in terms of fineness and artistic conception, which can not be compared with the mansion of the gate valve family. At the moment, the house is messy, and I don't see anything useful. Thinking that the real value was either taken away by Du Yuan, or swept away by a few aunts, and the rest were also taken by the subordinates and taken seventy-seven eighty-eight.

Qianye didn't have any idea about the property of Du Mansion, so he was not disappointed, and after looking at it inside and out, he said, "Burn this place." ”

"What?" everyone thought they had misheard. Du Mansion is also a big mansion, and it is worth a lot of money in itself. Even if Du Yuan has already escaped, wouldn't it be much better than burning it to take it up?

Qianye said: "I said, burn this place." ”

“...... Be. The little leader already understood the style of the thousand nights, and immediately gave his colleagues and subordinates a look, and everyone spread out their fires.

In an instant, more than a dozen fires ignited, and the raging flames soon swept through the entire Du Mansion, and the smoke and fire in the sky could be seen throughout Tingchao City.

Qianye stood outside the mansion, watching the raging fire, and after a while, he also had the leisure to command the city guards to pull out a firebreak on the perimeter to prevent the fire from spreading to the nearby neighborhoods. He stood there and watched for a moment, until the flames engulfed the entire Du Mansion, and then turned and walked towards the military vehicle.

The little leader followed, and cautiously asked, "Where are we going now, my lord?"

Qianye stopped, looked back, and saw that everyone behind him was afraid and cautious, so he said: "It's a pity that no one came to put out the fire." ”

Everyone's faces immediately became embarrassed, especially the little leader. Qianye suddenly asked, "What's your name?"

The little leader hurriedly said: "The villain's name is Du Xinchu, is it...... He is the distant nephew of Commander Du. ”

Qianye didn't expect that there would be such a relationship, so she glanced at him with interest and said, "If you say this identity, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"Killing a villain is just dirty the hands of an adult, and it doesn't make any sense. ”

Qianye nodded and said, "Then tell me, why didn't anyone come to put out the fire?"

Du Xinchu was silent for a moment and said, "My lord seriously injured the Great Commander with a sword, this news must have spread, and without absolute certainty, no one should come to send him to death." ”

Qianye smiled, got into the car, beckoned Du Xinchu to sit next to him, and continued: "Then what do you think is the reason why those people don't want me to be the city lord?"

Du Xinchu said: "There are three reasons. First, he feels that the strength of the adults is insufficient, and if he wants to be the lord of Tingchao City, he must be a god general in order to be able to convince the public. The second is to listen to Chaocheng and other places, the inside has never been a monolith, there were many factions before, and now after the two wars, there are heavy casualties in the city, and many positions are vacant, naturally some people feel that the opportunity has come, some people want to occupy a few important positions, and some people even want to seek the position of the city lord. In the end, the Heavenly King definitely doesn't want you to sit in this position, and most of them will secretly use some means. ”

Qianye was a little surprised by his directness, and said, "It doesn't seem like it should be right to talk to me so much." ”

Du Xinchu sighed and said, "There is nothing else, but my eyesight is still a little bit." After seeing the power of the adult's sword, he knew that even if the master in the city was exhausted, it was just a sword test for the adult. Listening to Chaocheng, he has already broken his muscles and bones, and he can't stand the toss anymore. It is better for an adult to sit on the throne of the lord of the city than to be swallowed by the wolf king. ”

Qianye smiled faintly and said, "You have confidence in me." ”

He suddenly glanced at the front windshield and said, "Stop." ”

The military vehicles stopped in turn, and Qianye pushed the car door and walked to a crossroads in front of them.

In front of him, there was a long street with shops on both sides, but there were few pedestrians. Signs and door flags fluttered in the wind, and a few customers were coming and going in the shop, but more were busy clerks. There weren't many customers in the shop, and I didn't know what they were up to.

The street is long and narrow, but the buildings on both sides are quite high. The sun is shining at the entrance of the street, but the long street is full of slaughter, like a lead cloud pressing down on the city, making people breathless.

Qianye just glanced at it, then turned a corner and walked into the long street. Du Xinchu's expression changed slightly, and he wanted to stop him, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, Qianye had already stepped into the long street. Du Xinchu froze in place, looked at his hands, and then looked at the back of Qianye more than ten meters away, and his face became more solemn.

As soon as I stepped into the long street, wisps of murderous aura rushed to my face, and the light on the street dimmed a little. The wind that passed through the building seemed to carry a biting chill.

He hadn't gone far before the windows on the third floor on both sides suddenly shattered, and several black shadows swooped down in the air! At the same time, the clerk in the shop on the first floor also lifted the tablecloth in the hall. Under the cloth is not a table, but a crossbow in a box!