Day 1.

In a house in Shuozhou City, a servant walked to the study with difficulty and knocked on the door with a large pile of copywriting and booklets.

"Lord Liu, the City Lord's Mansion has sent another batch of brochures for you to review. ”

"Got it, come in. ”

The servant pushed open the door, and as far as he could see, a black sword pierced out of the chest of Lord Liu, who was wearing an official robe.

"Save ......" Lord Liu, who was bloated and lacked exercise, was pierced through the chest with a sword, and before he could say a word to help, he was completely lifeless.

"Kill! Come on! Help!" The servant threw the copywriting and pamphlet in his arms, and ran outside with a lot of urine, for fear that he would be killed by the murderer if he was one step too slow.

A quarter of an hour later, the Shuozhou City Supervisor was playing chess with the guests in his garden, and the two guards of the late Xuan Rank stood behind him inch by inch.

The Overseer was so fond of playing games that he was almost obsessed, and the guest he was playing with seemed to be the same. The two fought to the end, holding the son in their hands, and they did not fall for a long time. All their attention was on the chessboard in front of them, unaware of the changes around them.

Even when the two of the Overseer's guards hit the ground, they didn't notice it in the slightest.

"Eat!" the supervisor thought of a clever move, and fell down with joy on his face. The hand was just ionized, and the chess piece that had just been put down suddenly bounced off the chessboard, shooting through the brain of the supervisor who didn't have time to react like a hidden weapon!

The guest who was playing against the supervisor was shocked to see that the supervisor had died "accidentally", and found the two guards whose bodies had been inexplicably separated, and he was so frightened that his soul was scattered!

Night fell, but there was no quiet in the Shuozhou City Lord's Mansion. Xue Zhao sat on the main seat with a gloomy face, and the six Xue Zhao's henchmen in the hall did not dare to come out, as if they were fixed in their seats.

"Today, in one day, my Shuozhou City lost 23 civil officials, eight of whom were assassinated in their own homes, and the other 15 died in various accidents. Hmph! What an accident! What an accident, can so many people die in one day? Among them, there are also the supervisors and the grain and grass officials. Who the hell is it? Who dare to suddenly do something to me Shuozhou!"

Xue Zhao angrily slapped the tiger head on the armrest of the seat!

These days, Xue Zhao first destroyed the ghosts, and then captured Tu Lie, everything can be described as a spring breeze. Xue Zhao felt that after his prestige spread throughout the twenty-four states, the remaining twenty-three states might surrender without a fight, take the initiative to submit to him, and support him to establish the fourth Divine Apocalypse Dynasty.

Just when Xue Zhao's dream was sweet, he received the bad news of the death of twenty-three officials! How could this not make Xue Zhao furious!

Seeing Xue Zhao's anger, the six of them recalled Xue Zhao's irritable temper in the past, and they couldn't help but be silent.

"Speak, are you dead too? I called you here, is that you are allowed to sit here and drink tea?" Xue Zhao saw that the six henchmen did not speak, and he was even more angry, grabbed the teacup in his hand, and threw it in the center of the hall......

"My lord. One of them wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said boldly, "Although these twenty-three officials are clearly assassinated, we can't find any evidence, and we don't have a clue for a while. In this hurry, it is indeed difficult for some strongmen to determine which forces are doing it to us. ”

When the other five people heard this, they were shocked, didn't they kill themselves by saying this? Xue Zhao was already angry, and he dared to say that Xue Zhao was a strong man at this time.

Sure enough, Xue Zhao snorted angrily, flicked his robe, and made a sound of bursting!

"Hmph! What a strong man is difficult! Then I'll give you a day! If you don't have any eyebrows at this time tomorrow, you will come to me with your head!"

The man let out a "whoosh" and walked out of the lobby.

Xue Zhao didn't have the heart to discuss any more, and waved his hand to signal that everyone else could go. The five men breathed a sigh of relief as they walked out of the lobby. The risk of going from the head of six people to the head of one is naturally a good thing for them.

The next day, nineteen more civil officials of Shuozhou City died, and by this point, half of the civil officials of Shuozhou City had gone.

This night, there was a bloody human head in Xue Zhao's lobby. The sadness of the dead rabbit and the fox filled the hearts of Xue Zhao's five henchmen.

"Now, can you give me any clues, or are you ready to be like him?" Xue Zhao pointed to the human head on the ground and looked around at the five subordinates.

"Lord...... This time the enemy was very cunning and difficult, and it was difficult to catch him for a while. It is better to arrange for the civil officials to live with the military attaché first, so as to ensure the safety of the remaining civilian officials as the first priority. One suggested.

Xue Zhao rubbed his temples, waved his hand weakly, and motioned to do so.

On the third day, the remaining civil officials in Shuozhou City hid in the homes of the military attachés they had befriended, and some even lived directly in the barracks. Before their lives were in danger, dignity and honor had long been thrown out of the sky by them.

At noon, General Ding Regency, the President Ma of Shuozhou City, was reading a military book in his study.

It stands to reason that it is naturally extremely safe to live with Ding Shi, the strongest man in the Shuozhou army, but no one came, because their identities are too far apart!

The only person whose identity is equal to Ding Shi is a stubborn temper who will never rely on others for protection.

"General. Outside the study, a guard knocked on the door, "There's a young man outside asking to see you." ”

"Is it in the army?" Ding Shi's flat but majestic voice came from the study.

"It's not. The young man claimed that he had a treasure that he wanted to offer you. ”

"Let him come back. I'm not going to accept these things. ”

"General, I have already said so. The young man said that he was going to offer a sword, a sword worthy only of a general. ”

"Oh?" Ding Shi in the study finally got a hint of interest, "What kind of sword is it?"

"I don't know, the young man put the sword in a sword box, and he said that he could only show it to you, the general. ”

"Okay, then I'll go check it out. Ding Shi finally walked out of the study.

Ding Shi is a big man who is a little taller than ordinary people, with thick eyebrows like a sword and eyes like a tiger. Ding She, who was wearing armor all over his body, naturally exuded an oppressive momentum, and even the guards who were used to getting along with Ding Shi were still a little oppressed.

Recently, Shuozhou officials were assassinated in large numbers, and Ding Shi naturally knew about it, and this young man who came to offer his sword during a sensitive period may have come to assassinate himself. Even if that person really came to assassinate, Ding Shi was not afraid at all.

As the strongest man in the Shuozhou army, Ding Shi has the strength of the middle stage of the Heavenly Order. With absolute confidence in his own strength, Ding Shi will never be afraid of any assassination.

When Ding Shi walked into the lobby, a young man in a black windbreaker was already quietly waiting for Ding Shi in the lobby. The young man was holding a wooden sword box in his hand, which was supposed to be the sword he was going to offer to Ding Shi.

"I'm Ding She, young man, you should be able to take out the sword and show it to me. Ding Shi looked at the young man in front of him, and the level of the young man's qi in the late stage of the ground level could not be hidden, "Young man, a genius like you, you can actually keep the sword for your own use." Can you tell me the purpose of your sword?"

"When you see the sword, you understand. The young man in black did not take out the sword in the sword box, but looked at the guards on the side.

Ding Shi understood what he meant, and motioned to retreat left and right.

"Now, we're the only ones left. Can you show me your sword?"

The black-clothed young man slowly opened the sword box, revealing a wooden sword that could not be more ordinary. At the moment when the sword box was fully opened, a pitch-black long sword appeared on the lion's head armor on Ding Xi's chest, piercing Ding Xi's heart.

There was no trace of surprise on Ding Xi's face, and he didn't even look at the fatal wound on his chest.

"It's no accident that you were able to assassinate so many officials. It's just that I didn't expect you to be able to do it in front of me. ”

"You're not the first Heavenly Rank to die under the 'Hidden Edge in the Shadows'. The young man in black said lightly.

"So...... Can you show me what you really look like before I die?"

The black-clothed young man stretched out his hand to wipe away the disfigured mud on his face, revealing Shenhuan's grim face.

"That's what you look like. I don't know why you're here, can you tell me?" Ding Xi is a heaven-level powerhouse, with strong physical strength, even if his heart is pierced, he can still have a normal conversation with Shenhuan.

"For the sake of my friends who were imprisoned by you half a month ago. Shen Huan withdrew his sword and replied calmly, with no enmity or anger in his voice.

"Original...... It turns out that ......," Ding Shi said with relief, "If I had known that the person who offered the bounty would provoke a young genius like you who walked in the dark, I would definitely do my best to stop the city lord's decision...... Now, it's too late to regret it...... Let's go......" After speaking, Ding Shi turned around, leaving Shenhuan with a tall back......

Although he is dying, he still stands proudly!

Shenhuan was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he hugged his fist at Ding Se's back, and his figure disappeared into Ding Se's mansion in a flash......

Half an hour later, Xue Zhao, who received a report from the guards in Ding's mansion, suddenly heard the bad news and was so shocked that he almost fell off his chair.

"What did you say? General Ding...... Ding Shi died? He was assassinated by a young man in the house? This is impossible!" Xue Zhao couldn't accept the fact that Ding Shi died, because Xue Zhao's plan for hegemony was absolutely inseparable from Ding Shi!

Ding Shi is not only extremely strong in his own strength, but also has a very high attainment in the art of war. Ding Shi died young, and Xue Zhao's plan for hegemony can almost be called an untimely death......

"Search, search, draw an image of the assassin, search him out, dig three feet into the ground, find the assassin, or die!" Xue Zhao had lost all his mind, frantically destroying everything around him.

Xue Zhao's subordinates were afraid of being affected, so they retreated one after another. If Xue Zhao demolished this house, they didn't want to lose their lives in vain.