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There was still no one to reply, and the gendarmes were expressionless and silent. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The soldier was even angrier, and without saying a word, he was about to be beaten with a whip. The gendarme who was directly in front of him suddenly broke off and shouted: "Presumptuous!"

As he spoke, he slammed the stirrups with both feet, urged the horse forward, and as soon as he walked, he slammed his sword into the sheath and plunged a sword into the other's shoulder.

The soldier had no time to block and dodge, and with a scream, he rolled over his horse and threw his horse, his hand covering the wound on his shoulder, and struggled to get up from the ground, and the war horse was already in a circle around him.

The soldiers on the horse were all holding fire guns, glaring at him murderously.

No matter how lonely the soldiers in Guancheng are, they also know Huogong. His face changed in fright, and he stammered, "You...... Who are you?"

"Gendarmerie. A gendarmerie captain stepped out of the crowd and sat down on the saddle bridge, staring condescendingly at the soldier.

Gendarmerie ?are they...... The soldier paused for a moment, came back to his senses, and at the same time his face changed greatly, and he couldn't care about the wound on his shoulder, so he knelt on the ground with a puff and said repeatedly: "The military master spares his life, the military master spares his life-"

No one paid any attention to him, and the gendarmes gathered around him, motionless and silent, just staring at him coldly.

After a while, the crowd parted, and Shangguan Xiu came over on a black horse, looked down at the soldier who was begging for mercy, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, this person is rude, and he has been taught a little lesson by the brothers below. ”

Hearing someone call Shangguan Xiu 'Your Highness', the soldier was even more frightened and sweaty, knowing that he had stabbed Da Louzi this time, he kowtowed like pounding garlic, and cried in a trembling voice: "Your Highness spares your life, Your Highness spares your life......

"Get up!"

"Your Highness spare your life, Your Highness spare ......" He stopped begging for mercy, cautiously glanced up at Shangguan Xiu, and saw that he was also looking at himself with a smile, the soldier involuntarily shrunk his neck, lowered his head, and didn't dare to say more.

"Take me to the City Lord's Mansion. ”

"Yes, yes, Your Highness!" When he answered, he couldn't help but raise his eyes again and secretly looked at Shangguan Xiu. This person is not very old, only in his early twenties, handsome appearance, profound facial features, especially striking is the silver hair that hangs down from his temples, which adds a bit of the graceful feeling of bone fairy wind to him.

Seeing Shangguan Xiu's appearance clearly, something suddenly came to the soldier's mind, and before he had time to think about it carefully, Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked, "I'm curious about my identity?"

"Little ...... The little ones don't dare ......."

"Shangguan Xiu. ”

Hearing this name, the soldier's body was shocked, his legs were weak, and the body that had just stood up knelt back on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The villain deserves death, and the villain deserves death......

"Don't blame those who don't know, okay, take me to the City Lord's Mansion!" Shangguan Xiu waved his hand to the soldiers with a pleasant face.

Castle Lord's Mansion. In front of the gate of the city lord's mansion, there are more than ten large wooden barrels, and more than 100 soldiers are standing around, maintaining order, looking at the street, there are crowds, all of them are people who have come to receive food. A soldier was in charge of distributing the food, took a spoon, filled a spoonful of gruel, poured it into the broken bowl in the hands of the people, grabbed a steamed bun from another wooden barrel, stuffed it into the hands of the people, and impatiently urged: "Get out, next! Next! Hurry! Hurry up!"

Shangguan Xiu didn't bring the gendarmerie, he only brought Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei, and the three of them came in civilian clothes. Seeing the people passing by after receiving the food, Shangguan Xiu dismounted and stopped a woman in her early thirties, who was accompanied by three children.

The woman was startled by his sudden move, and subconsciously turned sideways, blocking a bowl of gruel and a steamed bun in her hand with her body, and looked at Shangguan Xiu intently with guarded eyes.

"Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, I don't have any malicious intentions, I just passed through Guancheng and asked my sister-in-law about something. ”

At this time, the woman also saw Shangguan Xiu's appearance clearly, with a dignified appearance, bright and gorgeous clothes, and a noble son of a rich family, not like a small person in the city who specializes in grabbing food.

She forced out a smile, bowed, and asked, "I don't know what the son wants to inquire about?"

"How many meals a day does the City Lord's Mansion have?"

"There's only this one. ”

After hearing this, Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei looked at the bowl of gruel in the woman's hand again, the steamed bun that was black and didn't know what it was made of, and their faces immediately darkened.

Only such a small amount of food is distributed every day, which is only enough to keep the people from starving to death, and as for food, it is simply impossible. The two looked at Shangguan Xiu in unison, and the latter's face also sank. He asked, "Has the situation in Guancheng always been like this?"

"Yes, Childe! Childe should not inquire, otherwise the city lord will know, but he will not be able to eat and walk around!" After speaking, the woman took the child and turned to leave.

At this moment, two soldiers strode over and shouted at the same time, "Hey, what are you talking about?"

When the woman saw this, her face turned pale, and she took her three children, and walked faster. The two soldiers relentlessly caught up with him, and when they passed by Shangguan Xiu's side, they just glared at him fiercely, but they didn't feel sorry for him, after all, he was dressed differently from ordinary people, and he didn't know the roots, and the soldiers didn't dare to offend him. The two of them took three steps into two steps, caught up with the woman, stretched out their hands to stop her, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you running?"

"Master Jun, a girl...... The folk girl didn't run away......"

"In front of the military master, you dare to open your eyes and say nonsense!" A soldier glared, raised his arm, and slapped him hard.

The woman's eyes closed in fright, but instead of the expected pain coming from her cheeks, a hot liquid sprayed onto her face.

After a few moments, a heart-rending scream came from front of her. The woman subconsciously opened her eyes and saw that one of the fleshy palms of the soldier opposite her had disappeared, and only a broken wrist was left at the end of the arm, the broken part was smooth, like a mirror, and scarlet blood continued to spurt out from the broken wrist.

The woman couldn't believe her eyes, she subconsciously took two steps back, and only then did she see a young man standing beside her, holding a bright steel knife in his hand. No need to ask, he was the one who shot just now.

The other soldier came to his senses, raised his spear, shouted loudly, and rushed towards the young man, who came close to him, and without saying a word, he stabbed in distraction.

His spear directly stabbed the young man, leaving only a few faint wisps of black mist in the air.

Before he could react to what was going on, Xiao Jue, who flashed behind him with a shadow drift, picked up a knife, and this knife was powerful and heavy, slashing at the waist of the soldier, cutting his body directly at the waist.

Seeing that there were human lives, and it was still officers and soldiers who died, the people on the street suddenly became a mess.

People scattered as birds and beasts, running in all directions, people shouting horses neighing, crying fathers and mothers. The soldiers in front of the city lord's mansion picked up the guys one after another and swarmed over. Xiao Jue held the spirit knife, subconsciously glanced at Shangguan Xiu, and saw the latter standing next to the horse, shaking the folding fan lightly, leisurely, with a calm face, Xiao Jue saw this, waved the knife and laughed twice, did not retreat, but advanced, killing the oncoming officers and soldiers. As soon as the two sides came into contact with each other, there was a burst of screams in the crowd of officers and soldiers, and Xiao Jue at this time completely turned into a ghost, he was sometimes outside the crowd, sometimes in the crowd, no matter where he appeared, as long as he appeared, the soldiers around him were unlucky, either in a different place, or he was cut off by the waist.

In the blink of an eye, more than 100 officers and soldiers, including forty or fifty people, died tragically under his sword. The remaining officers and soldiers were so frightened that their souls were scattered, and where did people dare to step forward, they all retreated again and again, looking at Xiao Jue's eyes, full of fear.

At this time, hundreds of officers and soldiers poured out from the city lord's mansion, among them there was a middle-aged man wearing official robes and a big belly, he first looked at the corpses on the ground, and then looked at Xiao Jue who was standing among the corpses, wiping the spirit knife, and the middle-aged man shouted and asked: "You are so bold, you dare to openly rebel in front of the city lord's mansion! Take down this thief, whether you live or die!"

As he spoke, a row of firecrackers came out behind him, and more than two dozen soldiers were all holding firearms, aiming their guns at Xiao Jue one by one.

They were about to pull the trigger, but Xiao Jue on the other side disappeared out of thin air, and a sneer full of disdain came from their side.

"You are still using such a backward firecracker?!"

I saw that Xiao didn't know when, he was already standing next to the firecracker team, he directly snatched the firearm in the hands of a soldier, looked down and only glanced at it, and judged that this was the most primitive firecracker, and it was not produced in the Wind Country, but from Ningnan, which belonged to the first generation of firearms developed by Ningnan and was used during a war. At that time, the Ningnan army had invaded Ningjun, and later was beaten away, leaving a lot of materials.

The middle-aged man and the soldiers present all changed their faces when they saw Xiao Jue, who suddenly appeared in front of the Fire Gun Team. The middle-aged man was about to shout, but Shangguan Xiu, who had been watching coldly, asked loudly, "You are the city lord of Guancheng?"

Hearing the words, the middle-aged man subconsciously looked at Shangguan Xiu, looked him up and down, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

Shangguan Xiu walked over to him and said his name: "Shangguan Xiu." ”

Shangguan Xiu?

The middle-aged man's face changed again, he looked at him in disbelief, and stammered and asked, "...... Are you His Royal Highness?"

Shangguan Xiu didn't answer his question, and asked again, "To answer my question, are you the city lord of Guancheng?"

"Positive...... Exactly ......"

"That's right!"

"What?" The middle-aged man didn't understand the meaning of Shangguan Xiu's words at all.

The latter smiled indifferently and said softly: "Take your head, then that's right!" Before he could finish speaking, a cold light suddenly appeared in the air. This cold light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Look at the middle-aged man again, standing still, and after a moment, his fat and large head rolled off his shoulders, and his round body rolled backwards. Before they could react, Xiao Jue inserted his thumb and index finger into his mouth and let out a sharp and long whistle.

As the whistle sounded, a large contingent of horsemen came out of the street and at the end of the street, and the cavalrymen lined up, marching side by side, taking off their muskets, reloading them, and drawing their swords and attaching them to the muskets.

"Uhhh

With the sound of horns, people raised their guns in unison, and the muzzles of their guns were unanimously aimed at the officers and soldiers in front of the city lord's mansion.

[This text is provided by Meng Luoluo, Daybreak Affairs Department]