Chapter 22: Into the Night

Qi Xuansu took the lead in walking out of the Taiping Inn branch, and directly ordered: "Prepare to do it, you take someone to directly eliminate the beggars in Beicheng, don't let one go, and then start sorting out Gao Mingyin's relevant criminal evidence." This case has dragged on for too long, and it's time to end it. ”

"Whoa." Wang Chongnian responded.

Qi Xuansu asked, "I'm going to go out of the city, is it okay for you to inquire about the place?" ”

Wang Chongnian sent a drawing: "Inquire about it." ”

Qi Xuansu took the drawing: "Very good." ”

Qi Xuansu motioned for Wang Chongnian and the others to leave first, while he himself opened the drawing, skimmed through it roughly, and memorized the route on it.

After a while, Gao Mingyin also went downstairs, and saw Qi Xuansu standing alone outside the building, with a humble smile on his face: "Master Qi, go slowly." ”

Qi Xuansu smiled: "Master Gao, let your people prepare to do it, after this village, there will be no such shop, if I hide in the Jade Emperor Palace and don't come out, can you still force your way in?" ”

Qi Xuansu is not surprised that Gao Mingyin dares to kill him, after all, Gao Mingyin also has a backer behind him, as long as Gao Mingyin does it neatly, does not leave any handles, and has no evidence, then the big man behind him can justifiably shelter him, after all, this is Dijing, not Yujing, Dijing Daofu is just one of the many forces in Dijing, not covering the sky with one hand.

Of course, Donghua Zhenren and Cihang Zhenren are so powerful, but they are too far away from the imperial capital, one is based in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other is in the northwest, and they are beyond the reach of the whip, if there is no evidence or other justifiable reasons, they cannot directly reach out to the imperial capital. It's almost the same as the Qingwei real person who is close to the water, but unfortunately Qi Xuansu has no friendship with the Qingwei real person, and maybe there is some grudge.

In Gao Mingyin's view, leading Qi Xuansu out of the Jade Emperor Palace, it is best to be able to negotiate peacefully, and not being able to negotiate is also the best opportunity for assassination, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Because of this, the first reaction of the experienced veteran Wang Chongnian was the Hongmen Night Banquet.

Qi Xuansu was also surprised by this, so he said to Gao Mingyin that this opportunity was given to Gao Mingyin, if he refused this meeting, then Gao Mingyin would not only have nowhere to say ruthlessly, but he would not even have the opportunity to fight to the death, so he could only think about how to break his wrist.

The reason why Qi Xuansu wanted to come to see Gao Mingyin was because everything he had done before was to force Gao Mingyin to take the initiative, which could be regarded as luring the snake out of the hole.

As for the danger, there are naturally some, but for Qi Xuansu, it is not dangerous, one is that this is the imperial capital, and the other is that Qi Xuansu is confident enough, especially after defeating Qi Jianyuan and Zhao Fuan one after another, Qi Xuansu has a good number of his strength, and he is also a leader among the celestials in the free stage, after all, the immortals and half-immortals are a minority after all.

If Gao Ming is not fooled, the turtle will be in the end, or he will really confess his guilt and surrender to the law, at most it will be a big injury to his vitality, but he may not lose his life, maybe there will be a chance to make a comeback, just like a big tree has been cut off at the waist, and the roots are still there, this is what Qi Xuansu said about decency.

If Gao Mingyin couldn't help but fight to the death, then it would give Qi Xuansu the opportunity to put Gao Mingyin to death, which was equivalent to uprooting the entire tree directly, which was unseemly.

As for what misfortune does not affect the family, there is no such thing in this kind of matter. You can't always enjoy wealth and prosperity when Gao Mingyin is developed, and when Gao Mingyin's case is discovered, he will justly cut the table and say that he is innocent. The benefits are all wanted, and the responsibilities are not borne at all, there is no such good thing.

It has always been a matter of both prosperity and loss.

Qi Xuansu's attitude naturally made Gao Mingyin have a lot of doubts, and the expression on his face couldn't help but stiffen, but he had to send an arrow on the string, and he had no other way to retreat at this time, so after just answering, he turned around and got into the carriage.

From the southeast of Haosheng to the north of Xuanshang, this journey will be particularly dangerous, the inner city is not an imperial city after all, for the heavenly people, it is not well guarded, and there is a chance to do it.

However, Qi Xuansu had no intention of returning to Xuanshang Beifang, but turned around and walked in the direction of Nancheng.

It was just getting dark, and it was far from curfew.

With the exception of special festivals such as the Sanyuan Festival, the Imperial Capital generally implements a "curfew" system. It is stipulated that the twilight drum will be sounded at three o'clock on the first watch, and travel will be prohibited, and the morning bell will be ringed at three o'clock on the fifth watch. Those who walk on the street on the second, third, and fourth watches will be given 50 lashes, and those who commit a night after the first watch and shortly before the ban on the fifth watch will be given 40 lashes. Sickness, childbirth, death and bereavement can be passed.

One night is divided into five watches, calculated by the hours of Westerners, one is nineteen to twenty-one, two is twenty-one to twenty-three, and so on, the fifth watch is three to five in the morning.

Each watch is divided into five points, one point is the twenty-four minutes for Westerners, and one shift is three o'clock, which is twenty-twelve o'clock in the evening. At 3 o'clock on the fifth watch, it was 4:12 in the morning.

The night curfew is not a big obstacle to the lives of ordinary people, but for some industries, it is a big problem. For example, if a prostitute goes out to church at night, she will have trouble coming home. In addition, gambling houses are also strictly prohibited by law, so gamblers mostly gamble at night in order to avoid people's eyes. Often in the dead of night, gamblers who have lost all their money have to go home. However, there is a curfew in the city, and no passage is allowed. Gamblers had to take detours, go to stinky ponds, or cross wilderness. Even so, he will be stopped and interrogated by the husband who patrols the night or the man in black who leads the patrol, and it is inevitable that he will be exposed.

Qi Xuansu glanced at his pocket watch, it was half-past nineteen in Westerner time, and there was still a period of time before the curfew, and after the curfew began, there would be a man in black and a man in black from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division patrolling the streets.

For Qi Xuansu, it was enough.

Qi Xuansu walked unhurriedly, just a little faster than ordinary people on foot, so when he came to the city gate at the junction of Haosheng Southeast Fang and Nancheng, it was already close to curfew, although the city gate was not closed, but there were no pedestrians.

However, there were no gatekeepers here, only one person standing.

This person was dressed in coarse linen clothes, and his face should be wearing a mask similar to the "white fox face", which concealed his original appearance, and his hands were behind his back.

A real celestial.

Qi Xuansu stopped.

At the same time, another woman appeared behind him, wearing a hat known as "shallow exposure", which also covered her appearance, and she was dressed in plain clothes.

He is also a real celestial.

It is naturally not a coincidence that two celestials appeared here at the same time, and they also blocked Qi Xuansu one after the other.

Qi Xuansu didn't panic at all, and said after a while: "This is a big deal, the two of you have made a lot of money, right?" If it weren't for the sake of my future, I would have liked to take on a business like this. ”

Qi Xuansu said this sincerely, he ran all the way from Zhongzhou Longmen Mansion to Zhili Bohai Mansion to earn 1,000 Taiping money, and these two people could get at least 50,000 Taiping money or more for this trip.

But then again, to do it in the imperial capital, with a huge risk, this amount is not too much.

The Mai man laughed loudly: "It is worthy of the recently famous Master Qi, just with this calm and leisurely Qi cultivation kung fu, it is better than the original countless wine bags and rice bags, but I don't know if Master Qi is forced to calm down at this time?" Or is it full of confidence? ”

Qi Xuansu raised his hand and took out the horizontal knife: "Won't you know if you try it?" ”

Before the words fell, Qi Xuansu had already turned around and swept towards the hooded woman behind him.

He has four major inheritances, and he can clearly perceive that the man's qi and blood in front of him are so strong that "his body is like flowing fire", he is a martial artist, and the woman behind him is weak and weak, and there is no real qi circulation, she is a monk.

Even the Celestial Fang was extremely afraid of close combat with other lineages, especially those who were afraid of martial arts. But once the distance is pulled away by the alchemist, it is easy to be consumed alive.

If Qi Xuansu was entangled head-on by that martial artist, and there was a Fang Shi who remotely contained the attack, Qi Xuan Su would fall into the downwind, so Qi Xuan Su directly chose to try a close female Fang Shi.

In fact, in the imperial capital, Qi Xuansu is also restricted, because he can't use the "magic knife" unscrupulously, if he is completely out of control and kills, then his life will be ruined, either he will apologize for his crimes, or he will be a vicious secret association demon for the rest of his life.

The "magic knife" that tasted it was almost meaningless after all.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Xuansu had already come to the three feet in front of the female man, but the woman man also threw out a paper figure and pointed towards the paper man: "Where is the woman?" ”

The paper man bloomed with golden light, and then the wind rose on the ground, and he saw the paper man turn into a military general, his face was like red jade, his beard was like soap velvet, he was one zhang tall, wearing gold armor, wrapped in streamers, and there was a golden sun ring hanging behind him, shining with glow.

This is the Taiping Road's "Yellow Turban Lux", when the Taiping Road uprising, known as "the sky is dead, the Yellow Sky should stand", everyone wrapped their heads in the Yellow Turban, so they got the name of "Yellow Turban Force".

Qi Xuansu slashed down with a knife, and this "Yellow Turban Warrior" had a double hammer, although he barely blocked this knife, but his body was shocked, and the golden light of his armor suddenly dimmed a lot.

More than three knives, less than two knives, Qi Xuansu can destroy this "Yellow Turban Warrior", but that martial artist didn't give Qi Xuansu this chance, and suddenly kicked it, the bluestone ground under his feet shattered, and his body suddenly accelerated to catch up with Qi Xuansu, and smashed into the back of Qi Xuansu's head with a punch.

Qi Xuansu relied on the "magic knife" intuition to save time to react, and turned to one side just right, just avoiding this punch.

Almost at the same time, Qi Xuansu had already taken out the "Dragon Painting Handcuff" in his left hand, and the mouth of the gun was obliquely facing upward, and two guns were opened in a row.

Close-range frontal guns, or "dragon eye Yiyi", even if it is a celestial martial artist, under the action of the huge impact, he will directly ascend to the sky, and his feet are more than three feet off the ground.

Qi Xuansu, who was in a shallow "magic knife" state, evaded the heavenly thunder attracted by the female Fang Shi for a while, and the ground beside him was scorched black.

If Qi Xuansu is just a scattered person in the heavenly and human stage, even if he cultivates the "magic knife", his intuition can keep up, and his physique can't keep up, but Qi Xuansu has the physique of a celestial martial artist at this time, even if he has no body and spirit, and is inferior to a complete martial artist, but after the blessing of true qi, it is enough for Qi Xuansu's body to form a perfect match with the intuition of the "magic knife".