The seventh day of the Lunar New Year is still cold, but Yingcheng is very lively.

Because just today, there was a Taoist priest who was going to the execution ground and had his head cut off.

Xu Qi didn't go to the vegetable market to join in the excitement, he braved the cold wind alone, took incense, candles and yellow paper, and went to the Chenghuang Temple in the east of the city.

He was Yingcheng's new executioner.

There are lanterns lit in the City God Temple, and there are two knife holders on both sides of the temple, and there are more than a dozen large knives wrapped in black cloth.

The knife used by the executioner to cut off people's heads is usually not kept at home, but is offered in the City God Temple, and when it is used, it is used and when it is used. Every Chinese New Year's Eve, the executioner would go to the Chenghuang Temple to burn a letter and explain to the Chenghuang Old Master how many people he had killed with this knife this year, how many errands he had done, and what crimes he had killed.

Xu Qi's previous executioner didn't burn the text before he died, and now that Xu Qi has taken over, these things that should be done naturally fall on him.

After placing the tribute and lighting the incense candles, Xu Qi went to the knife holder on the side and took down a knife.

This knife is much narrower than other ghost-headed broadswords, and it doesn't take much effort to wield it. But if the means are not good, you can't cut off the prisoner's head with a knife, it's not that the old executioner can't use this kind of knife.

Holding the knife, Xu Qi sighed softly, then put the knife on the ground, and respectfully kowtowed to the knife and the statue of the City God in the City God Temple.

After knocking his head, Xu Qi knelt on the ground and burned the prepared yellow paper one by one.

The wind is strong in winter, and I don't know if the wind blew the paper ash and lost my eyes, or was smoked by the smoke of the yellow paper, and Xu Qi's eyes turned red.

"Brother Xu...... You never wanted me to be an executioner, saying that there was no way out after you did this business. ”

Xu Qi seemed to be talking to himself, as if he was chatting with some existence in the dark: "...... Hey, I didn't expect it, but I still took over your class and became an executioner. If you're still alive...... I've seen you do this kind of work many times, but if you let me do it, I'm a little weak. But, Brother Xu, I won't do this, I really can't get over this hurdle in my heart......"

Xu Qi was an orphan who was picked up by Xu Dashan, the executioner of Yingcheng, when he was three months old, and he was raised for twenty years. Counting it up, Xu Dashan should be Xu Qi's adoptive father, but Xu Dashan was unwilling to respond to this senior, and only gave the unknown orphan a surname Xu, and the central people gave him the name of Xu Qingzhi, and usually called him Xu Qi.

After Xu Qi and Xu Qingzhi grew up and became sensible, Xu Dashan asked Xu Qi to call him his eldest brother. Xu Dashan has a plan: if Xu Qi becomes his son, he will take over the executioner's class in the future, and he will have no great future. I did the executioner myself, and I can't let this kid be the executioner anymore.

Xu Qi's red eyes were red for a long time, but he still didn't hold back his tears after all: "Brother Xu, Sun Sheng won't die, not only you can't close your eyes, but I can't close my eyes until I die! What if he is a disciple of the Immortal Sect? In the end, he still has to eat my deal!"

Xu Qi gritted his teeth and wiped away his tears, burned the remaining yellow paper, and picked up the knife on the ground: "Brother Xu...... Walk slowly on the road and wait a bit. Wait until I cut off Sun Sheng's head, and bring his head to worship you. ”

After speaking, Xu Qi walked out of the City God Temple with a knife and went straight to the execution ground set up at the entrance of the vegetable market.

took the knife to the execution ground, and greeted the prison officer, Xu Qi carried the knife that had been untied from the black cloth and went to the execution table.

Holding the frost blade in his hand, looking at Sun Sheng, who was tied to the pillar because he couldn't kneel on the ground, Xu Qi bared his white teeth and smiled coldly.

Sun Sheng looked at Xu Qi and smiled coldly: "The portrait of Sun Tzu in front of me has framed me for so many crimes, and now I can finally kill me with my own hands, wishful?"

"Don't be wrong about Sun Zhenren's words. ”

Xu Qi sneered and said, "Do you really think that the things you do can hide from people? I just don't have any evidence, so I can only find a few prostitutes and women who have been good enough to convict you. ”

"What about the Immortal Sect? The Immortal Qing Sect prides itself on being a decent family, and it has an offering in the court, but this has become a weapon to kill you. You have done so many shameful things for the righteous path, can the Xianqing faction protect you? If you don't take the initiative to kill you to prove your innocence, it's not bad. ”

"Hey, hey. ”

Sun Sheng sneered twice, and said in a dumb voice: "I want to ask you, if you want to take revenge, then why didn't you do it immediately after you turned me over that day? Why do you have to do so many things to tie me up to the execution ground?"

Sun Sheng laughed twice and said, "Could it be that it's not enough for you to kill me, you have to humiliate me well to be satisfied?"

"You're wrong, I'm not that boring. There is another reason why I want to tie you to the execution ground. ”

Xu Qi looked at the lively crowd outside the execution ground, and then said to Sun Sheng beside him: "If I kill you in your Taoist temple, in the eyes of others, it will only be me avenging my father-in-law and killing you, Sun Zhenren, who has done a lot of good things for the people of Yingcheng." I can't say it, there must be some people who feel sorry for you, and you can still have a false reputation after you die. ”

Glancing at Sun Sheng beside him, Xu Qi shook his head: "Let you still have a posthumous name after you die? Can I agree? Brother Xu can agree?"

"Although the crime of killing you today is still because you killed my stepfather, you and I both know in our hearts that you really can't die without the things I poked out. However, the people of Yingcheng did not know what was going on. But don't worry......"

Xu Qi looked at Sun Sheng, and the cold light in his eyes was stronger than the cold light on the blade: "After you die, I will spread this news, as long as you are a little clear, the people of Yingcheng will easily be able to accept this statement." I want to see if there will be people who think that you Sun Zhenren is a good person, whether there will be people who feel sorry for you, and whether there will be people who will go to the dojo you created to offer incense and pray. ”

"After committing adultery and adultery with women, they kill people and destroy their mouths, and use children to refine medicine...... Hey, hey!"

Xu Qi gritted his teeth and smiled, his smile was full of viciousness: "I don't humiliate you, I just want to kill you and ruin your name with my hands." When the time comes, everything you leave behind will make people feel filthy, and everything you have done will make people feel that they are harboring evil intentions...... Sun Daochang, Sun Guanzhu, Sun Zhenren...... Isn't that more enjoyable than humiliating you?"

Rao is Sun Sheng's heart cultivation is good, but he still feels numb on the top of his head at the moment, and his heart is cold for a while. He looked at Xu Qi with a sneer on his face, and in a trance, it was as if he saw an evil ghost that had entered the world from the Nine Netherworlds. Sun Sheng was angry and frightened in his heart, and his voice trembled a little between his words: "You...... You ......"

"Don't be unconvinced, don't feel wronged, this is what you deserve, you don't lose at all. ”

Without waiting for Sun Sheng to say anything about "you", Xu Qi interrupted him and said, "The things you have done are not cleaner than the charges I arranged for you." Restrain your anger and straighten your neck and wait for my knife to cut it. ”

Xu Qi paused slightly, brought the horizontal knife in his hand to Sun Sheng, and said with a smile: "According to the rules, I can't use this kind of knife." Whether this kind of knife can cut off people's heads with one knife depends on skill, not brute force. That is, my old brother has experience to use this kind of horizontal knife that does not require brute force. I can't. ”

"Hey...... Later, if you don't kill you with one knife, I will have to ask you to bear more. The first time I cut off someone's head, the craftsmanship is not good, and I hope Sun Zhenren doesn't mind. ”

Sun Sheng was already so angry that he couldn't finish a sentence: "You...... It's good, it's good...... Hah!

At this moment, there was a muffled thunder in the sky. It's still the first month of the year, and it's not normal to start thundering now.

Sun Sheng, who was gritting his teeth in a righteous manner, changed his complexion, showing a look of listening attentively. After those three or five breaths, Sun Sheng's face was happy, and he laughed in a dumb voice.

Sun Sheng's laughter was happy, his laughter was rampant, and he didn't look like a dying person at all.

Xu Qi held the horizontal knife in his hand and glanced in the direction of the rolling thunder, and had some bad premonitions in his heart.

"Xu Qi!"

Sun Sheng shouted violently, and there was a wave of smug ecstasy in his voice: "Do you really think that you can kill me!"

Xu Qi's eyebrows jumped wildly, and with a shout in his hand, he raised the long knife in his hand and slashed at Sun Sheng's neck!

It's late.

A dazzling gaze carrying the sound of rolling thunder came from the sky, pierced the blue sky, and fell directly above Yingcheng.

There was a figure standing on this light, whether it was a man or a woman, and it was not clear what he was wearing, but he could only see a blue light rising from his side, and it had covered every corner of Yingcheng in an instant.

For a moment, Yingcheng fell into a chilling silence as if it had been frozen. Everyone maintained their previous expressions and postures, but no one could speak, let alone move a little finger.

The blade of the horizontal knife stopped five inches in front of Sun Sheng's neck, but it was difficult to advance a little.

From head to toe, Xu Qi didn't feel anything wrong, but he just couldn't make any movements. Don't talk about your hands and feet, even your eyes can't move it.

A voice came down from Guanghuazhi and spread to every corner of Yingcheng: "Xianqing Sect Li Taizhe is here, who can act rashly?"

Xu Qi came from another world, and thanks to the Xianxia articles in that world, Xu Qi could casually say all kinds of world-destroying spells and all kinds of rare magic weapons. But that was conjecture after all, and Xu Qike had never seen it.

Today, Xu Qi can be regarded as seeing it with his own eyes.

Who Li Taizhe is, Xu Qi doesn't know. But judging from the hand he revealed, this Li Taizhe crushing Sun Sheng is like playing.

"Is this what a spell is......? There's a fucking set......"

Xu Qi felt the sensations everywhere in his body, and he tried to use his strength to cut off Sun Sheng's head, but he couldn't use half of his strength. No matter where the force is exerted from the whole body, it will be scattered with the hair, and it will not be able to transmit the power to the arm at all.

Under the restrictions of this unknown spell, wanting to cut off Sun Sheng's head is tantamount to a fool's dream.

This series of calculations, the burden of endurance and humiliation, and even the loss of one's own life, will be ended because of this spell?