"The weather is dry, be careful of the candles, and pay attention to the anti-theft ......"

"Tuk-tuk! Sincere! Sincere! ”

"Bang-bang! Boom! Boom! ”

Liu Zhi and Wang Dayou are veteran watchmen in Chang'an County, Beijing, and watchmen are also known as changfu, usually two people in a shift, one with one gear. One person is responsible for striking the gong and the other is responsible for striking the gong, five times a night before and after, with an interval of one hour each time. When the fifth time came, that is, on the fifth watch, the rooster also crowed, and the day was almost dawn.

The two shouted the night patrol trumpet, dragging out the tail note, reminding the nearby residents to pay attention to the thieves who walked through the water and climbed the wall, and they walked through the streets and alleys to beat gongs and gongs, and listened carefully, the sound was slow and fast, it was the fourth watch (one o'clock in the morning).

The sound of bangs and gongs is short and sharp, and it spreads far and loud in the deep night. Nowadays, the summer is hot, the weather is dry, although it is night, but the temperature is still not reduced, it is very hot, it is the most fire-prone season throughout the year, even if it is only a handful of sparks, it is very easy to cause fire. Therefore, these watchmen patrol the night, and they must be more energetic.

The two of them carried lanterns and patrolled the night.

Tonight there was a southerly wind, and the clouds that blew covered the moon, causing the moon to be dim, and it was dark everywhere, and nothing could be seen clearly.

"Dayes, my youngest son will marry a daughter-in-law in a few days, you have to come early, let's have a drink." Liu Zhi hung a dozen pounds of bamboo tubes on his chest, and waited on the side of the street with a smoky and somewhat blackened lantern in one hand.

The old man Wang Dayou, who had just finished peeing under the wall somewhere, lifted his pants, picked up the gong on the ground and followed, and by the light of the lantern, he saw the smile on the face of his old man who had worked together for many years, and quipped for a while: "Huh? Can the three boys in your family find a daughter-in-law? It's really not easy, and I don't know which girl is blind......"

"Can't you just say a few nice words?" Liu Zhi was not annoyed when he heard this, but just used the short stick used to beat the bong and poked Wang Dayou twice to express his dissatisfaction.

Wang Dayou dodged back and forth, waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, okay, don't make trouble...... I must go when the time comes, and I will have to back up the big gift to my nephew. ”

Marrying a daughter-in-law is a major event in life, not to mention that it is the son of an old man who marries a daughter-in-law, so he has to go to the party, beg for a cup of wine to drink, and by the way, he has to give a big gift.

Wang Da has a temperament that jumps out, on the contrary, Liu Zhi is dull.

The two have been patrolling together for so many years, and they have never made a mistake, but the work content of the watchman is still relatively dull, and they often have to stay up all night.

The night was long, except for the time of the newspaper, reminding residents to walk on the water to prevent theft, the two liked to talk about a sentence and a sentence to have fun for themselves.

Otherwise, you'll have to go crazy all night.

No, just after talking about his son's marriage to his daughter-in-law, Wang Dayou somehow led the topic to the Oiran contest on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival more than a month later.

"The Oiran from the Chu State looks better than the one we left the court." Wang Dayou has a look like an idiot.

"You just blow it, have you seen it?" Liu Zhi frowned and didn't believe it.

Don't look at Wang Dayou talking about all kinds of women all day long, but in fact, Wang Dayou is still an old bachelor, Liu Zhidu is worried about the rest of his life, and even pension is a problem.

Wang Dayou gave a thumbs up, patted his chest, and said confidently: "Of course I have seen it, last month when the convoy of the Oiran of the Chu State entered Beijing, I happened to be wandering on the street, and it happened that a gust of wind blew, and the curtain of the car was blown open...... Not to mention, the women of Chu are small and lovely, and there seems to be a splash in their eyes. ”

"There's a word for that...... Calling, calling lovely. ”

"Tsk, that's ...... Oops! ”

Before he could speak, Liu Zhi only heard Wang Dayou beside him suddenly exclaim and fell to the ground.

Liu Zhi shined a lantern on the past and said with a smile: "Why can't you even walk...... No, no, no......"

The voice was stuck in his throat, Liu Zhi's pupils suddenly shook, his mouth trembled up and down, and he couldn't say anything.

Wang Dayou, who didn't know what was tripped over and fell to the ground, didn't realize what was going on, but looked at Liu Zhi's thin, wrinkled old face as if he had seen a ghost, and pointed at him with a smile: "Who are you scaring about?" ”

Liu Zhi stretched out his hand and pointed at Wang Dayou's feet tremblingly.

The look of fear on his face was overflowing, if it weren't for the courage of someone around him, he was afraid that he would have been scared away by this scene a long time ago. Wang Dayou saw that Liu Zhi's appearance did not look like pretending, so he immediately got serious and pulled the lantern to his feet

Scare!

An old and young man with bulging eyes, a dark face, and an open mouth fell to the ground, covered with slimy blood, the blood was still hot, and he had just died.

"Damn—"

Wang Dayou was taken aback, and took a few steps back with his hands and feet.

As soon as he retreated, his hand touched a few more fleshy things along the way, and he didn't have to think about it to know what it was. Wang Dayou only felt that his scalp was numb, and the cool air was rising from his backbone——

He forcibly endured the trembling of his legs, pulled Liu Zhi's head and ran away without looking back, shouting as he ran: "Dead man, dead man." ”

Suddenly, a cloudy wind blew, and the moon poked its head out from behind the dark clouds again.

On the street, corpses lay all over the place.

If you look closely, these people are exactly the same as each other, and they are extremely miserable.

At night, except for the watchmen who wandered the streets, there were night watchmen, and they had knives scattered around their hands, some of which had just come out of their sheaths......

A team of night patrol officers died on the streets!

……

……

Meanwhile.

Inner City, Imperial City Division.

The lights were bright, and heavily armed soldiers were coming in and out.

"Newspaper - Chang'an County Ya was attacked by unknown bandits! The bandits are ferocious! ”

"Report - the poisonous fog above Jingzhao Mansion is permeated, and it is preliminarily determined to be a demon sect!"

"Report - ...... the Ordnance Garrison"

“……”

The continuous news flew into the Imperial City Division like wings.

The hall was already in chaos, and it was not until the Imperial City Division commanded Jia Sheng to sit high on the lobby that the chaos slowly stabilized, and the eunuch issued orders in an orderly manner.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Imperial City Division, it was originally to exterminate the Demon Sect formed by the remnants of the previous dynasty. Now late at night, the officials in the capital were suddenly attacked by the Demon Sect, and the Imperial City Division was duty-bound, and the imperial court allocated hundreds of thousands of silver taels every year to support this group of Jianghu guests from famous families, waiting for this day.

Ordinary officials are at a disadvantage when dealing with the insidious and cunning, poisonous Demon Sect.

A careless went to the west to see the Buddha, and this thing has to be done by a professional person.

After the news was released one by one, the number of people in the council hall instantly decreased by more than half, and only a few envoys were still present.

Jia Sheng looked at a few people, and said with a cold face: "Tonight, the Demon Sect is attacking on a large scale, what do you think?" ”

It couldn't be that the Demon Sect had gone crazy and came to die for no reason, they must have been planning something.

Xuanwu envoy Zhu Lie was a short-tempered person, and immediately stood up, clasped his hands into fists, and said in a loud voice: "My lord, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and kill it!" ”