Chapter 157: Bad News
Qi Jingzhi suddenly heard this, no wonder the guards had such a strange reaction, and the Gu team was even more straightforward to warn him, it must be because he heard this rumor, and suspected that he was the murderer of the Demon Suppression Courtyard sent by the imperial court to drive evil spirits and dig out people's hearts.
It's no wonder that they can't be blamed, anyone who sees the terrifying sight of the tengu in the sky with their own eyes, sees the broken city gate, and hears such a terrible rumor, even if they don't immediately believe it, they will be more or less suspicious...... Z.br>
Thinking about it this way, the Gu team and dozens of gatekeepers were actually quite restrained, and obviously did not fully listen to this rumor, which shows that they are much stronger than ordinary people such as restaurant managers in terms of courage and knowledge, and they are worthy of being the elite soldiers of the Metropolitan Mansion.
"As for the so-called evil ghost "Fen Fen", there is also the saying of bribing the tengu with the hearts and livers of the living, but it is against the tengu in Wan'er's mouth......
Qi Jingzhi turned this thought in his heart, only to feel that it was groundless and not necessarily without a cause, and immediately asked, "Shopkeeper, has the rumor mentioned what that evil ghost looks like? Has anyone ever seen it?"
The shopkeeper's face became more and more frightened, and he looked out of the door before he whispered, "It is said that he is dressed in dog skin and has iron claws, and one claw can disembowel people and take out their hearts and livers!" As for whether anyone has seen it, then I don't know, anyway, last night when everyone stood in the street and watched the excitement, but many people said so."
"Dogskin and Iron Claws? That's what a lot of people say?"
Wan'er didn't have such details when she mentioned Tiangu, but ordinary people like the restaurant shopkeeper in Jiuzhen County could describe it so vividly, which made Qi Jingzhi feel more and more uncomfortable in his heart.
"There must be someone with ill intentions behind this matter, otherwise it would never have been spread to the whole city so quickly, and the trouble was known to the market, not only with a nose and eyes, but also without shying away from pointing the finger at the lord of the country and the demon suppression courtyard!"
"As for the image of the 'Tung', most of them were woven in advance to echo the tengu, or it was the old way that he showed his deeds when he chased the tengu last night, and it was taken as a far-fetched thing."
"Come to think of it, since it is an evil demon that worships tengu, it is naturally natural to wear dog skins and iron claws, and it will also convince the listener even more."
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help frowning, he really couldn't understand what kind of goal the person behind him wanted to achieve if he was so scheming.
In his opinion, whether it was the tengu who seemed to be powerful last night and even more brazenly smashed a city gate, or the terrifying rumor in front of him, which caused a storm in the city, in fact, it did not cause substantial casualties, but mostly meant to intimidate the people in the city.
But even if you can stir up the panic in this county town, there are county troops under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, there is a Demon Suppression Governor's Office, and even a Hou Mansion.
The lame leper head old Daokou, An Fenghou, who has a transcendent status in the six states of the East China Sea, knows that he must be an extremely powerful figure when he thinks about it.
Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi shook his head, opened his mouth and ordered a few things to eat at random, preparing to go to Baiyun Palace to hand over when Wei Bao came, and then leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, and rush back to find Grandpa's whereabouts.
Not long had passed, and the restaurant guy who had been sent to invite Wei Bao suddenly ran back with a frightened face, staring at Bannu in his eyes, but he forgot to look at the road, and in a panic, he tripped on the threshold.
Seeing that he was about to fall hard, Qi Jingzhi's figure flickered, and he swept to the door in an instant, reaching out to hold him steadily.
It took a while for this reckless guy to come back to his senses and thank Qi Jingzhi repeatedly.
"The guest asked you to invite someone, why did you run back in a panic alone?" The shopkeeper on the side saw that the guy was fine, and quickly scolded loudly while breathing a sigh of relief.
Hearing this, the little blood on the man's face immediately disappeared, and he cried at Qi Jingzhi and said, "Guest officer, I just heard that the people on the street were going crazy when I was halfway through, saying that the people in Weijia Alley were dead, and the whole alley was full of blood flowing from various houses, like a river of blood, listen."
I can't get off my feet!"
The shopkeeper of the restaurant was obviously frightened when he heard this, but he still scolded with a straight face: "What nonsense are you talking about! There is a golden knife Wei family living in the Wei family alley, even if the old man Wei Gong is not at home, there are also good hands in the whole clan who are good at slashing knives and sticks, how can they die quietly?"
"That's how it's spread all over the streets! It is said that the Wei family lane has the most blood flowing out of the Wei family's main house!"
As the man spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky tremblingly, with an inexplicable look on his face: "Even the tengu has appeared, what else is impossible? I can't say it's because Duke Wei has killed too many demons and evil spirits in his life, and now he is not at home......
"Be quiet! Are you so scared that you dare to say anything!"
The shopkeeper's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly interrupted, and then asked in a trembling voice, "How did the Wei family die, but their hearts and livers were taken away by evil ghosts?"
"There is such a rumor, but I have listened to it for a long time, and I have never heard of anyone who has seen it with my own eyes!"
The guy shook his head, suddenly saw Qi Jingzhi's tightly furrowed brows, and slapped his head suddenly: "Oh, it's not all dead, I heard that the leopard brother I asked me to invite is alive!" It was also his fate, he was invited to peace by the villagers outside the city two days ago, and he got up early today to return to the city, which can be regarded as escaping!"
Qi Jingzhi saw that this guy was all hearsay, and knew that he couldn't get the truth from his mouth, so he immediately asked the shortcut to Weijia Lane, went out and stepped on Bannu and ran away.
As the sun rose higher and higher, there were more and more pedestrians on the street at this time, and when they saw Madarun's sturdy figure and the fierce momentum of running from a distance, they immediately shouted in amazement and ran away.
Xu had never run wantonly in front of so many people, and Bannu quickly became proud, and his neck was raised to brighten his throat, and he was slapped on the horse's head by Qi Jingyi, and he swallowed back a high-pitched roar, turning into a muffled low whimper in his throat.
Qi Jingzhi's gaze fell on his own mount, but what he thought about was the angry shout when Lao Dao took off to chase the tengu last night.
The senior seemed to recognize that the other party was a fake who deceived the world, but even if it was a fake, it would never be easy to get along with if he could toss such a big momentum.
Qi Jingzhi was still puzzled, why the people behind him had put so much effort into making such a big move, but they had only done some things that disturbed people's hearts, and he didn't want to hear the bad news that the Jiuzhen Wei Clan was almost wiped out in a blink of an eye.
Referring to so many strange things he saw yesterday, the sense of foreboding in the young man's heart became more and more intense.
It seems that the county town he is in has fallen into an invisible net that is suddenly tightening!