Speaking of the Vermilion Bird Gate, we have to think of the giant twelfth-order five-toed golden dragon copper leak.

The copper leak stands on the left side of the heavenly street in front of the inner gate of the Suzaku Gate, and is held up by a nine-step white jade platform with a radius of ten zhang, and there is a circle of human-height iron fences around the high platform, and there are eight powerful armor soldiers standing guard outside the fence day and night.

If it encounters strong winds and rain, the high platform will automatically form an invisible barrier to block the wind and rain, which is quite mysterious.

As far as one day is concerned: when the child is young, the rooster crows; Yin does not pass through the light, and Mao is the sunrise; After eating, and the Si are lined up; The sun is in the middle of the day, and it is not in the west; Shen Shi Shi and sunset; Dusk and people are fixed.

The 12 steps represent the 12 hours of the day, and each step corresponds to each hour of Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai, etc.

If a copper leak of any order sounds, it means that the corresponding hour has arrived. Every copper leak tick is clear in the ears, as if it can ripple in the air.

A musician was inspired by the ticking of a copper leak and composed a popular nursery rhyme that was sung by many children in the city.

Along the way, they found that the city had not become sparse because of the incident in Chengtianmen Square last night, and it was still full of traffic and people. Countless vendors set up their stalls under the walls, and on both sides of the street, there were merchants carrying loads of goods, shouting and cheering each other.

When he arrived at the Suzaku Gate, Shang Qing found that there were more than twice as many soldiers at the exit of the inner city gate as usual, and the officials responsible for inspecting the customs clearance and goods stood on both sides of the exit with a book in one hand and a pen in the other, and checked one by one with a blank face.

The officers had received orders from their superiors, and although their faces were tired, they did not dare to be careless in the course of the inspection, and if the person being examined had the slightest suspicious behavior, he would be taken by the soldiers to a nearby house for strict interrogation.

Although there was panic among the crowd leaving the city, there was no commotion.

Shang Qing and the three of them had already changed back into official uniforms, he was wearing a Xuansu suit and a sword at his waist, Zheng Kaifeng, who was wearing armor and a long crown of swallowtails, led a team of ten people holding Gejin Wuwei, and Dian Kui was wearing a black uniform embroidered with a four-clawed flying fish pattern.

Although the city defense of the inner city belonged to the forbidden army, the captain of the city gate saw Zheng Kaifeng leading a team of Jin Wuwei to appear at the Suzaku Gate, but he did not dare to slack off, and stepped forward to give a military salute before asking: "The general is going out of the city?" Is there a fault? ”

Zheng Kaifeng did not take out the office, but handed the captain of the city gate a small leaf red sandalwood token, and engraved the words "Jin Wuwei Youzhonglang will Zheng Kaifeng".

The captain of the city gate looked awe-struck, gathered his feet, straightened his body, and leaned the armor on his chest with his right fist, making a crisp metallic sound, and said sonorously: "Tong Guan, the captain of the city gate of the Vermilion Bird Gate, has seen General Zheng. ”

The young officials who had inspected the office slowed down their movements when they heard this, and an elderly official hurriedly reprimanded, "Hurry up and work, if something goes wrong, your life will be safeguarded," and the officials continued to check the crowd out of the city.

"General Zheng, if you don't have a place, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave the city." After the captain of the city gate finished speaking, he added with a look of embarrassment.

Zheng Kaifeng took the captain of the city gate aside and said: "Captain Tong, I came in a hurry, I didn't take the place, those two are in charge of investigating the case, we need to go to the outer city to chase down the murderer, and ask Captain Tong to be accommodating." ”

Both the Jin Wuwei and the Forbidden Army were under the control of the Privy Council and the Sage, and although one was in charge of the inner city and the other was in charge of the imperial city, they did not interfere with each other.

After a little hesitation, the captain of the city gate agreed to let him go, turned around, and beckoned the soldiers to separate the crowd and make way for a fast lane.

When the other party and his party went out of the city gate, Tong Guan called a soldier and whispered a few words in his ear, and then the soldier ran to the house not far away.

Out of the Suzaku Gate, there was a dark-skinned man carrying a load of goods was standing on the side of the road shouting, this man codenamed "Earth Water Master" saw Dian Kui, and passed by him with a load of goods.

said in a code language that outsiders couldn't understand: "Right Duwei, Fourth Master Cui is in an underground gambling house in Anye Fangqu Lane at this time. ”

Dian Kui comprehended, and the group went straight to Anye Fangqu Lane. At the mouth of the alley, there was a man in sloppy clothes lying in the corner, seeing the sudden arrival of Jin Wuwei, his eyes were flustered, he got up and ran, Shang Qing's eyes were fast, and he walked over with an arrow and restrained him to death. Then they quickly dealt with four or five more sentry.

At this time, Cui Siye in the gambling house was still unaware, he was surprisingly good luck today, there were countless copper plates and silver coins in front of him, and there was a thick stack of treasure money.

"Bang~"

With a loud bang, the door of the gambling house fell to the ground, and the dust flew, and a team of Jin Wuwei, who were heavily armed with murderous eyes, appeared in the gambling house. Everyone inside panicked, but found that the gate was blocked, and all thoughts were discouraged for a while, and they fell to their knees, trembling all over.

According to "Qi Law": Where Yujing gathers people to gamble, gambling more than 100 two, the leader serves for three years, migrates 3,000 miles, and the servant serves for two years; More than 1,000 of them were all decided.

There were about fifteen or sixteen people in it, all of them were brightly dressed, and at first glance they were not bad at all. Shang Qing glanced at the money on the table, which was enough to sentence ten times.

Zheng Kaifeng walked out from behind and shouted, "Who is Fourth Master Cui?" ”

Cui Siye in the crowd only felt that the sky was all over, and he really couldn't figure out why Jin Wuwei would come to Quxiang, it seemed that he was still here specifically for him.

The crowd dispersed in both directions.

Zheng Kaifeng hated the gathering of people to gamble, and he kicked Cui Siye, "You are Cui Siye?" Let me ask you, do you know Lu Wuliu? ”

Cui Siye struggled to get up from the ground and continued to kneel, I don't know how many kowtows, and kept begging for mercy.

Zheng Kaifeng saw a foul smell coming from under him, covered his mouth and nose, took a few steps back, waved his hand, and motioned for the Jin Wuwei to stay with the rest of him.

Dian Kui and Shang Qing secretly mobilized the aura in their bodies to isolate the smell.

"The general spares his life, the little one knows that he is wrong, please raise your noble hand, as long as you can surround my cheap life, all the money on the table will be given to you." Fourth Master Cui begged for mercy.

Zheng Kaifeng glanced at the desk behind him, unmoved, and said, "If you don't come soon, where did Lu Wuliu go?" ”

"General, the little one really doesn't know him!" Cui Siye said wrongly.

Zheng Kaifeng stretched out his foot and stepped on his left hand, exerting force under his feet, Cui Siye suddenly let out a heart-rending howl.

"Do you know each other now?"

It is also strange to say that Zheng Kaifeng, who was born in a thousand-year-old family, has completely lost his usual aristocratic appearance, and his fierce and vicious eyes can't hide his killing intent.

"The little one really doesn't know what Lu Wuliu is!" Cui Siye's face turned pale.

Zheng Kaifeng retracted his feet and said indifferently: "According to the law, it is not enough to cut you ten times!" Give you a chance to atone for your sins, tell me the whereabouts of Lu Wuliu, and maybe you can leave a whole corpse. ”

Cui Siye's eyes were blank, and he kept muttering: "The little one really doesn't know him!" ”

After a moment, a trace of dark red appeared in Cui Siye's eyes, and then it became more and more intense, and his eyes were already full of red.

He suddenly took out a pill from his arms, swallowed it in one gulp, and a dagger slipped out of his cuff, and his momentum changed abruptly, no longer the timid appearance of being frightened and incontinent.

"General Zheng, be careful."

It was too late, it was too fast, and when he was a pawn of the people who ate melons on the side, he suddenly noticed a change in the atmosphere in the house.

Zheng Kaifeng was taken aback, a breath of death rushed to the future, at such a close distance, he couldn't dodge, he could only pray that the light armor on his body was hard enough.

Dian Kui's figure flashed, and Zheng Kaifeng was pulled back, and Cui Siye's dagger pierced the light armor on his body with a hideous gap.

Seeing that the blow did not succeed, the fierceness in his eyes was even worse, and the fierce light shot out, tending to move forward, and stabbing again.

Dian Kui shouted angrily: "What a gut! ”

Shang Qing quickly drew his knife and slashed out, Cui Siye turned sideways and raised his dagger to block, Shang Qing was shocked back three steps by the huge impact force.

"Squeak squeak~"

Cui Siye made a piercing sound from his mouth, his eyes were red, and sparse gray hairs grew on his face and the back of his hands.

Jin Wuwei, who was outside the house, heard the sound of the fight, and immediately rushed in the two of them, and the pawn Kui shouted out to the two of them: "Go out, guard outside." ”

The demon suppression plate on Shang Qing's wrist began to rotate wildly, and the changes in Cui Siye's body made his scalp tingle. His heart instantly sank to the bottom, and he couldn't help but think of two words: "demonization". Hasn't this forbidden art been lost for thousands of years? Why does it appear in Yujing City?

Without allowing him to think about it, a cold light had already hit his face, Shang Qingping raised the blade of the knife, the dagger grazed the blade, and the fire was shining.

Cui Siye's body was extremely fast, his eyes were almost crazy, and the sound of "squeaking" kept sounding in the room, Shang Qing wanted to cover his ears, but he couldn't stand the harsh and weird sound, and his breathing gradually became short.

Dian Kui pulled Zheng Kaifeng aside, no longer cared about him, snatched the sword from his hand, and joined the battle.

"Brother Shang, what is this?"

Dian Kui was also shocked by Cui Siye's strength, the first time he encountered this kind of change, he couldn't help but muttered in his heart, is it still human?

"Brother Dian, don't be careless, if I'm not mistaken, this is a forbidden technique."

One sword after another, at this time, he was forced to retreat one after another by a dagger.

Since Dian Kui was injured last night, his combat effectiveness has been reduced by three or four tenths, plus he has never used a sword, and the sword in his hand is not as useful as the Thunder Fire Heaven-shaking Halberd.

"Forbidden?" A look of confusion flashed in Dian Kui's eyes.

"I'll explain to you afterwards, looking at his appearance, it should have become like this after taking the pill just now, this kind of relying on the power of medicine, there is a time limit, we will drag him down."

"Straight lady thief, I'm afraid this monster has lost his mind, Brother Shang, you stand back, I have to be serious."

"Brother Dian, leave him alive, and when the medicinal power in his body is gone, maybe he can ask something."

Not only Shang Qing, but even Dian Kui had an ominous premonition in his heart, if this pill was produced on a large scale, it would be repaid, and the entire Yujing City would probably fall into purgatory.

Cui Siye is obviously an ordinary person, but because he took a pill that he didn't know what it was, he was able to fight with him, a foundation-building monk.