Chapter 139 Three Watches in the Middle of the Night
Jinju City is located in the northern border of Zhongzhou, and after a hundred miles away, the West Pass is the area of Warat.
Due to the geographical location, once the war between Zhongzhou and Warat started, the border pass was lost, and Jinju City was the first city pass to bear the brunt.
For thousands of years, there have been many heroes and heroes in Jinju City who have written great hymns to resist foreign aggression with blood and tears.
More than ten years ago, when the northern land of Warat invaded the border again, Jinju City still stood up with many brave men.
They are famous in Jinju City, and they are a famous family in the rivers and lakes, the Huo family.
The Huo family was in power at that time, Huo An, who led the descendants of the Huo family to do their best, and cooperated with the border guards and righteous men from all walks of life to keep the Wara army's charging power out of the Xicheng Pass, and it was difficult to advance an inch.
At that time, there were often folk songs in the streets and alleys of Jinju City, "Destroying the withered and decaying locusts in the north, the beacon fire detains the north pass, and it is difficult to be a good son of the Huo family, and the seven sudden and seven defeated laughs in all directions." ”
However, the Huo family, who was originally mighty in the hearts of the people of Jinzhou, was rumored to be a rebel army spy who harbored evil intentions and brutalized the alliance, and was expelled from the alliance of the common defense of foreign Yi overnight, and his reputation was discredited.
Although the people of Jinju City thought that the Huo family's affair was framed by someone at that time, the public opinion in the city made it difficult to sustain the image of the famous family.
Soon after the imperial court ordered the Huo family to be grounded in Jinzhou City, and not to interfere with any action to resist foreign aggression, the Wara Flying Locust Army broke through the Xicheng Pass that made them hit the wall several times and laughed at the generosity, and even rushed into Jinzhou with lightning speed, and arrived at the Huo family's mansion, and washed the Huo family with blood.
After the three-year disaster in Zhongzhou, the survivors of Jinzhou City in the past recalled the old affairs of the Huo family, and they couldn't help but have doubts in their hearts.
The mountains and rivers are broken and the wind is fluttering, but Jinju City is still standing, but in the end, things are wrong.
After the catastrophe, a small number of Jinju people who escaped death and missed their homeland returned to their hometowns to renew their old things, and the new Jinju City absorbed a lot of fresh blood and regained its former glory, of course, most of these fresh blood came from other refugees who were displaced thousands of miles away because their homeland was no longer there at the time of the disaster.
Now, more than ten years have passed since the Waiyi Rebellion, and Jinju is no more prosperous than it was when it was prosperous, especially Jinju Fortress at night.
The night more than ten years ago was the night when Jinju City was full of blood and mourning.
At that time, the purgatory-like situation still haunted the memories of many old city residents, and the memories were passed on by word of mouth among the old and the new, and Jinju Fortress at night gradually became a forbidden place that ordinary people did not dare to touch.
It is rumored that at night in Jinju City, there are often unjust ghosts parade the streets to ask for their lives, so few people haunt them.
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Jinju City, when it is ugly, there is no moonlit night.
Although it is in the summer, it is still showing its due majesty in the middle of the night, and the breeze is light, wrapped in a trace of coolness on people's skin, twisting goosebumps one by one.
On the streets, most of the shops and houses have closed their doors and windows, and the taverns and restaurants that have opened late have also begun to close.
Ding, ding, knock, knock.
It was the sound of the wind blowing the lantern and striking the doorpost.
It is the sound of the footsteps of a few wandering spirits walking on the street.
It was also the sound of the stones hitting the ground after they kicked them.
It wasn't loud, and it didn't sound loud to the ears of these drunks, but for some reason it was a little creepy.
Sometimes, drinking alcohol can strengthen your courage, get drunk like mud, and you are not afraid of the sky and the earth, but sometimes, when you are half drunk and half awake, you are easy to panic and scare yourself.
The legend of Jinju City at night was so close to these five wandering spirits at this time, but they were armed with martial arts, how could they be frightened by rumors at will, however, they couldn't help but lighten up and slow down their pace, so that the sound they made was less and smaller.
The five of them put their shoulders on each other's shoulders, walked three times, walked from the main road to the alley, from the light to the dark darkness, but they didn't want to hear the annoying sound of the lantern knocking.
Toot, toot, toot.
The sound was soft, coming from the front, like footsteps.
"Who!" said one of the drunkards, who was more awake than the five, and noticed that there seemed to be something strange in the darkness ahead.
"Who...... Who, who. The other drunkard said nervously, his voice a little trembling, more as if he was frightened by his companion beside him.
"Who~" was another long, muffled sound, coming from the voice of the third drunkard, who was obviously drunk and dazed.
"It seems strange ahead, let's go back to the main road, at least there is a lantern shining, and feel at ease. The first drunkard to speak out was busy.
"Okay, let's go. Some of the rest of the people didn't hear clearly, and some of them were a little weak in their hearts, anyway, what the brother said, it wouldn't be wrong, just follow along.
However, the distance of more than ten zhang road, the five of them were stunned and took a cup of tea to move to the main road.
On the night of Xia Yue's dereliction of duty, the light from the lanterns hanging outside the doors of the shops on both sides seemed so peaceful and harmonious to them at this moment.
Toot, toot, toot.
The strange sound of footsteps again.
This time, the sober drunkard hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound, but saw that in front of him, three feet away, there was an old man who was standing tall, holding a gong in his left hand and a gong hammer in his right hand, and slowly walking down the street with his head down.
It's just a husband.
When—— dang! dang! dang!
The gentry rang the gong, and the crisp sound hit the heart, almost waking up the five drunks.
"It's dry, watch out for candles. The husband raised his voice, as if he deliberately wanted to listen to five passers-by.
After the sound of the gong, the five drunks had sobered up a lot, and the loud and vicissitudes of the husband's voice almost made the five of them collapse.
Under the light, it can be seen that the sober drunkard is a middle-aged man with a bat pattern engraved on his face, with the help of the husband, he has completely sobered up, but there is a wave of anger in his heart that is about to erupt.
"Life is impermanent, I advise you to walk well. There was only a moment's interval between this sentence and the previous one.
The night was so quiet that as soon as the husband said this, the five drunkards all took it into their cochlea without a word.
As soon as he arrived, two more drunkards woke up and became angry.
"Hey, you stinky old man, what do you mean by that?" said the long-haired man with a scar on his face as he pointed at the gentry and walked straight towards the groom.
"Old, old, it's just a watch. The husband stopped, did not dare to approach, took two steps back, and buried his head in a low voice.
"Isn't it that you're pretending to be a ghost to scare us?" and what do you mean by what you just said?" the bat man behind him said coldly.
"I see that you old man is impatient, and he ran out in the middle of the night to bluff people. The bearded man pushed the husband and exhaled.
"Eh!" the husband sat firmly on the ground, and the gong and hammer fell to the side.
At this time, the three people who were behind had already walked up to the husband.
"Don't pretend to be pathetic, what do you old fellow want, don't force us to be rude!" the bat man stared at the husband, not daring to relax for the slightest.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the old man is wrong, the old man shouldn't offend a few people, the old man is really a fight. The husband sat on the ground and patted his thigh, crying.
The bat man didn't believe it, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, he would rather kill the wrong person than let it go, even if he scared them at him, this old guy should return to the west.
The bat man glanced at a thin man and a man with a large head at his side, and the two of them grabbed the old man's hand and lifted him up.
I saw that the bat man lifted up his loose sleeves, revealing an extremely terrifying right hand that was still withered and blackened in the light.
"Then today is your little old man's sacrifice day, let you know who I am!" The bat man no longer intends to give his husband a way to live, and now he is just announcing his death sentence.
"I know, I know, I know who you are!" the husband cried out as he twisted his body in panic as the two of them restrained him.
"Oh, let's hear it. The bat man's hand hovered in mid-air, and he couldn't help but laugh at the frightened appearance of the groom.
"You're the Earth Beast Star Ghost Batman of the Earth Demon Gate!" replied immediately.
"Hahaha, yes, even if you still have some eyes, I will give you a death tonight!"
After the words fell, a cold wind blew, and everyone couldn't help but shiver.
And Long Tu Shicai's right hand, after it was raised in mid-air again, there was no movement.