May 25 of the Wu calendar.

Yuzhou.

Ninghai County.

Yan Wuchang walked on a bustling street, the shouts of the vendors on both sides continued to sound from him, the silk and cotton cloth were dazzling, people's hands were moving flexibly on the abacus, the colorful little windmills were inserted in the carts and squeaked around, and the porcelain dolls were hung in a string, making a pleasant collision sound.

Yan Wuchang was dressed in black, draped in a floor-length robe, and swept straight through the crowd of shoulder-grinding people, his eyes only had ordinary indifference, and the endless killing intent was hidden deeply.

As the sun went down, he walked to the front of a large house.

He looked up, and there was a big plaque hanging on the big mansion with three big characters written on it: Liufu.

Yan Wuchang walked up the steps at the door of the house and knocked on the closed door.

After a long while, a small crack opened in the door, and an elderly woman poked her head out of it, looked at Yan Wuchang at the door suspiciously, and asked, "Hello, may I ask...... Who are you looking for?"

Yan Wuchang looked at the old woman, and his indifferent face pulled out a stiff smile, and said, "Excuse me, is this Liu Xiaoxiao's mansion?"

The old woman was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and said: "This is Liufu, Xiaoxiao doesn't live here, she got married a few years ago, and Master Liu still lives here...... Who are you?"

A strange man rashly asked the name of a married woman somewhat abruptly, Yan Wuchang looked at the old woman and became wary, and said lightly: "I am Liu Xiaoxiao's friend, has a person dressed as a scholar come here to look for her recently?"

The old woman looked a little displeased, and said, "No, Xiaoxiao has been married for several years, and I don't know what happened to her now, no one has come to look for her, so please go back if it's okay." ”

With that, the old woman slowly closed the door.

When the door was about to close, Yan Wuchang suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the crack in the door.

"It's all right, old woman, the scholar will be here soon. Yan Wuchang's voice came softly from behind the door, with a creepy eerie tone.

Three hours later.

Hangzhou.

Pingxiang County.

Herring Fish Building.

When night falls, the moon is in the sky, and the stars are shining.

The most lively time of the day is the noon hour when the bustling street is lit with beautiful lanterns, and people gather on the street outside the Qingyu Building, their cheeks are red by the candle flame, and their faces are drunk. Outside the terrace upstairs of the herring, several maiko put on gauze skirts and ribbons, dancing to the melody of silk bamboo pipa, the long cuffs are seductive, and the pink makeup on the faces of the geisha moves the eyes of people outside the building.

Ouyang Mu was dressed in tight-fitting black clothes and wore a tall hat, and his cold face was incompatible with the atmosphere of singing and dancing around him.

She slowly stepped into the gate of Qingyu Building from the street, and a fat woman greeted her and said eagerly: "This boy, I look a little raw, this little skin is really white...... How many sons?"

Ouyang Mu stopped, slowly turned his head to look at the woman, his eyes showed numb indifference, and said, "Where is Liu Xiaoxiao?"

The woman was stunned when she heard this, the smile on her face stiffened, and said, "Ouch, it turned out to be a girl's family, and now there are not many little girls who are interested in coming to my Qingyu Building...... That, does the girl want to order Liu Xiaoxiao?"

Ouyang Mu was still staring at her lightly, and said mechanically: "Liu Xiaoxiao...... Where?"

The woman looked at Ouyang Mu's cold expression, her expression was slightly embarrassed, she hesitated for a while, and said: "Xiaoxiao, she was not in this Qingyu Building a few years ago, thinking that she was in these years, it was really the top brand of celebrities, how many officials and those rich lords wanted to hear her play a song Sanquan Yingyue, and her value has risen a lot, as for the few streets outside this Qingyu Building, who doesn't know that this Liu Xiaoxiao is the top brand of our building, and that location can't be bought." It's a pity that a few years ago, the old man Niu from Anshe Town, the good guy was rich, and spent five hundred taels of gold to redeem Liu Xiaoxiao, and Liu Xiaoxiao followed the old man Niu. But who in these ten miles and eight towns doesn't know Master Niu, the rich and stubborn lord, you want me to see it, Xiaoxiao is not as good as ......"

"But there is a scholar who came here to find her?" Ouyang Mu listened, and suddenly interrupted the woman's words.

The woman was talking about rising, her mouth was rolling up and down, and her spit was flying, listening to the girl's family in front of her such a question, it was estimated that a little lady came to her husband who lingered in the flower street and willow lane all day to settle accounts, no wonder her face was so black.

The woman raised her head, pretended to think for a while, and said to Ouyang Mu with a smile: "I'm really sorry, there are so many bosses who come to our place every night to play, you look at my memory, how can you remember to come, or I'll inquire about you?"

Ouyang Mu turned his head back slightly, and his eyes were on the entire lively hall, where the maiko were spinning in the crowd, laughing, and the men were intoxicated with the gentleness, pouring elixir and jade liquid into their mouths, drunkenly playing with the maiko around them, and from time to time reaching out to grope on the hands of the maiko, and the tune of the pipa became provocative.

"No, he ...... It's going to be right away. Ouyang Mu said coldly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised by an arc.

Wu.

Palace.

"Boom!"

In the middle of the night, outside the city tower where the five fingers could not be seen, a huge bronze bell was struck, and the dull and piercing sound suddenly spread throughout the huge palace.

Boom! With just a bag of cigarettes, the light of dense torches appeared outside the tower, illuminating the entire tower like stars in the sky.

Each torch reflected the grim face of a soldier, and the light cavalry battalion of hundreds of men was awakened by the ringing of the bell, and in a short time it was assembled, and the fat horses under the crotch were snorting at the bottom of the city.

A leading commander rode his horse to the phalanx, and hurriedly called the royal guards to assemble urgently at night, there must be something urgent. All eyes were on the commander.

The commander of the soldiers stopped his horse, obviously, he didn't know what was going on, he took out an urgent order from his arms, spread it, and read aloud: "A restaurant in Pingxiang County, Hangzhou, the capital of our country, was slaughtered, and the security army suffered heavy casualties. ”

After reading it, the commander waved the paper at everyone and shouted: "The urgent letter from Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of War came overnight, we are the first army sent by the palace, brothers, the time has come to grow a face, go!"

With that, he turned his horse's head and galloped away outside the palace, followed by hundreds of light cavalry, the sound of horses' hooves like thunder, and the dust was flying.

The dusty Gunma faded away, and the palace returned to silence, immersed in darkness, as if nothing had happened.

At this time, Pingxiang County has fallen into chaos, and the herring building is full of high pillars of fire, surrounding and devouring every pillar and every window, and the tongue of fire licks against the rubble on the roof of the building, illuminating the surroundings, like day. The surrounding residents woke up from their sleep, and the cries of women and men came and went. People outside took buckets of water and poured them into the building, but it was like a drop in the bucket, and it did not stop the fire from spreading. The building next to the herring fish building was also ignited, and more and more people on the street threw themselves into extinguishing the fire. And there were many people trapped in the building, they were engulfed in flames, screaming and howling, and some of them were lying on the windows and beckoning for help, and their bodies were already burned. There was no safe place for the entire Qingyu Building, and people jumped out of the windows one after another, and corpses fell to death on the ground.

The fire spread faster than people expected, and people could only watch as the people inside struggled and died in the fire.

The bluestone road trembled, and the deafening sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and under the expectant eyes of everyone, the light cavalry hurried to the street outside the herring building, where a lot of people had gathered at this time.

The leading commander of the army stopped his horse sharply, frowning and looking at the fire in front of him. He had never experienced such a large fire, and if he didn't stop it in time, the entire street might be affected, and the damage would be incalculable.

The light of the fire reflected his swarthy face, and he shouted loudly to the crowd: "Where is the magistrate? Where is the county order? I am the commander of the first battalion of the light cavalry of the Great Wu Praetorian Guard, and the county order here should come to me quickly!"

A man with a blackened face squeezed out of the crowd, his clothes were also dyed with a large area of pitch black, and he could not see the original color, he rushed to the captain's horse with an arrow, knelt on the ground, wept and mourned, and said, "Great ...... Adults, small ones are the ...... of the Pingxiang County Security Team The prefectural commander took the catchers to extinguish the fire......"

The commander gave him a cold look and asked sharply, "What's going on here? Who started the fire?"

When the man heard this, he shuddered for a moment, his voice trembled a little, and said to the commander, "Big ...... Back to adults...... There is a woman in this herring building...... Fly the eaves and walk the wall, kill people in the blink of an eye, kill people when you see them in the building, and it is estimated that several people have died...... A dozen of our security team escaped, and few of them survived...... She's still killing people and setting fires inside, and she can't stand the adults......"

The soldier's broad brow tightened, and the strength of the hilt of the sword at his waist in his hand increased.

"The people in the back, the first and second soldiers followed the people to put out the fire, and the rest of the people came with me!" the commander said in a loud voice.

"Yes!" shouted the hundreds of hussars behind in unison.