The dawn of Xijing City is gradually waking up, and a breeze from the depths of the desert with yellow sand blows through every street here. The dilapidated and low-slung houses on both sides have lifted the fig leaf of the night and presented themselves to people's eyes. Scattered scattered across this old and strong land, battered by the scorching sun and strong winds, they have never fallen.

To the west of the street is the slum here, where old people stick their heads out of their humble shacks and look at the crowd walking through the street. There are hundreds of men from the Western Regions, combing their braids and exposing their foreheads to the sky. Their strong chests were flushed with sunburn, and their strong muscles were sticking outward, leaving indelible scars on their shoulders from years of hard work.

Their eyes had never been so determined, looking far to the east, where the sun had risen, where the eyes of Ella, the god they had believed in all their lives, were looking down on the earth.

Someone came out of the hut and out of the corner, stopped them and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

The leader of the group stopped and said loudly to the people around him in the simple Western Regions: "All the children under Ella's knees, our flesh and blood relatives, we have been waiting for decades to endure the atrocities of the Central Plains. They treated us like pigs and dogs, made us do the dirtiest work, treated us unfairly, and we have survived it. However, this place used to be the land of Ella, it was the place where Ella lived, he couldn't bear to see his children being abused by the Central Plains people, as his most faithful believers, we must take up our own weapons, fight for Ella, and drive the Central Plains people out of the land of Ella!"

With that, he raised the knife in his hand, and the crowd behind him also raised their knives, and the bright blades shone in the sun.

The leader continued to say in a rough voice: "Today, is the day of holy war indicated by Ella, my dear relatives, we will use our blood to defend our loyalty, defend our land, and defend our dignity!"

The crowd shouted in unison, "Defend Ella!"

"Defend Ella!"

"Defend Ella!"

Dozens of paces away from them, dozens of Qi soldiers were on horseback, waiting for them. They listened to the incomprehensible words spoken by the people of the Western Regions, and they had already vaguely sensed that the situation was not quite right, and it was not as simple as resisting the search.

Behind the soldiers, Governor Gao rode his red horse. He gasped, wiped the sweat from his face, and asked the soldier next to him, "Is this ...... What's going on?"

"Your Excellency. A soldier squinted his eyes at the team of the people from the Western Regions, and said to Mr. Gao, "These people from the Western Regions are afraid that they have already rebelled, and this search is just a fuse." ”

"That's that...... What should I do then?" Seeing the posture of the people in the Western Regions in front of him, Manager Gao couldn't help but mess up and stammered.

The soldier said: "Don't panic, don't panic, if this group of people from the Western Regions dares to rebel, just rely on a few of them, and they will definitely have no return!"

Manager Gao's impatience did not weaken, he held the reins tightly, and said: "What is going on, instead of finding out that girl, it caused a mess, if you let the above know?"

"Adults can rest assured". The soldier reassured him, "This is just a group of people with brute force, and they can't make any big waves." ”

"Hiss......" Mr. Gao sighed and said, "Leave them alone, it's important to find someone, don't make too much noise." I haven't closed my eyes all night, so I'm going to squint for a while. ”

With that, he turned around and walked in the direction from which he had come.

Also didn't close their eyes that night, there was Qi Yu and his party lurking in a slum.

Because of the elevation of the terrain, the shacks, which looked like piles of broken copper and iron, were stacked on top of each other, and they hid in the highest part of the shacks, from where they could see the only gate that could be entered and exited without showing their faces.

The rest of the places have been sealed off by the Praetorian Guards, but this is the most dilapidated place in Xijing, where the old, weak, sick and remnants have accumulated, and the road is full of scrawny corpses, exuding a foul smell. The Praetorian Guards ignored this place, but Qi Yu knew that this was the only place if he wanted to get out of the city now.

The opportunity must not be lost, if the time is delayed, the imperial court finds a movement there, and sends more people to search, it will only be more unfavorable to Han Luyao. He was sure that this sudden search would definitely yield something, and Han Luyao would not be able to fly.

Thinking of this, he clenched the sword in his hand and leaned against a wet bluestone, looking down on the surroundings.

During the battle against Chu, he had a relationship with Han Luyao, and the Chu general Li Qiuhan fought in the Qi State, and he was invincible, and the strength of the Qi State at that time could not compete with it at all. As a result, he had the idea of assassinating Li Qiuhan.

He successfully infiltrated the camp of the Chu army, and in Li Qiuhan's camp, he met the woman who looked delicate and had a cold expression on her face.

He fought against Han Luyao, but was defeated. He was very surprised that there was still such a person in the Chu army, a weak woman, who could firmly restrain him with such a ghostly body, and there was no room to fight back. Just when he thought he was going to die here, he got the woman's name. But in the end, the Qi army counterattacked overnight, and he was able to escape in disarray.

Years had passed, and he had never heard the name again. Han Luyao was like a trump card, hidden by Chu Guoxue. Such a good kung fu is a figure no matter where it is placed, but until after the death of Chu, he has never heard of this name again.

He only told Han Luyao's master, who was the prime minister at the time, and never mentioned it to anyone else. The defeat to Han Luyao became a shadow hidden in his heart. It wasn't until that day under the pavilion that the master handed him Han Luyao's token that he revealed the heart disease he had been hiding for several years.

He also inquired about Han Luyao's situation, but there was not much news about this Jianghu woman, he only got some information about Han Luyao when he was the head of the dart bureau, but he heard that she used to be the next hall master of the Korean Dark Fragrance Hall, and for some reason she was sent to Chu State as a prisoner of war when she was very young, and she has been growing up in Chu State since then.

At the end of the war against Chu, the state of Chu was already at the end of the crossbow, and he had not heard of Han Luyao's appearance. And now, she has become the best weight for Qi Yu to seize power. The appearance of Han Luyao, the emperor's serious illness, and various reasons forced him to this point. He didn't want power, he didn't have to worry about it after the death of his beloved wife, and he could spend the rest of his life peacefully in the position of the head of the dart bureau, but now, the master told him that the emperor died and the new party gained power, and he would inevitably empty the position of the prince, and even seize the throne with military power.

Qi Yu also heard and witnessed some corruption in the officialdom of the Qi court, the dignitaries and nobles lived a drunken and luxurious life, while the poor people living at the bottom did not have enough to eat, and did hard labor like prisoners of war. Coupled with the high-pressure rule of the Western Regions and various sects that have long been filled with the imperial court, if the imperial court is chaotic and the parties are strife, then thousands of Li people are afraid that they will set off a wave of rebellion and add chaos to chaos.

Therefore, before the emperor died, he had to seize the military power of the old party with the help of his master, and use the power of the crown prince of Qi'an to find a chance for himself to change the current situation. If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent.

What Qi Yu didn't expect was that in addition to him, there were hundreds of people from the Western Regions who were separated by a few streets on the table.

An hour after sunrise, a thrilling roar erupted from West Street, the size of hundreds of people.

Qi Yu looked there and frowned. He couldn't see the direction the voice came from, just frowned, and said behind him, "What's going on? ”

A tall, thin man came out of the shack behind him, answered, mounted his horse tied to the back of the shack, and ran toward the west street.

Qi Yu's heart was vaguely uneasy, but he still stayed here, nothing was more important than waiting for Han Luyao's arrival.

Behind him, there are only a dozen brothers in the dart game, and in the past few years, he has stabbed many ruthless extralegal fanatics on the distant Gobi outside Chang'an City, and his swordsmanship has been successful. is also ranked thirty-fifth on the world's swordsman list, which is already a result that many people in the rivers and lakes look up to.

His sword was placed in front of him, not leaving a single step. The inexplicable sour smell wafting from the slums wafted around, and the rest of the people hid in the shacks, but he remained unmoved.

It wasn't until the minutes passed and the blazing sun shortened the shadows under the shack inch by inch, that Qi Yu finally waited for the person he wanted to see.

Two delicate men walked towards this place on a deserted path, even if they were disguised, Han Luyao's face had been deeply imprinted in his mind years ago. She was followed by a woman who was also dressed as a man, holding a box in her arms, carrying a small package behind her, holding Han Luyao's hand, carefully avoiding the miscellaneous items piled up randomly on the ground.

Qi Yu slowly stood up, a slightly excited killing intent flashed in his eyes, and whispered to him: "Everyone, the target is here, don't keep your hands, the other party's martial arts are strong, don't think about catching her alive, as a last resort, fight with her life, don't let her escape from the city." ”

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen men from the dart game came out of the shack behind him, wearing exactly the same pitch-black armor and black robes. This is the best armament in the dart game, and the knives in their hands are also specially made steel knives by the Ministry of Industry are enough to show that they attach importance to this business.

Everyone noticed Han Luyao and the woman behind her not far away, their faces were solemn, as if they were facing a great enemy, and they all held the hilt of the knife on their waists.

"Kill. Qi Yu coldly ordered.

As soon as the words fell, he jumped up, stepped in the air, and killed Han Lu Yao.