Chapter Seventy-Three: Three Years Later
Li Qingyun raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and the impregnable city wall stood majestically on the boundless earth, covering the blazing sun on the back. The streets of the city are dark and narrow, and the bluestone pavement is marked with ruts that are deep and shallow, and the cracks in the stones are full of the rain that had fallen last night.
Several well-dressed children chased and fought in the street, and a half-year-old child accidentally stepped on the fine gravel on the road and fell hard. The fried meat in his hand rolled to the ground, stained with sewage and sludge, and he suddenly cried profusely.
The guards in the city stood straight at the head of the wall, their silver-white armor covering their bodies, and they held a silver spear in their hands, always watching every move in the city, looking mighty.
Mocheng, which I haven't seen for three years, is familiar but a little unfamiliar.
Li Qingyun didn't intend to reveal his identity directly, so he changed into a disguised outfit, pretended to be a rough man with a long scar on his face, and gently knocked on the city gate.
The city gate slowly opened to both sides with a creaking sound, and the guards of Mocheng wearing silver-white armor stood at the gate and shouted: "Who is coming, and what is the matter with Mocheng?"
Li Qingyun's divine sense swept over the guards of the silver helmet and silver armor, and was surprised to find that he actually possessed the cultivation of the condensation stage. You must know that in Mocheng three years ago, the cultivation of the condensation period could already dominate one side and become a well-known figure in Mocheng.
While he was suspicious, Li Qingyun did not stop at the same time, pointing to Mo Xijiao and Lian Lian behind him and said: "Hello little brother guard, we are farmers in the nearby village, and we will buy some winter items from the city today." ”
The Mocheng guards glanced at Mo Xijiao and Lian Lian in the back, but did not find anything abnormal, nodded, and let Li Qingyun and the three of them enter the city.
At this moment, it was already ten o'clock in the afternoon, and the rippled little belly had already begun to protest uncontrollably. Li Qingyun put the ripples on his shoulders and hugged the best restaurant in his memory, Shanshui, and Mo Xijiao followed.
On the way, Mo Xijiao quietly leaned on Li Qingyun's ear and whispered: "Brother Chaotian Dao, I think this city is so weird, that guard actually has a condensation period of cultivation, I'm afraid that there is a world of difference between the current Mocheng and the Mocheng in your memory, Brother Dao." ”
Li Qingyun nodded slightly, looking at the familiar buildings in the city, but he didn't find a familiar resident of Mocheng, and he had already noticed that something was wrong with Mocheng: "I have already found out, don't be in a hurry at this time, go to Shanshui Tower to inquire first, and see what kind of situation Mocheng is like now." ”
Shanshui Lou is located in the westernmost part of the ink city, the wrong color is carved gold, the green tile Zhu Yong, the end is magnificent, Junyu carved wall. At this moment, the Shanshui Building is already overcrowded, and the residents of Mocheng have gathered in the Shanshui Building to rest and eat.
Li Qingyun and the three of them found a remote corner by the window, sat around a jade round table, and ordered a few soups and dishes to eat. Ripple was already hungry, looking at the delicacies on the table, and devoured them unceremoniously.
Li Qingyun's listening technique was activated, and the discussion between the two diners at the opposite table, one basket and one black, immediately attracted his attention.
"Now that the Lord of Lin City is seriously injured, I heard that countless famous doctors have been hired and are helpless, and it is estimated that he will die soon. At that time, our ink city will really be replaced at the feet of the acting city lord. The blue-clothed diner drank the aged daughter Hong on the table and said with resentment.
"Shhhhhh Don't be afraid of being heard, let the guards arrest you. The black-clad eater craned his neck and looked around in fear.
"I'm afraid of what he's doing! Now there are still a few original residents of our Mocheng City who have not been arrested by this generation of city lords. Lao Tzu didn't want to live so grovelling for a long time, and if he was caught, he might be able to see a few old friends!" The blue-clothed diner was drunk, and the more he spoke, the louder he became, and the black-clothed diner beside him couldn't persuade him.
The blue-clothed diner picked up the wine bowl and was still on the ground, the handsome man smashed it, and cursed loudly at the guards at the head of the city: "Lao Tzu is not angry with this today! Who doesn't know that it was you who harmed the Lin City Lord, and some of them arrested me together, which is better than living in fear all day long." ”
Seeing that the blue-clothed diners were so arrogant, the diners in the Shanshui Building bowed their heads and said wildly, silently holding their meals. Even the black-clothed diners who were at the same table with him quietly picked up the dishes and chopsticks and retreated, not daring to stay by the blue-clothed diners.
However, after a while, the sound of gold and iron came from downstairs in the mountains and rivers, and a group of Mocheng guards wearing silver and white armor walked upstairs: "If you speak disrespectfully, insult the city lord, and immediately detain it in a dark prison, waiting for it to be released!"
The blue-clothed diner tried in vain to resist, picked up the wine jar on the table and smashed it over. But how did the mortal fetus of the flesh compete with the immortal cultivators in the condensation stage, he was knocked unconscious by a group of guards, put on shackles, and was arrested with anklets.
Li Qingyun dipped his fingers in some sake, and wrote on the table: Brother Mo, help me, follow this group of guards to see where this prison is.
Mo Xijiao comprehended, nodded, stood up from his position, patted his chest and said, "Brother Chaotian Dao, don't worry, this matter is on me Mo Xijiao." ”
Mo Xijiao walked out of the Shanshui Building, immediately ran the exercises, and quietly followed behind the guards of Mocheng, but did not arouse the guards' vigilance.
Li Qingyun, who was upstairs, picked up a bowl of wine and sat down next to the black-clothed diner, handed over the wine in his hand and said, "Brother Taigao's surname, I am Li Qingyun, a peasant man from the neighborhood here, and my ancestors are also from Mocheng, dare to ask what happened before?"
The black-clothed diner was not polite, took the wine in Li Qingyun's hand and drank it and said, "My name is Sun Kongren, you entered the city today." Now that Mocheng is not as good as it was back then, listen to my advice and get out of the city as soon as possible, so as not to regret it too late. ”
"Brother Sun, what do you mean by this, you said in a fog, little brother, I really can't understand it. ”
Sun Kongren looked around and motioned for Li Qingyun to come up. Li Qingyun squatted down, put his ear to it, and only heard Sun Kongren whisper: "There are many people here, if you want to understand this kind of twists and turns, come with me." ”
Li Qingyun nodded, returned to the table and picked up Lian Lian again, Lian Lian reluctantly looked at the big chicken leg on the table, and finally lay on Li Qingyun's head and walked out with him.
Follow Sun Kongren to turn left and right in Mocheng, and enter a deep alley, where there is no one around. Sun Kongren raised his head and looked at Li Qingyun and said, "After I saw that you are also one of the few aboriginal residents of Mocheng, I reminded you. Remember, after today, do not return to the city, lest the guards of the city discover your identity. ”
Li Qingyun clasped his fists and said solemnly: "Please also ask Brother Sun to listen to me, and the younger brother must follow Brother Sun's teachings." ”
"Well, that's a long story. Since then, after Lin Feng took over as the city lord, my Mocheng City has been thriving, every household is full of food, and everyone lives a good life.
Unexpectedly, half a year ago, Lin Feng City Lord was suddenly attacked by traitors, seriously injured and incurable, and fell unconscious. It was at this point that the current city lord appeared and took over Mocheng. We all tried to oppose it at first, and this generation of city lords ordered all the residents of the demon city who opposed him to be arrested.
Since then, everyone in the city has been in danger and dare not have the intention of resisting. But there is a rumor in the city that this generation of the city lord has plotted against the city lord Lin Feng!
Li Qingyun forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked patiently: "Do you know what this generation of city lord is?"
Sun Kongren also became more and more angry the more he spoke, his heart was full of resentment and anger, and he slammed his fist against the wall, and his fists were oozing blood.
"This generation of city lords was sent by the immortals on the mountain, the Taoism is strong, and the immortals on the mountain also sent a large number of disciples to be stationed in Mocheng, always keeping an eye on our every move.
If our Great City Lord is again, why would we let this Acting City Lord be so presumptuous!"
Sun Kongren didn't know that standing in front of him at this moment was Li Qingyun, the great city lord who was thinking about the original inhabitants of Mocheng. At the mention of the Great City Lord, Sun Kongren continued with a proud look on his face:
"You may not know that there are two city lords in my Mo City! one is the city lord Lin Feng who is now seriously injured, and the other is the big city lord Li Qingyun. That's the pride of our Mocheng, but at the age of eighteen, he can slash demons with a sword like those immortals, and he is invincible.
It's just a pity that now the lord of the big city has traveled far and wide and is nowhere to be found. ”
After listening to what Sun Kongren said, Li Qingyun already knew a little bit in his heart. Thinking about it, the so-called mountain immortal city lord is a disciple of the Cangsong faction. But only Ling Li Qingyun was puzzled that Su Mei'er had already entered the Cangsong Sect, and as a member of Mocheng, it was impossible for her to be indifferent to this.
However, Sun Kongren, who was a mortal, could not know the news of the Immortal Family Sect on the mountain, so Li Qingyun did not inquire about it.
Li Qingyun took out a fine piece of gold from his body and handed it to Sun Kongren and said: "This is a little bit of my brother's heart, and I have the right to be Brother Sun's endless thank you today." ”
Sun Kongren didn't push and take it, but accepted it and persuaded Li Qingyun: "Since you know about the current Mocheng, leave quickly." Don't linger. ”
Li Qingyun's hand flashed, and Sun Kongren fell to the ground, unconscious. When Sun Kongren woke up again, Li Qingyun had already disappeared, touched the soft silver on his body, and found that there was nothing missing, so he was relieved.
Li Qingyun has come to the front of the city lord's mansion in a blink of an eye, two huge stone lions fell on both sides of the front of the mansion, the stone lions each shouted a huge night pearl in their mouths, the steps in front of the mansion are made of white jade, the two gates are bordered with gold wire, and the zhu jade is embedded, which deserves to be a golden and brilliant four words.
There was a group of people in the mansion, sitting on the blood-colored altar, and on the side lay Lin Feng, who was pale and weak, and was dying. The words in the mouth of the Tao were rejoicing: "The blood lord is in the dust, save my world." ”
A large amount of blood qi was drawn out of Lin Feng's body and landed on the altar, and the entire blood-colored altar began to emit a faint faint light, and the blood demon's strange smile faintly came from the light.