Just when Meng Li returned to Jieshui City with Du Yu, the Yuan Mansion suddenly welcomed a distinguished guest.

Black official robes, messenger of the town tower.

"Feng, Lord Feng!"

Seeing the black-robed man who suddenly visited, Yuan Yuting panicked.

"Lord Feng, are you looking for me?"

Just now, the town tower envoy made a surprise visit and indicated that he wanted to see him alone, and even his father was blasted out.

Feng Yu looked at Yuan Yuting with cold eyes, and sneered: "Yuan Gongzi, aren't you quite bold, why are you speechless when you see me?"

Yuan Yuting said embarrassedly: "My lord said that he was laughing, and he didn't have much courage in the next place. ”

"Hmph!" Feng Yu snorted coldly and shouted: "Don't have the courage to send someone to murder the holy monk Chang Ming?"

"No! not me!"

Hearing the accusation, Yuan Yuting, who was a thief, broke out in a cold sweat, and in a panic, he said without hesitation: "The person who killed the holy monk Changming is Xue Baiqi, and the city guard has been convicted, and he will be beheaded the day after tomorrow." ”

Feng Yu shook his head and said, "I can't wait for the day after tomorrow, Meng Li is rushing to Meixiang Town, if it goes well, he will be able to come back tomorrow." Everything you do will be exposed. ”

Bang!

Yuan Yuting stood on the spot, as if he had been hit by five thunderbolts.

Why did Meng Li go back to Meixiang Town? Is it because of Du Delirium?

"O woman's kindness!"

Feng Yu's gaze moved down and looked at Yuan Yuting, revealing deep disappointment.

"If you can get rid of Du Delirium, you won't be so passive now, you wonder why I know Du Delirium? ”

Yuan Yuting knelt on the ground with a puff and said in a trembling voice: "My lord save me, I was also confused for a while and made a big mistake." ”

Hire a murderer, there are many of these crimes, and he won't be unaware. What's more, the one who died was still a holy monk of Changming!

Yuan Yuting looked up at Feng Yu, who was dressed in a black robe, he didn't have any friendship with this adult.

Why did the other party appear here? And why did they tell him this? He didn't know, he just knew that the other party wouldn't appear in front of him for no reason, and the only person he could rely on now was this one adult.

Feng Yu bent down, helped Yuan Yuting, who was frightened, to his feet, patted the latter's trembling shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm here for this." ”

The morning sun was rising, and the golden sunlight shone on the closed gates of Jieshui City.

Thundered!

There was a shock, and the two ancient stone doors whose surfaces had been weathered by wind and frost slowly opened.

Meng Li stood in the crowd, looking at the slowly opening door in front of him, and breathed a sigh of relief.

It was in vain that he hurried all the way and waited all night, and now he could finally go in.

Meng Li looked at the city with his eyes, and habitually looked into the city, but after seeing the situation inside, his expression became solemn.

In front of the city guard mansion, Sun Feiyu looked at the prisoner car that was gradually moving away, and his face was extremely solemn.

"Something's wrong!"

Early this morning, before the city guard mansion opened, Feng Yu, one of the two envoys of the Jianjing Mansion, came to the door in person with a warrant and asked to take Xue Baiqi away.

The reason is that he colluded with the warriors and assassinated the holy monks, and he must be executed immediately.

In Sun Feiyu's opinion, this reason is simply ridiculous.

The basis for Xue Baiqi's conviction was that he went to Changdeng Temple alone, forming an unexplained condition for committing the crime.

Now he is saying that he colluded with martial artists, what is this nonsense?

Could it be that the accomplices secretly followed?

However, this case was already beyond his control, and in the absence of the city guard, he could only hand over Xue Baiqi.

After so many years of fighting in the Jieshui officialdom, how could Sun Feiyu not understand the truth of self-preservation?

When Feng Yu appeared in front of him, he already realized the seriousness of the problem.

First Bai Ye, then Feng Yu, in Sun Feiyu's opinion, Xue Baiqi is likely to become a victim in the power field.

"Could it be that Xue Baiqi was really wronged?"

Sun Feiyu recalled what had happened in the past few days, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became.

The crowd inside the city gate was crowded, and hundreds of people gathered in front of the gate, blocking the water at the north gate.

The city gate has a huge flow of people every day, and it is normal to block some of them. The reason why Meng Li's expression was solemn was because he saw Wang Ergou's figure in the crowd.

At this time, the latter looked impatient and very uneasy.

Seeing Wang Ergou, Meng Li had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Before leaving the city this time, Meng Li had calculated with Wang Ergou that if the trip went well, he would return to Jieshui City at this time.

At this time, when Wang Ergou came to wait for him, he would inevitably encounter something very important.

Meng Li squeezed in front of the crowd and pulled Wang Ergou over through the checkpoint made of logs.

"What's going on!"

Wang Ergou was already anxious, but after hearing Meng Li's voice, he calmed down again.

"Something is wrong!" He first snorted, and without waiting for Meng Li to ask, he said, "Before dawn this morning, Lord Bai's subordinates came to the martial arts hall and asked me to hand this over to you." ”

As he spoke, he took out an envelope and handed it to Meng Li.

Meng Li opened the envelope and saw the contents inside.

The content is very short, but there are few numbers, but every word makes Meng Li feel like a cold winter.

"Xue Baiqi committed a crime, go to the Chengnan Execution Ground quickly!"

Seongnam ...... Execution?

The execution ground in Jieshui City is in Nancheng District, and there is only one end to being sent to the execution ground.

"Xue Baiqi is about to be executed, why is it so fast, isn't there still a day left?"

Meng Li suddenly grabbed Wang Ergou and asked the doubts in his heart.

Wang Ergou said with a solemn face: "I don't know much about the specific situation, it seems to be related to the town tower envoy." ”

"Feng Yu, the envoy of the town tower?"

"I heard that he found a new clue, and on the grounds that this case was related to a martial artist, he transferred the case to Jianjing Mansion. ”

The result of going to Jianjing Mansion is to ask for a knife?

What is Shiro also doing?

Meng Li's face was heavy, but he didn't know that the crimes committed by the martial artists were classified as "martial" and Feng Yu was fully responsible, while Bai Ye, who was in charge of the "literary" category, had no right to interfere at all.

This is also the reason why Bai Ye said that it was inconvenient for him to interfere before.

"No, I'm going to hurry up. ”

Meng Li made a quick decision and decided to rush to the Nancheng execution ground immediately after entering the city.

However, just as he was about to enter the city, a riot suddenly broke out in the passage of the city gate.

The riots came suddenly, and the root causes of the unrest are unknown.

The riots grew larger and larger, eventually spreading throughout the entire passage.

The guards in charge of guarding the city gates were busy and did their best to quell the riots.

Writhing, screaming, yelling.

Meng Li looked at everything that was happening in front of him, his face was extremely gloomy.

The riots were premeditated, and their purpose was self-evident.

The city gate was blocked, and it was not him who was most affected, but Xue Baiqi, because the latter had no time.

Meng Li looked at Du Yu and asked, "This is what Yuan Yuting prepared in advance?"

Du Yu smiled bitterly: "I don't know either. ”

Wang Ergou glanced at Du Yu and asked, "What should we do now?"

"Rush over!" Meng Li raised his head and looked at the gap above the crowd's heads.

The passage through the gate was tall enough for one more person, and he could rush through it if he used his skills.

"What?" Wang Ergou exclaimed, shocked by Meng Li's madness. Such a move is equivalent to breaking into the city, and if it is investigated, the responsibility will be great.

"We don't have time, rush in!"

Rushing over, this was the only way to rescue Xue Baiqi in time.

Just as Meng Li was about to act, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the crowd and went straight to Du Yu.

The blue dagger glows with an eerie cold light.

Wang Ergou, who was always observing the surrounding situation, noticed it first.

"Be careful!"

Wang Ergou, who was aware of this scene, shouted loudly to remind everyone.

The humming commotion was everywhere, but it couldn't drown out his roar.

Meng Li heard the reminder and casually sent out a willow leaf nail.

Shout...... Burst!

This was followed by a muffled grunt, very soft, muffled by the sound of commotion.

The black shadow who sneaked up on him was just a second-rate martial artist, and the threat he brought to everyone was far less than the dagger in the other party's hand. After being hit by the willow leaf nail again, he immediately fell to the ground and remained motionless.

After a brief silence, the crowd erupted into even louder shouts.

Then there was a flurry......

"It seems that Yuan Yuting is going to kill you. ”

Meng Li looked at Du Yu expressionlessly, and the latter smiled wryly.

This result can be imagined.

"Kill the traitor!"

Suddenly, a loud noise erupted in the crowd again, and a group of black-clothed dead soldiers rushed towards Du Yu.

Zhou Ming sat under a tea stall not far from the city gate, leisurely drinking the hot tea that the owner of the tea stall had just made for him.

The owner of the tea stall is an old man over 60 years old, and the technique of making tea is not exquisite, and the tea is not outstanding, at most it can only quench his thirst.

But Zhou Ming prefers the tea here, and every time he passes by the city, he will sit here, and in his words, the tea here has a strong local flavor.

Zhou Ming, who is almost 30 years old this year, can be said to have a successful career, and he has accumulated enough military merits early to lead a 100-man army.

In the past few days, when the city defense has changed, the 100-person team led by Zhou Ming is responsible for assisting the city defense work.

The so-called city defense work is to assist the city defense troops to guard the city gates, and in the peaceful years without war, it is almost a beautiful errand that everyone envies.

Every time he took turns to the city defense troops, it was Zhou Ming's most leisurely time, but today, this leisurely time was broken.

Just as he had finished his tea and was about to settle the bill, the commotion at the city gate reached his ears.

"Huh, what's going on up ahead?"

A soldier went to the city gate to understand the situation, and after a while, he said: "My lord, there is a riot ahead, and the city gate is completely blocked, and the brother of the city defense department has sent a request, hoping that we can give support. ”

"We can't shirk this!"

Zhou Ming showed a sneer on his face, and walked towards the city gate with a hundred soldiers.

When Zhou Ming came to the city gate, it was the moment when the first dead soldier launched a sneak attack.

Zhou Ming stood under the city wall, and happened to see the scene of Meng Li shooting out of the willow leaf nails.

"It's him!"

When Zhou Ming saw Meng Li, his expression suddenly became solemn, and before he could give the order to quell the riot, the dead soldiers in the crowd pounced again.

This is a premeditated murder!

Zhou Ming looked at the scene happening in the crowd, and he had the heart to help, but he couldn't do it. But fortunately, the young man's strength was not weak, and he blocked all the dead.

"Sweep away the crowd to prevent accidents!"

Zhou Ming was so anxious that he hurriedly ordered everyone to evacuate the crowd.

Meng Li was in the crowd, trying his best to deal with the possible sneak attack next.

Through the battle just now, he had already figured out the strength of those black-clothed dead soldiers, a total of five people, all of whom were second-rate martial artists with less than five forgings of true qi.

To deal with these people, Meng Li didn't need to spend any effort, but at this time, most of the people around him were some flat-headed people who were powerless, plus Du Yu, who was completely sealed, which made him a little overwhelmed.

But fortunately, the crowd sensed the danger and no longer crowded under the city gates, but retreated outward.

Meng Li, who had enough room to maneuver, was even more handy, and took the initiative to attack the nearest dead soldier with his body technique.

As he flies, he reaches out and draws his sword. A single knife knocked the opponent to the ground.

This is also Meng Li's mercy to his subordinates, only attacking with the back of the knife, if he takes it directly with the blade, one knife will result in the other party's life.

When the rest of the dead saw this scene of "taking the enemy's head among the ten thousand armies", they all changed their colors, knowing that this mission would never be completed, they did not dare to stay for a moment longer, and retreated to the city one after another.