The stars are dotted, and the afterglow lingers.

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Because of the curfew, the crowd on the street was gradually replaced by soldiers patrolling in iron armor.

The sound of neat steps, like a reminder of the alarm bell, the shops that are still in business, when they see the arrival of the procession, either close the door or pay a small fee to the leader, and at the same time promise not to make loud noises, it is obviously already a tacit rule, and it is not to blame the soldiers for being so energetic at night.

Huo Er, is a member of many patrol teams, different from others through formal assessments, the reason why he was able to enter the official office is due to the fact that his uncle happens to be in the establishment system, although he is only a chief, but through his channels, it has also saved a lot of trouble, at least the money is not much, originally thought, after taking up the post as soon as possible, he can save some money, who knows that after he came, the situation has changed, the team of ten people is divided from the slum to the center of the city, this is good, the original daily fixed oil and water, now can only receive the few military salaries, and even when patrolling, you have to be careful, for fear of accidentally offending a powerful person, and thus being punished.

Today is no different from usual, it is still a fast passage through this still brightly lit and laughing section, even if a drunk person makes a disrespectful remark or comes forward to provoke, it is also worthy of ignorance.

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Bai Qiusi, who was also ignored, was in a somewhat complicated mood at the moment, first of all, he had not experienced this kind of cold taste for a long time, and secondly, it was the unusual nature of this fight.

The reason why she waited silently at the door was nothing more than a little careful thinking on her part, being able to come up with her price, and not being able to guess her identity, which were all indispensable factors, especially the posture just now, which would soon be seen and understood, and she didn't want to have any more twists and turns.

In the past, there were also powerful people talking about secrets, and letting the artists in the room wait outside the door for a while, such a scene was not embarrassing, but today, the drunks' verbal ridicule was somewhat more and more intense, Bai Qiusi was annoyed at the same time, he naturally felt that this time was a little long, but he didn't give orders, and it was not good to rush in, and he was hesitating to attach it to the door to eavesdrop, so he heard someone coming over, so he had to stand in shape first, waiting for someone to come.

Wang Fugui felt that he had done the trick in this accounting room, so after asking people to hurry back to report, he followed the young lady into the gate of Qifeng Tower, gave the old bustard some reward, asked where the young man was before, and led Li Mengxi upstairs.

In the early years, when Li Chengye was chatting with friends, Li Mengxi had overheard the so-called Qinglou, and when he visited it in person, he felt that it was not as wonderful as it could be described, it was nothing more than a place to listen to music and drink, and he knew that he should not have deceived that kid to come here.

When he walked to the door and saw the woman he had given Yun Tianyou just now, he was a little angry for a while.

Bai Qiusi wondered, but did not make a fuss, after all, there is no dirty thing here, on weekdays, there is no shortage of people with wives and concubines, the girl in front of her, the posture is not bad, it should be a friend of the guests inside, right?

"Is that kid still inside?" asked Li Mengxi with puffed cheeks.

Bai Qiusi replied, "Hmm." ”

"Oh. After speaking, Li Mengxi turned around and left.

Seeing that the two of them really didn't mean to stay, they walked straight out of the door, which made Bai Qiusi a little confused, could it be that they were not friends, but their wives? quarrel or think about it, there was no answer, so they could only smile helplessly and shake their heads.

After pondering for a while, Bai Qiusi, who felt that this was also a reason, stepped forward and knocked on the door, and asked, "Childe, can the slave family come in?"

'Knock knock...'

"Childe?"

Seeing that there was no reaction inside, Bai Qiusi gave a look to the maid on the side, who went downstairs and brought a plate of fruit upstairs with understanding, took the fruit plate, Bai Qiusi knocked on the door again, and after explaining his intentions, he gently pushed the door open.

The smoke of sandalwood dispersed along the cool breeze blowing outside the window, and it also blew through Bai Qiusi's cheeks, who gritted his teeth.

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Huo Chengzheng led the team to patrol, passing by Qifeng Tower, only to see a steward walk out quickly, glanced at himself and the others, and left quickly in the opposite direction.

When Xu is eyes met, he noticed some problems, and Huo Cheng immediately ordered everyone to scatter in a group of two, and when they met someone of unknown origin, they could come and report it.

Huo Er, who was ordered to leave like others, was left behind.

After the rest of the people disappeared into the street, Huo Er, who didn't know why, asked, "What's the chief, what is this?"

Looking at his slightly thin nephew, Huo Cheng patted his little head and said, "Do you know whose property Qi Fenglou is?"

"On the first day of work, didn't you tell me that this is the property of the city lord's brother-in-law?" Huo Er replied with a puzzled expression.

"Well, the steward just now, his expression was a little hurried, maybe something happened in the building, maybe I was too worried, in short, it was in the area we patrolled, stay a little longer, so as not to be held accountable afterwards. ”

Huo Er stood in place, nodded thoughtfully, still muttering with some dissatisfaction: In this way, it will not be inevitable to be gossiped about in the future....

It's not far away, Huo Cheng naturally heard about it, but he didn't bother to think about it, looking for an opportunity, he had to talk to this nephew and said, you know, people who dare to make trouble in this kind of place naturally rely on force, and don't take Wufu in their eyes, let alone them? Life is more important than anything else.

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People living in this land know that the city lord's mansion and the official government, although they are of the same origin, belong to two institutions, and can also be said to be the product of the civil and military confrontation, the former is the main text, responsible for the operation and management of the city, people's livelihood and economic development, and the latter is the main military, also known as the military government, responsible for the local garrison, maintaining law and order, and suppressing rebellion.

In terms of level, the City Lord's Mansion is half a level higher than the Martial Mansion, but in fact, they check and balance each other and sit on an equal footing.

The steward who marched towards the city lord's mansion was very vigilant along the way and shuttled back and forth along the laneway, and after walking for about half a mile, he looked around and made sure that no one was following, and then went around a few streets, and finally came to a very ordinary courtyard, knocked on the door very rhythmically, and there was a sound behind the door, "A piece of autumn leaves red." ”

The steward leaned on the door and whispered, "Hundred miles of cold turmoil." ”

Then the door opened, the man in charge walked in, what came into view, in addition to the gatekeeper in a black suit beside him, there was a wooden screen with a hollow body and carved goshawks, walking around, there was a simple courtyard in the center, a pond of nearly five zhang, not raising swimming fish, but full of lotus flowers, but unfortunately not in the open season.

The function of the wings on both sides, the steward did not know, and he had no intention of understanding, and went straight to the living room in the middle.

After passing through the dark red hall door, under the reflection of the candle flame, the pattern in the hall is obvious, in the middle is a marble table, tiled with a few booklets, the handwriting is flowing smoothly, the strength is not lost, it is obviously a long-term practice, look carefully, it is slightly wet, plus the brush placed on the inkstone, it is not difficult to guess that it is a moment of things, the room exudes a burst of fragrance, think that most of the internal facilities are made of sandalwood, the left side of the couch and the right chair, are not far from the man in charge, but he obviously does not dare to be too casual, standing at the door, patiently waiting for the master to appear。

After half a ring, a young man walked out from behind a huge screen painted with landscapes, white clothes and black hair, untied or untied, slightly fluttering, like a three-dimensional facial features carved by a sharp knife exuding a cold atmosphere, and his deep eyes seemed to be unable to see the end.

When the man in charge saw the main lord appear, he immediately knelt down on one knee, pulled the skin down his cheek, revealing the face of an ordinary middle-aged man, and then said, "Twelve greetings to the hall master." ”

The young man, known as the hall master, sat down slowly, without speaking.

And the twelve, who had a strange name, naturally couldn't wait for the other party to ask, and then said, "Today, a suspected descendant of the Heavenly Master Dao appeared in Qifeng Tower, and his subordinates and others secretly spied on ......"

The expression of the young Gujing Bubo, after hearing the Tao of the Heavenly Master, immediately turned solemn, when the twelve narrations were completed, he couldn't help but tremble and stood up, pondering in his heart: The Dao of the Heavenly Master, one of the ancient sects of the Crescent State, is good at using talismans, its power is strange and unknowable, it has always paid attention to single transmission, and after learning something, it will go out of the mountains to travel to various states, one is to increase the knowledge and find opportunities, and the other is to explore the next generation of disciples, because of its exercises, there is rarely relevant news circulating, it is reported that if the Heavenly Master Dao is willing to open the door widely, it will inevitably become the sixth holy land。

Right now, not only has the traces of the Heavenly Master Dao descendant been discovered, but there are actually people who can counter him, presumably the ancient sects that have restrained each other have appeared together.....

The young man calmed down his excitement a little and asked, "In other words, except for you, the rest of the people have already followed the trail?"

Twelve lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Follow secretly, wait for the hall master's order." ”

The young man nodded, then asked, "What about the handmaid?"

"Returning to the hall master, all the people who have come into contact with him have been controlled, and the painter is also comparing what everyone is complaining about, except..."

The young man who was extremely satisfied, suddenly Zou Mei let out a "Huh?"

Seeing this, Twelve immediately lay on the ground and said, "Zizhu Villa, Li Shangzhi's concubine, Li Mengxi has been in contact with him, and he is outside Qifeng Tower at the moment, and seems to be waiting for someone, because of Li Fu's existence, so his subordinates are only monitoring, and have not yet taken action." ”

"Even if you arrest it, together with all the people involved, clear it together, if Zizhu Villa is held responsible, I will naturally come forward, and it will be a big deal to show it to the palace, and it will be destroyed. The young man waved his palm, showing arrogance.

Then he paced back and forth with a hesitant face, and after a battle between heaven and man, he was deeply aware that the opportunity was fleeting, and finally said in a deep voice, "Send a goshawk order, be sure to capture alive the two people suspected of being Heavenly Master Dao and the Ancient Sect." ”

"No!" After speaking, Twelve was about to leave when he heard words behind him.

"Order, I personally command this operation, before I arrive at the scene, follow closely, try to close the circle, prohibit any communication with the two, if you violate the order, you will be immediately killed, no matter who it is!"

After the twelve received the order again and bowed down to leave the hall door, the young man immediately came to the table, wrote a letter hard, and after confirming that it was correct, he took out the gold seal from his bosom and covered it vigorously, and then walked quickly to the left wing, looking at the subordinates who bowed down and the carrier pigeons fed inside.

After half a ring, the courtyard door opened, and a man in a black suit rode away.

A young man dressed in white swept to the roof of the house and quickly jumped towards Qifeng Tower.

Mochizuki City, which was originally peaceful, suddenly heard a rapid whistle sound, and then a cloud of red fireworks exploded in the air, like sharp claws.

In the inexplicable exclamations of everyone, one figure after another began to converge in the direction where they were.

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Li Chengye was very unhappy, because today's banquet in Wufu was not deliberately prepared for himself, and it became clear after he arrived, because the spring tide was coming, and there were many martial artists in the jurisdiction, in order to better control, so let the relevant people go to the banquet secondly, mainly to register and report, although when he saw himself, the officials also stepped forward to express some apologies, saying that they did not know that they were coming, and they would set up another banquet to entertain them another dayIt's just that I don't have enough to get your attention.

This made Li Chengye's proud heart a little frustrated, so he naturally had no interest in staying, and was about to leave, when he heard the next person come to report, saying that the little sister had gone to the Qinglou, and this time he was even more angry, so Li Da hurriedly drove the carriage to hurry up.

When he arrived at the scene, Li Chengye got out of the carriage angrily, but was told by the servant waiting outside the door that the little sister was in the wine shop across the street, which made him a little confused for a while. Could it be that people were deceived into coming over?

With doubts, he came to the Qingfeng wine shop opposite, and went up to the second floor, Li Mengxi sat at a table alone, and kept looking at the opposite side, and the remaining servants sat next door, and after seeing Li Chengye coming, he quickly got up and stood aside, his face was quite strange.

Everyone's performance was naturally seen by Li Chengye, knowing that there must be something greasy, and before he could ask, he saw Li Mengxi, happily, and grimaced at himself, and the anger in his chest then dissipated, so he could only stare at her helplessly, and then asked Li Da to arrange a few people to sit farther away, and by the way, give them a few pots of wine.

In the sound of thanks, he sat opposite the little sister, deliberately put on a face, and said in a casual tone, "Say, is it causing trouble again?"

Li Mengxi's big round eyes, blinking and blinking, revealing a sharp energy, after thinking twice, he said hesitantly, "Uh... It's nothing... Well, it's just... I miss you. ”

Li Chengye pretended to be angry, and his tone was quite heavy, "If you lie again, I won't take you out next time." ”

"Uh... Brother, you murder me..."Li Mengxi said pitifully.

Seeing the little sister with tears in her eyes, she looked at herself very aggrieved, Li Chengye could only sigh deeply, ordinary people are scarce men, and in the Li family of Zizhu Villa, it is a woman, in this way, Li Mengxi's birth is naturally to make up for the regrets of several generations, and is regarded as a treasure by the family。

"That's it, brother is joking with you, it's really something, brother doesn't blame you, don't cry, it's not good to look at it if you cry~" Li Chengye reached out with a look of pity to wipe away the tears from the corners of his little sister's eyes.

Hearing this, Li Mengxi immediately smiled and said, "This is what you said, pull the hook first, I'm talking to you." ”

"Well, it's up to you. Li Chengye shook his head helplessly.

After pulling the hook and stamping the seal, Li Mengxi informed Li Chengye of the original situation, the latter patted his head, looking extremely headache, and before because of whether he should send someone to find Yun Tianyou, there was a slight conflict with Fu Bo's opinion, but the result was good, people took the initiative to find it, and was actually deceived to the other side, fortunately, it was too early, according to Xiaomei's statement, the other party was still in the building, although the reception was passable, but after all, it was a bit too much to make people wait for so long.

Li Chengye pinched his little sister's face hard, and then said, "Let's go, apologize." ”

"What are you sorry for? That kid is probably still stuck in Gentle Township, and if you want to go, I won't go. Li Mengxi muttered.

"Okay, then you should wait here, brother will come back as soon as possible. After Li Chengye finished speaking, he motioned for the rest of the people to stay and accompany him, Li Da followed him over, walked halfway, and out of concern, called Li Da to whisper a few words, and then walked into Qifeng Tower alone.

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"Brother Zhang, are you okay?"

"Brother Zhang?"

Yun Tianyou walked up to Zhang Qining, patted his shoulder and called softly.

The latter has been down the mountain for a while, never thought that one day, will be restrained by his own means, want to cry without tears, secretly rejoicing: what a big deal, and no one sees, it doesn't matter, the key is how to please the big brother in front of him later, but if you learn a trick and a half, look back and see the old man, you can't startle his jaw, it's fun to think about it, hey, big brother, it's not that I don't want to respond to you, but this talisman came out of your hand, it's too terrifying, I don't know how long it will last, do you want to stop bothering your old man? I have a spell relief charm in my pocket.....

Seeing that Zhang Qining's eyes kept shaking downward, Yun Tianyou said thoughtfully, "There is a talisman paper in your pocket that can lift your state?"

Zhang Qining was a little stunned: Damn, this is fine, is it possible to be able to read minds?

Then he immediately blinked his eyes to show that it meant so, and at the same time did not forget to shout in his heart: Big brother is good, big brother is great, big brother is the most decent, big brother is tall, big brother is handsome, big brother is cute everywhere....

If he could really hear the voice in the other party's heart, maybe Yun Tianyou would leave immediately, but there was no if, after getting a response, Yun Tianyou walked in front of the other party, who was also a man, naturally he would not have any worries, and reached out to Zhang Qining's arms.

After a commotion, Yun Tianyou took half a step back and carefully studied the stack of rune papers in his hand.

Zhang Qining shouted anxiously in his heart: Big brother, I'll study it later....

The material of the rune paper is different, and the pattern of the symbols on it is also different, I really don't know how to figure it out, Yun Tianyou thought to himself, and then said, "If it's right, you just blink?" After speaking, he took the top rune paper and handed it to Zhang Qining.

As everyone knows, Yun Tianyou, who was praised again, kept repeating the movements on his hands, and after a while, he saw the other party blinking, and after checking the rune paper in his hand repeatedly, he was ready to inject aura, and did not forget to say, "I know, a blink is enough." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Qining shouted frantically in his heart: Big brother, the little brother just has dry eyes, this is the TM Yang Fire Talisman, if your old man uses it, the little brother's life will be gone!

"Uh... Isn't it?" Yun Tianyou asked when he saw that the other party was still blinking.

Zhang Qining blinked frantically a few times: Big brother is wise!

Yun Tianyou looked at the faintly glowing rune paper in his hand, put it into his pocket without thinking, and then continued to repeat the action just now, during which he took out three entrained coins from the rune paper, engraved on the front: Tianyuan 926, engraved on the back: Xinyue Prefecture cast, except for the words, all are moire, the material is copper, it is also a coincidence, thinking of this, Yun Tianyou chuckled and put it into his pocket again, and said to Zhang Qining, who was staring at him, "It should be a reward." ”

The latter is purely worried about causing a misunderstanding again, but has no other opinions: mine is the eldest brother's, what's polite, there is still ~

After half a sound, the yellow light flashed, and it was finally Zhang Qining, who was freed from the shackles, and after taking a breath, he moved his body slightly, and then looked at Yun Tianyou, who was standing quietly on the side, with nothing in his hand, and said with a fist, "Big brother, from today onwards, you will be my eldest brother, but there is an order, the little brother will go to the soup and the fire, and he will not hesitate!"

Yun Tianyou frowned, he didn't know what to reply for a while, the contrast was a bit big, especially the other party's face at the moment, how did it feel a little obscene?

Zhang Qining rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Big brother, this situation is obviously not right, the younger brother has no private hiding, and he also asked the eldest brother to give two talismans for self-defense." ”

Yun Tianyou groaned slightly, and then returned the rune paper in his pocket to the other party, "The breath is mixed, there are many people who want to come to peep, do you have any suggestions?"

Zhang Qining took the things that originally belonged to him with both hands, although he noticed that the one that was activated before was not among them, but he didn't care anymore, and chuckled, "Big brother is too worried, it's just a little stinky fish and rotten shrimp, let the little brother behave, and I will find a place to catch up with the big brother later." As he spoke, he took out two pieces of rune paper, and under the spell, yellow light appeared slightly, and the figures of the two disappeared in place in an instant.

And an attic not far from the two of them, who was originally silently observing, suddenly encountered this situation, and was immediately shocked, and hurriedly took a cylinder from his waist, pulled it hard against the sky, and the sound of breaking the air instantly resounded through the world.

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Compared with the noisy city, the contrast with it is the Mochizuki Temple that sits on the top of the mountain, looking at it from afar, the magnificent temple is covered with antique, solemn and solemn, entering the mountain gate, it is a group of quiet, the ancient trees are towering to the sky, the pine and cypress are sensen, in the middle of the night, naturally can not hear the sound of chanting the Buddha, go up along the stone steps, every thirty zhang on both sides, is the lifelike Buddha statue of carving, holding the magic weapon, staring at the copper bell like big eyes, as if guarding the tranquility of this place.

At the end of the steps, there are towering buildings, and on the plaque hanging in the center of the main hall, four big characters are written: Daxiong Treasure Hall.

At the back of the main hall, an eight-story wooden tower, in the topmost room, under the light of candles, two people are talking.

Sitting on the front is a middle-aged monk, wearing a yellow robe and a big red robe, as if he is the presiding officer of this temple, his face is relatively ordinary, but he is very kind, slowly moving the Buddhist beads in his hand, looking ahead.

On the couch in front of him, a young man leaned on a jade pillow and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, his face with distinct facial features was angular and angular, the only deficiency was his handsome face, a little pale, the man wore a white jade hair crown, a black python robe against the backdrop of the white jade belt, particularly gorgeous, with a pair of white deerskin boots, if you want to come to the family background, you will definitely be good, I don't know why it will appear here.

After a long time, the young man's eyelids moved slightly, and after a while, he opened his eyes, it turned out that he was really asleep just now, only to see him sit up, stretch his waist, look at the monk on the side and chuckle, "I didn't expect you to sleep in this place." ”

The monk folded his hands and said, "It is a blessing for Mochizuki Temple to be loved by His Highness. ”

The man who is called His Royal Highness, surnamed Xiang, is named Nanchen, and his father is naturally the king of Gui, Xiang Li, who is the lord of the Crescent State.

"Monks don't speak. Xiang Nanchen spoke, picked up the wine glass on the side and took a sip, feeling that the taste was not bad, and then picked up the wine jug and drank it.

The monk's face turned red and he whispered a few words: sin, sin.

'Hiccup'

Shaking the empty pot in his hand, Xiang Nanchen turned his head to look out the window, looked across the city to the sea, and said, "How long will the other party arrive." ”

The monk replied solemnly, "Your Highness, the day after tomorrow at the latest." ”

Xiang Nanchen said without looking back, "Well, go get me a pot of wine again." ”

The monk walked to the door and whispered a few words to the little novice, who immediately ran to the rear, when the monk turned around, he did not forget to look at the man guarding the door again, ordinary face, moderate figure, a black suit, no qi to reveal, no matter how you look at it, you feel that it is no different from ordinary people, if he is not Xiang Nanchen's guard, maybe he will not take a second look, the monk thought to himself, smiling, one-handed salute, seeing that the other party did not react, he shook his head slightly and walked into the room.

The reason is that the reason why the monk who sailed through the Dharma was able to take over the position of abbot was that in addition to the profundity of Buddhism, his own cultivation had also reached the eighth-order realm of deity, and unless this guard had reached the innate level, it was impossible not to be tempted.

The crossing monk, after coming in, sat back in his place, continued to recite the Heart Sutra silently, and plucked the prayer beads.

Xiang Nanchen wanted to turn around and chat with the old monk for a while, but who knew that something strange happened to appear in the sky above Mochizuki City.

"It seems that Canglan is stationed here now, right?" Xiang Nanchen muttered.

Du Hang didn't know how to reply, and there was a stalemate for a while, but there was a voice outside the door, "Back to the Third Highness, this is indeed the case." ”

Xiang Nanchen nodded and said, "You go and ask, what is the matter, it is worth his goshawk order." ”

"No!"

The monk felt a little cold in his back for a while, because of the man's action of leaving, he couldn't catch a single inch of the whole process, as for the goshawk order mentioned by Xiang Nanchen, Duhang had heard a little: In addition to the ordinary city lord's mansion and martial arts, in order to better restrain the martial arts in the territory, each state will set up a separate institution to cultivate talents, collect sect information, and explore secrets, and the goshawk hall in Xinyue State is the most famous, not to mention, Cang Songbai, who is the hall master, has been in the congenital for nearly ten years, and it is particularly terrifying, and there is an unfathomable Liwang standing behind him, which is simply terrifying, and the resulting situation is the cultivation world of Xinyue State, the unprecedented unity of all sects, but even so, in the face of the Goshawk Palace, he still didn't dare to offend easily, for fear of being wiped out afterwards, so that his power was so great that he could imagine it.

The issuance of the Goshawk Order must be authorized by a person who holds a position above the head of the Hall, and as far as the eye can see, all those under the command of the Goshawk Hall will give up all tasks and resume their lives immediately, if there is any delay, they will die, those who are cowardly in the face of the enemy, they will die, and those who are not exhausted against the enemy will die, and within three days of the order being issued, they will not be able to capture the target, and everyone including the hall master will die.

Thinking of what happened two days later, the monk could only sigh in his heart: "Eventful spring....