The early autumn of the eighth year of Yuanxiang of the Dafeng Dynasty.

Uehara Castle in the northwest border area was suddenly washed away by a rare rainstorm.

This torrential rain washed away a lot of the bloody gas accumulated from the months of fighting, as well as the filth in the shadows.

There were several wonderful sword competitions in the city, but they had to stop because of this overly violent rainstorm. The swordsmen who heard the sound from all over the world threw themselves into the place where they were sheltering from the rain, hoping that the heavens would be able to make it beautiful, and they would receive it as soon as possible.

Taking advantage of the fact that the rain was getting a little lighter, someone hurried through the sparse flow of people with an umbrella and dodged into a small street around the next corner.

Behind him, there were several people wearing hats and robes, following from afar.

When the man holding the umbrella disappeared around the corner, the leader stopped while raising his hand, looked up at the sign standing prominently on the side of the road, and showed a trace of solemnity on his pale face.

Several people behind him ordered the line to stop neatly, and they all looked at the road sign that was slightly old because of the perennial wind and sun.

I saw that it was written in the general seal of the dynasty: No. 76.

This kind of signpost, as everyone knows it today, was issued with countless decrees that overturned stereotypes at the time of the establishment of the Dafeng Dynasty.

These initial changes that made people all over the world at a loss were useless when they were approved by hundreds of schools of thought at that time. However, more than 20 years after the forced implementation in the territory of the Dafeng Dynasty, it has already unconsciously formed an indispensable general practice.

The seventy-sixth street in front of me is not a small street, but it is not worth mentioning in this male city with countless dense and large streets.

However, this street has attracted special attention in Dongcheng District because of one person.

The man who was rumored to be a bit of a god, holding the right to distribute the interests of the four streets. Now in this stormy situation, it seems to have attracted the attention of many people, and they have watched his every move.

The man with the umbrella who had stepped into the small street had already walked away, and the muddy road full of potholes could not slow down his light pace, and the corners of his clothes of excellent material were not stained with the slightest mud.

When he walked not far from a pharmacy, the man gently raised the edge of the umbrella, revealing an extremely handsome boy, but his face was a little complicated and looked at a pharmacy in front of him.

You must know that the doctors in the shop have always had a good reputation, never forced to buy and sell, and did such a black-hearted act with a bad conscience, and the doctor is also famous.

At this time in the past, most of the people outside this extremely famous pharmacy were already crowded with people who were famous for at least three or five streets in the neighborhood who came to see the doctor and get medicine.

Today, the silence of the small pharmacy hanging the plaque of "Gu Caotang" is as quiet as death, and it is even bleaker than the situation of the door.

The young boy did not continue to walk, he looked away, and turned to the overlapping streets and alleys with no end in sight in the autumn rain.

The hazy eaves seemed dark and silent, as if there were countless powerful ghosts hiding people to devour, and he snorted coldly: "Ghostly ghosts." ”

The bleak situation of the pharmacy is far from being brought about by just one downpour, and he knows the culprit clearly.

After a few breaths of silence, a figure floated in the shadows like a ghost, wearing a dark black hooded official robe unique to the Dafeng Supervision Division, surrounded by purple qi around his every move.

I saw him fluttering over the rain curtain, blocking in front of the umbrella-holding boy, bowing slightly, he couldn't see any expression on his covered half of his face, and his voice was a little hoarse: "The official of the Supervision Department, I have seen the second son of Yan." ”

The corners of the young boy's mouth showed a hint of intriguing, as if he didn't have much affection for this group of ubiquitous Supervision Department officials, and he said directly: "With you, you also want to stop me?"

The official of the Supervision Department who covered his face raised his head slightly, a pair of eyes flashed with a strange purple light in his hood, and his voice still did not fluctuate, and he said calmly: "Don't embarrass me for the second son, the supervision department and the local important ministers have their respective duties and responsibilities, not to mention that the father of the state will never agree with the second son's trip, and I hope that the second son will think twice." ”

After speaking, more than a dozen people appeared on the roofs around him, all dressed in hooded black, each holding a powerful crossbow with a unique shape covered with runes.

As soon as these people appeared, they stood in their respective positions, and several staggered formations skillfully formed a phalanx.

The rain hit the waterproof standard black clothes, splashing a burst of mist, but it weirdly rolled up one ripple after another, and was imprisoned between square inches and could not be leaked.

The Dafeng Dynasty has a special "rune strong crossbow", which is drawn by the runes outlined on the strong crossbow in the hand, and the monks below the four realms only need a few people to achieve the breath connection. Through the blessing of the monk's internal qi, the power of the arrows can be increased several times, forming a small rune crossbow array that can shoot the monks of the four realms.

This powerful 'Rune Strong Crossbow' is the unique configuration of the Supervision Division, and it is the best at shooting people in the rivers and lakes who are not subject to control.

In the early days of the Dafeng Dynasty in previous years, most of the Jianghu monks who committed crimes in the territory of the Dafeng Dynasty and harmed the ordinary people could not escape the pursuit and killing of such supervision officials who held "rune crossbows".

At this time, the phalanx that appeared here with connected breaths was obviously this kind of 'rune crossbow' that was specially used to shoot the monks of the rivers and lakes.

Seeing such a quantity, it is enough to compete with the ordinary five realms.

According to the detailed secret report of the Supervision Department, the second son of the State Pastoral Mansion, who is known as one of the three heroes of the Lonely Sai Prefecture, is still within the four realms.

The Supervision Department was established when the Dafeng Dynasty was founded, which is different from the formal official system, which is neither the Criminal Department nor the Imperial Historical Observatory, and is directly responsible for His Majesty the Emperor.

The most outstanding of this special institution, which has many privileges, is the pervasive and shady means of espionage, assassination, assassination, etc.

Brother Gongzi, who was called by the officials of the Supervision Department as a letter, did not look at the phalanxes around him, he stared at the black clothes ten zhang away in front of him, and sneered: "Regardless of their position, the officials of the Supervision Department have always only called themselves 'officials of the Supervision Department', and never reported their positions and surnames. I'd like to guess if the one who can be a master of the Four Realms is a 'secret official' or...'Lord Banner Bearer'?"

With the opening of the dynasty for decades, the structure of the officials of the Supervision Department has gradually been known to the world, and they are divided into ordinary plates and dead soldiers, above which are the captains, secret officials, flags, captains, and heads, and then up are the two main courtyards of the Heavenly Stems and the Earthly Branch, as well as the Si Zheng.

The young man didn't wait for the official of the Supervision Department to answer, he smiled and added as if half-jokingly: "Then, if I 'miss' kill a supervisor in charge of the flag, or a secret official, will you be charged with the commonly used crime of 'Jianghu monks and warriors are forbidden by force'?"

The black-clothed officials of the Supervision Department probably relied on something, and they did not act as if they were facing a great enemy, but their voices were a little colder, and they mocked a little proudly: "Second son Yan, I advise you not to make mistakes, you are just the son of the state pastor, although the Supervision Department does not want to hurt the peace with the important ministers of the imperial court, but it is not that you can act recklessly with the body of a white ding."

"What's more, the Supervision Department has reached an agreement with Gu Caotang, no one can disobey the order, even if you see that person, there will be no change. ”

Yan Xin spread his hands and looked helpless: "Oh, since that's the case, then you have no reason to stop me from seeing him." Could it be that it's because I have a good family background and I'm a martial arts talent, so that's why you have to block my way?"

The rain was still falling, and the sky seemed to be darker suddenly, which set off the deep man in black, and he snorted coldly: "Yanxin, you have to think clearly, for the sake of an outsider, is it worth it to take the entire Yan family and the court as enemies." ”

The implication is an ultimatum.

Yan Xin smiled, it was an unscrupulous sneer: "You are also worthy of discussing my Yan family with me, and you are also worthy of talking to me about the enemy of the imperial court, are you worthy?"

The moment the last word fell, before everyone could react, a thunderclap suddenly exploded from the place where he was standing, and his body turned into an afterimage without warning, and exploded towards the official of the Supervision Department.

On the muddy ground covered with stagnant water behind him, a straight white rainbow formed by high-speed movement and impact was formed, and the water splashed everywhere.

Although everyone had already locked on to this boy's breath, even the slightest fluctuation in his breath would trigger his breath and shoot him on the spot.

But what people never expected was that at the moment of doing it, they found that the speed of this son-in-law was so fast that no one could accurately capture the slightest breath of his breath.

The battle of life and death between the monks above the four realms is often only achieved in an instant, and few of them will fight for hundreds of thousands of rounds like those storytellers depict, and there is no earth-shattering spirit of crying ghosts and gods.

Most of them compressed the true qi in their respective bodies to the extreme, striving to succeed in one blow and kill one move. In this process, it is often possible that because of a distraction or a misjudgment, the first move will be lost after losing half a move, so as to make a judgment of life and death.

Just like at the moment, the official of the Supervision Department who was preemptively struck more intuitively felt the speed of the explosion from words and letters, as well as the terrifying suppression of true qi.

It was not that he was always cautious and vigilant, as he had many information channels in his hands, he knew very well that even if he was a monk from the same four realms, the gap between a genius monk and an ordinary monk.

Not to mention the one in front of him, not only is he known as one of the three heroes of the entire Gusai Prefecture, but also the "sword cultivator" of the Imperial Sword Gate.

It was because he deliberately stood a full ten feet away, which was the distance he thought he thought would be enough to respond to self-protection in the face of anyone in the same realm.

But at the moment when I really did it, I realized that I was still underestimating my opponent and overestimating myself.

When Yan Xin's palm pressed on his forehead like a thousand catties, he found that the boiling true qi that had been gathering momentum in the qi sea was able to react, and he didn't even have a chance to break out and fight back, so he was shocked away by the terrifying true qi coming from the palm of his forehead.

That rampageant powerful true qi ran down his meridians, washing over his internal organs and sea of qi. The body was like a river overturning the sea, and his knees were also broken along with the meridians, and one was paralyzed and knelt weakly on the potholed mud.

When it was really a superior judgment, there was no power to fight back.

The key thing is that as a "sword cultivator", he has not yet come out of the sword.

This official of the Supervision Department flowed out a large pool of shocking black blood, his blurred eyes with a hint of fear, staring at the Gongzi brother in front of him in disbelief, and said angrily: "According to the criminal law, killing the imperial court officials should be beheaded, and killing the secret officials of the Supervision Department... and above officials, exterminating the clan... How dare you?"

Yanxin smiled contemptuously, ignoring whether his defeat would be a disguised begging for mercy or a threat, he just turned his head to look at the shocking scene behind him.

In addition to the marks that exploded when he flew by, there were also craters the size of a skull that were blown up by rune arrows. The arrow had already sunk deep into the hole, and even the tail end of the arrow was not visible, which showed the power of the arrow.

It's just that he didn't see that, but the nearest crater was only three feet away.

In other words, after he tried his best to collect his own breath, coupled with the outbreak of the secret art raid, it still made the group of supervision officials on the roof react as quickly as possible, and tightly bite his figure. A rain of arrows with tricky angles was shot from all directions, and I was afraid that if he was even a little slower, he might be hit by at least two rune arrows.

This had to make him feel a little glad that he was able to come out unscathed after deliberately trying the rumored 'Rune Crossbow'.

This kind of big killing weapon that specializes in dealing with the monks of the Six Realms and below, once it is dispatched on a large scale, it is difficult to resist it alone without a heavy treasure in his body.

It is worthy of being one of the important weapons for stabilizing Dafeng rivers and lakes.

Of course, there are few people who will be stupid to stand still and resist, in the words of the guy surnamed Gu, it is, 'I can't beat me and I can't run?'

Several phalanxes of inspectors around the roof moved again, and after the previous wave of arrows, they had already gathered momentum again. Even if the chief officer was captured, the formation pointed by the arrows was not scattered in the slightest, and no one shouted angrily, which seemed to be extremely well-trained.

Second Prince Yan just glanced at it, then looked down at his subordinates, squinted his eyes and smiled: "If it were in normal times, even if it was in a border far away from Kyoto, I would naturally not dare to kill the people of your Supervision Division."

"But in today's turbulent situation inside and outside the court, your Supervision Department has always had great differences with the ministers of the DPRK and China. Under such a lot of restraint and lack of skills, you say that your Supervision Division, even if the number of hidden disc dead soldiers is said to be comparable to that of the three armies, how much energy can you have to investigate in detail the 'accidental' death of a small secret official?"

When the officials of the Supervision Department who were bleeding incessantly arrived in such a situation, knowing that their fate was short, they no longer struggled in vain, and tried their best not to let their bodies begin to tremble too much, and said in a trembling voice:

"It is precisely because there are more monks like you in the world, who ignore the law and ethics, and only know how to fight bravely, there will be many tragedies in the world. If there were no monks like you, there would be no rivers and lakes, and this world... It's been too late. ”

Yanxin nodded seriously, thinking deeply, but said in his mouth: "Such a large paragraph, is it finished, does it have anything to do with me? Are you curious why the instructions you secretly sent out were not carried out? But I'm sorry, I'm not the kind of reader surnamed Gu, and I like to talk to people at length." ”

After speaking, it was no longer a matter of lowering the forehead of the official of the Supervision Department with his hand, and letting him use the illusion that he thought he could delay.

The Inspectorate official, whose name was still unknown, collapsed on the muddy floor, splashing with water and mud.

And what he didn't know was that with him he landed, there were also more than a dozen officials on the roof, who had already formed a phalanx to shoot and kill.

They didn't have time to carry out the secret order, just like dumplings in the pot, falling from the rooftops one after another.

A small flying sword that was no longer than a foot long and shimmered with light fell from the eaves and disappeared into the wide sleeves of the second son.

From beginning to end, I didn't look at the group of officials of the Supervision Department who were not in the four realms.

He smiled proudly and asked himself, "As a famous swordsman, do you know why I didn't go out with a long sword today?"

"Because I broke through last night. ”