Two hundred and sixtieth eight chapters changed elbow armpit
The night has not yet left, the earth is still sleeping, and a touch of fish belly white appears on the eastern skyline.
When Qin Yun arrived here overnight, the west gate of Lingyang City was closed tightly, keeping him out.
The large lighting lanterns on the high city walls emitted orange-red light, evenly illuminating the black city bricks. A group of fully armed soldiers patrolled back and forth.
Unlike many cities in the north of Dayan, Lingyang City, which is located on the southern border of Xinjiang, is under constant threat from bandits in Dachu and the plains. Therefore, the city gates are closed very early every day and are not reopened until dawn.
"Who is it?"
A guard spotted Qin Yun appearing in front of the city gate. He asked loudly: "What are you doing?"
Qin Yun, who had been so tired all the way, couldn't take a breath and said in a deep voice: "I am Qin Yun, a disciple of the Tiancheng Sword Sect. I have a very urgent matter and want to see Lord Xu Jingye, the city guard. It is related to the safety of Lingyang City. Please forgive me.
I’m entering the city!”
With Qin Yun's innate strength, it is not a problem for him to use Qinggong to climb over the city wall. However, Lingyang City is a fortress city in southern Xinjiang, so the defense must be very strict, and there may be defensive formations. He came to report the news rather than looking for trouble, so
No need to be sneaky.
The guard on the city wall was burly and strong, wearing armor. He looked like an officer in the city guard. When he heard Qin Yun's words, his eyes flashed and he said coldly: "I have never heard of your name. Who knows if you are
Fake, besides, how can you, Mr. Xu, meet each other when you meet him? There have been bandits and spies causing trouble in Lingyang City recently, I think you are pretending to be a disciple of the Sword Sect with evil intentions!"
What? Qin Yun never expected that the other party would regard him as a bandit. He was angry and funny: "I am not a spy. Please inform the city guard that I know Mr. Xu!"
"Absurd!" The city guard officer did not listen to Qin Yun's explanation at all and shouted sternly: "Brothers, kill this spy for me. Sir Shangguan has an order to reward a bandit with a reward of ten taels of silver for killing him!"
Dozens of archers holding long bows immediately appeared from behind the city wall. Without saying a word, they drew their bow strings and fired arrows at Qin Yun!
Qin Yun was furious!
He traveled day and night to ensure the safety of Lingyang City. He almost lost his life in a fierce battle with the enemy on the way, but he never expected that the result would be a sharp arrow in exchange!
Clang!
The long sword was unsheathed, and a little sword light suddenly appeared, shooting down all the incoming arrows.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
But the next moment, more than a dozen black stone bullets fell from the city wall. Many soldiers pushed the giant crossbows used to defend the city to the crenel, and pulled the winch hard to load the crossbow arrows as thick as an upper arm!
This kind of city defense crossbow has a range of up to hundreds of steps. It is specially used to destroy enemy siege vehicles and is extremely powerful.
Qin Yun never wanted to try whether he could block the bombardment of the heavy crossbow, so he quickly used light skills to fly back, but the three loaded giant crossbows still fired arrows at him!
Phew! Phew!
The sound of the crossbow arrow piercing the air is very loud, and the metal-refined arrow tip is glowing with a breathtaking cold light. It can easily pierce a ferocious beast, and the speed of the arrow is extremely fast.
Seeing the menacing crossbow, Qin Yun's eyes flashed coldly, and he suddenly changed direction to avoid it.
The three giant crossbow arrows all missed and were shot into the mud with almost no handles. The force was extremely tyrannical!
At the same time as the crossbow arrows were fired, three figures jumped down from the city wall, chasing Qin Yun in the air like night owls, the long swords in their hands glowed with a cold light.
At this time, the anger in Qin Yun's heart turned into doubt. Because the other party didn't look like he had a sudden intention at all, but was premeditated and prepared to wait for him to come to his door.
What is the reason for this?
With thousands of thoughts running through his mind, Qin Yun continued to retreat to the rear, retreating to a relatively safe place before the second wave of crossbows struck.
In front of him, three men in black with swords were approaching quickly and menacingly!
Came just in time!
Qin Yun stopped and suddenly felt a rage in his heart. He waved out a flaming sword energy!
call!
The red sword light dispelled the surrounding darkness in an instant, roaring through the air and flying to kill the leading enemy.
The opponent never expected that Qin Yun's attack would be so swift and sharp, so he hurriedly raised his sword to block.
Bang!
The sword energy hit the blade hard, and the latter suddenly shattered into countless pieces of metal. Under the action of the powerful infuriating energy, it ruthlessly bombarded the head, face and body of the leading man in black!
This man in black was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining. How could he withstand it without defense? His whole body was suddenly shot out of the sieve, and countless blood mist spurted out from the punctured wounds.
He didn't even have time to let out a scream, he was already dead and fell to the ground!
Such a scene made the two men in black behind them stop involuntarily. They were so stunned that they couldn't believe their eyes. One of them was so frightened that his hands were shaking, and he suddenly screamed strangely and turned around and fled towards the city gate.
They were ordered to chase Qin Yun, thinking that they would be able to capture him due to the strength of their numbers. They never thought that Qin Yun's strength was far superior to that of themselves and others, and they were literally kicked on the iron plate!
Want to run? It's not that easy!
Qin Yun, who was angry in his heart, took a step forward. His legs exerted force and his figure suddenly flew out. He caught up with the man in black who was trying to escape in just a breath, and swung the scalding sword in his hand like lightning.
With a flash of sword light, a huge head flew into the sky!
After killing the second enemy, Qin Yun kept turning and changing directions, blocking the last person's escape route.
The man in black was so scared that he had no courage to fight Qin Yun. He also wanted to run away, but just when he turned around, Qin Yun suddenly stood in front of him!
"Spare, spare my life!"
With no luck left in his heart, the man in black was completely gutted and fell to his knees on the ground with a pop, kowtowed repeatedly and begged for mercy: "Sir, please spare my life, I am also following orders!"
Qin Yun placed the edge of the Burning Sun Sword on his neck and asked coldly: "By order? Whose order are you taking?"
Feeling the sharp breath coming from the sword body, the man in black swallowed hard and replied: "Yes, it's Lord Shangguan, it's the order of the Shangguan family!"
Shangguan family? Qin Yun was shocked and doubtful, why did the Shangguan family do this?
Under Qin Yun's questioning, the man in black told him everything he knew, like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.
It turned out that he and the other two men in black were swordsmen who were retainers of the Shangguan family in Lingyang.
Yesterday morning, chaos suddenly broke out in Lingyang City. Several bandits sneaked into the city and killed more than a dozen civilians. Horse thieves and horse teams also appeared outside the city, making people in the city panic.
Therefore, Shangguan Wuya, who was in charge of the city guards, ordered the entire city to be under martial law, closed the city gates to search for bandits who had sneaked into the city, and sent elite soldiers to strengthen the defense of the city walls. They, the retainers and swordsmen, were also ordered to do this.
Starting from noon yesterday, Lingyang City has prohibited anyone from entering or exiting. It is reasonable for Qin Yun to be treated as a bandit spy if he wants to enter the city at this time.
After listening to what he said, Qin Yun's doubts did not disappear much.
The Shangguan family is the largest local family in Lingyang City. Their influence has been intertwined for a long time. Together with the seven families, it can be said that they can dominate the city. Even if they lose the throne of the city guard, they still control the city guard force.
Shangguan Wuya is the younger brother of Shangguan Wuji, the former city guard of Lingyang City, and he is also a congenitally strong man.
However, these bandits had not come for a long time, but they appeared in the city just when Da Chu was about to launch a northern invasion. Shangguan Wuya even went to war against a few horse thieves, declaring martial law and closing the city gates was absolutely unreasonable.
Is there some kind of connection between them?
Thinking of this, he was horrified. He moved his hand and the sword edge immediately cut open the skin of the man in black.
"Sir, please spare my life!" The man in black thought Qin Yun was going to kill him to silence him, so he was so frightened that he burst into tears: "No, don't kill me, please, sir, what I said is all the truth..."
Qin Yun couldn't help but shook his head, put away his sword and said, "You go."
The other party is just an insignificant little character, and he doesn't know much about the inside story. It doesn't matter whether he kills him or not.
The man in black couldn't believe it, and looked up at Qin Yun uneasily. When he met Qin Yun's eyes, he was so frightened that he trembled all over and hurriedly rolled and crawled to the ground to escape.
The man in black ran all the way back to the city gate, raised his head and shouted at the top of the city wall: "Open the door quickly, open the door quickly, let me in quickly!"
It is easy to jump down from the city wall, but to jump up requires very good light skills. The man in black obviously does not have such strength, so he hopes that the soldiers above will open the city gate for him, and he will be completely safe after entering the city.
The city guard officer stood on the city wall and watched him come back with extremely cold eyes.
An attendant warrior next to him asked in a low voice: "Sir, what should I do?"
The city guard officer did not answer, but raised his hand and made a slashing motion.
kill!
The next moment, dozens of archers leaned out, drew their long bows, and used arrows to turn the man in black into a hedgehog!
When he fell to the ground, his eyes were still wide open, as if he couldn't believe this was true.
The city guard officer said with disgust: "You incompetent guy still has the nerve to come back alive! Anyone who comes, please immediately inform Lord Shangguan of what happened just now and ask your Lordship to make a decision!"
His eyes shifted to Qin Yun, who was standing on the plain in the distance. Due to the distance between the two parties and the darkness, he could only see a blurry shadow and could not distinguish his true appearance.
"Qin Yun...hum!"
Hundreds of steps away, Qin Yun watched the opponent die under his own bows and arrows.
After pondering for a moment, he unfolded his body and disappeared from the spot without a trace, heading in another direction.
On the surface, Qin Yun seemed to have given up and not entered the city. In fact, he just wanted to change directions and find a solution. The current situation in Lingyang City was very wrong, and he had to give Xu Jingye and the Shui family timely warning.
And it was almost dawn, leaving Qin Yun with not much time!
