Xiang Xiaotian and Jiang Meng stared at Shangguan Yanran as if they had seen a monster. Shangguan Yanran asked in surprise: "Brothers, what's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like this? Is my face dirty?
?" Shangguan Yanran also wiped her face with her sleeve a few times.
Xiang Xiaotian came back to his senses and said: "Girl, your face is clean, so why is the box open?"
"Haha, this box is made of a heaven-earth-human lock made by skilled craftsmen of the Han Dynasty. Under the four-four small pictures, there are four small holes in the front, Suzaku, Xuanwu, Qinglong on the left and ### on the right. The secret to unlocking the lock is at the bottom of the box.
There are rotatable wooden rails at each of the four corners. Rotate the wooden rails in the four directions, and the small holes in the wooden box will be filled with lock cores, so the wooden box can open automatically. However, the opening sequence must not be wrong, otherwise the mechanism in the box will be touched. "
Xiang Xiaotian smiled and said, "Is this what your father taught you?"
Shangguan Yanran stuck out her tongue and said playfully: "That's not true. My father is not a skilled craftsman in making mechanisms. It was my father's senior apprentice who taught me. He has been a craftsman in Sichuan for generations, but now he doesn't know how to do it.
Where have they gone?" Shangguan Yanran remembered that the Danding Sect was banned, and the brothers were suddenly separated and felt sad again.
Seeing Shangguan Yanran lowering her head in silence, Jiang Meng quickly interrupted and said, "Okay, Miss Shangguan, when we have the money in the future, we can open ten of his alchemy sects and recruit several thousand of his disciples."
Shangguan Yanran smiled sadly and held up the lid of the box with both hands. The lid was actually covered with mechanisms. Arranged in the form of a disk, in the secret grid with the word "Palace" in the middle was a quiver filled with plum blossom arrows. On both sides, there were stacked blue quivers.
The bright lancet. Jiang Meng felt chills all over his body when he looked at it. Then he looked at the box filled with gold leaves. It was so much gold that he had never seen before. His mouth opened wide as if he had been shocked by electricity.
Can't get it together...
Xiang Xiaotian shook his head and took out a long arrow from the arrow pot and said: "Don't look at it, your eyeballs will fall off if you look at it again." Holding the arrow, he removed the spring under the box cover and carefully quenched it.
He took out the poisonous concealed weapon. He closed the box and the floating pattern on the lid became chaotic again, covering the four lock cylinders.
Jiang Meng pointed at Xiang Xiaotian and said, "What are you doing? It took a lot of effort to open it!"
Xiang Xiaotian said calmly: "You can only spend money if you have life. The witch is still looking for us in Yangzhou Mansion. I think these yellow things are just a burden. Let's wait until the world is at peace before we get them."
Jiang Meng praised: "Yes, let's destroy that witch first. Miss Shangguan, what are you thinking about? Why are you so gloomy? The Golden Leaf here can't even build a palace, let alone open ten alchemy sects.
It’s almost done. Hahaha…”
Shangguan Yanran had been thinking deeply after seeing the gold leaves in the box. When Jiang Meng asked, she replied: "Brother Jiang, do you still remember what Mr. Wang Ji found when he came to Liu Mansion?"
"Huh? Let me think about it. It seems to be a valuable thing in the palace. Is that the Kowloon Cup?" Jiang Meng thought for a long time and said.
"Haha, the Kowloon Cup was brought by Emperor Taizu when he unified the Song Dynasty, and came from all over the world to pay tribute. It is said that the Kowloon Cup has three wonders. The Nine Dragons penetrate the clouds and mist and seem to be endless. Any wine syrup poured into it will turn into a green color.
The most surprising thing is that the eighteen eyes of the Kowloon will only open and emit a bright blue light when the sky is clear, but all the eyes will be closed on rainy days. The Kowloon Cup is undoubtedly a rare treasure in the world, but it was stolen by the owner of the house.
Abandoned in the room casually. And these gold leaves are just precious gold, but they are hidden in the cave and protected by many mechanisms. It's so strange, I can't understand it!"
When Jiang Meng heard this, he also murmured in his heart. The three of them poked around in the cave for a long time, but found nothing. Xiang Xiaotian touched his head and said, "Perhaps the owner of the house, Liu Wenyuan, prefers gold?"
After finishing turning around, he walked towards the entrance of the cave. Shangguan Yanran and Jiang Meng were speechless, but Shangguan Yanran still didn't believe that the owner of the house was a person who didn't know the root of the problem. There must be a secret in the cave that she hadn't discovered, but she just didn't know what it was.
Follow Jiang Meng towards the entrance of the cave...
Xiang Xiaotian pulled open the copper ring and poked his head out to see that the courtyard of the mansion was full of messes. He said depressedly: "I really haven't killed Bihen. That goblin must have gone crazy. I don't know why he came here."
Kill me!" The happiest among the three was Jiang Meng. He thought that in the future, if he had money, he would be able to own his own fleet and sail in the sea and sky. He looked much younger, like a top who was starting to clean up the yard.
Shangguan Yanran knew that Bihen was not killed by Xiang Xiaotian, and she really couldn't think of who had done the murder. The more she thought about it, the more confused she became, and she was about to go back to her room in a daze.
Xiang Xiaotian stopped the two of them and said: "Don't clean up the house, quickly pack up your belongings. This place is no longer a hiding place, the witch will come again!"
Jiang Meng was thinking about the gold in the cave, and said with a smile: "Isn't there that person who always said that dangerous places are more important than safe places? The dangerous places here should be the safest place, right?"
Xiang Xiaotian walked towards his room without stopping and said: "When I hunt foxes in the mountains, I often catch clever foxes in some nests that have been touched by others. If you think it is safe here, then you can wait.
You should be destroyed by the witch!"
"Hey, wait for me. Let's go together." Jiang Meng followed Xiang Xiaotian to the front yard...
The next two days were a nightmare for the people of Yangzhou Prefecture. No matter whether it was day or night, there was a woman in a red dress who would kill anyone she saw. Every door was full and no one was left alive. The four gates in the city were crowded everywhere.
The people who escaped from the city were in chaos at the city gate, with men shouting and cursing, and women and children crying. The Yangzhou Mansion was like a purgatory on earth, and a sudden burst of gongs and drums suppressed everyone's voices.
Everyone suddenly looked up and saw only the magistrate Zhu Zijian, who was wearing plain silk and holding black gauze in his hands. Behind him were the government officials who were beating gongs and drums. Behind Zhu Zijian were thousands of people from all over Yangzhou Prefecture.
He watched Magistrate Zhu step up to the city tower step by step. Zhu Zijian looked at the crowd of people below the city and shouted: "Dear fellow villagers, since the end of spring last year, monsters have been rampant in Yangzhou Prefecture, and the massacres have been numerous. The crimes committed by Zhu Zijian are in anger. Zhu is incompetent.
After more than a year, the demon still could not be killed. Zhu once asked the emperor to summon him, but in exchange he received an order to close the palace and quell the demon." The people below the city tower were filled with sighs.
Zhu Zijian's white hair was blown up on the city tower, and he looked even more aged in the wind. Zhu Zijian raised the black gauze in his hand over the top, knelt down facing south, and said with tears streaming down his face: "Old minister, I owe you the holy grace of the late emperor.
I have been in office for more than 20 years in Yangzhou Prefecture. However, the evildoers have appeared not because of the veteran minister's inaction, but because the evildoers come and go without a trace. The magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, Wang Ji, has already become a benevolent man for the sake of slaying evildoers. The deceased has already
Yes, it is even more difficult for the living. I no longer have the shamelessness to stay as the prefect. May God bless me in the Song Dynasty and may my king be king for eternity..." Zhu Zijian kowtowed three times towards the south, stood up and hung his black gauze hat on the city head.
Someone downstairs shouted loudly: "It's hard to find a good official! Master Zhu must never resign!"
Zhu Zijian looked around and saw that it was Pang Zhongxin, the richest man in Yangzhou Prefecture, who was arriving in a four-horse carriage with his daughter and son-in-law. Zhu Zijian smiled bitterly and said: "Today I am here to release people from Kaicheng. Master Pang should follow everyone and leave this place of right and wrong first."
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"Hahaha, I won't leave. Even though Mr. Pang has some money, his body will only be buried seven feet in the ground. Only these two children make me feel uneasy. I asked them to leave the city to escape this disaster and then come back.
Right." Pang Zhongxin sighed.
Xu Ruoyi, the son-in-law behind Pang Zhongxin, said: "The world is so vast that it is difficult to find a place to stay. Instead of lingering on the last breath, it is better to sacrifice one's life and fight with that monster. What joy is there in living secretly in this world?"
Pang Xiangyun held Xu Ruoyi's hand and said, "If you don't leave, I won't leave either."
Zhu Zijian on the city tower praised: "The loyalty of the Pang family in Yangzhou is touching. The soldiers will obey the order and open the city gate to let the people out of the city." The people inside the city gate all praised each other, and the crowd surged and dispersed outside Yangzhou Mansion.
Suddenly, thunder-like cold laughter sounded from mid-air. Yanzhi, wearing a red dress, floated in the mid-air and shouted sternly: "Everyone in the world is a hypocritical villain with hypocritical benevolence and righteousness. The world is as black as a crow. Those who hold office are all talkers and swordsmen."
He said it with all his heart, but in his heart he was doing selfish and dirty things. Stop pretending to be a good person in your relationship, dog officer, I will send you to hell." Yanzhi slowly pulled out two broken arrows from his sleeve and glared at Zhu Zijian fiercely.
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Zhu Zijian looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "I will kill you or chop you up if you want, but please don't hurt the people in the city again. You have done so many unjust things and your hands are covered with innocent blood. I wish I could eat you alive..." Rouge was killed in the air.
His scolding eyes were red, and before Zhu Zijian could finish speaking, he raised his hand and shot the broken arrow towards him.
Just as Zhu Zijian closed his eyes and waited for death, Xu Ruoyi pulled out the sword of the soldier beside him. A kite climbed onto the carriage, stepped on the roof and jumped into the air to block two broken arrows with his sword. Standing on the city gate with a single sword to protect his chest, he stood proudly
Wearing rouge. Zhu Zijian didn't expect that he had only met the Pang family's son-in-law a few times and knew that he was a good talker. He really didn't realize that this handsome young man was also good at martial arts. The murderous look on Rouge's face became heavier after he failed to hit the target.
A head of originally black and shiny long hair turned as bright red as blood in the blink of an eye, and a sharp sword with flower thorns appeared out of thin air out of thin air. The sword was held in both hands and struck at Xu Ruoyi like a galloping thunder...
"Zheng" A sharp arrow flew diagonally from far away from the city in the light of the fire. Rouge suddenly felt something bad and hurriedly turned around to defend himself. The sharp arrow penetrated Rouge's forearm and passed by the flower-thorned long sword and fell from his hand.
Three fast horses galloped over from a distance, and Rouge hissed: "You are finally here, give my sister her life back!"
Xiang Xiaotian shouted loudly: "Witch, you keep saying that I killed your sister. Let me ask you, but did you see me kill my sister with your own eyes?"
Yanzhi said angrily: "You still want to make excuses when you are about to die. My sister was killed by you. You have the arrow to prove it."
Shangguan Yanrance immediately stepped forward and said: "Yanzhi, you are wrong. Bihen is not willing to help the emperor to torture and harm the people like you. She has a clear conscience, but she was forced to deal with the ghost king because of his power. In fact, she secretly saved me.
Senior brother." Shangguan Yanran told everyone the reasons why Bihen came to see her that night.
Yanzhi was shocked by what Shangguan Yanran said, but she didn't dare to believe it. She shouted wildly: "Your senior brother has been reduced to ashes. Don't try to deceive me with your clever words. You all can go to hell to accompany my sister!"
Shangguan Yanran was still about to speak, but Jiang Meng came over and said, "Miss Shangguan, don't tremble any more with that crazy witch. She is the one who caused us to hide here and there in fear all day long. If we fight with her today, then
Unless the demon is eliminated, there will never be peace."
Yanzhi was hanging in the air, laughing wildly and shouting unscrupulously: "How come you still want to kill me? You all have to die!!" Thousands of people inside and outside the city gate screamed in shock, and people fell into panic...
Yanzhi closed his eyes, protected the wound on his right arm with his left hand, and shook his long blood-red hair. The long hair danced in the wind and turned into thousands of shining sharp blades. The sharp blades were layered on top of each other, spinning and flying around Yanzhi. Yanzhi glared angrily.
Opening his eyes wide, he yelled "Kill!" Suddenly, tens of thousands of rays of light flew into the sky and shot towards the crowd, and there were cries and curses. People are most desperate and helpless only when they are watching their own death...
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Suddenly, a curse sound suddenly sounded like a wheel not far away, and the sharp blades in the air were swept away. A large golden fireball fell from the sky and hit Rouge, and a big hole suddenly appeared in his chest. The sudden change made Rouge look up with difficulty, and he saw tragic
Said: "It's you! Are you...not...dead..." Yanzhi only now began to believe what Shangguan Yanran said, but everything was too late. Half of the burnt red peony fell from the sky,
He was suddenly trampled to pieces by the people in the city...