A voice suddenly stopped Lao Zhangtou who was about to pull the donkey cart into the city.
Everyone turned to look, and soon a military man recognized the speaker and asked with a loud laugh:
"Brother Bai, what's wrong?"
"..."
Wearing a standard black armor, with a long stainless steel sword across his waist, his eyes are so penetrating that it seems that if you look at him for a few more times, you will get lost in them.
The person who came was none other than the ninth Son of Heaven, Bai Youheng.
"Brother Li, it's okay...leave these two to me."
"Um?"
The military man was stunned: "What? Brother Bai, do you recognize these two people?"
"I don't recognize it."
Bai Youheng shook his head and had no intention of further explanation. He just walked to Lao Zhangtou and said, "Old man, come with me into the city."
"this......"
Glancing at Bai Youheng, Lao Zhangtou said with a flattering smile, "I won't bother you, Master."
"No trouble."
Without any explanation, Bai Youheng grabbed the reins of the donkey cart and walked towards the city without looking back.
Seeing this, Lao Zhangtou had no choice but to take two quick steps to catch up. He hesitated and wanted to speak, but in the end he kept it all in his stomach.
"Tsk tsk tsk."
Several soldiers behind him watched the three people leave with puzzled expressions. Someone sighed: "By the way, was Brother Bai working as a watchman before? His behavior is really weird. It would be better to have less contact with him in the future."
"No, not all watchmen are like this. I have a little brother who is also a watchman. He doesn't have any bad habits other than visiting brothels, and he is very smart."
"Well, that's just a generalization... By the way, I heard that Fengyuan has not been very peaceful recently? Nearly a thousand people have died violently in one month?"
"It is indeed true. The watchmen are currently conducting a thorough investigation, but they have not been able to find the real culprit..."
"Alas, there is no life in this world!"
"Who says it's not..."
"..."
...
Yuanzhou City, in a lonely alley.
"Master Jun."
Looking at Bai Youheng who suddenly stopped, Lao Zhangtou smiled apologetically and said, "I'm just a commoner, I didn't know you..."
"Old man, you don't have to worry too much."
Bai Youheng shook his head: "It's just a routine check of your luggage."
"Luggage? But the military men at the city gate have already checked it."
Shaking out a small piece of broken silver from his cuff, Lao Zhangtou stuffed it into Bai Youheng's hand with great pain.
However, the latter didn't answer at all. He just looked back at Ah Gou sitting on the donkey cart, smiled and ordered: "Little girl, get off the cart first."
"grandfather......"
Agou looked weakly at Lao Zhangtou, who narrowed his eyes and then returned to his timid appearance.
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you come down quickly!"
"oh......"
Ah Gou reluctantly jumped off the donkey cart, and Bai Youheng stepped forward at this time and carefully looked through the large and small packages on the donkey cart.
Rags and rags, rags and rags, rags and rags... There were many things, but none of them were valuable.
Seeing that Bai Youheng had already rummaged through almost everything, Lao Zhangtou stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Jun, the little old man is really just a commoner who wants to take my granddaughter to escape to Dafeng.
....."
"Um."
Bai Youheng nodded, but his brows furrowed slightly, obviously wondering about something.
When Lao Zhangtou saw this, he felt bad. Just as he was about to speak, he found that Bai Youheng's eyes suddenly stopped at the position where Achun was sitting just now.
broken!
He cursed secretly in his mind, trying to divert Bai Youheng's attention with a careless look.
But the latter moved faster. He already pressed his hand on a car board, and then pulled hard along the gap in the board.
"Wow!"
The entire board fell off, revealing the mezzanine underneath and the long sword hidden in the mezzanine.
"..."
He glanced sideways at Lao Zhangtou, took the long sword wrapped in layers of rags into his hand, and immediately pulled the sword out of its sheath with a "cang clang" sound.
The cold light of the long sword flashed away, and a mist-like and invisible murderous intention spread rapidly to the surroundings.
"Old man."
Licking his lips lightly, Bai Youheng raised his sword and looked at Lao Zhangtou again with a half-smile: "What are you doing with such a sharp blade when you go out?"
"Jun, Junye..."
Beads of sweat oozed from Lao Zhangtou's palms: "The world is in chaos, use it for self-defense..."
"Self-defense?"
Bai Youheng glanced at the mezzanine of the donkey cart: "Put the sword in a place like this. If you really encounter a gangster, I'm afraid you won't have time to take it out."
"This, this..."
Lao Zhangtou swallowed and answered more and more difficultly: "No, I don't want to be useful, just be brave."
"Oh I got it."
Bai Youheng returned the sword to its sheath with a "swish", and at the same time took off the sword from his waist and placed it on the donkey cart.
"Old man, since you said it's just to strengthen your courage, how about I trade this long stainless steel sword for this sword?"
"This is a saber. If I really encounter a bandit, it will definitely be more intimidating."
"I wonder what you think?"
"Ah? This..."
When Lao Zhangtou heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded and hurriedly made it up again: "Master Jun, this sword is a family heirloom of the young man. It really can't be exchanged for it!"
"Can't change it?"
Bai Youheng didn't hesitate at all, and immediately took a step closer with a gloomy expression.
"Then there's no need to change!"
"Whoa!"
"Whizzing!!"
The dazzling bright light instantly covered the entire alley and lasted for five or six breaths before gradually receding.
Bai Youheng struggled to open his eyes amid the flying dust, but there were still figures of Lao Zhangtou and Agou in front of him.
Except for the pile of tattered luggage and a dirty old donkey, I was the only one left in the entire alley.
As for that sword...
The scabbard was still firmly held in his hand, but the long sword with infinite killing intent was gone.
"boom!"
The wooden scabbard suddenly exploded in mid-air and turned into countless debris.
Bai Youheng squinted his eyes coldly, and did not run out of the alley to look for anyone. Instead, he carefully looked through the luggage on the donkey cart one by one, trying to find some useful clues.
Not long after, he suddenly stopped his movements and slowly fished out a black token from a shabby coat.
This token is completely black, made of obsidian, and has two sharp small characters engraved on it——
Hanging mirror.
...
"Ah! Grandpa! I forgot to take away the token that my senior brother left for me!"
In a bridge opening half a mile away from the alley, Agou slapped his forehead with an extremely annoyed expression.
"What? Your senior brother also left you a token?!"
Old Zhangtou was stunned when he heard this: "Why didn't I know?"
"Senior brother won't let me tell you."
Agou frowned and answered truthfully: "He said that when you die, grandpa, I can take this token to the Xuanjing Division and ask the people there to send me to Shuzhou."
"..."
From surprise to anger, Lao Zhangtou was so angry that he could not speak. Even the long sword in his hand was shaking wildly.
After a long while, he gritted his teeth and snorted coldly. He picked up Agou and continued running away, cursing at the same time:
"Hmph! Good! Very good!"
"When we get to Fengyuan, let's see how our teacher teaches this villain!"
"Grandpa, aren't we going to find the token?"
"not going!"
"Oh, by the way, grandpa, what did you do just now? Why did we come here in such a hurry?"
"Hmph, this is a great magical power!"
"Does senior brother know this magical power?"
"Won't."
"Can grandpa teach me?"
"You haven't entered the level yet, so you can't learn."