In the darkness under the shade of a tree beside the wall, a man in black was curled up in the shadow of a tree trunk and looking around. At this time, most of the lights in the inn had been extinguished, except for the light in the room on the second floor. The man in black was curious and was about to go to check.
The lights went out, and I was stunned when I heard a voice above my head yelling: "Bold rat."
The man in black was startled at first, and then he saw a bare-headed woman in plain clothes and blue clothes pointing a sword at him, so he slowly walked out of the darkness, raised his brows, touched his chin, and said with a smile: "I made a mistake.
I’m still a practicing practitioner, but it’s better this way, it’s more exciting to play. By the way, has the immortal been washed that day..."
"Looking for death" Su Jing was furious and thrust out his sword. The man in black panicked and hurriedly drew his sword to block, but he could not withstand Su Jing's sharp sword. In an instant, he thrust out more than ten swords and forced the man in black to retreat in a panic for ten seconds.
With one step left, he suddenly jumped onto the wall, pointed at Su Jing and cursed: "Smelly nun, I'm watching you." He jumped down and disappeared into the night.
Su Jing stood there with a solemn expression. This person's lightness skills were so extraordinary that it was rare to see anyone in the holy world. The courtyard wall of the inn must have been a foot high, and he was able to jump up with almost no help. It was really shocking.
But she didn't know the background of this thief, but Su Jing looked at the bloody tip of her sword with a sneer on her lips.
"Sir, what happened?" The sound of fighting alarmed the store owner and other tenants, who opened the windows and looked around. The store clerk came over with a lamp and asked, but when he saw Su Jing holding a sword with blood on it, he was immediately frightened.
soft.
"I saw a thief," Su Jing said calmly, then turned around and went back to the room.
"Master, who is that thief?" Lian Xin asked tremblingly in the room.
"A thief is a thief, and he can...should be a flower picker." Su Jing took a deep breath and blocked the doors and windows with tables and chairs.
"Flower picking thief? What kind of thief is that?" Lian Xin asked a little silly and sweetly. Su Jing turned to look at her and sighed: "You will know more when you meet more in the future."
Lian Xin didn't understand why she encountered so many people, but she didn't dare to ask when she saw Su Jing's cold expression, so she went to bed and lay down, her mind full of strange things and she couldn't fall asleep.
At half noon, Su Jing left the inn with Lian Xin. As soon as she left the inn, she felt that today was very different from usual. There were almost no pedestrians on the street. This was Furong Street, one of the busiest streets in Jinan City, which was usually busy with traffic.
Weird, Su Jing raised an eyebrow, returned to the inn, and asked the running boy: "Did any weirdo come to the store early in the morning or did anything strange happen?"
The store clerk hummed: "I didn't see the weirdo, but something strange did happen."
"What's weird?" Su Jing's face turned cold. She was a single woman who made her way in the world not only by her martial arts skills, but also by her courage and carefulness. She guessed that such an abnormality was most likely because the thief did something to her last night. You know what happened to her last night?
I almost didn't sleep that night, in case the thief would come back, and I didn't fall asleep until dawn.
"I don't know who spread the news early in the morning, saying that the government buys dried locusts at a high price and takes as much as they can get." The clerk smiled bitterly and shook his head: "There are so many weird things every year, but this year is particularly common."
"Ah, buying locusts? Why did you buy that thing? And the price is so high? How high is it? You must have lost your mind and gone crazy." Su Jing was very surprised. This was completely different from what he thought.
The clerk said seriously: "Many people didn't believe it at first, so they went to the Yamen to ask, but it turned out to be true. Now not only the Governor's Yamen, but also the Magistrate's Yamen have posted notices, and even the four city gates have posted notices. It is said that for ten cents a piece
One hundred jins can be sold for one tael of silver. Hey, this is so bad that half of the people in Jinan City and the refugees have gone out to catch locusts."
Uh...Su Jing was confused and confused and took Lian Xin to Prince De's Mansion.
King Deok was not at the palace, and Chang Yu was taking a dip in the ruins of the palace. Although they were ruins, they were also beautiful places. For example, the Pearl Spring in later generations was located in the palace. At this time, Chang Yu was squatting on the rockery covered with weeds next to it and watching.
The spring water gurgled.
"Brother Chang, you are not afraid of falling down." Lian Xin looked at her from afar and said worriedly. She turned around and glanced at her: "Although the young governor is approachable, we have to be measured in our subordinates. Don't be afraid of brother Chang."
"It's inappropriate to call it".
"Yes, Master" Lian Xin bowed her head and responded.
Under the shade of a tree by the Pearl Spring, Chang Yu was half lying on a chair and squinting. Li Muchian was making tea with spring water. Su Jing casually mentioned what happened last night. Chang Yu frowned: "A flower picker with excellent light skills."
He looked towards Wuzhong, who was lying under the shade of a tree not far away with hay in his mouth.
"Blood bat Tang Ningzhong!" Wuzhong stood up and walked to Sujing: "He is wearing a red robe?".
Su Jing shook her head: "It's too dark and I can't tell." When she spoke, murderous intent suddenly appeared, and she sneered: "He will be dead if he messes with me."
Wu Zhong put away his usual unruly attitude and said with a serious face: "You have to be extremely careful in the future. Tang Ningzhong is extremely insidious. His martial arts may not be as good as yours, but he is superb in light kung fu and is better at all kinds of chickens and dogs. Don't be careless."
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Su Jing was a little surprised. The big man who was full of murderous intentions towards her yesterday actually cared about her now. Little did she know that the murderous intention in Wuzhong was actually just fighting intention, a kind of eagerness to meet a master, and for Su Jing, this extreme
As for people, they are either kind or malicious!
"I've been traveling around the world for four years, and I haven't seen any kind of bad guy. His reputation as a blood bat can't scare me!" Su Jing said with a proud look on her face and a disdainful tone.
Wuzhong snorted: "I have been walking around the world for fourteen years and I dare not say this. I have fought with the blood bat several times and was escaped by him. How can I be an ordinary person?"
But his words were extremely pure and competitive: "That's because your skills are inferior to others. That guy escaped from my hands once, and he will never happen again." When Wu Zhong saw his kindness, he regarded it as a donkey's heart and lungs.
The strange yin and yang energy was harmful to people, and when the anger was about to break out, Chang Yu stopped him.
Then he said to Su Jing: "In the future, try to stay away from the group as much as possible. If you find traces of the blood bat, don't be brave and act without authorization. Everyone will gather around and eliminate harm for the people!"
Su Jing was unconvinced and wanted to say a few willful words, but when she saw a glare from Chang Yu, she was immediately shocked. It was the first time she had seen such a murderous look.
How many people must this little eunuch have killed?
At noon, Zhu Youli still had not returned, but the housekeeper of the palace did not neglect the distinguished guests in the palace, and entertained Chang Yu and his party with good wine and delicious food.
After dinner, Chang Yu was about to take a nap when Kuang Ren hurriedly came to report that a large-scale fight had occurred outside the city.
Who and whom?
The two battalions of black tigers and panthers of the East Factory Guards and the officers and soldiers guarding the city.
Chang Yu was surprised, and then thought of the gatekeeper who said harsh words: "Then... he must have been beaten badly."
Kuang Ren smiled bitterly and nodded: "I've seen the humble job, it's so miserable."
"Let's talk about it in detail," Chang Yu said happily.
Shandong people have always been upright, with a hot temper and a good reputation. The gatekeeper Baihuguan had an affair with Tu Yuan and Jia Waixiong because he received two whips. He couldn't swallow his anger even after learning that the other party was a guard of the East Factory.
The words spoken in front of hundreds of brothers on the local territory should not be taken as farts. This situation must be recovered. It happened that the two battalions did not enter the city, so they camped near the city gate and strolled to the city gate from time to time, which would inevitably lead to another conflict.
Finally, after a day of fermentation, just this morning, when the people and refugees outside the city went to catch locusts, they all felt that the time had come.
First, the guards took the initiative to invite a fight: no one needed to fight with bare hands, or a one-on-one fight, or a group fight. If you get beaten or injured, hold it in yourself, and don't cry to the boss.
Tu Yuan and Jia Waixiong would never refuse such a request, so the two sides went to the moat outside the city gate to fight against each other first, then fought with a dozen people, and finally staged a melee involving hundreds of people.
As a result, it is not difficult to imagine that the soldiers of the two battalions of Dongchang Guards are all hard-hitting soldiers who have been carefully selected and have experienced battles in the battlefield. To deal with these seemingly awesome and impressive gatekeepers, it can really be described as devastating.
"Tu Yuan and Lao Jia's tactics were a little dirty. All of the hundreds of guardsmen were injured, and more than 20 people suffered bone injuries..." Kuang Ren shook his head.
Chang Yu sighed: "Liu Zeqing should have heard the news about such a big group fight."
"He is a local snake. He can't hide any troubles in Jinan City. He must have known about it a long time ago." Kuang Ren said. Chang Yu hummed: "Since he has known about it for a long time but did not say anything about it, it means that he has acknowledged the matter and it has become a trivial matter.
"Even so, we will pretend that it never happened... However, if we take some silver and give it to the guards, we will say it is the medical expenses given by the guards of the East Factory."
"I'm afraid they won't accept it, don't think we are humiliating them..." Kuang Ren said worriedly, and Chang Yu laughed: "You think these guards are too brave, no one will give you money to get through."