After seeing off the mother and daughter, Xu Zhiqiong wandered around the city and walked to Beiyuan, not forgetting to sit in the peach blossom shed.
The old shopkeeper was very happy to see Xu Zhiqiong coming, and ordered some side dishes to be prepared, and the two of them drank a few drinks together.
Xu Zhiqiong sat in the shed until the fourth watch, stretched, and then walked around the north of the city.
Things in the north of the city have changed a bit. Emperor Changle exempted some families who suffered from business taxes, and these families started small businesses with the pensions.
There are more people doing business, and more people are settling here, which makes the north part of the city somewhat more popular.
After wandering around for a long time, Xu Zhiqiong was tired. He planned to go back home, but when he walked into an alley, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Although his ears were not good, his eyes were still useful. Xu Zhiqiong found someone following him.
Who could it be?
Liang Xiaoen?
He doesn't need to be followed. Even if he suddenly appears in front of me, I won't be able to deal with it.
Xiao Songting?
Or someone from the underworld?
Xu Zhiqiong's nerves immediately became tense, and he seemed to be walking carelessly, waiting for the person behind him to approach.
The man took out a sack, quickly came behind Xu Zhiqiong, and put it on his head.
Strange.
How could this man be so reckless?
Is there any fraud in it?
Xu Zhiqiong remained calm as the man felt that he had put a sack on him and started kicking and beating the sack.
More than a dozen people jumped down from the walls on both sides, kicking and beating the sack. Qiao Gu supported Bao Zhicai and walked up. She also stepped on the sack, but found that there was nothing in the sack.
"Here, this sack is empty." Bao Zhicai lowered his head and looked at the sack carefully.
The moment he lowered his head, everyone around him immediately ran away without a trace.
Bao Zhicai was shocked and looked around: "Qiaogu, where have you been? Wait for me! You can't just leave like this!"
He was injured and couldn't run fast. He limped just two steps when he saw Xu Zhiqiong standing in front of him.
"You, you..." Bao Zhicai peed his pants on the spot.
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Revenge does not last overnight, you are really talented."
While talking, Xu Zhiqiong looked at the top of Bao Zhicai's head. It was only one inch and eight inches before, but now it has passed two inches.
Not wanting to repent, but still plotting to take revenge, one should deserve a lot of karma.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Bao Zhicai and said, "Are you guilty of attacking the lantern man?"
"Xu, please don't bully me too much. I'll ask my father to call all the people from the Criminal Department. I'll stomp you to pieces with each kick. Don't come here. Don't touch me today. That's the end of it."
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Bao Zhicai turned around and wanted to leave, but Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward, grabbed his hair and pushed him to the ground.
"Xu! Xu Zhiqiong!" Bao Zhicai cried uncontrollably, "If you have the ability, wait for my father to come. When my father brings his people, let's have another fight!"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "I won't wait for him tonight. I'll take him to see you in a few days."
This kind of scum will be a disaster if it stays in the future.
Xu Zhiqiong chopped off his head with a knife, and just as he was about to take away his crime, a man suddenly jumped from the beam and stabbed the back of Xu Zhiqiong's hand with a long sword.
Xu Zhiqiong was shocked, abandoned the head, and took a few steps back.
Was attacked by surprise.
When did this man ambush?
Why didn't I notice it at all?
It's all because of my poor ears.
But I saw that the man was wearing black clothes, eight feet tall and thin, with a black cloth covering his face, so his appearance could not be seen.
This reminded Xu Zhiqiong of someone.
A person who shouldn't exist in the first place.
When he went to the Punishment Department, he met Du Chunze, the Lord of Hell of Wang'an Palace.
Du Yanjun asked Xu Zhiqiong for the crime of Emperor Zhaoxing, but Xu Zhiqiong lied and claimed that the crime had been taken away.
He made random nonsense, saying that he met a man in Baishizhai. The man was nearly eight feet tall and thin. His face was covered so that his appearance could not be seen. It was he who had robbed Emperor Zhaoxing of his sins.
Unexpectedly, he looked exactly like the person in front of me.
Xu Zhiqiong stared at the man's long sword, tightened his grip on the saber in his hand, and at the same time controlled the mandarin duck blade on his chest with the power of his mind.
The man in black withdrew his long sword, leaned down, looked at Bao Zhicai's head, and rubbed the sin karma on the top of his head.
Traveling with you?
Stealing merit?
The man in black rubbed it for a moment, and a black mist floated out from his palm.
The mist shrouded the sin karma and lingered for the duration of the meal, then gradually dissipated.
Why go to all the trouble to get a sinful karma?
Xu Zhiqiong said: "May I ask this comrade, what is his name?"
"Who are your comrades?" The man in black looked at Xu Zhiqiong, his eyes filled with hatred.
Xu Zhiqiong said: "You are not a fellow disciple, but you can still see your sinful deeds. Could it be that you are a member of the underworld?"
The man in black was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Ma Shangfeng, let me ask you, when did I take away the sins of that foolish king?"
really……
Xu Zhiqiong pursed his lips and said: "Then what? You are not responsible for Hun Jun's sins. This sin has been given to you, so you have to bear the blame."
"What's the blame?" the man in black said angrily, "We have never met, why are you trying to frame me?"
I don’t want to frame you either. Who knew this would be such a coincidence?
The man in black pointed at Bao Zhicai's crime: "Take it off."
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "I agreed to give it to you, just take it."
"I'm not a judge, so I can't take off this horn."
He really is a man from the underworld.
Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and took off the horn, rubbed it for a while, but found nothing strange.
But when he lowered his head and looked again, there was another sin karma that was more than five inches long on the top of Bao Zhicai's head!
This is the real crime!
The two-inch-long sin karma in my hand is fake!
Xu Zhiqiong touched it a few more times, and the false sin karma suddenly started to pulse, which was exactly the same as the false sin karma on the head of Gao Shengchang, the prefect of Fuzhou.
Since it is a false sin, there should not be a soul in it.
Since there is no soul, what kind of thing beats?
Xu Zhiqiong wanted to release the things inside to see what was going on, but he heard the man in black say: "Don't use the power of imagery. I managed to seal this thing. If the things inside come out, you will definitely die.
Give me this false karma first."
Xu Zhiqiong handed the horn to the man and asked, "What exactly is in here?"
The man in black did not answer. He put away the false karma, suddenly raised his sword and stabbed Xu Zhiqiong: "Tell me, why did you harm me!"
The sword edge pierced Xu Zhiqiong's heart, and it came quickly and accurately. Only the sword's light was visible, but the sword shape was not visible, but it was exactly the same as Xu Zhiqiong's blind attack that day.
Xu Zhiqiong dodged the sword edge sideways, drew out his saber, and struck the man in black in the face.
The man in black did not dodge, he raised the tip of his sword and pointed at the edge.
If this sword hits the target, the blade will inevitably turn. Xu Zhiqiong will not only be unable to hit the man in black, but he will also lose his center of gravity.
What a weird swordsmanship!
But the man in black didn't expect that this sword would actually hit nothing.
Xu Zhiqiong's blade suddenly changed direction, from slashing to stabbing, and the blade pierced the throat.
The man in black turned his back to dodge, but the long sword in his hand was not idle and stabbed Xu Zhiqiong in the waist.
He dodges and launches a counterattack at the same time. Xu Zhiqiong has never seen such superb swordsmanship.
Xu Zhiqiong, who originally had the upper hand, was forced to retreat and use his saber to block the long sword of the man in black.
The man in black's sword missed, and another sword struck Xu Zhiqiong between the eyebrows.
Xu Zhiqiong turned his back to dodge, but the man in black missed again. He returned with another sword and stabbed Xu Zhiqiong's knee.
After several rounds of fighting, Xu Zhiqiong didn't even dare to take a breath.
He jumped up, dodged the sword, and the sword struck the man in black's head.
The man in black raised his sword to parry, but Xu Zhiqiong's blade changed its direction to sweep across, smearing the man in black's neck.
The man in black used the blade of his sword to protect his throat. Xu Zhiqiong turned the blade to rub his left shoulder. The man in black turned his back to dodge. Xu Zhiqiong changed his move and swept across again. He missed the man in black's head but hit his face.
black cloth on.
The black cloth fell, and Xu Zhiqiong saw the true face of the man in black.
The man in black nodded at Xu Zhiqiong and said: "Good sword skills!"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded towards the man in black and said, "Very... handsome."
He wanted to say good swordsmanship, but for some reason, this sentence suddenly came out.
I really can't help it, because this man is so handsome.
Almond eyes, a high bridge of nose, and red lips as if they were made of fat.
Especially those eyes, with their bright eyes twinkling, they seem to be able to steal people's soul.
This man is so handsome, but his voice sounds like that of a man.
"This, brother, what, aunt, what do you call that friend?"
The man in black sheathed his sword, his face as frosty as he said: "Just call me brother."
What a man!
Xu Zhiqiong also put away his saber, clasped his fists and said, "Brother, we can be considered acquainted. It is a courtesy to share each other's first and last names."
The man in black nodded and said: "It's easy to talk. Just promise me something and I will tell you your name."
"Brother, please speak."
"Then the sinful karma of the Hunjun is still in your hands?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded slightly.
"It's fine," the man in black said, "please promise me not to hand over this crime to the underworld easily, especially not to Wang'an Palace."
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "What's the secret behind this?"
The man in black said: "Promise me first."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "I agree."
"That way, I feel relieved."
Seeing the man in black about to leave, Xu Zhiqiong said: "I haven't said my name yet."
The man in black said: "My surname is Zhong, Soul Seducer, Hei Wuchang, Zhong Jianxue!"
Black and impermanent!
A fifth-grade underworld cultivator!
What is his purpose?
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Brother Zhong is from Wang'an Hall?"
Zhong Jianxue nodded.
"Brother Zhong is here to save me?"
Zhong Jianxue nodded again.
Xu Zhiqiong added: "I hope Brother Zhong can tell me what's the secret behind this."
Zhong Jianxue shook her head and said: "This matter is related to the survival of our Taoist sect, so I can't let you know for the time being. Zhong is in a difficult situation now, but he can't stay here for a long time, so I'll say goodbye."
"Brother Zhong stays," Xu Zhiqiong said, "What exactly is contained in that fake sin karma?"
Zhong Jianxue was silent for a moment. He didn't want to say anything, but finally told Xu Zhiqiong: "The underworld."
"The underworld?" Xu Zhiqiong was stunned, "There is the underworld in one sin?"
Zhong Jianxue nodded and said: "This fake sin karma contains a piece of underworld. If you release this piece of underworld, Du Yanjun will arrive soon. If you fight Du Yanjun in the underworld, you will definitely die."