The sun sets in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun.
On the official road of Linyang County, a group of officers and soldiers were escorting a prison car and were on their way. The leader was a man with eyebrows like knives and a heroic figure. He had a strong horse under his crotch and was wearing a cloak.
There were several sharp long knives stuck in his back, and his whole body exuded the aura of a strong martial artist.
The man detained in the prison car had sloppy hair, ragged clothes, and bare feet. He also looked weather-beaten.
Zuo Qianhu looked back at the man in the prison car from time to time, but there was a trace of regret and helplessness in his eyes.
"Sir Qianhu, there is an inn ahead." At this moment, an officer and soldier escorting the prison car suddenly brightened up and shouted loudly.
Zuo Qianhu looked over and saw that there was indeed a large inn not far ahead, with its cover fluttering in the wind.
He reined the horse in his hand and slowed down the pace. After arriving at the inn, Zuo Qianhu got off his horse, opened the prison carriage himself, untied the heavy shackles, and carefully helped the prisoner get out of the carriage.
"Master Fu, I know that you were killed by a traitor, but Zuo was also acting on the orders of the emperor. I must protect you along the way. But after we arrive in the capital, I am powerless."
Zuo Qianhu felt uneasy in his heart.
Although the Minister of War, Mr. Fu, was wearing prison uniform and was about to be executed as a felon, Zuo Ling knew in his heart that Mr. Fu was framed by a traitor and ended up like this. He felt deep sympathy in his heart.
But he could not disobey the emperor's order.
Unlike the somewhat sad look on Zuo Qianhu's face, Mr. Fu was particularly relaxed, with no hint of sadness about going to die.
Looking at Zuo Qianhu, Fu Tianchou smiled faintly on his chapped lips, and in turn comforted him and said: "Thanks to Zuo Qianhu's protection along the way, there is nothing to fear if I die. It's a pity.
I cannot kill the treacherous ministers and eliminate the evil spirit in the court, so I have no choice but to let those treacherous ministers rule."
Zuo Qianhu supported Fu Tianchou and walked into the inn with a group of officers and soldiers behind him.
At this time, the sky was gradually getting darker,
The arrival of a group of officers and soldiers with swords on their waists made the green forest in the inn who originally wanted to rob money suddenly lose their greed. After paying for the drinks, they slipped out of the inn.
The place was suddenly vacated and became much more spacious. There were only four people in the corner, drinking water and resting.
"Guan Ye, I don't know if you are working in a hotel or staying in an inn?" Seeing Guan Ye coming, the waiter in the inn quickly came out to greet him.
"What nonsense are you talking about? It's so late, so of course we're staying here. We're tired from traveling, so prepare some good wine and food for us first!" Before Zuo Qianhu could speak, an officer and soldier next to him said in a low voice.
"Don't be presumptuous. Drinking will ruin things. Have you forgotten what I told you!" Zuo Qianhu glared at the officer and soldier and scolded him, but the latter shrank his neck in fright and said, "No, who is it?"
Everyone knows that this jealous Senhu-sama is notoriously strict with his soldiers, and he is unwilling to offend Senhu-sama.
Zuo Qianhu immediately said to the waiter with a gentle expression: "You don't need wine, you just need some food to satisfy your hunger."
"Okay." After the waiter responded, he got busy.
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In the corner, Li Xiao, who was talking quietly with Yan Chixia and others, couldn't help but turn his head after hearing the sound and cast his gaze at the group of officers and soldiers. When he saw the man in prison uniform, he
His brows were raised slightly, and when he glanced at the heroic man who spoke before, his expression was stunned.
"This prisoner, and this warrior in military uniform, they look really familiar. Could it be that they are..."
Li Xiao's eyes flickered. Faced with this situation, the guesses in his heart could be said to be close to the same. However, his calm expression remained the same, and he did not show any strange look. He looked like Yan Chi as usual.
After Xia and others discussed some specific matters, the group went to the guest room upstairs to rest.
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Yan Chixia, the head catcher Chen Yang, and the servant Wu San traveled all day and dragged their tired bodies back to their respective rooms.
And when Li Xiao stepped into the guest room, he did not close the door, but closed the door so tightly that a gap was left. Li Xiao looked downstairs through the gap, and at the same time his ears twitched, shockingly.
Hearing was also activated, and the sounds of the officials' conversations fell into his ears without missing a beat.
"As expected, the middle-aged man who was the prisoner was Fu Tianchou, the former Minister of War, and the heroic man in the cloak was the upright and evil-minded Zuo Qianhu in the movie."
Seeing this situation, Li Xiao estimated that the current timeline has almost advanced to the second part of the movie. Presumably, the Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi sisters may have set up an ambush at Zhengqi Villa, pretending to be ghost Rakshasa, and preparing to rescue them.
This is Fu Tianqiu, Li Xiao thought in his heart.
"This Fu Tianchou is a loyal man, but he was framed by a traitor. If he can be rescued and used for his own use, he may be able to help him reorganize the court. By then, he and Yan Chixia can be very successful in both civil and military affairs.
With a good combination, it will be more certain to reorganize the super class." With an idea, Li Xiao had an idea in his mind and murmured to himself.
"Zuo Qianhu and the others are going to escort Fu Tianchou into the capital, and you can go with them from early tomorrow morning. You can also act according to the situation."
After making up his mind, Li Xiao closed the door, jumped up, and sat cross-legged on the bed in the guest room, concentrating on running the Maoshan Mental Technique, emptying his body of strong magic power, and practicing tirelessly.
technique.
According to this speed of travel, we will arrive in the capital soon, and it will be inevitable to have a confrontation with Pudu Cihang. Only by improving our strength as soon as possible can we have the foundation to compete with Pudu Cihang.
He was very clear about this in his heart.
The candlelight danced, and the only quiet sound left was the cool night breeze blowing through the window lattice.
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At midnight.
Wu San rubbed his sleepy eyes and woke up hungry. Because they had to rush to the capital as soon as possible, they abandoned the carriage and replaced it with a thousand-mile horse. In the past few days, they have been driving very fast and non-stop. Not only is it very
He was tired and had a particularly big appetite. At midnight, Wu San's stomach also made a sound of protest.
Wu San opened the door of the guest room and stepped out. The cool breeze blowing from the window lattice made him shiver. He hugged his body tightly and hurried downstairs to see if he could find anything.
Eat.
The lobby of the inn was empty, no one was around, presumably all the officials had eaten, drank and rested.
What surprised him was that the inn hall was decorated with lanterns, red lanterns were hung high, the Chinese character "longevity" was inscribed, and peaches were placed all over the hall, creating a joyous scene.
Seeing this situation, Wu San was surprised and full of astonishment. When he went down the stairs, he almost missed his step. You know, there were no such things here last night. Why did he wake up like this?
It became like this.
"Is there someone who wants to celebrate his birthday?"
The growl of his stomach came again. Wu San stopped thinking about it. He went down the stairs, walked through the hall, and came to the kitchen. He took a closer look and saw that there was still a faint flickering fire in the stove. He took a sip.
The iron pot that has been simmered is still steaming out. I bet the food in the pot has just been cooked.
Wu San stood on tiptoes, as if he was guilty of committing a crime, and came to the stove. He couldn't wait to reach out and lift the lid of the pot.
However, when Wu San opened the lid of the pot with great expectations and saw the contents of the pot, a cold air ran straight from his tailbone to his Tianling lid, as if every hair on his body was falling down at this moment.
stood up.
Wu San was so frightened that he threw away the pot lid and jumped up, like a cat with fried fur!
Wu San looked intently and saw that what was cooking in the pot was nothing else. Looking through the curling smoke, Wu San suddenly saw several bloody human heads in the iron pot. His pupils were wide open and he was weeping blood from the corners of his eyes.
It was as if he was dead and still sneering at him, which was creepy!
"Ghost!"
Wu San suddenly turned pale with fright. He was still a little sleepy and didn't know where he had thrown it. He screamed and ran out the door. He accidentally tripped over the threshold and fell like a gourd on the ground.
He stumbled and fell, got up and continued running.
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At this time, an extremely frightening shout resounded through the entire inn. Upon hearing this sound, Li Xiao, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed and meditating, suddenly opened his eyes.
"It's Wu San!"
Li Xiao was naturally very familiar with this man's voice. He jumped out of bed and rushed out quickly. He looked around with a pair of electric eyes through the railing, and saw Wu San staggering out of the kitchen in the backyard.
The direction ran over.
"Wu San, what happened?" Li Xiao asked.
"Sir, just now... I went to the kitchen in the backyard, and what I saw cooking in the kitchen was human heads!" Wu San said tremblingly, his body was trembling, and he still looked a little frightened.
When Li Xiao heard this, he couldn't help but frowned. He supported the railing with his hands and turned over. At the same time, his mind moved. I don't know when, two more gold leaves appeared in his hands and moved to his eyes.
With the magic power activated, his gaze passed through the two golden leaves, as if a golden light shone through.
It can be seen that the lanterns hanging high are made of human leather covers, and human eyes and nostrils can be faintly seen on the thin human leather covers! The bamboo chairs and wooden stools placed in the hall are also made by Bai Sensen
It is made of bones and is very cold.
Li Xiao opened a red curtain hanging on the wall, and there was a wall of skulls covered with dead bones, as if countless empty eyes were looking over!
"What kind of inn is this? This is clearly a spooky ghost!" Even though Li Xiao was so determined, he took a breath of cold air when he was caught off guard.
However, he was full of doubts in his heart. Even if there was a ghostly place here, he should have noticed it just like that time in the deep mountains and old forests, right?
The evil spirit in this inn seems to have been completely covered up, and there is simply no trace. If Wu San hadn't broken it, I'm afraid everyone would still be kept in the dark!
Fortunately, the group ate the dry food they brought themselves, otherwise they would have suffered a lot of sins.
At the same time, after hearing Wu San's loud call, many officials were awakened. They were very angry at having their sleep disturbed, but when they saw the purgatory-like scene in front of them, they were simply stunned.
The souls of the dead were all gone, so there was no time to be angry. Many people didn't even wear clothes and fled for their lives in a panic.
"terrible!"
"Oh my god, what the hell is this place?"
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Yan Chixia and Chen Yang were both martial arts practitioners. They had already come to the hall as soon as they heard the commotion. Looking at the dense scene, the expressions on their faces were very shocked.
"This place is a spooky place, extremely dangerous. Get out of here quickly!"
Under Li Xiao's urging, Yan Chixia and Chen Yang ran out of the inn together with Wu San without stopping.
"Don't leave. Today is the birthday of the old Black Mountain demon. Why don't you just stay and worship your flesh and blood?!"
But at this moment, a spatial crack opened in the Skeleton Ghost Wall out of thin air, and countless ghost soldiers holding blades slashed at the people who were escaping in a panic amidst the cruel and harsh cries of killing.
In just a few breaths, several officials were chopped down unprepared. Their heads rolled, screams were heard, blood splattered, and the lanterns made of human leather sheaths were stained red. The blood overflowed, making it look incomparable.
shocking.
Just when Li Xiao was about to leave, he heard an upright scolding.
"You ghosts, please don't cause trouble in the human world. Why don't you quickly retreat and die!"
It has to be said that Zuo Qianhu is really a tough guy who shows off his strength and courage. Even in such dangerous moments, he does not forget to show his bravery. Zuo Qianhu gave a light scold and shook the long steel knife in his hand.
, silver light suddenly appeared out of thin air, and the shining sword light carried the indomitable and fierce sword energy, slashing towards those ghosts.
Several fierce sword attacks came, and the figures of the current ghosts paused for a moment. As if they didn't realize it, they rushed over with more ferocity. Seeing the dense ghost figures, they were about to run over Zuo Qianhu's body.
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"The situation is dangerous, it's not advisable to stay any longer. I think it's better to leave first!" Li Xiao tapped his toes and looked like a lightning dragon. He threw out a few yellow spells with one hand. The ripples of mana that erupted were directly repelled.
At the same time, he grabbed Zuo Qianhu's shoulder with one hand, stepped heavily on his toes again, turned into a swift shadow, turned back, broke open the window, and fled into the distance.