The Legend of Swing Sword and Execution of Demons

Chapter 707
Zhongzhou lasted for [-] years.

Sunny autumn.

The sun shines on rooftops, on streets, on people's faces.

But anyone who came to see it would not be difficult to find that the atmosphere in Youjing City was particularly dull and depressing.

The hawkers selling candied haws are no longer yelling, the shopkeepers and waiters in the restaurants and restaurants are less enthusiastic, and the people on the street are calm and wandering with a clear purpose in their purchases. You can’t even hear girls selling laughs and humming ditties in Fengyanlou. The children played together and died down under the eyes or scolding of the elders, and went back to their respective homes.

Regarding border wars, people tend to hear more from hearsay and less from being on the scene, and it is difficult to feel the tension of the precariousness of their homeland. Except for some people who are worried about state affairs, they will get drunk and complain, most of them will not break the day because of this. The rhythm of life day after day, everything is business as usual.

But regarding the turmoil in the imperial city in recent days, people living at the feet of the emperor have nothing to do with themselves, and even take what happened around them as a topic of conversation after dinner.

On the contrary, under three successive appeasement orders from the imperial court, he remained silent and trembling, not daring to go out to the streets at will, or speak loudly outside, for fear of causing inexplicable death due to some small actions.

The residents of Youjing City may not all have experienced the barbarian war 20 years ago, but they without exception have seen what it means to have a large army borrowing a road and galloping horses and horses during these four or five days.

According to the rumors circulating in the market, the fighting and fighting between the various factions in those few days was so chaotic that no one can explain it clearly, and it can only be restored in the future when the historian calls dozens of key parties and spends ten and a half months. basically passed.

We can only know that the final winner is still His Majesty.

It is also known that Youjing City has a resident population of 35, and during those four or five days of turmoil, nearly [-] soldiers fought in and out of the imperial city, and in the end [-] people were killed and more than half were injured.

It is said that it took three days for the blood spilled in the imperial city to be washed away, and the faint smell of blood can still be smelled near the imperial city.

It has been at least two hundred years since such a large-scale bloodshed in the imperial city last time.

The three days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the strange heavy rain seemed to be an omen, but all this happened too suddenly and abruptly.

The residents of Youjing City were unprepared for this, and no matter men, women, old or young, they all suffered a lot of psychological shocks.

Even though afterward each family received two taels of silver appeasement money distributed by the court, and was told that the treacherous and sycophant of the chaotic court had been eliminated, and Emperor Yan returned to the government, everyone did not have to worry about the chaos in Youjing or the fear of their lives. To be able to come out of those breathtaking sounds and scenes.

Even the inn that just opened today has no decorations, drums and gongs.

It's not surprising that no one came to the door for an hour.

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The newly opened inn is located on the food street.

After a chaotic battle in the palace, the mainstay of Huajian Zuihua Taixiang died, and Yu Tian, ​​the backer behind him, disappeared.

Even though the flowers are too fragrant, I have considered the affairs behind and made some arrangements in advance.

But this burden is obviously not something anyone can carry.

The "imperial city on earth" in Youjing City fell apart in just a few days and ceased to exist.

The four streets of fine wine, beauty, gourmet food, and wealth, most of the restaurants, inns, restaurants, wind smoke houses, gambling houses, etc. have gone to the buildings.

Originally Huajianzui belonged, some broke into the palace to participate in the war, died or were injured or fled, some directly broke up with Huajianzui and parted ways, and some rebelled against Huajianzui and severely injured Huajianzui.

Huajianzui, which played an important role in the Hundred Flowers Conference and is still thriving after the Hundred Flowers Conference, with a gang membership of nearly [-], only had more than a hundred members in less than ten days, and less than [-]% of its foundation was preserved.

Half of the property became ownerless after fighting and fighting, and was returned to the imperial court for unified disposal.

At this time, if you can occupy three inches of land in the former "Imperial City on Earth", when Beijing's vitality and popularity recover, even if you can't make a lot of money, at least you don't have to worry about food and clothing.

It's just that most people are still immersed in nervousness and fear at this time, how can they think about this future thing.

Therefore, this newly opened inn in the "ruins" of the "imperial city on earth" is particularly eye-catching.

But because there are very few people coming and going, it is purely empty talk to attract attention.

Fortunately, the owner of the inn didn't seem to care much about it. From the shopkeeper to the waiter, they were busy with things and chatted when they had nothing to do. Compared with the atmosphere outside the inn, it was much better.

Just at this time, it seems that a customer came to the door.

The visitor had thick eyebrows and fine eyes, with a shiny face, carrying a bag, and holding a golden cigarette, he seemed to be a big customer who was not short of money.

It's just that the height is too short, the figure is a little fat, and he is a fat dwarf.

The fat dwarf stood still under the steps of the inn, and looked from the outside to the inside and from the inside to the outside.

The entrances are all familiar layouts, familiar people, and the name of the inn is also written on the inn plaque.

——Red Dust Inn.

Others may not be aware that this is Hongchen Inn's second branch in Zhongzhou, but the fat dwarf knows it all.

Because the first Hongchen inn opened in a small town in the south of Jizhou was run by the fat dwarf.

It was also the fat dwarf who ordered the first branch of the Hongchen Inn to be opened in Guizhou.

The fat dwarf is Ning Xiaoyao, the head of the Red Dust Inn and the shopkeeper.

Opening the Hongchen Inn to Youjing to make money is a matter of the future, and the main purpose is to contact the imperial court for cheap.

When Ning Xiaoyao stepped into the store, the shopkeeper and the guys who were not busy came up to welcome him.

Some ran to make tea, some ran to order small dishes, and the rest surrounded the big shopkeeper to greet the seat.

A clerk said: "Boss shopkeeper, please rest first, I will go upstairs and call all the brothers down."

Ning Xiaoyao shook the golden cigarette stick, and said: "They are all my brothers, so there is no need to be polite. They were exhausted a few days ago. Let them have a good rest. Those who are injured can heal their injuries first. I will sit down for a while." let's go."

The three buddies should be well, and the two buddies thank the big shopkeeper for his thoughtfulness and concern for the fellow who is recovering from the injury.

The young treasurer Yue Xilou, who was in charge of the Youjing sub-colon, expressed his farewell from Zhongpin, and asked: "The big treasurer just came out of the palace. If you don't stay here to recuperate for a few days, where are you going?"

Ning Xiaoyao took a long puff of cigarette, raised his head and exhaled thick smoke into the air, and opened his mouth slowly.

"The chaos in Beijing has just settled, that kid still has a lot of places to employ people, most of the brothers can't leave yet, Xilou, you have a brighter head, sitting here, my heart and soul are at ease.

"The battle at the border is tight, and those barbarians also have Jianghu people as vanguard scouts, this is something the imperial army can't handle.

"With the Fifth General and the Northern Rejection Alliance in the north, there should be no major problems.

"It is said that the southwest side is supported by General Shi's old troops, which can last for a while.

"There is also General Cheng guarding the south, and Luo Yue, who only dares to make small troubles, is not a threat.

"The main problem is still in the southeast.

"The kid followed us to Fujian, and he knew that there is a big hole there now.

"Although the old man and Nangong Yan's goose feathers have already entered Fujian, and General Niu who just received the tiger talisman will also mobilize troops from various places to go to Fujian, and Gusu will do backup work, but after all, I can't let go.

"Xinhun, Sushou and I will take a few brothers to support. Remembering that the Youjing branch will open today, I came here to have a look, and we will leave immediately."

After Luo Luo walked into the palace and put on the dragon robe, everyone in the Hongchen Inn knew that Emperor Yan had lived with them for a long time.

The gang at the Hongchen Inn turned into the "ministers who help the dragon" that were often seen and heard in dramas in story books.

In order to avoid unreasonable troubles, everyone no longer explicitly refers to the Holy Majesty in their words, and uses the pseudonym Luobo or that kid instead.

When the identity of Luo Luo was revealed, everyone thought that the treasurer Ning Xiaoyao or the housekeeper Gu Xinsun was an important official of the imperial court. It was only later that Ning Xiaoyao learned about the origin of the Dark Palace and the birth of the Hongchen Inn.

Ning Xiaoyao is one of the members of the Dark Palace trained by Emperor Jing to guard Zhongzhou.

Now keeping the royal blood is repaying all the kindness of Emperor Jing, and he has not considered the matter of serving the royal family. Whether the owner of Hongchen Inn wants to sell all his abilities to the emperor's family is completely voluntary.

The Hongchen Inn has completed its historical mission, and the people in the gang may not be able to become rich and powerful in the future, but as long as Zhongzhou still exists, they can guarantee that they will have no worries about food and clothing.

As for protecting Zhongzhou, it was his own business, a promise he was going to fulfill, a promise to be loyal to Zhongzhou.

He had no intention of taking his brothers to throw their heads and blood, and he had planned to leave without saying goodbye.

Unexpectedly, it was exposed by Gu Xinhun and Yexian in private.

Gu Xinhun and Su Shou said they would go to Jinzhou City to meet a friend and then meet up in Fujian.

The two also said that he, the big shopkeeper, brought them together at the beginning, but now he wants to quit, he has to say hello, otherwise he is not loyal enough.

He just came and went.

However, when the words came to his lips, he still said half and left half.

How to explain it in the future is left to Gu Xinhun and the others to worry about, the old man can't take care of it and doesn't want to take care of it.

Yuexilou couldn't find an excuse to keep him, so he could only prepare some snacks and drinks for the shopkeeper to eat on the way.

Following the crowd, the shopkeeper Xiaoyao waved his hands and left.

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Qin land.

In the deserted mountains.

Yu Le and Zuo Feng emerged from a mound, their chests heaving violently and gasping for breath.

Thinking that Gai had temporarily avoided the hunt, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

Both of them were wearing luxurious clothes, but now they were disheveled, showing no trace of extravagance at all.

Upon closer inspection, both of them were still wounded. From the face to the body to the feet, each had at least a dozen or more wounds of different sizes.

Zuo Feng's left hand was severed at the root!

Of course, the injuries on the two of them were not limited to these, and there were also injuries that were not visible on the outside.

However, whether internal or external, all serious injuries were caused by the chaos in Miyagi a few days ago.

If it weren't for this, they wouldn't be bullied by shrimps in the shallows of dragons, or bullied by dogs in Pingyang.

There are four NO.50 people who escaped from the imperial city and Youjing together with the two.

But in the past three days, they have been chased and killed by five waves, and there are less than 20 people left.

Half an hour ago, under the pursuit of their opponents, they were forced to separate from the others and escaped in the mound.

The opponents are not strangers.

Most of them belonged to the small and medium gangs of the Kyushu League.

There are also a small number of members of the small and medium-sized gangs of the old Four Seas League who were "absorbed" into the Tibetan Feng Pavilion.

Winners and losers, when they lost from the imperial city, these were predictable.

Fortunately, they are still alive now.

There is hope in life.

The hope of a comeback, a comeback.

A cold wind was blowing from the east.

Dust flew up and hit the faces of the two of them.

Even though both of them have some scars on their faces, they may not feel any pain at this time due to numbness.

But when the two saw the two figures brought by the east wind, their faces froze and their hearts sank to the bottom of the valley.

The two figures were one black and one white.

The man in black has silver hair and a warm smile on his mouth.

The man in white, holding a sword, was slightly behind the man in black, expressionless.

These two are Xiao Yincai and Yun Xiaobai from Yinshamen.

The moment they saw Xiao Yincai, whether it was Yu Le or Zuo Feng, they had already thought that the recent encounters were probably due to the person in front of them, but if the other party didn't come to take their lives, should they greet them with smiles?
Although life or death depends entirely on other people's faces, the arrogant Yu Le really can't force himself to show a flattering smile at this time, so he just bit the bullet and said coldly: "Thank you, Master Xiao, for coming a few days Take care, if there is a chance, Yu will definitely return it twice."

"I think there will be a chance." Xiao Yin didn't deny it, his eyes stayed on Yu Le's forehead, and he asked with a smile, "I remember that Mr. Yu only has a vertical scar on his forehead, when did he get a horizontal scar? One vertical and one horizontal. It's interesting to say a 'ten'."

Before the words finished, Yu Le's face turned red and distorted.

This is the scar left when he was repulsed by Gu Xinhun's three swords in the battle of the imperial court that day.

At that time, the battle situation was chaotic, and he took advantage of his unpreparedness to secretly use his hands.

Unexpectedly, the opponent was unprepared, and only used two moves to defuse his attack, and the remaining move wounded him and knocked him back.

Lonely Soul did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, because in the eyes of the opponent, he was not the most important opponent.

This is an insult to Yu Le!

But his frantic counterattack still failed to get close to Gu Xinsun, and other Hongchen inn helpers blocked him.

Now that Xiao Yincai exposed his scar again, it was undoubtedly another humiliation.

How can he not be angry?
He has made up his mind to fight desperately!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zuo Feng asked first: "Clan Master Xiao has something to say, just say it, and give us our lives!"

Xiao Yincai smiled lightly and said, "I followed you here specially, just to ask you a few questions."

Neither Zuo Feng nor Yu Le responded, and only waited for Xiao Yin to continue.

Xiao Yincai first asked Zuo Feng: "Can Zangfeng Pavilion be willing?"

Zuo Feng took a mouthful of the sand in his mouth that he hadn't spit out just now, and said in a deep voice: "So what if you are not reconciled?"

Xiao Yincai then looked at Yu Le and said: "Actually, if you held your temper that day, waited for the opportunity to come, and passed a sword into Emperor Yan's heart, the situation now will be absolutely different, and the Yu family will not have anything to do with you."

Yu Le couldn't resist thinking about the scene that day, and asked back with a twitching face, "What's the point of saying this now?"

Xiao Yincai said: "I know you nine masters always keep one hand and two hands when doing things, and never put all eggs in one basket."

Yu Le said: "And then?"

Xiao Yincai said: "Then, even if the Yu family announces to the world to sever ties with you Yu Le, it will not be a real severance. As long as you can overthrow the current imperial court, not only the head of the Yu family will be yours..."

Yu Le was not moved by Xiao Yincai's big cake, and said lightly: "It's daytime now, and I never dream during daytime."

Xiao Yincai did not lose his patience, and said persuasively: "Zangfeng Pavilion and you are both seeking skins from tigers to achieve their goals, so why not cooperate with me?"

Zuo Feng said impatiently: "You want to use us to deal with the Jianghu people in Zhongzhou who helped the imperial court resist the foreign barbarians, spread the flames of war, and use this to overthrow the Zhu family?"

Xiao Yincai said: "Not bad."

Yu Le said: "You are a lunatic, if you drive us crazy together like this, even if the Zhu family is wiped out, who will recognize our status?"

Xiao Yincai said: "Do you know why the killer Ye Xiao's reputation is still not bad?"

Yu Le said immediately after hearing the words: "You bastard who can't see the light."

Xiao Yincai said: "That's right, we don't have to be clear about what we do, as long as the final result is good. There are at least five hundred experts in Zangfeng Pavilion. Instead of avoiding disaster with our tails between our legs, it's better to change our skins and change our jobs." Law?"

Seeing that their minds were wavering, Xiao Yincai gave them enough time to think about it.

After a while, although Zuo Feng and Yu Le didn't speak, they seemed to have made up their minds.

They glanced at each other, then looked at Xiao Yincai, and asked each other how to cooperate with Yinshamen?
Xiao Yincai laughed again at this moment.

Seeing this smile, Zuo Feng and Yu Le already had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Only Xiao Yincai said: "Take a look at the two first, the northeast, the north, the northwest, the southwest, the south, and the southeast. Where do you think the defense line in Zhongzhou is the strongest and where is the weakest?"

Zuo Feng sneered: "Naturally, the southeast is the weakest, and the north is the strongest."

Xiao Yincai said: "Then where should we start?"

This time it was Yu Le who replied, "Zhengbei."

Xiao Yincai asked, "Why?"

Yu Ledao: "We also heard on the way that after Chu Hanxiong escaped from Youjing, he led half of the people from the Twelve Sects of Tiansha to join Wala. Once he went there, he had to vote for a certificate and conquer the most difficult to conquer the Northern Rejection League. Even if you and Chu Hanxiong don't deal with each other, as long as it can add chaos to Zhongzhou, you can do anything. If the strongest line of defense in Zhongzhou is broken, there will be panic in other places."

Xiao Yincai clapped his hands and praised: "As expected of Mr. Yu, what you said is exactly what Xiao wants."

Yu Le hummed: "Then, Clan Master Xiao will ensure that our journey back to Zangfeng Pavilion will be smooth."

Xiao Yincai said: "Of course, Mr. Yu's classmates will not lose a single hair, but..."

Yu Le knew that the most important link was coming, and immediately asked: "But what?"

Xiao Yincai said: "However, Xiao is timid. In order to ensure that Zangfeng Pavilion will obey orders in the future, you must give Xiao a handle to control you, which can also be said to be a petition."

Zuo Feng asked: "What kind of handle do you want?"

Xiao Yincai said: "I think it's best to use something that can instantly destroy your reputation in the world."

After a long silence, Yu Le drew his sword and Zuo Feng drew his sword.

Yu Le's sword pierced Zuo Feng's heart.

Zuo Feng's knife was still far from Yu Le's neck.

This is what he owes the Yu family.

Yu Le finally said: "Let me bury him before leaving..."

(End of this chapter)