sword sentient beings

Chapter 241 Bell Tower
"How is it here?"

There is a large sea of ​​flowers in front of you, red, white, pink, on the branches, on the grass, on the vines, the flowers are colorful and colorful, competing for splendor.There is a strong fragrance of flowers in the air.

The last time Tang Zhao saw so many flowers was at the Fuhui, but compared with the ingenious Jianzhou Island flower fence, the flowers here are more vigorous and grow wildly.

Especially floral.The flower fences on Jianzhou Island imprisoned the fragrance of flowers. Only by sniffing closely can one smell the unique smell of various flowers. However, here, all the fragrances of flowers are mixed together, so strong that it seems to drip out of water.

Even, when it was so thick that it couldn't be said to be a fragrance, the taste became strange instead.

"Very good." Tang Zhao sniffed.

For flower lovers, the flowers here are a bit messy, but for rune sword masters who extract fragrance, this place can be regarded as a paradise.

Zhang Rong said: "You collect this fragrance first, if you think it is not enough, there is another kind of wind in it."

Tang Zhao said, "What?"

Zhang Rong said: "There is a big bell inside, which is a historical site of the previous dynasty. It is said that it is the bell tower of the former site of the city. According to your division, the sound is also a kind of wind, right?"

Tang Zhao nodded, the voice is really a kind of wind, it can be heard, invisible and intangible, and has a nature, so it is naturally a wind.But in the sword casting material, the sound is not easy to use, because the sound is fluctuating and unstable.Swords and utensils made of unstable materials are too risky and have always been unpopular.If Tang Zhao chooses the two sword techniques of Longya Sword as materials, he will also choose Longwei instead of Longyin.But if it is in the desolate wilderness, a big bell emits a vigorous bell, it should still be worth collecting.

Zhang Rongdao: "I saw this place in the classics. It is said that in the last years of the former dynasty, there was a bloody battle in front of the bell tower. A prince and king, an ally of my Jin Dynasty, attacked the city. The gate of the city had already been breached. The city was not protected. Later, the former county guard attached a spirit to the bell, turned into a bell spirit, rang the bell, and killed tens of thousands of troops...and the people in the city. It made the hundreds of miles around the city a dead place. .”

Shocked, Tang Zhao asked, "Is this... the end of the dynasty? Can this kind of thing... be done?"

The spirit official attached to the bell with a spirit image, how many thousands of people were killed by the bell?In the talisman meeting, he also saw all kinds of weird methods of spirit appearance, but he didn't know that there were such branches.This should be the big move of indiscriminate attack, right?Why doesn't Turtle Kou use it?If this trick was unexpectedly used at the meeting, not to mention the swordsman, how many of those young talisman sword masters would be able to resist it?If hundreds of people died, Long Yuan must be completely defeated.

Zhang Rong said: "The legend a hundred years ago may have been exaggerated? But the spiritual officials in the previous dynasty had various methods. It is said that some manipulated living people and some attached to corpses. How could they know that there were no objects attached to enhance energy? Possessing a bronze bell is also It may not be impossible. At most, it is lost now.”

Tang Zhaoruo said thoughtfully: "That's right. The system of spiritual officials in the previous dynasty was similar to Phantom, with ever-changing changes. In fact, both swordsmen and spiritual officials are systems with unlimited potential. It would be great if they could be combined."

Zhang Rong laughed at the situation, and said, "It's fine to say what you said now. If you said it at the beginning, I'm afraid that both sides will get rid of you and then move on. It is said that either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. Now it is the world of swordsmen." It is a pity that the spirit officials flourished and prospered like this. Now it is only a few lines of history books."

He sighed a few words, and said: "Catch your breath here first. Later, let's pay homage to the bell, and then collect the bells. If the bells are not enough by then, you can dig down, maybe you can dig out Some murderous spirit."

Tang Zhao shook his head and said, "It's nothing more than the spirit of killing and cutting. Murderous spirit is also popular, and it's ominous. But it's always good to pay tribute to it."

Both of them are scholars, so it is inevitable that they have some hobbies of nostalgia and discussion of history. When they see the historical sites of the former dynasty, they must feel a lot of emotion, and maybe even write poems to pay tribute to them.Tang Zhao couldn't write a poem, but it didn't stop him from wanting to go and have a look.Of course, the most important thing is to collect materials first, and other things first.When time is tight, you can save money by paying homage to the past.

Tang Zhao then took out the talisman page, prepared the materials, and began to collect the fragrance of flowers.

Neither of them noticed that there was a pair of eyes staring at them from the depths of the flowers.
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"Feng House".

Jiang Shenyi stood in front of the gate of a mansion, reading the plaque on the gate.

"This family's surname is Feng?"

Mai Shiyu said: "It's one of the three great aristocratic families in the local city. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect them to join the Devil's Sect and become a den of the Devil's Sect thieves in the city. Now that the Devil's Sect bandits have fled here, they absolutely can't deny it." .It’s true that if you don’t go to heaven, there’s no way to go to hell.”

Behind her, the public prosecutor's office had already blocked the water around the mansion.It's just that even though they were around, everyone seemed to be a little scrupulous, and there was no murderous intent.

Mai Shiyu waved his hand and said, "Find someone with a loud voice, give them an ultimatum, and tell them to surrender, otherwise there may be no eggs left in the nest."

Qianhu, the District Prosecutor next to him, agreed, and said softly, "Deputy envoy, can you give me a little more time?"

Mai Shiyu didn't turn his head back and said: "What are you worried about? Afraid of a local family's powerful? It is the powerful who are exterminated by the district inspector."

The thousand households said: "This family's surname is Feng."

Mai Shiyu paused for a moment, and said: "The guardian envoy is from Zhengyang County, not a local at all. What kind of serious relatives do you have in the local area? It's just Feng's clinging to him, and the relatives have been around five hundred years ago. If the guardian envoy Now, knowing that the Feng family is plotting rebellion, the first ones will not let them go."

Jiang Shenyi said: "It's not convenient for you to inspect the district, let me do it."

Mai Shiyu was stunned, and smiled softly: "Thank you, little brother Jiang, for your righteousness, but it is precisely because their family has an indirect relationship with the guardian that the District Prosecutor must take action."

After all, she drew her sword.

The sky is full of flowers and rain, and peaches and plums are blooming all over the garden, adding a bit of spring to the deep courtyard.

Immediately afterwards, screams were heard in the room, one after another, as if something terrible happened in the room while the flowers rained down.

The defense officers of the public prosecutor's office all looked tense, the elders couldn't bear it, but the younger ones were mostly excited. Obviously, the deputy envoy's tough methods made them admire.

But after a while, someone in the house said: "Surrender, we surrender! We are willing to hand over the demon, please forgive my family full of women and children!"

Mai Shiyu said to Jiang Shenyi: "Look, I haven't taken it seriously. These arrogant families outside actually have no bones. They have a lot of heart, and they want to go on a good life but want to go some crooked ways. When the guillotine is coming, they are more obedient than anyone else. .Isn’t it good to surrender so early?”

Jiang Shenyi propped his chin and said: "Don't you want to issue an ultimatum first? You haven't persuaded them to surrender yet, how can they have a chance to call for surrender?"

……

Mai Shiyu ignored Jiang Shenyi's words, and said loudly: "Listen inside, don't play tricks on me. All the tunnels are blocked, and no one can escape. I want sixteen demon cultists, and if one is missing, you Gather people from your own family to get on top."

There was silence in the door, obviously Mai Shiyu even counted the number of people clearly, which made the Feng family feel desperate.

Sure enough, after a while, the door opened, and the Feng family sent out sixteen tightly bound Demon Cultists.The head of the Feng family, dressed in white, led the family members to plead guilty.

These Feng family members had some wounds on their bodies, as if they were cut by fine blades.Obviously, the rain of flowers falling from the sky brings more than just beautiful spectacle.

Mai Shiyu waved his hand, the District Prosecutor pounced on him, the Demon Cultist arrested them, and put Feng's family under custody, and someone else went into the mansion to search, first searching for the Demon Cultists who were not hiding, and then searching for all kinds of Feng family's involvement in the Demon Cult. physical evidence.The connection between the Feng family and the Devil's Sect is beyond doubt, and the question is nothing more than their identity in the Devil's Sect.

The demonic sect in the city has been searched, and the District Prosecutor has won a complete victory.Mai Shiyu's presidency was very beautiful, which also greatly increased her prestige in the District Procuratorate.So she didn't stop the ceremony of Dongjun Temple because all the demon cultists were arrested. Instead, she insisted that all the people should pray in the temple, and no one questioned her.

In the evening, Tang Zhao and Zhang Rong came to the bell tower of the old site of Zhaocheng.

The former site of the city has been submerged in a hundred years, and the ruins of the walls are also covered with weeds and flowers, and the greenery is full of vitality. From a distance, only the lush vegetation can be seen, and no traces of the scenery of the past can be seen.

Among the vegetation, the only remaining building is the bell tower. The wall of the tower is still intact, but it is covered with vines and creepers. It is covered with green embroidery like an unearthed bronze. The rope hanging the copper bell has long since decayed, and the big bell fell to the ground.The copper bell is covered with green-green patina, and the sunlight slantly shines on it, but it can't reflect the slightest metallic luster.

Seeing this situation, Tang Zhao was very disappointed—it seemed that the bronze bell, which was so loud for hundreds of miles back then, could no longer make a sound.

In the spirit of "everything is coming", the two walked up the bell tower. Tang Zhao cut the grass and vines climbing on the bell, and knocked on the surface of the bell with a little bit of energy with his fingers, only a muffled "buzzing" sound came out.

It really is bad.

Fortunately, he did collect a lot of rich fragrance of flowers in the flower garden, and half of today's task is completed, if it is not enough, he can only ask Jiang Shenyi to get some pure wind to make up the number.

"Shall we go back? Excuse me, sir."

Zhang Rong said: "Try not cleaning it again? Does Sword Rune Master have a way to clean the copper rust?"

Tang Zhaodao: "Yes, but it's also a delicate job. It's only been a day or two since the Devil's Nest came, and you have a lot of things to do. I also need to deal with the materials, and... who else?"

With a flash of his eyes, he has already seen a figure flashing by at the corner of the clock tower, which seems to be a figure in red.

He turned around to confirm with Zhang Rong, Zhang Rong nodded slightly, obviously this swordsman and martial arts master also saw the abnormality.

Tang Zhao pulled out the magic weapon and said, "I'll go and have a look." With a light leap, he had already rushed towards the figure.

Normally, meeting other people in the outskirts would not be so nervous, but at this time, just before the arrival of the Devil's Nest, the situation in Chaocheng is turbulent, and this place is so desolate, people can't help but think about it.

However, after running a few steps towards the shadows, he saw that the ground was full of weeds and no one was there. Tang Zhao pushed aside the grass, but still found nothing.

Tang Zhao hurried back to the bell tower because he was worried about being transferred away from the mountain.

On the bell tower, Zhang Rong was safe and sound.Tang Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that he should be worried about him among the two.If someone wants to sneak attack a great master or swordsman, then they have found the right person.

As soon as he looked up, he suddenly found that the bell was re-hanged by Zhang Rong. Once the huge bronze vessel was off the ground, it was still very spectacular.

"Mr. Zhang... this?"

"It's all here. Knock and try."

Tang Zhao still felt that it was unnecessary, the copper bell hung more like a pile of scrap iron.

Zhang Rong said with a smile, "Then I'll do it." He took out something from his sleeve, which turned out to be a bamboo folding fan for Concubine Xiang.

He used this light folding fan to knock on the bronze bell.

"When—when—"

Evening drums and morning bells, the sound shakes hundreds of miles!
(End of this chapter)