Nightwatcher

Stepping on the stirrup with both feet, the war horse transferred from the Qingzhou military camp groaned and knelt down on all fours. Xu Qi'an flew into the dense forest like a big bird.

With a flash of the black gold long knife, a human head was taken away, and blood spewed out from the broken neck.

Don't look, don't look at Xu Qi'an thinking about the tragic death of the caravan, his heart hardened, he raised the knife and dropped it, taking away the lives of bandits one by one.

With his cultivation level of half a foot in the realm of refining gods, killing these gangsters is like chopping melons and vegetables, and with the black gold long knife cutting iron as sharp as mud, no one can stop him for a round.

"Chi Chi!"

A fiery blade slashed from behind, and the branches and leaves along the way fell silently, with even cuts.

Xu Qi'an's powerful mental power made him aware of the attack in advance, he twisted his waist, turned around, the black gold long knife shattered the light of the knife, and he saw a man wielding a big steel knife.

He slashed the tiger benwei who was blocking the way, and ran towards Xu Qi'an with a grinning grin. At the same time, two thin men held standard sabers and pinched Xu Qi'an from the left and right sides.

Immediately, Xu Qi'an fell into a dangerous situation where men were on the left and right, and he was covered in big men.

On the official road, Jiang Lvzhong, who had been watching the battle with his eyes squinted, laughed when he saw this: "Those three are bandits with good skills, one is at the peak of Qi training, and the two are slightly weaker, but they are not weak players who have just entered the Qi training realm." .”

Hearing this, a silver gong said: "Do you want to help him?"

The watchmen looked at Jiang Lvzhong together, waiting for his order.

From their point of view, Xu Qi'an, whose cultivation base is only at the level of Qi training, cannot block the siege of three masters of the same level. Besides, he is still very immature, doesn't kill many people, and lacks actual combat experience.

On the battlefield, actual combat experience is sometimes more important than cultivation.

Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng knew that Xu Qi'an was attacking the realm of refining gods, but this was not a good thing, because he was in a state of exhaustion, which affected his combat power.

Jiang Lvzhong quietly pointed like a sword, staring at Xu Qi'an who was in a tight siege, ready to rescue him at any time, "Wait a minute."

The three qi-training realms make the man with the steel sword strong, and the other two are at the peak of qi-training. The bandits in Yunzhou are so high-quality? Randomly meet three Qi training realm?

Xu Qi'an held the saber with a calm expression. He took the initiative to meet him, swung the saber and slashed at the man wielding the steel saber. At the same time, he visualized a picture of a golden lion roaring in his mind.

"Roar!"

A Shenxiong roar burst out of his throat, the tremoring mountains and forests shook, and the trembling two sides of the fight froze for a short time.

The ears of the man with the steel knife seemed to be exploded by Jiao Lei, his pupils were temporarily slackened, and his thinking froze.

Just a few tenths of a second of stagnation decided his life and death.

"puff!"

In the sharp light of the black gold long knife, the man with the steel knife was cut in half alive, and the broken organs mixed with blood flowed all over the ground.

After Xu Qi'an beheaded one person, he took advantage of the victory and pursued him. He turned around without a moment's hesitation, and once again visualized the picture of the giant in his mind. In an instant, he seemed to have become a war god, and his breath soared.

Ding poo

One of the thin men swung a knife to block, but was easily broken, and the black gold long knife cut open his chest.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, another thin man turned around and wanted to escape, but was stopped by the intensive shooting of Tiger Benwei, Xu Qi'an caught up, visualized the golden lion roaring again, shocked the opponent's spirit, and killed him with one blow.

The whole process is just a dozen breaths.

There was a burst of exclamation from the watchmen watching the battle.

"His qi mechanism is so thick that it has completely surpassed the peak of ordinary qi training. Even I can only dare to say that it is slightly stronger than him." A silver gong said in shock.

"The question we should pay attention to is, where did he get his idea of ​​Buddhism? That's a lion's roar." A silver gong added.

"There is another problem. He seems to be practicing two kinds of visualization together and both of them have entered the hall. This can already impact the realm of refining gods."

"He's only been a part-timer for two months."

As they spoke, the silver gongs fell silent with complex expressions.

Tongluo's reaction was even more exaggerated, he stared dumbfounded at Xu Qi'an's figure, and the scene of killing three qi practitioners in a hurry just now echoed in his mind.

In the same qi training level, different people have different combat powers. The qi training level of a warden's yamen is generally stronger than that of ordinary warriors.

But not to the point of exaggeration.

Xu Qi'an was able to kill three Jianghu warriors in a short period of time without hurting himself, which means that no one can go through ten moves with Tonggong in the field. effect.

Usually everyone is laughing and laughing, getting along on an equal footing, but now I realize that you can hit ten of us?

Jiang Lvzhong even knew that Xu Qi'an's unique skill was "Slashing Heaven and Earth with One Sword", and he did not use it.

After cleaning up the bandits, Hubenwei brought out a group of ordinary people who were tied up in the dense forest, a total of 25 people. After questioning, they found out their identities as merchants.

One of the women is particularly outstanding, not as slender as a young girl, but as plump and attractive as a peach. Only veterans of the flowers can understand the beauty of this sensual woman.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir"

The rescued businessman was grateful and knelt and kowtowed.

Governor Zhang comforted them with a pleasant face, and revealed his identity, promising to send them back to the center of Yunzhou - Baidi City.

"Bury all these corpses, then organize the goods and bring them with you," Governor Zhang said.

Jiang Lvzhong nodded and ordered Huben Wei to work.

"Wait a minute!"

Xu Qi'an, who was surveying the scene, came back and called Hubenwei to stop.

Governor Zhang and Jiang Lvzhong cast inquiring glances, Xu Qi'an walked up to them, frowned and said, "Something is wrong."

"Huh?" Jiang Lvzhong looked around and felt for a moment: "There is no ambush around."

This was just a simple robbery incident by bandits, and similar things happened every day in Yunzhou.

"It's not an ambush," Xu Qi'an shook his head: "I checked the scene and found that most of the dead were bodyguards, but these merchants and ordinary people were safe and sound, and the goods were also kept intact. The robbers didn't even tear up the tarpaulin to count the loot."

"Don't the two adults find it strange that the bandits cut the trail, but let the valuable goods be scattered all over the place and ignored them?"

Governor Zhang pondered: "Maybe there is no time to clean up."

Xu Qi'an asked: "Then why do I have time to kidnap people? If I were a robber, then I would definitely ask for money. This truckload of goods is my goal. I will kill those ordinary people together, why bother to kidnap people?" with them. Unless"

Jiang Luzhong and Governor Zhang looked at each other, the former frowned and said, "Unless their target is not goods, but people?"

Xu Qi'an nodded, and glanced at the people who had escaped from death but still had lingering fears, "Just ask and you'll know."

He beckoned, summoned a middle-aged merchant, and asked, "Who are you?"

"The villain is a silk merchant in the border of Baidi City. He brought two thousand pieces of silk to Qingzhou to do business. Because of the long distance, he was afraid of encountering bandits, so he went to Qingzhou with Master Zhao's caravan. This is Zhao Long. This man Quite capable, black and white take both, his caravan was very safe in the past.

"The villain has cooperated with him many times. Who would have thought that today, hunting geese all day long, he was finally blinded by geese. This Zhao Long is also considered a character, and it is a pity that he is trustworthy."

Xu Qi'an immediately looked at the caravan with dead bodies, and that Master Zhao was inside.

Asking them one by one, I found that they were all businessmen, and they were in a company. In the end, only the plump woman remained.

She looks to be in her early thirties, and in Xu Qi'an's time, she was actually a young mature woman.

"What about you?" Xu Qi'an looked at her: "You are a weak woman, why did you go to Qingzhou alone?"

Yang Yingying was a little hesitant, she stood with her head down, and said softly: "A few years ago, the husband of the peasant woman went to Qingzhou to make a living. A while ago, she sent a letter back, saying that the business in Qingzhou was booming, and she wanted to come back personally to pick up the peasant woman to Qingzhou Settled down, but because of the tiredness of business, he couldn't get away, so he asked the women to go to Qingzhou with a trusted caravan.

"The women have inquired for a long time, and they all say that Master Zhao's caravan is the best, safe and trustworthy."

These remarks are well-founded, and at first glance there is no flaw.

Is the expression very calm? But as an ordinary woman, seeing a bloody scene, shouldn't her face be pale and whimper when she meets everyone? Moreover, when speaking, the eyes keep looking at the ground, as if reciting lines, which is a sign of lack of confidence

Xu Qi'an said: "I want to ask you a few questions."

Yang Yingying looked up at him, then lowered her head again, and said in a weak tone, "Excuse me, my lord."

"What's your husband's name?"

Yang Yingying was thinking.

"Where do you live?"

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"What are your husband's features?"

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"How tall is your husband?"

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"Please repeat what your husband wrote in the letter. What does your husband do for a living?"

Yang Yingying stood there blankly, dazed and helpless. She was silent for a long time before she recovered and said softly, "The husband of the civilian woman is called"

"Okay, stop talking." Xu Qi'an greeted Huben Wei: "Search her."

"???" Yang Yingying looked at him in a daze, at a loss, what this lord did was completely beyond her expectations.

She took a step back in horror, folded her arms around her chest, bit her lip, with an expression of shame and indignation.

"I've thought about it for too long," Xu Qi'an looked at the beautiful woman with a smile, "If a wife has to think about her husband's name and characteristics for a long time before she can say it, then how can others believe it?

"A lie can't be convincing by just making up a few sentences. If you don't want to be searched, just tell the truth. Why did those bandits stop you?"

After giving the big stick, seeing the woman's face gradually turning pale, Xu Qi'an comforted her again: "My lord is the governor from the imperial court. There is no official in Yunzhou who is bigger than him. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Yang Yingying looked at Governor Zhang, who nodded and said: "I am ordered by the emperor to inspect Yunzhou. You are a mere civilian woman, and you are not worth being deceived by me."

Yang Yingying lowered her head, weighed again and again, realized that she had no choice, and suddenly gritted her teeth and fell to her knees:

"Yang Yingying, a woman, went to Qingzhou this time to avoid disaster. At the same time, she asked Master Yang, the chief envoy of Qingzhou, to uphold justice for my husband and avenge my hatred."

Governor Zhang did not speak immediately, but pondered for a moment: "Who is your husband? Why do you want to seek justice from Mr. Yang?"

Yang Yingying cried: "The husband of the people's wife is Zhou Min."

Governor Zhang lost his voice: "What?!"

Xu Qi'an and Jiang Luzhong suddenly turned their heads and stared at Yang Yingying.

Zhou Min, the dark son of the watchman who died in Yunzhou, was the one who exposed the commander of the capital of Yunzhou, Yang Chuannan, to collude with bandits, transport military supplies, seek profits, and support the bandits.

Not long after the secret letter was sent back to the capital, he died without a sound.