Qianye stepped over the groaning warriors and walked into the city lord's palace. This time, a bunch of people poured out of the inner palace, and finally a few decent strong men were found inside.
Qianye's eyes fell on the middle-aged man with a white face and no beard in the center, and he said: "I thought you could endure it for a while longer!"
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, his face was calm and confident, and shouted: "Your Excellency is considered a strong man after all, so what kind of ability does it have to kill ordinary soldiers? With such virtue, how dare you steal the position of city lord?"
Qianye was not even interested in raising his eyelids at this trick of calling a thief to catch a thief. "Who are you?"
"This is Du Yuan!"
Qianye shook his head and said calmly: "I haven't heard of it."
Du Yuan suddenly frowned. He was the commander-in-chief of the City Guards, the most expert in the army, and his prestige was extremely high, only lower than Luo Bingfeng. Even the special envoy of the King of Heaven had to give him some respect.
It would have been fine if Qianye was sarcastic, but he still looked serious and serious.
After looking Du Yuan up and down, Qianye said again: "You are quite capable. But Luo Bingfeng is dead, why are you still alive? This life-saving ability is really good."
Du Yuan's face was swollen and red with anger. He had also fought to the death during the empire's siege of Luo Bingfeng, but he was seriously injured and fell into coma. When he woke up, the war was already over, and he was snatched away from the battlefield by several of his henchmen who risked their lives.
He hid in the city until Yong Ye's army withdrew, and then came back to take charge of the overall situation.
Until not long ago, Du Yuan recovered from his injury, and his strength had not yet fully recovered to its peak. Both himself and the people around him thought that he had tried his best. At that time, the empire was coming with a huge force, and who could dare to say that he could stop it?
live?
Therefore, Qianye's sarcasm was particularly harsh in Du Yuan's ears.
He raised his eyebrows, took a step forward, and shouted: "You little thief! You plotted to murder City Lord Luo, and you still dare to come to your door before settling the matter with you! Do you really think I heard that there is no one in Chaocheng?"
Qianye's expression was still so lukewarm, and he said, "Are you taking Zhang Buzhou's words as farts?"
"You can call King Zhang Tian's name at will?" Du Yuan's voice also rose a lot. From his answer, it can be seen that this man is shrewd in seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, and has bypassed Qianye's language trap.
However, whether or not Du Yuan came up did not hinder the overall situation. Qianye's voice did not rise, and the coverage area was further expanded. He said: "I am listening to Chao City Lord Qianye. Zhang Buzhou personally informed Donghai of this news. This is my last reminder.
, if there is anyone who doesn’t know me, or doesn’t take Zhang Buzhou seriously, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
After saying that, Qianye looked at Du Yuan and said, "Do you hear me clearly? The last time I asked you to save a life, were you planning to leave it here?"
Under the eyes of everyone, how could Du Yuan give in and said angrily: "The little thief is too rampant! He is so disrespectful to the King of Heaven. With your little cultivation, it is not your turn to run wild in Tingchao City! I will teach you a lesson today.
Let me teach you how to behave!"
He took a step forward without unsheathing his sword. Instead, he casually pulled out a long sword from the waist of the person next to him and pointed it at Qianye. He said clearly that I can kill you with any sword.
Qianye didn't care whether he was really stupid or just showing off to someone. He stretched out his hand to grab Dongyue, and then there was a dense thunder sound from his body.
Hearing these thunderous sounds, Du Yuan suddenly felt something bad in his heart, as if an ancient beast was awakening in front of him!
Before he could decide whether to give it a try or retreat quickly without caring about his face, Qianye had already flicked his wrist and beheaded Dongyue!
This sword was silent and light, and seemed to have no strength. Even the direction of the sword's edge was a bit erratic, making people inevitably wonder if Qianye had been so drunk on the night before that he could no longer hold the sword steadily.
However, Du Yuan and the people with the highest combat power beside him all changed their colors. In their eyes, the space around the sword's edge was distorted. It was definitely not due to weakness and weakness. The power that could cut through the space was too terrifying.
In an instant, Du Yuan knew that he would never be able to block this sword!
It was just that he couldn't retreat at this time. If he lost his momentum, he might not be able to catch even one hit. Du Yuan let out a strange cry, swung his sword up, and slashed Dongyue with one sword. He heard a soft crack,
The long sword in Du Yuan's hand was broken into two pieces.
Dongyue has been re-tempered and is now extremely strong and sharp. Not to mention that Du Yuan only has an ordinary long sword in his hand. Even if he uses his own sword, he can only break it twice with one sword.
Dongyue's falling position was not affected by this block at all. However, since Du Yuan had the intention to retreat, he still relied on the power of the intersection of the two swords to retreat instantly and escaped being killed by Dongyue's sword with the help of his rich combat experience.
Open destiny.
Du Yuan stood more than ten meters away with a half-cut sword in his hand, staring at Qianye with a pale face. He had just walked back and forth between life and death, and no one could remain calm.
He was about to leave when he suddenly felt itchy on his face, and then he saw a drop of blood appear, slide down the bridge of his nose, and finally roll off the tip of his nose.
Du Yuan's hands trembled slightly, and he held the broken sword upright in front of his eyes. From the reflection of the sword's edge, he saw a red line between his eyebrows, and drops of blood slowly oozing out.
His hands were shaking even more violently, and the blood line on his face showed that it was not an illusion, but that he was actually rolling on the line of life and death. If he reacted a little late, his movements were too slow, even a blink of an eye would be too long, and now
He had been cut open in the middle and turned into a corpse.
Du Yuan's force level is still higher than Qianye. Even though he knows that Qianye's achievements are extraordinary, he still wants to stand out. On the one hand, he is forced by the situation. If he surrenders without a fight, his reputation will be ruined. On the other hand, he also feels that he always
If you can have a back-and-forth fight with Qianye, someone else will naturally take action.
Now in Tingchao City, the people who most want to teach Qianye a lesson are not Luo Bingfeng’s former subordinates.
It's just that Du Yuanjue didn't expect that with just one move, he would almost die under the Qianye Sword.
Qianye didn't take the sword miss seriously. Du Yuan had been following Luo Bingfeng for a long time. In Tingchao City and even in the entire East China Sea, he was considered a powerful man below the level of a god general. Just now, he was showing off too much.
Qianye thought to himself that he couldn't kill a strong man of this level with one strike, so he would have to hit him three times or four times.
Now that he had taken action, Qianye had no intention of giving up after deciding the outcome. Then he took a step forward, Dongyue swept across, and slashed Du Yuan's waist.
At this moment, Qianye has already turned around and opened the mountain. The surging force is almost irresistible. The sword is as fast as wind and thunder and as heavy as a mountain. As soon as the sword comes out, it has already reached Du Yuan's waist!
This sword was so fast that Du Yuan, who was still in shock, had no time to block it. He yelled and managed to avoid it, and Dong Yue was on top of his head again.
Du Yuan was unable to escape. He didn't even have time to throw away the broken sword and pull out the accompanying sword. All he could choose was the direction of escape. He gritted his teeth and jumped into the crowd around him! This time it exploded.
Qianye slightly adjusted the direction of Dongyue's swing as if nothing had happened, and a line of scarlet gold sword energy stretched tens of meters across, chasing Du Yuan and slashing towards him as if there was no one around.
Du Yuan moved quickly, and Qianye's sword energy was even faster. Those who were watching suffered a disaster. Those on the outside tried their best to throw themselves to the side. Unfortunately, those around Du Yuan's impact point had no time and space to dodge.
With a desperate mood, he could wave his weapon and try to block the incoming sword energy.
A wave of blood suddenly appeared in the crowd, and everyone involved was instantly minced.
But Du Yuan roared wildly, and a stream of blood spurted out from behind, and he ran away in an instant, actually escaping.
Qianye did not chase after him, and slowly put away Dongyue. He turned his head and looked at the long street in front of the city lord's palace. His eyes swept across the street buildings or closed or half-open windows intentionally or unintentionally. Then he passed through a
The dead and injured walked into the inner palace.
A moment later, Qianye was already sitting in the center of the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion. A temporary stage was set up here with a high-backed chair on it, which could serve as the City Lord's throne.
Luo Bingfeng had been living in seclusion in the Holy Mountain before, and basically did not live in the City Lord's Mansion. Therefore, the City Lord's Mansion became more of an office space for the city guards and various management departments. The furnishings in the meeting hall were also in the form of a long table, which Qianye made people forget when he saw it.
The tables and chairs were cleared out, and when he came to Tingchao City, he was not prepared to "discuss matters" with anyone.
Qianye was condescending, but the only flaw was that there were only a dozen or so people below, all of them were small bosses, and there were no high-ranking figures. He didn't care. The strong men in the city guard army would definitely lose money after being occupied by the Empire Yongye twice.
It was a heavy blow, and after severely injuring Du Yuan with one sword, I believe that no small fish or shrimp will dare to challenge him for a while.
"Have all the bodies outside been cleared away? How are the casualties?"
"Lord Qianye, a total of eleven people were killed, fifty-five were seriously injured, and one hundred and twenty were slightly injured."
Qianye sneered: "Death in battle? So, I, the city lord, am still your enemy?"
The little leader of the city guard below suddenly felt sweat on his forehead and said repeatedly: "I don't dare! But... City Lord, they all act under orders and can't help themselves. Besides, with their little incompetence,
Dao Xing, you can kill them all with one hand, so why bother about these ants? Do you think it would be better to have people treat the injured first, and then punish them severely?"
Qianye tapped the armrest and said calmly: "Which family is so tolerant of rebellion?"
Hearing the word "rebellion", the little leader immediately broke into cold sweat, and big beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks. He fell to his knees with a plop and said repeatedly: "Lord City Lord, they are really deceived by others, they are just confused for a moment.
!Besides, killing them will not be good for your reputation!"
"It seems like what I'm hearing is that Chaocheng's reputation is not very good to begin with. Do I still need to care?"
"Need! Of course we do!" the little boss said repeatedly, "Actually, many people don't come. It's not disrespectful, they are just afraid of your reputation. I believe they will figure it out soon."
Qianye looked at the little leader in front of him with a half-smile, but his back was wet with sweat, but he was still articulate, and said: "You do think about others. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you in my anger?"
The man said: "The humble position has no ability. Killing the humble position will only dirty your hands."
Qianye laughed and said: "You are really brave. Well, since you are not afraid of death, then let them spare the death penalty. But punishment is necessary, so let's throw away the dead bodies.
No burial is allowed outside the city. Those who are injured must be treated first, and then they are driven out of the city and are not allowed to return."
"Yes, sir!" The people below agreed readily. After discussing it for a few words, several people were sent out to carry out the task.
Qianye just watched from above and allowed them to move. These low-level officers were all veterans, and they obviously didn’t think he could sit in the position of city lord for long. When Qianye left or was driven away, he would be expelled.
People can come back naturally.
Qianye sneered in his heart, but without saying anything, he ordered: "Go and inform all the families in the city, and order the family heads to come to the city lord's mansion to see me in the afternoon. Anyone who doesn't show up will be punished as a rebel! In addition, let the guards in the palace gather and take me to Du
Check it out at the commander-in-chief’s house.”
These orders are full of murderous intent, but in the face of the power of Qianye's sword that severely injured Du Yuan, who dares to say no?
Within a short time, several military vehicles drove out of the city lord's palace and headed for Du Yuan's residence in Tingchao City.
These military vehicles were all modified heavy trucks. There was no off-road vehicle that officers often traveled in, and there were only a few soldiers on board. Counting the drivers, there were only twenty or thirty people. They looked a bit desolate. City Guards
None of the high-ranking officers were seen. Although the officers at the middle and lower levels did not dare to openly disobey Qianye's orders, they were always unavoidable in their obedience and sabotage.
Qianye was sitting in the driver's cab of the leading car, looking around the street. From time to time, he could feel ill-intentioned glances coming from the buildings on both sides. However, from beginning to end, no one dared to make a sneak attack, which made Qianye feel uncomfortable.
disappointment.
Du Yuan's mansion is located in the west district of Tingchao City. It is a mansion that occupies half a block. It has high walls and a deep courtyard. It looks majestic from a distance. However, right now, the mansion is full of chaos, mixed with chaos.
Weeping and screaming. From time to time, someone ran out of the corner door, carrying a package on his shoulder, and disappeared into the alley in the blink of an eye.
Qianye jumped off the military vehicle, looked up at the black-backed gold plaque, which was as solemn as the City Lord's Palace, and walked towards the gate.
"Stop! This is the Commander's Mansion. Who dares to break in without fear of death?" There were actually two city guards guarding the gate of Du Mansion. They did their duty and did not leave their posts even though the mansion was in chaos.
Qianye was too lazy to talk to them. He shot out two lines of blood from his fingertips and pierced their hearts in an instant. The two guards immediately lost all color on their faces and fell limply to the ground, lifeless.
Qianye took the little leader and more than a dozen soldiers, smashed the gate of Du Mansion and the plaque with one sword, and walked into the courtyard.
People dressed as servants ran in and out of the Du Mansion. It was a mess. Various objects, clothes and quilts were scattered on the ground, as if they had just been robbed. Qianye casually grabbed a servant and asked about Du Yuan's whereabouts.
The servant was so frightened that his whole body was weak. Fortunately, he spoke quickly and said quickly: "The eldest master just came back, and his whole body was covered with blood. As soon as he came back, he asked people to pack up his things, and then left with several young masters.
.As soon as the eldest master left, the aunts all packed up their things and ran away."
After hearing this, Qianye couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, saying: "This guy can't run very fast! Luo Bingfeng is also considered a lifelong hero, how could he use such a guy as the commander-in-chief?"
Qianye's thinking was wrong. Du Yuan could be regarded as a fierce general, with strong combat power and a proud soldier who could stabilize the city defenders. He had always had prestige. However, his confidence was broken one after another, and he was besieged by Luo in the empire.
He was lucky enough to survive the battle at Bingfeng, and he had just escaped from the Qianye Sword twice with his life. However, this rare setback consumed all his courage, and he no longer wanted to die.
After releasing the servant, Qianye led his people to walk around the Du Mansion.
At first glance, the buildings of the Du Mansion are grand, but the details are quite rough. The overall style is based on the imperial retro gardens. However, in terms of fineness and artistic conception, it is incomparable with the mansions of aristocratic families. At the moment, everything in the mansion is messy, and nothing useful can be seen.
It seems that the really valuable things were either taken away by Du Yuan or swept away by several aunts, and the rest were taken by the servants and they got everything.
Qianye had no idea about Du Mansion's property, so he was not disappointed. After looking at it inside and out, he said, "Let's burn this place down."
"What?" Everyone thought they heard it wrong. Du Mansion is considered a big house and is worth a lot of money. Even if Du Yuan has escaped, wouldn't it be much better to capture it than to burn it down?
Qianye said: "I said, burn this place down."
"...Yes." The little boss already understood Qianye's style, and immediately winked at his colleagues and subordinates, and everyone dispersed and fired.
In an instant, more than a dozen fires were ignited, and the raging flames quickly swept through the entire Du Mansion. The thick smoke and flames soaring into the sky could be seen throughout Tingchao City.
Qianye stood outside the mansion and watched the blazing fire. After a while, he still had the time to direct the city guards to pull out firebreaks around the perimeter to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby neighborhoods. He stood there and watched for a moment until the flames engulfed the entire building.
After sitting in the Du Mansion, he turned around and walked towards the military vehicle.
The little leader followed up and asked cautiously: "Sir, where are we going now?"
Qianye stopped and looked back. Seeing that everyone behind him was fearful and cautious, he said, "It's a pity that no one came to put out the fire."
Everyone's expressions immediately became awkward, especially that of the little leader. Qianye suddenly asked: "What's your name?"
The little boss said hurriedly: "The villain's name is Du Xinchu, he is... the distant nephew of Commander Du."
Qianye didn't expect that there was such a relationship. He glanced at him with interest and said: "You said this identity, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
"Killing a villain is just dirtying an adult's hands, it has no meaning."
Qianye nodded and said, "Then tell me why no one came to put out the fire?"
Du Xinchu was silent for a moment and said: "My lord has seriously injured the commander-in-chief with his sword. This news must have spread. Without absolute certainty, no one will come to die."
Qianye smiled, got into the car, asked Du Xinchu to sit next to him, and continued: "Then why do you think those people don't want me to be the city lord?"
Du Xinchu said: "There are three reasons. First, I feel that your strength is not enough. If you want to be the lord of Tingchao City, you have to be a divine general to convince the crowd. Secondly, Tingchao City is like other places. It is never monolithic inside.
There were many factions in the past, but now there are two major wars
After the war, there were heavy casualties in the city, and many positions were vacant. Naturally, some people felt that an opportunity had come. Some wanted to occupy a few important positions, and some even wanted to seek the position of city lord. Finally, the King of Heaven definitely does not want you to secure this position.
Most likely they will use some means secretly."
Qianye was a little surprised by his directness and said: "It seems inappropriate to tell me so much."
Du Xinchu sighed and said: "I don't have a humble position, but my eyesight is still somewhat good. I have seen the power of your sword, and I know that even if all the masters in the city are strong, it is just a sword test for you. I heard that Chaocheng has already been injured.
My muscles and bones can no longer withstand the torment. It is better for you to take the position of city lord than to be swallowed up by the wolf king."
Qianye smiled faintly and said, "You do have confidence in me."
He suddenly glanced at the windshield ahead and said, "Stop."
The military vehicles stopped one after another. Qianye opened the door and walked to a crossroads ahead.
In front of him, there was a long street with many shops on both sides, but there were only a few pedestrians. The signboards and door flags were fluttering in the wind. There were a few customers going in and out of the shops, but there were more busy clerks.
.There were not many customers in the store, and I didn’t know what they were busy with.
This street is long and narrow, but the buildings on both sides are quite tall. The sun is shining brightly at the street entrance, but the inside of the long street is filled with chills, like a leaden cloud pressing down on the city, making people breathless.
Qianye just glanced at it, turned a corner, and strolled into the long street. Du Xinchu's expression changed slightly behind him, and he wanted to stop him, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, Qianye had already entered the long street. Du Xinchu froze in place, looking at
He held his hand and looked at Qianye's back more than ten meters away, and his expression became more solemn.
As soon as I stepped into the long street, wisps of murderous aura rushed towards my face, and the light on the street became a little darker. The wind passing through the buildings seemed to bring a biting chill.
Not far away, the windows on the third floor on both sides suddenly exploded, and several black shadows swooped down from the sky! At the same time, the clerk in the shop on the first floor also lifted the tablecloth in the hall. What was covered under the cloth was not a table.