The setting sun was setting in the west, and the blood-like sunset shrouded the entire Yancheng. Everyone at the city gate was in a hurry, just like when the city gate was opened in the morning.
The time when the city gate is about to close in the evening is also the busiest time of the day. Some people who go out of the city for business do not want to sleep in the wild, so they rush into the city to find an inn to have a good rest. And some small caravans from small villages outside the city also
We should leave Yancheng before the city closes.
Yancheng, like many cities close to the border on the mainland, has a curfew. Wandering around on the streets at night is not allowed. If you violate this rule, your property will be confiscated and thrown into jail, and in serious cases you will be killed on the spot.
If you are treated as a spy, you will not only lose your life, but you will be tortured by the city's law enforcement team and your life will be worse than death.
The soldiers at the city gate are busy checking everyone entering and leaving the city. People entering the city will be given a city emblem after paying a certain amount of money. When leaving the city, they only need to hand over the city emblem and leave.
Among the crowds entering the city, there was an old woman dressed strangely who stood out among them. It was still late summer, but this old woman wrapped her body very tightly in long clothes and trousers. She wore a long cloak.
Outside, a huge hat on the cloak covered most of her face, making it impossible for people to see her complete appearance. It was vaguely possible to tell that the old woman must be very old, with dense wrinkles at the corners of her mouth and chin.
Although the old woman was walking among the crowd, everyone around her felt an invisible push pushing the crowd three feet away from her. Seeing this, the people around her vaguely guessed that this old woman was anything but simple, so they all felt conscious
Stay away from her location.
As the flow of people slowly moved forward, the old woman finally came to the city gate. When the soldier in charge of registration saw the old woman's dress, he was also full of curiosity and vigilance. Everyone around the old man stayed away as he walked.
, although these soldiers did not know the reason, they probably guessed that this old woman should be someone they did not dare to provoke.
It is a very coincidence that this city gate is the gate through which Zuo Feng and other people from Zuojia Village entered the city. Yancheng has always been very strict with his soldiers. After the last time Waizui was whipped
, I didn’t dare to do anything inappropriate at this city gate, and now I didn’t dare to make any mistakes when I saw this old woman in weird clothes.
The old woman walked slowly, as if she would be blown down by the wind. When she came to the city gate, she reached into her arms and took out five copper coins and placed them on the registration table. The soldier glanced at the five copper coins on the table and then looked at them in front of him.
The old man said with some embarrassment.
"Ahem... Old man, as usual, I need to ask you where you are from, why you came to Yancheng, and how long you will stay in Yancheng."
After hearing the words of the registered soldiers, the old woman raised her head slightly and looked at the soldiers. At this moment, the soldiers around her finally saw the old woman's complete appearance. Judging from her appearance, the old woman probably looked like she was seventy or eighty years old.
The old woman's face is covered with wrinkles, and there are gray spots that appear only on older people at the corners of her eyes. Her eyes also give people a feeling of being muddy and unable to see, but the skin color on her face is like that of a young person.
The ruddy old man looked up at the soldiers in front of him and said.
"Old man, I've been wandering around and forgotten where I came from. I just wandered around Yancheng. Maybe I'll leave tomorrow, or maybe I'll stay here for a month or so on a whim. I can't tell."
After listening to the old woman's words, the registration soldier looked embarrassed and said again: "Old man, it's not that I'm making things difficult for you, but we are also doing things according to the regulations. If we can't explain our origins and our purpose, we can only...please stay in the city
Take a break outside."
What he wanted to say was "If you can't explain clearly, please go away", but he didn't dare to say it. In the end, he abruptly changed it to "Ask her to take a rest outside the city."
The old woman looked at the soldier in front of her with her cloudy eyes. She felt a little frightened by the cloudy eyes. The registered soldier couldn't help but take a few steps back and even knocked down the chair behind him without realizing it.
Seeing the fearful look on the soldier's face, the old man sighed slightly and reached into his arms again. The old man's move immediately aroused the vigilance of the surrounding soldiers, who all raised their weapons.
Seeing the soldiers around him looking like they were facing a formidable enemy, the old man was slightly startled at first, and then he laughed twice. Then he slowly took out a small black stone from his arms, and then slowly moved towards it.
The soldier in front of him handed it over.
Seeing the jet-black stone, the surrounding soldiers were stunned. Seeing that the old man only took out a stone, they slowly put down their weapons, and a group of soldiers looked at the jet-black stone at the same time.
At first sight of this stone, everyone will think that it is just an ordinary black stone, but if you look closely, you will find its difference. First of all, the black surface of this stone, the kind of black that makes people feel black.
It's very pure and so black that people can't seem to grasp whether its shape is square or round, or whether it has edges or corners.
And if you keep staring at it, you will feel that you will be half swallowed up by this pure black. And in this black, there is white light flowing. This white light seems to be there, sometimes like
When wandering on the surface, it seems to flash and disappear inside the stone, making people feel as if this white filament-like light is their own illusion.
"Is this...the Black Fantasy Stone?" A soldier who looked like a captain said with some uncertainty.
After he finished speaking, there was a series of gasping sounds, and then the group of soldiers stared blankly at the strangely dressed old woman in front of them like fools.
The old woman seemed very satisfied with the reaction of the soldiers. She smiled and took the black stone in her arms. Then she walked slowly towards the city gate with thin steps. At this time, the surrounding soldiers were still in shock and daze, but
Even if they wake up now, they no longer dare to stop the old man in front of them.
A soldier trembled all over and murmured blankly, "Oh my god, is this old man like the leader of the empire?"
In response to the soldier's words, the old man who was walking forward muttered back as if talking to himself, "Chief... I haven't seen that little guy for many years." After saying this, the old man walked towards the city without looking back.
Go.
Her casual words reverberated in the minds of the soldiers like muffled thunder, and some of them with weak willpower had already sat down on the ground.
The old man's steps were still slow and slow, and he still looked like he would fall over if the wind was strong. As she walked into Yancheng, Zuo Tiantian was also attacked by the gangsters at this moment.
He was knocked to the ground.
Suddenly, strange dark clouds appeared in the distant sky, and the black clouds were so low that they almost touched the ground. There were thick thunder and lightning flashes in the thick clouds, and what accompanied the thunder and lightning flashes was not rumbles.
The thunder sounded more like a huge roar of an animal.
The whole Yancheng seemed to be completely still at this moment, and people put down all the work in their hands. Even some waiters were making tea for the guests, and the teacups were already filled. The waiters and the guests didn't know it until the hot tea flowed down the table to the guests.
After half a day, the guest suddenly felt pain in his leg, which he suddenly screamed out.
Such things are common throughout Yancheng. The chef looked up at the sky and the food in the pot was burnt black and smelly without realizing it. The driver who was driving looked up at the sky and took the wrong road, but continued to move forward stupidly.
There are only a few places that are special. One is the stone room of the largest mansion in the city. A middle-aged man with a beard suddenly opened his eyes in retreat. It was like two lightning flashes in the dark stone room.
The moment he saw it, his throat rolled and a long, sharp roar spread far away.
The sound rolled out, and even the thick stone wall could not stop the howling from penetrating. After the howling, several figures flashed out of the stone room like ghosts, kneeling on one knee and saluting respectfully, waiting for orders. The middle man in the stone room
The young man only said one sentence calmly: "Find out this vision."
At the same time, the same voice sounded one after another in Yancheng: "Go and check."
"Yes, Lord Commander Zuo."
"Go check it out quickly."
"Yes, Lord Right Commander"
Similar words and answers came from two large mansions in Yancheng, and then several figures in Yancheng began to quickly gather towards the place where Zuojiacun's shops were located.
At the moment when the vision happened, the mysterious old woman at the city gate coincidentally just stepped out of the city gate. When she saw the vision in the sky, her brows wrinkled slightly, but there was a touch of excitement on her face.
.When the electric light flashed in the dark clouds and the roars of beasts came out, the wrinkles on her face seemed to relax in an instant, as if the whole person was dozens of years younger at this moment.
.
As her excitement and excitement rose, her whole body swayed slightly, and she quickly moved towards the place where the vision occurred.
Although there are many people approaching the place where the vision occurred, the fastest among them is this decrepit old woman. If anyone around sees the old woman moving, they will feel that the body of the old woman in front of them seems to be standing still.
It shook uncontrollably twice, and then the whole body suddenly faded and disappeared in front of my eyes.
Starting from the city gate where the old woman was, she was the farthest among the many people who rushed to the place where the vision occurred. But a moment later, the old woman was the first to appear in the side street where Zuojiacun was located.
Although the dark clouds in the sky have not dispersed at this time, the roars of beasts and thunder in the clouds have gradually subsided. The momentum of the wind and sand here has gradually weakened, and the surrounding things have become clearer.
When the old woman arrived, she found the corpses on the ground and the unconscious Zuo Changqing. But to her disappointment, there was nothing else to gain except these. She frowned and the old woman's voice was a little hoarse.
He said to himself: "Look, the vision should be here. How come it's not there? It shouldn't be... it shouldn't be?"
At this time, the sound of breaking wind sounded one after another, and several ghost-like figures also appeared here. They seemed to be unable to see the light. After arriving here, they tried their best to hide their bodies in the shadows of the corners of the houses and streets.
As soon as they arrived here, they immediately focused their attention on this seemingly ordinary old woman.
The old woman's eyes glanced around the surroundings. Although the men in black later hid their figures, after the old woman's turbid eyes swept over, each of them felt like they were being seen through.