Under the roaring night wind, the killers were already holding in their hands the sharp steel knives they had pulled out from the scabbards on their backs.
Even in the darkness, the sharp edge of the steel knife shone with a conspicuous cold light.
The murderous aura among these killers has not decreased but increased, becoming more and more serious.
At this point, these killers still don't know that Xiao Fuling's guard captain Fan Jinhong and five skilled Forbidden Army guards are hiding on the roof behind them on the opposite side of the street. At this time, Fan Jinhong is quietly gesturing to the ghost soldiers behind him.
, signaling his men to prepare for action, but they must first ensure that they can catch anyone alive.
The killers standing not far away in the night wind still knew nothing about it.
As soon as Fan Jinhong finished his gesture, two guards behind him took off the heavy rain blunderbuss on their backs and aimed at the killers below.
Fan Jinhong and the other remaining guards jumped off the roof. Soon, they landed steadily, followed Fan Jinhong and quickly drew their knives, and at the same time they surrounded the killers.
When the killers heard the sound of drawing knives and the sound of running footsteps behind them, they all turned their heads in shock and saw Fan Jinhong and the Imperial Guards surrounding them.
In the darkness, although the killers could vaguely see Fan Jinhong and the others, they were not wearing official uniforms. But a glance at the steel knives in their hands revealed that they were the Forbidden Army.
The reason why Jiuyou Kingdom is so powerful is that, in addition to the strength of its officials, it is also well-organized. Each army's swords are customized. As early as two years ago, Jiuyou Kingdom was responsible for guarding Xiao Shizhu or Yuque Palace, as well as guarding the capital.
The Imperial Guards only wear a single sword with a slender blade, a sharp tip and a long handle that can be held with both hands.
This kind of single knife is made of the best and purest stainless steel. The blade and handle are bound by many magic spells of gods and ghosts. It is extremely sharp and can cut iron as well as mud. It can also easily cut through the soul of a green beast.
A head-on slash cut him in two.
Moreover, this sword cannot be circulated outside the Forbidden Army, and it belongs to the Forbidden Army of Jiuyou Kingdom.
They are the symbols and identification of the Forbidden Army.
After the killers recognized at a glance that the people surrounding them were the Forbidden Army, their hearts felt colder than the night wind wandering on the street.
In the face of the well-trained Imperial Guards who are able to learn the magic of gods and ghosts, there is no way they, like the masters in martial arts novels, can fight their way out and escape unscathed like the master heroes in martial arts novels.
Fan Jinhong, who was holding a knife in one hand, quickly put the steel knife in his hand across his chest. His sharp eyes followed his movement, and after scanning the killers, he laughed: "The master is really clever, he knows
Once you want this ghost doctor to die, there will be a mantis stalking the cicada and an oriole behind him."
In fact, Xiao Fuling didn't know that such a thing would happen. It's just that she learned in the academy that when dealing with important matters or tasks, an extra layer of insurance will increase the chance of winning; therefore, after Xiao Fuling knew about this ghost doctor
After realizing the importance of the matter, he sent Fan Jinhong over without thinking too much.
If Fan Jinhong had come later, he would have seen only the murdered ghost doctor.
Fortunately, Fan Jinhong arrived in time.
"Call the city patrol and arrest them." While the killer was silent and at a loss, Fan Jinhong paused and gave another order to his men behind him.
As the captain of the princess's personal bodyguard, Fan Jinhong, who also served as the captain of Xiao Shizhu's bodyguard, would never make the kind of stupid mistakes Huamei's men did.
He knew that even if the killers surrounded in front of him were already the last of his opponent's annihilation teams, he could not leave. Fan Jinhong was also present when Huamei described this force of reselling minerals.
Fan Jinhong knew clearly how powerful his opponent was in Xiaofeng Plains.
As long as he personally takes away these killers, the news may soon reach the ears of their opponents. Then, the next killer team will also rush here quickly.
Fan Jinhong must stay and protect the ghost doctor who is still in the house behind the closed stone door opposite.
Fan Jinhong will never leave his post in person.
After listening to the order, one of his men quickly sheathed his sword and pulled out the sounding arrow from his waist. The man then raised the sounding arrow high and pulled out the fuse.
A sharp "whoosh" sound broke through the tranquility of the night sky, and in the blink of an eye, the sounding arrow that had risen into the air also exploded.
Brilliant sparks bloomed in various colors in the night sky, tearing apart the darkness above Fan Jinhong's heads, and then disappeared in an instant.
This is the sound of an arrow from the Forbidden Army. Soon the city defense and patrol sergeants will arrive here.
The killers unanimously raised their heads and glanced at the night sky where the loud arrows exploded before, and one after another threw all the weapons in their hands to the ground.
Amidst the clang of metal hitting the ground, these killers gave up their resistance...
When the darkness faded as the overcast sun rose in the west, the ghost doctor rode a beast spirit and walked alone into the newly opened North City Gate of Yuque City.
The street behind the gate became lively as the city gate opened.
Along with the ghost doctors who poured into the city, there were also businessmen who came from all directions to do business, as well as some ghost citizens from the country who came to play.
As the capital of Jiuyou Kingdom, this place is only slightly less famous than Fengdu. There are two huge ghost towns in the south and one in the north, each with its own characteristics.
It always attracts some tourists.
The Ghost Doctor Wu who followed the ghost group into the ghost city took a deep breath after walking through the barbican, calmed down, and then continued forward, slowly heading towards the Drunken Ghost Tower in the city.
Not far behind him, there were two human souls dressed in brocade clothes, dressed as children from rich families, and they followed the ghost doctor unhurriedly.
They showed no concentration and were careless, looking left and right, as if they were curious about every brick and tile in the city.
As for the ghost doctor, he didn't look back at them, as if he didn't know the existence of these two human souls.
After walking for a while, Wu Guiyi arrived at the door of Drunkard Restaurant, which had just opened in the city.
The restaurant that has just opened is not noisy yet, and the yawning busboy is doing cleaning work at the door. There are not many ghosts sitting inside the gate. They are all ghosts who got up early to have breakfast, and they are no more than three days old.
Just five.
The martial arts doctor, who turned over and got rid of the beast spirit, handed the reins in his hand to the servant and walked in.
He went straight to the counter at the end of the hall, glanced at the manager who was wiping the table behind the counter, and asked: "Is there a private room upstairs?".
"Everything is there, and it's empty." The shopkeeper raised his eyes and glanced at the martial arts doctor, and a smile spread across his face.
"Give me the room at the end of the passage, facing the street. Bring me some good breakfast and porridge, and some pastries." The Ghost Doctor took out a small ingot of Ming Yin and handed it to the shopkeeper with a smile on his face.
He said with a natural expression: "If a fox ghost comes, invite him to come and have dinner with us. We are friends."
"Okay." The shopkeeper didn't think much about it. After collecting the money, he asked the waiter to take the martial arts doctor upstairs.
Following the instructions of Doctor Wu, the waiter arranged for him to sit in the private room facing the street at the end of the passage on the second floor and retreated out. After a while, the waiter brought food in one after another and stopped after filling the entire table.
Finally, they closed the door and went downstairs.
Not long after the waiter left, the door to the private room opened, and Hu Lan walked in slowly.
Before that, he had told Wu Guiyi at what time he would come to this restaurant for dinner or tea every two days.
Wu Guiyi, who knew this, knew that Hu Lan would come here for breakfast today, so he came here a quarter of an hour in advance to wait.
"Why are you back?" Hu Lan, who had just entered, hurriedly closed the door of the private room, walked to Dr. Wu Gui and sat down, lowering her voice and asked quietly.
From his tone, it was easy to hear that Hu Lan was a little surprised at the sudden visit of the Ghost Doctor.
As the Gu master behind Wu Ghost Doctor, Hu Lan naturally knew about this ghost doctor and followed the ghost mother to go north to pick up Xiao Shizhu. So far, Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother have not come back, but Wu Ghost Doctor, the accompanying ghost doctor, came back first.
, Hu Lan's heart was filled with suspicion.
"** asked me to come back to get some equipment and medicine. The Tengu Dahua they raised was injured, and we didn't bring any items or medicine to treat the beast's soul." He calmly poured water for Hu Lan.
The ghost doctor said calmly: "This task fell on me, so I had no choice but to come back."
"What injury?" Hu Lan, still suspicious, asked immediately.
"Injured from the fall, one of the front legs is broken." The ghost doctor put down the teapot and revealed Dahua's injuries: "A few of his claws were also broken."
As soon as these words came out, Hu Lan's doubts gradually dissipated. But she still couldn't help but cursed: "Dogs are really better than humans."
"King Jiuyou treats his beloved pet as his own son. We, the ministers who serve around him, are used to it." The Ghost Doctor smiled, took out a bloody cotton ball from his sleeve and handed it to Hu Lan beside him.
, lowered his voice and said softly that only he and Hu Lan could hear: "One day when Xiao Shizhu was angry and clenched his fist too hard and pierced the skin of his palm, we bandaged it."
After a pause, Wu Guiyi said again: "I have completed your mission, where is my money?".
Hu Lan said nothing, just raised the cotton ball in his hand, placed it in the gloomy light that filtered into the room through the window grilles, and looked at it carefully.
The cotton ball was stained with a lot of opaque red viscous liquid, but the liquid had dried up at this time. As soon as the cotton ball was taken in, Hu Lan could clearly feel that there was still a faint mysterious force in the liquid that had not dissipated.
spread out.
These dry and viscous liquids are Xiao Shizhu's ghost blood. At least, that's what Hu Lan thinks.
After being stunned for a moment, Hu Lan's originally calm heart was filled with waves of surprise.
"He really, he really came back safely after killing a lot of people in the underworld." After a long time, Hu Lan, who was leaning back on the chair, looked up at Yajian.
The painted patterns on the roof and the surprise in his eyes gradually turned into disappointment.
Soon after, disappointment turned into an incredulous look again, lingering in Hu Lan's eyes as she looked toward the roof.
The ghost doctor looked at him blankly, wondering what he meant by muttering this.
Although the martial arts doctor was hired by Hu Lan, he never knew what Hu Lan wanted to do with the cotton ball stained with Xiao Diazhu's ghost blood.
But Hu Lan's words and deeds aroused the curiosity of the ghost doctor.
However, he was curious, and Wu Guiyi didn't act very strongly. It didn't take long for him to ask again: "Master Hulan, where is my money?".
Hearing this, Hu Lan slowly lowered his head, took another look at the cotton ball in his hand, then stood up slowly, put the ball of cotton ball well into his sleeve, and then said: "I will send someone for the commission."
Send it to your house, forget about it, you and I will no longer know each other. You have never seen me, and I have never seen you."
After leaving these words, Hu Lan walked to the door without looking back. After opening the door, she left the private room without saying a word.