As night falls, the ancient city is already a small place, and there is no place for entertainment at night.
So, people went to bed early as soon as it got dark.
In the hotel at night, there is a hint of murderous intent hidden in the tranquility.
A group of masked men came to the door of the inn one after another, and the waiter opened the door for them with a smile.
"How are those guys doing?" the masked man in the lead asked in a low voice.
"Give them a bowl of sugar water at night, it will be enough to make them sleep soundly!" the waiter replied with a wicked smile.
"Well done! The ones above, especially the young man who took the lead, are extremely sharp and difficult to deal with. Are you sure they were really knocked unconscious?" the masked man asked cautiously.
"The second boss, the younger one, watched them drink the sugar water with his own eyes. And after checking a little bit, he definitely fell asleep!" the waiter replied angrily.
"That's good! Guys, follow me up!" The masked man turned around and waved, and walked directly upstairs.
After him, a whole group of masked men followed him upstairs.
When they arrived at the door of Xie Xin's room, the masked man waved behind him.
A masked man inserted a knife into the door, moved it a few times, and successfully opened the door.
On the bed in the room, Xie Xin was lying there comfortably. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, maybe he had some sweet dream?
"Hey, you hurt my brother before, and now you will use your lives to make up for it!" The masked man came to the bed, raised his knife and slashed at Xie Xin.
"Get out!" Xie Xin suddenly opened his eyes and yelled at the masked woman.
Using the lion's roar skill from the eighth level of Qi training, the masked man was directly knocked away.
After falling to the ground, the masked man was already paralyzed, bleeding from all seven holes, and could no longer die.
"Fuck me!" Xie Xin shouted, condensing the energy of his hands, and struck out with two yang fingers.
Wherever the force passed through, there was no one left alive.
It was different from before. When I killed Xie Huan and Xie Chong, the two fingers were like two lasers, passing directly through their bodies.
But this time, it was like a beam of light. The moment it entered the human body, it exploded inside.
As a result, a big hole will be blown out of the chest of the victim, and it is simply unreasonable to not die in this way.
Following Xie Xin's move, Bian Linglong, Xie Yi and Lou Gui also took action one after another.
The three of them each held a long sword, shuttled between the masked men, and struck directly at their vital points with the sword in hand.
In the flash of lightning, each of the masked men had their necks wiped, except for the masked man hiding at the very back.
Then, he was escorted by three people and thrown in front of Xie Xin.
"Can you tell me about the ancient city?" Xie Xin said to him with a smile.
"I said, I will say anything! All heroes, please spare my life!" The masked man was not a tough guy. After seeing Xie Xin's methods, he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
It took two-quarters of an hour for Xie Xin and others to know the situation in the ancient city.
It turns out that the county magistrate of the ancient city, Zhang Ku, was not the original magistrate Zhang Ku, although his name was also Zhang Ku.
Zhang Ku, who lives in the county magistrate's office now, was a bandit leader ten years ago.
One day ten years ago, at a court meeting, he said to everyone: "I am tired of being a bandit and want to become an official!"
This sentence is full of flaws and makes people uncomfortable, but miraculously no one objects to it.
On the one hand, Zhang Ku has been accumulating power for a long time. Another reason is that this ancient city not far from their village has a new county magistrate, whose name also happens to be Zhang Ku.
The most rare thing is that this Zhang Ku is not a child of a certain aristocratic family, but was assigned to serve as county magistrate in the ancient city due to his filial piety.
This kind of person has no background, but has the same name as the head of the family. Naturally, a younger brother said during the banquet: "Even if the head of the house directly takes the official seal of the county magistrate, I am afraid that the court will not know that the county magistrate has been replaced.
Woolen cloth!"
Who knew that such a joke would become a reality.
The bandits sneaked into the city in batches, killed the county magistrate in one fell swoop, and then occupied the entire ancient city. As for the leader, Zhang Ku, took the position of county magistrate.
Later, the soldiers from other counties who came to support the ancient city were also sent away by Zhang Ku. At that time, the corresponding residents from each household, their families were in the hands of bandits, and they naturally did not dare to come forward to testify.
Therefore, Zhang Ku served as the county magistrate in this ancient city for ten years.
Similarly, after ten years of management, the entire ancient city has been built into an authentic bandit stronghold.
On all the roads leading to the ancient city, fifty bandits will come to rob them. Incompetent merchants or pedestrians will usually directly rob their property and kill them.
As for those powerful aristocratic families, they were introduced into the ancient city. After some entertainment, while the other party was drunk, ambush swordsmen and axemen immediately appeared from all directions and chopped them into meat paste.
As for those who are neither good nor bad, like Xiang Xiexin, they try to stay in the inn and wait for the robbery and murder at night.
According to the bandit's revelation, it started on the day Zhang Ku came to power.
Almost all men under the age of thirty in the entire ancient city were recruited like fire, and those who refused would be killed on the spot. Those after the age of thirty were engaged in logistics work in the city, and anyone who dared to leave would be killed on the spot, and they would also be killed.
Harmful to family and neighbors.
Because of this joint sitting system, residents consciously monitor their neighbors on the left and right.
As a result, no one knew about the changes in the ancient city during the ten years Zhang Ku was in power.
What surprised Xie Xin was that Zhang Ku had devoted himself to training bandits in the past ten years and forged a large number of weapons. What he has accumulated in the treasury now is probably no less than tens of thousands of weapons.
Of course, these things don't always rot in the treasury.
According to the information revealed by the bandits, Zhang Ku seemed to have contacted a group of barbarian forces. He purchased a large number of horses from them every year, and also exported a large number of high-quality weapons to them, and asked them to help sell some stolen goods.
The last thing is the whereabouts of those horses. After Zhang Ku obtained a large number of war horses, he renovated the original village and built it into a horse farm.
Now there are at least nearly 5,000 horses in the horse farm.
Seeing that the bandit had finished telling him everything he knew, Xie Xin smashed his head into pieces with a palm.
"What does this thief want to do? Rebellion?!" Lou Gui frowned.
"Even if it's not rebellion, I'm afraid it won't be much better." Xie Yi said helplessly.
As for Bian Linglong and He, after knowing the real kind of meat they ate, Bian Linglong was okay, it was just retching at most; He remembered how happy he was eating, and couldn't help but vomited, which almost broke his stomach.
All vomited out.
"We already know the matter, now let me tell you my opinion." Seeing the two of them talking to each other, Xie Xin directly interrupted the conversation between the two.
"Brother (teacher), just say it!" The two of them immediately became quiet when they saw the thank you letter.
"You have also heard that the county magistrate of this ancient city is not a good thing. But the problem is that the gold and silver he has on hand are good things, not to mention those inestimable antiques, rare treasures and so on.
Rather than letting him accumulate like this and eventually start an army and start a rebellion, why not take it all away and take it to various places to help the poor people? Isn't this more in line with the law of heaven?" Xie Xin said with a smile.
"Is that so... becoming the enemy of the entire ancient city? It seems very interesting!" Lou Gui thought about it and looked more and more excited.
"Indeed, it seems very interesting! Count me in!" Xie Yi thought for a while and happily signed up.
"Don't forget me!" Bian Linglong immediately turned around and raised her hand.
"I...can I not participate?" He said weakly.
"Linglong, seeing as He looks like this, you'd better be guarding her. After all, among us, she seems to have never practiced martial arts." Xie Xin looked at He and said to Bian Linglong.
"Who says I haven't practiced martial arts! When I practiced martial arts, you didn't know where to drink milk!" After hearing Xie Xin's words, He immediately became like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and posed to retort.
"How dare you start practicing martial arts while you are in your father's body?" Xie Xin said disdainfully.
"What's in my dad's body?" As a thirteen-year-old girl, He said that she was really innocent.
"Disgusting!" Although Bian Linglong was only eleven years old, she had heard of these things after living in a brothel for a long time.
"Haha..." Although Lou Gui is only a nine-year-old young lady, he has read a lot of miscellaneous books.
Therefore, he knew what Xie Xin meant.
"Uncle Zi, what do you mean?" Xie Yi asked doubtfully.
"Of course I know, but you don't need to know yet." Lou Gui completely ignored the fact that Xie Yi was seven years older than him.
"Why?" After hearing what Lou Gui said, Xie Yi became even more anxious.
Similarly, He Mou on the side also said that he was also paying close attention to it.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense! Even if you have practiced martial arts, He, you are still not as good as us. So Bian Linglong will stay with you for the time being to protect you from harm.
The two of you find a way to quietly sneak to the east city gate. After we are done, we will naturally reunite with you, and then we can break out of the ancient city together.
As for the two of you, follow me to the county magistrate's mansion. A large amount of gold and silver treasures are still waiting for us to save them!" Seeing that they had gone off topic, Xie Xin immediately ordered them.
"Here!" Xie Xin said, and everyone immediately stopped talking about it.
Afterwards, Xie Xin took Xie Yi and Lou Gui to kill the inn waiter and nurse who blocked the way, and rushed out towards the county magistrate's mansion.
A little later, Bian Linglong took He Mou out quietly.
"Who?! Come on, stop them!" A leader of the city patrol saw Xie Xin and others, and seeing their murderous looks, he immediately gave instructions behind him.
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!" Xie Xin roared, and a huge sound wave rushed forward.
Wherever it passed, those who were struck by it would bleed to death from the seven holes.
"Master, with this move, when will I reach this level?" Seeing Xie Xin's Lion's Roar Kung Fu causing such lethality, Lou Gui couldn't help but feel a little envious.
"Just practice slowly, but many times we don't need this kind of secular martial arts at all." Xie Xin did not ignore the two people beside him, and turned around and said to Lou Gui with a smile.
"That's right!" After seeing the magic that Xie Xin activated the spell, Lou Gui knew that the path he was going to take was no longer comparable to that of ordinary people.
A spell has passed, leaving no trace of an army behind.
But what's the point?
It does not bring any practical benefit to one's own cultivation. Instead, it brings a lot of karma to one's body, which is not conducive to overcoming the tribulation.
The group of people killed all the way and finally arrived at the county magistrate's mansion.
Similarly, after receiving the report of the intruder here, the guards were immediately raised to the limit.
Seeing thousands of archers and hundreds of crossbowmen aiming at themselves, even Xie Xin couldn't help but feel a little pressure in his heart.