Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 954

Bai Falcon County, one of the four largest counties in Fanxiao Kingdom.

Xu Zhiqiong came to the county town alone, without his brothers or Yu Shizan.

The reason why he came here alone was because Xu Zhiqiong didn't know the attitude of Bai Falcon's Chief Martial Lord Ling Guxiu.

If Ling Guxiu didn't want to go to war with Daxuan, but had a misunderstanding with Daxuan, Xu Zhiqiong would naturally bring Yu Shizan here as a personal witness to resolve the misunderstanding.

If Ling Guxiu wanted to go to war with Daxuan, Ling Zhengze and Yu Shizan were the excuses he was looking for, and Xu Zhiqiong would have to change his strategy to deal with him.

Bai Falcon County has a large territory and a large county town. According to Lin Ruoxue's introduction, the best leather and blankets in Fanxiao Kingdom are produced here, and the business is also very developed.

But Xu Zhiqiong didn't see the caravan today, he only saw the army with uneven armaments.

It was a novel thing to see the army in Fanxiao Kingdom.

Xu Zhiqiong changed into a Fanxiao man's attire, and he looked like an Eastern Fanxiao man. He was about to enter the city, but was stopped at the door by a city guard.

"Are you from Bai Falcon County?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "I'm from Cangxiao County, and I'm here to visit a friend."

The city guard stared at Xu Zhiqiong, looked him up and down, felt that he was a decent person, and said a few more words to Xu Zhiqiong:
"Since you are a foreigner, you must leave Bai Falcon City before dark. All the inns in the city are closed. If you sleep on the street, we will arrest you as a prisoner.

If you are not a stranger, go to the bell tower in the middle of the county to gather immediately, this is the order of the Chief Martial Lord! "

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Why are you gathering under the bell tower?"

The officer sneered: "Are you a foreigner? I advise you not to play tricks, you can't avoid this."

Xu Zhiqiong secretly slipped a silver coin to the city guard: "I've been out of the city for the past two days, so I really don't know what happened."

The officer lowered his voice and said: "There is going to be a war. All Bai Falcon people over the age of 16 and under the age of 60 must participate in the war. This is the order of the king. We will send an army to wipe out the rootless thieves outside the city."

"It's just a few thieves, do you need an army? Isn't there enough official posts?"

"The Rootless Army has more than 3 people, how can those few officials be enough?"

Xu Zhiqiong said in amazement: "Isn't the rootless army only a few dozen people? When did it become thirty thousand?"

"Don't ask any more, this is the king's order." The official did not say any more, but Xu Zhiqiong was very satisfied with the current answer.

The Fanxiao Kingdom has already started to wipe out the rootless army, and things are in line with Xu Zhiqiong's expectations. The next step is to see how the leader of the army, Chi You, will react to this.

After entering the city, Xu Zhiqiong carefully looked at the architectural style of Bai Falcon County.

Although it is a bit far away from the border here, Bai Falcon County is the gathering place of Dongfanxiao people. The architectural style is very similar to that of Daxuan. It is mainly made of wood, and most of the houses are houses.

Xu Zhiqiong first went to Ling Zhengzheng's mansion to check the situation. The second brother died in his mansion, so there would naturally be clues there.

When he got near the mansion, Xu Zhiqiong saw that the front and back doors were sealed, guarded by officials, and patrolling outside the walls.

Naturally, these guards couldn't stop Xu Zhiqiong.

Xu Zhiqiong didn't even use the technique of becoming invisible, he used a magic circle casually, and went directly into the courtyard wall.

In the middle of the courtyard wall, Xu Zhiqiong quickly smelled the breath, which belonged to the second brother.

The atmosphere here was so strong that Xu Zhiqiong even suspected that the second brother's body was still here.

Let him guess right, Liang Jixiong's body is indeed here, Xu Zhiqiong found Liang Jixiong's body in the east courtyard in less than a cup of tea.

Liang Jixiong's body was not buried, but was kept in the room where he lived with special medicine. The body was not decomposed, and even his clothes and belongings were not touched.

This is a good thing, Liang Jixiong's head is in Xu Zhiqiong's hands, when the body is sewn up and repaired a little, Liang Jixiong's soul and body will be complete, as long as he finds the Yuanshen, Liang Jixiong can be revived.

Was it a little too smooth?
Xu Zhiqiong raised his guard, he vaguely smelled a trap.

There must be a trap in this room, and Xu Zhiqiong can already find traces of the Yin-Yang magic circle at a casual glance.

If it was just an ordinary magic circle, Xu Zhiqiong could force his way in. Even if he accidentally triggered the magic circle, with Xu Zhiqiong's speed, he wouldn't be hurt at all.

But a particularly precise magic circle requires additional precautions.

He mobilized the power of imagery to test around the study. After the test, Xu Zhiqiong temporarily gave up the idea of ​​breaking in.

The magic circle in the room is not precise, but it is extremely dense. From around the wall to where Liang Jixiong is, there are magic circles everywhere, and it is very difficult to insert a needle into it.

Xu Zhiqiong wasn't afraid of these magic circles, but Liang Jixiong's corpse couldn't stand it. If he accidentally destroyed Liang Jixiong's corpse, it would be a big loss for this trip.

Don't be in a hurry, once you know the location, take Yang Wu here, there is no magic circle in this room that he can't untie.

Xu Zhiqiong was about to leave when he suddenly felt spiritually touched, and someone was guarding him nearby.

Xu Zhiqiong remained calm, and was about to find an opportunity to sneak attack on that person, but he didn't expect that person to jump directly in front of Xu Zhiqiong, looking at Xu Zhiqiong with red eyes: "How dare you trespass on the Martial Lord's mansion!"

Xu Zhiqiong stared at this man for a while.

Thin cheeks, sharp edges and corners, about 30 years old, looks quite handsome.

He is eight feet long, rather burly, with a murderous look all over his body, he should be a cultivator of the way of killing.

His face is so dark?

It's not really black, but he put a layer of black mud on his face, which is a deliberate makeup.

Xu Zhiqiong smiled calmly, "Who are you?"

"I would like to ask who are you? What are you doing in my lord's house? You want to destroy the evidence? Did the Liang surname send you here?"

"Which one is surnamed Liang? I heard that the elder Xuanguo is also surnamed Liang."

"Don't talk, I'm here today, you don't want to touch this corpse!"

The man drew out the scimitar, and then fought with Xu Zhiqiong, the fight was incompatible, Xu Zhiqiong found out that the opponent's cultivation was at the fourth rank.

It's not difficult to kill him, but Xu Zhiqiong can't kill innocent people indiscriminately, and this person obviously knows the inside story.

After two more rounds, Xu Zhiqiong went around behind him, put the dagger against the man's throat and said, "Don't move, don't risk your life in vain."

The man has a good backbone, straightened his waist and said: "If you want to kill, kill!"

He said this was the mansion of his lord's family, and Xu Zhiqiong asked, "Are you Ling Zhengze's subordinate?"

The man didn't answer: "Ask Ye Duo why, just do it quickly."

Xu Zhiqiong took out a machete from his arms, which was given to him by Lingzheng.

The man took the scimitar and looked at it, then said in amazement: "Why is this knife in your hand?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "I'm Ling Zhengze's friend, and I came here to find out the truth of this matter."

"Are you a friend surnamed Liu?" The man's tone was rather pleasant.

Surname Liu?

Almost forgot, Lingzheng always thought my name was Liu Dean.

"Yes, it's me."

The man was very pleasantly surprised and said: "It can be regarded as waiting for you, I am the subordinate of the second Martial Lord, my name is Mu Bangzhi, I will wait here..."

Xu Zhiqiong motioned him to stop talking: "Let's talk in another place."

All the inns in Bai Falcon City were closed, and Mu Bangzhi took Xu Zhiqiong into a house.

The yard is not big, there are three rooms in total, there are no servants, the sundries are messy, and dust is everywhere.

Mu Bangzhi said with embarrassment: "This is Lord Wujun's old house. He lived here since he was a child. Later, he gave it to me when he had many houses.

I also have my own house, but there are too many family members there, it is not a place to talk, but here is quieter, friends of Xuanguo, please don't dislike..."

"It's okay, that's good." Xu Zhiqiong interrupted Mu Bangzhi, and went straight to the point, "Why is the body of Liang Jixiong, the elder of Shengwei, in Lingzheng's mansion?"

Mu Bangzhi shook his head again and again and said, "It's not that Lord Wujun harmed Elder Shengwei, but Lord Wujun is a friend of Elder Shengwei."

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "I didn't ask you who killed Elder Shengwei, I asked about the corpse."

Mu Bangzhi said: "This matter cannot be explained clearly in a few words."

"Tell me slowly."

"At the beginning of the year, Elder Shengwei came to Bai Falcon City. He wanted to find the Chief Martial Lord, but the Chief Martial Lord happened to be away, so he found my lord.
My lord has been wandering abroad for many years, and he just came back, so he doesn't know much about the things in the clan.

The third Martial Lord Yu Shizan was exiled again, and there was no one to discuss the matter. My lord didn't know how to deal with it for a while, and let the elder live in the mansion. He sent someone to inform Liang Yushen, the envoy of Xuanguo in the king's capital. "

When he was speaking, Xu Zhiqiong used the mantra once and found no flaws.

Mu Bangzhi continued: "At that time, Elder Shengwei was injured, and my lord ordered me to wait for a good student to take care of him. After staying for a few days, Elder Shengwei became friends with my lord.
Later, Elder Shengwei told my lord that he was going to the land of rebirth, but the lord said that it was just a legendary place, and among the people he knew, no one had actually been to the land of rebirth. "

"The land of rebirth, is it the place where the dead are brought back to life?" Xu Zhiqiong opened the mantra again.

Mu Bangzhi said: "Some people say that it is the place where the dead are brought back to life, others say that it is the place where mortals listen to the teachings of the gods, and some say that it is the place where the cultivation level is improved. There are all kinds of legends, let me tell you Children's stories are much the same,
Elder Shengwei refused to listen to my lord's advice and insisted on looking for a place of rebirth, so the lord asked me to wait for all kinds of legends. I found a total of more than a dozen places and handed them over to Elder Shengwei.
Elder Shengwei was very grateful, and left the lord's mansion the next day. Two days later, Liang Yushen, the envoy of Xuanguo, came and forced my lord to send out Elder Shengwei. My lord told him that Elder Shengwei had gone to rebirth. where he would not listen,
During the dispute, my lord got annoyed and proposed to make a decision with a bloody fight with fangs. Liang Yushen agreed.
He violated the rules of the fang blood fight, and even used their Taoist techniques to force my lord to bow his head to him,

This completely enraged my lord. My lord drew his sword and killed him. Unexpectedly, after the head fell to the ground, it was not Liang Yushen who died, but Elder Shengwei. "

(End of this chapter)