Otherworld Qin

Chapter 29 Chapter 31

When he really left the mountain village where he had lived for ten years, Shengxuan's heart was both excited and sad, but more of it was his longing for the outside world and the hatred he carried on his body, but this journey along the way completely shocked him. I have been to Qifeng Town with Luo Shuangxi, but this time when I look at it again, it is full of depression, and there is no previous scene. You must know that although this generation is not rich, the grain produced every year can be exchanged for a lot of money, and life is basically pretty good. But now, looking at the sparse figures on the street, almost all of them were wearing patched clothes, and everyone looked disheveled and flustered, which made his clothes full of holes look very natural.

He was walking on the street when he suddenly heard panic behind him. Many shops that were open were closing their doors in a hurry. He was about to ask what was going on. Suddenly, a group of cruel staff dragged an old man over. The scars, the neck was still locked and clamped, almost dragged by these people on the ground, leaving long bloodstains on the bluestone, some people who had no time to run away all stood carefully on the side of the street with their eyes down, and Shengxuan also hurriedly stood up past.

I only heard the leading cruel official shouting, "Everyone listen, Mr. Pan loves the people like a son, and he is considerate of his subordinates. He didn't want to use severe torture to force taxes, but the state owns the state law, and it is inevitable that all land and shops must pay taxes. Some people openly resisted, everyone can see this old stone as an example, Mr. Pan had no choice but to put him in prison, and brought him out today to undertake according to the law, and let everyone see the fate of not paying taxes." Said swaggeringly Go to another street.

After these people left, the people on the street began to whisper, "It's too miserable, this old man will definitely not survive." "Hey, didn't you hear that there is a way to do it? That is to beheaded." Someone next to him whispered, "You If you still care about other people, think about yourself first. This time, the tax is collected on the basis of the head, and each person needs one tael of silver. We will plant those ten acres of land throughout the year, but one mu will cost five taels of silver. Tax, even if you sell all the food, you can’t get it together, and now you have to pay the poll tax. How can you collect money for him here? Isn’t this killing us?” “Shut down, you Do you want to die, kid? If you have the time, go home and find a way, or you will be parading the streets in two days." Hearing someone say this, the chatting people hurriedly dispersed.

Sheng Xuan was surprised. Although he was not very clear about things like farming and paying rent, he also knew that the annual land tax used to be only one or two or three dollars. On the surface, it means that there is no way for the people to survive. No wonder they look at the desperation on the faces of these people.

Walking slowly along the street, when I looked up, it turned out to be a restaurant. Although the door was open, the business was very sluggish. One can imagine, who would dare to eat in a restaurant now?When Shengxuan came here and heard that there was a drinking order upstairs, he couldn't help but look a little more curiously, when a waiter came over, hurriedly pulled him aside and said in a low voice, "Little brother, don't stand there. It would be terrible if people saw it, alas, I'm afraid you are begging in your body, these days, no family can eat, so there is something for you, you should go to other cities to see, maybe There is still something to eat there." After speaking, he shook his head and walked back, Sheng Xuan hurriedly grabbed him, "Little brother, just now I heard you said that everyone can't eat, but I heard that there are still people upstairs Make fists?" Xiao Er looked around and saw that there was no one around, and couldn't help spitting, "It's not those fucking dog servants, who else dares to enter the hotel now except them? Oh, what do you call this? Don’t let it close, sooner or later this shop will belong to others.” At this moment, I heard a shout from inside, “Xiao Er, where did you die and don’t serve wine to the uncle.” “Oh, here we come.” Xiao Er promised to hurry Run into the store.

Cheng Xuan slowly turned to the back of the hotel, seeing that no one was around, he quickly jumped up to the eaves, then leaned down and pressed against the window to listen to the conversation inside, only to hear one person mumble, "Did the old stone parade the street just now?" Huh? I heard that voice as if it was Zhao Tou shouting. This kid can really speak up, none of us can speak up to him." "That's right, it's Old Shitou. I think this old thing is born with low bones. It's their family's good fortune that Mr. Pan has taken a fancy to their girl, but this old thing refuses, so why did he end up in jail, and the girl returned to Mr. Pan hahaha, what do you mean if it's not cheap?" Haha I said it was cheap, well, let's just ignore him, after all, I'm not on duty today, let's have a drink." Then there was another shout of punching.

Sheng Xuan was already furious when he heard it, what kind of government servants are these?It's a beast that eats people without spitting out bones, and that Mr. Pan extorts tyranny and occupies the women of the people. Such a person should kill him to eliminate harm for the people. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and wanted to rush in and ended up with a few government servants. Then he thought about how inconvenient it would be to do it during the day, so he suppressed his temper and jumped down from the restaurant lightly.

Walking around the restaurant for quite a while, these yamen servants hadn't finished drinking yet, when they heard that they were constantly asking for wine, Sheng Xuan turned around and peeked inside again, Xiaoer was holding a jar of wine and was about to go upstairs, I heard the boss shout, "Xiao Er, is the next dish ready? Serve it up quickly." Xiao Er pouted and walked over, "Boss, what do you think is this? They come to eat and drink every day, how many times have they paid? If it goes on like this, I think sooner or later I will have to pay for my life." The boss raised his hand and gestured but didn't continue. "Oh, don't talk about it, let's serve the food." He followed into the kitchen as he said.

Seeing that there was no one around, Shengxuan suddenly had a bad idea in his eyes, and rushed over to take down the wine jar, and then quickly opened the wine jar, "Let you dogs taste the hotness of the young master first, I'll clean you up tonight." He urinated quickly, and when he heard movement behind him, he hurriedly carried the wine jar back, and then jumped out of the restaurant.

The night was finally getting dark. With the faint moonlight, Shengxuan touched the backyard of the yamen. He leaned over the wall and saw that there was a big dog crawling underneath. Go up." Changing the direction, he jumped onto the top of the wall, saw no movement inside, and then floated into the yard.

The yamen is not big, but it is very well-regulated, and the green brick and tile house behind it is considered clean. Sheng Xuan rushed to a window with light shining through it, only to hear someone shouting inside, "Lai Shun, that little Shi girl agreed." Is it?" "Master, that girl is so tough, no matter how much I persuade you, she won't obey." "Damn, it seems that I have to be forced to be tough." "Hehe, master, these bitches have such a temper , I think it’s better to be a little tougher, and I’m afraid she won’t be obedient when it’s done, hehehe.” The two smiled wickedly, “Okay, go to sleep first, and I’ll go there by myself later.” “Oh, okay After leaving the master, the servant will go down first."

Hearing the servant named Laishun go out of the room, Sheng Xuan quietly poked through the window paper and looked inside, only to see a fat man wearing a silk suit pouring himself a drink, when the man turned halfway Opening his face, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have seen this person there before. With Shengxuan's photographic memory, anyone who met him once would definitely remember, "Where did I meet him?" An officer who ransacked the house?Thinking of this, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth, took out the sword and cut off the window lattice with a bang, then rushed in.

The man was startled when he heard the movement, but before he got up, a cold sword was already on his neck, and Sheng Xuan said harshly, "Do you recognize your young master, dog thief?" The man hurriedly Turning his face, looking carefully, he opened his mouth to shout, but was kicked by Sheng Xuan on his chest, and immediately kicked him into a ball and lay down on the ground unable to yell, Sheng Xuan went up and stepped on his chest, "Today I will let you pay with blood." As he spoke, he raised the sword in his hand and was about to slash it, but suddenly stopped in the air, "Looking at you like this, you should know a few words, as long as you kill the people who came to my house that day Whoever writes it down there now, I will consider what to do with you." He scratched his face with a sword.

The sharp ghost whistling had already shaved off the man's hair at the sideburns with two swishes, and sweat dripped down his fat face in fright, begging, "Master, please forgive me, I was forced to do so at that time. Who is General Cheng, ah no, the old thief Cheng forced us to do it." "Stop talking nonsense, if you don't write it, I will cut off your dog's head with a sword." "Ah no, I write it and I write it."

The fat man was trembling while wiping his sweat while writing names crookedly on the paper. Although the handwriting was not very good, he remembered the names of the people very clearly. After working for more than half an hour, he finally wrote all the names of the people. Quan, Shengxuan saw that there were more than 100 people, all of them had been promoted, and the youngest was Li Zheng from a township, "Is everyone here?" Most of them are brothers who hang out together, they used to have contacts in the past, and now they often walk around when they have nothing to do, so there is no mistake, little hero, you see, is it..." Before he finished speaking, Shengxuan had raised his sword and dropped it, fat Immediately, his head flew into the air, and then he pulled off the bed curtain and rolled it up, just enough to block the splashing blood, at the same time wrapped his head inside, turned around and walked out from the main entrance with his hands in his hands.

Going out of the room and looking around, he found that not far away was the residence of the yamen servants. Sheng Xuan rushed in directly with a sword in his hand, and with a few swipes of swords, he killed all the evil officials in his sleep, and then jumped up The beam in the lobby of the county government office hangs the fat man's head on it.

At this time, killing an enemy with his hands made him feel much happier. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered that the daughter of the old stone was still locked up here. Since he had already killed the dog officer, it would be better to let the girl go, so he turned back and started going from room to room. Look for.

When I pushed open a hut, I suddenly found a few old women sitting around a girl, because the doors and windows were sealed tightly and there was no light outside. When these people saw Sheng Xuan coming in with a sword, they couldn't help but make a noise. In a group, "Kill, but these people have no grievances or vengeance. If they don't kill them, they have already seen their own appearance." While hesitating, several old mothers knelt on the ground together, kowtow like pounding garlic, begging for mercy , Sheng Xuan gritted his teeth and shouted, "Get out." These old mothers ran out like a pardon.

"Girl, you can go too." The girl cried and said, "Little hero, I can't go. If I go, the... dog officer will kill my father." Sheng Xuan's heart sank, the girl didn't know herself Father is dead, "Don't worry, I've killed that dog officer, you can go home quickly." Hearing this, the girl was stunned for a long time, then she got up and quickly ran into the night.

After all this commotion, Laishun was alarmed, and as soon as Shengxuan went out, he heard Laishun screaming, "Come on, kill me." Shengxuan rushed over in two steps, just about to stab him to death with a sword, when A black shadow rushed over, and he hurriedly dodged, and found that he was the one who had just met the vicious dog. He raised his hand and hit his forehead, and with a thump, the vicious dog was killed without even humming, and passed out with a bang past.

With a flash in Shengxuan's mind, he went to carry Laishun into the house, picked up the teapot and poured a pot of tea on his head, only to hear a bang, Laishun woke up, but the sword on his neck almost made him faint again In the past, "Your lord must have collected a lot of money, as long as you tell me where to put it, I will consider what to do with you." Shengxuan never said to let anyone go, just to avoid the reputation of being a slip of the tongue, if he died, he would become a ghost It's no fun to pester yourself.

Upon hearing this, Lai Shun hurriedly said, "Little hero, I was forced. All the bad things are done by the master. He is not human..." "Stop talking nonsense, where is the treasure?" "In, , In,,, in the accounting room, I can take the little hero to get it."

"Go" as he said, he walked to the accounting room, and saw several large boxes neatly piled up in a room with a big iron gate. Sheng Xuan swung his sword and chopped open one by one, and the room was shone brightly with jewels. The small Qifeng Town can let him search for such a large sum of money, Shengxuan is about to put them all into the ring, Laishun can't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva when he sees it, and tremblingly said, "Little hero can let me go." Only the cold blade answered him.

After working in the middle of the night, I felt hungry at this time, and suddenly remembered that the vicious dog just killed was very fat, and it was a pity to leave it there. Shengxuan hurried over to get two pieces of meat, found the kitchen and lit a fire On the dog meat rack, bursts of aroma came out after a while.

After eating his fill, he suddenly regained his energy. Shengxuan knew that it would be dawn in a while, and someone would definitely find this place, and there might be troubles again, so he packed up his things and left Qifeng Town all the way.

According to the list, Shengxuan carefully formulated a revenge route. Although he succeeded in killing his enemies several times, someone saw his clothes, and all the prefectures and counties were posted with notices on both sides of the city gates. Then, he found a clothing estimate shop and bought a few clothes at random, and bought a lot of dry food and water, so that he could change clothes at any time and not be afraid of starving on the road.

Just like this, I went to the remote alleys all the way, changing different clothes, and at the same time constantly changing my role. Sometimes I became a rich man with a lot of money, and sometimes I was a student studying with a sour face. Although I encountered some interrogations along the way They were all cleverly mixed up by him.

Shengxuan observed the terrain during the day, and then found a place to recharge his batteries. At night, he put on a black suit and covered his face with a cloth, and hunted calmly. His martial skills and magic improved rapidly during the killings again and again. And accumulating the experience of facing the enemy, he began to learn to use his mental power to detect unknown situations and the location of the enemy. Although the scope is extremely limited, he has repeatedly received miraculous results.

Days passed like this, because it is not always possible to meet enemies, so some targets have to be checked several times, and sometimes they have to raid several places overnight, and finally most of these enemies were wiped out by him, every time he will kill these people He ransacked all his family assets, and unknowingly accumulated a large amount of wealth.

But there was a problem at this time, all the targets suddenly disappeared. It seems that these people have noticed and doubted their identities. After all, these people have a constant connection with him. If this is the case, we must be more careful in the future. These enemies all disappeared at once, it is very likely that they are hiding, and it will be even more difficult to find them, why not go to Yong'an to find Cheng Tianhua to settle the score, it would be bad if they let him run away too.

On this day, Shengxuan was walking on the road leading to Yong'an City, when he suddenly encountered a group of sentries who were interrogating him. Fortunately, Shengxuan was wearing a beggar's clothes at this time, and there was still some sludge on his body. Get away." Then he continued to check other passers-by.

It was early winter at this time, and the weather began to gradually become cold. After entering the city, Shengxuan secretly changed into a commoner clothes, and then bought some goods casually, dressed up as a shopkeeper, and then found a small inn For lodging, as soon as he entered the door, the little girl came up enthusiastically, "Oh, my brother, is this a top-notch or a hotel?" The one with windows." Xiaoer looked up and down, and smiled coldly, "Oh, brother, I don't go out often, so the one facing the street is naturally not clean. If you want to clean it, it's all the guest rooms inside and not facing the street. You It’s really difficult for me to keep it clean while facing the street.” Cheng Xuan could hear the sarcasm in his words, but just smiled, and when the boss was not around, he reached out and took out 50 taels of silver, “You try to arrange it, I will stay for about ten days , the rest of this is yours, and I will pay for the drinks separately." Xiaoer's face immediately beamed with joy when he saw it, and he grabbed the money in his hand as soon as he reached out, "This, this, there is no need for this "Many," said and hurriedly put the money into his arms, "Our store is small, but we guarantee that there are rooms that you are satisfied with. I was confused just now. There just happened to be a small building in our house that does not entertain guests on weekdays. It is prepared for a distinguished guest like you, and I will take you to have a look right now."

As he spoke, Xiaoer reached out to grab Shengxuan's package, but he held it down, "I'll do it myself." Xiaoer seemed to have a sudden realization and blinked, "Oh, Chengcheng, then, guest officer, I'll show you the room right away." "In fact, Shengxuan was afraid that Xiao Er would find out that the things in it were some rags he bought casually, so he didn't need him to pick them up, and he picked up the burden and followed Xiao Er to the back.

Although the store is not big, there is still a small open space in the middle, which is extremely clean. Not far away is a small two-story building, standing independently on the northwest corner, and there is a tile-roofed house on the east side. It must be the owner of the shop. The location here is quiet. When I entered the small building, I found that there was only one room on the first floor, and the downstairs room seemed to be booked out. There was a sign on the door, and Xiaoer led him straight upstairs.

Going upstairs, you can see a living room, where the cups and plates are all very elegant, next to it is the bedroom, the room is extremely spacious, I am afraid that ordinary big hotels may not have such a room, Sheng Xuan walked in and gently pushed the north door away. window, looking at the terrain, I saw that this side is a secluded alley, and the alley was quiet at this time, and there was no one. Shengxuan nodded, "Yes, this is here. I usually take care of the tea and rice by myself. That's good, you go and get me some water, I want to wash it, and I don't need to say anything else, I like to be quiet and don't like to be disturbed."

Xiaoer accepted the money and naturally agreed, and after a while, he and his buddy carried a big wooden bucket, and then mixed the hot and cold water, "If you have anything else to do, just tell me, the little one will go down first." Er and his buddy were about to leave, and then Sheng Xuan took out a few pieces of loose money, "I'm sorry, you guys can get some wine."

The more money is always the better, Xiao Er hurriedly put away the money, "Guest officer is really generous, if you have something to do, just ask, as long as you can think of it, I will definitely do it for you and make you satisfied." Sheng Xuan smiled, "No need, You go down."

After Xiaoer left, Shengxuan lay down in the bathtub, and was immediately surrounded by warm water, feeling comfortable all over, the fatigue of the past few days was swept away, and he happily took a hot bath and changed into a brand new royal blue gown Seeing that it was already dusk, I went downstairs and heard the shopkeeper reprimanding Xiao Er, "Don't you know that the small building was ordered by the General's Mansion? How can you still arrange guests in it?" Xiao Er hurried over to tell the boss He murmured a few words in his ears, and then took out a few ingots of ten taels of silver. The boss suddenly showed a smile, and the two were talking about Xiao Er who saw him coming and ran over quickly, "Guest officer is going out?" Sheng Xuan nodded and said He went out without answering.

Xiao Er stood at the door and watched for a long time, muttering, "This rich man is weird. I didn't realize it at first. I didn't expect that he was really a gentleman in this outfit." Then he shouted at the figure, "Guest Officer, we are closed at [-]:[-]pm, so don't miss the hour."

After all, it is the important town of Yong'an. Although it is already dusk, there are still many people coming and going on the street, and most of the shops are still open. The night lights are just beginning to decorate the city like stars. It is a bustling scene, but from time to time some city defense patrols come from the street. Walking up and down, the atmosphere was a bit dignified. I believe this place must have been more prosperous before, and Sheng Xuan thought to himself, "This is the city where my brother-in-law was stationed back then."

After turning around for several streets, a not-so-large mansion finally appeared in front of him. On it was clearly written the General’s Mansion on a large gold plaque. Sheng Xuan looked around and found that many buildings on both sides were taller than the General’s Mansion. Paradoxically, looking at this mansion, it has been quite a long time, thinking that my brother-in-law had been stationed here for more than ten years, it seems that the surrounding areas were built later, so it seems that the general's mansion is a bit lonely, and I can't help feeling that my brother-in-law is more human As a respect, if someone else was stationed in such a wealthy city, I am afraid that the general's mansion would have been expanded, but this place is still the same as before. From this, we know that Yue Zifeng is not a person who enjoys pleasure.

Since then, the General's Mansion has returned to Cheng Tianhua, but it seems that he is not greedy for money like those subordinates, he is probably an official fan, so this place has not been raided excessively, but this person is probably also an idiot and is not worried about the defense of the city. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for me to stick close to each other. Looking at the bustling streets around, this place has become the center of Yong'an, whether it is shops, restaurants or brothels, all around it, Shengxuan couldn't help but smile. The general must like the surrounding environment very much, otherwise the general's mansion would have been expanded long ago.

At this time, there was actually a whole team of soldiers guarding the gate of the mansion, and anyone who came close would be chased away immediately, it seemed that Cheng Tianhua should be at home, and he was already very vigilant.

Shengxuan didn't approach, but found a restaurant next to him, where he could vaguely see the movement in the courtyard, so he found a seat by the window and sat down, ordered a few dishes at random, feeling that if he didn't drink some wine here, he might be It made people suspicious, so I ordered another jar of wine, tasted the food and found it tasted good, took another sip of the wine, but felt that it had entered my stomach like fire, and it was bitter and spicy. Put it down, "What's so good about this thing?"

While eating the dishes, he carefully watched the movement of the General's Mansion opposite, and found that the people inside were still very lively. From a distance, he saw the maids in front of the hall carrying cups and plates going in and out, "Could it be that there are guests here?"

Observing carefully like this, before he knew it, it was late at night, and there were still people in the general's mansion. It seemed that the banquet was not over yet, and the restaurant staff here had come over several times to ask, "Do you want to add some wine and vegetables, sir?" Sheng Xuan just checked out and left the restaurant.

When he came to the street, he suddenly found that there were few people on the street. He couldn't help being surprised, it seemed that he had been negligent just now. Observing the General's Mansion like this might arouse suspicion.

I walked around the General's Mansion a few times, and found that there were many guards all around. The guards could be said to be airtight. Fortunately, it was already late at night, and there were many tall buildings around the General's Mansion. Climb up and down to check the situation in the mansion carefully, and go back and forth to get an overview of the terrain in the mansion.

It wasn't until the sky turned pale that Sheng Xuan hurried back to the alley behind the inn, and jumped out of the window into the room through the shadow.

(End of this chapter)