Being surrounded by the government runners of Chang 'an Local Government, Sangsang could still calmly ask if he needed bedding. This kind of person was either a local hooligan who had dealt with the government countless times, or a ruthless bandit who was determined to die. Obviously, Sangsang had nothing to do with these two kinds of people, so Arrester Tie Ying nodded after being stunned for a long time.
Every story had its twists and turns. When Sangsang walked out of the Old Brush Pen Shop with the government runners with the bundled bedding in her arms, she was blocked by a group of black-haired men in cyan clothes, cyan pants and cyan shoes.
The government runners suddenly became nervous. If they were ordinary men in Jianghu, they would not dare to confront the imperial court. However, they knew that these black-haired men were members of the Fish-dragon Gang, and the Fish-dragon Gang was the hired thugs of the imperial court.
These days, the Old Brush Pen Shop had been a key target of the Fish-dragon Gang. They had long been alarmed by the arrest of the government runners of Chang 'an Local Government. Especially when they saw Tie Ying enter the Old Brush Pen Shop, the gang members responsible for monitoring the place did not dare to neglect and informed Mr. Qi at the fastest speed.
Sangsang greeted Mr. Qi. Her small body held the large bedding and half-squatted to salute, which looked a little funny.
Mr. Qi nodded and then looked at Tie Ying with a faint smile, saying, "Arrester Tie, you should be very clear about whose property is on Lin 47th Street. You should also be clear about the relationship between the boss of the Old Brush Pen Shop and the Fish-dragon Gang. You should also be clear about the trouble caused by this shop in the spring last year. So I don't know what you want to do."
Tie Ying thought that everyone knew about the bloody incident in Spring Breeze Pavilion. He said that the government runners of Chang 'an Local Government had been paying attention to the safety of the Old Brush Pen Shop, but today they had no choice. He said bitterly, "Mr. Qi, I advise you not to interfere in this matter today. I just want to remind you that our prefectural magistrate has been in a coma with a high fever since last night. Even he was forced to pretend to be sick, let alone you."
The prefectural magistrate of Chang 'an City was in a coma with a fever? Qi IV immediately sensed great danger from Constable Tie's deliberately leaked words. However, after a moment of silence and contemplation, he still did not give way. He waved his hand to signal his subordinates to block both ends of Lin 47th Street and said, "This is Second Brother Chao's order."
Spring Breeze Pavilion's Chao Xiaoshu was no longer the Grand Master of the Fish-dragon Gang. It had been nearly a year since he left Chang 'an City, and it was not even known whether he would step into this magnificent city again. However, for Qi IV and his brothers in the Fish-dragon Gang, that man would always be their big brother and their Grand Master. Second Brother Chao's words were more powerful than an imperial edict.
Constable Tie glanced at him, leaned close and whispered, "Did you see someone at the entrance of the alley when you came?"
Looking at the entrance of the alley, Mr. Qi saw a young man sitting in front of a shop outside the alley. The man wore a simple cotton-padded jacket. His cheeks were thin and a little dark and peeling. It seemed that he had been exposed to the scorching sun a few days ago. Even though he was just sitting there casually, there was an inexplicable sense of iron blood and murderous aura.
"Who is that person?" His eyes narrowed.
Constable Tie said, "Wang Jinglue."
Qi IV's expression suddenly froze. After a moment of silence, he repeated, "Wang Jinglue, the Invincible Realm Below Knowing Destiny?"
For the common people in the streets, the world of cultivators was a wondrous and distant place. They knew very little about that world, but Wang Jinglue was different. His fame was so great that even the common people knew that he was the hope of the younger generation of cultivators in the Empire.
Constable Tie looked at Qi IV's expression and whispered, "I don't know who reported to the Chang 'an Local Government that this little girl harbored a fugitive. I only know that the pressure came from the Military Ministry, and Wang Jinglue came to watch us on behalf of the Military Ministry."
Mr. Qi slightly frowned and said, "Isn't Wang Jinglue … the Prince's man?"
Constable Tie said, "After the bloody case two years ago, the palace issued an edict and sent him to the battlefield in the Southern Border. Now he is a popular man in the Military Ministry and a trusted follower of General Xu Shi."
Hearing the name of General Xu Shi, Qi IV's expression became more and more serious. Now he was the leader of the Dark World in Chang 'an, and he had the backing of the Bodyguard Office. However, how could he fight against the top military man of the Tang Empire?
Constable Tie shook his head and signaled his subordinates to take Sangsang away.
However, to everyone's surprise, Qi IV stubbornly refused to give way even though he was already on guard. He stared into Tie Ying's eyes and said, "I've already sent a message to the palace. Wait a little longer."
Constable Tie slightly frowned and said, "She's just a little handmaiden. Do you want to go to the palace?"
Qi IV didn't explain. Hearing the word "palace", the government runners were terrified, just like the Fish-dragon Gang when they heard the word "military". Since the Fish-dragon Gang didn't want to turn against them and just asked them to wait, they decided to wait.
There were countless high-ranking officials and nobles in Chang 'an, and the streets were full of the royal family. Any tea artist could be a cultivator. Therefore, the people working in the Chang' an Local Government were best at pretending to be sick and had the patience to wait.
Although Tie Ying and the government runners were patient, it didn't mean that everyone was.
For example, Wang Jinglue.
After leaving Chang 'an, he went to the Southern Border to join the army to atone for his crime under His Majesty's order. After two years of bloody fighting on the battlefield, the once number one young master of the Tang Empire became thinner and darker. His lotus-like fingers gradually became as strong as bamboo. His temperament also became more iron-blooded and resolute, which was unique to the army.
Seeing the Fish-dragon Gang blocking the government runners of the Chang 'an Local Government in the alley, Wang Jinglue restrained his temper and waited for a while. When he found that those people were ready to continue waiting, he decided not to wait any longer.
He took out two copper coins and gently put them beside the teacup. Then he stood up and walked into Lin 47th Street. As he stepped on the remaining snow in the alley, the branches outside the side wall of the alley rustled and the remaining snow on the branches fell like snow. However, his cloth coat was not touched at all.
The Fish-dragon Gang looked at him with vigilance.
Mr. Qi looked at him with vigilance.
Wang Jinglue walked slowly to the Old Brush Pen Shop and looked at Mr. Qi quietly.
Qi IV felt that Wang Jinglue's eyes were like hammers hitting his heart. His body suddenly felt weak and weak. His legs were so weak that he almost fell to the ground. He quickly bit the tip of his tongue to wake himself up.
"Two years ago in Spring Breeze Pavilion, I wanted to kill Chao Xiaoshu. Now I think that I was too arrogant at that time. I didn't know what kind of powerful people were hiding in the dark."
Wang Jinglue said, "But you are not Chao II, Liu V, Fei VI, or Chen VII. You are the most useless Qi IV. That's why the imperial court let you take charge of the Fish-dragon Gang. However, without Chao Xiaoshu, the Fish-dragon Gang is not the same as before. The current Fish-dragon Gang is not qualified to participate in this matter."
After saying this, he turned around and looked at the slightly dark face hidden behind the pile of bedding with great interest. After a while, he suddenly laughed and said lightly, "Let's go."
Sangsang held the thick bedding and looked at the ground in front of her. Then she followed him out of the alley.
"Puff!" Qi IV couldn't suppress the injury in his body and spat out blood in pain.
He wiped the blood off his face and looked at Wang Jinglue's back. He said fiercely, "Second Brother Chao is also a cultivator, but he is as calm and indifferent as an ordinary person to his brothers and neighbors. He will never be as proud of his cultivation as you are. Although I don't know how to cultivate, I know how to judge people. I bet you can never catch up with him in this life."
Wang Jinglue stopped and turned around to look at him with a smile. He said, "I used to want to be the best in the world, but later I found it unrealistic. But so what? It's good enough to be stronger than most people in the world. "
Mr. Qi knew that in the face of such a powerful cultivator, his brothers in the gang had no power to fight back. After all, the Fish-dragon Gang was not an army. However, he really couldn't let Wang Jinglue take Sangsang away like this.
He couldn't imagine that one day, when Second Brother Chao returned to Chang 'an and asked him what he was doing when Sangsang was taken away, he could only answer that he was vomiting blood at that time. He had no choice and was really scared.
Qi IV looked at Wang Jinglue and suddenly smiled weirdly. Then he took out a knife from his waist and stabbed it into his heart without hesitation!
Death was inevitable under the knife, but Mr. Qi was not afraid at all. He just stared at Wang Jinglue's eyes without blinking his eyelashes, without even looking at the knife.
In fact, when Mr. Qi made the decision to kill himself, he was not depressed but happy, because he finally found a way to stop Sangsang, which was his own death.
Wang Jinglue was right. As the leader of the Fish-dragon Gang, he couldn't be compared with Second Brother Chao, let alone fight against the imperial army and a cultivator who was invincible below the Knowing Destiny State.
But the Fish-dragon Gang belonged to His Majesty, and he was the leader of the Fish-dragon Gang. Even if his death couldn't change many things, it could at least delay the time until someone from the palace came and the news of his death spread to the palace to make His Majesty angry.
As for death itself, as a Jianghu man, he really didn't care. Since he was a child, he had been hanging around in the sewers of Chang 'an and at night. He didn't kill many people, but he had seen too many dead people, so he had long been indifferent to life.
Looking at the knife radiance, Wang Jinglue's pupils suddenly shrank. Even he was shocked by the coldness and ruthlessness hidden in the knife. In the eyes of cultivators, these secular mortals were like ants, but he couldn't be so indifferent to his own life. This kind of ruthless attitude was really hard to imagine.
Bravery was always easy to make men excited and respect. Whether it was a high and mighty cultivator or a hooligan suffering at the bottom of the society, there would always be a moment in their lives that was written with the word "bravery".
Wang Jinglue was also a man, so he appreciated Mr. Qi's decisiveness and ruthlessness. Because of this appreciation, he decided not to stop Mr. Qi no matter what trouble there would be afterward. Bravery to die deserved respect and should not be disturbed.
Sangsang was not a man.
Sangsang was a woman.
Sangsang, who was educated by the pragmatist Ning Que, really couldn't understand what bravery was.
So the sharp knife didn't stab into Mr. Qi's heart, but into a soft cotton quilt.
Sangsang withdrew her hand and looked at the quilt that was stabbed, feeling a little distressed.
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(There is no blood in Sangsang's eyes, only money. At this time, there is nothing else in my eyes except the monthly votes. I'm scratching my ears and cheeks. I'll go to eat first and then continue to write. I'll try to finish the third chapter before 8: 30.) (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it and vote for it. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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