It's evening.
The sky was dark and the snow fell silently.
There were few pedestrians on the streets, and many vendors had already closed their stalls and gone home.
Eighteen Lanes in the south of the city.
On the street not far away, a shoemaker, wrapped in a thick cotton coat and wearing a worn hat, was still mending the shoes in his hands with his head down and conscientiously.
Occasionally he would raise his head and glance at the alley not far away, as if his eyes were a little uncomfortable from looking down at needlework for too long.
The alley was empty and deserted.
When he finished mending the shoes in his hand and looked up again, he suddenly saw a figure standing in front of him.
The figure was leading a horse, wearing a black suit and a bamboo hat, under which was revealed the face of an ordinary-looking boy.
The young man was looking down at him at this time. Seeing his gaze, he asked, "Can you mend anything with your needle and thread?"
The cobbler immediately asked enthusiastically, "What do you want to mend?"
The young man looked at him again, without answering, and walked away quickly, leading the horse, towards the Eighteenth Lane not far away.
The shoemaker looked at his back and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Suddenly, his face changed and he felt a chill on his neck. He immediately reached out and touched it. It was sticky and fishy, and his fingers were covered in blood.
He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up from the ground.
Then, everything went dark before his eyes, and he fell to the ground with a thump, his head rolling out.
In the alley, in the front yard of Dao Mansion.
Dao Chengkong was still tied up, kneeling on the ground in a mess.
More than twenty Jinyiwei holding short knives surrounded him silently, looking ahead with cold eyes.
Sister Dao held a knife in her hand and tried to rush forward to fight several times, but was stopped by Nangong Meijiao.
But her father couldn't wait any longer.
She would rather rush forward and die with her father under the knives of these Jinyiwei than endure this kind of pain and torment.
She knew in her heart that when Luo Changtian came back, her father would still die, and even die a more miserable death.
Even the princess beside him couldn't save his father.
Three days ago, she had already made up her mind to die.
She had nothing to fear in dying with her father!
“Buzz!”
The broadsword in her hand shone with a blade light, and she said resolutely: "Princess, don't worry about me, just go. This is my family affair, and it has nothing to do with you."
Nangong Meijiao stood in front of her and said coldly, "Do you think I want to be in charge? It was someone who cried and begged me to come."
Sister Dao looked at her in a daze.
Nangong Meijiao said: "Do you really think he knows nothing? Then you underestimate him too much. He already knew it three days ago. You are her senior sister, and your legs are so long, he will definitely not ignore you."
The knife in Sister Dao's hand trembled slightly: "He..."
"Squeak..."
At this moment, the remaining half of the door was suddenly pushed open.
Several people looked over there.
A young man wearing a bamboo hat walked in from outside, then politely closed the half door, took off the bamboo hat on his head and put it away.
Nangong Meijiao looked at him, and her tense heartstrings finally relaxed. Then, a worried expression appeared on her face again.
So fast... Is it a success, or...
Sister Dao clenched the knife in her hand and shouted: "Chu Feiyang, you shouldn't have come! My father is a murderer and he can't escape... Luo Changtian and these Jinyiwei are investigating your affairs..."
Luo Qingzhou walked down the stairs and said calmly: "It's okay, Luo Changtian has been beheaded by me, as for these Jinyiwei..."
“Whoosh!”
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly disappeared from the spot, and then appeared behind Dao Chengkong. He punched out with both fists with a "bang", and directly knocked the two Jinyiwei standing next to Dao Chengkong away!
Before the two Jinyi guards could react, their heads exploded, lightning wrapped their bodies, and they died!
"They will naturally go underground to accompany their commander!"
Luo Qingzhou stood behind Dao Chengkong. After he said this, a cold light flashed in his hand. He untied the rope on Dao Chengkong and looked at the other Jinyiwei.
The Jinyiwei around them just reacted at this moment and their faces changed drastically.
"Are you going to rebel? We are the Imperial Guard! The Imperial Guard was formed by the Emperor himself!"
One of the leaders shouted in a trembling voice.
Not only were they frightened, but Sister Dao and Nangong Meijiao and the others were also surprised.
What the leader said was right. Killing the Jinyiwei would be no different from rebellion, and the entire clan would be exterminated!
"boom!"
Luo Qingzhou didn't say anything, and rushed towards the other Jinyiwei again. His fist burst out with light, and he killed two Jinyiwei with one punch!
"The cultivation of a great martial artist!"
“Go!”
At this moment, the young leader of the Jinyiwei reacted immediately, was shocked and horrified, turned around and ran towards the door!
“Swish!”
The flying sword shot out and cut off his head in an instant!
Half of Luo Qingzhou's soul left his body and drove the flying sword, while the other half of his soul controlled his body and delivered the Vajra Fist!
These Jinyiwei were only martial artists, so they were no match for him.
In the courtyard, there were fist shadows, swords flying, blood splattering, and heads rolling!
In the blink of an eye, only five or six of the twenty or so Jinyiwei masters were left, and the others were all lying on the ground, either with their heads separated from their bodies, their heads exploded, or their chests shattered. They were all dead!
Sister Dao and her daughter were dumbfounded.
Nangong Meijiao also froze in place with a dazed expression on her face.
Aunt Mu said in disbelief: "Miss, I heard that this boy was only at the initial stage of martial arts when he was in Mo City..."
Nangong Meijiao said in astonishment: "When I first met him, he wasn't even a martial artist..."
After she finished speaking, she immediately reacted and hurriedly said to the old nanny behind her: "Ninth Nanny, why are you in a daze? Go and help!"
Ninth Nanny waved her hands hurriedly and said, "Miss, you can't do that. You can't do that. They are Jinyiwei. They will be confiscated and executed."
"coward!"
Nangong Meijiao quickly pulled out the whip from her waist and prepared to go forward to help.
However, the last surviving Jinyiwei had just jumped onto the courtyard wall and was about to escape when his head was cut off by a flying sword and he fell headfirst.
From the time Luo Qingzhou suddenly attacked to the end, it only took a few breaths of time.
In the blink of an eye, the twenty or so Jinyiwei who had just been holding knives and glaring at the enemy with eager eyes, were now lying in a pool of blood, having died tragically on the spot!
Looking around, the snow in the yard was dyed red, and the ground was littered with broken corpses!
The courtyard suddenly became quiet.
There was only the sound of wind blowing snowflakes across the eaves.
Luo Qingzhou put away his flying sword, turned around, and looked at the few people who were still standing there stiffly, with a grim expression on his face.
Several people couldn't help but shiver.
Ninth Aunt was afraid that he would be too bloodthirsty, so she hurriedly protected Nangong Meijiao and shouted, "Boy, you are not going to kill us to silence us, are you?"
Luo Qingzhou ignored her and walked quickly to Dao Jie and Dao Chengkong, saying, "Senior Sister, take your father out of the city immediately and go to Lingxiao Sect! If you are late, the city gates may be closed, and no one can go out again. You can't come back to Kyoto. The wind and snow are strong tonight, which will cover your tracks. You should rush to Lingxiao Sect as soon as possible and go around to the back mountain. Someone will meet you in the back mountain!"
Without having time to ask any more questions, Sister Dao immediately carried her father on her back and rushed out the door.
Nangong Meijiao was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "We have a carriage!"
Luo Qingzhou immediately said: "Your carriage cannot be used. Senior sister, there is a horse outside the gate. I just picked it up. There is no guard at the city gate yet, let's go!"
Sister Dao immediately carried her father out of the door, and sure enough, she saw a horse outside the door.
She first put her father on the horse's back, then jumped on, immediately urging the horse to hurry out of the alley against the wind and snow, and ran towards the outside of the city.
In the Daofu Courtyard.
Luo Qingzhou looked at Nangong Meijiao and the other two and said, "Princess, no one saw you coming here, right?"
Aunt Mu immediately said, "Yes, when we came in, there was a shoe repairman..."
Luo Qingzhou said: "He was a member of the Jinyiwei and I have killed him. You guys go back to the inner city quickly, the city may be closed soon, and I still have to go to the martial arts hall."
Having said that, he was about to leave.
Nangong Meijiao asked quickly: "Chu Feiyang, the people from the Luo family..."
"Kill them all."
Luo Qingzhou replied, and his figure flashed and disappeared at the door.
Ninth Aunt sighed: "Miss, this boy is so cruel..."
Seeing her young lady staring at her, she quickly changed her words and said, "This boy is amazing. Luo Changtian is a great martial artist. He actually... Young lady has a good eye. Great!"
"Let's go!"
Nangong Meijiao looked solemn and immediately took them away.
She felt heavy-hearted and worried.
Luo Changtian was the most trusted and beloved commander of the Imperial Guards by His Majesty. Now his entire family has been wiped out and more than twenty Imperial Guards have been massacred. His Majesty and the government will never let this go.
If it is discovered... No one can bear such terrible consequences, even if he is a direct disciple of Lingxiao Sect.
Luo Qingzhou changed his clothes and walked through many alleys before jumping over the back wall into the martial arts training ground of the martial arts hall.
At this time, it was already dark and Zhou Boyue and his friends had already left.
Luo Qingzhou went to the front yard and saw Sun Jiang just coming out of the house. He immediately bowed and said, "Master, I will go back first."
Sun Jiang looked at him with confusion on his face and asked, "Why are you leaving now?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "I felt a little uncomfortable just now, so I squatted in the toilet for a while."
When Sun Jiang heard this, he glared at him and said, "Did you leave the stinky stuff here on purpose? Can't you just hold it in and go back to your own house?"
Luo Qingzhou laughed and bowed to say goodbye.
After he went out, the smile on his face gradually disappeared. Looking at the empty alley, he couldn't help but think of Sister Dao's figure and laughter.
"Why… "
He sighed and walked out of the alley.
"It's okay, we should be able to meet soon..."
On the street not far outside the alley, a figure stood under the eaves. After looking at him, he immediately turned and went into the house next door.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards had already been monitoring his every move, but it was naturally impossible for them to find out where he lived.
I don’t know if anyone will continue to investigate the cause of Luo Yu’s death after Luo Changtian’s death.
As for the tragic case of Luo Changtian's family annihilation, it wouldn't be so easy to trace it back to Chu Feiyang.
Even if Chu Feiyang is found... what does that have to do with Luo Qingzhou from the Qin Mansion
He released half of his soul, floated up into the night sky, and began to carefully look for suspicious figures in the surrounding streets and alleys.
He went to the West Lake, walked around the West Lake a few times, and walked around the entire outer city a few times before he safely changed his clothes and took off his mask and returned to the Qin Mansion.
At this time, night has fallen.
The news of the tragic massacre of the entire Zhongwu Marquis's family soon spread to the palace and the entire inner city!
All the officials in Kyoto were shocked!
The emperor was furious and immediately ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Ministry of Justice, the government office, and other departments to immediately close the city gates, seal off the outer and inner cities, and search for the murderer door to door!
At this time, Sister Dao was already riding horses with her father, running in the suburbs where the cold wind was howling and the snow was covered.
After Luo Qingzhou returned to the mansion, he immediately took out the message and sent a message to Linghu Qingzhu.
Master, I have something to ask you. It is very important. I hope you can help me.
The message came back quickly.
Zhuzhu: Call me aunt
Luo Qingzhou: Aunt, this is urgent, please agree
Zhuzhu: Say
Luo Qingzhou: My senior sister Dao Ling is taking her father to the back mountain of Ling Xiao Sect. I hope you can go and take them up the mountain and hide them. Her father is a murder suspect. The government and Jin Yiwei are hunting them down. I hope your aunt can help them.
Zhuzhu: OK, I'll go right away.
Luo Qingzhou was a little surprised to see that she agreed so readily: Aren’t you afraid that the government will come to find you
Zhuzhu: Don't worry, I will hide them very well, no one can find them.
Luo Qingzhou felt warm in his heart: Thank you
Zhuzhu: Is there a title missing in the front
Luo Qingzhou could only say: Aunt, thank you
Zhuzhu: You're welcome. You've helped me a lot. But don't forget our agreement. I still want to duel with your wife.
Luo Qingzhou: I remember, I've been a bit busy recently, I'll let you know when I have time
Zhuzhu: I have been practicing the black and white sword these past two days, but I feel that it is not effective if I practice alone.
Luo Qingzhou: Then when I have time, I will practice with my aunt.
Zhuzhu: Well, if you need any help in the future, just tell me. I will never refuse you.
Luo Qingzhou was helpless and said: Well, thank you, aunt
He thought about it and immediately sent messages to Sister Yue, Xiaoyue and Long'er.
Sister Yue, something might happen in Kyoto tonight, so let's not go out and stay home.
Xiaoyue, Kyoto is very dangerous tonight, don't go out to play
Long'er, there may be many masters in Kyoto tonight, remember to hide in the Dragon Palace, don't come out, or you will be caught and skinned.
After the message was sent, Long Er quickly replied.
Xiao Long Nu: Well, thank you for your reminder, Long Er will definitely stay in the Dragon Palace and not go out. Long Er doesn't want to be skinned by others, only you can skin Long Er
Luo Qingzhou: I'm talking about the skin, not the clothes
Xiao Longnv: Sir, what are you thinking about? Long'er is talking about skin, not clothes. Long'er doesn't wear clothes at all. There is no clothes to take off. If you don't believe me, come to the Dragon Palace and see that Long'er is naked.
Luo Qingzhou ignored her.
This is, Sister Yue also replied to the message: Oh
Luo Qingzhou: Sister Yue, can you reply with a few more words
Sister Yue ignored him.
Xiaoyue still didn't reply. I don't know what she was busy with recently. She was too lazy to even pay attention to him, her good brother.
Luo Qingzhou took a shower, entered the room, sat on the beauty couch with Miss Qin Er, and told her everything that happened today.
As the two were talking in a low voice, Mei'er's panting voice suddenly came from the yard: "Miss, son-in-law! Go to the hall quickly, the government officials are here, let us all go over! The master seems to have been arrested by the government officials!"
As soon as these words were spoken, both of their faces changed.