In the Imperial Capital City, there is a house near Rhino Lane on Chongbei Street. This house is Xu Lang’s residence in the Imperial Capital.
When Yan Liqiang, wearing a mountain-wind mask, arrived here, it was difficult to see any people on the street. The entire Imperial Capital City had fallen into a deep sleep, with doors and windows closed in every household, and only a few candle lights occasionally shone through a few windows.
The night was pitch black, and one could hardly see one's hand in front of one's face. However, in Yan Liqiang's eyes, everything was still clearly visible even without any lights.
Thanks to long-term eyesight training and the powerful effect of the Yijing Xisui Jing, Yan Liqiang discovered as early as half a month ago that his eyes had the ability to see in the dark. Once night fell, as long as he focused his attention on his eyes, everything in the darkness would slowly become clear in his eyes.
It was with this ability that Yan Liqiang came all the way here, easily avoiding several waves of soldiers patrolling the Imperial Capital City, and then came to the outside of Xu Lang's residence.
Inside the Rhino Lane on Chongbei Street, that’s right…
The entrance faces south, opposite a shoe store called Qiancengyun. There are several peach trees in front of the door. There is also a well thirty steps to the left of the door. This should be the place.
Yan Liqiang carefully confirmed the place, compared what he saw with the place where Xu Lang lived according to the person who was following him, and finally locked the location.
That man was one of Xu Lang's subordinates. When Xu Lang and others came out of the restaurant that day, that man met Yan Liqiang. Afterwards, he was arranged by Xu Lang to stay near Xihuamen. He kept an eye on Yan Liqiang every day. As soon as there was any news, that man would come and tell Xu Lang the news about Yan Liqiang.
That person had been here once before and reported to Xu Lang the news that Yan Liqiang had come to Dijing City to visit Tianwaitian. Xu Lang then asked him to continue to keep an eye on Tianwaitian and report back as soon as there was any news about Yan Liqiang...
Xu Lang is still here waiting for news from that person.
It’s a pity that that person will never come again, and the person who came is Yan Liqiang.
The wall was more than ten feet high. Yan Liqiang only took a look, moved his body, and jumped up. Like a civet cat, he landed inside the high wall without any sound.
In a place like Imperial Capital City, Xu Lang's residence was not a high-rise mansion, but it was not bad either. The house in front of him, behind a high wall, was a courtyard of neither too big nor too small. There was a light on in one of the rooms in the courtyard, and faint human voices could be heard.
Yan Liqiang landed silently, and in a flash, he quietly came to the side of a window outside the lighted room. The window was closed, but there was a gap, and the light in the room and the faint voices of people came out from inside. Yan Liqiang stood on the wall outside the window, listening to the voices inside, and just squinted his eyes and glanced at the room through the gap, and everything in the room was in sight.
There were five people in the room, sitting at a table, eating and chatting. They were all familiar faces. They were either seen by Xu Lang when he was competing with Liang Yijie on the life and death stage, or they were seen by him when they met at the door of the restaurant that day. They should all be Xu Lang's best friends...
"Why hasn't Bi An come back yet? Could something have gone wrong on the way..." A person sitting on Xu Lang's left spoke. That person was smaller than the people around him. He was the "Gao" who had asked in the classroom in a life and death fight with Yan Liqiang when Yan Liqiang and Liang Yiji escorted Sun Bingchen into the palace that day.
"Bian is a steady and reliable person, so nothing will go wrong. They must have stayed in Tianwaitian too late, so Bian has been guarding outside and couldn't get in..." Xu Lang said with narrowed eyes.
"According to the time, Tianwaitian should have closed..."
"Well, so Bi An should have news back soon!"
"The later Bian comes back, the better. This means that the guy may be staying in the city tonight. We can take action tonight instead of waiting until next time! I wanted to go out of the city to ambush him just now, but I was afraid that he would stay in the city tonight. Once the city gates are closed, we will be blocked outside..."
"Haha, I heard that the boy is just a warrior. To deal with such a boy, Brother Xu called a few of us. This is a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Brother Xu, just wait for me later. As long as I know where he is, I can finish off that boy by myself..."
"That's not the case. We'd better be careful. I saw that the boy showed his skills that day. It's not like the skills of an ordinary warrior. Otherwise, that boy wouldn't have offended Master Lin and wanted Brother Xu to kill him. Brother Xu asked us to come here this time so that we can share the happiness. After killing that boy, we will be like family in front of Master Lin..."
"It's also the boy's fault for not knowing the current situation. He didn't even realize what kind of place this Imperial Capital is. It's not a place where a country boy like him can act wildly. Not only did he stand on the wrong side, but he also dared to bar his teeth in front of Master Lin. Isn't this just courting death? I heard that the boy was a lieutenant of the Eagle. This identity is glorious in the countryside, but it's nothing in the Imperial Capital. Even if he is a general, it's not uncommon for him to lose his head for no reason in the Imperial Capital..."
"If this guy doesn't stay in the city so late tonight, then next time he comes into the city, we will go to the road outside the city to block him. I want to see how many times he can escape..."
"That's right. As the saying goes, if the King of Hell orders him to die at three o'clock in the morning, who dares to keep him alive until five o'clock..."
While everyone in the room was talking about this, Yan Liqiang heard everything clearly from outside. Everything was exactly as Yan Liqiang had guessed. Xu Lang and others were indeed ready to take action against him and wanted to kill him. The only thing that Yan Liqiang did not expect was that all this was actually the idea of Master Lin.
Yan Liqiang's mind suddenly emerged with the face of the young man he saw at the door of the restaurant that day. He was wearing a blue satin gown, had a black mole on the side of his lips, and had arrogant eyes.
The last name is Lin? He hangs out with people like Xu Lang, and is called a "Young Master" by them. Yan Liqiang almost immediately thought of that person's background. Could he have some kind of relationship with the prime minister of the dynasty
"I've been waiting for a long time and I feel a little urgent to pee, so I'm going to go out for a while..." The voice of "Gao" came from the room, followed by the sound of a chair moving.
"Hahaha, did Lao Gao buy another little girl these days? He's been very busy. I didn't drink tonight, I just ate something, and I have to go to the bathroom so soon..."
The man surnamed Gao didn't say anything, just chuckled a few times and then walked out of the house.
Gao walked out of the house and groped his way to the toilet beside the yard. He was unbuttoning his pants and relaxing without any defense when he suddenly felt a chill on his back and his mouth was covered by someone. Then a black blade came out from his chest...
Looking at the body falling under his knife, Yan Liqiang's eyes flashed with coldness. In the blink of an eye, he jumped over the high wall and came to the door outside the house again. He took a deep breath, and then knocked on the door of Xu Lang's house three long and one short knock.
Xu Lang and the others in the room heard a knock on the door. Xu Lang stood up suddenly with an excited look on his face, "It's Bi An knocking on the door. Bi An is back with news..."
"Brother Xu, I'll go open the door!" Someone volunteered, strode out of the room, came to the gate of the yard, and opened the door without thinking.
At the same moment the door was opened, the sharp black blade pierced into the heart of the person who opened the door like a flash of black lightning.
There were five people in the room, and in the blink of an eye, two were gone...
Before the man who opened the door fell, Yan Liqiang's figure suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the room where Xu Lang and the other two were like lightning. Before he arrived, a flying needle in Yan Liqiang's hand shot into the room at a speed faster than his body in the blink of an eye. The flying needle scratched the wick of the light in the room, and the whole room became pitch black. At the moment when the light just went out, the flying needle turned a corner and suddenly sank into the neck of a stunned person in the room...
(End of this chapter)