Golden Summoner

Jing Lao pointed to the Qin'an River not far away, and sighed, "The Qin'an River is cleaned up every ten years, and every time it is cleaned up, I don't know how many bones of the boats will be cleaned up. Those bones are not tied to iron bodies. If the hands and feet are tied with chains, the body is decapitated, or the bones are broken, and the bones are black. Who will eat the fish that come out of this river!"

"Thank you Mr. Jing for telling me, I will be careful!" Xia Pingan said seriously.

"That's it, let's leave it here!" Jing Lao and Xia Ping'an said goodbye, took out a black oilcloth umbrella from their own boxes, opened the umbrella, carried the box, and got off the boat along the stairs on the deck, and disappeared below. Among the vast crowd.

Jing Lao is not young, but his body is quite vigorous, he doesn't look old at all, and his back is straight with a box in his hand.

Watching Jing Lao leave, Xia Pingan also carried his suitcase, mixed with the crowd, and got off the boat.

The suitcase was bought by Xia Ping'an before. It is a brown leather suitcase, which is quite satisfactory. People who go on long-distance travel do not carry a suitcase with them. It is too conspicuous in the crowd, and many people will look at it curiously. If it's a suitcase, it looks much more ordinary.

A little drizzle sprinkled on Xia Ping'an's face, and it was slightly cool. Xia Pingan, who was walking towards the pier among the crowd, felt in a daze that he had returned to the days when he was drifting north.

It's so similar.

In his previous life, he drifted north for the purpose of studying and getting ahead, but this time he came to Beijing for the same purpose - the capital of the Great Merchants Kingdom is the place where Jinyuezhou's resources, information, power, and powerful people gather. At the same time, there is Jinyuezhou's largest The National Library and National Archives.

For a summoner, the fastest place to practice is not the deep mountains and old forests, but the bustling city in front of him.

As long as he can get ahead in this city, the cultivation resources he can obtain are absolutely incomparable to other places, and at the same time, this is the most likely place to find clues to the Tower of Darkness.

The Guardian Armed Forces of the Dark God of War Cult is called the Judgment Army. Those who can join the Judgment Army must be summoners, and the Judgment Army recruits from outside. Summoners who are not from the Great Merchants can come here to try as long as they are before the Yiyang Realm. See if you can join the Judgment Army.

The summoners who join the Judgment Army are all one-in-a-million characters. Once they join the Judgment Army, they become a part of the Judgment of the Dark God of War Cult, which means they have found an "organization".

I just heard that it is very difficult to join the Judgment Army, and the conditions are strict. The Judgment Army selects summoners, almost all of them are selected from the best, the best from the best, and the best from the best.

Xia Pingan followed the disembarking crowd to leave the pier, and after the bustling crowd walked out of the pier, they came to the street outside the pier.

On the street here, rows of rickshaws are parked on the side of the road. Those rickshaws are almost exactly the same as rickshaws. Seeing people pouring out, those rickshaw pullers ran over to pick up the guests.

In addition to rickshaws, Xia Ping'an saw that there were four-wheeled carriages, cars and trams on the streets of the city.

The big grasshoppers I saw in Dawan City before were not seen here.

When the rickshaw drivers rushed over, the people from various dental shops waiting outside the exit of the pier were also holding signs for various recruitments outside, recruiting nannies, maids, servants, various apprentices, nurses, etc. The bodyguards in the hospital have everything...

Seeing the pretty young woman coming out of the exit with her things in hand, a large group of employees of the dental office holding signs for recruiting maids and nanny rushed over and began to promise various conditions.

Some children begging for food and selling newspapers also rushed over.

The exit was a bit confusing...

The scene in front of me is somewhat similar to the demon city in the old society.

Xia Pingan, who was squeezed in the crowd, just took a few steps when he felt that two chopsticks quickly reached into his pocket from the side of the crowd...

Chapter 165 Dispute

As soon as Xia Pingan grabbed it, he grabbed the wrist of one hand.

He turned his head and looked over, only to see a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy with a gray felt hat on his head, half-new clothes stained with raindrops, and a somewhat thin face, staring at him with a fierce look in his eyes. Silk fear color.

The two chopsticks that the boy was holding had fallen to the ground.

"Damn, what are you doing, let go?" The boy was not only not afraid, but also said viciously with a threatening tone.

Xia Pingan exerted a little force, and the boy's face showed a trace of pain, but in the pain, there was also a trace of cunning.

"Ah..." The boy yelled, with a strong element of acting, and then fell down on the ground full of sewage, his whole body twitching.

The people who had just arrived in Beijing were scared away, and at the same time, more than a dozen people surrounded them all at once, all of them were men in their teens and 20s, and some of them wore Felt hats, some people wearing yellow vests that help people carry luggage outside the port, immediately surrounded Xia Ping'an, staring at Xia Ping'an with fierce eyes, many of them put their hands in their pockets , the pocket was bulging, and it looked like there should be a sharp weapon in it.

"Xiaopi, what's the matter with you?" A flat-faced man in his 20s with small eyes and brows so faded that they couldn't be seen came out from the crowd and asked in a rough voice.

"Brother Hong, I just came over to ask him if he wanted to salute, but unexpectedly he hit me, whoops, whoops, it hurts so much..." the boy who fell on the ground yelled, and then twitched like performing on the ground up.

"Friend, a group of us brothers are just working as coolies here to make a living, helping others to earn some hard money. Have you ever bullied a child like this?" The young man named Hong looked at him coldly. Xia Pingan took two steps closer, "It's fine if you don't want our service, why beat someone?"

"That's right, why did you hit someone?"

"Damn, dare to bully us, be careful to stab you to death..."

"Kill him, kill him..."

The people around gathered around, staring fiercely at Xia Ping'an, some were clamoring and threatening, and a few people were staring at the suitcase that Xia Ping'an was carrying.

Xia Pingan looked down at the Xiaopi who fell on the ground, and saw that when the Xiaopi was twitching, he had already kicked the two wooden chopsticks that fell on the ground to the crowd next to him, and the people in the crowd next to you kicked With one kick, I kicked the two wooden chopsticks apart in the blink of an eye, and they disappeared.

This is a group crime, with a clear division of labor. Once the theft is not discovered, they will threaten to blackmail people. These people in front of them are already very proficient in this method.

The so-called knowing the whole leopard at a glance, such a group is blocked in the port area of ​​the upper capital to commit crimes, and there is no police to control it. The law and order and environment faced by the middle and lower classes in the upper capital may be worse than I imagined.

Seeing that Xia Pingan didn't speak, but just looked around, those who gathered around suddenly became more courageous, that Brother Hong and a few people in the crowd exchanged a wink, and the surrounding crowd gathered around in a chaotic manner.

"Beat him..." Someone in the crowd encouraged.

In the chaos, the surrounding crowd blocked the eyes of the outsiders, and some hands grabbed Xia Ping'an's luggage compartment with sharp blades in their hands, while others grabbed Xia Ping'an directly. As if they wanted to search Xia Ping'an, some hands turned into fists, some had half a brick, and a wooden stick hit Xia Ping'an's head and body. The young man even sneaked through the crowd, trying to hug Xia Ping'an's hand.

Xiaopi, who was twitching on the ground, stopped twitching at this time, and with a vicious smile, wanted to hug Xia Ping'an's leg.

The scene in front of me was like a group of hyenas besieging a lion.

In this situation, other than being beaten and robbed, it is estimated that ordinary people will find it difficult to deal with it for a while.

However, those people may be able to cooperate closely like hyenas, but Xia Pingan is not as easy to deal with as lions.

Xia Pingan had no extra expression on his face, he just picked up his suitcase and swung it around.

The suitcase knocks open fists, bricks, sticks, hands, bodies...

The people who came around rolled over one by one amid the sound of whoops, and fell to the ground...

That brother Hong was hit on the head by the suitcase, he became dizzy all of a sudden, and flew heavily two meters away.

"Oops, ouch, hit someone, hit someone..."

Those people shouted together.

Seeing Xia Ping'an's bravery and amazing strength in his hands, he was not a soft-legged shrimp that was kneaded by others, and those who fell on the ground dared not rush over for a while.

"Beep...beep..." A policeman in a black uniform and holding a baton, who didn't show up early or late, finally appeared when those people called out.

"What, what, who beat someone?" The policeman, who was getting fat, walked over in a hurry, and asked loudly with a cold face as soon as he walked over.

"Officer, he beat someone..." Brother Hong, who was lying on the ground, and a group of screaming people all pointed at Xia Ping'an.

"Officer, they are stealing, robbing, and beating people here, don't you care?" Xia Pingan said to the policeman.

"I didn't see what you said. They said you beat people, and so many people saw it..." The policeman walked towards Xia Pingan directly, with a grimace, and a baton in his hand. Crackling.

"The bricks on the ground, wooden sticks, and the blades hidden on them, those are the evidence, you will find out when you search!"

Hearing what Xia Pingan said, the policeman's face became even colder. He stared at Xia Pingan with unfriendly eyes, and scolded, "The police still need you to teach me how to handle cases. If you have anything to say, come with me to the police station." Go ahead and talk..."

While talking, the policeman took out the handcuffs around his waist and was about to torture Xia Ping'an.

Xia Pingan finally understood why these gangs of stealing and extorting people were so rampant in the wharf area. It turned out that there was a protective umbrella, a nest of snakes and rats, and when he saw the police handcuffs to torture him, he took a step back and avoided opened.

The policeman's face changed slightly, "Damn, you still dare to arrest?"

"Do you know who I am?" Xia Pingan blinked and suddenly asked the policeman a word.

The policeman froze for a moment, "Who are you?"

"I won't tell you!" Xia Pingan smiled slightly.

The policeman's expression changed, and he grabbed Xia Pingan again. Xia Pingan's hand was like lightning, and he grabbed the policeman's handcuffs and grabbed the policeman's wrist at the same time. The policeman staggered, He was taken by Xia Pingan and rushed to the light pole of a nearby street lamp involuntarily.

Xia Pingan shot too quickly, with two clicks, the policeman was still in a daze, and he didn't react. His two hands were already holding the light pole, and Xia Pingan roasted him.

Not only that, Xia Pingan also tore off the whistle around his neck and the handcuff key on his belt.

"How dare you resist arrest, quickly... let me go?" The policeman screamed strangely, his voice was stern, and he was also extremely embarrassed. The policeman was actually handcuffed by a person in such a large crowd, and he was still hugging him here Looking at the light pole, this embarrassment.

"It's because of a garbage policeman like you that these people dare to commit crimes and be deceived here..." Xia Pingan waved his hand, and threw the police whistle and handcuff key in his hand into the gap in the sewer next to him.

"Come on, come on..." the policeman yelled.

Before anyone surrounded him, Xia Pingan had already picked up his suitcase and ran away. In the blink of an eye, he rushed hundreds of meters in the drizzle, turned a corner, and disappeared from everyone's sight .

Brother Hong and the others who fell on the ground didn't react, and they didn't expect Xia Ping'an to run too. When they got up one by one, they had just chased a few steps, and there was no one in sight.

"You bastards, don't you have any brains, quickly find the key and unlock my handcuffs..." the policeman who was handcuffed to the street light pole shouted angrily.

Brother Hong and the others hurriedly turned around again, and frantically opened the manhole cover of the sewer, trying to salvage the key, but it was raining today, and the water in the sewer was a little fast, so Xia Pingan threw it to the key police post of the sewer or something. Once you rush, you can't see it anymore.

The crowd watching at the exit of the pier seemed to be watching a funny farce...

The policeman was tortured, and a group of gangsters were saving the policeman...

It's really a family of police and civilians...

……

On the side of the road not far away, a black four-wheeled carriage was parked on the side of the road.

In the back row of the carriage, Jing Lao looked at what happened there through the dark glass window. He waited until he saw Xia Ping'an's figure disappear at the corner of the street, and Jing Lao who was sitting in the carriage smiled slightly. , pulled up the curtain of the carriage window, and tapped lightly on a wooden board in the carriage with a cane.

"Let's go!"

"Drive..." The driver in the raincoat outside the carriage shook the reins lightly, and the black four-wheeled carriage started to run.

……

Xia Pingan was very fast, turned the corner of the street, saw that no one was chasing after him, Xia Pingan directly stopped a carriage carrying passengers that had just come down.

The four-wheeled carriage used to carry passengers and people in the upper capital, the color of the front light of the carriage is yellow, which is very easy to distinguish.

The coachmen wore coir raincoats and rain capes, and hats and hats, sitting in front of the cart and holding the reins, just like fishermen sitting alone in the cold river.

"The camp of the Judgment Army..."

From Donggang to the Judgment Army's camp in the north, although the road is easy to walk, the distance between them is more than 500 miles, and it takes almost a day for the carriage to travel.

Moreover, the weather is not good today, and the distance is far away. Just as the driver was about to refuse, Xia Pingan had already thrown a gold coin over.

As soon as he took the gold coins, the driver who was driving the car jumped out of the car to get Xia Ping'an's luggage as if he had been beaten.

The carriage started to run briskly in the drizzle. Xia Pingan touched himself. The money he got from Dawan City came all the way here. In the end, there were only two gold coins and a few silver coins left.

In the misty rain and fog outside, tall and gorgeous buildings in the port area can be seen everywhere on the roadside, with signs of various trading houses, banks, and companies hanging everywhere.

There are all kinds of people in the capital city, from various religions and streams. In order to survive and fight for fame and wealth, countless people are thrashing, struggling, climbing, devouring and biting in this city. This city of Shangjing is not a kind place. ah……

However, Xia Ping'an likes this place very much. It is precisely because this is not a good place that he has the opportunity.

The real opportunities are hidden in the chaotic contradictions and conflicts...

Shangjingcheng, here I come!

Chapter 166 Selection

In the morning, Xia Ping'an left Donggang, and when the carriage sent him to the Judgment Army camp, it was completely dark.

The coachman and the horses pulling the cart were exhausted after a day's running.

On the road during the day, the coachman also let the horse rest twice in the stable where the carriage rested, and fed water and fodder.

The horse pulling the cart was wet, with its head down, already weak, and the coachman was also shivering in the cold night wind, opened the door for Xia Pingan, and said carefully with a smile, "Guest officer, the boss of the Judgment Army The battalion is just ahead, and you will arrive there after walking along this road for a while, please forgive me, the place is heavily guarded, and the younger ones really dare not go, so please just walk over there!"

"Okay, hard work!"

"I still need 35 silver coins from you, guest officer..." The coachman asked tentatively. After all, Xia Pingan gave him too much money. , it is more than enough to hire him for four or five days.

"You don't need to look for it, I will reward you more..." Xia Pingan said.

"Thank you, guest officer, thank you, guest officer..." The coachman let out a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face, thanked him a thousand times, then turned around and drove back again.

There are still clouds in the sky, and you can hardly see any starlight, but behind a thick cloud layer, you can see the shadows of two moons.

The gas lamps on the road have been turned on, illuminating puddles of stagnant water on the ground.

There were not many pedestrians and horses around, and everyone was in a hurry, as if they didn't dare to stay here any longer.

The Judgment Army's camp is close to a large mountain in the north of Shangjing City, which is called Pingshan Mountain.

Pingshan in the dark, lurking in the dark like a giant beast, is full of frightening aura.

Xia Pingan didn't go to the Judgment Army's camp. It was late at night, and the Judgment Army's camp wouldn't be waiting for him to come here. People need to rest, not to mention it's so late.

Xia Pingan walked on the street for a while, found a hotel, asked for a room to stay for one night, and waited until the next morning before heading to the Judgment Army's camp.

The next day, the weather cleared up a bit, and there was no more drizzle.