Dianxia Qingcheng

With a slight hook of his finger, the man lay on his back on the ground, and fell on his back.

Pei Zheng stood aside with his hands behind his back, and the surrounding crowd consciously gave up a small open space when they heard the movement here, and formed a circle to watch the excitement.

The man and Pei Zheng looked at each other, and shivered involuntarily, and quickly put on a smiling face, trying to get up from the ground, but suddenly a foot stretched out from the side stepped on his chest.

Chengfeng stepped hard, and the man spat out blood, and the crowd of onlookers took a few steps back in fright.

Chengfeng wanted to step on it harder, but a small hand grabbed the corner of his clothes.

"Feng, forget it, he didn't mean to..."

The man on the ground saw that the little man was so soft and easy to talk, and he also cried, "This young man, it's a young man who has eyes and doesn't know Taishan, so he bumped into you, you let that old man hold his hands high, please forgive me!" Let's die!"

Chengfeng didn't move anymore, but turned to look at Pei Zheng.

Qi Changyi also looked over, with pleading eyes.

Pei Zheng said nothing, just hooked his fingers at Qi Changyi, and Qi Changyi obediently walked to his side.

Pei Zheng took him with one hand, turned around and left with a cold snort.

Chengfeng retracted his feet and followed.

Qi Changyi was held by Pei Zheng with one hand, and in the other he was still holding the broken lantern. The rabbit ears of the lantern were broken, and the limp donut was pulled aside.

Pei Zheng wanted to take the broken lantern and throw it away, but Qi Changyi held it and refused to let go.

"This one is broken, just buy another one."

Qi Changyi touched the drooping rabbit ears, "But there is nothing like this."

Pei Zheng didn't speak any more.

At this time, the crowd suddenly became bustling again for some reason, and there were a few exclamations not far away, and the other people who shouted were also frightened, and they all crowded back.

Pei Zheng held Qi Changyi's hand and was suddenly squeezed away by the crowd. He panicked, and when he turned his head to look, he found that Qi Changyi had been squeezed a few steps away from him, and his small face was immediately submerged in the crowd.

"Ride the wind!"

—Chengfeng, who had been following the two of them, was pushed aside by the crowd who suddenly became agitated, so he was still relatively close to Qi Changyi.

Chengfeng tried his best to squeeze in the direction of Qi Changyi, but unexpectedly, the crowd in front of him suddenly rushed towards two people in black clothes with their faces covered, and went straight in Qi Changyi's direction.

Chengfeng stood up luckily, blocked them before the two men in black, drew his sword and pointed at the two men and shouted, "Who is coming! If you dare to cause riots in the city, you will be arrested soon!"

The two men in black saw Chengfeng pause but didn't reply, they drew their swords and rushed towards him.

The crowd was terrified when they saw the lights of swords and swords, and they began to flee in all directions. Qi Changyi, who was originally behind Chengfeng, was also squeezed away with the crowd.

Pei Zheng pulled out and hurried to Qi Changyi's side, but the cold sword that suddenly struck beside him held his throat.

Several men in black covered their faces and surrounded Pei Zheng. They all pointed their swords at him. Pei Zheng didn't have any weapons in his hands, and his eyes turned cold instantly.

"Master Pei, you'd better not move around, our target is not you, as long as you cooperate, we will naturally not hurt you."

Pei Zheng quickly glanced at the group of people around him. The organization was orderly and disciplined, each of them had extraordinary skills, and he knew him, so it was clear at a glance who would have sent him.

"This is the imperial capital, do you think you can escape?"

"You don't have to worry about Mr. Pei, we have our own way."

Saying that, the man in black thought he had restrained Pei Zheng, exchanged glances with each other, and a few more people rushed out not far away, rushed to Qi Changyi's side at a very fast speed, picked him up and turned to leave.

Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the people in front of him, Pei Zheng stretched out his hand to grab the sword against his throat and yanked it, grabbing the sword directly.

His hand was deeply cut by the sword, and blood was dripping down the sword, but he didn't seem to feel any pain.

Pei Zheng raised his Qi Yunjian, no matter how high the martial arts skills of those people were, they were not his opponents, and they were severely injured in a few rounds.

A few drops of blood splashed on Pei Zheng's face, winding down his resolute chin.

Holding his sword, he was about to chase the man in black who was walking away along the eaves, but was blocked by another person in front of him.

Pei Zheng squinted his eyes, the righteous little eunuch in front of him, whoever it was, was Li Yu.

Seeing Pei Zheng with reddish eyes, Li Yu was so frightened that he trembled like a sieve, but he refused to move away with his neck stuck.

Pei Zheng gave him a slap, and was about to step away, but his legs were tightly hugged again.

Blood oozed from Li Yu's mouth. He was sent back to the palace after being tortured in the prime minister's mansion, and now he appeared in this busy city for some reason.

The sword in Pei Zheng's hand has been raised high, as long as he stabs down, he can withdraw immediately.

However, the sword he held hesitated, thinking of the little man who had protected the eunuch several times, if he died, how sad the little man would be.

No, you can't kill him.

Pei Zheng tried his best to put down the sword slowly, and only stretched out his foot to kick Li Yu once.

With this kick, Li Yu's body would definitely not be able to bear it, but he didn't expect that the hand holding him did not loosen at all, and even hugged him even tighter.

"Pei...Master, please...just...let it go...let it go..."

Before the second half of the sentence was finished, Pei Zheng kicked him in the stomach again. Although it was not fatal, it was enough to make him pass out from pain.

This time the internal organs were all shifted, and Li Yu's hands limply pulled down.

It's just a short delay, and the man in black on the eaves in the distance has long since disappeared.

The sword in Pei Zheng's hand fell to the ground, he looked into the distance without saying a word, and a gloomy aura spread around him.

Chengfeng also repelled the rest of the men in black, got a little injury, and knelt behind Pei Zheng on one knee.

"Master, His Highness was taken away because of his subordinate's bad performance. Please punish him."

"Let's talk about the punishment later." Pei Zheng turned around and gave Chengfeng a cold look.

"Order, there are assassins in the city, and the whole city is under martial law. I want to see who dares to snatch people from me."

The gate of the imperial capital was closed that night, leaving only a small gate for people to enter and exit. All the people who came and went had to be carefully checked before they were allowed to go through.

There are also many more patrolling guards in the city. They are ruthless in brocade clothes and iron armor, holding torches and surrounding the streets to search and check from house to house.

People who didn't know the inside story guessed randomly, but they didn't know what happened.

"Hey, I heard that the emperor was assassinated in the palace, and the assassin escaped. The whole city is arresting him!"

"No, how did I hear that it was Mr. Pei, the Prime Minister who was assassinated? It seems that he stole some rare treasure from Mr. Pei. That's why the emperor allowed him to mobilize the guards in the whole city."

"Pei Zheng's cholera court, it's fine if he doesn't treat us as human beings, but he wants to disturb our people's life for something. It's really hateful! When will the emperor dismiss him!"

"Bah, bah, bah! Don't dare to talk nonsense, be careful if someone hears that you're going to lose your head!"

At this time, a group of neatly lined up imperial guards happened to pass by, and the chattering commoners immediately kept quiet and acted cutely.

Behind the queue was Pei Zheng riding a tall horse.

A few people didn't recognize him, but he heard those words clearly.

Chengfeng looked at Pei Zheng's face, and asked cautiously, "Master, do you want me to go..."

He ran his fingers over his neck.

Pei Zheng was silent for a while, then shook his head, "That's all."

If it was in the past, Pei Zheng would never forgive someone who dared to talk behind his back like this. Now, he is amazed at how he has become so magnanimous.

Just because he has more important things to do now.

The imperial capital city is very large, and more than half of the city has been searched, but there is still nothing.

On the face of Pei Zheng, he was calm and self-reliant, but in fact his heart was empty and unresolved.

When was the last time I felt this way, this kind of feeling, like the feeling that my heart was suddenly hollowed out, the inside was rotten and lifeless.

At this time, the leaders of several queues ran over one by one to report back.

"Report to my lord, I didn't find it."

"My lord, there are none here."

"My lord, the little one didn't find it either."

Pei Zheng was furious, and the whip directly wrapped around the nearest leader, and pulled him towards him, his eyes lowered, and his voice was piercing.

"A bunch of trash! Let me continue to search until I find it! Otherwise, I will punish you one by one! Get lost!"

The few people received the order and were about to run out in a hurry.

The last person who rushed over shouted loudly, "My lord! There is something wrong here! Someone in the south of the city has seen traces of the man in black!"

Hearing this, Pei Zheng tightened his grip on the reins, whipped his horse and headed south of the city.

The mighty Imperial Guard troops behind them also ran to keep up, and the dense torches collectively moved towards the south of the city.

Qi Changyi didn't seem to know what he had bumped into, and passed out immediately after being carried by someone. When he was in a daze, he seemed to see Pei Zheng who was holding a sword and his hands were covered in blood.

After opening his eyes again, he found that he was in a dilapidated temple in the wilderness. The temple was dilapidated, with only a pile of sundries and old straw mats.

Qi Changyi touched the completely damaged rabbit lotus lantern at hand, not only the rabbit's ears were broken, but even the red lotus on it was crushed, and the wick inside had already been extinguished.

With a sore nose, tears dripped from the corners of the little man's eyes. He took the lantern and hugged it into his arms, tears pattered down on it.

Is he really useless, he can't protect anything well, even a lantern is broken like this in his hands.

A few figures in black clothes suddenly appeared beside him, slowly gathering in his direction.

Qi Changyi was terrified, shaking her body, and could not help shrinking back, "You...who are you...why...why did you arrest me..."

The men in black took off their masks. They didn't look like villains with sly eyebrows, but there was a righteous look on their brows.

"It's not to catch you, it's to save you."