Chapter 22 Nightfall

Qi Xuansu was the first to walk out of the Taiping Inn branch and directly ordered: "Get ready. Take your men to wipe out the Beggars' Gang in the north city. Don't let anyone go. Then start to sort out the evidence related to Gao Mingyin's crimes. This case has been delayed for too long. It's time to end it."

"Yes." Wang Chongnian responded.

Qi Xuansu asked: "I'm going out of the city. Have you found out the places I asked you to find out?"

Wang Chongnian handed over a blueprint: "I've found out."

Qi Xuansu took the blueprint: "Very good."

Qi Xuansu signaled Wang Chongnian and others to leave first, and he opened the blueprint, browsed it roughly, and memorized the route on it.

After a while, Gao Mingyin also went downstairs. Seeing Qi Xuansu standing alone outside the building, he smiled humbly again: "Master Qi, take care."

Qi Xuansu smiled: "Master Gao, let your people prepare to take action. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it back again. If I hide in the Jade Emperor Palace and don't come out, can you still force your way in?"

Qi Xuansu was not surprised that Gao Mingyin dared to kill him. After all, Gao Mingyin also had a backer. As long as Gao Mingyin did it cleanly and neatly, without leaving any handles and evidence, then the big man behind him could legitimately protect him. After all, this is the Imperial Capital, not the Jade Capital. The Imperial Capital Daofu is just one of the many forces in the Imperial Capital, and it is not a matter of covering the sky with one hand.

Donghua Zhenren and Cihang Zhenren are of course very powerful, but they are too far away from the Imperial Capital. One is based in the south of the Yangtze River and the other is based in the northwest. They are out of reach. Without evidence or other legitimate reasons, they cannot directly reach the Imperial Capital. If it was Qingwei Zhenren who was close to him, it would be fine. Unfortunately, Qi Xuansu and Qingwei Zhenren had no friendship, and maybe even some hatred.

In Gao Mingyin's view, it would be best to lead Qi Xuansu out of the Jade Emperor Palace to negotiate, but it would also be the best opportunity to assassinate him if he could not negotiate, which could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Because of this, the experienced Wang Chongnian's first reaction was the Hongmen Night Banquet.

Qi Xuansu also expected this, so he told Gao Mingyin that this opportunity was given to Gao Mingyin by him. If he refused this meeting, Gao Mingyin would not only have nowhere to say harsh words, but also would not have the opportunity to fight to the death, and could only consider how to cut off his arm.

The reason why Qi Xuansu came to see Gao Mingyin was because everything he did before was to force Gao Mingyin to take the initiative, which was to lure the snake out of its hole.

As for danger, of course there are some, but for Qi Xuansu, it is not dangerous. First, this is the Imperial Capital City, and second, Qi Xuansu is confident enough, especially after defeating Qi Jianyuan and Zhao Fuan in succession. Qi Xuansu has a rough idea of ​​his own strength. Among the celestial beings in the free and easy stage, he is also a leader. After all, exiled immortals and semi-immortals are a minority.

If Gao Mingyin does not fall for it and plays the turtle to the end, or really confesses his crime and surrenders, at most his vitality will be seriously damaged, but he may not lose his life. Maybe he will have a chance to make a comeback, just like a big tree cut in half, but the roots are still there. This is what Qi Xuansu calls decency.

If Gao Mingyin can't help but fight to the death, it will give Qi Xuansu the opportunity to put Gao Mingyin to death, which is equivalent to uprooting the whole tree directly, which is not decent.

As for the saying that the disaster does not affect the family, there is no such saying in this matter. It is impossible to enjoy the wealth and power when Gao Mingyin is prosperous, and then when Gao Mingyin is involved in a crime, he will just break away and say that he is innocent. There is no such good thing as taking all the benefits and not taking any responsibility.

It has always been a case of prosperity and decline.

Qi Xuansu's attitude naturally made Gao Mingyin very suspicious, and his expression froze, but the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. He had no other way out at this time, so he just responded and turned around to get on the carriage.

From Haosheng Southeast Square to Xuanshang North Square, this section of the journey will be particularly dangerous. After all, the inner city is not the imperial city. For the celestial beings, it is not well guarded, and there are plenty of opportunities to take action.

However, Qi Xuansu did not intend to return to Xuanshang North Square, but turned and walked towards the south city.

At this time, it was just getting dark, and it was far from the curfew.

Except for special festivals such as the Sanyuan Festival, the imperial capital generally implements a "curfew" system. It was stipulated that the evening drum should be struck at 3:00 a.m. on the first watch, and people were prohibited from going out. The ban was lifted after the morning bell was struck at 3:00 a.m. on the fifth watch. Those who walked on the street during the second, third, and fourth watches were flogged 50 times. Those who violated the ban after the first watch and shortly before the ban was lifted during the fifth watch were flogged 40 times. People were allowed to go out in case of illness, childbirth, or death.

A night was divided into five watches. Using Western hours, the first watch was from 19:00 to 21:00, the second watch was from 21:00 to 23:00, and so on. The fifth watch was from 3:00 to 5:00 in the morning.

Each watch was divided into five points. One point was equivalent to 24 minutes in Western hours. The first watch and the third watch were 20:12 at night. The fifth watch and the third watch were 4:12 in the morning.

The nightly curfew was not a big hindrance to the lives of ordinary people, but it was a big problem for some businesses. For example, prostitutes would have trouble returning home if they went out to attend church meetings at night. In addition, gambling houses were also strictly prohibited by law, so gamblers mostly gathered at night to gamble to avoid being seen. Often, when gambling was late at night and everyone was asleep, gamblers who had lost all their money had to go home. However, the city was under curfew and no one was allowed to go out. Gamblers had to take detours, wade through stinky ponds, or cross wilderness. Even then, they would be stopped and questioned by night watchmen or patrolling men in black, and inevitably be exposed.

Qi Xuansu glanced at his pocket watch. It was 19:30 in Western time. There was still some time before the curfew. After the curfew began, night watchmen and black-clad men from the Wucheng Bingma Division would patrol the streets.

For Qi Xuansu, it was enough.

Qi Xuansu walked neither fast nor slow, just a little faster than ordinary people walking on foot, so when he came to the city gate at the junction of Haosheng Southeast Square and South City, it was already close to curfew. Although the city gate had not been closed, there were no pedestrians.

However, there were no gatekeepers here, only one person standing.

This person was wearing a coarse linen shirt, and his face should be wearing a mask similar to the "white fox face", covering his original appearance. He had his hands behind his back, and his aura was deep and majestic.

A real celestial being.

Qi Xuansu stopped.

At the same time, a woman appeared behind him, wearing a veil hat known as "shallow exposure", which also covered her appearance, and a plain dress.

Also a real celestial being.

It was no coincidence that two celestial beings appeared here at the same time and blocked Qi Xuansu one after the other.

Qi Xuansu was not panicked at all, and said calmly: "This is a big business. You two must have made a lot of money, right? If it weren't for my future, I would like to take such a business."

Qi Xuansu said this sincerely. He had only earned one thousand Taiping money when he ran all the way from Longmen Prefecture in Zhongzhou to Bohai Prefecture in Zhili. These two people can get at least 50,000 Taiping money from this business.

But then again, it is a huge risk to take action in the capital, so this amount is not much.

The man in hemp clothes laughed loudly: "It is worthy of the recent famous Master Qi. Just relying on this calm and relaxed Qi cultivation skill, he is better than the countless drunkards in the past. I just don't know if Master Qi is forcing himself to be calm at this time? Or is he full of confidence?"

Qi Xuansu raised his hand and took out his sword: "You will know if you try it?"

Before he finished speaking, Qi Xuansu turned around and rushed towards the woman in the veil behind him.

He possessed four great inheritances, and could clearly sense that the man in front of him was so vigorous that his whole body was like a stream of fire. He was a warrior, while the woman behind him was weak and withered, and had no true qi flowing. She was a Taoist priest.

Even a Taoist priest would be extremely afraid of close combat with people of other inheritances, especially the close combat of warriors. But once the Taoist priest pulled away from him, he would be easily exhausted to death.

If Qi Xuansu was entangled by the warrior head-on, and there was a Taoist priest who restrained and harassed him from a distance, Qi Xuansu would fall into a disadvantage, so Qi Xuansu directly chose to try to get close to the female Taoist priest.

In fact, Qi Xuansu was also restricted in his actions in the Imperial Capital, because he could not use the "Magic Knife" recklessly. If he completely lost control and started a killing spree, his life would be ruined. He would either commit suicide to apologize, or be a vicious and evil secret society demon for the rest of his life.

The "Magic Knife" that he tried only briefly was not good enough after all.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Xuansu had come to three feet in front of the female Taoist priest, but the female Taoist priest also threw out a paper man and pointed at the paper man: "Where is the strong man?"

The paper man burst into golden light, and then the wind blew from the ground, and the paper man turned into a warrior with a face like red jade, a beard like soap wool, a height of ten feet, wearing golden armor, wrapped with ribbons, and a golden sun ring hanging behind him, shining with rosy clouds.

This is the "Yellow Turban Strongman" of the Taiping Dao. When the Taiping Dao started the uprising, it was called "The Blue Sky is dead, the Yellow Sky should be established", and everyone wrapped their heads with yellow scarves, so they were named "Yellow Turban Strongman".

Qi Xuansu chopped down with a knife, and the "Yellow Turban Strongman" used his two hammers to block the knife. Although he barely blocked the knife, his whole body was shaken, and the golden light of the armor suddenly dimmed a lot.

With three strikes at most, or two strikes at least, Qi Xuansu could destroy this "Yellow Turban Warrior", but the warrior did not give Qi Xuansu this opportunity. He kicked hard, and the bluestone ground under his feet shattered. He suddenly accelerated to catch up with Qi Xuansu and punched Qi Xuansu in the back of his head.

Qi Xuansu saved the time to react with the intuition of "Magic Knife", and just sideways, just dodged the punch.

Almost at the same time, Qi Xuansu had taken out the "Painted Dragon Hand Gun" with his left hand, and the muzzle was tilted upwards, and he fired two shots in a row.

Being hit by the gun at close range, and it was "Dragon Eye Yiyi", even a celestial warrior was directly lifted into the sky under the huge impact, and his feet were at least three feet off the ground.

Qi Xuansu, who was in the shallow "Magic Knife" state, barely avoided the thunder attracted by the female Taoist priest, and the ground beside him was charred black.

If Qi Xuansu was just a casual person at the Heavenly Man stage, even if he practiced the "Demon Sword", his intuition could keep up, but his physique could not. However, Qi Xuansu now had the physique of a Heavenly Man warrior. Even though he did not have the body spirit and was inferior to a complete warrior, after the blessing of the true qi, it was enough to make Qi Xuansu's body and the intuition of the "Demon Sword" form a perfect match.

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