Embrace the blade

Early the next morning, Jiang Li was woken up.

Countless people yelled something, as if overturning a cauldron, the waves of sound and fury washed over the house overwhelmingly, smashing into vague words.

When he pushed the door out, Qi Zhaoxi, who was in the courtyard, had just briefly described to Xue Le what happened last night.Hearing the movement, Xue Le glanced at Jiang Li who was approaching, and then turned back to Qi Zhaoxi: "So you plan to stay and observe for a while? But you know that your identity may be exposed, so aren't you afraid of being plotted against?"

"Scared, why not afraid."

"Then you still..."

"Just adapt to the situation." Qi Zhaoxi said with a smile.

Xue Le choked on him and shook his head helplessly.

"What's the noise outside?" Jiang Li looked at the high courtyard wall that blocked the noise.

"It's probably because of the haunting. I asked a maid, and she said that people from the city gathered early in the morning to block the house, and Qin Zheng had to come forward to give an explanation." Qi Zhaoxi said.

They walked out while talking, and saw the closed gate of the mansion from a long distance away, and even a few strong domestic servants leaned against the gate and tried their best to resist, lest the excited and shouting people outside would be disturbed. Break in.

Qin Zheng stood beside him with a sad face, talking to the housekeeper, shaking his head frequently.

When they got closer, they realized that the noise was indeed mixed with the sound of banging on the door, and the thick door shook in response. The servants' faces turned red and they were sweating profusely. They didn't know how long they could last.

"Hero Qin, what's going on outside?" Qi Zhaoxi asked.

Only then did Qin Zheng notice them, and he hurried up a few steps, embarrassingly vague: "Something happened in the mansion, it's okay, I didn't expect to disturb the three of you, I'm really sorry."

"Hero Qin, you are welcome. If there is anything you can help, please feel free to ask." Xue Le said.

Qin Zheng waved his hands again and again: "No! No! I've said it's a trivial matter, how can I let the distinguished guests intervene. Forgive me for the poor hospitality, please go back to your room to rest, and I can take care of it later..."

Before the words fell, the door was slammed open with a gap, and then it was pushed back with a 'bang'. The servant fell to the ground and resisted, staring at the creaking door, and couldn't help screaming. Said: "Master, I can't stand it anymore!"

Qin Zheng's face became more and more ugly.

At the same time, the chaotic shouts outside gradually merged into one voice, shouting in unison:

"Exorcise ghosts and eliminate harm, and return my peace!"

"Exorcise ghosts and eliminate harm, and return my peace!"

The louder and louder the shout, the louder and angrier it was, almost shaking the sky.

Qin Zheng's eyes finally showed a bit of sternness, he turned around and told the housekeeper, "Bring more people, and quickly go to guard Changfeng's courtyard, and never let anyone break in! If Mrs. Chen asks, No matter what reason you use, hide it from me!"

"Yes!"

He recruited another servant: "Go and get my Dragon Spear!"

The servant ran quickly.

Qin Zheng faced the three of them again, and was about to speak, but was preempted.

Jiang Li said: "The so-called sound of grave digging is someone's deception. The soil on the street has been dug up, and there is gunpowder in it."

As soon as he made a sound, Qi Zhaoxi subconsciously wanted to stop him, but it was too late.Sure enough, Qin Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Jiang Li with suspicion: "How did Young Master Jiang know?"

Jiang Li's face remained unchanged: "It's not important."

"...Is this news really credible?"

Jiang Li said, "Why should I lie to you?"

The situation was imminent, and Qin Zheng couldn't afford to hesitate any longer. The servant had already held a long spear with both hands: the gun barrel was shiny black, with a fiery red tassel on the top, and the tip of the gun was blazing with cold light, which hurt people's eyes.

Qin Zheng grabbed it with one hand, strode to the front of the mansion, held the Dragon Spear in front of him, and commanded in a deep voice: "Open the door!"

The house servants let go of their hands, the overwhelmed door latch broke suddenly, the house door slammed open, the people pushing outside lost their support, and rushed in like a flood, hitting the spear.The crowd was surging, Qin Zheng couldn't help but took a step back, and immediately stood firm, his figure was as firm as a rock, and he forcibly blocked the wave of people with one shot at a time.

"Look at this public dissatisfaction, he may not be able to stop it." Qi Zhaoxi glanced at the worried Xue Le, "If you don't worry about it, hurry up and guard Ye Xinghe's courtyard for the housekeeper. There are really consequences for people breaking in. It’s unimaginable.”

Xue Leben was entangled, nodded when he heard the words, and ran towards the inner courtyard.

Qi Zhaoxi turned his gaze back and saw Qin Zheng's forehead with bulging veins. With a loud shout, he pushed his spear forward and pushed the wave of people away!

The crowd retreated layer by layer like a wave, and the few people in front couldn't bear the huge force, they fell a few steps and then fell to the ground, completely smashed.

Qin Zheng jumped out, swept his spear across, and the chilling wind brought up made everyone retreat again and again, leaving a clean space in front of the door. With a sound of 'dong', the Youlong Spear was thrown heavily in the open space. He stood still in front of the mansion gate, with the aura of one man guarding the gate and one man not letting go. His eyes swept over the fearful or angry crowd, and finally he said: " You are all my neighbors and villagers for many years, and they gathered in front of my Qin's house early this morning to quarrel and clash, what is the matter?"

"Qin Zheng! You only dare to show your face until now, and you still pretend to be confused? If it weren't for the fact that you harbored evil spirits in your house, causing the whole city to suffer, why would we come to you?"

Qi Zhaoxi and Jiang Li followed out to watch, heard the sound, and unexpectedly found that the person who spoke was very familiar. It was the man who fainted from the bloodstains in the flower building last night. Now his face is pale and bloodshot. Sleepless, still shrouded in deep fear.

Qin Zheng said in a deep voice: "I have heard about the haunting in the city for a long time, and I have been investigating it secretly. I just got the news. It is certain that someone is pretending to be a ghost. The sound of grave digging in the middle of the night is actually..."

"Fart!" The man interrupted him, furious, "What are you pretending to be, you are just rushing to get rid of the responsibility! Someone died last night! I saw the death of Tan Niang in Jinque Tower with my own eyes, and the whole building was full of blood marks , you are still talking about the sound of digging graves here, are you trying to fool someone?!"

"Someone died?" Qin Zheng's expression changed.

"People have been killed a long time ago! A martial artist who didn't believe in evil came to the city earlier, and he insisted on going to meet that evil spirit in the middle of the night. As a result, he was skinned and spread on the road the next morning! It was rumored throughout the city. It’s been over and over again, doesn’t Daxia Qin know?”

Qin Zheng hesitated and said, "...But I really didn't find out about it."

"Then it seems that Qin Daxia's secret investigation is just a superficial trick to fool people." The man was full of sarcasm.

Without waiting for Qin Zheng to explain, a crying female voice rang out immediately: "Don't say it's a dead person, even the living will suffer! I can't sleep well every night, and I'm worried. Who would have thought that I would let the child hit me?" Evil, look, look!"

It was a woman crying, holding a six or seven-year-old girl in her arms.The girl nestled in the woman's arms drowsily, with an unnatural blush on her sweaty face, even though she was being held by Liang to show it to the people around her, she didn't respond at all.

"She heard voices on the street in the middle of the night and she was curious, so she sneaked out to look, and she ended up like this, with a high fever that never went away. Yes, it's my mother who didn't take care of it, but in the end, what did we do wrong? , why do you have to be so frightened, what is wrong with the child, why do you have to suffer this kind of crime?"

A stone stirs up a thousand waves.Most of the people in the city were haunted and terrified all day long. At this moment, a vent was finally opened. Dissatisfaction, anger, grievances, and curses all rushed out, stirring up a noisy and chaotic quagmire. Impulsively, he rushed in again, wishing to find out the troublesome evil spirit with his own hands.

The Youlong Spear swung horizontally, forcing the crowd back again.The veins on Qin Zheng's forehead were twitching violently, but facing the woman's cries and the children's pain, he felt a lot guilty. Even though he still held the spear tightly in his hand, he lost his momentum.

"The black is like black jade, and the red is like a raging fire. It is invincible and invincible. May I ask, in this godly city, who doesn't know your Qin family's five-generation ancestral dragon gun?"

The words came out abruptly, Qin Zheng didn't understand why he followed the sound, and the other party was dressed as a Confucian scholar. After his eyes collided, he first bowed to him, and then continued calmly: "Hero Qin, you are even more chivalrous and courageous. Relying on this long spear to eliminate harm for the people, I don’t know how many bandits and thieves I have killed, I never thought... the Dragon Spear would turn towards us one day.”

As soon as these words came out, Qin Zheng's wavering expression could not be concealed. The spear in his hand suddenly became extremely heavy. You are not allowed to force your way in."

Confucian scholar said: "Actually, everyone here understands in their hearts that Chen Changfeng and Chen Daxia are your sworn brothers. It is human nature that you want to protect them. But if the matter is not important, we are not willing to force you like this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Zhaoxi, who was watching, couldn't help but "tsk".

On the contrary, Qin Zheng stretched his brows, and then softened his voice: "Since this is the case, you and I don't have to be so tit-for-tat. It's better to discuss it. According to your ideas, how should we deal with the haunting in this city?"

This question caught the crowd at once, they whispered to each other, looked around, and finally parted a way from the crowd, and walked out a Taoist priest slowly.

The Taoist priest is quite old, with a goatee and a mahogany sword on his back. Although the Taoist robe is old, it is also neat, but it is a little loose, and it is forced to stretch a little on his thin figure. Gone with the meaning.

"Hero Qin," the Taoist priest sighed, "To be honest, the poor Taoist has been setting up formations in the city for many days, trying to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, but it's a pity that Daxia Chen is a living corpse who has accumulated grievances for too long, and his hostility is also gone. It's too heavy, and now that things are going on, if you don't make up your mind to eradicate them quickly, the evil spirits will definitely bring disaster to Qiancheng after they are born!"

Qin Zheng frowned again: "Changfeng is an upright and kind person, how could he turn into a demon?"

"Qin Daxia feels that what Pindao said is not true, but the human life and blood mark that died in vain last night can't be faked. If it's not an evil spirit, how else can it be explained?"

Qin Zheng was at a loss for words for a moment, and after a while, he cautiously and tentatively asked: "What is the Taoist priest planning to do?"

"The living corpse is the soul of the dead who is trapped and cannot be released. If you want to dissolve it, I will set up an altar. I will burn the corpse for three days and three nights to wash away the sins, and then sprinkle its ashes into the river to open the five directions. If you follow the road, you will be reincarnated in the underworld." The Taoist stroked his beard and said.

"You want me to crush him to ashes?" Qin Zheng suddenly raised his voice in disbelief.

"This is required for legal affairs..."

"Impossible!" Qin Zheng cut him off firmly.

"Hero Qin, please think again," the Confucian scholar said again, "The situation is compelling, and this is a last resort."

"But you want to let Chang Feng die without a place to bury him! He has never made any mistakes in his life, how did he end up like this?" Qin Zheng almost growled.

His words were like a spark falling in the crowd, and a burst of anger exploded immediately.The woman screamed, "He's not at fault, but what did my child do wrong to end up like this?"

"Could it be that only your sworn brother is human life, and we are not human life?"

Resentment and anger are everywhere.

Jiang Li couldn't help but want to speak, but this time Qi Zhaoxi beat him one step ahead.Qi Zhaoxi grabbed him by the shoulders and pressed him into his arms, covered his mouth with the other hand, and whispered in his ear: "This is not something you and I can get involved in. You will only add to the chaos if you make a noise."

Jiang Li looked at him, he shook his head in disapproval, and said in a low voice, "Be obedient."

Jiang Li didn't move any more, and kept staring at Qin Zheng with only one pair of eyes.

The sharp words were like a rain of knives and daggers, and Qin Zheng was as angry and powerless as a trapped animal.

The Confucian scholar persuaded: "Hero Qin, it is a great merit to save the grievances. Anyone who knows about this matter will understand that you have to, and it will definitely not damage your prestige as a chivalrous man."

"I have to?" Qin Zheng finally couldn't bear it anymore, and roared, "Ruan Xiao died in a strange way, because I couldn't find any clues, and I couldn't do anything, but now because of a word of necessity, I want to smash Changfeng into ashes? Yes, anyone will understand , without compromising my reputation. But in this way, I can easily get rid of the relationship. Why did I swear an oath with them in the first place? In the future, how can I have the face to meet them? Why is it worthy of being called big brother?!"

At the end of the speech, there was a choke in his voice, and his eyes were slightly red.

And the Confucian scholar looked directly at him, and raised his voice to ask: "So Qin Daxia would rather sacrifice thousands of lives in this city, but also protect your little selfishness?"

Qin Zheng was shocked all over, couldn't help but staggered back a step, and couldn't speak anymore.