Chapter 1404: The Messenger
The Changkang Pharmacy on the streets of Chang'an still has some fame, there are many precious medicinal materials that are not in the Central Plains, and it is almost the place where the famous doctors and big families in Chang'an City swipe the card, and even the guy standing at the door looks superior on weekdays, but now, there is an elderly beggar in tattered clothes at the door of the second store. There were many people on the street, young men and women carrying baskets and selling flowers, fruits, persimmons and the like, and a grocery store on the left and a noodle shop on the right, all of which were patronized by customers, and no one seemed to notice when the beggar appeared or where he came from.
The shopkeeper of the drugstore was reprimanding the man for putting things in order, and the beggar's eyes swept over the shops on both sides, and then walked into the pharmacy unhurriedly; behind the window on the second floor of an inn across the street, Kou Yi smiled and said, "Close the net." ”
The two men immediately sent a signal to the outside, and Kou Yi and the others also quickly went downstairs and rushed to the opposite pharmacy; the men in the pharmacy saw at a glance that the people who were running to their store were wrong, and shouted in horror: "There are officers and soldiers. ”
The piercing sound made the people in the shops on the left and right stunned, and then they found that the front and back doors of the two stores were blocked, and no one could get out; the shopkeeper of the pharmacy and two men stood at the door, and the shopkeeper looked at the officials who stopped in front of him, and his face was like frost: "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you want to do?"
Kou Yi walked over from behind the crowd, showed the waist card in his hand and said: "I am the patrol envoy of Chang'an, the shopkeeper Wu, we have been staring at you for more than a day, and we have not moved you, just because we have to wait for that gentleman to come, and the person has already entered, it is better to call out to meet, as long as there is no big problem, you continue to operate." ”
Shopkeeper Wu was stunned, turned his head and scolded the guy: "How do you look at the door, let a beggar come in, let the official misunderstand, and go and pull people out." ”
The beggar was pulled out, it was a very sloppy person, Kou Yi was not annoyed at all, and said: "The socks are not right, this is a real beggar, the one who went in just now was wearing a pair of black clean socks, since the shopkeeper Wu did not cooperate, he went into the house to search for people." ”
Shopkeeper Wu shook his head helplessly, now Chang'an is rumoring, people like himself have accidents one after another, and they have been worried, and now they understand that it is because the government knows the fixed day when the master of Guo Men sent the letter, and specially left himself as a bait;
The death of the shopkeeper Wu bought time for the two men to shoot, and they launched a hidden weapon before the officials rushed up, and when they spoke, the officials stood in a good position, and as soon as they made a move, they were encircled, although they injured five or six officials, they were cut down in a pool of blood in a blink of an eye. The servants rushed into the pharmacy, and the beggar who pulled out hugged his head and hid to the side, Kou Yi did not follow up, but walked to the old beggar with a smile and reminded him: "Hand over what the people in the pharmacy gave you." ”
Kou Yi has always had doubts in his heart, even if the shopkeeper Wu had already set this kind of top vat method, but after monitoring for three days, he did not find any old beggars entering; secondly, if the old beggar hid in the store, those who went in in the morning to buy medicinal herbs should find that after all, the smell of the old beggar was very pungent, but there was no smell of medicinal herbs. The only plausible explanation is that the old beggar entered from other channels, and he had just entered, and it was probably the one who came to pick up Guo Jing's letter.
The two officials were already preparing to search their bodies, but the old beggar suddenly swelled in size, his hands were like lightning, and he knocked down two officials in succession; the old beggar's kung fu was good, but he lost the opportunity to escape in front of Kou Yi, and could only fight to the death with Kou Yi. The old beggar practiced the eagle claw skill, fast and fierce, and his body churned, so that the onlookers had a feeling of being out of breath; in Kou Yi's eyes, this kind of external kung fu with no internal strength at all was not a thing at all, no matter how good the old beggar's body was, there was always a time when he was exhausted.
What Kou Yi is wary of is that if the other party is a master of the Heavenly Remnant Stream, then he will definitely have the stunt of the Heavenly Remnant Current, and the current Eagle Claw Skill is just an illusion, so Kou Yi has always only used half of his strength, and the long sword shuttles in the Eagle Claw, so he might as well let the other party get out. There was a fierce fight in the noodle shop, the old beggar's face changed, his body suddenly became shorter, and a short knife was already in his hand, the shape of the short knife was completely different from the knife in the Central Plains, and Lan Zhanzhan was glowing with cold light.
At the moment when the old beggar took out the knife, Kou Yi's sword suddenly doubled, and it unbelievably cut off the old beggar's hand holding the knife, the old beggar did not hesitate, and punched Kou Yi's chest with his other hand, but Kou Yi had already retreated to a foot away. The old beggar changed color and said, "Are you a killer?"
The old beggar's broken wrist was still spurting blood, and his heart was full of remorse, if he knew that Kou Yi was a killer, he should have used the Heavenly Remnant Knife from the beginning, even if he died in battle, it would be better than not having the power to fight back now; Kou Yi went and returned, the long sword once again shrouded the old beggar in the sword light, and the old beggar roared and trapped the beast to fight, but the three moves were found by Kou Yi to find an opportunity, a sword stabbed in the chest, and instantly broke his breath.
Kou Yi searched for Guo Jing's letter on the old beggar, Guo Jing had already expected what the consequences would be for the more than 200 people who died, and the Dingbei Army could find a lot of useful clues, so Guo Jing's order was only one, all evacuated. No wonder the old beggar wants to take this letter out, Guo Jing has the courage to break his wrist, but the people here in Chang'an can't mess around because of a message that comes, it should be that some people must see Guo Jing's signature and seal on the letter, or even a secret mark, before they leave.
The noodle shop and the pharmacy are in the same group, and the cellars on both sides are connected, but the officials blocked the noodle shop, and the messenger did not escape; the owner of the noodle shop turned out to be Sima Hei, the judge of the rivers and lakes, who fought fiercely with Ao De for more than a dozen rounds, and died in Ao De's hands. What made Kou Yi cry and laugh was that the only person who lived was a messenger from the Daimyo's Mansion, named Xie Qing, a Bai Chang of the Flying Cavalry Battalion.
Xie Qing is not a person who is remnant of the sky, this time he just went to Chang'an, Guo Jing gave three places to contact, and the other two have been destroyed, Xie Qing came to Changkang Pharmacy;
Xie Qing lowered his head and said: "Because I pretended to be a beggar to enter the city, and now Chang'an is so tightly checked, I am worried that the fake road guide on my body will reveal my identity, but when I enter the city, I feel that the atmosphere is not right, and my only thought is to quickly hand over the letter and leave Chang'an." ”
Kou Yi smiled and said, "It's not difficult to leave, did Guo Jing say what if the three contact points are destroyed?"