The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 258 Blood stains

Qianzhou Province, Sinan Prefecture.

Outside the city gate.

Several people from the underworld were sitting cross-legged at the foot of the wall, smoking dry pipes and wearing rusty scabbards on their waists, chatting casually. When they saw someone entering the city, they looked up, and when they saw that it was an ordinary citizen, they lowered their heads and chatted again.

Since Li Miao entered the martial arts world, he had come into contact with people who were already considered the upper class. The worst was a second-rate master, who was also a figure that could be counted in a prefecture.

Therefore, they all have some of the "unrealistic spirit of the underworld" described by Li Miao in his previous life's storybook.

In fact, most of the low-level people in the underworld who have no background are like this - holding their worn-out weapons, squatting outside the city gate, looking for work to do.

They would guard houses, escort merchants, load and unload goods, serve tea and water, and do anything to make a living. It was not uncommon for them to receive money to escort people home, but then kill their employers in a deserted place.

As the saying goes, "When you have a sharp weapon, you will naturally want to kill." It is as difficult to ask people in the underworld to abide by the law as it is to ask a dog to stop eating shit. After a few years in the underworld, few people can say that they are clean.

After all, heroes break the law with force.

So, when they heard the loud sound of horse hooves on the official road in the distance, the first reaction of these people from the martial arts world was to pull down their hats, put their weapons behind their backs, half-grip their hands on the hilts, and peek cautiously.

As the smoke got closer, the people on the horses gradually appeared.

As soon as I saw it clearly, I was scared to death.

"hiss--"

"Fuck!"

"Your mother!"

The pipes in the mouths of several gangsters fell to the ground, and sparks flew all over the ground.

"Jinyiwei!"

"Oh my god! Who the hell provoked this!"

Several people kicked their legs on the ground and immediately ran out like rabbits. They didn't even have time to grab their weapons. One of them was a gangster hiding here with a murder case on his back. Seeing that the Jinyiwei team was getting closer and closer, he actually hit his accomplice's knee with his scabbard while fleeing.

"I'm sorry, brother! Hold these imperial lackeys back for a while. I will come to rescue you someday!"

"Fuck you!!!"

The man pounced on him, knocked him to the ground, and grabbed his throat tightly with both hands.

"If you harm me, you won't survive!"

"Uhhhhhh!"

The two men started fighting on the ground.

By the time Li Miao and Shen Xuning arrived outside the city gate, the two had already fought to the point where the ground was covered in blood. One of them was digging the other's eyeballs with his fingers, and the other had his hand clenched on the other's crotch. Both of them were grimacing and looked in a miserable state.

Li Miao took a quick glance and waved his hand. Several Jinyiwei rushed forward and knocked him unconscious with their scabbards. Then they tied him up and threw him onto the horse's back with ease, as skillfully as a peasant woman slaughtering a chicken.

Shen Xunning opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

It has been some time since I followed Li Miao on his journey.

She had seen this scene several times.

But no matter how many times she had seen it, she still couldn't get used to it. It was so different from what she had imagined when she was wandering around in the mountains.

What is it like to travel the world with Jinyiwei?
The place was full of chaos, people hated him, people looked at him with fear, and people tried to avoid him. Even the most vicious demon in the world would be like this.

Shen Xunning looked at Li Miao and wanted to say something, but didn't dare to.

Li Miao didn't care. He waved his hand and the group entered the city.

It was chaos again.

Some jumped onto the roof to escape but ended up collapsing the roof and falling down; some turned around to run but ended up knocking themselves unconscious against a pillar; and some, like the two outside the city gate, started fighting among themselves.

The Jinyiwei under Li Miao were also very capable. They would knock the enemy unconscious with a scabbard, tie them up with two or three hits, and then throw them directly onto the horse's back.

By the time the group arrived at the entrance of a restaurant in the city, the horses of several Jinyiwei were already crowded with people, including several injured martial artists, who were dripping with blood, leaving a hideous trail along the path that Li Miao and others had come from.

"Don't even move!"

A Jinyiwei shouted, stopping the diners from escaping.

"Eat your food, drink your food!" The diners trembled, picked up the chopsticks shakily, and tried hard to put the food on the table into their mouths.

The owner of the restaurant had already fled into the kitchen, and the waiter walked over tremblingly.

"Master..."

"Just serve the food, we'll leave after we finish eating, and won't delay your business."

The Jinyiwei said.

"Hey……"

Xiao Er wiped a few tables cautiously and put them together, then slowly left.

Li Miao and others took their seats.

"How far is it to Emei?"

Li Miao asked.

"It's still about ten days away. If we change horses along the way, we can get there in six or seven days. If we use light skills to travel without considering the consumption, we can get there one day faster."

One person answered.

"Forget it. I'm tired of rushing. I'll just wade through it slowly."

Li Miao waved his hand.

What Wang Hai and Li Miao talked about on that day on Hengshan Mountain can actually be summarized into three things.

Offerings, hidden sects, and invitations.

Coincidentally, the Emei Sect where Ruan Mei Gong came from, the Jianwang Pavilion, the Dali where the Duan family came from, and the Tang Sect that verified the news of the poison in the person who sent the invitation, are all in the southwest of the Dashuo territory.

So Li Miao simply asked Wang Hai and three others to go to various major sects to verify the invitation, and he took a dozen people all the way west, first to Emei, then to Bashu to find the Tang Sect and the Sword King Pavilion, and finally to Dali to see what the Duan family was like.

Now, we are not far from Emei Mountain.

It can be seen along the way that since Ji Tianrui's incident, the world of martial arts has become a lot more lively.

The big sect was the first to realize something was wrong and withdrew its men to defend itself, leaving a large vacuum zone.

Then the middle-level sects rushed in quickly, attempting to take a big bite before the big sects could react; at the same time, the lower-level sects and the people in the martial arts world also started to make a fuss.

During this period, there were naturally many cases of murder, robbery, and gangster killings, and the Jinyiwei had to step in to control them. After half a year of killing, the reputation of the Jinyiwei had become worse and worse.

Even Li Miao, the pacification envoy who has never shown up, has become notorious.

When he just set out, a bandit saw his badge, raised his hand and slashed his heart meridian with a palm, and looked at Li Miao smugly.

"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"

God have mercy on him, Li Miao just glanced at him and didn't recognize this little jerk at all.

As a last resort, Li Miao had to put away the badge.

Even so, we still cannot avoid the trouble we just had along the way.

However, they were almost used to it and were waiting leisurely for the food to be served.

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door.

"Where is the waiter? Don't you know how to receive customers?"

Soon, several people came in one after another.

Li Miao glanced at it casually and narrowed his eyes.

There were five people in total who came in, with different appearances, all with weapons on their waists and dressed in tight clothes. Just by looking at their expressions you could tell they were veterans of the world.

The most important thing is that the windows on all four sides of the restaurant were open. These people outside should have been able to see Li Miao and his group, yet they dared to come in.

In this world, those who dare to approach the Jinyiwei are either from well-known and powerful sects with a solid foundation, or lawless thugs.

They are definitely not the former.

Because Li Miao saw the undried blood stains between the gaps of their weapons.

(End of this chapter)