At dusk, the Liu family inn was crowded.

Today is the last play that the troupe will sing in the inn. Tomorrow they will move to a bigger restaurant.

The small Liu Family Inn can no longer accommodate the troupe. Especially after learning the new tricks, the entire troupe is confident from top to bottom. They will surely win a greater reputation and earn more money in the imperial city through this play of The Demon Shepherd.

Get more silver.

Since it was the last show, Liu's Inn sold out the most expensive tickets and offered standing tickets.

If you want to listen to the opera, the minimum is one tael of silver per person.

In the corner against the wall, stood a man holding a knife. He had several scars on his face and looked very fierce.

There was an empty space two steps away around the man. I don't know if the audience disliked being too far from the stage, or because they deliberately avoided the man because of his vicious appearance.

The man holding the knife had just checked into Liu's Inn. He didn't expect that there would be a big show to watch. At first, he watched the excitement listlessly. When he heard about the two slayings of Hanban women, his eyes immediately became excited.

After squeezing through the crowd and finding the leader, and asking about the origin of the drama, the man walked out of the inn holding a knife and came to Prince Ji's Mansion.

Standing in front of the mansion, looking up at the gray plaque, the man smiled silently.

Dang Dang Dang.

Xie Ding heard the knock on the door.

He was huddled in the concierge happily counting his coins when he was startled by a knock on the door.

I thought the prince was back, but when I opened the door, I saw a scar-faced man standing outside the door, holding a knife in his arms, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was a swordsman.

"Who are you?"

"King Ji, I'm here at home."

"The prince is out...how do you know that the prince is back?"

Xie Ding was startled, looked around and saw that there was no one around him, and hurriedly pulled the other person in, and then closed the door.

Someone came to the door as soon as the prince came back. What does this mean?

It means that this guy is definitely one of our own!

Xie Ding looked him up and down, and the more he looked at him, the more he looked like the head of the nursing home, so he chuckled and said: "You came too late, the prince has been out for a long time. Didn't you see the blood at the door? Our prince killed the consort.

!A knife like that in the street makes me feel relieved."

"The prince is still doing whatever he wants, where has he gone?"

"I entered the palace. I said I was going to put on a big show. Just wait and see. I guess something big will happen in the palace tonight."

"It's a big show. Fortunately, I caught it. I have to go and have a look."

"Remember to protect the prince, he is the only two of our confidants. By the way, what's your surname? My name is Xie Ding, the concierge of Prince Ji's Mansion."

"I am an orphan with no name or surname. I have been a horse bandit and am good at wielding swords. I gave myself a name called Saber. Everyone will praise me and call me Brother Dao."

"It turns out to be Brother Dao! Nice to meet you. Brother Dao, why don't you have a drink of tea before leaving?"

"No need, tea needs to be tasted slowly to get the flavor. If you don't leave, the show is about to begin."

"Brother Dao, walk slowly, walk slowly."

Xie Ding sent the man out of the house and closed the door again. He thought that this man looked like a practicing master. Even his name had the word "sword" in it. He didn't know how fast the sword was, whether it was faster than the prince's sword.

Thinking of the scene where the prince beheaded his consort, Xie Ding was still shocked.

Outside the door of the mansion, Saber stood quietly on the porch with a strange smile.

"The Prince Consort-Slaying King... It seems that you are so dazzling everywhere. I didn't expect that I would advance successfully so quickly. What is the secret of grabbing the flame sand with your bare hands? Imperial Palace Ouchi, hehehehe

, Boss, I’m here to compete with you..."

Following the weird laughter, a powerful aura surged from Sabao's body, looming like a mountain of swords, and the palace gate behind him creaked under the weight.

The breath only appeared for a moment and then disappeared, and the footsteps gradually faded away.

Inside the mansion gate, Xie Ding was alarmed by the sound of the door before he returned to the concierge.

When he came to the door and looked left and right, he found that there were fine cracks on the door, as dense as a spider web.

"What's wrong? The door is broken?"

Xie Ding scratched his head and wondered why, and cautiously planned to push the door open.

It was okay not to push, but as soon as his hand touched the door, he heard a roar, and the originally solid palace door instantly shattered into powder!

Debris fell like a drizzle, and the figure holding the knife had already turned around at the end of the alley.

…

On one side of the palace, outside the high palace wall is a deserted path that few people usually pass by.

It is rumored that someone died on this path. A palace maid stole jewelry from the palace and tried to escape. However, she fell from the high palace wall and died.

Especially at dusk, when it is getting late, no one wants to go to such a taboo place.

But some people don't care.

At the base of the wall, a group of men squatted side by side, headed by a lame man holding a knife. An old woman was standing under the palace wall, looking up at the height of the wall.

"Don't worry, boss, this kind of wall can't stop us."

"We'll go in and take a look when it gets dark. We haven't been to the palace yet."

"It must be magnificent inside, but I don't know if there are many guards."

"The guards in the palace are just big drums made of paper, and they are vulnerable."

"I dare give them a hand if we fight alone."

"I'll give you two, just use your feet."

Lao He squatted at the front of the team, holding weeds in his mouth, and said: "The wolf girl from the Greedy Wolf Department came to get married. It doesn't look normal. That woman is basically a wolf demon. She is not allowed to eat people when she enters the palace?"

Granny Yu withdrew her gaze and said: "The Red Devil Sheep of the Tianmang Chamber of Commerce was originally used as a dowry by the Greedy Wolf Tribe, and they separated from the Wolf Girl to arrive at the Imperial City. The purpose must be to avoid the sight of the border troops. The barbarians went through so much trouble.

The purpose of his calculation is not trivial, I am afraid that the palace will be turned upside down tonight."

Lao He spit out the weeds and said: "No matter what happens, if the barbarians dare to come to Jiyun to run wild, they will never come back! Just because the guards in the palace are useless doesn't mean that I, Jiyun, have no one."

"That's right, although our knives are broken, they are not dull yet. We can easily chop down a few wild wolves."

"The general has returned. We are not only for the Jiyun royal family but also for the general. I am willing to follow the general and die on the battlefield!"

"Let those barbarians see that Jiyun's men are not bloodless."

Looking at a group of subordinates, Grandma Yu was filled with emotion and sighed: "You guys have been working hard with me for many years, and you have not enjoyed any blessings or suffered any less. This is the last time. After this battle, everyone should go their separate ways and survive."

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Some of the men were silent, some were giggling, some were holding knives, and some were throwing stones.

Although everyone has different expressions, no one is worried about the upcoming fierce battle.

They have done the business of licking blood from the tip of a knife more than once, and they are very familiar with it.

And this time, it is the last battle.

For the sake of this decadent country that is filled with resentment but unable to leave, Ji Yun.

The mercenaries' feelings for Jiyun are like the feeling of returning to their hometown after fallen leaves return to their roots.

The wolf girl's feelings for Jiyun are the temptation of blood.

The door of Jinluan Palace opened wide, and the Lord of the Kingdom summoned him.

The wolf girl restrained her fangs, swayed her waist, and walked step by step into the splendid Jiyun Palace, stepping into the land of wolf herders that she had longed for.
Chapter completed!