On the second floor of the restaurant, Xu Jingming was eating dinner alone at a table. He didn't order much, just three dishes, a soup, and a pot of wine. A waiter was standing not far away, waiting for Xu Jingming's orders at any time.
After all, the leader of the Blood Rain Guard in the surrounding area is Xu Jingming! The restaurant must be well served.
"Hulu hulu." Xu Jingming ate very quickly. After he had finished all the rice mixed with meat in the big bowl, he wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, poured himself some wine, and drank it leisurely.
Although he seemed to be drinking leisurely, Xu Jingming was actually thinking about something.
"...Based on my understanding of his personality, I'm afraid he won't give up."
"Just be careful every day, and it will be fine after this period of time. Cheng Yanran won't keep watching you all the time."
Fei Qing’s words in the morning echoed in Xu Jingming’s mind again.
"With Fei Qing's status, he won't speak up if he's not sure. He said 'Cheng Yanran won't give up', so I guess there will really be another wave of attacks." Xu Jingming frowned slightly, "Alas, I'm just the captain of the Blood Rain Guard, but I've aroused the hostility of a prince of the Prince of Yan's Mansion. Is this the world targeting me? Or is it just bad luck that I was dragged into the struggle among the high-level officials?"
"I'm just a small person who just wants to make some money. Why do you have to target me?" Xu Jingming was quite helpless. "No matter what, I have now encountered the biggest threat in the Blood Rain World - the Prince of Yan Palace!"
In this bloody world, the world is in chaos and people are living in misery.
There was still order in the city! Outside the city, it was complete chaos.
The family team of Commander-in-Chief Fei had to go through many dangers while rushing from their hometown to the imperial capital, which shows how chaotic the order was.
"Now that the empire has fallen, the world is in chaos, with many rebels, big and small." Xu Jingming thought, "The Blood Rain Guards in each city can only bully gangs. They can't stand up to the rebels at all."
"Chaoshan Lake is just a small-scale rebellion army, which has made many surrounding cities tremble in fear."
"And the largest rebel groups swept across large areas of territory, even destroying many princes' fiefdoms and slaughtering royal family members." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "The empire's military strength is mainly the Blood Rain Guards and the armies of the five princes."
"In the past few years, the princes fought fiercely for the throne, and now the emperor has successfully ascended the throne."
"But the world is corrupt, and he still has to unite these five princes to barely maintain the situation." Xu Jingming thought, "So the Prince of Prince Yan's Mansion, who has ruined the innocence of many women from wealthy families in the imperial capital, is still able to get away with it. The biggest reason is... that the emperor needs to win over Prince Yan!"
Xu Jingming was thinking about how to break the impasse.
The Blood Rain World is too huge! It takes a long time for the Emperor's orders to reach the border areas.
In order to strengthen the rule, the empire has established "feudal states" in many remote places since its founding, and let the princes sit in and rule. Let many princes assist the emperor and rule the world together.
It’s just that some princes were too useless. They only cared about enjoying themselves, making the people’s lives miserable. Some were even killed by the rebellious troops under their command.
There are only five truly powerful princes now! Prince Yan is one of them.
"The fiefdom of Prince Yan covers an area of ​​thousands of miles, which he manages like an iron bucket, and his power radiates to a wide range around. Is the Prince of Yan's Mansion targeting me?" Xu Jingming felt a lot of pressure.
"The Prince of Yan's Mansion has acted in a high-profile manner, ruining the reputations of many women from wealthy families and making him many enemies! There have been many attempts to assassinate him, but all of them have failed."
"The Blood Rain Guards' files record that hundreds of experts attacked the Prince of Yan's Palace's team last year, but the Prince of Yan's Palace remained safe and sound."
As Xu Jingming thought about this information, he felt more and more that the Prince of Yan's Mansion was too difficult to deal with.
It is a hundred or a thousand times more difficult than Shen Gongfu.
…
After dinner, Xu Jingming walked out of the restaurant. It was already dark, but there were still many pedestrians on the street. The roadside shops and restaurants were doing the best business.
"team leader."
The Blood Rain Guards who were patrolling the streets were quite respectful when they saw Xu Jingming.
Xu Jingming nodded slightly. In recent times, he had become familiar with the Blood Rain .
"What's going on?" Xu Jingming was walking on the road, glancing behind him. The pedestrians looked ordinary. He looked up into the distance and saw someone on the second floor of a teahouse looking at the street scenery.
"The person in the teahouse before was staring at me, and the old man behind me is following me." Xu Jingming has keen telepathy, so he remained calm and continued walking.
From the main street, suddenly turn into the alley.
With a few jumps, he disappeared into the alley.
"Where are the people?"
Several people also walked to this alley and looked through several alleys in the area, but they couldn't find Xu Jingming.
"The person is gone?" The leader looked grim. "The entire area managed by Captain Jing is full of our people! He can't escape."
…
Xu Jingming jumped a few times and actually entered an empty house. As the leader of the Blood Rain Guards in the entire jurisdiction, he also knew that some "houses" in the jurisdiction were uninhabited.
After he came in, he hid in a woodshed and then went offline!
The whole person disappeared out of thin air.
…
"Since this period is very dangerous, I might as well log off at night and leave the Blood Rain World!" Xu Jingming walked out of the door of the virtual room.
The offline method is the secret weapon for players of Universe Citizens to hide.
In reality, it is afternoon now.
Xu Jingming walked into the courtyard and saw Li Miaomiao sitting in the pavilion, looking at the many messages displayed on the screen. There was also a little baby walking on the grass, and he walked quite steadily. Grandpa Xu followed behind him with a smile: "Slow down, run slower."
"Jingming." Li Miaomiao saw Xu Jingming.
"Our daughter is less than a month old, and she can already walk so steadily," Xu Jingming exclaimed.
"Now the genes of the new generation of the entire Blue Star have changed." Li Miaomiao said with a smile, "You, as a father, are all space life. Isn't it normal for your daughter to be able to walk in half a month?"
Xu Jingming looked at his daughter with a smile.
In the Blood Rain World, dangers are everywhere and killings are common. But in reality, the Blue Star is still very peaceful.
Li Miaomiao turned off the light curtain and walked over: "Did you know that Zhang Qing also broke through to the fifth level?"
"Oh?" Xu Jingming was surprised.
"The fourth fifth-level person since Xia Country opened its virtual world." Li Miaomiao said with emotion, "But from what you said, there are only five months left in the protection period for newly promoted civilizations."
"Yes, there are only five months left." Xu Jingming also felt the pressure.
He wants to improve himself as quickly as possible.
But the evolution of life cannot be rushed!
Suddenly, the baby in the distance saw Xu Jingming, his eyes immediately lit up, and he walked over with his hands raised high, walking quite fast.
But when he walked faster, the baby suddenly stumbled and was about to fall to the ground.
call.
Xu Jingming seemed to teleport to his daughter's side in an instant and picked up his daughter who was about to fall.
"My dear daughter, be careful." Xu Jingming felt his heart melt as he held his chubby little daughter.
"Ba! Ba! Ba!" The little baby looked at Xu Jingming with his mouth open and could only say this one word.
"Our daughter's first word was 'Dad.'" Li Miaomiao walked over and said helplessly.
"Ha ha……"
Grandpa Xu walked over with a smile, "I remember Jingming didn't learn to speak until he was about eleven months old, and the first word he said was dad. This is genetic."
Xu Jingming was in a very good mood as he held his daughter in his arms. "Miao Miao, don't you think about it? How many times have I taught her to say the word 'Dad'? At least a thousand times. I have called her 'Dad' so many times, so of course she has to call me first."
Li Miaomiao was speechless.
"Have you, young couple, thought of a name for your child?" asked Mr. Xu.
Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao suddenly felt a headache.
"The child will have his full-month banquet soon, so you have to name him before the banquet," Grandpa Xu urged.
"Grandpa, I've thought of several names and they are all on the list ." Xu Jingming said immediately.
…
After chatting with his wife about the current situation of Blue Star, playing with his daughter, and having dinner with his parents and elders, Xu Jingming once again entered the virtual room! Nowadays, he spends more than 20 hours online every day.
Virtual world network, personal space.
Xu Jingming was practicing his shooting skills.
"Buzz." There is a communication connection.
"Wanjie Group is at your service. The information you ordered about Cheng Yanran, the prince of Yanwang Mansion in the Blood Rain World, has been sent. Please check and give your comments after reading." Xu Jingming clicked on it and saw, "The information is finally here."
General intelligence is easy to investigate, but detailed intelligence costs money to purchase.
This was the detailed information about Cheng Yanran that Xu Jingming offered a reward for through the Wanjie Group after he realized that it was Cheng Yanran who sent someone to assassinate him.
"Just this one piece of information cost me 100,000 cosmic coins." Xu Jingming looked carefully.
Converted into gold and silver in the Blood Rain World, it is actually only ten taels of silver.
It is impossible to collect such detailed information in the Blood Rain World with ten taels of silver.
But it is possible in Wanjie Group, and this is the convenience of being a space citizen player.
"Cheng Yanran, once wandered outside and had a tragic fate in his youth, and was later found by the Prince of Yan?" Xu Jingming read the file carefully. Through this file, Xu Jingming also truly understood the Prince of Yan, a man with a twisted personality.
However, just as Xu Jingming was reading the intelligence——
In the bloody world, the killing of Xu Jingming's team has begun.
…
In the bloody world, it is late at night in the imperial capital.
A group of people were walking drunkenly on the street, arm in arm, with servants following behind them.
"Yuan Fu's alcohol tolerance is too poor. He's drunk already."
"Tell him to drink less next time. If he gets drunk, I will be the one who suffers. My uncle will have to punish me again."
There were servants carrying their own masters on their backs, and others were also talking drunkenly.
At the corner of the street, three Blood Rain Guards hid in the shadows, sat there, put down their food, and looked at the group of drunkards coldly.
This group of drunkards staggered towards the three Blood Rain Guards.
"roll."
One of the Blood Rain Guards shouted.
"Who are you?" one of the drunks glared.
As soon as the words fell——
Puff puff puff!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hidden weapons were shot out one after another. This group of drunkards and servants released dozens of hidden weapons in an instant. Even though the three Blood Rain Guards were quite powerful, they could not withstand too many hidden weapons. In an instant, two of them were shot with blood holes, and fell to the ground without a sound. Only one Blood Rain Guard held a shield to block the hidden weapon, and his body rushed back, directly smashing the wall behind him, and tried to escape.
However, sword lights, hidden weapons, and ropes came over one after another, and the Blood Rain Guard who had just broken the wall lost his life before he could even shoot the signal arrow.
After killing three Blood Rain Guards, this group of drunkards did not seem drunk at all and everyone was very calm.
"Go to the next place." One of the inconspicuous servants ordered.
…
There were attacks against the Blood Rain Guards in various places within the jurisdiction. They were all outnumbered! With an overwhelming advantage, the Blood Rain Guards were completely slaughtered.
Only after eleven Blood Rain Guards were killed did the Guards have time to fire their signal arrows.
“Yo!”
The signal arrow streaked across the sky with a piercing sound, and finally exploded in the air, visible within a radius of more than ten miles.
"All-out attack."
When the masters of Huangquan Sect saw the signal arrow, they no longer concealed their intentions and began an all-out attack.
"Haven't you found Jingming yet?" The leader of Huangquanmen on this mission was a little angry.
"Protector, we have spies all over this jurisdiction. We have searched every street, every alley, and even some suspicious places, but we can't find Jingming at all." said the subordinate.
"No need to worry about that. We'll kill as many as we can." The leader of Huangquan Sect waved his hand and said, "When the time is up, we must retreat."
"Yes." The men acted quickly.
…
In personal space.
As Xu Jingming read the files, he got to know Cheng Yanran better.
"He actually has so many secrets." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "But it can be seen that Cheng Yanran appears arrogant and wanton, but in fact he is very cunning and cautious. It is almost impossible for me to kill him."
The more I learned, the more I realized that Cheng Yanran was too cautious.
His power is too strong! There is no way to find any flaws.
"He must have developed such a cautious character because he wandered around when he was young." Xu Jingming put away the file and suddenly had an idea, "He sent someone to assassinate me last night. I wonder what will happen tonight?"
With an idea in his mind, he clicked on the Blood Rain World and entered directly.
…
Xu Jingming appeared in the woodshed of the abandoned house, enveloped in a hazy light.
Walking out of the woodshed, he moved his ears slightly and heard the noisy footsteps and noise: "What's going on? It's already late at night in the bloody rain world, why is it so noisy?" He jumped lightly to the top of the wall, and then jumped to a big tree nearby. Standing on a thick branch, he followed the sound to see what was going on.
In the distance, on every street, there were Blood Rain Guards and Auxiliary Guards holding torches.
Looking around, I estimated that there were at least a thousand people.
"Something happened." Xu Jingming's face was serious. He jumped down from the tree and walked towards a familiar guardhouse.
The auxiliary guards held torches and lit up the streets, all with solemn expressions.
Xu Jingming walked out of the alley and came straight over.
"Lord Jing."
The auxiliary guards were surprised and recognized their boss.
"Master Jing, are you okay?" an assistant guard asked in surprise.
"I just returned to the jurisdiction. What happened?" Xu Jingming asked.
"Half an hour ago, many Blood Rain Guards in our area were attacked and died tragically. By the time Blood Rain Guards in other places saw the signal arrows and rushed over, the murderers had already escaped."
"Many of our auxiliary guards also died."
"Those murderers are too cruel. They kill the Blood Rain Guards on sight."
These auxiliary guards all said this.
Xu Jingming said solemnly: "How many people died? Are Deputy Captain Zhang Ke and Deputy Captain Qian Yan okay?"
"I didn't see the two deputy captains." An assistant guard said, "A lot of Blood Rain Guards died, probably more than half. I heard that the murderers went to the Blood Rain Guards' homes. The brothers who didn't have night patrols tonight were hunted down at home, and even their families were implicated."
"Kill them at home?" Xu Jingming looked grim.
Cheng Yanran is crazy at heart.
But how great is the hatred and resentment?
Is it necessary to deal with a team of Blood Rain Guards in this way?
Maybe it wasn't hatred. Maybe in the eyes of this prince, the Blood Rain Guards were just ants, and he just stepped on some ants to death at random.
Xu Jingming walked towards another place.
"Lord Jing."
When Xu Jingming saw the corpses placed in the distance, the guards in charge of guarding them were extremely respectful.
"Here are the bodies of three Blood Rain Guards and seven auxiliary guards." said the auxiliary guard on duty.
Xu Jingming walked over and uncovered the cloth.
They were all my team members, who had been serving me respectfully these days. And the auxiliary guards, I remember that on the first day of moving, they had people to help move.
Now he is lying here with hideous wounds on his body.
Xu Jingming was silent.
…
He continued walking, checking the dead bodies one by one. The many brothers lying there were no longer making any sound. Xu Jingming felt very depressed. He clearly knew that this was a virtual world!
But it just feels uncomfortable.
Xu Jingming knew very well that for those "planetary lives" with a lifespan of less than 200 years, a life in a bloody rain world accounted for nearly half of their lifespan.
For them, how different is it from real life?
"They are all my men. Are they going to implicate my men because they are targeting me?" Xu Jingming said silently.
"Captain Jing." Suddenly an angry shout came from a distance.
Xu Jingming looked up.
Zhao Defang rode on his horse, looked at Xu Jingming coldly, and scolded him: "The area under your jurisdiction was attacked by the Huangquan Sect bandits, and you, the captain of the Blood Rain Guard, disappeared at the critical moment? What's the use of you as a captain?"
"Captain, how many people in my team died?" Xu Jingming asked.
“Hehe.”
Zhao Defang sneered, "Your two deputy captains, Qian Yan, are at home, and their families are all dead. Zhang Ke, like you, is also missing! As for the 30 ordinary Blood Rain Guards, only three survived! The others are all dead, and those at home were also killed, and even their entire families were killed."
Xu Jingming's eyes turned slightly red.
madman.
Murder, and targeting the entire family?
The intelligence was correct, this Cheng Yanran had a twisted personality and was a lunatic!
"I want to ask you, where did you go when the signal arrow sounded?" Zhao Defang shouted. A group of Blood Rain Guards around him were all looking at Xu Jingming. In fact, they all sympathized with Xu Jingming.
If Xu Jingming had not escaped, he would have been surrounded by the Huangquan Sect's bandits and probably lost his life.
"What about the losses of the auxiliary guards?" Xu Jingming asked.
"Dozens of people died," Zhao Defang said coldly. "The commander and even the governor will know about this incident. As the captain, you can't escape the charge of incompetence. Think about how to beg for mercy from the commander."
Xu Jingming turned around and walked away in silence. Suddenly, he saw a wet figure running towards him from a distance. It was Zhang Ke.
"Captain." Zhang Ke, who was soaked all over, asked in surprise, "Are you okay?"
"I happened to be out of the jurisdiction before, so I escaped." Xu Jingming said. Fortunately, one of his team members survived.
"I had just left the brothel and was about to go home when I was attacked on the way. I jumped into the river and luckily escaped with my life." Zhang Ke said, "I don't know where this evil thief came from. He was so vicious."
"I heard from the auxiliary guards that they were from the Huangquan Sect." Xu Jingming said.
There are many auxiliary guards in the area, and almost all of them are experts who can escape very quickly. It is they who have seen many murderers and even recognized some of the wanted criminals.
"How many brothers died?" Zhang Ke asked.
"Besides you and me, there are only three brothers still alive." Xu Jingming looked grim. "The Huangquan Sect even went to many of our brothers' homes and didn't even spare their entire families."
"Home?" Zhang Ke's face changed. "My home—"
Zhang Ke turned around and ran.
"Zhang Ke! Get over here!" Zhao Defang rode over and shouted angrily from a distance. He also wanted to blame the deputy captain Zhang Ke. He couldn't control the captain Jingming who had a strong backing, so how could he control Zhang Ke?
However, at this moment, Deputy Captain Zhang Ke ran away without even looking back.
Xu Jingming also realized the problem and rushed over.
"Bastard!" Zhao Defang was angry. How dare a little Zhang Ke ignore him?
…
Zhang Ke finally arrived home.
The door was wide open.
Zhang Ke stood in front of the gate and looked inside. The blood that dyed the window paper red and the corpses lying in the distance made Zhang Ke's face change.
Zhang Ke rushed in like crazy.
Corpses one after another.
The stubborn old father who had been a Blood Rain Guard, with a ferocious face and holding a single knife, was nailed to the wall by a spear! The spear was not taken away, which shows the enemy's anger. This old guy killed two masters of Huangquan Sect.
The other people in the mansion had no ability to resist and fell down one after another.
"Dad, Mom, A Pu..." Zhang Ke was completely stunned and just held the bodies of the three children in his arms.
Zhang Ke's father taught him martial arts since he was a child.
He followed the routine and entered the Blood Rain Guard in the imperial capital, married a virtuous wife, who gave birth to three children for him. He lived a carefree life every day, calling friends and staying drunk in brothels.
"My child..." Zhang Ke held the child and sat there, motionless, like a dead tree.
Xu Jingming felt very uncomfortable watching this scene.
Even though I've experienced a lot in this world of blood rain, I'm still very uncomfortable because of the stimulation.
It's a virtual world!
This is a virtual world!
All of this... is virtual! If they die, they will come back to life in reality!
It’s all virtual!
Xu Jingming convinced himself again and again in his heart.
"Cheng Yanran, you're a lunatic! You're a lunatic!" Xu Jingming could no longer convince himself, nor could he suppress his inner anger. "What do you think these people are, ants? Pigs and dogs? Very good! Very good!"
"This is the first time I've wanted to kill someone since I came to this bloody world!"
Xu Jingming's murderous intent was extremely strong.
…
The next morning.
Fei Qing has entered the palace to meet the emperor.
"Your Majesty." Fei Qing knelt respectfully and handed over the file respectfully.
"Get up." The Emperor smiled gently.
Fei Qing then stood up, and the waiter beside him took the file and placed it respectfully in front of the emperor.
The Emperor then looked at the file and said solemnly, "What? In the imperial capital, there are actually bandits who dare to attack my Blood Rain Guard? A Blood Rain Guard squad was almost completely wiped out?"
"The murderer is from Huangquan Sect. Many of the guards recognized some of the wanted criminals." Fei Qing said, "And the night before yesterday, Cheng Yanran, the prince of Yan, sent people to attack Luo Baichuan and Jingming because they are my sister's best friends. After the assassination attempt on Jingming failed, Cheng Yanran became even more desperate and ordered Huangquan Sect to kill the entire team that Jingming was in."
"Do you have evidence?" The Emperor looked at Fei Qing.
"The Huangquan Sect has its roots in the north of the empire," Fei Qing said, "and the biggest power in the north is King Yan! Without King Yan's permission, how could the Huangquan Sect be so prosperous?"
The Emperor frowned and shook his head gently: "Fei Qing, do you mean that you want me to punish my nephew Yan Ran?"
"Your Majesty, Cheng Yanran has a strange temper." Fei Qing said, "If we indulge him like this, it might cause big trouble. We must make him afraid!"
"Alright!" The Emperor looked at him with a colder look in his eyes, "Let me ask you one more question, do you have any evidence?"
Fei Qing was slightly stunned and lowered his head: "No."
"If you are sure that he is the thief from Huangquan Sect, then arrest him and avenge the dead Blood Rain Guards." The emperor said coldly, "As for Yanran's nephew, Fei Qing, you must remember that without evidence, you cannot touch him at all."
"yes."
Fei Qing could only bow his head and obey the order.