Chapter 73 The Mysterious Old Woman

The setting sun was setting in the west, and the blood-red sunset covered the entire Yancheng. Everyone at the city gate was in a hurry, just like when the city gate was opened in the morning.

The time when the city gate was about to close in the evening was also the busiest time of the day. Some people who went out of the city to do business did not want to sleep in the wild, so they rushed into the city to find an inn to rest. And some small caravans from small villages outside the city also had to leave Yancheng before the gate closed.

Yancheng, like many cities near the border on the mainland, had a curfew, and it was not allowed to wander around the streets at night. If this rule was violated, the lighter one would be fined and thrown into prison, and the heavier one would be killed on the spot. If you are treated as a spy, it would not only be a loss of life, but you would be worse than death under the severe punishment of the law enforcement team in the city.

The soldiers at the city gate were busy checking every person entering and leaving the city. People entering the city would be issued a city emblem after paying a certain amount of money, and they could leave as long as they handed over the city emblem when leaving the city.

Among the crowd entering the city, there was an old woman dressed strangely, who was particularly conspicuous. It was still the end of summer, but the old woman wrapped her body tightly with long clothes and trousers. She wore a long cloak on the outside, and a huge hat on the cloak covered most of her face, so that people could not see her complete appearance. It could be vaguely seen that the old woman should be very old, with wrinkles on the corners of her mouth and chin.

Although the old woman was walking in the crowd, the people around her felt an invisible force pushing the crowd three feet away from her. Seeing this, the people around her vaguely guessed that the old woman was not simple, so they consciously avoided her position.

As the crowd slowly moved forward, the old woman finally came to the city gate. The soldier in charge of registration was full of curiosity and vigilance when he saw the old woman dressed like this. The people around the old man avoided her all the way. Although these soldiers did not know the reason, they probably guessed that the old woman should be someone they dared not provoke.

Coincidentally, this city gate was the one that Zuo Feng and other people from Zuojia Village used to enter the city. Yancheng has always strictly managed its soldiers. After the whipping of Waizui last time, this city gate dared not do anything out of line. Seeing this strangely dressed old woman at this time, she dared not act rashly.

The old woman walked slowly as if she would be blown down by the wind. She reached into her arms and took out five copper coins and placed them on the registration table. The soldier looked at the five copper coins on the table and then at the old man in front of him, and said awkwardly.

"Ahem... old man, according to convention, I need to ask where you are from, why you are entering Yancheng, and how long you will stay in Yancheng."

After hearing the words of the registration soldier, the old woman raised her head slightly and looked at the soldier. At this moment, the soldiers around finally saw the old woman's complete appearance. Judging from her appearance, the old woman was probably in her seventies or eighties.

The old woman's face was full of wrinkles, and there were gray spots at the corners of her eyes that only older people would have. Her eyes also gave people a feeling of being unable to see, but her complexion was as ruddy as that of a young person. The old woman looked up at the soldier in front of her and said.

"Old man, I have long forgotten where I came from after wandering around. I am just strolling around in Yancheng. I may leave tomorrow, or I may stay for a month on a whim. I can't tell for sure."

After hearing the old woman's words, the registered soldier looked embarrassed and said again: "Old man, I am not trying to embarrass you, but we are also doing things according to regulations. If you can't explain your origins and intentions, we can only... ask you to rest outside the city."

He originally wanted to say "If you can't explain it clearly, please go away", but he didn't dare to say it when he was about to say it. In the end, he changed it to "ask her to rest outside the city".

The old woman looked at the soldier in front of her with her turbid eyes. She felt a little scared when she was looked at by these turbid eyes. The registered soldier couldn't help but step back a few steps, and didn't even know that he had knocked over the chair behind him.

Seeing the soldiers' fearful look, the old man sighed slightly and reached into his arms again. This action of the old man immediately aroused the vigilance of the surrounding soldiers, and they all raised their weapons.

Seeing the surrounding soldiers looking like they were facing a great enemy, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then he actually laughed twice. Then he slowly took out a small black stone from his arms, and then slowly handed it to the soldier in front of him.

Seeing the black stone, the soldiers around were stunned. Seeing that the old man took out only a stone, he slowly put down his weapon, and a group of soldiers looked at the black stone at the same time.

At first glance, everyone would think that this is just an ordinary black stone, but if you look closely, you will find its difference. First of all, the black surface of the stone makes people feel that the black is very pure, and the black makes people seem to be unable to grasp whether its shape is square or round, or whether it has edges or corners.

And if you keep staring at it, you will feel that you will be half swallowed up by this pure black. And in this black, there is a white light flowing. The white light seemed to be there and not there, sometimes wandering on the surface and sometimes flashing inside the stone, making people feel as if the white light was just an illusion.

"Could this be... the black fantasy stone?" a soldier who looked like a captain said uncertainly.

After he finished speaking, there was a series of gasping sounds, and then the group of soldiers stared blankly at the strangely dressed old woman in front of them like fools.

The old woman seemed to be very satisfied with the reaction of the soldiers. She smiled and put the black stone in her arms into her arms. Then he walked slowly towards the city gate with small steps. At this time, the soldiers around him were still in shock and daze, but even if they were awake now, they no longer dared to stop the old man in front of them.

A soldier trembled all over and murmured blankly, "Oh my god, is this old man like the leader of the empire?"

In response to the soldier's words, the old man who was walking forward muttered back as if talking to himself, "Chief... I haven't seen that little guy for many years." After saying this, the old man headed towards the city without looking back. Go.

Her casual words echoed in the minds of the soldiers like thunder, and a few of them with weak willpower had already sat down on the ground.

The old man's pace was still slow and slow, and he still looked like he would fall over if the wind was strong. As she stepped into Yancheng, Zuo Tiantian was knocked to the ground by the gangsters at exactly this moment.

Suddenly, strange dark clouds appeared in the distant sky, and the black clouds were so low that they almost touched the ground. There were thick thunder and lightning flashes in the thick clouds. What accompanied the thunder and lightning flashes was not the rumble of thunder, but sounded more like huge beast roars.

The entire Yancheng seemed to be completely still at this moment, and everyone put down all their work. Even some waiters were making tea for the guests, and the teacups were already filled. The waiters and the guests didn't know it until the hot tea flowed down the table and onto the guests' legs. After a long time, the guests suddenly realized that they were screaming in pain.

Such things happened all over Yancheng. The chef looked at the sky and saw that the food in the pot was burnt black and smelly without even realizing it. The driver who was driving looked up at the sky and took the wrong road, but he continued to move forward stupidly.

There are only a few places that are special. One is the stone room of the largest mansion in the city. A middle-aged man with a beard suddenly opened his eyes in seclusion. It was like two bolts of lightning flashed through the dark stone room. The moment he opened his eyes, a long and sharp roar rolled from his throat and spread far away.

The sound rolled out, and even the thick stone wall could not stop the howling from penetrating. After the roar, several figures flashed out of the stone room like ghosts, kneeling on one knee and saluting respectfully, waiting for orders. The middle-aged man in the stone room only said one sentence lightly: "Find out this strange phenomenon."

At the same time, the same voice sounded one after another in Yancheng: "Go and check."

"Yes, Lord Commander Zuo."

"Check it quickly."

"Yes, Lord Right Commander"

Similar words and answers came from two large mansions in Yancheng, and then several figures in Yancheng began to quickly gather towards the place where Zuojiacun's shops were located.

At the moment when the vision occurred, the mysterious old woman at the city gate coincidentally just stepped out of the city gate. When she saw the vision in the sky, she frowned slightly, but there was a hint of excitement on her face. When the electric light flashed in the dark clouds and the roars of beasts came out, the wrinkles on her face seemed to relax in an instant, as if the whole person was dozens of years younger at this moment.

As her excitement and excitement rose, her whole body swayed slightly, and she quickly moved towards the place where the vision occurred.

Although there are many people approaching the place where the vision occurred, the fastest among them is this old woman. If anyone around saw the old woman moving, they would feel that the old woman's body in front of them swayed twice as if she could not stand, and then the whole body suddenly faded and disappeared in front of them.

Starting from the city gate where the old woman was, it was the farthest distance among the many people who rushed to the place where the vision occurred. But a moment later, the old woman was the first to appear on the side street where Zuojiacun was located.

Although the dark clouds in the sky have not dispersed at this time, the roars of beasts and thunder in the clouds have gradually subsided. The momentum of the wind and sand here gradually weakened, and the surrounding things became clearer.

When the old woman arrived, she found the corpses on the ground and the unconscious Zuo Changqing. But what disappointed her was that there was nothing else to gain except these. She frowned and the old woman said to herself in a hoarse voice: "Look, the vision should be here. How could it not be there? It shouldn't be." Yeah… shouldn’t it?”

At this moment, the sound of breaking wind sounded one after another, and several ghost-like figures also appeared here. They seemed to be unable to see the light. After arriving here, they tried their best to lurk in the shadows on the corners of the houses and streets.

As soon as they arrived here, they immediately focused their attention on this seemingly ordinary old woman.

The old woman's eyes glanced around the surroundings. Although the men in black later hid their figures, after the old woman's cloudy eyes swept over, each of them felt like they were being seen through. Feel.