Volume 1 The Butterfly That Can't Fly Over the Sea Chapter 8 Clouds and Rain

Late at night, the wind rose.

On both sides of the official road thirty miles away from Wupan City, bamboo forests rustle.

A line of white horses galloped through the night, and the sound of horses' hooves was urgent, trampling on the "mirror" formed by the rainwater on the official road.

"Uncle Luo, shall we just let that guy go?" asked the young armor soldier who followed behind Luo Xiangwu with a look of disgrief.

Luo Xiangwu, who was hurrying in front of him, glanced back at the young man when he heard this, turned his head again, and said patiently: "That guy?"

"Go back another twenty years, and that is the famous Yanting Shuangbi. ”

The young man looked disdainful: "So what? Wei Shou went against the imperial court, was demoted all the way, and went from a county guard to a county magistrate, which was the laughing stock of the entire Dayan." Since Lu Guanshan wants to follow in Wei Shou's footsteps, why don't you take him, and let's go back to Beijing as soon as possible. ”

Luo Xiangwu, who was looking at the long road ahead, did not look back this time, and the young man behind him naturally couldn't see the evil aura floating between his eyebrows at this moment.

This young man is called Jin Guanyan, and the Jin family is the gate valve of the Great Yan Dynasty second only to the royal family, Jin Guanyan's father is Luo Xiangwu's top boss, if it weren't for this relationship, with Luo Xiangwu's temperament, how could a subordinate question his decision one after another.

"Wei Shou and his wife offended the imperial court back then, and they both died in Wupan City, so why don't they cut the grass and eradicate the roots and kill that child together?" Luo Xiangwu said again, although Jin Guanyan is only a side of the Jin family, but in this Dayan, which is full of gates, many things are intertwined, you have me, I have you.

Even if Luo Xiangwu looked down on this gentleman who had the Jin family's mountain to lean on, and he was only able to touch the threshold of the first realm at the age of twenty-one, he still had to be patient and explain the reason to him.

"A fool, what is the difference between killing and not killing. But Jin Guanyan didn't sell it, pursed her lips, and responded arrogantly.

"The person the court wants to kill, don't say that he is a fool, even the white bones that have been buried in the ground, they have to be dug up and cut a few more knives and put them back. That fool is still alive because someone doesn't want him to die, who is that person? Who has such great ability, and is willing to help this already lost power?" Luo Xiangwu said in a sullen voice, obviously trying his best to suppress some emotions in his heart, but it was a pity that Jin Guanyan did not speculate on the consciousness of the other party's mind.

His mind was all on thinking about this question, but fortunately, although Jin Guanyan was squirming, he was not stupid. Soon his eyes lit up, and he patted his head and said, "You mean Lord Governor?"

But what greeted him was not Luo Xiangwu's praise, but ......

"Whew!" Luo Xiangwu suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse, and the galloping horse stopped in response. Jin Guanyan, who was following behind, couldn't react, and although he pulled the reins in a hurry, the war horse shook the horse's head again and again under the pain, making Jin Guanyan dizzy and almost planted off the horse.

"What are you doing!" Jin Guanyan, who was sitting up straight, looked at Luo Xiangwu for the first time and asked angrily.

Luo Xiangwu pulled the reins and ignored the irascible Jin Guanyan, but looked ahead with a calm brow.

The night wind blew dark clouds, covering the starlight in the sky, and the night became a little darker.

Looking along the straight official road, at the end of the road ahead, a figure almost blended into the night.

"Cang Yuwei does business! Death to those who stand in the way!" Luo Xiangwu's hand removed from the reins and slowly rested on the hilt of the shoulder knife at his waist. He stared at the figure in front of him, his brow furrowing deeper.

On the straight official road spread out like a long dragon, there was silence, the figure was motionless, and the bamboo forest was still rustling.

Jin Guanyan also came back to his senses at this time, he glanced at Luo Xiangwu with disdain, and secretly scolded this surnamed Luo for being too timid and afraid, no wonder he still only sat in the position of the seven-rank general banner with his cultivation of breaking through the two divine gates. He patted the horse's back, and the horse under his crotch stepped forward and came to Luo Xiangwu's side: "Hmph! Dare to block Cang Yuwei's way, kill it." ”

Luo Xiangwu glanced sideways at Jin Guanyan, who had the potential to overstep the bounds, thought slightly, and then said, "Form a formation!"

Revile!

A neat sound of metal collision exploded, and more than twenty white horses connected in a line separated, and in just a few breaths, Luo Xiangwu and the two were lined up behind them. Their crossbows were erected, and their arrows were wound.

In Jin Guanyan's opinion, this move was really too trivial, but because of the rich gloomy color on Luo Xiangwu's face at the moment, he still swallowed back the words that came to his mouth very familiarly.

"Your Excellency still has ten breaths to leave on his own!" Luo Xiangwu said sharply, his eyes were cold, staring at the figure in front of him.

He is not as optimistic as Jin Guanyan.

The ancients had clouds, and only the ignorant could be fearless. After so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, Luo Xiangwu saw at a glance that the person in front of him was coming for them. And looking at the Great Yan Dynasty, there are only two kinds of people who dare to trouble Cang Yuwei, either a fool like Jin Guanyan who doesn't know the height of the sky, or a ruthless person who dares to ignore the entire Great Yan Dynasty.

Luo Xiangwu hoped that the person in front of him was the former, but reason told him that this hope was more like an extravagant hope.

Ten breaths of time passed in the blink of an eye.

Luo Xiangwu's eyebrows swelled with anger, and he shouted in his mouth: "Release the arrow." ”

Shout!

Several sounds of breaking the sky exploded.

More than twenty silver lights cut through the vast night at the same time, and went straight to the end of the official road.

Rise!

Halfway through the arrows, a high-pitched groan burst from the shadow's body, and the shadow's clothes stirred in the night wind, and the last bit of starlight was obscured by the dark clouds, and the heavens and the earth were dark.

Luo Xiangwu stared ahead, his hand holding the hilt of the knife, his knuckles white.

The structure of the Divine Machine Crossbow is exquisite, and the Flame Feather Arrow is a sharp weapon in the Great Yan Dynasty's famous northern realm, and the power of the two is enough to make the monks below the three realms terrified. But on the contrary, Luo Xiangwu's heart was a little uneasy.

Seeing that twenty feather arrows had already flown in front of the black shadow, it seemed that the next moment there would be a feather burst, and blood would be splattered in all directions.

Rumble!

But at that moment, the sky suddenly exploded with a muffled sound.

A thick purple lightning pierced the sky, and the dazzling light pierced Luo Xiangwu's eyes, and he couldn't see for a while.

Bang, bang, bang......

Immediately after that, a series of muffled sounds came from the front, and the experience of using this object for many years allowed Luo Xiangwu to clearly distinguish that it was the sound of the Burning Feather Arrow exploding, and at the same time, it also made him realize that it took a little longer for the Burning Feather to explode.

And that extra little time can say a lot.

For example, the Feather Arrow flew over the dark shadow and landed on the ground behind it to explode so that it would fly some longer distance and take longer.

For example, before the purple lightning penetrated the sky, the sharp arrow was only half a zhang away from the person, and with the string power of the divine crossbow, he wanted to avoid the sharp arrow in such a short distance, which showed that the person's body was extremely fast.

And if he has such a fast body, then the distance between the two of them is nothing to him......

Thinking of this, Luo Xiangwu's heart was shocked, and the secret path was not good, so he almost subconsciously pulled out the tiger knife on his waist.

Bang dang.

With the sound of the collision of sharp weapons, Luo Xiangwu felt that something sharp hit the surface of the tiger sword.

The pain caused by the strong light gradually dissipated, and Luo Xiangwu was able to see the situation in front of him clearly—a masked man wearing a night suit and a somewhat thin figure. Except for the fact that he could be seen from the other party's body shape, he should be a young man or a man who was born short, it was difficult for Luo Xiangwu to capture any other information.

The masked man was frustrated by the blow, and his body jumped away, retreating several feet, and stabilized his body with a one-handed pestle.

A hint of strange color flashed in Luo Xiangwu's eyes, this person's speed was amazing, and it could be seen that he could rush to him in the blink of an eye, but the force that had just fallen on his knife was very small, and he secretly felt strange, so he looked at that person again.

And at this time, that person also happened to set his eyes on Luo Xiangwu.

The eyes of the two looked at each other, and Luo Xiangwu felt the murderous intent in the other party's eyes. It is something that can only erupt with the strongest determination or the most outright hatred.

Luo Xiangwu is not surprised by this, there are too many people in the entire Great Yan Dynasty who want to kill them, but there are too few people who dare to kill them, and from the other party's move, Luo Xiangwu realizes that the person in front of him seems to have only guts, but he does not necessarily really have that strength.

The surrounding Cangyu guards also recovered from this change, and their bodies jumped up from their horses at the first time and landed in front of the man in black.

"The outside is strong and the middle is dry, and after learning a little carving insect skills, I want to find trouble with Cangyuwei. Years of experience in birth and death made Luo Xiangwu very aware of the truth that soldiers are not tired of cheating, and he shouted: "Little ones, kill this fang with me!"

The surrounding Cang Yuwei heard the words and moved in response. Twenty bright blades lit up in the starless night, and went straight to the face of the man in black. Seeing this, Jin Guanyan on the side also wanted to step forward, but was pulled by Luo Xiangwu.

"What are you doing?" Young Master Jin was naturally dissatisfied, turned his head and asked with a frown.

"Childe, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and there is no harm in having more eyes. Luo Xiangwu stared at the man in black who was retreating under the blade of Cang Yuwei, who seemed to have no power to fight back, and said in a deep voice.

"Hmph, Uncle Luo is too cautious, that guy didn't know where to find something similar to the Divine Talisman, only this axe, you see how he still has the strength to spare, kill him quickly, let's hurry up and hurry up." Jin Guanyan had long been dissatisfied with Luo Xiangwu's caution everywhere, and as soon as he lifted the strength around him, his shoulders were shocked, and Luo Xiangwu's arm on him was broken away by him at that time.

"Uncle will wait for me to get his head back. Jin Guanyan chuckled, slapped the horse's back suddenly, and crossed the crowd in front of him, the unsheathed tiger knife flashed cold, and slashed at the neck of the black-clothed man who had fallen to the ground and was forced into a dead corner in the siege of Cang Yuwei.

The tiger knife is cast from a hundred steels, and the hair is blown and broken, and the iron is sharpened like mud.

The angle of this knife is tricky, and the force is very terrifying under the gallop of the war horse.

Luo Xiangwu couldn't find a reason why this person could pass this sword, unless he could have another magic talisman like Fang Cai.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiangwu's brows suddenly furrowed, and there was a burst of uneasiness in his heart again - something was wrong!

"Divine Talisman......" he muttered, and then his pupils dilated suddenly, and he remembered the long howl that burst from the man in black, "No! That's not a Divine Talisman!"

He shouted loudly, but Jin Guanyan, who had rushed to the man in black, couldn't hear his voice, or even if he did, he didn't have time to put away his knife at this moment.

Jin Guanyan can't die! Such a thought immediately appeared in Luo Xiangwu's mind, he hurriedly patted the horse's back, the war horse was connected with his heart, and at that time, the horse's hooves were raised, and he went straight to Jin Guanyan.

Jin Guanyan's blade was getting closer and closer to the man in black, and Luo Xiangwu, who was chasing closely behind, was vigorously whipping the horse's back while staring at the man in black who fell to the ground. His mind was a little confused, and even more uneasy, and a question kept recalling in his mind: what was that voice just now?

This question seems a little out of place at this time, but intuition tells Luo Xiangwu that the answer to this question is very important.

The blade of the tiger knife was only less than three inches away from the neck of the man in black, such a distance made Jin Guanyan secretly think that everything was captured, and it also made Luo Xiangwu wonder if he was really too cautious as Jin Guanyan said.

But just as Luo Xiangwu was about to reach out and hold the reins, he saw the thin man in black, whose hand on the ground supporting his body suddenly clenched, and his back immediately arched in a strange posture, which is a movement only a beast can make—a pre-warm-up before tearing the prey apart.

"Childe, be careful!" Luo Xiangwu's heart was shocked, and he yelled at that time.

Rise!

The voice sounded again, drowning Luo Xiangwu's roar into the night.

Rumble!

Immediately after that, a thunderclap sounded in the sky, and the purple electric python crossed the sky again, and the torrential rain poured in an instant.

The black figure really jumped up like a beast, one of his feet stepped on the head of Jin Guanyan's war horse, with great force, the war horse wailed, but the figure inevitably stagnated at that time, but the thin man in black jumped up again with this force, rolled in the air, the snowy dagger cut through the raindrops, and under Jin Guanyan's frightened gaze, he tore his throat neatly.

The torrential rain was like a note, and the rainwater accumulated on the official road began to flow along the road with Jin Guanyan's still warm blood, extending all the way to Luo Xiangwu's feet.

Luo Xiangwu looked at the thin figure in front of him who bowed towards him with a cloudy gaze.

The question that had been echoing in my mind for a long time finally had an answer at this moment.

The voice......

It is the sound made by Jiang Shen when he travels through the clouds and rains.