There is a small country in the west called Quran.

The Gulan Kingdom is located at the junction of the three countries, half swamp, half Gobi, the environment is harsh, and the people are fierce.

The national capital, Lancheng, was built at the junction of the swamp and the Gobi Desert. The small city is surrounded by a circle of walls that are two or three feet high, and are all made of huge stones, and there is only one gate that leads to the inside and outside of the city.

And within the city of Lancheng, it is divided into the inner city and the outer city.

The inner and outer walls are separated by small walls, the north of the city wall is the inner city, and the south of the city wall is the outer city. Between the inner and outer cities, it is connected by a martial gate.

In the inner city, there are either rich or noble, and in the outer city, there are businessmen and commoners, or people from the rivers and lakes.

In the inner city, Haiyan is leveled.

In the outer city, there is a mixture of fish and dragons.

However, compared to the places outside of Lancheng, this outer city can be regarded as one of the safest places in this ancient land of China.

Outside of Lancheng, the north is full of swamps, dense forests, beasts and insects are rampant, and there are tribal remnants shuttling among them, hobby poaching and travelers.

About seven or eight miles to the south is the Gobi Desert. On the Gobi Desert, there are several horse thieves who roar around on horseback all day long. Travelers in the past, if they don't have some strength, once they meet, they will end up in a different place.

However, despite the harsh environment of this ancient country, there are many treasures that are not found elsewhere. Especially in the swamp, there are many kinds of rare medicinal materials. Therefore, although it is extremely dangerous here, there are still many people who rush to it.

In the past, outside of this blue city, there was always trouble, and there was bloodshed almost every day.

But recently, the outside of the city has suddenly settled down. There is no more dust whistling by horse thieves on the Gobi Desert, and the whistles of the remnants of the tribe can no longer be heard in the swamps.

However, this sudden silence is not a good thing. As the saying goes, there are demons when things go wrong.

More than ten days ago, the caravan preparing to return to the Ming Kingdom set off from Lancheng, and after walking out of about ten miles, a group of horse thieves were found dead behind a stone hill. There were more than twenty of these horse thieves, more than fifty of them with men and horses, and all of them died behind the rocky hill. The death was so miserable, all of them were disemboweled, their limbs were incomplete, and the bloody scene made even the group of businessmen who were accustomed to life and death frightened one by one, and immediately all returned to Lancheng.

As soon as the news spread, someone went to investigate, but found nothing but that they might have been killed by a beast.

may be a horse thief outside of Lancheng, and his skills are good. This group of people didn't even escape from the tip-off, and they all died there, which is really a bit unbelievable. The more I think about it, the more strange it becomes.

So, soon, someone organized a team of more than a dozen people, all of whom were good at the rivers and lakes, and said that they wanted to go and find out. Unexpectedly, these people never returned, and three days later they were found dead in a forest more than ten miles east of the city. The death was almost the same as the previous group of horse thieves. All of them were disemboweled, and the intestines and internal organs flowed all over the ground.

If it is said that the death of the horse thief before, it may be that the enemy is seeking revenge and deliberately created such a cruel scene. Then the death of this group of people in the rivers and lakes basically eliminates this possibility.

Some people speculate that maybe it was the remnants of the tribes in the swamp. Some time ago, someone killed several tribesmen in order to grab a precious medicinal herb. The people of the tribe have always been united, and they will take revenge. They are also good at controlling beasts, and this is a real thing that is likely to be their means.

It's just that as soon as this speculation came out, the next day, someone found the bodies of several tribal remnants outside the city, which was the same tragic situation.

There were also some animal skins and medicinal herbs next to their bodies, and it was clear that these men had intended to enter the city to sell something, but unfortunately, they were killed halfway through. But the fact that they are dead and the things are still there shows that the murderer did not come for these things.

So what is this murderer for?

Or was it really just the work of a ferocious and bloodthirsty beast?

Finally, five days ago, another caravan was attacked and killed on the way to Lancheng, and two of them escaped by luck, and after escaping for an hour with injuries, they finally ran into Lancheng alive.

Not long after these two entered the city, the news of the infestation of demon beasts outside the city had spread all over the streets and alleys.

In recent years, outside the Guran Kingdom, news of monster infestations has appeared frequently. But in the land of Koran, it was the first time. All of a sudden, everyone is in danger.

Occasionally, a few brave ones go out of the city to find out, but they are all gone.

Soon, no one dared to go out.

Changxi Street, a street in the outer city. One end leads directly to the outside of the martial arts gate, and the other end is connected to the city gate to enter Nanyang Street not far to the east.

On Changxi Street, there is an alley called Anqing.

Anqing Lane is very short, one end is on Changxi Street, and it is a small city wall in the end. Walking along Anqing Lane from one end to the other, it doesn't take a tea time. There are not many people living in the alley, and there are only eight families in total, and after moving out one last year, there are now only seven families left.

The three households are small businesses on Chauncy Street.

The two families were working in the wealthy families in the inner city, and the couple did not come back often, and basically the elderly and children lived.

There is also a butcher who has a stall on Nanyang Street, and the business is very good.

There was only one family left, and in the innermost part of Anqing Lane, there lived two young men. Among them, the mild-mannered one opened a medical clinic on Chauncy Street. This man looks young, but his medical skills are actually quite good, and after a few years, he is now quite famous in Lancheng, and he is known as Lin Yixian.

The other is that he doesn't go out often, and he may not be able to see him step out of the house for ten days and a half months. Occasionally, when he comes out to meet people, he is always expressionless, never laughs with people, and is as cold as ice, making people afraid to approach. After a long time, as soon as the children in this alley saw him, they were so scared that they hid from afar.

I don't know when the people in this alley have a unique mantra to scare children: "If you are disobedient, I will go and call the second son of the Lin family!"

As soon as these words come out, no matter how noisy the child is, he will immediately be well-behaved.

On this day, Lin Yixian went out as usual and prepared to go to the medical hall on Changxi Street. When passing by the fourth family, it happened that the mother-in-law of that family took her little grandson to the street, and when she met this Lin Yixian, she immediately stood still, greeted her with a smile, and urged the little grandson in her hand to call quickly.

The child was raised white and fat, quite well-behaved, and immediately opened his mouth and shouted: "Brother Lin is early." ”

Lin Yixian smiled and handed out a candy casually.

The child's eyes lit up immediately, but he didn't immediately reach out to pick it up, but looked up at his grandmother expectantly.

Grandma scolded embarrassedly: "You little glutton! Don't you thank Brother Lin soon?"

The child was overjoyed when he heard this, immediately bowed and thanked him, and then quickly reached out and took the candy.

Lin Yixian stretched out his hand and touched his head, and then, the three of them walked down the street chatting together.

On Changxi Street in Chenshi, it is already quite lively. When the three reached the street, they quickly separated.

Lin Yixian's medical hall is not far from the left hand side of Anqing Lane. Next to him is a rice shop. The boss of the rice store had already opened the door, and at the moment he was sitting at the door with a small bench and a bowl of red oil noodles.

When Lin Yixian walked over, the lean boss immediately raised his head and greeted him warmly. He responded with a smile as he walked to the door of the infirmary and took out the key to unlock it.

The owner of the rice shop got up and followed with a noodle bowl.

"Xiaolin Medical Immortal, I heard that the demon beast outside the city killed someone again last night. I heard that this time, the man died outside the western wall, and the blood was splashed on the western wall. You say, in two days, will the demon beast be going to enter the city?" said the boss of the rice shop, sipping noodles. When he said the last sentence, he sucked the whole noodle into his mouth, and then stared at Lin Yixian with a little anxiety while chewing.

At this time, there was a soft click, and the lock in Lin Yixian's hand was opened.

While taking the lock off the door, he looked back at the owner of the rice shop and smiled slightly: "No." Rest assured. ”

When the boss of Mi Xing heard this, the trace of uneasiness in his eyes disappeared in an instant, and he grinned and said, "I believe in your words of Xiaolin Yixian!" As he spoke, the noodle foam flew out with the movement of his lips and sprayed towards Lin Yixian's face.

Just when the noodle foam was about to reach Lin Yixian's face, a gust of wind suddenly appeared, blowing right between the two, and it was extremely coincidental that the foam was blown away.

"Boss Mi, I'll go in first. Lin Yixian smiled gently.

Boss Mi nodded hurriedly: "You're busy, you're busy!" After saying that, he stepped forward diligently, helped Lin Yixian push the door open from the outside, and motioned for Lin Yixian to enter with a smile.

Lin Yixian thanked him and walked in.

After watching him enter, Boss Mi returned to the door of his rice shop with his noodle bowl and continued to sit on the bench and eat his noodles.

After a while, a little girl in a red jacket rushed over, her fleshy face was hot and red, and when she passed by the door of Mi Xing, she shouted: "Boss Mi is early!"

Boss Nami was looking up to drink soup, and when he suddenly heard this loud noise, he was startled, and the soup in the bowl was suddenly spilled.

Boss Mi put down the bowl angrily, stared at the red figure who was about to rush into the door of the medical hall, and shouted angrily: "You girl, early in the morning, what are the ghosts roaring!"

Slipping down, the girl has already entered the house. However, immediately afterwards, he poked out another head and stuck out his tongue and made a grimace at Boss Mi, who was still angry.

When Boss Mi saw it, he scolded with a smile: "You stinky girl!"

When the girl heard this, she laughed too.

The eyes, which were not big, suddenly narrowed into a slit, lining the red puffy face, which was particularly pleasing.

"Why don't you sweep the floor quickly?" a cold voice suddenly sounded behind him, and the smile on the little girl's face disappeared in an instant. When she turned her head, she saw Lin Yixian, who always had a gentle smile on her face, staring at her expressionlessly.

The little girl's flushed face turned white in an instant, and she hurriedly lowered her head and said, "I'm going to sweep the floor!" After speaking, she turned around and ran.

"Stop!" Lin Yixian snorted coldly again.

The little girl's body immediately stiffened and did not dare to move.

"Where did you go in the morning, why are you late?" Lin Yixian stared at her coldly, in addition to being stern, there was also a little imperceptible concern.

The little girl lowered her head and muttered, "Didn't go anywhere......"

"Why are you late when you didn't go?"

"Waking up late......"

"I look like I'm a good deceitful, right?" Lin Yixian narrowed his eyes, and his voice became a little colder.

The little girl's body trembled, her hands writhed uneasily in front of her, and after gritting her teeth and struggling for a while, she still couldn't resist the cold breath of the young man in front of her, and confided the truth: "There are a few people from outside the city today, and I will see it lively on the street. ”

Lin Yixian frowned when he heard this, and asked, "It's just a few people, what's the excitement to see?"

"I heard them say that these people are immortals from the mountains. The little girl whispered.

Lin Yixian was stunned when he heard this, and then frowned, and a solemn look flashed in his eyes. However, in the blink of an eye, his expression had returned to normal, looking at the little girl in front of him, his voice softened a little: "Don't stay on the street when you go out in the future, don't join in the fun, there are everyone in this city, you little girl, pay attention to safety." ”

The little girl nodded hurriedly.

"Alright, let's go sweep the floor, someone should be here later." ”

"Yes. The little girl hurriedly turned around and ran, but Lin Yixian turned to look out of the door, looked at the pedestrians coming and going, and frowned silently.

It was another similar day as usual, that is, there were many fewer patients coming to the hospital than usual, probably because the city and the city were separated in the past few days.

As soon as the time arrived, Lin Yixian closed the medical hall, followed by the little girl, and the two walked one after the other, facing the sunset and walking on Nanzhi Street.

When passing by the entrance of Anqing Lane, the little girl saw that Lin Yixian did not stop, and asked, "Are you going to buy wine again?"

Lin Yixian snorted and didn't look back.

The two soon arrived on Nanzhi Street.

Nanzhi Street, as the main street, is naturally much more lively than Changxi Street. Among the pedestrians who come and go, most of them are cold-eyed Jianghu people.

Lin Yixian was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a long figure, and a white dress added a little warmth like jade. The little girl behind him, although a red jacket is a little old, and a fleshy face, is by no means good-looking, but those black eyes are quite aura, and when she looks around, her smart appearance can always attract attention.

This big, small, and young walked in one place one after the other, and soon attracted the attention of many people.

Many locals recognized Lin Yixian and the little girl, and greeted them with a smile. Lin Yixian smiled and nodded in response. The little girl followed behind, grinning happily, and her little eyes narrowed so that there was only a slit left.

Soon, the two arrived at the entrance of Xiheng Street.

The little girl's home is in an alley in Xiheng Street, not far from here.

Lin Yixian stood still, looked at the little girl, and said, "Go back, I'm watching you here." ”

After the little girl bowed and saluted unstandardly, she ran away, and her two pigtails were thrown high behind her, which was extremely lively.

Lin Yixian looked at the figure, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were warm.

At this time, on the second floor of a restaurant diagonally opposite him, a man suddenly appeared in front of the window. When his eyes swept casually over the crowd on the street, he accidentally saw the white figure in the crowd.

The man's gaze suddenly froze, and then he frowned.

Lin Yixian, who was on the street, suddenly smiled, turned around and looked at the second floor of the restaurant across the street.

The two looked at each other, Lin Yixian smiled slightly, nodded in greeting, and turned to leave.

After the man on the second floor smiled perfunctorily, he looked at the familiar greeting of the figure to the person next to him when he left, and his expression gradually showed a little solemnity.

At this time, another man in blue came over next to him, and when he saw that the man's expression was different, he asked, "What's wrong?"

The man retracted his gaze and said, "I just saw a person, it seems that he is also a monk, and his realm is not low. ”

When the man in blue who had just come over heard this, he didn't care, and said, "The news of the appearance of demon beasts here this time is not only known to us and the Great Sword Sect, maybe it's people from other sects." ”

The man shook his head and said, "That man seems to be very familiar with this place, many people on the street know him, and he looks like he has lived here for many years." ”

"Really?" As he spoke, the man in blue was also curious, and he looked out the window, but in the crowd, there was no longer the white-clothed figure.

"What about people?" asked the man in blue with a frown.

The man pointed to the restaurant in the distance and said, "He's in there." ”

The man in blue glanced at the restaurant, and after a little hesitation, he suddenly said, "Didn't you just say that many people on the street seem to know him, why don't we go down and inquire?"

When the man heard this, he thought about it, but shook his head and refused.

"Why?" the man in blue wondered.

The man replied: "This person's realm is not low, how rude it is for us to rush to inquire about others." This time, I came here to get rid of demons, and there is no need to have more branches. ”

"Okay. The man in blue pursed his lips, slightly disdainful of his caution, but did not insist any longer, and after saying a casual word, he took him and left, saying that he was going to drink.