Qiushui Province is located in the north of Qiushui Province, with Half Moon Province to the west, Full Moon Province to the south, and the full moon province where Qiujing City is located to the east, which is also the largest of the four provinces.

The northern border of the Crescent Moon Province is the entrance to life and death, and further north is the Great Wasteland where you will die.

The Autumn River comes from the Great Wasteland, flows through the Crescent Moon Province, passes through Liusheng County, and after passing through the Full Moon Province, winds its way to the south.

Not far from the west bank of the Beiqiu River, in the province of Crescent, there is an official road, which is very wide and can accommodate three carriages in parallel.

From south to north, a column galloped forward, and the speed was very fast, mostly light horses.

At the forefront of the path was a woman with a delicate face, wearing red clothes and red armor, with a red cloak on her back, riding a majestic and mighty mastiff.

Not far behind, there was a procession of dozens of people, all on horseback, and in the center of the procession, a carriage.

In the carriage, Qiu Shu's brows were tightly locked, as if he was looking at a book in his hand, but in fact, his eyes were scattered, and he didn't know where to go in his mind.

Opposite her, Lord Xuanyu also had no intention of reading, when she was in Gaohu Village before, Lou Yanxin had gone up to check, and according to Lou Yanxin's report, she once saw a black lion, and it was very likely that it was the murderer who slaughtered the villagers of Gaohu Village.

But even if she rode the spirit mastiff, she was only able to chase a little closer, although it was a punch to the back of the black lion, and the fist imprint entered the body, but it didn't seem to cause any damage to it, and it still let it escape.

What Lord Xuanyu thought along the way was that in Lou Yanxin's description, the black lion was full of black gas, only his eyes were blood-red, no matter how he heard it, it was very similar to the baby boy who was possessed by the filthy demon that day, and she even went to Gaohu Village to check it out in person.

It's a pity that when she went by herself, there was nothing but a tragedy.

Qiushu was very angry at that time, and originally wanted to go to check it in person, but was persuaded by Lou Yanxin to death.

Lou Yanxin has always suspected that the black lion may be afraid of the team behind her, or maybe for some other reason, she didn't think about fighting her at all, otherwise, she could say that she couldn't beat and still had a chance to escape, but the two female flame guards who followed her were probably going to have to explain there.

The black lion gave her a very strange feeling, it seemed that its strength could not be divided by the cultivation level of the martial artist, although it did not attack her, but Lou Yanxin always felt that if she really fought with all her strength, she might not be able to take advantage.

This is not the most fearful of her, the most vigilant in her heart, and the main reason why she urged Qiushu to leave the vicinity of Gaohu Village immediately is that the way the black lion left, it jumped directly from the high ground, and when it fell in the air, it actually had the meaning of floating like a feather, and at first glance, it seemed to be gliding, but it had no wings, so how to glide?

It looked like a beast, and its strange appearance was simply unheard of for her.

If she hadn't been dazzled at that time, the black lion, although its body looked very large, but it was very light when it moved, it meant that its speed must be extremely fast, in this case, in the whole team, if she couldn't keep up with the speed of the black lion, the black lion could theoretically use only speed to eat the whole team.

In that case, just looking at what it did to the villagers of Gaohu Village, Qiushu would most likely fall into an extremely dangerous situation, which Lou Yanxin would never tolerate.

Before leaving in a hurry, Lou Yanxin and the woman Yanwei had gathered the villagers who were killed in the wooden house, thinking that it was a fire, but after asking Qiushu, they were rejected by Qiushu.

Lord Xuanyu recalled the situation at that time, she actually understood what Qiu Shu meant, if the entire crime scene was burned, and then when she wanted to find the murderer, there would be no clue at all.

Although the direct murderer is most likely the black lion, who can guarantee that behind this strange beast, there is no command, and if there is, then what is its purpose, why should this extremely ordinary village be left behind the chickens and dogs, is there anything valuable here?

After leaving Gaohu Village, Qiushu once sent a female flame guard, holding her handwritten letter, to order the county government to which Gaohu Village belonged to thoroughly investigate the matter, and after that, Qiushu almost never said a word again.

Lord Xuanyu was the same, but she frowned slightly at a young age, as if there was something extremely sad that was difficult to solve.

Qiu Shu suddenly asked, "There is no news from Sheng Ash yet?"

Outside, a female flame guard replied, "Your Highness, Young Master Sheng still hasn't returned. ”

Lord Xuan opened the curtain on the carriage window and glanced behind the group, where there was nothing to be seen except for the twisting road and the trees on both sides of the road that had almost lost their pages.

It was clear that Ash either didn't understand the meaning of her glance at all, or he didn't bother to heed her advice at all.

Lord Xuanyu is more inclined to the latter, she knows very well that Sheng Shen is a very simple and kind young man who is full of curiosity about everything, after he breaks off, he will definitely go up to take a look, when he sees such a tragedy, if he can't do something, I'm afraid that for a long time, he will be uneasy.

It's just that if Lou Yanxin's description is not exaggerated, then the opponent that Sheng Shen will face this time is likely not to be a low-level filthy demon like last time, in this case, although Sheng Shen is a little different from ordinary people, he is only a mortal slave after all, can he really resist that demon lion?

If it weren't for the fact that he was quite confident in Sheng Ash's speed, and felt that Sheng Shen would be able to run even if he couldn't beat it, Lord Xuan Yu would have the heart to find Sheng Ash.

But as time passed, this bit of confidence in Lord Xuanyu was gradually weakened.

Soon another half an hour passed, and the Jade Lord found that her heart was becoming more and more anxious, this emotion had not appeared in her for a long time, and she found that she always couldn't help but think about how Sheng Shen was now, even if she consciously suppressed this thought, or thought about something else to divert her attention, but in the end, she always returned to this thought.

Lord Xuan Yu felt that she was about to take it anymore, she was about to talk to Qiu Shu, wanting to find out the whereabouts of Sheng Ash herself, and the next moment, Lord Xuan Yu suddenly poked her head out of the window again, and then couldn't help but smile.

Soon, a female flame guard's voice came from outside: "Your Highness Qiyu, Prince Sheng is back." ”

Qiushu perked up and said, "Oh, give the order to go down, set up camp, rest in place for half an hour, and let Sheng Shen come to see the palace." ”

"Yes. ”

Rouge's foot strength is really good, although it is a rear force, but in the end it still catches up.

When Sheng Ash passed by the high ground where Gaohu Village was located, he met a female flame guard, and after asking, he learned that because he had not kept up with the team for a long time for a routine report, Qiu Shu specially sent a female flame guard back to look for her, she had been waiting here for about an hour, if she still couldn't wait for him for another half an hour, she would have to go back to report.

Sheng Shen asked her to go back first, and she went to the high ground again, and stayed silently in front of the wooden house that had been burned to ashes for a quarter of an hour, and then caught up, but she didn't expect that although the female flame guard went first, he was still caught up by him in the end, and even faster than her to catch up with Qiu Shu's team.

In front of Qiushu's carriage, Sheng Shen handed over the rouge to a female flame guard, and came here, he heard that Qiushu wanted to see him.

Qiu Shu's voice came out, very gentle: "Sheng Gray, what did you do? Why did you come back so late to report?

Sheng Shen glanced at the car window, just now Lord Xuan Yu lifted the curtain, glanced at him, and then closed the curtain again, but he still saw a smile on her lips.

Sheng Shen said: "Oh, this one, I met a wild beast on the way, and I was afraid that it would attack the team, so I chased it all the way until it was driven into a barren mountain, and then I chased it up and reported it." ”

"Beasts, what kind of beasts?" asked Akishu.

"I didn't see it very clearly, it's a big one, and the thief is fast, and I can't catch up with the rouge. "What Sheng Gray said is extremely natural.

"I see, you have worked hard, go and rest, after half an hour, we will set off, today, we will rush overnight. Qiushu said.

"Overnight?" said Sheng Ash, "Okay. ”

When Sheng Shen left, in the carriage, Qiu Shu suddenly smiled and said: "Sister Xuan, this little guy doesn't seem to be an honest guy, this is too fake." ”

"Heh, Sister Shu, then you still don't cure him for a crime of deception?" Lord Xuanyu also smiled.

"Alas, forget it this time, this little guy doesn't understand etiquette at all, and when he returns to Qiujing City, he still has to ask the best etiquette teacher to teach him, and those who don't know are not guilty. Qiu Shu still smiled on his face.

Lord Xuanyu felt a sense of relief from Qiu Shu, and she knew that Qiu Shu's worries about Sheng Shen were probably not pressed on her at all, but the starting point of the two was not the same at all.

Sheng Shen went straight to Zhang Shun, and the two sat together, eating sweet silk cakes and chatting casually.

In the conversation just now, Sheng Shen consciously said that there was no problem, and most of them were true, and he could be regarded as having made a mistake, but he didn't understand a little, why did Qiu Shu insist on going to Shengyan County?