At three o'clock in the morning, there was already a shout of selling outside the window, waking Qin Chuan from his sleep. I rubbed my eyes, I didn't know that it was this time, and I heard a lot of footsteps outside, only to realize that the hour was not early.

"Oh no, today is the fifteenth, the day the ghost market is about to open, this can't be missed. Qin Chuan shouted, quickly got up and went to find his own robe to wear, and walked around the room for a long time, but he never found his own robe. Since fighting with Scarface Lao Wu last night, his empty mountain and Danhai are extremely lacking in aura, and because of physical exhaustion, Qin Chuan fainted, so what happened after that, Qin Chuan didn't know anything.

Thinking of the scar-faced old five, Qin Chuan still touched his neck with palpitations, if it weren't for the scar-faced old five who finally spared his life and didn't dare to let go, then Qin Chuan was afraid that he would have to lie under the loess for the rest of his life.

However, where Qin Chuan touched his neck, it was smooth and abnormal, and there were no wounds, which had to make people suspicious. It seems that this wound does not exist at all, Qin Chuan didn't believe it, found the bronze mirror in the room and looked at it, this wound was indeed gone, Qin Chuan then thought, I'm afraid it's because the empty mountain and Danhai have absorbed the aura of heaven and earth and can recover from the injured body. And when he woke up, he was full of energy, and it seemed that the physique of this martial arts practitioner was a little tougher than ordinary people.

Now that it's almost noon, Qin Chuan has an empty stomach after last night's fight with the scar-faced old five, and he can't find the old way inside and outside the room, so he thinks about it or gives up, presumably he went to the shopkeeper Wu to ask for wine again. Since he couldn't find a loose robe, he just went out in his own cloth clothes as before.

Walking through the inner courtyard of the Tongfu Inn, passing by the patio, and seeing Sister-in-law Niu drying clothes, Qin Chuan asked, "Sister-in-law Niu, do you know where the old road has gone?"

Sister-in-law Niu was busy picking up a cloth coat, glanced at Qin Chuan, and continued to be busy with her own affairs: "I don't know, I saw him go out from the front yard in the morning ago, and I haven't seen him come back since." You're hungry, or I'll clean up and prepare a meal for you, rest assured, it's cheap. If you don't have any money on you, it doesn't matter, just wait for the old way to come back. ”

After a period of contact, Qin Chuan and Sister-in-law Niu began to get acquainted, and they also ate a lot of side stoves at Sister-in-law Niu, according to Qin Chuan's personality, they must not take credit. Although the food is distressed, Qin Chuan asks for money from Lao Dao, and every time he pays the bill, he is much happier than ordinary readers, and over time, Sister-in-law Niu also loves Qin Chuan, a little Taoist boy.

Thinking that Lao Dao didn't know where he was, Qin Chuan began to worry, since the Ma Taling Taoist Temple came out, Lao Dao and Qin Chuan stayed together, and they had never been separated for half a day, even if Lao Dao had something to do, he also informed Qin Chuan in advance, not disappeared like today. Although Qin Chuan was too tired and fell asleep from the fight with the scar-faced old five, the old man didn't even leave a message, and this abnormal behavior made Qin Chuan start to wonder: Could it be that the old man from Luozi Cliff came to the door, and the old man avoided the limelight.

Qin Chuan made up his mind, and planned to go to the streets of Qingzhou City first, prepare some items for entering the ghost market tonight, and then go back to the room to wait for Lao Dao, I don't know where the entrance to this ghost market is, and I have to open the bamboo tube to think about it when I go back.

So when Qin Chuan passed by, he saluted Sister-in-law Niu and said: "Sister-in-law Niu, I have to buy some things first, and then go to find the old way, and when it gets dark, if I come back, I will go to your place to eat the side stove." ”

Sister-in-law Niu heard that Qin Chuan was going to eat a side stove at night, and the smile on her face was even worse: "Go, go, go early and come back early, tonight is an authentic hand-cut mutton, and a whole plate will never be filled with water." ”

Qin Chuan grinned and stopped speaking, leaving the door of the Tongfu Inn.

Qingzhou City is divided into an inner city and an outer city.

The outer city is a place for the traders and pawns, small merchants and small merchants, on ordinary market days or festivals, there are always some goods transported here from other states, and they are unloaded and traded here before they really enter the inner city, many farmers and hunters from the wilderness buy goods here to go home, and there are also some martial arts practitioners who sell some dirty things here for a little silver, so this outer city is often mixed with fish and dragons, and the people are full of people.

The inner city is divided into six lanes and ten lanes. It is a place where wealthy businessmen and other outsiders gather, and there are also many wealthy businessmen who make a living here, and this Pingyang Fang is one of the six squares. The previous scholars gathered here, although after the despair of later generations, it became the residence of the poor people in Qingzhou City, but because of the existence of Bailu Academy, which has produced many people who governed the country, in the eyes of the people of Qingzhou City, Pingyang Fang is also a place where people gather.

Qin Chuan walked out of the threshold of Tongfu Inn, looked around, and found that people were coming and going at the moment, so it was not lively. But at this moment, Lao Dao is not around, Qin Chuan always feels timid, and he doesn't know where to go now.

Since he was young, through the reminder of the old Tao, Qin Chuan knows when to go to the market, when to go to the red and white ceremonial events to play music, when to make osmanthus wine, when to pickle game for the winter, when to go to the green ash tank to silently recite the Heart Sutra to relieve stubborn diseases, although he feels that the old Tao is sometimes noisy, but now he can't see the figure of the old Tao, Qin Chuan does not feel the freedom of imagination.

After Qin Chuan was looking at where he was going, suddenly there was a noisy sound in front of him, and the crowd gathered together to look ahead, whispering from time to time, as if something had happened, and many peddlers, pawns, and small merchants also stopped what they were doing and rushed to the front.

Qin Chuan felt curious, and squeezed in from the crowd with his young figure, only then did he realize the scene in front of him.

The four people above the temple were chasing a sturdy man with a portrait, only to see his thick eyebrows and big eyes, his hair was scattered arbitrarily, and his dress seemed to be the hunters around Qingzhou City, for some reason, he was blocked in the corner by these four temple people.

"Your Excellency, as I said before, as long as you take out the heirloom and prove your sectarian identity, we will not be guilty of the past. The temple has an agreement with the sect that as long as you enter the city gate, you must inform us of the identity of the martial arts practitioners, otherwise you will hurt the people of Qingzhou City, and I can't afford it. A man in his thirties said with a stern face, only to see wearing indigo blue clothes, with the word Qingzhou tattooed on his chest, there is no doubt that this is the person in the temple of Qingzhou City, and it is also called hunting by the people of Qingzhou City.

Listening to what this hunter said, the Orion in front of him was actually a cultivator of the sect. According to the rules of the temple and the sect, if the sect cultivator enters the town, he must report his identity to the guards of the state gate and inform him of the intention, otherwise he will be dealt with according to the crime of assassination.

It seems that this martial arts practitioner did not report his intention in time for some reason, and was noticed by the people in the temple, and because he did not pass the disc to prove his identity, it was very likely that he was an outcast of the sect. However, there is another situation, that is, the loose cultivation of martial arts rivers and lakes, one person goes, one person returns, free by nature, without fetters, so he doesn't care about the rules of the temple.

"If you can't take out the disc, just as you are a loose cultivator, but you wandered outside the state guard's house last night, presumably for a long time, we searched for a night, only to find your figure in the inn, we haven't interrogated yet, you actually did it first, you say, if you don't have a ghost in your heart, then what else can it be?" Another hunter stared at the person dressed as a hunter with a smile on his face, and said unhurriedly at the moment, as if the other party was already a turtle in the urn, so there was nothing to worry about.

After all, there are four masters of the small peak of martial arts waiting, if it is not for the powerhouse of the synaesthesia realm, I am afraid that I will not be able to leave today.

However, after Qin Chuan heard it, he secretly thought, this person was just hanging around the residence of the state guard and was stared at by the people in the temple, so if it wasn't for the scar-faced old five who didn't want to fight and left first last night, I'm afraid that he was still in the prison of the temple at the moment, it seems that the people in the temple are no less powerful than the cultivators of the martial arts rivers and lakes. I heard that there are also many strong people in the capital, so the saint can rest easy.

Hearing the questions of the two hunters, the person dressed as a hunter smiled: "Hmph, don't play this kind of hypocrisy for me, you are just the dog's leg of the state guard, full of benevolence and morality, but you are acting for the tiger, and you have done a lot of things that endanger Qingzhou City behind your back, don't think that everyone knows about it." "Listening to what this hunter said, it seems that he came specially for the state guard, and even had a holiday with the state guard, so it seems that it is even more difficult for him to leave today.

At this time, the other two people in the temple ignored the eyes next to them, and they were also secretly discussing with the side: "Listening to his accent, it seems that he is from Chenjia Village, and he will solve it quickly, don't let him poke things out, when the time comes, the state guard will blame him, but no one can afford it." ”

The previous hunt in an indigo costume also looked more solemn at this moment: "The people around are gathering more and more, if it is not solved well, it is inevitable that the adults will lose their temper, so let's take action together." ”

When the other people heard this, they nodded in unison, as if taking this person as their head.

At this moment, the hunter saw that the people next to him were gathering more and more, and from time to time the people who were filled with righteous indignation pointed fingers at him, and before the four people in the temple in front of him could react, he grabbed a gray-haired old man as a hostage, protected him in front of him, and took out a short knife from his bosom and pointed at everyone, warning that no one should approach.

The hunter shot quickly, and the old man was slow, and before anyone could react, the old man was caught in an instant, and his feet began to tremble slightly, as if he felt dizzy, and he was about to lose his feet.

How do you know that watching the excitement from the side has become a shield for others.

Ignoring the eyes of others, the man dressed as a hunter said to the old man, "Do you know so many people, why should I arrest you?"

The old man didn't dare to move at all at this moment, and when he heard someone asking him, he begged for mercy repeatedly: "Be merciful, good man, I have lived in Qingzhou City for a long time and have never done anything bad." ”

An old woman next to her seemed to be the wife of the old man, and she didn't believe that this hunter dared to do anything in broad daylight, so she scolded the hunter: "Pickled and predatory, what are you capable of bullying an unarmed old man, why don't you dare to fight with the hunters above the temple? ”

However, the hunter said hoarsely to the onlookers, "Because he doesn't know what happened, he told the people next to him that I was a young man, and since you don't know what happened, how can you judge me to be a bad person?"

The old woman from before said disdainfully: "Hmph, you threaten an old man with a knife like this, except for robbers and bandits, who would do such an intolerable thing." ”

Hearing what the old woman said, many people in the crowd began to nod their heads in agreement, and they all accused this hunter.

The old man said to the woman, "Shut up quickly." Then he pleaded with the people in the temple: "I am Tian Qingcai of Xicheng Silk Village, and I know Zhou Youliang and Zhou Gongzi, and I want to save me." ”

Some people in the crowd also recognized the old man, this person was indeed the shopkeeper of Tianji Silk Village, and Zhou Youliang often ordered clothes from him.

Seeing this scene, the blue-clothed hunter above the temple waved his hand to the surrounding onlookers, said a little calm, and said to the hunter: "Your Excellency, as long as you let this old man go, and go back with us to interrogate one or two, we will naturally not be embarrassed with you." Otherwise, if you are a strong cultivator in the martial arts rivers and lakes, I am afraid that you will not be able to escape. ”

However, the hunter still locked the old man, shook his head, and said, "If I believe you, I don't have to risk my life to come here. You go find a horse now, and I will leave with him, and there must be no obstruction at the city gate, and when I reach a safe place, I will naturally let him come back. After the Orion finished speaking, he placed the short blade on the neck of Lao Suo, and a faint amount of blood was already dripping out.

Seeing that Orion revealed a threat, he must also be a ruthless person, and the old woman, who was very arrogant before, began to cry and shout: "This young man, you have to let my old man go, the whole family is counting on him to earn some hard-earned money to support us." Up and down this Qingzhou city, who doesn't know that our family often does good deeds......"

The old woman's voice was hoarse, and the noise made Orion frown, and he was also thinking about what to do.

At this moment, the crowd of onlookers was whispering, but Qin Chuan heard it very clearly, which probably meant that the shopkeeper Tian, who was good friends with Zhou Youliang, must have been used to bullying the people, and today it fell into the hands of bandits, which can be regarded as a good reincarnation of heaven.

The people next to him sang and harmonized, which made Qin Chuan very puzzled, and he didn't know whether they were facing Orion or Lao Suo.

At this moment, several hunters in the temple began to move without any signs, and rushed forward one by one. However, Orion reacted very quickly and blocked the old man in front of him, and if he wanted to catch the Orion, he still had to hurt the old man.

Therefore, several hunters glanced at each other in the air, and retreated, the previous hunter in blue clothes was also slightly annoyed, under the gaze of the people of Qingzhou City, if he didn't save him when he saw death, it would be chilling, not to mention that this person also knew Zhou Youliang. So he thought for a while and reprimanded angrily: "Your Excellency, you are really stubborn, how can you have the final say in the rules of Qingzhou City." Now that you are surrounded by us, you might as well disarm and surrender as soon as possible. ”

Orion shook his head, still refusing to put down the short blade in his hand: "You are afraid of death, and I am also afraid, some things are more secure in your own hands." ”

"Your Excellency, you're here!" one of the hunters said to the right.

Orion heard the voice, and looked with the others to the other side, but there was no figure to be seen.

At that moment, a crossbow bolt was shot and flew directly towards the Orion through the crowd, and everyone was dumbfounded, not knowing where the crossbow arrow came from.

Orion couldn't dodge at this time, pushed Lao Sue away, and prepared to face the crossbow arrow alone, but Lao Sue was already frightened and weak, and he was in a hurry for a while, and he actually grabbed Orion tightly and didn't dare to let go.

Orion sighed at this, and raised his dagger to meet him.

However, the crossbow arrow was so powerful that the short blade was shaken open as soon as it came into contact, passing through the Orion, and through the old man, and nailing the two of them to the wall together, and there was no life.

"There are accomplices! everyone be careful!" shouted at the moment to disperse the crowd. And the old woman before saw that the shopkeeper Tian was dead and fainted.

When everyone saw such a bloody scene, they scattered and fled before they could speak.

Seeing that there were no more people in Qingzhou City around, these four people hurriedly stepped forward and rushed to the state government with the bodies of the two of them.

Qin Chuan hid at the door of the Tongfu Inn, and vaguely looked at the alley not far away, a man in cloth jumped down from the courtyard wall, hid his crossbow in the grass, and merged with the four hunters, and disappeared into the crowd......