The sound of the horses' hooves gradually calmed down.

In the rustling sound, the horses carrying Xiang Yuan and his party walked out of the rugged and winding path with their hooves.

"Dismount. ”

With a low voice, Zhao Xian took the lead in dismounting and tied his horse to a small tree on the side.

In the dense sound of turning over, Xiang Yuan and the others also set up their horses, and then walked to the outside of Linquan City, about a few hundred meters away from the city gate.

Standing and looking at the gate of Linquan City, Zhao Xian unconsciously bit the hosta in his mouth.

"Aren't we going into the city?" Seeing that Zhao Xian had been standing there looking at Linquan City without saying a word, the woman who was tall and tall but had a slightly ordinary appearance said suspiciously.

Zhao Xian, who was looking at Linquan City, shook his head without looking back:

"No, find a place to rest for yourselves, and then enter the city early tomorrow morning." ”

Obviously, he was in such a hurry and hurried to Linquan City, but he didn't enter the city until tomorrow.

Zhao Xian's inexplicable arrangement made Xiang Yuan and the three of them frown.

What exactly is he looking at?

found a big tree the thickness of two people to sit down, and Xiang Yuan tilted his head slightly to look at Zhao Xian, who had been watching Linquan City.

The family's focused expression and serious gaze all showed that he seemed to be secretly observing something.

Raising his eyes to look at Linquan City, where there were black lights and flames not far away, only a few big flags swaying in the wind on the city wall, Xiang Yuan also paid some attention.

From his point of view, there was nothing strange at all.

Maybe he has a special way of observing.

Xiang Yuan retracted his gaze, slowly closed his eyes to recuperate, and kept his energy full to deal with any accidents that could occur at any time.

It's just that he was in such a dangerous area, and he didn't dare to really sleep like this.

Although the eyes are closed, the ears are constantly watching the movements around them, just in case.

Turning sideways and glancing at Xiang Yuan and the three of them, who had already fallen asleep with their eyes closed, Zhao Xian sneered in his heart, pulled out the hosta in his mouth, and rubbed it on his clothes casually.

"How's that? That thing is still there. ”

Walking to Zhao Xian's side, Zhao Gui, who was slightly chubby, took out a green jujube from a small cloth blanket hanging from his waist and handed it to his brother.

"Well, it's still there. ”

took a big bite of the green jujube, the juice splashed, Zhao Xian wiped his mouth with his sleeve casually:

"Early tomorrow morning, we will go to the city to find a specific location.

If it goes well, you should be able to go back in time. ”

"That's the best, this is our last chance. If we fail this time, we can only stay in the foreign race honestly, and the old lady's illness will ......."

Hearing his brother's words, Zhao Xian crushed the green dates in his hand, and the juice splashed on his face:

"Don't worry, you won't fail this time!"

......

In the early morning, when the sunlight penetrated the leaves overhead, it sprinkled on Xiang Yuan's eyelids.

Xiang Yuan, who didn't fall asleep until dawn, slowly sat up from the ground, shrugged his shoulders, and there was a crackling sound on his body.

"It's almost time, ready to go into town. ”

Not long after Xiang Yuan woke up here, the Zhao brothers, who had gone somewhere, came out of the jungle on one side, looked around, and kicked the scholar who was sleeping at his feet to wake up.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, although he was not very reluctant in his heart, but forced by the obscenity of the Zhao brothers, the scholar still got up from the ground honestly and walked towards Linquan City.

When the group came to the gate of Linquan City, the two officers who were holding official swords and leaning against the city gate chatting as if they hadn't seen a few people, and they didn't have the slightest intention of coming up to the city gate for interrogation.

The servants didn't move, and Xiang Yuan and the others naturally didn't have much to do, so they entered Linquan City without hindrance.

After more than three years of absence, as soon as he entered Linquan City, Xiang Yuan clearly felt the changes in the city.

More deadly, more infiltrating.

I saw that the streets of Linquan City were empty and lonely, and there was hardly a living person in sight.

The whole city was like a dead city, lifeless.

Unexpectedly, in three years, Linquan City actually became like this.

Xiang Yuan's heart was solemn, it seemed that the strange things in this city still existed......

Going deeper along the street of Linquan City, it took a while for a group to see a few living people, but everyone was carrying something in their arms, and they were in a hurry.

"Why is this city like this?"

Turning his head to look around at the surrounding street, the round-faced scholar looked uncomfortable.

As the only one of the five who is powerless, he is definitely the first to hit if something happens.

So in the face of the strange environment of Linquan City, he was also the first to express his doubts.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't. ”

Ignoring the round-faced scholar's somewhat frightened question, Zhao Xian said a low sentence without replying, and continued to lead a few people towards the west of Linquan City.

was scolded by Zhao Xian like this, the round-faced scholar turned red, and although there was resentment in his eyes, he didn't dare to argue with Zhao Xian, so he had to lower his head and continue to follow the team.

After groping in the city for most of the day, and finally found two passers-by to ask for directions, the group finally came to the door of a house that looked very rich and noble, but revealed a strange and gloomy house.

took out a piece of something like a pocket watch from his arms, and gestured at the mansion for a while, Zhao Xian and Zhao Gui nodded as if they looked at each other.

"This is it. ”

Putting away the small pocket watch, Zhao Xian took the hosta from his mouth and poked lightly at the door of the house.

As soon as the originally blue and jade-colored hosta touched the gate of the house, the phoenix-headed eyes carved on the tail of the hosta suddenly lit up with a terrifying shade of green.

Seeing the yin green light on the phoenix head of the hosta, the corners of Zhao Xian's mouth gently raised a smile.

"Sure enough, it's still there. ”

Holding the hosta in his mouth again, Zhao Xian turned to Xiang Yuan and the three people behind him:

"I brought you here, for what, I think you all know something.

My brother and I are both members of the Zhao family, and this trip is for an assessment within the clan.

This assessment is very important to us two brothers, as long as you can help us to complete this assessment successfully.

I will do what I promised you. ”

"What exactly do you want us to help you do?" a pair of beautiful eyebrows stared at Zhao Xian, the only woman present, Zhao Jihong, a boxing master, asked.

"I'll tell you when the time comes. Now find a place to rest, and when it gets dark, we're on the move.

Remember, I don't want any surprises in this assessment.

If something unpleasant happens, what will happen to you, you must know better than I am. ”

His gaze skimmed over Zhao Jihong's face, and Zhao Xian's eyes slowly fixed on Xiang Yuan, who had not made a sound.

Feeling Zhao Xian's gaze, Xiang Yuan, who was staring at the mansion in front of him, looked back.

"Let's go. ”

As soon as Xiang Yuan's gaze touched, Zhao Xian snorted coldly and walked forward.

Wary of me?

Hearing Zhao Xian's low cold snort, Xiang Yuan's eyes moved, but he didn't say anything.

Leaving the strange mansion that was about to become the location of the mission, several people came to the door of an inn with a closed door and a closed revelation hanging high.

Without any scruples, he twisted off the big brass lock on the door knocker, and Zhao Xian pushed open the door of the inn.

The door was pushed open, and the wind swept up, kicking up a thick layer of dust, and flew towards the door.

The dust blowing on his face made the round-faced scholar cough violently.

"Just rest here. ”

The inn, which is covered with thick dust everywhere, has been empty for a long time.

Except for some large objects that could not be moved, there was not even a single bench left in the entire inn lobby.

"I'll go upstairs and have a look. ”

After explaining, Xiang Yuan slowly walked up the stairs to the second floor.

Looking up at the martial artist who was going upstairs, Zhao Xian opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he seemed to give up again.

In the corridor on the second floor, the doors of all the guest rooms are wide open, and the things in the rooms are the same as the lobby on the first floor, which have been moved cleanly, except for the two rooms in the innermost corridor on the second floor.

"Bloodstains?"

Standing at the door of the last room, Xiang Yuan's gaze was attracted by a pool of blood in the room.

Since this room is located in the innermost part of the hallway, there is hardly any sunlight, and the whole room has only one window on the north side, which makes the whole room look much colder and damp.

The contents of the whole room had not been removed, even the tables were still scattered, and the bedding on the beds was messy.

Approaching and squatting down, looking at the blackened blood stains on the ground, Xiang Yuan's back felt a faint chill.

It seems that this inn must have happened to the same thing as it did three years ago......

The dried blood stains on the ground made Xiang Yuan clearly recall the strange incident he encountered in this city three years ago.

Standing up, he left this room and came to another room next to it.

There were no bloodstains or abnormalities in this room, and Xiang Yuan estimated that when the innkeeper was moving things, he was afraid to get close to the bloodstained room, so he simply didn't even want the things in the next room.

"What are you looking at?"

Standing in the corridor and thinking, a question suddenly came to Xiang Yuan's ear.

Looking sideways at Zhao Jihong who came over, Xiang Yuan shook his head:

"It's nothing, it's still early at night, why don't you rest?"

"At this juncture, who still has the mind to rest. ”

Leaning against the wall of the corridor with his hands on his chest, Zhao Jihong's face is not a sign, his lips are very thin, and his eyes are a little slender, giving people a very fierce feeling.

But the perennial practice of martial arts has also made her figure very good, unlike Xiang Yuan's muscular block, Zhao Jihong's figure is not King Kong Barbie, but round and fleshy.

In particular, those slender long legs, against the backdrop of their close-fitting white power pants, look particularly attractive!

Compared with those delicate women, Zhao Jihong's plump and fleshy figure is more in line with Xiang Yuan's aesthetics from the new century.

......