The distance of more than ten miles was not far for Shang Xia, but he finally decided to enter Changfeng City early the next morning.

The winter night came quickly, and Shang Xia lit a fire in a leeward col at the bottom of the mountain, and roasted a pheasant for dinner.

When the waning moon was in the sky, Shang Xia was scorched by the warmth of the fire in front of him, so he casually wrapped a bear skin and prepared to sleep alive.

I don't know how long it took, the waning moon in the sky was obscured by dark clouds, and a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance came from far and near.

Shang Xia's eyelids moved, and then he wrapped the bear skin tighter.

"Drive!"

The sound of horses' hooves passing by the col could faintly be heard as the rider whispered urging his mount.

However, only a moment later a mournful cry rang out, and from the rider of the horse came an exclamation, and faintly the frightened cries of a child could be heard.

But immediately after all the sounds came to an abrupt end, the cool wild wind was faintly mixed with the sound of the placket breaking through the air, and it was getting farther and farther away.

At this moment, there was another noisy sound of horses' hooves, and seven or eight healthy horses rushed through the pass, and the conversation of the people on horseback could be faintly heard.

"The hoof prints that have just been left on the snow, the man is not far from us. ”

"Look, this is the red-scaled horse that the man is riding, and it's dead!"

"The carcass of the red-scaled horse is still warm, and the soft ones are also there, and the man is still with the child, he must not have run far, chase!"

"This place is not far from Changfeng City, we must intercept that person before he enters the city!"

"Chase!"

............

Early in the morning of the second day, Shang Xia tore a piece of rag with a piece of clothing that had already been torn, carefully wrapped the bow arm of the iron tire bow around his shoulder, then changed into a thick coarse cloth shirt, picked a few grouses and the folded bear skin with a wooden stick, and walked all the way to Changfeng City out of the mountain pass.

Although Shang Xia didn't know how long he had been in the mountains, he touched the slightly soft beard on his chin, coupled with his slightly rough face blown by the wind and snow in the mountains, coupled with his tall figure, at first glance, he looked like a young mountain hunter.

The journey of more than ten miles, even if Shang Xia traveled with the feet of ordinary people, it didn't take long.

When he reached the city gate, the sun was just rising in the eastern sky, and it happened to be opened.

The caravans, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, began to enter the city one after another after being roughly searched by the city gate guards.

"How come it is that not only the gates of Changfeng City are closed now, but even the entrance and exit have to be checked by the city gate guards?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind Shang Xia.

When Shang Xia heard this, he glanced at it, and saw a middle-aged man who looked like a caravan steward, and asked a local villager beside him with some surprise.

The villager carried a load of vegetables and vegetables, it seemed that he wanted to sell them at a good price while they were fresh early in the morning, and said with a smile: "Who said it wasn't? Just over a month ago, there was news that the thieves in Jizhou went north and were captured by the city lord A leader, it is rumored that the accomplices and subordinates of those thieves will come to the rescue, in order to prevent bad people from mixing into the city, the city lord ordered to strengthen the vigilance at the city gate." ”

"Oh, I see!"

The person in charge of the caravan was stunned at first, and then said strangely: "This is also strange, the thieves in Jizhou have nothing to do in Youzhou?

At this time, a young man dressed as a martial artist sneered and interjected: "You don't understand this, although Youzhou is small and looks barren, it is precisely because of this that it will be a favored place for bandits from all walks of life." ”

When the caravan steward heard this, he became even more interested, and saw that there were still a few companions of the same age around the young warrior, and saw that several people had roughly the same style of clothing and accessories, and his eyes moved and he didn't know what he thought, and his expression was a little more respectful, and said, "I want to hear it in detail!"

The young warrior seemed to feel the respect between the middle-aged man's words, glanced at him, and explained: "Without him, this Changfeng City is the realm used by bandits from all walks of life to sell stolen goods, as for the buyer, hehe, naturally whoever is short will buy it!"

As soon as the young warrior's voice fell, he heard someone at the city gate guard in front of him scolding him: "What's the rambling in the back, don't you want to enter the city?"

The middle-aged man in charge of the caravan arched his hand towards the young warrior and turned back to his caravan.

The young warrior let out a chuckle, a hint of disdain evident in his voice.

Shang Xia stood in front, and he could hear the accents of the caravan steward and the young warrior, all of whom were undoubtedly from Jizhou.

Although he didn't turn his head, he could sense through the will of the martial arts that the sense of superiority that appeared in the expression of the young martial artist just now when he spoke.

Jizhou is vast, and the wealthy families are far beyond before the fall of Youzhou, and there is a martial arts holy land like Bailu Blessed Land, which makes Jizhou warriors often have enough psychological advantages over Youzhou warriors.

It's just that I don't know if these young warriors are from a wealthy family in Jizhou, or the children cultivated by Bailu Blessed Land.

It's just that, as the young warrior said, Youzhou is a barren and remote place, what are these young warriors with obvious backgrounds doing here?

Shang Xia's expression pretended to be indifferent, making his face a little more honest, and he looked more like a young hunter.

At this time, Shang Xia's expression moved, in the perception of the will of martial arts, a young woman in her early twenties and not very heavy clothes, holding a child with a red face in her arms, slowly squeezed in among the crowd waiting to enter the city, in Shang Xia's perception, this young woman's goal seemed to be - himself!

At this time, Shang Xia's left arm was suddenly embraced, and a slightly shy voice said in a low voice: "Son, father, didn't you promise to take our mother and son into the city yesterday to catch the market? Why did you leave by yourself early this morning?"

As he spoke, Shang Xia could clearly feel that under the arm that was hugging his arm, a sharp object was pressing against his ribs through his not too thick clothes, as if as long as he said something wrong, this thing could be stabbed into his chest.

In Shang Xia's perception, it was really a very sharp dagger.

Shang Xia couldn't help but shudder, as if his clothes were blown through by the winter morning breeze, but in the eyes of the young woman, it was as if the young hunter beside him was scared silly, and couldn't help but tighten the dagger in his hand again.

At this time, Shang Xia's slightly embarrassed voice sounded: "Isn't it cold, I don't want to let you two go out, I thought about selling the prey to you two and bringing a cotton coat back." ”

"No need, our mother and son are just looking at the excitement in the city, and you should buy more food for your father!"

The young woman's words sounded like that of an ordinary village woman who had never seen the world.

The pedestrians next to him heard it, and they all looked at the family of three with kindness.

Finally arrived at the gate of the city, a city gate guard who had reached the Wuyuan realm with cultivation stepped forward, his eyes first fell on the long bow that Shang Xia was carrying on his shoulder, but he only glanced at the somewhat tattered strip of cloth wrapped around the bow arm, and then turned over the bear skin wrapped in a ball by Shang Xia, and said without raising his head: "What a big bear, the bear skin is also intact, you are a good hunter!"

As soon as the city gate guard's voice fell, Shang Xia felt that his arm was tightened by the building.

"Hehe, I was lucky enough to find a blind bear hiding in a cave in the mountains. ”

Shang Xia scratched the back of his head and smiled innocently.

"Well, go ahead, go ahead, this bear skin is at least three silver dollars or more, remember not to be cheated!"

The city gate guard waved his hand casually and let Shang Xia and the three of them enter the city.

Shang Xia and the little woman thanked each other, then rolled up the bearskin and picked the grouse into the city.

After not taking a few steps, the slightly flattering voice of the city gate guard soon came from behind him again: "How many of them are Fan, Han, Lu, and Zhang, the four sons, in person?" My Yang Gongzi has been instructed, he has booked the best guest room in the Changfu Inn, a few can move in first, and my son-in-law will pick up the wind and wash the dust for the four sons at night!"

When the voice came, Shang Xia raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes casually glanced behind him, and he saw the young warrior who was talking to the caravan steward before, and said with a smile: "You have your son-in-law, and thank Brother Yang for your kindness on my behalf!"

At this moment, a strange martial will emerged from the city gate, and the aura began to spread around, as if it wanted to explore something.

"It's ......"

Shang Xia looked at one side, but continued to walk towards the city quietly.

At this time, Shang Xia suddenly felt that the arm he was holding had been released, and he just didn't know the mother and daughter, and he didn't even take a closer look at each other, so he found a lively street and walked all the way.

In winter, when the snow covers the mountains, there are not many times when the inns and restaurants in the city can buy fresh game.

The four grouses that Shang Xia was carrying were soon chased by the guys from an inn, and after asking for the price, they exchanged a silver dollar from the shopkeeper.

As for his intact bear skin, it was even at the corner of a street that attracted the shopkeepers of three leather shops to fight for it, and was finally grabbed by a fat shopkeeper with a dogskin hat for a high price of four silver dollars.

Coupled with the silver dollar that the four grouses, Shang Xia took the five silver dollars in his hand and put them into his cuffs.

But at this time, a glutinous voice came from behind him: "Mother, I'm hungry!"

Shang Xia turned around in some surprise, only to see the young woman who should have been separated from him after entering the city, standing beside him with her child in her arms at this time.

In her arms, a little girl who looked to be three years old, her little face was a little red from the cold, and she was shrinking into a ball at this time, looking at Shang Xia with a pair of big black eyes.

Shang Xia said strangely: "Why did you two come back again?"

The little woman hung her head, her face was red, she didn't know whether she was frozen or ashamed, and said in a voice like a mosquito and a fly: "I, I have no money on me!"

This made Shang Xia couldn't help but feel surprised, according to his perception, the little woman in front of him was at least a martial artist of the second heaven of martial arts.

At this moment, there was a "gurgling" belly sound, which made the little woman's face even redder.

Shang Xia swept his eyes and saw a wonton stall on the corner of the street, and said with a smile: "Coincidentally, I'm hungry too, let's go, let's eat chaos!"

When the words fell, Shang Xia had already taken the lead and walked towards the wonton stall.

Behind her, the little woman looked at Shang Xia's back with a slightly strange gaze, and then lowered her head and hugged the child, walking briskly behind Shang Xia.

"Boss, three bowls of wontons and six baked cakes, bring the spicy and vinegar and we'll put them ourselves!"

Shang Xia shouted to the boss, then found a bench to sit down, and looked back at the mother and daughter behind him.

The little woman was about to sit down next to Shang Xia, but after thinking about it, she staggered a position to the side, and then placed the little girl in her arms between the two.