Zhao Fan, Li Mu, and Lin Hu slept in the same room, and after a day's journey, the two of them also felt quite tired, and soon after falling to the ground, they fell asleep deeply, only Zhao Fan tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep.

He got up and sat on the ground, the moonlight outside the window was bright and quiet, but Zhao Fan couldn't calm down in his heart, thinking of the mountain Jiao, and Xu Ying and the others' plans for tomorrow morning, his heart was extremely contradictory.

Sitting on the ground and pondering for a long time, Zhao Fan also sighed slightly, he looked at Li Mu and Lin Hu who were sleeping on his side, stood up from the ground, picked up a piece of clothing and put it on his body, and walked out.

Outside the courtyard, the moon illuminates half of the sky in the east, only the direction of the west mountain of Xuzhuang, not illuminated by the moonlight, it seems a little dark and cold, at a glance, the whole west mountain only feels like a beast in the dark, which makes people feel a little frightened.

Zhao Fan paced, unconsciously came to the courtyard, at this moment, he suddenly found that under the tree in front of him, there was a person standing, at the moment, his heart was slightly startled, and he was about to ask, but found that the person turned out to be Xu Jia.

"It turned out to be you, the third watch in the middle of the night, but it surprised me." Zhao Fan suppressed the surprise in his heart, stepped forward, and said with a smile.

"Hehe, haven't I been waiting for Brother Zhao Fan?" When Xu Jia saw Zhao Fan, there was a look of expectation in his eyes and he smiled.

"Oh? Xu Jia, do you expect me to come here? Hearing this, Zhao Fan was a little surprised.

"Tomorrow morning, Xu Ying and the others will go to Xishan to hunt and kill the mountain Jiao, how can Brother Zhao Fan sleep?" Xu Jia asked rhetorically.

Zhao Fan smiled slightly, and there was no too surprised expression on his face, Xu Jia's mind and strategy, he had also seen a thing or two, and guessed that such a trivial matter was really nothing. He didn't talk nonsense, and asked straight to the point: "I want to help Xu Ying and them hunt and kill Shanjiao together, but I am worried that the big guy is too tricky, not only can it not succeed, but it will cause casualties to us." I don't know what you think of Xu Jia? ”

Hearing this, Xu Jia frowned and said, "I know the contradiction in Brother Zhao Fan's heart, I also thought about it for a long time just now, we can't help Xu Zhuang, in fact, the main thing is to see if there is a certainty of victory." If there is, then we must make a move, in this case, everyone in Xuzhuang should owe us a great favor, but if there is no certainty of victory, I think, it is better not to go, after all, if even the life is lost, everything is empty talk. ”

Zhao Fan nodded, although Xu Jia's words were the same as if he didn't say them, but this is indeed the case.

"Sure of victory? It's hard to define, and there's no clear boundary. Zhao Fan looked in the direction of Xishan and said slightly gloomily. However, when he thought of making a breakthrough in this troubled world, his heart suddenly became a little excited.

Kill Shanjiao, then the villagers of Xuzhuang do owe him a great favor, and there are few women left in Xuzhuang today, if he really excludes Shanjiao, when the time comes, there may be an unexpected joy coming.

The most important thing is that Zhao Fan went to Cloudsdale this time, and this unexpected joy will play a big role in his future career.

"Rich and dangerous, I decided to go to Xishan with Xu Ying and them tomorrow morning, you don't have to go, just wait for our news at home." Zhao Fan slammed his heart sideways, clenched his fists, and said with a firm face.

When Xu Jia heard Zhao Fan's words, he was shocked, and hurriedly said: "I want to go together, not to mention, sister-in-law and sister Ling know where they are willing to let you go to Xishan with them alone." ”

Xu Jia wanted to persuade him, but seeing the former's firm face, he had to say so at the moment, hoping that he would not act recklessly.

"I have my own way to do this, Xu Jia, although this matter is a bit risky, but you should know that once it succeeds, it will be of great help to us. So, please support me. It's too dangerous, and I can make you take the risk, so stay here tomorrow morning. ”

After Zhao Fan finished speaking, he paused slightly, then attached to Xu Jia's ear, and said in a low voice: "You still have to talk to Zhang Zhi about this matter, after saying it, we will ......be like this tomorrow morning."

After listening to him, Xu Jia also sighed slightly and reluctantly agreed.

Then the two returned to their respective houses.

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The sun had not yet risen, but the air was already filled with the chill of dawn, and the grass in the courtyard was already covered with gray dew. The early lark hovered in the half-light and half-dark sky.

Xu Ying and the other hunters of Xuzhuang had already gotten up and prepared at this moment, they were standing at the gate of the courtyard with weapons in their hands, and they all looked extremely energetic, and they did not have any fear at all because of that powerful opponent.

"Xu Jia, hasn't my brother-in-law gotten up yet?" Li Mu and the others were also standing aside at the moment, and he said a little anxiously.

Hearing this, Xu Jia's face pulled slightly, but soon returned to normal, and he said helplessly: "Last night, I talked with Brother Zhao Fan about the matter of Cloud City for a long time, and now he is still sleeping in bed and has not woken up." ”

After Xu Jia finished speaking, he was afraid that they would not believe him, so he immediately said: "Zhang Zhi, did you say it?" ”

Zhang Zhi's face was a little weird, he hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Well, Brother Zhao Fan is still sleeping in our house." ”

Li Mu didn't suspect anything, and when he heard Zhang Zhi say this, it was even more impossible to think about other aspects, after all, Zhang Zhi and Xu Jia lived in the same house. He immediately stomped his foot and said, "I'll wake up my brother-in-law." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, before he had time to leave, Xu Ying stopped him, and said with some disappointment: "Forget it, don't bother Mr., he killed a big insect yesterday, and he didn't sleep well at night, he must be very tired, it doesn't matter if he sends us or not." ”

Xu Ying knew that he would probably not be able to come back this time, so he wanted to ask Zhao Fan to help take care of some of his mother, but seeing that he didn't send it today, he probably expected that he would make this request, so he didn't show his face.

Despite this, Xu Ying and Xu Xiong still didn't have the idea of blaming Zhao Fan for this, after all, the latter had already sacrificed his life to save his mother once.

Li Bingbing and Zhao Ya'er also knew about Shanjiao's cannibalism, and the two daughters were also a little silent about this, to be honest, they actually wanted to help the villagers of Xuzhuang get rid of Shanjiao, but they were worried that because of this, Zhao Fan and they would have casualties.

Now that they saw that Zhao Fan didn't even show his face, they couldn't tell whether they were happy or disappointed.

"Mother, go back, let's go." Xu Ying and Xu Xiongqiang endured a somewhat sour nose, waved their hands to the old woman, and then took the five hunters on their sides and strode in the direction of Xishan.

The figures of the seven people, under the illumination of the morning light, seemed to have no hesitation, but they were mixed with a sense of tragedy and desolation.

Although the west mountain is not very high, but there are also steep cliffs, vulture stone bones, on both sides of the valley, the peaks and peaks stand steeply, the ridge is steep, the ridge is steep, look up and only see a line of curved blue sky, occasionally a few mountain eagles pass by, make an abrupt sharp call.

Xu Ying, Xu Xiong and others, walking on the road to Xishan, everyone was divided into vigilance, a pair of sharp eyes, constantly shuttling among the surrounding grass and bushes, not letting go of any place that might be ambushed by the mountain Jiao.

"Rustling ......"

Just when everyone was approaching Xishan, a strange sound suddenly came from the grass on the side, and everyone's hearts couldn't help but tighten, and the weapons they were holding in their hands were also raised, and then Xu Ying shouted at the source of the sound: "Who is it?" ”

Soon after Xu Ying's voice fell, a laugh came out of the grass: "Brother Xu Ying, it's me!" ”……