In the early morning, the yellow sand is thousands of miles.

Perhaps because of the storm last night, the sky was still a little cloudy, but even so, the tea shop in the village where the desert crossed the desert lit lanterns early to pour hot tea for passers-by who braved the bitter cold.

More than 20 years ago, the Demon Cult entered from the Western Regions and took root in this desert. As a result, the surrounding markets are no longer as lively as usual, and only the people of the village are willing to come out and do some small business. Although the people of the Demon Sect have lived in seclusion since then, the people in the vicinity rarely see their figures, and they are still safe and sound under the trembling and panicking. But in the end, except for the merchants, hawkers and Jianghu people, most people are reluctant to set foot here.

"It's been getting harder and harder lately." Someone in the tea shop sighed, "The country is in turmoil, the demon sect is frequent, and the people are living in dire straits. It has not been a few years since the new monarch took the throne, and the remnants of the coup d'état have not yet been dealt with, so I am afraid that I can't take care of these things now. When we remember us poor people, we will have already turned into a pile of bones. ”

After speaking, he sighed heavily, and he didn't want to drink most of the bowl of tea left, only urging the store to collect the money.

The thin old man walked out from behind the counter, took a rag, and took a copper coin that the man slapped on the table, while tidying up the table, "Ah Guang, listen to the old man's advice, don't think so badly about everything." ”

Obviously, this host and guest have long been acquainted.

"In my opinion, you can make some money by running a business now, if you ...... in the future What is there in this world, this money can still be around. Besides, I heard that the Jianghu Righteous Sect is gathering all the major chivalrous and righteous men to prepare to destroy the Demon Sect, maybe it won't be long before life will be better. ”

As soon as the words of persuasion fell, a disdainful sneer came from the side.

The two looked back, and they were a big man dressed in rivers and lakes.

"Hey, old man, you've been running a tea shop for so long, haven't you noticed that there have been a lot fewer people who have been in and out of the Western Regions to do business recently?"

The big bowl of tea was drunk in one gulp, and the big man wiped the water droplets soaked in his beard with his hand and mocked, "I'm afraid that after a while, your tea shop won't be able to do it anymore." You know, even we are fleeing. ”

"Fleeing?" Ah Guang exclaimed, "This brother, where did you start with this sentence?" ”

There were still a lot of people in the tea shop, and they also followed when they heard about it.

"The rivers and lakes haven't been peaceful lately."

"In the past six months, the Demon Sect has become more and more bizarre, not to mention that those Demon Sect criminals completely disregard the laws of the country, do not jealous of the government, and often wantonly burn and loot in the streets, not to mention that now many martial arts families have been tragically wiped out in the night, and corpses are everywhere."

"And when we rushed to investigate with the alliance leader, we found that except for the women, children and servants, we couldn't see those famous family members among the corpses!"

"Those who are in charge?" Someone repeated the suspicion.

"He is a famous martial arts master on the rivers and lakes." Dahan said, not forgetting to knock on the table with his fingers, and motioned for the store to pour another bowl of tea.

"However, in less than a month, when we followed the news to encircle and suppress those demon thieves who were in trouble, guess what we saw?" The big man's voice plummeted, accompanied by the sound of the wind blowing outside the grass curtain, which made the people in the tea shop a little nervous.

"What do you see?"

"We see that many of those iniquities are similar to those who disappeared in the annihilation!"

"Ahh Someone gasped, "Mo no, Mo these people have joined the enemy!" ”

"No, it won't." Dahan shook his head, "These heroes are all role models of my generation, and their hearts are firm, and they will never do this." ”

"So, here's the blame."

"I've heard that the magic of the Demon Cult is prevalent, and I don't know those masters—"

"—dead or alive."

The slight heat of the morning was also cooled by this meaningful word, and for a moment everyone began to talk thoughtfully and quietly, and just at this moment, the cold wind poured in through the open straw curtain, and made people shiver forcibly.

"Shopkeeper, two bowls of hot tea here!"

The two Jianghu people seemed to have come from afar, and their hair and clothes were still stained with frost.

"Brother Hao? Brother Wei? The big man looked at it for a long time, and said uncertainly.

"Huh? Brother Kong? Are you here? ”

"Yes, I didn't follow the order of the alliance leader to investigate the whereabouts of the Demon Sect here, and now I can't find anything, so I'm going to sit here for a while, and I'll hurry back when the sun comes out to warm up." Dahan patted his leg and laughed, "But why are you two in such a hurry?" ”

Hao and Wei glanced at each other, and then lowered their voices, "Brother Kong, I'm afraid you don't know here, the Shen family was destroyed last night!" ”

"What? Shen family?! ”

"Could it be the Shen family?" The big man surnamed Kong also subconsciously lowered his voice. It's just that in this small tea shop, where can there be a secret to hide? Almost everyone who had been talking before listened with bated breath.

"It's the Shen family."

The big man's face turned pale, "Isn't it a few days ago that the Shen family colluded with the Demon Sect in the Shangsheng rumors on the rivers and lakes?" Why is it now destroyed? Is this another case of false accusation? ”

"I'm afraid not." The two on the other side both shook their heads, "Probably because the Demon Sect saw that the Shen family was exposed, so they cleaned up the portal." One of them added, "Brother Kong didn't see such a tragic situation, the Shen family and the servants all died tragically, and this time the Demon Sect must be furious." ”

"Impossible!"

"The Shen family will never take refuge in the Demon Sect!"

"You guys are talking nonsense!"

After hearing this, many people in the tea shop couldn't sit still and slapped the table and scolded them.

It's no wonder they react like this, just because the Shen family can be said to be a family with a big surname in the current dynasty. Down to the people of Limin, up to the princes and generals, no one knows-

The Qianyang Shen family, dating back to before the founding of the country, was originally famous, and then calmed the troubled times with the founding emperor, and with the merit of the dragon, it was able to gain a foothold in the court. The ancestors of the Shen family have been officials for generations since then, and they are all ministers of the humerus, who have been honest and honest all their lives, upright, considerate of public opinion, and deeply loved by the people.

Until one generation, his youngest son was sent to the rivers and lakes to learn art because of his poor health since he was a child, but when he became an adult, he did not love the official family, loved the sect, and refused to return to his home. The family couldn't persuade him, so he had to go, who would have thought that the young son of the Shen family would really make a name for himself in the rivers and lakes, so the originally good hairpin family, just like that, it can be regarded as a real division in this generation.

And in the current dynasty, the Shen family is even more famous in the rivers and lakes, not to mention the three generations of the Shen family in the palace, one of whom sat in the position of a general at a young age, and repelled the Fan State that was about to move several times, which attracted praise from the government and the opposition.

And at this moment, some people said that the Shen family in the rivers and lakes took refuge in the Demon Sect, and was only destroyed by the Demon Sect because their actions were exposed, isn't this ridiculous for the people?