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Since stepping into this courtyard and hearing Zhang Yiran say Shen Li's name, Xu Zi'an vaguely guessed that tonight's assassination was unusual, and it might even be a game that had already been planned, not against himself, but against Shen Li

In this game, the roles of himself and Zhang Yiran may just be bait to lure out those big shots

This feeling became clearer as the battle intensified

There was no trace of any woman in the empty courtyard, I think it must be Zhang Yiran who knew that the battle situation tonight would be out of his control, so he sent the woman away early, the seemingly ordinary oil lamp, the cold gun in the house, and the adjustment of the true yuan in the body to the peak early, such careful preparation can show that in the other party's heart, in fact, he is not sure whether he can survive tonight

If it is only for yourself, such adequate preparation is undoubtedly redundant

It takes all the strength of a tiger to fight a rabbit, but how can a tiger grind all its claws and fangs to the brink in order to kill a weak and cunning rabbit? Not to mention, it is still a weak rabbit trapped in a cage

So all this will not be prepared for himself, although he won a miserable victory in the end by relying on the mystery of the old book, but according to Zhang Yiran's deduction, he will definitely think that it is not too difficult to kill himself

After all, he was just a young man who had not yet cultivated, and the other party was not only a cultivator in the upper realm, but also a general who had experienced a hundred battles

Then, thank you for being cautious can only be left to Shen Li, a master who is obviously taller than the master

Although Xu Zi'an himself didn't know how tall Shen Li was

The moth to the fire looks heroic, but if you think about it carefully, it is very boring, because of the little black man, he has to be the moth that seeks death, why does Zhang resolutely want to step into this?

This made him judge a very bad fact, in this seemingly silent courtyard where only he and Zhang Yiran were there, there should be other people, that person was not only the back hand to keep Shen Li, but also forced Zhang Yiran to be the moth's pusher, and the eyes of the other party who had been frequently wandering in a corner confirmed his conjecture

That's why he suddenly asked such an inappropriate sentence in this tragic atmosphere, facing the breeze and moonlit night

Unfortunately, Xu Zi'an guessed correctly, and after that strange response sounded, a man in the shadows finally stepped out of the shadows

The man was extremely thin, the skin on his face was strangely pale because he had not seen the sun for too long, and clear blood vessels could be seen on the back of his hand, and faint red blood flowed in it, just like the gloomy eyes on the man's face at this time

The man's name is Sun Yintao, and he was once worshiped in the house of a certain big man

Sun Yintao walked at least a foot in front of him and stopped moving forward, he didn't look at Zhang Yiran's body on the ground, but stared at the old book in Xu Zi'an's hand, his eyes were dim and vigilant, and he didn't seem to want to get too close to the old book

Three years ago, when Shen Li, a name that had been silent for a long time, appeared in front of a certain big man again, he was brought to this remote city as Zhang Yiran's shadow

Bian General Zhang Yiran is indeed not qualified to participate in this matter, his existence is more of a pretense, just like a Taoist surnamed Li in the Shannan Daoist Pavilion, he is also just a person sent by the Qianshan Sect to find Shen Li's whereabouts

There must be other people from the Thousand Mountains Sect in the Shannan Daoist Pavilion, it may be a powerful elder in the sect, it may be a great priest hidden in the temple, or even someone in the back temple that has always been mysterious and powerful, these things are naturally confidential, just like his existence, until a certain time, it will never surface

With the visit of the Taoist surnamed Li in the rain a few days ago, Shen Li's traces finally sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, and after investigation and tracking, they found that the incident of Xiaohezi could be a very good opportunity, so they set up such a bureau and used Xu Zi'an to lead out Shen Li's bureau

As the backhand who can contain Shen Li in this game, he is very powerful, and even said that if it weren't for Shen Li's too important to this world, with his transcendent identity, how could he deign to come to such a remote and poor land, and be willing to hide in the shadows for so many years?

Although he himself likes the dark, and the Dao method he cultivates is one of the most mysterious Yin Decisions in the world, the more this happens, the more wary and uneasy he will be about that old book

Only when you have seen the magnificent eagle in the sky will you know how irresistible the thunder in the clouds is, and the closer you get to the night, the more you will know how terrifying this night is

Since the day he stepped into the trick, he was like a pious messenger who had taken refuge in the night, he knew the darkness very well, and he was extremely awe-inspiring that darkness, although the young man in front of him was as humble as an ant in his eyes, he still did not dare to get too close to the young man, and even a little afraid, he did not know whether this feeling was because of the old book in the young man's hand, or because of the young man himself who held the old book, or both

Gathering his mind, Sun Yintao withdrew his gaze from the old book, and came to Xu Zi'an's face, which looked equally pale due to excessive blood loss, and a voice like pig iron grinding sounded

"I have to admit that you are very good, but your luck does not seem to be good"

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

You're good, but you're unlucky, because the person who is going to come doesn't come, you can't get out, and as time goes by, I don't do anything, and you will die because of excessive blood loss

This is indeed a sad thing, the young man came to kill people at night with a knife, and after the difficult killing, he found that he could only be trapped here for some other reason, patiently waiting for the blood to dry up and slowly die

This is a very difficult time, just like the darkness before dawn is also the coldest palpitation, Xu Zi'an looked up at the night at this time, it was rich, and there was still a long time before the so-called dawn, laughed at himself, and said softly

"Don't wait, Shen Li won't come"

The man did not move, still waiting patiently, Xu Zi'an smiled and said no more

Xu Zi'an brought the chicken leg in his hand closer and asked again

"Since you've done so much research, don't you know that I'm just a boring little nanny for Shen Li, cooking, laundry, and nonsense? Sassy and indifferent guy, how could you come here to save me......"

"By the way, if you don't eat it, it won't taste good if it's cold, oh......... Forgot about it, it's already cold."

Seems to feel that what he said is like an idiot, Xu Zi'an lowered his head and said in disappointment

"Forget it, I'll eat it myself"

Tear off some of the squeezed minced meat on the chicken thighs, and put the remaining shredded meat in his mouth, it may be that the cold chicken thighs taste a little greasy, and the young man's face was a little disappointed, but there was no despair

The wind passed through the plantains, the sound was desolate, and the young man mixed with the stream water and swallowed his muscles with difficulty, this scene was very tragic and desolate

"Although I don't know what you're looking for Shen Li for, but I don't lie to you, Shen Li really won't come."

"You should also know that guy, delicious, lazy, shameless, and cold, if you want to use me as bait to lure him out, to be honest, I think you might as well go straight to him, anyway, there are only a few places he frequents"

Speaking of this, the young man coughed a few times with difficulty, flesh and blood splashed out of Xu Zi'an's mouth, and the heart pierced by the spear was still beating tenaciously, but the beating sound became smaller and smaller

Feeling the sound of his heartbeat getting weaker and weaker, Xu Zi'an suddenly realized that the legendary death could actually be so close to him, and he couldn't help but feel a sadness in his heart, as if he was talking to himself, and muttered in a low voice

"Alas, maybe it's like you said, I'm really unlucky, there is no Xuanfu in the sky, and the cultivation avenue that the world yearns for is like going to the night before death for me, Shen Li said that I am fate, but who is really willing to accept fate?"

Speaking of this, Xu Zi'an stopped to catch his breath for a moment, and the blood in his chest became less and less, and the thicker and thicker it became, like a noodle soup that had been boiling for too long

"Shen Li likes to drink noodle soup, I actually don't particularly like it, if there is no him, my life will be much more comfortable, what does a person want to do, I don't have to pinch the time to cook for him every day, I don't have to endure his bad tastes and preferences every day, I don't have to pick those particularly difficult fish bones for him, and I won't be caught in this embarrassing situation, of course, if there is no him, you won't appear, and I can escape from here"

Speaking of this, he suddenly laughed at himself, looked at Zhang Yiran's corpse on the ground and said again

"Oh, yes...... If it weren't for Shen Li, I really wouldn't have been able to kill him."

After speaking softly, Xu Zi'an leaned on the spear, looked in the direction of Kyoto in the distance, and suddenly felt that it was so far away

Far away is like a floating cloud that can never be touched in the sky

Sun Yin frowned, the skin on his face was tied up like tree bark, he could see that Xu Zi'an's attitude at this time was not pretentious, but really calm, but the more this happened, the more vigilant and uneasy he became

If the boy screamed and struggled at this time, or sat on the ground without the strength to wait for death, he was more at ease in his heart, only a truly desperate person would do that, and the calmer the boy was at this time, the more uneasy he was

No one can face death without fear, not even him

He is a great cultivator who has stepped into the middle three realms, and he is the one who has really stepped on the avenue, the middle three realms are divided into the sea, Zhicheng, and Qitian, how much he has indulged in the Canghai realm, only a meager trace can step into the realm of knowledge and become a person outside the world, but even so, in the face of death, he will be afraid

So he suddenly found that although he already attached great importance to the boy, the boy seemed to be more worthy of his attention than he imagined

This made him feel uneasy, so he was a little hesitant

It stands to reason that a great cultivator who is as powerful as him and above the world should not have such a feeling of uneasiness, but tonight's events reveal too much weirdness to allow him to slack off in the slightest

Out of vigilance, the man adjusted the aura in his body to the optimum, and the gloomy aura became more and more intense, filling the entire courtyard like an uncivilized ink block

He waited patiently like Xu Zi'an, waiting for someone to come by the moonlight, or Xu Zi'an to die with the spring breeze

Xu Zi'an was very calm, tonight's events were ups and downs, but compared to the more bizarre things that Shen Li had found for himself, there was really nothing new

It's not uncommon for him to forget about the bear's den because he was drunk, and it is not uncommon to provoke the beast in advance and then throw himself into the mountains and forests, and he pushed himself off the cliff by mistake, Shen Li was even more interested, and as for some other more bizarre grievances, Xu Zi'an didn't even want to recall

Stretched out his hand and pulled out the hilt, and found that the long knife could not be taken out because it was too deep, he shook his head lightly and gave up with a bitter smile, and supported the ground with the hilt of the gun to prevent himself from falling, and looked up at the bright moon in the sky at this time, and there was a mountain wind blowing gently

The mountain breeze is silent, but there is a murmuring sound when crossing the clear stream, there is a rustling sound when the green plum is blowing, and there is a rattling sound when disturbing the bamboo leaves, these sounds can blow far away, and in the same way, they can also send distant sounds here

A slight sound of footsteps was carried by the mountain breeze into this quiet street

The footsteps were slight, but they weren't sluggish, not the distinctive sound of Shen Li's walking

Or maybe the official who played the watch happened to pass by, or the tourists who were looking for fun in the night market finally returned home, or maybe a fat man couldn't sleep at night and walked here, but either way, it will make people feel very wonderful to hear the sound at this time

Especially the sound of footsteps is still familiar

Xu Zi'an suddenly laughed, and his delicate eyebrows were soothed by the smile

The boy looked in the direction of the door and said softly

"It's true that I'm not very lucky, but I'm quite popular."

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

A plantain at the entrance of the courtyard lit up as the door was opened and the moonlight poured in

Basho then gathered again in the night, for the visitor had obscured all the moonlight outside the door, and not a single trace could penetrate the other man's fat shoulders

The man who came was a fat man, and that fat man had a very gentle name

(The next chapter is in the evening, the new book needs support, collection, review, thank you, editor hand)