Chapter 40 The crane leaves no trace

After Zhou Tianshen and others took in the six people from the victims, the carriage walked along the official road for dozens of days, and finally came to the foot of the inexhaustible mountain.

Inexhaustible Mountain is the boundary between Huaxiang County and Daoxiang County, and it is also a natural barrier, which blocks the exchange of rites between the two cities for 50 years, so that there is no domination of the other four counties in Shuixiang County, and there is no contact between the two counties at the beginning of the establishment of the Wuhe Kingdom.

There is a small city at the foot of the Inexhaustible Mountain, called Suibao City, which is a small city built by the county lord of Daoxiang County at his own expense five years ago to communicate with businessmen. The whole city is only more than 20 miles, and most of them are businessmen from Daoxiang County, some from Jiuxiang County and Shuixiang County, and even rich businessmen from Sanchai Country run a small shop here, and Suibaocheng is also famous.

Before entering Suibao City, you have to go through several checks in front of the city gate, and then get a piece of jade plate from the soldiers who defend the city, the jade plate is only the size of the palm, the front and back are engraved with the word "Suibao", the jade plate does not need any mortgage, but the jade card must be damaged before leaving the city, if it is lost, it must be used to repay the loss, a jade plate is about five taels of silver.

Entering Suibao City, a cool breeze blows in your face, and the carriage drives through the castle cave under the city wall, and a street that is not too crowded comes into view, with shops on both sides of the street, and there is hardly any free space. Because the streets are narrow and not suitable for horse-drawn carriages, after entering the city, there will be special guards who will bypass the streets and park the carriages outside the city in the morning, and wait for the owner of the carriage to go straight through the city, and the guards will wait outside the city.

The young man handed the carriage into the hands of a man who didn't look very old, and the man smiled gently, "I wish you all a great time in Suibao City." ”

After the man left, he didn't shy away from people, took out a few wine jugs directly from his sleeves, shook them a few times, saw a tavern with a rich aroma of wine, wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth, and said, "I'll go buy some wine first, you can go shopping casually, or follow our carriage and wait for me outside the city, and I'll arrive later." ”

After leaving such a sentence, Xiao Xiaodu ran to the tavern with a smoke.

Bian Daochang and Lu Zhe both said that they had no money in their pockets, and they could only borrow it when they arrived in Shuixiang County, so they would not stay in the city for long, and after witnessing Zhou Tianshen's broken mirror, they didn't have the heart to buy anything now, they just wanted to practice hard and break the mirror as soon as possible, and the two of them rushed to the carriage that went away. Zhou Tianshen finally came out for a trip, but he didn't want to leave like this, he asked the six people in the victim's household, and after getting an accurate answer, he walked to a store and went over.

After the four of them left, the six people in distress found an inn everywhere, rented a small room on the second floor, and plotted their next plan.

The old woman sat on the only chair in the guest room, her face was indifferent, the corners of her eyes were lowered, she looked very tired, the old man stood behind him, his hands behind his back, his chest straightened, the pair of Tang brothers and sisters stood on both sides obediently, the position was higher than the old man, the couple both knelt at the feet of the old woman, kowtowed three times, straightened up, and the man was the first to speak, "Old sister, when are we going to do it?"

The old woman raised her arm, Tang Chai, who was standing on her left, hurriedly picked up the teacup on the table and handed it to the old woman's hand, the old woman took a sip of hot tea, spit out the tea leaves at the corner of her mouth, and said slowly, "Don't worry, the coachman who drank the wine, Xiuwei is not under me, after my observation in the past few days, it is not an easy thing to recapture the carriage and kill Zhou Tianshen. A few days ago, the old black demon sent four of his subordinates to intercept and kill him in Huaxiang County, not only did he escape by chance, but the four subordinates also died in Huangquan, it seems that this Zhou Tianshen still has two hits. Nan Xuan, you go and write a letter, tell the boss of Hongshan, just say that we will do it at the Jiugou Bridge in front of Suibao City, at that time, let them be sure to do an ambush in advance, and then write a letter to tell Donghe, let him be sure to rush here before we go out of the city, I have another task to give him. ”

The wife took the order and walked out of the guest room.

The old woman took another sip of the slightly cold tea, put the teacup on top of Tang Chai's head, Tang Chai's body instantly stiffened, and she didn't dare to move a little, the old woman said, " Beixiao, you quickly go to the Inexhaustible Mountain to pick up the four households, let them be careful, don't startle the snake, and tell him that we Zixia will still do business with the four of them in the future, so leave a line in everything, I can not blame the previous things, but after this time, I will let the four households give me all the remuneration, if not, I will personally report the revenge of the uncle. ”

The husband took the order and walked out of the guest room.

The old woman leaned back in her chair and exhaled with relief, and the old man put his hand on the old woman's shoulder and pressed it gently. The old woman patted the old man's hand, and the old man helped the old woman up, and slowly walked out of the guest room, and before leaving, the old woman said to her brother and sister, "As soon as this mission is over, you will each go home." ”

Tang Chai listened to the old woman's words and was stunned, while Tang Ruyi hid his face and cried bitterly.

Walking out of the inn, the old woman and the old man snuggled up to each other, like an ordinary family, the old woman said, "Now it's not as good as before, Sandaokou is not an ordinary killer organization, and when I die, I will be buried in the flower field in my hometown, if you want to avenge me, bring the ancestral green brick post at home, anyway, you are the only one left, and if you keep it, it will only be taken away by others, but unfortunately you can't go into the ground." ”

The old man didn't speak, just kept laughing.

The two old men staggered to the outside of the city, after returning the jade plate into the city, they walked out of Suibao City along the flow of people, under a big tree outside the city, there stood a lean young man wearing a garland on his head, wearing straw sandals on his feet, and biting a dogtail grass in his mouth, the young man saw the old woman walking towards him, and hurriedly went to greet him.

The young man stood under the big tree with his arms behind the old woman, and the old man followed the old woman respectfully behind him, the young man grinned at the old man, and the old woman said, "Donghe, you are waiting for us here early in the morning?"

Dong He said with a smile, "Everything over there has been arranged, I have asked Hu San and Hu Shi to stay there, as long as there is any trouble, they will report to me." ”

The old woman nodded with satisfaction and praised, "If everyone were as capable and intelligent as you, I wouldn't have to come here myself." ”

The old woman instructed, "After a while, you go to the Inexhaustible Mountain and catch up with Beixiao, I am afraid that he will suffer." ”

Dong He nodded yes, turned around and walked towards the Inexhaustible Mountain.

Walking out of a shop that bought and sold porcelain, Zhou Tianshen felt an eye-opener, especially the white jade plate hanging on the wall of the store, which had already been cultivated to the point of refinement, and could use the out-of-body spell to change its form at will. Listening to the introduction of the shopkeeper in the store, this white jade plate is passed down by the ancestors, refined by the elders of the refining sect, and was used to protect the family ancestral hall from evil spirits, but as the years go by, the aura in the white jade plate is getting thinner and thinner, and the white jade elves who live in it have long been missing.

The porcelain shop opposite the door is a stone shop that specializes in buying and selling stones, or utensils made of stone.

Zhou Tianshen walked into the store, the shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his early forties, shirtless, with some mud on his face, enthusiastically introduced the utensils in the store to Zhou Tianshen, Zhou Tianshen said that he had no money to buy things, and the shopkeeper didn't mind letting Zhou Tianshen watch at will, he went to the backyard and started to get busy again.

One of the main features of the shop is that it is not large, but the things in the store are very interesting.

There is a small water tank in a small corner of the stone shop, a layer of dirt has accumulated at the bottom of the water tank, a layer of aquatic plants grows on the dirt, the aquatic plants are clear and transparent, with a faint smell of grass, there are a few small fish with transparent bodies on the edge of the water tank, the tail of the small fish has a touch of red, the head is orange, the small fish is playing and foaming in the water, and does not care about the stranger outside the tank at all.

Zhou Tianshen was looking at it, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a slender figure standing beside him, Zhou Tianshen politely took a step to the side, and the figure immediately stood on the vacant place, looked down at Xiaoyu, and said with a grin, " I didn't expect to see this kind of small fish in such a remote village, in my hometown, this kind of small fish is used for wine, and people with a slightly thicker family base use this small fish as bait to go to Baiyang to catch some bigger fish, alas, only poor people will hide in the house as a treasure, and it is not a beautiful girl. This shop is also, obviously a valuable treasure, even if you don't know the price to sell out, you don't even want to do the simple thing of cleaning the dust, and you are willing to dust it in the corner, which is like an excellent cultivation genius, you don't go out to study and cultivate, in order to go further and further on the road of enlightenment and immortality, but stay at home, both waste your talent and envy others. ”

The sound of disgust kept coming from his ears, Zhou Tianshen only felt that the good mood of the day was gone, and then walked out of the stone shop, just out of the shop, an old man wearing a felt hat came to him, Zhou Tianshen and the old man passed by, the old man pulled the mink fur on his body, and sneezed loudly. The old man walked up to the figure and said respectfully, "Young master, I have already bought all the calligraphy and painting shops in the city according to your instructions, what do you think you need?"

The young man with a clean face and a generous hand lowered his head, reached out and pinched out a small fish, put it in front of his eyes, and gently fiddled, "I don't know what happened at home, I really miss them." ”

Zhou Tianshen walked out of the stone shop, just wanted to go to a shop to take a look, he heard the sound of shouting behind him, looked back, Yu Xiaodu held a wine jug in one hand, and a few meat skewers in the other, came to Zhou Tianshen's side, Yu Xiaodu pointed to the shop in front of him and said, "I just got the news, the calligraphy and painting shops in front have been bought by others, I'm afraid that the handover ceremony is going on now, if you want to see it again, you have to wait for another half an hour." ”

Zhou Tianshen shook his head and walked out of the city, "Forget it, let's hurry up, I've been away from home for a few months, it's better to hurry up and go home." ”

Yu Xiaodu hurriedly followed Zhou Tianshen, threw the bamboo stick in his hand on the ground, and the wine was also scattered on the ground.

In fact, the first shop that Zhou Tianshen entered was a calligraphy and painting shop, the owner of the shop was a man in white who spoke very kindly, and behaved pleasing to the eye. Zhou Tianshen stood in front of the painting, looked at it for a long time, and really heard the sound of the mountain wind whistling and the river flowing.

The boy in white explained with a smile that this was a landscape map handed down by their ancestors, called "Winter Mountain Map".

It turned out that the ancestor of the white-clothed son was from Xiancaizhou, because he did not like disputes and the framing and slander of his peers, he came to the village in a fit of anger, before leaving, he only brought this "Winter Mountain Map", and there is still a wisp of the soul of the ancestors in the picture, sheltering the heirs of the family year after year.

The young man who followed the frail old man walked out of the stone shop, looked in the direction where Yu Xiaodu left, and asked softly, "He is the shopkeeper of Penglai Tavern?"

The old man whispered.

The young man smiled, "His family's wine is really so delicious?"

The old man squinted his eyes and looked back at the taste, "The last time I went far away, I still followed the head of the house, at that time we passed through Xiancai Prefecture, and met the tavern owner who had just brewed a pot of wine in Duckweed City in Xiancai Prefecture, and the head of the house asked for a bowl with his face, and now I think of that taste, it really makes people drool." ”

The young man quipped, "The old man didn't even give money, and with his character as a good money boy, there will be times when he is shy in his pocket." ”

The old man laughed, waved his hand and said, "Young master, you still don't know enough about the head of the family, if the tavern owner is willing to accept money, with the character of the head of the house, he can even use all the money on his body to pay for the wine, but unfortunately the owner doesn't want it." You don't know that the face of the head of the family at that time was more ugly than the liver of the pig, and this was the first time that the head of the family was rejected. ”

The young man muttered to himself, "I really didn't see it. ”

Outside Suibao City, a horse workshop was built to park passing carriages, and Zhou Tianshen's carriage was among them.

The man who was hired by Yu Xiaodu to take care of the carriage always stood by the carriage, never left for a moment, and Yu Xiaodu took out thirty yuan, which was used as a tip, the man had not seen a generous employer before, but it was only a few rare existences, and most of them would not fall into their own hands, although now this son only took out the human money, which is far from the silver, but fortunately, the amount is considerable, and he is very grateful at the moment.

The man turned and left, and went to the wine shop in the city, hoping to have a good drink of two bowls of wine and buy some flattering little things by the way.

Bian Daochang explained that the young couple met their friends in the city, so they went to their friends to help solve the problems at home, and as for why they didn't take the old couple and the brothers and sisters, this was the will of the four of them, and they wanted to get off in Daoxiang County, where the young couple would meet them.

Yu Xiaodu and Zhou Tianshen sat side by side in the carriage, and said in their hearts, you really care about your children, don't you want to think about not bothering others, it's okay, after one or two, the smell is indeed a lot better.

Yu Xiaodu drove the carriage to the Jiugou Bridge fifteen miles away.

The Jiugou Bridge is a stone arch bridge with a total length of about twenty-four miles, capable of accommodating three horse-drawn carriages side by side.

The bottom of the Jiugou Bridge is not a river, but a deep pit with a diameter of 20 miles, there is a pool of spring water in the deep pit, and a deep spring turtle with a very large size is raised in the spring water, the turtle shell is as big as a mountain peak, and the top of the turtle's head is inserted with a Fangtian halberd with a length of dozens of zhang, and the barrel of the gun is engraved with a cloud pattern and obscure ancient characters.

According to the county records of Daoxiang County, the deep spring turtle is named Xun Xuan, and has lived in the spring water for nearly a thousand years, and it will poke out its head and look out for a hundred years to remember its owner. Xun Xuan's master is named Liu Sui, is a spear master, has fallen here thousands of years ago, the pit is Xun Xuan for his master to prepare the tomb, thousands of years ago, Liu Sui's old enemy heard that Liu Sui fell here, so he asked for the holy water of the Tianshan Mountains to wash his body and purify his soul, because the pit is bottomless, the cultivator who is both an enemy and a friend poured all the holy water carried by his body into the deep pit, so that there is today's scene.

The holy water of the Tianshan Mountains has an otherworldly magical effect on all living beings on the Tianshou Continent, and it took Xun Xuan soaked in the holy water to survive for thousands of years.

Seeing that the Jiugou Bridge was in front of him, Yu Xiaodu suddenly became interested, took a sip of wine, and said slowly, "In fact, the Jiugou Bridge was built by the county lord of Daoxiang County out of his own pocket, although in his eyes the money is not a thing, but as long as it is beneficial to him, even if he smashes the pot and sells iron, he will build this bridge." ”

Zhou Tianshen didn't understand the affairs outside the village, so he didn't understand what Yu Xiaodu said, and Yu Xiaodu patiently explained, " At that time, the lord of Wuhe was only a small county lord of Shuixiang County, and Wuhe Country only had four counties of Shuixiang, Tianxiang, Huaxiang, and Daoxiang, and the counties were far apart, and they were separated, and over time, the lord of the country had the idea of unifying the four counties, and his first goal was not to capture other county seats, but to use all the silver taels of Shuixiang County to build a wine town between Tianxiang and Huaxiang, and use the wine country to block the connection between Tianxiang and Huaxiang, forcing Huaxiang and Daoxiang to establish an alliance and isolate Tianxiang, so as to occupy Tianxiang without losing a soldier. After that, the water town, Tianxiang, and the wine country completed the siege plan for Daoxiang and Huaxiang, and at this time the wine town has begun to bear fruit, and the number of residents living there will only increase, and long-term consumption will not do any good to the other two cities, so Huaxiang County and the county lord of Daoxiang County agreed to a decisive battle at Jiugou Bridge. In fact, Huaxiang County and Daoxiang County have long been in trouble because of the ownership of the deep spring turtle. At this time, the lord of the country secretly proposed an alliance to Daoxiang County, and sent a message to tell the county lord of Daoxiang County that as long as he returned to Shunshui County, the lord of the country could be the master of dividing the deep spring turtle into the jurisdiction of Daoxiang County, so on the day of the war, Daoxiang County betrayed Huaxiang County, and the county lord of Huaxiang County died in the hands of the county lord of Daoxiang County. ”

After thinking for a while, Yu Xiaodu decided to tell the secret that not many people knew, "The Jiugou Bridge was built by the county lord of Shuixiang County when Wuhe was not yet established, and the county lord of Shuixiang County suggested that the county lord of Daoxiang County build it, in fact, at that time, Shuixiang County and Daoxiang County were already very good friends. ”

Zhou Tianshen smacked his tongue, he didn't expect that there would be such a past in the establishment of Wuhe Kingdom.

Yu Xiaodu drank wine and asked, "Guess who gave the idea to the lord of the country?"

Zhou Tianshen looked at the squinting young man beside him, pointed at him and said, "You?"

Yu Xiaodu said with a smile, " At that time, I was making wine in the tavern, and had been closed for half a year, when I heard a voice outside the door for the first time, I was puzzled, and opened the door, at that time, the lord of Shuixiang County was still the lord of Shuixiang County holding a horse alone, standing outside the door, and asked me for water with a dry mouth, I gave him a jar of wine, and the lord of the country remembered the old love and liked my wine, so he wanted to pay to help me build a winery, I mentioned the plan that had been brewing in my heart for a long time, but I did not expect to be remembered by him, not only successfully built Jiuxiang County, but also successfully recovered the remaining three counties, and built Wuhe。 Actually, the person I wanted to wait for at that time was Su Yu, the county lord of Huaxiang County. ”

The last sentence was said to the carriage.

Zhou Tianshen squinted sideways, pinched out the handprint of the hundred grass chops in his hand, shook his head with a smile, lifted the curtain, faced the old woman with a sinking face, and said with a smile, "Su Yu and I are very good friends." ”

The old woman didn't say a word, but the old man sitting next to him was secretly killing, I saw him throw out a small dagger from his sleeve, a cyan cold light pierced the door of Xiao Du's face, Xiao Xiao Du dodged back, let go of the curtain, the curtain once again blocked the connection between the two people outside the carriage and the carriage, Zhou Tianshen's eyes were fast, he jumped up, just rushed to the carriage, a soft sword pierced through the roof of the car like a long snake, wrapped around his left foot, the sword bearer suddenly forced, pulled him closer to the carriage, it was the girl named Tang Ruyi, the soft sword has been wrapped around her arm。

When Bian Daochang and Lu Zhe noticed that something was wrong, Tang Chai's fist had already arrived, Lu Zhe was punched twice on the head by Tang Chai, and he immediately fainted, Bian Daochang picked up the folding fan in Lu Zhe's hand, which was able to avoid Tang Chai's attack, and when he was about to fight back, he heard the old woman roar angrily, "Don't pay attention to the others, our target is Zhou Tianshen Xiaodu." ”

A majestic momentum like a thousand waves spread out from the old woman's hand, and slapped directly on the abdomen of Zhou Tianshen and Bian Daochang, Zhou Tianshen was quite able to withstand it, after all, he had just broken the mirror, and the spiritual power in his body was still abundant, and the young man was ready after the old woman's voice, so he didn't faint immediately, but he only felt a tumbling between his heart and lungs, and blood gushed out of his throat, which was swallowed by him, but Bian Daochang's situation was not so good, he was still in a hurry to respond to the enemy, and he didn't have any extra thoughts to mobilize the spiritual power in his body for defense, so the old woman's body momentum was all vented on him, before Bian Daochang fell into a coma, feeling the bones of the whole body loose.

The carriages shattered everywhere, and shards of wood fell to the ground, splashing dust.

Bian Daochang and Lu Zhe were thrown out, Yu Xiaodu held the wine jug in one hand, and the collar of the two in the other, escorted them safely to the tree, and then rushed to the carriage without a carriage, Yu Xiaodu's cultivation was unfathomable, and he was even more comfortable when he walked against the wind, he was originally left behind by the carriage, and almost instantly came to the old woman, smashing the formation constructed by the forbidden spell in front of the old woman with one palm, and then hitting the old woman's heart with a palm, the old woman was shocked out of the carriage by the palm wind, and fell steadily to the ground, the old woman covered her heart and spit out a mouthful of black blood, although Xiao Xiaodu abolished his mental state of mind cultivation with this palm, but the same, also cured the stubborn disease in her body, although she can no longer achieve immortality, but it is no longer a luxury to live for another ten years.

The old woman wiped the black blood from the corner of her mouth, looked at the squinting young man in the carriage in a daze, and recalled what he said before, Su Yu and I are really good friends.

On the carriage, the old woman's sudden departure obviously made the other three lose their proportion, Zhou Tianshen broke free from the girl's restraints, jumped on the horse, and before he had time to stabilize his injuries, Tang Chai's fist rained down, this was Zhou Tianshen's first official face-to-face duel with someone, the previous battle with the mask killer, if it weren't for the help of the puppeteer, I'm afraid it would be impossible for him to defeat the opponent so easily.

The puppeteer has long been restrained and dismantled by the old woman with the momentum of the land, and it is useless, and the young man in the Taoist robe has long been missing. And after cleaning up the old man and Tang Ruyi, Yu Xiaodu was drinking leisurely, looking at himself with a smile, those eyes seemed to say, your opponent should be handed over to yourself.

Zhou Tianshen covered his abdomen and took a step back, Tang Chai put on a fist, roared, and ran towards Zhou Tianshen, the distance between the two was very short, Tang Chai stepped out in one step, and had come to Zhou Tianshen, handing out a punch, Zhou Tianshen didn't have time to dodge, so he took it with his fist, he obviously overestimated his strength, although Tang Chai only had four levels of talent realm, it was one level lower than Zhou Tianshen, but the long-term killer task turned the boy into a sharp murder weapon, and the young man poured all his strength into this punch, and Zhou Tianshen, who was already injured, was not his opponent at all。

One punch to one punch, one person broke his bones and one person flew, and one person gritted his teeth and stood still.

Zhou Tianshen's punch on his body did not make people feel good, Tang Chai almost gritted his teeth to stabilize his body.

Yu Xiaodu looked at Zhou Tianshen, who was knocked away by a punch, and said regretfully, "I obviously have a body of cultivation, but I can't use it, I can kill my opponent, but I am reluctant." Humanity, it's really harmful. ”

Tang Chai put away his fist, his arm was already red and swollen, but he could still fight.

Maybe.

Yu Xiaodu quietly came behind Tang Chai, and hit the boy on the back of the head with a knife, the boy passed out directly, and scolded and said, "If you beat him to death, we won't be alive." Alas, you said that you are not good at what to choose, but you have to choose humanity, which is miserable. ”

Yu Xiaodu forced the carriage to stop, kicked the old man and the two children on the carriage out of the carriage, and then broke his right arm, and after Zhou Tianshen, who had passed out, was lifted to the carriage, he drank wine leisurely and waited for the guests in the distance.

On the Jiugou Bridge, a group of dozens of people dressed in red lined up, wanting to intercept the carriage, but they never thought that the carriage would stop in front of the bridge, as if waiting for them.

The masked man took two or three steps forward, and saw clearly what was going on in the carriage, a squinting young man drinking, an unconscious, and no one else.

Could it be that the old sister Zixia missed, looking at the situation in the carriage, the unconscious young man should be Zhou Tianshen, although life and death are unknown, but since it is the old sister who made the move, then it is either death or injury, you don't have to think about it for the time being, the young man who drank should be the owner of the Penglai Tavern, Yu Xiaodu, it is rumored that this person has a very good personal relationship with the lord of Wuhe Country, and if it is unnecessary, it is better not to have a bad relationship with him.

Since the target was seriously injured this time, and he didn't see the figure of Zixia's old sister and any of his subordinates, the masked man decided not to make a rash move, and was about to lead the troops back, but he saw the squinting young man hooking his finger at him, as if to let himself pass.

The masked man clenched the knife behind his back and cautiously walked towards the carriage parked by the bridge, followed by the man in red behind him, all armed with short knives. Stopping ten zhang away from the carriage, Yu Xiaodu looked at the masked man with a smile, like a cunning fox, Yu Xiaodu swallowed a sip of wine, put the wine jug within his reach, sat cross-legged, and said with a smile, "You are the boss of Red Mountain, a famous killer in Xianyang Realm?"

The masked man didn't know what the young man meant, but he nodded yes.

Xiao Xiaodu put his elbows on his thighs, put his fists against his head, and asked, "You assassinated Li He, the lord of the Wuhe Kingdom?"

The masked man felt a thick murderous aura enveloping him, subconsciously pulled out a short knife, placed it horizontally in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "I don't know what you're talking about." ”

Yu Xiaodu waved his hand, shook his head and said, "Don't be so nervous, if I really want to kill you, you can't stop it, I just want to know who is behind you? Who hired you to do such a stupid thing." Sanchai Country and Wuhe Country are allies, it is impossible to make a move, Siyi Country is too far apart, could it be another country and Xiangyun Country?"

The names of one country after another popped out of the young man's mouth, the masked man only felt a huge pressure, his back was already wet with sweat, he cautiously wanted to take two steps back, but was blocked by an invisible barrier, the masked man panted and stared at the harmless young man in front of him, and said in a hoarse voice, "The killer guidelines do not allow me to reveal the identity of my employer. ”

Yu Xiaodu said, "Then if you change your life for a name, will you change it?"

The masked man hesitated for a moment and said, "Change." ”

Yu Xiaodu laughed heartily, pointed at the masked man, and sneered, "What bullshit killer criterion is far less valuable than your own life." Alright, let's go. While I don't want to know the truth yet. ”

The barrier disappears, and the masked man sticks the knife back behind his back and leaves with his fists clenched.

For a long time, the wine in the jug was poured on Zhou Tianshen's broken arm, and a 'hissing' sound came, the arm began to redden, and the wine evaporated into mist, surrounding Zhou Tianshen's arm, condensing and not dispersing.

Yu Xiaodu drove the carriage to the Jiugou Bridge, and when he passed directly above the deep pit, he could faintly hear the roar from the deep spring, one after another, endlessly.

Cross the Jiugou Bridge and walk for another hour, it is Daoxiang County.

This is a city that is more than twice as large as Jiuxiang County.

Outside the city gate, there are many merchants, as well as a horse shop for horses to rest, and a teahouse with cheap tea.

The carriage stopped and stopped, and after the layers of checks by the soldiers defending the city, it was considered to have entered the city.

The streets in the city are well-defined and orderly, with two-way carriages for carriages and stone roads that are convenient for people to walk. Walking along the two-way horse path into the city, there are high-rise inns with their own stables, as well as horse workshops built specifically for horses, and the horses in them are all heroic and shiny.

Zhou Tianshen was about to be injured, and he had to find a quiet place to rest, so he found a small inn that was quite good, with a small faΓ§ade, but it was better than being clean. The reason why he didn't go to those inns with more magnificent appearances was not that he was too young to draw money, but that he didn't want Zhou Tianshen to be exposed to the public. The token of Kunlun Mafang handed over to him by Meng Cheng is still in the cunning of his sleeve, and the group of killers and robbers who killed Kunlun Mafang and Nim Crane Dart Bureau will definitely strike again, snatch the token, and kill people.

If they knew that Zhou Tianshen was still alive, then the situation of the only witness beside him would not be very optimistic.

This place is just right, even if that group of people comes to the door, not only can they easily deal with it without avoiding others, but it is also very convenient to throw the corpse.

I found two adjacent rooms on the second floor of the inn, put Zhou Tianshen flat on the bed, took off the cloth shirt wrapped around the broken bones, and applied the ointment bought along the way to the red and swollen part of the arm, and poured it on the broken bones with the wine containing spiritual power before, in fact, there were already signs of bone closure, but after all, Zhou Tianshen had just stepped into the realm of cultivators, and the body's bearing capacity was still very limited, so he could only let the bones join together first, and if he wanted to grow completely, I am afraid it would take at least fifteen days.

Taking advantage of this healing time, Yu Xiaodu plans to take a good stroll in Daoxiang County and relax, in the past, it took nearly half a year for him to stay at home every time he made wine, and he rarely had such idle time, so he should comfort himself.

The one lying on the bed also needs to think about why he lost.

Obviously, the realm is higher than the opponent, but it just can't be used.

This is the most irritating thing.

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Commonly known as the wine daze, the unicorn insect that almost killed Zhou Tianshen was being held in his hand by another Zhou Tianshen at this time, throwing it up and down, and the flesh-white insect shrunk its body into a round ball, helpless against the young man's behavior.

The boy lay under the locust tree, which had existed since the day he became conscious, and the shade of the tree was just enough to shelter the boy's body from the sun.

In addition to the locust tree, there is also a hole under the hill in the distance, the entrance of the cave is blocked by a large rock, and the boy wants to push it away, but unfortunately his ability is limited, and he has not succeeded so far. Not long ago, a golden seed emerged from behind the locust tree, the seed was suspended in the air, slowly rotated, every time it rotated, it doubled, and now it has grown into a sapling, the boy estimates that in a few days, the sapling will grow like the size of the locust tree, so that he can also climb the tree to see the scenery, the boy has not tried to climb the branch of the locust tree, but he has not succeeded once, and always falls down when he is halfway through the climb.

There is a mountain peak next to the sapling, the mountain peak is towering into the sky, the mountain wall is smooth and abnormal, and strange plants grow in the crevices, the mountain peak is the earliest aboriginal here, earlier than the locust tree and the boy appeared, this thing is like the root of the old locust tree rooted in the soil, imprinted in the boy's mind, but the boy has never been interested in climbing the mountain, so he didn't care, just as it didn't exist.

But today a very strange thing happened that made the boy have to take an interest in the mountain.

As usual, the weather and dryness.

Suddenly there was a sound of rock cracking on the peak, the boy followed the voice, the dust on the mountain peak, covering the entire figure of the mountain, and when the dust dissipated, the mountain peak saw the light of day, a huge fist mark appeared on the mountain wall, and the whole fist mark and the mountain wall were integrated, as if it had always existed there.

There was a crane chirping from the top of the mountain, and when I looked up, I could see a figure in the sea of clouds tearing the heavy sea of clouds apart, and then quickly closing it again.

There was another sound on the mountain wall facing the boy, and the stone wall cracked, and a mountain path appeared in the crack.

The boy stepped on the mountain road with one foot, and couldn't help but walk towards the mountain, and the unicorn worm lay on his head and slept lazily.

The mountain road is very long, the sides are bare, the boy was surprised at first, he felt that he was doing a very interesting thing, but after walking for a long time, he felt that his legs were sore, physically and mentally exhausted, he looked back and looked down, he could no longer see the foot of the mountain, and then looked at both sides, the plants surviving in the stone crevices were growing in the wind, not afraid of difficulties and obstacles, the boy had strength again, and then walked up for a quarter of an hour, the boy felt that he really couldn't hold on, so he sat on the mountain road, kneading his sore legs, blowing the mountain wind, and the white clouds and a yellowed palm floated overhead?

The young man looked back and saw a young man with a reserved face standing behind him, and when he realized that he had spotted him, he took a few steps forward, sat down behind the young man, and said kindly, "Long time no see." ”

The young man was very curious, he had never seen this person, but looking at him, he seemed to be very familiar with himself, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know me?"

The young man smiled, "It's not just me, do you want to go up and take a walk?"

The young man shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I don't have the strength anymore, let's do it another day." ”

The young man stretched out his hand and pointed behind him and asked again, "It's almost there, you really don't want to go up and sit?"

Looking in the direction of the young man's finger, there was a stone table, two stone chairs, and some tea and snacks on the stone table in the mountain road as far as the eye could see.

The boy heard the crane chirp again, turned around, and there was nothing but the sea of clouds and the trail of penetration in the sea of clouds.

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When Zhou Tianshen woke up from the bed, his arm was no longer painful, but he still had some strength, and he was standing by the window, drinking and watching the scenery.

Hearing the movement, Yu Xiaodu turned his head, pointed to the sky outside the window and smiled, "You missed a good show, listen." ”

A crane roared throughout Daoxiang County.