Early the next morning.

Lu Li was awakened by that familiar dream again. The red robe that kept lingering in his mind seemed to linger more like a spell.

Outside the window, it began to rain again, and the rain crackled on the huge plantain clusters behind the house.

Plantains are wild, and in this Loulan City, there is sand everywhere, and it may be that this place where Lu Li lives can grow this kind of thing that can only be seen in the Central Plains.

Lu Li opened his eyes with difficulty, only to feel a sore pain emanating from his whole body, making him almost unable to move for a moment.

After half a sound, Lu Li came to his senses and remembered the mysterious situation last night. The almost dreamlike rain made me feel the hardest walk ever. But Lu Li's mood at this time was surging, and that rain, without a doubt, must be the means of the swordsman. As for whether it is good or bad, Lu Li regards it as a tempering of himself.

Thinking of this, a rare smile even appeared on Lu Li's face, he got up and sat on the bed, sniffed, but smelled the familiar faint smell of wine. Lu Li paused, simply closed his eyes and inhaled deeply through his nose.

After living for sixteen years, he would avoid seeing Old Man Xu holding a wine jug so many times. This was the first time, and Lu Li felt that this wine tasted so good.

After a long breath, Lu Li slowly opened his eyes, and he suddenly had an illusion that his body, which was still sore just now, seemed to be relieved by half. It was only at this time that Lu Li raised his head slightly and swept the surroundings of the house. On the square table in front of the bed was a pot of steaming tea, and two cups were neatly placed next to the teapot, which were full of tea, and in this cold morning, they were still steaming.

The only bench rested quietly on the head of the bed, and all the clutter was reorganized, and there was an inexplicable comfort at a glance.

Lu Li was stunned, even when Old Man Xu was there, this house had never been so clean and tidy. Lu Li finally caught a glimpse of the large square moss stone that had been pressing the cellar cover, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He simply got up and walked to the table and sat down quietly, the teacup warm. Lu Li picked up one of the cups, took a sip, and began to be distracted.

Due to the accident at the ruins yesterday, Lu Li does not need to be on duty today for the time being. Zhao Ye spoke at the end, and they would not go over until when the Nine Eunuchs of Qintian had settled that matter. And now that the south gate is guarded by the black armor soldiers in Guanzhong, there is no need for Lu to leave the top position for the time being.

Lu Li's mind came back to the terrifying faces he saw in the ruins. Even after experiencing that heavy rain, he still didn't say a word to the swordsman. Those questions remain unanswered.

The group of things that jumped out to eat people, whether it was their face or clothing, were the same as the first time they saw the swordsman. Then they must be from the same place.

A hint of strangeness flashed in Lu Li's heart, if the Qintian Nine Eunuchs couldn't catch that group of people, then he was the only one who was most likely to get close to the truth. He thought of the woman in red who stopped him last night, what was her true identity, could it be the remnant of those people's mouths, but what did the remnant mean.

Lu Li thought that he only felt that his brain was a little insufficient, he looked at the light rain outside the window, and felt a little hungry, so he got up and wanted to go out to eat something. But just as he stood up and turned around, he saw the woman in red named Su Jiu standing quietly behind him, her face seemed to be a little bloody, not as pale as last night.

Lu Li was a spirit, subconsciously took two steps back, and frowned: "I said sister, can you not be so scary." Lu Li paused, glanced at the location of the door again, and he didn't hear the sound of the door opening at all just now.

Lu Li turned his head with difficulty, the expression on his face began to become weird, he took two steps back slightly, stared at the woman in red and said, "How did you get in." ”

Su Jiu was stunned for a while when he heard this, looked at Lu Li's appearance of seeing a ghost, covered his mouth and smiled, and said, "I just pushed the door in like this, it's just that you think about things too much." After she finished speaking, she simply walked to the table and sat down, taking another cup of tea and taking a sip of herself.

"Don't come to me in broad daylight to harm me, now the people patrolling the city are all gathered, let me tell you first, I am not a bodhisattva, I can hide this matter without poking it out, you are already going to burn high incense. Lu Li stared at the teacup and spoke a little fast, but these words were indeed in his heart.

Watching her fight with the whitebeard that night was first out of curiosity, and finally out of an instinctive pity for the vulnerable. That's why Lu Li panicked like that at that time.

In the final analysis, Lu Li is just an ordinary border guard who can no longer be ordinary, and he may be replaced by anyone, whether it is a swordsman or a woman in red, this matter has long been shaken out, and he may be able to make a great contribution and be promoted to an official position. It's not that Lu Li didn't want to do this, but he was selfish. In addition to the words that Old Man Xu taught him, which made him have a kind of instinctive recognition of people and things, the most important thing is Lu Li's own desire for cultivation.

Old man Xu's words that almost killed him made Lu Li always feel that he had become a waste, and his cheap life was even more insignificant. Now that he has finally grasped a straw for cultivation, even if Lu Li takes a little risk and suffers a little, it is reasonable.

However, just as Li Sansan said to him a few days ago, cultivation must be based on being alive, and if even life is gone, then everything is nonsense.

Su Jiu had obviously guessed Lu Li's mind a long time ago, such a little minion who was wandering in the border must have sacrificed his life more than most people. Her face was very calm, she looked at Lu Li's side face, and said softly: "I know that whatever justice I talk to you about now is bullshit, and you won't understand it, but I still want to ask you to do me a favor." Su Jiu paused, looked at Lu Li's expression still staring at the teacup in his hand, and continued: "Don't worry, I will leave after I finish speaking, it will definitely not cause you more danger, let you help me with this favor, it must be within your ability, and it will definitely not kill you." ”

When Lu Li heard this, he turned his head slightly and asked a very practical question: "Why should I help you." "To put it bluntly, Lu Li just wanted to follow the swordsman to see if he could touch the threshold of cultivation. All the other life and death righteousness, even if Lu Li knows a little bit in his heart and understands a little, it is impossible to do it no matter what.

Su Jiu obviously didn't expect Lu Li to say such a sentence this time, so she was stunned for a while, and then fell silent.

The rain outside the window was dripping, and Lu Li and the two of them sat at the table so quietly, this pot of tea was more like it had been prepared for them in advance, and the two of them took care of themselves, and no one spoke.

Lu Li is weighing, not to say that he is weighing, but more like a struggle between the two psychos. If you say that you have done it for her, and no matter what it is, then you will be tied to her in the same boat, as long as there is a little mistake, your cheap life will definitely fall into a situation from which you will never recover, and even Li Chaonan may not be able to save herself at that time. However, Lu Li faintly felt that there must be an ulterior secret in this.

Including Old Man Xu's previous words, including Li Chaonan, Li Sansan's attitude towards the imperial court, including the imperial court's attitude towards their own group of border guards, including the conversation that Lu Li heard that night, and finally including the swordsman who was willing to use that mysterious knife.

But in Lu Li's view, these are all great justices and righteousness that he can't touch at all. So he didn't want to touch it at all.

Su Jiu still thinks too much about Lu Li's temperament. She thought that even if she didn't sell her hardships or her life experience, Lu Li would help her do that thing with righteousness. Because Su Jiu himself knows the current situation of this Loulan border pass, and also sees the place in this area that is different from Kyushu in the Central Plains.

So she and her sister are still willing to take the risk and come here.

"Tell me, what's the matter. ”

"Can you hear me tell me a story first? ”

Long.

The two of them spoke at the same time, almost a little bloody.

Lu Li suddenly thought that if the attitude of the swordsman was also on the woman's side, would his own behavior be ashamed of him, because he was not ashamed and looked down on himself at all.

Otherwise, that night, how could he be willing to lend a hand and take the life of the old man with long braids with a knife.

Su Jiu was obviously a little pleased, she looked around before she turned her head to stare at Lu Li and said, "So, do you still want to listen to the story?"

"Don't listen. "Lu Li is categorical. What are you kidding, how can a person like me who is easily emotionally infected be willing to listen to those tragic stories, in this way, isn't it completely enlightened.

Su Jiu pulled his lips and smiled, as if he saw Lu Li's mind again, but he no longer debunked it. She took a deep breath, as if she remembered something very unpleasant, and her eyes were a little naturally lonely.

"In the General's Mansion, in the hands of the old pervert surnamed Cao, there is a list of blood letters. There are seventy-two people on the list, including me and my sister, and that's just a part. ”

"Stop!" Lu Li waved his hand when he heard this, his brows furrowed, and said, "Are you going to let me go to that Gonggong Cao to steal that blood letter?"

"That's right!" Su Jiu's eyes widened, and she was about to continue, when Lu Li pushed a palm to her mouth and signaled to shut up.

"Are you going to send me to death? Do you know how powerful that Gonggong Cao is? Anyway, I've heard of it, and with his kind of character who kills people without blinking, if it is exposed, I won't even be able to keep a whole corpse. It's impossible, and if you have any other requests, I'll do as much as I can. Lu Li withdrew his hand, and after speaking, he took another sip of tea, and he suddenly felt that the more he drank it, the drier it became, and the more he drank it, the more bitter it became, which was very unpleasant.

"I don't want you to snatch it from him, you said you were stealing. Don't you have a good relationship with the general's youngest son, just think of some way to break him up. Su Jiu argued that this was almost the only way for her, and if Lu Li didn't have the ability to help her, then there would be no more suitable candidate.

"It's easy to say, since you care so much about that blood letter, the one surnamed Cao must be the same, maybe he has been carrying that book on his body at all. Taking a step back, even if you don't carry it on your body, you must keep it in a very secret place, and you can't steal it if you want to. A nameless anger suddenly welled up in Lu Li's heart, not that he was afraid of death, but this was simply sending him to death. He smacked his tongue and was about to take a sip of tea, only to find that the teacup had bottomed out, and he shook the teapot, which was empty.

"I know you have a way, if you're willing to go. "Su Jiu is a little out of words. In fact, this is not her own character at all, and what she did not only violated Lu Li's heart, but also violated her own original intention.

"No way, it's a dead end. Lu Li said very resolutely, he stared at the teacup and looked away, looking out the window, anyway, he didn't look at her.

The rain outside the window was loud, Su Jiu's complexion darkened for a moment, she stared at Lu Li's side face for a long time, suddenly stood up, and knelt on the ground with a plop, her peach blossom eyes suddenly welled up with tears, looking at Lu Li and choking up: "The three hundred and eighty-six households in Qizhou who died unjustly will definitely thank you for your great kindness!"