readx;? Baicui Garden is full of sheng and sorrow, and Cuiting wine is accompanied by the winter breeze. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info sighed overnight that the city was closed, and the fourteen cities in the southwest were sleepless.

In a blink of an eye, the night gradually receded, and the sky was white. At this moment, there was no longer a bustling scene in the Cui Pavilion, only the table full of leftovers and empty wine jugs thrown everywhere, and of course, the servants of the Hou Mansion who were hurriedly cleaning up all this.

Last night's dinner lasted until nearly dawn, so although it was already dark, the main seat of the palace was still in a deep sleep.

The wee hours of winter are extremely cold, and there is a thick layer of white mist between heaven and earth, and the humid air and shivering cold wind penetrate people's collars from time to time, pouring the biting chill into people's robes, making people who were originally sleepy can't help but shiver, and then they can completely wake up in an instant.

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Accompanied by Liu Sandao, Lu Yifan stood quietly in the Baicui Garden and watched the slaves who came and went to clean up the mess, and he gasped violently by the first light, and suddenly a cold cool breath was poured directly into his chest and abdomen along his mouth and nose, which made the indescribable heat that had been suppressed in his heart all night suddenly dissipate a lot.

"This is the only time of the day when it is the cleanest, there is no restlessness, no bustling noise, the whole city is clean, and the people are much cleaner than at any other time. Lu Yifan seemed to mumble to himself, "Clean enough to forget all the world and all battles for a while!"

"But the sun will soon rise, and the sleeping people of the city will wake up one after another, and soon this place will be a filthy place of striving for fame and fortune!" Liu Sandao said with a sneer, "The current cleanliness is only temporary. Yifan, you like the feeling now, but you don't really like the tranquility of the early morning, but you are unintentionally escaping the disturbances of the day. ”

Liu Sandao's words made Lu Yifan's eyes move, and then he slowly turned his head, looked at Liu Sandao with a smile on his face, and said with a light smile: "Brother Liu, I always thought you were an open-minded man, but I didn't expect what you said to be so Zen-rich. ”

"Zen?" Liu Sandao pursed his lips nonchalantly, "I don't like this thing, thinking too much is not necessarily a good thing!"

"Yes, it's really not a good thing to think too much!" Lu Yifan nodded in agreement, "Actually, it's not so much that I'm running away, it's better to say that I'm cowardly!"

Liu Sandao couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked with concern: "What are you worried about? What are you afraid of? Is it Lou Zong's business? If you don't want to face today's matter, then rest in the Hou Mansion with peace of mind, and leave the rest of the matter to me to solve! When you wake up, I will do everything well." ”

Hearing Liu Sandao's words, Lu Yifan couldn't help but feel moved. In fact, there is no real relationship between him and Liu Sandao about life and death, and there is no precipitation of getting along day and night, they have only known each other for a few months, but Liu Sandao has no hesitation in going to Lu Yifan, and he will never give up. Of course, Lu Yifan knew that all of this was because Liu Sandao respected Lu Yifan as the young master, to put it bluntly, this was the blessing left to him by his ancestor Mingyuan, and it was not obtained by his own ability.

Lu Yifan often wondered, if it weren't for the matter of the Shenyuan Divine Clan and the Liu Clan, would Liu Sandao have directly slaughtered himself and Mu Dan in the Xihuang Valley that day? With Lu Yifan's own ability, is it possible for him to escape from Liu Sandao's hands? Is it possible for him to become friends with Liu Sandao? Will Liu Sandao follow him as desperately as he is now?

As far as the current Lu Yifan is concerned, he knows very well that the answer must be no, he does not have the ability to subdue a character like Liu Sandao, and he is far less than one ten-thousandth of his ancestor in this regard.

And if there was no Liu Sandao, it would be impossible for Lu Yifan to deal with Lou Zong with the confidence and courage he has today.

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Yifan couldn't help but secretly swear that he must make himself stronger again. From the bottom of his heart, he has never been a person who likes to rely on others to live, and he doesn't like to do things like foxes and tigers. This is the case since I was a child practicing to prepare for the Heavenly Grace Competition, and it is still the same after entering the Holy Soul Academy and fighting against Qingmen.

used to be parents, Yan Shuang and Tang Ruoxi in the academy, and now Liu Sandao......

Although he has been working hard, Lu Yifan can't help but think about when he will be able to really rely on his own ability to support the sky.

"Yifan ......" Looking at Lu Yifan, who was gradually losing his mind, Liu Sandao couldn't help but shout softly, "What are you thinking?" Are you thinking about dealing with Lou Zong tonight?"

Awakened by Liu Sandao's voice, Lu Yifan sighed softly, and then smiled lightly: "I'm afraid I'm going to have to work hard for you tonight!" Lou Yixiu is strong, except for you, I'm afraid that no one among us is his opponent anymore!"

"Yifan rest assured!" Liu Sandao grinned, "I've seen that old thing, I know very well that his catty and two catties are very good, the cultivation of the Nine Transformation Soul King may already be a top master in the southwest area, but it is far from enough in front of me Liu Sandao, and it is just a matter of raising his hand to get his old life!" Although Liu Sandao's words were arrogant, they also proved his ability to be proud of from the side.

"I'm relieved to have your words!" Lu Yifan nodded and said, "Yin Xi will lead people to deal with Lou Chang, Xie Yun will be responsible for dealing with Lou Cang, and I will deal with Lou Lei." Tonight, the five tigers of Lou Zong must not get out of the lockdown alive, otherwise not only will we be unlucky, but even the people of the lockdown will suffer together. ”

"Understood!" Liu Sandao nodded and said, "Your Shenyuan Sword hasn't really seen blood since it was pulled out, this time I'll take the head of the Five Tigers of the Lou Sect to sacrifice the sword for you! Yifan, the sky is already bright, you go and take a rest, I'll go to Wanhualou again to see how Yin Xi and their ambush are doing!"

"Okay! Remember, the guards brought by the fourteen city lords must be on the periphery, most of these guards have no real skills, so they don't have to be sent to death in vain, as long as they concentrate on dealing with the dozens of disciples brought by the Five Tigers of the Lou Sect!" Lu Yifan frowned and admonished.

"Yifan, you are really a bodhisattva!" Liu Sandao said with a smile, "If it were me, I would definitely let these people from the Fourteen Cities deal with Lou Yi, and the right should be a lesson to those fourteen city lords who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"What does the lesson for them have to do with those guards?" Lu Yifan shook his head and said, "Okay, you can go quickly!"

In Lu Yifan's reproach, Liu Sandao walked out of Baicui Garden with a smile, and then jumped onto the roof with a flicker, and disappeared into the sky above the Hou Mansion in the blink of an eye.

Today is the most important festival in the city of lockdown, and after a long day of bustling and noisy, the whole lockdown finally ushered in the most lively time of the year in the evening.

The lockdown is located in the desert of the southwest, and there are few sleepless nights throughout the year. But tonight is destined to be sleepless in the lockdown city, the lockdown is full of lights, colorful lanterns are hung high, even the four walls are lit with red lanterns hanging in the sky, and even the soldiers defending the city are wearing masks on their faces and wearing red robes to show the joy of the festival.

During the lockdown, the number of people who walked to the market tonight was undoubtedly the largest number of people in the year, almost every family, men, women and children would walk out of the house with joy, everyone wearing a mask with a different appearance, the woman was generally a butterfly phoenix, and the man was an eagle and a tiger, of course, there were some people with a pure white or black mask wandering in the crowd.

Fireworks are lit from time to time throughout the lockdown, and pear blossoms erupt in the dark night sky, which is really pleasing to the eye, and anyone walking through the street market and feeling the festive noise from all directions will surely be infected by this atmosphere, and then devote themselves to the celebration of the flower face festival.

The market is full of people who play and sing, and many street artists have set up a field on the spot and started different forms of juggling performances, from time to time in the air to turn a few difficult heels, and suddenly a group of onlookers can cheer and shout.

Children run and play in the streets, the old people like to drink and play chess in the tea house and wine shop, and the middle-aged people like to take the old and the young to browse the new things in different stalls in the street market, as for the young men and women, they will gather in the Yuelao Temple, Qixi Pavilion and other affectionate places, make a wish, tie a red rope, and look forward to meeting a destined person in the coming year.

Looking at the happiness and harmony in the closed city, this made Lu Yifan and the others, who had just walked out of the gate of the Hou Mansion, couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of their hearts, it was really a peaceful and prosperous scene.

Tonight, Lu Yifan was dressed in a light white robe, with a purple butterfly pattern mask on his face, which Han Linger bought for him, saying that it matched the birthmark on his chest. And Liu Sandao, Xie Yun and the others were wearing dragon and tiger masks, if it weren't for the swords and guns in their hands, they actually didn't look much different from the ordinary men in this closed city.

Han Ling'er was dressed in a pink skirt with a pink feather mask on her face, dressed like a cute beauty elf. Mu Dan, on the other hand, wears a pure white mask and does not have too many fancy decorations.

Lu Yifan had already made arrangements tonight, and the few of them would not tear their faces with the five tigers of Lou Zong as soon as they came up, but pretended to be a few entourages who accompanied Fang Chengtian to the banquet, and waited for the opportunity to make a move when the time was ripe for the third round of drinking.

Wanhualou, located in the most prosperous and lively area in the middle of the closed city, is the largest Fengyue Tower in the closed city and even in the entire southwest desert. Compared to the drunken dream building in Wenyang City, I don't know how much bigger it is.

The Wanhua Building is divided into nine floors, implying the theory of the Nine Heavens. It is known as the ninefold paradise for dignitaries and nobles in the southwest, and the men who come here can be described as lingering, drunk and dreaming of death. I don't know how many men have entered the Wanhua Building, but they only know that the flowers in the Wanhua Building are contending and competing for beauty, but they don't know how much time has passed outside unconsciously.

This is the gold cave, but also the men's tomb. I don't know how many men who lingered in Wanhualou eventually died of wine, but this will not only not affect the business of Wanhualou, but also attract more rich and noble people to come here one after another to appreciate the style of Wanhualou.

Wanhualou is definitely a place to enjoy, because it is different from the general Qinglou Dance Garden, there are not only beauties from all over the world, but also old wine and rare food from all over the world. It is precisely because of the uniqueness of Wanhualou that this is also the reason why Louzong will spend the annual flower noodle festival in Wanhualou, rather than in his own sect.

And the most surprising thing is that under the situation that the entire southwest is firmly controlled by Lou Zong, this Wanhua Tower that stands out from the crowd is not owned by Lou Zong, and this is the only place that is in the lockdown of the city, but has nothing to do with Lou Zong.

Who is the owner of Wanhualou? Not many people know about this matter in the entire lockdown, at least Fang Chengtian, the city lord, does not know. But what is certain is that the owner of Wanhua Building must be a person with an extremely deep background, so deep that even Lou Zong, the overlord of the southwest, would not dare to intervene, otherwise how could he do his business safely under Lou Yi's nose?

Tonight's Wanhualou is more lively than any day in the past, in order to cater to the festival of the flower face festival, all the girls and servants in the Wanhualou tonight are wearing all kinds of masks, especially the women here, the masks they wear are very charming, very charming. And after they covered their proud faces, they simply took off their already very revealing dresses to be 'cool' again, exposing the fragrant shoulders as much as possible, swaying the thin willow waist like a water snake, the charming eyes reflected through the mask, and the warm breath of the red lips and teeth under the nose, coupled with the smell of rouge gouache here, so that in the cold winter season, it gives the men who enter the Wanhualou a sense of heat from the bottom of their hearts.

People who can come to Wanhualou to have fun are either rich or expensive in the city and even in the southwest, and tonight here is to gather almost all the rich and noble people in the city and its surroundings, the nine-storey Wanhualou is actually overcrowded, and there are indulgent men everywhere who are holding two or three beauties drinking and having fun, the sound of dance and music in Wanhualou has never stopped, and the content of the singing is some words of wind and moon, and the people who listen to it here are simply going to get carried away.

As in previous years, the entire nine floors of Wanhualou were all wrapped down tonight, and the person who could take such a handiwork was naturally Lou Yi, the sect leader of the Lou Sect, and the five tigers of the Huamian Dynasty Sect and the city lords of the fourteen cities in the southwest would gather on the ninth floor of this Wanhualou every year, which has become an unwritten rule here. Although there are many rich and noble people in the closed city, no one dares to compete with Lou Zong.

The entire nine floors are a transparent and bright lobby, and the lobby decoration can be described as carved beams and even splendor. The gilded beams, the pure gold jasper screen, the beauty of the landscape is impressively presented, and there are several huge fish ponds made of white jade jade around the lobby, in which all kinds of fish swim freely. The floor of the entire nine-story lobby is paved with fine jade bricks, these jade bricks are one foot long and wide, and each of them is priceless. Gold and silver candlesticks are hung on the beams, and hundreds of hollow gold pillars stand around the lobby, and the fire burns in the columns, which not only illuminates the lights here, but also shines as bright as day. It also brings a sense of warmth to the place, which is the most stark contrast to the cold wind outside.

This kind of arrangement is enough to show what kind of strength the owner of Wanhualou is.

At this moment, the fourteen city lords of the southwest and their entourage have all gathered in the nine-story lobby of Wanhua Tower, and in the middle of the hall there is a huge round table made of gold and jade, which is already full of delicious food and wine, steaming and fragrant.

It's just that at this moment, none of the fourteen city lords dared to sit at the table, and they all stood at the staircase of the ninth floor, anxiously but patiently waiting for the arrival of the five tigers of the Lou Sect.

Lu Yifan and the others stood behind in the same manner as these city lords' entourage, waiting silently. At this moment, an old bustard dressed in fancy clothes was walking into the lobby with twenty or thirty proud beauties, all of whom were waiting to serve these distinguished guests on the ninth floor.

The most interesting thing is that at this moment, whether it is the city lord or the slave, all the people in the hall have different masks on their faces, and if they are not very familiar with each other, they can't tell who is who.

Fang Chengtian, who was standing at the front, would turn his head from time to time, look at Lu Yifan timidly, and then hurriedly turn his head back, it was not difficult to see that Fang Chengtian must be very nervous in his heart at this moment.

"You don't have to be nervous, just be natural!" Lu Yifan stood behind and said softly, "You just have to eat, drink and have fun tonight, and you don't need to interfere in the rest of the things!"

Although Lu Yifan's words were so, there were still some of these city lords who couldn't help but feel anxious.

Finally, after everyone had been waiting for an hour from the evening, a dull and messy sound of footsteps came from the staircase, which broke everyone's thoughts in an instant.

"The Five Tigers of Lou Sect have finally arrived!"

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