Chapter 80: An Unexpected Encounter
In the early morning of the next day, Shenhuan and the three of them left the inn and walked towards the dart house in Songzhou.
Regarding yesterday's events, the three of them tacitly remained silent and did not mention any of them. It's like it had nothing to do with them.
The three of them were also lucky, and they didn't wait long in the dart station to negotiate a reward with a caravan that was going to Fengzhou. said that it was negotiated, but in fact, after the businessman who was in good shape said a few words, Shenhuan agreed, money, Shenhuan has never paid much attention to it.
The three of them agreed with the merchant to meet outside the city gate in the afternoon, and then they parted ways.
"You're quick to say yes. Zhuo Qing's nose was almost crooked, "Do you know how low the reward he gave is, are we that cheap?"
"It doesn't matter, our purpose is just to go to the three central states, isn't it?" Shenhuan's attitude was completely unexpected by Zhuo Qing.
"Well, if you don't think the silver is important, then I won't give you today's lunch money. ”
Shenhuan nodded, turned his head and said to Tu Lie, "Tu Lie, we will go out of the city to hunt at noon today." ”
"Okay!" Tu Lie agreed.
Zhuo Qing Qi knot.
The three of them walked through the crowd and suddenly smelled a faint fragrance.
"Where does this floral fragrance come from?" Zhuo Qing looked around.
Shen Huan always felt that the fragrance of the flower was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember anything until a small white flower climbed up his shoulder.
"Why are you here?" Shen Huan looked at the little flower on his shoulder suspiciously.
"Who?????," Zhuo Qing followed Shenhuan's gaze and saw the white gardenia, "When did you get a flower on your shoulder?
"Yes. ”
A thin voice came into Shenhuan's ears, and Shenhuan nodded.
"I'll be out of town for a while, and I'll see you at the gate in the afternoon. After Shenhuan explained to Zhuo Qing and Tu Lie, a dodge disappeared into the crowd.
"Divine Mystery ......" Zhuo Qing looked at the direction where Shenhuan disappeared dissatisfied, "Tu Lie, let's go, let's drink." Let him be mysterious, lunch is nothing to do with him. ”
Hearing that they could drink, Tu Lie followed Zhuo Qing with a grin, as for Shenhuan, they didn't worry about what danger Shenhuan would have.
Outside the city of Songzhou, there is a vast grassland, and the lush green grass ripples like a green lake under the breeze.
In the endless green, a little beautiful white dots the beauty of the entire grassland.
"Why are you here? The demon clan is in the Twenty-Four States of Divine Apocalypse, and they won't be treated well. Shenhuan looked at Gardenia, who had not been seen for a long time in front of him.
Gardenia is still as beautiful as when she first saw her, but perhaps because of the days of running, Gardenia has a little less ethereal temperament and more reality.
"Are you worried about me?" said Gardenia chuckled, covering her mouth.
"It's not. Just a kind reminder. ”
"I haven't seen you for more than a year, and you still have the same cold attitude, not the same at all. However, I want to congratulate you on your recovery, and it's the same late-stage stage as me. "Shenhuan's attitude, as early as the Hundred Demon Road, Gardenia Yan was already used to it.
"You still want to say why you came to the Twenty-Four States of Divine Apocalypse. "Reminiscing is not something Shenhuan is good at.
"I came to the Twenty-Four States of Divine Apocalypse because of the Demon King's plan. Do you want to hear it?"
"You just say it. ”
So, Gardenia told Shenhuan how she learned about the Demon King's plan, how serious the impact this plan would be, and how terrifying the existence of "Demon Forbidden" and "Demon Worm" was.
"I don't know where those 'demon bans' and 'demon worms' were sent, so I had to search state by state. ”
"Need help?"
Shin-hwan offered to help, much to Gardenia's surprise.
"You say...... You're going to help me?" she thought she had misheard.
"You helped me, I helped you, rightfully so. ”
"Is that the only way......" Gardenia was a little gloomy.
"It's because we're friends. Shen Huan himself was a little uncertain about this sentence. Are he and Gardenia really friends?
This answer made a sunny smile appear on Gardenia's face. Looking at this smile, Shenhuan seemed to see the "light" he saw in front of the ancestral demon hall that day.
"That's what you said. It's rare for Gardenia to say such a playful word, "I'll definitely come to you when I need help." ”
"Yes. ”
"Have you ever seen a demon clan?"
Shenhuan pondered for a while, and said: "Maybe you can find clues in Jianzhou, I once encountered a strange crow attack, it is not a wild beast, if it is not some kind of special combat skill, then it is a demon clan." The last place it appeared was the border of Jianzhou. ”
"Thank you. Yuyan, who got the clue, couldn't wait to find the weird crow in Shenhuan's mouth, "Then I'll go to Jianzhou now." There will be a period later. ”
Looking at the little white flowers that gradually faded away in the green waves, Shenhuan always felt that he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, which made Shenhuan feel a little uncomfortable.
It wasn't until after lunchtime that Shenhuan thought of meeting the merchant that he left the grassland and returned to Songzhou City.
Zhuo Qing and Tu Lie had already had lunch and were waiting for Shenhuan at the gate of the city, and when they saw Shenhuan returning, Zhuo Qing had a playful smile on his face.
"Had you had a nice chat with Gardenia?"
"You know?" said Shen Huan, a little surprised.
"It's really Gardenia! Shenhuan, you guy, tsk...... The ice that does not melt for thousands of years turns out to be a time for spring. ”
"You're lying to me?"
"I'm not lying to you, guess eight points. The little flower that sent you a message, if I guessed correctly, should be the 'Demon Twin Body' of the original demon. This is the first time I've seen the 'Demon Twin Body', but unfortunately I didn't have time to take a good look. And the demon you know, there are only a few of them, and it's easy to guess that it's Gardenia. ”
"Do you know the 'Demon Double'?"
"I've seen the records. I am a true storyteller, erudite and wise, and I know more than you muscular violents. Zhuo Qing's storyteller's strength came up again, "It's just that I didn't expect that Gardenia Yan was transformed into a demon from a gardenia, which is really rare." ”
"What about the merchant?" Shin Hwan did not mean to continue on this issue, and changed the subject.
As soon as Shenhuan finished asking, a panting voice came from behind Shenhuan: "I'm coming, I'm coming." The three of them have been waiting for a long time. ”
The round and rich merchant trotted all the way to Shenhuan and the three, and he was obviously tired from his sweating and panting appearance.
This merchant is just a steward under the big owner of the caravan, and for the three earth-level powerhouses, he is not even worthy of carrying shoes, so he naturally has to serve carefully.
"Where's the caravan?" asked Shenhuan after waiting for the merchant to regain his strength.
"Just follow me. ”
The merchant led the way, and after a short walk, a puff of dust suddenly rose from the front of the official road.
I saw three figures in the distance, riding a high-headed horse, galloping towards Songzhou. The last person held a huge banner with a big character written on it - "Shuo"!
"It's the messenger of Shuozhou. The merchant also saw the big words on the banner clearly, "Shuozhou is the initiator of the six-state coalition to exterminate the ghost this time, and Song Zhou is also one of the participants, so it is estimated that he is here to talk about the distribution of spoils." Tsk, the wealth that Ghost Tao has accumulated over the years is all cheap for them. You know, it was all stolen from us poor merchants. turned around, and fell into the hands of these officials again. Alas......"
When the three envoys passed by Shenhuan and his party, one of the envoys inadvertently glanced at Shenhuan and his party, and then, his eyes immediately widened, staring at Tu Lie stubbornly.
The messenger grabbed the reins of his horse, stopped, and looked at Tu Lie with a shocked expression, and Tu Lie also stared at him with a shocked expression.
"Tu Lie?" the man said, somewhat uncertain.
"Che Yin, it turns out that the bastard who surrendered is you!" Tu Lie scolded, "How many others have surrendered?
The other two messengers also stopped and asked, "What's the matter? Why didn't you stop?"
Che Yin is also a powerhouse at the peak of the earth-level, and he actually saluted the two envoys in the middle of the Xuan Rank: "Tell the two adults, this person is a ghost!"
"It's not good!" As soon as Che Yin spoke, Shenhuan knew that something was wrong, and his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant, and came behind the two messengers.
The twin daggers in Shenhuan's hands flew like butterflies, ending the lives of the two unlucky ghosts in an instant. Until they died, they all realized what was going on.
Che Yin saw that Shenhuan wanted to kill people and kill his mouth, so he rode his horse and fled!
How could Shen Huan let him go, a colorful sword qi took shape on the Asking Heart Sword!
Although the horses are fast, they are not as fast as the sword qi of Shen Huan!
A sword severes!
The rich merchant was already frightened, and sat on the ground trembling: "I...... I'm ...... I don't know anything...... The three ghost uncles...... No, three kind masters, please let me live. ”
"What should I do?" Zhuo Qing looked at Shenhuan, "Do you want to let him go?"
"He's going to leak the news. Shen Huan slowly lifted the Sword of Inquiry in his hand.
"Uncle! Uncle! I will never say it!" The merchant suddenly rushed up and hugged Shenhuan's right leg without knowing where he got the courage, "I have a seventy-year-old mother and a seven-year-old child. Please, please don't kill me, kill me, our whole family won't be able to live. ”
The Sword of Inquiry in Shen Huan's hand stopped hesitantly.
Seeing that he seemed to have hope of living, the merchant wiped his tears even harder: "Uncle, uncle. I swear that I will never tell you anything, and if I reveal a word, I will ...... Let me thunder and smash thousands of corpses, and I will not die well. Uncle, I beg you, let the small one live. ”
"Let's go. Shen Huan put away the sword of inquiry and stopped looking at him.
The merchant was pardoned, kowtowed to Shenhuan three times in a row, and ran back to Songzhou City.
"Do you believe him?" Zhuo Qing was a little surprised, and Shenhuan would choose to let the man go.
If it was the previous Shenhuan, the merchant would not even have a chance to intercede, and he would have been killed by Shenhuan. Zhuo Qing felt more and more that Shenhuan had really changed, and the cold ice in Shenhuan's heart had almost melted......
"Hopefully he will value his own life and that of his family. Let's go. ”