Qinsai is a semi-military town on the border of Yunzhou, a half-civilian Wangcheng.

The city under the rule of Daqian is divided into seven levels: Beijing, Beijing, Mufu, Dacheng, Wangcheng, Shuocheng, and Xiaocheng.

The northern land is barren, except for the pastoral mansion Shangluo, there is almost no big city, and it is already a great prosperous place to call it Wangcheng, like Shangyuan County can barely be regarded as a small city.

Qin Sai can be rated as Wangcheng, entirely because its geographical location is too important, Emperor Xuanwang Heng is located here, the north can go out of the Harun Valley directly into the heart of the grassland, deter the grassland tribes; the east can reach the military Rong Wuwei and the imperial court soldiers and horses to join forces to attack the grassland rangers; and to the south through the pass, the official road is smooth, and can also receive the imperial court's baggage supplies, is a place that extends in all directions.

It was only a military town earlier, but the previous generation of King Xuan believed that while the transportation was convenient, it also meant that it was a place of four wars, and although there were dangers in the Harun Valley to defend, it was difficult to ensure safety. So they moved here, reclaimed wasteland, set up pastures, and encouraged industry and commerce to build it into a Xiongguan that would be self-sufficient even without support once the beacon fire was ignited.

Qiu Kun and his entourage were exhausted, and finally arrived here when the sun was about to go out. Looking at the ordinary people lining up to enter the city in an orderly manner, a feeling of reincarnation rose in their hearts.

At first, when they received this task, they were still a little unimpressed, thinking that it was simply useless to catch a half-old child in a group of rural villagers, and actually mobilize the four masters of the inner court.

But who knows, first they were looked at by that kid and fled, making them very faceless, and then just when they were about to catch up, out of nowhere a top master jumped out of nowhere to intercept their Hu, which is also it, who told them to go out and didn't see Huang Li's bad luck. Being able to track them down and report to the family is enough for them to be proud of, after all, they are the best masters, and it would be good not to put them in by themselves.

But now, the group of six people has been broken in half, what is the situation, they are still a little confused. During this period, they didn't think about finding out the killer, but no matter what they tried to do, it was not feasible, that person was really hiding in the Nine Shadows like a ghost, spying on them all the time, just waiting for them to relax, they would come up and take a bite, and leave after biting, leaving no trace.

Now that I'm finally in the city, I can breathe a sigh of relief for a while.

Qiu Kun and the three of them are not without common sense, to deal with this kind of invisible shadow killer, the city is much better than the wilderness.

In the suburban woods, the terrain is uneven, the other party can hide in a high place to peep, can also guess and judge according to their life legacy, can know their situation well, if necessary, can hide far away from detection. However, in the city, everyone is generally tall, and they are separated by a vast sea of people, which increases the difficulty of surveillance, and it is inevitable to shorten the peeping distance, which is easy to expose. Although this environment is more conducive to assassination, it is difficult for them to escape. Qiu Kun is very confident that as long as the other party makes another move, he can take it down.

Even Chen An was full of praise for Qiu Kun's decision to abandon the mountain road and enter the official road, and it did take more thought to enter the city to lurk, of course, the premise of all this was that the three of them had one mind, but the reality was obviously not the case.

Qiu Kun and his entourage entered the inner city, but they were still muttering in their hearts: The other party should have discovered their intentions earlier, but why did the other party do nothing from the border of Shurong to the city, could he not have any help in Qinsai City.

Qiu Kun didn't dare to be careless, took the butcher and the knife guest, found an inn with a good business, and asked for a room.

"The three of you want a room?" the shopkeeper questioned with a strange expression as he looked at Qiu Kun and Tuzi's huge size and the slightly thin figure of the swordsman.

"Huh?" Qiu Kun glared at the copper bell, startled the shopkeeper, and hurriedly made arrangements. The people of the Northland are fierce, although they are restricted by the royal law and cannot be murdered on the street, but it is useless to beat you.

After some commotion, the three of them settled down and sat together, Qiu Kun looked at the increasingly silent swordsman and the butcher who was already a stuffy gourd, sighed, and took the lead in confirming: "The letters for help from above have been sent, right?"

The envoy is dead, and the channel to contact the above is also broken. So after waiting for so long, they didn't wait for reinforcements. They had been in the wilderness before, and they had no way to inform the Lord's house or get the latest instructions from the Lord's house.

Now that he finally entered the city, the first thing he did was naturally to immediately communicate with the above, convey his situation, and urge the reinforcements to catch up with him and others as soon as possible. And in order to ensure the smooth channel, they each used their own way to ask for help from their families at the same time, although this was done because the envoy died, and they had to explain it together, but the main thing was to ensure that the message was delivered without fail.

Because of the above, Qiu Kun asked this question.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Qiu Kun continued: "I feel that the person hasn't left yet." When he said this, his heart was complicated, his group did not die at the hands of the top master, but they were forced to this point by an inexplicable enemy, and the life experience was really unpredictable.

He didn't think that the other party was also a top master, otherwise he would just crush it directly, and there would be no need to assassinate him. That day, the top master robbed the target, and he didn't solve himself and the others easily, I'm afraid it was more because of disdain.

"That man's methods are ruthless and cruel, and he will never let us go easily, and he has endured it for so long without making a move, once he does, it will be absolutely shocking...... The next target could be me, or it could be you...... I don't know if I'll survive next time, so there are some things that have to be made clear now. ”

He thought and spoke, pausing from time to time, his tone uncertain.

He Qiu Kun has been smiling at the mountains and forests all his life, fighting with people has always been a real knife and a real gun, and he has never encountered this aggrieved situation now, the invisible enemy, and the inexplicable killing methods, which made him refreshed at the same time, but he couldn't help but feel chills in his heart. Even though he has experienced a lot of winds and waves, he has never fallen into such a dangerous situation.

He pondered for a moment and continued: "According to my judgment and Hu Laoqi's judgment, the mysterious supreme master who kidnapped the target may be the Western Regions Snow Owl Kite, or it may be the merchant Du Mou, and the master of the Sand Sea, only among the three of them. “”

"Master of the Sand Sea, that's a grandmaster, how is it possible......?" Even in this case, the swordsman heard something different.

Tu Zi was not stupid this time, and interrupted with a wry smile: "How does the Grandmaster have anything to do with us, let's think about it for now." ”

Thinking of the current situation, the swordsman was silent again. Tu Zi suddenly said to Qiu Kun: "Since we already know the approximate identity of the other party, now that we report it to the family, we should be able to offset the crime a little, is it necessary for us to continue to move forward?"

Qiu Kun's mouth was astringent, and he denied: "I'm afraid not, the family will not easily offend the top master, if we don't chase it down to determine the end, it really doesn't make much sense to rely on this news alone." And this is only one of them, and the second is that Shurong is all military towns and cannot be entered, so it is better to be safe in Yunzhou. ”

He didn't say why he couldn't stay in Qin Sai and not leave, but everyone knew it in their hearts. Qin Sai is a strange place to himself and others, and it should be the same for the killer, he and the others stay here, don't you give the killer time to find out the environment calmly. So from the very beginning, they just regarded Qin Sai as a temporary resting place, and they didn't think about fighting the enemy on this basis.

"Moving forward is death, retreating is death, staying here or dying, damn ......" Tu Zi burst into a foul mouth angrily.

Qiu Kun glanced at him, and continued with a low figure: "If Qiu can't go back, and the main family asks, ask the two of you to say on your behalf, just say that there is also a credit for Qiu here, and I have more than 300 people up and down Xiaowu Mountain, and I am grateful." ”

After he finished speaking, he solemnly clasped his fists to the butcher knifeman.

"Brother Qiu......" Tu Zi's tone was hoarse, and he was speechless.

The swordsman glanced up at Qiu Kun, his heart is different from those of us who run singles, in terms of winning people's hearts, he is the champion of Qiu Kun among those present.

But he didn't say anything, now the three of them don't seem to have any conflict on the surface, but in fact, Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, they are also working for the main family, of course, they all want to perform in front of the envoy and compete for each other's strengths.

Three people with three hearts, they can't trust each other at all, and if they go on like this, they can only be broken by each other.

Qiu Kun first lowered his posture to win the sympathy of the two of them, which can effectively bring the relationship between the three of them closer, even if it can't make the three of them work together immediately, it can also make everyone temporarily put aside their prejudices and join hands temporarily. Grief is often the best means of gathering people's hearts.

The assassin still doesn't dare to make a move, he must not have the strength to pick up one of himself and the others in a short time, as long as he and the others put aside their prejudices, it is not difficult to hold on until the reinforcements of the main family arrive.

After the sadness, it is to open the heart.

"Rest for a day, let's go west," Qiu Kun still set the tone, and the butcher and the knife man had no objections.

If you can't stop, then you can only go, and if you can't retreat, you can only move forward, and if you do this, if the family sends an envoy over, you can also have an explanation.

The three of them had already made up their minds, so they began to seize the time to rest.

The room they asked for was the largest in the inn, with two beds to use, and since it was Qiu Kun's turn to be on duty, he gave the bed to the butcher and the knifeman, and gathered the stools in the room himself, and lay down together.

He is so tired, he is ready to squint for a while, he is not trying to be lazy, but to his realm, the spirit is round and hugging Dan, and he is full of control over himself, just a light sleep, and the slightest movement in the outside world can wake up immediately, which is no different from being awake and vigilant.

In fact, the butcher knife man is comparable to his cultivation, and he can also do it, so it seems that all three of them are asleep, but in fact, all three of them are on guard.

It's just that no one noticed that the incense in the incense burner in the house had been lit at some point, and almost imperceptible green smoke was slowly drifting out.