Dong.

Zhang Erye walked out of a pharmacy.

His lungs are old wounds, and they have not been well conditioned, and a few days ago, he drove a boat to help Lin Xi chase the murderer, and used his soul power, and this old injury was even more serious.

Severe wheezing, phlegm.

There is blood in the sputum.

The former Dragon King of Xijiang has completely turned into a sick cat today, and he can't sleep day and night.

When he breathes, his chest is always like a big stone pressing, but there are countless people inside who are taking small needles, especially when he lies down, it is even more difficult to breathe, and even if he falls asleep, he will often wake up because he is out of breath.

However, today he walked on the bluestone road in Donggang Town, but he walked with extra peace of mind.

It is naturally impossible for a person like him to know about the disputes caused by Lin Xi's rewards and punishments in the county guard's mansion, but he knows that Lin Xi will definitely step on the green clouds again this time and take a big step in this Yunqin court.

Even if the credit for this dam was covered up by some officials with ulterior motives above, Heng Rongchang and Lu Fuji would not agree.

Because of physical reasons, he stayed in Donggang to recuperate, but Zhu Siye and others went to Yanlai Town, they are all Han who grew up on this river, after investigating the changes in the river surface, they can be sure that the river surface of Yanlai Town will become a shoal where sand and gravel are easily deposited.

This will not only greatly slow down the speed of water transportation of the commercial banks, but also greatly increase the cost of the trading houses, thus affecting the tung oil business of the entire Yunqin.

The river water of the Xijiang River was too gentle, and there was not much rain in previous years, so that there was no flood control along the coast, and the dam built by the master of the Ministry of Engineering was so stable that it gave the officials of the Ministry of Engineering a solid impression, but now that the dam has collapsed, some major consequences are immediately highlighted.

If you are in a good mood, you can even breathe a little better.

Zhang Erye slowly walked into a narrow alley.

This alley is called Scholar Alley, and there is a school deep inside, and there were originally many scholars living in the alley.

Now there are a lot more businessmen doing business in Donggang Town, and there are a lot of scholars who change their business or join the business to help, so although the school in this lane is still there, there are many fewer scholars who originally lived there, and this lane is also a lot quieter, and a lot of vigorous grass has grown in the gap between the stone roads on the ground.

turned a corner, and the alley in front seemed to come to an end, but Zhang Erye grew up in Donggang Town since he was a child, and he was very clear about every street and alley with his eyes closed, knowing that if he turned another corner there, he would enter a bigger alley, and then he could reach the alley where he lived.

He knew that the narrow alley that looked like there was no end in the distance, but he stopped.

Then he turned slowly.

He coughed softly, the expression on his face was still calm, but there was an indescribable coldness in his heart that permeated his whole body.

Only a very few people such as Lin Xi and Zhu Siye knew that in addition to being watery, his sense of smell was also many times more sensitive than ordinary people, so he could even track it with a trace of blood in the water.

And at this moment, he smelled a familiar, very deep smell in his memory.

So at this moment, although Donggang Town, which had just fallen at night, was still as calm and peaceful as usual, he knew that he had reached the most dangerous moment in his life.

He looked at the alley behind him and saw a man walk out.

......

What appeared in his sight was the fat businessman who always had a smile on his face.

At this moment, the fat businessman had changed into a crimson silk shirt, but he was carrying a short blue and red cane in his hand.

This short staff is a simple old vine shape, but it is crystal green, like carved jade, and the red one is a stripe of runes.

The cyan staff was wrapped with red runes, like flames swirling in the wind.

"There's no rush anyway. ”

The fat businessman Jia also stopped, looked at Zhang Erye on the other side of the alley, and still smiled and said: "I'm not in a hurry to kill, and you shouldn't be in a hurry to die, let's talk." ”

Zhang Erye coughed lightly, he looked at the short staff in the hand of the fat businessman, and said, "You are the one who wanted to kill me on the river back then?"

"How do you know?" The fat merchant Jia was slightly stunned, but immediately nodded with a smile, and seriously reached out and tapped his nose, "Yes, it's me." ”

"How do you know it's mine, and how do you know that I'm secretly following you?" After the fat merchant answered, he looked at Zhang Erye leisurely and curiously, and asked repeatedly.

Zhang Erye groaned slightly, and said, "I can smell the smell of you... It's like barbecue. ”

"That's right, everyone has something to say, and killing and being killed will be more interesting. The fat merchant smiled with satisfaction and said, "It's rare that your nose is so smart, I might as well tell you that this barbecue smell is because I opened a roast shop... My roast meat tastes really good. ”

Zhang Erye looked directly at the fat businessman and asked, "Why did you kill me? I have a grudge against you?"

"There are many kinds of murder, and vengeance is only one of them. Many years ago, I also killed a lot of people for the silver tael, and solved a lot of trouble for others. The fat businessman was not in a hurry, he habitually wiped his hands on his sleeves alternately, and said, "The last time I shot at you on the river, I owed someone a favor." Since the shot is even if it is a favor, the wind was tight during that time, and you ran away, so I didn't bother to kill you again. As for this time, it's because I have a brother who grew up since childhood, and if you hadn't helped Lin Xi sail the boat, he wouldn't have died. ”

"You're related to the military!"

Second Master Zhang's brows jumped suddenly, and he coughed violently, "Then the last time you dealt with me, it was also because of Xu Chengfeng and them?"

"I probably think it's more convenient to do things on this river. The fat merchant Jia smiled: "You also understand that people like you who are not in the court are not worth anything in their eyes. ”

Second Master Zhang groaned slightly again, and said, "You set that fire in the prison?"

"You are really smart, the main thing I deal with is naturally Lin Xi, it's a pity that the fire was put in vain, but if he kills you, he must not be very happy. The fat businessman smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a slit, "Okay, I don't like to be splashed with blood, or you die better for you, you cut yourself, right?"

Second Master Zhang glanced at him and shook his head, "Since I was able to escape last time, I won't let you get my wish this time." ”

"Oh?"

The fat businessman Jia showed a curious look on his face again, and he was not in a hurry, he looked at Zhang Erye and said, "I don't think I'll be mistaken... Your chest and lungs were severely injured by me, which is equivalent to half of your lungs rotting, unless you have a big breakthrough in cultivation, your vitality is strong, and your own qi, blood and soul power are stirred, you can slowly eliminate this hidden disease, and there will always be some defects, otherwise no matter how good the elixir is, it will not be able to solve your injury at all. There has been no major breakthrough in your cultivation, and in the past few years, your body has dragged even worse, and your soul power may only support running at full speed for less than a hundred steps, right? And with your cultivation and physical strength, you should have been chased by me in thirty steps. ”

After a slight pause, the fat merchant Jia became more and more satisfied with his judgment, and shook his head with a smile, "You have regressed in the past few years, but I have improved, and I used to deal with you empty-handed, and today I use a blade to deal with you, you should not be able to take a single face." I'm waiting for you to get to the depths of this town before I do it, and you don't have time to run to the river, how can you escape?"

"Just run away. ”

Second Master Zhang said with a frown.

After saying this, his whole body slammed into the wall behind him.

With a "boom", a human figure suddenly appeared on this wall.

Inside the wall was an empty room, full of dust.

Zhang Erye coughed violently, but the whole person rushed through in an instant at the fastest speed in his life, and once again smashed straight through the wall at the other end and knocked out.

Behind the wall is another alley.

At the end of this alley there was an old locust tree, and under the old locust tree there was an old woman drying clothes.

When she turned around when she heard a loud noise, Second Master Zhang had already broken through a wall and crashed into it.

The fat businessman Jia who was holding a blue and red short cane was slightly stunned when Zhang Erye crashed into the first wall.

It's not that he doesn't have the ability to react in time, it's just that he can't figure it out, with the other party's body, he uses his soul power to hit the wall and go out, and it stands to reason that he will catch up with him if he doesn't even take thirty steps, but the other party is also a hero on the river, and it is impossible for his head to suddenly break before hitting the wall.

Could it be that there is a powerful cultivator behind those walls?

But he instantly denied the idea that had come to him spontaneously.

If there really was such a reclusive cultivator, then there was no need for Zhang Erye to rush over at all, as long as the loud sound of breaking through a wall was enough to attract the other party.

So after being slightly stunned, he immediately began to sweep wildly.

His body looked extremely heavy, but when he swept it up, it was extremely light. It's like a ball bouncing on the ground.

The old woman under the old locust tree in the deep alley just reacted that someone had broken through the wall, and just changed her face, and before she could say an exclamation, she saw that the fat merchant had jumped off one roof, and bounced onto the roof of the other room like a ball.

The fat merchant's body was light, but the strength under his feet was extremely heavy, and the bluestone slabs and thick tiles on the roof on the road he stepped on were all shattered instantly.

He also jumped over an alley again.

He saw Zhang Erye again, who was covered with dust and debris, and saw that in the middle of the alley where Zhang Erye was at the moment, there was a spacious place with a large well with a hexagonal stone well fence.

In his stunned gaze, Zhang Erye took a deep breath, held back his cough, jumped up, and jumped up towards the well.

"Poof!"

The water splashed high.

The fat merchant fell to the well, and the smile on his face disappeared a little. He looked at the rippling water in the well and couldn't understand it.

He watched for five or six stops, his fat face twitched a few times, and with a "snap", he slapped the well fence with one palm, and smashed all the broken well fences and boulders down the well.

He turned around again and came to the door of a family in the alley.

There are two large stone lions at the door of the family's house.

He successively lifted these two big stone lions, which weighed hundreds of pounds, and smashed them into the well, under the constant slapping of his palms, the two big stone lions were smashed by him and smashed into the well, completely blocking the old well.

Then, he bounced like a ball again, and disappeared into the alley.