Chapter 22: The Masked Man

"Extremely intense? Do you think that with Liu Shao's strength, there will be an opponent?" retorted a young man surnamed Yang, who was neither male nor female. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"Liu Shao is very strong, but others are not bad, although everyone will feel unhappy when I say this, but everything is unpredictable, who knows if there will be a dark horse?" Huang Jianyuan didn't care about the strange eyes of others, as well as Liu Mang's increasingly ugly expression.

"No matter who it is, they can't stop me, and if anyone stops me, I'll let him know how the dead characters are written; Liu Mang, who had not spoken, finally spoke.

"Although Lin Jie is just a clown jumping off the beam, Liu Shao still has to keep an eye on it, and must not be careless; I heard that the Lin family's death knife technique is very weird, although it is only the middle grade of the yellow order, but in fact it is comparable to the upper grade of the yellow order, the stronger the opponent, the more fierce the knife technique, it is completely a martial art of fighting for life; and the other party has also obtained the general order, which shows that the martial arts attach great importance to Lin Jie, so Huang will lose Liu Shao's face so much, and repeatedly mention this Lin Jie, Huang really doesn't want Liu Shao to capsize in the gutter. Huang Jianyuan pretended to be a good face and persuaded bitterly.

After two days and two nights of hard work, Ye Ming and Xiao Zi finally came to Linhe City before the big competition began. The two led the horse, looked left and right, and looked again, it was completely the appearance of Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

Longshan Town is just a remote town with a population of tens of thousands, and where can it compare with the national capital city with several million people? Whether it is infrastructure, public security management, commercial scale, or cultural heritage, there is no comparison.

The two of them rushed to Linhe City, the sky had already darkened, Ye Ming and Xiaozi had to find an inn to live in as soon as possible, recharge their energy, and prepare for tomorrow's Dabi. However, at this time, it is very difficult to find an inn with vacant rooms in Linhe City......

"Shopkeeper, do you still have a guest room?" Ye Ming walked into an inn and asked.

"I'm really sorry, the shop is full, so Childe should find another home. The shopkeeper put down the abacus in his hand, looked at the man and woman in front of him and replied.

"Shopkeeper, you can help, the boy really can't find a store with spare rooms. "I don't know how many it is, the depressed hearts of the two can be imagined, how could they never have imagined that this would attract so many people to the entrance to the Yuanwu Mansion, so many that even the inn was full.

"Oh, what is this that Childe said, will the little old man not do business, it is really a small shop with limited rooms, and it is impossible to vacate the room. The shopkeeper looked helpless.

"Shopkeeper, you can help, otherwise we will really have to sleep on the street tonight. ”

"We came to this Linhe City with great difficulty, just to be able to participate in the Wufu competition, hoping to become a disciple of the Wufu, one day to get ahead, glorious ancestors, if we can't find an inn to stay tonight, how can we be in a good state to participate in the competition tomorrow......? Xiao Zi's voice whimpered, her face was haggard, revealing a pitiful look, and even a few tears could be seen in the corners of her eyes.

"This ......" The old shopkeeper was in a dilemma, his brows were furrowed, and his withered hands opened the recording book from time to time, and he wanted to stop talking.

"Shopkeeper grandpa......" Xiao Zi sobbed, and the few tears in the corners of her eyes finally couldn't help it, sliding down the red and white cheeks.

"Hey......" the old shopkeeper sighed helplessly.

"There's a dilapidated miscellaneous room in the backyard, and if you two don't like it, you can go there for one night. The shopkeeper said.

"Don't dislike, don't dislike, as long as you have a place to live. Xiao Zi hurriedly shook her head and said that she would not dislike it, who would dare to dislike it? If she missed this opportunity, who could guarantee that she would be able to find an inn with a vacant room?

"Okay, you two wait a while, I'll have someone clean up, make the mattress and let you know. With that, the shopkeeper summoned a maid to clean up the utility room.

When the maid cleaned up the room, Ye Ming and Xiao Zi also had a good meal to compensate for the two days of sleeping in the open.

After dinner, the maid led the two to the backyard with a lantern.

Stepping out the back door, along a curving pavilion path through a weedy, slightly deserted garden, a detached and slightly dilapidated house comes into view.

"Two guest officers, this is your guest room, although it has been abandoned for many years, it is messy and dirty, but the bed is still clean, the little girl has replaced all the bedding and bedspreads, I hope the guest officer will not dislike it, and wronged the two. The maid lit the candle on the table and said apologetically.

"What did the girl say, we are already very fortunate to have a place to stay, how can we dislike it, it is also hard for the girl to tidy up this room. Ye Ming clenched his fists and said.

"Hehe, Childe is polite, this is all a little woman's business, nothing hard or not. ”

Without disturbing the two of them to rest, the little woman took her leave first. The maid bowed and bowed, and then took the lantern and left.

After the maid left, Ye Ming and Xiao Zi both had smiles on their faces.

"Zi'er, your acting skills are really good, why didn't I find out before!" Ye Ming couldn't help but praise Xiao Zidao.

"Hehe, young master, you really know how to laugh. Hearing Ye Ming's praise, Xiao Zi's face immediately turned red.

"Haha, I'm still ashamed!" looked at Xiao Zi's embarrassed appearance, and couldn't help laughing.

"Young Master......" Xiao Zi raised her head violently and muttered.

"Okay, okay, I won't laugh at you. Looking at Xiao Zi's cute expression, Ye Ming also closed his voice and looked at the utility room in a blink of an eye.

This utility room is quite large, hundreds of square meters.

Two rows of bookshelves, long covered in dust and cobwebs, contain thousands of books, separated by windows, separating the entire utility room into a small room.

Under the bookshelf there is a small desk, on which is an unknown landscape painting, and next to the painting is a stack of books and the four treasures of the study.

Behind the bookshelves are the beds. The bed is made in an east-west direction, and the wooden bed is carved with dragons and phoenixes, as well as some unknown font symbols. The clean, sun-scented futon looks like it has just been replaced. The dresser under the window was empty except for an old, yellowed bronze mirror.

An unknown sword also hangs from the wall at the head of the bed. The jade scabbard was extraordinary at a glance, but the moment Ye Ming drew the sword, the hot eyes dimmed.

The sword was three feet three inches long, about two and a half fingers wide, and the whole body was dark red, and I don't know if the sword was originally this color or rust.

There is nothing special about this sword, it is not as suffocating as the Dragon Sword, and it does not have the slightest momentum at all.

However, Ye Ming wondered, why would such a valuable scabbard be paired with such an ordinary long sword?

Maybe this is just an ordinary sword, because it is useless, so it was discarded in this utility room.

"I have no choice but to have one room, so I have to wronged you, so you can sleep in bed tonight. Ye Ming put down the long sword in his hand, turned around and said to Xiao Zi.

"It's... If I sleep in bed, where will you sleep, young master? Or young master, you sleep, otherwise how will you have the spirit to participate in the big competition tomorrow!" After listening to Ye Ming's words, how could Xiao Zi be willing? After all, he is a subordinate, although the young master does not treat himself as a subordinate.

"Taking the vine fruit in the cave, I already feel that I am on the verge of breaking through, but because of my haste, I have not made a breakthrough; Ye Ming exuded an indescribable temperament, his sharp sword eyebrows and eyes showed absolute confidence, and his serious expression showed maturity and wisdom beyond his age.

"Young Master......"

"Okay, Xiao Zi, I've been running around on the road for two or three days, I know you're tired, so let's go to sleep first. Ye Ming coaxed.

"Young master, I'm ......" Xiao Zi lowered her head, wanted to speak and stopped, her ears were red, as if she could drip blood.

"What's wrong?" Ye Ming looked at Xiao Zi strangely, with a puzzled expression.

"I... I want to take a shower......"

"Young master, it's not that Xiao Zi is hypocritical, it's just that the one is here, don't wash it, it's very dirty, it's very uncomfortable......" Xiao Zi still lowered her head, and her voice became lower and lower.

Ye Ming is a native of the earth, he has lived on the earth for more than 30 years, and some knowledge is not much stronger than the male compatriots in this Xuantian Continent......

"But on this big night, where are you going to get hot water?" Ye Ming said to himself.

With so many customers these days, the store must be very busy, and the utility room is also some distance from the kitchen, although it is not very far. But it is undoubtedly a difficult task for those who work day and night.

There was a tub in the utility room, but it was covered in dust and cobwebs, and there were some disgusting things like rat droppings, which you could tell you hadn't used in a long time.

"Taking a bath is really a huge project!" Ye Ming shook his head helplessly and muttered to himself.

It seems that it is not as simple as going to the kitchen to boil water and picking it up, if it goes well, it will take an hour or two to do anything.

"You take a break, I'll go and get some hot water boiled. Ye Ming turned around and said to Xiao Zi.

"Hmm......" Looking at Ye Ming who opened the door and walked towards the kitchen, Xiao Zi's heart swelled with infinite sweetness.

At this time, in a remote mountain forest outside the north gate of Linhe City, a middle-aged man knelt on the ground, bowed his head and bowed his head.

In front of the middle-aged man, stood a mysterious black-clothed man wearing a mask and exuding a terrifying aura all over his body.

"Master, everything has been arranged!"

"Well, remember, do it cleanly, and don't leave anything behind, or you know the consequences!"

With that, the mysterious man disappeared like the wind, as if he had never appeared here.