In the room, the candle flame flickered, and a hint of cold air hit from time to time.

Li Haotian got up and closed the window, and the sound of the rain ticking became much quieter in an instant.

Xu Fan had already determined that the man had not come to the inn in the afternoon, and he thought that he should be from the City Lord's Mansion.

It's just that what he may not know is that the woman who connected with him has turned into a pinch of loess.

In the afternoon, the City Lord's Mansion sent an invitation to invite Li Haotian and Nian Shuiyin to the banquet, and it is said that they were also accompanied by the Floating Cloud Sword Sect Brothers.

However, Xu Fan, a disciple, seems to have been forgotten by everyone, and there are only Li Haotian and Nian Shuiyin's names on the invitation. Nian Shuiyin asked, only to learn that this banquet was set up by Luo Qiushui himself, to reward all the people who went to Bishan Town.

Li Haotian has a firm attitude, he will go to the City Lord's Mansion early tomorrow morning to meet, and he will never delay the big event, and he will stay in the inn today to accompany Xu Fan.

has been neglected since childhood, and Xu Fan doesn't care very much. After Nian Shuiyin left, there were only two people left in the room, him and Li Haotian.

His expression was solemn, the light in his eyes faded and faded, and finally he decided to explain part of the truth to Li Haotian.

When Li Haotian listened to Xu Fan's narration, he was taken aback and fell into deep thought.

"What you mean is that one of those two is a disciple of the Witch Cult, and the other is a member of the City Lord's Mansion."

Xu Fan nodded, if it was in person, he would definitely be able to recognize the other party, but the problem was that he was not qualified to go to the City Lord's Mansion today.

"The Poison King in their mouth should be those dead soldiers who have cultivated with Hades Flowers, and the Poison King may be slightly easier to deal with."

Li Haotian rubbed his chin, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

"In short, you have to be careful in everything, pay attention to your food, and pay attention to the people around you."

Li Haotian nodded, after all, it is not a fight between the rivers and lakes, it involves the battle between the two armies, although personal force also has a certain role, but it is not a key factor.

What's more, things are far more complicated than they imagined, at this time, they don't know who is the shadow, Xu Fan doesn't know who else can be trusted except Li Haotian.

Then the two talked about something else, and then went to sleep.

It's just that during the entire conversation, neither Xu Fan nor Li Haotian mentioned Nian Shuiyin.

Early the next morning, Li Haotian said goodbye to Xu Fan and said, "You can recuperate here with peace of mind, Xiaofan, don't worry about us." ”

Xu Fan said in a deep voice: "Protect yourself, wait for you to go home together in triumph." ”

"Well, go home!"

The palms of the two teenagers were clenched together, and their eyes were firm, as if there was brilliance.

After Li Haotian left, Xu Fan thought about it for a while and walked to the City Lord's Mansion alone.

Although he did not go to the war, he would eventually have to give him a ride.

Another reason is that Nian Shuiyin didn't return all night yesterday, although Xu Fan's face was as usual, he had some worries in his heart.

After walking to the City Lord's Mansion, I learned through the guards that it turned out that the Floating Cloud Sword Sect and the City Defense Army had gathered in the school field.

Soon, he came to the school field, and in order to hide people's eyes, Xu Fan deliberately found a wooden stick as a crutch.

When I entered the school grounds, there were already many people around.

Xu Fan heard that for this time the city defense army and the Floating Cloud Sword Sect drove the Northern Barbarians together, they celebrated each other.

After all, if the Northern Barbarians attack and disturb the action a little bigger, it is inevitable that they will not invade Qingshan City.

In the eyes of the people, those people in the Northern Barbarians are sneaky all day long, dealing with snakes, insects, rats and ants. Living in poor mountains and bad waters, not thinking about progress, and engaging in crooked ways all day long, he is by no means a good person.

Because he was wearing the costume of the Floating Cloud Sword Sect, the surrounding people made way for him one after another.

Xu Fan walked to the front and saw that the entire school field was divided into three teams.

The city defense army is headed by Zhang Biao.

The Floating Cloud Sword Sect is led by Su He.

There is another team that is the most special, that is, the dozens of iron horsemen who followed the young man in white that Xu Fan saw that day.

Xu Fan's gaze shifted to the school platform, and he was stunned to find that everyone was actually respecting the young man in white.

The middle-aged man standing behind him who looked seventy or eighty percent similar to Han Feng was probably the city lord of Qingshan City.

The young man stood at the top, his eyes calm, the oath meeting just now was over.

Suddenly, she glanced at Xu Fan below.

Luo Qiushui's brows furrowed slightly, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and the long sword in his hand pointed at Xu Fan from afar.

"Are you a disciple of the Floating Cloud Sword Sect?"

Xu Fan was helpless, he came this time mainly to worry about Nian Shuiyin, and then he had an extra eye to see if he could find the man yesterday.

Yesterday I glanced around, but I realized that he was not here.

However, his action happened to fall in Luo Qiushui's eyes, as a disciple of the Floating Cloud Sword Sect, if he didn't participate in the war, his eyes wandered, how could he be so greedy for life and afraid of death?

In front of everyone's eyes, Xu Fan walked to the side of the Floating Cloud Sword Sect on the school grounds with a wooden stick.

Xu Fan was just about to speak, but he saw the two of them take a step out at the same time, and it turned out to be Su He and Li Haotian.

Li Haotian was in a hurry for a while, and he didn't care about proportion, but after seeing that Su He in front of him also stood up, he handed Xu Fan a reassuring look and didn't move.

Su He held the long sword in his hand, clasped his fists and saluted: "Lord of the county, this son is indeed a bad man." Not long ago, when he and another disciple of mine were chasing and killing the flower thief Sang Chong, he was injured by a thief, but fortunately, the city lord loved him and allowed him to recuperate in the city. ”

Hearing this, Luo Qiushui raised her eyebrows, when she looked at the roster, there were Xu Fan and Nian Shuiyin's names among the people who didn't go to the Floating Cloud Sword Sect.

Those who have good deeds have said, Xu Fan secretly admired his senior sister, and regardless of the danger, he blocked a knife for his senior sister, and it was passed on as a good story.

Unexpectedly, Luo Qiushui has followed his father since he was a child, and the first thing in his heart is the righteousness of his family and country. In her opinion, the love of children must be heroic and short-lived.

As a man, you must dare to be the first and make contributions. You and me, life and death, and other things, are only done by memorials.

So when he heard about it, he casually asked: How is the cultivation of the disciples of the Floating Cloud Sword Sect?

When he got the other party's mediocre qualifications, he was extremely disgusted in his heart.

After listening to Su He's explanation, the disdain in Luo Qiushui's eyes flashed, and he stopped speaking.

In her opinion, it is completely unnecessary to waste tongue on a waste person.

After Su He finished speaking, he lowered his voice and asked, "Xiaofan, what are you doing here?" ”

What is the look of everyone present, Xu Fan has a full view, since entering the sect, except for Li Haotian, because he was born with a unique pulse and his qualifications are not good, only Nian Shuiyin is the closest to him among many senior brothers, even Su He cares more about Haotian, and his apprentice is dispensable. A trace of inexplicable loss flashed in his heart, but he still said respectfully with a smile: "Master, I have nothing to do, come and see off my brothers." ”

Su He scolded angrily on the spot: "Nonsense, hurry back to the inn and rest." ”

Xu Fan lowered his head, a trace of sadness flashed in his heart, but he still raised his head, bowed down and replied: "What the master taught is that the disciple Meng Lang has learned." ”

He saw that Li Haotian's left hand holding the long sword was bruised, shook his head imperceptibly, and motioned to him with his eyes: Forget it, and then turned around and left here.

When he left, he clearly saw Senior Sister Nian Shuiyin and Han Feng, the second son of the city lord, standing in the distance.

Although she had an anxious look on her face, she never took a step forward, and Xu Fan smiled bitterly in her heart.

Looking at the direction of Nian Shuiyin, the corners of his mouth rose, revealing a slight smile.

Then he walked back silently on crutches, and the people on both sides took the initiative to separate a path for him.

obviously looks like a hero's treatment, but for some reason Xu Fan's figure looks very lonely.

Luo Qiushui looked at Xu Fan's back, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, how could he have a familiar feeling?

Immediately threw this thought out of her mind, how could she associate this young man with the young man who had saved her outside the city the day before.

At the beginning, Xu Fan had his hair covered his face, his eyes were red, his face was distorted, and he was not wearing the clothes of the Floating Cloud Sword Sect.

Now he is neatly dressed and has a delicate face, which is very different from what Luo Qiushui saw at the beginning.

When Nian Shuiyin returned to the inn, it was already noon, she knocked on Xu Fan's door and walked in, her voice was concerned: "Little junior brother, are you okay?" ”

Seeing his senior sister coming back, Xu Fan's heart warmed, shook his head, and chuckled: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine." ”

But he never mentioned the matter of standing in the distance when he saw Nian Shuiyin stunned.

Seeing that Xu Fan had nothing to do, Nian Shuiyin opened his mouth and said, "Little junior brother, I came this time to ask you to go to the City Lord's Mansion with me. ”

Xu Fan looked puzzled and asked, "The inn is good, what are you going to do in the City Lord's Mansion?" ”

He had a bad feeling in his heart, which was forced in the bottom of his heart, but a trace of anxiety, dazedness, and helplessness flashed in the depths of those eyes.

Nian Shuiyin sat down and said softly: "It was the proposal of the second prince, he said that you are injured, and now you are at war with the Northern Barbarians." He feared that there would be a Hokumanchu Hosaku in the city to our detriment. ”

Xu Fan opened his mouth and choked: "The City Lord's Mansion is very safe, isn't there any detail?" ”

Hearing that this little junior brother's tone was not good, Nian Shui Yin replied as a matter of course: "If you say where Qingshan City is the safest, it must be the City Lord's Mansion." ”

Xu Fan thought of the man he saw yesterday, and sighed in his heart.

Looking at the confident look on my senior sister's face, I somehow felt an inexplicable pain in my heart, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, senior sister." ”

Nian Shuiyin was stunned for a moment, his face changed, and he forced a smile: "You are my junior brother, how can I blame you?" ”

Then he persuaded again: "Xiao Fan, pack your bags and follow me to the City Lord's Mansion." When the time comes, we will be together again, and we will always receive news from the sect. ”

Xu Fan's heart moved slightly, thinking of the days when he and Nian Shuiyin practiced swords with each other in the past and accompanied each other day and night, his heart warmed, his tone softened, and he said in a low voice: "Can we be together again?" ”

Seeing Xu Fan agree, Nian Shuiyin smiled and said, "Yes, Brother Han will also take care of you at that time." ”

At that time, Brother Han will also take care of you......

In a word, Xu Fan's heart was like an ice cellar in an instant, and his face seemed to have lost his blood, was that faint worry finally coming true?

Suddenly, he felt his hands and feet go limp, staggered, grabbed his hands wildly, and finally managed to stand firm on the table.

A heart that sank to the bottom.

Nian Shuiyin saw that he had already agreed, but suddenly his face turned pale, and he hurriedly pressed his shoulder, and said with concern: "Little junior brother, what's wrong with you, is the old injury recurring?" ”

Xu Fan felt bitter in his heart, he didn't know what to feel, he just wanted to wrap himself in the quilt.

He wanted to escape, he wanted to escape to a place where no one knew him.

In the end, his lips moved slightly, and he said to Nian Shuiyin: "Senior sister, I won't go to the City Lord's Mansion, my old injury seems to have recurred." Before leaving, Haotian grabbed a month's worth of medicine for me, and also explained that Xiao Er would boil the medicine for me on time, you don't have to worry. It's you, stay in the city lord's mansion and don't come out, when we fly pigeons and pass the book. ”

Nian Shuiyin wanted to persuade again, seeing the firmness on Xu Fan's face, knowing that Xu Fan's temperament was good, she didn't say anything after all, went down to check the sufficiency of medicinal materials in the stove room, and after getting Xiao Er's repeated assurances, she said goodbye to Xu Fan and left here.

Xu Fan stood at the door, quietly watching Nian Shuiyin gradually go away in a sedan chair sent by the City Lord's Mansion.

For a moment, he felt as if he had lost something.