Lingnan area is mountainous, many poor and remote, the interval between the city and town is often relatively large, Xiao Xiao and Yi Xiaoxiao are not fast, plus the path is not familiar, near the evening to arrive at the nearest town, said that the town is actually just a slightly larger market, built near the mountain, from a distance, it is easy to take in the view. But take a closer look, although the sparrow is small, all kinds of organs are complete, all kinds of buildings are not lacking, the town is surrounded by earthen walls, two sides of the mountain, leaving the east and south gates. The two walked along the road towards the south gate of the town. At this time, Yi Xiaoxiao's dumb hole was cleared, she patted Xiao Xiao's shoulder vigorously, and said arrogantly: "We can be regarded as sharing hardships, now we are tired and hungry, I will invite you to drink wine and eat meat when you go to town." ”

Xiao Xiao swallowed his saliva and said, "That little brother can thank the girl." ”

Yi Xiao waved his hand in a dashing manner and said: "We are people in the rivers and lakes, the four seas are our home, and we are good friends and good brothers when we meet, hahahaha." The laugh that I thought was domineering was as crisp as a wind chime. As he spoke, he was about to speed up his pace and walk forward, but he saw Xiao Xiao suddenly frowning and stopping to look at the passers-by who entered the city and groaned.

In the evening, most of the people who enter the town are small town residents, and the number of people is sparse, and they walk into the town at slow or slow pace, looking for their own way home.

Yi Xiaoxiao was hungry, and when she saw him stop, she couldn't help urging: "Why don't you leave quickly?" ”

"Look at this flow of people, do you notice anything unusual?" Xiao Xiao said.

"What's wrong?" Yi Xiaoxiao frowned at the passers-by who entered the town, looked at him for a long time, shook her head and said, "It's normal, there are no martial arts masters in the hidden world." ”

Xiao Xiao said: "I don't mean this, you see, the flow of people in this town is only in, not out." ”

Yi Xiaoxiao said: "What's strange about that, the villagers who rushed to the market may have already returned home?" ”

Xiao Xiao said: "You said that I also thought about it, but if you look carefully in the sky, there is no cooking smoke in the sky over this town, and it is dinner time." ”

Yi Xiaoxiao disagreed, and said: "I said that you have so many strange thoughts at a young age, maybe people have already made dinner." ”

Is it such a coincidence? Xiao Xiao was a little uneasy, but comforted himself because he had been frightened recently, and the grass and trees were all soldiers. Shaking his head vigorously, as if to shake all his anxiety away, he said, "Go, go into town!" You said you had a treat! ”

The bluestone paved streets are dry and clean, and the shops and residences are orderly. As the sun sets, the hustle and bustle is already asleep.

At first, you could occasionally see one or two people on the street, but after turning a few streets to look for a wine store and restaurant, you found that there was not a single pedestrian on the left and right.

The eerie silence was eerie, and the night was approaching, but the town was as quiet as a child who had gone to bed early, with the doors of the shops on the side of the road closed, and the seats of the stalls on the street were still there, but there were no living people. Xiao Yi and the others tried to see if they could meet the passers-by who had entered the city together, but found that these people had disappeared into thin air as if they had evaporated.

Yi Xiaoxiao was extremely frightened, and followed Xiao Xiao closely, Xiao Xiao's face was also extremely ugly, and he shouted loudly: "Is there anyone?" Please answer. ”

No one answered, and there was even an echo in the empty streets, could anyone else?

"Anyone?" Xiao Xiao couldn't help but shout again. Silence, deathly silence. Xiao Xiao went to photograph the doors of shops and residences, and called several in a row, but still no one answered.

"If you don't open the door again, you'll kick!" Xiao Xiao said depressedly.

Xiao Xiao was ruthless, kicked open a shop with his feet, and smelled a medicinal fragrance when he entered the door, but it was a pharmacy. By the afterglow of the setting sun, seeing that the medicine shelves, goods, chairs and stools inside were neatly organized, the two of them went to the inner room, behind the lobby was a small courtyard, from the bedroom to the kitchen, even the thatched house was found, empty. Back in the lobby, Xiao Xiao found a splint bandage to fix the broken bone of his arm. Yi Xiaoxiao was slightly yellow and found some gold sore medicine and painkillers for him to take.

"I'm afraid that the other houses in this town are also like this pharmacy, and they are already empty." Xiao Xiao broke out in a cold sweat and said in a trembling voice.

"What the hell is going on?" Yi Xiaoxiao's frightened white and tender face was faintly blue. Xiao Xiao shook his head and said he didn't know, he said: "It's about to fall at night, the gentleman doesn't stand under the wall, let's camp outside the town." ”

Yi Xiaoxiao looked at her stomach sadly, and her stomach rumbled cooperatively, indicating that she was extremely hungry. Xiao Xiao smiled dumbly and said, "There is a wine shop next door, let's go find something to eat." ”

Saying that, she took the lead and walked out of the pharmacy, Yi Xiaoxiao hurriedly followed, looked left and right, and looked back from time to time, for fear that some ghost would suddenly appear and catch herself. Without paying attention, he bumped into Xiao Xiao, who suddenly stopped, and his nose hurt.

I saw that after Xiao Xiao pushed open the wooden door of the wine shop, he stood at the door and frowned and thought, and did not go in. Yi Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and said, "Why don't you go in, it hurts so much." ”

"I smell a very strange smell." Xiao Xiao touched her nose and asked her, "Did you smell it?" ”

Yi Xiaoxiao sniffed when she heard the words and said, "What smell?" Alcohol? Ah, no, there was a strange smell, a disgusting smell like rancid food, and there was one at the pharmacy just now, but the smell of medicine there was so fragrant that it masked most of the smell. ”

"That's right. Your nose is smarter than a puppy! Xiao Xiao praised.

"Your nose is smarter than a puppy!" Yi Xiaoxiao was slightly coquettish and said, "What's wrong with this smell?" ”

"You think, it's not just the two of us who just entered the town together, but why everyone else has disappeared from the world, and the two of us are fine, it must be that we are different from them."

"What's the difference? Because we are the people of the rivers and lakes? Yi Xiaoxiao asked.

"Yes. But not entirely. Xiao Xiao said, "We are different from them, we are wandering people, and they are locals." We don't have a place to live here, and they do. ”

"So. They all went home, they just went into the house, and then they disappeared. And we're on the street all the time, so we're okay? Yi Xiaoxiao also reacted, but shook her head and said, "We also entered the pharmacy just now." ”

"The smell inspired me." Xiao Xiao pulled her away from the liquor store and said, "The smell of medicine in the pharmacy is very strong, and the strange smell is very light, if you are not naturally sensitive to the smell or are very careful, you will not notice it, but here it is very strong, I guess other houses are also full of this strange smell like the liquor store." ”

The two randomly picked two houses to open the door to confirm it, and sure enough, it was the same as guessing. Neither dared to enter the house. Xiao Xiao said: "We are lucky, there may be something in the pharmacy that can compete with the strange smell, so we are fine." ”

"And where are the people in the pharmacy?" Yi Xiaoxiao said. Xiao Xiao shook his head: "I don't know." ”

"Say, are all the people in the town dead?" Yi Xiaoxiao asked boldly.

"It's hard to say. This place unnerved me from the very beginning. Xiao Xiao said, "I have been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and every time death is about to come, I will feel panicked. ”

Yi Xiaoxiao thought to herself, you are so young, you are talking as if you have experienced life and death many times.

"Let's not say much, it's going to be night soon, the lights are dark, and I don't know what dangerous things are hidden, so let's get out of here first." Xiao Xiao grabbed her and left. Yi Xiaoxiao followed him obediently, and her little hands were no longer dirty when they were grabbed by him.

"Ah~ woo woo woo" suddenly came a woman's screams and cries, which seemed abrupt and sharp in the strange and quiet environment. Yi Xiaoxiao was so frightened that she hugged Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao was also frightened enough, he pinched a cold sweat in his palm, but his face became more and more calm, he made a silent gesture, signaling her not to make a sound. Taking advantage of the fact that the sky was getting darker, the two of them quietly touched the place where the sound came from.

The residual heat of the evening breeze has not dissipated, and at the gate of the town, more than ten fires are in the hands of more than a dozen men in black clothes, which are so conspicuous in the dark and moonless night. These men were embroidered with dragon heads on their chests, and their faces were covered by wide cloaks, and their faces were cold, and they respectfully surrounded the three of them, one of them was pale and thin; A dark-skinned man with an honest face like an old farmer in the field, and a handsome young man, with eyes full of lewdness, looked at the young woman who was lying to the ground and weeping with a corpse.

The corpse of the young woman was a middle-aged man with a slight fat, covered in blood, with a large bowl in his chest and abdomen, and a human heart that had stopped beating on the ground beside him. The "old peasant's" right hand was covered with blood, and the middle-aged man seemed to have been killed by him.

Black Dragon Society! Xiao Xiao was secretly frightened, this is a terrorist organization that can stop children from crying at night. Killing people and selling goods, bullying men and women, abducting and selling people, and operating pornography and gambling can be described as all evil. From time to time, it has changed again, and in the name of various disaster relief and poverty alleviation, eliminating evil and promoting good, it has entered and exited safely in the palaces of various sects in the government and the rivers and lakes. It's just that its power is too huge, whether it is financial and material resources, the martial arts masters and talents it recruits, and the intertwined background relationships, it makes the imperial court and the Jianghu sect jealous.

The "old farmer" is the hall master Lao Yizuo in the Black Dragon Society's Qianzhong Bixi Branch, the thin middle-aged man is the deputy hall master Fu Meng, and the handsome young man is the deputy hall master Lao Qinglin. And Lao Yizuo is Lao Qinglin's second uncle, only to hear Lao Qinglin say: "Second uncle, the shopkeeper Tong has worked hard for many years without merit, although he didn't report it this time, and he still wanted to escape, but he didn't sin to death." ”

Lao Yizuo said lightly: "This person has fled and has already rebelled. You have imprisoned his wife for sexual pleasure in the past few years, and he has learned a few days ago, and under the crazy revenge, I am afraid that it will be a lot of trouble. ”

The crying young woman was almost dizzy when she heard this, it turned out that her mother had been missing for many years, and she was not dead, but was imprisoned by the gangsters and suffered humiliation.

Lao Qinglin said embarrassedly: "Second uncle, if you have tasted the taste of this shopkeeper lady, I am afraid that you will also be fascinated." ”

Lao Yizuo snorted coldly, and raised his palm to beat the young woman to death. Lao Qinglin hurriedly stopped him and said, "Second uncle, don't be busy, you leave him to the child to deal with." As he spoke, he stepped forward and knocked the woman down, brushed away the young woman's long hair, looked at the stunning face that captivated the city and the country, and swallowed his saliva fiercely. Lao Yizuo shook his head and said, "It's not a good guy." ”

"This is also a punishment for not reporting the knowledge of the shopkeeper." Hearing this, Fu Meng interjected and said, "Since this morning, the news from the main hall has been cut off from the town, and we have even sent several people to investigate, but they have all been lost in the sea and there is no news. Fortunately, the hall master was decisive and led a team to come, and he caught the shopkeeper Tong fleeing with his daughter. ”

"There's no way, the matter here is related to you and me, so I have to be nervous." Lao Yizuo said, and ordered his subordinates: "You go and find out what happened, you are all the elites of our hall, you must pay attention to safety and cherish your life." ”

The men in black scattered in response to the call and searched in all directions of the town. Lao Qinglin picked up the young woman on the ground, and smiled lewdly at Lao and Fu: "I'll go find a place to put out the fire first, are the second uncle and Mr. Fu interested together?" Seeing Lao Yizuo's cold face, Fu Meng kept shaking his head, and then he left with a long smile.

Here, Xiao Yi and the others, who were spying on it, saw that a team of men in black was coming towards this side, and hurriedly retreated, Xiao Xiao whispered, "Let's hide in the pharmacy." ”

Yi Xiaoxiao didn't do it, and said: "We who practice martial arts, we should be chivalrous and righteous, hoe the strong and help the weak, seeing that girl is about to be harmed by thieves, how can we not draw our swords to help?" Saying this, he looked at Xiao Xiao expectantly.

Xiao Xiao actually saw the tragedy of the young woman, and he had already thought of what happened to him in his childhood, so he nodded and said: "The enemy is strong and I am weak, and the enemy is outnumbered, so it is useless to hit a stone with an egg." Let's protect ourselves first, and then we can figure it out. ”

The night was dark, enveloping the town, and there was no light in the town except for the torches in the hands of the men in black who patrolled. Xiao Yi and the others hid back in the pharmacy and did not dare to light the lights. Xiao Xiao thought for a while and said to Yi Xiaoxiao: "This is a pharmacy, you go and see if there is any poison, it is best to be colorless and tasteless." ”

When Yi Xiaoxiao heard this, she blew the fire and rummaged through the medicine cabinet, but she really found a packet of poison-like medicine. Xiao Xiao was overjoyed and said, "I saw a well in the courtyard of the backyard of the pharmacy, and we poured the medicine into it." Seeing Yi Xiaoxiao's puzzled face, he said: "There must be something strange in the other houses here, they may find this side, if they find that this medicine shop is different, it is more likely to be stationed here, these people drink water, hehe!" ”

As soon as the two of them were arranged, they suddenly heard a sound of footsteps, and the door of the pharmacy was opened. The two hurriedly hid. The lights are lit, and it is the Black Dragon Society's work. They walked straight and didn't search for houses, as if this was the original destination. A man in black is even more familiar with the way to the backyard to fetch water and make tea. Lao Yizuo sat down in the lobby, and Fu Menggong sat on one side. After a while, several pairs of people in charge of the investigation returned one after another.

"Hall Master, the town has become a dead town, men, women, old and young, and even poultry and livestock, none of them are alive." The person who reported was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, but he was very calm and capable, and his name was Shen Feng.

"Why?" Lao also asked. I thought to myself, could it be the escape of the dead soldiers who were secretly trained here by my church?

"Because it was getting late, I didn't have time to investigate in detail." Shen Feng said, but he also guessed Lao Yizuo's concerns, saying, "After preliminary investigation, the bones of the dead town residents are gone, and only some clothes and cloth remain. It depends on the situation, and it is not the work of man. ”

Lao Yizuo was a little surprised, and said, "Do you think it was a beast? ”

"It's not like that! There are no signs of a fight here. Shen Feng said, "If it was done by a fierce beast, the movement would not be so small, and the residents of the town should have been attacked and killed in an instant, and it would be too late to warn." ”

"What do you think?" Lao also asked for the advice of his subordinates.

"It's not a beast, it's a ghost?" An older man in black guessed.

"Nonsense!" Fu Meng shouted, "Where are the ghosts in this world!" ”

As soon as Fu Meng's words fell, a faint hissing laughter sounded in his ears, Fu Meng looked at his subordinates angrily and said, "Which one is laughing?" ”

The laughter stopped abruptly, and all the men in black looked at each other, all silent. Fu Meng's suspicious eyes swept over their faces, and with his skills, he didn't catch the source of the laughter. He habitually directed his gaze to Lao Yizuo.

"Did you hear the sound just now?" Yi Xiaoxiao asked Xiao Xiao quietly.

Xiao Xiao nodded, made a silent motion, and motioned for her not to make a sound.

Lao Yizuo lived up to expectations, with a cold snort, moving like lightning, the figure was flickering, and he had lifted Xiao Yi and the two of them one by one and threw them in front of everyone, and then sat down, as if he was not the one who had just made a move.

"Who are you, and why are you snooping here?" Fu scolded. Not only him, but everyone present subconsciously believed that it was these two people who laughed.

Xiao Xiao only smiled bitterly, he didn't care who was laughing, he was thinking about how to save his life from the hands of this group of murderous demons. He said: "We are passing travelers, and we have stayed here for the night, and when we saw the heroes suddenly breaking in, we did not dare to come out to meet us. ”

Lao Yizuo nodded and looked at Shen Feng. Shen Feng intended, pulled out the knife from its sheath, and slashed at Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao closed his eyes - he only had time to close his eyes, the sword wind came from the surface, and secretly said that my life is over.

There was another hissing laughter, coming from all directions, as if in the ears and as if in the sky. Shen Feng's blade was fixed on the top of Xiao Xiao's head, looking left and right, and seeing that everyone was at a loss, he couldn't help but be a little stunned. Xiao Xiao opened his eyes and found that Xiang Shang's head was alive, and he couldn't help but fall to the ground. Yi Xiaoxiao hurriedly went over to block in front of him, glared at Shen Feng angrily, and her determined expression showed that she had no fear at the moment, if she wanted to die, she would also die with great dignity and dignity, which was what her father often said.

"Who is the master, please come out and teach." Lao Yizuo shouted in all directions.

The laughter stopped. After a while, Shen Feng remembered his task and raised his knife to look at Xiao Yi and the others.

Xiao Xiao pushed Yi Xiaoxiao and said, "You get out of the way." ”

Yi Xiaoxiao shook her little head vigorously, and said with a firm look in her eyes: "We people in the rivers and lakes stick a knife in the ribs for our friends, and we will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire." If he wants to kill you, he must kill me first. ”

Xiao Xiao said in his heart, I am a little called Hua, am I also your friend?

The white sword light cut through the night wind, but it did not fall on Xiao Yi and the others. There was a pop of flesh and blood, and Shen Feng's long knife fell to the ground with a clatter. He looked horrified at his right palm, which had been pierced by the dagger.

Dazzling fireworks burst into the dark night sky, revealing their magnificence. Under the fireworks, Li Tan's long shirt and sword floated in, and he lowered his body to help Xiao Yi and the others. Yi Xiaoxiao was overjoyed and said, "Senior Brother Li! ”

Li Tan smiled, his eyes were as deep as stars, and he bowed his hand to Lao Yizuo and the others: "If you visit rashly late at night, I hope that the friends of the Black Dragon Society will forgive me." I just don't know, what did my little junior sister of the Xiaoxiang Sword Sect offend about, and I actually taught you a lesson? His attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and his chic charm made Xiao Xiao jealous. But the thought of saving people's lives because of this made me extremely struggling in my heart.

Lao Yizuo recognized that the fireworks just now were the usual method used by the Xiaoxiang Sword Sect to transmit signals, and he couldn't help but be secretly anxious, not knowing whether he was intentionally tracking or unintentionally bumping into it. There was a loyal smile on his face, and he said: "It turned out to be one of the ten swords of Xiaoxiang, the water-splitting sword Li Tan Shaoxia, who has been admired for a long time, this is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!" I thought these two were thieves! ”

Li Tan smiled and said, "That must be a misunderstanding!" How can our master's daughter be a thief! Since it is a misunderstanding, the reason for it is to be determined by the Master. We will leave this and go to join the brothers and sisters who have arrived, and I hope that we will forgive me for the disturbance. "The implication is, don't think that you are outnumbered, my men and horses are on the way, I don't want to worry about you now, and I will talk about it later.

Lao Yizuo's face was pale, and he understood very clearly. The Xiaoxiang Sword Sect is a behemoth in the martial arts of the Southern Sect, and if it is a feud over this, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble. I want to kill it now, and I am afraid of it, when he suffers from gains and losses. Uninvited guests came unexpectedly.