026: The wind is sluggish
'Those people are back!' β
Li Changyuan's heart tightened, and he suddenly stopped going downstairs, now, whether he wants to go down or not, I don't know what the other party's strength is, if the gap is too big, he doesn't even have a chance to escape. Li Changyuan pondered for a moment and decided to wait, and soon, there was a loud shout from downstairs:
"You don't know!? That man killed the brother of our sect, you are brave enough to cover up, Lao Tzu sees that you are tired of living! β
Then I heard the sound of a knife being drawn, followed by a loud clatter, which sounded like a large knife slashing on the table.
'No, the shopkeeper is in danger!' β
Li Changyuan was anxious for a while, and he couldn't care about it so much, so he immediately rushed downstairs.
Hearing a clattering footsteps downstairs behind him, the group of reckless people with big broadswords turned their heads to look. There are six people in total, and indeed, as the innkeeper said, they are all men with tigers on their backs, and they are all fierce and vicious.
However, they looked back at Li Changyuan for a while, and within a few seconds, they turned back again and shouted threateningly at the trembling innkeeper:
"What about people, hurry up and explain, where are the people hiding!"
The innkeeper's eyes shrunk from the ground, looked at these reckless people, and then looked at Li Changyuan who was standing at the staircase behind them. Li Changyuan looked at the innkeeper and nodded slightly at him.
ββ¦β¦ That's him. β
The innkeeper shrunk his neck and raised his hand to slowly point at Li Changyuan.
The six people followed the position pointed by the shopkeeper's hand, and looked back at Li Changyuan again, and after everyone was stunned for a moment, the reckless man who seemed to be the leader of the six people raised his knife and slapped it towards the innkeeper's head, and shouted angrily:
"Your horse! Pretending to be crazy and stupid, ask you where you are hiding! β
"Ahh β¦β¦β
The innkeeper slapped his head with a big knife, and his whole center of gravity was unstable, and he staggered so much that he couldn't help but raise his hand to hold on to the edge of the table and support his body.
Afraid of losing his life, the innkeeper immediately explained, and even cried slightly:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the little one is a businessman, there is really no need to lie, that is, if you don't believe it, just ask."
Li Changyuan took advantage of the fact that they were still arguing, and secretly calculated in his heart:
"Now this place, a little far from the door, in the middle of the way to pass by them, it is not so easy to run out, if there is a fight later, I will take the opportunity to change positions, as long as the strength is not good, the situation is not good, I can immediately run out......
"You guys, go! Fence it off! β
I just thought so, but unexpectedly, the leader shouted, and the group of people scattered their positions and surrounded Li Changyuan.
Six people, each less than a meter apart, all holding large knives in their hands, hissed......
'It's over, the location is besieged......
Li Changyuan's abacus immediately fell through.
"What's your name!?"
The reckless man with a scar on his right face shook the big knife in his hand and shouted at Li Changyuan. Li Changyuan was stunned for a few seconds, a smile appeared on his face, and he said falsely:
"Hehe, my name is Zhang Wenliang."
When the scar man who asked this question heard the name of 'Zhang Wenliang', his eyes were obviously rounded, and his pupils flickered slightly. Li Changyuan noticed this and found that these people knew Zhang Wenliang, perhaps, this was an opportunity.
ββ¦β¦ I didn't expect it to be Zhang Gongzi, I'm sorry, I just said it loudly, a little rude, and I asked Zhang Gongzi not to be surprised. β
The scar man immediately changed his face, bowed to Li Changyuan with his hips straightened and straightened his body, and said very politely, and his tone was no longer the ruffian and rude just now.
It seems that the other party has not seen Zhang Wenliang at all, but only heard about Zhang Wenliang's name.
Li Changyuan thought for a moment, thinking that it was just the right time to ask what happened and what they were going to do next. They were silent for a while, Li Changyuan had an elegant posture, dignified like a boy who was full of documents, and asked in a throat:
"Well, why did you make so much noise just now?"
"Uh, this ......"
Seeing that the other party didn't want to say much, Li Changyuan further enticed:
"I've been living here for a while, and if it has anything to do with it, you might as well come and hear about it, maybe I still have some clues."
Seeing that the scarred man's eyes turned, his eyes swept on the floor, his eyelids narrowed and opened, and after a moment of hesitation, he still said:
"Zhang Gongzi, let's not hide it, let's find someone here, a woman, named Ma Yuanyuan, and by the way, we have to find a man, I heard what is it called...... It's also with a round word......"
The subordinate on the side stepped forward and whispered close to the scar man:
"Big brother, that one is called Li Changyuan."
"Well, yes, there are orders from above, by the way, let's see if we can catch Li Changyuan."
Li Changyuan became a little nervous, but he pretended to be calm, did not show it on his face, just pretended to frown, and said leisurely:
"This horse is round, I have some impressions, and I have heard of it."
"Oh? Please also let Zhang Gongzi inform one or two! β
The two of them stood at the top of the stairs chattering, not far from the counter, the shopkeeper was stunned, not knowing what to do, their conversation, the shopkeeper could hear it clearly, and he felt awkward, but he didn't dare to make a sound, so he could only stand still like a dummy, staring at the dent that had just been cut out on the edge of the counter table in front of him.
Zhang Wenliang ...... Isn't that little brother's name Li Changyuan, my tenant register is all in this name......
I only dare to think about it in my heart, how dare the innkeeper make a sound, after washing the dishes in the backyard of the inn, Xiao Er, who was about to come out to carry hay to feed the horses, is still hiding at the trailhead to listen to the sound, and he doesn't dare to show half of his head.
Li Changyuan pretended to reminisce bitterly, and then his eyes lit up, and said:
"Oh, I remember, I talked to her once, and she said that she came from Nankeng City, and she didn't have much money on her, and she wanted to come here to find an opportunity, and I also introduced her to a good way to make money at that time."
The scar man wrinkled his eyelids, and the skin on his eyes and heart was wrinkled into a slit, and when he heard Li Changyuan say this, the scar man interjected:
"Alasββ, Zhang Gongzi, you have been fooled!"
Li Changyuan pretended not to know, and asked in surprise:
"What do you mean by that?"
The scar man crooked the corners of his mouth and grinned, and said angrily:
"Hey, that little girl is not only a thief, but her strength is not weak, our sect sent a disciple to Nankeng City to participate in the martial arts meeting some time ago, thinking that he would win the championship and get that spiritual weapon to add some stock to our sect's treasury.
Hey! You know what. β
Li Changyuan looked at the scar man, he was standing on the top of the steps on the first floor, his height was just the same as the scar man, Li Changyuan looked curious:
"Go on."
As soon as the scar man exerted his strength, as if venting his anger, he threw the big knife in his hand down, and the tip of the big knife was embedded in the wooden board at least two inches deep, and then, the scar man smacked his mouth, slapped it with both hands, and snapped!
And said:
"That Nizi beat the people of our sect to death! I really ate the heart of a bear and a leopard gall! β
ββ¦β¦β
Li Changyuan was slightly embarrassed, thinking to himself:
'No, I remember...... There was a person who died in the ring, or was he killed by me, and I have never heard of Ma Yuanyuan beating someone to death in the ring...... By the way, what is that person's name, it seems to be ......'
"Crazy ......"
Li Changyuan blurted out unconsciously, and when he said the first word, he was so panicked that he immediately stopped his voice. When the scar man heard the voice, he was surprised:
"Zhang Gongzi, what did you just say?"
Li Changyuan pretended to laugh:
"Hehe, it's nothing, I just want to say that a girl's family, killing people in the ring is quite arrogant."
"Yes, that's so damn arrogant!"
Li Changyuan's words changed:
"By the way, what's the name of your sect?"
"Oh, after talking for so long, I forgot to introduce myself, I am a member of the Crazy Sword Sect, and several of them are all brothers in my Crazy Sword Sect!"
Li Changyuan's brows furrowed slightly.
'Sure enough......'
This little change in expression was accidentally noticed by the scar man, but he didn't squeak and pretended not to notice Li Changyuan's wrong performance.
"Zhang Gongzi, what else do you know about Ma Yuanyuan's woman?"
"We met a few days ago, and she told me that she was leaving soon, probably the day before yesterday."
"Then, about that Li Changyuan, I don't know what Zhang Gongzi knows?"
When he asked this, the scar man's tone was a little strange, his voice became very small, and he kept staring at Li Changyuan's face. For a few seconds, Li Changyuan unconsciously felt furious in his heart.
didn't dare to hesitate more, for fear that he would not be able to control his timidity on his face, Li Changyuan immediately responded:
"Li Changyuan, I've heard of it, but I haven't seen anyone else, why, he also came to Barbarian City?"
With such a rhetorical question, the scar man is not good at testing anything.
"We don't know, but we just look for it by the way when we are looking for that Nizi, since Zhang Gongzi doesn't know either, so be it, bother, say goodbye!"
After speaking, the scar man turned around, and was about to go out before he took two steps, paused facing the innkeeper, and then slightly tilted his face towards Li Changyuan behind him.
Without saying anything, the scar man looked at the innkeeper, squinted slightly, and then gave his brother next to him a look. The six people left the inn one after another, and after a while, only Li Changyuan and the shopkeeper were left in the inn.
There was silence for a while, and Xiao Er, who didn't hear the movement, slowly walked out of the backyard trailhead.
"This young man, you, you can scare me to death."
The innkeeper looked frightened, and said to Li Changyuan tremblingly.
Li Changyuan was not in the mood to comfort the two of them, the reaction of these six people when they left just now, although they turned their backs to themselves and did not see any change in their eyes, but when they paused, they obviously sensed that Li Changyuan was wrong.
Here, they can't stay long, they will definitely come back soon!
"I'm leaving, take care of yourselves."
After Li Changyuan finished speaking, he also left the inn immediately, did not go upstairs to pack his luggage, only carried a burning stick on his back,
A sword that is wrapped in strips of cloth to look like a burning stick will be thought to be a stick when ordinary people look at it.
"You guys, how do you feel about that kid?"
The six of them left the inn, and walked a short distance out of the street in front of them, and then turned the corner into a narrow alley, and in an environment that was not in the eyes of people, the scar man and the brothers began to discuss.
One of the brothers pressed his eyebrows, his expression was solemn, and he said in a low voice:
"There's weirdness."
"Yes, big brother, I also think it's weird!"
Another brother next to him chimed in.
The scar man suppressed his voice in a deep voice:
"Now is not the time to pursue it, it is to figure out, can we investigate it, Lao Tzu suspects that the person may not be Zhang Gongzi."
"Boss, this ...... Wouldn't it be too risky. β
The scar man squinted at the brother who had just spoken worriedly, and asked:
"Are you afraid of death?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Yes, there is no one in our Crazy Sword Sect who is afraid of death, don't worry, if he is really Zhang Gongzi, I will not use my life to atone for the crime, and I will never involve our sect."
"Big brother!"
"Big Brother ......"
The scar man pursed his lips and gritted his teeth for a while, and made up his mind:
"Don't be crooked like a bitch, just decide, fuck him!"
"Listen to Big Brother!"
"Let's go!"
The six of them got up, walked out of the alley, and immediately turned back in the direction of the inn. Immediately returned to the inn, this time as aggressive as the previous two times, stepped into the threshold, saw that the shopkeeper was still in a daze at the counter, Xiao Er cleaned up the rotten tables and stools in the hall, but did not see the 'Zhang Gongzi' just now.
Walking up to the shopkeeper, the scar man stared at the innkeeper resentfully, grinding his teeth word by word:
"What about Mr. Zhang?"
"Ahh He, he, he...... She went out. β
"Where have you been?!"
"Go out, turn left, left."
The innkeeper was so frightened that he stuttered when he spoke. The scar man raised his hand and slashed the knife to the edge of the counter, and said viciously:
"Give you a chance, say, really, words!"
"It's true, it's true, what I'm really saying is true, absolutely not false!"
"If you can run the monk can't run the temple, the opportunity has been given to you, if Lao Tzu goes and doesn't find anyone, use your neck to wash Lao Tzu's knife."
"Don't dare! Can't! β
The man with the scar pulled the big knife away, tilted his head and shouted to the brother beside him:
"Let's go!"
After the six people left, on the first floor of the inn, which was already in tatters, there was an extra two-finger-deep knife mark on the outer edge of the counter of the shopkeeper.
The innkeeper wanted to cry without a trace, so he could only pray silently in his heart:
"Little brother, my lord, don't hide anymore, my life is hanging on you......"
Run?
If he can't run, this inn is his entire net worth, and if he leaves the house and runs away, the money he can bring with him will not be enough for him to live for two months. The innkeeper has no choice, this inn is his lifeline.
β¦β¦
After leaving the inn and going to the left, there was the direction of the upper village, the six of them hung their knives on their backs, and strode towards that side, and soon they were out of the village and town range of the lower village.
I didn't see anyone.
"Big brother, why do you suspect that he is not Gongzi Zhang?"
The brother stepped forward and asked as he went. The scar man muttered:
"Hmph, it is rumored that Zhang Gongzi is unparalleled in civil and military affairs, and there is a mysterious mountain behind the hidden sect, but he only has a paper fan with him, think about it, does that kid have a fan in his hand?"
ββ¦β¦ No, no. β
The scar man continued:
"Not only does he not have a fan in his hand, but he can't see the fan on his waist, although he is a little in agreement with the rumors, but think about it, why does Zhang Gongzi, who is both civil and military, carry a burning stick behind his back?"
"This ......"
The scar man insisted:
"Unless he is not Zhang Gongzi, you are an impostor, and besides, Lao Tzu deduced, he is very likely to be the Li Changyuan we are looking for by the way!"
"Big brother's analysis is awesome!"
"Shao he blows Lao Tzu, have you seen anyone all the way?"
"Nope."
"Keep walking, go fast!"
"Yes, big brother!"
When I got out of the village, I still didn't see anyone.
At this time, Li Changyuan had already arrived at the place where he practiced swords with Zhang Wenliang before, and there was a flattened stump of a low tree, which made the surrounding environment seem incompatible with the distant fields.
Before I knew it, it was autumn. β
Standing among the stumps, Li Changyuan had already taken off the sword on his back, and had already untied the strip of cloth wrapped around the scabbard and hilt. A pile of strips of cloth that fell on the tips of his feet in front of him were blown up by the early autumn wind, and they rolled up a fallen leaf and fluttered into the distance.
Seeing that the cloth belt pulled out a long strip, if Li Changyuan didn't recover it, he would have to prepare a new strip of cloth to wrap around the scabbard in the future.
Maybe you won't have to pester.
Sa β
Sa - Sa -
Rustling...... Squirting ......
In the sound of rolling and falling leaves, there were faint sounds, which appeared in Li Changyuan's ears out of place, and he knew that those people were coming. I thought about running before, running far away, just like when I fled from Nankeng City, but later, when passing here, Li Changyuan thought of the night before, and yesterday, when Zhang Wenliang accompanied him to practice swords.
'Why swing the sword?' β
"Zhang Gongzi !!"
This one, you're welcome.
You don't have to look back, just by listening to the voice, you know that it is the scar man before, and the footsteps of more than one person in the sound of squirting are moving, and the six people are here.
The daylight was hazy, and the sky was no longer the blue that could be seen at noon, and the clouds were broken in layers, obscuring the sun that was about to touch the horizon.
Looking at the end of the mountain, there is little afterglow in the eyes.
Zheng! ββ
Drawing the sword out of the sheath, raising the blade of the sword on the side of his body, holding the hilt of the sword, the blade half turned, and the afternoon sun, which should have been soft, gathered on the sword body, and refracted on the face of the scarred man who was close to Li Changyuan.
The sword light covered his right eye.
The white light was dazzling, and the scar man stopped, and at the same time stretched out his hand to stop the brother who was walking briskly beside him:
"Your Excellency is Zhang Wenliang - Zhang Gongzi!?"
Seeing that Li Changyuan was a little imposing, the scar man intuitively told himself that this person was a little dangerous. In order to confirm that in the three, Scar Man tried to ask again before he made a move.
Li Changyuan didn't move, and responded flatly:
"If you have the intention, why hesitate."
The scar man did not get a positive answer, and the conjecture in his heart was confirmed at this moment.
'This kid is not Zhang Gongzi! β
"Boy, you are Li Changyuan, right!"
"Nice brain."
The scar man gave the brothers beside him a look, and the six of them pulled out their big knives behind their backs. When he was about to do it, the scar man asked the last sentence:
"Lu Renjia, you actually killed it, right!"
"Hmm."
The big knife trembled, leaned in front of him, and the scarred man's killing intent was fully revealed, and he rushed forward and shouted:
"Lao Tzu is Lu Jue, the inner disciple of the Crazy Sword Sect, Lu Renjia is Lao Tzu's own brother, the grievances of the rivers and lakes, and the blood debt is repaid!"
'Chi Bai Sword Technique, Third Style-'
Gu Yuan raised, the blade of the sword was raised, and the sword body was against the back, instantly blocking Lu Jue's flying body and slashing, the gravity was superb, Li Changyuan was a little unbearable, and he was immediately pressed forward by the force. Stunned, he stepped forward decisively, stood firmly, leaned forward and turned sideways, holding the sword in his right hand to remove the big sword under Lu Jue's pressure.
Four or two dial a thousand pounds - tilt the center of gravity of the big sword, and use the sword body to push aside the heavy knife pressed by brute force, and go to the side!
Before Lu Jue's feet landed on the ground, Li Changyuan's superb sword skills lifted the big knife that Lu Jue pressed with all his body to the side, and in the next moment, Lu Jue fell into the air and fell towards Li Changyuan's side, and Li Changyuan flipped back, and the blade behind the big sword spun up-
Gao Yang!
Slash at the back of the neck of Lu Jue's defenseless after he fell low!
"Look at the !! of the knife"
The blade was about to disappear in an instant, and when he was about to succeed, another opponent came with a sword, and the heavy and swift broadsword slashed towards Li Changyuan's sword-wielding wrist.
A knife carries ten catties up, and with such a swift swing from them, the impact force is no less than a hundred catties!
The sword should not be touched by the sword.
Li Changyuan withdrew his horizontal sword, and then kicked at Lu Jue's waist, relayed his strength, bowed his waist and jumped back, and the horizontal slash fell to a distance, and the blade happened to pass less than an inch in front of his chest, there was no danger.
However, there is another opponent behind him.
'Murderous! β
Li Changyuan was in a hurry to land with his feet, but his toes only touched the ground, and he turned his head and swept away, and the opponent's knife was already close in front of him!