Daizhou, which is subordinate to the Shanxi Political Envoy Division, is adjacent to the border.

Since the Wanli period, the Jin soldiers have continued to invade the south, and the fathers and villagers who have lived in this area for thousands of years have long been empty.

There are few cars and horses on the road, but in early spring, it is a bleak scene.

Yanmen Pass is a towering city between two mountains.

The city wall connected from the left and right of the castle gate, there is no end in sight, the Great Wall is entrenched on the green hills, the city tower is waving flags, and many soldiers stand at the battlements of the castle tower, gazing northward.

Liu Xingyue and Xin Tiedan dismounted to verify their identities and entered the inner city of Yanmen Pass.

The inner city is very small, with only a few wine shops and inns on both sides of the road, and it looks like a desolate border city.

"From Jingshi to here, we have been walking on the road for a few days, we are all sleepy and tired, let's rest here for the night."

After Liu Xingyue finished speaking, Xin Tiedan nodded.

"Senior sister! Out of Yanmen Pass to the north, it is the junction of Mongolia and Han, but now this desert in southern Mongolia is also occupied by the Jin people. ”

"I heard my father say that outside the Yanmen Pass all the way to the northeast to the Ningyuan line, it is the land of tigers and wolves, it seems that they all eat raw meat, and I am still a little afraid of it here."

Gao Lianlian said with some surprise.

A team of Ming soldiers walked over, and Xin Tiedan laughed:

"If you eat raw meat, you dare to eat people raw? The tartar did not have three heads and six arms, for he was afraid that he would do something. ”

The three of them stayed down and had a simple bite, and after a few days of driving, they were sleepy and tired, so they went to bed early.

In the middle of the night, a strange sound woke up Liu Xingyue, and Xin Tiedan beside him was still snoring like thunder.

Liu Xingyue was worried about the junior sister who was sleeping in the next room, picked up the sword and walked out.

The night sky was pitch black, and you could barely see your fingers, except for the faint light of the stables behind the inn, which even looked a little strange in this night.

Then there was a voice, like a terrible ghostly sound, and like a nightingale's cry.

Liu Xingyue couldn't help but feel creepy, seeing that the doors and windows of her senior sister Gao Pitian were closed, Liu Xingyue was relieved.

There was a faint figure shaking in the distance, Liu Xingyue was arrogant, jumped on the roof and chased over, but the voice was getting farther and farther away.

Liu Xingyue was afraid that she would go too far to take care of her junior sister, and Xin Tiedan who was sleeping soundly, so she had to turn back.

Liu Xingyue returned to the inn, and just landed in the courtyard, Xin Tiedan had already carried a treasure knife to protect the door of Gao Pitian's room, and looked at Liu Xingyue with some doubts.

"Where have you been?"

"There was a strange sound from a night walker just now, and I chased it for a while, but I didn't dare to chase it anymore."

Liu Xingyue walked over and gently pushed the door of the pitiful room, but it was still closed tightly, so she put down her heart and entered her room.

Xin Tiedan didn't ask anything more, threw down the treasure knife and went to bed, and after a while, he snored like thunder.

Liu Xingyue lay on the bed for a long time, but she still couldn't fall asleep for a long time, and when it was about to dawn, she fell asleep in a daze, and was soon woken up by a noisy sound.

Outside the door, a group of soldiers kicked open the doors of several tenants, and in the courtyard of the inn stood a dozen sleepy-eyed people, squatting on the ground.

Xin Tiedan protected Gao Lian and stood aside.

"Who are you, and you still have a sharp blade, last night in an inn downstairs in the city, more than a dozen people were killed, all with a single sword."

A military master, staring at Liu Xingyue viciously.

Last night, something really happened to Liu Xingyue, who was a little surprised, and didn't know who died.

"Why don't you speak?"

The military master picked up Liu Xingyue's sword and was still rummaging Liu Xingyue's baggage.

"He's my friend, don't touch his stuff anymore."

Xin Tiedan walked over and said.

"It's not your turn yet, but you're here first."

The military master suddenly picked up the scabbard of Liu Xingyue's sword and smashed it at Xin Tiedan's head.

Before the scabbard reached the top of Xin Tiedan's head, it bounced back and hit the forehead of the military master, and the blood immediately flowed.

The soldiers in the courtyard picked up their blades one after another, and they were about to slash at Xin Tiedan together, and Gao Lianlian screamed in fright behind him.

"Are you blind, take a good look for yourself."

Xin Tiedan took a golden sign from his waist and threw it to the military master who was still roaring.

The military master took the sign, looked at it, and didn't care about the bleeding on his face, knelt down and said:

"The little ones don't know that you live here, and the little ones deserve death. Just because the death of those people is unknown, the small ones are in a hurry. ”

The surrounding soldiers were also so frightened that they quickly withdrew their blades and stood staggeredly.

"Get up, who is the dead in the inn?"

A trace of uneasiness crossed Xin Tiedan's face.

"Back to my lord! Those people were all strong men in their twenties, except for the blades and silver, there was nothing else on them, and according to the innkeeper, it seemed that they were from Jingshi. ”

After the military master finished speaking, Xin Tiedan's face had changed, his eyes were full of murderous energy, and he looked at Liu Xingyue at the door.

Gao Lian was at a loss, and when he saw Xin Tiedan's expression, he hurriedly walked over and pulled Xin Tiedan's shirt and said:

"Brother Xin! Those people have been following us for several days, are these people the ones who died, why are you in a hurry? ”

When the soldiers saw Xin Tiedan's appearance, they were also a little scared, and they all retreated in a hurry.

"Those people are Jinyiwei, they should all be Brother Xin's people, does Brother Xin suspect that I killed them last night?"

Liu Xingyue couldn't help but say.

Gao Lianlian's face turned pale all of a sudden, and she stood there not knowing what to say.

"Where did you go last night? But it is said that there are night walkers coming, and you and I can't be a three-year-old child. ”

Xin Tiedan's eyes were already on fire.

"Brother Xin has been walking with us all the way, followed by more than a dozen Jinyi Wei masters, isn't he suspicious of me and mercy?

We met in Pingshui, you and Liufeng Gongzi still have Zhenzhen, and they also helped me, Liu Xingyue has already recognized you friends, but Liu Xingyue will never do anything like stealing chickens and dogs, please believe me. ”

Liu Xingyue was very excited, and her voice became louder and louder.

"Why should I believe you, you went out last night, and this morning came the news that these brothers are dead, is there such a coincidence?"

Xin Tiedan had already pulled out the treasure knife on his waist and walked over to Liu Xingyue.

Gao Lianlian's face turned pale with fright, and he rushed over and grabbed Xin Tiedan.

"Brother Xin! Senior brother is definitely not that kind of person, let's go to that inn and take a look at it will make it clearer, you don't quarrel anymore. ”

Xin Tiedan saw Gao Pian, his eyes suddenly softened, he stopped and thought about it, turned around and rushed out of the inn.

Gao Lianlian and Liu Xingyue also followed.

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It was still early in the morning, and there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets.

The three of them arrived at the inn downstairs of the city, where the soldiers were already dragging the dead brocade guards to the carriage.

Liu Xingyue saw that everyone was hit by a sword in the throat, these Jinyi Wei masters should have been killed by a sword in their sleep, even if they fell asleep, they killed so many people at once, and the swordsmanship of the murderer was almost to an incredible realm.

Xin Tiedan had a gloomy face, standing there staring at him, he thought of Master Kong's death, which was also killed with a sword.

"My lord! There was also blood on the way to the gate. ”

The military master walked over and said carefully.

"Prepare a horse for me, and I'll go out and chase down to have a look."

Xin Tiedan yelled.

The soldier next to him hurriedly led a horse over and handed the reins to Xin Tiedan.

Seeing Xin Tiedan rushing out of the north gate of Yanmen Pass like crazy, Liu Xingyue hurriedly took Gao Lian's hand and ran towards the inn.

"Senior brother! What are we going to do. ”

"Go back to the inn first to get the horses and luggage, we can't let Brother Xin go alone."

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Liu Xingyue and Gao Lianlian walked out of Yanmen Pass and ran down the mountain road to the north, and they didn't catch up with Xin Tiedan for a whole day.

The mountains on both sides of the road are steep, and at night they look even more desolate.

The two of them hadn't eaten anything for a day, and seeing that they were tired on horseback and couldn't sit still, Liu Xingyue had to find a leeward foot to rest.

At night in the mountains, it is still cold, and from time to time there is the roar of fierce beasts, which is very frightening in this desolate wilderness.

Pity was shivering from the cold, Liu Xingyue hurriedly went to pick up some pine branches, lit a fire, and it was much warmer at once.

"I'll go fetch some pheasants and rabbits and roast them for you."

Liu Xingyue had just walked away, Gao Lian was fiddling with the pine branches in the fire, thinking that Xin Tiedan was missing, and the person was bored again, and in a daze, the sound of horses' hooves came from below the hillside, and suddenly a four-horse horse-drawn iron cart rushed towards him.

Gao Lianlian knew that something was wrong, and was about to get up and run away, when a black shadow had already flown out of the car.

In the firelight, a red-haired old man had a hideous face, and grabbed himself with his empty hand, Gao Lianlian hurriedly retreated, but the red-haired old man didn't catch it, and jumped directly into the air, and from top to bottom, ten fingers of both hands shrouded Gao Lian's figure.

Gao Lian knew that this red-haired old man was the old black water monster he had seen once in Jinan Mansion, and he was horrified.

Suo Wuchang's left hand was like a hook, and he was about to grab Gao Lian's arm, and then threw it directly into the iron cart, when suddenly a strong force attacked from behind, and he hurriedly withdrew his left hand to attack the attacker.

It was Liu Xingyue who came back.

The two faced each other more than ten times in mid-air, Liu Xingyue couldn't stand Suo Impermanence's attack, and couldn't help falling backwards, stabilizing his body and doing a defensive position.

"In Jinan Mansion, you also helped Yang Kunlun that wild girl, now I will let you know that I know how powerful the old man is. Who are you from Ouyang Xiong, you have such achievements at such a young age. ”

The old monster of the black water, Suo Wuchang, slapped a palm and asked.

"The family teacher is only the next apprentice, since you know the family teacher, and you still do these things of roosters and dogs, you are really in vain as a senior."

Suo Wuchang was furious, his palms came out, and Liu Xingyue became more and more passive.

Gao Lianlian, who had already run away, saw that his senior brother was attacked by Suo Wuchang and had almost no power to fight back, so at this time, he also waved his sword and attacked the back of the old monster Suo Wuchang in the black water.

As soon as the sword of mercy was pierced, a sword suddenly stretched out and rested on the tip of the sword.

A man in gray stood there, still masked, with only a pair of grim eyes leaking out.

"You also go to Guanwai, and be the companion of Yang Kunlun's eldest lady."

The man in gray had already shaken away the sword in his hand, and the man flew up and was thrown into the iron cart a few feet away.

Seeing that her junior sister was thrown into the iron car by the gray-clothed man later, Liu Xingyue couldn't help but be in a mess, and she could no longer resist the impermanence of the old monster of the black water.

It just happened that Suo Wuchang hit another palm at this time, Liu Xingyue's right hand sword returned a sword, and his left palm went to catch Suo Impermanence's internal force, bang, Liu Xingyue's body shook, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the person fell to the cliff like a kite with a broken string.

Gao Pian in the car was so anxious that he cried when he saw that his senior brother fell to the bottom of the cliff after being hit by Suo Wuchang's palm.

Pity wanted to climb out, but she couldn't move, only to know that the man in gray had already clicked her acupoint at the same time as throwing her.