Jinyang City is located at the junction of Bazhou and Xuanzhou, due to the favorable geographical location, there are many merchants here, and there are all kinds of businessmen from all over the world.

In terms of its size, it can rank among the top 10 in the entire mirror country.

Looking at the huge city wall in front of him, Zhou Xingyu couldn't help but feel a little distracted, if there was a war, he really couldn't think of how powerful an army it would take to break through the unparalleled defense of the city wall in front of him.

This city wall is 100 meters high, dozens of thick, and the whole body is made of hard bluestone, and from a distance, he can even see the frames coming and going on the city wall.

Despite this, after several years of study, Zhou Xingyu still knew that Jinyang City had been breached more than once in history, and you can imagine how fierce it was at that time.

Countless pedestrians came and went at the city gate, most of them were dressed in brocade and fur, and occasionally there were people dressed in sackcloth, with happy smiles on their faces, ruddy faces, and a prosperous scene.

It seems that although the drought in Xuanzhou has caused hundreds of people to be homeless and unable to make a living, it has not had the slightest impact on the residents of Jinyang City.

"Let's go! Let's go into town! Patting Zhou Xingyu on the shoulder, Wang Ye walked towards the city gate in the distance first.

After a short period of distraction, Zhou Xingyu also followed Wang Ye in front.

"Ergou, let's go!"

The three of them went straight to the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate saw them from a long distance, and when they saw the ragged two dogs behind them, one of the soldiers instinctively wanted to step forward to stop them.

The city lord's mansion had issued an order before, not allowing the homeless to enter, the second dog was wearing a pair of broken shoes, and the linen clothes he was wearing did not know how many times they were broken, and they were all scars that were sewn and mended, and some places had not even been sewn up, and they were homeless people at a glance.

"What are you doing?"

But before he could take two steps, he was stopped by another older soldier on the side.

"Of course it's a stop! Brother Xu, that person is a homeless person at first glance! ”

The young soldier said as a matter of course.

"Do you see it before you do it, see? The sign in front of the person who is the leader can only be worn by the disciples of the true lineage of the Xuanmen, and people can move their fingers to make us die without a place to be buried. The young soldier looked in the direction of the older soldier's finger, and sure enough, he spotted the mark on the other's body.

He was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat, and thanked him in his mouth: "Thank you brother just now, otherwise I wouldn't have known that I would have caused a murder." ”

Although Xuanmen has a good reputation, it is a gangster after all, which means that sometimes, they act without the slightest fear, and they can do anything if they are really anxious.

They are just ordinary gatekeepers in Jinyang City, and they naturally don't need to worry about the ordinary Xuanmen gang, but this kind of high-level is not something they can afford to provoke.

Jinyang City is located at the junction of Xuanzhou and Bazhou, and is naturally influenced by Xuanmen.

Of course, because of this trivial matter, the other party cannot ask for his own life, but it is inevitable to suffer a little.

"Okay, don't be so impulsive next time, the tricks are bright, there is nothing to bully and bully the homeless and ordinary people, after all, within the rules, as long as it is not excessive, there is nothing. But for this kind of character who wanders outside the rules, we still pretend not to see it. ”

After the old soldier finished speaking, he didn't care about the young soldier on the side, if it weren't for the fact that the other party had a little relationship with him, and the two sides looked down and didn't look up, he wouldn't have been kind enough to remind him.

Everything that needs to be said has already been said, and if he still does something wrong, he can't be blamed.

Ergou, who followed behind Wang Ye and Zhou Xingyu, was originally full of apprehension, after all, he was a person who had been a bandit for a day, so he naturally instigated these errands, but he didn't expect the other party to even look at him.

After confirming that there was no danger, he relieved himself and followed closely behind the two.

After the three of them entered the city, they quickly found an inn.

"Are the three guest officers sharpening or staying in the hotel?"

Seeing the three of them walk in, the attentive Xiao Er on the side hurriedly greeted him, although the second dog was not dressed very well, but Wang Ye and Zhou Xingyu's clothes were not ordinary.

Wang Ye was wearing a bright yellow satin dress, with a round jade pendant around his waist, and a famous inscription folding fan in his hand, which was worth a lot of money at a glance.

Zhou Xingyu was wearing a lilac gown, and his hair was tied high with a ribbon.

In addition, both of them are successful people who have practiced martial arts, so they naturally have a temperament that should not be underestimated.

Wang Ye handed the horse to Xiao Er and said, "First arrange three upper rooms for us, equip it with hot water, and our horses, and take care of it for us during this time." Well, this is your reward. ”

Wang Ye casually threw a dime of broken silver, Xiao Er took it with both hands, estimated that there were two or three taels, and suddenly smiled.

"Don't worry, the little one will take care of the two horses."

After speaking, he turned his head to the inn and shouted, "There are three Tianzi guest rooms!" ”

As for the second dog on the side, he ignored it.

Following Xiao Er to the room, Zhou Xingyu looked at the surrounding layout.

This is a fifty-odd room, not too big, in addition to the bedroom, there is a small living room, in the center of the living room is a set of mahogany tables and chairs, the floor is spread with the best animal wool blankets from Xizhou.

"Guest officer, if you have something to order, the little one will go to other things first."

"Okay, go get busy!"

Seeing that Zhou Xingyu had no other instructions, Xiao Er quickly left the house and locked the door.

After Zhou Xingyu locked the door, he took off the heavy sword on his back, and suddenly felt relaxed.

He went to the compartment between the living room and the bedroom, and after taking a comfortable shower, his figure disappeared into the room in a flash.

"During this time, I have accumulated a lot of medicinal materials, so I just took advantage of my free time to refine them."

With this thought in his heart, he came to the hut and divided the medicinal herbs into ten parts according to the amount of the pill.

After making sure that there were no mistakes, he came to the side of the Dan furnace.

The Dan furnace in front of him was still used by Li Qingtai before, and it was green all over, and he didn't know what material it was made of.

On this outing, thinking that he would have to delay outside for a while, he simply brought out everything that could be used.

He sat cross-legged on the futon, gently shook the night bell, and after his body reached the best state, he began to refine the Yellow Bud Pill.

Because he had successfully refined it several times, Zhou Xingyu's steps were extremely proficient, and he soon succeeded in making the first Huang Ya Dan.

"I didn't expect to succeed the first time, and I refined three, keep up the good work!"

Thinking in his heart, Zhou Xingyu only made slight adjustments and started refining for the second time.

…… Time passes.

When the last refining was completed, there were already eight porcelain vases piled up in front of him.

Each porcelain vase contains at least three pills.

"Today's state is surprisingly good, why don't you take this opportunity to cultivate first?" With such a thought in his heart, Zhou Xingyu's heart was moved, and just as he was about to make a move, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Zhou Shaoxia, is Zhou Shaoxia here?"

Hearing the voice in his ears, Zhou Xingyu's body fluctuated and appeared in the room.

"Ergou, what are you doing?"

Looking at the man outside the door who had changed his clothes into brand new linen clothes, Zhou Xingyu asked puzzledly.

After checking into the inn, Zhou Xingyu specially told Xiao Er to let the other party take Ergou to change the clothes on his body, not that he was reluctant to pay for Ergou to change into satin clothes, but in this case, he had to cause trouble for him, so in the end, he just bought a linen dress for Ergou.

"Zhou Shaoxia, that's right, Wang Shaoxia has already prepared wine and food in the private room on the second floor, and he asked me to call you over. And thank you for the clothes you bought me. ”

Zhou Xingyu shook his head and said, "You're welcome, these are trivial things, let's go!" ”

With that, the two walked towards the private room one after the other.

Walking to the door, Zhou Xingyu was about to push the door in, when he suddenly heard a burst of talk downstairs, and couldn't help but stop.

"Have you heard? The son of the Li family in the south of the city was found dead yesterday. ”

"What's going on? Lao Wang, you are the most well-informed among us, please tell me quickly. ”

"Yes, yes, Lao Wang will tell everyone about it."

"Don't worry, I'll tell you about it, but this wine money?"

"I'm going to have this meal! Don't bother with it. ”

"Okay. Since everyone is so sincere, then my Lao Wang will not be playing the right place, you know Li Laosan outside the city, right? ”

"Li Laosan? The one who hit the shift? ”

"Not bad! That's him! He was on duty outside the city as usual last night, when it was already three watches, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and he wanted to go to the side of the road to relieve himself because he had a few more sips during the day. Who knew that his trouser belt was taken off, and he was about to relieve himself, when suddenly a smell of blood came, he raised the lamp and looked, and a miserable corpse appeared in front of him, which immediately scared him to pee, and later alarmed the official master in the yamen, and after confirmation, he knew that he was the son of the Li family in the south of the city. ”

"What is there to be afraid of the corpse, how many people will not die in the river outside the city."

"What do you know, this corpse is different, when Li Gongzi was found, his heart was taken out, and it is said that his internal organs flowed all over the ground."

“……”

Ergou on the side obviously heard the conversation downstairs, and he couldn't help but say: "What kind of person is so perverted, killing someone and abusing the corpse!" ”

Zhou Xingyu didn't react much.

After all, he had already seen this kind of tragedy.

"Let's go inside!"

After speaking, Zhou Xingyu pushed open the door, and the two walked straight in.

What catches your eye is a long table filled with dozens of dishes of various colors.

At this time, Wang Ye was looking down and gnawing on the pig's trotters on the plate, and when he heard the footsteps, he said without raising his head: "Here, you guys should eat it too!" ”

He and Zhou Xingyu are both martial artists, and their food consumption is much larger than that of normal people, and the meals on this table seem to be a lot, but in fact, it is only enough for the two of them to eat.

As for the second dog on the side, he had already begun to swallow saliva.

Since the beginning of the great drought, he had not eaten a full meal for a long time, let alone such a hearty dish with plenty of oil and water.

"Eat it too! Not enough to order later. ”

Zhou Xingyu said, sat on the side and ate, only from the cultivation of the Void Breaking Sword Technique, he finally understood why Li Tong had to eat so much food at every meal, it was really too expensive to practice martial arts.

If you don't eat a little more, your body can't keep up with the consumption at all, and you can only keep burning fat and even muscle in your body in the end.