In the inn, Ye Feng did not notice Xie Zhenliang's abnormality, but asked Jiao Ke, the "Mountain Splitting Axe", "What is Gongzi Ji busy with now?"

Jiao Ke replied a little indifferently: "This epidemic has caused Tianyi Lou's business in Xi'an City to suffer heavy losses, and Gongzi is busy counting the losses and arranging the future. ”

Ye Feng nodded and said, "Yes, the epidemic is rampant, and Tianyi Lou has so many businesses in Xi'an City, and the loss of not being able to open the door is indeed very large." ”

Jiao Ke said: "The loss of money is secondary, and Gongzi didn't take it to heart. He was worried that sixty percent of the brothers in the Heavenly Providence Building had fallen ill, and there were not a few who died of illness. ”

Ye Feng nodded and sighed in his heart.

Yes, Tianyi Lou has been able to develop for so many years, rich in the world, proud of the rivers and lakes, even the imperial court can not help but give three points to it, and the business that spreads all over the world depends on the dedication of these talents.

For Ji Wushuang, the loss of money can still be compensated, but the loss of an experienced talent, which is an elite that cannot be cultivated in several years, is the real pain in his heart.

Jiao Ke said to Ye Feng at this time: "If Ye Gongzi has no other instructions here, the little one will go back to Gongzi's side first." ”

Ye Feng hurriedly got up to send him off.

A real master like Jiao Ke is willing to be an entourage by Ji Wushuang's side, no matter what kind of grievances and entanglements he has with Ji Wushuang, Ji Wushuang's ability to control people is really admirable.

But Ye Feng didn't dare to slack off here, the etiquette was still thoughtful, and he would never look down on him because he was a casual person by Ji Wushuang's side.

Jiao Ke is gone.

Tang Da looked at the direction where his back disappeared, and after a while, he asked a little strangely: "What do you think of this person Ji Gongzi?"

Ye Feng was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Tang to ask such a question at this time.

He thought for a moment before he replied: "He is young and promising, he controls such a huge family business, he is not only rich in the world, but also knowledgeable, well-informed, and the most rare thing is that he has no shelf, is approachable, and is really a rare good friend." ”

Tang Da laughed when he heard this, and suddenly said a little cluelessly: "Yes, he is really a rare good friend." But it was this good friend who found out the daughter of Lei Wei who had been hiding for twenty years without much effort, and easily defeated the menacing Jiangnan Ming family's master, this strength is really amazing. ”

Immediately afterwards, he dragged us to Lingbao City to see the excitement, and inadvertently waded into the troubled waters of the Junzi Sword Family. When the matter over there was resolved, there was a sudden plague in Xi'an City. This rare good friend doesn't seem to bring much good luck!"

There seemed to be other meanings in his words, but there was a feeling of wanting to say and stopping, which made Ye Feng a little confused when he heard it, and he didn't understand what he wanted to say.

Tang Da glanced at Ye Feng, sighed faintly, and said: "When I am not there, you must be more careful, now there is not only this epidemic in Xi'an City, I am afraid there are some hidden dangers, remember to be careful." ”

Ye Fengyi frowned and asked, "What, are you leaving?"

Tang Da nodded and said: "This epidemic, presumably the rudder loss of my Shuzhong Tang Sect in Xi'an City must not be small, I will go to investigate, arrange to deal with it, and I will come back soon." ”

Ye Feng nodded.

Xi'an City is an important town before entering Shu through Shu Road, presumably the Tang Gate in Shu must have arranged a lot of manpower here, this epidemic down, I really don't know how much it has lost?

It is reasonable that Tang Da is anxious to investigate.

Seeing that Tang Da was about to leave, Lord Zhao Zongru, the prefect of Xi'an, who had been sitting on the side, also got up and said goodbye: "As soon as the morning dawns, the lower officials will immediately send people into the city to obey Ye Gongzi's dispatch. If Ye Gongzi has nothing to do at this time, the lower official wants to go back to the mansion first and see his family. ”

Ye Feng couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this: "Why, Lord Zhao's family is still in the city and hasn't been evacuated?"

Zhao Zongru sighed and said: "Because of the seriousness of the epidemic, in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, in desperation, the lower official ordered the closure of the city. As the family members of the lower officials, they have been living in the city, of course, there is also the risk of contracting the epidemic, in order to prevent the spread, they are naturally also in the blockade, and there is no reason why the family members of the lower officials can leave. ”

Ye Feng looked at Lord Zhao, and couldn't help but feel a little awe-inspiring in his heart.

The prefect in front of him, Zhao Zongru, is dedicated to the public and has no selfishness, which is really admirable.

This reminded him of another prefect he knew before, Zhou Ziran, the prefect of Lanzhou.

When Lord Zhou was besieging the city with iron cavalry, for the sake of the people in the city, he resolutely went out of the city with Ye Feng and went to the military camp to meet Song Hu, the little marquis of Xining, and finally suffered from severe poison and almost lost his life.

It is really a blessing for the people to have such a good official who is selfless and forgets his life and forgets his death.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng couldn't help but ask, "I don't know if Lord Zhao knows his old friend?"

Zhao Zongru asked, "Who is it?"

Ye Feng said: "Lord Zhou, the prefect of Lanzhou. ”

When Zhao Zongru heard this, the expression on his face changed, and he replied: "Xia Guanren is far away from this Lord Zhou, and I have no chance to see him, but I have heard of him. For his misfortune, but also deeply regretted. ”

Regret?

Ye Feng was puzzled when he heard this, and asked, "What does Lord Zhao mean by this?"

Zhao Zongru looked strange and asked rhetorically: "Ye Gongzi really doesn't know, Lord Zhou has already disappeared!"

Missing?

Ye Feng's face changed greatly, and he asked, "What's going on?"

Zhao Zongru sighed and said: "The details of the situation are not very clear, but I heard that one night more than half a year ago, Lord Zhou suddenly disappeared in his own mansion in Lanzhou City, and nothing was found at the scene except for some bloodstains left behind. ”

"The government searched for a long time, but found nothing, so the case had to be closed as missing. I heard that this Lord Zhou is honest and honest, of course, it can't be anything like absconding for fear of crime, it must have been an enemy or some kind of killer, so he couldn't be killed. What a pity!"

Ye Feng couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this.

More than half a year ago, wasn't it the time for them to leave Lanzhou and go to the desert to find the ancient city of Loulan?

In this way, as soon as they left, something happened to Lord Zhou?

Could it be that Lord Zhou's accident is related to Ye Feng and his party?

Thinking of that Zhou Ziran, although he looked fat with big ears and a fat brain, and usually pretended to be crazy and stupid, he looked like a gamer, but in fact, he was a lay disciple of the Shaolin Ning Ran Reform Master.

He has one of the seventy-two stunts of Shaolin eighteen-style "congenital Arhat boxing", once one punch abolished the cold-blooded thirteen kills in the merchant, to talk about martial arts, there are not too many people in the world who can beat him, and therefore he was selected by the master to be one of the "five hearts of the Buddha".

His identity is so secret, his martial arts are so strong, who can assassinate him so easily?

Ye Feng only felt a burst of shock.

Recalling the scene when Zhou Ziran said goodbye to them when he left Lanzhou City, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.

old friend

It's gone, and it's a remembrance.

Tang Da and Lord Zhao both left, and when they learned the bad news of Lord Zhou, Ye Feng was in a bad mood, and after a few hasty greetings with everyone, he returned to his room.

He pushed open the window and stood in front of it, letting the chilly night breeze blow in and scrape on his face.

In retrospect, my wish was actually very simple, just to find out the secret hidden by the dragon pattern on my back.

However, this journey has been extremely difficult.

The friends I knew around me disappeared one after another.

Shaolin Lifan Master, Lichen Master, Tang Yu, Tang Qiu, Zhou Daren and so on, some of them were to protect him, and some of them passed away one after another for other reasons.

Perhaps, if he continues to explore, maybe there will be more good friends he has lost in the future, and the price he has paid will be even greater.

Ye Feng vaguely felt that behind this whole thing, there was an invisible black hand, no, not just a black hand, but several forces, competing in secret, fighting with each other.

So, do you want to keep pursuing?

But Ye Feng has a sense of arrogance in his heart, and he has arrogance all over his body, but he is unwilling to admit defeat.

The more difficult it became, the more he wanted to figure out what was going on with this mysterious dragon pattern on his body.

Why is this dragon pattern on his body exactly the same as the patterns in the ancient secret caves of Huashan, as well as in the ancient city of Loulan, and those strange scrolls?

What is the relationship between myself and all this?

He will definitely continue to pursue it, and he must find out the truth of all this.

Looking up at the window, Xi'an City, which was once extremely prosperous, should have been a city full of lights, but at the moment it was almost pitch black, revealing a sense of loneliness.

In any case, the first thing to do is to address the epidemic at hand.

This is not only for his next step to explore the tomb of Emperor Qin, but also for the hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Xi'an City.

Be sure to find that Blue Po of the Five Poison Sect!

However, even an organization with vast powers like the Heavenly Providence Building couldn't find the slightest news about Lan Pozi's whereabouts, so after dawn, where should I start to find out?

Ye Feng felt a kind of confusion in his heart, as if he had fallen into a dense fog where he couldn't see his fingers, and he had no direction at all.

He lowered his head and pondered, the cold wind blowing in from the window made him feel cold, and his face ached.

Suddenly, he had a strange feeling, as if in the darkness outside, a pair of eyes were watching him.

He looked up and looked around.

In the darkness of the night, there was nothing.

Not to mention people, not even a single bird, the entire city of Xi'an seemed to fall into a dead silence and became a dead city.

Maybe he was too sensitive, and after hearing the bad news of Lord Zhou, he had a delusion?

Ye Feng shook his head and closed the window.

He needed a good rest, and as soon as it was dawn, there was a lot of work to do.

He didn't notice that a black shadow was lurking in the dark shadow of a roof not far away, staring at him.

As he closed the window, the shadow turned, unfolded, and left.

When the shadow swept up, its arms spread out, and the black cloak under its ribs spread, it looked like a bat soaring in the night sky.

A giant black bat!