Yang Qianhuan said slowly: "After this period of reflection, I finally understand the difference between myself and Xu Qi'an. ”

"Where's the difference?"

Zhong Li is like a qualified commendator.

Yang Qianhuan didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Senior Sister Zhong, do you remember when Xu Qi'an was loved by the people?"

Zhong Li tilted his head, his hair fell, revealing a pair of bright eyes, and his voice was soft: "Jingcha even cracked a big case?"

At that time, Zhong Li was "suppressed" at the bottom of the building as a little pitiful, and he didn't know Xu Qi'an, but he slowly understood Xu Qi'an's past.

"No, although he was in the limelight during the Jingcha period, his reputation was only spread in the officialdom, and the people in the market heard of it a little, but he was far from being loved. ”

Yang Qianhuan's voice was low, and he said eloquently:

What really made the people of the capital remember him was the Buddhist Fighting Law and the trip to Yunzhou, and later the vegetable market beheaded the Guogong with a knife, and his reputation reached its peak. But these are good, the legend of Yuyang Pass in the follow-up, and the feat of killing the king. In fact, the nature is the same. ”

After a pause, he said in a tone that uncovered the truth behind the fog:

Because he kept setting up an image of "for the country and the people" for himself, the people naturally loved him, and he killed Yuan Jing and beheaded the king. If I kill Yongxing, I will be a traitor. ”

Zhong Li was very moved when he heard this, and Senior Brother Yang finally understood.

Yang Qianhuan continued: "Therefore, I want to start working for the well-being of the people, so that the people of the whole capital will be grateful to me. ”

"Then what is Senior Brother Yang going to do?" Zhong Li said softly.

"I plan to open a few shops in the capital to help the people of the capital for free. Over time, I will be able to surpass Xu Qi'an and become a big hero in the eyes of the people of the capital. Yang Qianhuan said loudly.

"Senior Brother Yang is really amazing, he came up with such a good way. Zhong Li was happy for him.

With the recognition and praise of Senior Sister Zhong, Yang Qianhuan left with great ambition.

..........

The cold wind howled, and the grass undulated.

In the distance, there were thick dark clouds solidified in the sky, and with the rapid wind, the group walked on the barren mountain path, and Mu Nanyu on horseback wrapped the fox fur tightly.

She frowned, turned her head to Xu Qi'an and said, "I'm a little cold." ”

This year's winter is exceptionally cold, and not long after the beginning of winter, the eaves have already been frosted.

Xu Qi'an nodded, his palm was attached to the little mare's abdomen, and the qi was continuously injected. He is now able to refine and refine qi and produce a lot of qi machines, which is equivalent to the eight-rank qi cultivation realm.

The little mare felt the heat from her master, neighed happily, turned her head, and rubbed Xu Qi'an's face.

"The surname is Xu!"

Mu Nan Yan gritted her teeth angrily, is she not as good as a horse?

"It's a good experience for you to be cold. If you walk the rivers and lakes too leisurely, you will lose your fun. ”

That being said, Xu Qi'an still held her little hand and crossed the air machine.

Li Lingsu saw the interaction between the two in his eyes, and said in his heart, Mrs. is not beautiful enough, so Xu Qian, a bad old man, dislikes it so much.

Thinking of his group of confidants, all of whom are outstanding beauties, the Holy Son inevitably has a sense of superiority, and at the same time guesses whether Xu Qian is not good at beauty, or is he not good at dealing with women?

Otherwise, with his identity cultivation, what kind of beauty can't be obtained?

However, although Mrs. Xu is mediocre, she is extremely attractive, and the more she gets along, the more she feels that she is different from ordinary women. This is probably the reason why Xu Qian married her........"

Li Lingsu thought secretly.

After a few weeks of air circulation, Mu Nanyu was warm, and even lazy sleepy, she forced herself to cheer up, put the little fox on the back of the horse, and then took out the "Dafeng Geographical Chronicles" from her bag, looked through it a few times, and her face suddenly changed slightly.

She swallowed her saliva quietly and said in a low voice: "The book says that Xiangzhou has two major characteristics: water ghosts and corpses. ”

The boundary where they are located is Xiangzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Zhangzhou.

When the little white fox heard this, he shrank his head in fear, and like Mu Nanyu, he stammered without interest:

"What, what? a lot of water ghosts......."

Xu Qi'an said angrily: "You are a demon, afraid of water ghosts?"

The little white fox was half stunned and whispered, "I, I'm afraid of ghosts." ”

Li Lingsu said: "There are many water systems in Xiangzhou, the river network is dotted and criss-crossed, and countless people drown every year, and it is normal for there to be many water ghosts. As for driving out corpses, it's a long story. ”

Seeing the two of them looking over, Li Lingsu explained:

"According to legend, about 180 years ago, a strange person suddenly appeared in Xiangxi, and his method of controlling corpses reached the peak, and he beat the invincible opponents in Xiangzhou with thirteen iron corpses. He founded a sect in Xiangzhou.

"Inherited to this day, many Jianghu forces in Xiangzhou have more or less a few methods of controlling corpses. Among them, the most powerful is the Chai family, whose main business is to drive away corpses and send the dead back to their hometown.

"But as long as the corpse taken over by the Chai family will not rot and stink. ”

Xu Qi'an led the little mare and asked, "Is this the method of the Witch God Sect to control the corpse, or is it the method of the corpse Gu Department?"

Li Lingsu smiled:

"The means of the corpse Gu department. That strange man was born in Xiangzhou, when he was young, his whole family was killed by the enemy, he didn't die for some reason, he was sold to southern Xinjiang by the enemy as a slave, and learned a good way to control the corpse in the Gu tribe.

After consciously cultivating for Dacheng, he escaped from southern Xinjiang, returned to Xiangzhou to take revenge, and opened a sect, this person is called Chai Siming, the ancestor of the Chai family. However, his method of controlling corpses is flawed, and he can only cultivate to the five-grade realm.

"Later, the Chai family developed martial arts, and the clansmen were usually martial arts and Gu double cultivators. The head of the contemporary Chai family is only the fifth grade, but there have been several fourth-grade heads in the history of the Chai family. ”

Xu Qi'an was surprised: "Have you traveled to Xiangzhou before?"

"Nope. ”

"And how do you know these things?"

"Because one of my confidantes happens to be the Chai family. Li Lingsu showed a smile of a winner in life.

If you are not careful, you will be given another chance to pretend to be forced......... Xu Qi'an complained in his heart, he nodded, and his tone was calm:

"I will be able to arrive in Xiangzhou City tomorrow, just to visit the Chai family. ”

Li Lingsu's face changed slightly, and he quietly covered his waist.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, the dark clouds were pressing, and seeing that the heavy rain was about to pour down, the group quickened up and walked for half an hour.

"There's a ruined temple there. ”

The little white fox happily echoed: "There is a broken temple." ”

The broken temple is on the side of the road, and when I got closer, I found that it was a mountain temple, the area was quite large, and I thought that there was a time when I had a beautiful scenery.

The temple door was rotten and half-open, as if it would fall down at the touch of a push.

Xu Qi'an helped Mu Nanyu to dismount, and the three of them entered the temple with one horse, and crossed the threshold, the courtyard was full of dead branches and leaves, exuding a faint smell of rot.

The statue of the mountain god enshrined in the temple was toppled down, full of cracks, and entwined with spider silk, Xu Qi'an glanced at it, and visually observed that the temple had been abandoned for at least ten years.

There are several places of soot in the temple, which seem to have been left behind by the people who used to rest here after the bonfire.

"Ahh

Mu Nanyu suddenly snorted, pointed to the corner of the south wall, and stammered: "Coffin, coffin ........"

On the south side of the wall, there was an ebony coffin, dull in color, which seemed to be some years old.

The deserted and ruined temple, the old coffin, and the approaching dusk, the dark clouds cover the roof, the wind is howling, and it is strange to seep people.

Mu Nanyu was timid, and he was suddenly afraid.

Bai Ji, who is obviously a fox demon, seems to have been affected, and took the initiative to crawl into Mu Nanyu's arms, and the two female creatures hugged together to keep warm.

Xu Qi'an glanced at the coffin, then withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Lingsu: "Go outside and pick up some firewood, and you will be in the temple tonight." ”

Li Lingsu went out for a while, and the rain began to fall, miserable and bitter.

Xu Qi'an took out two robes from the storage bag and put them on the ground, so that Mu Nanyu could sit, and after waiting for a while, Li Lingsu returned with a large bundle of firewood.

The portion is generous.

A bonfire was quickly lit in the temple to drive away the cold, and Xu Qi'an set up a pot and cooked a pot of meat soup.

After a while, the rich aroma of meat wafted away, and Mu Nanyu was not afraid, holding a porcelain bowl and enjoying the soup.

The little white fox also has a bowl and licks happily.

At this time, Xu Qi'an's ears moved, and he heard hurried footsteps.

At the entrance of the temple, two figures hurriedly ran in, two men and one woman, one of whom was wearing a Confucian shirt and a crown, carrying a bookcase, and seemed to be a scholar.

Another man with a long knife at his waist and hips, wearing a black power suit, looks like a person who practices martial arts.

As for the women, they have a good face, wear neat short hair, and their long hair is tied up like a man, but the shoulders and neck are not embellished, but they look more and more slender and thin.

"It smells so good!"

The young man with a long knife on his waist entered the temple and stared at the iron pot with his eyes.

The scholar bowed his hand and said: "The two brothers, the mountain road is difficult to find, and when it comes to cold rain, I don't know if it can be convenient." ”

Li Lingsu smiled and said, "It's self-sufficient." ”

The two men and a woman immediately stepped aside and sat down not far from the coffin.

Because of the rain, the wet man in the black suit took off his saber, looked at the old coffin in the corner, and wondered:

"There is actually a coffin in the temple, just right, chop it and burn it as firewood. ”

The young scholar's face changed slightly, "I can't help it, Brother Wang, this is unlucky, the dead are the greatest, don't disturb others." ”

When Mu Nanyu heard this, his little hands shook and he shouted: "That's it, what kind of coffin are you cutting down and dying." ”

It was already completely dark, the rain was crackling, and in the barren mountains and ruined temples, the bonfires were swaying by the cold wind that was swept into the temple, and the figures were twisted into misshapen silhouettes on the walls.

The young man in the black suit frowned and said, "What do you have to do with it!"

He turned to his companion and muttered, "It's not certain if there are dead people in the coffin." ”

Then the beautiful woman said:

"Whether there are dead or not, it is unlucky. Brother Wang, we who practice martial arts are vigorous and not afraid of the cold. It's just that Brother Lu, you ........."

The scholar hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way." ”

The woman shook her head, got up and walked in front of Xu Qi'an and the others, hugged her fists and said, "Two brothers, can you let us come over together to roast the fire?"

"Sit down!"

Xu Qi'an maintained a cold posture under Mu Nanyi's slanted gaze, and did not let himself show a warm male smile.

So the three of them sat down by the campfire, and Xu Qi'an noticed that they were staring directly at the iron pot and the meat soup inside.

"If you don't mind, use the bowl we've drunk. ”

Xu Qi'an didn't expose himself in front of them that he had a storage artifact.

"Thank you, thank you. ”

The readers were overjoyed and made a lot of mistakes.

The man in the black suit, who was not very good-tempered, softened a little when he heard this.

The beautiful woman took a big sip of broth, wiped her lips with her sleeve, and said, "The little woman Feng Xiu is a disciple of the Plum Blossom Sword Sect. ”

She looked at the man in the black suit and introduced, "His name is Wang Jun, a disciple of the Songyun Sect, and our two masters have been friends for generations. This Brother Lu is a friend we met by chance in the mountains. ”

The scholar took over the topic and said: "In Xia Luwei, the people of Qingshan County, the new monarch ascended the throne, and he will open Enke next year, so he plans to study abroad and go to the capital." ”

The crown prince ascended the throne........ Xu Qi'an was stunned.

For Daebong, this is a good thing.

The only advantage of Yuanjing's cultivation is that there are not many heirs, otherwise the prince will only make the situation more chaotic and worse.

Li Lingsu said: "The two of you are traveling together in the rivers and lakes?"

Feng Xiu's gaze stayed on his face for a moment, and he said softly: "We are responding to the call of Aunt Chai to come to Xiangzhou to participate in the Demon Slaying Conference. ”