This Pingliang City barrier three Qin, control the five plains, worthy of the west out of Chang'an the first important town.

Under the dome, I saw that this city was majestic and tall, solid as gold, like a desolate beast crawling in the night.

Shen Yuan and Zhong Fu walked under the city gate, looked up, and under the torches on the city head, there was a faint figure shaking.

This clock lived up to the whisper and said: "Now that the city gate is closed, this twilight drum has already sounded, and if we encounter officers and soldiers in the night ban in the city, it will be troublesome to cure us of the sin of 'committing a night'." ”

Shen Yuan pursed his lips, a little unwilling, and paced to the foot of the city wall with Zhong Buful, and said: "Foolish brother still wants to give it a try, is it not difficult to climb to this city, the difficulty is how not to alarm these officers and soldiers on duty at night." ”

"Who are you waiting for, sneaking around in the city, I don't know what time it is!"

Before Shen Yuan finished speaking, he heard someone shouting on the city wall.

The two looked up, but saw that the four officers and soldiers in the city were already with bows and arrows, and one of them was staring at them in general dress.

Zhong Buyi and Shen Yuan made a look, and said in a low voice, "Don't act rashly,

Then he hurriedly replied: "This general, the grass people are merchants who are trading from the capital to the Western Regions, and this is my Gu De guard, and the path of Guibaodi originally wanted to rest in Pingliang City, but when he didn't want to rush here, he had already closed the city gate, and therefore missed the stay, and was discussing where to stay." ”

"Merchant?"

The general of the city did not believe it at all, "Since you are a merchant, why don't you two carry goods?"

Zhong Buyi was about to explain, when he heard the city commander shouting: "Hmph, your deeds are suspicious, I guess it's not the thief who picks flowers and steals, or the meticulous work sent by the enemy country!"

As he spoke, he heard the sound of the bowstrings tightening from the four strong bows in the city.

Zhong Buyi was secretly annoyed that this guy in the city didn't listen to people, and said to Shen Yuan: "Brother, this guy in the city is a guy who can't listen to words, cheer up, be careful that he releases arrows!"

Before the words fell, I heard the city commander shouting: "Hugh has taken these two thieves, let me shoot arrows and take them, and keep them alive!"

With an order, I saw that the four arrow shadows suddenly broke through the air!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

These four voices have just entered the ears, and the arrow is already close at hand!

Shen Yuan only drew his sword and swung it out in an instant, and then he heard the sound of four feather arrows falling to the ground.

When the general on the tower saw this, he shouted loudly, "Shoot the arrows to Lao Tzu!" Call all the brothers up and let go of the arrows! Live or die!"

Shen Yuan's face sank, and while pulling away the arrow, he said to Zhong Buful: "I'm afraid that this guy in the city has used the two of us as a stepping stone to invite merit, even if the two of us are not guilty, if they want to be caught by them, they will put a trumped-up charge on the two of us!"

Zhong Bu Bu saw that the situation was not good, but he was afraid that it would alarm more people, and when the time came, nothing would change, and it was not what the two of them were looking forward to.

Immediately grabbed Shen Yuan, and said as he retreated: "It's really not appropriate to have branches here, these soldiers are many and powerful, and they are condescending, which is not conducive to us, I'm afraid I can only return in vain tonight!"

Shen Yuan broke away his arm and asked, "Big brother, are you afraid of such a despicable person?"

Zhong Bucheng was very unhappy, and immediately refuted: "Hugh wants to talk nonsense again, you must not forget your original intention of coming to Kongtong, Gongye predecessors have not been rescued, He Youdao still does not know his whereabouts, you have offended the defenders here again, you can think about the pros and cons of this!"

Shen Yuan secretly scolded himself for being impulsive, and even if he retreated with the bell.

The soldiers on the upper floor of the city saw that the two had fled far away, and asked the general general: "My lord, do you want to chase after you?"

Unexpectedly, the general scolded him: "Chase him and a bird, these two people are clearly masters of the rivers and lakes, we are condescending and can't hurt these two people, and if we go out of the city, we are not afraid that there will be no return?"

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in my heart: "It's a pity, if these two people are captured, Lao Tzu's official position can at least be promoted to the head of Qian, if you make a point, it is not a problem to be a general, hey!"

Shen Yuan and Zhong lived up to the same way, they didn't say anything at first, obviously Zhong didn't have to vomit in his stomach.

"Big brother, Fang is my impulsive, and I almost broke something,"

Shen Yuan's tone was apologetic, and he said, "Foolish brother knows that he is wrong, so eldest brother will stop worrying about me." ”

Zhong Buyan glanced at Shen Yuan, shook his head and sighed: "Although I am your eldest brother, I can't always be by your side for the rest of my life, if I can't calm down in everything, I don't know that I will suffer a big loss!"

Shen Yuan nodded yes, his expression confused.

Suddenly a fresh breeze blew, and suddenly I smelled a burst of blood.

The two of them suddenly became alert, looked at each other, and rushed forward.

The night was dark, Shen Yuan looked up, but saw that the moon was dark and the wind was high, and it was a good day to kill people and set fires.

After a while, the two of them saw a person lying on the side of the road, and as soon as they approached, the bloody breath came to their faces!

After looking at it, Shen Yuan was shocked: "Isn't this the guy in the restaurant?"

Zhong was also shocked when he heard this, and immediately squatted down, stretched out his hand to probe his nose, only to feel that there was still a trace of extremely faint breath, and immediately said to Shen Yuan: "There is still gas!"

Maybe it was the shopkeeper who heard the voice, and opened his eyes with the last bit of strength, and when he saw Shen Yuan and the others, he suddenly smiled reassuringly.

Shen Yuan asked in a deep voice, "Who is going to kill you?" ”

But the shopkeeper shook his head slightly, and said with his last breath: "Save ...... Save...... Shopkeeper...... ......"

Before he finished a sentence, he was completely out of breath.

Zhong Bu probed the pulse in his neck, sighed, and shook his head.

Shen Yuan looked at the wound on the shopkeeper's body and said, "At this time, the sword wound will kill you with a sword, so we have to hurry back to the town." ”

Zhong did not bear to nod, and the two of them worked hard, pouring all their true qi into their feet, hoping that the worst result had not yet happened.

However, Zhong Buyi still thought that Shen Yuan was too slow, and immediately said: "I'll go first, you come quickly!"

After that, without waiting for Shen Yuan to nod, Zhong did not live up to the world's first light skill and went all out, and in the night, only an afterimage was left in an instant.

Although Shen Yuan's light skills are not as good as Zhong, they are not too slow.

After a few more moments, Zhong Bu could already be seen standing outside the door of the restaurant, motionless.

He only felt strange, and before he could get closer, he asked not far behind Zhong Buying, "Big brother, what about the shopkeeper?"

Zhong did not bear to say in a deep voice: "Come and see......"

When Shen Yuan took a closer look, he couldn't help but be shocked, he never expected that the shopkeeper and the cook in this restaurant would be in such a different place and corpse on the spot!

"Who did this?"

Shen Yuan was furious, "It's not been an hour before and after, how could this innocent person have suffered such a poisonous hand!"

Zhong Buyi was able to calm down at this moment and said, "Look at this wound." ”

Hearing this, Shen Yuan took a long breath, forced himself to calm down, squatted in front of the cook's corpse, took a closer look, and then said: "It's a sword, just like the shopkeeper, it's all sword wounds, and the murderer is a master of making swords!"

"Just imagine, what are the masters of swords in Kongtong Mountain and Pingliang City at the moment. ”

After Zhong Buhou finished speaking, he thought for a while and asked, "Can you guess the origin of this sword move from this sword wound?"

Shen Yuan shook his head and said: "There are too many sword moves that seal the throat with this sword and pierce the heart with a sword, and this person must be excellent in swordsmanship, just talking about the sword moves to kill the cook, there are dozens of them, although I know each move in my chest, but if I want to distinguish it, it is even more difficult." ”

Zhong was puzzled and asked, "Why?"

"This murderer is extremely cautious, and I can see that this person is even more thoughtful,"

Shen Yuan pondered, and said at the same time, "He seems to be deliberately hiding the clues in this sword move, this street is full of dirt roads, and you can see some faint footprints, plus from the depth of the wound and the direction of the sword, it is plausible with the sword moves I know." ”

"That's weird,"

Zhong Buyi came closer and said, "What kind of master would be an enmity with this powerless old shopkeeper?

With that, Zhong Buyi reached for the shopkeeper's money bag, and found only a few pieces of silver, and then fled into the shopkeeper's arms, and found a piece of gold cake when he landed.

Shen Yuan looked at it and said, "All this gold is there, how can it be that you want to make money?"

Suddenly, the two of them felt almost at the same time, their faces were solemn, they looked at each other face to face, and only heard Shen Yuan say: "Who is the master, you might as well come out and speak, what kind of hero is sneaky!"

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