Huaiyang Town is about 500 miles away from Chang'an, this distance is not far and not close, if you walk slowly, it may take half a month, but if you are fast or the cultivator is in a hurry, it probably doesn't even take a day to complete. And because Huaiyang is located in a very good terrain in all directions, it happens to be on the post road, so although it is said to be a town, it is like a small city of considerable scale, and the flow of merchants is endless, and it is very lively, and even dozens of miles away from here, there is an army stationed here all the year round, and it will often be seen that some soldiers appear here in twos and threes to fight tooth sacrifices.

It's just that there seem to be a lot of soldiers in Huaiyang Town today, to be precise, there are more and more soldiers in Huaiyang Town in recent days, and the endless stream of merchants and peddlers in the past has already been cleared, only these soldiers are surrounded by Huaiyang Town in three layers and three layers outside, not only ordinary soldiers, but also many generals who are rarely seen in ordinary times, and I am afraid that almost everyone can't imagine that General Yao Yuanzhi, a famous general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, will appear in this town today.

General Yao's narrow Danfeng eyes narrowed slightly at this time, and a slightly square face also drooped, and he glanced at the soldiers around him who were faintly worried, and the expression on his face was rare and extremely serious, but there was a hint of helplessness.

It's just that if it's to deal with the top kendo in the world, it doesn't seem to be too serious to take it seriously.

Yao Yuanzhi rubbed his cheeks a little helplessly, walked through the blockade, and walked into the town slowly with slightly heavy steps, and he didn't know if it was the psychology of these soldiers, but he felt that this Yao general had a sense of wind and cold.

The town has long been emptied, and even those residents who have been rooted here for many years have long since seen the situation and hid, so today's town is extremely deserted, and there are almost no people.

Except for one person, who was sitting on a small wine stall on the side of the road with a big grin, drinking a jar of wine with great interest, the aroma of the wine was not very strong, Yao Yuanzhi only smelled it slightly and knew that this wine was not a good wine, and it seemed to be mixed with some water. The man drank very quickly, very happily, after all, for a shabby ghost who had been holding back for a long time and working hard to run around in the dust, such a free drink that did not cost money was really very rare, and it was really good.

After the man drank a whole jar of bad wine again, he let out a long breath of relief, reached out and wiped the remaining wine on his mouth, brushed his somewhat scattered hair, and straightened the wooden sword that was diagonally inserted at his side, and then raised his head to look at Yao Yuanzhi with a bright smile.

This person who loves wine so much and is prodigal is naturally Zhao Ying.

Yao Yuanzhi looked at this bright smile and was inexplicably in a trance, but he was a little helpless and sighed with a wry smile and said, "Senior brother, why do you have to go to this troubled water?"

If there were uninformed people in the audience who heard Yao Yuanzhi's words, they might be surprised, although everyone knew that Yao Yuanzhi's swordsmanship was superb, but it was not simple for him to call Zhao Ying a junior brother, you must know that only the personal disciples of the Sword Pavilion could shout like this. I didn't expect this famous general of the Great Zhou to come from the Sword Pavilion?

Zhao Ying's expression was a little surprised and a little abrupt, so he said with some emotion: "I didn't expect you to mix so well in Da Zhou, senior brother, that martial queen can be regarded as a bit courageous, and he really dares to use you." ”

The corners of Yao Yuanzhi's eyes jumped slightly, but he said with some bitterness: "It's not because of the junior brother, we senior brothers almost don't have the face to continue to stay in the Sword Pavilion, we can only go out and wander, but fortunately, we can barely have a place to settle down because of the appreciation of the Holy Queen." ”

Zhao Ying's expression was slightly sluggish, and he scratched his head in embarrassment before he said with some embarrassment: "Senior brother, do we have to talk like this?"

Yao Yuanzhi's expression suddenly became extremely serious, and the corners of his eyes swept imperceptibly, there was indeed not a single soldier in this town, so his complexion changed, his forehead was blue, and he grabbed Zhao Ying's neck and shouted loudly: "Zhao Ying, I X your grandmother's legs, Lao Tzu has hidden so far away, you have to go up the pole to make trouble for me, don't you, believe it or not, I drown you with a mouthful of spittle." ”

Zhao Ying rolled her eyes by Yao Yuanzhi, but she was sprayed by Yao Yuanzhi without saying a word. It wasn't until Yao Yuanzhi finally finished venting and glared at Zhao Ying fiercely again, and then gasped a few more times before he wiped the saliva off his face helplessly, and muttered in a low voice helplessly: "I don't know how many mouthfuls of spittle, anyway, senior brother, what are you eating at noon, with a smell." ”

Yao Yuan's predecessor Zhao Ying's face flushed with choking, and he almost turned his back on his breath, coughed a few times before he finally eased up, stared at Zhao Ying for a long time before he finally said a little depressed: "Listen to the advice of senior brother, take a step back, since the Holy Queen is willing to let me come forward, she also has the heart to turn around, I don't want to make too much trouble with you, why do you want to die here." ”

Zhao Ying slowly put away his casual expression, looked at Yao Yuanzhi's eyes with some seriousness, and said word by word: "I can't retreat." ”

Yao Yuanzhi saw Zhao Ying's somewhat familiar stubborn appearance, and his heart was nameless, but he forcibly suppressed it, and said with a stiff neck: "What can't be retreated, even if you don't think about yourself, you should always think about the Sword Pavilion, after all, your current identity is different, even if you say that your actions have nothing to do with the Sword Pavilion, but after all, you are the heir of the Sword Saint, who would really think so?"

Zhao Ying glanced at Yao Yuan deeply, and then said with a serious expression: "Senior brother, do you think the same too? You and I first met on the battlefield, that is, you introduced me to the Sword Pavilion, you should know very well that I, Zhao Ying, have never acted with others, only do what I want to do, Lao Li, you also know, but now I am seriously injured and dying, if I don't arrive in time, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable, how can you tell me to retreat? Could it be that if Lao Li's family is handed over like this, they can still have a way to live?"

Yao Yuanzhi was slightly in a trance, and in his impression that Zhao Ying seemed to speak so seriously, it seemed that it was rare for him to speak so seriously, so he also said helplessly: "Although I don't think so, but others won't think so, no matter what, your every move at this time represents the Sword Pavilion, otherwise you think that my Great Zhou is extremely strong and where will I really put a big sword cultivator in my eyes, even if the strongest monk is strangled by my Great Zhou's army, he will bow his head." As for Lao Li's stubble, I have also found out, it is indeed that we are a little negligent, it is someone who wants to put Lao Li to death with a personal vendetta, but now the situation in Da Zhou is complicated and difficult to move lightly, since the leader has been killed by you, my Da Zhou is already a step back if I don't hold you responsible, why are you aggressive, is it really hard to force a fish to die and the net can't be broken?"

Zhao Ying took a deep breath, didn't know what to remember, but said a little depressed: "Senior brother, you have changed..."

Yao Yuanzhi was slightly stunned, then shook his head with a self-deprecating wry smile, and said: "People will always change, who can be like you, junior brother, who never needs to care about other people's opinions, just seek their own happiness in life, but this way of living, is it really happy?"

Yao Yuanzhi paused slightly as he spoke, and then said to Zhao Ying very seriously: "Although I have indeed experienced some changes, but at this time I am willing to make an oath as a disciple of the Sword Pavilion, if you are willing to take a step back and hand over a few members of the Lao Li family, I will risk my life to protect them, as long as I live for a day, I will not let them have anything to do, how about it?

Zhao Ying looked at Yao Yuanzhi's sincere gaze, but he avoided his gaze a little, and after thinking about it, he said softly with some confusion: "I naturally can trust Senior Brother's words, but I can't believe Da Zhou at this time, since someone can attack Lao Li in a backtrack, I'm afraid there will be someone who will continue to make secret moves." Although I don't know what the situation of Da Zhou is, I can roughly guess that the more you have to protect Lao Li's family, the more you will provoke people to kill them. ”

Yao Yuanzhi was stunned, and finally sighed with a somewhat complicated expression, and smiled bitterly in a trance before continuing: "In the end, I despise you, junior brother, after all, after so many years, I still see you as the stunned young man who only cares about his enthusiasm, but I forgot that you are already the world-famous sword master." ”

Yao Yuanzhi said this, his expression was solemn, he stood up straight, and said expressionlessly: "Since this is the case, the old has passed, then from this moment on, you and I will have no friendship with each other, but enemies with opposite positions." I will also reply to your decision, and what you will face next is probably the use of force in the entire Great Zhou, are you sure you want to continue the stalemate?"

Seeing this, Zhao Ying also got up, and with a somewhat complicated expression, he bowed his head lightly at Yao Yuanzhi.

Seeing this, Yao Yuanzhi inhaled gently, a trace of extremely complex and implied anticipation flashed in his eyes, and the hands hanging by his side also opened slightly with some excitement.

Zhao Ying lowered his head slightly, avoiding Yao Yuanzhi's somewhat fiery gaze, and a strand of hair fell down on his forehead, making it impossible to see his expression.

"Hum~~~" There was an extremely restless sword roar in the void, and all the sword weapons around the town began to tremble slightly.

"Qiang~" With a crisp sword groan, a rushing sword qi rose from the center of the town, as if it was about to cross the heavens and the earth, cutting a straight crack in the middle of the entire town, and disappeared abruptly.

After a long time, Yao Yuanzhi, who was limping, slowly walked out of the town.

It's just that Yao Yuanzhi's appearance is a little miserable at this time, the original whole body armor has been split at this time, and only half of it is left hanging on his body, the most strange thing is that it is not disconnected from the left and right, but obliquely cut from the side of the body, and the whole butt is cut off a large piece, and the red on Yao Yuanzhi's buttocks can obviously explain why he limped out.