In the Long'an Inn, Xiao Er arranged a guest room for Liu Xunyi, Liu Xunyi took off the ragged linen clothes on his body, replaced them with a cyan cloth clothes, put on a hat, and deliberately lowered it to cover his face.

After a simple tidying up, Liu Xunyi came to the lobby of the inn, ordered two small dishes at random, a pot of hot wine, and secretly looked at the bustling guests in the inn, while drinking unhurriedly, silently thinking about how to explore the whereabouts of the stormy rain map.

Unconsciously, it was already a golden wuxi fall, and the jade rabbit was rising eastward.

The night view at the foot of the Tian Shan Mountains is very charming, and the red sunset hangs on the top of the mountain, forming a very vivid contrast with the white snow on the top of the mountain. The fish-scale clouds, stacked from the end of the sky to the sky above Huodu City, show a red background and gold edges under the reflection of the sunset, which is very beautiful.

Liu Xunyi had never seen such a strange scene in his life, and for a while he was attracted by the scenery outside the window, and he couldn't help but be fascinated.

"Why did that woman appear in Huodu?"

After a glass of wine, Liu Xunyi stared at the wine glass in his hand with deep eyes, his brows furrowed slightly, and he secretly thought about the familiar figure he saw outside the Longxiang Inn just now.

That person was Liu Xunyi a few months ago when he was still on an errand in Tianji Pavilion, in order to save Jia Shilang of Dongfu who went to Yanmen Pass and fought with the mysterious woman, Xun Qin.

Xun Qin once led a group of masters from the Western Regions to kidnap Lord Lang Jia, and then fled all the way west to Yanmen Pass, but was stopped by Liu Xunyi, Qin Wei and a group of golden sword captains who had been ambushed in advance. Although Liu Xunyi has only one relationship with this woman, because this matter is very important, he has a deep impression of her.

Liu Xunyi thought to himself: "At that time, Xun Qin was able to judge his martial arts path through my short battle with the masters of the Western Regions, and I expected that this woman must be a cautious person. Therefore, she should never be easily forgotten by me. ”

This is the most troublesome thing for Liu Xunyi, Xun Qin has not only seen his face, but also knows that his true identity is the Shaobao of Dongfu Tianji Pavilion, not a person in the rivers and lakes.

In other words, as long as Xun Qin and Liu Xunyi meet in Huodu City, Liu Xunyi's true identity will be immediately exposed by her, and once this matter spreads, Liu Xunyi's hard work to get close to Luo Tianjin will also come to naught. This means that Liu Xunyi's mission fails, and the opportunity to make contributions will no longer exist, and the happiness of him and Zhao Xin will also ...... Go up in smoke.

This kind of ending is what Liu Xunyi never wants to see, although Huo Du is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that this time he is still here for the stormy rain map, once his identity is exposed, there is no need to wait for him to return to the Central Plains, I am afraid that the Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace will be the first to spread this matter to the world.

Liu Xunyi can't take risks in this matter, and he doesn't dare to take risks.

Because of Xun Qin's sudden appearance, Liu Xunyi had to cover his face tightly with a hat, so as not to accidentally bump into her.

"Xun Qin has a lot to do with the three major sects in the Western Regions, could it be that she is a member of the Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace?" Liu Xunyi pondered again and again, "No, although the Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace is far away in the Tianshan Cold Mountains, it has always regarded itself as the Central Plains Martial Arts Sect. The three major sects in the Western Regions are foreign martial arts, and the two have always been well water and not river water, so they should not be mixed together. What's more, even if there were some contacts between them, the three major sects in the Western Regions would never grovel to the Jade Dragon Palace of the Tianshan Mountains at the same time, let alone be sent by the people of the Jade Dragon Palace. Therefore, Xun Qin should not be from the Jade Dragon Palace, otherwise she would not live in the Longxiang Inn. If you live in an inn, that's a foreign ...... Then what is the purpose of her coming to Huodu? Could it be that she is just passing by by by chance, and maybe she will leave in a day or two?"

Liu Xunyi secretly guessed Xun Qin's intentions, hoping that everything was just a coincidence, and secretly prayed that there was nothing to do with her and the stormy rain map. However, the more Liu Xunyi warned himself not to worry about the sky, the more all kinds of hints kept popping up in his heart, telling him that this incident was not a coincidence, and that he would confront Xun Qin in Huo Du sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Liu Xunyi suddenly felt upset, and as the time for dinner approached, the noisy voices in the inn lobby became more and more noisy, which especially made his mood even more anxious.

However, just when Liu Xunyi was drinking and drinking himself, a sloppy old man with a fox smell suddenly sat next to Liu Xunyi, the old man was slightly fat and greasy, and Liu Xunyi sat on a bench and looked very crowded.

Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to ask, the old man picked up the wine jug from the table and poured himself a glass, drank it all without hesitation, and then smiled at Liu Xunyi, revealing a mouth full of rotten yellow teeth, and the big oily face with a bunch of gray and black hair with unkempt locks, this appearance is really disgusting.

The old man grinned at Liu Xunyi, and suddenly a foul smell came from his mouth, which made Liu Xunyi, who was about to ask what was going on, subconsciously turn his head and exhale extremely dissatisfied, as if to calm his churning stomach.

"Friend, it's hard work, isn't it?"

The old man was the first to speak, his voice was as oily as his dress, like a large piece of oil cake in his throat, a little stuffy.

Liu Xunyi looked around left and right, and after a while, he realized that the "friend" in the old man's mouth was referring to himself, and he was inevitably stunned at the moment, and said lightly: "Your Excellency has recognized the wrong person." ”

"That's right!" the old man smiled, and took the initiative to reach out to Liu Xunyi's shoulder, "I'm just talking to your friend." ”

Liu Xunyi waved his hand to block the old man's arm, and said calmly: "But I don't want to talk to you, there is an empty table next to you, please take care of yourself!"

The old man was not angry, he reached into his arms and groped for a while, took out a copper plate covered with stains, threw it on the table with a "bang", and said with a smile: "This is a treasure dug up in the suburbs of Huodu, Qin Banliang, you can take a look." ”

Liu Xunyi glanced at the copper plate on the table, and he could see at a glance what kind of "Qin Banliang" was here? It was clearly an ordinary Great Song Dynasty copper coin that could no longer be ordinary, but the old man smoothed out all the words "Chunyou Tongbao" on the copper plate, and deliberately made it old to pass it off as an antiquity.

"So what?" Liu Xunyi was obviously not interested in exposing the old man's lies, and his tone was still as flat as water.

The old man raised his eyebrows, looked secretive, shook his three fingers towards Liu Xunyi, and said, "It's cheap for you today, only thirty taels." ”

The old man's words almost made Liu Xunyi squirt out the wine in his mouth, and he completely understood that the old man's move was clearly trying to knock his own bamboo pole.

Liu Xunyi looked the sloppy old man up and down, and the more he looked at it, the more he realized that the old man's words and deeds were no different from the market scoundrels who bullied the soft and afraid of the hard that Liu Xunyi saw when he was a child.

"Take your 'Qin Banliang' and disappear from in front of me. Because of his childhood suffering, Liu Xunyi has never had a good impression of this kind of person, so he said coldly, "You are looking for the wrong person!"

"Wouldn't it?" The old man sneered disapprovingly, not only drinking Liu Xunyi's wine, but also picking up chopsticks and eating the dishes unceremoniously at this moment, looking like he was not afraid of hob meat, and laughed, "I have been mixed in Huodu for most of my life, and I can tell at a glance whether you are from a foreign country or not." As the saying goes, when you go out, more is better than less, buying my things can not only pick up cheap, but also keep a safe, this transaction is sure to make a profit. ”

"Oh?" Liu Xunyi hated being threatened the most in his life, and when he heard the meaning of the old man's words at this moment, a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he asked faintly, "Could it be that if I don't buy it, you can still eat me?"

"I can't eat you, but someone can. The old man stared at Liu Xunyi with mocking eyes, and sneered, "If you buy this Qin Banliang, I will save your life." If you don't buy it, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive tonight. As he spoke, the old man made a look of pity, sighed and shook his head again and again.

"Save my life?" Liu Xunyi slowly picked up the copper plate on the table, pinched it between his fingers and looked at it with interest.

"Not bad. When the old man saw Liu Xunyi loosen his mouth, he couldn't help but look happy.

Liu Xunyi nodded lightly with a smile, and then took the initiative to wrap his left arm around the old man's neck, and then pinched the copper plate with two fingers of his right hand, and held it flat in front of the old man's eyes.

The old man who looked directly at this scene had straight eyes, and cold sweat was running down his forehead.

"You can save my life, but who will save your life now?" Liu Xunyi's left arm clamped the old man's neck like a steel tong, making it difficult for him to move no matter how hard he struggled, but it became tighter and tighter, forcing the old man to give up resistance in order to keep his neck from being clamped.

"This ...... This little brother ...... Just now I didn't know the gold and jade, and I collided with you......" The old man saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly admitted his mistake, "It's that I have no eyes, and I didn't even see that the little brother is a master, and I want to cheat the two of you out of a small amount of money, which is really blind to my dog's eyes......" The old man saw the wind and steered, and he was not stingy when he scolded himself, obviously he has been here for many years with this hand, and he has already practiced the ability to see people and talk nonsense.

"You're not blind!" Liu Xunyi smiled, "What you're looking for is me, a foreigner, and you, Qin Banliang, ......"

"Fake. Without waiting for Liu Xunyi to finish speaking, the old man had already blurted out, "This little trick is also to deceive the stunned young man from the countryside, how can I hide it from the little brother's eyes? Little brother, you don't remember the villain, why don't you let me go as a bedbug!"

Liu Xunyi frowned, he knows this kind of person very well, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and the trick is a clever mouth, but he really asked him to kill people and set fires, but he didn't have the courage.

"What did you mean when you said someone could eat me?" Liu Xunyi asked rhetorically, "This sentence can't be also false, right?"

"Yes......" The old man subconsciously spoke, but when he saw Liu Xunyi's eyes cold, he hurriedly changed his words in fright, "No...... No, it's someone who can get you in trouble. Actually, it's not to trouble you, but to trouble you people from outside...... Little brother, although you have the ability, but the so-called strong dragon is difficult to suppress the head snake, no one dares to provoke the people of the Jade Dragon Palace in Huodu, you still have to hide. The old man found an opportunity, so he didn't forget to flatter Liu Xunyi.

"What do you mean?" Liu Xunyi finally heard some eyebrows, and asked, "You said that the Jade Dragon Palace wants to make trouble for outsiders?

"Actually, not many people know about this matter, and it's not surprising that the little brother doesn't know, I can tell you, but can the little brother let me go after listening to it?"

"It depends on whether what you say is worth your life, and if it is, I will let you go. Liu Xunyi didn't actually mean to kill the old man, but he just wanted to scare and scare him, so that he could do less bad things in the future.

The old man was overjoyed when he heard this, hurriedly looked around a few times, lowered his voice, and said, "Little brother doesn't know, it's in the early hours of this morning...... The son of the master of the Jade Tiger Hall was taken away from Tianxiang Tower. ”

"Jade Tiger Hall?" Liu Xunyi was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "Su Wen Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace has three flags and twelve halls, and this Jade Tiger Hall is one of the twelve halls?"

"Exactly. The old man nodded hurriedly and said, "The Twelve Halls of the Jade Dragon Palace are also known as the Twelve Zodiac Halls, among which the Jade Dragon Hall and the Jade Tiger Hall are the leaders, the Jade Dragon Hall is in charge of the departure city at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the Jade Tiger Hall is in charge of the Huodu at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, so the power of the Lord of the Jade Tiger Hall Cao Hall in the Huodu can be described as covering the sky with one hand. Now the master of Cao Tang is furious, and has now ordered the whole city to be on guard, only allowed to enter but not to leave, vowing to find the prince back. This matter is suspected to be done by outsiders, so the Jade Tiger Hall will strictly investigate the foreigners who have entered and exited Huodu in the past two days, and as long as there is the slightest suspicion, they will be arrested and tortured, and the original words of the master of Cao Tang are......"

The old man's words couldn't help but show hesitation at this point, Liu Xunyi's heart sank, and asked, "What is it?"

"It's better to kill a thousand by mistake than to miss one. ”

"Bang!"

Before the old man's words fell completely, a figure flew into the inn with a scream, knocking over three or four tables in a row before falling to the ground in embarrassment, and the startled diners around them got up to avoid trouble.

Immediately afterwards, I saw more than a dozen white-clothed people rushing into the inn quickly, and the fierce and vicious appearance was very terrifying, and on the chests of these white-clothed people, there was also a lifelike black tiger head.

The Jade Dragon Palace of the Tianshan Mountains is clothed in white snow, and the disciples under its command are all dressed in white, and the Three Flags and Twelve Halls will embroider their own unique totems on the chest of the white clothes to distinguish them from each other. And the black tiger head on the chest of these white-clothed people represents the overlord of Huodu City, the Jade Tiger Hall.

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