When Ruan Ruan and the three of them entered Lanzhou City, the city was still as noisy as before, but there were no more checkpoints at the door. found an inn near the City Lord's Mansion, and the three of them discussed it in the room for a while, and Zhu Zixin went out to the City Lord's Mansion.

Zhu Zixin came to the gate of the city lord's mansion and bothered the doorman to send the son of the city lord of Youzhou to ask for a meeting. After a while, someone led him into the house.

Zhu Zixin followed into the mansion and saw the pavilion and the Champs, which were much larger than his own home, but the difference was that in the courtyard, there were many beast-shaped stone statues with different expressions. There was a strange atmosphere in the whole mansion, and after being promoted to the innate level, the perception was much more sensitive than before, and the more you went inside, the stronger the feeling became.

When he came to the hall, a middle-aged man sat on top of the high hall, with thick eyebrows and angry eyes, and his appearance was very majestic.

Zhu Zixin stepped forward and saluted, "Zhu Zixin, a student of Youzhou City, pays a visit to City Lord Zhao. ”

Zhao Ding was expressionless, "I don't know if my nephew has arrived, what are you doing." ”

Zhu Zixin was calm and calm, "I passed through Lanzhou before, and the itinerary was in a hurry, so I never met the city lord of Zhao. Today, I came to greet my father on behalf of my family. ”

Zhao Dingyi said coldly, "I am an old acquaintance with your father, so there is no need to be polite, if there is nothing important, please greet the city lord of Zhu on my behalf." ”

Zhu Zixin smiled slightly, "I heard the horse thieves nearby making trouble all the way, and I don't know if there is such a thing." ”

Zhao Ding remained silent, "A little horse thief, not a climate." ”

"But I saw a recruitment notice at the city gate, is it because the city guards are understaffed?" Zhu Zixin asked tentatively.

The corners of Zhao Ding's mouth twitched, "There are dozens of villages and towns around Lanzhou City, and it is quite difficult to patrol. ”

"Is that any progress? This horse thief is raging, and spreading it will damage the reputation of the city lord. Zhu Zixin sighed.

"This is a matter of Lanzhou City, and the virtuous nephew can't help but worry a lot. Zhao Dingyi is still tepid.

"That's good, then I'll take my leave. Zhu Zixin gave up his hand.

"Nephew Xian doesn't know when he will return to Youzhou?" Zhao Ding asked casually.

"I came out of the house not long ago, and I'm going back in a while. ”

"Okay, it's just that the surroundings are not safe, be careful all the way, in case you encounter horse thieves, the consequences are unimaginable. Zhao Ding's tone became cold.

"It's okay, I still have the ability to protect myself, but the city lord works all day long and must take care of his body. Zhu Zixin felt that the other party's tone was not good.

"The virtuous nephew should not come here alone, but there are people who are together. Zhao Dingyi asked casually.

"No, in fact, I didn't hide it from City Lord Zhao, I ran out secretly. Zhu Zixin sneered in his heart.

"That's not far away. Zhao Ding waved his hand, and Zhu Zixin turned to leave.

Back at the inn, Zhu Zixin described the scene of the meeting to Ruan Ruan Ruan and Qiu Meili. Qiu Meili frowned, "This Zhao City Lord looks like he is leaky on the surface, Brother Zhu has made other discoveries." ”

"The entire City Lord's Mansion doesn't look out of the ordinary, by the way, I saw some beast-shaped stone statues in the mansion that I don't know what they are for. Zhu Zixin recalled.

"Beast-shaped stone statue?" Qiu Meili pondered for a long time.

"Normal stone statues are generally placed at the door, used to drive away evil spirits and avoid evil, and it is very strange to place them in the house. Qiu Meili thought about it for a long time but there was no result.

"So we have to go straight in and explore. Ruan Ruan made a decision.

The night was low and the summer night was silent. Three figures crossed the high walls of the City Lord's Mansion and quietly entered the mansion.

The three of them followed the corridor and sneaked all the way to the vicinity of the hall. There are dozens of beast-shaped stone statues in the courtyard, which look particularly gloomy in the dark.

Zhao Dingyi's voice suddenly came from the hall, "How did that matter go?"

"Those little pawns have been cleaned up, and there is no leakage. A man in black whispered.

"Recently, Heiqi is not in good shape, irritable, is not enough to feed. Zhao Dingyi asked.

"The villagers in the neighborhood are hiding, and there are very few recruits. The man in black said helplessly.

"Hasn't that Xiuchunhua been found yet? I'm afraid she's already found some clues. You can only ...... when necessary," Zhao Ding gestured with his palm.

"My subordinates obey orders, and I will send more people. The man in black bowed his head in response.

"City Lord Zhao really has good means, and he doesn't even let go of a woman. The three of them appeared in the hall.

Zhao Ding's face changed drastically, and the man in black flew towards the three of them. A silver needle shook in his right hand like a poisonous snake and stabbed Ruan Ruan's chest.

Ruan Ruan took out his sword, the tip of the sword trembled, and collided with the silver needle a few times in an instant, the man in black leaned forward, and another silver needle appeared in his left hand, piercing Ruan Soft's lower abdomen. Ruan Ruan kicked under his feet, his body floated slightly, and the true qi of the frost sword was concentrated, and a cold light swayed from top to bottom, and the sword qi broke through the air, like a bolt of lightning, with a whistling sound splitting down.

The man in black crossed his needles and wanted to seal the shelf.

With a "bell", the silver needle broke, the sword momentum did not decrease, and "poof", the head of the man in black cracked and he died.

The two fought in an instant, seeing that the man in black was invincible, Zhao Ding's eyes were fierce, and he crushed a token in his hand.

The ground began to shake, and the red light flashed in the eyes of the stone statues in the original courtyard, and they actually moved, and dozens of beast-shaped stone statues let out a beast-like roar, surrounding the three of them.

"Oh no, this is the Desolate Blood Totem, it is rumored that only extraterritorial heavenly demons have a means, how can it appear here. Qiu Meili exclaimed.

"Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon?" Zhu Zixin was puzzled.

"The northern part of the Tiancang Continent is not a sea area, but there is a barrier separating it from the outside, which is called extraterritorial. Monsters breed there, and it is said that the evil dragons that endangered the continent came from outside the territory. Qiu Meili's voice became angry.

"Anyway, let's clean it up first. Ruan Ruan ran his true qi, and the long sword in his hand fell all over the sky and slashed at the surrounding stone statues.

The bodies of those beast-shaped stone statues were extremely hard, and the frost sword light shone brightly, and the stone statues could only leave some shallow marks on the surface.

The three of them were besieged by the stone statue back to back, and the encirclement gradually narrowed, and the stone statue's eyes flashed red, trying to tear the three of them apart.

"We must find a way, otherwise if we get close again, our swordsmanship will not be able to be used. Qiu Meili exclaimed eagerly.

Ruan Ruan's sword flowers flew one after another, attacking hundreds of swords, and stone chips flew one after another, leaving a lot of wounds on the stone statue. The statue only slowed down for a moment, and then continued to pounce.

Seeing that there was no effect, Ruan Soft observed calmly. By the way, eyes! These statues can't be without weaknesses.

The long sword was swung out, with a sword glow, piercing a stone statue in the eye.

"Bang", one eye of the stone statue burst open, and it was bleeding, and with a "whoosh" scream, it rushed towards Ruan Ruan.

"Eyes are their key point. Ruan Ruan told the other two loudly.

A flash of silver light flashed, and another beast's eye was stabbed. The statue was as fierce as a headless fly, but it lost its direction and collided with the other statues.

Zhu Zixin and Qiu Meili also followed suit one by one, and in the blink of an eye, there were two stone statues with their eyes pierced, and the stone statues collided with each other, and there was a loud "bang, bang", and cracks appeared on their bodies.

Ruan Ruan's soft body was like a swimming fish, shuttling among the stone statues, the frost in his hands was full of true qi, and the sword was swallowed, sweeping towards the eyes of the stone statue.

More and more stone statues fell into madness, losing their eyes and colliding with the stone statues around them. Boom, the stones shattered, and the whole hall was covered with all kinds of gravel dust.

The three of them finally eliminated the last stone statue, and at this time, Zhao Dingyi had already disappeared, and even the fierce beast was nowhere to be found.

Several people searched the entire city lord's mansion and found a few ragged prisoners on death row. These people were deceived by the City Lord's Mansion in the name of recruiting soldiers to feed Naheiqi, and Ruan Ruan and the others arranged for them to leave before going back to Qiu'an Town to meet Yuqing.