Fuling City in the early morning is the most lively time of the day, all walks of life on the street are open to sell, the peddlers and pawns are bustling, the clear shouting, the hooves of the horse-drawn carriages passing by from time to time, the singing of the opera troupe, everything, everything.

There are hundreds of vendors and pedestrians on the streets, there are ladies leading maids to select new rouge cloths, there are knights in the rivers and lakes selecting horses and sharp weapons, and there are unkempt and shabby beggars at the corners of the streets, all kinds of life.

The city gate of Fuling City is a magnificent and majestic huge stone gate, pedestrians who come and go, like a tide, the front and the bottom of the water poured in from the stone gate, after all, the surrounding villages and villages, mountains and rivers are countless, the heads of people are moving, and the river is endless.

Although the shops in Fuling City are complicated, there is a trading house, which is different from all kinds of other commercial houses, especially the Pixiu carved by jadeite at the door, which stands vividly on both sides of the door, seems to drive away evil spirits, seems to be a fortune and treasure, there is a bronze cast wide gate behind Pixiu, there is a threshold under the door, the threshold is half a knee high, there is a plaque on the door, the plaque is engraved with the words "Guangyuan Zhai" gold hook iron stroke-like font, a kind of luxurious luxury is blowing in the face.

"Yu Lao, please!"

Two guards in armor at the gate of Guangyuan Zhai half-bowed, bowed to a white-haired old man in front of him, made a gesture of please, showed respect, meticulous etiquette, and his posture was even more impartial, and the score was exactly right.

"Huh?"

The old man looked at one of them in his armor and wondered, his face seemed to be a little displeased.

The guard on the left, not daring to look up, glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and found a trace of dirt on his armor, and said with some trepidation:

"Yu Lao Mo is strange, I will wipe the stain immediately, and I will never embarrass Guangyuanzhai!"

"Hmph, you must know that the two of you are the gatekeepers, although the position is not high, but it is the façade, if you lose the etiquette and stain the dirt, won't it stain my Guangyuanzhai's face?"

The white-haired old man said with some resentment, his tone was stern, but his face was peaceful, obviously sophisticated, and he had long been moody.

After the two respectfully invited the old man into the courtyard, the guard on the left sighed:

"I said that Mr. Yu always has rules and regulations for something, and the rules are so strict, it's really breathless!"

"Eh! who said no, but Mr. is valued by the lord of fasting, and it can be said that he is respected by ten thousand people in this Fuling City, so I still don't chew the root of my tongue behind my back, so as not to be listened to by the villain, when the time comes, this position with a lot of oil and water will be gone, and the future will be ruined!"

The guard on the right was kind enough to persuade him.

After the two talked, they obviously knew the consequences, and they looked at their noses and noses, and their noses and hearts were silent.

Guangyuan Zhai is the most prominent auction house in Fuling City, and the appreciation of all kinds of ornaments and antiques can be said to be quite authoritative.

The courtyard in the early morning, obviously like the pedestrians on the street, seems to be in a hurry, maids and maids come and go, there are watering before flowers, there are wiping tables and stools, and there are cooking early, although there are many maids and servants, but it does not show how crowded, just because this courtyard is really a little too big, the cobblestone ground is winding, and there is not even an end in sight, it can also be said to be too extravagant.

In this courtyard of plants, trees, flowers and trees, there is a small stream that seems to be dug artificially, the trickle of water in the stream is crystal clear, and from time to time there are fish jumping up, splashing bursts of water, moisturizing and watering the precious flowers and plants on both sides of the stream.

There is also a gazebo next to the stream, at this time the dawn of the morning shines on the top of the gazebo, the gazebo exudes a colorful dazzling halo, this gazebo is actually carved with extremely luxurious glazed jade, the skillful craftsmanship seems to be natural, below the glazed top is several turquoise columns, to support the stability.

Under the gazebo, there is an elegant man in white clothes who is half-lying on the court stool, holding a volume of "Strange Stories and Treasures" in his hand is reading carefully, the man's eyebrows are clear, his skin is fair, his figure is slender, although his face is not like a crown of jade, but he can also be regarded as quite a literati and elegant man.

"Pavilion Master, Ann!"

At this time, Mr. Yu walked along the goose warm stone road to the pavilion next to the stream, and gave a salute to the man.

"Hehe, Mr. Yu is here!"

The man in white smiled and greeted this "Yu Wenyuan", then put away the scroll and sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, and made a gesture of please, motioning for Yu Wenyuan to sit down.

Yu Wenyuan even sat down, put away his skirt, stood on his legs and sat down slowly, and then said to the man: "The "thief bird" sent by Yu to follow the monk a few days ago somehow has not returned anything until today, I'm afraid something happened. ”

"Mr. Yu is too worried, although the monk has some ability, he can kill the Daoji Elder of the Three-Rank Golden Pill under the Immortal Sect, but even so, although the cultivation of the thief is not as good as this person, but the technique of concealing and escaping with one hand, I am afraid that the Five-Grade Golden Pill monk will not be able to match it, Mr. Yu can wait for some time. ”

"Well, since the Pavilion Master is sure, I don't have to worry about it anymore. ”

Then the two of them talked about some trivial matters in the fast.

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In a ruined temple outside Fuling City, a man dressed in a black suit, with a little treacherous between his eyebrows and eyes, fell to the feet of the dilapidated Buddha with a blue face, as if he had been poisoned, and I saw that he was still holding a thick iron chain in his hand, and the end of the iron chain was empty!

Qingshan, yes is Qingshan, there are countless large and small mountains and forests outside Fuling City, most of them have no name, but they are rich, the trees in the mountains are dense, there are many wild beasts, the early morning sun is scattered through the dense leaves and scattered on a rabbit that is grazing, the gray fur is slick by the oily water shining in the sun, and the lush flowers and plants on the ground are also swayed from side to side by the sudden mountain breeze.

The petite rabbit, as if not aware of the danger, continued to nibble on the green grass on the ground, just when the rabbit was about to eat, a black shadow quickly came out of the trees behind him, grabbed the rabbit's body, let the pair struggle and writhe, his small hands like iron tongs, were not moving, only to see that this person was thin, unkempt, pale like a piece of paper, naked body on the road scratches and the marks of the sharp blade, different shades, but they were all so clearly visible.

It was a young man, a young man like Shura, with no trace of pity for the creatures in this world in his eyes, only a sense of despair to eat and survive.

I saw that he skillfully used a stone ground to the horns of the water chestnut, and quickly cut the rabbit skin from the hind legs, as if he had done such things a thousand times, this person was the young man who was swept to the temple by the black shadow.

In him, there is no human quality, but he is a person!