At this time, the night was dark, there were not many stars twinkling in the sky, and even half of the crescent moon was hidden in the black gray clouds.

Under such a dark sky, it is not easy to see the surrounding scenery clearly.

The thanks to his Zhao Changjing have martial arts, even if he didn't deliberately use enough internal strength, his eyesight is not comparable to ordinary people, and he saw the movement in front of him early.

On the quiet loess avenue, you can only hear the hooves of the red-maned horse under Zhao Changjing's crotch, even if you walk again, the sound of the horse's hooves can not be covered.

In the deep and quiet night, it is heard far away.

Gradually, Zhao Changjing got closer and closer to the 'corpse' that rolled down from the hillside, but he still couldn't see the man's face clearly, because the person in front of him was lying face down on the ground.

It's so good that you can't hear a single sound.

"You won't encounter a homicide case at night, right, did this man dump his body after being killed in the wilderness?" Zhao Changjing rode on the horse, frowning and staring at the front with puzzled eyes, muttering to himself.

I have to say that his conjecture is still somewhat reliable, after all, this big night, he can't think of anything else except this.

Of course, the traps of hostile forces, or the backhands of Hongguang City, etc., are not within this range.

In this wilderness, there is no village in front of the village, there is no store in the back, if there is really any premeditation, it will not be not.

After thinking about this truth, although the vigilance has not weakened in the slightest, it is better to have a clearer mind.

Still holding the dagger in the palm of his hand, after taking a few steps forward, he patted the horse's neck directly, turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to the 'corpse', and squatted down.

After waiting for such a close distance, Zhao Changjing worked with internal force, and his attention was very concentrated, paying close attention to the corpse lying on the ground and the surrounding environment.

At this point, he finally felt a little breath, it was the breath of a living person, and he couldn't help but murmur: "Not dead?"

Since it is not dead, it is not a corpse, and it rolls down the hillside again, it is somewhat interesting.

Still didn't rush to touch the other party's body, after all, this is just a stranger, what does life and death have to do with him.

First of all, I carefully observed the other party's outfit, and there were still blood stains on the ragged clothes, and I could see at a glance that the other party had gone through a lot of twists and turns.

The appearance of being seriously injured is not a fake, and the possibility of a trap is ruled out.

The quality of the clothes can be seen from the broken strips of cloth, which are not available to the average poor person.

Thinking of the other party again, he is still alive, and he must be a person who practices martial arts.

That is the enemy looking for revenge and coming to the door? sighed in his heart, and after guessing several possibilities, Zhao Changjing stretched out his left hand and gently patted the other party's back.

"Hey. He shouted, but the other party did not give him any reaction as expected.

Immediately after Zhao Changjing, a trace of internal force passed, and as the internal force swam around the other party's body, Zhao Changjing's brows were already deeply wrinkled together.

The other party's injuries were more serious than they seemed.

"It's hard for you, you're still alive like this. Zhao Changjing whispered in his mouth, reached out and pinched the man's shoulder, and turned it over with all his strength.

Because of this, the true face of the other party's Lushan was exposed to Zhao Changjing's eyes.

He was sure he had never seen this person, a completely unfamiliar face, not even when he passed by.

Since this is the case, there is nothing more to say, Zhao Changjing clapped his hands and stood up, and was about to leave.

After all, you can't afford to delay your efforts on a stranger, not to mention making trouble for yourself, and delaying big things.

He also has no bad intentions, and when he encounters a dying person, he will rescue him.

Let him fend for himself, and where he lies down, he will die.

Thinking like this in his heart, Zhao Changjing had already taken two steps, suddenly stopped, turned around and squatted down to grope on the man's body.

With the other party's martial arts background, and not far from Hongguang City, it is unlikely that he is just a simple person from the rivers and lakes, so he still intends to figure out his identity as the best.

After groping twice, I really found an iron brand, with no words and no patterns on the back, and turned it over to look at the front, which made Zhao Changjing stunned.

"Save ...... Help me......" The man lying face up, his lips trembling, let out a weak cry.

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The night passed like this, and after leaving the small restaurant, Liu Yuan didn't wander around outside anymore, and went back to the inn directly.

Regarding the unexpected encounter with Zhao Changjing in the restaurant today, he did not hide Pei Jiao, after all, the latter had also seen the surname Zhao at the ruins of Jianque Villa.

"So, the matter of Dan Tang has a new eyebrow?" Pei Jiao said with obvious joy on his face.

"Ah, that's good news. Liu Yuan bowed slightly, looking a little absent-minded, and the two chatted for a while before falling asleep until they woke up the next morning.

In fact, Liu Yuan didn't sleep all night, thinking about the cooperation that Zhao Changjing said.

Knowing the news of Dan Tang and the Demon Gate from the other party's mouth, it is natural to make an exchange.

However, regarding this cooperation, I didn't discuss it with Pei Jiao, I didn't believe it, I just felt that I didn't need to worry Pei Jiao about it.

After her father's illness is completely cured, let her go back with her father and Dongzhu.

thinks that she is a big girl, although she is a person from the rivers and lakes, but it is not a matter of running around with a man with strong blood all day long.

As for the cooperation mentioned by Zhao Changjing, it can't be achieved overnight, and he can't be the master for the time being, and he still needs to go back and ask the three princes behind him.

No, now he can no longer be called the third prince, but renamed the king of Donglai.

This news was only known after Liu Yuan met Zhao Changjing.

The matter of cooperation was put aside, and the other party asked Liu Yuan, after he left, to keep an eye on the movements of the Xia family.

At the same time, he also put forward a suggestion, wouldn't it be beautiful to open another inn in the world in Hongguang City.

It's a pity that his energy is limited, and Liu Yuan doesn't have this consideration for the time being.

However, as mentioned in the other party's words, it is okay to pay attention to the movements of the Xia family by the way.

As for the in-depth cooperation with Donglai Wang, don't worry, let's drag it out first, this is what Liu Yuan has been thinking about all night.

"You said today, can the mysterious man in black catch it?" the two sat opposite each other, and Pei Jiao asked.

"I don't know, just go out and take a look. Liu Yuan said casually.

Since he promised others, Liu Yuan seemed to be a lot more concerned.

The two were talking like this, when suddenly there was a knock on the door from outside, and they were stunned for a moment at the same time, not that they didn't hear footsteps at first, but they didn't expect that the person outside the door was coming at them.

"Who?" Pei Jiao asked in a loud voice.

"Distinguished guest, there is someone from the Xia family downstairs, who wants to see you by name. Outside the house, there was a cautious voice from the shopkeeper.

The Xia family?

"Okay, I see, pack up and go downstairs. Liu Yuan responded.

The despicable man waited at the door. After the shopkeeper said something, he really stood outside the door and didn't leave, as if he was afraid that the two people in the house would not go for a long time and offend the people of the Xia family.

Shaking his head and smiling, Liu Yuan quickly put on a coat, took his knife, and walked downstairs.

Pei Jiao wanted to accompany him, but Liu Yuan didn't refuse when he thought about it.

After going downstairs, Liu Yuan really saw a man, who was sitting under the hall and waiting.

"You are Senior Liu. The first moment the visitor saw Liu Yuan, he was still a little stunned, because what the young lady told him was that he would be called a senior when they met.

And since they are all seniors, they will not be young compared to their age, who knew that it was such a young man, and there was a cold beauty behind him.

If it weren't for the shopkeeper who followed Xiao around, he almost thought it was the noble son who came out to play, or the son of a powerful general in the city.

After reacting, he quickly called his predecessor respectfully, and at the same time secretly said in his heart, in the end, it is the senior, this face is really well maintained.

I don't know if that iceberg-like beauty is also a lot of age.

"Who is the master of your family?" Liu Yuan smiled faintly, ignoring Pei Jiao's strange gaze on the side, and only looked at the person who came and asked.

"Ah, my family is Miss Xia. Before the words were finished, Liu Yuan was clear, nodded and let him lead the way, since it was Xia Lingling looking for him, he wanted to meet.

The reason why he asked clearly was that Liu Yuan was afraid that it was the eldest son of the Xia family who was looking for him.

Following the comer, after passing through a few long streets and alleys, he arrived in front of Xia Lingling's mansion.

Different from the Xia family's other mansions, Xia Lingling looked a little stingy in front of the door, neither spacious and thick, vermilion gates, nor two lifelike stone carvings.

Stepping on the threshold, he went through the door.

When he was in the front yard, Liu Yuan also saw the guard next to Xia Lingling, who had seen him before, and the latter didn't react when he saw him, but just had a cold face, as if someone owed him money every day.

It's normal to think about it, Liu Yuan still remembers that when he first saw this person, he was performing on the street, and he almost didn't swallow a knife, but he was short of money.

Continuing to walk inside, Liu Yuan and the others were taken to the study on the west side.

When he was still at the gate of the courtyard, the man shouted Miss and left on his own.

"Come in. Xia Lingling's voice came from the study, and after discussing with Zhou Xiangwen yesterday, he decided to meet this senior today.

If she wants to make this big event, she Xia Lingling has to use all kinds of forces.

Pushed open the door of the study, walked into the room at the same time as Pei Jiao, and happened to see Xia Lingling sitting behind the table on the right.

Seeing that there was still a girl following, Xia Lingling was obviously stunned for a moment, and secretly scolded the person sent to do things unfavorably.

It is also wronged, that person knows that Liu Yuan is a distinguished guest who has to be called a senior by his own young lady, where do he dare to ask more, so he brought the two of them over together.

"I have important matters to discuss with my seniors, but it is really not appropriate for a third person to listen to them, and I asked this girl to be out later. Xia Lingling had a very polite smile on her face.

After speaking, he raised his right hand and pointed out the door, and the meaning was obvious.

Pei Jiao glanced at Liu Yuan when he heard this, and after the latter nodded slightly, he turned around and walked outside, and at the same time heard Xia Lingling instruct his subordinates to entertain distinguished guests.

When there were only two people left in the room, Xia Lingling asked Liu Yuan to sit down before asking, "I wonder if my predecessors are willing to help me?"

"How do you say this?" Liu Yuanman thought that the other party called him to discuss finding someone, but who knew that Xia Lingling also sold some other medicine in this gourd.

The other party did not refuse, that is, there was a play, fortunately, the other party had a request for himself in order to find someone, thinking so in her heart, Xia Lingling seemed a little happy.

After that, he threw out the words he had thought about last night, sentence by sentence, and after thoroughly understanding Xia Lingling's purpose, Liu Yuan couldn't help but feel that this woman's ambition was so big.

He actually wanted to use the body of a daughter to get involved in the position of the head of the Xia family and fight against his eldest brother, why did he rely on the strength of the 'witch annihilation' and his own 'senior'?

You must know that the Xia family is now rebelling, and once it succeeds in the future, it will either become the king in a corner of peace, or become the co-master of the world.

In this way, Xia Lingling's status as a woman can be said to be difficult to become the head of the family.

As for helping or something, he Liu Yuan doesn't care, as long as he can use the power of the Xia family, he can still eat himself.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh in my heart, I don't know when I became a sweet spot in the eyes of many forces.

Not only when he left Qingchuan County, Chai Tingshan threw out an olive branch, but now even Xia Lingling is the same.

However, Liu Yuan knows his own family affairs, and the reason why he can make Xia Lingling value it so much depends on his disguised predecessor identity at the beginning.

Although it was disguised as a ghost face at the beginning, since he wanted to hand over the 'witch annihilation' to Xia Lingling, and there was also a matter of begging the other party to find Dantang, sooner or later his identity would be exposed, and he would simply show his true face from the beginning.

As for Xia Lingling, she is a smart person and will not let others know the specific situation between the two.

The two also tacitly understood from the beginning, as if there was no episode of the 'ghost face', but Liu Yuan's status in Xia Lingling's heart was raised again.

Once upon a time, Xia Lingling thought in her heart that only by such a clever means as her predecessors could she successfully snatch three thousand Dao Zang in front of everyone, and retreated.

The identity of the ghost face, once it is set into the shadow of the predecessor, the more you think about it, the more reasonable it is, including the mystery and strength of the other party.

Being able to get back the 'witch annihilation' from the bodhisattva's hands illustrates this problem even more.

"That's it, I don't know what my predecessors think. Xia Lingling asked with a smile, "Of course, if the seniors feel embarrassed, they don't need to give me an answer immediately." ”

"Lingling can wait, and at the same time, the person the senior is looking for, and I will still go all out to inquire about the news. ”

If she wants to compete with her eldest brother, or even win over the clan elders, what Xia Lingling lacks is the ability to match head-on, if she can get her seniors to join, not to mention turning things around, it will be like a tiger with wings.

The battle in the family is more of a conspiracy, and the strength of the predecessors is a kind of deterrent that can be placed on the surface.

After seeing the top ten masters of the rivers and lakes and the ability of the general manager of Wu, Xia Lingling deeply realized how useful a master at this level is.

Maybe the predecessors are not as good as the chief manager of Wu, and they are not too much off......