Her name is Xiaotong, her family lives under the toad tomb in Chang'an, and she was separated from her family when she watched the lanterns during the Shangyuan Festival last year, and she was taken to this cold north land without knowing why. She just passed her tenth birthday not long ago, and she also knew that she was abducted and trafficked by traffickers, and she was afraid that she would never want to return to Chang'an in this life.

Ye Xiangzhi took Xiaotong to the river and washed her face and little hands with water, because she was tired of doing dirty work all day, her hands were already covered with calluses.

She looked at Xiaotong and asked, "Xiaotong, isn't it good for my sister to take you back to Chang'an?"

Xiao Tong nodded at first, but soon there was a hint of doubt in his expression. It's not that she doesn't trust Ye Xiangzhi, just because Ye Xiangzhi is willing to give her fragrant wild boar meat to eat, she has already won her very trust, at least on the cottage, let alone wild boar, it is rare to be able to eat a hot meal.

"Sister Ye, there is another sister who is older than me on the cottage, she was also abducted, can you take her away?" Xiao Tong stared at Ye Xiangzhi with wide innocent eyes, she was still a little worried in her heart at the moment, she knew that people outside were most afraid of causing trouble.

Once, when she was taken down the mountain to buy food, she begged passers-by for help, but no one was willing to deal with her, as if she hadn't heard it.

"Good. Ye Xiangzhi said with a smile.

"Big sister, you're so good!" Xiao Tong couldn't help but scream happily when he heard it. She is only ten years old, so naturally she won't have too many worries, if Ye Xiangzhi is invincible, she is afraid that her fate will be even worse.

Ye Xiangzhi cleaned up the fire, picked up the saber placed on the ground, and the two then walked on a more remote mountain road. As the night wore on, the sky grew colder, and there was a faint wisp of snow in the wind, which was probably blown all the way from the ice cubes.

Ye Xiangzhi suddenly stopped, took off the snow suit on his body and draped it on Xiaotong.

"Big sister ......" Xiaotong felt this sudden warmth, the tip of his nose was sour, and tears couldn't stop pouring out.

Ye Xiangzhi glanced at the halfway up the mountainside, and he could already see the lights, it was a cottage. According to Xiaotong, the two people she killed just now were the younger brothers of the village, and there were about 30 thieves in the village, who could do anything to burn, kill, and loot.

Perhaps because he has lived in this sword light and blood shadow for a year, when Xiaotong said the word death, he seemed very calm.

"Big boss, Xiaotong is back!"

In front of the hall opposite the cottage, a man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist was pillowed on a tiger skin, biting a pork leg meat, and his face was a little worried. When he heard the report from his subordinates, he quickly stood up, "Where is my brother?"

The brother who guarded the door said that he did not see the second master and the third son, but that it was a woman who led Xiaotong up. ”

"Woman?" Zhang Mu threw down the pork leg meat vigorously, wiped the oil and water on his hand, lifted a long knife and rushed into the cold night. He stood in the courtyard and shouted, "Call all the brothers out to eat meat!"

As soon as he heard the word meat, the guards on duty at night couldn't help but polish their eyes and rushed back excitedly to call for their companions.

Boom!

As soon as Zhang Mu's words fell, a loud noise came from the cottage, and I saw that the mountain gate made of thick wood had turned into fragments and rolled down the mountain road in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Mu frowned, picked up the long knife and stepped forward, and behind him, a dozen or so thieves who had just woken up from their sleep had also picked up the guys, staring at the beauty in front of them with malicious intent. She's pretty and pretty, but the saber in her hand isn't a fuel-efficient lamp either.

"Whoever comes, report your name!" Zhang Mu knocked the long knife to the ground, and for a while everything was silent, only listening to the roar of the wind.

Ye Xiangzhi said softly: "If you want someone to be, you will leave when you are done." ”

"Who?" asked Zhang Mu.

"I heard Xiaotong say that her name is Xiao Jiang, and I want to take her out of here. Ye Xiangzhi replied.

"Xiao Jiang?" Zhang Mu sneered, with a touch of anger in his eyes: "You mean that splash woman? she dared to bite Lao Tzu, this would have already been thrown out to feed the dogs, if you want to see him, go down and see him!"

"Sister Jiang, she ......" When Xiao Tong heard this, the whole person suddenly lost his expression, and his face was full of horror.

"What about my brother?" asked Zhang Mu.

Ye Xiangzhi replied intentionally or unintentionally, his eyes swept over the bandits who surrounded him, "It's dead." ”

When Zhang Mu heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched violently, and he waved his long knife and shouted, "Take them down, Lao Tzu will personally open meat for these two cheap women tonight!"

Twenty thieves shouted in unison and rushed forward with their fellows.

Ye Xiangzhi didn't move, and stood quietly in place with a sword in one hand, but Xiao Tong behind her was already frightened. She also knew a little bit that every night, Sister Jiang would be taken into the room by Zhang Mu and let out a painful scream. She knew that Sister Jiang must have been bullied by Zhang Mu, but as for why, she couldn't figure it out. But she also knows that the reason why she hasn't been bullied is because she is still too young.

Looking at the woman who was tied up in front of him, the thieves who rushed up were all red-eyed, and they couldn't wait to rush up and take the opportunity to touch two more.

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Ye Xiangzhi, and no one expected that a piece of inconspicuous yellow rune paper was slowly falling from the sky with the snow.

"Pardon. Ye Xiangzhi flicked his fingertips and only said one word.

The yellow rune paper that landed on the ground instantly ignited flames, and this group of thieves who were as chaotic as ants suddenly felt numbness on the soles of their feet, followed by numbness in their legs, and fell to the ground one after another, before they could get up, they soon couldn't even move their fingers, and their whole bodies couldn't stop trembling, and some people couldn't bear it, and they were already foaming at the mouth.

"Qi practitioner?" Zhang Mu watched his twenty or so brothers fall to the ground one after another, and then began to restrain his new life, and clenched the long knife in his right hand, "No wonder you dare to rush to the cottage alone, you really have some ability." ”

Zhang Mu stepped forward with a long knife in his hand, and passed through the group of fallen thieves unharmed, only to see a ray of golden light on his torn trouser leg. This is the logo of the four-fold mountain of martial arts, the golden body.

The long knife swept the wind, and his two arms were also glowing with golden light, slashing down mightily.

Bite!

Ye Xiangzhi only drew his sword for three points, and then took this seemingly swift one.

"Huh?" Zhang Mu felt a little surprised, and threw a punch with his left hand. The fist wind whirred, and a golden afterimage faintly swept in the dark night, hitting Ye Xiangzhi's chest.

Ye Xiangzhi didn't show any signs of wanting to dodge, just turned sideways slightly, and the golden light fist shadow swept past her suddenly, hitting a bluestone slab and bursting out of gravel. Only then did she fully draw her saber and step forward a little.

This sword hit Zhang Mu's eyebrows.

Just like many cultivators, there are times when you don't need to use your sword, but sometimes when you come out with your sword, you will inevitably see some blood.

......

Ling Jiang didn't sleep well that night, and although he didn't have nightmares, he always felt that he couldn't sleep at all. In a trance, he heard the gong of the watchman from a distance: "Ugly." ”

"It's past the ugly time. Ling Jiang couldn't help muttering, now he was completely sleepy, and was about to say outside to breathe, when he got up and looked, he found that only a quilt was left on the big white bed.

"Where is Da Bai?" Ling Jiang exclaimed. He walked forward quickly and touched Da Bai's futon, which was already cold, and it was obvious that Da Bai had been gone for some time.

Looking at the dark room, Ling Jiang always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and hurriedly took out a fire fold and lit the lamp.

But a strange thing happened, and the fire fold in his hand couldn't be lit. He held back his panic, and then the moonlight turned out two flints, and rang them out against the oil lamp for a long time, without even a trace of fire.

"What the hell is this ......" Ling Jiang gasped, trying to calm himself down.

He began to look around to see if there was anything else that could light a fire. Inadvertently caught a glimpse of the shadow of half a person on the wall attached to his bedside, which made Ling Jiang subconsciously look back.

He stared at the black shadow on the wall, "I'm the only one in the room, so how did this shadow come from?" Besides, Da Bai can't leave alone without a sound, there must be a problem here." ”

Ling Jiang hadn't slept at all, if Dabai opened the door, he wouldn't have noticed it? After thinking about it, he decided to go next door to take a look at Ya'er, after all, this inn was not very clean.

He approved a garment and glanced at the motionless figure on the wall pushing the door open and walking out.

It was dark outside, and even the night light in the hallway was extinguished, and I couldn't help but think, "This can't be a black shop, right?"

Thinking of this, he was even more worried about Ya'er and the others. Ling Jiang came to Ya'er's door with his impression, and was about to knock on the door to ask questions. Suddenly, something was around his neck, and then the thing suddenly exerted force, as if someone was strangling himself from behind.

The soles of Ling Jiang's feet slipped, and the whole person went to the bottom, and he also felt that he was indeed pressed against a person.

At the moment, Ling Jiang wanted to move, but his neck was so bad, not to mention that he couldn't breathe, and he couldn't exert any strength, and he looked like he was about to die. He struggled desperately, pushing his elbow down with all the strength of the milk, which happened to hit the man's waist, and he screamed in pain.

Ling Jiang took the opportunity to catch his breath and hurriedly got up and took off the strip of cloth around his neck.

At the same time, the man on the ground had also woken up, he couldn't see his appearance clearly in his night clothes, but he could feel the full killing intent, and he was heading towards Ling Jiang.

"This person has a lot of strength, at least it's a martial arts double mountain. Ling Jiang thought to himself, knowing that he was invincible, he didn't choose to touch it hard, turned around and went down the stairs, and deliberately made the noise loud when he ran, trying to let others hear.

But there was one thing that made Ling Jiang feel very strange, when he went upstairs tonight, the inn was clean, why was there a cobwebs entangled in the palm of his hand? He didn't have time to think about it, for fear that the person behind him would catch up.

The door to the inn was closed, and he came to the door and thought about how to open it.

I only heard a bang, and his head was pressed against the door panel.

"Who are you, why did you kill me?" Ling Jiang shouted.

The man ignored him, stretched out a hand and grabbed Ling Jiang's throat again, this time he exerted more force, Ling Jiang didn't have much strength to resist back and forth, he could only let his breath become weak bit by bit.

"Stop!" At this moment, a woman's voice came from the inn.

It was a woman in red who came with a lantern, followed by a man in black, the two of them were smiling, and their faces looked like ghosts.

"Do you dare to snatch meat from our mouths to eat, are you tired of it?" the woman grinned, and her little hand gently patted the word on the white lantern. It was just such a simple move, and suddenly a pair of big hands fell from the sky and grabbed the head of the man in black.

Crash!

In just a few breaths, the skin on the man's entire skull was directly peeled off.

Ling Jiang looked at the bloody human head lying on the ground, and trembled with fright. He had never seen such a terrifying scene, how much effort did it take to tear off the human skin?