The twilight was heavy, Ye Xiangzhi sat by the fire, looking at a large piece of wild boar meat leaning on the stand, the golden oil juice made a gurgling sound, and a fragrant smell of meat had already spread.

Ye Xiangzhi looked at this piece of meat with fascination, it was indeed different from the animals living in the ice and snow in Bingling, just because there was a little more fireworks here, and the meat quality was more fatty.

Looking back on the past thirteen years, she rarely ate meat, firstly to cultivate her mind, and secondly, because there was too little meat that Bingling could find. As for the food on weekdays, every one or two months, someone will step on a flying sword and send it to the Taoist temple, and under the severe cold, the food can be stored for a long time.

She took a dagger and gently cut off a piece of meat and skewered it with a shaved wooden skewer. Suddenly, a blade silently rested on her shoulder, the blade less than two inches from her neck.

"The best, the best. A scarred man in a black plush coat walked up to her, glanced at her figure with a malicious look, and snatched the wooden skewer from her hand.

"Well, that's good. The scarred man chewed the slices of meat in his mouth and exclaimed, "You look pretty, you can still have such craftsmanship, little beauty, how about being my daughter-in-law?

Ye Xiangzhi glanced up at the man in front of him, and found that there was a girl standing behind him, about ten years old, perhaps because the burden on her body was too heavy, which made her look struggling.

She didn't dare to approach the man, but just stood far away, her face dirty, and her clothes were shabby, and she didn't look cold, because her legs were trembling slightly.

The man with the scar looked at the beautiful embryo in front of him without resisting and struggling, and then smiled, "Third son, tie her hands, let's go back to the cottage and get married tomorrow." ”

The man standing behind her pulled away from Qing Feng, holding a hemp rope and was about to put Ye Xiangzhi on it. Ye Xiangzhi was indifferent, his eyes resting on the little girl behind the scar man, whose little eyes had been staring hungrily at the piece of meat in front of him.

The hemp rope was tied around her three times, and when she was about to tie the knot, the man behind Ye Xiangzhi suddenly fell to the ground.

"What are you doing, Sanzi, the wine is too drunk?" The man with the scar was a little unhappy, for fear that the daughter-in-law who had it in his hands would fly away, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the hemp rope. He glanced at the third son on the ground, intentionally or unintentionally, and saw that blood kept spilling from his mouth and nose, and his eyes were not closed, but he had already rolled his eyes.

"Dead?" The scarred man's palms were cold, and he felt that what he was holding was not a hemp rope, but a snake.

With a bang, the hemp rope suddenly broke, and Ye Xiangzhi turned around and pulled out the dead man's sword and stabbed it forward. The scarred man's eyes widened, looking at this slender and delicate beauty embryo, ending his life. His eldest brother had warned more than once that women were not to be messed with, especially beautiful women. If you meet one day, either she dies or you die.

Now that he believes, it's too late.

Ye Xiangzhi ignored the two people who died on the side, she picked up the dagger that fell to the ground, wiped it lightly with a handkerchief, and then cut off a piece of meat again and pinched it in her hand.

She glanced up at the little girl, perhaps because she was afraid, she was hiding behind a tree at the moment, only revealing half of her small black face staring at the piece of meat in Ye Xiangzhi's hand.

"Do you want to eat?" Ye Xiangzhi looked at her and asked.

The little girl hesitated for a moment, but nodded, licking her lips with her tongue.

Ye Xiangzhi put down the dagger, pinched the piece of meat in his hand and walked towards her. The little girl was a little flustered, and subconsciously wanted to dodge, but saw Ye Xiangzhi squatting down in front of her, handing the meat to her mouth, "Oh, let's eat." ”

The little girl couldn't stand the smell of meat, opened her mouth and bit it, only to bite twice and swallow it in her stomach.

After eating this piece of meat, her eyes were still staring at the large piece of wild boar on the fire, but she did not dare to take half a step forward. Ye Xiangzhi knew what she was afraid of, turned around and took the wild boar with the dagger, and cut it off little by little.

"What's your name?" Ye Xiangzhi asked as he looked at the little girl with a mouth full of slices of meat.

"My name is ......," the girl replied vaguely.

Ye Xiangzhi didn't ask any questions, and after she was full, he wiped the oil stains on her mouth with a handkerchief, and wiped off the black marks on her face, which suddenly looked a lot more beautiful. Ye Xiangzhi asked softly, "Where does your family live?"

Xiao Tong blinked his small eyes, and said with a hint of longing: "Chang'an......"

......

"Childe, let's have something to eat. Ya'er climbed onto the boat with a stack of steamed buns and half a piece of fish, and gently placed it in front of the young man, "Brother Dabai won't let me bring you food, how can this work? ”

Ling Jiang smiled helplessly, grabbed a big steamed bun and looked at Ya'er and said, "Have you eaten it?"

Ya'er shook her head.

Ling Jiang broke half of the steamed bun, put it in Ya'er's palm, and opened his mouth to bite half of the white-flour steamed bun in his hand. He ate steamed buns and looked at the gradually darkening sky, and his heart was much more relaxed.

This afternoon, he thought about a lot of things, and although some of them still didn't understand, he seemed to know some of the next steps.

"Childe. Ya'er ate steamed buns and said, "No matter where Childe goes, Ya'er will accompany you, so Childe, you can go with confidence, and Ya'er will take care of herself." In fact, Ya'er was thinking just now, if we go to Chang'an, we won't come back, anyway, we have to walk so far, it's better to stay in Chang'an and find a place to live, and then marry a daughter-in-law for my son, how good it would be for us to live in Chang'an. ”

Ling Jiang looked at Ya'er's expression full of longing, smiled and nodded, "Hmm." ”

What exactly should I do when I go to Chang'an? Ling Jiang thought about this question for a long time. It wasn't that long ago that he suddenly understood. In fact, it doesn't matter what you do, you just want to go to Chang'an to see, and take a walk in this world by the way, it is best to send that bamboo flute to Qixia Mountain, and it will be enough to live this life.

Of course, he knows that the reality will not be as beautiful and smooth as this, and there will be many difficulties and obstacles on the way to Chang'an, and even to Chang'an, but so what?

After dinner, the boatman took his hat and carried the four people across the river. Although the corpse of the river demon was long gone, when he came to the middle of the river, the boatman was still touched by the scene, and the astonishing sword light was still vivid.

Ling Jiang also looked at Da Bai in unison, he knew what Da Bai's strength was. At least half a year ago, it would have been impossible for Da Bai to kill this river demon with one sword, otherwise he would not be so embarrassed in the Old Dragon King Temple.

"Maybe it's because of that Dragon Inner Dan that Dabai's strength has improved. Ling Jiang thought to himself. After all, that Long Neidan is something that can make Cui Jianyi's eyes red, how can he not move after eating it?

The four of them hurriedly stepped into the gates of Tonghai City, and before the curfew, they found an inn.

Ling Jiang stepped forward and said, "Shopkeeper, open two upper rooms for us." ”

The middle-aged man who was settling accounts at the counter looked up, shook his head and said, "A few guest officers, the upper room is gone, and there is only one middle room left, I don't know if I can just take a look?"

"You let the four of us squeeze into a middle room, how can this be?" Ling Jiang wondered, "This is not a festive day, how can we not even have a place to live?"

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "The guest officer doesn't know, tomorrow is the fiftieth birthday of the city lord of Tonghai City, the upper rooms of the whole city have been chartered, and the rest are also for the major rivers and lakes tourists to stay, if a few come early, there will be one more vacant room." ”

Ling Jiang glanced at the three of them, so he had to nod and say, "That's the only way." ”

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but say: "Guest officer, there is still a vacant room in our store, but it's just ......"

Ling Jiang asked, "Just what?"

"It's just that the house died half a month ago, hanged herself, and it is said that it was an eloped girl who couldn't think of looking for ......death after being abandoned by her sweetheart," the middle-aged man said softly.

Ling Jiang's face was not very good-looking, although it was not a big deal, but it was always unlucky.

But he heard Dabai say loudly: "Okay, we stay." ”

Ling Jiang frowned, glanced at Da Bai, and didn't dare to say anything more. The shopkeeper didn't stop him, accepted the money and asked Xiao Er to take them upstairs.

Ya'er and Chen Baohan slept in that normal room, and as for the empty room that had died, it was naturally Ling Jiang and Da Bai who lived there.

After entering the house, Ling Jiang looked around. After the person died, the place was cleaned inside and out, except for the colder, I really can't tell that there was ever a dead person here.

Seeing Da Bai put down his burden and lie on the bed, Ling Jiang couldn't help but wonder: "Da Bai, don't you need to paste a talisman paper or something to ward off evil spirits?"

"There's no need. Da Bai shook his head, and after speaking, he pulled up the futon and fell asleep on his side.

Ling Jiang looked speechless for a while, and wanted to say that Dabai's heart is too big. But thinking about it, it doesn't seem to be a problem, after all, with Dabai's skills, if it's really haunted, it's all over if you take it away, what are you afraid of him doing?

Ling Jiang simply didn't think about these bad things, and fell asleep on the other bed, not knowing whether it was cold at night or the room itself was cold, Ling Jiang always felt cold behind his back when he lay on the bed, and couldn't stop getting goosebumps. This made him wonder why he felt so gloomy here even if he went out to take a cold shower naked.

"Could it be that there is really something wrong with this room?" Ling Jiang thought to himself, but when he looked at Da Bai's appearance as if he had slept soundly, he thought that he was thinking too much.

Tonghai City was silent at night, and even the watchmen went back to sleep, and the officers and soldiers who kept vigil also gathered together in twos and threes, drinking a pot of warm wine to warm their bodies, and falling asleep while drinking.

"Senior brother, when are we going to do it?"

"Don't worry, junior sister, I dare to say that there are no less than three forces in this Tonghai City staring at them, and that's a big fat sheep. Just three realms can kill the river demon of the Ning Dan period with one sword, who would dare to believe that there is no treasure on the body? As long as we swallow this fat sheep privately, we can return to Chang'an with confidence. ”

"But senior brother, what if that fat sheep is slaughtered first?"

"It's up to you, little junior sister, with you, I don't believe anyone else dares to grab food from us. ”

In the middle of the night, a man in black sat on the roof of a tiled house with a woman in red in his arms, and the direction in which their eyes were staring was an inn where someone had just died half a month ago.

"Senior brother, you are amazing!" said the woman in red with a smile next to the man next to her.

He nodded, subconsciously clenched his fist and lightly hammered a tile, "Pinghai Town's dead teacher, I will go back to him one day to settle accounts!"

"Xianggong, there seems to be some movement on the roof of this house, do you want to go up and have a look?"

"Meow...... Meow ......"

"Look at you, it's just a cat, it's not early, go to sleep. ”