Volume 1, Concubine Xiaoxiang Chapter 9, Autumn Night Rain
The Qilian Mountains are located in Zhangye on the south side of the Hexi Corridor, which is famous for its steep terrain and continuous mountain ranges, and is known as "fairyland on earth" because of its beautiful scenery!
There are several famous peaks on Qilian Mountain, the main peak is called Huoshenfeng, the scenery is beautiful, the shrubs are thick, the birds and beasts are hidden in the forest, it is where the main altar of the Xuanming Sect is located. Huoshenfeng to the south more than ten miles, the mountain peak is steep, towering into the clouds, thousands of birds fly away, the inaccessible track, just like the Tang Dynasty poet Liu Zongyuan wrote "a thousand mountains and birds fly away, ten thousand paths and people disappear" scene, so it is called "a thousand unique peaks"!
Now it is the late autumn season, the remnants of the flowers on the Huoshen Peak have fallen, the autumn leaves have withered, only a maple forest is luxuriant, like a blazing fire! The already desolate Thousand Peerless Peaks are more and more desolate in the late autumn season, and the autumn wind is bleak, whistling through the mountains and forests!
At this moment, on the Thousand Peaks in the bleak autumn wind, a young man in black stood with his hands in his hands. But seeing that he was in his twenties, with a tall posture, long hair flowing, and a handsome appearance, but there was a murderous aura between his eyebrows, and the autumn wind blew his clothes and hunted, but he didn't move!
Not far away, on the Huoshen Peak, there was a crisp and loud bell, three long and one short, echoing endlessly between the mountains and forests. The young man frowned, he knew that it was the sound of the dragon chanting bell in the Xuanming Sect. The bell has been hundreds of years, it took 7749 days to cast by the best brass, it is about three zhang high, more than two zhang wide, the bell body is carved with ancient beasts such as dragons and phoenixes and unicorns, the bell hammer is also made of brass infusion, weighs about 300 catties, and it takes three people to ring the dragon bell to lift.
On weekdays, when the Xuanming Sect gives orders, it relies on ringing the dragon bell to transmit signals, and the signal of three long and one short is to summon the disciples in the sect to go to Vulcan Peak to discuss major matters.
The boy listened to the bell gradually disappearing between the foothills, the autumn wind surging and his clothes fluttering, but he still did not move.
Another black-clothed young man rose and fell in the jungle a few times, hurriedly came to the young man, knelt on one knee, and said, "Prince, the dragon chant bell has ringed!"
The black-clothed young man didn't look at him, he was silent for a long time, and then slowly asked, "Do you know who rang this dragon bell for what reason?"
The young man replied, "It was the bell that was ringed by the Hall Master of the Hu Law Hall and several Dharma Protectors, saying that they would summon the disciples to go to the Fire God Peak to discuss the establishment of the next sect leader!"
The black-clothed young man sneered: "Dad, he has just passed away for more than a month, and the period of filial piety has just passed, Hu Lufeng, this old guy, can't hold it back, revealing the fox's tail!"
The young man who was kneeling on the ground suddenly raised his head, and it was actually the young man Song Baichuan who was seeing off Xiao Qingshan by the river a few days ago. He looked entangled and asked, "Eldest Prince, the prestige of the Hulu Protector in the sect is only the same as the old sect master, is the eldest prince going?"
"Why don't you go?" the young man in black smiled, turned around and left: "You go with me, I want to see what tricks these old guys want to play!"
It is about ten miles from the Thousand Peerless Peak to the Huoshen Peak, and there is a steep and steep mountain road in between, which is the fastest distance to reach the Huoshen Peak. The road is overgrown with bushes, thorns are everywhere, and there are poisonous snakes and beasts dormant on weekdays, and if you are not careful, you may fall into the mountain stream with one foot in the air, or be bitten by poisonous snakes and beasts and lose your life!
But now it is late autumn, the trees are withering, the thorns are withering, and the poisonous snakes and beasts are also hiding. The two of them stepped on the "Shu Road Difficulty", each performed light skills, and arrived at the Vulcan Peak in a short time.
There was a mountain on the Vulcan Peak, and the mountain was wide and flat, and a city wall was built with huge stones, on which three or five Xuanming Sect disciples patrolled with long swords and sharp blades. This place is called the "Seventh Hall" by the Xuanming Sect, and it is the only way to enter the main altar of the Xuanming Sect of the Fire God Peak, and it is called the throat of the Xuanming Sect!
The Xuanming Sect has been inherited for many years, and this place is regarded as the second holy place in addition to the Fire God Peak. Because it is the throat of the Xuanming Sect, if this place is lost, the Xuanming Sect will be in great trouble. Therefore, each generation of Xuanming Sect Leader will choose his relatives, or confidants, or the strongest martial arts person to guard!
Guo Bodhisattva served as the "Dragon Envoy" of the "Seventh Hall" when he was in the Xuanming Sect, and his status was very high, and the "Seventh Hall" had a total of "Seven Envoys", which was under the command of the head of the "Seventh Hall"!
The two of them passed through the place of the "Seventh Hall Entrance" and continued to walk up, and in a short time, they had already arrived at the main altar of the Xuanming Sect on the Vulcan Peak!
The main altar of the Xuanming Sect is built on the basis of a huge cave on the Fire God Peak, which looks ordinary on the outside, but the internal architecture is quite luxurious, and the magnificence is no less than that of the inner courtyard of the palace!
In the center of the main altar is a black stone chair, which is carved from marble, and two dragons are carved on both sides, and the chair is also engraved with dragon patterns, which is the position of the leader of the Xuanming Sect!
There are four small stone benches on both sides, although they are not more majestic than the stone chair of the sect leader, but they are also finely carved and gorgeous, which is the position of the four Dharma protectors in the teaching!
Further down was a round platform, on which a raging fire was burning, and the surrounding area was full of Xuanming Sect disciples. Because the old sect leader has just passed away, everyone is dressed in black!
On the Dharma Protector seat, there were two middle-aged men, the one on the left had white hair, but his spirit was shocking, his temples were high and bulging, and he was obviously a martial arts master! The one on the right looked younger than the one on the left, but he was also in his forties, with black and white hair!
And the Hulu Hall Master mentioned by the young man was only forty or fifty years old, with sword eyebrows and a strong body, and he was sitting in his position with his hands on his chest!
I don't know who in the crowd shouted, "The eldest prince has arrived!", everyone looked at the door and bowed to the black-clothed young man! The two Dharma Protectors and the Hulu Hall Master also stood up and saluted the black-clothed young man!
This black-clothed young man is none other than the eldest son of Xiao Nanshuo, the former sect leader of the Xuanming Sect, the eldest brother mentioned in Xiao Qingshan's mouth, named Xiao Tianyu!
The crowd automatically moved out of the way, Xiao Tianyu walked through the crowd, walked in front of the Hulu Hall Master, and asked, "The Hulu Hall Master rang the dragon bell to summon my sect disciples, what is the matter?"
Hu Lufeng clenched his fists and shouted: "The eldest prince, the old sect leader has passed away for more than a month, and the entire Xuanming Sect is immersed in the grief of the death of the sect leader and can't help himself! As the saying goes: 'A family cannot be without an owner for a day, and a country cannot be without a king for a day', my Xuanming Sect has been inherited for hundreds of years, relying on the unity of the wise leader of the sect leader and the disciples in the sect!"
"So if the Hu Lu Hall Master has any ideas, you might as well say it directly!" Before Hu Lu Feng finished his long speech, Xiao Tianyu had already interrupted him: "The Xuan Ming Sect knows that the Hu Law Hall Master is a quick temper, how can he learn to chew words like a Confucian student!"
Hu Lufeng has been the head of the "Seventh Hall" for eight years, he is strong in martial arts, only under the old sect leader Xiao Nanshuo, how many righteous martial arts people on the rivers and lakes came to attack the Xuanming Sect, but they didn't even go up to the main altar of the Xuanming Sect of the Fire God Peak, and they were defeated by Hu Lufeng!
In the past few years, Hu Lufeng's prestige in the Xuanming Sect has been quite high, and his reputation and status can vaguely catch up with the old sect leader Xiao Nanshuo. On weekdays, the disciples of the sect leader are quite respectful to him, and the four protectors are also polite to him, and the old sect leader does not dare to say anything serious to him!
But this milky hairy child dared to interrupt his words, and said that he was no different from Confucianism, which really angered Hu Lvfeng. But thinking that the old sect leader had just passed away, and he was the eldest son of the old sect leader, it was not easy to have a seizure, so he could only suppress the anger in his heart and said, "What the old man means is that we should choose a new sect leader!"
"That's true!" Xiao Tianyu looked up at the two Dharma Protectors next to him, and when he saw Xiao Tianyu's gaze, the two hurriedly dodged. Xiao Tianyu shook his head, sighed lightly, and continued to ask: "Then who does the Hall Master think is more suitable for this sect master?"
Hu Lvfeng said: "Xuanming Sect Master, the capable live in it! This is the words that our Xuanming Sect has inherited for hundreds of years! Back then, the old sect leader was a step above the others, and he won the position of the sect leader, I think the new sect leader still chooses someone with strong martial arts to serve!"
"Do you only look at his martial arts and don't care about his morality and kindness?" Xiao Tianyu sneered: "If a despicable villain defeats many masters of my Xuanming Sect, will he also be the leader of the sect? The teachings of the Xuanming Sect have been passed down for hundreds of years, and there are too many loopholes, so it has been changed!"
Hu Lufeng's face was cloudy and round, and the corners of his mouth forced a smile: "Then according to the meaning of the eldest prince, who should sit in the position of the sect leader!"
Xiao Tianyu stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the sect leader stone chair, and smiled slightly: "Of course, it is only appropriate for me, the eldest son of the former sect leader Xiao Nanshuo, to sit!"
As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar. Indeed, the death of the father and the inheritance of the son is a tradition that has been passed down in China for thousands of years, and the eldest prince Xiao Tianyu is not a prodigal child, although he is young, his martial arts cultivation can be regarded as a master. He is qualified to sit as the head of the sect!
Hu Lufeng couldn't hold back any longer, and scolded: "Xiao Tianyu, the position of the leader of the Xuanming Sect has been a fair competition since ancient times, do you want the Xuanming Sect to become your Xiao family's own!"
Xiao Tianyu turned around and looked at Hu Lufeng, and said: "I didn't say that the Xuanming Sect is my Xiao family, didn't you also say that the Xuanming Sect Master, the capable live there, even if you are not convinced, you can come up and challenge me, if I lose, I will let Xian!"
In an instant, the whole house was silent. The disciples of the Xuanming Sect all knew that this eldest prince was known as "the only genius of the Heavenly Sect for thousands of years"! At the age of three, he learned a set of palm techniques, and at the age of 10, he had mastered the martial arts of the Xuanming Sect, and he was the best among the younger generation! No one was sure that he would be able to defeat him!
"The pride of the sky is really arrogant!" Hu Lufeng sneered: "It seems that it's time for you to see how powerful the old man is!"
As he spoke, Hu Lufeng took a position: "Today, I will meet you, the pride of the sky, to see if the genius of Tianzong, who is known as the only one in thousands of years, is really like the legend!"
Hu Lvfeng is a Xianbei people, the practice of martial arts is also a kind of Western Regions called "Iron Claw Gong" magic skills, after the practice, transport in the palm, the hands will be like iron hands, hence the name! Hu Lvfeng will practice this skill for decades, has already entered the peak of the realm, a pair of flesh palms can split mountains and stones, break iron and break steel, if it is caught on the body, the bones will be broken!
Xiao Tianyu knew that his martial arts were fine, so he didn't dodge, but instead moved forward and caught up with Hu Rhythm. Seeing that his hands were like claws, he was about to grasp Xiao Tianyu's shoulders for a moment. Xiao Tianyu's figure had disappeared in front of him! Hu Lufeng hit the air with one blow! At the same time, Hu Lufeng only felt that the wind was hunting behind him, and he couldn't dodge, and he was slapped on the back, and the force was so great that he couldn't bear it!
Everyone was shocked, and the two Dharma Protectors also stood up and shouted! Xiao Tianyu's figure fluttered in front of Hu Lufeng. Hu Lufeng got up in embarrassment, and exclaimed: "This is impossible! How can you be so powerful!"
It turned out that at the moment when Hu Lufeng was about to grab Xiao Tianyu's shoulder, Xiao Tianyu's figure had already taken advantage of the situation to go around behind him, and hit Hu Lufeng who was defenseless with one palm!
Who is Hu Lufeng? He is the person whose martial arts are second only to the old sect leader Xiao Nanshuo in the Xuanming Sect, and even the four major Dharma protector martial arts of the sect leader are under him. How many times have he repelled a strong enemy who invaded Vulcan Peak! A man known as the fortress of the Xuanshen Sect! Such a legendary figure, one of the best peerless masters in the rivers and lakes, was actually defeated by a young man in his twenties who was just starting out, and he was still defeated with one move! This kind of speed and strength is beyond the reach of even the late old sect master!
Xiao Tianyu stood on the round platform, looked around at the disciples, and said loudly: "The so-called Xuanming Sect Master, the capable one lives in it!
For a time, the main altar of the Xuanming Sect was silent! Even the number one master of the Xuanming Sect was defeated by Xiao Tianyu, and those who wanted to compete for the position of the sect leader all gave up this ridiculous idea! Isn't it good to live? Why don't you go to death without doing your best!
Seeing that no one responded from the crowd, Song Baichuan, who was hiding in the crowd, suddenly shouted, "Sect Leader Shengming!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the crowd chanted with Song Baichuan. Xiao Tianyu stood on the round platform, and the two Dharma protectors also took a step forward, nodded to the ground on one knee, and said: "Welcome the eldest prince to become the thirty-second leader of this sect, Wencheng Wude, and thousands of generations!"
The disciples also nodded to the ground on one knee and shouted in unison. Xiao Tianyu walked towards the embarrassed Hu Lu Feng and asked, "Hu Lu Hall Master, do you have anything else to say?"
Hu Lufeng snorted coldly: "The eldest prince is strong in martial arts, and the old man is willing to bow down, but you said that the leader of the Xuanming Sect cannot be a despicable villain with strong martial arts, so you have to do one more thing for the Xuanming Sect in order to succeed to the position of the sect leader!
Xiao Tianyu looked at the white-haired Dharma Protector on the side and asked, "Dragon Dharma Protector, is this true?"
That white-haired old protector was none other than Song Baichuan's master, Long Xingyun, the "Blood Flame Banner Master" of the Xuanming Sect. Hearing Xiao Tianyu's question, the Dragon Protector nodded and said, "What the Lord of the Hu Law Hall said is right, but the Xuanming Sect has this tradition. After Ling Zun defeated a group of masters, he also solved the catastrophe caused by the previous sect leader before he officially succeeded the sect leader, so now we can't let you be the sect leader!"
A group of Xuanming Sect disciples also stood up one after another, looking at each other!
"Okay!" Xiao Tianyu said: "The succession is the tradition of the Xuanming Sect, and I must also follow it, may I ask the Master of the Hulu Hall, what else do I have to do?"
Hu Lufeng thought for a while and said, "I wonder if the eldest prince still remembers that when the hall master Xiao of Xiao Dongcheng was alive, he had a 'dragon envoy' Guo Bodhisattva of the 'Seventh Hall' under him?"
"Guo Bodhisattva, I naturally remember!" Xiao Tianyu said: "He defected to the church ten years ago, and then rebelled with Zhao Chou, a person from Henan, and his whereabouts are unknown after the defeat!"
"Remember best!" Hu Lufeng said: "What I want the eldest prince to do is to go to the rivers and lakes, kill the apostate Guo Bodhisattva, and clear the portal for my Xuanming Sect!"
That Xiao Dongcheng is Xiao Tianyu and Xiao Qingshan's uncle, the elder brother of the previous sect leader Xiao Nanshuo, and the biological father of Xiao Yanyu, the "Xiaoxiang concubine". Before Hu Lufeng was appointed as the head of the "Seventh Hall", the "Seventh Hall" was guarded by Xiao Dongcheng! And Guo Bodhisattva was Xiao Dongcheng's subordinate!
Later, Xiao Dongcheng died of illness, and Hu Lufeng succeeded him as the head of the "Seventh Hall". "Dragon Envoy" Guo Bodhisattva has always been at odds with him, and there have been many disputes, and then in a fit of anger, he apostasy fled, wandered the rivers and lakes, and met with Zhao Chou, and organized the "Maitreya Army" uprising!
Since ancient times, the Xuanming Sect has not been tolerant of apostasants, and they must kill them to set an example! Xiao Yanyu ran away because she was for the Xuanming Sect, and besides, she was the niece of the sect leader, so no one dared to kill her, but Guo Bodhisattva was different. The Xuanming Sect should have cleaned up the portal a long time ago, but in the past few years, the contradictions between them and the so-called righteous path martial arts have deepened, and there are often wars, and the pursuit and killing of Guo Bodhisattva has been delayed!
Hu Lufeng has a gap with Guo Bodhisattva, and he has never forgotten about it. Just when Xiao Tianyu defeated himself, he thought of this way, firstly, he could use Xiao Tianyu's hand to get rid of Guo Bodhisattva, the enemy, and secondly, he also had a wishful thinking in his heart, this said: Sandpiper and clam compete, fisherman profit!
Xiao Tianyu was silent for a long time. Not to mention the size of the rivers and lakes, he doesn't know where Guo Bodhisattva is. I don't know if Guo Bodhisattva is still alive in the world after the defeat. But the Xuanming Sect has this tradition, and if you don't agree, you won't be able to do the position of the sect leader. If you agree, if you can't find Guo Bodhisattva, you won't be able to do this position as the leader in the end!
Hu Lufeng said on the side: "Can't the eldest prince do it?"
Xiao Tianyu was wild, so naturally he couldn't listen to others say that he couldn't do anything, so his eyes suddenly widened angrily, and the murderous aura between his eyebrows became stronger: "Who said I couldn't do it, I took this thing!"
"Okay!" Hu Lufeng clapped his hands three times: "It is worthy of being the son of the old sect leader, the tiger father has no dog son, but the eldest son, the old man wants to make an appointment with you here, it will be a month, after a month, if you carry Guo Bodhisattva's head back to this Xuanming Sect main altar, our Xuanming Sect will naturally respect you as the sect leader, if the one-month period has passed, you can't come back or don't come back with Guo Bodhisattva's head, then the position of the sect leader can only be given to others to sit!"
Song Baichuan was very excited when he heard it, and shouted loudly: "A month is too short, the rivers and lakes are so big, we don't even know where Guo Bodhisattva is, how to find him!"
"It's okay!" Xiao Tianyu said: "Baichuan, you take your disciples with me, one month is enough to find Guo Bodhisattva!"
Hu Lufeng suddenly interrupted him: "The eldest prince, it's no wonder that the old man didn't make it clear to you!" He suddenly coughed dryly, bringing out a trace of blood: "This matter can only be done by the eldest prince alone, and the disciples in the sect are not allowed to participate in it, otherwise this game will be invalid!"
This old fox is really an old treacherous and cunning man, and the layout is thorough, but what kind of character Xiao Tianyu is, he did not refute, but shouted loudly: "Okay, according to what the master of the Hulu Hall said, I will go alone, and a month later, the main altar of the Xuanming Sect, Guo Bodhisattva's head will be delivered!
Hu Lufeng smiled slightly, hugged his fists and saluted: "The old man wishes the eldest prince a victory and a safe return!"
Xiao Tianyu didn't speak anymore, turned around and left the Xuanming Sect's main altar, and Song Baichuan hurriedly followed. The two of them returned to the Thousand Peerless Peaks along the "Shu Road Difficulty". Xiao Tianyu was still standing there, looking at the scenery of the distant mountains!
Song Baichuan muttered on the side: "This Hulu Hall Master is clearly giving you a problem, Guo Bodhisattva has been apostasy for more than ten years, during which he only appeared a few times in Henan, and after the failure of the uprising, he went into hiding, and my master once sent someone to look around the rivers and lakes and found no trace of him." But he let you go alone, this big river and lake, where to start!"
"Don't complain!" Xiao Tianyu said: "As long as he is alive, he will definitely be found, even if he is hidden at the ends of the earth, I will find him!"
Song Baichuan said: "Everyone in the sect knows that the master of the Hulu Hall is at odds with Guo Bodhisattva, and the master of the Hulu Hall is a personal vendetta of the communiqué!"
Xiao Tianyu said: "Hu Lufeng's old thief's prestige and martial arts are only this for his father, and he guards the important position of 'Seventh Hall', and he has many capable people, and his power cannot compete with a few Dharma protectors. Although he was defeated by me, some stubborn old fellows in the sect still disobeyed me, and if I didn't come down, I would definitely be caught by them! Therefore, killing Guo Bodhisattva is just an expedient measure, I am going out this month to find a few masters to come, after I leave, you write a letter to Zhenbei to come back, you also privately inquire about who in the sect supports me, and secretly unite them!"
Song Baichuan paused and asked, "Eldest son, do you want to call the second prince back?" You two brothers work together, you will be invincible!"
Xiao Tianyu was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Qingyi is a carefree and easy character, I can't stand these messy rules in the sect, he has a reason to leave, so I won't bother him, it's enough for me to have you brothers!"
Hearing Xiao Tianyu's words, Song Baichuan was flattered: "Thanks to the wrong love of the eldest son, Baichuan is ashamed!"
"When will your humble temperament change?" Xiao Tianyu said with a smile: "You are the personal disciple of the Dragon Protector, and you will succeed me in the future as the 'Blood Flame Banner Master', why don't you dare to be it!"
Song Baichuan's eyes were full of tears, when he went to the river to bid farewell to his second son Xiao Qingshan a few days ago, Xiao Qingshan had said something similar to him. Although these two brothers have different temperaments, they treat him with sincere feelings!
Song Baichuan knelt on the ground and said: "Baichuan will live up to the expectations of the eldest prince, and he will not hesitate to go to the soup for the eldest prince!"
"I'll go first, and when I return in a month's time, it will be the day when Hu Lufeng's group will die!"
Xiao Tianyu left these words, jumped into the vast jungle, and disappeared in front of Song Baichuan's eyes after a few ups and downs! Song Baichuan got up, and the bleak autumn wind blew his clothes hunting! He stood in the cold wind and muttered to himself: "Second son, don't worry, I will also live up to your expectations, wholeheartedly assist the eldest prince, and become the 'Blood Flame Banner Master' Song Baichuan in your heart!"
The autumn wind carried his words to the mountains and forests, stirring up several echoes that hit his periosteum!
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The weather in late autumn is getting colder and colder, and after nightfall, the night wind rises suddenly, and then the dark clouds are thick, and it actually rains lightly! An autumn rain and a cold, the arrival of this rain makes the already desolate world seem even more silent and desolate!
In the vast night, in the drizzle, a man and a horse are walking on the desolate ancient road!
Because of the rain, the horse walked slowly. The pedestrians on the horse were draped in a heavy robe, and his radiant eyes and cold and thin face could be seen in the rain curtain!
On his waist, a long knife handle could be faintly seen, and the hand holding the reins was also extremely thin and bruised, from which it could be inferred that this person was a master of using knives!
Gradually, the night wind became stronger and the rain became heavier. The man looked up at the sky, and then at the horse. I saw that his horse had been soaked in heavy rain, and the muscles on his body were shaking irregularly. Seeing this, he hurriedly sped up and disappeared into the vast rain curtain in the blink of an eye!
In a short time, a ruined thatched hut appeared in the rain curtain, and the man drove his horse towards it. Outside, he jumped off his horse, pushed open the door, and made sure it was a deserted house before he led the horse inside!
The situation inside the house is not much better than outside. Due to disrepair, the roof has been dilapidated, many places are dripping with water, and only a small area is dry. It's like the scene written in Du Fu's poem, "There is no dry place for the bedside house to leak, and the rain feet are like hemp and not broken"!
The man led the horse to the stem, tied it up, and took off his coat. Under the robe is a young man in black in his twenties, he is tall, although his appearance is not handsome, but there is also a chic between his eyebrows!
He settled the horse, sat down against the wall, stroked the horse's legs, and sighed: "Lu'er, you have been wronged by following me, if you still follow him, you will not suffer here!"
The horse was red, and its hair was getting more and more red because of the rain. It seems to be human, hearing what the boy said, he roared, rubbing his head in the boy's arms, like a child throwing himself into the arms of his parents and being coquettish.
In the pouring rain, another man dressed in a cloak and riding a horse galloped wildly on the road. In a few moments, a dilapidated thatched hut appeared in front of the man's eyes. The man was overjoyed, sped up, and ran towards the thatched hut, which was the thatched hut where the young man had taken shelter from the rain just now!
The night is getting deeper and deeper, the wind is getting more and more fierce, and the rain is getting denser and denser!
Lu'er quarreled with the young man for a while, and the young man suddenly stood up alertly. In addition to the whistling of the autumn wind and the sound of raindrops, there were also bursts of horses' hooves outside the house!
The boy knew that this was also a traveler who came to take shelter from the rain when he was in a hurry at night. I thought that if he came in, I would invite him to take shelter from the rain under this projectile!
The sound of horses' hooves stopped, and a man in a cloak walked in, looked up, and his eyes just collided with the young man!
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