After a big battle, Qingchen and Gu Rong were obviously a little tired.

But out of a sense of crisis, the two of them decided to take turns to rest.

Fortunately, nothing strange happened that night.

Early in the morning, the two were woken up by a few pleasant birdsong songs, and after a little tidying up, they were ready to continue on their way.

"Senior brother, you said that this Xuntian is also a divine sword, why don't you even have the ability to fly the sword?"

Gu Rong yawned and stared at the scabbard behind Qingchen with a look of contempt.

Qingchen smiled and took Xuntian from his back, put it in his hand, and gently wiped it with the corner of his clothes.

"It's not that I don't have it, it's just that I think that since I've come down the mountain, I want to be like mortals in the world, walking thousands of miles and seeing the world. ”

Gu Rong spread his hands, picked up the Qiankun stick and prepared to go on the road.

Qingchen took Xuntian and followed: "Senior brother, occasionally walking, it also has a different flavor!"

"What flavor can it be, this sun is so poisonous!" Gu Rong looked bitter and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

Qingchen was helpless, shook his head, swung out the Heaven Following Sword, stretched out two fingers and drew a rune in the void.

A clear stream overflowed from the body of the Heavenly Follower Sword, and suddenly a cool breath wrapped the two of them.

This clear stream is actually the first sword in the state of twilight spring, Mu Chunyu.

"Senior brother, it's not that Qingchen doesn't want the sword to fly, it's just that the sword consumption is too great, not to mention that I have to take you with me, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it down halfway!"

Gu Rong rolled his eyes and sighed: "Okay, after all, you're only seventeen years old! ”

The two of them were on the road for another day.

At this time, in Xijing City on the other side, Xu Qingyan, who was wearing a light blue dress, was shopping in the market with his maid.

"Yingying, do you think this hairpin is worthy of me?"

Xu Qingyan picked up a pearl hairpin and asked the little maid beside him.

The little maid blinked her big eyes and nodded: "Well, Miss is the first beauty in Jinling, and she looks good in anything!"

Xu Qingyan was a little embarrassed by her, and reprimanded in a low voice: "You girl, where did you learn these sycophant kung fu." ”

At this time, the vendor who sold hairpins also smiled: "The girl is indeed beautiful and moving, if the girl likes it, this hairpin will be given to the girl as a gift." ”

Xu Qingyan smiled, took the hairpin and left.

This smile made the vendor brother stunned, his mouth opened wide, and his words were about to flow out.

"Hey, hey, hey, my young lady already has a sweetheart! Don't think about it!

After speaking, Yingying threw out a tael of silver and threw it on the stall, and trotted in the direction of Qingyan.

Qingyan put on the hairpin, and then turned to the warbler who ran over.

"How about Yingying, do you think this hairpin Qingchen boy will like it?"

"Miss! There is still more than half a year until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year!

Yingying smiled and joked to Qingyan, because the word Qingchen had to be mentioned at least dozens of times every day since she returned to Xijing.

"Okay, you're getting bolder, dare to make fun of me!"

Xu Qingyan pretended to be angry and quarreled with Yingying.

Yingying was tickled by Xu Qingyan, and she couldn't cry or laugh, so she had to hold her and beg for mercy: "Miss! I was wrong! You want a lady to like it!"

"Hmph!" Qingyan glanced over, but the longing for Qingchen in his heart was indeed getting stronger.

"Eh, Sister Qingyan! What a coincidence!"

Suddenly, there was a shout behind him, and the owner of this shout was the son of an old friend of Qingyan's father.

His name is Yin Lie, and now he is also a general, commanding the forbidden army in Xijing City.

"Why don't you stay in the palace and run out of the palace?" Qingyan seemed to be very unkind to this Yin Lie.

Yin Lie smiled bitterly embarrassedly: "Hehe, it's really not a secret, I calculated that Uncle Xu should also return to Beijing, so I went to Xu Mansion to visit." ”

"No, Uncle Xu said that you just came out with Yingying, and I knew that I would come over immediately. ”

Xu Qingyan sighed slightly, how could she not see this Yin Lie's affection for her.

"Yin Lie, is it unseemly for you to come to visit my father, and then directly abandon my father and go to the street to look for me!"

"Ah, Sister Qingyan misunderstood, it was Uncle Xu who asked me to come to look for you, saying that the family banquet was about to start, and I asked Sister Qingyan to return home quickly. ”

Yin Lie was a little overwhelmed, because he could also feel that after Qingyan came back from Jinling this time, there was an invisible barrier between them.

Xu Qingyan nodded slightly, took the hand of the maid Yingying, and walked towards Xu's mansion.

Along the way, Yin Lie followed behind the two women, a little embarrassed.

Qingyan and Yingying talked and laughed, leaving Yin Lie behind him aside.

Soon, the three returned to Xu's mansion.

Walking into the lobby, a middle-aged man sat on the Taishi chair. This man is Xu Qingyan's father, the commander of the Xu family's army, Xu Younian.

Xu Younian saw the three of them walking in, Yin Lie was left behind and out of place, and couldn't help coughing lightly: "Yan'er, Lie'er is kind enough to look for you, how can you leave him in the cold." ”

Qingyan pursed her mouth and seemed to be a little angry: "Daddy, I will naturally come back during the family banquet, and I can have a warbler, I don't want outsiders to disturb me." ”

As soon as Qingyan's words came out, Yin Lie's face was a little bitter, which was seen by General Xu.

"Qingyan! How can I say that Lie'er is an outsider, and I was born and died with his father, and I was friends in trouble. The two of you are childhood sweethearts, and you have no guesses. ”

"You really feel chilled to be a father when you say such things!"

Qingyan saw that his father was helping Yin Lie speak, and he was very aggrieved: "Of course Yan'er knows that Yin Lie is your friend's son, but Yan'er has always only regarded him as an elder brother, and he has no other intentions. ”

When Xu Younian heard this, the expression on his face was a little indescribable. Although it is true that both parents have the intention of marrying, it does not indicate it.

Xu Younian also knows Yin Lie's love for Xu Qingyan, and has always had the heart to match, but his daughter's temperament is too similar to when she was young, she dares to love and hate, and she has something to say.

"Yan'er, the male should get married, the female should get married, our family and the Yin family are close friends, Lie'er is now the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the future is limitless, what's not good!"

Yin Lie, who was originally depressed, heard Xu Younian's words, and his eyes suddenly brightened and he was full of confidence.

Yes, I am also a young talent, the commander of the Praetorian Guard in the palace, is there anyone more suitable for clearing the smoke than me!

Yin Lie's heart was complacent, he felt that with his family background, he was definitely the best choice for the Xu family to choose a mate.

"Daddy, Yan'er already has someone in her heart, and I hope that Daddy will be fulfilled. ”

"What!" Xu Younian was shocked by this sudden sentence, and his eyes stared at Qingyan, his eyes full of incredulity. "You, you, you, who the hell are the sons!"

Yin Lie, who originally felt that he was bound to win, was also like a thunderbolt from the sky at this moment, and his eyes lost concentration.

Xu Qingyan was not in a hurry, and his face was full of joy.

"Daddy, do you remember that on the fifteenth day of the first month of this year, the Oiran demon in Jinling City changed?"

Xu Younian thought for a while and then nodded slowly: "This is indeed the case, the adjutant told me at the time, saying that it was the Oiran demon transformation, and then it was destroyed by a Taoist priest holding a divine sword. ”

"That's right! His name is Qingchen!" Xu Qingyan said with a smile.

"You actually fell in love with a Taoist priest! You made my Xu family lose face!"

Xu Younian slapped the table, very angry. How can you say that the Xu family is also an important minister of the imperial court, and it belongs to everyone, how can you let your daughter like a monk monk.

Xu Qingyan didn't understand it very much, because her father, who had doted on her since she was a child, had never been angry with him.

"Daddy, Qingchen Gongzi, he is not an ordinary Taoist priest, he is an immortal, he saved me in Baihualou!" Qingyan was a little emotionally out of control.

Xu Younian looked at Yin Lie, who was stunned on the side, and said sternly: "No matter what, I will not allow you to be with a Taoist priest, even if he is an immortal!"

Xu Qingyan couldn't cry after hearing this, and ran out of the lobby with his mouth covered.

"Miss!" the warbler shouted and ran out with her.

Xu Younian looked at Yin Lie and sighed slightly: "Lie'er, let you laugh, my daughter, I have been spoiled by me since I was a child." ”

Yin Lie shook his head: "Uncle Xu, don't worry, today's matter, Yin Lie categorically will not mention half a word to the outside!"

Xu Younian nodded slowly, seemingly very satisfied with Yin Lie.

"Lie'er, don't worry, uncle has always been on your side, a Taoist priest wants to kidnap my Xu Younian's daughter, it's a pipe dream!"

"Yin Lie thanked Uncle Xu, there are still some trivial matters in the palace that have not been dealt with, so I won't bother much!"

Xu Younian sighed, he also understood this matter, and he was afraid that the family banquet would not be able to be eaten, so he waved his hand at Yin Lie.

"Well, next time I'm free, my uncle will invite you to come to the house as a guest!"

Yin Lie nodded, bowed to Xu Younian, and slowly withdrew from the Xu Mansion.

The entire Xijing City is shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the sky lanterns of all sizes float around, a prosperous and lively scene.

And under this bustle, there are always some dark corners, and the darkness that is about to move is emerging.

Last night, two more died in the land temple outside the West City, and the death was extremely tragic, with hardly a drop of blood left in their bodies. ”

"I'll go, it's really fake, plus these two, it's estimated that there will be ten of them in the past few days!"

"But it's not! Now the city is full of wind and rain, and people are panicking, isn't this, everyone is putting sky lanterns and praying, even if a nightmare will befall them one day. ”

"Then I'll hurry home and let my mother-in-law make up one, in this world, demons are rampant!"

In Xijing City, in a tavern, two vendors are drinking wine while talking about a strange incident that happened in the west of the city recently.

This matter has to start from last month, saying that two Qinglou women were found tragically dead on the city wall outside Xicheng early in the morning, their whole bodies were shriveled up, and there was no trace of blood left.

When the government learned of this, it immediately sent a patrol to investigate, but it was slow to find a clue.

But what I didn't expect was that within the next week, two more people died, in the same condition, not on the city wall, but also on the west side of the city.

All the people felt that there were demons doing trouble, but the government tried its best to refute the rumors, let the people relax, and set up a paper to definitely investigate this matter.