"It's you......" Shen Shi subconsciously glanced behind the old coachman out of the corner of his eyes, but saw that the surroundings were empty, and there was no other person, let alone the person he had been waiting for.

The thin old man turned his neck, making a strange soft sound like a bone joint that had been stiff for many years, and then hissed in a hoarse voice and said, "Come with me, Young Master Shen." ”

Shen Shi's pupils shrank slightly, stared at him and was silent for a moment, and said, "Where are you going?" After a pause, he couldn't help but ask again, "Uncle, where is he?"

"Uncle?" the old coachman frowned, then reacted, laughed strangely, looked at Shen Shi with a somewhat playful expression, and said, "You mean that butcher?" Hehe, it seems that you have a good relationship with him, you will know when you get to the place." ”

Shen Shi was silent, and the old coachman stopped talking to him, turned around and walked away, Shen Shi hesitated, and finally slowly walked out of the door and followed behind the thin old man.

This mansion is only two entrances, which is not too big, Shen Shi followed the old man and quickly left the courtyard inside, to the place where he came in before. The carriage and the lean horse, which had been seated for ten days, were still parked in the yard at the moment, but the old coachman had unloaded the carriage from the horse and stopped on the side of the yard.

When the lean horse heard the footsteps, he turned his head to look at it, and when he saw the figure of the old coachman, he showed some intimacy, and went up and rubbed his head against his arm, while chewing something in his mouth, as if he were eating.

The old coachman smiled, patted the thin horse's head gently with his hand, and then turned back to Shen Shi and said, "Young Master Shen, you go to the house over there first and wait, I have something to show you." ”

Shen Shi followed his gaze and saw a room on the west side of this courtyard, but it was different from other bright houses, the doors and windows of this house were tightly closed and tightly closed. Shen Shi's heart skipped a beat for no reason, and said, "What are you going to show me?"

The old man didn't say anything more, just looked at him deeply.

Shen Shi was suddenly chilled by his eyes, like a basin of cold water poured down from his head, and he had a chilling illusion, and subconsciously took a step back. In his twelve years of life, he had never been stared at with such a gaze, which was cold with indifference and ferocity, as if he were not looking at a human being. However, what is even more strange is that Shen Shi was stunned and afraid, but he clearly and faintly felt that this kind of look was a little familiar to him, as if he had seen this kind of gaze when and where in the past.

After a while, the thin horse that had been standing beside the old man seemed to notice something, and turned his head to look at Shen Shi, and when Shen Shi's eyes fell on the thin horse's head, his heart chuckled again, but he clearly saw that the thin horse's eyes were completely different from ordinary horses, showing a strange blood-red color, looking as fierce as a fierce beast.

The strange and eerie scene in front of him weighed heavily on Shen Shi's heart like a mountain, almost making him feel like he couldn't breathe, he involuntarily turned around and slowly walked towards the closed door step by step.

Behind him, the thin old coachman's eyes slowly narrowed, and the corners of his mouth showed a cruel and cold hideous smile, and at the same time, his right hand reached under the placket of his waist, and a flash of light suddenly flashed, revealing a strangely shaped half-cut blade, bent like a waning moon, shaped like a sickle, and looking extremely sharp.

The skinny horse standing beside him seemed to suddenly get excited, snorted, and jumped in place a few times.

Shen Shi heard some movement behind him, although he had only taken a few short steps, the inexplicable pressure and almost gushing out of fear had already made him break out in a cold sweat all over his body. For a moment, he sincerely wished that the door was far away and that he would never go there, but the yard was only so big, and the road was only so short.

A moment later, he was standing in front of the closed door.

He stopped, and slowly raised his hand to push the door open, but when his hand reached into the air, he suddenly froze, because at this moment, standing only a stone's throw away from the door, he suddenly smelled a faint strange smell.

He was no stranger to the smell.

In the past few years, in the courtyard of a secluded alley in Xilu City, Yinzhou, he can often touch and smell this kind of smell.

That's bloody gas!

Faint, bloody gas.

It was at this moment that he suddenly thought of why he felt that the old man's strange gaze looking at him was a little familiar, it was because he had indeed seen it before, just over the years, in that small courtyard in Xilu City, when the butcher wielded a knife to slaughter those fat pigs and livestock, he also looked at the same ......

His hand slowly lowered, and his heart seemed to have fallen into a bottomless abyss, and it sank all the way.

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The atmosphere in this small courtyard seems to be frozen and solidified at this moment, cold and suffocating, only the thin horse, it seems to be more and more excited, his eyes are blood-red, staring at Shen Shi's back, the horse's hooves keep digging on the ground, it looks like it can't help but rush over at any time, where there is a half-minute honest and obedient appearance, it is just like those ferocious demon beasts in the wilderness and deep mountains.

And the old coachman beside it, his face became more and more hideous, and his right hand was slowly pulled out, and the sharp and strange blade was about to reveal his whole body.

It's just that at this critical moment, a tall and burly figure suddenly appeared behind the old man, as if blocking the light in the sky at once, and covering the old coachman with a shadow.

A large and steady hand grasped the old coachman's right hand, as solid as a rock.

The old coachman's face was slightly gloomy, and his eyes narrowed.

A force came from the big hand, and slowly pushed the blade back under the old man's clothes, the corners of the old man's mouth twitched slightly, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, but he seemed to think of something, and after taking a deep breath, he didn't resist after all.

The tall figure walked slowly in front of him, and it was the butcher who had been gone for a long time.

The old coachman slowly raised his head and stared at the butcher, with a bit of resentment in his eyes, but the butcher was not afraid, and looked at him coldly, without the slightest hint of evasion.

Beside the old coachman, the thin horse, who obviously sensed the hostility, had already turned his attention back from Shen Shi, and at this moment he roared lowly, glaring at the butcher with a bit of ferocity.

Suddenly, the butcher slapped him in the face.

The big hand brought a sharp roar in mid-air, like lightning, before the thin horse could react, it had hit the horse's head hard, only to hear the sound of "pop", the whole body of the thin horse was actually beaten into the air, and flew straight out, with a terrible wail, it flew over half of the yard, "bang" and slammed on a white wall, and then fell down again.

......A few strange and faint wails came from the mouth of the thin horse in the corner of the wall, and the old coachman's face changed greatly, and he took a step suddenly.

The butcher looked at him coldly and said nothing.

The old coachman stared at him for a long time, then suddenly sneered, and said in a hoarse voice: "Count you ruthless." ”

So saying, he turned around and walked to the corner of the wall, and went to look after the lean horse.

The atmosphere in the courtyard gradually relaxed because the old coachman turned away, and when the butcher turned around, he saw Shen Shi, who also turned around, and the pale face of the young man.

The butcher slowly walked over and stood in front of Shen Shi.

Shen Shi opened his mouth, but found that his throat was very dry, and after a while, he only called in a low voice: "Uncle......"

The butcher nodded, stared at the young man in front of him, and after a moment of silence, said, "That incident ......"

Shen Shi Huoran raised his head, his heart seemed to be lifted all of a sudden, and he stared at the butcher without blinking.

The butcher looked at Shen Shi's expectant eyes, paused, nodded, and said softly:

"That's done. ”

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his body softened, and he stumbled and almost fell, but fortunately, the butcher was quick and grabbed him. At the tentacle, the butcher couldn't help frowning, and found that there was sweat on Shen Shi's palm, and at the same time, his fingers were cold.

It's just that, after hearing the news, Shen Shi seemed to have finally let go of the burden in his heart, and the whole person was completely relaxed in a state of collapse, and after taking a breath, a long-lost smile finally appeared on his face.

Perhaps affected by his smile, the butcher's solemn face also cleared a little, nodded, and said, "Okay, it's over, now let's go." ”

Shen Shi nodded heavily.

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When the butcher walked out of the gate of this mansion with Shen Shi, unlike when he came, the old coachman, his carriage and thin horse did not follow. And the moment Shen Shi stepped out of the door, he also subconsciously glanced back, but everywhere he looked, he was looking at the room with closed doors and windows from afar.

In the bright sunshine, the room seemed to indifferently reject all light, hiding the darkness in it and standing alone.

That faint trace of bloody breath was already faintly inaudible here, but for Shen Shi, the breath not long ago seemed to have been contaminated on him, and it didn't go away for a long time, and the end of his nose seemed to be able to smell that bloody breath.

If, the butcher does not return in time......

If he did push the door open......

What awaits him?

Shen Shi took a deep breath, shook his head violently, shook off the thoughts in his mind, and then turned around and followed the butcher, strode away, and left the mansion.

Walking back on the street, the voices of people gradually increased, giving Shen Shi the feeling of returning to the world, everything seemed to be different from before, and everything seemed to be so beautiful.

"Uncle, where are we going now?" he asked the butcher.

The butcher thought for a while and said, "Let's go to Haizhou in the south, go to the shore of the sea, and according to the previous agreement, we will send you to Jinhong Mountain and worship the Lingxiao Sect." ”

Jin Hongshan, Lingxiao Sect!

Shen Shi clenched his fists, and the hourglass felt a solid and steady feeling in his palm, and when he raised his head, he smiled and said:

"Okay!"

This day is March 15, which is the bright season of spring.

In Tonghe City, Lanzhou, the young Shen Shi is about to start his long journey.

The road is ahead, vast and boundless, but at this moment, the scenery of every step seems to be unusually beautiful and beautiful.

What the future holds, who knows?