Night has fallen.

The west of the imperial capital, Eggplant Hutong, Xuyang's mansion.

After confirming that there were indeed no Ouchi guards in ambush nearby, and there were no malicious snoopers, Xu Yang entered the courtyard with confidence.

The yard has always been cooked, cleaned cleanly, and there are a few dead wind lamps hanging everywhere, illuminating every corner of the yard, and a few pots of chrysanthemums are placed in the yard, swaying in the cold wind of early winter.

It's a little more artistic conception than before I went out.

Xu Yang was very satisfied, much better than he had imagined before.

It seems that in the days when he is away, Zhuang Cheng is attentive.

The courtyard was slightly empty at this time, only to hear the sound of "squeak", the door of the guest room was opened, and a man in Tsing Yi walked out, and after seeing that the person who came was Xu Yang, his face showed a look of surprise, who is it not Zhuang Cheng?

Xu Yang looked at Zhuang Chengzhou's body, nodded with satisfaction, and asked, "Your martial arts have grown again?"

Zhuang Cheng was a little surprised that Xu Yang could actually see his growth at a glance, but he still said frankly: "Indeed, I feel that my internal strength has improved in the past few months, and my sword skills seem to have improved a little." ”

Xu Yang's jaw was headed, Zhuang Cheng had experienced nine deaths before, and his mood had been greatly improved, in the prison, he gave him "ginseng Guiyuan soup" every day to hang his life, and his internal strength naturally increased greatly, but he had just recovered from a major injury before, and his vitality was insufficient, and it could not be revealed.

Now after a few months of recuperation, so many good medicines can be used, if they can't be improved, it would be strange.

But even so, Zhuang Cheng is only a second-rate level at most, and his advantages are more reflected in light skills, stealing and disguise, and martial arts are not his forte after all.

"Zhuang Cheng, I'm just coming back this time for a few days, and I'm going to leave later. You shouldn't be able to return to the imperial capital in the past two years, if you want, this house will be left for you to live in, if you want to go back to your hometown, you don't have to do anything, I'll find someone else to guard the house. ”

When Zhuang Cheng heard this, his eyes turned a little red: "Master, are you going to drive me away?" Since the villain became the master's subordinate that day, he has vowed to be loyal to the master for the rest of his life, no matter where the master is or how long he is away, the villain is willing to guard this house for the master!"

Seeing that Zhuang Cheng was so resolute, Xu Yang naturally would not refuse his kindness.

After all, it is not many days before I leave, and I always have to leave a contact point, otherwise when I come back, I will be black-eyed and a waste of time.

Instead of looking for someone again, it is better to leave Zhuang Cheng, at least it is reliable, and the experience of the rivers and lakes is enough, so as not to be fooled.

nodded: "Then it's hard for you, these days, is there any movement in the imperial capital?"

Zhuang Cheng cautiously led Xu Yang into the master's room, and replied: "How dare you be the master of a thank you, the imperial capital has nothing to do recently, a few days ago I heard that Qianlong went to Jiangnan to relax, it should be because of the defeat of the Qing army in the northwest, but then there have been people snooping, but today it seems to be gone." ”

Xu Yang waved his hand: "Those are all people from the guards, don't worry about them, they won't dare to come again in the future." ”

I secretly thought in my heart, this time Qianlong went to Jiangnan, I am afraid it is the time when he met Chen Jialuo in the original book, I wonder if Chen Jialuo can still understand the affairs of the northwest this time, and go to Jiangnan to meet Qianlong?

Zhuang Cheng was naturally convinced of Xu Yang's words, in his heart, this master was simply like a god, and what he said was taken as a guideline.

Suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said to Xu Yang, who had already sat down peacefully: "A few days ago, Lord Zhantong Zhan came several times, and each time he brought a lot of medicinal materials, I saw that there was no place at home, so I found a sunny and ventilated guest room, piled it in, and I don't know if it is appropriate?"

Naturally, in addition to being afraid of insects, medicinal materials are also afraid of rain and humidity, and a ventilated and sunny room is used for storage, of course, it is the best.

"Let's go and see it later, let me ask you, did there be a woman who often came to snoop a few days ago?" Xu Yang asked deliberately.

Zhuang Cheng thought for a while, and said: "There is indeed one, but it was several months ago, and someone came to spy on the owner as soon as he left, and the figure should be a woman, but this person's skills are not very good, the villain's injuries were not healed at that time, and she still slapped her on the back of the knife and vomited blood, but she escaped, and she has not come back these days." ”

"Well, that's good. Hearing that this woman had been injured by Zhuang Cheng, the anger in Xu Yang's heart was slightly released, and what Hongyang said before was not a lie.

took out a book of knives and handed it to Zhuang Cheng.

This is this C-level knife spectrum, called "Tiger Falling Knife Spectrum", which was specially left for Zhuang Cheng in a pile of secret notes that he collected before.

Zhuang Cheng's original practice of the Wind Knife Method is actually a C-level martial art, but it belongs to the weaker level in the C-level, and now Zhuang Cheng's internal strength is successful, compared to the Wind Knife Technique, which attaches great importance to speed and moves, it is naturally more suitable to practice this Tiger Falling Knife Technique, which pays more attention to internal force and might.

It's a pity that there is no higher-level sword technique in the exercises collected this time.

And the Hu family's knife technique, Xu Yang himself learned it is not right, and it is naturally not suitable to transfer it to Zhuang Cheng.

Zhuang Cheng is also knowledgeable, as soon as he saw this "Tiger Falling Knife Book", his eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help the eagerness in his heart, so he opened it on the spot to watch.

Xu Yang didn't think it was a pestle, closed his eyes and recuperated for a while, only to hear Zhuang Cheng say: "Master, this knife book is really good, these days the villain practices the wind knife technique, and always feels that it is difficult to improve, on the contrary, this kind of knife technique, the villain feels that it is more suitable." ”

"You practice first, if there is anything wrong, you don't have to force the practice, and when I return in a few years, I will bring you better martial arts secrets. Xu Yang opened his eyes and said with a smile.

"How dare you bother the master to worry, the villain is very content!" Zhuang Chengcheng replied with trepidation.

Xu Yang ignored him, went straight to the room where the medicinal materials were stored, and when he entered the house, he was startled.

It turned out that the medicinal materials sent by Zhantong these days far exceeded Xu Yang's estimate, and in terms of quality and vintage, they were not weaker than those purchased before.

In other words, Lao Tzu is rich again?!

Xu Yang was even more grateful to Zhantong in his heart, thinking that he, as an agent, was really desperate to buy medicinal materials for himself these days.

After thinking about it, there was not much inventory in his carry-on space, Xu Yang took out 100 system points with some distress, and exchanged 1 cubic meter of carry-on space to the system again, and then put all those medicinal materials in.

Seeing that the carry-on space suddenly doubled in size, Xu Yang's heart ached, but he was still a little comforted, at least when he went to other small worlds to search in the future, he could also bring more things back to the main world.