It was late at night, and Zhao Wu'an sat on the edge of the bed, looking through the scriptures by the dim candlelight on the table, with a dark red sword box on his lap. The cottage is quiet, and the magnolia in front of the window is slightly shaking.

A figure flashed by the window. Zhao Wu'an raised his head keenly and stared at the swaying magnolia, as if he sensed something. He snapped the book shut, and the candle flame shook violently at the action, causing the shadows on his walls to shake.

Zhao Wu'an looked solemn, walked to the door, and reached out to pull the latch.

The wooden door creaked and creaked back.

The person standing in front of the door had not seen Zhao Wu'an for months.

Against the backdrop of the night, his originally oily face was less fat, but more vicissitudes. The beard at the corners of his lips grew horizontally, and his hair was messy like a bird's nest. I don't know how long it took to change my clothes, and in addition to the dark black stains on my head, there seemed to be dried dark red blood.

However, even if he looked embarrassed, the man was not seen at all, as soon as Zhao Wu'an opened the door, he swaggered into the house, sat down at the table, and breathed a long sigh of relief, looking happy and energetic.

Zhao Wuannu said, "You are at ease." ”

"Where is my old Hu uncomfortable?" Hu Buxi laughed twice.

That's right, the uninvited guest who came to Zhao Wu'an's door in the middle of the night was Hu Buxi, the head catcher of the first two Zhejiang.

Zhao Wu'an turned around and went to pick up the teapot. There was only a layer of foam left in the pot, and he hesitated for a moment, poured the remaining tea in his cup into an empty tea cup, and handed it to Hu Buxi.

"Thank you, boss!" Hu didn't like to take it happily and drank it all down.

Zhao Wu'an sat on the edge of the bed with his head propped up, looking at his thirst for herbal tea, sighed secretly in his heart, and asked, "Have you ever been back to Liangzhe?"

"After turning around at the gate of Yangzhou, I turned around and headed north. Hu Buxi wiped his mouth and said disapprovingly, "The people who came to Willow Leaf Villa that night, whether it was Lu Quance or the assassins who let us kill, were all decent people who flaunted the rivers and lakes. Although most of them were killed by Dailou Duyun, the rest were still bent on making trouble for me, and I couldn't go back to Hangzhou as soon as I totaled it, so I simply went north, all the way to Luzhou, and remembered that the boss was around here, so I came to look for you. ”

Zhao Wu'an wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "Luzhou is in the west of Yangzhou...... Are you sure you ran right?"

"Hey, at that time, I couldn't wait for half of the people in Yangzhou City to look for me, and I was dizzy when I hid from people, how could I tell what was east and west, north and south. ”

Hu Buxi is worthy of Hu Buxi, and after drinking tea, he has so calmly admitted the essence of his road idiot.

Even if he was misunderstood and hunted down, he did not kill the people in the rivers and lakes, but chose to leave everything behind. lost the position of the head catcher of the two Zhejiang, and was slandered as a demon by the people in the righteous path, and in the eyes of others, he was already in a desperate situation.

Judging from the appearance alone, Hu Buxi is indeed too embarrassed to take care of himself. But at this moment, he sat at Zhao Wu'an's table and drank a whole cup of tea in one go, but it gave people a sense of leisure. It seems that being misunderstood by the world is not something that will distress him.

If you complain about injustice in the face of injustice, you can't be called a benevolent person, and if you rely on your own strength to kill innocents indiscriminately, you can't be called a chivalrous person.

It is precisely because of wandering between the blade and the heart, immersed in the thick and colorful rivers and lakes, that a pure heart without calculation is even more spotless.

With a mottled knife that is not very unusual, he will face countless famous divine soldiers and sharp blades in this river and lake for a long time; he will intrigue with countless swords and swords in this river and lake with laughter and anger, and he will intrigue with countless swords and swords in this river and lake with a determination and forbearance that will never return.

Hu Buxi, the seventeenth powerful swordsman in contemporary rivers and lakes to enter the first-class realm, is a well-deserved benevolent hero.

Zhao Wu'an pretended to be calm and turned around to flatten the futon, suppressed the pain in his heart, and asked lightly, "Suddenly came to me, what happened?"

He knew Hu Buxi too well. Even if he was chased and killed by the entire rivers and lakes and fell to this step, Hu Buxi would never trouble Zhao Wu'an because of his own safety, he had been staying in Hangzhou for ten years, and there was almost no contact with Zhao Wu'an. If it weren't for Dailou Sangyu, maybe Zhao Wu'an wouldn't have gone to Hangzhou to make such a trip.

Therefore, Hu Buxi rushed to Jiuda Temple overnight, and there must be something very important to say.

"There are two things, both of which are related to you, boss. Otherwise, Lao Hu wouldn't have run so far, the girl from Luzhou, hehe, it's quite Peugeot. Hu Buxi suddenly smiled obscenely.

Zhao Wu'an had long been accustomed to him like this, and said bluntly: "Let's be straight, which two?"

Hu Buxi coughed twice, put on an unpredictable expression, looked at Zhao Wu'an coldly, raised a finger and said: "The first thing is that I heard in Luzhou, saying that someone in Kunlun has gone down the mountain." ”

Kunlun, who has always taken it as his mission to find the Tao, suddenly sent his disciples down the mountain, which is also big news in the rivers and lakes. Xiao Shami Debing was so excited to see Zhao Wu'an come back today, and told him a lot of interesting stories he had heard recently, including this one.

Zhao Wuan nodded and said, "I know this, and then what?"

"Their destination is Jiuda Temple. Hu Buxi said suddenly.

Zhao Wu'an was stunned.

"Moreover, they went down the mountain this time to find someone. Hu Buxi raised another finger, "Kunlun Dao Sect, Yan Daohuo's personal disciple, Tu Mi." ”

Zhao Wu'an's expression was solemn: "Is it her......"

"That's right, it's her! I'm not that young anymore, but I don't remember anything. The boss rescued her that night in Willow Leaf Villa, right?" Hu Buxi asked, "Although I know that the boss is not that kind of person...... But the little girl is very smart, and the boss is also a man, so everyone understands this thing......

"you. Zhao Wu'an kicked him lightly or heavily.

Hu Buxi shrank half a foot back from the chair, and said with a smile: "Joke, joke." I also saw the girl of the An family tonight, I think she is here, and you don't dare to steal it, boss. So Lao Hu felt strange, obviously Xiao Daogu had been separated halfway, why did the people of Kunlun Mountain still go straight to Jiuda Temple as soon as they got off the mountain?"

That's right. At present, there is no news about Tu Mi in the rivers and lakes, but the people of Kunlun Mountain have come straight to Jiuda Temple, and even the news of his whereabouts has been transmitted to Luzhou. Even if Xie Hui has half of the chips in his hands, he can't mislead things to this point.

There are high-ranking disciples in Kunlun going down the mountain, which must be an order to be strict and lively. However, this Taoist sect has been closed for more than ten years, how can he specify that his disciples should come to Jiuda Temple to find people?

Zhao Wu'an frowned, looked at Hu Buxi for a long time, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice: "...... with Hangzhou at that time"

"That's what I thought, too. Hu Buxi nodded.

Xu Tangli's ring was lost, and Pang Hai's jade ruyi was used to stun Guo Feng, and then all the victims realized that something was wrong. These people were hundreds of miles away from each other, and they had no correspondence, but they were able to get the news. It relies on the items that have been drawn up between each other as carriers to convey signals.

Tu Mi disappeared, and Yan Daohuo sent people down the mountain to Jiuda Temple. These two events were only a month apart, and it was not even enough for the messenger to make a round trip between Yangzhou and Kunlun. The biggest possibility is that Tu Mi is a signal that Xie Hui and Yan Daohuo agreed on in advance.

The two were close friends decades ago, and it's not surprising that they're connected. However, the Dao Sect, which has always been supreme in the hearts of the people of the world, actually acted in line with the helmsman of the Black Cloud Society, which really made people like Zhao Wu'an feel frightened.

The enemy of Xie Hui alone is terrifying enough, let alone Yan Daohuo?!

Zhao Wu'an's face was cloudy, but he still forced himself to ask, "What about the second thing?"

Hu Buxi played with the teacup in his hand, and his tone was as relaxed as ever: "The second thing, Hu is not sure if you will have a connection with the boss, but I still think that I should tell you." ”

After a pause, Hu Buxi said: "Liu Zhilei is still alive." ”

Zhao Wu'an was stunned: "Liu stopped thunder?"

The second young master of Willow Leaf Villa was the first person to make a move against He Zhigu, and he was also the first person in the Liu family to show symptoms of poisoning.

It is precisely because of He Zhigu's poison that Liuye Villa has no room to fight back in the face of martial arts people, and is slaughtered by others. Liu Zhilei can be said to bear the brunt, how can he still be alive?

"After Dai Lou Duyun left, I went to the villa to take a look twice. Hu Buxi coughed and said, "Fourth Master Liu must have killed himself first, the youngest third young master also died by hitting the pillar, and there was a thief who looked like the boss, and his head was cut off." But as I went, I saw a man rising from the ruins, carrying three knives on his back, and fled eastward, staggering. But I wasn't much better at that time, so I didn't bother myself and let him go. I didn't know at that time, but I asked the old man in a tea shop outside Yangzhou, and I knew that the one who carried the three knives was the second young master of Liuye Villa, Liu Zhilei. ”

Hearing the death of everyone in Willow Leaf Villa and Zhang Moxian, Zhao Wu'an's brows furrowed slightly.

Although I had known that the success was irreversible, and most of the people in the villa were more than lucky, but when I heard what Hu Buxi said, my feelings were still different.

Especially when talking about Zhang Moxian's death, Zhao Wu'an suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and his bony hands unconsciously grasped the bedding, leaving a hideous mark on it.

Zhao Wu'an was suddenly a little curious. What did the man who lived for half his life and finally got lost say at the end of his life?

Isn't it like Guan Gong, floating on the top of the mountain and shouting "return my head", right?

Zhao Wu'an smiled bitterly.

"Don't laugh too early, Boss, I haven't finished this second thing yet. Hu Buxi shook his head and sighed.

"Huh?" Zhao Wu'an was puzzled.

Indeed, what if Liu Zhilei survived, what did he do to Zhao Wu'an?

Hu Buxi pulled out a short blade from his waist and put it on the table. The candle flame was dim, and the faint yellow light reflected the dark red dagger as if it had trudged from the darkness of hell.

Zhao Wu'an was stunned and said, "Beauty cut, where are you?"

"It's only been a year since the ghost handbook saint entered the first-grade realm, and he hasn't touched the threshold of the first grade, so he can't escape my knife at all. After beating him back, I took the beautiful woman back by the way. ”

As he spoke, Hu Buxi took the beauty in his hand and handed it over. Zhao Wu'an subconsciously stretched out his hand to pick it up, but halfway through, it was as if he had touched a candle flame, and he took it back at once.

Hu Buxi sighed and said, "Actually, this knife is useless for me. Since Liu Zhilei is alive, he will definitely find the whereabouts of this beautiful woman. None of the Liu family has seen me, so he will definitely come to you first, but after that, I don't know whether it will be kind words or swords. You take the beauty to chop, at least you can find a chance to return the thunder to Liu. ”

Zhao Wu'an proposed: "You are also a first-class master now, you have used that bearded knife for twenty years, and the blade is about to be worn out, don't you consider changing to a weapon that you can use?"

Hu Buxi said with a smile: "On the rivers and lakes, some people have to change three or five weapons a year, and some people don't change one weapon for more than ten years, and they still become big weapons." Lao Hu, I am the latter. ”

Zhao Wu'an hesitated: "I know that you have been deliberately in the knife, so you can split half a mile." But now that you are in the first-grade realm, you no longer need to break through the realm, and blindly strengthen the sword intent, maybe it will not be beneficial to the refinement of martial arts......"

Hu Buxi threw the beautiful woman on the table, pressed the beard knife on his waist, and laughed: "The boss is wrong in what he said! The realm above the first product, although only a heroic man like Luo Jianqi who has not been out for a hundred years can reach it, but the first product itself also has four folds! In the past, it was to use this sword intention to break through the realm and advance to the product, and in the future, it will use this sword intention to climb up on the road of the first product. No matter which level of cultivation I achieve, my old Hu's martial arts will not change. ”

Zhao Wuan smiled from the bottom of his heart: "Yes." Then this beautiful woman, I'll keep it. ”

As he spoke, he reached out to the table.

And Hu Buxi seemed to have heard some cold joke suddenly, and he was playful for a while, and suddenly slashed the beautiful woman on the table into his arms, retreated to the door at a gallop, and laughed: "I didn't expect you to take things from me one day, boss!"

Zhao Wu'an scolded with a smile: "Stupid you!"

Hu Buxi laughed and grimaced. Zhao Wu'an, who had been cold-faced, couldn't hold back at all, and he also laughed, laughing so much that his stomach began to hurt.

The atmosphere is always abrupt when they get along. All of a sudden it's thoughtful, all of a sudden it's laughing, and there's no need for even a decent transition.

But this is Hu Buxi and Zhao Wuan.

Ten years later, even if you don't come back, I know you're still the same teenager you were from.