The next morning, Shen Linfeng lay on the stone bed and opened his eyes slightly, at this time, the hole at the top of the secret room shone in the wisps of sunlight, sprinkled on his face impartially, he slowly got up and looked at the side, the old man had disappeared, Shen Linfeng looked around. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Don't look for it, that senior only has a pile of dry bones left, and I have already buried him. Xia Ziyan said as she walked with a bowl of fish soup in her hand.

"Oh," Shen Linfeng replied, rubbing his sore shoulders.

Xia Ziyan put the fish soup in Shen Linfeng's hand and said softly, "How do you feel now?"

Shen Linfeng said while scooping the fish soup: "I feel that my body is very hot, as if there is a powerful force bumping into it." ”

Xia Ziyan looked at him and replied seriously: "That's natural, with your current martial arts, it is impossible to control such a powerful internal force, so what about ...... You have to be calm, take your time, and don't get upset and rush to achieve results. After hearing this, Shen Linfeng hurriedly nodded yes.

Time passed in a hurry, and for several months, Shen Linfeng and Xia Ziyan sat cross-legged on the bluestone on the top of the mountain every day to regulate their bodies.

Until one day, he found that his body had not had that feeling of heat for a long time, and his limbs had become stronger, his light martial arts had improved significantly, and his swordsmanship skills had increased greatly.

Shen Linfeng was happy and hurriedly rushed down the mountain, he kept looking in the cave, hall, and secret room, but he never saw Xia Ziyan. He sat on the stone bed in disappointment, and suddenly found a letter on the table next to him, an inexplicable feeling welled up in his heart, Shen Linfeng reached out and opened the letter, the font on the white paper was beautiful, and there was a faint fragrance of ink.

Brother Shen:

Forgive Zi Yan for saying goodbye, you and I have known each other for a few months, and now you have doubled your skills, if you give a point or two in the future, the revenge will be just around the corner, just because Zi Yan's family is entangled in trivial matters, I can't go together, if he has a fate to meet each other, I hope to cherish myself...... Zi Yan's own handwriting. ”

Shen Linfeng's face was full of sadness, he looked at the letter in his hand blankly, his mood suddenly plummeted, he noticed that there was a beautiful purse next to the letter, he grabbed it casually and opened it, and the purse was full of silver taels.

Outside the purse hung a crystal clear jade pendant, shaped like a rabbit, Shen Linfeng instantly remembered Xia Ziyan's white moon in his mind.

He smiled knowingly, thinking that he met Xia Ziyan because of that white rabbit.

Shen Linfeng looked at the jade pendant in his hand, and muttered softly: "Zi Yan, I don't know when I will see you again." ”

Pictures flashed in his mind, from their acquaintance to Xia Ziyan's teaching him martial arts...... Suddenly, Shen Linfeng remembered a sentence that Xia Ziyan once said: "I am the daughter of Xia Mansion in Longshan Town......"

"Longshan Town, Xia Mansion?" A smile appeared on the corner of Shen Linfeng's mouth, and he grabbed his purse and ran out of the secret room.

Soon after, Shen Linfeng stood in front of a grave, he was wrapped on his back, holding the Xiangyun Sword in his hand, and there was a blank tombstone standing in front of him, he said softly: "Senior, the younger generation will go down the mountain today to seek revenge, and when he will be able to take revenge on you and me, the younger generation will definitely come to drink and talk with you, I hope that your old man will bless the younger generation in the spirit of heaven to get his wish." After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed, got up and clasped his hands into fists and bowed deeply, and then turned to leave.

When Shen Linfeng went down the mountain, it was late autumn, the autumn wind swept the leaves, a bleak scene, but the surrounding environment did not affect his excitement at the moment, Shen Linfeng walked leisurely, walking with his head held high, and the unkempt and muddy beggar boy six years ago was like two people, his eyes were firmly towards Longshan.

Longshan Town, said to be a town, but it is completely different from what Shen Linfeng imagined, the streets are full of leaves, there are few pedestrians, the shops on both sides are closed, and the autumn wind blows through the dust, a dilapidated image.

At this time, a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old from a family at the end of the street poked her head out of the door and looked around, and when she saw Shen Linfeng in the distance, she hurriedly retracted her head and closed the door heavily.

Shen Linfeng continued to walk forward in wonder, at this time the door on his side was opened, and an old man walked out of the house, the old man looked Shen Linfeng in front of him up and down, his clothes were a little old, but his face was very delicate, and he was carrying a long cloth bag behind him.

Shen Linfeng saw the old man hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Old man, I'm sorry." ”

The old man replied while sweeping the fallen leaves in front of the door, "Is there something wrong?"

"Do you know how to get to Xia Mansion?"

"Xia Fu?" the old man straightened up in contemplation.

Shen Linfeng hurriedly added: "Yes, my family is in the medicinal herb business. ”

"I don't know," said the old man, and then bent down and continued to sweep the floor.

Shen Linfeng looked depressed, and the old man continued: "There is no medicinal herb business in this town now, and even the old man surnamed Xia has never heard of it. ”

Shen Linfeng didn't ask anymore, he looked around and asked suspiciously: "Old man, why is the door of this house closed, is something wrong?"

The old man put the broom away without saying a word, sighed and walked back to the house, and was about to close the door, Shen Linfeng hurriedly asked, "Is there a place to eat near here?"

"There is a noodle shop that should still be open within a hundred meters of the bend ahead. The old man paused and then said, "After eating, hurry away, and it is better not to spend the night here." With that, the old man slammed the door shut.

"What a strange place. Shen Linfeng thought as he walked towards the noodle shop.

The front of the noodle shop is dilapidated, the dead leaves from the trees next to it are scattered on the ground, forming a thick pile, and the plaque on the door is covered with spider webs due to the long-term unattended appearance, and a fat spider is crawling unscrupulously on it.

The shopkeeper of the noodle restaurant was sitting on the bench by the door yawning at this time, and suddenly saw Shen Linfeng outside the door hurriedly got up and greeted: "Yo, what did the guest come from afar to eat?"

Shen Linfeng couldn't help frowning when he saw the thief's eyebrows and eyes in this life, and his face was full of oil, but he thought in his heart: There is nowhere else to go to this noodle restaurant in this whole street, so after thinking about it, he walked towards the store.

Xiao Er continued to ask, "What do you want to eat?"

"A bowl of noodles, a plate of side dishes, um... Another jug of wine. ”

"Great!"

Shen Linfeng observed this noodle restaurant, the tables, chairs and benches were placed randomly, some of the desktops were covered with a thick layer of dust, on the counter, the account books were placed at will, Shen Linfeng looked at the shopkeeper who was constantly busy in the back kitchen, and opened his mouth and said: "You are the only one in this store?"

Xiao Er said: "This shop was handed down from my grandfather's generation, and the business was very good in the past, but after it came to me...... Hey...... I've been idle since I was a child, and this little bit of family has been defeated by me, and this empty shell is left!"

The food was quickly served, and Shen Linfeng looked at the shopkeeper who put the food on the table and asked, "How can you tell that I came from afar?"

The shopkeeper sat down on the stool with a big grin: "Hey, I have lived here since I was a child, and I can recognize it at a glance if it is from Longshan Town." ”

Shen Linfeng took the opportunity to ask the shopkeeper, "Then do you know that there is a family surnamed Xia in Longshan Town?"

The shopkeeper didn't think about it and said directly: "No!"

"You're thinking about it. ”

"Heck, I might have to think about other surnames, but I've never heard of this one named Xia. ”

Shen Linfeng was completely dead, thinking, "Could it be that Zi Yan is lying to me?"

Seeing that he was no longer talking, the shopkeeper stood up and sat on the bench at the door and yawned.

Shen Linfeng poured a bowl of wine, picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, he had never drunk alcohol, he was choked and coughed repeatedly, and there was a hot feeling in his throat.

The shopkeeper turned his face and glanced at him with disdain, Shen Linfeng's face was slightly red, and he stretched out his hand to push the wine jug far away.

At this time, a father and daughter hurried by in front of the noodle restaurant, and after the shopkeeper saw it, he hurriedly jumped up and directly blocked their way, and then whispered: "Hey, where are you going?"

Seeing that the way was blocked, the man hurriedly took his daughter behind him, and said with an anxious face: "You splash, why are you blocking me from the way?"

The shopkeeper pulled the man aside and whispered, "Do you know that if you take her away, you will kill yourself and kill us." ”

With a pained look on his face, the man shouted, "I can't take care of that much, I can't hand over the swallows to those bad guys." After saying that, he pushed the shopkeeper to the ground, picked up the girl and ran forward.

The father and daughter had barely gone far when the street behind them suddenly became dusty, and a fast horse galloped towards them.

Shen Linfeng stood by the door and watched the horse fly in front of him, and a man in black brandished a long whip and shouted loudly: "Stop, don't run!"

When the father and daughter saw this, their faces were full of fear, and they quickened their pace, and the man in black swung out his long whip and whipped it fiercely on the man, only to see the man staggering and falling to the ground.

The man in black reached out and grabbed the girl and put it in front of him, the whip in his hand kept whipping the man who fell to the ground, and several surrounding families secretly poked their heads out of the door to look, and some were whispering, but no one dared to step forward to stop them.

The girl on horseback kept kicking, and she looked at the shocking wounds on her father's body that had been drawn by the whip, and she finally couldn't help but shout: "Stop fighting... I'll go with you... Please, don't fight—" The man in black whipped again.

The man supported himself and wanted to get up, but the huge pain in his arm made him fall again and again, his hand trembled and stretched out to the front, the man in black saw the man's miserable state, spit on the ground fiercely, and then laughed.

The man in black turned the horse's head, and suddenly saw a young man standing in front of him, he clasped his hands in front of his chest, wearing a straw hat, the brim of the hat was pressed very low, his clothes were shabby, and he was full of patches, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a begging man called Huazi on the street, this person was Shen Linfeng.

The man in black pointed his finger in front and scolded: "Where did you come from called Hanako, dare to block the uncle's way." ”

Shen Linfeng still maintained the posture just now, and he said in a calm and firm tone: "Let her go!"

The man in black didn't believe his ears a little, he laughed, and said fiercely: "You are looking for death!" After speaking, the long whip in his hand was swung vigorously.

Shen Linfeng's body did not move, and when the long whip was about to reach out and grab the whip in his hand, the man in black was frightened when he saw this, and he wanted to withdraw the whip but could not break free.

Shen Linfeng secretly pulled forward with his luck, and the man in black was caught off guard, and his body flew forward suddenly.

Shen Linfeng kicked up with his feet in the air, kicked at the black-clothed man flying in front of him, this kick directly kicked him out four or five feet away, he spat blood and swayed up from the ground, no longer dared to underestimate the young man in front of him, he reached out and pulled out a scimitar from behind him and rushed forward, and then jumped high in the air, the scimitar slashed down in the cold light.

Shen Linfeng's body turned back and dodged a knife, the man in black missed the blow, and his heart was suddenly furious, only to see him slashing left and right, but he never hurt Shen Linfeng for half a point.

The man in black snorted and gasped, the corners of Shen Linfeng's mouth curled slightly, and then made a move "Immortal Pathfinding" body shoot straight out, the man was taken aback, and raised his knife to parry while retreating.

The "ding" swords collided, the scimitar broke into two in response, and the man in black held the hilt of the knife across his chest, and he didn't dare to move half a minute at the moment, because a sharp sword was against his throat.

It was too fast! He didn't see how he came out of the sword, and he didn't even see where his sword was hidden, and the man in black looked calmly ahead as if he were at home.

"Let's go!" After saying that, Shen Linfeng put his sword into the sheath, and the man glanced at him in surprise, then turned around and got on his horse and left.

The man in front of him took the girl to his knees with a "plop", and shouted: "Thank you for coming forward to save ......"

Shen Linfeng hurriedly picked up the two of them, probably touching the man's wound, which made him grin in pain, Shen Linfeng hurriedly let go and told the girl to send her father back to recuperate.

Shen Linfeng was in an extremely happy mood at this time, the first battle after practicing martial arts was so smooth, he thought in his heart: "It seems that the sword moves that Zi Yan taught me are quite useful. ”

Shen Linfeng threw a silver ingot to the stunned shopkeeper, and returned the same way, and the people around him were all talking about him.

At this time, a voice beside him remembered: "Young man, please stay ......"

Shen Linfeng stood down, it turned out to be the old man who had just gone out to sweep the floor, he stepped forward and asked, "Old man, what do you call me?"

The old man looked around cautiously, and then whispered, "Can the young man talk about it in the house?"

Shen Linfeng smiled and followed him to the house, the old man brought a bowl of tea and put it in front of Shen Linfeng and said, "Do you know who that person was just now?"

"I don't know!"

"Didn't you just ask me why the doors of every house in this town are closed?"

"The old man is willing to say it now?"

"Alas......" the old man sighed deeply and said, "This Longshan Town was very lively at the beginning, the mountains and rivers here are rich in medicinal herbs, there are mountains and rivers, so there are many merchants who come here to do business. ”

"Then why is it the way it is?"

The old man said: "Half a year ago, a group of bullies came here, they killed people and set fires, robbed people's women, and did all kinds of evil, and none of the villages within a radius of more than ten miles were spared. ”

Shen Linfeng said: "Who is this girl today?"

The old man nodded, and continued: "They only captured young girls, and then used boats to transport them out, and after a long time, some people tried to escape at night, but most of them killed the whole family. ”

The old man took a sip of tea and continued: "From then on they declared that anyone who had a wife and daughter in the family would kill their entire village if they dared to run away. ”

"When they take people away, they leave a bag of silver taels. Saying that, the old man took out a black cloth bag from under the pillow of the bed and put it on the table, he stared at the cloth bag on the table with tears in his eyes and said, "These beasts are forcing us to sell our children!"

Shen Linfeng looked at the cloth bag and said, "Then what is this?"

The old man couldn't cry at this time, he wiped away his tears and said: "This is my granddaughter, who was also snatched away by them, and her father and mother tried their best to stop it, but she was beaten to death by those animals." ”

The more Shen Linfeng listened, the more angry he became, and then he slapped the table and said loudly: "This ruffian bully is simply lawless, old man, tell me, where are they now?"

The old man hurriedly got up and pulled him and said, "Young people, don't be impulsive, the terrain where they are is dangerous and there are many people, and we have to think about this matter in the long run." ”

Shen Linfeng said: "Oh, the old man listens to what you mean, could it be that you have a feasible plan?"

The old man smiled mysteriously, and then tapped his palm twice in the air, and at this time, the curtain behind Shen Linfeng was gently lifted, and a man in white walked out of the house.