After the coachman injured Xiao Suifeng with one blow, he did not attack again, he held a short sword in his hand, and knew in his heart that if he fought Xiao Suifeng head-on, he would definitely not take advantage, so he immediately withdrew from the battle circle after missing the blow, took an iron sword from the hand of the man in black, and stood together.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, and more than a dozen people in black and the master who disguised himself as a coachman surrounded Xiao Suifeng, with awe-inspiring murderous intent.

Although the arm was drenched in blood, after Xiao Suifeng clicked on two acupuncture points to stop the bleeding, he didn't seem to feel pain, and only stood upright with his sword, his expression was cold, staring straight at the short master, and he shouted softly, "Who are you, why are you ambushing me?"

Although there are many green forest bandits who block the road and rob and kill in the Nine Bends Gorge, today's battle is obviously calculated early and well-planned, and it is specifically aimed at him, Xiao Suifeng naturally knows it.

"Boy, you're also a smart man, do you think I'll tell you? Hmph, maybe when you die, I'll be merciful to tell you, and let you be a ghost!" the short master replied with a sneer, but there was some helplessness in his heart.

The reason why he disguised himself as a coachman was to prepare to plot against Xiao Suifeng halfway. But along the way, Xiao Suifeng didn't know whether he was suspicious or characteristic, in short, he was very cautious, and he was on guard everywhere, even eating and drinking was the dry food and water he brought with him, so he had no idea where to start, and in the end he could only choose the trick of frontal interception that he was most unwilling to use.

At this moment, because of his surprise attack, he barely caused Xiao Suifeng a little minor injury, but there were already three people on their side who fell under Xiao Suifeng's sword. Which is stronger or weaker between the two can be seen at a glance.

If he had started all over again, he would rather never have taken on this task himself. But there is no regret in the world that the medicine is sold, and he can only go down hard.

"If more than 10 of us join forces, it may not be impossible to win. Thinking in his heart, the short master's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and with a wave of the long sword in his hand, he shouted, "Let's go up together and kill this kid together!"

Suddenly, more than ten people each held swords and rushed towards Xiao Suifeng together.

Xiao Suifeng actually knew in his heart that the danger of Linhai City this time was nothing more than some greedy people who wanted to compete for the magic song and ghost dance skills. But at this moment, he was targeted as soon as he came down the mountain, so calculating and ambushing, the word greed is not enough to explain. The only possible reasonable explanation is that these people in front of him are the murderers who did the Xiao family's extermination back then, so they are so impatient to kill him and cut the grass to the roots.

Thinking of the bloody case back then, the hatred and anger that Xiao Suifeng had been suppressing in his heart for more than ten years were ignited. Looking at the black-clothed people rushing back and forth, Xiao Suifeng had a monstrous hatred and murderous intent in his heart, and without saying a word with a cold face, he stepped forward with his sword.

Hatred and anger did not dazzle Xiao Suifeng's mind, but it made him more and more ruthless.

As soon as he made contact, Xiao Suifeng used lightning speed to kill the two black-clothed men who rushed to the front one after another. Immediately, while the rest of the people were frightened and panicked, Xiao Suifeng quickly killed with one sword and one sword, stabbing directly at the short master who seemed to be the leader.

Xiao Suifeng's figure is like a ghost, and his swordsmanship is also very strange, and the people he kills are basically killed with a sword, although he is extremely ruthless, but he is simply neat.

Seeing Xiao rushing towards him with the wind, the short master's heart trembled, but he could only fight to the death. I saw that he was holding two sharp swords, one short and one long, in his left and right hands, and he turned out to be a master of double swords.

But a single sword and two swords, in Xiao Suifeng's eyes, there is no difference.

As soon as Xiao Suifeng's long sword came out, he went forward, stabbing straight towards the chest of the short master. Although the short master was already timid at the moment, he was still a master after all, and after the long sword picked up the Chengying Sword, he approached and directly attacked Xiao Suifeng with the short sword.

In hand-to-hand combat, Xiao Suifeng was not afraid, only to see the change of his left fist, and three or two moves turned out to be to push the short master away.

At this moment, Xiao withdrew with the wind, staring directly at the short master in front of him with a cold gaze, but the Chengying Sword in his hand did not stab at him, but suddenly swung back. The short master was just suspicious in his heart, that is, he heard a scream, and when he looked at it, it turned out that it was Xiao Suifeng behind him, and a man in black who wanted to step forward to help was cut by Xiao Suifeng's seemingly inadvertent sword, and he fell down holding his neck in pain.

The short leader only felt a chill from the bottom of his heart, but before he could react, he saw Xiao Suifeng swing his sword to the right, directly slashing at the chest of a man in black. Immediately, blood spurted out, splashing the short master's body, but the man in black was powerless to fall.

In an instant, Xiao Suifeng killed two people in a row with the momentum of thunder, and the attack was so ruthless that not only shocked the black-clothed people who were ready to surround and join forces to attack Xiao Suifeng, but even the short master who led the way was stunned for a while.

Xiao took advantage of the wind and went straight forward, and before the short master could react, the long sword was already directly against his chest.

"Say, who are you!" Xiao Suifeng asked with an indifferent expression.

The short master's face was originally pale by Xiao Suifeng's attack and ruthlessness, but after being pressed against his chest by the Chengying Sword, he calmed down.

"To say it or not to say it is death, do you think I should say it?" The short man had a hint of sarcasm on his face, "You want to know who destroyed your Xiao family?" Ha, when you also go to hell, I may tell you." ”

As if he was going crazy, the short man actually took a step forward and crashed into the Chengying Sword, and immediately blood splashed Xiao Suifeng's body. The man's body twitched a few times, as if he wanted to catch Xiao Suifeng, but the long sword pierced his heart, and he couldn't take a step, he spat blood and fell down, only a pair of eyes stared straight at him, but he couldn't move again.

Xiao Suifeng expected that it would be impossible to play out the mastermind behind the scenes so easily, but he didn't expect this short man to die like this, and he was stunned for a while.

The night wind struck, and there was no movement in the Nine Bends Gorge except for the unknown strange birds in the depths of the mountain forest who were constantly singing tactfully.

Xiao Suifeng stood stunned, not knowing what he was thinking, but after a while, he came back to his senses and found that the remaining black-clothed people had quietly retreated, leaving only a corpse lying on the ground, covered with blood.

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After a fight, when Xiao Suifeng came out of the Nine Bends Gorge and came to Kunyuan City, the city gate had already been closed, and Xiao Suifeng could only find a broken temple outside the city and rest for the night.

Early the next morning, the gates were opened.

Xiao Suifeng simply treated the wound on his arm, took off his bloody clothes again, changed into clean clothes, and walked into the city.

The wharf is outside the southern city, Xiao Suifeng has something on his mind, and naturally he is not in the mood to visit this famous city on the bank of the cold river, so he simply ate some things to supplement some dry food, and then went to the wharf.

Although it was not long after dawn and many people were still asleep, the pier in Nancheng was already a lively scene.

Dozens of large boats are parked on the riverside and are loading and unloading, and on the river, there are countless small boats rowing around, hurrying. Looking at the shore again, there is a lot of traffic, horse-drawn vehicles carrying goods coming and going, and near the wharf, there are many vendors who have set up stalls directly on the roadside. So, the boatman's trumpet, the wheels of the carriage, and the shouting of the merchants, all kinds of voices came and went, and they were really boiling and noisy.

Xiao walked from the city with the wind, and when he saw this scene, he was stunned for a while, and after a while, he seemed to get used to it, and found an old boatman and asked, "May I ask the old man, is there a boat to Wuling here?"

The old boatman pointed to the east side of the pier and replied, "There are mostly passenger ships over there, so young people can go there and ask." ”

After thanking him, Xiao looked in the direction pointed by the old boatman with the wind, and sure enough, he saw several passenger boats parked by the river, including a small boat in Wupeng and a large building boat several feet high. Xiao Suifeng walked over and inquired, and it happened that there was a two-story building ship going in the direction of Wuling, so Xiao Suifeng did not delay and immediately boarded the ship.

This is a serious passenger ship, in addition to Xiao Suifeng, there are dozens of guests with him, there are scholars who travel to study and businessmen who are on foot, and there are few people in the rivers and lakes like Xiao Suifeng.

After Xiao got on the boat with the wind, he gave the boatman a few taels of silver, and arranged a separate cabin on the upper deck, which could directly go to the observation deck on the top floor of the ship, and the vast river and the beautiful landscape scenery on both sides of the river could be seen in full view.

The waterway from Kunyuan to Wuling, although it is said to flow down the river and straight east, it also takes five or six days. Fortunately, Xiao Suifeng is a quiet person, and with this mountain and water, it is more than enough for recreation.

The boat travels for a day, day and night.

The cold river is turbulent, the river is meandering, and it is okay during the day, but it can be said that it is dangerous at night, so it is naturally not suitable for boating, so you can only throw down the anchor by the river and wait for the dawn.

The night is clear, the moon is in the sky, and the mountains on both sides of the strait seem to be draped in a faint veil looming under this moonlight, a hazy and lonely scene.

At this time, the night was not yet deep, and most of the passengers had not yet fallen asleep, or in the cabin or on the deck, gathering in twos and threes, some scholars and literati talked about the country and pointed out, and there were also ordinary people whispering nonsense.

Xiao Suifeng didn't like to be noisy, but he didn't want to waste the night in the cabin, so he wanted to go to the top of the boat, ready to take a look at the moonlit night scenery of the cold river.

Although it is June, the river breeze comes at night, slowly attacking people, and it is still a little cool.

Ascending to the lookout, what Xiao Suifeng didn't expect was that there was already a girl who came up before him, leaning slightly on the railing, monopolizing the night of the river.

Xiao Suifeng looked at the girl in the night, although the moonlight was shallow, but it was enough to see the slender figure and elegant and beautiful face under the light green dress, in fact, she was only seventeen or eighteen years old, just the most beautiful years, but at the moment she was lazy for some reason, leaning on the railing.

Looking at it in a daze, Xiao Suifeng lost his mind for a while, but the girl noticed it, and looked at Xiao Suifeng with a slightly cold expression.

And after seeing Xiao Suifeng clearly, for some reason, a strange brilliance flashed in the girl's eyes, and the chill on her face immediately dispersed, and the rest was still just lazy.