The patriarch of the Moonlight Clan had other matters and was delayed, so the high priest and the two maids stayed at the Wu San Inn.

Without the cheers and praises of the crowd, they took off their richly decorated dresses, and the glorious halo on the heads of the moonlight clan seemed to disappear together, they looked like ordinary people, they also had to sleep and eat, and they were not gods who did not eat the fireworks of the world. But the residents of Qiongta Town still regard the high priest of the Moonlight Clan as a god, not only respecting and respecting, but also coming to ask for help for something, such as headaches and brain fever, and water storage in houses. Rising early the next day, the townspeople lined up in a long line outside the door of Wu San's Inn, patiently waiting for the miracle of the high priest of the Moonlight Clan.

The day before, Liu Qingyun and Hua Susu were still complaining that this Qiongta Town was too quiet and monotonous, but now they were dissatisfied with the disturbance in the inn, only Shen Yi was still as quiet as a deep spring.

No matter how the outside world changes, whether it is silent or noisy, Shen Yi is unmoved, still sitting at the table by the window, or drinking tea or wine, quietly waiting for the person who left the book to make an appointment.

An old man took the herbs from the high priest and prostrated himself on the ground, thanking him for his kindness......

Liu Qingyun picked up the wine glass, put it down again, and asked softly, "Is there really divine power in this world?"

Hua Susu sneered: "Of course, a woman's beauty is divine power, otherwise how could your soul be hooked?" ”

Liu Qingyun said: "Only my soul has been hooked?

Hua Susu glared at Liu Qingyun, continued to look at the high priest without blinking, but whispered: "In my opinion, she has no divine power at all, but her medical skills are quite clever. ”

Liu Qingyun also stared at the high priest for a long time, and said: "The acupuncture points in acupuncture are all strange meridians and different veins, the massage and massage techniques are superb and subtle, and the internal force is not weak, although it has not yet reached the top, but it is rare. ”

Hua Susu pursed her lips and asked, "Then how is her martial arts better than mine?"

Liu Qingyun pretended to be pensive, couldn't help but laugh and said: "If you want to talk about martial arts, if you talk about the skills of beating those ruffians and hooligans, no one in the world can compare to Miss Huada, so she is not as good as you......"

Hua Susu paused the teacup in his hand on the table and said to Shen Yi: "Brother Shen, you can be fair, is it my martial arts that are high, or the high priest's martial arts?"

Shen Yi kept his head down and thought about something else, but he didn't answer.

Liu Qingyun suddenly approached him and said, "What kind of moonlight clan is here, plus our hospitable and courteous Wu San shopkeeper...... Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Qiongta Town is not as simple as it seems. He lowered his voice even more, and then asked, "What the hell are you doing here?"

Shen Yi raised his head and smiled, and said, "Your ability to listen is so clever, don't you know what I'm going to do?"

Liu Qingyun blinked his eyes and said honestly: "I only overheard that you were coming to this Qiongta Town, but I didn't hear what you were going to do." ”

Shen Yi looked at him, wanted to laugh, sighed again, and said, "Brother Liu, don't hide it, I have official business, so it's inconvenient to tell you." ”

Liu Qingyun snorted disapprovingly, and said: "You come to this set again, it's not that I said you, a good Jiangnan hero doesn't do it, but wants to enter this officialdom, although Lord Yuwen is a good Qing official, he can do things for the government, it really loses the true character of our Jianghu people." If you want me to say, you still resigned from this official position, and acted chivalrous and righteous with our brothers, and the happiness and revenge came happily. ”

Shen Yi was stunned, looked at Liu Qingyun's honest eyes, and was speechless for a while. Although Hua Susu on the side did not speak, his clear and earnest eyes were clearly saying the same thing.

Shen Yi turned his head and looked at the sky outside the window, the sky was very high and vast...... Who doesn't want to be willful and live a life without willingness? But some things must be done, and some responsibilities must be shouldered......

What he was thinking in his heart, but his face did not show it, but looked at Liu Qingyun and said: "Since Brother Liu is tired of being here, why don't you go back to the Central Plains? I just have some small things to do, and it is very monotonous and boring, and I am afraid that I will ruin your interest when I say it." ”

Liu Qingyun rolled his eyes, grinned, and said, "Do you want to drive me away?" Hmph, the more you say that, the more it means that what you are going to do must be a big deal. At this moment, I will tell you that I have decided to take root here, even if I can't carry the sedan chair away. ”

Shen Yi still had to persuade him, but as soon as he saw Liu Qingyun's shining eyes, and then looked at Hua Susu's expectant expression, he knew that he couldn't persuade these two to leave at the moment, so he had to shake his head and shut up and say no more.

The night of the desert seems to be more vast, below is the endless yellow sand, overhead is the deep night sky, it seems that no amount of yellow sand can not cover this boundless desert, no matter how dense the stars can not fill this vast night sky.

The lamps and candles on the table are like beans, illuminating the room in a light and dark. Shen Yi stood at the window and looked out for a long time, then suddenly turned around and walked out of the inn. He didn't have a specific goal, he just walked and looked up, and he was already under the walls of the town of Jonta.

The city wall was abandoned a long time ago, and although this oasis is rare, it is not an important place for soldiers and merchants, and after a period of time, the Guanbei army abandoned the town, leaving this oasis and its inhabitants to fend for themselves in the cruel desert.

Although the wall has been abandoned, it is still sturdy and intact, and the defenders of the past have taken great pains to build it. Shen Yi stood under the city wall, looked up at the sky, and then looked back at the silent town, his right hand pulled up his clothes, and he didn't see much force, his body was flattened, like a vigorous flying eagle, and jumped onto the city.

Ascending high and looking into the distance, the sky and the earth are boundless, and people are in the middle, which seems extraordinarily small.

Shen Yi stood quietly for a while, and then took out a roll of yellow silk from his bosom with a bright red seal on it. "Only when you have the list can you open the seal and read the holy decree. Shen Yi meditated in his heart, this mission might be the most difficult and the most secret one since he joined the Qingtian Mansion. Except for the current emperor and Lord Yuwen and Mr. Zhuge of Qingtian Mansion, no one else knew about this operation. Not only did he want to get back the list of traitorous officials who secretly communicated with Western Xia in the Great Song Dynasty, but he also had to investigate the murder of Li Lilong. Li Lilong, who was originally the head of the West Road Capital, collected the list of traitors, but suddenly died tragically before he was about to leave for Beijing to submit the list, and the list also fell into the hands of others. The person who got the list secretly left a secret letter in the emperor's imperial study, and made an appointment to hand over the amnesty decree with one hand and the list with the other. Shen Yi had already come to this Qiongta Town according to the secret letter's request, and wandered around, deliberately showing off his identity, but why did this mysterious person not show up as promised? And is this person on the list the murderer of Li Lilong?

There are too many questions in his heart, and there are too many responsibilities on his shoulders, and even Shen Yi, who has always been firm as a rock, seems to have wavered. He hid the decree back in his bosom and looked down at the Dragon Sword at his waist. The dragon seemed to sense, and suddenly trembled, letting out a low dragon moan. He clenched the hilt of his sword in his right hand, and the cold light flashed, and the dragon's groan rang loudly, and the dragon was unsheathed.

In this silent and barren desert, the ancient famous blades emitted dazzling edges, and even the twinkling stars in the sky had to retreat for three points.

Shen Yi flipped his wrist, and Xiao Long was horizontal in front of his chest. He stretched out his slender fingers and gently stroked the blade of the sword, the cold blade was indestructible, and the hand holding the sword was already stable and strong.

The long sword was unsheathed, the edge was restrained, and a smile appeared at the corner of Shen Yi's mouth, as long as the person was in the sword, what difficulties and dangers could stop him in this world?

He turned slowly, and was about to jump off the wall, but saw a figure in the distance in the town.

The snow-white silk scarf fluttered in the wind, the long sleeves were raised, and the figure was graceful and fast, as if it had suddenly risen from the ground to the ghost of the world in the thick black night.

Shen Yi knew that she was not a ghost, but the high priest of the Moonlight Clan, who was worshiped by the locals as a god and Buddha.

The high priest also saw that there were people on the wall, and he paused at his feet, as if he was hesitating to change his course, but he immediately resumed his speed and went straight to the wall.

At the foot of the city wall, the high priest pointed his toes on the ground, like a light cloud, rising, and gently falling on Shen Yi's side not far away.

She didn't speak, and Shen Yi didn't speak. The two of them stood quietly in this heaven and earth, looking at the starry crescent moon and the yellow sand.

The wind blew, and the clouds covered the crescent moon and moved away. The re-exposed crescent moon suddenly gave birth to a red mist halo, which made the originally light and clean moonlight a little more enchanting, but also more beautiful.

Seeing this moonlight, the high priest's face showed a sad face, and he said softly: "This year's sandstorm has been delayed by a few days compared to previous years, and the longer the strength is accumulated, the more destructive it will be once it erupts, and now the moon is bloody, I'm afraid it will ......" She stopped talking and sighed heavily.

Shen Yi also looked up at the crescent moon, but he didn't see any blood, although the moon was light, it still emitted a clear yellow light. He turned his head to look at the high priest and asked, "Is the high priest here to observe the heavens so late at night?"

The high priest hesitated for a moment, his eyes searched the night outside the city wall, but he said, "Why is Shen Daxia here late at night?"

Shen Yi looked back at her again, only to see that her eyes were like cold stars in the middle of the night, looking at her intently. He turned his head and didn't speak.

But the high priest still looked at him, as if he wanted to see through him, to know everything about him.

She couldn't actually see him very clearly, only the silhouette of his figure in the night, taller and thinner than the average person, but his back was straight, and he didn't seem to be able to bend it with any difficulty.

He seems to be a simple person, but he seems to be very complicated.

The night was deeper, as if the whole world had fallen into a bottomless abyss, and the crescent moon and stars in the sky were also infected by this heavy night, and became dim.

In the middle of the night, there were not only Shen Yi and the high priest who couldn't sleep at night, but in the depths of the desert, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, dense like a fierce drumbeat. Soon, several black dots appeared in the sky, and they quickly approached, and it was more than a dozen fast horses. The knights on the horses were all burly and skillful, all dressed in black and masked in black scarves, perhaps they were dressed in the traditional costume of the desert, but perhaps they did not want to be recognized.

When they reached the bottom of the wall, one of the knights in front of him struck the reins, and the horseman stood up, neighed, and stopped abruptly. The knight on the horse looked up at the two men on the wall, obviously not expecting that there would be anyone standing on the wall in the middle of the night. The other knights also stopped their horses, gathered together, whispered a few words, and rode away without going directly into the town of Qiongta. Only the leading knight remained in the area, and when the sound of the other knights' hooves had completely died down, he jumped off his horse, took a deep breath, and jumped up the wall.

Seeing this group of knights, the high priest was not surprised, although he looked sad, as if he had known that these people would come late at night. Did she just come to meet them? Or did she come to stop them?

Shen Yi didn't speak or move, and waited quietly as before.

The tall black-clothed knight who jumped up the city wall strode towards him, and at the same time pulled down the black scarf covering his face, revealing a handsome and strong face. When he approached, he said to the high priest, "Little sister, why are you here?" He rolled his eyes, looked at Shen Yi, his voice was even more stern, and his attitude was also very rude, and he asked, "Who is this person?"

The high priest didn't answer him, but turned back to Shen Yi and said, "This is my eldest brother Dark Night, and he is also the patriarch of our Moonlight Clan. She said to the dark night again: "This is Shen Yi Shen Daxia of Qingtian Mansion. She remembered that she had never mentioned her name to Shen Yi, she was a little shy for a moment, and then returned to normal, and then said to Shen Yi: "I...... It's called Ah Yue. ”

Dark Night was taken aback when he heard Shen Yi's name, his face was shocked, but he reluctantly smiled and said, "It turned out to be Lord Shen of Qingtian Mansion, disrespectful." ”

Shen Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly, he had been in this Qiongta Town for more than ten days, before, no matter how he walked around, no one seemed to know him, but suddenly, it seemed that everyone knew him, whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, but even he couldn't tell.