Xiaoman and Gu Xueqing were on the side porch in front of the mountain gate, and after waiting for almost two quarters of an hour, the sky had begun to turn pitch black, so at this moment, in the village of Shexiang, there were people everywhere who began to light their own candles or oil lamps, looking up, this mountain city that was about to be shrouded in twilight seemed to have countless stars lit up from it, which looked very beautiful and spectacular.

After a short conversation before, Xiaoman and Gu Xueqing fell into their own silence again, the reason for this is naturally attributed to Gu Xueqing's character, which is too bad at talking, even if Xiaoman intends to make himself as kind as possible, Gu Xueqing will only blindly answer questions, but will not take the initiative to ask, which can't help but make Xiaoman a little embarrassed.

The mountain breeze blowing from the night and the autumn rain falling from the night are getting heavier and heavier, plus the fact that Qi Township is located in the highest altitude deep mountain in Qiulu Township, and the temperature is much lower than that under the mountain, so Xiaoman finally couldn't help but cross his hands and wrap his arms after being blown by the mountain wind for so long, and then rubbed hard.

After Gu Xueqing saw this scene, she realized that the other party was an ordinary person in the market after all, and she was not as unaffected as her, so after hesitating for a moment, she could only take the initiative to say: "Otherwise, little barbarian girl, you can find a place where there is no wind to rest for a while, and if you continue like this, you may catch the wind cold, just leave me here and wait for him." ”

Hearing Gu Xueqing say this, Xiao Man shook his head with a smile and replied: "It doesn't matter, this mountain wind is nothing, in winter, when it is full of snow and covered in silver, I can stand in the wind and snow for an hour." ”

When Gu Xueqing heard the other party say this, she didn't know what to say again.

Seeing that Gu Xueqing was silent again, Xiao Man suddenly turned his head to her and asked with a smile, "I wonder if Xiao Man can take the liberty of asking Miss Gu a question?"

Gu Xueqing didn't think about it, and nodded directly back: "Well, yes, I don't know what the little girl wants to know?"

Seeing that she agreed, Xiao Man said bluntly: "Miss Gu, why do you want to dress up as a man?"

When Gu Xueqing heard such a question, she didn't choose to hide it, and replied: "Because it is somewhat inconvenient to walk on the rivers and lakes with her daughter, I dressed up briefly. ”

When Xiao Man heard such an answer, she let out a cute "oh", and after hesitating for a moment, she continued to ask, "Is Miss Gu and Xu Gongzi really related?"

Gu Xueqing didn't know why the other party was interested in these, but she didn't hide this kind of inconsequential thing from her, so she replied truthfully: "No, in fact, Xu Yan is just my fellow disciple, but for the convenience of travel, I discussed this term in advance." ”

When Xiao Man heard this, he nodded with a smile and replied, "I see, I thought it was ......."

Gu Xueqing saw that she had a hint of wanting to speak, so she asked curiously, "Why?"

When Xiao Man heard this question, he shook his head and didn't explain, just smiled and whispered, "No...... It's nothing, it's my own thought. ”

Gu Xueqing couldn't help but feel a little unclear when she saw her so mysterious, but since the other party didn't want to say it, she couldn't do anything about it, and then fell silent again, but in fact, in her heart, she couldn't help but secretly think, "Little junior brother has been gone for so long and hasn't come back, could it be that something happened?"

And just as she had this idea, she suddenly felt that on the mountain peak in front of her, there was a majestic sword aura, which suddenly flew through the night.

After Gu Xueqing felt this extremely terrifying and powerful sword aura, she was directly shocked in her heart, because she was also a sword cultivator herself, so she was naturally no stranger to this kind of aura. But she was not unfamiliar with this, but she couldn't help but feel a little frightened by it, for no other reason, this sword qi was so strong that it was obviously even more powerful than the sword qi that Xu Yan usually used to kill Gao Yuan and Cao Hai at the beginning.

"This ...... Could it be that in this small village, there is a sword cultivator of the Upper Three Realms?"

Gu Xueqing almost didn't dare to imagine such a result, if it really existed, then it would be absolutely impossible for them to escape from this trip, after all, no matter how strong Xu Yan was and his combat power was extraordinary, he couldn't fly into the sky, so if they wanted to leave, it was almost equal to the right time, place and people, and they didn't occupy anything.

"No, I have to go up and see the situation!" Gu Xueqing immediately made this decision in her heart.

She turned her head to the little man beside her who didn't know anything and didn't feel anything, and said a little anxiously: "Little man, girl, we don't have to wait any longer, let's go directly to my sister's place, Xu Yan may not have seen the two of us at the mountain gate before, it is possible that he passed by and went up the mountain first, if this is the case, then it will be useless for us to wait here all the time, besides, it is already dark." ”

Xiao Man couldn't help frowning when she heard the other party say this, she said with some suspicion: "It can't be such a coincidence, we were not in front of the mountain gate just now, and we only had less than half an hour to ......"

Gu Xueqing smiled reluctantly and said: "This is not accurate, sometimes things are so easy to have incredible coincidences. ”

Xiaoman smiled bitterly when she heard the other party's far-fetched explanation, but in the end, she nodded and replied: "Okay, then let's go to my house to get two oil-paper umbrellas before going up the mountain, now the rain is a little heavy, and it will wet the clothes." ”

Gu Xueqing's storage bag naturally had rain gear, but if she took it out now, it would be a bit of a trick for Xiao Man, or she would have to explain to him that she was a cultivator, which was of course not feasible, so she could only choose to do more in the end and accept Xiao Man's suggestion.

So, soon after entering the stockade, the two successfully arrived at Xiaoman's house and got two oil-paper umbrellas, and then began to walk along the stone steps built in the middle of the houses to the top of the mountain.

......

Xu Yan witnessed the man surnamed Yan, and suddenly someone stabbed through his body with a sword qi, and immediately stopped continuing to chase, for this strong aura, he who was close at hand, obviously felt much deeper than Gu Xueqing under the mountain.

"This is a sword cultivator from the Upper Three Realms?"

Xu Yan was almost able to determine the self-cultivation of the sword cultivator who used this sword qi, but what he couldn't figure out was who the other party was and why he wanted to kill this man surnamed Yan. It stands to reason that he came to Ji Township this time to kill Zhong Yun, so he is the number one enemy of this village.

And just when Xu Yan was still immersed in his own doubts, on the lower mountain pass where the man surnamed Yan was killed, there was a figure that looked a little rickety, and slowly walked up.

This person is full of silver hair, gray temples, and withered appearance, obviously an elderly person, but even if she looks droopy and old in appearance, the arrogance she carries on her body at the moment gives Xu Yan a completely different feeling when he saw her before.

After Xu Yan saw that it was the old woman who was called Aunt Yin's grandmother by Xiao Man, a strong vigilance suddenly rose in his heart, after all, a sword cultivator who had truly stepped into the upper three realms was far from being something he could match now.

Aunt Yin's grandmother walked all the way, her steps were always unhurried, and she looked like a leisurely old man who was taking a walk after dinner, but when she passed by the man surnamed Yan, she didn't know what evil magic she used, Xu Yan saw her take out a porcelain bottle out of thin air, and then poured two drops of liquid on the body of the man surnamed Yan. Immediately afterwards, the body of the man surnamed Yan began to emit bursts of thick smoke very strangely, and among these thick smokes, there was also an extremely pungent and unpleasant stench.

This smoking process was not too long, probably lasting only about half a quarter of an hour, but after the smoke cleared, along with the body of the man surnamed Yan on the ground, it ceased to exist, as if it had disappeared out of thin air.

After doing all this, Aunt Yin put away the small porcelain vase in her hand, and then looked at Xu Yan, who had always maintained a calm and calm look on her face not far away, and saw that he didn't say anything, so she could only take the initiative to say: "The future is terrifying!"

Xu Yan heard that what the other party said was these four words, and he couldn't help but be a little confused, so he continued to be silent, so he waited for the other party's next words.

Sure enough, after a while, Aunt Yin's old voice sounded again: "The ins and outs of these things, the old body more or less knows some hidden secrets, it was Yun'er's girl who was bewitched by outsiders, so she had bad intentions towards Your Excellency, but now that the old body has also taken the initiative to help you get rid of the culprit, and also helped you dispose of his body, can Your Excellency spare Yun Ya's life and leave the mountain?"

Xu Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party appeared, not to kill him, but to negotiate this grievance with him, he didn't refuse the old woman's proposal, and after a moment of silence, he replied: "I don't want to kill her, but she has to remove the Gu poison in my cousin's body first." ”

After hearing this, the old woman nodded without any hesitation and said, "Yes, when your cousin goes up the mountain, the old woman will personally remove the Gu poison from her body." ”

After Xu Yan finished speaking, he directly turned around and walked into this wooden house, which had almost become a pile of ruins, and immediately saw Shen Zhu, who was slapped by a man surnamed Yan, who was infinitely close to death.

After Xu Yan saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a little speechless in his heart, he didn't expect that the latter had escaped the situation of being eaten alive by Gu worms, but he still couldn't escape the fate of his untimely death.

Originally, under normal circumstances, the palm of the man surnamed Yan was not enough to kill any normal person, after all, he was not only seriously injured at that time, but also took a punch from Xu Yan at that time, so he actually couldn't even use one-tenth of his strength at his normal level at that time, but the person who received his palm was Shen Zhu, a person who couldn't be looked at according to normal conditions after all.

After being planted with Gu poison by his wife for more than ten years, his body has long become fragile, and even compared with those old people who are in their last years, except that he is not yet old, there are not many essential differences.

Xu Yan walked in front of Shen Zhu and stopped, looked at him condescendingly, and then saw that he looked like he wanted to say to himself, but he couldn't speak, he couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart, he squatted down and put a recovery pill in Shen Zhu's mouth, which was destined not to have much effect, which made the latter's very tight breath calm down slightly.

About ten breaths later.

After taking the Restoration Pill, Shen Zhu felt that his consciousness had also recovered to a trace of clarity, and at the same time, he was not vomiting blood in his mouth.

He looked at Xu Yan in front of him, who had helped him twice, and his gratitude could not be expressed, so he could only take advantage of his last bit of time to say to Xu Yan's weakness: "En...... Engong, can ...... Can you spare me...... The lives of his wife and children ......"

When Xu Yan heard that the other party was coming to the end, he actually wanted to say such a sentence, and he directly showed a trace of coldness on his face.

Aunt Yin asked him to spare Zhong Yun's life, and the reason why he agreed was because he was very jealous of Yin's other party's strength, so he had to do it as a last resort. But what he didn't expect was that the middle-aged man in front of him, after knowing that Zhong Yun had repeatedly done many unrighteous things to him, and even endangered his life, he was still so pedantic to intercede for the other party.

Xu Yan said in a cold tone: "This wicked woman treated you like this when she was alive, but you still plead with me for her, are you in the water in your head?"

Shen Zhu didn't care about Xu Yan's ridicule, but said weakly: "One day husband and wife, you and I are both scholars, I have always heard such simple truths, and I know that I am about to die, so what's the point of remembering those bad pasts?"

Xu Yan was silent about this, but it was obvious that the chill in his eyes had inadvertently aggravated a little.

"The deceased has passed away, and when he dies, he will never exist, I never believe in reincarnation, but because of this, I know how precious it is to be able to live well, since she still has a chance to live, then I, a mortal person, should fight for the opportunity to continue this survival for her while there is still a breath of air, so I implore Engong to spare her life!"

After Xu Yan heard this, he replied expressionlessly: "What if I don't agree?"

When Shen Zhu heard this, he smiled helplessly, but he didn't know how to answer, if Xu Yan insisted on not agreeing to him, he really didn't have the slightest way.

So, Shen Zhu could only close his eyes painfully, and only after breathing a sigh of relief in his chest did he slowly open his eyes again, but after opening them, a hot teardrop was already flowing from the corner of his eye, and he said to Xu Yan: "Then please ask Engong to let me die in front of her." ”

Standing outside the courtyard gate, Aunt Yin, who had been watching all this, finally couldn't help but sigh after hearing Shen Zhu say this sentence at this moment, she paced in front of Shen Zhu, and then slowly squatted down and looked at him, full of heartache and said: "My good grandson, all this is a girl who doesn't know how to be blessed, and she is disappointed by you, in vain at this time, you can still maintain this pure heart, hey, Aunt Yin's grandmother is also ashamed of you." ”

Shen Zhu was surprised and moved when he saw that Aunt Yin's grandmother suddenly appeared in front of him before he died, but after all, he couldn't do anything more, even if he just stood up and gave her another elder salute.

Shen Zhu shook his head with a pale face, and replied with difficulty: "Aunt Yin, don't say that, life and death are fate, no one can escape, it's nothing more than sooner or later, fortunately, for grandchildren, all things, whether happy or painful, will eventually pass, but the only thing that makes me feel very regretful is that grandchildren have never had time to honor you, even if it's just for a short day." ”

After hearing this, Aunt Yin's grandmother couldn't help but burst into tears, she stretched out her hand that was as old as tree bark, combed some messy hair on Shen Zhu's forehead, and then took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth for him, and then said: "Aunt Yin's grandma is already very content to have a grandson like you in this life, and she doesn't dare to ask for more." ”

After Shen Zhu heard this, he smiled a little far-fetched, however, it was precisely because of his emotional change that his injury, which had been stopped, instantly became worse.

He couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood again, obviously it was past the time to return to the light, and he was about to die, he looked at Aunt Yin's grandmother with pain on his face, and while vomiting blood, he trembled and said, "Help...... Help me...... Tell Yun Niang, I'm in ...... Here, I ...... Never ...... back"

However, Shen Zhu couldn't finish the last words after all, so he suddenly spit out a large mouthful of blood, and there were even a lot of blood stains, which splattered into Aunt Yin's hands.

Seeing that he couldn't say anything more, and in those eyes, she gradually lost her former look, and couldn't help but be full of sadness, she continued to gently wipe the blood on Shen Zhu's face, and said in a kind tone: "My good grandson, if you are ready, you can go with peace of mind, and when grandma finishes dealing with things here, I will go over there to see you......"

......

Shen Zhu died after all, in front of Xu Yan and Zhong Yun, in the last moments of kindness that Aunt Yin's grandmother gave him.

When Xiao Man and Gu Xueqing arrived, what happened here had basically been settled, only this old house that had lived in the patriarchs of previous generations needed to be demolished before it was rebuilt.

However, compared to the house, there is no doubt that people care more about the same kind, for example, after Xiaoman saw her dead brother-in-law, she was almost sad to the point of crying, crying pear blossoms with rain, which made people feel distressed, but fortunately, the answer she finally got from Aunt Yin's mouth was that her brother-in-law died of physical overwork after a long journey.

Xu Yan and the others did not debunk the truth in this, because this answer may be the best answer for the innocent Xiaoman, who has always been innocent, and only in this way will her sister be the original sister in her heart.

One layer remains the same.