At the moment when Ah Shui took out the sword, Xu Yan, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating, instantly opened his eyes, although the other party deliberately tried to hide the aura he burst out, but Xu Yan was still aware of this kind of combat intuition.

Without the slightest hint, he left the bed, jumped up the high wall, and then stood on the high wall.

Looking down condescendingly, he saw that in the middle of the street, a familiar figure was slowly walking towards a headless corpse in front of him in the wind and snow.

Xu Yan saw that Ah Shui suddenly appeared, and glanced at the corpse again, and he already knew in his heart, there was no doubt that the cultivator who had been beheaded by Ah Shui should be the one who came to intercept and kill him tonight, as for the identity of the other party and who instructed him, it didn't matter at all.

Xu Yan jumped down the city wall and came to Ah Shui's side, and said, "They really came. ”

When Ah Shui heard him say this, he couldn't help but glance at him angrily, and replied: "Why, now that you are starting to know that you are afraid?

Xu Yan didn't care about his ridicule, just smiled faintly.

In fact, the reason why he said that before was nothing more than to lure out those guys who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, after all, in Lingzhou, as long as Ah Shui was there, it was impossible for him to be in danger of his life, so of course he had to make good use of this opportunity and let Ah Shui help kill a few more potential threats who didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

However, Xu Yan didn't expect that Ah Shui's strength would be so strong that he only used one sword when he fought against Yan Fu, and when he killed the outlaw in front of him, he still only used one sword.

Xu Yan changed the topic and said: "Now that your sword is out, I estimate that tonight, no one will come to die again." ”

Ah Shui picked up the corpse on the ground, and said in an indifferent tone: "That head, I have rewarded you." ”

As he spoke, he dragged the headless corpse dripping with blood and water, soared into the sky, and disappeared in an instant.

Xu Yan looked at the head that looked like a ball under his feet, and he could vaguely see that he was full of disbelief before he died.

"Why are you doing this?" Xu Yan sighed softly.

At this moment, he had already deeply understood Ah Shui's intentions, and it was obvious that the reason why the latter would leave this head for him was just to disgust him, which could be regarded as a small punishment for him to calculate the latter.

Xu Yan picked up the head he had lifted, jumped back into the courtyard, and saw that there was no one around, so he dug a pit about three feet deep under the camphor tree in the courtyard, buried the head in it, and then returned to his room and began to continue meditating and practicing.

In the end, the result was just as he expected, except for this guy who didn't know whether to live or die, there was nothing abnormal in the second half of the night.

......

Early the next morning.

The wind and snow have stopped.

When Xu Yan was in the dark, he got up and washed up, then went to the front yard for breakfast, returned the deposit, and left the Fulu Inn and walked all the way to the west of the city.

From Chengnan District to Chengxi District, the road is not close, if you walk on foot alone, it will take at least three days, so Xu Yan did not save money anymore, directly hired a carriage, and began to drive towards the west of the city.

Chen Qinghe's home is in the west of the city, which is the reason why he went there, but in addition, he also found out the location of the Yan Mansion from the shopkeeper in the inn when he checked out, but unfortunately, the Yan family happened to be in the west of the city, and it was only five miles away from the Chen family.

The carriage drove slowly, and the sound of horses' hooves on the stone slabs on the street was crisp, but Xu Yan was not in any interest to listen to this, because all his attention was focused on avenging Xu Yuting and his wife.

In the blink of an eye, half a day had passed, and the driver who was catching the car in front stopped the car on time at four o'clock in the afternoon, which was requested by Xu Yan in advance.

The carriage stopped in front of a wine shop, Xu Yan didn't know where he was at the moment, but since he had greeted him in advance, he was naturally not afraid that he would not be able to reach Xicheng District.

After he got out of the car, he paid half of the amount to the driver, and then asked the other party to go to the meal first.

The groom smiled and accepted the money, and found a place to temporarily set up the carriage before going to eat, and at the same time, Xu Yan also walked into the wine shop in front of him and began to order lunch.

After lunch, it was almost three quarters of an hour later, and when the time was approaching, Xu Yan walked out of the wine shop and found that the coachman was waiting in place early.

Xu Yan nodded to him in gratitude, and said, "It's hard work!"

After hearing this, the groom smiled brightly and replied: "It should be, it should be, I eat quickly, do our business, time is money, don't dare to delay the time of the guests." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he also smiled and nodded, but he didn't say anything more, and directly entered the carriage.

Although the carriage is only separated from the outside by a curtain, the people sitting inside can clearly feel the temperature inside, which is much warmer than outside.

The carriage kept moving, and the time was passing quickly, but after almost an hour, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Xu Yan Huo Ran, who was sitting in the carriage, opened his eyes and asked, "Why do you stop, didn't you say that it would take about a day to arrive?"

When the groom who was driving the car heard this, he replied, "Childe, you ...... You better come out and take a look by yourself, Lao Liu, I really have to stop!"

When Xu Yan heard him say this, he couldn't help frowning, and as a last resort, he had to lift the curtain of the carriage and check it out for himself, and then, he saw that in front of the carriage, there were two middle-aged men dressed as slaves, blocking the way of the carriage.

Xu Yan saw that someone dared to block the road in broad daylight, his heart was cold, he got out of the carriage, and asked the groom beside him, "Who are they, why can they make you tremble so much?"

When the groom heard this, he replied in a low tone: "Don't blame the child, he ...... They are from the Zhou family, they are from the four major families in the city, Lao Liu is just a cloth cloth, since they are blocking the road, how dare Lao Liu not stop getting out of the car, but forgive Lao Liu for saying more, why did you provoke them, son?"

Xu Yan didn't answer the words of the man surnamed Liu, but just glanced at the surrounding environment, it was actually by a river, and the population here was very sparse.

Xu Yan asked, "Where is this? To go to Xicheng District, you have to pass through this kind of inaccessible place?"

Lao Liu noticed that the other party's tone was a little unkind, and hurriedly explained: "Gongzi doesn't know, this place is called Broken River Pavilion, it is a famous place in the city, it is said to be the ancestor of the Zhou family, and it was built to commemorate a predecessor. ”

Xu Yan expected that the other party would not dare to deceive him in this kind of matter, so he didn't say anything, but walked a few steps forward directly, and said lightly to the two servants of the Zhou family: "The two of you are a good means, you can know my whereabouts so well, but I don't know, you are facing the way to block me, what do you want, don't you want to come to me?"

It was the two servants from the Zhou family who heard this, and one of them spoke: "Your Excellency, there is no need to be so vigilant, the two of us stopped your way, not to embarrass you, we are just inviting you to the pavilion by the river for someone." ”

Xu Yan heard the other party's threat in disguise, he sneered in his heart, and said sarcastically on his face: "What if I am in a hurry and have no time to go?"

The two house slaves of the Zhou family seemed to have expected Xu Yan to say this, their faces were not shocked, but they replied in a calm tone: "Your Excellency It's better to go on a trip." ”

Xu Yan could clearly feel that the two people in front of him were mediocre in their own cultivation, but they were only in the third-grade realm, so if he wanted to solve them and continue to hurry, these two people would definitely not have the slightest solution, but in the end, after hesitating in his heart, he still planned to go to the so-called Broken River Pavilion to take a look, because he wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the Zhou family this week.

If you want to say which family has the deepest enmity in Wangchuan City, it is undoubtedly the Zhou family, because the Zhou family and the Bai family are both mortal enemies of the Lotus Sect, and it is not a matter of a day or two for them to annex the Lotus Sect, in addition, the festival between Xu Yan and Zhou Xian has already reached the level where it cannot be resolved.

Although to some extent, in Xu Yan's opinion, it was purely Zhou Xian's own uninterestingness, but in any case, he and the Zhou family were destined to be unable to reconcile.

Xu Yan turned his head to the horseman surnamed Liu and said: "You just wait here for a while, I will be back soon, of course, I will not let you wait in vain, I will wait for an extra quarter of an hour and add a penny of silver, and finally settle with you." ”

After hearing this, the horseman surnamed Liu immediately spoke: "Where is this Childe, since we have already agreed the price according to the distance in advance, how can Lao Liu and I privately charge you more money in the middle of the way, Childe and go to solve the matter by himself, this time, Lao Liu and I can afford to wait!"

When Xu Yan saw him say this, he didn't say anything, just nodded to him, and then turned his head to the two slaves of the Zhou family and said briefly: "Lead the way!"

After hearing this, the two house slaves bowed slightly, and then stretched out their hands to a path by the river and replied, "Your Excellency, please!"

After leaving the main road, there was only one path leading to the riverside, so even if Xu Yan walked by himself, he would not actually find the wrong way, but he expected that it would be impossible for the two of them to let him walk alone, so he didn't care. However, in about half an hour, when they came to the riverside and could already see a pavilion, the two of the Zhou family took the lead in stopping and said, "The two of us can only send Your Excellency here, and the people who want to see Your Excellency are in the pavilion." ”

Xu Yan glanced at it, and sure enough, he saw a slender figure standing in the pavilion, but because the person was facing him from the side at the moment, he couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly.

Xu Yan didn't hesitate at all, and strode directly towards the Broken River Pavilion, but when he came to the pavilion completely, the first thing that attracted his attention was not the appearance of the person in front of him, but the sword hanging from his waist.

He had seen this famous sword many times, and its name: Red Candle.