The old man in Jinyi traveled all the way from Wangchuan City to Xujia Village, it took a full seven days, originally he didn't need to spend so long, after all, for him who can fly in the sky, if he didn't take the wrong road and went to the Xujia Village in Daping Township, he should have come to the village in front of him a long time ago.

It is also called Xujia Village, but there is no doubt that the village in front of him looks much poorer and more destitute than the village he has been to before, after all, Daping Township itself has a better geographical location than Baoxi Township, so it is not so remote.

It's just that no one knows that after the old man passed by and didn't get the news of the person he was looking for, in a fit of anger, he slaughtered most of the villagers in Xujia Village, Daping Township, until someone cried and knelt down in front of him, saying that there were two Xujia villages in Jinxi Town, he stopped killing after some hesitation, and then turned to the Xujia Village in front of him.

Originally, according to his identity, he didn't dare to kill these people in the market so badly, you must know that in Xujia Village, Daping Township, there are hundreds of households, which is a typical big village, and the population is close to more than 300 people, so most of them were slaughtered by him in one breath, and nearly 200 people died tragically under his anger.

If the news spread that so many people had died at the hands of a great cultivator for no reason, it would be impossible for Xing Guan, who was guarding this side, to ignore it, and even basically conclude that this old man was destined to die, but he didn't care, because since he stepped out of that prosperous city, he never thought that he would be able to go back alive.

When the old man entered the village where Xu Yan was, it was almost seven minutes in time, although on the mountain peak on one side, a large warm golden sunset could still be vaguely seen, but the Xujia Village, which was built in the mountain col, had no light at this moment.

In the village in November, after losing the light at night, the temperature in the air will undoubtedly drop quickly, therefore, by the stream at the entrance of the village, the two old women that Xu Yan saw when he returned to the village before have already returned to their respective homes, which makes the village look a little empty, as if there is no popularity, which can't help but give the old man who just came here an illusion intuitively, and secretly wonder if this is a village that has long been deserted?

Fortunately, however, it was late in the evening, and the housewives had begun to make a fire to cook, so that the old man had stood for a while at the entrance of the village, and a wisp of cooking smoke rose from the air of the village, which dispelled his doubts. After learning that the village in front of him was not really an empty village, he no longer hesitated and began to walk towards the village step by step.

The number of people in Xujia Village is not large, that is, when the population of the whole village is the largest, there are more than 200 people, and the people who are still in the village are all old people, so it is estimated that there are only forty or fifty people when they are full.

The old man shuttled through this empty village, and never met half a figure along the way, and even found that on the side of the road he passed, most of the houses on the left and right sides were closed, which couldn't help but make him frown, but after all, he himself was also a person who had lived for almost a lifetime, as long as he thought about it a little, he naturally understood the reason.

After a cup of tea.

The old man came to a wooden house that was smoking on the chimney of the house, and wanted to step in and ask Xu Yan if he had any news of returning, but before he could enter, not far from the road, a middle-aged man with a hoe on his shoulder and a firewood knife on his waist shouted to him in the air: "This old man, I don't know who you are, where you come from, and what are you going to do at my house?"

The old man heard someone asking him, and when he stopped, and then waited until the other party walked in front of him, he replied: "Oh, it turns out that this is your family, the old man is from the town outside the mountain, surnamed Yan, I went to your house just to see the smoke rising from your house, so I wanted to go to the door to ask for some news, but I have no other intentions, I think you also know that it is not easy to meet someone in this village." ”

It was Xu Yuting, who came back from the labor service in the mountains, and his heart was relieved when he heard that the other party was just asking for directions, so he replied with a smile: "It turns out that the old man is from the city, I don't know what news you want to ask?"

When the old man surnamed Yan heard that the other party was talking, he didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly: "The old man wants to ask, in your village, there is a descendant named Xu Yan, and he is in the village now?"

After Xu Yuting heard this question, he immediately replied with a smile: "Yes, the Xu family boy, but he is not in the village now, he left the village three years ago to go outside, and he has not come back yet, I don't hide it from my father-in-law, Xu boy, he didn't live very well when he was a child, and later his parents died, so it can be said that he has nothing to worry about here, and it is really difficult to say whether he will return to the village in the future." ”

Although Xu Yuting said so, in fact, in his heart, he still firmly believed that Xu Yan would come back here one day, because he always felt that Xu Yan was not the kind of person who had no conscience, even if the latter did not have much affection for him, but the latter would always come back to see Xu Yan again, or give his deceased parents another pillar of incense.

Xu Yuting actually loves Xu Yan very much, and even has the idea of making his baby daughter his wife, but now thinking about this is a bit far away. Xu Yuting suddenly thought of something in his heart, and then asked the old man surnamed Yan in front of him: "By the way, how did you know about Xu Xiaozi, have you seen him, and you have come to us thousands of miles away, but you have something to look for him?"

The old man surnamed Yan saw that the other party didn't seem to be cheating on him, and after learning that Xu Yan hadn't returned here, he was in no mood to talk about Xu Yan's affairs, and his tone couldn't help but be a little stiff and replied: " The old man has never seen him with his own eyes, but this son was out of the flowers, messed with my granddaughter, and let her conceive his child in the belly, and now he is five months old, but he is good, and finally slipped away with oil on his feet, making it clear that he does not want to take the responsibility, and the old man is also after a stern questioning of his granddaughter, only to learn from her mouth that this son is a person here, and he wondered if he would escape back here, so the old man came to check it out in person, but according to the current situation, he did not even dare to return to his hometown。 ”

When Xu Yuting heard the other party say this, his face was immediately shocked, and he said in disbelief: "Ah! What my uncle said is true, Xu boy, did he really do such a big rebellious thing?"

Of course, what the old man surnamed Yan said was all lies, he said that these were just to test whether the man in front of him was lying to him, but even so, the anger in his heart was real, so after he heard Xu Yuting's question, when he snorted coldly, he replied unhappily: "These are naturally true, how can the old man make such a joke when he is old, and this is related to my granddaughter's face, you said that she is only sixteen this year, but she became a widow early, how can the old man bear it." ”

Xu Yuting was an honest man in the mountains, and when he saw the old man surnamed Yan say this, he naturally believed it in his heart, and immediately sighed again and again, and said bitterly: "Old man, don't be angry, this thing is indeed what Xu Xiaozi did wrong, hey, that is, he is not in the village, if he is, I will definitely immediately pull him in front of you and let you fall." ”

The old man heard him say this, his face was expressionless, and he still had a stinky face, which couldn't help but make Xu Yuting even more ashamed, after all, before, he had a lot of thoughts about Xu Yan as his son-in-law, but he didn't expect that the latter has now become such a morally corrupt and hangy person.

Xu Yuting didn't know what he should continue to say to the old man surnamed Yan in front of him, after all, the matter had already happened, and Xu Yan was not in the village, so he couldn't help at all, so after thinking about it, he could only invite the old man in front of him to go to his house to rest for a while.

Now that the weather is getting late, the old man in front of him looks so old, it is absolutely impossible to leave here again, if he does not take the initiative to stay with the other party for one night, then the other party will not be able to find a place to stay at all.

After getting the invitation of the other party, the old man surnamed Yan did not refuse, and followed Xu Yuting into the latter's home, because he was also going to wait here for a few days, if he couldn't wait for Xu Yan to come back, then there were only two results, either Xu Yan had already died on the road, or Xu Yan went directly to the county town.

If it was really the second case, then he would naturally get the news as soon as possible, after all, the county town could also be regarded as his territory, and he had already covered the areas of the various city gates, and then he would turn around and rush back to the county town.

As far as the old man was concerned, in fact, as long as he could kill Xu Yan completely before he met with the envoy sent by the dynasty, it would be considered a success, as for why he came to Xujia Village in person? The reason is very simple, that is, compared to making a move in the county town, he has much less worries when he is outside the city, after all, in a county town of Nuoda, it is quite difficult for him to kill Xu Yan without being discovered by others.

After Xu Yuting entered the house with the old man surnamed Yan, his wife Wang, who was busy making dinner, naturally immediately discovered the existence of the old man, and asked her husband, "......Who is this?"

Xu Yuting was still a little dignified at the moment, but after hearing his wife's question, he still patiently explained: "This old man is from the town, surnamed Yan, he came to us to find Xu Yan, but you also know that Xu Xiaozi hasn't come back for many years...... It was not early today, so I invited him to come to our house for the night, and by the way, you should remember to cook more at night. ”

When Wang heard her husband say this, she immediately said: "Come to find Yan'er, that's really a coincidence, he happened to come back today, but now he has gone to incense his father and mother, and it is estimated that it will take a while to come back, but I told him before that he asked him to come to our house for dinner." ”

"What did you say!"

And just after the Wang family said the news, Xu Yuting and the old man surnamed Yan were in unison, and immediately asked in a deep voice.

Seeing that their faces and tones were wrong, Wang couldn't help frowning, and said, "I said Yan'er, he happened to be back to the village today. Xianggong, what's wrong with you, why has your face become so ugly, aren't you happy that Yan'er is back? Don't you say, Yan'er is polite now, and he looks more handsome than before, when he came to our house, he also sent us a lot of valuable gifts, and when he comes back, I promise you will be surprised to see him. ”

Xu Yuting heard the old man's words before, and now when he heard his wife say this, of course his joy was gone, and he even had a little more anger inexplicably, so he snorted coldly.

Seeing that his face was still ugly, Wang immediately sensed that something was wrong, so he continued to ask: "Xianggong, what's wrong with you, who are you angry with?"

When Xu Yuting heard this question, he first glanced at the old man surnamed Yan with some embarrassment, and then replied to his wife: "Who else, naturally it is that Xu boy." ”

Wang was surprised and said, "Why is this?"

Xu Yuting saw that his wife asked again and again, but he had no choice but to repeat what the old man had said to him before, but there was no surprise in the slightest, and the Wang family was also shocked by this statement, unable to speak.

After a while, Wang said to her husband in disbelief: "This ...... Yan'er did these things, but really?"

Xu Yuting's heart was also a hundred unwilling to admit it, but in the end, he nodded solemnly.

Seeing him nodding, Wang's previous good impression of Xu Yan disappeared in an instant, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, if it was really a dog that couldn't change eating, he used to be a perverse person, how could he become a humble gentleman in just three years, but he didn't expect that he would pretend like this in front of him.

Without waiting for the Wang family to say anything more, the old man surnamed Yan who was standing aside asked her in a deep voice: "You said that Xu Yan went to offer incense to his parents at this moment, I don't know where his parents' graves are built?"

When Wang heard this question, he didn't answer directly, but just asked, "Uncle, ...... are you?"

The old man surnamed Yan couldn't wait to take Xu Yan's life in his heart, in case he had too many dreams at night, but he replied: "Since Xu Yan let my granddaughter conceive his child, then the old man naturally wants to talk to him about this matter, just so that he can make a decent decision in front of his father." ”

When Xu Yuting and his wife heard him say this, they also understood his anger in their hearts, and they didn't want to say anything more about this matter, but when they thought of the problems on the road, Wang replied with some hesitation: "That...... It's okay to tell my husband about this, it's just that from the village to Yan'er's father's grave, but there is a long way to go, my husband, you go now, I'm afraid it's too late......"

The old man surnamed Yan interrupted her words and replied bluntly: "You don't need to worry about this, I have my own plans in my heart, you just need to tell me the specific direction." ”

Wang and her husband glanced at each other, and after seeing that the latter nodded, he no longer hid anything, and replied: "His father's grave is on the back hill behind our village. ”

After hearing this, the old man surnamed Yan nodded with satisfaction, but immediately after, he suddenly stretched out his right hand, waved his sleeve in the air, and directly swept Xu Yuting and his wife out in an instant, until the two of them hit the wooden wall fiercely and smashed out two deep pits, he turned around and left angrily.

With just a flick of his sleeves, the life and death of Xu Yuting and his wife were unknown, and this was the difference between a cultivator and a mortal in the market. However, Xu Yuting and his wife didn't understand why the old man wanted to kill them, and they couldn't understand why the other party just flicked their sleeves lightly, and they were as if they had been hit by a thousand catties of boulders.

After leaving this house, the old man surnamed Yan did not stop at all, and strode directly in the direction that the other party said, and when he completely walked out of the village, he was ready to fly directly into the sky, because this was much faster than walking the winding mountain path with his feet.

However, before he could rise in the air, an old man of his age stopped him in front of him.

Old man to old man.

One was dressed in a rich brocade robe, and the other was unusually poor and sour, a tattered sheepskin coat.

Xu Yan looked at the old man in brocade in front of him, and said with a solemn look in his eyes: "Where you came from, go back to where you go, before I make a move on you." ”

After hearing this, the old man surnamed Yan couldn't help laughing, but his tone was extremely cold and replied: "Who are you who dare to speak so boldly in front of me." ”

After hearing this, Xu Yan thought for a moment before he replied: "I'm just a sinner, it's not enough, but I can't watch you kill my grandson." ”

After hearing Xu Yan's persuasion, the old man surnamed Yan suddenly became murderous, and then said in a cold voice: "Is he your grandson? That's really good, I'll kill you first, and then kill him." ”

As soon as the words fell, the old man surnamed Yan raised his hand and used his two fingers as a sword and swiped lightly in the air.

A wisp of white light flashed quietly from the tips of his fingers, like fireworks burning in his hands, and then, this wisp of white light turned into a fierce sword qi, and burst towards Xu Yan not far in front of him.

Xu Yan saw that he didn't agree with him and took out a sword against him, and his face was also cold, but the other party wanted to kill him with this casual sword, but it was also a fool's dream.

So, when Xu Yan was about to reach him with the sword qi used by the old man surnamed Yan, he raised his hand without any fancy and easily succeeded in dissolving the other party's sword qi.

"Yan Fu, do you really want to be so stubborn and want to fight me here to the death?"

When the old man surnamed Yan heard the other party directly reveal his identity, the shock in his heart was undoubtedly far greater than the other party's sword that he raised his hand to dissolve, he couldn't hide the shock in his heart, and asked in a cold voice: "You actually recognize me, who are you?"

Xu Yan replied in a deep voice: "Old man...... Xu Hao!"