Watching the two watchmen yelling and leaving, in the guest room on the second floor of the inn next to the road, a bearded man stared at the fire-red sky outside the city, closed the window of the guest room, and walked angrily In front of the table in the room.
Looking at the scarred man sitting on the bench with his eyes closed, he still looked calm and calm. The bearded man was pacing back and forth, bending down from time to time to look at the scarred man's expression. After a long time, I saw the scar-faced man just gently caressing the milky-white ferret lying in his arms.
The big man with the beard couldn't bear it any longer and slammed his palm as big as a leaf fan against the wooden table. The wooden table could no longer withstand the heavy blows from the big man and broke into pieces and scattered on the ground.
This sound woke up all the guests and shopkeepers in the inn, but the people in the inn seemed to have become accustomed to the noise, and no one came to argue.
The big man with the beard and the scarred man entered Xue Hu and Uncle Li who were waiting for Gu Xiao and Lin'er in Liangzhou City. One of the two people was burly, the other had a terrifying scar, and they also carried a small ferret. This strange combination of two people and one ferret attracted the attention of the people in the Liangzhou Inn from the moment they stepped into it.
The innkeeper and the waiter were frightened by the aura of these two men, and they tremblingly went to talk to them. Unexpectedly, the scary-looking man with a scarred face was actually very friendly. He just threw a piece of silver to the innkeeper and opened two upper rooms. .
After these two people checked into the inn, the place became lively. From time to time, the sound of breaking tables and chairs could be heard in the room where these two people lived. No one in the inn or the store dared to disturb them, but not long after, they saw the small and cute little cat. The ferret came to the store with a small bag in its mouth.
Curiously, he opened the bag and found several pieces of broken silver and a piece of paper inside. It said, "Many of the customers in the store are bothering them. The money in the bag was distributed to everyone to appease the disturbers, and to compensate for the loss of tables and chairs." '
After receiving the money, the guests immediately stopped complaining about the noise made by the man with the curly beard and the scarred face. The store owner received compensation for the damage to his home and said nothing more. On the contrary, the shopkeeper saw the hot temper of the bearded man and asked the waiter to quickly move some old tables and chairs upstairs, hoping that these two people would help him replace all the old tables and chairs.
A table was smashed to pieces again at night, and the rough and arrogant voice of the bearded man yelled at Uncle Li, who was silent and concentrating with his eyes closed: "Did you see the raging fire outside the window? When will your boy in green be able to I can't wait to come back. If something happens to my master, don't blame me for being ruthless."
When Lao Li heard the sounds of busy footsteps in the city, he thought about it, but he looked like he was worried about it. He opened his eyes, soothed Ta Xue who was awakened by Xue Hu's loud voice with his hands, and looked at Xue Hu, who was beaten to pieces by Xue Hu. There were countless tables on the floor. Lao Li made a silent gesture and said, "How many times have I told you, no matter how big the matter is, since my young master has said it, the girl will be fine."
"Look, there are already flames in the direction of Liuzhuang outside. The time agreed between my master and me has long passed. No, I have to go and have a look." Xue Hu shouted wildly.
Xue Hu also had trouble saying that his master had grown up in the clan, and the clan leader and others were extremely respectful to the girl, but when he was a young girl, he saw himself practicing martial arts with a group of guards. From then on, he pestered the clan leader to teach him martial arts, but when he had only achieved a small degree of success in martial arts, he sneaked out of the clan and traveled around all day long.
This time, for some unknown reason, the girl actually obtained a variety of strange hidden weapons from a group of guards. She also took the Peach Blossom Order from the clan leader and escaped from the clan. In desperation, the patriarch and others ordered Xue Hu to find the girl all the way. He went through all the troubles to find the girl's whereabouts, but the girl refused to go back with him. He even took out the Peach Blossom Order and ordered Xue Hu to accompany him as the master. Traveling, Xue Hu had no choice but to take orders and accompany him.
The master and servant traveled all the way to the north. Xue Hu begged for several days, and the girl finally relented and was willing to return to the clan with him. However, the next day, the girl changed her mind. She somehow found out the location of one of the Yingli cards, and insisted on taking the Yingli card. I would like to go back to the clan to see Li Kurong's style.
Xue Hu had no choice but to obey the girl's order, and this led to the incident in the foot shop outside Liangzhou City.
Xue Hu thought in his heart, if his master was even slightly injured, his life would not be regrettable even if he died ten thousand times.
"My young master is very skilled in martial arts. If you and I go, we will only cause trouble, so please relax. If you and I leave without authorization, if my young master saves your master and comes here looking for the mark, you and I will not be found. Sometimes, simple things become complicated." Lao Li stood up, blocked Xue Hu's path, thought for a moment, and said.
Lao Li had full confidence in Gu Xiao, so he stopped the impulsive Xue Hu and gave him good words.
"What does this fire mean? What does the footsteps in the city mean? It means that Liuzhuang is in chaos so we can save people." Lao Li analyzed the fire to Xue Hu. But I thought in my heart, the young master's tricks are getting better and better, setting fires to save people, tsk tsk tsk.
When Lao Li and Xue Hu entered the city, they also heard a lot about Liuzhuang's evil deeds. Now seeing the evil-doing Liuzhuang blazing into the sky, Lao Li also praised the young master's methods in his heart.
Xue Hu patted his head and said: "Yes, if there is no news from the young man, we will be more worried. The greater the noise, it means that the young man has broken into the Liuzhuang, and the owner is safer. "
After understanding the meaning of Lao Li's words, Xue Hu made up his mind, but his stomach growled. Although he was stuffed with food in the foot shop, after fighting with the young man in green clothes, Xue Hu was not in the mood to eat because he was worried about the girl's comfort. At this time, he was relieved and felt hungry instead.
The sound of hunger in this reckless man's belly was just like his rough accent. It not only left Lao Li speechless, but even woke up Ta Xue who was sleeping.
When Texue woke up, he looked around the inn, stood up, sniffed the air with his pink nose, and went straight to Lao Li.
Seeing that Lao Li had persuaded Xue Hu not to act recklessly, and seeing that Ta Xue had woken up, Lao Li went to the room to get some dry food and wine bags that he had carried in the foot shop during the day, and also got Ta Xue's favorite dried meat. .
Returning to Xue Hu's room, he distributed the dry food, wine and food to Xue Hu. The two of them and the mink ate in silence in the room, just waiting for dawn.
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Gu Xiao, who closed his eyes and fell asleep, had developed the habit of sleeping without falling asleep since he traveled down the mountain three years ago. In a daze, he could only hear the rustling outside the temple door.
Opening his eyes suddenly, Gu Xiaoyun put the Qing Yi Jue in his Dantian, turned over and got up. He felt relieved when he saw that the sound of wind outside the temple was the only thing coming in.
Just as he was about to continue resting, he saw from the damaged corner of the roof of the ruined temple that the sky outside the temple was dyed red by firelight. Gu Xiao was confused and saw the girl sleeping deeply. Gu Xiaoyun used Qinggong to get out of the temple from the damaged place.
Amidst the layers of snow, Gu Xiao saw the sky full of fire in the direction of Liuzhuang. For a moment, he wondered whether it was because of himself that Liuzhuang was like this. Although the Liu family and their son Liu Yi had done heinous crimes, those villains People are innocent.
Thinking of that, he finally agreed to Xue Hu and rescued the girl safely. Gu Xiao still gave up the idea of turning around and exploring Liuzhuang again. Looking at the sky, Gu Xiao saw that it was almost five o'clock in the sky, so the gate of Liangzhou City must have been opened, so he took the girl to Liangzhou City. After all, he promised Xue Hu to rescue the girl safely.
Just when Gu Xiao was hesitating whether to visit Liuzhuang again, the temple door behind him opened, and a girl wearing Gu Xiao's cloak walked out of the temple. Seeing the sky full of fire, the girl was also surprised: "How could this happen? We left By the time of Liuzhuang, the fire should have been extinguished."
"I wonder what kind of changes happened in Liuzhuang while you and I were away." Gu Xiao vaguely felt that the matter had become more complicated since Mrs. Liu's death, but for a while he had no clue.
He could only speak again: "Looking at the ferocity of the fire and the unknown situation in between, how about you and I go to Liangzhou City to find Uncle Li and your accompanying guards first and then discuss it?" Gu Xiao said to the girl.
"Okay, it's already five o'clock, but in this huge Liangzhou City, how do you know where they are?" The girl agreed with Gu Xiao's idea, but was curious about how Gu Xiao found Xue Huer in this Liangzhou City. people’s whereabouts.
"Uncle Li was also a master who often traveled around the world in his early years. There is no secret code, slang, drugs, incense, or marks in the world that Uncle Li doesn't know. Otherwise, I would be in Liuzhuang. How could he immediately recognize Liu Yi's dirty tricks?" Gu Xiao explained to the girl.
The girl smiled and said, "No wonder you have so many clever ideas."
Gu Xiao smiled and said, "I know a lot. I'll tell you slowly on the way. Let's set off quickly."
The two extinguished the fire in the temple and headed towards Liangzhou.
"By the way, you haven't told me yet whether you want that Yingli Tie or not. I just want to have a glimpse of Li Kurong. If you want to check something, you will naturally be more useful than me." As the two of them walked forward, the girl remembered Na Ying left the post and told Gu Xiao.
Gu Xiao smiled and said: "Miss Lin'er still remembers the Yingli post. I really want to go to Wangli Villa and enter the Jinghua Shuiyue Pavilion. This year happens to be another three-year period. If the nine Yingli posts appear here, Jianghu, I will naturally take one based on my ability."
"Based on your ability?" The girl smiled like a silver bell and looked at Gu Xiao and continued: "Whoever told you about the Yingli Tie can tell you why there are nine Yingli Tie?"
Gu Xiao asked: "I really don't know this. Mr. Sun only told me that Wangli Villa will send out nine Yingli cards every three years, but he did not explain the meaning of the number of nine."
The girl looked at Gu Xiao and said with a smile: "Because there are seven famous martial arts sects in Zhongzhou, North and South of Qiyun, namely Yi Temple, Yi Guan, Two Swords and Three Swordsmen. You have traveled in the rivers and lakes, so you naturally know How many major sects are there?"
Gu Xiao nodded and said: "I know all this, but among the nine, aren't there two more?"
"Then do you know that there are hundreds of people in this 'Shenzhou Lingjue Ranking', and how many people are coveting the two remaining Yingli invitations. Are you sure that you can snatch those two Yingli invitations from them?" The girl blinked. He blinked his apricot eyes, looked at Gu Xiao and said.
Gu Xiao did not expect that the Yingli Post would be so precious. It seemed that it would be extremely difficult to choose one of the two remaining Yingli Posts. The best way now is to use the Yingli card in the girl's hand to enter Wangli Villa, so Gu Xiao said to the girl: "Gu really has something important to do and wants to enter Jinghua Shuiyue Pavilion. If Miss Lin'er is willing to help, Gu Xiao It must be remembered deeply."
Seeing Gu Xiao's serious words, the girl blurted out: "Didn't I say that we are friends now? You don't need to be so polite. Miss Lin'er. Miss Lin'er makes my ears tingle. From now on, I will call you Gu." Xiao, call me Lin'er."
After saying that, Lin'er said: "If it weren't for the Yingli post being so hard to find, how could there be so many martial arts magic weapons and lost secrets in the Jinghua Shuiyue Pavilion in Wangli Villa. I wouldn't bother to get it from Liuzhuang either. This is it.”
Gu Xiao said with a smile: "What you said makes sense. If the Yingli Post were not precious, those people in the world who could not use the Yingli Post would have to use the magic weapon secret book or defeat the heroes in the Yingli Conference. Enter Wangli Villa."
The girl continued: "I don't care about those things. I just want to see the excitement. If you want to go, this thing will be given to you. Then I will go with you to see Li Kurong's style."
After a pause, the girl continued: "But before that, we have to redeem this thing from Feng Ling. If it were an ordinary pawn shop, it would be easy to redeem it, but according to Liu Yi's idiot, we still need to discuss and find it. That's the place to redeem the pawn. If you have a pawn ticket and can't redeem it, then the gain will outweigh the loss."
Outside Liangzhou City, a girl wearing a big cloak and a boy in green walked side by side in the snow, leaving a long series of footprints behind them, which were soon covered by falling snow.
