"elder sister!"
"sister!"
Shen Yueya and Shen Baiqiu screamed in horror.
Another man wearing a mask who fell from the roof also frowned.
"Stand back, my sword doesn't have eyes."
The one who held Shen Zhiyao hostage was a one-eyed dragon bandit.
Shen Zhiyao lowered his hands to his sides, rummaging through the space while thinking whether her movements were faster or the one-eyed dragon's sword.
"Brother, have you brought the gift I gave you?"
Shen Yueya blinked at Shen Baiqiu.
Shen Baiqiu immediately understood what she was talking about, but...
Seeing Shen Baiqiu shaking his head, Shen Yueya sighed and became anxious. She didn't bring any poison, so how could she save her sister?
Just when Shen Yueya decided to stuff some poison into his body anytime and anywhere from now on, the man wearing the mask took two steps back.
The one-eyed dragon also took Shen Zhiyao back.
"You go to the agreed place to find Wan Fang first. Don't worry about me."
Shen Zhiyao gave Shen Baiqiu and Shen Yueya a comforting look, indicating that it would be fine.
The one-eyed dragon held Shen Zhiyao hostage and walked all the way out of the city. When they arrived at a secluded alley, there was no one around and no masked man.
"Hero, now that you have gotten rid of the masked man, can you let me go?"
Shen Zhiyao opened his mouth to discuss with the one-eyed dragon.
The one-eyed dragon had a sullen face, vigilantly feeling the atmosphere around him, and said nothing.
Shen Zhiyao continued: "Then, how about you change the direction and grab my left arm instead. Look, my right arm is numb."
As he spoke, Shen Zhiyao naturally raised his left hand and pointed at his right arm.
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Who told you to get rid of him? He..."
Maybe he's guarding it somewhere.
Before he could finish these words, the one-eyed dragon fell to the ground with a thud, not knowing whether to live or die.
A dagger flew from a distance and hit his neck. Blood gurgled and the smell of blood spread.
Shen Zhiyao looked at the masked man flying down from the distant roof and put down the poison in his hand.
Just now, she took out the poison that Mr. Ye gave her when she met Mr. Ye for the first time from the space, and prepared to sprinkle it on the one-eyed dragon.
"are you OK?"
The masked man stood two or three steps away from Shen Zhiyao and suddenly made a sound.
"Scared?"
Seeing that Shen Zhiyao didn't speak, the masked man asked again.
"That's not true." Shen Zhiyao was just thinking, why did the masked man sound a little worried in his voice?
But she thought about it and determined that the man's voice was unfamiliar and she probably didn't recognize him.
"Since everything is alright, you should go back quickly. There is no one around here and it is not safe." The masked man raised his feet and moved forward.
Shen Zhiyao nodded: "Okay."
After finishing her words, she was about to turn around when the one-eyed dragon on the ground suddenly moved.
The masked man was about to take action, but Shen Zhiyao was one step ahead of him and threw the poison given by Ye Buji at the one-eyed dragon.
And it's true as Ye Buji said, this kind of poison will make you faint if you touch it.
"On the importance of last-hitting." Shen Zhiyao turned around and muttered silently.
The masked man stepped forward and confirmed that the Cyclops had just moved like a flashback and was now dead, then lifted up the body of the Cyclops.
"It seems that you have a way to protect yourself."
He said a word and left with the body of the one-eyed dragon.
Shen Zhiyao hurried to the place where their carriage stopped. When she got there, she felt relieved when she saw Shen Baiqiu and Shen Yueya.
She didn't take action on the street just now because she considered that there were many people on the street and it would be bad if she didn't succeed immediately and the one-eyed dragon got angry and hurt the people around him.
"elder sister!"
"sister!"
Shen Yueya immediately rushed towards Shen Zhiyao, and Shen Baiqiu also stood beside her, her tense mind relaxing a little.
"Look, let me tell you, I'll be fine." Shen Zhiyao hugged Shen Yueya with one hand and rubbed her head with her free hand.
After this incident, several people lost the mood to continue shopping. When Jiang Tao and Die Lan came back, the group headed to Qinglian Lane.
When they arrived at Qinglian Lane, when Shen Zhiyao got off the carriage, she saw Lin Suxin holding a lantern, who seemed to have just returned.
"Aunt Lin." Shen Zhiyao called her.
Lin Suxin turned around and asked, "Zhiyao, are you going back to stay here tonight?"
Guessing that they came to play in the county town because of the Lantern Festival, and seeing that it was still early, Lin Suxin continued: "Why didn't you play outside for a while?"
Shen Zhiyao said simply: "I encountered something and the weather is a bit cold, so I won't go shopping."
"It's a bit cold." Lin Suxin nodded in agreement, always thinking that Lin Jinglan had gone out, and worrying whether he was wearing warm enough clothes.
At this time, Lin Jinglan, who was worried by Lin Suxin, appeared in a ruined temple outside the city.
He was holding a corpse in his hand, with a mask on his face. It was clearly the man who had been chasing the one-eyed dragon before.
"You can teach me the next sword technique."
Lin Jinglan threw the severed head of the one-eyed dragon on the ground and spoke coldly.
Before he went to the ruined temple, he had cut off the head of the one-eyed dragon.
Under the statue of Buddha in the ruined temple, a young man was adding dry wood to the fire in front of him.
He was the one who brought Ye Buji to Lin Jinglan's room at night to take Lin Jinglan's pulse.
"yes."
The young man Wu Feng stood up, drew his sword, and demonstrated a set of sword techniques to Lin Jinglan.
After Lin Jinglan read it, he took out his sword and started practicing martial arts.
The one-eyed dragon he killed today was an evil thief arrested by the court. He had made an agreement with Wufeng before that as long as he killed the one-eyed dragon, he could learn other sword skills.
In his previous life, Wufeng was the most sincere bodyguard around him. He had unique sword skills and strong martial arts, and protected him in danger many times.
Now, he wants to learn martial arts by himself, hold his life in his own hands, and have an extra trump card.
After Lin Jinglan practiced swordplay for a long time, Wufeng suddenly asked: "Master, when are we leaving?"
"Five days later." Lin Jinglan sheathed her sword.
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After the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Shen Yueya was going back to the Valley of Divine Doctors to continue studying medicine. The woman who sent her back also came to Zhuangzi to pick her up this time.
As soon as Shen Yueya left, Shen Baiqiu had to go to private school, and Shen Zhiyao summoned the three masterminds, Mao Dazhuang, He Wang, and Luo Quan, to her house.
Before coming here, Mao Dazhuang and the others guessed that the owner was probably going to talk about renewing the lease of the land.
They leased the land on Zhuangzi, and the lease they signed expired at the end of last year.
Sure enough, Shen Zhiyao glanced at them and said:
"I asked you to come here today because I want to talk about the land lease in Zhuangzi."
"Starting this year, I don't plan to continue renting."
One word stirred up a thousand waves. Mao Dazhuang, He Wang and Luo Quan were all stunned when they heard Shen Zhiyao's words.
