The further west you go, the stronger the wind and sand become.
On the second day, Li Fenglan regretted traveling lightly. If she had known it was such a terrible weather, she should have taken a carriage. Zhu Mingyu and Mu Yun didn't care much about the wind and sand, but the two girls, with their delicate skin and tender flesh, were a little overwhelmed by the wind and sand. The two of them covered their heads and faces with gauze, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
Li Fenglan's equestrian skills were worse than Amber's. After two days, her back and legs ached. She wished she could get off the horse and run on two legs, which might be faster.
She knocked on her lower back and asked Zhu Mingyu: "Taoist Zhu, how far is the journey?"
Zhu Mingyu opened the map, looked at it, and replied: "You can reach Wuyang Town in half a day at most... How many people have been sent from the Thorn Gate?"
Li Fenglan shook her head and replied: "I don't know, I just said there is help."
Zhu Mingyu said with a smile: "When we arrive at Wuyang Town, let's change carriages."
"Forget it, let's go on horseback. If anything happens, we can run away."
Zhu Mingyu said: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. After passing Tongguan, no one will dare to make mistakes."
"Is your Qingfeng Temple really that powerful?"
"It's not about being a force. My master doesn't like to form cliques. But the old man is an upright man and hates bullying the weak. So in the past few decades, the entire Guanzhong has been peaceful."
Hu Bo asked: "Taoist Priest Mingyu, your family is also from Guanzhong, right?"
Zhu Mingyu replied: "From Huazhou."
Li Fenglan said with a smile: "We are on our way to Chang'an and we are passing through Huazhou. Why don't you invite us to your home?"
Zhu Mingyu was ashamed: "Next time...next time...forget it, I won't go in the next few years."
Chenwu on the side yawned and said, "What are you afraid of? Aren't you going to force the marriage at home? You can't stay away from home for the rest of your life, right? Besides, aren't you bringing... ugh..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhu Mingyu poked him with the scabbard of his sword.
The group walked for another two hours and finally arrived at Wuyang Town. The town is quite large, it is the largest town east of Tongguan.
They first found an inn to stay at, and then Li Fenglan took Amber to the contact point of Thorn Gate.
Xu Qingchen and Linghan set off earlier than Li Fenglan, but the two groups arrived almost at the same time.
The two dismounted at the back door of a small house. Xu Qingchen stepped forward to knock on the door, but as soon as he raised his hand, he stopped.
Ayana asked softly: "What's wrong?"
Xu Qingchen asked, "Did you smell it?"
There was a smell of blood, and the wooden sword that was supposed to be hanging on the back door was missing. After a slight push, the door was not locked.
Xu Qingchen winked at Linghan and whispered: "Remember, protect yourself."
Ayana nodded seriously, and after saying that, the two of them pushed the door open and walked in.
Not far from the back door, a corpse was lying there quietly. The blood had dried up long ago. It seemed that it had been dead for a day.
Xu Qingchen pointed to the front yard and whispered: "Go over there and see if anyone has survived. There should be six people here."
After hearing this, Linghan cautiously touched the front yard. She saw three corpses on the road. She guessed that the contact point had been cleared and there would be no survivors.
Walking to the corner of the front yard, Linghan heard a very slight footsteps. The footsteps were too light and did not belong to Xu Qingchen. She secretly clenched the short knife in her sleeves and slowly moved towards the corner. The people over there seemed to have noticed her, and their pace slowed down.
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After Li Fenglan and Amber arrived at the Thorn Gate contact point, they took pictures of the door for a long time but no one responded. Amber pushed the door inadvertently and opened it. The two were a little confused, but then they understood what was going on... They saw two bodies in the yard.
Amber made a silent gesture to Li Fenglan, and then the two of them quietly walked in.
The two corpses in the yard had been dead for a while. Li Fenglan thought that there were no living people here and was going to go home first. However, at this time, Amber said that she heard the sound of the door opening coming from the backyard, so she lowered her footsteps and walked toward the backyard. Go.
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Ayana took a deep breath, drew out the short knife and stabbed at the corner. The speed was so fast that she didn't even see the figure of the man.
His sword failed as expected, and then he pulled out another short sword and started fighting with the man. After three moves, Ayana finally saw the appearance of her opponent. She turned out to be a pretty good-looking girl in yellow.
Amber also expected that the other party would strike first, so she didn't dare to be careless. Although she was very energetic, she was still a little surprised by the person who came. She was a pretty girl in pink. His dual sword skills are superb, and he cannot defeat her for a while.
When Li Fenglan saw the two fighting, he found a place to hide. If they had an ambush, he would become a burden to Amber.
Xu Qingchen, who was checking in the backyard, also heard the sound of fighting. He was thinking about Linghan and rushed out without thinking. After seeing Ayana's opponent, he understood that this was a misunderstanding.
"Stop!" Xu Qingchen shouted and stood in front of the two of them.
Naturally, Linghan stopped. Kohaku looked at the man in front of him and felt that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.
Li Fenglan breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Xu Qingchen. She walked over quickly, clasped her fists and said, "It turns out to be Young Master Xu."
Xu Qingchen returned the gift and said, "Miss Li, you are well."
Amber then thought of Xu Qingchen, and she suddenly realized: "Oh! So it's you! That one is quite beautiful, what is Xu Qingchen doing?"
Xu Qingchen said: "Xu Qingchen..." Then he pulled Linghan behind him and introduced: "She is Linghan, who is with me. Linghan, this is Miss Li Fenglan from Chaolan Valley, and this is Miss Amber."
Linghan put away her two swords and said with a smile: "I just misunderstood. If we don't fight, we don't know each other. I have met Miss Li and Miss Amber."
Amber smiled naively and said, "Don't call me Miss. It's strange... Sister Linghan's sword skills are really good."
Ayana said: "Excuse me, it's just a three-legged cat." But she said in her heart: How good is it? This girl had no weapons in her hands, so she relied on a pair of fleshy palms to block her swords. In less than ten moves in total, her hands were numb. Her praise seemed like ridicule.
Now was not the time for small talk. Li Fenglan pointed at the body on the ground and asked, "Mr. Xu, what's going on?"
Xu Qingchen shook his head: "I was just going to ask the two ladies, we just arrived."
Li Fenglan thought for a while and said, "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time. You two, let's talk about it when we get to a safe place."
Li Fenglan took Xu Qingchen and Linghan back to the inn. Zhu Mingyu was the only one taking care of the horses in the inn, while Mu Yun went to the street to buy some dry food and other things.
There was no time to wait for Mu Yun to come back, Li Fenglan briefly introduced Xu Qingchen and Linghan, and the group hurried back to the house to discuss countermeasures.
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Mu Yun felt that he was being watched. Originally, he wanted to buy some dry food and warm clothes and go back, but the people following him made him very concerned, so he took a few more detours until he reached a secluded alley.
He pulled out the Fengyi Sword, turned around, and said around the corner: "Come out!"
Not long after, a young man with a sinister look came out from behind the corner. He seemed to be scared and trembling.
Mu Yun asked sharply: "Who are you? Why are you following me?"
In his mind, Chen Wu said, "What nonsense are you talking about? If you kill him with one knife, you must not be a good person."
The young man clasped his hands in his fists, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Young man, I've seen the leader!"
At that moment, Mu Yun felt that his head was completely blank.
He clenched the sword in his hand and asked blankly: "What did you call me?"
"Chief... Chief..." The man's expression, in addition to being afraid of the accident, was also full of doubts.
Mu Yun felt that his hands were shaking, and Chen Wu became silent in his heart.
Seeing that Mu Yun was silent, the man said hurriedly: "Yes, Mr. Chen sent me here."
"What did I send you for?" His own voice was strange and unreal.
"Mr. Chen asked me to ask you...what are your plans for the past six months? For example, if possible, please go back to Xiaozhu..."
Mu Yun slowly walked towards the man and asked, "What else?"
The man looked up at Mu Yun and asked in a doubtful tone: "You...are you really the leader?"
"Isn't it similar?"
The man quickly knocked his head on the ground and said loudly: "I don't know, I don't know! I'm just a messenger! Mr. Chen also said! If you have your own plan, just follow your plan! No need to explain the reason!"
"Why did you come to me now?"
"The big, big leader has been looking for you for half a year! We only recently found out that you are in the Hall of Idle People!"
Mu Yun stared blankly at the person in front of him. He was very confused. The thing he had been most worried about had happened.
Suddenly, his right hand raised the sword uncontrollably, and pierced the man's back with the sword.
Mu Yun looked at the corpse in front of him and felt even more panicked.
He asked: "Why did you kill him?"
"Otherwise?!" Chenwu seemed very angry.
"I still have something to ask."
"What are you asking?! Does it make sense?"
Yeah, does it make sense?
My headache started again.
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Mu Yun didn't know how he walked back to the inn. His feet were so weak that they seemed to be stepping on cotton.
The door to Li Fenglan and Hu Hu's room was closed, and someone seemed to be whispering something inside. He opened the door and walked in, finding two more people in the room. One was Xu Qingchen whom I had met in Yaoxian Valley, and the other woman in pink clothes had not been seen before.
When Li Fenglan saw Mu Yun come in, she quickly greeted him, sat down, and introduced Linghan to him. Then the conversation continued.
Xu Qingchen had something on his mind and had no intention of listening to what they had to say. Suddenly, he thought: If what that person said was true, then the more he heard about Li Fenglan's plan, the more detrimental it would be to her.
So he stood up.
Everyone looked at him doubtfully.
Li Fenglan asked: "Muyun, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah?" He came back to his senses, "Oh, it's okay. I'll go feed the horse. You guys can talk."
Zhu Mingyu said: "I have already fed the horse."
"I...I'm going to see if there's anything else."
After that, he left the house.
