In the Shuangye Village Inn, four money guards sat around a square table. They were all a little silent and the atmosphere was very depressed.
"Okay," the square-faced man broke the silence, "Don't be so sad. Pack your things. Let's go back to Chang'an tomorrow."
Some people say: "I am not willing to give in. It is not easy to succeed."
"Hey...there's nothing to be unwilling to do."
"Fourth brother, we people have been wandering for half our lives. It's time to stop. The money we have saved over the years should be enough for the rest of our lives. Let's stop."
The square-faced man shook his head: "It's not enough. We are all desperadoes, and there is no place for us in this world. I'm afraid of less money, not more money. If brothers believe me, just hold on for another six months, and we won't care what we save after half a year." No matter how much money you have, it will no longer have anything to do with the world and the God of Wealth."
The other three nodded silently.
The four of them were silent again. After a while, the woman said, "Why do I feel that this Miss Li is a bit familiar?"
"Familiar? Haven't you seen it in Chang'an?"
"No, I mean...she is very similar to the Cinnabar we have come into contact with. Although there are some differences in her voice and pace, I always feel that she is similar."
The square-faced man nodded: "It might be one person, but this Miss Li doesn't seem to be giving us any trouble."
The woman said, "Fourth brother, I have an idea."
"tell me the story."
"If we end up with no one to rely on, can we make use of this Miss Li?"
"No, she has more causes and effects than us. Forget it, stop thinking about it and go back to sleep."
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After returning to Zuixianglou, the unhappy Li Fenglan locked herself in the room again and didn't even want to eat dinner.
Jade knew that she was struggling with whether to go to Raozhou or not. The reserve and pride that only belong to a girl were at work, making her unable to let go of her body and take the initiative to see him, but in her heart she was extremely eager for the short-lived ghost to appear outside her door immediately. If we just leave Jiujiang and go to Yangzhou this time, we don't know how long it will take for the two of them to meet again.
It was almost midnight, and Li Fenglan, who was tossing and turning and unable to sleep, sneaked into the Jade Room again. Jade was too busy these days and had been sleep deprived. After Li Fenglan arrived, she couldn't sleep well and was forced to chat with her cheap sister for half an hour.
Jade had fallen asleep, and Li Fenglan stared directly above with her eyes open, her thoughts in confusion.
She was thinking, if she had not met Mu Yun and Chen Wu at that time, would she feel better now?
She was just thinking wildly until a strange noise coming from outside the window attracted her attention. She learned some infiltration skills from Tang Bailing, and she understood a lot about how to adjust her breathing. Now the sound coming from outside her window... seemed to be the sound of rhythmic breathing.
She squeezed Jade quietly. Just as Jade was about to get angry after being woken up from a deep sleep, Li Fenglan covered her mouth and made a silent gesture. Jade immediately understood what she meant, and she pricked up her ears and listened quietly to the movement outside the house. Jade's hearing is countless times better than Li Fenglan's, so she can hear more things.
For example, she was unfamiliar with the sound of breathing outside, and there was more than one.
The periphery of Zuixiang Tower is secretly guarded by some dead soldiers of the Bai family. The fact that these people can sneak in so deep in the middle of the night proves that those dead soldiers may have suffered something unexpected.
Jade is a very straightforward person and doesn't like beating around the bush, so she simply picked up the long sword under the pillow, got out of bed, and kicked open the window.
The person outside the window was slightly shocked, but then attacked her.
What shocked Jade was that there were many killers. Counting them, there were more than twenty people.
This made Jade break into a cold sweat. The fact that so many people touched his room proved that there were probably not a few dead Bai family soldiers stationed here.
She shouted at Li Fenglan: "Hide!"
Then he fought with these killers.
The poisonous injuries on Jade's body have not yet fully healed, and her skill can only be used at 80%. These killers are well-trained and completely different from the killers we have encountered before.
different. What shocked Jade even more was that these killers seemed to have used some strange formation to suppress Jade, making her unable to kill them for a while, let alone escape.
When she was in Shili Mountain before, Feicui heard Zhu Mingyu say that there was a very strange formation in Yeyu's small building, and seven or eight people could suppress him and Amber. At first she didn't quite believe it, but now she does.
Li Fenglan saw that Feicui was struggling against the enemy, and several killers even bypassed Feicui and came to kill him. She knew that there were countless killers outside the house, and if she rushed out rashly, she would be ambushed, so she had to rely on her physical skills to move around the house and contain several killers who came to attack her.
Jade was born to hate being pressed down and beaten, and the more she was beaten, the more angry she became.
Just when Jade was about to be unable to hold on any longer, there were bursts of rapid footsteps in the corridor, and a dozen dead soldiers of the Bai family came in from the outside. There were many injuries on their bodies, and it seemed that they had been through a bloody battle. With the arrival of the dead soldiers, the situation began to tilt like an emerald.
Generally speaking, these killers will retreat as soon as they miss a hit, looking for an opportunity to attack again. But these killers seemed to be here for death, and the situation was so unfavorable that they refused to retreat. That strange formation couldn't be used under the impact of the dead soldiers of the Bai family, but within half a stick of incense, all the twenty or so killers were killed, and no one was caught alive.
There were many corpses lying strewn on the ground, and five or six of the Bai family's dead soldiers had died in the battle.
A dead soldier knelt down on one knee in front of Jade: "Miss Jade, the troops we were hiding in secret were attacked half an hour ago. There are more than thirty brothers, and we are the only ones left."
Jade asked: "Where is the hidden stake?"
"A few hidden stakes have been pulled out, but most of them are still there."
Li Fenglan said: "Let all your people gather in Zuixian Tower, maybe there will be another wave."
The dead man just knelt down and didn't reply. It seemed that he didn't hear what Li Fenglan said.
Jade repeated Li Fenglan's words: "Gather all your brothers and guard Zuixian Tower."
"My subordinates obey."
After that, he led the people downstairs, leaving only a few people to clean the battlefield.
Li Fenglan frowned and looked at Jade: "You are really the third young lady of the Bai family."
"Don't talk nonsense," Jade looked sternly, "Didn't you say that Ye Yu Xiaozhu won't kill you?"
Li Fenglan nodded: "Yes, it has been like this some time ago... Why did so many people suddenly be sent to kill me?"
Since Mu Yun was picked up by Ye Yu Xiaozhu, just as "Chen Zijue" said, Ye Yu Xiaozhu has never caused trouble in Xianrentang since then. During this period of time, Ye Yu Xiaozhu had not done much in the world, and he no longer even took orders for killing people. After arriving at Poyang Lake, these killers did not embarrass themselves and showed an attitude of wanting to reconcile with Xian Rentang.
Li Fenglan couldn't figure it out. Could it be that everything they did before was to numb themselves? Just give him a fatal blow when he is unprepared? It doesn’t make sense.
It's not yet dawn, so sleep is impossible. Jade went to arrange for defense, while Li Fenglan sat alone in the room in a daze.
what is going on?
"Is it possible that I came into contact with Xu Zhenbiao today and stimulated Chen Zijue? But... if he is afraid that I will see Xu Zhenbiao, he obviously has better means. Wouldn't it be better to kill Xu Zhenbiao before I go?"
She felt that Chen Zijue was walking on a single-plank bridge. The road was dangerous, but she had to cross it.
So what's dangerous? What is the reason for having to live?
"What did I do?" Li Fenglan rubbed her temples and took stock of her trip to Jiujiang.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a flash of inspiration in her mind, and she thought of something, something Mu Yun had thought of for a long time.
Si Ye is the son of the leader of Yeyu Xiaozhu. Does he only have one son? If he only had one son, why did he raise two targets? Chi Junqing, Chi Junyan... Could it be that this old guy has two sons?
Li Fenglan shook her head vigorously and said to herself: "A son can also have two targets, or three. This matter..."
Li Fenglan's eyes suddenly widened, and then she smiled.
Walk to the window and look in the direction of Qingyuan Town.
"Mr. Chen, it seems that you can't keep your temper."
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"Emerald!"
Li Fenglan jumped downstairs and shouted Jade's name loudly.
Jade came from the front yard and asked, "What's going on?"
Li Fenglan smiled and said, "Go out with me."
Jade looked up at the sky: "Get out? It's already midnight. Where are you going? And it's not safe outside."
"Don't worry, with the lightness of the two of us, there will be no problem."
Li Fenglan said and handed Jade an envelope. Jade was a little confused: "What is this?"
"As a guess, you give this letter to the dead man of the Bai family. If we don't come back before dawn, you ask Bai Shuyu to make the information in the letter public."
Jade called a dead man over, handed the letter into his hand, and gave some instructions.
Afterwards, the two walked onto the deserted streets of Xizhushan Town.
The speed of the two was so fast that the killers who were watching in secret could hardly see their movements.
