Martial Arts: Gain a Jiazi internal force at the beginning!

Chapter 166
When time came quietly, it was late September.

The scorching sun hanging high in the sky gradually lost its irritability and became more feminine.

Today, even this bit of femininity is nowhere to be seen.

Dark clouds covered the sky, and the mountain wind and water vapors were heavy. It was obvious that rain was coming.

"Brother Jiang, there is no such thing as a ruined temple inn around.

"I did see an inn, but it seemed to be quite old."

The black figure flashed, and Li Tianyu came to Jiang Ran.

Along the way, Li Tianyu has gradually adapted to today's life.

And Jiang Ran also realized the usefulness of this person.

He has extremely strong eyesight and extraordinary light skills. If he hadn't met Tang Huayi, a little demon sect girl, in Wusheng Town that day, it would not have been easy to capture this person.

Even if you get close, you can easily escape by taking advantage of the situation.

Jiang Ran nodded slightly and said softly:
"Based on the route we inquired about earlier, this should be Qiuci Station.

"But I heard that this inn has been abandoned a long time ago, and the new inn is still twenty miles away.

"It seems that I have a roof over my head tonight, so I won't have to rush in the rain."

The inn itself is not open to the public.

Although Jiang Ran and others are all good martial artists, they are still commoners.

Even if Jiang Ran has a knife-catching order, he is not considered a member of the public family.

The inn will not be open to him either.

However, serious inns are not open, so there is no need to worry about this kind of inn that is abandoned and unmanaged.

What surprised Jiang Ran was that the abandoned inn was not demolished, so that travelers who came here could have a place to rest, which was considered a great merit.

About ten days have passed since I came here from Wusheng Town.

This period of time has been extremely peaceful, with no twists and turns.

Blood Knife Hall has disappeared.

No more news from Benleitang.

Even the Wusheng Building really seems to be silent.

I don’t know where the slow poison is now. Is it here or not?
In addition, there is actually another force that Jiang Ran is more concerned about.

That's when I went to the palace that day.

Shi Pingzhang was able to know the location of Jiao Wei that day, and Tianshang Que was the initiator.

Later, the news about Jiao Wei was also leaked, and this organization definitely contributed a lot.

But along the way, all kinds of clowns appeared.

Unfortunately, there is no news from Tian Shang Que.

This made Jiang Ran a little unsure of what their purpose was.

With all this thinking in my mind, I didn't delay my journey.

Everyone followed the direction Li Tianyu said and soon arrived at the inn.

As Jiang Ran said, this place is indeed Qiuciyi.

But now the plaques have fallen to the side of the gate, looking dusty, which shows that it has been abandoned for a long time.

But when Jiang Ran reached out and pushed the door open, he was slightly stunned.

He lowered his head and looked at his palm, then at the knocker and lock on the door, he thought for a moment and said softly:
"There may be other people passing by staying here, so please be careful."

Everyone nodded immediately.

Jiang Ran opened the door at this time, and with a creaking sound, the quiet and desolate garden of Qiuciyi appeared in front of Jiang Ran and others.

The garden was full of weeds, which had obviously not been taken care of for a long time.

However, you can still see traces of ruts passing and stopping in the garden.

Look at the traces, that is, the situation in the past two days.

In addition to a few horses, Jiang Ran and the others were accompanied by a carriage.

Man Shengming was poisoned, so it was somewhat inappropriate for him to ride around on horseback.

Then let him rest in the carriage.

Now open the gate and drive the carriages and horses inside.

Luo Qingyi helped Man Shengming get out of the car and saw Jiang Ran suddenly looking towards the entrance of the Inn.

The creaking sound also reached everyone's ears at this time.

Then the door made a heartbreaking sound and slowly opened a gap.

An eye appeared in the crack of the door, silently spying on everyone's every move.

Now, when the sky is dark and the earth is dark, in a garden full of grass and no one has touched, the door of a dilapidated building opens, revealing a prying eye.

The combination of these scenes is truly terrifying.

Tang Huayi reacted the fastest. Without thinking, she ran behind Jiang Ran like a rabbit.

Behind him, poke your head around.

Looking back again, I found that Ruan Yuqing had also arrived at the same place.

The two people grabbed a piece of Jiang Ran's sleeve, one on the left and the other on the right. Jiang Ran couldn't help but sigh:
"You who know are afraid, but those who don't know think you are planning to sell me for glory and hand me over."

"...Stop, stop talking nonsense, is it a human or a ghost?"

Tang Huayi's voice trembled with fear.

Luo Qingyi, however, had a dumbfounded temper. Seeing this, he immediately shouted angrily:
"Who are you pretending to be a ghost and why don't you come out?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped forward, his body shape changed several times, and in the blink of an eye he was in front of the post gate.

Spread your fingers and reach out to grab it.

The owner of the eyes inside the door seemed to be startled, and hurriedly tried to close the door.

But where is the time?
Hearing a bang, the door was suddenly opened on both sides by Luo Qingyi.

Immediately after searching with five fingers, he grabbed a person's neck and collar, pulled it out with a flick of his hand, and raised one arm high above his head:
"Who are you? Why are you here? Why are you spying on us?"

Everyone looked up and were stunned.

He saw the man Luo Qingyi was holding in his hand. He must be over sixty years old, with a stooped figure and a big bulge on his back.

He looked timid and had only one eye.

At this time, Luo Qingyi was thrown away by the wind, and his eyes were full of fear.

Jingtan layman saw this and said softly:
"Brother Luo, please don't be impulsive first."

Luo Qingyi also saw this person clearly at this time, glanced at Jiang Ran, saw him nodding slightly, and then slowly put the rickety old man down.

When the old man arrived, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Tears almost came down:

"You... who are you?"

Luo Qingyi's face darkened:
"Is it your turn to ask us?"

He behaved evilly and looked evil. The old man was startled again, trembled and said:
"I, I'm here to watch the post.

"You... who are you?

"Is it...an official who stayed overnight?
"Or...are you still a strong man who wants to come to Guanyi to rob?
"I, let me tell you... this place is not far from Qiuci County.

"If you dare to cause trouble here, the officials of Qiuci County are not easy to mess with."

When he said this, his eyes were full of evasion, as if he was very afraid.

Jiang Ran frowned slightly:

"Old man, don't be afraid. We are not strong men, we are just passing by."

"That's...an official?"

Hearing this, the old man immediately straightened his waist, and couldn't help saying angrily:

"What's going on with you officials? Can you discipline your subordinates... If this hurts someone, what should you do?

"How can I, an old man, be able to withstand this kind of torture at my old age?"

Jiang Ran grinned:
"We are not officials either."

"..."

The old man's waist suddenly bent down at a speed visible to the naked eye:
"Then...then who are you?"

"Passers-by."

Jiang Ran said softly: "Seeing the sky getting darker, I happened to pass by this place, so I planned to stay here for the night."

"It can't be done."

The old man shook his head repeatedly:
"This place is a post office, and all the people who come and go are of official status, and it is also the key secret of the imperial court.

"How can we stay here with so many people waiting? What should we do if the secret is leaked?
"You... you leave quickly and find another place."

Tang Huayi glanced at the old man and whispered to Jiang Ran:
"Either he is faking it, or he is really confused."

Jiang Ran pondered slightly, then said softly:

“Don’t I know that this place has been abandoned for many years?

"The new Qiuci Station is still twenty miles away."

"Qiuciyi... twenty miles away?"

The old man was stunned when he heard this, and stayed where he was.

His eyes were full of confusion.

After a while, the confusion was temporarily restored, and when I looked at Jiang Ran and others, it was like seeing them for the first time.

Obviously shocked:
"You... who are you?

"What are you doing here at Qiuciyi?
"Is it an official who stayed overnight?
"Are you still a strongman who wants to come to Guanyi to rob?
"I, let me tell you... this place is not far from Qiuci County.

"If you dare to cause trouble here, the officials of Qiuci County are not easy to mess with."

"..."

As soon as he said these words, everyone present looked at each other.

Jiang Ran has a strange expression:
"Is this considered a memory rollback?"

After pondering for a moment, he spoke softly:
"Don't worry, old man, we are official servants going to Changqing Mansion to take up our posts.

"Look, this is my token." He took out a token and waved it in front of the old man.

Before he could see clearly, he had already taken it back.

The old man was stunned, then nodded:
"So that's the case, then you come in with me."

Ruan Yuqing smacked his lips:
"So simple?"

"It's definitely not that simple for a serious person...Isn't this old man confused?"

Jiang Ran said: "I just tried to fool him, but I didn't expect that I really fooled him."

"You'd better be careful. This old man is weird. I'm afraid you might think you're fooling him, but he's actually fooling you."

Tang Huayi obviously had a deep understanding of this.

After all, she is a demon sect witch, and she has extraordinary research in this field.

Jiang Ran glanced at her and felt that these words were very kind and worth remembering.

After settling the carriages and horses, he called on everyone to follow the old man to the post office.

By this time, it was completely dark outside.

The rickety old man didn't know where he got an oil lamp from, took out a fire stick and lit it. The faint light pushed away the darkness, but made his own figure look even more terrifying.

Putting the oil lamp on the table in the lobby of the hotel, it barely gave off some light.

The old man then spoke:
“This hotel has three floors, with six rooms on the first floor.

“You can allocate and use it yourself.

"I think you're all hungry by now, so I'll prepare something to eat and drink for you."

"I don't dare to trouble my husband."

Jiang Ran softly called him:
"May I ask where the kitchen is? We have food with us. We can just borrow the kitchen."

"Row."

The rickety old man glanced at everyone, and finally fell on Ruan Yuqing:

"Then girl, come with me."

Ruan Yuqing:
"..."

Luo Qingyi stood up with a roar:
"Lead the way."

"what?"

The rickety old man was stunned:
"You cook?"

"No?"

"Not at all..."

The rickety old man turned back and shook his head as he walked:
"Hey, the girl now..."

He led the way, while Luo Qingyi was scurrying behind. He didn't look like a cook at all.

In fact, he was not originally...

But among their group, he is the only one who can cook and eat.

Over time, he became not only a cook, but also a cook, and his skills became better and better, attracting everyone's praise.

Luo Qingyi gradually lost herself amidst the praises.

I forgot that he was also a heroic figure originally.

He also once sneaked into Feiyun Village, fought against bandits and turned the tide.

Jiang Ran asked Li Tianyu to come with him so that they could take care of each other.

After these three people left, Jiang Ran assigned rooms to everyone.

There is nothing to say about that.

But everyone was a little hesitant about this inn and the old man.

Master Jingtan said:

“Since this place has been abandoned for so long, why has this person never left?
"The inn is relocated. If he is an old man in the inn, he should leave with him. There is no reason to stay here..."

“When I just pushed open the door of the inn, I found that there was no dust on the door knocker and the door was not locked.

"I thought someone entered the inn to stay overnight before us. Unexpectedly, there was someone in this inn."

Jiang Ran pondered and said:
"Besides, this old man is confused and doesn't know if it's true or false. Just be careful and be careful of scams."

Everyone nodded.

But at this moment, Jiang Ran suddenly looked outside the door again:

"someone is coming."

Not long after he finished speaking, everyone heard a few footsteps slowly coming nearby, and heard someone shout softly:
"anyone there?

"I see that the lights in the room are still on. The passers-by suddenly encountered rain at night and wanted to take advantage of it. I wonder if it is convenient?"

The visitor obviously knew that the inn was abandoned, so it was a first-come, first-served basis.

Words are also polite.

But when Jiang Ran and Tang Huayi heard this person's voice, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Jiang Ran waved his hand.

The gate of the hotel opened with a bang.

Several people outside the door suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

The leader is a scholar in white robe.

Smiling on the front, watching curiously.

When he saw Jiang Ran and Tang Huayi, his expression froze slightly.

Beside him were four young men and women.

Some are dressed as lay people, and another is dressed as a Taoist priest.

Ruan Yuqing glanced at the humanitarian robe, and suddenly his expression changed slightly:
"A person of the same way."

Jiang Ran's expression moved slightly, but he chuckled:
"We really don't meet each other in life, Brother Tao, it's been a long time."

"Hahaha."

The scholar at the head suddenly became happy:
"It is true that several months have passed since we left Benma County.

“I didn’t expect to see Brother Jiang here. Brother Jiang’s style remains the same and it’s worth celebrating.

“Come, come, come… As the saying goes, when a long drought brings nectar, when you meet an old friend in a foreign land, when the wedding room is full of flowers and candles, when you are named on the gold medal list.

“These are the four great joys in life.

"It's really worth realizing that I can meet Brother Jiang again here this time!"

As he spoke, he led several people in.

He heard a woman behind him say softly:
"Ruan Yuqing?"

Hearing this person speak, Ruan Yuqing just turned his eyes to her, looked at her for a while, but felt a little unfamiliar, and couldn't help but ask:

"Who is your Excellency?"

As soon as these words came out, the girl's face darkened:
"You don't remember me?"

"...Excuse my stupidity."

Ruan Yuqing clasped her fists in embarrassment.

"Two years ago, I went to the Shuiyue Sword Sect to learn the swordsmanship of your sect.

"I once had a chance encounter with you, and we exchanged three moves with you.

"I received the guidance from Sister Ruan... but I didn't expect that Sister Ruan, a noble person, forgets things so much, but she completely forgot about my defeated general."

When the girl said this, although she suppressed the anger on her face, she was still a little angry.

"Two years ago?"

Ruan Yuqing thought about it carefully and then asked with some uncertainty:
"Tingyulou...wielding the flower sword, Gu Shengyan, Junior Sister Gu?"

Hearing what Ruan Yuqing said, Gu Shengyan turned from anger to joy:

"Sister Ruan still remembers me?"

"How can you not remember?"

Ruan Yuqing smiled when he heard this: "I have been through a lot recently and met too many people. As a result, my mind is a little unclear... Junior Sister Gu must not blame me. I still remember that Junior Sister Gu's three sword skills were 'Hearing the sound of rain at night', 'Rain hitting banana trees', 'A bunch of thousand sounds'.

"It is true that this set of [Xiaofeng Tingyu] swordsmanship has been cultivated to the point of perfection.

"If I hadn't taken advantage of being a few years older and having the Soft Water Sword by my side, I would have been defeated long ago."

Gu Shengyan's face became even more happy when he heard this, but he shook his head:
"Sister Ruan can talk and make people happy. If I really have that ability, how can I lose in three moves?
"Actually, my sister is very good at swordsmanship... Hey, I have improved my martial arts over the past two years, but I don't know when I will have time to ask my sister for advice on two more moves."

Listen to their enthusiasm.

Jiang Ran couldn't help but focus on them.

The nameless man took the opportunity to introduce the people around him to Jiang Ran.

That little Taoist priest was indeed a member of the Taoist sect.

His Taoist name is Qingyuan, he stands tall, is humble and courteous, and does not carry the burden of being the first sect of Jin Chan. On the contrary, he has a gentle breeze and drizzle, and a breeze on his sleeves, making him feel very comfortable.

Except for Gu Shengyan from Tingyu Tower, the rest of the men and women were all from Qifeng Villa.

Their identities are all extraordinary.

The man is Feng Wu, the son of the owner of Qifeng Villa.

The woman is his senior sister, Ning Jiuyuan, the eldest disciple of Qifeng Villa.

Jiang Ran naturally reported his identity.

When they heard the names of Layman Jingtan and others, these young juniors naturally couldn't help being polite.

And some of them have heard of the famous name.

I know that this person cherishes words like gold and has high martial arts skills. He is not an ordinary person.

It was only when I finally heard Jiang Ran's name.

Only then did the expressions of several people change.

Feng Wu looked at Jiang Ran:
"It turns out...you are Jiang Ran, the Jing Shen Dao.

"On the eighth day of October, we are going to hold a tea tasting and piano appreciation party on Sunset Ping... Do you know that if you are not careful in doing this, you will be suicidal?"

(End of this chapter)