I am dying of old age, and I have awakened to the character of longevity.

Xie An knew that Zhang Hengshui was watching him.

Although Zhang Hengshui had no evidence.

But this was not the peaceful and prosperous world of his previous life, where everyone emphasized legal evidence. This was a chaotic feudal world, and the Tiger Wolf Gate was a Jianghu sect. Many people didn't care about martial ethics when they did things.

Being targeted by a vicious wolf, how could Xie An have peaceful days ahead?

His gaze became fierce and resolute.

As an old man, Xie An believed that he... had always emphasized steady development, had a heart as vast as the sea, and was friendly to others. He was rarely so decisive.

"Zhang Hengshui is just like Zhang Biao, used to being arrogant and domineering, so his words are inevitably harsh. Please don't take it to heart, old brother," Zhang Lin reminded him in a timely manner.

Xie An recovered and chuckled, "Don't worry, I'm already old, so naturally I won't care about these trifles. Let's go quickly and find a place to lie in ambush."

Xie An really seemed not to care, and led Zhang Lin out of the ancestral hall, looking around for a suitable place to lie in wait.

Zhang Lin muttered in his heart, 'Can old brother really not care about this trifle? It doesn't seem like it...'

With Plum Blossom Freak watching covetously, Zhang Lin suppressed the thoughts in his heart and began to look for a suitable place to lie in wait.

Finally, Zhang Lin pointed to a room for storing sundries on the side of the Chen residence's back door and said, "Old brother, this place is suitable for lying in wait. I estimate that Plum Blossom Freak will most likely leave through the back door, so ambushing him here couldn't be more suitable."

Xie An glared at Zhang Lin and flatly rejected, "This place is good, but it won't work."

Zhang Lin's mind didn't turn for a moment, "Why?"

Xie An was very speechless, "Because in this place... we might really encounter Plum Blossom Freak."

Hiss.

Zhang Lin immediately gasped, and then understood the brilliance of "old brother", and admired him endlessly. He was fortunate to have followed a good brother, otherwise it would have been too dangerous.

Xie An didn't find it strange, "Encirclement of Plum Blossom Freak is a matter for the hall master and incense master, we're just sending ourselves to our deaths if we participate. Moreover, Incense Master Wei let us leave the dangerous place of the ancestral hall, intending to preserve our branch's strength. How can we fail Incense Master Wei's good intentions?"

"Old brother's reminder is correct. The matter of charging into battle should be left to the hall masters and incense masters, why should we wade into this muddy water?" Zhang Lin cupped his hands repeatedly.

In terms of Jianghu experience, Zhang Lin felt that he was far behind his old brother.

The more critical the moment, the more obvious this gap became.

Imperceptibly, Xie An became his backbone.

Xie An nodded, "Brother Zhang and I have worked together for quite some time, and I naturally regard Brother Zhang as my own brother. I don't want Brother Zhang to take risks. Follow me away from this dangerous place of the Chen residence, and find a place to lie in wait in the woods opposite the backyard. In this way, not only will we stay away from trouble, but even if we encounter Plum Blossom Freak, we can decide whether to advance or retreat."

Zhang Lin happily agreed, "I'll listen to old brother."

Xie An breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as he and Zhang Lin left through the back door and hid in a dense forest opposite.

Before long, a tremor came from the ground.

"Someone's coming!"

Zhang Lin immediately became vigilant and poked his head out from behind a tree to look at the intersection. Not seeing anyone, he put his ear to the ground and listened, "It's the sound of horses' hooves..."

Giddy up!

Before long, a group of men in black riding horses galloped over, causing the ground to tremble and stirring up dust all over the ground.

By the light of the bright moon, Xie An saw twelve men with sabers riding towards them, each with a murderous aura. Moreover, the horse formation was very particular, divided into six rows, with two people in each row. Even at extremely high speeds, they still maintained a neat formation, like a torrent of steel rushing towards the back door of the Chen residence.

It could be seen that these people were not only amazing horsemen, but also cooperated tacitly. It was clear that they often traveled together. They were no less than elite cavalry in the army.

This was obviously not an ordinary bandit, but an extremely difficult bandit.

Having stayed in Wubridge Town for so many years, this was the first time Xie An had seen such magnificent horse bandits. He shrank his body behind the tree trunk to make sure he wasn't discovered.

Huh?

Xie An had sharp eyes and saw that a masked man in the front right of the horse team was very familiar...

Because he was wearing a mask, Xie An couldn't make a more detailed distinction, but he felt that this person was seven-tenths similar to the Plum Blossom Freak he had seen that day, but not completely the same.

The situation was critical at the moment, and Xie An couldn't think too much, staring intently ahead.

Hiss, neigh!

The horse team arrived at the back door of the Chen residence and reined in their horses one after another.

Plum Blossom Freak in the front right of the horse team immediately jumped off his horse and drew the saber at his waist with a "clang".

The eleven horse bandits behind him also jumped off their horses one after another, drawing their sabers with a "clang, clang, clang", standing behind Plum Blossom Freak with high morale and a murderous aura.

"Brothers, charge in with me! Slaughter this gang of thieves. Take back our Treasure of the Refining Corpse Hall."

Plum Blossom Freak took a step forward and took the lead in climbing over the wall.

The others also helped each other to climb over the wall.

The courtyard wall was more than ten feet high, which was not a problem for martial artists... to climb over with leverage.

Seeing all twelve mighty horse bandits climb over the wall into the Chen residence, Zhang Lin, who was hiding in the woods, breathed a sigh of relief and sighed greatly.

"Old brother is still thoughtful, if I had listened to me before... if I had been squatting in the utility room in the backyard, I'm afraid I would be a dead man at this moment."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Lin felt a burst of fear, and his back was cold.

At the same time, Zhang Lin felt more and more that this old brother was "far-sighted". He saved his life. He couldn't help but feel a sense in his heart—following Wei Dian was not as effective as following the old brother.

Xie An looked at Zhang Lin's expression and knew that Zhang Lin had already begun to think of following him.

This was not surprising to Zhang Lin, mainly because Zhang Lin had not seen the ferocity of Plum Blossom Freak.

Xie An had seen it and knew the danger of Plum Blossom Freak.

"We'll just wait here. It's estimated that a fight will break out soon inside."

Perhaps he was frightened by the name of Plum Blossom Freak, or perhaps it was because Fang Baiyu personally came to the scene to suppress the formation, Zhang Lin felt a palpitation of fear just by imagining the scene of the upcoming battle in the ancestral hall.

"I'll listen to old brother's arrangement." Hearing this, Zhang Lin, who was a little at a loss, immediately had a ballast and no longer hesitated.

Xie An no longer said much, squeezed the four-stone heavy bow at his waist, and vigilantly looked in the direction of the back door of the Chen residence.

Before long, fierce fighting sounds came from inside the Chen residence, as well as earth-shattering shouts of killing...

With his extraordinary five senses, Xie An keenly noticed from these chaotic sounds that the battle inside was very tragic and inextricably linked. I'm afraid the two sides would not be able to separate for a while, so he said, "Brother Zhang, follow me to make a fortune."

After hearing the shouts of killing, Zhang Lin became frightened and didn't understand for a moment, "What fortune?"

Xie An pointed to the twelve horses parked at the door of the Chen residence, "These are all good horses. If they are taken to sell, each horse can sell for thirty or forty taels of silver at most. Added together, it is four or five hundred taels. If Incense Master Wei asks, we can also say that we cut off Plum Blossom Freak's retreat, so we can at least explain."

Zhang Lin was stunned for a moment, then gave a thumbs up, "Old brother's move is wonderful. Two birds with one stone, good, good, good."