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The patriarch of the Moonlight Clan was delayed due to other matters, so the high priest and two maids stayed at the Wusan Inn.

Without the cheers and praises from the crowd, and taking off their gorgeously decorated dresses, the glorious aura covering the heads of the Moonlight Clan also seemed to disappear along with them. They looked like ordinary people, they also had to sleep and eat, not What kind of god-man who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world.But the residents of Qiongta Town still regard the high priest of the Moonlight Clan as a god, not only respecting and admiring him, but also coming to ask for help when they have a headache, or repairing a house to store water.Waking up early the next day, the townspeople formed a long line outside the Wusan Inn, waiting patiently for the high priest of the Moonlight Clan to perform a miracle.

The day before, Bai Yutang and Ding Yuehua were still complaining that Qiongta Town was too quiet and monotonous, but now they are dissatisfied with the disturbance in the inn, only Zhan Zhao is still as quiet as a deep spring.

No matter how the outside world changes, whether it is quiet or noisy, Zhan Zhao remains unmoved, sitting at the table by the window, drinking tea or drinking, quietly waiting for the person who left a book to meet people appear.

An old man took the herbal medicine given by the high priest, prostrated himself on the ground, and thanked him a thousand times...

Bai Yutang picked up the wine glass, put it down again, and asked softly, "Is there really any supernatural power in this world?"

Ding Yuehua sneered and said: "Of course there is. A woman's beauty is divine power, otherwise why would your soul be hooked? Stare at her and watch her again and again."

Bai Yutang said: "Only my soul was hooked? Don't you also keep staring at her?"

Ding Yuehua glared at Bai Yutang, continued to look at the high priest without blinking, but whispered: "In my opinion, she has no supernatural power at all, but her medical skills are quite good."

Bai Yutang also stared at the high priest for a long time, and said: "The acupoints pierced by acupuncture are all strange meridians and different veins. The techniques of massage and massage are superb and subtle, and the internal strength is not weak. Although it has not yet reached the peak, it is still rare."

Ding Yuehua twitched her lips and asked, "Then how is her martial arts better than mine?"

Bai Yutang pretended to be contemplative, held back a smile and said, "If you're talking about martial arts, if you're talking about beating those ruffians, no one in the world can match Miss Ding, so she's not as good as you..."

Ding Yuehua put the teacup in his hand on the table heavily, and said to Zhan Zhao: "Brother Zhan, tell me to be fair, is it my martial arts that are higher, or that high priest's martial arts?"

Zhan Zhao kept his head down, thinking about something else, but he didn't answer.

Bai Yutang suddenly approached him, and said, "There is another Moonlight Clan here, plus our hospitable shopkeeper Wu San... The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Qiongta Town is not what it seems. Simple." He lowered his voice even more, and then asked, "What are you doing here?"

Zhan Zhao raised his head and smiled, and said, "You are so good at listening, don't you know what I'm here for?"

Bai Yutang blinked, and said honestly: "I only overheard that you were coming to Qiongta Town, but I didn't hear what you were going to do."

Zhan Zhao looked at him, wanted to laugh, then sighed, and said, "Brother Bai, to tell you the truth, I have official business, so I can't tell you."

Bai Yutang snorted disapprovingly, and said, "You're doing this again, I'm not accusing you, a good Nan Xia doesn't do it, but wants to enter this officialdom, although Master Bao is a good and honest official, it's really a mistake to do things for the government. The true nature of our Jianghu people. If you want me to say, you still resigned from this official, and you will fight for justice with our brothers, and love and hatred will come happily."

Zhan Zhao was stunned, looking at Bai Yutang's frank eyes, feeling complicated for a moment, speechless.Although Ding Yuehua on the side didn't speak, his clear and earnest eyes were clearly saying the same thing.

Zhan Zhao turned his head, looking at the sky outside the window, the sky is very high, far and vast...Who wouldn't want to live willfully and recklessly?But some things must be done by someone, and some responsibilities must be taken by someone...

He looked at Bai Yutang and said, "Brother Bai, since you're tired of being here, why don't you go back to the Central Plains? I just have some small things to do, and it's very tedious, so I just want to say it." Afraid of spoiling your interest."

Bai Yutang rolled his eyes, grinned, and said, "Do you want to drive me away? Hmph, the more you say that, the more it means that what you are going to do must be a big deal. I'll tell you now , Fifth Lord, I have decided to take root here, even if I lift eight sedan chairs, I won’t be able to move away.”

Zhan Zhao wanted to persuade them, but when he saw Bai Yutang's shining eyes and Ding Yuehua's expectant expression, he knew that he couldn't persuade them to leave now, so he shook his head and kept his mouth shut. explain.

The night in the desert seems to be more vast and boundless. Below is the endless yellow sand, and above the head is the far-reaching night sky. It seems that no amount of yellow sand can cover the boundless desert, and no amount of dense stars can fill the vast night sky. .

The lamps and candles on the table were like beans, illuminating the room uncertainly.Zhan Zhao stood at the window and looked out for a long time, then suddenly turned and walked out of the inn.He didn't have a specific goal, but he walked at a leisurely pace, and then raised his head, and he came under the city wall of Qiongta Town.

The city wall was abandoned a long time ago. Although this oasis is rare, it is not an important place for military merchants. After guarding for a period of time, the Guanbei Army abandoned the town, leaving the oasis and the residents of the town to live in the cruel desert. off.

Although the city wall has been abandoned, it is still solid and intact. I think the defenders of the past had spent a lot of effort to build it.Standing under the city wall, Zhan Zhao looked up at the sky, and then looked back at the silent town. With his right hand, he pulled up the front of his clothes, but with no effort, his body was pulled up from the ground, and he leaped onto the top of the city like a vigorous eagle. .

Climbing high and looking far away, the sky and the earth are vast and one color, and people seem extremely small in the midst of it.

Zhan Zhao stood quietly for a while, then reached into his arms and took out a roll of yellow silk with a bright red seal on it. "Only after getting the list can we unseal and read the imperial decree." Zhan Zhao thought to himself, this mission may be the most difficult one since he joined the Kaifeng Mansion, and it is also the most secret one.Except for the current emperor and Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce of Kaifeng Mansion, no one else knew about this operation.Not only did he want to get back the list of traitor officials who secretly communicated with Xixia in Song Dynasty, but he also wanted to investigate the murder of Li Lilong.Li Lilong was originally the manager of the West Road Metropolis, who collected the list of traitors, but died suddenly before he was about to leave for Beijing to submit the list, and the list fell into the hands of others.The person who got the list secretly left a secret letter in the emperor's imperial study, and agreed to hand over the imperial decree of amnesty with one hand and the list with the other hand.Zhan Zhao has come to Qiongta Town as requested by the secret letter, and wandered around, deliberately flaunting his identity, but why didn't this mysterious person show up as promised?And is the person on the list the murderer of Li Lilong?

There are too many doubts in his heart, and too many responsibilities on his shoulders, even Zhan Zhao, who has always been as firm as a rock, seems to be shaken.He hid the imperial decree in his arms, and looked down at the giant sword at his waist.Ju Que seemed to have sensed it, and suddenly trembled endlessly, making a deep dragon chant.He clenched the hilt of the sword with his right hand, a cold light flashed, the sound of dragon chant resounded loudly, and the giant que was out of its sheath.

In this quiet and desolate desert, the famous ancient swordsmanship shined so brightly that even the stars twinkling in the sky had to retreat three points.

Zhan Zhao flipped his wrist, Ju Que lay across his chest.He stretched out his slender fingers to gently caress the edge of the sword. The cold edge was invincible, and the hand holding the sword was already stable and strong.

The long sword was back in its sheath, its edge restrained, Zhan Zhao's mouth showed a smile, as long as there is a man with a sword, what difficulties and obstacles in this world can stop him?

He turned around slowly, and just before jumping off the city wall, he saw a figure walking from a distance in the town.

The snow-white silk scarf flutters with the wind, the long sleeves are raised, and the figure is graceful and swift. In the dark night, it looks like a ghost that suddenly rises from the ground to the world.

Zhan Zhao knew that she was not a ghost, but the high priest of the Moonlight Clan who was revered as a god and Buddha by the local people.

The high priest also saw someone on the city wall, and paused, as if hesitating whether to change his course, but immediately resumed his forward speed, heading straight for the city wall.

At the foot of the city wall, the high priest touched the ground with his toes, like a light cloud rising slowly, and then lightly landed not far from Zhan Zhao's side.

She didn't speak, neither did Zhan Zhao.The two stood quietly between the sky and the earth, looking at the stars, the crescent moon, and the long yellow sand.

The wind blew, and the cloud covered the crescent moon and then moved away.A halo of red mist suddenly appeared around the re-appeared crescent moon, which made the originally light and clean moonlight a bit more coquettish, but also more beautiful.

Seeing the moonlight, the High Priest revealed a sad expression on his face, and said softly, "This year's sandstorm has been delayed for a few days compared to previous years. The longer the power is accumulated, the greater the destructive power once it erupts. Now that the moon is bloody, I'm afraid..." She stopped talking and sighed heavily.

Zhan Zhao also looked up at the crescent moon, but he didn't see any blood color. Although the moon was pale, it still gave off a bright and clear yellow light.He turned his head to look at the high priest, and asked, "Is the high priest here to observe the sky at such a late night?"

The high priest hesitated for a moment, his eyes searched the night outside the city wall, but he said, "Why is Hero Zhan here late at night?"

Zhan Zhao looked back at her again, only to see that her eyes were like cold stars in the night, staring at her intently.He turned his head and didn't speak.

The high priest still looked at him, as if he wanted to see through him and know everything about him.

In fact, she couldn't see him very clearly, but could only see his silhouette in the night. He was taller and thinner than ordinary people, but his back was straight, as if he could not bend under any difficulty.

He looks very simple, but he seems very complicated.

The night was getting deeper, as if the whole world had fallen into a bottomless abyss, and the crescent moon and stars in the sky were also infected by this thick night and became dim.

In the middle of the night, Zhan Zhao and the High Priest were not the only two people who couldn't sleep at night. In the depths of the desert, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes, as dense as drums beating fiercely.Soon, several black spots appeared in the sky, and they were approaching rapidly. There were dozens of fast horses.The knights on the horses were all tall and skilled in riding, and they were all dressed in black with black scarves covering their faces. Maybe they were just dressed in traditional desert clothes, but maybe they didn't want to be recognized by others.

At the foot of the city wall, a knight in front suddenly pulled the reins, and the horseman stood up, hissed, and stopped suddenly.The knight on the horse looked up at the two people on the city wall, apparently not expecting that there would be someone standing on the city wall in such a late night.The other knights also stopped their horses, gathered together, discussed in a low voice, and detoured away without directly entering Qiongta Town.Only the leading knight remained on the spot, and he dismounted when the sound of other knights' hooves disappeared completely, took a deep breath, and jumped onto the city wall.

Seeing this group of knights, although the high priest looked sad, he was not surprised, as if he knew that these people would come late at night.Did she come here on purpose to meet them?Or is it specifically to stop these people?

Zhan Zhao didn't speak or move, and just waited quietly like before.

The black-clothed knight who jumped onto the city wall was tall and striding forward, while pulling off the black scarf covering his face, revealing a handsome and powerful face.When he got close, he said to the high priest: "Little sister, why are you here?" He rolled his eyes, looked at Zhan Zhao, his voice became more severe and his attitude was very rude, and he asked again: "Who is this person?" ?”

The high priest didn't answer him, but turned around and said to Zhan Zhao: "This is my elder brother An Ye, who is also the patriarch of our Moonlight Clan." She said to An Ye again: "This is the hero Zhan Zhaozhan from Kaifeng Mansion. "Remembering that she had never mentioned her name to Zhan Zhao, she felt a little shy for a moment, then returned to normal, and then said to Zhan Zhao, "My...name is Ah Yue."

An Ye was startled when he heard Zhan Zhao's name, his face was uncertain, but he forced a smile and said, "So it's Master Zhan from Kaifeng Mansion, I'm sorry."

Zhan Zhao couldn't help smiling wryly, he has been here in Qiongta Town for more than ten days, before, no matter how he walked around, no one seemed to know him, but suddenly, everyone seemed to know him, is this a good thing or a bad thing , but even he himself couldn't tell.

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