Rebellious officials bow their heads

At the moment when the sharp and thin chin to the straight bridge of the nose were exposed in the sky, a slender hand stretched out, blocking Ye Liuzhou's face, firmly holding the fierce arrow!

Xu Yan's face seemed to be covered with a layer of ice, he pulled out the arrow from the veiled cap, conveniently put the veiled cap that was about to fall on Ye Liuzhou's head, and put it back on for him, the broken white gauze hung down , blocking all sight.

Xu Yan's movements did not stop, he picked up the longbow from the table that could only be drawn with the strength of three stones, and put the arrow on it like a cloud and flowing water, and in the eyes of many horrified eyes, he drew the bow like a full moon - aimed at Mu He.

Although Mu He has experienced bloody battlefields, facing him, he felt a burst of panic for some reason, took a step back uncontrollably, but there was no way to avoid it——

With the sound of clang, the arrow flew out of the string, piercing through the clouds and fog like a rotten one, tearing through the howling wind, and piercing the black yarn red tassel crown on Mu He's head!

The force was extremely frightening, causing him to fall backward suddenly, the arrow and the crown were deeply nailed into the tree trunk behind him, still humming and trembling!

There was silence in the entire paddock. This tit-for-tat revenge came too fast and too fierce. Ji Han had an unbelievable expression on his face, and the rest of the young masters were dumbfounded and stood there dumbfounded.

Ye Liuzhou clapped his palms and smiled, "I thought you were going to kill Mu He, what a pity, what a pity."

Xu Yan put down his bow and arrow, sat down again, picked up the teacup and said plainly: "It's just a lesson he deserves."

Immediately at this moment, everyone came back to their senses one after another, making noises, and the scene gradually became active. Occasionally, some people looked carefully at Xu Yan and the others, and some continued the riding and archery competition. The boy outside raised his voice: : "Cheng Pei, the commander of Beizhen Prefecture, has arrived!"

Several disciples and children greeted the entrance, Ye Liuzhou's pupils shrank slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Do you think this name is very familiar?"

Xu Yan drank his tea and followed him without raising his head: "Who is that?"

"When we left the city gate, you hit him. He saw our faces."

This sentence made Xu Yan stop, paused for a few breaths, and met his gaze.

Ye Liuzhou said word by word: "We are about to be discovered. If the Ji family knows that we stole the beads, let alone leave the capital, they will be able to live in Dali Temple tomorrow."

Xu Yan immediately said: "Let's go."

He took Ye Liuzhou to the forest, and Cheng Pei behind him walked to Ji Han, bowed his hands and said, "Master Ji."

"Well, is there any news of finding that person outside?"

"I'm incompetent. Jin Yiwei searched all the way from Youzhou along the south direction. The ships and inns in the nearby area were all found, and the clues were broken several times, so far..." Cheng Pei noticed that Ji Han was looking into the forest absently. With a glance, "My lord, what's the matter?"

"Put things over there for now. Go and keep an eye on the whereabouts of Ji Liu and the person next to him for me, and see what they want to do. Come back and report to me if there is any change."

"Yes." Just as Cheng Pei was about to step back, there was an angry shout from behind: "Ji Han, where did Ji Liu go?! Let him compete with me again!"

He turned his head and saw that not far away Mu He was limping over with the support of his subordinates. His body was covered in mud, his hair was scattered, and his expression was extremely angry. He didn't look like the usual arrogant general.

Cheng Pei was surprised and said, "General Huaiyuan, what's wrong with you?"

Ji Han looked at Mu He with sarcasm in his eyes: "As you said, this riding and shooting ceremony is really the icing on the cake."

Mu He was furious, "Ji Han, you are so proud! If it hadn't been for the incident in the palace that made His Majesty look like that, would it be your turn to speak today?! If Ji Liu hadn't left back then, now He should be the one sitting in the position of Chief Assistant!"

"Enough! Do you know what you're talking about?!" Cheng Pei was terrified, and hurriedly stopped.

Mu He was dazzled by the anger, and he woke up suddenly after being drunk, and looked around uncomfortably, fortunately, there was no one nearby, only one of his confidants.

Looking at Ji Han, his face was completely gloomy, and he said in a cold and condescending tone: "General Huaiyuan, I think the arrow that shot just now was not your black hat, it should be your head."

Mu He's chest heaved violently, and he gave the other party a vicious look, but he didn't dare to refute, turned around and walked away.

"My lord..." Cheng Pei couldn't help being silent in the atmosphere like falling into an ice cave, not daring to raise his head.

After a long time, Ji Han raised his hand to signal him to leave.

The bazaar in Dongcheng was bustling with people passing by, hawkers yelling one after another, the wheels of bullock carts pressed against the bluestone slabs, and the golden sun shone down on the sky.

Ye Liuzhou walked and said, "Do you remember what you said yesterday that you would buy me bamboo wine?"

Xu Yan followed behind him, "I don't remember."

Ye Liuzhou stopped, grabbed his neck with his feet, pulled him down, scratched his side with one hand, and said in a vicious voice, "Then what do you remember?"

"It's against you." Xu Yan had a smile on his stern face, like a melting iceberg, and pulled the other party away by his collar.

Ye Liuzhou didn't let go, and returned the words to him, "It's against you, should you buy it or not?"

"Wait to go to the inn to see A'an and the others first, after finishing the accounts, buy them when you come back."

Only then did Ye Liuzhou let go of him contentedly, and the two approached the inn, just as they stepped up two stone steps, Xu Yan suddenly grabbed his arm.

He turned his head and saw that the other party's relaxed expression became serious, "What's wrong?"

"Someone is following us." Xu Yan whispered, "Don't look, we are about to enter the inn, and turning around suddenly will definitely make him suspicious, let's go in first."

Ye Liuzhou nodded, and walked in with him calmly. There were guests sitting in twos and threes in the lobby, some chatted at a table, and some ate alone.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Ah An wiped the table quickly with a cloth towel, and raised his voice, "The guest officer is here to sit, what do you need?"

When he raised his head, he saw that the people in front of him were Xu Yan and Ye Liuzhou wearing a veiled hat. He was both surprised and delighted and said, "Boss, go back..."

"Xiao Er, take a pot of peach blossom wine and take it away." Xu Yan interrupted him.

A'an was taken aback, and he saw something from his expression, his eyes drifted away from the door of the inn for a moment, he smiled stiffly, and said, "Okay, wait a moment!"

He lowered his head and hurried to the direction of the wine cellar. The two sat down at the table. Not far away, a well-dressed man also entered the inn. Instead of facing them, he found someone who could cover the entire lobby. The corner of the fundus sat down.

After a while, Xiuxiu came out, handed the pot of peach blossom wine to Xu Yan, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, let's buy five taels of wine at the inn and send a plate of peanuts and sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Would you like some?"

Xu Yan looked at her, and when he raised his hand to take the jug, Xiu Xiu whispered at the same time: "Boss, do you want us to help you..."

"No need." Xu Yan said calmly, threw a tael of silver on the table, turned around and walked out of the inn with Ye Liuzhou, and the tail behind followed closely.

Ye Liuzhou took the peach blossom wine and said, "What should we do now? Go back to Jifu?"

Xu Yandao: "Going back to Ji's Mansion will make it easier for him to do things. It won't be long before we know that we stole the beads. It's better to get rid of him before everything happens."

Walking along the long street, Xu Yan bought another bunch of candied haws and handed them to Ye Liuzhou. He looked at the bright sweet-smelling candied haws in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

Cheng Pei, who was following behind, saw the two of them turned their heads into the alley, disappeared around the corner, and hurriedly followed, only to find that there was only one Ye Liuzhou covered in white gauze in the narrow alley, he looked around in panic, But there was no sign of Xu Yan.

Cheng Pei calmed down, fixed his eyes on the man in front of him who didn't look back, stepped forward silently, and at the same time put his hand on the saber at his waist vigilantly.

The deep alley fell into an eerie silence, when suddenly he saw an elongated black shadow appearing on the ground, he was startled, and turned his head in a hurry, but before he could see the face clearly, he was hit on the head and knocked unconscious!

Xu Yan threw the wooden stick aside, Ye Liuzhou squatted down with him, uncovered the mask on Cheng Pei's face, bit off a hawthorn and chewed: "The commander of the Beizhen government, Ji Han's people, You just knocked him out."

"How else?"

Ye Liuzhou narrowed his eyes, "The left and right Ji Han will become suspicious, so it's better to kill Cheng Pei."

"At least he didn't discover our identities. When he woke up, we had already left the capital. Ji Han couldn't find any evidence."

Xu Yan dragged Cheng Pei to the nearby pile of straw to cover it up, nodded Ye Liuzhou and said, "Don't shout and kill all day long."

Ye Liuzhou spread his hands innocently, "I didn't do anything."

He stepped forward and stuffed the candied haws with two hawthorns in Xu Yan's hand, "I don't want to eat, here you are."

Xu Yan glanced at him, and bit the sticky candy with a click.

When the two returned to Ji's mansion, Xu Yan went directly to see Mrs. Ji. This time, the servant didn't use the wind and cold to prevaricate him, but said respectfully: "Sixth son, please come inside."

Passing through the courtyard, Old Master Ji was standing in front of the window and writing, "I heard about you at the riding and archery ceremony. Being able to draw the three-stone bow is really a formidable future generation. If you stay in the mansion, you will have a bright future."

Xu Yan said: "You led me to Xishan just to see this?"

"To be honest, I really have something important to ask you to return home this time." Old Master Ji sighed deeply.

Xu Yan was not surprised to hear this, he had already thought that Ji's family must have some kind of plan for him to come back this time.

"There is Ji Han supporting us outside our family, but apart from him, there are many youngsters in the clan who are capable of doing things, but very few are capable of doing things. If possible, my grandfather would like to solve this matter by himself, but I'm old, and I can live in a few days, so I can only entrust you to represent Ji's family."

"what do you want to do?"

There is a pot of orchid grass on the high table in the room, with a few stamens embedded in the blue color, which are about to bloom, exuding an elegant fragrance.

Old Master Ji put down his pen, looked at Xu Yan and said, "I want you to go to Lingbei in the frontier. The military governor's mansion did not obey the order, and the private soldiers made trouble, but they wrote a document saying that it was a disaster."

"More than that, Yuan Xuanfeng colluded with the enemy country, Beiluo, and secretly transported firearms in exchange for gold and silver treasures. This cannot be tolerated anyway. It is not only for the Ji family, I hope you can eradicate this cancer for the court."

Xu Yan laughed, that smile seemed to be immersed in icy water, "I have also heard the name of Yuan Xuanfeng in the north of Lingbei, and the bandits and disasters in that area are even more common. It was looted, and a governor died in Lingbei—Grandfather, do you want me to die there too?"

The old man Ji's face moved slightly, and soon calmed down, "Of course not, I will naturally send someone to escort you to safety. This matter is only up to Ji's family, and the court will dispatch the governor to review the evidence of collaborating with the enemy. Later, there will be a Wan Chi Lang cavalry sits in Yushui outside Lingbei."

Xu Yan said decisively: "Credit is not so easy to earn. I'm afraid that once the rebuking wolf cavalry makes a move, I will be chased by Yuan Xuanfeng to kill them all."

The old man Ji sighed deeply: "I know this is embarrassing you. The Ji family has treated you badly. There is no reason for you to work for the Ji family again."

"If this matter can be resolved by sending troops, Yuan Xuanfeng will have no way to survive, but he can't, I'm afraid that if the scolding wolf cavalry is dispatched, he will send the Beiluo army who are eyeing Dazhao into the pass, and it will be a catastrophe. "

"You also know the situation of the imperial court. Your Majesty has been seriously ill for a long time, and the government affairs are all handled by the chief assistant. You must understand that without the monarch, Dazhao can't stand the war at all." Old Master Ji said, "Your mother is still living in Jiangnan."

Xu Yan sneered: "Are you threatening me?"

"I just want to tell you that the country is safe and the family is peaceful. Whether you want it or not depends on what you want."

Xu Yan looked at the word "family and country" spread out on the case table, and frowned after a long silence: "No matter how you think about it, it has nothing to do with me."

Old Master Ji spent so much time trying to persuade him, but he didn't expect Xu Yan to just leave this sentence and walk out. He was stunned and forgot to stop him.

Ye Liuzhou packed his bags and waited for Xu Yan to leave together, but unexpectedly he said, "Stay for another night."

"Then what about Cheng Pei?"

"I'll go back and make another punch."

Ye Liuzhou: "..."

He looked at Xu Yan with a tired expression, and asked, "What did Old Master Ji tell you?"

Xu Yan said: "Twist a cloth towel, I want to wash my face."

"Oh." Ye Liuzhou obeyed, wrung out the water in the wooden basin, and covered the opponent's face properly.

Xu Yan lay on the couch, and gradually relaxed his nerves. Ye Liuzhou lay beside him, and heard him say, "How much do you know about the emperor?"

"Why did you suddenly mention the emperor?" Ye Liuzhou's face remained unchanged.

"Ten years ago, I was still studying with you in the palace. I was familiar with the emperor who was still the prince at that time. Everything in Xie's family was fine back then. Since I left, it has changed. I heard the news that it was because of the death of the first emperor, and the emperor was depressed. I became ill and couldn't afford to stay on the couch, I never thought it would be such a result, but it is clear, this is the fact."

Xu Yan's face could not be seen clearly under the cloth scarf, "The beginning of the Xie family's imperial power down to the present was the assassination of the first emperor by Bei Rao's undercover agents. It turned out that He Jifeng, the general of the Nine Yi clan, was bought and betrayed by Bei Rao. The whereabouts of the late emperor."

Ye Liuzhou lowered his eyes.

"Today, Mrs. Ji told me that Yuan Xuanfeng colluded with Bei Rao. If he is not eradicated, he will lead Bei Rao to attack." Xu Yandao, "Do you think I should intervene?"

Ye Liuzhou raised his hand, took off the cloth scarf on the other person's face, and met those obsidian-like eyes, "I don't want you to be involved in the affairs of the Ji family or the Xie family."

Xu Yan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Why do you say that?"

Ye Liuzhou also smiled, his face was immersed in the halo of candlelight, his brows were a little tender, he shrugged, "That should have been their responsibility."

Seeing his appearance, Xu Yan stretched out his hand out of nowhere to touch his eyes.

When Ye Liuzhou was attacked by him, he immediately closed his eyes, his slender eyelashes trembling slightly.

It was almost an extremely soft touch.

Xu Yan quickly came back to his senses, and put down his right hand in a daze, but the other party didn't notice, and said with a smile: "My eyes are already healed, and I can see at night."

Xu Yan turned over and got off the couch, turned his face and walked quickly to the door.

"Where are you going?" Ye Liuzhou asked.

Xu Yan paused, then stepped out of the threshold, "I'll let Cheng Pei sleep more deeply."

Ye Liuzhou didn't feel sad for Cheng Pei at all, he threw the cloth towel into the basin, went to bed and went to sleep peacefully.

The next morning.

Xu Yan went to the main courtyard, and the old man Ji seemed to be sleeping half the night, and he moved slowly with a heavy heart, watering the flowers and plants in the courtyard with a water bottle.

Xu Yan stood still at a distance, looked at him, and found that the vigorous cabinet scholar in his memory was really old, his figure became rickety, his face was marked by the changes of time, and his temples were gray .

This season's mansion no longer had the fortified barriers it had when it was a child, and the bottomless and obscure gradually became clear.

Xu Yan said: "Scholar Ji."

Old Master Ji was stunned, looked up at him, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that you have made up your mind, and you don't even want to call grandfather."

"I will go to Lingbei to get rid of Yuan Xuanfeng." Xu Yan said calmly, "I was grateful to you when you let my mother and I leave, but now this gratitude has been exhausted. After this incident, my mother and I will be in the same season The Ji family has nothing to do with it, and please don't come to disturb our life again."

In the early morning, there was a little mist in the courtyard, and the flowers and plants were stained with dew, which fell on the bluestone board with a tick, soaking deep water marks.

"I promise you." Old Master Ji said in a deep voice.

After Xu Yan got this sentence, he turned around and left. Behind him, Old Master Ji said: "Wait, how do you go alone?"

"Of course I have a solution. When you pass by with great momentum, I'm afraid Yuan Xuanfeng will have already prepared a trick to meet you."

Old Mrs. Ji said: "I will arrange good people to help you. You came to me so early, do you want to leave now? Don't need to prepare a carriage and travel expenses on the road?"

"No need."

"Wait!" Old Master Ji's call made Xu Yan stop.

"You have to remember. The Ji family has been intertwined for decades, and the power of this behemoth will always be the strongest backing. You can't feel anything in the folks today. If one day you come to the government and the public and win the temple, the Ji family will always be there for you. position."

Old Master Ji had his hands behind his back, his face was old, and his eyes were solemn.

Xu Yan didn't take it seriously, "No need."

Ye Liuzhou was shaken awake when he was soundly asleep, he rubbed his eyes but didn't open them, his whole body was feeling lazy, he hugged the pillow and refused to get up, so he was picked up by the other party and walked outside.

He bumped uncomfortably, grabbed the other person's shoulders to prop up his body, "Xu Yan, where are you taking me?"

"Let's go, leave Ji's house."

Ye Liuzhou was fully awake, "What? Did you make it clear? Where are you going? Back to Li Town?"

"Go to Lingbei." There was a carriage parked at the back door, Xu Yan put him in it, sat in front of the carriage, whipped the horse, and the carriage moved forward.

Ye Liuzhou frowned deeply, "The Ji family obviously threw you into the fire pit and used you to fill Yuan Xuanfeng's mouth, how could you agree?"

"I feel a little relaxed." Xu Yan turned around, hooked his fingers around the peach blossom wine on the other's waist, and then pointed to the inside of the carriage, "Don't drink in the morning, there are pastries in the box."

Ye Liuzhou puffed up his cheeks in anger, seeing him speechless, he turned his head inside and ate cakes with a box in his hand.

-

Palace Cabinet.

Ji Han sat in front of the table full of memorials, halfway through the review, he raised his hand and rubbed his throbbing temples, and asked the guard waiting beside him with an irritable expression, "Have you heard from Cheng Pei?"

"Return to my lord, there is no news of the commander yet."

There was a sound outside the door, and a father-in-law came in and saluted: "Master Ji, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army asks to see you."

"Pass him in."

Commander of the Forbidden Army Hong Nan strode forward in a hurry, clasped his hands and said anxiously: "Report to Master Ji, the Forbidden Army patrolled the city this morning and found the comatose commander Cheng Pei in an alley in the west of the city!"

Ji Han suddenly said in shock: "What did you say?!"

His expression froze in disbelief for a few breaths, dropped his hair, and said quickly: "Go and show me if Ji Yan is still in the mansion, if not—"

He almost gritted his teeth and said, "Immediately send troops out of the city to chase him and the man beside him back!"

-

The carriage left Yanjing, turned around and stopped at the ferry, Ye Liuzhou jumped out of the carriage while raising his hands to tie up his long hair.

The sky is as clear as blue, the clouds are continuous, the river is vast and vast, and the small boats in twos and threes are moored on the shore. In the distance, the boatman shakes the oars and creates a few waves on the emerald green river. Nearby, the fisherman wears sandals and drags Walking towards a big boat with the fish and shrimp in the fishing net, several boatmen shuttled the goods, and the people on the boat were bustling up.

The boat is tall and majestic, with a total of two floors, ten feet high, exquisite and complicated dragons carved at the head and tail, carved beams and painted buildings on it, beautifully arranged, and there are musicians leaning on the fence and playing pipa.

Ye Liuzhou and Xu Yan followed the crowd into the boat, and with the sound of a trombone, the boatman on the shore moved away the long ladder, and the boat slowly set sail on the river.

The two entered the stairs of the cabin, but they didn't find a group of cavalry galloping from the shore behind them. Hong Nan, the leader, looked at the building boat that had gone away, and cursed anxiously and angrily: "Come one step later!"

The subordinate said: "Commander, what should we do now?"

Hong Nan looked at another flat boat that hadn't sailed yet, got off his horse, and shouted, "They're heading north, chase after them!"

-

After traveling for half a month on the road, the more northward it was, the colder it became. The two of them took a big boat and drove on the wide Wangjian Sea, and they would arrive ashore in two hours.

Ye Liuzhou stretched his waist, stood by the side of the boat, looked at the dark cloud-covered sky in the distance, and casually said to Xu Yan: "It seems that it is going to rain heavily."

However, after half an hour passed, it became true.

The gloomy sky was pouring down with heavy rain, the water surface was boiling, the boat was swaying from side to side, and the wine in Ye Liuzhou's hand was spilled on the table. It was raining heavily, and the entire sea was turbulent, and it was impossible to stand still. There were scattered cargo everywhere on the deck, and there were continuous screams around.

"Xu Yan—" Ye Liuzhou shouted against the rain, his voice quickly dissipated in the howling wind. The other party went to the back of the cabin to get food, but he hasn't come back yet.

The robe on his body was quickly drenched by the rain, and his hair stuck to his face. After walking to the back of the boat, he didn't see a figure. He knew that he might have missed it with Xu Yan who was rushing back.

Ye Liuzhou almost fell down due to the pitching of the ship several times, grabbed a rope and tied one end to his waist and the other end to a wooden pole, and continued to walk towards the bow, because his face was covered with water in this storm, and he was extremely embarrassed.Seeing a woman fall out of the cabin, he quickly helped her up, but the other party held his hand like grabbing a life-saving straw, and said something with tears...

There was a buzzing in Ye Liuzhou's ears, and he could vaguely hear a few words, "Please.", "The child...is missing..."

He probably guessed the meaning of the other party, and found a long rope and tied it around her waist, leading the woman to search one by one on the stormy boat, changing the fixed position of the rope while moving.

When I found the first floor from the second floor, I suddenly heard a deafening bang, and there was a violent tremor at the bottom of the boat. Everyone fell to the ground, and a boatman shouted loudly: "I hit a rock——"

Someone panicked and said: "This area is full of rocks, turn around quickly!"

Ye Liuzhou got up from the ground and looked on the deck, just in time to see Xu Yan barely standing on the wooden pole, he shouted: "Xu Yan——!"

Xu Yan raised his head and looked at him, but he couldn't take a step, and then there was a huge shock in the hull, accompanied by screams, one side of the mast broke in half, and smashed down to the deck shockingly, splashing Dust filled the sky, and was quickly washed away by the heavy rain.

Ye Liuzhou's heart clenched tightly. Fortunately, Xu Yan was not affected because he stood by.

At this time, there was a faint cry amidst the sound of rain, and a five or six-year-old child was seen, sitting on the sloping and collapsed deck, crying helplessly.

The woman beside Ye Liuzhou rushed forward, "My child—!"

He was vigilant when the child appeared, raised his arm to stop his wife, and shouted: "Don't go over! Otherwise, you two will die!"

At the same time, Xu Yan took a sliding step and quickly approached the child. Just as he hugged him, the whole boat shook violently again. He couldn't help himself, and he fell down and fell towards the crack in the side of the boat!

Behind him is the sea water like an abyss rift.

Ye Liuzhou took a slight breath, and slid quickly towards him against the wet deck. There was a rope around his waist, just long enough for him to reach out and grab Xu Yan.

He clenched the opponent's arm tightly, and the rope supporting the weight of the three of them suddenly tightened.

Xu Yan got up with Ye Liuzhou's strength and threw the child upwards. The woman subconsciously went to pick it up, but she didn't catch it. Fortunately, a boatman beside her reacted quickly and hugged the child.

"You go up first..." Ye Liuzhou said, suddenly his eyes widened, and huge rising waves were reflected in his pupils, roaring like a roaring beast——

At this moment, he felt that he was being pulled by someone, and he pushed towards the unbroken deck, Ye Liuzhou fell to a safe corner, and the next moment, the waves crashed down heavily!

Xu Yan's figure was completely swallowed up by the sea water and disappeared into the rough waves.

"Xu Yan..." The wooden pole holding the rope had been destroyed by the waves, and Ye Liuzhou jumped into the sea without hesitation for a moment.

With a puff, thousands of foams turned and churned, and ghosts and ghosts floated in the cold sea water. He looked around, but couldn't find Xu Yan's shadow.

The cold spread in the bone marrow, and the oxygen in the lungs was exhausted. Ye Liuzhou emerged from the sea, breathing heavily, and the surrounding scenery was blurred. , but he no longer had the strength to struggle, and could only be dragged into the bottom of the sea with the current.

-

After a whole night of storms, the sky cleared the clouds and the sun was shining. The scorching sun was so dazzling that people couldn't look directly at it. The sun baked the whole beach a brilliant golden color.

The rushing tide pushed the shore over and over again, splashing snow-white foam, soaking the man's long hair, like scattered ink.

A young man with a sword was walking along the coast, holding a chest full of shells in one hand, wearing a coir raincoat, and a straw hat was pressed low on his face, his dark eyes were exposed through the gaps, and he saw that he was lying on the beach not far away. The man still walked over unhurriedly.

The young man squatted down, grabbed the man's skirt and lifted him up halfway. Under the strong halo, the man had already fainted, his face was covered with sand, and he could still see his picturesque features, his face was like a crown of jade, and his head was pitch black behind him. Long hair like flowing water hangs down.

-

In the broken thatched hut, a simple bed and a table are covered with heavy dust, the ground is covered with mud, and strings of braided shells are hung on the roof, making ding-ding-dong-dong sounds as the light breeze leaks in.

When Ye Liuzhou woke up, he saw such a scene. He had a feeling of what year it was today. He wore a gray sackcloth, with bandages wrapped around his limbs and chest.

Standing up regardless of the pain, Ye Liuzhou called out, "Xu Yan?"

There was no answer, he took a few steps forward, and saw a young boy sitting silently on the wooden box, lowering his head and wiping the long sword in his hand with a cloth towel.

"Who are you?" Ye Liuzhou asked in surprise.

The boy raised his calm eyes and looked at him silently.

Ye Liuzhou asked, "You saved me?"

The boy looked at his face and didn't speak.

"Where is this place?"

After three questions, the boy still didn't want to speak.

Ye Liuzhou felt that he couldn't get an answer from him, and was about to turn around and walk out, when suddenly a woman's voice outside the door said: "Senior brother! Why did you pick up so many shells and come back? You said we are only staying for a while, I will go back soon, how can I bring so many things with me then—"

This woman entered the door. Although she called the young man a senior brother, she looked to be nearly thirty, her not-so-long hair was neatly tied up, and she was wearing a very conspicuous robe.

It's not that the style is so unique, but that it's soaked in blood, turning from gray to glowing red.

Seeing Ye Liuzhou, the woman let out a scream, turned around and was about to go out, and said: "Brother! I know you like pretty things, but how did you pick up someone this time?"

Halfway through, she probably remembered that this was her own place, and she didn't need to leave, so she came back and approached this strange man curiously.

As soon as she approached, Ye Liuzhou smelled a foul smell of blood, and raised his sleeves to cover his face.

The woman took a few steps back, sniffed her nose, and said, "The smell is too strong..."

Then she twisted the blood-soaked sleeve into two twists, and the blood immediately oozed out and fell to the ground drip-tock.

"..." Ye Liuzhou was silent for a moment, "Can I leave?"

"You want to go? Do you know where this is?" the woman asked, "The storm last night caused many boats to be full. You fell into the sea from the boat, right? What a fate."

She clapped her hands and said, "Tell you, this is the haunt of bandits——Lingbei."

"This is Lingbei..." Ye Liuzhou's pupils narrowed slightly, and then he asked the most concerned question: "Have you found anyone else? It's a young man, taller than me, wearing a black robe..."

"Huh?" The woman thought for a while, "I know that a fisherman salvaged two corpses today."