Rebellious officials bow their heads

"Jing Yuan?" Ye Liuzhou raised his face and glanced at him, "What's the matter with him, I just suggested this matter, I didn't mean to impose it on you, before approaching Yuan Xuanfeng, you should take a look at your wounds , can you really eradicate him?"

Xu Yandao: "Leaving aside the matter of Yuan Xuanfeng, let's talk about your recent situation. We were separated in trouble, and Jing Yuan rescued you?"

"Hmm." Ye Liuzhou laughed, "Before Sanmen saw me, did you ever think that I might be dead?"

Xu Yan said calmly: "Impossible."

"That's a coincidence, we have the same thoughts." Ye Liuzhou said with a smile, "Speaking of which, do you know anything about Dingjian Villa?"

"I have checked them. More than ten years ago, Dingjian Villa was just a small sect that was not worth worrying about. However, in just a few years, with the help of God, it gradually eliminated the big and small sects and became the No. 1 sect of Yushui. It continues to this day, but it is still unknown what happened in it.”

Xu Yan's deep voice resounded in the night, and a lamp under the eaves was like a bean, dispelling the fog, the darkness faded, and an orange light shadow was projected on the stone steps.

"The coir raincoat is the only son of the owner of Dingjian Villa, Jing Fuling, and Jing Fuling is his high disciple. They came to Lingbei not because of the three gates of the capital, but because of Yuan Xuanfeng. These two are out-and-out people from the rivers and lakes. This time The intention of meddling in the temple is unclear, the blade is either referring to the Ji family or the Yuan family."

"What confuses me the most is why Jing Yuan didn't participate in the three-door competition and lent you the Chuan Luan sword?" Xu Yan raised his hand and touched the bruise on the opponent's neck.

Ye Liuzhou recalled the feeling of suffocation just now, and felt that his move was a bit dangerous, so he leaned back slightly and said, "It's a long story."

Xu Yan nodded understandingly: "You can explain slowly."

Ye Liuzhou held down his hand, raised an eyebrow, and said, "I've never seen you so inquisitive before."

Xu Yan wanted to say more, when he suddenly heard a very light footstep on the wall, he turned his face slightly, his brows sank into the darkness, and leaned close to Ye Liuzhou's left shoulder, whispering in his ear: "There are dead men It even came here."

Ye Liuzhou was slightly taken aback, then lowered his voice: "Are you going to kill him?"

"Well, this dead man has been chasing and killing the people sent by the Ji family to Lingbei. He is extremely cunning and sensitive. He slipped away under my hands several times. Don't let him notice the strangeness. Don't scare him away this time. Otherwise, when he goes back and tells Yuan Xuanfeng clearly, our identity and purpose will be exposed." Xu Yan said.

A masked dead soldier was stuck in the dark bamboo shadow, silently pulling out the dagger painted black in his sleeve, staring coldly at the two people whose backs were exposed without any defense.

Ye Liuzhou hugged Xu Yan in his arms, and couldn't help laughing, "In order not to arouse his suspicion, should we say something?"

At such a close distance, the senses of the two are connected, the shoulders tremble slightly when they laugh, the breath they exhale when they speak, the coolness of water droplets dripping from the hair on the skin.

"I'm afraid he won't feel that we are talking now." Xu Yan rested his chin on the other side's neck.

The dead man stepped silently and slowly approached them, pointing his sharp dagger at Xu Yan.

Ye Liuzhou raised his hand to push him away, sat upright, squinted his narrow eyes to look at Xu Yan, not letting go of any trace of expression on his face, "I didn't misunderstand what you meant, did I?"

Xu Yan got up suddenly, hooked his hands back and held down the arm of the dead man behind him, the dagger aimed at the back of his neck was only an inch away, and he could no longer move forward, then he threw the dead man over his shoulder like flowing clouds and flowing water. down!

The dead man wanted to escape, but Xu Yan raised his foot and stomped on him. Everything happened in the blink of an eye. While making these actions, Xu Yan kept looking at Ye Liuzhou, and said, "That's what it means. .”

Ye Liuzhou's pupils constricted slightly, the man on the opposite side had already grabbed his beloved hand, put it on the dead man's neck, and pulled off his mask to reveal his face, with a black mark on it, "It's from Yuan Xuanfeng."

Ye Liuzhou came back to his senses, looked at the other party's actions and said: "How many other dead men like this are chasing you?"

"There are more than 20." The dagger cut the skin on the neck of the dead man, and blood flowed out. Xu Yan's eyes were floating, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"You said before that there is another team?"

"Yes, but their whereabouts are too treacherous, and I don't know who they are for a while." Xu Yan held the dagger, but did not stab it.

The dead man looked at him in horror, shaking his head and showing his eyes for help, but he couldn't make a sound because his tongue had been cut off.

There was silence in the courtyard, Ye Liuzhou didn't speak any more, and there was a clear blue vein on the back of Xu Yan's hand.

Suddenly, the dead man broke free from Xu Yan's confinement, and ran out of the door. Seeing that his figure was about to disappear into the darkness, Ye Liuzhou pulled up the hemp rope on the ground, and the dead man Tripped to the ground with a bang.

Before he could escape, Ye Liuzhou stepped forward and cut his arm, trying to suppress the dead man, and said: "The reason why you are being chased all the way is because you don't want to kill him like you are now?"

Without raising his head, he stretched his hand back, "Give me the dagger."

Seeing him trying his best to suppress the dead man, Xu Yan didn't reply, he stepped forward and bent over quickly, the dagger slashed the dead man's neck, and he immediately went from struggling to being silent.

"I hesitated." Xu Yan said in a low voice.

"It's the difference between you and Ji's family." Ye Liuzhou said.

The lights are reflected on the pulsating water of the hot spring.

"Actually, as early as when I agreed to do things for them, I knew that you would die or I would live in the process." Xu Yan looked away from the corpse.

Ye Liuzhou approached him and smiled consolingly: "You look so ugly? It is said that the first time you kill someone, you will have nightmares at night. How about I stay here with you tonight?"

"Tonight's nightmare is still long." Xu Yan took off the black robe from the bamboo stand and put it on, put the corpse on the ground on his shoulders, walked two steps, then turned to him and said, "You go back to your own." Go to the yard, change the wet clothes before leaving."

He raised his hand and threw the cloth towel on the bamboo stand, and it landed on Ye Liuzhou's head.

Ye Liuzhou was blindfolded and pulled off the cloth towel, curled his mouth, and heard the other party say: "Remember to dry your hair."

After leaving this sentence, Xu Yan jumped onto the wall with the corpse and disappeared into the night.

Ye Liuzhou stood there for a while, and had no choice but to do so, changed into a clean black long gown, brushed his hair carelessly and walked back.

A half round of bright moon is hidden in the wandering dark clouds in the sky, and the moonlight spreads on the ground like a veil, casting countless scattered shadows of bamboo leaves.

The intersection in the distance is completely covered in darkness, like a cave of a beast, there is silence in the ears, and a long hair from the sideburns is blown by the breeze, chasing the shadow of the bamboo leaves and drifting forward.

There was a small rustling sound from the corner of the wall. Ye Liuzhou lowered his head and saw a pitch-black scorpion crawling out of the hole, raising its poisonous tail needle.

He stopped.

A masked man appeared in the darkness in front of him. He walked two steps steadily, knelt down on one knee, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, my lord asked the humble official to pass the message to you. You have been playing outside for long enough. Now, it's time to go back to the palace."

Ye Liuzhou frowned.

Suddenly there was the sound of a sharp sword being unsheathed behind him, Jing Yuan stood on the wall, looked down at the masked man, and said coldly, "Do you want to kill him?"

Ye Liuzhou was quiet for a moment, knowing that these people have already been found, killing one alone will not do anything, and the poison on Jing Yuan's body is still unclear, so he said: "No need."

He then said to the masked man: "Tell your master, this place is no better than the capital, so it's better not to act rashly."

Standing up stiffly with the mask on, he glanced fearfully at Jing Yuan on the wall, saluted Ye Liuzhou, turned around and retreated into the darkness.

After he left, Ye Liuzhou turned to Jing Yuan and asked, "When did you come?"

"Just now." Jing Yuan jumped down and landed beside him, his eyes were dark, "You want to go?"

He didn't return to this question, instead he stretched his waist and said, "Let's go, go back and rest, there are three competitions tomorrow morning."

The night moon disappears, Yubai rises from the sky, the sun is first exposed, and the morning light shines through the wandering clouds.

With 20 men on the left and right pulling the hemp rope together, the thick and majestic third stone gate was opened. The sound of opening was like the ancient long chants of the stone dragon carved on the gate.It can be said that it was the busiest day around the martial arts stage, and it is estimated that people from the entire Lingbei City gathered.There was a flash of swords and swords on the stage, and every time someone won, there would be bursts of applause.

Xu Yan dodged the gap between the red-tasseled spears swept by his opponent, turned over and landed on the stake, and the black wires on his ten fingers flew out.

The opponent was a thin man with two beards. Facing the dazzling silver wires, he did not retreat but advanced. The red-tasseled gun swung in a circle to open the black wire, and the tip of the gun stabbed Xu Yan fiercely!

With a ding, the black wire was entwined on the gun head, Xu Yan pulled it, but the other party held the gun tightly and didn't let go. He took the opportunity to jump up on the wooden post, wiped his nose to avoid the gun point, and landed on both sides. Behind the beard.

The black iron wire flew out again, piercing the opponent's knee socket, and the two beards fell down immediately. When struggling to turn over, another sharp silver wire was reflected in his pupils, which hit his face directly. Panic: "I lost... I lost! Show mercy!"

Xuan Tiesi stopped halfway and took back the ring. Xu Yan stood on the stage and watched his subordinates lift him down.

There was cheering in the stands. Judging from the current situation, Xu Yan had the greatest hope of winning the competition, and the voice was also the loudest. Wan Hong was still surrounded by many attendants, quite complacent.

Jing Fuling beside Ye Liuzhou looked at the competition stage and said in surprise: "Last time, I felt that Xu Yan's way was a little familiar, but this time I realized that he is from the Baiju Sect. I thought that sect had already Disappeared...Senior brother, have you met the disciples of Baiju Sect before?"

The young man shook his head.

Jing Fuling patted Ye Liuzhou on the shoulder, "It's your turn. You can't win against this guy. This time, I'm serious. Don't get hurt."

"Don't worry." He took a step forward, Jing Yuan handed him the Chuan Luan sword, Ye Liuzhou took it, met the young man's eyes, and smiled slightly: "Thank you."

He stepped up the stone steps, climbed up the steps, and the howling wind raised the flags from all sides of the martial arts platform, flying in the air with a whistling sound.

Ye Liuzhou and Xu Yan faced each other, their robes flapped and filled with the wind.

Xu Yan walked to the weapon rack, pulled out a slender Yanling knife, stood in place, raised the tip of the knife, and pointed it at the opponent. This was an extremely provocative gesture.

Ye Liuzhou raised the corners of his lips, and rushed towards him with big strides. At the same time, he drew out his Chuan Luan sword, and he was already approaching him in the blink of an eye.

The two of them swung their swords at a very close distance, and there was a heavy bang that staggered against each other. Ye Liuzhou pressed down the edge of the sword with one hand, raised his free hand, touched Xu Yan's face, and said with a smile: "You Do you know that when you left last night, you were like a wild wolf licking its wounds alone."

"Really?" Xu Yan didn't dodge his movements, with a sharp smile on the corner of his mouth, he raised his arm and swung his wild goose feather knife to block the opponent.

Ye Liuzhou took a step back, and then blocked the roaring blade with his horizontal sword without stopping.

Now Xu Yan pressed the knife down, and he said: "It seems that you didn't rest well last night, what are you thinking? The black eye sockets are coming out."

That force was almost weightless, Ye Liuzhou gritted his teeth and tried to resist, "Of course it's the corpse that you want to deal with?"