Seeing those people standing up with malicious intentions, the owner of the inn and the waiter were both sweating for the girl.

After those people stood up, they didn't directly surround them.

Their faces were tanned by the desert sun, and they didn't know whether they drank too much wine or the charcoal basin in the inn was too hot.

Those people coughed and coughed twice at first, each of them felt shy and embarrassed, as if they were teenagers who were just beginning to fall in love.I wanted to be the first to go to talk, but suddenly became inexplicably nervous, but I didn't want to let others go there first.

When he was so weird and embarrassing, with a bang, a wine bowl suddenly hit the ground in the middle of the air.

Everyone looked up, and there was a handsome young man sitting on the railing on the second floor, showing a row of white teeth and smiling brightly.The eyes are shining, and the wheat-colored skin is firm and powerful, just like a newly grown wolf in the desert.

The man was full of vigorous vitality and aggressiveness, but that young face, no matter how malicious the expression was, looked clean and refreshing.

"Whatever you look at, go back and sit down." His voice was fierce and deep, even though he was laughing playfully, there was a convincing sense of oppression.

The big men around him who were older than him cursed dissatisfiedly, but they all sat back resentfully, only drinking while paying attention to the situation with their eyes.

At the place where everyone's eyes converged, the person carrying the guqin seemed to be unaware of it. After waiting for a while, he saw no reception from the inn, and then slightly raised his head to look at the innkeeper who was concentrating on his calculations.

"Girl, what do you want?"

Gu Jinxiao followed the sound and looked forward to the left. The young man who jumped from the railing on the second floor walked up to him and poured tea in a similar manner.A pair of bright eyes, neat and white teeth, but it looks harmless and friendly, the whole person is dressed in a rough and unrestrained attire, and his aggressive aura does not look like a commoner.

"What's in the store?"

"There are..." the young man looked at the shabby wine and meat around him, clicked his tongue lightly, and turned his head to look at the innkeeper who was pretending to be dead, "Hey, what's in the store that can be seen?"

The innkeeper paused, and said in a dull voice: "All the food is here for you, dried meat, milk, wine, naan..."

"Okay, okay." The young man interrupted him with a random wave of his hand, raised his chin slightly, and said behind him without looking, "Go and get the best things in the store."

"No need." Gu Jinxiao said lightly, "clear water is fine."

The young man stepped on the stool with one leg, propped his chin with his left hand, leaned over and tilted his head, looking at Gu Xiangzhi without blinking.

"Look at your appearance, you are from the Central Plains! There are a lot of Central Plains people in the desert recently. Who did you get separated from? I still know a few friends here. If you need anything, I can help you. My name is Shule, what's the girl's name?"

Gu Jinxiao looked up at him, and said calmly, "Gu Xiangzhi."

The young man named Shule rubbed his nose and smiled: "This is a remote village with nothing. If you are looking for someone, there is no one here. I know a big oasis, it is very lively, and I came here recently. Many people, do you want to take you there?"

"No, thanks."

Shule sighed in disappointment, stood up and backed away: "That's impossible. In fact, it's like this. As for me, I can be regarded as the heir of the tribal leader. In the words of the Central Plains, the heir of the leader is the heir, right? I lack a daughter-in-law, and I As soon as I saw you, I felt that this was God's arrangement, and if you also felt the same way, I will take you back to hold a wedding at dawn."

Gu Jinxiao didn't raise her eyes, she just drank tea.

"If you don't want to—" Shule spread his hands regretfully, "then I have no choice but to take you back as a trophy. Because we are the most famous Black Wind Department in the desert."

Seeing that the beauty in front of her didn't respond, there was laughter all around.

Shule tilted his head: "Okay, you are a girl from the Central Plains, the Black Wind Department is, that is..."

"Horse thief."

"robber."

"Ow ooh..."

A group of theatergoers, who were afraid of chaos in the world, shouted and proudly revealed their true identities.

Everyone was smiling, waiting for the cold Central Plains beauty to show a panicked expression, as if a little dove had fallen into a flock of falcons circling.

Gu Jinxiao put down the teacup, looked at Shule quietly, "I'm just a showman."

Everyone has seen the qin on her back, and even if they don't know the musical instruments of the Central Plains people, they can roughly guess what it is.

The obvious admiration in Shule's eyes blinked for a while, and he realized what Gu Xiangzhi had said. His face flushed because of his gaffe, and he coughed twice, with a hint of tenderness hidden in his voice.

"Buckers, although we are robbers, we don't actually bully girls. I just joked with you, don't be afraid."

Gu Jinxiao said calmly: "A joke? Then I'll make a joke with you too. Now, your people will withdraw immediately, put down the looted supplies, and nothing will happen. Otherwise, in two hours' time, all of you will leave No."

The laughter around him gradually subsided.

Shule tilted his head and blinked: "What do you mean?"

"I'm an alchemist," Gu Xiangzhi looked at them, his eyes were empty, cold and clean, "they have blood on their bodies."

At the same time, in the silence, a strange sound was heard.

Shule waved his hand, and everyone stayed still. He listened carefully.

The sound of burning firewood, the howling wind in the wild, and the dull sound of the camel's hooves wrapped in cloth.

"Someone surrounded, the copycats withdrew."

At the same time, the upstairs door was kicked open, the watchman rolled down the stairs, and a group of warriors dressed as Central Plains people drew their swords and came out.

The people in Shule reacted quickly, and ran out without any reluctance to fight. Soon one by one, they got on the camels and ran out in the frosty desert in November.

When they disappeared without a trace, it took less than a cup of tea.

Upstairs a woman dressed as a man came out, also holding a sword in her hand, Mingyan's face was livid and ugly, as if extremely angry.

She came down from the top aggressively, and asked Gu Xiangzhi, "Why do you want to tell the truth? We almost wiped out these thieves?"

Just now when he was in chaos, Gu Jinxiao happened to take out spring water from his backpack to make tea.

Hearing this, he looked gently at the girl who spoke: "I didn't inform you, and you can't kill them. There are eighty of them, and you have less than twenty, so you can't beat them."

The beauty in men's clothing was in a hurry, and she was still well-preserved and suppressed, but said angrily: "My people are only close to encircling them. What are eighty people? Let's say there are at least a hundred."

Gu Jinxiao nodded, and said flatly, "Then why haven't they come in yet?"

The beauty in men's clothing looked suspicious, yes, since the sudden attack just now, her people should have arrived long ago.

"Go out and see."

Several gray-robed guards around him immediately went out and came back in a while.

"Miss, there is no one outside."

"No, I looked around, and there is no one from us."

"I've seen it all, and there's no one."

The beauty in men's clothing couldn't believe it: "What's going on, those horse thieves ran away because they heard the sound..."

"Yeah, we heard that too."

But listening to the white-clothed luthier who was surrounded by them and questioned, he said softly: "Is it like this?"

This time, everyone heard the dull sound of thousands of troops surrounded, but there was nothing outside except the shadow of the moon.

Just like, the legendary Yin soldiers...

Gu Jinxiao said lightly: "The two most common things in the desert are mirages that deceive the eyes, and the other is the sound of ghosts and ghosts that deceive the ears. For soldiers, it is not difficult to make."

The beauty in men's clothing swallowed hard, and after calming down, she thought clearly that there were no real people surrounding here just now, and those bandits were scared away by the illusion designed by this person.

She adjusted her mentality and said apologetically: "I misunderstood, thank you girl for helping us out." Although, if there is no alchemist, she will be able to wipe out those robbers at dawn.

"You're welcome." Gu Jinxiao looked down at the teacup, "However, what I said just now is true, they did have bloodshed, except for that person named Shule."

He looked outside the torn curtain, the cold and lonely bright moon was like frost, shining through the deep blue sky.

"It's not just them. The entire Yumen Pass is very dead. Let's leave as soon as possible."

Gu Xiangzhi's voice was not cold, but everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

The beauty in men's clothing looked at Gu Xiangzhi in doubt, and wanted to say something, but couldn't say a word.

Gu Jinxiao knew what she wanted to ask: "Your person, send someone to look for it after dawn. The girl's face looks like a lost property, the bloody disaster... is over."

What does it mean that the plague of blood and light is over?

There is a bloody disaster, which has already happened.But nothing happened to her.

The only thing that was wrong was that she originally arranged for the troops to divide into two groups, using herself as a bait, and the expert guards she brought along with the Yumenguan garrison troops caught the bandits by surprise.

However, until now, no one has come.

A bad premonition arose in my heart, and the beauty in men's clothing barely showed any signs of abnormality. She thanked Gu Xiangzhi again, exchanged a few pleasantries, and formed a good relationship.

The day dawned quickly in the desert, and the people who were sent out to search for it returned soon after, bringing bad news.

Near the water source less than ten miles away from here, the bodies of hundreds of guards were found.It seems that after they parted ways yesterday afternoon, before those people had time to find the nearby garrison, they were suddenly murdered.

The experienced veteran inspected the corpses, and reported to the eldest lady with grief and indignation: "They were all killed by a single sword. It seems that there is only one person, with the same sword."

"This is impossible! How could there be such a powerful master at Yumen Pass? Why would such a master kill innocent people?"

There were tears in the eyes of the beauty in men's clothing, and she tried her best not to shed them, distraught and indignant.

Gu Jinxiao's eyes moved slightly, she got up and walked over, and said softly, "Can I see their remains?"

The beauty in men's clothing thought that Gu Xiangzhi was an alchemist, and that he might be able to save their souls and go back to their hometown, suppressing their grief and nodding: "Thank you, Miss Gu. Next brother Shuyin, I will definitely thank you in the future."

Gu Jinxiao nodded, his eyes showed no emotion, and he didn't understand what there was to be sad about. After all, death is just to live in another world.There is no difference except that they cannot see each other temporarily.And, we will meet again someday.

But he still said: "Congratulations."

When Gu Jinxiao followed those people to the place where the incident happened, he saw a familiar figure in the distance.

Even in the windy and sandy desert, the man dressed in white was still as pure as snow.It's just that under the golden light and blue sky, the auspicious clouds of white fairy grass embroidered on the white clothes are faintly visible on the hem of the clothes.

Looking from a distance, the grass and leaves swaying by the water, the man's face covered with white gauze, is handsome and indifferent, far better than a fairy.There is a kind of indifference to the world, knowing all the alienation and mistyness.

Before Gu Jinxiao approached, the man looked sideways, a trace of softness and warmth gradually appeared on his alienated and cold face.

"It's such a coincidence that I saw my little friend again."

Where is the coincidence?Didn't he say that he was going to fetch the sword for Gu Xiangzhi?

"I received the paper crane from Senior Brother Crane, and here I am."

He Jiuqing looked slightly worried: "You really shouldn't be here. The atmosphere in Yumen Pass is very strange."

"What did Senior Brother He discover?"

"These people were all killed by ghost swords. Hundreds of people were killed by a single sword."

Kill hundreds of people with one sword!

He Jiuqing sighed slightly: "And this is not the first one. When I came over just now, I saw a group of horse thieves in another place not far away, dying in the same posture. I found it after the traces. , I don’t want the people here to die earlier than those horse thieves.”

Gu Jinxiao twitched her eyebrows slightly, and opened her eyes wide.

He was not surprised that the group of horse thieves would die, but he was too surprised that those people died from the ghost sword.

"Senior Brother He, have you recruited ghosts?"

Evoking souls means that alchemists connect yin and yang and ask the dead ghosts for their grievances.

He Jiuqing can directly go to the nether world with his real body, unlike Jiansan's alchemist system, which requires meditation.

"It's useless." He Jiuqing shook his head, "I chased those horse thieves here through the Nether Realm. The ghost sword is a weapon used by alchemists, and the souls of those killed by it will be taken away by the sword. I I can only see, in the gloom and darkness, a faint blue afterimage."

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