Sir, this sword is a keepsake

Friend or foe?Shen Fang was thinking about it when he saw the man walking slowly.

"do not move."

Hearing this unrelenting warning, the man didn't move.

"Little brother, don't be so nervous. I happened to be passing by, and I found that something is wrong here..." The man had a deep and deep voice, and when he spoke, he tilted his head and looked away from Shen Fang.

Shen Fang noticed that he was looking at Zhuang Li, his eyes were slightly cold, and the sword energy overflowed.

The man felt the oppression, and put the knife back into the scabbard, as if to show goodwill.

"If I want to attack him, I can do it just now when you were confronting that black shadow. Why wait until now."

"Understood, it's just that I've been careless once or twice today, and I'm really a little scared. Did you just pass by?"

The man didn't explain, but glanced at the two corpses on the ground, and said to Shen Fang, "Can you lend me the hidden weapon that was knocked down just now?"

Shen Fang was not in a hurry to answer, he looked down, thought that the place was overgrown with weeds and it was hard to find, but there was a circle of withered yellow on the ground where the knife light was shining just now, the size of a well.

The toxicity is so strong that the grass has withered.

Shen Fang didn't want to pick up the hidden weapon rashly with his hands, nor did he want the man to come over and look for it.

The man also recognized the abnormality at once, and said in a low voice: "Is it a circle of dead grass? Sure enough... If so, then you can take it with confidence. This is the needle hidden in the cotton of Wuxianglou, and it will release poison when touched. After that, there is no poison left on the needle."

Shen Fang just said "hmm", and didn't go to get the so-called hidden needle in the cotton, "How do you know the hidden weapon of Wuxianglou so well?"

"This is the territory of Wuxianglou. I have offended Nangong Lingyun before."

The man's tone is understated.

Shen Fang was startled, not knowing what to say - he didn't want this person to ask about his identity, so he didn't ask the other person's identity.

Still staring at the two corpses on the ground, the man asked again, "What did you do to offend Wuxianglou?"

"I am very grateful for your help, but it is still inconvenient to tell you about the rest."

Shen Fang withdrew his spirit a little, trying to sound tactful and polite.

The man was not annoyed after hearing this, and smiled hoarsely, "You won't be so lucky next time. Leave Lanzhou quickly."

After speaking, he turned around and exposed his back to Shen Fang, and walked away without looking back.

It wasn't until the figure of the man disappeared at the corner of the long street that Shen Fang breathed a sigh of relief.He took off the wild snow sword on his back and drew it out.Under the moonlight, the thin white sword was as quiet as sleep, allowing Shen Fang to touch it lightly with two fingers, without making a sound, as if the previous throbbing had consumed a lot of effort.

After the blade was broken that day, its sword intent fell into dead silence again, and unless it was activated by someone, it would not make any movement for a while.For Shen Fang, this saves him from being distracted and making impulsive choices at critical moments: for example, today, if he is influenced by sword intent, he is easily driven by hatred to chase that person regardless.

He picked up the dazed Zhuang Li, picked up the thrown dagger, went back to the carriage, and dragged the driver's body into the carriage.

After doing this, Shen Fang began to think about what happened when they were in the jewelry store.

The place where the carriage stopped was tens of meters away from the bustling long street. If there was any exclamation and commotion, it would be impossible not to attract the attention of passers-by, but they walked all the way from the shop just now, and there was nothing unusual.

There were no footprints on the muddy ground around. The person who came directly landed on the carriage from the river bank without making a sound. It was very likely that he was standing on the roof of the carriage and issued a hidden weapon.

And where are the two assassins and their woman just now? Obviously they didn't catch Qingqing.

This can explain why there is no sign of struggle in the carriage, Qingqing should have sensed the danger and got away early.

And the third person who hid behind the tree and snooped, using a sinister poison weapon, was the most likely person to kill the coachman at the moment.Who is he?

Sensing that Zhuang Li's arm hanging in front of him moved, Shen Fang withdrew his thoughts.

woke up?This is only half a stick of incense.It seems that Zhuang Li underestimated himself.

Opening his eyes, Zhuang Li found that his feet were hanging in the air, his head was resting on Shen Fang's shoulder, and his ears were just touching Shen Fang's neck. His face suddenly became hot, and he shouted, "...put me down!"

Immediately afterwards, he got his wish and was thrown to the ground by Shen Fang.

"You... are very energetic." Shen Fang looked at the ruddy and refreshed Zhuang Li without concealing his surprise.

"The sleep just now was quite delicious..." Zhuang Li had to admit, and suddenly remembered what happened before he fell asleep, "Is this solved?"

Shen Fang explained what happened just now in a few words, but concealed the most dangerous details, only saying that someone made a move to stop the opponent's move.

"By the way, Shen Fang, do you have a general plan for going to Wuxiang Building? Our conversation in the car was intended for Miss Qingqing. Now it's just you and me. You have to tell me your real plan. Me. Shall we come to the door openly, or approach in a sneaky way?"

Shen Fang smiled, "I'm not sure yet, but I don't really want to go to the Wuxiang Building in my heart. I always have a premonition that the sheep will fall into the tiger's mouth."

"Hey, I didn't expect you to be a prudent person."

Hearing this, Shen Fang gave Zhuang Li a strange look, as if to say, "Isn't this obvious?"

He cared about the situation in front of him.

"I don't care about these two corpses, but the coachman can't stay. The officers and soldiers at the city gate may still remember us. Now go to Qiyun Building first, and get rid of these corpses before the smell spreads."

"I'll follow outside, and pay attention to the surrounding area by the way." Just after Zhuang Li finished speaking, before Shen Fang understood what he meant, he saw his figure move, and a gray shadow appeared on the roof in front of him.

……

On the long street where candlelight crisscrosses light and shade, a carriage speeds along the river.Those who came back late looked up, and vaguely recognized that the driver was dressed in white, he was quite young and handsome, it was just that he was in a hurry to go to an appointment with a beautiful woman.

The gray shadow whirled up and down in the silvery moonlight, keeping within close range of the carriage.The young man stared intently at any possible hiding place along the way, his eyes were faintly surprised.

In the night wind, that clue was so obvious that someone obviously did it on purpose.

Further ahead is a brightly lit red building, with a string of lanterns hanging under the eaves at the four corners of the restaurant.

After a long distance, Shen Fang tightened the reins, and just as the carriage stopped at an alley, a person stood on the roof of the carriage.

"found what"

Zhuang Li said with a smile: "I almost followed Xiangxiang on this journey, what do you think is a coincidence."

"Xunxiang? You mean to say that there is her scent along the way..." Shen Fang was a little surprised, but felt that it should be so. "It seems that she really didn't sit still, and she knew that those people would catch up."

"Do you think she will just hide nearby, and we will call her out as soon as we call her."

"People from Wuxianglou didn't find her, so they should continue to follow us... There may be someone watching around here."

The two exchanged a look.

Zhuang Li thought about it, and said softly: "If their people are nearby, she should not dare to show up rashly."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a faint movement in his abdomen that made him ashamed, and Shen Fang immediately said: "Eat something first."

Zhuang Li nodded silently, and the two walked slowly towards the noisy, four-story red building.

The dark red shadow of the building is reflected in the sparkling waves of the river beside the Qiyun Tower. The night wind blows, and the red shadow trembles slightly, bringing out a trace of charm.

When Shen Fangfang stepped into the building, he smelled a mellow aroma of wine.Dozens of steps away from him was a long corridor about a hundred steps long. From the boxes on both sides of the long corridor, men's high-spirited talks could be heard from time to time, and the sound of wine sloshing could be faintly heard.

The upper two floors of Qiyun Building are for hotel business, and the lower two floors are for restaurant business.

Shen Fang said to the shopkeeper behind the cash drawer on the left, "Stay overnight tonight, three rooms first." Before he finished speaking, he was keenly aware of the strangeness.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with a beard on his lips, looking at the two swords on Shen Fang's back in a panic.

"You know me?" Shen Fang said lightly, not wanting to scare this person.

"Um... are you looking for me to inquire about a customer staying at the store?" The shopkeeper said with a suppressed voice, "He has already left the store."

Shen Fang was slightly taken aback, and at the same time confirmed one thing: Xiaofeng, or Shenwu Pavilion, was indeed watching him.I don't know if Xiao Moli told Xiaofeng.

In the next second, the corner of his mouth curved, "Is that guest's room vacant?"

The shopkeeper rolled his slightly cloudy eyes and understood Shen Fang's meaning.

"It's vacant, but the guest asked us to keep it for him, so it's inconvenient for other guests to stay."

Shen Fang took out the silver calmly, and brought it to the tip of the shopkeeper's nose, but seeing the shopkeeper waved his hands in horror, he sighed and took the silver back.

The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said: "The customer explained that if you need to ask him for help, you can ask me to pass it on. He is willing to help..."

Shen Fang looked at the private rooms and thought to himself: Xiao Feng is a smart person who knows how to take the initiative to show kindness, and he probably doesn't want to offend Yongxia Villa because of this matter.

Turning around, he saw the cloudy eyes looking at him vigilantly, and then his brows relaxed, and he said with a clear expression: "It's just right, there are some dirty things on our carriage, let that distinguished guest deal with it for us."

"Dirty, dirty things?" The shopkeeper looked a little embarrassed, obviously not sure whether the person behind him was willing to do such a thing, but he didn't dare to make up his own mind, so he had to agree for him, "Okay, okay, both of you The carriage is in..."

"Go straight out the door, on the left hand side, the first dark alley." Shen Fang reminded again, "It's best to solve it before dawn tomorrow morning, stay overnight, the smell is bad enough." After that, he raised his hand and shook it in front of his nose Akira, seems to be smelling something bad.

At this time, Shen Fang didn't notice that Zhuang Li was staring at him with a smile and said nothing.

"...Don't worry, guest officer. Then, do you have any special orders?"

"Special order?" Shen Fangle said, "It's gone, it's not a restaurant, we're here to eat and drink."