Pour the glass

Ziyuan was drunk tonight, bored, walked and walked in Lin'an City, full of resentment.With so little money in her pocket, she really couldn't redeem Su Zhexue's body, but only if she became the captain of the imperial guards, would she have a chance to make some money, and maybe one day she could make up enough money for the ransom at that price.

"whisper--"

Ziyuan rubbed her belly in embarrassment, looked around at the pedestrians, hoping that these people would not hear her sudden stomach cry, seeing those pedestrians snickering and leaving, Ziyuan couldn't help but blushed, and went to the street. Take a look at the side shop.

The sun was slanting to the west, and the business of the small shop was booming, and all kinds of traffickers and pawns were sitting there, eating happily.

Ziyuan touched the money pouch, her face suddenly sank, "No! The money pouch is gone! It must have fallen in the suburbs during the day!" It's not a big deal if I can't eat late, I'm afraid I won't even be able to stay in the inn.

Ziyuan raised her eyes to look at the sky. It has been raining at night these few days, but the day is sunny. If she can't stay in the inn, then... the only option is to go back and find her sister?

Ziyuan took a look at the way she came here, thinking that if she had offended Su Zhexue today, if she went to look for her with the cheek tonight, she would surely offend her again.Ziyuan thought for a while, then rolled her eyes suddenly, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I'm smart, this time I won't starve to death, or freeze to death, maybe I can find the money bag!" After patting his stomach, he walked quickly towards the outskirts of Lin'an City.

Today the Gu master is dead, those insects will definitely not come out to cause trouble again, it is also good to go to the city god's temple in the suburbs for a night.

When Ziyuan came out of the city and came to the outskirts of the city, the deep forest was already dark. She walked into the deep forest along the mountain road, stopped suddenly, raised her hand and patted her head, "Oh! Why did you leave the umbrella given by my sister here! What a shame! It's time to fight!"

Running for life during the day, saving people, searching for insects, and returning to camp, a series of things happened. The broken umbrella was thrown in the grass, and Ziyuan didn't care about it for a while. Now that she has time to come back, she must give the umbrella to My sister repaired it and sent it back complete.

Ziyuan stepped forward, picked up the broken umbrella, took advantage of the ray of light left in the mountain, and carefully looked at the grass, but there was still no sign of the money bag.

Ziyuan had no choice but to sigh, looked at the broken umbrella in her hand, and said with a smile: "Others think you are junk, but fortunately they didn't pick you up, as long as I repair you, send it back to my sister, maybe my sister will be fine." Calm down." After speaking, he patted the dirt on the broken umbrella, took a deep breath, and walked quickly to the Chenghuang Temple deep in the forest.

The Chenghuang Temple in the suburbs of the city is always a place where incense is at its peak on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year.

It's just that today is not the first day, nor the fifteenth day, but the sixth day, which is inseparable. Naturally, the Town God's Temple is empty. In the evening, the old Taoist watch the temple and go to the backyard hut to rest, so the place is even more deserted.

But it’s okay to be deserted, Ziyuan took a peek into the main hall of the Town God’s Temple, saw a row of fresh fruit offerings at the feet of the City God, couldn’t help swallowing, walked in cautiously, looked left and right, no one else was there , then stretched out his quick hand, grabbed a fruit, gave it to his mouth, and ate it happily.

People in the world dare not do things that offend the gods, but once this person gets hungry, if he occasionally eats one or two offerings, it can be regarded as accumulating merit for the city god, right?

While chewing, Zi Yuan secretly comforted herself, after eating a fruit, she didn't feel hungry anymore, so she didn't dare to take fruit to satisfy her hunger.

The solitary lamp in the temple is always bright, and when the night is getting darker, the ever-bright lamp looks lonely and lonely. Occasionally, the night wind blows slowly, the candle flickers a few times, and it is almost extinguished, which is a bit scary.

Ziyuan pulled a futon and sat under the pillars of the palace. Leaning against the pillars, she opened the paper umbrella. After looking carefully, she saw that there were many holes in it. Sticky, even more ugly.

Ziyuan raised her eyes and looked around, but she didn't see anything useful, so she murmured: "This old man is stingy. He went to rest and brought the four treasures of the study back to the house. Alas, it seems that I have to wait until tomorrow to get drunk quietly." Steal some good paper tonight, and frame it slowly by myself." After finishing speaking, Zi Yuan put away the paper umbrella, carefully placed it beside her side, yawned tiredly, stretched her waist, and prepared to sit here Take a nap, wait until dawn, and go to help some hunters, Chaifu's hunting, chopping firewood, earning a few copper coins, and wandering outside for a few days.

"call--!"

In the quiet night, when the drizzle was rustling, there was a sudden sound of clothes ripping through the air.

Ziyuan opened her eyes vigilantly, listened carefully to the continuous rustling sound on the top of the Chenghuang Temple, and subconsciously touched the umbrella handle, feeling a sudden sense of uneasiness in her heart.

"kill!"

Ziyuan immediately stood up, and in front of Hengsan, subconsciously aimed towards the direction of the backyard, thinking: "Could it be that someone values ​​the incense money that Miao Laodao usually collects, and wants to kill people for money?"

Thinking of this, I didn't dare to hesitate for a moment, and immediately opened my mouth and shouted: "Hey, Taoist priest, Taoist priest, wake up quickly, there are bandits in your house!"

After yelling these words once, the cold wind that suddenly hit her back forced her back. Zi Yuan stepped away and saw five black-clothed men with their knives all at once, surrounding Zi Yuan.

This is not a seasoned seeker of wealth, but a petty official who is asking for his life!

When Ziyuan suddenly realized, the five men in black had already swung their knives at Ziyuan mercilessly.

"Brother, wait a minute, I don't usually have any grudges with anyone!" Ziyuan blocked it with a horizontal umbrella, jumped to the side, suddenly remembered the token on her waist, and did not forget to point to the command card, "I am the captain of the imperial guard, you Killing me is a serious crime, but if you think about it, did you admit to the wrong person?"

"You are the one who killed!" The person who came here didn't care what Ziyuan's identity was, and the five-handed sword would not allow Ziyuan to leave here today.

Seeing this momentum, Ziyuan couldn't figure out where this disaster happened. The most important thing now is to leave her life and leave here.Ziyuan simply stopped thinking about it, and walked lightly between the blades of the five men in black, using seven points of her skills, but she would not suffer any big losses.

"This kid actually has such skills!" Outside the City God Temple, Shangguan Yun, who was hiding in the dark, was extremely astonished. He quietly raised his hand and pressed his index finger on the machine stick on the sleeve arrow. Chosen as a scapegoat, Xiao Qi, and went to hell, don't blame me."

"Hoo!" The cold arrow left the string, and shot straight at Ziyuan's forehead unexpectedly.

Zi Yuan heard the sound of the bowstring, and subconsciously dodged, but she was too late to dodge. The cold arrow grazed the back of her forehead, leaving a bloody gash.

The piercing pain penetrated deep into the skin, Zi Yuan could not help grinning and gasped, her vision blurred suddenly, and a dark forest vaguely appeared in her mind.

The same unknown killer, the same cold arrow, the same pursuit, the same escape...

"Ah!" Ziyuan suddenly heard a muffled snort, and a man in black kicked Ziyuan right in the abdomen, kicked her a foot away, and slammed her into the gate of the Town God's Temple.

The wound on the back of the head was hit hard again, and the fuzzy image in Ziyuan's mind suddenly became clear. She knew that she was forced to the seaside cliff by the killer, and finally...

In the end... jumping off the cliff... buried in the vast waves...

"I am... who am I?" Ziyuan struggled to get up, her vision became more and more blurred, but her body became more and more uncontrollable, and she could only watch helplessly as the five long knives slashed at herself Down.

My life is over!

"call--!"

In the Town God's Temple, the lights flickered and then went out suddenly, and everything suddenly became quiet without warning.

Shangguan Yun didn't dare to go out hastily, waited for a while, then pulled the square scarf to cover his face, rushed out of the deep forest, and stepped into the Town God's Temple.

A strong smell of blood came over his face, Shangguan Yun immediately took out the fire pocket in his arms, and blew on the fire pocket, only to see the dead bodies of five people in this hall, they are the killers he found today!

But Qi Ziyuan, who was supposed to die here, is now missing.

Looking at Lin'an City, there are very few people with such abilities, not even the killer who was raised by Nine Thousand Years Old King Anle in his mansion does not have such abilities.

Shangguan Yun felt Ziyuan's strangeness more and more. While he was deep in thought, he suddenly felt a chill in the back of his head, and turned around hastily, only to see a dagger flying towards him suddenly.

"Snatch!"

Shangguan Yun hurriedly dodged aside, and the dagger quickly sank into the pillar of the temple, only to see that there was a folded paper square nailed to it.

Shangguan Yun stepped forward, took down the paper prescription, opened the paper prescription, and saw what was written on it - one shot hurts, one hand breaks.Shangguan Yun hurriedly let go, the paper prescription suddenly fell to the ground, he only felt that the place where his fingers touched the paper prescription suddenly burned hotly.

poisoned!

This was Shangguan Yun's first reaction, but before he had time to panic, he could only watch the skin of the five fingers on his right hand twitch suddenly, and five black spots emerged from it, what is it if it's not a Gu worm?

Shangguan Yun thought of the death conditions of those people in the daytime, and thought that if these insects got into the flesh, he would have no way to survive!At the moment, he could only be ruthless, bit the fire pocket in his left hand, freed his left hand, drew out the accompanying knife, and chopped off the five first knuckles in unison.

It's just that those Gu worms were not as vicious as in the daytime, they jumped in the severed finger, and they seemed to be dead, no longer squirming.

Shangguan Yun's head was covered with cold sweat from the pain, he put his saber back into its sheath, wrapped his hand with his sleeves again, gritted his teeth and left here.

"Qi Ziyuan, you really have something to do with Gu worms! When I go back...report to Captain Captain...even if Lin'an City is overthrown, I will find you out!"

"I'm afraid, you don't have this chance."

In the deep forest, a familiar soft female voice faintly appeared. Behind the pine tree, a corner of a paper umbrella faintly appeared.

Shangguan Yun stretched out his fire pocket, trying to see this person's face clearly, but he only had time to see the woman's Ruxue cheek clearly, and a cold arrow was shot in his chest.

"You shoot an arrow, and I'll pay you back for that idiot, just right."

"Yes...you..." Shangguan Yun fell to the ground unwillingly, his eyes were fixed on watching the woman come out from behind the pine tree, and finally she lost her breath and died on the spot.