Ding Zhou Ji

Xiao Yimo had been having nightmares all night, but after waking up, she couldn't remember what she had dreamed about. She only remembered that there seemed to be a lot of blood and a lot of dead people in the dream, and she seemed to be able to feel a very strong resentment and anger.

So just after dawn, Xiao Yimo went to the counter and asked shopkeeper Tang to help prepare some paper money for incense candles. She was going to Qingwen Town to pay homage to the spirits who died yesterday.

Shopkeeper Tang is the new shopkeeper of Tenglian Pavilion, a rather affluent middle-aged man, with a big and friendly smile on his round face forever, he is simply a born shopkeeper face.

Unexpectedly, when he heard this, he waved his hands and shook his head: "This is impossible, absolutely impossible! You went to Qingwen Town yesterday and Old Tang almost hit a wall, and you have to go there again today, so it's clear Are you trying to kill my old Tang? Hehe. Miss Xiao, you are not so cruel, are you? Hehehe."

"Where is it so serious? I will come back after I go to worship, and nothing will happen."

But no matter what she said, shopkeeper Tang just refused to agree.

Xiao Yimo was a little anxious: "Forget it, at worst, I'll go to Liu Qinghui for help!"

Shopkeeper Tang blurted out in surprise when he heard the words: "Liu Qinghui? He has already..."

After Xiao Yimo killed that team of soldiers yesterday, for some reason, her memory was blank for a while, and when she came to her senses, Yin Fuque had already brought her back to Tenglian Pavilion, so she didn't know anything about Liu Qing's return. things.At this moment, seeing Shopkeeper Tang's expression on his face, Xiao Yimo couldn't help feeling suspicious: "What's wrong with him?"

Shopkeeper Tang faltered twice and then laughed dryly: "Hey, what can he do! I mean, he has already gone to Yincheng to handle the goods, and he might not come back after ten days and a half months. Hahaha!"

"Oh? Is that so..." Xiao Yimo rolled his eyes, and asked casually as if casually: "By the way, you also know Shopkeeper Liu, right? She is the first person I know in this Tenglian Pavilion." Personally, but it's a pity, she didn't know where she went after just two days of knowing each other. Speaking of which, I really miss her." Xiao Yimo glanced at Shopkeeper Tang who was already looking weird at this time, and muttered again He said: "That Liu Qing originally said that he wanted to find a few people who played lantern riddles and hold a treasure appraising meeting here together. Why did he suddenly go to buy goods without saying hello? How about this! Since I can't go to Qingwen Town, and I have nothing to do, why don't you tell me something about shopkeeper Liu and Liu Qinghui! Anyway, Liu Qinghui said, he knows you very well! "

Shopkeeper Tang rubbed his hands and forced a little smile: "I've only been here for a few days, hehe. How could I know him well? Hehe."

"Shopkeeper Tang. Then you are really amazing. If you are not familiar with him, you can find out his whereabouts so clearly. If you are familiar with him, you will be fine?"

Shopkeeper Tang faced Xiao Yimo who was looking at him with a half-smile.In addition to constantly rubbing hands.I can't even laugh dryly.

Just at this moment, there was a sudden noise outside.Then someone shouted for fire.Xiao Yimo rushed out first.I saw a large puff of black smoke coming out from the corner of West Street in the distance.Many people were rushing over there with water, brooms and other fire extinguishing items.Xiao Yimo suddenly heard someone say: "It's the Liu family compound..." His heart was shocked.Batou followed the crowd and ran towards the burning house.

Stay in front of you.I saw that a house in Nuo Dadi had been completely engulfed by thick smoke and fire.People can only helplessly watch everything being reduced to ashes in this fire.Fortunately, it was discovered in the early morning in a timely manner.Although many houses and shops in the surrounding area were burned down.Fortunately, no lives were hurt.

Xiao Yimo stopped an elder and asked, "Whose yard is this? How could there be such a big fire?"

The elder sighed and said: "This is Boss Liu's house of the pharmacy. The fire suddenly started from inside, and it became like this in a blink of an eye."

A woman next to him answered, "What a crime! Boss Liu's only son just died yesterday, and today this family... oh... what a wonderful family! God doesn't have eyes..."

Xiao Yimo hurriedly asked: "What is his son's name? How did he die?"

The woman said: "It seems that Liu Qing was called back. I don't know how he died. Anyway, he was fine when he went out in the morning, but he was said to be dead at noon. I heard that it might be poisoned..."

At this time, a young man with a face full of black smoke came over and shook his head and said: "There are more than 100 people inside, and none of them escaped! Now the whole family can only get together in the next place."

Xiao Yimo listened blankly to the sighs of regret and sighs around him, and stared blankly at the flames that had burned everything up and gradually diminished, feeling as if something was pressing down on his heart, getting heavier and heavier.

Seeing Xiao Yimo running towards the direction of the fire, shopkeeper Tang hurriedly told his assistant to hurry to find Yin Fuque while rushing there with the crowd.Due to the crowding and the inability to use brute force on ordinary people, when shopkeeper Tang arrived at the ruined Liu family compound, Xiao Yimo had disappeared.

As soon as Yin Fuque opened the door, he saw Shopkeeper Tang's face that was about to stop everything, and he couldn't help but sigh first: "Shopkeeper Tang, as soon as I saw you like this, I knew that something serious happened again." After Tang shopkeeper briefly finished talking about the fire in the Liu family and Xiao Yimo's disappearance, Yin Fuque just said indifferently: "Tell the brothers not to look around, everything in the cabinet can be as usual."

Shopkeeper Tang eagerly whispered: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"

"I have my own concerns about this matter, don't worry, we will definitely be back before dark." After finishing speaking, he turned and went out.

Qingwen Town, which used to struggle and groan under the butcher's knife, has now become a dead silence.The fire was extinguished, leaving only wisps of smoke on the ruined walls; the corpses were gone, leaving only bloodstains that could never be erased.This tragic massacre seemed to have completely wiped out all life here, and it also made the time of this ancient town stop forever at the moment when the butcher's knife was swung down.

Xiao Yimo stood alone in this once prosperous and peaceful ancient town, but now it was dead, and he felt his heart getting heavier and colder.

If shopkeeper Tang knew that Liu Qinghui was dead, why did he hide it from her? Then shopkeeper Tang also knew about the fire that was going to be lit in the Liu family compound?

If Liu Qinghui brought her here on purpose yesterday, does it mean that all this has been arranged long ago? If Liu Qinghui didn't intend to harm her, then is it just to show her An inhuman massacre? If Liu Qinghui did not arrange all this, who would it be? Why did he do this? And why did he kill Liu Qinghui and his whole family afterwards?

When she swung a knife to kill that team of soldiers yesterday, it seemed that she was no longer under her own control.At that moment, where did such devastating hatred and resentment come from?

Could it be that all of this is for... Xiao Yimo covered her ears and shook her head vigorously, she didn't want to and didn't dare to continue thinking about it, but how could this be out of her control.

At this time, a voice that seemed to emerge from the ground sounded in her ears without any emotion: "It seems that you have already thought of it."

Shocked, Xiao Yimo suddenly turned around, only to see a tall figure wrapped in a black cloak standing behind her: "You... who are you?..." Xiao Yimo couldn't help taking a step back with chills in his heart.

"You don't have to be afraid, I won't do anything to you." The midday sun seemed unable to penetrate the thick darkness around that figure and the bone-deep coldness.

Xiao Yimo managed to calm himself down: "I already thought of what you... just said?"

"Hatred and resentment, death and killing can bring you strength. At the same time, this is also the source of the power of the Blood Flame Talisman."

To Xiao Yimo's ears, these indifferent and flat words were like a bolt from the blue: "No! Impossible!"

The black shadow sneered: "You are a descendant of the Xiao clan, and you came into this world for only two things: debt collection and debt repayment. Restoring the country is the debt you want to pay, but before you pay the debt, you have to pay it back for a while." A blood debt!"

Xiao Yimo only felt that it was getting colder and colder, so cold that she almost suffocated: "What blood debt?"

"This Jiuzhou owes you the blood debt of the Xiao family. In the blood flame talisman are the innocent souls of your Xiao family who died in vain. Their anger can only be appeased by blood, their own blood and the blood of the enemy!"

"Just to make me understand this, you killed all the people in this town?!" Xiao Yimo couldn't help trembling because he didn't know whether it was because of anger or fear.

Black Shadow's voice was full of sarcasm: "Do you think Yin Fuque doesn't know what I said?"

Xiao Yimo supported a scorched earth wall beside him to stabilize his figure: "Yin Fuque...is that him?..."

"You don't know, shopkeeper Liu died a long time ago. She died in front of Yin Fuque. Did no one tell you about this?"

"it is as expected……"

"You are smart enough and calm enough, but you are too hesitant and not ruthless. If you want to open the Nine Cauldrons and restore the country, you must be like Yin Fuque."

"Your Excellency thinks highly of me." However, Yin Fuque had arrived behind the black shadow at some point.

Yin Fuque, who was standing in the sun in a green shirt, showed his indifferent expression more and more at this moment.

Yin Fuque asked again: "Who is Your Excellency, and what is the purpose of doing this?"

Heiying snorted coldly: "You just need to know that I'm here to help you." After saying that, he tapped his right foot lightly and wanted to fly away.

Yin Fuque was on full alert the whole time, seeing him make a move, he immediately slapped forward with a light palm, sealing off all the escape routes with one move.Unexpectedly, the black figure changed its shape and turned towards Xiao Yimo, and at the same time punched the helpless Xiao Yimo.

This move was beyond Yin Fuque's expectations, he had no choice but to use all his strength to chase after the black shadow's punching wind, and finally managed to stand in front of Xiao Yimo, using his body to forcibly endure all the blows of the punch. Strength.

Yin Fuque coughed lightly, and tried his best to suppress the surging blood in his chest: "Your Excellency's move is too despicable, isn't it?"

The black shadow's sarcasm became more and more intense: "To achieve the goal, we will use whatever means, you and I are mutual. Also, it's really stupid for you to defend her like this, because she is not a woman you can keep in the house !” After speaking, he disappeared after a few leaps.

Yin Fuque raised his hand to wipe off the blood overflowing from his mouth, and turned to Xiao Yimo: "Did you get hurt just now?"

Xiao Yimo regained his composure slightly at this time, but just lowered his head without saying a word.

Seeing this, Yin Fuque was in a hurry, and couldn't help pulling Xiao Yimo's wrist to check her injuries.However, Xiao Yimo withdrew his hand from his palm, and said indifferently: "I'm fine."

Yin Fuque heaved a sigh of relief and coughed a few more times, and then resumed his joking look: "Did you get scared out of your wits just now? You didn't even know how to move, luckily I ran fast enough .”

Xiao Yimo looked up at Yin Fuque's blood-stained face, hesitated several times, and finally shook his head gently, stretched out his hand to support Yin Fuque's already shaking body, and said: "We Go back quickly."