Lonely City without Frost

Zuo Wushuang almost immediately denied his unreliable idea.

Although he has been walking in the rivers and lakes for so many years, he can't say how vicious his eyes are, but he has basically never missed anyone. The Baiyun City Lord, who is known as the best in the world in swordsmanship, is absolutely impossible to be the kind of person who doesn't care about what people say before, and then fights to get rid of them quickly. .

She didn't think about the fact that what the girl said might not be the truth at all. After being puzzled, she decided to leave the room with her sword and bag.

And as soon as she opened the door, she saw in the courtyard outside this room, the white-clothed boy whom she met yesterday by accident was practicing sword.

If one ignores the power of the sword move, at first glance some people would really think that Ximen Chuuxue came here, but it's a pity that Zuo Wushuang is someone who has seen Ximen Chuuxue's sword for more than seven years and has personally experienced it. make a difference.

The young man gave the impression that he was not calm enough. Killing and dueling are quite sacred things, and his reaction like yesterday was really not qualified.

An opponent that she doesn't even look up to, how can it be compared with Ximen.

"Oh, you're awake." Just as she was comparing the two people happily in her heart, the young man had finished practicing the sword and came over.

Zuo Wushuang looked up at him, but didn't speak.

"Don't you wonder why you came here from the seaside?" Seeing that she was silent, the young man raised his eyebrows and continued.

Her expression didn't change, but the question in her heart was indeed aroused, "...so what?"

"Even if I am not as good as Ximen Chuuxue now, I will surpass him one day!"

"Good ambition." She nodded, "But it has nothing to do with me, and it has nothing to do with why I came here from the seaside."

The boy choked for a moment, and after a while he muttered, "...I must compete with you."

Zuo Wushuang snorted coldly, "Your talent is good, I don't want you to have no chance to use a sword in the future."

"you!"

"To compare with Ximen Chuuxue, you must at least learn to treat the sword with a calm heart." She said lightly, "So can you tell me why I am here?"

"Hmph, you killed two people on the street yesterday, and it's impossible for anyone to take you in after traveling all over Baiyun City. If it wasn't for me, you would have been sleeping on the beach!"

The boy shouldn't have lied, she stopped turning around, "Thank you so much."

"……Humph."

"It's not that I don't want to compete with you, it's just that my sword has always been used to kill people." A mocking smile floated up from the corner of his mouth, "Such sharp weapons are not meant to look good."

Based on her temperament, being willing to explain such a bunch of behaviors is already quite a face-saving behavior. If it weren't for the sake of having nowhere to go to be taken in, she would never have talked nonsense with him for so long.

"My lord! The city lord is here!" The little girl in the green shirt suddenly ran into the yard and shouted in panic, and when she saw her, her face became even more ugly, "Miss Zuo, you..."

"Oh?" She almost already knew what was going on, "If it's because you may be blamed by Lord Ye for taking me in, I'll leave now."

"...No, your cousin agreed to allow you to stay here." The young man finally opened his mouth and revealed his identity by the way, "It's just this time, how could my cousin come here?"

——It turned out that Ye Gucheng really knew, and that girl was not talking nonsense.

Zuo Wushuang was slightly relieved, but she didn't expect that the first words of City Lord Baiyun when he walked into the small courtyard completely stunned her.

"A fisherman's body was found on North Street this morning. The fatal wound was a sword wound on the throat, and the throat was sealed with a sword."

Having said that, she already knew the purpose of Ye Gucheng's visit, clenched her right hand into a fist, and then said slowly, "Does the city lord suspect that I did this?"

"Sealing the throat with a sword is fatal, and requires extremely high swordsmanship." Ye Gucheng did not deny or admit it, but just stated his opinion, "According to other fishermen, I saw Miss Zuo haunting the beach last night."

Zuo Wushuang nodded, "Yes, I was indeed on the beach last night, and you were there at the time, the city lord, weren't you?"

The boy in white listened to their conversation for a while before interjecting, "Last night when I brought Zuo Wu... Miss Zuo back, there was no one else on the beach."

"...Does the city lord mind taking me to see the fisherman's body?" She raised her hand to stop the young man who wanted to testify for her, "I think the city lord just got the news and didn't confirm it with his own eyes?"

Ye Gucheng nodded slightly, "Yes."

The fisherman's wound was really as he said, it was fatally sealed with a sword.

Zuo Wushuang squatted halfway to carefully examine the other small wounds on the fisherman's body, and he could still hear the low voices of the white-clothed boy and Ye Gucheng.

She has never paid much attention to other people's comments. What makes her feel incredible is that the wound is exactly the same as when she killed the man.

"Miss Zuo, have you checked?"

She stood up and patted the dust off her clothes, then looked at Ye Gucheng, "I've confirmed it, if I were the lord of the city, I would indeed suspect Zuo Wushuang."

There was silence all around.

Seeing that they were all surprised, she continued, "When I first arrived in Baiyun City, I killed two soldiers, and I also said that even Ye Gucheng can't insult Ximen Chuuxue at will, and the swordsmanship can do this. There is time to prove that it should indeed be doubted."

"...you... are you really...!"

"But it's not me," she denied. "Just because I can do it doesn't mean I did it."

Ye Gucheng finally spoke, "Miss Zuo, do you have any proof?"

"Not yet." She shrugged, "I know many people won't believe it, but if I really want to kill someone, there is no need to hide it. I don't think anyone in Baiyun City can win alone without any pressure. I."

Even when he was suspected of being a murderer, he was still so arrogant, this is Zuo Wushuang.

"...I also don't think she has a motive for killing, cousin."

"There is no evidence to prove that Miss Zuo is the murderer." Ye Gucheng said to Dutong who followed, "Investigate this matter as soon as possible."

He couldn't see that the death of a fisherman was something he would usually take care of, Zuo Wushuang thought in his heart that it was probably because of his special status that ordinary soldiers couldn't control him so he would take care of it.

"City Lord! This woman is right... There is indeed no one here who can restrain her. What if such a thing happens?"

Seeing that the dispute was about to start, Zuo Wushuang said again, "I'm just saying that I didn't do this, believe it or not, it's your business."

"you……"

"Although it's disrespectful to the dead to say this, but such a fisherman is not worth pulling out of the vast sea. Ximen rarely gives me anything."

"But you are the most suspected person!"

Ye Gucheng raised his hand to stop them from continuing to quarrel, "...Let's investigate this matter first, and leave it to you."

Originally, he was not a person suitable for managing these mundane affairs, so he flew back to his residence after saying this.

Zuo Wushuang didn't want to pay attention to this mess at all, but if he still wanted to hang around in Baiyun City, he couldn't ignore it.

After Ye Gucheng left, the young man leaned over and bent over to look at the wound on the fisherman's throat for a long time like she did before, "...it's really a very powerful sword technique."

"It's really too early for you to do it." Although it was a dilemma, Zuo Wushuang's mood was not damaged much, "By the way, are you going to put me in prison now?"

Dutong was still worrying about what Ye Gucheng meant, and when he saw her indifferent appearance, he was instantly angry, "Hmph, when I find out about this matter, you will definitely be punished!"

"Don't say it as if you saw me kill someone." She looked at Dutong coldly, "Your city lord hasn't spoken yet, it's not your turn."

"you……!"

"Don't draw your sword, your speed is not as good as his." She pointed at the boy in white casually and said, "I, Zuo Wushuang, want to kill people, it's always fair and square."

Just as they were arguing, the boy finally stood up straight and spoke again, "Miss Zuo is my guest, I trust her, and besides, the mission entrusted to you by your cousin is to thoroughly investigate this matter, not to talk to Zuo here. Girls argue."

It seemed that this young man was still a master who could speak a few words in Baiyun City. After he finished speaking, Na Dutong immediately led a group of soldiers away with a livid face.

Zuo Wushuang naturally knew that he was still the first object of suspicion for the time being, and he didn't behave like he used to.

If this happened in the Central Plains, she must have killed the person who slandered her without saying a word, and she didn't even need to explain it, but now she is in Baiyun City after all, except for Ye Gucheng who felt that she was really messing around. Besides, she was still thinking about the bet with Lu Xiaofeng.

This person really has boundless energy when he hates another person.

The boy was Ye Guhong, Ye Gucheng's distant cousin.

At the same time, he is also a fanatical admirer of Ximen Chuuxue.

For this point, Zuo Wushuang is not too surprised. Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng are indeed existences that most people who use swords can hardly match in their lifetime. It is natural to have such feelings.

"Let's talk about it first, even if you take me in, I won't compete with you." Zuo Wushuang sat in front of the table of wine and food prepared by the young man for nearly two days without eating, and said to himself calmly. the rules.

Ye Guhong didn't bother to expose her when he saw that she was obviously very hungry but still pretending, "Hmph."

Since he reacted in this way, she took it as his acquiescing to agree to her conditions, picked up the silver chopsticks on the table, and started eating. Zuo Wushuang, who had been running around all day yesterday and today was raging all day because of the death of the fisherman, is now so hungry that Eat a cow.

It was probably because of this completely useless eating that frightened him. After she finished eating the roast duck, she looked up, and Ye Guhong was no longer here.

This is a separate courtyard, a separate courtyard of Baiyun Villa.

The decoration of the house is no different from the Baiyun Villa on the back of the mountain. Ye Gucheng only needs to come here for a moment.

Even so, when she thought of having no worries about food and lodging, she immediately settled down without any shame.

Ye Guhong didn't live in Baiyun City all year round, so this trip could be regarded as a coincidence for her.However, she still likes this young man more than the key person in her bet, but it's a pity that he only stayed for five days before leaving Baiyun City and returning to the teacher's school.

There has been no news from Dutong. Although she lives without feeling guilty, she also knows that the people in Baiyun City have become more and more resistant to her.

more important--

If things go on like this, she will definitely not be able to complete that bet and let Lu Xiaofeng change her name to Lu Xiaoji!

Ye Gucheng gave her almost maximum freedom as a suspect.

It's just that if she doesn't prove that she didn't do it herself, she won't be able to gain a foothold here.

And this day is neither too early nor too late.