i want to be by your side

Although we promised Mr. Chen to leave the next day, we were afraid that Qin Shou would chase him back if he found out that he was missing.Now that this problem no longer exists, naturally there is no need to rush away.Although the Zaowang Temple in Chenjia Village is very deserted on weekdays, no one will go there, but fortunately, it is almost the alms festival in these few days, and more or less people will go to worship.No, early the next morning, Chen Xing took the stone, the few pieces of dried meat and rice wine left at home, and went out, pretending to worship, but actually went to investigate.

At the same time, Yuan Jian and I also went out to the cave.The injury on Yuan Jian's foot has healed more than half. I was ready to carry her, but I still felt bad and insisted on walking by myself, so I had to accompany her and slowly move over.

"Don't you think you are too enthusiastic as a killer?" Yuan Jian asked.

"Assassin is just my side job, and restaurant shopkeeper is my legitimate job." I said, "Have you ever seen a shopkeeper who is not enthusiastic about doing business?"

"Having said that... But don't these killers hide their names and change their appearance to prevent someone from retaliating? If you run such a restaurant, you are not afraid that someone will take over your nest? You are too arrogant as a killer. right?"

"Hehe, you'll know what's going on after this year has passed." I said, and then changed the subject, "Although as a killer, you only need to kill according to your employer's orders, but in this situation, shouldn't you Let me have a rough idea in my heart? Meeting those bandits must be within your expectation!"

"Yes." Yuan Jian answered unambiguously, and then smiled wryly, "But I didn't expect the other party to come so fiercely and break up my people."

"The first person I'm going to kill is among the bandits?"

"Yuan Yong. You are going to kill him. Have you heard of this man?"

I shook my head and guessed, "Is that the bandit leader?"

"Yes, and no. He was originally a general on Xiqi's side, but after he was successfully provoked by Yin Chao's side, the Yuan family was ransacked, and Yuan Yong led his subordinates to escape. Occupying the mountain here as the king, specially collecting those defecting soldiers and nearby bandits, and using the terrain to deal with the army here, has been unable to attack for a long time, and can only watch him grow bigger."

"However, the terrain alone is not enough to make the two countries sit still. As long as it takes some time and troops, it can still be defeated. How many people can the opponent have in the early stage? One hundred or two hundred? The terrain advantage is important, but sending someone It is impossible for 1000 or [-] people to lose, right? In front of the crowd tactics, what is the advantage of terrain? If the country has this determination to destroy them, these people will not survive to this day."

"I can't see that you still have a tactical mind!" Yuan Jian looked at me in surprise, and I snorted coldly in my heart: What is this?I've lived for so long, and I haven't seen such a big storm!

"I thought you could only kill people." She added the next sentence. "Well, no, you can also run a restaurant, I almost forgot that you are still a shopkeeper."

"Don't change the subject."

"Well, well, your analysis is quite in place. There are indeed reasons why the court did not pay enough attention to it. By the time they paid attention to it, they had grown quite large. But this is not the point. A bandit on the top of a mountain No matter how strong it is, it is impossible to compete with a country, the most important thing is that there is a very powerful person among the bandits."

"How powerful is it?" I asked cooperatively, but I thought in my heart that no matter how powerful that person is, he can't beat me.

"That person's name is Wu Shan." Yuan Jian's expression became serious, and his voice involuntarily dropped, as if he was quite afraid of this person.

"It is said that this person is proficient in the art of gods and ghosts, and can summon the souls of ancient gods and beasts to help him. The Yin Dynasty fought with them several times, and each time it started normally, no different from ordinary marching and fighting, but each time it changed. When going deep into the mountains, the weather will suddenly change, sometimes the wind is strong, and sometimes the clouds are dense. The most important thing is that the bandits who fight with them will become infinitely powerful at such times, and they will no longer look like humans. , it seems...they were originally monsters, but they suddenly showed their monster appearance."

"Could they be demons? Or have they been enchanted?"

"Maybe it was casted by a demon. I have sent people in. In the end, only one person came back, and he became like a demon, with two horns growing on his head, a beast roaring from his mouth, and his mind was often confused. , We also knew the reason for this when he was awake."

"Is it because of Wu Shan? That's why you want to get rid of Wu Shan?"

"Yes."

"Then you should find a Taoist priest to fight with him, why are you looking for a killer?" I wondered.

"Of course I knew I was looking for a Taoist priest, so I asked you to kill Yuan Yong, not Wu Shan." Yuan Jian said speechlessly.

"I thought Wu Shan was the second person I wanted to kill. Why did you describe this person in such detail?"

"Didn't you want me to tell you the truth?"

"..." It seems that it is true, I blamed her wrongly.I simply thought about it, but I didn't realize that I had been secretly changed by the other party. When I recalled it afterwards, I felt that there was something wrong. Then I suddenly realized that what I let her know was her own bottom line, but I didn't want to listen to her. You revealed other people's details!

But fortunately, after knowing who I am going to kill, I am not very interested in other things.Just as I was secretly planning when to take action, I heard Yuan Jian say, "Is it here?"

She looked at the surrounding environment, compared the hole in front of her, and turned her head to ask me with her eyes.

This hole... is not easy to say.It is not a normal cave, it looks like a hunter dug a trap.The hole was a little deep, and I couldn't see the bottom. I threw a stone into it, and it took a long time to hear some echoes; the hole was not big, but it was enough for a person to barely pass through.

"Going down?" I asked looking at her.

Yuan Jian nodded.

I understood, and then I found a high place to lie down, pulled out a grass and put it in my mouth, rested my hands on the pillow and did not move.

"You..." Yuan Jian frowned and looked at me with puzzlement on his face.

"I'm a killer."

"..." Based on this sentence, Yuan Jian frowned, and it seemed that he should understand what I meant - the killer was only responsible for killing people, not for other things.

"Then what do you mean by this journey?" She sneered, "Saved me, led me to escape the pursuit of bandits, and carried me all the way... Could it be that these are the things that killers do?"

It's really not what a killer should do. I may be the most incompetent killer in the world. How can a killer take the initiative to make friends with others?But I can't say that I helped you because you are good-looking. If you are a bad old man, maybe I will leave him and run away.

"What did you... say?" Yuan Jian suddenly said this in an uncertain tone.

What?What did I say?I looked at each other in a trance, did I speak just now?

"You think I'm good-looking?" Yuan Jian reminded kindly.

"..." I reacted belatedly and was taken aback, "Did I say it? No, didn't I just think about it in my heart?"

Looking at the meaningful smile in the other party's eyes, I was sure that I must have said it.But just say it, it's a fact after all.So I honestly admitted: "Well, you are really good-looking, and you feel comfortable when you smile, and you also have an aura that cannot be ignored... I like the smell on you..."

As soon as the words fell, the face of the person opposite immediately changed: "Who do you say has a smell?" Those amber eyes stared at me, as if something important would happen if I didn't answer correctly.

Sensing the crisis, I immediately shut my mouth tightly, and turned around guiltily to change the subject: "The weather is nice today..."

"..." Yuan Jian looked at me with my head almost buried in the mud, speechless.

There was a rustling sound in the distance, and I immediately stood up vigilantly, just like Yuan Jian, staring closely at the direction from which the sound came.Suddenly there were several barks from far to near, and Yuan Jian and I breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Chen Xing and Shi Shi came.

"Why are you here?" Chen Xing saw us from a distance, ran over and asked in surprise.

I pointed to the small cave next to her feet, and complained, "Have you ever seen a cave with such a small entrance?"

Only then did Chen Xing notice a cave next to it. "This is the cave that the man said? What can you send in such a small cave?"

After listening to Chen Xing's words, Yuan Jian stared at the narrow hole thoughtfully. "Maybe it's really used to deliver things..." She said, throwing another stone in, then bent down to listen carefully for the echo.

one two Three……

Then Yuan Jian straightened up again, and said: "From the voice that came up, although the entrance of this cave looks very narrow, it should be very empty inside, and the cave is extremely deep, at least more than ten meters long."

"Why did you come here?" Yuan Jian asked Chen Xing back.

"We went to that temple to pretend to worship, but we actually let the stone smell the blood on the ground. I didn't expect it to smell it. We tracked it all the way, but the smell stopped there, and then we saw you .”

Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.Finally, Yuan Jian said: "We were not prepared enough today, and no one thought that the entrance of this cave would lead to the underground... Moreover, if what that person said is true, their things should be sent here. It is thrown from above. It is impossible for people to pick up the things and then send them down with a rope. Some kind of beast."

The former sounds fine, but the latter is a bit creepy—who keeps such a big beast here?What are you raising it for?

Just when everyone was thinking, a gust of hot and humid wind suddenly blew out from the narrow opening, it was not strong, and it disappeared quickly, as if breathing.

...Breathing...Could it be that there really is a beast down here?

I became more and more curious, and couldn't help regretting that I refused to go down with Yuan Jian just now.And the breath that just came out of the cave entrance... I swallowed quietly, and looked at the cave entrance greedily.

"Why don't I go down and have a look?" I suggested excitedly, wishing I could jump right in.

"No..." Yuan Jian objected with a cold face.

I knew this would happen a long time ago, and before she finished speaking, I took out an hourglass from my arms and gave it to her, saying: "If I haven't come back after the sand has drained, you can come down and look for me." Then he turned the hourglass upside down and jumped down the cave.

Yuan Jian is obviously still trying to think about the meaning of what I said. Normal people say "If I don't come back anytime, then you go away and leave me alone", but what I said is "Come and find me." me."Yuan Jian realized this, but the reaction still did not turn around.When I just jumped down, I heard her ask in confusion: "What did she just say?"

I couldn't help laughing, thinking that Yuan Jian in this appearance is really dumb!

The wind whistled past my ears, and in a blink of an eye I fell to the ground.For me, it doesn't matter whether there is a torch or not, I can still see clearly in the dark.After coming inside, the breath became more intense.Excitedly, I used my demon power, followed the scent and flew over. After seeing the huge monster, I turned into a prototype without hesitation and bit it down.

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... ?

Although it can't be compared with a real dragon, but fortunately, it still has a little blood on it, so let's make do with it!

I swallowed this creature with horns and a little bit of dragon blood in two or three mouthfuls, and was about to use the prototype to digest it before going out, but I heard the sound of someone jumping down. The torch lit up and was immediately extinguished.

That person is Shan Che, right?Why is he here?I widened my long eyes and looked over. It was indeed the young man who was pulling to death. I silently used my paws to pull the leftover bones at my feet aside and hide them. Then I flicked my tail to shake the beast on the ground Smoothed out the traces, slowly changed back into a human form, stood aside, pretending to be contemplating the scene in front of him.