Relief

Nightfall at Yinshi is the most tiring time of the day. Even beating gongs and drums by the bedside at this time can't wake up the sleeping person.

Xie Zhixu was sitting on the stairs, and Jing Busheng walked up to him: "You are in good spirits."

All the lights in the building were extinguished, and only the faint moonlight illuminated the outlines of the tables and chairs in the lobby behind heavy clouds.

"Aren't you too." Xie Zhixu gave up half of the stairs, asking Jing Busheng to sit down too.

"I'm different," Jing Busheng said, "I'm the head of Xiaoyun Twelve Guards. You have to keep your head clear at all times."

Jing Busheng was wearing a black dress that almost blended into the night, and his tone was so far away that it seemed to come from the underworld.Xie Zhixu has never known the depth of Jing Busheng's kung fu, but she must be not an easy character to lead Xiao Yunwei.

Taking advantage of the chance that no one would eavesdrop in the middle of the night, Xie Zhixu asked his curiosity: "How are Brother Yue's guards selected? They are so young."

Jing Busheng said: "It's all picked up."

"……what?"

"The owner picked them up when he was out playing," Jing Busheng said, "The ones picked up at Yanmen Pass are called Yanmen, and the ones picked up at Ningwu Pass are called Ningwu. I have practiced martial arts with the young master since I was a child, eating and drinking together. Live, live and die together."

Xie Zhixu didn't know what expression to make.It turns out that Yueguanshan's restless and runaway character was inherited from his father.

"how about you?"

"Me?" Jing Bisheng smiled, "I was born by the head of the family and the woman he picked up."

Her face was hidden in the shadows, and her pupils lacked luster: "My mother is from Dongying. She boarded the Central Plains with a ship merchant and fled to Jingmen. She fell in love with the man who saved her life with all her heart. She would rather be a concubine and a housekeeper." Stay with the Patriarch too. The women in the clan look down on her, if I hadn't become the young master's guard later, she might have died alone in that side room that no one wants to set foot in."

Seeing Xie Zhixu's expression of not being able to bear to hear it, Jing couldn't bear to laugh and said: "It's much better now, and now my mother and I are subordinates of the Yue family, not Ji's concubine."

Xie Zhi humbly said, what's wrong, why did I start such a heavy topic, and quickly said: "Yeah, it's pretty good now, you are the leader of Xiaoyunwei, Brother Yue also respects you very much, you are beautiful and reliable, A lot of people like you, and that child named Yanmen who follows you all day——"

A crescent moon knife slashed towards Xie Zhixu's face.

"Wow! Why are you here too!" Xie Zhixu rolled and crawled to avoid this murderous move.

Yanmen jumped down from the beam nimbly, his face was red and his brows were bristling, angry and ashamed, he was about to chase after him when he landed, but Jing Bushan stopped him: "Okay, what are you doing?"

Yanmen shouted: "You are not righteous! You betrayed me!"

Xie Zhixu said: "Brother Yanmen! There are no ghosts on the night road, but there are ghosts in people's hearts. How do you know what I like when I say like?"

Jing was very puzzled: "What do you like?"

Yanmen said: "Sister, don't listen to him - woo woo woo -" Before he finished speaking, Jing Busheng covered his mouth, the back of his head sank into Jing Busheng's chest, and the steam coming out of his head could be vaguely seen in the dim light.

Shh——Jing Busheng leaned his index finger on his lips, signaling to thank Zhixu.Xie Zhixu also heard the sound of kicking down gravel from the entrance of the lobby.

Some thieves wrapped in night clothes sneaked into Baixue Building late at night, hunched over, and sneaked across the dining tables in the hall. They moved so sensitively that they didn't even touch the tables and chairs.

Xie Zhixu couldn't compare his mouth to Jing—is he a thief?

Jing Bisheng shook his head, he didn't know if he was in denial, or he couldn't see clearly what Xie Zhixu said in the night.

Xie Zhixu didn't ask any more questions, he put one hand on the clean sky, and looked into the lobby, the moonlight reflected a little light on the tip of the thief's claw—it was a weapon!

The sharp light flared up in an instant, and just as the thief showed his steel claws, the dining table in front of him suddenly exploded, and a long sword flew out of the scattered sawdust, and the two weapons were put together. Only then did Xie Zhixu see clearly It is a straight and straight Tang Dao, the blade is three feet long, and it is held by Xiao Yunwei with both hands.

Fighting hand to hand, the thief was about to change his moves when suddenly a black shadow like a falcon came down from the sky and chopped off his head.

The head rolled round twice on the floor, and men in black broke through the windows on all sides of the lobby at the same time, but half of their bodies were still outside the window, and the guillotine, who had been ambushing for a long time, cut them in half.

"Let's go, go harvest the heads." Jing Busheng smoothed her skirt gracefully, leaned on the railing with her toes, and flew towards the center of the lobby to direct the battle. Yanmen followed her, and the black-clothed men who attacked Jing Busheng were regarded as worse by him than guillotines. The neat technique cut blood spattered on the spot.

The remnants of those men in black were all scrawny, with short limbs, and they seemed to be the same group as the ones Xie Zhixu had met in the woods.

Jackal.

No, to be precise, there are only jackals, and wolves have not yet appeared.

It seemed that the first to arrive was indeed the enemy.Xie Zhixu hurried to the third floor, wondering if any killers he missed had sneaked into the third floor apartment.Yanmen somehow caught up again: "Follow me!"

He dragged Xie Zhixu out of the building.

"Where are you going? Why are you here, Miss Jing doesn't care?" Xie Zhixu followed after taking two steps and then stopped.

Yanmen didn't have time to explain, just said: "She just wanted me to take you away, now the enemy is all coming to Baixuelou, it's not safe for you to stay here!"

It was pitch black outside the building, only the water of the Han River was embedded in the mountains like a silver brocade.

The strange trees are jagged, and the deep forest that covers the sky and the moon grows on the cliff.Yanmen grabbed the protruding branches, approached the rock wall like an ape, and waved to Xie Zhixu: "Quick!"

Xie Zhixu looked up at the unattainable cliff, and at Yanmen's head with two braids, the moonlight sprinkled on Yanmen's head.

"I don't know how to do light work." Xie Zhixu said.

Yanmen's expression was very surprised for a moment, and then he said immediately: "There is a small road up there, no need to climb up, follow me."

There is indeed a narrow road slanted into the rock behind the canopy of ancient trees growing on the cliff, and the traces of artificial excavation can be barely discerned, which is so long ago that it is a product of that age.It's really thanks to Yanmen that they can discover this kind of historic site, and I don't know how well they have trampled on this piece of land.

Climbing up the cliff along the path and entering the edge of the forest, Xie Zhixu didn't leave.

Yanmen urged him: "There is a wooden house for refuge in front, and you will be fine when you get there."

Xie Zhixu asked: "Where is it? How far is it?"

Yanmen pointed him in a direction: "Go straight to a mountain pass, it's not far away."

Xie Zhixu nodded and looked at Yanmen.The child looked puzzled.

"Thousand-faced monster Zhao Feng? Or is someone else disguised?" Xie Zhixu took all the slight muscle twitches on Yanmen's face into his eyes, and said clearly, "It really is Zhao Feng, my senior brother didn't poison you to death, you are lucky escaped."

Under the sparse light and shadow, the round-cheeked child's face revealed a cold look, like a seasoned vulture looking for carrion in the ominous night, its eyes hooked on Xie Zhixu.

As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice changed: "Master Xie is really smart, how did you find out?"

Xie Zhixu was very speechless: "You think I'm stupid, people in Yanmen have scorpion tail braids, and you dare to make up for it with a shofar braid."

Zhao Feng faced Yanmen's face, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said sharply, "Disguise is my life's work! Don't insult me! What's the difference between scorpion tail braids and shofar braids!"

Xie Zhixu said: "There's a big difference! You're the one who doesn't insult other people's hairstyles, okay! Look at the sword!"

Xie Zhixu reserved this sword, he didn't activate his inner strength, in case there was an ambush hidden in the woods.Although according to his analysis, the real ambush location should be Zhao Feng's mouth, the wooden house in the depression.

However, Zhao Feng was reluctant to dodge this sword without inner strength. The two quickly dismantled a few moves, but Zhao Feng couldn't hold it anymore, so he pulled out the cape of changeable changes and shook it out as a shield, and said sadly: "So what if you see through it, you People are here, who else can save you?"

Even without using internal strength, Xie Zhixu's hands were strong, and his sword was so fast that he cut off a corner of Zhao Feng's cloak, making him groan and jump.

"First," Xie Zhixu said, "Which one of us needs help more?"

The pure sky struck like a bolt of lightning, nailing Zhao Feng and his cloak to the tree trunk.

"Second," Xie Zhixu pointed his index finger down, "Are your eyes still working?"

Zhao Feng's shoulder was pierced through, bleeding profusely, his whole body was shaking with pain, and all kinds of hidden weapons in the cloak that were too late to use were rattling.He looked down Xie Zhixu's fingers, his face turned pale instantly——

I saw a line of phosphorus gleaming under the moonlight drawn out of the grass, climbing along the mountain wall all the way into the woods, and at the end he gathered the kit hanging from Xie Zhixu's waist.

"Ah!" Zhao Feng let out a stern cry, lifted his tongue out of his mouth, and shot out a black glow.

Fortunately, Xie Zhixu was well prepared, drew back the Qingjingtian sword and knocked the black awn into the air, and the thing in midair exploded into a cloud of purple mist, the color was so rich that it would be poisonous at first glance.

Zhao Feng clutched his shoulders and fell from the tree trunk, trying to escape, but was kicked and trampled by Xie Zhixu.

"Are you injured?" Xie Zhixu asked.In the fight in the woods, Zhao Feng was not so weak.But his thoughts turned, and he immediately understood that Zhao Feng hadn't detoxified Feng Zhichang's Spring Breeze Willow Leaf Scissors Poison. The poison sank into his lungs and continuously consumed his life. He was already at the end of his strength.

Xie Zhixu: "You came to work for the master even after making such a miserable situation, your yamen's treatment is not good."

Zhao Feng resentfully said: "Xie Jinghui, today all the secret departments are dispatched to kill you. You can escape the third watch but not the fifth watch. I will wait for you on the road to the underworld! Ah—" he screamed in pain, full of pain. His head was dripping with cold sweat.

Qingjingtian was inserted into Zhao Feng's calf that was about to attack, and a sharp object protruded from the toe of his boot.

Xie Zhixu had no expression on his face, and compared the clean sky to Zhao Feng's throat.

The matter has come to this point, Zhao Feng knew that he would die, he smiled miserably, revealing his gums that had been eroded by toxins, "Do you dare to go forward, Mr. Hou is waiting for you in the mountain depression! Xie Jinghui, you have no courage , you only dare to hide behind others, waiting for Master Hou to catch you all, hahahahahaha!"

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Xie Zhixu retracted the clean sky, and wiped off the blood on Jianfeng with his sleeve.Several gaps on the blade have become conspicuous during several fierce battles. This sword is not a magical weapon. Xie Zhixu stroked the cracks with his fingers, and the moonlight reflected his silent eyebrows and eyes on the broken sword.

See the waning moon in the east and the full moon in the west.A person can also be like this, some people see him as good, while others see him as bad.

Shuo Ri thinks about it, but Wang Ri regrets it.The world is often like this, vacillating.

Brother, what do you think?

No one answered.

Xie Zhixu untied the bag at his waist and threw it beside Zhao Feng's body. Black grass leaves paved a road leading to the trap in the deep forest. Xie Zhixu stepped on it, and murderous aura erupted from him.