Who lost this loyal dog?

"Master?" Tianyi called his master who was clearly in a wrong state through sound transmission, and at the same time dodged to Zhang Ze's side, carefully guarding against possible enemies around him.

"I, nothing, nothing." Zhang Ze paused every word, exhausting all his restraint.At any rate, he knew that this was not a place where he could vent freely, so he gritted his teeth to suppress the restlessness in his heart.

The two circled around the ruined place a few more times.

As expected of Gu Qingfeng's Qing Yingwei, who cleaned the place cleanly. Zhang Ze was not surprised that he couldn't find anything useful except for pieces of rubble.

Zhang Ze crushed a small piece of blood-stained gravel in his hand, let go of his fingers, and let the powder scatter randomly: "Let's go, go back."

Regarding the whereabouts of the others, he already had some conjectures in his heart, and what he saw and heard now only confirmed it.

There's no point in staying any longer.

Zhang Ze finally glanced at the mountains and forests. Even if the belated truth is meaningless, he should go to his "friend" in the capital to have a frank and honest talk, so as not to waste the painstaking efforts of the other party.

No more urgent than when they came, the two of them were silent on the way back, until they returned to the wooden house where they rested temporarily, Tianyi asked: "Master, are you going to the capital next?"

Zhang Ze sat on the chair exhausted and just shook his head upon hearing this.

He was seriously injured, and his internal energy was almost exhausted. This time and again, not to mention the external injury caused no pain in his body, and even the little internal energy that he had managed to recover during the day was completely exhausted. Fangcai's mental energy was exhausted due to the turbulent mood. At this moment, he suddenly relaxed and felt a throbbing pain in his head. His body was extremely sleepy but his spirit was abnormally excited, forcing him to close his eyes and grit his teeth, hoping to get through this period sooner. .

A pair of warm hands pressed against his temples with a familiar breath, slowly pressing with a little force, soothing his discomfort bit by bit.

Zhang Ze still closed his eyes, dissipated the strength to support his body, leaned back on Tianyi's body most naturally, sighed in comfort, and said slowly: "Gu Qingfeng's big plan has come true, and now is the busiest time." When he was in the middle of the night, he would not move easily, and there is no rush to go to the capital. Let's go to the south of the Yangtze River first."

Tianyi understood: "Fu Yeming?"

"Yeah." Zhang Ze snorted, "I promised him to send A Yao to Jiangnan, and I can't break my promise."

Furthermore, he hasn't figured out what attitude he should use to face Gu Qingfeng who is plotting against him in every possible way.

I think he was full of pride by Gu Qingfeng's few words at the beginning, and his mind was full of swordsmanship, slaying demons and demons, and doing his meager power for the common people in the world. Now it seems that all his enthusiasm has been fed to the dogs.If he just went to see that man so rashly, he was really afraid that he would move his hands in a moment of anger, and the man would splatter five steps with blood. At that time, no one would be able to stop him and Tianyi. I am afraid that the emperor's funeral and change of dynasty are not only at the moment up.

Before the decisive battle, Ayao was placed by Fu Yeming in the small county town closest to the mountain.

Trying to bypass the soldiers guarding the city and sneaking into the city, Zhang Ze and the two found the only inn in the city that could provide accommodation without much effort.

There are few people in the small shop and the place is small, so you can see the whole small shop at a glance by standing at the door.

I don't know if it was because of the strict investigation by the officers and soldiers in the past two days, there were very few people in the inn, and Zhang Ze soon saw the little girl lying on the table in the corner.

When they entered the door, the little girl raised her head and looked at them. She probably didn't see the person she wanted to see, and now she was lying on the table sleepily, circling with her fingers.

"Guests, please." The store owner enthusiastically invited Zhang Ze and Tianyi into the store, and found that they had been staring at the corner, as if they were interested in the little girl. He coughed lightly and said, "Then The little girl just came to our store a few days ago, and her elder brother is very good at martial arts. When he got into an argument with someone, he easily overturned two tables in the store. Regardless of her young age, the little girl is as easy to mess with as his brother , look at the people coming and going in my small shop, few of them dare to approach her. The two guest officers..."

Unexpectedly, the owner of the store misunderstood his purpose of coming, and his words showed his protection for A Yao. Zhang Ze shook his head amusedly: "Shopkeeper, you misunderstood, I didn't come to ask for trouble. The little girl and I are old friends. knowledge."

The shopkeeper nodded again and again, but his expression showed that he was wandering. Zhang Ze stopped wasting words, went straight to A Yao, and bowed his fists: "Next to Zhang Ze, Miss A Yao, do you still remember?"

The little girl straightened up slowly, stared at Zhang Ze for a long time, and suddenly realized: "Ah Lang took my purse away in order to detoxify you!"

Seeing that the two of them really knew each other, the shopkeeper left knowingly, leaving the place to them.

Zhang Ze's eyes wandered for a moment, he and Tianyi were both remembered by the little girl for so long because of a purse, it was ridiculous, but, thinking of Fu Yeming who is now separated by yin and yang, he bent down and thanked solemnly: "At that time, I also want to thank Miss A Yao and Fu Xiashi for saving their lives."

"Hmph." A Yao straightened her nose, raised her head, and turned her eyes around Zhang Ze and Tian Yi, frowning slightly, "Where is A Lang? He didn't come back with you?"

"This……"

Hearing this, Zhang Ze felt hesitant, and turned his head to look at Tian Yi, he really didn't know how to tell the innocent little girl in front of him the bad news.

Before he could sort out his words, Ayao sensed something was wrong from their behavior, and blurted out with a restless expression, "Is he still alive?"

Zhang Ze also couldn't answer this question, so he could only bow his head silently.

Although A Yao looked like she was just a child, she followed Fu Yeming from all over the world, and her intelligence was far superior to that of a child. Seeing that there was something she didn't understand, her pupils suddenly constricted, and she stared blankly at Zhang Ze, her face turned pale in an instant: "Yes, is it..."

She choked up, blinked her eyes dully, as if she had just realized it, she shrank her body back and lowered her head suddenly.

Sure enough, it made the little girl cry. Zhang Ze wanted to pat A Yao on the shoulder to comfort her, but he raised his hand halfway and felt that this gesture was too intimate, so he had to put it down, and looked at Tian Yi with eyes asking for help.

When Tianyi received Zhang Ze's call for help, his face remained normal, but he lowered his eyelids silently and stared at the one-acre three-point land in front of his feet, pretending he didn't know what to do.

Ok? !

Unexpectedly, Tianyi would have such a reaction. Zhang Ze shot a fierce look with his eyes. He had no choice but to force himself to face the sad little girl, and said in a stumbling voice: "Fu, Brother Fu, please, please! I will take you to Jiangnan."

There was a deathly silence, only the child's suppressed sobs entered Zhang Ze's ears one by one, which made him feel uncomfortable for a while.

Changing places, if Tianyi encounters an accident one day...

No, there will not be such a day, definitely not!

After an unknown amount of time, A Yao raised her head, staring at Zhang Ze with her red eyes, "Where is Ah Lang's...?"

Zhang Ze shook his head silently: "That mountain forest was blocked by the government. I went back to check it, and there was nothing inside."

After another period of silence, A Yao wiped away her tears and jumped off the stool: "Aren't you going to Jiangnan, let's go."

After finishing speaking, she walked towards the door on her own.

Zhang Ze sighed silently, and pulled Tian Yi to follow quickly.

Bearing in mind that A Yao was still a child and he himself had to recuperate from his injuries, Zhang Ze bought a carriage after leaving this small town, and he and Tian Yi took turns driving it, and the group headed to Jiangnan.

Along the way, Ayao huddled at the foot of the carriage, refusing to move except to rest and eat, and never said a word except to say "go to Wuzhen in the south of the Yangtze River".

Anyway, he is half of Fu Yeming's friend. It stands to reason that Zhang Ze should be comforted no matter what happens at this time, but he has lived for so many years and has never done anything to comfort others, let alone Fu Yeming. On the table, Zhang Ze bought some snacks and put them in A Yao's hand, and bought some anti-boring scriptures, and then he chose the seat farthest from the little girl to sit, relatively speechless.

Walk along the official road all the way, walk through the rugged mountain road, and then pass through a large wasteland, and then change to a small boat and go down the river to Wuzhen.

Although the heat is over now and autumn is coming, it is still a bit hot after all. Wuzhen is surrounded by mountains and rivers, which is a good place to escape the heat. It is said to be a small town, and the streets are full of people and people.

When Xu Shi came to a familiar place, the listless little girl on the road visibly cheered up, jumped out of the carriage, followed the cries of peddlers, and watched all the way.

Zhang Ze let her play around, he just led the carriage and followed Tian Yi from a distance to take care of her safety.

"Hey, have you heard about what happened a few days ago?"

"I've heard it, I've heard it, I didn't expect that the seven factions of the martial arts fought against Nether, and a traitor like Kang Sun turned out, causing Old Senior Wen to be killed by the Nether traitor."

Did the great battle in front of the treasure house come here?

Zhang Ze's expression moved slightly.

"Master?" Tian Yi paused for a step, and with the hand hanging by his side followed the natural swinging movement, he touched the silver needle on his wrist without any trace.

The low-level gangsters who don't even have internal strength, it's easy to subdue them.

Zhang Ze shook his head slightly."People from the rivers and lakes" of this strength have no qualifications to connect to the close battlefield at all.

There must be something strange in this.

Under the blessing of inner strength, he pricked up his ears.

"Isn't that right? I heard that Nether was about to win. Thanks to Zhang Daxia who stepped forward, a set of magical swordsmanship was invincible, which stopped Nether's plot."

"Some people say that Daxia Zhang is the descendant of the sword fairy. Before that, he lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests. He came out of the mountains because he couldn't bear to watch the ghosts murder his fellow martial artists."

What divine swordsmanship?Why doesn't he know?Zhang Ze almost couldn't hold back the smile on his face, he just felt uncomfortable, and almost couldn't hold back to ask Tian Yi to give them each an injection.

At this time, a third person suddenly stepped in, and said triumphantly: "Your news is out of date. The head of the Changge faction, Xie, is still alive. According to the news I heard, he is about to call the other seven factions to discuss the future. thing."

Xie Shengning is not dead?Zhang Ze's heart skipped a beat, so did the others...

"Oh, this time to crusade against Nether, Senior Wen took away all the masters of the seven major factions, even the people from the first-class gangs were summoned, and so many people died all at once, even Old Wen None of the seniors escaped. Fortunately, the head of Xie is still there, and there is someone who can stand up to the sky."

"Who said it wasn't."

……

The small talk of several people continued, and Zhang Ze listened for a while, but did not hear anything useful.

Going further, he found that no matter where he was, all those martial arts people with swords on the street talked more or less about this matter.

Even if the world is well-informed, this is too well-informed, just like the rumors about the treasure map were born out of nowhere, and spread all over the country overnight.

"Gu Qingfeng is too anxious." Zhang Ze sighed with a complicated expression, "There is also Changge's Xie Shengning, head of Xie... I don't know what kind of medicine he is selling in his gourd this time."

"Master you..."

Zhang Ze shook his head, and intercepted Tianyi's worried words: "It's okay, since Gu Qingfeng set up such a big game to lead... those people to their death, then I won't be surprised if he does something shocking and inhumane." .He is the emperor."

He pronounced the word "emperor" lightly and quickly, as if it was some kind of taboo.

"Zhang Ze, Zhang Ze—"

A Yao's voice came to his ears, and Zhang Ze realized that he was talking too seriously with Tian Yi, and he didn't notice when the little girl came so close to him.

but……

He lowered his voice when talking to Tian Yi, this place is so busy, with the hearing power of a child who doesn't know martial arts, he shouldn't be able to hear anything.

Zhang Ze asked gently: "What's the matter?"

The little girl pointed to the side of the street: "I want to eat sugar man."

Zhang Ze followed the direction A Yao pointed, and saw a gray-haired old man set up a small sugar seller's stall. He was skillfully drawing a chicken with sugar juice according to the customer's instructions. He took a bamboo stick and handed it to the child who was looking at him eagerly.

sugar man...

He remembered that Tianyi also liked sugar people, and he made many jokes out of him.

"Draw me one..." Zhang Ze paused for a moment, then looked down at A Yao.

"Dragon, I want a dragon!"

"Draw me a dragon," Zhang Ze said while taking out a copper plate, "and a monkey with a stick."

After finishing speaking, he felt that it was inappropriate for three people to only buy two sugar figurines. After thinking about it, he said, "Let's have another rabbit."

"Okay, sir, just wait."

The old man responded, and the candy made its way, and the three candy men completed it in one go.

Zhang Ze took the freshly baked sugar figurine, and handed the biggest dragon to A Yao. A Yao thanked Zhang Ze, opened her mouth, and bit her white and tender teeth on the sugar figurine. Immediately separated from body and head.

Zhang Ze shuddered when he saw it, and then handed the monkey holding the stick to Tianyi very naturally.

After waiting for a while, no one answered, he looked at Tianyi strangely, and after his eyes touched the tall figure of that person who was almost the same as himself, he suddenly understood: the person in front of him was not the one who could quietly be happy for a long time because of a sugar man. Little child, it's a bit inappropriate to act on a whim right now.

"Ah, hug,"

Zhang Ze smiled embarrassedly, and was about to withdraw his hand when Tian Yi, who had been watching the sugar man in silence, was startled. He grabbed the bamboo stick and held it in his hands. At one point, he was suddenly startled that his actions were inappropriate, wanted to let go but was reluctant to part with the sugar man, hesitated for a while, but changed to holding the sugar monkey with one hand, slowly lowered his head, and said: "I'm sorry..."

"It's not rude to be rude." It's rare to see Tianyi panic like this. It's actually for a candy man of ten copper coins. Zhang Ze felt distressed and wanted to laugh, so he reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Eat as much as you want Eat some."

While walking and eating, Zhang Ze finished eating half a rabbit, and suddenly heard Tianyi say in a low voice: "...Yes."