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"Are you alright?" Baili Mingyan quickly looked Qian Yuhan up and down while retracting Xianyue.

Qian Yuhan shook his head to show that he was fine, but his face was very gloomy. He took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe off the blood on the blade of Shen Yu, and immediately put the knife into the sheath and walked straight towards the seriously injured man in black, squatting He tore off the mask of the man in black.Half of the face was scorched by the iron, and the two lips were completely glued together. You don't need to look closely at Qian Yuhan to know that the tongue must have been cut off.

Seeing Qian Yuhan frowning, Baili Mingyan also leaned over, and was shocked when he saw the face: "How could it be a dead man?! It doesn't make sense..."

Obviously Qian Yuhan had the same question as him, if it was a dead man just now, his accomplices didn't need to forcefully kill him!But anyone who walks the rivers and lakes knows that the dead can't speak. If they can't speak, how can they talk about revealing the news?Not to mention that a dead man is a person who is about to die. It is really stupid to take the risk of killing a dead man at such a critical moment.

Qian Yuhan murmured: "Unless..."

"Unless that accomplice doesn't know he's a dead man!" Baili Mingyan interjected.

Qian Yuhan raised his eyes to look at Baili Mingyan, only to hear his analysis: "The person who wants to kill him should be a normal person, he doesn't know that there are dead soldiers among the people who are dispatched with him this time, if he thinks that all Everyone is like him, so it is reasonable to choose to silence the moment when the accomplice is injured and unable to escape."

Qian Yuhan: "So, there should be two groups of people."

Baili Mingyan was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "The three people who only chase after you as soon as you appear are a group, and the four people who restrain me are a group."

Qian Yuhan nodded: "If you expected it right, they should have met when they were following us." After saying that, Qian Yuhan suddenly smiled evilly: "It's also a coincidence..."

Baili Mingyan: "What?"

Qian Yuhan didn't answer, he got up and straightened his clothes, suddenly he paused, then raised his head and walked into the woods, looking down as if he was looking for something.

While they were talking, the dead man who was seriously injured by Qian Yuhan had already passed away. Seeing this, Baili Mingyan sighed softly, raised his hand and closed the eyes of the man in black and said softly, "Sorry, let's go!" good."

Baili Mingyan caught up with Qian Yuhan in two or three steps and asked, "What are you looking for?"

Qian Yuhan kept walking, but instead of answering, he asked, "Who do you think sent these two groups of people?"

Baili Mingyan paused for a moment, and said directly: "The dead man should be from Bailichen, as for the other three, I can't guess."

Qian Yuhan was noncommittal, and continued to ask: "What do you think the purpose of these two groups of people is?"

Baili Mingyan: "I speculate that Bailichen didn't send the dead men to target you. As far as the abilities of ordinary dead men are concerned, the mere four of us can't pose a threat to any of us. He wants to test me in all likelihood. , the poisonous scorpion should have already reported to him about the Qinglian gang's general altar, including my poisoning and injury... But after I fell into the water, they immediately turned to chase you, and I was a little confused."

Although Baili Mingyan didn't think that Bailichen would worry about his life, if he was really worried, he wouldn't send soldiers here. At most, his ruthless father just wanted to know whether his son was dead or alive, and he wanted to know that he was fatally injured. Whether this rebellious son still has the ability to fight against him afterwards.

Qian Yuhan looked at Baili Mingyan silently, his expression was flat and he didn't know what he was thinking, but there seemed to be a wave in his eyes, which were as quiet as deep water, and disappeared soundlessly in just a short moment.

Baili Mingyan was immersed in thinking and guessing and did not notice Qian Yuhan's gaze for a moment. He put his hands on his chest and continued: "As for the three people who have been chasing you, the goal must be you, and one of them is very Strong." Baili Mingyan clearly remembered the murderous aura he felt when he first stepped out of the cabin.

Qian Yuhan nodded in agreement: "Yes, there is one person who is really strong, and I feel that he didn't try his best just now, and..."

Qian Yuhan suddenly stopped, with a serious expression on his face. Baili Mingyan rarely saw such a serious Qian Yuhan, so he couldn't help asking: "And what?"

Qian Yuhan wanted to say something, but finally shook his head: "I don't know... I always feel that this person is very familiar, but I have never seen his martial arts moves before."

Baili Mingyan: "Is that the leader?"

Qian Yuhan raised his eyes and looked at him, his eyes were a little cold: "No, this is what I am most confused about." He is obviously very strong, but he is not the leader.Qian Yuhan had a feeling that if this person tried his best, this alone would be enough to rival him.

Baili Mingyan frowned and did not speak.I just felt a strange feeling, but I couldn't tell where it came from. After thinking about it for a long time, I still had no idea, then I shook my head and decided not to think about it. Those three people failed to succeed once, and there will probably be a second time.

"Don't think about it for now. It's getting late and we have to find a place to stay first. The boat has deviated from the direction just now. Now we have to hurry up." Baili Mingyan's clothes were soaked and the weather was cold. It's getting bitter.

Qian Yuhan nodded slightly, but he didn't follow Baili Mingyan, he still walked towards the grove where he had fought just now, he was obviously looking for something as he picked up the dead grass with a heavy fish knife.

Baili Mingyan walked over and said in doubt: "What are you looking for, I will help you find it together, the two of you should hurry up."

Qian Yuhan ignored Baili Mingyan, just lowered his head and looked for it on his own. Finally, he paused, bent down and picked up something from the dry grass.

Baili Mingyan walked over suspiciously, and immediately stayed on the spot. He pointed to the thing in Qian Yuhan's hand and said in surprise, "This...why is it here with you?"

What Qian Yuhan held in his hand was clearly the money bag he had been using some time ago. There was a pine and bamboo embroidered on the ink-colored dark pattern silk satin. In fact, this style is quite common, but Baili Mingyan once accidentally tore off a drawstring , and then casually put another drawstring through it to make do with it, and never replaced it with a new one until he went to Xiangxue Pavilion not long ago...

Thinking of this, Baili Mingyan's eyes widened and he looked at Qian Yuhan: "You are the little girl who pestered me in Xiangxue Pavilion and pretended to be dizzy and swindled all the money!"

Qian Yu responded coldly: "So that ugly old man who couldn't see was you."

Baili Mingyan choked hard, but he still said confidently: "Qian Yuhan, Master Qian, you never taught me how to make money like this..."

Hearing this, Qian Yuhan patted the purse off his hands expressionlessly, as if he didn't hear the sarcasm in Baili Mingyan's mouth, he immediately put on an innocent expression and said: "I don't have any money in it. I didn’t have any flowers, so I let Che Feiji take them to buy robes, so I left an empty bag for me, and I used it to store spices when I saw the style was good.”

Baili Mingyan almost fainted, he shouted loudly in his heart: Is this the point?The point is that you pretended to be so coquettish to seduce customers to cheat money...

Qian Yuhan turned his head and saw that the tips of Baili Mingyan's ears were red, he couldn't help but reached out and touched it and said, "Since you found it, let's go quickly, your ears are red from the cold."

It's okay if you don't touch it, but when you touch it, it becomes even redder, Baili Mingyan held his breath and said, "Xiaohan, you can't dress like that and go out to do that kind of thing in the future."

Qian Yuhan raised his eyebrows: "How do you dress? What kind of things do you do?"

Baili Mingyan: "..."

Qian Yuhan looked at Baili Mingyan's expression, and suddenly revealed an exaggerated "Oh..." with a suddenly realized expression, and then the corner of his mouth hooked up and said: "I remember you said that you already have a wife, which daughter? ?”

Baili Mingyan's eyes widened suddenly, almost wanting to swallow Qian Yuhan alive.Asking himself, he has never felt this way in the past seven years. He misses Qian Yuhan every day and every night. The longer the days, the more he misses him. The time is so long that he has forgotten the nature of this person.

Baili Mingyan walked two steps quickly and didn't want to discuss this topic with him again. Compared with Qian Yuhan, he was more shameless than going round and round, and he couldn't watch it enough after 100 years of practice.

Qian Yuhan chased after Baili Mingyan, as if he had found something interesting and insisted: "Who is it, let's hear it."

Baili Mingyan took two steps and stopped abruptly, suddenly turned his head to look at Qian Yuhan and said seriously: "Of course he took my money and kissed me."

Qian Yuhan froze for a moment, the corner of his mouth froze on his face.

Baili Mingyan smiled, he was very satisfied with Qian Yuhan's reaction, as expected the shameless person would fight back in a straightforward way.He took out something from his pocket and stuffed it into Qian Yuhan's hand, saying: "This is for you, it's better to use the purse to hold money."

Qian Yuhan looked at the sachet embroidered with bluegrass on the moon-white silk and satin in his hand, the corners of his stiff mouth slightly raised again, he put the sachet into his arms and whispered: "Thank you."

Baili Mingyan walked in front, waved his hands, and said with a smile: "I've kissed you, so I have to give you something."

Qian Yuhan's smile froze on his face again, the old Jianghu for many years was actually molested by a brat!I haven't seen each other for seven years, and it turns out that the blue came out of the blue.

After this delay, the two arrived at a small town at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in the evening.The small town is not as bustling as a city like Liaoyi. Once it’s dark, there are hardly any people on the street. Occasionally, a passerby or two pass by in a hurry, and when they see Qian Yuhan and Baili Mingyan, they hurried around without even raising their eyes. opened.

Seeing this, Baili Mingyan frowned slightly, and said, "What's the matter, these people seem to be very afraid of us?"

Qian Yuhan shook his head, and walked into the town without responding.

About a quarter of an hour later, the two found an inn. It was clear that the store was about to close just after nightfall. If it wasn't for Baili Mingyan's sharp eyesight and hand that quickly blocked the door, the two of them might have to sleep on the street tonight.

"The boss stopped doing business so early?" Baili Mingyan said to the boss with a smile while holding the door firmly with the other hand.

The boss is a little old man who is nearly sixty years old. The deep wrinkles between his brows are almost carved into his forehead. His big rough hands are full of blue veins and his knuckles are white. It seems that he has exhausted all his strength. On par with other knights in the rivers and lakes, he struggled for a moment and then gave up.

Baili Mingyan and Qian Yuhan entered the inn smoothly, but the boss didn't turn his head and said, "There is only one room left, the two guest officials will take care of it."

Baili Mingyan was taken aback for a moment, but Qian Yuhan stopped him with a look just as he was about to say something, and only heard Qian Yuhan say: "Then I will trouble the store."

After the two entered the guest room and the shopkeeper left, Qian Yuhan lowered his voice and said, "There is something strange about this town."

Baili Mingyan put down the moon and luggage—they returned to the ship and took away their luggage, and then walked around the room while checking and said: "Actually, I also noticed it, and the shopkeeper just now, he should Not the innkeeper."

Qian Yuhan nodded: "The palms are rough and wide, with calluses on the palms. It should be that they often hold some tools in their hands. They are very strong but don't know how to use them skillfully. Usually, they mostly rely on strength to make money, not light and delicate work like running an inn. There is a faint fishy smell, nine out of ten it is a butcher."

Baili Mingyan was not as careful as Qian Yuhan, but he discovered other things: "But he is very familiar with this inn, and when he took us upstairs just now, I observed that there were no guests in other passing rooms."

In fact, at first, Baili Mingyan suspected that this inn was a black shop, but after Qian Yuhan said, "There is something strange about this town", he dispelled this idea. The weird feeling he felt did not come from this inn. , but this town.It was clear that there were no pedestrians just after nightfall, and there were only a few sporadic houses with lights on along the way. At night, it was time for business, but the inns and restaurants were closed one after another. Everything was too weird.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, so the first thing Baili Mingyan did when he entered the room was to check the room.

Qian Yuhan said: "You stay in the room later, I'll go down and have a look."

Baili Mingyan: "I'll go."

Qian Yuhan froze for a moment, then turned to look at Baili Mingyan, only to see Baili Mingyan nodded seriously at him, Qian Yuhan smiled, and said: "Alright, be careful, if there is anything unusual, go back first, we will Make a plan after discussing."

Baili Mingyan smiled slightly and said, "Okay."