Nightwatcher

Rainwater flows down along the corners of the eaves, forming intermittent water curtains, which are blown by the cold wind like flying flowers and broken jade.

Xiangzhou is located in the southwest. It is cold and dry in winter. When it rains, it is cold and humid, and the chill penetrates to the bone.

Everyone sat around the bonfire, with plenty of firewood, and the flames dispelled the coldness of the rainy night. .

"The Demon Slaying Conference called by Aunt Chai?"

Li Lingsu's expression turned weird, and he asked: "Demon Slaying Conference, who should be slaughtered? Has something happened to the Chai family?"

Xu Qi'an fiddled with the bonfire, and suddenly understood why Tianzong wanted to arrest the son and daughter together.

In the eyes of Tianzong, it may not be wrong for Li Miaozhen to act chivalrously. Her real fault lies in her inflated sense of justice and being trapped by "emotion".

In the same way, Li Lingsu's real fault was not that he slept with women everywhere. If the Holy Son was ruthless, Tianzong might not bother to care about his mess.

He made the mistake of having feelings for every woman he ever gave his money to.

When he heard that it was related to the Chai family, the kid couldn't sit still.

"Brother, isn't he from Zhangzhou?"

Feng Xiu asked in surprise.

Xiangzhou is a state under the jurisdiction of Zhangzhou, and she directly pointed out non-Zhangzhou people. Does this mean that the so-called "Slaughtering Demon Conference" is not limited to Xiangzhou, but is known to everyone in Zhangzhou?

Xu Qi'an came up with a corresponding conjecture, and then heard Li Lingsu answer with a smile:

"The destination of our trip is Yongzhou, and we just pass through Xiangzhou. We don't know much about this place."

Feng Xiu suddenly nodded, looked at Li Lingsu's handsome face calmly, and said:

"More than half a month ago, a big incident happened in the Chai family. The head of the family, Chai Jianyuan, was killed in the mansion. The murderer was his adopted son Chai Xian. Dozens of people were killed all the way out, and there has been no news since then."

"Chai Xian."

Li Lingsu muttered the name, as if he was no stranger to this person.

Xu Qi'an added a piece of firewood, and said with a smile: "I heard what the girl said, this Chai Xian is still in Zhangzhou, has he not left?"

This person is very sharp. Feng Xiu was a little surprised, and said softly:

"Your Excellency is right. After Chai Xian murdered, instead of fleeing Zhangzhou, he claimed that he was wronged and someone framed him. He threatened to investigate the matter and clear himself up.

"But later, there were frequent murders in various places in Zhangzhou, especially in Xiangzhou. Some people saw him murder and refine corpses. At first, he killed people from the Jianghu. Later, even ordinary people were murdered by him. The government of Xiangzhou began to intervene in this matter. thing.

"Aunt Chai took the opportunity to convene the Demon Slaughtering Conference, calling on people from all corners of Zhangzhou to go to Xiangzhou to unite with the government to attack Chai Xian."

Wang Jun, who was dressed in black, snorted coldly: "Evil demons are heretics, they harm the people, everyone gets it and punishes them."

The scholar Lu Wei remained silent, and quietly moved closer to the crowd.

Xu Qi'an took off the water sac, took a sip, and added some water to the little white fox's bowl. It stuck out its pink tongue and licked it silently.

The little white fox is reserved and elegant, with a bright coat color and spotless, plus a small one, exquisite and cute, which can most seduce a woman's heart.

Feng Xiu stared straight at it, and said happily: "What a beautiful little fox, can I hug him?"

The little white fox raised his head, just about to say: No way!

Mu Nanzhi took the first step to hug it, took advantage of the situation to block its mouth, and said lightly: "No!"

Feng Xiu looked disappointed.

Seeing that the woman he likes has hit a wall, Wang Jun in black clothes snorted, "It's just a fox, what's so rare, Junior Sister Feng, when the rain stops tomorrow, I'll go to the mountains and catch one for you."

Feng Xiu shook her head: "Forget it, don't bother."

She just thinks the little white fox is cute and wants to hug it, but if she really wants to keep one by her side, she doesn't have the energy and interest.

While speaking, she subconsciously glanced at Li Lingsu again, just in time to collide with the other's gaze, and this handsome and handsome man actually winked at her.

Feng Xiu immediately looked away, her heart pounding wildly, and her face was on fire.

Alas, my damn charm. Li Lingsu sighed, like a peerless powerhouse who is too cold to stand high.

Then, he heard Xu Qian's voice transmission: "Is that aunt of the Chai family your mistress?"

How did you know that Li Lingsu was dumbfounded and almost blurted out asking.

"I don't remember saying that." He replied via voice transmission.

"When you heard about the murder of the Chai family, you were only surprised but not worried, which means that you confirmed that your concubine was fine. So I guess it was the aunt of the Chai family who initiated the call." Xu Qi'an said.

"Senior knows everything!" Li Lingsu said via voice transmission.

"What do you think about this case?" Xu Qi'an asked via voice transmission.

Li Lingsu fell into memory, and said leisurely:

"I used to travel to Zhangzhou with Junior Sister Miaozhen, and I met the Chai family by chance. At that time, the leader of the team was a lilac-like sad woman, which made people feel pity.

"Zhangzhou has a well-developed water system. We met on a cruise ship. In the early spring of that year, it was raining lightly with apricot blossoms. She was wearing a long water-green dress and holding an oil-paper umbrella, standing by the side of the boat to watch the rain.

"She had lost her husband not long ago, and she was depressed. I invited her to drink to relieve her worries. At first, she ignored me and treated me coldly. Later, she got annoyed and even used harsh words."

Mourning, widow? What is the difference between you and Cao thief? !

Xu Qi'an was startled.

"Later, she said that there is a valley of thousands of ends in Zhangzhou. In the valley, there is a pair of strange beasts. The male and female are never separated. There is a strange flower called "white head" growing near their lair. If you can get that kind of flower, you can be with each other. People stay together for life and grow old together.

"If I can pick that kind of flower, she will drink with me."

Hearing this, Xu Qi'an nodded slowly: "You got that flower, so you captured the beauty's heart?"

The Son shook his head:

"There is indeed a pair of strange beasts in Qianjue Valley. They are extremely ferocious and have the blood of gods and demons. Let alone fifth-rank, fourth-rank masters can't handle them. There are no such flowers near the lairs of the male and female beasts. She is lying to me. of.

"But I still went. I fought with two fierce beasts, took off one of their tail feathers, and ran away with serious injuries. I found her, gave her the tail feather, and then left."

This is gone? It's different from what I thought. Xu Qi'an frowned, and said via voice transmission: "What happened next?"

Li Lingsu said "hey" twice, and said via voice transmission:

"She chased me out and asked me. With tears in her eyes, she questioned why I did this step. She knew that there were no so-called strange flowers in the valley, and she knew she was lying to me. Why did she put herself in danger?

"I said: Beautiful girl, falling in love with you is my unchanging belief in my life; it is my dream desire to walk into your heart; this feeling from the heart will not be changed because of the diversion of the river or the collapse of the mountain And buried.

"Even if it's a little joke of yours, I'm willing to try it with my life. Unfortunately, my girl, I can't walk into your heart. So, I want to leave here and go far away.

"She threw herself into my arms desperately."

Good guy, may I ask if Tianzong still accepts disciples? I want to study for a few years. Xu Qi'an interrupted coldly through sound transmission:

"Enough, let's get down to business."

Li Lingsu ended the topic with more to say, and said through voice transmission:

"I have met Chai Xian a few times. He is a pure-hearted person, not like a thief who would kill his father and relatives. There may be something hidden in it."

He hesitated to speak.

Xu Qi'an, who was full of thoughts of patricide, said: "Speak up if you have something to say."

"I want to go to Chai's house to see her and learn about the case." Li Lingsu tentatively said.

Xu Qian gave him the impression that he was gentle but cold, not like the kind of person who would meddle in other people's business, so he was not sure what he was thinking.

Xu Qi'an nodded: "No more than three days."

Li Lingsu was overjoyed that he agreed.

The night was getting darker and the rain was pattering.

Everyone sat cross-legged or lay on their sides, resting in the cold night.

The bonfire dimmed, and the fiery red charcoal radiated heat, trying to dispel the chill.

In the silent night, the faint fire light distorts the shadow. In the south corner, the coffin boards of the old coffin were slowly opened in the silent darkness.

A blue-black hand protruded from the coffin, with black nails, pressing against the edge of the coffin.

"Bang!"

After a few seconds of silence, the coffin board was lifted violently and fell heavily on the ground, making a loud noise.

A figure stood up straight from the coffin, his knees seemed unbendable.

The huge noise woke up everyone who was staying overnight in the deserted temple. Wang Jun, a man in a black suit, and Feng Xiu, who was neat in bunting, were the first to wake up, subconsciously grabbing the weapons beside them.

"Clang!"

The sword was unsheathed at the same time.

Mu Nanzhi traveled long distances for several days and was exhausted. After being woken up, she rubbed her eye circles and opened her eyes to look.

I saw Wang Jun and Feng Xiu holding weapons, carrying everyone on their backs, facing the coffin to the south, and inside that permeable coffin, there was a figure standing upright, he was hidden in the darkness, only a rough outline could be seen clearly.

The two sides seem to be confronting each other.

At this time, the figure in the coffin jumped out of the coffin lightly, his jumping posture was very strange, his knees seemed to be unbending, and he jumped straight.

The fire illuminated the man's appearance, with white pupils, bluish-black flesh covered with ulcers, thinning hair, and wearing tattered clothes.

This is not a person, it is clearly a corpse, a corpse that can move.

Mu Nanzhi's pupils were slightly dilated, and his expression froze. A few seconds later, he let out a high-decibel scream.

"ah"

The little white fox also uttered the scream of a young girl, and stood up, hugging Xu Qi'an's calf with two front paws, trembling.

The scream seemed to have stimulated it, and it let out a piercing roar, and with a flick of its legs, it rushed towards the crowd.

The scholar Lu Wei screamed and fled to the corner in fright.

"It's a blood corpse!"

Wang Jun, who was dressed in black, let out a low growl, and slashed vertically with his long knife, intending to cut the blood corpse in half.

"The blood corpse is a kind of evil that survives by devouring the blood of the living. On top of the blood corpse is an iron corpse. The defense of the iron corpse is equivalent to a sixth-grade copper-skinned iron bone. Back then, the ancestors of the Chai family relied on thirteen corpses. Iron Corpse, the invincible opponent in Xiangzhou."

Li Lingsu explained via voice transmission.

The blood corpse clasped his hands together, clamping the blade, Wang Jun pulled it hard a few times, but he couldn't pull it out.

The power of this blood corpse far exceeded his imagination.

Feng Xiujiao scolded, took two quick steps, kicked the blood corpse right in the chest, boom! A cloud of dust exploded.

The blood corpse's body bowed like a shrimp, but its feet were firmly rooted, without moving a bit.

In the next second, it stood up and sent Feng Xiu flying. Then, it swung its arms sideways and swept Wang Jun away.

The two fledgling young men and women fell in different directions, moaning in pain.

Wang Jun was hit by a bloody corpse in the arm, and his arm was broken. He endured the pain, and picked up the saber while his luck eased.

"ah"

On the other side, Feng Xiu seemed to have encountered a similar situation, her face was pale and limp from the pain.

Poisoned. Wang Jun's heart shuddered, and he immediately understood his situation.

"Brother Wang, Miss Feng, you are indeed a master from a famous school, but you have been hit by my soft tendon powder, and it only happened now."

In the corner, the scholar Lu Wei walked out of the shadows with a smile and came to the campfire.

His face was handsome, but it was not as gentle as before. Under the light of the fire, it was even a little ferocious.

"It's you?!"

Feng Xiu was taken aback, completely unexpected that things would develop like this.

"You are a corpse raiser, no wonder you didn't let me hack the coffin just now, because you haven't had a chance to poison the coffin yet?"

Wang Jun leaned on the knife and stood up unsteadily, his face livid.

Lu Wei nodded and said: "That's right, my blood corpse is not finished yet. Although it's okay to kill you two, if you want to escape, it won't be able to catch up."

"Why are you doing this?"

Feng Xiuxiu is not as good as Wang Jun, and can no longer stand up.

Just as Lu Wei was about to answer, he suddenly heard the man in green who was sitting cross-legged by the campfire, unable to move, answering:

"Of course it is to sacrifice the blood corpse and improve the cultivation level."

Lu Wei looked at him a few times, confirmed that he was just an ordinary person, not threatening, and said with a smile: "That's right."

Xu Qi'an said again: "So you pretended to be a scholar, wandered around, and deceived passers-by? Look at the ashes from the bonfire before this, it must have hurt people."

Feng Xiu and Wang Jun's expressions turned ugly for a moment, they were passers-by who were deceived.

With a smile on his face, Lu Wei looked at the man in Tsing Yi again.

"This road frequently causes deaths, and the government doesn't care?" Li Lingsu fiddled with the bonfire and asked.

"It's different today. That Chai Xian is killing people and refining corpses everywhere, causing disturbances all over the city. Loose cultivators like us just follow him to drink soup, anyway, we will finally blame him on his head."

Lu Wei's eyes were gloomy, as if he didn't want to talk nonsense, and said: "First, I will take you ordinary people as tooth sacrifices."

Manipulating the blood corpse, he walked towards Li Lingsu.

Why was I the first person to die? Is it because I am too handsome?

Li Lingsu was a little angry.

"Ordinary people's blood essence is not very useful, but it can be accumulated over time. I see a few of them are in good health, and their energy and blood are extremely strong among ordinary people."

While Lu Wei was speaking, the blood corpse had already jumped in front of Li Lingsu, opened its stinky mouth, and bit the Holy Son fiercely.

Li Lingsu shook his head, turned sideways to avoid it, stood up, took off the jade hairpin that tied his hair, and threw it lightly.

The jade hairpin shot out, piercing half of the blood corpse's face, and a black ugly Gu worm pierced out from the hairpin tip. It seemed to have been given life, and after a turn, it returned to Li Lingsu.

The blood corpse staggered forward two steps, then fell to the ground without a sound.

"What?!"

Lu Wei's eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets. The blood corpse he had worked hard for several years and was more powerful than the Qi training state was broken by the opponent so easily.

Shock, astonishment, disbelief and other emotions surged first, followed by fear and anxiety, and cold sweat gushed out.

Obviously, he met a real master.

Maybe in the next moment, he will completely become a corpse just like the blood corpse.

Feng Xiu and Wang Jun survived a desperate situation, surprised, happy and at a loss. However, compared to Wang Jun, who was full of joy because of his escape from death, the beautiful girl Feng looked at Li Lingsu obsessively.

It turned out that he was so powerful.

Xu Qi'an beckoned, took the jade hairpin, stared at the Gu worm on the hairpin tip, shook his head and said:

"The mutated corpse Gu is not authentic enough."

When he was speaking, Lu Wei's expression went through a series of changes, and finally his heart broke, and he rushed out of the ruined temple at a very fast speed, trying to escape.

"call out!"

The hosta roared out and pierced the scholar Lu Wei's chest, bringing out a stream of bright red blood, and he fell to the ground.

Seeing Lu Wei being killed like a mustard, Feng Xiu and Wang Jun took a deep breath, suppressed the complex emotions surging in their hearts, and spoke respectfully:

"Thank you two seniors for saving your life."

Xu Qi'an threw a piece of firewood into the fire and sighed: "Is Xiangzhou already in this mess?"

Feng Xiu pursed her lips, "When I was in the sect, I only heard that Chai Xian was causing chaos in Xiangzhou and other counties and counties, and the trouble was not peaceful. Now it seems that some of these murders were caused by Lu Wei's cunning schemes. The disciples fished in troubled waters.

"Brother Wang and I believed in the wrong person. If the two seniors were not in the temple today, I am afraid we would not be able to survive."

She thanked Li Lingsu again for saving her life, but most of the time her eyes were focused on Li Lingsu, thinking that this handsome man was the core of the small team.

Li Lingsu nodded slightly: "Take care of the blood corpse, continue to rest, and wait for the road tomorrow."

Mu Nanzhi watched Wang Jun drag the blood corpse away, turned her head in fear, and glared at Xu Qi'an:

"Did you already know that there are ghosts in the coffin?"

Xu Qi'an shook his head:

"I don't know, but it's definitely strange to have a coffin in a ruined temple. People often rest here, and the tables have been chopped into firewood, but the coffin is intact. Such a big flaw can be seen at a glance."

As for later, the scholar secretly threw the misty smoke into the bonfire, but he couldn't hide it from him who is an expert in poison use.

Mu Nanzhi snorted, and lay down with Bai Ji in his arms, facing Xu Qi'an sideways, the curves of her waist and buttocks were extremely attractive.

"It's hard, it's hard, don't hug me to sleep."

The little white fox struggled.

Xu Qi'an lay down on his side, hugging Mu Nanzhi's slender waist.

Her delicate body stiffened for a moment, but she didn't resist or speak.

The next day, early morning.

Mu Nanzhi woke up and found herself curled up in Xu Qi'an's arms. She was frightened last night, and when she slept again, she subconsciously clung to him, seeking a sense of security.

She was like a young girl who hadn't left the court, her face was slightly flushed, but she was trying to pretend that nothing had happened.

Not long after, everyone woke up one after another, Xu Qi'an boiled a pot of hot water, first gave everyone a bowl of hot water and cold steamed buns, and then used the remaining hot water to brush their teeth and clean their faces.

Everyone went on the road together. On the way, Xu Qi'an asked:

"What special food does Xiangzhou have?"

Li Lingsu thought for a while, and said, "The bacon is good. When I enter the city, I will take my seniors to taste it."

Xu Qi'an looked at Mu Nanzhi and saw her expression moved, so he smiled and said, "Okay."

Feng Xiu and Wang Jun followed behind somewhat cautiously, and did not dare to take the initiative to speak. They just looked at each other in surprise when they heard Li Lingsu respectfully address the man in Tsing Yi.

He called that person senior, and his attitude was quite respectful. Feng Xiuyuan's eyes widened slightly. Could it be that she guessed wrong, this man in Tsing Yi is the core figure?

Before noon, a group of people came to Xiangzhou City. The city wall was three feet high, the pedestrians were sparse, and the clothes were ordinary, and it was rare to see people in fresh clothes and angry horses.

Xiangzhou is not rich, not even as rich as Leizhou, which is located on the border.

After entering the city, Feng Xiu and Wang Jun bid farewell and left.

Li Lingsu led the way, Xu Qi'an led the little mare, and followed behind with a "da da da". After half an hour, they stopped outside a large manor.

There is a plaque of "Chaifu" hanging on the lacquered red gate.

The young and strong concierge came up to him, cupped his hands and said, "Which sect are you from?"

Li Lingsu replied: "There is no school, no sect."

"Do you have an invitation?"

"No." Li Lingsu shook his head.

The concierge frowned and was about to speak when he heard the handsome young man say:

"I'm an old friend with Chai Xing'er. If you go in and report, just say that Li Lingsu is asking to see you."

PS: I feel drowsy and weak all day today, and I have double images when looking at the computer screen.