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Chapter 105: Chapter [-]
Li Chan and Nie Kongkong changed their clothes, left the door, and went to Xiuxiangfang.The commotion at Wangque Terrace spread here, and there were only a few words left.Passers-by chatted and speculated about the situation on the other side of Wangque Terrace, but no one noticed a man and a woman passing by.

Just after Li Chan and Nie Kongkong left, less than a quarter of an hour later, a team of officials came to the door of the house in the south of Xiuxiangfang with dogs on their hands.The official officer slammed the door knocker, but no one answered, so the leading official inserted his knife into the crack of the door and broke the latch.The black lacquered wooden door was kicked open with a loud bang, and all the officials filed in and scattered to each room.The fine dog barked and rushed to the woodshed.Approaching the woodshed, he backed away with a sob, as if there was something terrible in it.

All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and the leading officer kicked open the kitchen door.Only then did Xigou dare to follow in, and rushed to the door of the kitchen facing the canal.The door was ajar, the fine dog rushed to the corner of the stone steps, barking furiously behind him, the leading officer approached, squatted down to have a look, there was a faint trace of blood stained on the faint green moss on the side of the steps.

The leading officer frowned, went back to the kitchen, and touched the top of the stove, it was still hot.At this time, an official from the west wing shouted: "Liu Bingcao!"

The leading officer waved his hand and led his subordinates into the west wing, only to see a few people lying on the bed, fast asleep.

An official said: "Liu Bingcao, these people seem to be residents here."

Cao Canjun, a soldier from the Western Capital Mansion, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Since these people have been arrested, they may have nothing to do with the murderer, but they should not be taken lightly. First, arrest them and interrogate them. The murderer is indeed cunning." One piece of bloody clothes scattered many of our hands. This house was robbed from others, and even if we went to Li Kui, we couldn’t find any clues about renting or buying the house.”

The officer next to him asked: "Wake up these people and ask?"

"You two stay, and the others follow me." Bing Cao Canjun pointed out two people, and quickly left the house with the rest of the officers and soldiers.

To the north of Xiuxiangfang, Li Chan and Nie Kongkong bypassed Yunjing Temple and passed through Fanyin Lane in the north of the temple.At the end of the alley, it was sealed by the extended yellow temple wall. Behind the wall, the Jinghe Canal water was rushing.

The wall of the temple was more than ten feet high, and Li Chan jumped on it and landed lightly.The outer wall of the wall is connected to the embankment of the Jinghe Canal, and the bottom of the wall has half a palm-sized old stone brick protruding out, barely enough for a foothold.

Half a foot away from the bottom of the yellow wall, there is a boat with a black roof.It was spring, and the current was quite turbulent, and there were no wooden stakes for tying ropes here, but an oar protruded from the boat, nailed to the embankment like a wooden shovel, and the black-covered boat swayed slightly, and did not follow along. water away.

Li Chan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Wupeng boat, with a smile on his face.He turned around and stretched out his hand. Nie Kongkong stepped on the wall to use his strength, and grabbed Li Chan's hand. Li Chan pulled her lightly and brought her to the edge of the wall.Li Chan jumped down and landed steadily on the bow of the boat by taking advantage of the slight downward movement of the raised bricks at the bottom of the wall.In the cabin, a handsome young man in green shirt held a wooden oar, thrust it out of the cabin, and smiled at Li Chan.

Li Chan and the young man looked at each other, looked up at Nie Kongkong by the wall, and shouted, "Jump!"

Nie Kongkong looked at the half of the brick, there was some green moss growing on the brick, smooth and moist, like a loach.She felt a little guilty, but was urged by Li Chan, she simply gritted her teeth and jumped down.Sure enough, when he stepped on the brick surface, his foot slipped, he staggered, and fell down.Fortunately, Li Chan caught it and put it on the bow.

This time the wound was pulled again, Nie Kongkong supported the wooden bow of the boat, hissed in pain, grinned, and turned to see the young man in the boat, showing a defensive look again.

"Don't be afraid, my own." Li Chan walked into the cabin, patted the young man on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Long time no see."

"It's only half a year, I think it's too fast." The young man put the wooden oar head on his palm and pushed it lightly.With the wooden oars retracted, the awning boat swayed away from the shore.He walked to the bow, "Go to Jinghe Canal?"

Li Chan said, "Hurry up."

Seeing that the two of them were close, Nie Kongkong no longer doubted it. He went into the cabin and sat down, and handed out the green between eyebrows, "Uncle, this is for you."

Li Chan looked at Nie Kongkong's waist, "You use this?"

With his right hand, Nie Kongkong pressed the small frost-white sword engraved with the word "Xuanxin" on the wooden board, his body rose and fell slightly with the black canopy boat, nodded and said: "Yeah."

"Give it to me." Li Chan didn't pick up the green between eyebrows, uncovered Nie Kongkong's right hand, and took the frosty little sword in his hand, "This is also very convenient."

Outside, the young man was paddling in the bow of the boat, looked back at Nie Kongkong and Li Chan, raised his eyebrows and said, "I heard that you left Shenzhasi, it wasn't long, where did you get such two good swords, this time... ..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the word "Xuanxin" on Shuangbai's little sword, and couldn't help but feel a little impressed. , and one is called "Zhaodan".His complexion changed, "What did you do again this time?"

Li Chan fiddled with the Shuangbai sword with one hand. The sword was no more than seven inches long, similar to a dagger, and it swam like a butterfly piercing flowers between his five fingers. He said casually, "Killed someone."

The young man asked: "People from Mount Xiyi?"

Seeing the young man staring at the inscription on the sword, Li Chan raised his eyebrows, "Do you know Hong Yixuan from Xiyi Mountain?"

When the young man saw Li Chan's reaction, he knew that his guess was right. He tightened his grip on the paddle, "Okay, Li Zhinu, you are already audacious if you dare to break into Daqinglian to learn supernatural powers. How dare you still People who dare to kill Xiyi Mountain..." At this point, he stared at Li Chan, "Have you sacrificed all the 24 gods of the three eight sceneries?"

Li Chan shook her head, "Not yet, but soon."

The young man murmured: "You haven't planted the Tao, how can you kill the practitioner?"

Nie Kongkong stared at the young man and asked, "Aren't practitioners made of meat?"

The young man raised his eyebrows, his eyes fell on Nie Kongkong, and he sighed: "This little lady is also very courageous."

Li Chan said: "I have done everything, what else is there to say. Just do what I told you on the sword talisman. You can do me a thing, and then take me out of Xuandu. Then you go back from the back mountain , as your lotus sweeper, you can face the wall for half a month at most, it's no big deal."

The young man opened his mouth, but finally stopped talking, sighed, and rowed forward.

In the northeast of Xuandu City, the terrain is the highest and the water flow is the most turbulent.The water flows close to the old imperial city and turns north again.There has been a water barrier blockade here, and ships are not allowed to pass in the near future.There are only a few large ships moored in the Jinghe Canal in Guannei, with the Qingque flag hanging low on their masts.

The black-covered boat sailed towards the water pass, the officer guarding the pass stopped the ship, the young man holding the oar showed a green sparrow talisman, the officer checked it briefly, and then opened the switch to let it go.

(End of this chapter)