Three days later.

On a hillside, Fang Xiaonian and Fu Yingyue stood in the wind, with blue sky and white clouds above their heads, bright sunshine, grass and clothes and hair under their feet swaying slightly, and a city wall in the distance was full of sight.

"I finally walked out of the deep mountains and forests!"

Fang Xiaonian stretched out his big waist and took a deep breath, as if he could smell the fireworks of the city walls. Fang Xiaonian liked to be lively, but the roads in the mountains these days have been silent day and night, and they saw either mountains or water. It was really boring. Sometimes, they would hope that a few bandits would pop up to relieve their boredom, but unfortunately they didn't touch any of them.

Fang Xiaonian took out a map, held Fu Yingyue in front of him, pointed to the map, and pointed to the city walls in the distance, and said, "Sister, that is Songyuan City. We have left the boundary of Qingyang County and entered the jurisdiction of Anyi County."

Zhongtu is divided into nine provinces, and there are county prefectures and counties in the lower part of the prefectures. The two are located in Dongmaozhou, which is on the east side. The terrain is narrow, like a dike that resists the East China Sea. There are eighteen counties in Dongmaozhou, each county has about thirty-six prefectures. Pingwang Town is just a small mountain town on the border of Qingyang County under the Ningyuan Prefecture of Gaoxiang County. As for Meiyan Village outside Pingwang Town, it is even more of a corner area that no one cares about. This is also the reason why Fu Jingnian chose this village to live in seclusion.

Fang Xiaonian closed the map and said, "I have eaten either hares or pheasants these two days. I'm so tired. I suggest you go to the city immediately to find a restaurant and eat some vegetarian Qingqing's stomach. What do you think?"

Fu Yingyue clenched her empty fist and poured her mouth. She looked like she saw through Fang Xiaonian. Fang Xiaonian took out the wine pot and shook it. It was already empty. She touched her head and smiled awkwardly: "It's still my sister who knows me. I haven't drunk for two days. When I was in the mountains, I kept saying that I hope two bandits would come to rob us. In fact, I hope I can catch someone and ask for some wine."

Fu Yingyue opened her thin lips lightly and said the word "Little Drunkard" with her mouth, but her eyes were full of love and pampering. Fang Xiaonian touched the back of her head and smiled and said, "It's all because of Lao Fu. The more I didn't let me drink it when I was a child, the more I wanted to drink it, and I became addicted to drinking it."

He spread his hands and said, "But then again, if a heroic boy like me is as handsome as me, wouldn't he lose most of his charm if he doesn't drink?"

Fu Yingyue smiled and nodded.

...

After going down the mountain, the siblings quickly arrived in front of Songyuan City and looked up. The city walls were towering, the storks were undulating, and the three big words "Songyuan City" were hung high, and the bustling crowds entered and exited the city gate.

When you enter the city, you will see a wide open, a thoroughfare is endless, and there are cars and horses on the road, and buildings on both sides are full of prosperity.

Fang Xiaonian found a restaurant and sat on the second floor near the street. He saw many people on the street rushing to the east of the city, including many ragged beggars. Fang Xiaonian asked the waiter who was wiping the table: "Brother, what's wrong?"

"You two are from other places, aren't you?" Xiao Ershi drew a round table and said with a smile: "Today, it's the Xu family's monthly charity and donation day. They are all rushing to get food."

"This is the Great Good Family." Fang Xiaonian sighed.

"That's not." The waiter slammed the rag on his shoulder and helped Fang Xiaonian and Fu Yingyue pour a cup of tea. He said to Yourong: "The Xu Master Xu Shici, the master of the Xu family, is the best man in our Songyuan City. Everyone says that he is the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, so he will call him Bodhisattva Xu. He is compassionate and kind. He will open a warehouse to give grain every month, and I don't know how many people he has helped."

The waiter gave a thumbs up and continued, "Not only that, no matter who has difficulties and urgent matters, Mr. Xu will help and contribute money and efforts. With Bodhisattva Xu in our Songyuan City, it is really a great blessing for our people!"

Fang Xiaonian picked up the teacup and drank it, smiled at Yingyue and said, "I love to do good deeds the most in my life. I am also a fellow good man with this great Xu, right, sister."

The waiter on the side smiled and said, "Yes, yes, of course, yes, the little one has long seen it. Not only you, young master, but you and this girl are both beautiful and kind-hearted masters, they are all this!"

The waiter raised two thumbs up, and Fang Xiaonian laughed and said, "Good words! I should reward you!"

Fang Xiaonian took out a ingot of silver and pressed it heavily on the table. Xiao Er quickly looked and grabbed it, stuffed it into his sleeve, nodded and smiled, "Thank you for the reward!"

Fang Xiaonian waved his hand and smiled, "Go and serve the food quickly."

"Okay, two of you wait, the wine and food will arrive soon!"

The waiter shouted and stepped back. The wine and food were served quickly. Fang Xiaonian had enough wine and fed the wine pots and left the restaurant with Fu Yingyue and came to the door of Xu's house in the east of the city to watch the fun.

Xu's house has green tiles and red walls, with flying eaves. There are several round tables in front of two majestic stone lions, with several large baskets of grain placed on it.

A long dragon was lined up in an orderly manner, with ordinary people and ragged beggars in the queue. Under the guidance of the servants, they stepped forward to collect food one after another. After each person received it, they would greet a man standing on the steps.

The man was in his sixties, with a gentleman's hat and a slightly fat body, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes. He nodded and smiled from time to time, and waved to show his hand, giving people a warm and friendly feeling. He was Xu Shici, the best man in Songyuan City, who is a hundred miles apart.

At this moment, something happened. After a beggar received the food, he secretly followed another beggar who had received it first. He took advantage of his unpreparedness and snatched a bag of buns from the other party and fled. The direction was exactly where Fang Xiaonian and Fu Yingyue stood.

Just as the beggar who was snatching things passed by Fang Xiaonian, Fang Xiaonian stretched out his legs and tripped the man directly fell a dog to eat shit. Fang Xiaonian picked up the bun, patted the ashes, walked to the beggar who was snatched, and handed it back to the other party.

The other party looked up at Fang Xiaonian, and the moment he touched his eyes, Fang Xiaonian was stunned.

In the eyes of this beggar, there was no anger of being robbed, no happiness of being lost, nor was there any gratitude for help, but no emotional turmoil, giving people the feeling of an old man who has gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes, with no waves in ancient wells, calm and calm.

He was thin and had a dirty face so dirty that he couldn't see his face clearly. He was indeed very similar to a beggar, but this kind of look was definitely not something that a beggar could do. Fang Xiaonian concluded that this person was definitely not simple.

At this time, there was movement behind him. Fang Xiaonian looked back and found that it was the fallen beggar who was angry and yelled to rush towards Fang Xiaonian, but was blocked and driven away by the servants of the Xu family.

Fang Xiaonian felt empty in her hands, and turned around suddenly and found that the bun in her hands had disappeared, and the beggar with strange eyes also disappeared. Fang Xiaonian was shocked and looked around, and the other party was gone.

Fu Yingyue walked to Fang Xiaonian and asked with her eyes. Fang Xiaonian asked, "Sister, have you seen how the beggar left?"

Fu Yingyue shook her head. Just now, like everyone else, she was focused on the servants and beggars who stole things, and she didn't pay attention to the person at all.

Fang Xiaonian frowned, feeling really strange, and quickly left the Xu Mansion with Fu Yingyue, chasing the beggar's figure.

Unfortunately, he searched almost all Songyuan City, and Fang Xiaonian did not find the strange beggar, as if it had never existed. Later, Fang Xiaonian also asked the beggar who stole the buns and found out whereabouts of the man. But the beggar said that the other party was new and had never seen him before, so he felt that the other party was easy to bully and stole his buns.

Fang Xiaonian finally could only suppress her curiosity. After staying in Songyuan City with Fu Yingyue for a night, she continued to set off the road the next day.

...

At noon, when the two were walking among the woods outside the south of the city, Fang Xiaonian suddenly looked at her eyes and glanced at the back.

A cold light flew from behind and stabbed Fang Xiaonian's back.

Fu Yingyue turned her body and raised her toes, and a stone shot away, knocking away the cold light, and it fell into the distance, which turned out to be a dagger.

A black shadow rushed out from the side, and the long sword in his hand and body were straight, piercing Fang Xiaonian's neck. Seeing that the cold sword tip was about to stab Fang Xiaonian, Fu Yingyue pointed and pointed, and a bright white light instantly cut through the other party's arm holding the sword.

With a scream, a broken arm fell near Fang Xiaonian. His five fingers holding the sword moved slightly, and then there was no movement again.

The man who assassinated Fang Xiaonian pressed the scar of the bowl on his broken arm, and blood flowed out from his fingertips. He looked at the broken arm on the ground, his eyes were red, and he screamed and howled.

The man was dressed in black, tall and thin, and his sinister face was twisted by the pain, making him look even more ferocious. He made a quick decision and stopped entangling. He picked up the broken arm on the ground and turned around and ran away.

Fu Yingyue raised his hand and grabbed it from the void. The man flew backward towards Fu Yingyue. She swung her casually and then slapped the other party to the ground, smashing his bones to pieces and unable to move.

"What a third level of Qi Refining. Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?"

Fang Xiaonian approached the man and asked looking down.

The other party was limp on the ground and looked at Fang Xiaonian with hatred. After he stretched his cheeks, a stream of black blood flowed out of his seven orifices. His head tilted, and he had already died of poison.

"Who will it be?"

Fang Xiaonian frowned and pondered. He had not made any enemies with others along the way. The only explanation was that this person was Shanze Yexiu, who specialized in killing people and robbing money. But how could Shanze Yexiu carry poison? Once he failed and was captured, he would commit suicide decisively. All signs showed that this person must have been sent by someone else, and there must be a shaman behind the scenes, but Fang Xiaonian really couldn't imagine who it would be.

Fu Yingyue walked closer and asked with her eyes. Fang Xiaonian knew that she was the strange beggar yesterday. Fang Xiaonian shook her head. He was very sure that this person was not the strange beggar yesterday, and that this matter should have nothing to do with the beggar.

It’s unreasonable to help the beggar get the buns back, right? What’s more, if you have the ability to kill someone with the demolition murderer, how could you become a beggar?

Fang Xiaonian's brows quickly stretched out. Since he had no clue, he stopped thinking about it. He squatted and picked up a branch, wrote a few words next to the man's body, got up and clapped his hands, very satisfied.

The siblings continued to travel south, leaving behind the words behind them.
Chapter completed!