The rain had stopped, and in the open space in front of the ruined temple, several apprentices who had obviously not slept all night were eating dry food around a raised bonfire.

After a night's rest, most people's moods have become more stable, unlike yesterday, where there was a lot of noise and chaos.

"Wu Ming, you stay, I'll go find the master!"

Putting on his dry clothes, Yue Yunjin, who had not slept all night, said these words and without waiting for a response, he urged his horse to run towards Fajiu Mountain.

The apprentices from other families also started to make a commotion, and after a while, some of them were chasing after them.

"call!"

Taking a deep breath of the earthy smell that filled the air after the rain, Li Yuan stood on the stake with a hammer in hand, his arms hanging down, and his legs spread apart.

"I really want to try the best martial arts skills and practices..."

Li Yuan just thought about it in his mind and didn't waste any time to carry it and work hard.

…

The leaders of each team had not returned, and none of the apprentices dared to return to the city. They spent the whole morning waiting at the ruined temple, and some went to nearby villages to borrow water and buy food.

Li Yuan swallowed a blood-accumulating pill and stood alone for a long time doing the pile work. The improvement of blood energy only requires constant consumption and replenishment.

It's really simple and crude, as long as you have money.

"Um?"

Near noon, there was the sound of rapid horse hoofbeats. Li Yuan slowly stopped his momentum, and he saw the pale-faced Yue Yunjin fall off his horse.

"Senior Brother Yue?"

Wu Ming and others exclaimed and rushed forward.

Yue Yunjin's voice was hoarse, as if he had been greatly frightened, and his words were somewhat incoherent:

"Qiu, Commander Qiu was killed by the big thief Nian Jiu. Master, master, his whereabouts are unknown. Only gang leader Wang, Xia Houliang, was seriously injured and was carried back..."

"Qiu, Commander Qiu is dead?!"

Several apprentices were all stunned: "This, how is this possible?!"

"How could Commander Qiu be killed by Nian Jiu?!"

Who is Qiu Long?

He can wear a hundred kilograms of armor, and he can kill an entire village with a single sword!

That is the Poisonous Dragon Crossing the River who can suppress more than a dozen forces in Gaoliu County all by himself. Even mountain bandits and horse thieves outside the city have to pay tribute every year!

"?!"

Li Yuan's head buzzed.

When he came back to his senses, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

This is,

The local snake ate the dragon crossing the river?!

"Yue Yunjin, what did you say? What happened to my gang leader?"

"Leader Qiu is dead?!"

"Impossible, how is it possible?!"

…

The apprentices and gang members in front of the ruined temple all stared in shock. Some of them screamed and rushed towards Fajiu Mountain, but they were members of the Sanhe Gang and the Fishing Gang.

"Qiu, Commander Qiu, he, he..."

Wu Ming stuttered a little.

"Dead, dead..."

Yue Yunjin was trembling and speechless.

Li Yuan stretched out his hand and touched his forehead. It was hot and he couldn't help but frown:

"Senior Brother Wu, Senior Brother Yue has a fever and needs to return to the city as soon as possible!"

"Yes, yes! Go back to the city as soon as possible and inform, inform the shopkeeper!"

Wu Ming woke up from his dream, dropped the hammer, carried Yue Yunjin onto his horse, turned over, and hurried back to the city.

The other apprentices were all confused and still in the shock of Qiu Long's death, so they followed him one after another.

"Something really happened!"

Li Yuan looked back at Fajiu Mountain, muttering in his heart.

The others were shocked and in disbelief, but he was the only one who absolutely did not believe that Nianjiu had killed Qiu Long.

only……

"They said it was Nianjiu who killed him, so he must have been killed by Nianjiu. Well, I have nothing to do with him. It's a pity that Nianjiu's bounty is on the head. I'm afraid no one can get it."

Picking up the hammer dropped by Wu Ming, Li Yuan also quickened his pace and followed.

Li Yuan also knew a little about the dirty struggles between these families. If he was willing to dig into the situation, he thought he could also get some benefits out of it.

But why bother?

With the weapons in hand and the silver in hand, all he wanted to do now was practice martial arts, push his blood energy to perfection, and then break through his inner energy.

Looking for more entry-level, high-level weapons, and others.

Master Tao is too lazy to care!

…

…

Qiu Long is dead!

This news was like a thunder, shaking the entire Gaoliu County.

On his way back to the forging shop, Li Yuan heard some people talking. For the people of Gaoliu, this was a more shocking thing than the death of the emperor.

Several apprentices were pulled to ask questions.

Li Yuan followed Wu Ming and sent Yue Yunjin to the Four Seasons Medicine Hall before returning to the Forging Shop. Along the way, he bought a lot of chicken, duck and fish meat, and also made two pots of medicinal wine.

When he returned to the shop, he first divided half of it for Liu Qing to send to his second brother's house, and the rest was going to be sent to the kitchen. After eating dry food for two days, he really wanted to eat something good.

"My brother-in-law?!"

Before reaching the kitchen, Fatty Sun came in a hurry after receiving the news, his face full of anxiety:

"Li Yuan, where is my brother-in-law? Is he okay? What happened? How could Qiu Long be killed by a wanted criminal?!"

"The second shopkeeper is still in the mountains, he should be fine."

Holding down the frightened Fatty Sun, Li Yuan comforted him: "Then Wang Dong and Xia Houliang are only seriously injured. How could something happen to the second shopkeeper?"

This is not entirely comforting.

Tang Tong's martial arts skills were higher than those of Chai, Yu, and Sanhe Gang leaders, and he was very well prepared. He was the only one who entered the mountain this time wearing inner armor.

And it's a second-level inner armor.

"Yes, my brother-in-law's martial arts skills are so high, how could something happen to him?"

Fatty Sun wiped his sweat and calmed down before asking about his trip to the mountain.

"It's a long story, let's go stew the fish first?"

Li Yuan raised the chicken, duck and fish in his hand.

"Okay, okay."

Fatty Sun was preoccupied, but Li Yuan didn't bother him. He skillfully plucked the hair, scraped the fish scales, poured water, and stewed the chicken, duck, and fish.

While talking about what happened on the way into the mountains, he only hid his own matters.

"Co-authored, none of you saw it?"

Fatty Sun was completely relieved. Even these apprentices were fine. How could something happen to an old fox like his brother-in-law?

"That's a criminal wanted by the court. If we really see him, I'm afraid not many of us will be able to come back."

After closing the lid of the pot, Li Yuan took a cucumber and ate it.

"That's true..."

"Li Yuan!"

Fatty Sun was about to say something else, but suddenly there was loud shouting from outside the door.

"Who!"

Fatty Sun looked impatient, but as soon as he went out, he pulled back, and the impatience on his face turned into nervousness:

"It's Zhou Jinzhong, one of the three deputy commanders of the city guard! Qiu Long led the team out of the city, and he was stationed in the city..."
To be continued...