"Who?" Zhang Xuan asked in confusion.￥f

"It's the man wearing a white brocade robe just now."

Zhang Xuan thought of the middle-aged man with a cold and arrogant look, and he asked with a smile: "What's wrong with that person?"

"I thought I had read it wrong and didn't dare to admit it. Now, when I think about it, it should be him."

The guy looked at both sides and lowered his voice: "The middle-aged man in white brocade robe is Lu Yi, the second in command of the Lu family."

"oh--"

Zhang Xuan said lightly, "Oh!", he didn't know the second leader of the Lu family, and he had no interest. Instead, the man with thick eyebrows was a little too concerned about his horse, and his vigilance was not gone.

The guy was really annoyed. He didn't say hello to the second leader of the Lu family and missed a chance to get to know the upper class.

At this time, they came to a single courtyard. The guy pushed open the door and bowed and smiled, "This is the second best single courtyard in our store. The best single courtyard was settled by the master just now. The young master will feel wronged here!"

Zhang Xuan saw that the courtyard wall was ten feet tall, with white walls and black tiles, thick doors, and the yard was very spacious. There were two big trees planted. The big trees grew lushly, and the thick shade covered half of the yard.

The house also has two floors, at least six or seven rooms. It looks like it has just been renovated, it is new on the nine floors, and there is a small patio in the middle, and the deep well in the middle. He immediately fell in love with this yard.

"Very good, just here!"

He took out a piece of gold, about one or two, and threw it to the guy, "This reward you!"

The guy held the gold and smiled so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth. He actually met a rich man. Now one tael of gold is worth thirteen jin of money, which is enough for a small family to live for half a year.

The guy couldn't stand up straight, so he quickly led his horse into the horse's house, added grass and clean water, and came back to fill the water tank with water. He chuckled to Zhang Xuan again and said, "Do you want me to find two pink heads for the young master to sleep with you to ensure that you are outstanding in appearance."

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "I don't need it. You should buy two sets of better clothes for me. I seem to be very noticeable."

The guy nodded, "Young Master's outfit is easy to make people suspect that it is a deserter, and it is being caught fiercely now."

"Are there many deserters now?"

The guy lowered his voice and said, "Now I don't want to go to Liaodong to fight. There are so many deserters that I'm scary. I heard that even the emperor made a ruthless decision and issued an order to kill the deserter. He personally applied blood on the drum, but he still couldn't stop it. It is said that more than 100,000 people have escaped."

"There are so many deserters?"

"This is still the lowest estimate. I heard that the emperor recruited 800,000 troops from all over the world. When he arrived in Liaodong, he had less than 400,000 troops. He had more than half of the fugitive soldiers. He did not dare to return to the military mansion. He either fled home or went up the mountain to be a robber."

Zhang Xuan nodded. He also read it from some books. In history, Yang Guang's campaign against Goryeo was very unpopular. He didn't expect that even deserters were so fierce. However, he now has a new view of Yang Guang. There are many deserters, so Yang Guang may not be really angry.

The guy smiled and said, "Sit down for a while, I will buy clothes for you. In addition, there is a very famous restaurant next to us, so you can go there for dinner."

Zhang Xuan took out five taels of gold and handed it to the servant, "This is the prepaid room money. All my expenses are deducted from it. I want to take a two-day rest first. Please give me some food and some gourd wine."

The guy left happily. Zhang Xuan closed the yard door and returned to the room. He was really tired after several months of long journeys. He just wanted to take a good rest for three days and recover his strength.

He sorted out his things with him, and his large items were only four, a pack of twenty ingots of gold, a horizontal knife, a spear, and a piece of Kasha black iron.

The rest were small items, some pieces of gold, copper gourds containing purple insect jade pupa, as well as the bluestone scriptures and halberd ancient scrolls given to him by Zhang Zhongjian, and the overlord gun technique given to him by Luo Shixin had already been deeply engraved in his mind. The gun score was burned on the eve of setting off north.

There is also the golden ring given to him by Xin Yu. Zhang Xuan picked up the ring and gently stroked the image of the girl engraved on it. He couldn't help but sigh softly, and an indelible feeling surged in his heart.

............

At night, Zhang Xuan picked up his spear and walked into the yard. Now Zhang Xuan has two sets of martial arts, one is the Overlord Gun technique given to him by Luo Shixin, and the second is the halberd technique given to him by Zhang Zhongjian. Both sets of martial arts are very profound. He considered to understand them thoroughly and merge the two together.

However, in terms of personal interests, he prefers to use long halberds. The one he admired most since childhood was Lu Bu and his Fang Tian Painted Spear. His dream when he was a child was that he could also have a long halberd like Lu Bu.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan had the first picture of the Thirteen Essences of the Ji Technique: "Assassination". He was already familiar with the notes next to him and could recite them like a stream, but it was useless to memorize them. The key was to realize that, like the Bluestone Sutra, there were too many things that were not written on the scroll.

For example, a single assassination is simplified from fifteen changes. The premise of simplification is that you must first understand the fifteen changes. However, there are no detailed pictures on the ancient scroll, only the names of moves, such as oblique thorns, sky-cutting, turning back thorns, five-rings, etc., all of which must be understood from a simple summary picture.

Zhang Xuan closed his eyes, and the first picture seemed to come alive in front of him. Countless lines were all kinds of attack trajectories, like a mess, which he needed to sort out and understand little by little.

He shouted softly, moved his left foot quickly, and the spear suddenly pierced out of the oblique ground, which was an oblique pierced... He jumped high again, and the spear hit the ground, and stabbed it with one shot, which was a slash.

Zhang Xuan realized at least thirteen changes in the first picture along the way, but he could not understand the two changes in Wulian and Jiwu.

In fact, Yuchi Gong thought of this change in Jiwu for him, just like flying thorns in the air, just like fighting cocks, but what does the five series mean? Yuchi Gong couldn't think of it, and there was nothing in the picture, which made Zhang Xuan puzzled.

...........

Zhang Xuan didn't go out for two days, and the thick-browed man who lived with him in the backyard has not come back since he went out that day. He was the only one left in the backyard of the inn.

The guy served him very thoughtfully. If he needed anything, he immediately ran to buy it for him. It was very suitable for him. Zhang Xuan naturally gave him no less rewards. These two days were the most comfortable days he had after entering the Sui Dynasty.

That night, Zhang Xuan crawled out of the well exhausted, sat cross-legged in the room on the second floor, meditating on his breathing, and slowly recovering his strength.

He has begun the second stage of hard work breakthrough. As Zhang Zhongjian said, the second stage is indeed much easier than the first stage.

Although the heat brought by the purple fetal pill is still unbearable, his strength is increasing little by little. Unlike the first time practicing qigong, he must obtain a breakthrough before he will suddenly increase his strength.

The second and third times both require accumulation. After accumulating a certain amount of time, the strength can be reached again. Therefore, Zhang Xuan can feel his progress every day, which also makes him more confident.

Suddenly, a knock on the door "dong!dong!" came from outside the door. The sound was very rapid, and Zhang Xuan was awakened in meditation. This was a taboo in practicing martial arts. Although he would not be obsessed with it, it would at least make his hard practice overnight in vain.

Fortunately, he has begun to gradually end his efforts, and the impact is not very big.

It was almost three o'clock at this time. Who would knock on the door? Zhang Xuan grabbed the horizontal knife and quickly walked downstairs toward the courtyard gate.

At this time, there was another knock on the door outside, but the sound was very low. Zhang Xuan opened the door and heard a gurgling sound, and a black shadow fell in.

Zhang Xuan recognized this person at a glance. He was the thick-browed man who lived in another yard. He saw that he was covered in blood, with wounds on his back, waist and legs.

"Save...Save me!" the big man begged in a low voice.

Zhang Xuan turned around and wanted to go to the front yard to find a friend, but he walked a few steps, stopped again, and shouted, "Come on!"

"Don't shout! Please."

Zhang Xuan walked back slowly, squatted down and looked at his injuries. He had a knife wound on his back and waist, but his legs were stabbed by a spear. Zhang Xuan got up and closed the door, quickly returned to the house to get the medicine and a cloth bag.

The thick-browed man lost too much blood. If he didn't stop the bleeding, he would definitely die. Zhang Xuan smeared the hemostatic powder on his wound, causing the man to tremble all over, but gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Zhang Xuan admired his ruthlessness, so he bandaged his wound with a cloth strip and said to him: "I will help you back first, and I will ask my friend to find a doctor for you tomorrow."

"No need to find a doctor, as long as there is any injury medicine, thank you young master!"

At this time, a vague sound of rapid footsteps came from outside, and someone shouted loudly: "Is there anyone injured or late in your inn?"

The shopkeeper said tremblingly: "The shop is in charge and dare not take in people of unknown origin."

"Hmph! Everyone says they are fine, search for me!"

Zhang Xuan looked at the big man with sharp eyes, and the big man nodded, "It's me!"

Zhang Xuan was a little hesitant. This person’s origin was unknown and he didn’t know what he had committed. Moreover, there was too much blood on the ground. Once the officers and soldiers found him, he couldn’t explain it clearly.

At this moment, someone shouted: "General Qi Jue, Deputy Governor Luo sent an order, and the assassin escaped outside the city and asked everyone to go to the outside of the city to arrest him!"

"Stop searching, all brothers follow me!" The large group ran out, and the footsteps gradually faded away.

Zhang Xuan fell to his heart, grabbed the big man's clothes again, stared at him and asked, "Who are you? Who did you assassinate? If you don't say it, I'll take you to see the official."

The man sighed and said, "I assassinated the governor Guo Xuan, but unfortunately I didn't succeed. But it's better not to ask who I am, otherwise the young master will have life worries."

Zhang Xuan stared at him for a moment, then suddenly picked him up and threw him out the door, "Get out!"

The man stood up in great pain and said to Zhang Xuan: "Young Master's grace to save his life, I will remember it in my heart, and I will repay you after I am willing to let you go, and I will leave!"

He held the wall and walked towards his yard step by step. Zhang Xuan closed the door, and for a moment, with a 'bang', and another door was closed.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment. This person actually assassinated the governor of Youzhou. He was indeed not a good person. Moreover, there must be accomplices outside the city who deceived the officers and soldiers.

The next morning, Zhang Xuan opened the door and saw a friend leading a group of women into the backyard. They actually entered the yard where the thick-browed man lived last night.

Zhang Xuan hurriedly shouted: "Xiaobian!"

The guy ran back and smiled and said, "If you have anything to do, just give the villain!"

"Have the people in that yard moved away?" Zhang Xuan asked, glanced at several female relatives in the distance.

"It was settled before dawn and left. It seemed like a carriage picked him up. By the way, he left this for the young master and asked me to hand it over to the young master."

The guy took out a small cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Zhang Xuan. At this time, several female relatives shouted impatiently at the door of the distant yard. The guy apologized and rushed over.

"Don't be anxious, ladies, the villain will take you into the yard now."

Zhang Xuan closed the door, pulled out the dagger and opened the sealing line on the cloth bag, poured out the object in the bag. It turned out to be a small copper arrow, the size of a palm, like an ornament, and the word "Lu" was engraved in the middle of the copper arrow.

Turning over the other side, there are four words engraved, "Military law is like a mountain."

Zhang Xuan suddenly realized that this was not a decorative bronze arrow, it was a command arrow.
Chapter completed!