Facing the huge wind and snow, Xu Yan arrived at the gate of the south gate of Wangchuan City. He stopped in front of the city gate and looked up at the high wall in front of him.

Outside the high wall, the interceptions he encountered over the past few months were constantly surging, but in fact he knew very well that the root of all this basically came from the powerful families with absolute dominance in the city in front of him.

Compared with the Baishan Spring Hunting in the first half of the year, the danger level has been much higher since the journey north. After all, Wu Hao's strength was outstanding in that spring hunt, but Xu Yan is not weak at all. As for those spirit beasts growing among the mountains and rivers, there are indeed many people who are even more powerful than Xu Yan. However, the spirit beasts that have not yet transformed yet have a lot of differences in mind compared with humans.

Therefore, when Xu Yan left the protection of the sect and walked alone on this lonely northward road, he truly felt how crazy those who thought of him were.

"I want to see, I have come to your territory myself now, do you dare to touch me!"

Xu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, and wherever he looked, there were the soldiers guarding the city gate.

If you want to enter Wangchuan City, the rules are completely different from those when entering other towns, because entering the county city requires strict inspection by the guards. Only after the guards confirm that the person entering the city is not a dangerous person can they be successfully released.

After Xu Yan stopped for a while, he stopped and strode into the county town.

"If you want to enter the city, report your origin first, then undergo a check. After we confirm that it is correct, you can enter the city."

When it was Xu Yan's turn, he also accepted the program like a merchant and passerby.

"Who is coming? Report your private information."

After Xu Yan was briefly searched and confirmed to be safe, he arrived at the second level.

Xu Yan replied calmly, "Xu Pu, from Xujia Village, Daping Township, Jinxi Town."

Hearing his answer, the soldier responsible for recording the copywriting couldn't help but look up at him, and a trace of suspicion flashed in his eyes. He then asked Xu Yan: "Are you from Daping Township? I wonder what you want to do when you enter the city at this time?"

When Xu Yan heard that passers-by before him all had to answer their names and their origins, but now he had to answer the reasons for the process, he couldn't help but frown. However, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he replied in a gentle tone: "Come to visit relatives in the county town and spend the New Year at his relative's house."

Hearing Xu Yan's answer, the soldier nodded. This reason is reasonable. After all, it is already the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it will be the New Year in more than half a month.

So the soldier stopped saying anything and just said to Xu Yan: "Okay, you can enter the city."

Seeing that the other party did not continue to question him, Xu Yan nodded slightly and then walked towards the city. However, before he could walk a few steps away, a stern voice suddenly sounded behind him, and only someone shouted: "Let's wait!"

However, after hearing the sound, all the passers-by immediately stopped, but they turned a blind eye to it and ignored it and continued to move forward.

"I asked you to stop, are you deaf?"

Seeing the person he wanted to call him, he completely ignored his orders. As a man in his early thirties who was currently serving as the sergeant commander among these soldiers, his tone became a little heavier.

Seeing that the other party was deliberately targeting him, Xu Yan knew that it was impossible for him to enter the city safely, but he was not a timid person. He stopped immediately, then turned his head slightly, and asked the man behind him: "I don't know why you suddenly asked me to stop? I have followed your rules and passed two reviews."

Hearing Xu Yan say this, the sergeant couldn't help but sneer and said meaningfully: "Is that right? I can't see it?"

Without waiting for Xu Yan to say anything, the sergeant walked to the soldier who was in charge of the second review, took away the book used by the latter to record the information of passers-by, and then asked the soldier indifferently: "Xu Qi, as far as I know, you are also from Xujia Village, Daping Township, Jinxi Town. Why? This young man looks only a few years younger than you. Did you not say hello when you saw this village? Or did you not know him at all?"

When Xu Qi heard the other party say this, he suddenly felt a chill. He really didn't know Xu Yan, but he didn't think he was a bad person, so he didn't plan to make things difficult for him and let him go into the city. After all, in normal times, he did not do much such things. Otherwise, if every person who was a little uncertain would have to undergo strict review, there would be only five of them, and they would not be exhausted to death after a long time.

However, he never expected that the commander who had always ignored such things would suddenly make a fuss at this moment.

Xu Qi is not dull, and he is familiar with the books of sages. Then he has reached this point through his own efforts step by step and has officially joined the army for training. Although if he goes well in the future, he will probably only be able to follow the path of civil servants, but being able to study to enter the official career by studying is much more difficult in the Great Zhou Dynasty than taking the military officer exam.

However, in this era of emphasis on martial arts and over literature, scholars who are willing to study hard are still relatively straightforward and noble in their temperaments before they get into that big dyeing vat. Therefore, it would be too difficult for Xu Qi to lie to make up a lie that he and Xu Yan are old acquaintances.

Seeing Xu Qi after being questioned, he blushed but didn't know how to answer the sergeant's words. Xu Yan, who was standing not far away, couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He took the topic and said to the sergeant: "It's understandable that my cousin Xu Qi doesn't know me. I grew up with my parents in a foreign country since I was a child. It was not until last month that I returned to the village with this parents, but Xu Qi's cousin doesn't know me. He should know my parents, oh, my father's name is Xu Yuqiang."

When Xu Qi heard Xu Yan say this, he instantly realized that the other party was looking for a way for him. Of course, he no longer acted like a young man. He immediately pretended to be a sudden appearance and replied: "It turns out that you are the child of Uncle Yuqiang, and you know him. Every Qingming Festival, your father will go back to the village to visit the graves. I have seen him this year."

However, the sergeant standing beside him, looking at all this coldly, was obviously not so easy to be fooled. He immediately shouted: "Stop pretending here! Xu Qi, do you know what a crime it is to send dangerous people into the county town privately? You are just a soldier who is still verified. He is not even warming up his butt, just thinking about sheltering the evildoers?"

When Xu Qi heard the sergeant say this, he was a little scared. After all, he was still a rookie who was a newcomer and was not an old man in the military, so he naturally looked a little nervous. In addition, what would happen to his future promotion? It is still necessary to look at the face of the sergeant in front of him. If the other party deliberately poured his dirty water when facing the top, then his career would be as cold as before it even started.

Therefore, Xu Qi naturally could not offend his sergeant commander at will for the sake of a young man he had never met. Therefore, in the end, he could only hesitate and take the initiative to show weakness and say, "I dare not."

The sergeant was not in too much mood to argue with Xu Qi at this moment. Seeing that he took the initiative to show weakness, the anger in his heart subsided, and he just snorted coldly. Even if the matter was temporarily turned over, he focused his attention on Xu Yan, then slowly walked to him and asked coldly: "Who are you? You won't come to the real trick. If you dare to pretend, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

When Xu Yan saw the other party directly defining him as a villain before, he realized that the other party obviously wanted to make trouble for him, but he didn't know the reason. Now that he heard the other party say this, he naturally could not change his words, otherwise it would be equivalent to confirming the other party's previous remarks and continuing to smear him on this basis.

Xu Yan was slightly angry, but his face was still calm. The other party was just a warrior who had just entered the second level, but he dared to come forward to interrogate him like this. I really don’t know if the latter was too ignorant or if the latter had already received some huge benefits.

However, in the end, Xu Yan still replied without changing his face: "Everything I said before is true. I, Xu Pu, are originally from Daping Township, Jinxi Town. Why do I need to lie to several Shangguans about such things?"

The sergeant never thought that he could ask something from Xu Yan. The reason why he wanted to leave Xu Yan was because he accidentally saw his subordinates and attributed the information of this person to Xujia Village, Daping Township, but in the end Xu Qi looked like he didn't know this person at all. This made him suddenly remember that more than a month ago, he had received another very important task, which was to pay attention to a young man who was said to be from Xujia Village, Baoxi Township, Jinxi Town.

Since he had such a task, it was normal for the sergeant to be more careful when he saw the three words "Xujia Village". However, what he had never expected was that more than a month after he received the task, and the New Year was about to be celebrated, he thought he would never meet anyone from Xujia Village again, but he was finally meeting him.

They are both Xujia Village, but whether the person in front of him comes from Daping Township or Baoxi Township is a very different place for the sergeant, because if the other party is really from Daping Township, then it has nothing to do with the task he received.

But if it was Xujia Village in Baoxi Township, then he could basically conclude that this person was the young man he was going to pay attention to.

When the sergeant saw Xu Yan holding on to his determination that he was Daping Township, his face was extremely cold, but in fact, he was already overjoyed, because according to the agreement of the person who assigned him this task, as long as he had the exact news from the person in front of him, he could get a very valuable reward, but what if he took it down now and escorted it to the man himself, what should he do?

When the sergeant thought of this, the sergeant could not help but narrow his eyes slightly, and a trace of cold light appeared. Then he said to Xu Yan coldly: "You ungrateful madman. Since you insist on lying, it's no wonder that the sergeant did not remind you in advance."

After saying this, the sergeant waved his right hand forward and said coldly to the two burly soldiers behind him who were specifically responsible for taking people: "Come on, take this villain down!"

Seeing the two soldiers who were ordered by the military, he wanted to come forward to capture him. Xu Yan's deep eyes also suddenly became cold. At this moment, he had already figured out that the person in front of him was determined to deal with him.

Xu Yan did not stop the two soldiers from getting closer to him, and he was too lazy to talk to the man in front of him anymore, because he knew that there would be no chance of handling the matter properly today.

But just before the two men approached him, he still asked the sergeant in front of him: "I know, you are determined to arrest me, otherwise you wouldn't have thought about pushing me into the water as soon as you open your mouth. But have you ever thought about it? What I said before is true? Are you just arresting people in front of so many people?"

The sergeant commander didn't know that he was bluffing. Moreover, since ancient times, the people did not fight with officials. He was a serious military leader. Although he was thirty-two now, he was still the most inconspicuous sergeant among all official positions. But as long as he could handle the matter in front of him well, he would have a great chance to be promoted and promoted, and he would jump over the dragon gate and hang up with others' thighs.

Therefore, Xu Yan's words at this moment did not play any dissuasion role for him, but instead made him feel that he had to take down this person.

He replied coldly: "If I really caught you wrong, then after careful verification, I will let you go safely. But now you are innocent now, but are you really innocent? Ha, young man, I admit that your performance is seamless and you can still show a very calm look in such a situation. But you must also figure it out, if I really proved that you are lying now, then what will happen to you at that time?"

When Xu Yan heard this, he was surprisingly nodding with the words in the latter's mouth and expressed his approval. He couldn't help but feel a cruel smile. He said in a cold tone: "What you said makes sense, but it's a pity that you don't have that chance."

After Xu Yan finished saying this, the sergeant saw that in his perception, the other party looked just an ordinary scholar, but he lost his trace in an instant. When his eyes flashed and he saw the other party's face clearly, the scholar had already pinched his neck with one hand, and then slowly lifted him up from the ground with one hand.

All the people present showed great shock when they saw this scene, and some timid people couldn't help but scream. However, Xu Yan, who grabbed the squad leader's neck with one hand, did not care about it at all. Instead, he increased the strength in his hands. Then, under the fierce struggle of the other party, he easily sent the other party to the underworld.

Seeing Xu Yan meeting, he killed his sergeant commander. The two soldiers who were about to capture him immediately stopped their subsequent actions and became a little nervous, because the sergeant's strength was much stronger than the two of them who had just entered the world of cultivation.

Since even the sergeant has no resistance against this young man, their cultivation level, which is only a little stronger than ordinary people, will naturally be even more vulnerable.

Bang!

Xu Yan casually threw the corpse in his hand under a corner of the city gate, and then shook his hand in a dirty way.

He did not continue to attack the remaining four soldiers, but just glanced at them indifferently. Since they were not seeking death, there was no need for him to kill him here.

The reason why he wanted to kill this sergeant was to have the effect of killing the chicken to warn the monkey, so that these minions would continue to entangle him. More importantly, he could feel that the purpose of this sergeant fighting against him was not simple, and it was even very likely that the other party had guessed his identity through some side branches, so killing him directly was undoubtedly the best choice.

Xu Yan glanced at the two soldiers closest to him, and saw that their eyes were full of fear, so he did not scare them anymore, but turned his eyes to the young man named Xu Qi.

He didn't care about the other party's last moment, and chose to protect himself. He did not stand on his side to continue to make up the story he made up on the scene, because he understood the real reason why the other party would do this. This is the instinctive principle that he must have when dealing with people and things, and looks at the essence of things from a rational and objective perspective.

He said to Xu Qi calmly: "As a scholar, it is a good thing to be kind, it is your own conscience. However, when performing your responsibilities and performing official duties, you must be truly seeking truth from facts. Only in this way can you not be ashamed of the books of sages you have read hard and the principles you have heard in your ears. Therefore, you can also record the things you have today in full and truthfully according to what you see."

After Xu Yan finished this sentence, he turned around and entered the county town. However, just as he was about to raise his foot to adjust, he seemed to suddenly think of something and stopped his feet.

He turned to Xu Qi and continued, "By the way, if someone wants to make things difficult for you after learning about this, you can say that I am waiting for them at Fulu Inn, so as not to find the way."

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Until Xu Yan completely disappeared from his sight, Xu Qi was still a little shocked when he stood there because the other party's behavior was something he had never heard of before.

He glanced at the commander who died in the corner, but he didn't know if he should thank the young man who looked a few years younger than him, but was more mature and experienced in his thoughts than him.

"He is really an unscrupulous but hidden master!"
Chapter completed!