Xu Yin was sitting at a wonton stall. He had less than twenty pennies left on him, just enough to buy a bowl of wontons.
People like him, with such martial arts skills, should not be short of money in the first place, Xu Yin thought so too.
However, in the past seven years, he had not yet reached his level of cultivation and did not dare to show off, so he could only rely on a pair of stable and skillful hands to raise himself with nothing.
In terms of morality, he has never been a gentleman. He is a pragmatist and a refined egoist.
So now that his face has been exposed, there is no need to rob the rich and give to the poor. First, let's fill his pockets.
After eating the wontons, he planned to attack the town's local wealth advocate. When he was getting up, an old woman walked towards him.
She was hunched over, almost at an angle of ninety degrees, as if a huge boulder was pressing on her back. She was wearing an old gray cloth dress that covered her feet, and she had roasted chestnuts in her pocket.
"They sell sugar-roasted chestnuts. They cost ten cents a pound. Do you have anyone who can buy sugar-roasted chestnuts? They are hot and sweet. Young man, do you want to buy some?"
Xu Yin looked at the other person with a smile. This was the second time he saw this person.
And he also knew that the reason why the escape mechanism controlled by Huo Xiu failed was because of the actions of the old woman selling sugar and roasted chestnuts. Otherwise, Xu Yin would not have allowed Huo Xiu to escape to the middle of the round platform to protect himself.
She has many identities in the world, but now she is very famous, called Grandma Xiong. Every full moon night, she likes to go out and kill people without any reason.
Xu Yin raised his head and looked at the night sky. Today was not the fifteenth day. Not only was the moon not round, it was also very incomplete.
"On non-full-moon nights, does Grandma Xiong come to sell sugar-fried chestnuts?"
Grandma Xiong chuckled and still asked: "Young man, do you want to buy sugar-fried chestnuts?"
Xu Yin smiled and said: "I always respect the old and love the young, but I don't have much money, so I asked Grandma Xiong to give me two extra pills to try."
"Okay, take whatever you want."
Xu Yin casually picked up a sugar-roasted chestnut, peeled off the skin and chewed it into his mouth. It was indeed sweet and fragrant. When fried, the heat was just right, and the taste was endless.
Grandma Xiong's face changed. No one could smile so happily after eating her roasted chestnuts.
People who eat her chestnuts often fall to the ground quickly, foaming at the mouth first, and then the foam suddenly turns red and turns into blood!
Xu Yin smiled happily, "Ms. Gongsun must be a very beautiful woman. I wonder if I am lucky enough to see your sword."
Grandma Xiong, who suppressed her smile, nodded and said one word, "Okay!"
Then two daggers flew out from her sleeves. The ends of the daggers were connected by very gorgeous colored silk.
The sword light is gorgeous, chasing souls for life!
At this distance, there are very few people in the world who can avoid her double swords!
And Xu Yin is one of these very few people!
As early as Gongsun's swords flew out, he kicked her sleeve.
Who made Mrs. Gongsun lower her body so low when she was disguised as Granny Xiong? Xu Yin's kicks were not fast, but the distance was very short.
So the two swords that flew out deviated from their original angle, but the colorful silk on the hilt shook, and the two swords circled, up and down, left and right, and attacked again.
There are many changes on the sword, so many that it is dazzling. If you only look at these two swords, even Ximen Chuixue will not be able to find any flaws in them!
Xu Yin doesn't look at swords, he only looks at people, and people are more durable than swords.
Although he does not have a sword in his hand, there are very few people in the world who know swordsmanship better than him. Perhaps only Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng know more than him.
Aunt Gongsun's sword chased Xu Yin, and Xu Yin's hand chased Aunt Gongsun.
Aunt Gongsun showed off her sword dance, which seemed to recreate the time when Aunt Gongsun danced her sword in front of the emperor in the Tang Dynasty. Huo Ruyi shot the nine sunsets, like the dragons flying among the emperors. It came like thunder and stopped its fury, and ended up like the clear light of the river and sea.
But no matter how gorgeous the dance, the fierce swordsmanship, they can't escape Xu Yin's eyes or avoid Xu Yin's hands!
Aunt Gongsun's sword could not catch up with Xu Yin, but Xu Yin had already torn off Aunt Gongsun's disguise, and she was indeed a beautiful person.
A beauty like her should wear a wide-sleeved dress, stand in the center of the stage where everyone is watching, and show off her beauty and dance, instead of pretending to be a scary old woman who runs out every full moon night.
kill.
Aunt Gongsun looked slightly panicked, and jumped to the ridge of the nearby roof, finally exposing the red embroidered shoes under her feet. The toe of the red embroidered shoes was embroidered with an owl, and its eyes were glowing green!
Xu Yin followed closely with a smile on his face.
Street after street, crowds of people, and rooftops flew past the two of them, and finally arrived at the outskirts of the town.
Xu Yin had long energy and asked while chasing: "Ms. Gongsun, you control the red shoes, and the red shoes control the Qingyi Building. Xu has something to ask."
"I have nothing to say to you."
"Seven years ago, the Suzhou magistrate's family was destroyed by whom."
"The fifty-first floor of Tsing Yi Building."
"Who is the messenger?"
"Since I was lucky enough not to die seven years ago, wouldn't it be a good idea to keep living?"
Xu Yin stretched out his hand and grabbed it. Aunt Gongsun's movement suddenly became faster. She took ten steps away in an instant and crossed a patch of grass.
Xu Yin braked suddenly. In the dark night, beyond the grass, there was a deep cliff. The cliff was not wide, but it was not something Xu Yin could jump over in one step.
Of course Aunt Gongsun couldn't, but she carried colorful silk and threw it casually. It spread out seven or eight feet under the moonlight, successfully wrapped around a branch, and using the momentum to swing, like a fairy from Dunhuang, Aunt Gongsun easily reached the opposite side.
She proudly looked back at Xu Yin and said calmly: "You probably won't live long."
Xu Yin also smiled and said: "Xu is just hoping that more people will come to cause trouble. Maybe I can catch the person behind the scenes more smoothly."
Aunt Gongsun said nothing and disappeared from the opposite side with a cold expression.
Back in the small town, Xu Yin continued his work of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and successfully obtained one thousand taels of silver from the home of Zhang Yuanwai, who was unkind to his wealth.
But he was not happy, because he found that his greatest advantage in this world had disappeared.
He has watched "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng", but he has only watched the first two chapters, such as the Jin Peng Dynasty, which has ended, and the Embroidery Thief, which is about to begin.
There are five more chapters after The Embroidered Thief, but he only remembers the names: before and after the decisive battle, Silver Hook Casino, Ghost Villa, Phoenix Dances in the Sky, and Sword God Smiles.
The ancient bronze sword cannot be reproduced in the book he has not read.
In other words, he had no way to guess who was the mastermind behind the destruction of his family through the plot of the original novel.
Although Xu Yin has been the leader of a killer, the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance, the leader of the Ming Cult, and even achieved the title of overlord, it does not mean that he is good at investigating cases and reasoning.
In the original work, there is obviously one person who is good at this, and this person is Lu Xiaofeng!
This is also one of Xu Yin's purposes of exposing his identity in front of Huo Xiu, attracting Lu Xiaofeng's attention and using his hands to investigate past cases.
Lu Xiaofeng has a very bad shortcoming, that is, he likes to meddle in other people's business. He will definitely take care of this.