Jiang Ran glanced at Li Tianxin and then turned aside the lyre in front of him.
This piano looks rather crude and does not look like an ordinary thing.
At this time, all seven strings of the piano broke.
Li Tianxin shook his head slightly:
"Didn't see..."
"Where did you go just now?"
Jiang Ran asked again.
"..."
Li Tianxin stopped talking.
Jiang Ran glanced at him in surprise:
"can not say?"
"Prefer not to say……"
"Why?"
Jiang Ran raised his eyebrows. Although he didn't want to doubt Li Tianxin, all the people from the four factions were present and were confused.
But he escaped from the battle circle alone. When asked where he had gone, he was still unwilling to tell...
How can people not doubt this?
At least there has to be a reason...otherwise, it would be too difficult to explain.
Li Tianxin was silent for a long time, and he obviously understood the key to this.
Finally, he looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice:
"Cut down trees..."
"?"
A trace of confusion arose in Jiang Ran's mind.
Li Tianxin slowly pulled out his knife.
The blade has a lot of chips, and some of it has even been curled.
On the edge of the blade, there are still some wood chips remaining at the edges and corners of the gap.
Just listen to Li Tianxin say quietly:
"Just now...after you left, people from the Yunshan Sword Sect came again, and Ling Buyi wanted to continue to decide the outcome with Huang Xuan.
"Huang Xuan is naturally not afraid. The two of them tried to use their words and then took action.
"At this moment, people from the Danyang Sword Sect also arrived.
"It is claimed that Shi Pingzhang is nearby.
"After saying this, I felt a sinister wind blowing over me, and I felt murderous intent in my heart.
"I knew something was wrong. In order to avoid accidentally injuring others, I quickly ran away...
“But I didn’t expect that this murderous intention would be hard to control.
"I tried my best to stay conscious and look for the person who was behind the scenes.
"But before I found him, the music started playing.
"This time, I can't hold it any longer.
"I drew my sword and looked around. I felt that all the trees around me were abominable. I wished I could kill them with my sword..."
Although Li Tianxin looked cool when he said this with a cold face.
But in Jiang Ran's mind, the scene involuntarily emerged of Li Tianxin roaring, treating the surrounding trees as sworn enemies, and cutting them down in anger...
He rubbed the corners of his mouth gently.
Li Tianxin's eyes suddenly jumped and he gave Jiang Ran a cold look.
Jiang Ran subconsciously did not make eye contact with him.
Then I heard Li Tianxin snort:
"Laugh if you want to..."
"Hahahahaha!!!!"
Jiang Ran follows goodness like a stream.
Li Tianxin's face turned even darker: "You're really smiling! I'm telling you, if this matter comes out of my mouth and enters your ears, if a third person knows about it, one of you and I will die!"
"It won't happen."
Jiang Ran rubbed his face to calm his sore muscles from laughing:
"Even if someone finds out about some trivial matters, you don't have to kill yourself."
"you!"
Li Tianxin glared at him hatefully.
I have the intention to refute, but in terms of each other's martial arts, it seems that fighting him desperately is no different from committing suicide.
"Since people are gone, let's go back."
Jiang Ran thought for a moment and held the guqin as well.
The person who played the piano just now must be Shi Pingzhang.
The one used is most likely what Huang Xuan calls the "Confused Funeral Seal".
But as a result, this person's martial arts has indeed changed again.
In the past, murderous stickers had to be written on city walls.
Now that no one has seen it, so many people present are all confused.
This ability to sneak into the night with the wind is indeed a bit frightening.
But it's not all bad news.
Jiang Ran seems to have secured the 30,000 taels of silver reward.
…
…
Wait for Jiang Ran and Li Tianxin to return to Hongfeng Villa.
There was no one in front of the door here, only a few disciples of the four sects, Luo Qingyi and Zhang Zhihua were waiting in front of the door.
Seeing the two people coming back, Zhang Zhihua rushed to Li Tianxin immediately.
She didn't dare to speak, she just glanced at him to make sure he was okay, then quietly stood behind him.
Luo Qingyi hugged Jiang Ran:
"Miss Ye, please ask the others to go to Hongfeng Villa first and let me wait for you here."
"good."
Jiang Ran nodded: "Let's go in too."
When you step into Hongfeng Villa, the first thing you see is... Qi Kai.
He was still stuck on the wall behind the shadow, and no one bothered to catch him for a while.
After bypassing the shadow wall and walking in, the desolate scene in the courtyard suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.
The ground was covered with dead leaves, lampposts collapsed, and traces of dried blood could be seen everywhere, making the entire courtyard look dilapidated and desolate.
Just as he was about to identify the path, he saw Fu Chengen standing in front of a corridor.
Seeing Jiang Ran, he quickly said:
"Jiang Shaoxia, come here, everyone is waiting for you."
Jiang Ran nodded, and Fu Chengen now led the way.
As he walked, he said:
"The person who took action just now must be Shi Pingzhang.
"We follow his instructions, and the breath in our body is difficult to harmonize, so we have to adjust our breath for a while.
"When I wanted to chase you, Junior Sister Ye said there was no need to worry... You are very powerful in martial arts, so Shi Pingzhang might not dare to face you.
"We have just entered Hongfeng Villa and are waiting here.
"Junior sister Ye really knows Jiang Shaoxia very well."
Li Tianxin glanced at Fu Chengen when he heard this.
Fu Chengen felt a little cold on his tibia. Not knowing why, Jiang Ran laughed and said:
"Brother Fu is joking, Shi Pingzhang has accumulated many years of experience, which should not be underestimated.
"Moreover, we haven't even met each other until now, so we almost suffered a loss.
"This man's martial arts skills are indeed powerful."
Fu Chengen nodded repeatedly when he heard this:
"That's true..."
While chatting casually with each other, they had already arrived in front of the main hall of Hongfeng Villa.
But the plaque on the main hall door was placed next to the doorpost.
There are three big characters written on it, with iron paintings and silver hooks: Zhiqiutang.
You can know autumn by seeing a leaf, which is indeed in line with the artistic conception of Red Maple Villa.
At this time, the hall doors were open. Except for the leading few, most of the disciples from the four sects were sitting in front of Zhiqiu Hall.
When they entered the room, they saw Ye Jingshuang sitting at the top of the table, watching Huang Xuan and Ling Buyi quarreling in the field, with helpless expressions on their faces.
Huang Xuan and Ling Buyi quarreled, but there was nothing to say.
Not as valuable as a three-year-old child.
The two of them were just talking quickly and didn't care at all about what they said.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned around at the same time.
Huang Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Ling Buyi as if he had found a supporter:
"Come on, tell me more!
"Brother Jiang is here, believe it or not, I will let him beat you!"
"Dangdang Tiandou Sword, you are really promising!!"
Ling Buyi's mouth twitched. Even though he said this, he subconsciously stepped back.
He had only seen Jiang Ran take action twice.
It was the first time that he and Huang Xuan had a sword fight, and they acted as if nothing had happened.
The second time was just now in front of the Hongfeng Villa.
With his own strength, he directly broke the funeral seal of chaos with one finger.
In other words, with one finger, he directly knocked all the disciples of their four major sword sects to the ground.
With such martial arts, he is indeed no match for him.
Not to mention, now I have received favors from others.
After all, Jiang Ran had the ability to pin all the disciples of the four sects to the ground, so naturally he also had the ability to kill them all.
Now that they are not killed, they are freed from the entanglement of the funeral chapter.
This is grace!
A great favor that cannot be repaid!
Not only Ling Buyi, but seeing Jiang Ran come in, the ancient master uncle from the Qingsong Sword Sect and a middle-aged woman headed by the Danyang Sword Sect all stood up and greeted Jiang Ran:
"I've met Mr. Jiang."
Obviously, Jiang Ran's situation has been figured out during this period of time.
Jiang Ran hugged his fists:
"You're welcome, please take a seat."
"Brother Jiang."
Ye Jingshuang came to Jiang Ran and led him to the main seat to sit down.
Jiang Ran was stunned:
"Isn't this appropriate?"
"Nothing inappropriate."
Ye Jingshuang said:
"Brother Jiang, just sit down."
Everyone also nodded:
"Young Master Jiang, hurry up and take your seat."
Seeing this, Jiang Ran no longer shied away and sat down firmly.
Ye Jingshuang came to the chair on the right and sat down.
Li Tianxin touched the wall and stood there, holding the knife, looking at this scene, his brows furrowed, his eyes vaguely anxious and resentful.
Zhang Zhihua looked at Li Tianxin with a strange expression, and then at Jiang Ran.
Suddenly she opened her mouth slightly, as if she had discovered something incredible.
After being shocked, his eyes were full of sadness.
Finally, he stared at Jiang Ran and bit his lower lip, not knowing what he was thinking.
Luo Qingyi naturally stood beside Jiang Ran.
Nowadays, there is no tea that can be used to entertain guests in Hongfeng Villa. Jiang Ran put the guqin on the table and said:
"Please take a look, do you recognize this thing?"
Everyone glanced at it, and most of them had confused faces.
Only the middle-aged woman from the Danyang Sword Sect stood up and frowned:
"This seems to be...a hibiscus harp."
"Hibiscus Qin?"
Jiang Ran glanced at this woman.
When we met just now, she also introduced herself as an elder of the Danyang Sword Sect.
My surname is Su, and my name is Su Wanyi.
At this time she nodded slightly and said softly:
"The Hibiscus Qin was the instrument used by Shi Pingzhang back then.
"Among the elders of the school, there was one who loved music very much, and he also participated in the strangulation of Shi Pingzhang in the past.
"The only regret is that the hibiscus in his hand fell under the Broken Heart Rock.
"Every time I think about it, I sigh. Later, I drew this hibiscus harp...I have been fortunate enough to see it several times, and I think it is the same as this guqin."
Jiang Ran nodded when he heard this.
In this way, Shi Pingzhang's identity is confirmed.
But Ling Buyi laughed loudly:
"Very good"
"What good?"
Huang Xuan glared at him: "You are still crazy despite your age. No wonder you are not as good as you were eight years ago."
"You fart!"
"Smell it for you!"
"you……"
Ling Buyi seemed to be about to enter the established process, and was about to launch the previous routine, but he forcibly held back and said:
"Shi Pingzhang lost his hibiscus harp, and his funeral chapter was no longer useful.
"It can be said that his martial arts skills have been greatly reduced!
"Isn't this good?"
"this……"
Huang Xuan thought about it and found that it was indeed good.
It's just that he was used to going against Ling Buyi, but he didn't want to give up the opportunity so easily. He immediately snorted coldly and was thinking about what to say to regain his position when he heard the ancient master uncle say:
“Don’t take it lightly.
"Although the strings are broken, it does not mean that his martial arts will be any weaker.
"and……"
He paused for a moment and said to Jiang Ran:
"Where did Mr. Jiang get this piano? Have you ever met Shi Pingzhang?"
Jiang Ran shook his head slightly and explained the situation simply.
Uncle Gu’s brows furrowed:
"If this happens, I'm afraid something bad will happen.
"Although the strings are broken, it is not difficult to repair them with this person's ability.
"Why did you abandon this piano?
"unless……"
"Unless he has someone better to replace him with?"
Jiang Ran tapped his fingers on the back of the chair. After thinking for a while, he nodded lightly:
“These are all things that cannot be said for sure and should not be taken lightly.
"This person's purpose is unpredictable, and it is hard to say that he has really left Hongfeng Villa... You should be careful when you go there."
"good."
Everyone nodded.
When this matter came to an end, Cheng Tianyang stood up:
"Miss Ye, Cheng was entrusted by Yi Jian Wu Sheng Jian Wu Sheng to hand over the broken gold knife to Master Ye.
"But I didn't expect that Hongfeng Villa would suffer such a disaster. Now that the owner of Villa Ye has passed away, this broken gold knife has to be handed over to Miss Ye."
While he was talking, he took out a box from behind his back.
This box was always carried on his back and never left his side.
At this time, he brought it and handed it to Ye Jingshuang with both hands.
After Ye Jingshuang pondered for a moment, he took over:
"Mr. Cheng, the escort, was entrusted by others, and as a matter of loyalty, he traveled thousands of miles to deliver this thing to Hongfeng Villa. It is really admirable."
"Ms. Ye's words are serious."
Cheng Tianyang laughed:
“When you are in the arena, you should practice what you preach.
"This is also the iron rule that our Tianyang Escort Agency has always abided by.
"If anything happens to Miss Ye in the future, you can entrust me to the Tianyang Escort Agency.
“Whether it’s traveling thousands of miles across mountains or crossing vast oceans.
"But if you trust me, I, Tianyang Escort Agency, will never let you down!"
Jiang Ran suddenly felt that Cheng Tianyang was really powerful, and he deserved to be able to make Tianyang Escort Agency the best in Jin Chan.
He never forgets to advertise... He is really not an ordinary person.
At this time, Cheng Tianyang asked Ye Jingshuang to open the box and check whether the darts were missing.
Ye Jingshuang didn't refuse, stretched out her hand to untie the baggage on it, and then gently pushed the lid of the box.
A black horizontal sword with gold carvings embedded in the scabbard slowly appeared in front of people.
Ye Jingshuang took a look, but did not take out the knife, but looked at Jiang Ran:
"Brother Jiang, magical weapons are always given to heroes.
"I'll give this broken gold knife to you. I hope you won't refuse."
Jiang Ran blinked:
"Give it to me? I spend a lot of money on knives... I have to buy them every three days. This knife fell into my hands, and I was a little worried that it would break it."
"That can't be done."
Huang Xuan smiled and said:
"Brother Jiang doesn't know that this sword was made by Tie Kaihe, a famous swordsmith of the generation, who took rare iron from the sky and melted it with gold.
"It has been passed down for so many years, and it appears in the world from time to time.
"It has gone through countless battles, big and small, but even today, the blade has not been damaged at all.
"So, just accept Junior Sister Ye's intention."
"oh?"
Jiang Ran was silent for a moment, nodded slightly, reached out and took out the knife from the box.
Reach out and hold the handle of the knife, and slowly draw the knife.
Buzz!!
As the sound of the knife appeared, a golden light quietly emerged.
Jiang Ran immediately stopped hesitating, unsheathed his sword, and stretched out the blade. Before he exerted any force, he heard a crash, and a chair not far away was immediately split into two.
This sharp edge is far superior to any knife Jiang Ran has used before.
Of course, this is also because Jiang Ran has never used any good knives in the past.
They were all bought from the blacksmith shop.
It's no more expensive than twenty or thirty taels, and you can buy one for just twenty taels of silver.
This is the first time I have seen a knife of this level like the Broken Gold Knife, let alone using it.
At this time, when I looked at the blade, I found that the blade was pitted and uneven, but there was a faint golden light in the deep and shallow pits.
There is beauty in the dilapidation.
As expected, the blade of the blade was not damaged at all, as Huang Xuan said.
"It is indeed a good knife."
Jiang Ran nodded lightly, glanced at Ye Jingshuang, and smiled:
"In that case, I won't shirk it anymore. Thank you Shuang'er for giving me the sword."
"Brother Jiang, please don't be so polite between you and me."
Ye Jingshuang smiled softly.
Others also came to congratulate Jiang Ran on getting the sword, which was really a joy to congratulate.
Jiang Ran dealt with them one by one, and it took a long time before it was over.
And Ye Jingshuang let everyone choose a room to live in in Hongfeng Villa.
The disciples of each sect naturally have their leaders in charge, so Ye Jingshuang does not need to worry about them.
But Ye Jingshuang was worried about Shi Miao and wanted to go and have a look.
Jiang Ran was a little surprised when he heard this:
"She's not awake yet?"
The other people had woken up long ago and could still run to the door of Zhiqiutang to bask in the sun.
Shi Miao's martial arts was far superior to theirs, but it was difficult to wake up, but I don't know why?
After sorting it out immediately, Ye Jingshuang and Ye Jingshuang went to see it together.
When she entered the door, she saw Su Wanyi sitting in front of the bed, looking at the sleepy Shi Miao and sighing softly.
Looking up and seeing Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang arriving, she immediately stood up:
"Miss Ye, Young Master Jiang."
After greeting each other, Jiang Ran looked at Shi Miao:
"No sign of waking up yet?"
"No……"
Su Wanyi shook her head.
Ye Jingshuang glanced at Jiang Ran. Jiang Ran understood what she meant, so he took Shi Miao's wrist and gently explored it.
It felt like she had enough energy and no injuries at all.
His brows furrowed for a moment.
Su Wanyi said softly:
"Young Master Jiang, please don't make things difficult for yourself. Shi Pingzhang's martial arts goes straight to the heart.
"At that time, Miao's nature was simple, but later on, his heart was only the sword, which is the purest thing.
"Maybe it's because of this that her heart is covered in dust and she can't wake up..."
Jiang Ran nodded slowly. Since there were no injuries on his body, the only possibility was that Su Wanyi said it.
He sighed softly:
"In this case, we have no choice but to wait.
"Miss Shi, you'd better wake up quickly so that you and I, Senior Sister Ye, can go out to kill people."
When these words came out, Shi Miao's fingers immediately moved.
Everyone present saw this scene and looked at each other for a moment.
Jiang Ran was also a little stunned:
"You react when it comes to killing people? Are you a murderer?"
"Who to kill?"
Shi Miao suddenly opened his mouth and slowly spit out two words.
Then his eyes slowly opened, with murderous intent in them.
"Qianliu Villa... everyone is waiting."
Jiang Ran said: "Hongfeng Villa was evacuated by them, and Qi Kai died in my hands again. Regardless of whether Qianliu Villa can let it go, when the news comes back, I'm afraid they won't be able to stay at home honestly."
Waiting to die.
"So, we have to go out early to kill people and set fire."