Chapter 333: Jianghu People

Although it was already bright, everyone still chose to rest in place.

They had chosen to start at 3:30 pm, which was the darkest night before dawn.

After a battle, they tied up the captives and rescued the goods from the burning camp. After all these, the sky was completely bright.

The flower-clothed eunuchs who had been busy all night, except those on duty, all chose to sit down with their backs against the goods to rest.

Some people even snored and fell asleep very quickly.

Li Xuan saw that everything around him was quiet, so he closed his eyes for a while.

He was busy all night last night, and now he was really sleepy.

Li Xuan found a comfortable place and lay down to rest. Unknowingly, he had fallen asleep.

When he opened his eyes again, he was awakened by the noise in his ears.

As soon as he closed his eyes and opened them again, the sun had climbed above his head.

The flower-clothed eunuchs were preparing to set off.

"Sir, you are awake."

Li Xuan just opened his eyes and heard Xu Lang's voice.

Li Xuan turned his head and found Xu Lang standing beside him, looking solemnly at the team in front of him preparing to set off.

Xu Lang saw Li Xuan yawning at him, and his originally frowned brows couldn't help but relax a little.

He stretched out his hand, let Li Xuan jump on his shoulder, and then said:

"Sir, there may be twists and turns on the way back, please be careful."

Xu Lang reminded Li Xuan, then found his mount, turned over and took Li Xuan to ride on it.

There was also a fast horse carrying people and goods on the side.

It was also fortunate that they came out this time with a configuration of one person and two horses, otherwise it would take a lot of effort just to bring these people and goods back.

But now, after tying up the captured robbers, they threw them on the horses, and put some more goods in the empty space, plus some horses found in the robbers' camp, which was just enough.

According to the number of robbers, there should be more horses in their camp, but because of the fire set by Li Xuan and the subsequent battle, many horses were scared away.

Anyway, there were enough horses at the moment, so the eunuchs in flowery clothes did not go to great lengths to find all the robbers' horses.

In addition to the goods, there was only one captured robber on the horse that Xu Lang brought, and that was the scarred man who was the leader of the robbers.

This most important captive was naturally guarded by Xu Lang himself.

Seeing that everyone else had mounted the horses, Xu Lang immediately ordered:

"Let's go!"

The group rode on horses in a mighty manner, preparing to leave this mountainous area first and return to the official road.

Although the mountains here were not steep, they did not dare to run at full speed because they were carrying a lot of goods and people.

If one of the horses stumbled, it would be troublesome and would slow down the whole team.

After the scouts in the team identified the direction, they took the shortest route to the nearby official road.

After reaching the official road, their speed could be increased a little, so they could return to the capital faster.

But according to Xu Lang's prediction, it was their limit to get back to the Cross Hill Inn before dark today.

If the messenger had a smooth journey and the Ministry of Internal Affairs responded quickly enough, they might meet the people who came to pick them up there.

A group of people moved forward cautiously in the woods, and Li Xuan was still standing steadily on Xu Lang's saddle as when he came.

He looked at the group of nervous and highly alert eunuchs in flowery clothes, and realized that the job of a secret agent in the palace was not easy.

"Always so nervous, the intensity of this job is too high."

Li Xuan understood that if he wanted to be glorious in front of others, he had to suffer behind them.

These eunuchs in flowery clothes looked quite impressive on weekdays, but the work they needed to do was also very hard and dangerous.

Along the way, they left the mountain area safely and returned to the official road.

Li Xuan could feel that Xu Lang breathed a sigh of relief the moment he stepped onto the official road.

Next, Xu Lang immediately ordered people to speed up and rush all the way to the capital.

However, when they went back, the load on the horses was too heavy, and even if they increased their speed, the speed was very limited.

After arriving on the official road, they began to meet some people on the road from time to time.

But most of them were in twos and threes, or alone, and not in a large scale.

When passers-by saw this special team, they also avoided them from a distance.

Those who carried people and goods on their horses must not be good people.

But since the other party dared to take the official road, these people on the road dared not to interfere in this matter.

Unless they were those rookies who had just started out, everyone knew that they could not interfere in this matter.

The methods of the underworld and the cards of the white world.

Anyone with a little experience knows that these are the most difficult people to mess with in the underworld.

The court's lackeys!

Of course, now there is another cat.

Seeing the people on the official road retreating on their own, Li Xuan was still a little puzzled, thinking that Xu Lang and his men were too murderous.

But he thought about it and felt that these people who traveled around the world had too good eyesight.

They knew to avoid them from such a long distance.

"It seems that these wandering people have experience."

"Maybe I will have to travel around the world in the future, so I have to take this opportunity to see and learn more."

Li Xuan stood steadily on the saddle, watching the passers-by on the official road who could not avoid him, and learned humbly.

He had discovered at the Cross Hill Inn before that the composition of these people was very complicated, and there were even many people without cultivation.

Some lone peddlers, carrying their own baskets of goods and holding a wooden stick in their hands, dared to travel around the world.

Aren't they considered people of the world?

Not only that, but they are also the most mainstream part of the people.

This is very different from what Li Xuan had expected before.

He originally thought that the so-called Jianghu people were all those martial arts masters who were high and mighty, carrying swords and carrying knives.

But after leaving the capital, he realized that there were many Jianghu people who could not even afford to stay in an inn and could only rest at a tea stall.

To be honest, a sword is not cheap.

Not to mention that before buying a sword, you have to learn a corresponding martial art.

Learning martial arts is also a big expense, so ordinary Jianghu people are really not well equipped.

What is a Jianghu person?

Leaving their hometowns and traveling around the country, either for an unattainable dream or just to fill their stomachs and support their families.

Taking risks that should not be taken, doing inconspicuous work, and getting unmatched rewards.

Perhaps, this is a Jianghu person.

Li Xuan thought that Jianghu people were a minority among the crowd, but unexpectedly, they were the masses.

As they galloped along the official road, Li Xuan saw only some ordinary people.

But even these inconspicuous people in the martial arts world always managed to stay away and make way for them at the right time.

It seems that martial arts experience has nothing to do with the level of cultivation.

Li Xuan estimated that the more people who have suffered losses, the richer their martial arts experience.

Anyway, he didn't want to suffer losses in the future, so he might as well watch and learn more now.

They hurried all the way, and more than 30 horses rolled up a conspicuous dragon of smoke on the official road. When the sun set in the west, they finally saw the trace of the inn in the distance.

"Come on, rest in the inn tonight!"

Xu Lang turned around and called out loudly.

The flowery eunuchs immediately promised: "Yes!"

They all added a few more whips on the horses' buttocks, and increased the speed a little bit.

But most of them were fast horses, not good at carrying heavy objects. At this time, they all panted, but still shook their hooves and ran.

Li Xuan reached out and touched the horses carrying them, and found that they were slightly hot.

"It's probably almost at the limit."

"Xu Lang calculated the itinerary quite accurately."

Although it was the first time that Xu Lang led a team to carry out a mission, it can be seen that he has a lot of experience in the world, at least these basic things are handled very well.

As the last ray of light from the sun disappeared in the distant mountains, they finally arrived at the door of the inn in time.

The inn sounded quite lively, and it seemed that there were many guests.

The horses under their crotch could no longer run. If they didn't take a rest in time, they would run to death.

As soon as they arrived at the door of the inn, the waiter of the inn immediately came to greet them, but this time he stopped far away and didn't dare to walk out of the yard of the inn.

In front of the door of the inn, a yard was enclosed by a fence for guests to park carriages or stack goods.

But the fence is just a decoration. If you really want to keep an eye on things, someone has to guard here at night.

But the inn is not responsible for guarding the carriages and goods, and you have to do it yourself.

At this time, the sky had just darkened, and some people had already eaten in advance and were guarding their own goods.

Those who could use a carriage and carry so many goods were already considered a caravan, and they were not the same as peddlers who traveled alone.

At this time, everyone in the inn heard a sound of horse hooves outside, and even the noise in the inn became much quieter.

Although this is the territory of the capital, under the feet of the emperor, the robbery of Ping An Commercial Bank a few days ago is still vivid in people's minds, and this sudden arrival is really unsettling.

The waiter of the inn saw a group of aggressive knights coming to his door, and they seemed to have tied people up on horseback, which made him even more frightened.

But he finally mustered up the courage and shouted from a distance:

"Sir, do you want to stop by or stay at the hotel?"

Xu Lang didn't say anything, and immediately said:

"Call your boss's wife out."

After hearing this, the waiter moved back and replied:

"Please wait a moment, my dear guests. I will go and invite the shopkeeper."

Li Xuan couldn't help shaking his head and laughing when he saw the waiter fleeing into the inn in a panic.

This waiter received them yesterday, so why didn't he recognize him today?

Probably because of fear, he didn't dare to look up and take a closer look at Xu Lang's appearance.

Although the sun has set now, it is only a little dim, and it is far from the extent that people can't be seen clearly at such a distance.

After a while, a person walked out of the inn, but it was not Luo Yuejin.

This person came close to them with the light in the inn behind his back, and bowed with a knife on his shoulder.

"I am the captain Fang Li. I don't know where you are from and where you are going?"

This captain Fang is in his forties, with two mustaches on his face. His expression and appearance are both wretched and greasy, which is unique to middle-aged people.

But this captain Fang dared to greet Xu Lang and others in front of them, neither humble nor arrogant, and winked and asked about their whereabouts. At least he is very courageous.

And judging from the clothes he was wearing, he was indeed a captain.

"The west is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County, right?"

"I didn't see this captain when I went to Chang'an County Government before."

Seeing such a person, Xu Lang immediately asked coldly:

"Are you the boss's wife?"

Captain Fang was choked by this question and said unhappily:

"I won't say anything. Am I a captain?"

"You..."

Captain Fang pointed at Xu Lang and was about to say something. Judging from his excited mood, it was probably not a good thing.

But at this moment, Xu Lang threw out a sign, and Captain Fang took it. When he took it and looked at it, his face changed immediately.

"You, you, you must be tired all the way here?"

"Hurry up and bring the brothers in to rest. It turns out that they are all our own people, our own people."

Captain Fang, who was originally quite imposing, suddenly became servile, holding the sign thrown by Xu Lang with both hands, and bowed repeatedly.

Captain Fang hurriedly turned back and shouted to the inn: "Manager Luo, the people here are not bad guys, come out and greet them!"

After saying that, he immediately took small steps and respectfully handed the sign back to Xu Lang.

Xu Lang took the sign back into his arms, and looked at Captain Fang, whose expression changed faster than turning a page, with a strange look on his face.

It is estimated that he did not expect that there would be such a talent outside the palace.

But Li Xuan was a little surprised by Captain Fang's reaction.

He still remembered the sign that Xu Lang had thrown out before, which was the Six Gates sign that he had shown to Luo Yuejin before.

It was just that he did not expect that the Six Gates sign could make Captain Fang's attitude so arrogant at first and then respectful.

Speaking of which, Captain Fang was also a captain of the Chang'an County Government, and he should have some status among the officials in the capital. He was so easily dismissed by a Six Gates sign. It seems that the status of the Six Gates was far beyond Li Xuan's expectations.

"It seems that the sign of the Six Gates is quite useful."

Li Xuan's eyes rolled around and he silently took note of this.

Captain Fang was also very capable. He walked up and took the reins from Xu Lang, leading them into the courtyard of the inn.

"Are you here to investigate a case?"

"Are these all..."

Captain Fang looked at the tightly tied people on the horse's back and asked curiously.

Xu Lang ignored his question and asked:

"Are there other officials in the inn?"

"Yes, I brought four brothers to guard the inn tonight." Captain Fang answered hurriedly, and then continued: "There has been unrest near the Cross Hill these days, and our county magistrate has sent people to guard this inn every night."

"The waiter was scared just now, and the proprietress didn't dare to come out easily, so I came to take a look."

"Unexpectedly, it was the flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple, and the family didn't recognize the family."

This Captain Fang was very familiar, and seemed to have forgotten his initial attitude.

But Captain Fang's previous vigilance was understandable, and Xu Lang naturally wouldn't take it to heart.

However, Xu Lang would never agree with this "own people".

The only people of the flower-clothed eunuchs were the flower-clothed eunuchs, and they didn't trust anyone except the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Even with Captain Fang in front of him, Xu Lang remained vigilant.

Following Captain Fang's call, Luo Yuejin in the inn also walked out carefully.

She first showed half of her head at the door, and only felt relieved when she saw Captain Fang holding the horse for someone.

With the help of the lights in the inn, she also saw Xu Lang's face clearly, and immediately said with some surprise:

"So, it turned out to be you."

"It was late at night, but you scared us a lot."

Luo Yuejin patted her chest and said with lingering fear.

Xu Lang looked at the milky white waves in front of him, frowned subconsciously, and then asked:

"You are so timid, why are you opening a store in the wild?"

After being asked by Xu Lang, Luo Yuejin felt a little embarrassed and explained:

"Hasn't the situation been special these days?"

"And the guests blocked my door so aggressively, my waiter didn't faint, he was brave."

After arriving at the courtyard of the inn, Xu Lang did not immediately lead people in, but asked Luo Yuejin in the courtyard:

"Are there many people staying in the inn today?"

Luo Yuejin thought Xu Lang was asking her if there were enough vacancies, and immediately answered:

"Business is good today, many people are staying."

"One room per person is definitely not enough, but if we squeeze in, we should be able to stay."

Luo Yuejin was naturally happy to see Xu Lang bringing so many people to stay in the inn.

Even if there were a lot of fierce men tied to the horse's back, she didn't care much.

"Oh? A lot of people staying?"

"But it's much better than usual business?"

Xu Lang raised his eyebrows.

Generally speaking, people coming out of the capital will not stay in this inn, unless they are carrying too much goods and are moving very slowly.

Most of the people staying in the Shizipo Inn are going to the capital. Because it is too late and the city gates are closed, they cannot enter the capital, so they have to stay in the inn for one night and then go into the city early the next morning.

Therefore, except for special days, the business in the inn is relatively stable.

Seeing that his business is good, Luo Yuejin is still not happy, but still smiles and replies:

"Thanks to you, the business tonight is indeed better."

Xu Lang looked inside the inn and found that several guests sitting in the lobby were also looking at them curiously.

Then, Xu Lang retracted his gaze and said to Luo Yuejin:

"Rent the backyard of the inn to us tonight. No one is allowed to come in except us."

"This..."

For Xu Lang's request, Luo Yuejin opened her red lips slightly, with a blank face.

It was Captain Fang who reacted quickly and answered for Luo Yuejin:

"Okay, okay, I'll ask Manager Luo to help arrange it. Please wait for a moment."

Before Luo Yuejin could say anything, Captain Fang pushed him in. It seemed that the two of them had a good relationship, or at least they were old acquaintances.

The place was quickly cleared.

There was a barn and several bungalows in the backyard of the inn.

The bungalows were originally the residences of the inn's servants, but now they were all given to Xu Lang and his friends.

According to Luo Yuejin, her servants would sleep on the floor in the lobby for the night, and she herself had a boudoir upstairs.

Captain Fang and his friends had originally planned to spend the night drinking in the inn to kill time.

But now that Xu Lang and the "Six Gates" had arrived, they had to pretend, at least they couldn't drink tonight.

Next, Xu Lang and his friends led all the horses to the barn, and then unloaded all the goods and people.

The goods were unloaded in the yard, and the people were all escorted into the bungalows in batches. Each bungalow was guarded by several eunuchs in flowery clothes, and there were light and dark sentries in the yard for vigilance.

After doing all this, it was already late at night, and the food prepared for them in the inn was also delivered.

After eating dry food for a day, they felt that the hot food was more delicious.

Of course, Li Xuan did not have such an experience.

After the flowery eunuchs habitually tested the food for poison, they began to eat in batches after confirming that there was no problem.

Li Xuan also ate a meal, and when he was about to rest, he was called over by Xu Lang.

Xu Lang did not speak, and began to gesture on the ground in the yard.

"My lord, tonight may not be peaceful."

Seeing the handwriting on the ground, Li Xuan could not help but look at Xu Lang with some surprise.

He felt that the process of checking into the inn was quite smooth, and he did not find any suspicious signs. So how did Xu Lang determine that something was going to happen tonight?

Seeing Li Xuan looking at him, Xu Lang continued to write on the ground:

"The robbery of Ping An Commercial Bank that happened a few days ago has long been handed over to the Ministry of Justice. It is impossible for Chang'an County to be so concerned."

Li Xuan was shocked when he saw this sentence, and asked with his tail:

"Are you saying that the Fang captain outside is fake?"

Xu Lang shook his head and continued to write:

"The person should be real, but I'm afraid he didn't even realize that he was someone else's eyes."

Li Xuan frowned, and didn't understand what this meant.

But Xu Lang continued to write:

"It is estimated that the other party has obtained information about our arrival at the inn."

"It is not difficult to guess the other party's purpose, kill us all!"

"Secondly, we must also kill people and destroy the bodies."

Xu Lang wrote down three words, namely: "we", "robbers" and "goods".

"Sir, please help take care of these two things tonight."

After writing, Xu Lang drew a big circle around "robbers" and "goods".

Seeing Xu Lang's serious expression, Li Xuan nodded silently and agreed to this matter.

"Thank you, sir."

Xu Lang wiped the words on the ground with his foot, and then thanked him.

Li Xuan immediately went to the place where the goods were stored, and then immediately found the box containing the Ziwu Twin Lotus, and put it into his Dihong Bone Ring before anyone noticed.

Then, he came to the room where the scarred man was imprisoned, jumped on the beam and got up to sleep.

All the captured robbers were drugged by the flowery eunuch and were in a coma.

Therefore, it was much easier to guard them.

People are quiet, the night is about to end, I don't believe it will happen again tonight.

At a familiar time, Li Xuan suddenly smelled a strange smell approaching, which woke him up suddenly.

After opening his eyes, Li Xuan's nose sniffed hard again. While confirming the smell, his ears also caught a slight sound of breaking through the air.

He immediately performed the Dragon Tiger Wind Roar without hesitation.

"Roar——"

The powerful tiger roar exploded in the inn, startling countless birds from the nearby forest.

The people in the inn were also awakened by the thunderous tiger roar.

The next moment, someone in the yard warned:

"Enemy attack!"

The moment the sound rang out, the doors and windows of several bungalows in the backyard all exploded, and several figures came out from inside.

Then there was a fierce battle in the yard, accompanied by the sound of some earthenware jars breaking.

Li Xuan seemed to smell some familiar and pungent smell.

"Not good!"

He said in his heart, and his figure immediately jumped down from the beam.

Li Xuan didn't care too much at this time, and he flicked his tail directly, hitting the scarred man.

The next moment, the scarred man's body disappeared in front of Li Xuan like a magic trick.

After doing all this, Li Xuan rushed out of the house without stopping.

He just rushed out from inside, and the bungalow where he was originally staying suddenly burst into raging flames.

As the saying goes, the law of heaven will turn, and no one will be spared by heaven.

Last night, Li Xuan set fire to people, and tonight it was his turn to taste the taste.

It was a coincidence that the time and method of the surprise attack chosen by these people were exactly the same as what they did last night.

"Are you all taking the same training course?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but complain, and saw that the flower-dressed eunuchs in the yard had already fought with a group of masked men.

What was a bit bad was that these masked men actually fought back and forth with the flower-dressed eunuchs, and they were evenly matched.

Li Xuan's heart tightened immediately, knowing that the situation was not good at this time, and he had to go over to help.

But he had not forgotten Xu Lang's previous request.

Li Xuan went straight to the place where the goods were stored in the yard, where a fierce fire had already started.

If the other party used the same formula of kerosene bottle as him, I'm afraid this fire would be difficult to put out.

But Li Xuan had his own way.

The big tail on his buttocks suddenly turned as fast as the propeller of a helicopter, and it touched the goods one by one, and the goods disappeared out of thin air, along with the flames ignited on them.

Li Xuan was like an extremely efficient sweeping robot. He ran back and forth and collected all the goods in the middle.

These are all valuable things.

Li Xuan wanted to put more in, but found that there was not enough space in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

He immediately thought that there was still a waste in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring at this time, so he quickly swung his tail and threw a figure into the barn, which freed up a little space and put more goods in.

But even though Li Xuan tried so hard, he still couldn't save all the goods.

It should even be said that he only saved a small part.

But this small part was the most valuable among the goods.

For the others, Li Xuan had no choice but to watch them burn in the sea of ​​fire.

There were some things in his Emperor Hong bone ring, and generally speaking, even if all the space was vacated, it would not be enough to hold all the goods.

"Meow, although I don't know what these are, it's a pity to burn them like this."

Li Xuan knew that these were all goods from Ping An Trading Company, and they were valuable things anyway, but now they were all burned to ashes.

He had done his best to rescue the goods.

As for the hostages.

Li Xuan glanced at the messy barn. The horses were frightened and were moving restlessly in place.

Because the reins were tied firmly in the barn, these horses had no way to escape.

It was such a messy barn that became an excellent cover.

The unconscious scarred man was lying on the ground covered with horse manure, and one or two horse hooves would fall on him from time to time.

"After all, he is a fifth-grade master, so he shouldn't be trampled to death, right?"

The training of the lower three grades can make the warrior's body strong enough to withstand the exercise, and Li Xuan chose to believe in the basic skills of the scarred man.

If his Emperor Hong bone ring could not store living things for too long, he would not have hidden the scarred man in the barn.

The environment in the Emperor Hong bone ring was somewhat special, and even the flames on the goods he had just collected had extinguished themselves.

After dealing with the goods and the scarred man, Li Xuan turned his attention to the battle in front of him.

The battle was tense, and Li Xuan found that the powerful flower-clothed eunuchs could not take down these masked men for a while.

These masked men were cruel and ruthless, and they actually set the entire inn on fire.

There were cries for help everywhere in the inn, and some people had already started to help put out the fire.

Fortunately, the Shizipo Inn was only two stories high. Seeing that the situation was not right, many people jumped directly from the second floor and escaped from the fire with only minor injuries.

When this group of masked men fought with the flower-dressed eunuchs, they mainly used guerrilla warfare to delay the flower-dressed eunuchs and prevent them from escaping.

It was obvious that they came here to deal with the witnesses and material evidence.

"Is there any clue in this batch of goods?"

Li Xuan suddenly had an idea.

But now is not the time to think too much.

Li Xuan looked around and found Xu Lang in the crowd.

However, Xu Lang was dealing with the siege of two fifth-grade masters alone.

Although he was not at a disadvantage, he could not get away.

Seeing that Xu Lang was not in danger, Li Xuan also gave up the idea of ​​helping him.

Li Xuan could not help much in the battle between the fifth-grade masters.

Li Xuan turned his eyes to other people.

Like the flower-dressed eunuchs, the masked men all had the strength of the sixth grade and could use their own true energy in their bodies. Although the fight was not as cool as Xu Lang's, it also had some special effects.

In a battle of this level, Li Xuan could still get involved.

His figure immediately moved around the battle, sneaking up on the masked men one by one.

The originally tense battle, with the participation of Li Xuan, the balance of victory suddenly tilted.

Li Xuan did not dare to take risks. After the sneak attack, he immediately ran to the next person, directly disrupting the rhythm of these masked men.

The masked men suddenly felt the pressure doubled in the originally evenly matched battle.

Sometimes, the masked men just took a step back and let the flower-clothed eunuchs' fierce attack pass, and then a huge force suddenly came from behind, pushing them under the opponent's knife, and they came directly to a clean and neat death, which made the flower-clothed eunuchs stunned.

As the fight went on, the original feint attack turned into a deadly killing move.

Several flower-clothed eunuchs began to wonder if they were like the protagonist in the storybook, breaking through in the battle and defeating the powerful enemy in one fell swoop.

But when they confidently faced the next enemy, they immediately felt the pressure again.

Li Xuan secretly assisted these masked men to free themselves, and the flowery eunuchs gradually took the initiative.

The two fifth-grade masters among the masked men saw this scene and immediately felt bad. After forcing Xu Lang away, they shouted: "The wind is tight!"

"Where are you going!"

Xu Lang was trapped by them for so long, it was naturally impossible for him to let them go.

Moreover, with the strength of the two people, their value is not inferior to that of the scarred man.

If they can be caught and interrogated, it will definitely be a great achievement.

Xu Lang was also blood-thirsty at this time. He ignored the consumption and used a lot of moves to block the departure of the two fifth-grade masters as much as possible.

"Damn it, you are looking for death!"

The two masked fifth-grade masters were also forced into a hurry by Xu Lang, and they immediately fought for their lives.

Two against one is a big advantage after all, not to mention that these two people are fighting for their lives and going all out.

Xu Lang gradually felt the pressure doubled, and his moves slowly changed from attack to defense.

"Oh no, Xu Lang can't bear it!"

Li Xuan found the changes on Xu Lang's side and felt anxious.

Since he left the palace to investigate the case this time, he has not used his true strength.

Because the icy breath in his body is quite special, it needs to be used to absorb the coldness in Princess Ankang's body.

If it is not necessary, Li Xuan does not want to consume this power.

But if the situation is critical, he can't care too much.

Xu Lang called his adults along the way, Li Xuan can't just watch them die.

But just when Li Xuan was about to take real action, there was a sound of sharp blades breaking through the air.

Then, Li Xuan saw a large number of masked men fall down, and there was a sense of refreshing that the picture was cleared.

These masked men were not shot dead, but fell to the ground and struggled helplessly, but could not stand up.

They were all pierced with several crossbow arrows that had penetrated most of the way, but none of them hit the vital parts.

"My, there is an ambush?"

Li Xuan was startled, but when he saw that only the masked men fell to the ground, he was not too frightened.

The next moment, a team of eunuchs in flowery clothes surrounded them in full armor.

Such a scene immediately made Li Xuan feel extremely relieved.

"It turns out that my teammates have arrived."

At this moment, among the masked men, only the two fifth-grade masters were still standing.

When they saw the flowery eunuchs surrounding them, they immediately shouted heartbreakingly:

"Let's go and kill them separately!"

But it was obvious that they thought too much.

Two fifth-grade masters immediately came up from the flowery eunuchs who surrounded them, and they were left behind. In the end, they were crippled in martial arts, their limbs were broken, their jaws were removed, and they could only stare with a pair of terrified eyes.

After dealing with all the masked men, the flowery eunuchs also helped put out the fire in the inn.

Xu Lang happened to have water-attributed true qi, so it was not too difficult to put out the fire.

But the Shizipo Inn was burned like this, and it was pitch black everywhere, and it was no longer possible to see its original appearance.

In this case, it would be difficult to continue to open the door for business without a major renovation.

Luo Yuejin stood in front of the inn in a daze, with a few traces of smoke on her face.

She was only covered with a layer of gauze, with a bellyband and underwear inside, which was a sudden exposure of her springtime beauty.

But now Luo Yuejin didn't care about these things, she just felt sorry for her own inn being burned into such an ugly state.

Captain Fang took the opportunity to put his arm around Luo Yuejin's shoulders and comforted her kindly:

"Manager Luo, as long as the person is fine."

"It's okay for this store to be repaired."

"Don't think too much."

While Captain Fang said these words, his eyes were fixed on the bright red lotus leaf bellyband, and he didn't know what he was talking to.

Luo Yuejin immediately glared at Captain Fang beside him and pushed him away.

"Go away, it's not your store, so you don't feel bad!"

"My century-old inn~"

As she said that, Luo Yuejin collapsed on the ground and cried.

After all, Luo Yuejin lost a lot of money when the inn burned down.

To be honest, this was a completely unprovoked disaster for her.

Li Xuan watched from the side and just shook his head.

To be honest, he didn't expect that the eunuch in flowery clothes could help Luo Yuejin put out the fire.

He didn't expect that these secret agents in the palace also had a humane side, which was far different from the rampant court lackeys he had expected.

This time out, Li Xuan gained a lot of knowledge.

At this time, Xu Lang also finished communicating with the two fifth-grade masters who came to support him, and came back to Li Xuan's side.

"Sir, tonight's matter has come to an end."

"Although the goods were burned, the people are still there. The scarred man escaped in the barn."

"Although there are many more horse hoof prints on his body, it is worth it."

Speaking of this, Xu Lang couldn't help but smile.

He naturally knew that the scarred man was hidden in the barn by Li Xuan.

Although the goods were burned, the most important captive was saved after all.

With the scarred man, with the means of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there is no fear of not being able to pry out clues from his mouth.

Not only that, with the help of the flowery eunuch who arrived later, they also captured the two masked fifth-grade masters, which can be said to have caught a big fish.

It is not easy to recruit a fifth-grade master, not to mention that this time they investigated the case and directly captured three fifth-grade masters of the other party.

No matter what kind of force it is, losing three fifth-grade masters will definitely be a big blow.

Even the Ministry of Internal Affairs would feel distressed after losing so many experts, not to mention other forces.

After hearing what Xu Lang said, Li Xuan did not rush to show that he had rescued some of the most valuable goods.

It would not be too late to hand over the goods to Zhao Feng after returning to the palace.

Take them out now to avoid being coveted.

And those things can all be put into Li Xuan's Emperor Hong bone ring, so there is no need to take them out for the eunuchs in flowery clothes to carry.

Li Xuan did not use his Emperor Hong bone ring to carry goods before because it could not fit all the things.

And he himself did not need to take out his Emperor Hong bone ring rashly to show off.

After packing up everything, the eunuchs in flowery clothes escorted the prisoners back to Beijing.

In the following journey, without the burden of goods, their speed was much faster.

Before leaving, Luo Yuejin wanted to say something to Xu Lang and the others, but Li Xuan saw Luo Yuejin being stopped by Captain Fang.

Li Xuan guessed that it might have something to do with her burned inn.

But Luo Yuejin was really bold. She even wanted to ask for compensation from the eunuch in flowery clothes. She was really greedy.

I don’t know if she didn’t recognize the eunuch in flowery clothes or if she was just a tiger.

After leaving the Cross Slope, Li Xuan could see the city from afar.

“Finally, I can go back and have a good sleep.”

Li Xuan couldn’t stand staying up late these past two days.

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