Kaifeng Bistro

Xu Gan tried his best to stand still, looked up, and saw countless light green vine-like long whips sweeping from all directions, but after touching A Yuan's body surrounded by purple-black mist, they were as swift as touching flames. Wither drops.But A Yuan was also screaming in pain. The sword in his hand seemed to have turned into a piece of burning iron, which made him unable to hold it tightly. His arms and whole body were shaking.And that sword seemed to have a life of its own, just like when Xu Gan brought it back to Kaifeng for the first time. Although it was still dull, rough and heavy, for some reason, the souls of all the people in the yard were constantly lingering in his body. Tremor, as if received some kind of sacred and strong call.

Tan Zhifeng looked at the Kunwu sword and felt that it was awakened from a deep sleep by a mysterious force. It began to emit a slight blue light. A Yuan tried to hold it, but he could no longer fully grasp it.The long whips around A Yuan also began to approach him at the same time, and finally, the moment the sword fell from his hand, the flexible but powerful long whips rushed up and turned into several ropes to bind him layer by layer.

Enduring the pain from the wound, Xu Gan stepped forward to pick up the Kunwu sword, and swung the sword at the two yamen servants of Dali Temple who were still hacking around Zhuozhuo.The two were invulnerable before, but now Xu Gan swung his sword, and the person closest to him was cut in two, and purple-black blood gushed out, splashing Zhuo Zhuo and Xu Gan all over.Murderous intent flashed in Xu Yan's eyes, and the next sword pierced directly into the chest of another person from behind. This time, there was a muffled sound of pain in the person's chest, and his body slowly moved like a lifeless wooden stake. collapsed.

As soon as the two settled, the courtyard immediately returned to calm.A Yuan didn't struggle any more, the long whip that entangled him flickered bright green, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, he stared blankly ahead with his eyes wide open, as if he had no feeling, no breath of life anymore .

"I, I..." At this moment, Tan Zhifeng felt that his right shoulder seemed to be aching, and the sky was dark. He touched his shoulder and stretched out his hand in front of his eyes, only to find that his hand was covered with shining white of liquid.The rest of the people immediately looked at him together.He hastily waved his hand and said: "I'm fine, I'm fine." Xu Yan dropped Kunwu sword, stepped forward to support Tan Zhifeng, and the other three rushed over to surround the two of them, shouting sharply, Yi Yi called out to Shangshang in a panic, but Shangshang was at a loss, and kept saying: "Heal the wound, first let me stop the bleeding for brother Zhifeng..."

Tan Zhifeng felt that the night in front of him was getting darker, he shook his head, at this moment, he felt that every figure that came up to him was a little blurry, and the next moment, he didn't know anything.

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It was dawn when Tan Zhifeng opened his eyes again, and he lay on the bed in a daze thinking for a long time before he remembered that so many things happened last night.First, he made stuffed fish, then went back to his old house with Chen Qing to feed the pigeons, and then gave the stuffed fish to Zhan Zhao to send him to jail, and Bai Yutang, who was robbed, had a fight with Xu Gan...

Xu Gan was injured, but the night's encounter was not over yet. He and Xu Gan had just had a good conversation in bed when A Yuan came to him...

Although recalling all this, Tan Zhifeng lying on the bed still felt as if he had a big dream.He closed his eyes, and for a while he saw Zhan Zhao's handsome back on the horse, for a while he saw Bai Yutang's faint smile, and for a while he felt Xu Gan lying beside him, saying to him, "Go to sleep. "But just as he was about to sleep, A Yuan pounced on him with all his teeth and claws.

Tan Zhifeng was so frightened that he sat up in a jerk.He moved his legs and feet, and felt that he was fine except for a little soreness in his right shoulder.He carefully checked his shoulder, as if the wound had been healed by Shangshang, leaving only a very faint mark.

I don't know why Xu Yan was not in the room, only Changshang was dozing by the bed opposite him and Ling'er, Tan Zhifeng didn't want to disturb him, so he walked lightly to the door leading to the next door Carefully pushed the door open.Originally, he was still thinking about whether it was expected to start work today, but he found that the door of the tavern was locked. Xu Yan, Yi Yi, and Zhuo Zhuo were sitting at the table. Never tell..."

Xu Gan stopped before finishing his sentence, he turned his head abruptly, saw Zhifeng standing by the door, stood up and walked to Zhifeng, and said to him, "Are you awake?"

Tan Zhifeng breathed a long sigh of relief: "I'm awake. I remember everything? Is your injury okay? Where is A Yuan? Are those two guards really dead? Also, we didn't make much noise last night. Right? Is there anyone from Kaifeng Mansion, Dali Temple, and the Forbidden Army to interrogate us..."

"Don't worry about it." Yi Yi came over and said to him: "Although many neighbors felt that there was some noise in our place last night and came to inquire early in the morning, I have slightly changed their memory when I explained to them. , They should stop talking nonsense, they will only feel that they are having a nightmare."

Everyone accompanied Tan Zhifeng back to the next door. Tan Zhifeng still opened the door and looked outside with uneasiness. The yard was clean. The scuffle last night was like Tan Zhifeng's own nightmare.He stood for a while, then asked Xu Gan, "Then... where is A Yuan?"

Xu Gan raised his hand and pointed to the room opposite where Bai Yutang used to live.Tan Zhifeng was still full of doubts.Xu Gan said: "He already... we didn't take his life last night, but right now... it's hard to tell if he's dead or alive. If you want to see it, go and see it."

Tan Zhifeng walked down the steps and walked towards the house.Yi Yi opened the door for him, only to see that A Yuan was still bound by Yi Yi's long whips, his hair was disheveled, and he was still lying on the bed in his bloody clothes.Seeing Xu Gan and the others coming, a little light seemed to flash in his cloudy eyes again, but his throat was rattling, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't make it.

"He..." Yi Yi whispered in Tan Zhifeng's ear: "He is exhausted, and his soul is still trapped in his strange body... I think he can't speak anymore, it's better to be as soon as possible." Let him go."

Only then did Tan Zhifeng think of a key question: "How... how to let him go? By the way, why did the Kunwu Sword suddenly show its power yesterday? Those two guards really died like this?"

"Of course I cut him with a sword..." Before Zhuo Zhuo finished speaking, Yi Yi gave her a hard look.He said to Tan Zhifeng: "Naturally... it was Ying Long who aroused the power of Kunwu Sword to save you, and now only Ying Long can make his soul leave his body. Tan Zhifeng, don't just run around thinking that you are already healed , you'd better go back and have a good rest."

Xu Gan came over from behind and nodded: "Zhifeng, you don't have to worry about A Yuan's affairs. He is harmless to others now, and it will be a matter of time before he is sent away."

"That's good." Tan Zhifeng looked at A Yuan who was lying on the couch numbly for a while: "Then... then don't tie him up... Would you like to change him into a cleaner dress? The two servants from last night What did you do with the corpses? Now that the inspections are very strict when going out of the city, could it be that you transported their corpses out of the city overnight?"

Several people looked at each other, and finally Xu Gan said: "There is no corpse."

"What?" This time it was Tan Zhifeng's turn to be puzzled: "No... no corpse...?"

Before he had time to ask again, there was a knock on the courtyard door.Tan Zhifeng's heart was shocked, and he said to Xu Gan, "Could it be that... someone came looking for you?"

Xu Yan looked at Tan Zhifeng for a while, then looked back at Yi Yi and Zhuo Zhuo, and said, "Take good care of Zhifeng later."

The two answered at the same time, Zhuo Zhuo stood up and said to them: "I'll answer the door." After saying that, he straightened his clothes and went out.The other three walked into the opposite room together. Just as Tan Zhifeng supported Xu Gan to lie on the bed, he heard a strange voice from outside: "Does Xu Gan live here?"

"He lives here, who are you?" Zhuo Zhuo asked unceremoniously.

"Let him in." Xu Gan called out from inside the room.Then the courtyard door opened with a creaking sound, and Zhuo Zhuo and the footsteps of the other person came from the courtyard.

As soon as the door of the room was opened, Tan Zhifeng looked up, and standing behind Zhuo Zhuo was a tall man with a very ordinary appearance and no characteristics. Swipe up, and soon stop at Xu Gan who is half lying on the bed.

"It's you." Xu Gan said lightly, "Come in."

"Yo, you...do you still remember me? Yes, when your family lived in the south of the city, your father and I used to come and go frequently." Although in Tan Zhifeng's eyes, Xu Gan's attitude towards visitors was not at all like that of a junior. But the man didn't care, and even showed a little excitement in his words: "You just remember me. You, your child, moved here alone, and we old neighbors Don't see each other anymore, look, you have no one to take care of you here, and you have a sick baby with you, I heard that yesterday, that crazy Bai Yutang who escaped from the prison came and stabbed him with a sword. Alas! You said that you are in such a situation now, how can we people be worthy of your parents?"

Xu Gan did not answer, but still sat there quietly, the atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment, the man cleared his throat, and continued: "Xu...Xu Gan, I have something to tell you, can you let you... All those who take care of you leave for a while?"

Xu Yan looked up at Yi Yi and Zhuo Zhuo, and the two walked towards the door one after the other.Only Tan Zhifeng was left sitting by the bed.The man looked Tan Zhifeng up and down again, and said hesitantly, "This... who is this?"