There are jujube trees in the alley

After the Chen hour, it was the Si hour.

There were more and more children playing in the street, some chasing wild cats, some fighting in line, and some drooling at the candied haws on the street. The vendors didn't want to pay attention to these wild children without adults. They frowned at the increasingly intense heat in the sky, flicked their sleeves to fan the wind, and checked from time to time to see if their candied haws had been roasted.

In recent days, the summer atmosphere has intensified. Whether it is vendors, children, farmers, or rich ladies, dignitaries have changed into summer clothes, and the clothes on their bodies are getting less and less every day.

People in every household are trying their best to reduce their clothes, but there is a person who wraps himself tightly. His bloated clothes look out of tune with the surroundings. He doesn't look like he is spending the summer, but rather spending the winter.

A coarse cloth jacket, it seems to be a few points thicker than the usual cotton jacket for winter. I don't know what the person wearing it is thinking, isn't it a living hell? Countless eyes on the street were staring with curiosity.

Look at the face of the person wearing strange clothes. Who else could it be but Xia Shang?

Today, Xia Shang is no longer as calm as before. He looks at the sky from time to time, and then looks at the scorching sun with a sad face. Then he wipes the sweat off his face and continues to move forward.

It is really not easy to wear such thick clothes, but for the sake of his life, he still grits his teeth and perseveres.

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Dongkou Street, the houses in all directions cut the street into a series of intricate alleys. The alleys are long and deep, but the distance is less than ten feet. There are earth walls and cobblestone roads everywhere. Logically, few people come here. But the popularity here is not low, because there is a well-known dog meat shop. It is not an exaggeration to say that the fragrance spreads ten miles away. The rich meat fragrance carries a smell of dog meat, and it can be smelled in a large area of ​​the eastern district of the county.

Especially for the people living in Dongkou, a bite of dog meat has long become an indispensable enjoyment in life.

However, not all the alleys around Dongkou Street are crowded. There are also many alleys that are relatively deserted and few people come and go.

A white dress, a white scarf, a long sword with a red tassel...

A masked woman with a frost-covered face stood quietly on the wall beside the alley, looking at the alley entrance motionlessly. She had been waiting for a long time. A lush jujube tree behind her became a natural shield, and no one had seen her so far.

Soon, Xia Shang, who was wearing bloated clothes, appeared in the alley.

He walked on as if nothing had happened. As long as he passed through this long alley, he would be not far from the dog meat shop.

As the smell of meat attracted him, Xia Shang couldn't help swallowing his saliva. The fragrance was enough, and the key was the smell of dog meat, just right, which was the soul of people who like dog meat.

Gradually, unripe green dates fell at his feet...

A cool breeze came over, making Xia Shang feel refreshed, and at the same time, he trembled all over!

"Here it comes!"

Xia Shang's heart sank, and he subconsciously looked up, only to see a white shadow falling from the sky, like a soft leaf in the air without any weight, but a straight long knife was facing his heart, flashing with cold light, and the cold murderous intent made the temperature around him drop a lot.

He couldn't see who it was at all, and there was no intention of stopping the knife. If Xia Shang slowed down for half a second, he would be dead!

At the critical moment, Xia Shang sat down awkwardly, holding the ground, and dodged the sudden attack in an inelegant sleeping posture.

In an instant, he only saw the white-clothed woman who fell from the sky brushing an inch over his head, and the steel knife tore off a bunch of his hair!

"Fuck! Is this woman serious?"

Xia Shang was shocked. He didn't expect the other party to be so cruel. Feeling the murderous intent on the other party, it was not fake!

A sense of crisis surged in his heart. Xia Shang didn't dare to look back again. He turned over and ran to the entrance of the alley.

After running a few steps, the cold breath behind him surged again, and was approaching him quickly.

This feeling was too obvious. Xia Shang knew that he could not run away. He turned around and looked, and his scalp suddenly numbed!

The blade was already at his heart, less than an inch away!

"Is she seeking revenge?"

Xia Shang was sweating coldly, and at this moment he could no longer care about any plan. He raised his left hand and was about to shake his sleeves! But he heard a light "dang" sound.

The blade seemed to be hit by a stone, and the woman's attack was instantly resolved.

This time, Xia Shang was so scared that he sat on the ground again, panting, wiping his sweat constantly, and felt that he had gone through a circle in the gates of hell.

The woman stopped attacking and looked around with a cold face: "Who!"

As soon as the voice came out, another person appeared out of thin air, standing in front of Xia Shang, silent.

Seeing this person, Xia Shang was overjoyed: "Sir, why is it you?"

"Sir, I was just passing by here, and I happened to meet you, so I helped you."

The other party said it easily, but Xia Shang knew in his heart that this guy must have been secretly monitoring him, and now he was finally lured out.

Xia Shang pretended to be panicked: "Sir, please kill this thief quickly! She, he, she...she wants to kill me! She is the woman who came to my house a few days ago. Now she has recovered from her injuries and wants to seek revenge on me."

The middle-aged man did not look back. Today he was not wearing a raincoat, but a brocade dress. He looked calm and said: "Sir, you have done me a favor. I will do this favor today."

After that, he turned to the woman in front of him and said lightly: "Girl, you have some skills. You can recover from my poisonous handprint. There are many strange skills in the Red Flower Society."

The woman's eyes were stern, and she didn't say anything at all. She circulated her true energy, and a white mist was steaming around her. The blade was twisted again, and her feet stepped on the ground continuously. The strange body movement seemed to have an extra figure out of thin air. One person instantly transformed into two people, and the offensive was twice as fierce as before!

Seeing this situation, even the middle-aged man couldn't help but change color, thinking what kind of skill is this? It seems different from the previous fight!

However, although this body movement is wonderful, the swordsmanship and internal strength are two points weaker, and it is still far from posing a threat to me!

The middle-aged man sneered and took a step forward. He did not see the true qi coming out of his body, but he saw the ground was dusty and the fallen dates on the ground were shaking constantly due to an invisible air pressure.

As a spectator, Xia Shang finally understood what the definition of a master in ancient times was.

Every time they collided, the collision of true qi and true qi was like the collision of two thousand-pound boulders. The air pressure was so strong that people had to retreat. Not to mention fighting, even those who could stand next to the two were not ordinary characters.

Especially the middle-aged man, who fought against the blade with his bare hands, did not dodge or evade, and had a body of copper tendons and iron bones, as if he was invulnerable to swords and guns!

Xia Shang was a little confused, thinking, is this the person he wants to kill? Is this a human or a monster?

Even if he made countless preparations, it was hard to say whether he could succeed when he saw the situation in front of him.

In an instant, the middle-aged man and the woman in white had fought a lily!

What puzzled the middle-aged man was that in just a few days, why did this woman's skills improve so much? Could she fight him to such an extent?

Although her sword skills and skills were not very good, her strange steps were unpredictable, and fighting with her was like one person against two people...

Xia Shang also saw the clues, and never thought that this helper was so powerful, and he was not at a disadvantage in the hands of the middle-aged man. This is perfect! If the woman can help him kill him, it will save him from all kinds of dangers later.