Donggang Town.

Mr. Zhang walked out of a drug store.

His lungs were an old injury that had not been healed well. A few days ago, he used his soul power to help Lin Xi chase the murderer by boat, and the old injury became more serious.

Severe asthma and excessive phlegm.

There is blood in the phlegm.

The former Xizi Jiang Dragon King has completely turned into a sick cat today, unable to sleep day and night.

When breathing, his chest always felt like there was a big stone pressing down on it, and it felt like there were countless people pricking it with small needles. Especially when he lay down, it was even more difficult to breathe. Even if he fell asleep, he would often be out of breath.

And woke up with a start.

However, today when he walked on the bluestone road in Donggang Town, he felt particularly at ease.

Naturally, a person like him would not know about the disputes caused by Lin Xi's rewards and punishments in the governor's mansion, but he knew that Lin Xi would definitely step on the blue clouds again this time and take a big step forward in the Yun Qin court.

Even if the merits of this dam were covered up by some well-intentioned officials above, Heng Rongchang and Lu Fuji would not agree.

Due to physical reasons, he stayed in Donggang to recuperate, but Fourth Master Zhu and others went to Yanlai Town. They were all men who grew up on the river. After investigating the changes on the river, they were sure that Yanlai

The river surface near the town will turn into a shoal where sand and gravel can easily accumulate. If large ships want to pass through, they will probably have to rely on trackers to pull the fibers.

This will not only greatly slow down the water transportation of various commercial banks, but also greatly increase the costs of various commercial banks, thus affecting the entire Yunqin tung oil business.

The water of the Xizi River is too gentle, and there was not much rain in previous years, so there is no way to prevent floods along the coast. And the river dam built by the Engineering Secretary was so stable that it caused problems for later officials of the Engineering Division.

The perception is that it is impregnable, but now that the dam of this river breaks, some major consequences immediately become apparent.

I feel relaxed and can even breathe a little easier.

Mr. Zhang slowly walked into a narrow alley.

This alley is called Scholar Alley, and there is a school deep inside. Many scholars originally lived in the alley.

Nowadays, there are many more businessmen doing business in Donggang Town, and many scholars have switched to business or joined businesses to help. Therefore, although the school in this alley is still there, the number of scholars who originally lived in this alley has been reduced.

The alley became much quieter, and a lot of lush grass grew in the gaps between the stone paths on the ground.

After turning a corner, the alley ahead seemed to come to an end. However, Mr. Zhang grew up in Donggang Town and knew every street and alley very clearly with his eyes closed. He knew that if he took another turn there, he would enter.

A bigger alley, and then you can reach the alley where he lives.

He knew that the seemingly endless narrow alley ahead was actually not the end, but his steps still stopped.

Then he turned around slowly.

He coughed softly, his expression still calm, but there was an indescribable coldness in his heart that spread throughout his body.

Only a few people, such as Lin Xi and Zhu Fourth Master, know that in addition to being water-based, his nose is also naturally many times more sensitive than ordinary people, so he can even track the smell of blood in the water.

At this moment, he smelled a familiar smell that was very deep in his memory.

So at this moment, although Donggang Town, which had just fallen into the night, was still as peaceful and peaceful as usual, he knew that he had reached the most dangerous moment in his life.

He looked at the alley behind him and saw a man coming out.

…

What appeared in his sight was the fat businessman who always had a smile on his face.

At this moment, the fat merchant had changed into a crimson silk shirt, but he was holding a short green and red staff in his hand.

This short staff is in the shape of a simple old vine, but it is so green that it looks like it is carved from jade, while the red one has lines of runes.

The green staff is wrapped with red runes, like flames spinning and burning in the wind.

"There's no rush anyway."

The fat merchant also stopped, looked at Mr. Zhang across the alley, and still smiled and said: "I'm not in a hurry to kill, and you shouldn't be in a hurry to die either. Why don't we talk."

Mr. Zhang coughed lightly. He looked at the short staff in the fat merchant's hand and said, "Are you the one who wanted to kill me on the river?"

"How do you know?" The fat merchant was stunned for a moment, but he immediately nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand and tapped his nose seriously, "Yes, that's me."

"How do you know it's mine, and how do you know I'm secretly following you?" After the fat merchant answered, he looked at Mr. Zhang in a leisurely and curious manner and asked repeatedly.

Mr. Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "I can smell the smell on you...like barbecue."

"That's right. Let's talk carefully. Killing and being killed will be more interesting." The fat merchant smiled with satisfaction and said, "It's rare that your nose is so sharp. I might as well tell you that the smell of barbecue is because of me.

I opened a barbecue shop...my barbecue tastes really good."

Mr. Zhang looked directly at the fat merchant and asked, "Why do you want to kill me? I have a grudge against you?"

"There are many kinds of killing, and grudges are just one of them. Many years ago, I killed many people for silver, and solved many problems for them." The fat merchant was not impatient, and habitually alternated his hands on his sleeves.

He wiped it and said: "The last time I attacked you on the river, I owed someone a favor. Since I took action, I had repaid the favor. At that time, the wind was tight and you ran away, so I didn't bother to kill you again.

You. As for this time, it’s because I have a brother who I grew up with. If you hadn’t helped Lin Xi drive the boat, he wouldn’t have died.”

"You have something to do with the military!"

Mr. Zhang's brows twitched sharply and he coughed violently, "Then the last time you took action against me, was it because of Xu Chengfeng and the others?"

"Probably I think it would be more convenient for you to do things on the river." The fat merchant smiled and said: "You also understand that people like you who are not in the court are worthless in their eyes."

Mr. Zhang pondered again and said, "Did you set the fire in the prison?"

"You are really smart. The main person I have to deal with is naturally Lin Xi. It's a pity that the fire was in vain. But if I kill you, he won't be very happy." The fat merchant smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits.

, "Okay, I don't like having blood splattered on me. Why don't you commit suicide to make your death look better?"

Mr. Zhang glanced at him and shook his head, "Since I was able to escape last time, I won't let you get your wish this time."

"oh?"

The fat merchant showed a curious look on his face again, and he was not in a hurry. He looked at Mr. Zhang carefully and said, "I think I'm not wrong... Your chest and lungs were severely injured by me, which is equivalent to half of your lungs rotting away. Unless

No matter how big a breakthrough you make in your cultivation, your vitality is strong, and your own energy, blood and soul power are stirred up, you can slowly eliminate this hidden disease, and there will always be some flaws left. Otherwise, no matter how good the elixir is, it will not be able to solve it at all.

Your injury and your cultivation have not made any big breakthroughs. Over the past few years, your body has become worse. I am afraid your soul power can only support running at full speed for less than a hundred steps, right? And with your cultivation

Because of your physical strength, I should have caught you in thirty steps."

After a slight pause, the fat merchant became more and more satisfied with his judgment. He smiled and shook his head, "You have regressed in the past few years, but I have made progress. Moreover, I used to deal with you with bare hands. Today I use a weapon to deal with you. You

I shouldn’t be able to accept even a single face-to-face encounter. I waited until you got deep into the town before taking action, and you didn’t have time to run to the riverside, so how could you escape?”

"Just run away."

Mr. Zhang frowned and said.

After saying this, his whole body hit the wall behind him.

With a "boom", a human figure suddenly appeared on the wall.

Inside the wall is an empty room, full of dust.

Mr. Zhang coughed violently, but at the fastest speed in his life, he rushed past in an instant, smashed straight through the wall on the other side again, and was knocked out.

Behind the wall is another alley.

There is an old locust tree at the end of this alley, and under the old locust tree there is an old woman hanging clothes to dry.

When she heard a huge noise and turned around, Mr. Zhang had already broken through another wall and crashed in.

The fat merchant holding a green and red short staff was slightly startled when Mr. Zhang broke through the first wall.

It's not that I don't have the ability to react in time, it's just the confusion caused by not being able to understand. With the opponent's body, using the soul power to hit the wall like this, it should be expected that he would catch up with him before he could even take thirty steps, but at least the opponent would be caught up.

He is also a heroic figure on the river, and his head cannot suddenly be broken before hitting the wall.

Could it be that there is a powerful practitioner behind those walls?

But he instantly rejected this idea that came to him.

If such a reclusive cultivator really existed, there would be no need for Mr. Zhang to rush over. The loud noise of breaking through a wall would be enough to attract him.

So after being stunned for a moment, he immediately started to plunder wildly.

His body looks extremely heavy, but when it is lifted up, it is extremely light. It is like a ball bouncing on the ground.

The old woman under the old locust tree in the deep alley just realized that someone had crashed through the wall. Her expression changed and she screamed when she saw the fat merchant had jumped from the roof on one side.

It came down and bounced up to the roof of another room like a ball.

The fat merchant's body was light, but the power under his feet was extremely heavy. The bluestones on the road and the thick tiles on the roof shattered instantly when his feet stepped on them.

He also jumped across an alley again.

He saw Mr. Zhang again, who was covered in dust and debris, and in the center of the alley where Mr. Zhang was now, there was a spacious place with a large well with hexagonal stone railings.

Under his stunned gaze, Mr. Zhang took a deep breath, suppressed his cough, jumped up, and jumped towards the well.

"Plop!"

The water splashed high.

The fat merchant fell to the edge of the well, and the smile that had always been on his face disappeared. He looked at the water rippling in the well and couldn't understand.

He looked at it for a full five or six seconds, his fat face twitched a few times, and with a "pop" sound, he broke the manhole railing with his palm, and smashed all the broken stones of the manhole railing down the well.

He suddenly turned around again and came to the door of a house in this alley.

There are two large stone lions at the door of this family's house.

He successively lifted the two large stone lions, each weighing hundreds of kilograms, and smashed them into the well mouth. With his palms constantly slapping, the two large stone lions were smashed into pieces by him.

It smashed into the well and completely blocked the old well.

Then, he bounced up like a ball again, rising and falling a few times, and disappeared into the streets.
Chapter completed!