Yehuai City west, Yangliufang, slums.

A creaking sound came out of reach. Yang Lan pushed the window in front of her with force and took the opportunity to observe the world.

The messy and dilapidated houses, the narrow alleys, the flowing shit, urine and sewage, the poor families with a hurry and a vegetable face, form the most basic tone of this slum.

However, Yang Lan didn't care about these things.

She narrowed her eyes, focused her eyes, stared at a spire building dozens of meters away for a while, and then sighed slowly.

As a survivor of the Yehuai stronghold in the Baihe Chamber of Commerce, since breaking through, Yang Lan has been involved in Yehuai City, trying to use this big city with a population of one million to cover up all its traces and avoid the subsequent pursuit of the unknown force.

This approach was quite effective, which prevented her from being wiped out as soon as possible.

However, the opponent's force seems to have a strong foundation in Ye Huai. No matter where Yang Lan is hidden, she will always be discovered in a very short time.

After avoiding the first few pursuits with caution or luck, she vaguely understood the hostile force, acted more carefully, and even believed in her warrior intuitions as nervous as she felt that something was wrong, she immediately changed the ground.

In this way, Yang Lan has lived successfully for sixteen days.

During this period, not only did she survive by herself, she also led a team. The fate of the members of the team was similar to hers, all of whom were the remaining "little people" after the evil forces destroyed their own forces.

"How about Yang Xiaoniang?

"Have anyone seen traces of our contact?"

Behind Yang Lan, a vicissitudes man with neither tall nor shortness and thick limbs approached, lowered his voice hard, and asked with anticipation.

As he approached, a strong smell of sweat scent immediately surged, which made Yang Lan frown unconsciously.

In order to escape, people sometimes don’t have enough food and sleep well. This kind of decent destiny in taking a bath every day will naturally disappear.

Not to mention this guy, Yang Lan, a woman, had a strong smell of sweat on her body, but she had already "get it used to it" after she smelled it for a long time.

"No, no one has ever approached there."

Yang Lan gently closed the window and pursed her lips, but her voice stopped rising and falling.

"Is there no one?" The man's expression turned into a dark look when he heard this, and deep disappointment surged in his eyes. He said to himself:

"The stronghold was destroyed. We are all guilty people. The Nanyan City will not give up on us, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole room immediately became solidified. Everyone present seemed to agree with the man's statement, becoming a little discouraged.

The man's name is Zhao Cheng, and he is a servant of the Jingyang family in Nanyan City. He has great martial arts cultivation and is also a kind-hearted person who often helps people. In this small team, his prestige is second only to Yang Lan.

Therefore, his words and emotions can influence everyone present.

"hehe……"

At this time, a chuckle suddenly sounded.

Yang Lan turned around and looked around with bright eyes, attracting everyone's attention:

"Brother Zhao's statement is not bad. We are really nothing to the big people in Nanyan City. Besides, they have been destroyed by others. In any case, they have to bear the blame of "ineffective protection" and be abandoned and ignored for the time being."

When Zhao Cheng heard this, his face became even more muffled, as if he was losing his anger.

Yang Lan's expression remained unchanged, maintaining her previous tone, and continued:

"But, other forces may really do that and will give up on their brothers, but will I, Baihe Chamber of Commerce?"

Her eyes became sharp:

"Everyone, most of them are locals in Nanyan City. Even if they are not, they must have a certain understanding of the various forces in the state city because of their own forces."

Speaking of this, Yang Lan could pause and ask back:

"I wonder, what do you think of my Baihe Chamber of Commerce?"

How else can I think of it? Among the forces in Nanyan City, the Baihe Chamber of Commerce is neither strong nor weak, and has a very lack of presence. If it weren't for the stingy, stingy and short-sighted White Crane Association, everyone would probably not know that there is the Baihe Chamber of Commerce in Nanyan City.

Um?

Protect your shortcomings?

In the room, the originally stagnant atmosphere suddenly became loose, and everyone present had their eyes lit up.

Yes, perhaps other forces don’t care about the survival of a small Yehuai stronghold, or if they care about it, they plan to rebuild the Yehuai stronghold, or they may not care about it for a while, and they have to plan slowly.

But will the Baihe Chamber of Commerce? According to the Baihe Chamber of Commerce's personality who is extremely protective of the short-term, when hearing that his own power has been destroyed, he will most likely immediately send a master to Yehuai to rescue and take revenge.

And this is hope.

Hope for life.

Yang Lan looked around, looked at everyone's expressions and expressions, nodded with satisfaction, and thought that people's hearts were still available.

She stopped hesitating and arranged things quickly:

"Brother Zhao Cheng, next, you will take over me and stare at the traces of the tower. Once our forces find this place, we will respond immediately."

Zhao Cheng came to his senses, hesitated for a while, and nodded slightly.

Yang Lan kept saying:

"Uncle Wang, put on that torn dress, pretend to be begging, inquire about the latest news, and see if there is anything else that has happened."

When she said this, she pressed her stomach secretly, thought about it, and added:

"If someone really gives you a gift, don't refuse, we...we have already lost food."

A short old man with wrinkles on his face said "um" and agreed.

"Liang Gui, after a while, we have to continue to find a safe haven. The cunning rabbit has three holes, so we can't let go of good habits."

"Okay, Sister Yang."

A young man with clever eyes jumped out.

After arranging these things, Yang Lan pressed her eyebrows and said to the remaining people:

"You guys are responsible for watching with Zhao Cheng instead. Always staring at the other side alone, which will inevitably make people feel strange."

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...

Ye Huaijing Yeshi.

You Hanyan was wearing a black suit as usual, cold face without expression, and sat cross-legged on the thick carpet, looking at the stack of official letters on the long table in front of him.

The long sword that was inseparable from it was leaning against the long table.

After a long time, You Hanyan put down his last official letter and said to the person opposite:

"At present, with the county magistrate's office, Ye Huai Army strengthened its protection and launched a counterattack, and there were fewer assassinations of officials, which was a good thing."

Opposite him was a well-dressed man from the county magistrate's office.

When the rich man heard this, he nodded first, then shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"You also know from the orders of the county magistrate. We do not guarantee that officials will not be assassinated or assassinated few times. We must find out the enemies in the dark and eliminate them all."

"I know." You Hanyan pursed his lips and said coldly: "But I can't do it."

"Ah?" the rich man said in surprise.

You Hanyan didn't intend to explain anything, but said directly: "I can't do this, Ye Huai Army can't do it, and the county magistrate's office can't do it either. You don't need to ask the specific reason, just reply to the county magistrate like this, he will understand."

Nanyan City has made a clear statement that Ye Huai is not a family, and similar things have happened in the entire Nanyanzhou region and other counties, and this is suspected to be the revenge of the Mengxing Cult to the officials.

Mengxing Sect, this kind of evil force can naturally be dealt with by the provincial and ministerial forces, but their Yehuai official family cannot do it, and they will forcefully act and will have a greater backlash.

Therefore, we can only take good protection, fight back appropriately, and wait for things to pass.

In Nanyanzhou, the government is indeed the strongest, but this is just a general trend. If you go to a certain place, you may not necessarily gain an advantage.

A rich man understood some things, but he could not understand them at his level.

He laughed dryly, tried to change the subject and said another thing:

"Sifu, there has been something that officials were assassinated recently, and we may need to pay attention to it."

"What?" You Hanyan's eyes moved.

"That's it." The rich man pondered for a moment, picking up the most important part of the information and said:

"According to the report below, many powerful bases belonging to Nanyan City have been destroyed by secret forces and plundered their wealth."

"Oh?" You Hanyan became a little interested and asked proactively: "Do you know which force took action?"

The rich man shook his head:

"It's not clear yet."

He immediately explained:

"I have been so anxious recently that I have been assassinated by officials. I really have no time to pay attention to other things. This is because I have been under less pressure recently, so I have devoted my energy to paying attention to other things."

The rich man thought about it and leaned forward slightly:

"Sifu, do you think it is possible that the assassination of officials and secretly culled the various forces in the prefecture are the same?

"At present, this is indeed the most doubtful one."
To be continued...