Chapter 228: Cottage
According to Chu Yiyi's intelligence, the time and place marked on the 60 invitations sent by "Wanyimen" are different, at least 15 places, the date is roughly around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and most of the locations are in Guangdong and Fujian, and there are also two or three places located in Zhejiang, all of which are not too big harbors.
Thirty years ago, the "Wan Yi Conference" was held on an island in the South China Sea, and this time is no exception. Based on this, it is estimated that at least 15 ships will be sent to various seaports to pick up the guests and take them to the islands where the conference will be held.
Wuyang City and Nanao Port in Guangdong are more than 2,000 miles apart, so as soon as the New Year passes, on the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Hua Bushi will set off from Wuyang City, so that he can arrive at Nanao Port in time without delaying time.
The date set by the "Wanyi Conference" is really unreasonable, it is a big year, most people are at home for the New Year reunion, it is really not a good time to go out, and some distant sects, if they want to arrive in time, they must even set off before the end of the year.
It's just that compared with the attraction of the "Wanyi Conference", the New Year is nothing.
For this "Wanyi Conference", Hua Bushi has a lot of expectations.
Today's "Evil Dog Gate" Shili has expanded to Changsha City, and its territory and industry have risen by leaps and bounds, which is much stronger than a year ago, and it has become a famous gang in Hunan Province. And now, the most lacking resource of the "Evil Dog Gate" has become the inheritance of martial arts.
Without superior martial arts, you can't cultivate masters, the strength of the sect is insufficient, it will be difficult to survive in this troubled world where tigers and wolves are in charge, and sooner or later it will be swallowed up by a stronger shili.
No one can practice the ancestral "Spirit Dog Fighting Technique", the new martial arts promised by the second uncle Hua Dihu have not made progress for a long time, and Yang Jiangyi's "Vigorously Subduing the Demon Sword Technique" lacks the support of Zen Sect's internal strength, and there is no other way to think about it, Hua Bushi can only hope that this "Wanyi Conference" will have something to gain.
For this "Wanyi Conference", Hua Bushi also made a lot of preparations, the most important of which is the silver tael. After returning to Wuyang from Changsha, Hua Bushi advocated the "three evils" to increase the mining speed of the veins in the west of the city, and now the output of refined iron has doubled compared with the original. And the "Divine Soldier Hall" blacksmith workshop has increased many manpower, forging weapons day and night.
Most of the weapons created were escorted by the "Five Tigers Dart Bureau" and sent to the hands of the Chuang Wang Righteous Army in Yujing, in addition to ordinary swords, guns and shields, there were also various siege ordnance such as iron cannons and giant crossbows. After several big businesses, Hua Bushi has earned hundreds of thousands of dragon silver. Before the Chinese New Year, he also sold more than a dozen shops in Wuyang City of the "Evil Dog Gate", just to raise more silver taels.
In addition to preparing the silver taels, Hua Bushi also asked Chu Yiyi to use the eyes and ears of the "Thousand Flowers Fang" to inquire about the relevant information, and learned that the two sects of Shaolin and Putuo had decided to send masters to participate in the conference. In fact, almost all of the 60 families that received the invitation to "Wanyimen", including the seven major factions in the Central Plains, regarded this trade fair as a great opportunity, and probably none of them would give up easily.
Everything is ready, for the New Year, Hua Bushi packed up and set off for Guangdong, there were only ten people in his group, including Zhu Hong and Bai Yiling, Chu Yiyi and Meng Huan, Haida Woman Hai Hongzhu and four "Dragon and Tiger Hall" in the martial arts good helpers, it can be described as light and simple, even Yang Jiangyi was left in Changsha City by him.
Leaving Yang Jiangyi can be said to be a last resort. In recent months, although there has been no major war in Changsha City like before, there is still no peace, and from time to time some rivers and lakes come to intrude. In the second month after Hua Bushi returned to Wuyang City, he had to send Yang Jiangyi and "Qingyunwei" to Changsha again, and then even Li Hu rushed over.
In the past few months, the alliance of the four factions in Changsha City has experienced several battles, repelling the attacks of several Jianghu sects and underworld shili, although these gangs are far from being as strong as the "Hengshan faction" and "Paijiao", but they are always haunted and quite difficult.
It is unknown who is behind the scenes, and the rapid rise of the "Evil Dog Gate" in a few months has indeed caused the jealousy of many shili, which not only exist in the Hunan realm, but also in the surrounding realms of the rivers and lakes. Therefore, it is inevitable that some people with bad intentions will take the opportunity to instigate and cause fighting.
The victory of these battles has made the four factions alliance famous, but at the same time, it is also more hated, and Changsha City is surging, and it is unknown when a big war may break out again.
Now the strongest combat power of the "Evil Dog Gate" is none other than Yang Jiangyi and "Qingyun Jianzhen", only when they are in Changsha City, can people be relieved. If you go to Guangdong with Yang Jiangyi, a distance of thousands of miles, it will take at least a month or two to go back and forth, and Hua Bushi doesn't want to risk being wiped out.
What's more, the purpose of this trip is only to participate in the "Wanyi Conference", not to fight with people to win, with too many masters and people to cross the border, not only is it unnecessary, but it will cause suspicion and suspicion from all parties in Guangdong, provoking right and wrong.
Therefore, Hua Bushi left Yu Qianli, Li Hu, and Ximen Tong all behind.
As for letting Hai Hongzhu accompany her, she was also forced to do so.
Hua Bushi has lived in Wuyang City for more than three months, and the discord between Young Master Hua and Hai Hongzhu cannot be hidden, and the reason for this is that Hai Hongzhu usually does not hide it. The rumors reached Hua Tianxiong's ears again, and the head of Huada was furious, and immediately called his son for questioning, Hua Bushi took great pains to temporarily calm his father's anger, and at the same time knew that his father was already suspicious of Hai Hongzhu.
This time I went to Guangdong, going back and forth to the moon, Hua Bushi really didn't worry about putting Hai Hongzhu alone in the Hua family's mansion, if she accidentally helped her and her father learned the truth, Hua Bushi was not in Wuyang, I was afraid that no one would be able to save the lives of the Hai family brothers and sisters. Therefore, Hua Bushi simply took her with him, walked in the same car, and showed his father Hua Tianxiong the love of the husband and wife by the way, so as to reduce his father's doubts.
Hai Hongzhu is nineteen years old, although she is a girl who grew up in the countryside, she has always been spoiled by her father Hai Lao boxer and brother Hai Dashan, and her personality is very arrogant. After getting married, she has always been pretending to be Hua Bushi, and she is not allowed to touch a finger of the eldest young master. Hua Bushi was not angry, often laughed and messed with her, and treated her like a little sister.
A group of ten people left from Wuyang City and went all the way to the south, which was quite smooth, but after entering the Guangdong realm, they encountered trouble.
This trouble is that a tail comes behind him.
Exploration and tracking is Meng Huan's specialty of "Thousand Flowers". Two days earlier, he had spotted a group of men and horses following the convoy of the "Vicious Dog Gate" from a distance.
It's not uncommon to have a team of horses on the road, and it's not surprising to walk with their team all the way. However, in order to shorten the journey, Hua Bushi chose not to travel on official roads, but mostly through the mountains. There were very few horse teams running on this kind of path, otherwise even if Meng Huan's ears were amazing, it would be difficult to detect the sound of hooves miles behind him.
The group of men and horses was not in a hurry, hanging far behind them, always maintaining a distance of seven or eight miles, and for two days in a row, the situation was very unusual.
This must be a deliberate follow-up, not an accidental one!
There are a lot of enemies in Hua Bushi, and they are all very terrifying, and the easiest thing to think of is the lifeless old demon ** in the demon road, or the killer group "Heavenly Punishment", or one of the many underworld shili that has been defeated in the past. Now Hua Bushi is in the realm of Guangdong, and he is alone, if he encounters a powerful enemy, it is really a very dangerous thing, and he must deal with it carefully.
Those people followed behind, keeping a distance of several miles and refusing to approach, because they didn't want to meet Hua Bushi and his party. This is not a new practice, but it is very common, and it is often the case that people in the underworld chase and kill their targets, and they do not approach for the time being because they have not yet waited for the right opportunity to raid.
And if the person being tracked turns back, they will have enough time to hide and ambush.
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the cottage of the golden bald head is really not far away, just halfway up the mountain of "Wild Boar Ridge".
"Wild Boar Ridge" is a mountain peak in the Nanling Mountains. Compared with the mountains on all sides, the "Wild Boar Mountain" is high and densely forested, full of primeval pine forests, and many wild beasts grow in the forest, so it is named.
It's just that now it's freezing and snowy, and even if there are wild beasts, they don't know where to hide.
The road up the mountain is very narrow, rugged and difficult, Rao is Hua Bushi when he went out to choose a good horse, climbing this mountain is also quite difficult. When they reached the mountainside, the carriage could no longer travel, and fortunately, the cottage of the golden bald head had also arrived.
The so-called cottage is actually an abandoned temple.
In front of the earthen and stone temple wall more than seven feet high, the mountain gate is slightly reinforced with logs, giving it the appearance of a green forest cottage. However, there is still a wooden plaque under the eaves of the mountain gate, on which the words "Tsz Yun Temple" are written.
The carriage stopped, Hua Bushi lifted the curtain, looked around, but frowned, glanced at Jinda who was standing aside, and asked, "Lord Jinzhai, this is your cottage?"
Jinda didn't know what the young master was thinking in his heart, so he laughed and said: "Exactly, this face is a little smaller, and the place in the village can be spacious." ”
Hua Bushi let out an "oh" and ordered, "Then let's go in." ”
Several minions left behind in the cottage saw that the owner of the village had returned from the robbery, and hurriedly opened the mountain gate. Najinda was also sensible, ran to the head to lead the way, and brought Hua Bushi's carriage and the accompanying knights into the cottage, and the wounded soldiers and remnants of the bandits in the battle in the valley also followed.