Chapter 117: Stability One
"Drive!"
The gray-yellow mountain road was splashed with dust and gravel by horses' hooves, and a sturdy yellow hund galloped along the mountain road, and the wind brought up pressed the grass heads on both sides of the roadside. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The masked knight in a black suit was sweating profusely, his forehead was bulging with thin black tendons, and his vest was already soaked with sweat.
"Look!" suddenly whispered.
A black stone struck from the side out of thin air, with great force, and hit the knight's left shoulder.
With a thud, he knocked him off the horse.
Herod!
The yellow huss neighed, and fled in terror even faster. Only the black knight, who had fallen off his horse, barely managed to get up from the ground.
Bang!
A large foot in riding boots slammed on the man's shoulder, pressing it back again, and lying on the ground.
"Sanssouci Mansion's pawn, yo, it's still the black-clothed guard!" a bald monk in filthy and scruffy clothes jumped out of the grass by the roadside.
He skillfully lifted the black knight's hand upward, and his razor-sharp nails slashed at his forearm, instantly cutting through his clothes and skin, and pulling out a thin yellow piece of leather paper with blood.
"You guys.... Who the hell is !?" The black knight was smashed off the galloping horse, his body hit several stones, he was already seriously injured, and at this time he began to vomit blood in his mouth, and he looked like he was about to die, but he was still unwilling, and asked sharply with his eyes.
"We've dealt with each other so many times, and it's not clear?" The monk had a fat head and big ears, and his robe was covered with black and gray oil, and he immediately smiled when he heard this. He ignored the black knight and looked at the piece of vellum that he had turned out.
"Let the Buddha see what kind of information it is, 'The Zhen family fled.... Northland chaos.... Shangyang's house is stationed....'"
"You are the remnants of Yunzhou....!" the black knight suddenly remembered something and his eyes widened.
Burst!
His chest was stepped on by the fat monk and collapsed, and he suddenly lost his breath.
"Master!" A few more people came out of the mountain wall not far away, and when they saw someone on the ground here, they also hurriedly ran over.
One of them in the front, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, handsome appearance, fair and delicate skin, at first glance is a noble son who is used to being pampered, and the linen clothes he wears look out of place with his person.
"Li Gongzi is here, hey, I happened to catch a little pawn of Sanssouci Mansion. I thought I could get some valuable information, but I didn't expect it to be some big events that had nothing to do with us. The fat monk was bored and threw the leather paper in his hand to the visitor.
This Li Gongzi is Li Shunxi, who has just left Yanshan City and wandered in the area between the Central Plains and the Northland for a long time. He was followed by the sisters of the Liu family, who were described as extremely ugly.
The terrain between the north and the Central Plains is extremely complex, with mountains, forests, grasslands, forests, everything, Li Shunxi is also lucky, several times on the verge of despair, encountering ghosts and strange things, etc., either by luck relying on their own skills to escape, or by chance to meet the same lonely Liu sisters.
The three of them converged together because of their common enemy, King Sanssouci, and when they spent the night in a ruined temple on the way, they met the fat-headed, big-eared monk in front of them who claimed to be Master Qingshui.
"Master Qing Shui is moving too fast, if we can keep this person alive, maybe we can know from him what King Sanssouci will do next. Li Shunxi smiled bitterly.
"We have been fighting against Sanssouci for a long time, everyone who should know knows it, you and the little lady of the Liu family just follow the monk honestly, and you will know when you get to the place. King Sanssouci has gone against the grain and done too many things that hurt nature and reason, and there are many like-minded people who want to crusade against him. Master Qing Shui, the fat monk, said with a smile.
"It's just that our strength is weak, even if we join the master's side, what role can we play?" Li Shunxi was helpless.
"Not necessarily. The little lady of the Liu family trusts you very much... There are some things that you don't know yet, but you'll understand them later. Master Qing Shui looked meaningfully at the sisters of the Liu family behind Li Shunxi.
The younger sister of the two sisters lowered her head a little shyly, but the elder sister snorted coldly and glared at her sister with great dissatisfaction.
If it weren't for the fact that this girl was so dizzy by Li Shunxi, how could they divide half of the most precious thing in the family into Li Shunxi's body. By the time she found out, it was too late.
"Okay, let's go, the masters of Sanssouci Mansion should soon catch up again. We have to get to our destination. The fat monk urged.
"It's okay, if you can really take revenge one day, you will not forget the master's grace for guiding the way today. Li Shunxi saluted respectfully to Master Qing Shui.
"Let's go, let's go, don't rub it off!!" Master Qing Shui didn't take his salute, avoiding the back hem and swinging his sleeves and walking into the distance.
Li Shunxi smiled bitterly and looked back at the Liu sisters.
"Two girls, together?"
"Yes. Liu Caiyun hurriedly responded shyly.
Liu Qinhuo's big hands wrapped around him and strode past Li Shunxi, chasing after the fat monk.
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In the ninth year of the Great Song Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, the rebellion of Zhenhong in the north was pacified. The family is empty, and ghosts gradually begin to breed rampant.
Without the suppression of the Divine Soldiers, the Northland was unable to ensure the safety of the trade routes, and soon had the meaning of decline and decline. A large number of fur specialties were piled up and could not be shipped, the amount of grain purchased fell sharply, and the whole northern land gradually began to fall into a food crisis. The prices of living in various categories have risen sharply, and the people are living in unspeakable misery.
Along the mountain city, the Golden Light Tower.
At the top of the nine-story Golden Light Tower, Lu Sheng was dressed in white with fluttering sleeves, standing on the observation deck and looking into the distance.
The huge mountain city is in full view at this height, like a large simulated sand table, a large area of red roofs occupies most of the field of vision, only a few buildings have sprung up, most of them are tall towers, stone monument decorations, etc.
"If this famine is not curbed, I am afraid it will get worse and worse...."Lu Sheng frowned and said in a deep voice.
In the small hall at the top of the tower behind him, Hong Mingzi was holding chopsticks and slowly swallowing the dishes on the table, chewing slowly one bite at a time.
"Now there are displaced people, and there are more and more incidents of looting property, but this should be something that the government and the yamen are worried about, we just need to do our job. ”
Lu Sheng nodded and turned around: "The Shangyang family obviously doesn't care much about the northern land, Miss Shangyang Jiuli is stationed during this period, from the retreat of the Red Fang more than two months ago to the present, she and I have not even met once, all of them are in retreat and penance. ”
He continued: "There are good and bad things in this way, the advantage is that you should not worry about seizing power, and the disadvantage is that there is something, unless it is particularly important and urgent, there is no difference between the masters of the family stationed and the none." ”
"Isn't that better?" Hong Mingzi said casually, "My Red Whale Gang can completely monopolize the Northland. ”
"The trade routes are shrinking, and the exclusive interests are not as good as before, what's the use?" Lu Sheng shook his head. "Senior brother, you are not in your position, but you have put down everything. ”
"It's not that we put it down, but we are really powerless now, without the suppression of a local family like the Zhen family, the Shangyang family can at most ensure the normal operation of my Red Whale Gang, but the increasingly breeding ghosts and strange things will not take action. After all, we are ordinary people, and we can't do anything. Hong Mingzi picked up the wine glass and took a sip gently.
"yes.... After all, the Shangyang family is just a Central Plains family..."Lu Sheng nodded. After the Red Fang retreated, the owner of the Fang did not return for a long time, and his biggest opponent in the Northland was only the Umbrella Girl.
After going to Hongfang from Shangyang Jiuli a month ago, he also contacted Zhuo Wenyu again to collect yin qi items, but the other party seemed to have disappeared, obviously either he was discovered by Hongfang, or he was different from the past, his status and exposure were too high, and Zhuo Wenyu gave up.
That Xiaoding has been in the hands of Lu Sheng like this, he studied it for a while, but found nothing, so he left it in the dark box and left it alone.
It's just that in this way, the source of yin qi is cut off.
"By the way, Senior Brother, I want you to help you find something, do you have any clues?" Lu Sheng suddenly asked.
"Collecting antiques.... I've found a few more, but they're all the same as you've seen before. I'm afraid you still can't find a favorite. Hong Mingzi shook his head.
Lu Sheng claimed that he liked antique collections, and he held an appreciation meeting before, but he still didn't find anything.
"Indeed...."He also felt that this kind of casting a net was too inefficient.
"Report!" Suddenly, at the entrance and exit of the stairs, a group of people rushed up and knelt on one knee.
"Qi Yu Gang Master, Xiao Hongye Xiao Yuan's banquet outside the banquet, sent an invitation. ”
"Xiao Hongye?" Lu Sheng was stunned.
The chief butler of Sanssouci Mansion suddenly came out to have a banquet, and he didn't know what he wanted to do.
"Bring the invitation. He said lightly.
The gang immediately stepped forward respectfully and handed the invitation to Lu Sheng.
After taking the post, Lu Sheng gently opened it, only to see that some relevant content was written on it. It means inviting him to consult on important matters.
Closing the post, he groaned.
"I'll go and see him tonight. Sanssouci Mansion, a force between ghosts and mortals, seems quite mysterious. This was a small meeting before that there was something to discuss, and this banquet was the first time, but I wanted to see what the intentions of this housekeeper Xiao Hongye were. ”
He is now in charge of the Red Whale Gang, and he has a lot of authority, and from time to time he will contact and negotiate with the Bai Feng Dao people and Xiao Hongye, and some tricky troubles are determined by the three of them. This is the so-called small meeting.
"It's good that the junior brother knows it. Hong Mingzi nodded.
Lu Sheng nodded.
The two rested on the top of the tower for a while, and Lu Sheng took care of the relevant help, and when it was almost noon, he rushed to his home by car.
The sun is scorching, and the weather has completely entered the hot season.
The Lu family also gained a firm foothold in the mountain city, and after Lu Quanan listened to Lu Sheng's advice, he hoarded a lot of food, and at this time it became the first pot of gold to rebuild the family business.
There happened to be a lot of hoarding of medicinal materials in the north, and there were very few that could be shipped out, and the price plummeted, so they were purchased in large quantities by the Lu family. And the Red Whale Gang needs a big gap in medicinal materials, so Lu Sheng secretly gave some business to the Lu family, which is considered to be a good development.
Lu Sheng rode through the city in a carriage for a while, and soon returned to Lu Fu.
Immediately, a little guy stepped forward to greet him.
"The eldest prince is back!"
"Where's the head of the house?" Lu Sheng asked casually as he got out of the car.