And now the advantage of having a home that is not afraid of people coming is that he can store items first, and he takes out the things that he rarely uses from the Qiankun Tips, including ancient swords, jade slips and the like, and throws them all outside the house.

When Zhou Heng on the side was busy, the two sat on the edge of Crane Lake, watching the sunset, the sky was full of colorful clouds, everything was so peaceful and tranquil, looking at each other, I only felt that this moment in my life was enough.

After a long time, Zhao Min suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted: "Alas, look there, it seems that there is a fire." ”

I saw Zhou Heng on the side and took a look, and found that the water and sky in the distance were flashing at some point, and the smoke was billowing out, and it was actually from the beacon tower in the county seat!

"Ahem, it's not good! There are Japanese robbers attacking during the autumn harvest!" Zhou Heng on the side was shocked, and immediately floated down and went straight to the beacon tower, while Zhao Min quickly walked down the mountain in the direction of Zhou Heng.

saw that in the air on one side, Zhou Heng took a mask from the treasure bag of the Qiankun bag and put it on, and arrived at the beach in the blink of an eye. As far as the eye can see, the five large ships on one side have just docked.

The shore climbed up densely packed with widows, I was afraid that there were two or three thousand people, and a few of them who were running fast had already arrived at the beacon tower, and were wielding knives to kill, and the people on the platform were already frightened, only two people were still desperately shooting arrows downward, and Zhou Heng on the side saw that the situation was critical.

Immediately, a palm slapped down in mid-air, and several Japanese people were slapped to death before they could react, their brains burst, and they were killed. The people behind are still pouring up.

"Hmph, I just don't understand, these would-be robbers came all the way to burn, kill and loot, is there any human flavor in the end!" Zhou Heng on the side was annoyed.

Suddenly, Zhou Heng dropped his body and shouted, like a thunderbolt in a sunny day: "You garbage, stop me! If you want to live, hurry back! Take a step forward, kill yourself!"

And the Japanese on one side did not notice that he was flying from the air, so no one paid attention to him, and still rushed forward desperately, and one of them had a Japanese Da Zhou's official speech was good, so he said with a cruel smile: "Hehe, we have come across the ocean, how can we go back empty-handed? Unless your country obediently sends 10,000 taels of gold and 1,000 beauties, we can still make a discussion, otherwise, hehe, we will burn them all, kill them all, and rob them all within a thousand miles!"

One day, Zhou Heng on the side was angry, and snorted coldly: "Hehe, I have the heart to let you live, but you don't know what to do!

Zhou Heng on the side said and rushed up with his palms, and where he passed, for a while, there was no one alive within ten zhang, killing all the way from the foot of the mountain to the seaside, seven or eight hundred people fell behind him, and he turned around and killed again, roughly calculated that at least one thousand two hundred people died, and the rest of the widows were holding their heads and running away.

Zhou Heng caught up and killed again, and in the end, only twenty or thirty people were left kneeling on the ground and kowtowing like pounding garlic, and Zhou Heng on the side raised his palm and put it down, the surrounding ground was full of blood, and the sea water was already dyed red.

After all, it takes some effort and time to kill so many pigs, and he was a little disgusted when he saw that Zhou Heng on the side untied a small sail board from the big boat, and ordered the remaining twenty people to go up: "You miscellaneous pieces, get out of me, go back and tell your people, with me Zhou Heng guarding here, if you dare to come in the future, I will not be spared!

The people on the side were pale, didn't dare to say a word, and walked away with a sail board, at this time, several people on the peak fire platform had already been stunned, and some people vomited when they looked at the corpses all over the ground.

When Zhou Heng on the side took off his mask and came to the county seat, he found that the city gate had been closed, the suspension bridge had been put away, and the city wall was full of people, everyone had a hoe and shovel in their hands and was waiting for it. ”

The people at the head of the city on one side saw him, and hurriedly put down the drawbridge to let him in, and Zhou Heng on the other side entered the city, pretending to shout loudly: "Haha, everyone has worked hard, leave the eight hundred militia groups, and the rest will disperse first. ”

The people on one side refused to disperse, and a moment later someone galloped over on horseback, shouting, "The Japanese are dead, everyone is all right!"

Then he saw the people on one side and rushed in, and stepped forward to report: "Report! More than 2,000 people have been killed by an immortal who fell from the sky, and there are five big ships on the seaside, please decide!"

Zhou Heng on the side instructed Qin Linghe to lead two hundred militia groups to go with him, and asked Wang Wei to count the boatmen with sailing experience in the county.

When everyone came to the scene, it was almost dark, the ground was full of blood, and the corpses were one in the east and one in the west, and Zhou Heng on the side felt that it was too troublesome to bury so many corpses one by one, so he ordered the militia to pile up the corpses into several piles.

Ignite the fire, and bury it together after burning, fortunately it is a trained militia group, and it is relatively easy to do these jobs, and if you want to replace it with ordinary people, you will already be frightened, and it will be completely dark after you finish it. Everyone lit torches and walked back, Qin Linghe said as he walked: "Oh, so many people died at once, I'm afraid that the Japanese will not dare to come again in ten years." ”

As soon as Zhou Heng returned to the county office, he saw Zhao Min on the side and said sullenly: "Master Zhou, you have killed so many people, I am afraid that it will not be good for cultivating immortals." ”

I saw Zhou Heng on the side and said: "Ahem, Sage Yun, 'The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency if there is more than is lost.'" If you dare to kill, if you dare not to live', and since these people dare to burn and loot, it is to kill themselves, so I kill to stop killing, although it is a last resort, but it is also secretly in line with the way of heaven, moreover, the Buddha said, "I don't go to hell who goes to hell", in order to protect the Chinese people, I would rather incarnate as Shura, and I will not hesitate to cultivate immortals. ”

Although Zhao Min on the side understood in his heart, there was still an unbearable look on his face, and Zhou Heng also sighed, after all, after seeing so many corpses, no one felt comfortable in their hearts, unless they were crazy, but why do those would-be robbers like to kill, that means that they are not human beings at all!

Wang Wei counted the people with ocean experience in the county overnight, and when he reported it the next day, there were more than 300 people, two of whom had gone to the West and were rare talents, and Zhou Heng on the side asked him to invite the best ten people over.

And an hour later, everyone came, most of them were sturdy men, two of them were older, about fifty years old, Zhou Heng asked for names one by one, and knew that the two were called Li Ke and Li Rui, they were brothers, they had served in the imperial court's fleet, and they had been to the West more than once.

Suddenly, Zhou Heng was very satisfied with these people, and said: "This county is close to the mountains and the sea, so it is more difficult to trade by land, and we should vigorously develop maritime trade in the future." Maritime trade can be divided into domestic and ocean-going, domestic trade is not far from the shore, relatively easy, ocean-going trade is more dangerous, it requires experience, and now we have five big ships, I plan to use three for domestic trade, and the other two go to the South Seas, so, what do you think?"

For a while, everyone talked about it, and most people wanted to only do domestic trade, but Li Ke on the side said: "If you are well prepared, ocean trade is not terrible, and you can earn several times the benefits of a round trip." ”

Suddenly, Zhou Heng asked, "What preparations should I make?"

Li Ke replied: "There are three main points, the first is the training of personnel, each ship has at least twenty crew members, and must go through a month of training, the second is the nautical chart, we do not have a detailed Nanyang nautical chart now, and the third is anti-piracy, it is recommended to add a cannon to the ship, and it would be better to send some martial arts experts to sit in the town." ”

Zhou Heng on the side nodded and said: "Now, the problem of cannons has been solved, I went to the ship yesterday to see it, there are three cannons on each ship, it should be enough, think of other ways." ”

As he spoke, Zhou Heng on the side took up a pen and wrote a notice: "Now this county is recruiting 30 kung fu masters due to the needs of maritime trade, each with 30 taels of silver per month, 30 gunners and 100 crew members, each with 15 taels of silver per month." ”

Then, Zhou Heng then said to Li Ke and Li Rui: "I also ask the two masters to be responsible for the selection and training of the crew, and strive to be able to go to sea in a month, and I will bring the charts when the time comes." ”

Zhou Heng turned his head to Qin Linghe on the side and said, "You are responsible for the selection of martial arts experts and gunners, and you will also send someone to the Fujian Navy Division to invite a few people to come and see the types of guns on our ship, how to use them, and how to replenish the shells." ”

Finally, he said to Wang Wei on the side: "You go to purchase goods and arrange trade goods." ”

In less than a while, Zhou Heng arranged the affairs of maritime trade in an orderly manner, and finally said to everyone: "Ahem, I will go to Beijing in the past two days to see if I can find a detailed chart, when I am not there, Wang Weilai is fully responsible for the affairs of the county." ”

After everyone dispersed, Zhou Heng on the side went to the county market and bought a few carpets, bedding and a pot, as well as daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and more interestingly, he also bought dozens of red candles as thick as children's arms. He put all these things into his bag, and then went out of the city, running and flying all the way to his home in Crane Lake.

The first thing Zhou Heng did was to lay a carpet on the entire hut, then place the futon, set up the tables and chairs, and oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

Half an hour later, a warm home appeared in front of him, Zhou Heng on one side was lying on the bed, the petite and delicate Zhao Min sat cross-legged next to him, both of them were very satisfied, Zhou Heng on the other side took the box of law seals, decided to study it carefully, and saw the eighteen law seals on one side, lined up in a line from large to small, the largest was about five inches.

And the smallest one was only the size of a soybean, and he saw that there was a tiger head on the back of each Dharma seal on the side, and the front was completely different, Zhou Heng first took the largest Dharma seal in his hand.

Zhou Heng on the side looked at it for an hour before he recognized it, and a big cloud seal was drawn on it, which was the word "wind", without any explanation, and then picked up the second one and looked at it for a long time, and found that it was a "rain" word, and Zhou Heng looked at it in turn, and had a general direction.

The latter ones are much easier to identify, and they are "wind, rain, thunder, electricity, water, fire, pestilence, disease, anger, joy, thought, sorrow, fear, soul, spirit, spirit, will, and will", and there are no annotations.

I saw Zhou Heng on the side pondering for a long time, got up and dipped the law seal with the word "wind" in thick ink, luck pressed a mark on the paper, shook the sky a few times, waited for a long time without a little wind, Zhou Heng on the side burned the paper again, according to the Maoshan Taoist method, stepped on the gossip Yu step, held the sword, and recited the words in his mouth: "Heaven and earth listen to my orders, anxious as the law!"

And after waiting for a long time, only a little breeze came, Zhou Heng on the side was very dissatisfied, it seemed that these methods were not right, Zhou Heng on the other side thought for a long time and couldn't think of a good plan, and walked around the room with his head down sullenly.

Zhao Min on the side was a little distressed when he looked at him meditating, and comforted him: "Master Zhou, everything in the world has a fate, and if the time is not enough, it is in vain to think about it again, you must know that it is not easy to unlock the soul of the Nine Yin, and the concubine still has the patience to wait for a few more years." ”

Zhou Heng had to give up temporarily, this day was August 13, the night breeze was blowing gently, the round moon hung in the sky, and the two sat on the soft grass by the lake.

Neither of them spoke, and the feeling of warmth and peace had already filled their hearts. In the middle of the night, the two of them returned to the house to sit quietly, Zhou Heng on one side gave the bedroom to Zhao Min, sat in the tea room by himself, and when it was almost dawn, he woke up Zhao Min on the side: "Haha, come back to the capital with me and go to find some nautical charts." ”

Zhou Hengyun on the side of the column rose into the air, and arrived at the capital after two ups and downs, you know, at this time, the east has just been white, and it is still early.

So, Zhou Heng first went to the snack bar of Confucius Temple to ask for a few snacks, enjoyed it slowly, and after eating, he walked around the Qinhuai River, and waited until the three poles before coming to the Hanlin Academy, and when he heard that the old man was visiting, Luo Musheng on the side ran out quickly, grabbed Zhou Heng's hand, and said very eagerly: "Brother Zhou is here, I envy you so much! Look how comfortable you are doing in this county! Traveling everywhere, I have come to Beijing twice in half a year! It is much more refreshing than me being bored in the house all day!"

Zhou Heng on the side said with a smile: "Haha, the younger brother visited this time, firstly, I missed the eldest brother, so I made a special trip to take a look, and secondly, I wanted to trouble the eldest brother for a small matter." ”

I saw Luo Musheng on the side and patted him on the shoulder: "What's the matter, my own brother, as long as I can help, it's okay!"

Zhou Heng said: "Well, I need a batch of charts of the South Seas, and the county will carry out trade and go to the South Seas." ”

Luo Musheng smiled: "Haha, you can find the right person here, you know, the chart belongs to the Ministry of Industry, but the Hanlin Academy seems to have saved a copy, you wait, I'll find someone to check." ”

After Luo Musheng on the side finished speaking, he asked someone to investigate, and the man replied after a while: "There is a chart drawn by the imperial court fleet when it went to the Western Ocean, which is more detailed. ”

Luo Musheng instructed: "Go and draw a copy quickly, the sooner the better!"

I saw the man on the side: "Even if you work overtime, it will not be completed until noon." ”

Luo Musheng said: "Quickly go and describe." ”

Then, Luo Musheng turned to Zhou Heng on the side and said, "Brother Zhou, wait a minute, I'll go take a leave and go back to drink with you early!"

After speaking, he walked out, and after a while, he came back again, leading Zhou Heng on the side to leave the Hanlin Courtyard, and when he got home, he didn't care about the time, he ordered his subordinates: "Hurry up and prepare wine for a banquet, you have to get drunk today!"

After the two of them drank for a while, the smell of wine came up, and they heard Luo Musheng on the side begin to be indignant: "Oh, Brother Zhou, don't you know, the court has become more and more chaotic recently, the emperor has not been in court for a month, and many ministers want to see the emperor, but they are all blocked by the annihilation, and last month, two second-grade officials were beheaded all over the door! Now everyone in the capital is in danger, so it's better to say that Brother Zhou! Although the position is a little smaller, he is also the master of one party, but the emperor is far away, and his heart is comfortable!"

Luo Musheng on the side was embarrassed after speaking, and kept drinking, the cup was dry, and he didn't know how much he drank.

And about an hour later, Mrs. Luo came out, greeted Zhou Heng on the side, grabbed Luo Musheng's arm, and persuaded her politely: "Alas, don't drink Xianggong! There are still people coming at night, it is related to the lifelong event of the little sister, if you get drunk, it is not good!"

Luo Musheng's wine virtue is still good, and he is more obedient, so he didn't drink it when he heard the words, and Mrs. Luo on the side helped Zhou Heng add wine, and persuaded: "Hehe, uncle is not an outsider, please continue to drink! ”

Zhou Heng on the side asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, I don't know who the surname Nan is?"

I saw Mrs. Luo on the side and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Hehe, I heard that it is Jinshi Jinshi, and it has spread in Beijing, saying that he is better than Song Yu, and looks like Pan An, I don't know if it's true, and I ask my uncle to help us look at it at night, appearance is secondary, the key is to have a good character." ”

Zhou Heng on the side nodded in agreement.

I saw that Shen Shi was not there, and Mrs. Luo's sister on the side came to the house, and entered the inner house in a small sedan chair, and I don't know how people look, as soon as it was dark, someone outside reported: "A few sons have arrived!"

Zhou Heng didn't want to see these people, so he hurriedly avoided behind the corner gate, and Luo Musheng on the side went out to greet him, and a few scribes came in in an instant, and the one who walked in front was a beautiful young man with a graceful demeanor.

Zhou Heng on the side only glanced at it, and his head "buzzed"! It turned out that the person was not someone else, but actually the demon he had seen on the Vermilion Bird Lake! At that time, he stared at the other party a few times, so he firmly remembered the person's face in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, so he hurriedly dodged and retreated, and then quickly wrote a few words, and handed them to Mrs. Luo on the side.

You know, Mrs. Luo on the side was in the inner hall, and she was about to lead her sister to visit through the window, when she suddenly received a letterhead, and she felt a little strange, who knew that when she opened it, she saw that it was written in black and white: "Please don't show up, the one on the opposite side is a person in the Demon Sect who has done all the bad things, has a human face and a beast heart, is heinous, and has lost his conscience, be careful!"

Suddenly, Mrs. Luo and her sister on the side looked at each other, a little unbelieving, but they didn't dare to take risks, so they could only sit quietly in the room, waiting to listen to Luo Musheng's words, and an hour later, Luo Musheng sent those people away.

I saw Zhou Heng on the side asking him to retreat left and right, and said solemnly: "Brother, can you trust me?"

One day, Luo Musheng suddenly said a little unhappy: "Brother Zhou, what are you saying! When you and I fall in love at first sight, how can we not believe you?"

Zhou Heng on the side stepped forward to bow, and then said: "I still hide some things from my brother! In fact, I am that Zhou Heng, because I was hunted down and killed, I had to hide my name and avoid it in every way." ”

Luo Musheng stared at his face and felt incredulous, Zhou Heng on the side took out his mask and put it on: "Brother Luo, look at it again!"

Luo Musheng on the side suddenly realized, came up and hugged him, and shouted in a lost voice: "Haha, good brother, it's really you! I thought I would never see you again, but I didn't expect this Zhou Heng to be the same! This is really good!"

Zhou Heng on the side roughly said his things from beginning to end, except for treasure hunting, making jade, selling swords, etc., most of the others are not bad, and then talked about what he saw in Zhuque Lake, and said solemnly: "Hmph, don't look at that demon is very young, but his kung fu is extremely high, and he is practicing the evil skill of the girl to supplement the yang, if you let the little sister get close to the five zhang, he will be noticed, and it will be difficult to get rid of it in the future!"

One day, Luo Musheng on the side couldn't help but clasp his hands and said gratefully: "Brother Zhou, I am fortunate to have you today!"

Zhou Heng on the side groaned: "I don't know what the name of that person is, where he lives now, if he is singled, I will definitely kill him!"

Luo Musheng said: "I know this, that person's name is Nan Caifeng, and he currently lives in Juxian Building near Wuyi Lane, brothers must be careful!"

And that night, Zhou Heng on one side lived in Luofu, and in the dead of night, he took out the Fa Yin and pondered for a few hours.

You know, the eighteen cloud seals have been hovering in his mind, and there is still no clue how to use them, and when it was noon the next day, Luo Musheng brought a detailed sea chart, densely marked with land, islands, and some small notes.

Zhou Heng on the side thanked him again and again, said goodbye and left, Zhou Heng left Luofu and walked to Juxian Building near Wuyi Lane.

You must know that this Juxian Building was originally an inn, and there is a Juxian Building opposite it, Zhou Heng found a room in the Juxian Building to live in, put down the curtains, and stood behind the curtain to look at the opposite side.

It wasn't until the evening that Zhou Heng saw Nan Caifeng come back with a few people dressed as scholars, stayed in Juxian Tower for less than an hour, and walked out alone, wearing a white shirt and holding a folding fan to wander around the street.

You must know that it is the night of August 15, and the streets are full of colorful lanterns, such as Chang'e running to the moon, eight immortals crossing the sea, Magu offering his birthday, Zhong Kui catching ghosts, and all kinds.

It can be regarded as having everything, and some of them are extremely elaborately conceived, not only with fine handiwork, but also with various movements, and all of a sudden, the street is full of pedestrians.

Many girls and daughters-in-law who have been locked in the boudoir for many years are difficult to breathe, some in a sedan chair, and some on foot. Due to the large number of people, Zhou Heng on the side followed closer, and he could see Nan Caifeng's every move.

At this time, Nan Caifeng on the side was really extraordinary, and the places he passed attracted the admiring eyes of many women, but he ignored these glances completely.

I saw that Nan Caifeng's eyes on the side were aimed at a small sedan chair, most of the people who sat in the sedan chair were the daughters of the official eunuchs, and at this time they all opened half of the sedan curtains, and looked at the lanterns on the street through the gaps, and walked all the way, Lan Caifeng finally found the target, it was a purple sedan chair, and there was a dignified and beautiful girl sitting in it.

Zhou Heng followed behind after twenty zhang, with a lot of people in the middle, seeing the small sedan chair in front of him walking to the end of the long street, leaving the long street and walking towards the alley, so he slowed down and dropped out far away, this alley was very quiet, listening to the sound of the sedan chair "hey, hey, hey", Zhou Heng was not worried about losing it.