The wind on the river is urgent, the smoke and willows on the shore in the distance are swaying, and an official ship is sailing along the west. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info was on the seventh day of the third month, and four days had passed since the meeting between Wuwei and Dongfang Lin and Qiu Yinming, and there was still no news from Qiu Yinming. said that at this time, the two were sitting on the official ship.

A few days ago, with Bai Mengyang and his entourage to Nanjing, Wuwei and Dongfang Lin originally planned to stay for a while, and after visiting Dongfang Yan with Qiu Yinming, they still set off the next day. Who knows, after waiting for a whole day in Qilin Villa, there is no trace of Qiu Yinming. But unexpectedly learned that Dongfang Yan was appointed as the right senator of the political envoy of Hu Guangbu half a month ago, and he will leave for his post on the same day. So the two discussed with Bai Mengyang and asked Sima Xin to bring the "Essence of the Ten Directions" to Wuchang with the official ship, first, it was safe and convenient, and second, wait for Qiu Yinming.

After separating from the Bai family, he waited for another two or three days, but he didn't arrive for a long time, which couldn't help but make people worry.

Dongfang Yan's appointment has made the family mixed. After seizing the door, he was implicated because of a piece of paper and persuasion, but fortunately the emperor was magnanimous and left Nanjing to work, which was really a blessing in disguise. In the past year, he has been on duty, quiet and comfortable, and he can travel with the old friends of Fengquan Academy to play in the mountains and rivers, recite poems and appreciate paintings. In the middle of summer last year, his wife Wang gave birth to a son, and the Dongfang family was happy. At the beginning of the year, the imperial court lasted three months to complete the assessment of the thirteen political envoys, and they were promoted and dispatched, and the old and new were replaced. Now that the turmoil has calmed down early, relying on the emperor's great grace and cherishing the virtuous and talented, several officials who were suppressed at the beginning have been reappointed, and I don't know who thought of this former champion who was idle in Nanjing, and recommended to fill the vacancy in the Huguang Senate. When the documents came down, the Dongfang family shook up and down, happy that Dongfang Yan's career had improved, and worried about the turbulent officialdom, how could he be a kind-hearted literati to deal with it thoroughly.

When Dongfang Yan received the letter from Liu Lihao that day, he was full of emotion. Since the unhappy parting in the capital more than a year ago, although I later understood the original intention of my friend, but the personnel changes, I can't send a word. Seeing that he said in his letter that he would find an opportunity to visit him another day, Dongfang Yan was extremely looking forward to it, thinking that he would definitely release his suspicions with him and entertain him warmly, but who knew that he could not meet.

At this time, sitting in the cabin, Dongfang Yan clasped his hands together, and said with a worried face: "Cheng Xian has always been thoughtful and has great skills, I hope that I can't get out of it somewhere for a while." ”

Dongfang Lin knew that his brother was not sure when he left home this time. The young son is still in infancy, so he can only leave his wife and children at home temporarily, and go to Huguang, under the shadow of Qiu Yinming's big crime, he doesn't know what tricky things will happen, and now his friend's whereabouts are unknown, which makes him a little restless. So Dongfang Lin comforted him in a harmonious voice: "Brother Qiu won't have an accident." His father is the old sect master of Chunlin Villa, no matter what, he will never worry about his life. But Qiu Yinming's appointment is indeed incomprehensible, she thought about it and said to herself: "It would be good if I could meet the people of the Xihai League, they have a lot of eyeliner and are well-informed." But how to find them. ”

Sima Xin, who had always been reluctant to speak like gold, suddenly spoke: "The Xihai Alliance has a code. ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, Sima Xin seemed to have concerns, but he still said: "I shouldn't have said it, but you are all credible friends, and you can only find them like this, I hope that I haven't gone far yet." ”

If there is a Xihai League to see, they will send someone to meet, if no one comes, then the Xihai League will have gone far, and I am afraid that only by rushing to Wuchang can we see it.

To make a long story short, the next evening, when the boat stopped at the ferry port by the river at the boundary of Tongling County, Chizhou Prefecture, the people of the Xihai League finally came. At that time, it was almost dark, the river wind was howling, and the thick clouds were pressing on the top, blowing the guise of a row of shops on the river bank up and down, and there were few customers. There was no news along the way, and when everyone was a little gloomy, a person walked straight towards the official ship. Dongfang Yan hurriedly withdrew his entourage, and after a few secret words, everyone was overjoyed. Wu Wei volunteered to meet with the people of the Xihai League, so he followed the man to a hotel in the riverside market town. Seeing their leader, Wuwei breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be Shi Jinzhong, who had already known each other in Hangzhou before.

Explaining his intentions, Shi Jinzhong was simply generous, and immediately sent a few of his men to explore Qiu Yinming's whereabouts, and said to Wuwei that it happened that the alliance leader recruited him to meet, and they could go together tomorrow. Wuwei was very grateful, listening to the meaning of the words of the head of Shi, the Xihai Alliance seemed to have a major action, he felt that it was abrupt to go at this time, but he couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he didn't refuse, went back to explain to Dongfang Yan and others, and made an appointment to meet again in Wuchang Mansion.

When I met Heng Jingzhao, it was already the afternoon of the next day. On this day, Shi Jinzhong's boat sailed to Guichi County and turned into the Qiupu River, walked slowly on the misty blue water for an hour, and anchored in a waterhole surrounded by hills. Heng Jingzhao's ship was nearby.

Walking on the gangplank between the two boats, Wuwei vaguely heard someone on the boat saying on the other side: "...... Absolutely true. Leader Shi's people and my people found exactly the same news...... "Wuwei carefully distinguished, the voice was Huo Zhonghui, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Not long after, he landed on the boat, dressed slightly, and walked into the cabin with Shi Jinzhong.

At this time, I only heard Huo Zhonghui say again: "Although Mr. Qi is Qiu Yun's senior brother, but after many years of separation, who knows how much friendship Qiu Yun has left?" Alas, I only hope that the eldest lady and the junior brother can catch up. ”

Heng Jingzhao nodded slightly, and at this time, Shi Jinzhong and Wuwei appeared at the door. After entering the salute, Shi Jinzhong first reported the news to Hengjing Zhao. It turned out that he brought people all the way to the back of the palace, and he did not find any people from Chunlin Villa who were secretly ambushing, and the people who were sent to monitor Qiu Yun and his party had reported that Qiu Yun had indeed gone to Jiuhua Mountain, and there was only Zhu Zhengyu by his side.

Subsequently, Wuwei told Heng Jingzhao about Qiu Yinming's disappearance. After hearing this, Heng Jingzhao was also surprised and said, "This is strange. Yesterday, Long Shao, Du Yu and Di Taifeng of Chunlin Villa set off on the clipper with a large number of people, I am afraid that they will embarrass Mr. Qi and them, and only Qiu Yun and Zhu Zhengyu are left here, Zhang Tianyi and Qiu Yinming have never appeared. ”

When Fang Cai came in, Wu Wei had silently glanced around, but saw that in addition to a few entourages and Guan Chihu in the boat, there were only a few Xuandu masters, and Heng Yu and Gao Ye were not there, so he must have rushed to Wuchang to help Qi Mutian relieve the siege. Wuwei looked at Heng Jingzhao, only to see that he was haggard and his face was not good, and he couldn't help asking: "I heard that the alliance leader was injured by Du Yu a few days ago, but is it better?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Heng Jingzhao covered his handkerchief and coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "Thank you Shangguan Gongzi." It is about a deep wound, and people recover slowly when they are old. Qiu Yinming's matter, I will send someone to pay attention, maybe he and Zhang Tianyi are together. ”

Wuwei looked like him, maybe he was weak and infected with wind and cold after the injury, and couldn't help but say: "In the next little medical skills, if the alliance leader doesn't dislike it, can you allow me to diagnose the pulse?" ”

Heng Jingzhao didn't push back, stretched out his hand and said, "Please." I don't really know how to see a doctor here. ”

Seeing this, Huo Zhonghui resigned from the cabin and stood on the side of the ship. In the vast mist, the mountains are particularly tender, such as the green water pouring into the blue and secluded river at the feet, without a trace of wind, full of spring like a painting that has not yet dried, which makes people look forward to it. In deep thought, a smile unconsciously hung on the corner of his mouth.

A few days ago, unexpectedly, Du Yu brought Qiu Yun's reply. lost two of his right-hand men, and at the same time, Qiu Yun had to explain his plan to the people of Chunlin Villa. This time came as soon as it was said, although it was a little hasty, but he could not afford to think twice, so he responded to Qiu Yun's appointment and concealed the secret visit to Yangzhou from the people of the Xihai League in the name of exploration.

That Qiu Yun really had a hero's sympathy, and when he saw him riding alone to go to the appointment, he didn't have much suspicion, and he hit it off. He clearly remembered that the attitudes of the people in Chunlin Villa that night were different. Since Qiu Yun injured him, he was convinced that martial arts were invincible in the world, and he had no doubt about the reason for his sincere dedication. Zhu Zhengyu was frightened, Long Shao was surprised, although Du Yu had a cold face and disdain, but Huo Zhonghui understood that he didn't care about Heng Jingzhao's life or death, while Zhang Tianyi and Di Taifeng were full of joy and tried their best to facilitate it. Only Qiu Yinming didn't have any expression.

Boss Qi and Zhu Laoqi, who were sent out to deliver the message last time, died in his hands.

Huo Zhonghui felt a cloud of hatred rise in his heart, and thought, what if he killed someone, even if he knew the whole plan now, could he get out! Before leaving, Zhang Tianyi whispered that he had his own magic method to ban Qiu Yinming. Huo Zhonghui will be skeptical, but Zhang Tianyi's witty methods have long been famous, so I will believe him again for the time being.

At this moment, outside the door of a hotel in the south of Chizhou Prefecture, more than 50 miles away from these two boats, Zhang Tianyi was walking proudly under the shade of green willows. As he expected, this thing can be distracting. No matter how heroic you are, you can't escape this nightmare. In the past few days, he has really spent a lot of energy to see Qiu Yinming, and now he can finally rest for a while and go to the city to relax.

Zhang Tianyi thought that he was planning flawlessly, but he didn't expect that in the interval when he was greedy for a moment of relaxation, there was already a change in the hotel.

Qiu Yinming sat on the edge of the bed and gasped, raised his sleeves to slowly wipe his cold sweaty forehead, couldn't take a break, struggled to get up, leaned against the wall and picked his throat, trying to spit out the poison he had eaten not long ago. I vomited for a long time, until the convulsions in my chest and abdomen were painful, I staggered to the table, took a few sips of hot soup, and then breathed a sigh of relief, slowly sat down and lay on the edge of the table, trying to gather my drowsy consciousness.

A few days ago, late at night, he followed the two messengers of the Western Sea Alliance along a ridge of the road. After Qiu Yun came out of the inn, the two of them walked quickly south, presumably preparing to go to the river and wait for the first ferry tomorrow morning. Leaving the market, the houses are getting sparse and there is a suburban village in the distance. Qiu Yin secretly made up his mind, didn't wait for Pan Huan, flew to block the way of the two, and without words, he flashed his knife forward.

I couldn't see the expressions on the faces of the two people clearly, but he split his head and took it straight, his body was flustered, and he had not been able to stabilize his pace, and he had been scratched by Qiu Yinming. The man shouted, "Boss, be careful! Qiu Yinming attacked left and right with several knives in a row, quickly and ruthlessly, forcing the two to be speechless and resisting desperately.

The two of them are single-handed, and the strength in their hands is not small, not mediocre, if they are fair during the day, they may be able to compete, but at this time, Qiu Yinming has taken the lead, and he is determined to win and kill moves, so that the two have a slim chance, and they see that their lives are not guaranteed, and they have already fled. The young one was uncertain, and his feet slowed down a little, and he was stabbed in the thigh by Qiu Yinming, and he covered his leg and fell to the ground with a scream. The old man was startled, and he turned around and wanted to run, but he didn't dodge the tip of the knife that was chasing after him, and hit the big hole behind him, and he suddenly lost his strength and was thrown to the ground by Qiu Yinming.

"Who sent you? Say! Qiu Yinming's steel knife was already in his throat, and the blade cut into his skin.

"Kill if you want to!" The man said fiercely.

Seeing his eyes, Qiu Yin knew that he would not confide in the news, so he didn't have to waste his efforts, so he immediately gave him a good time. turned around and picked up the one who fell to the ground, only to find that a knife had pierced his main bloodline just now, and the blood was gushing like a spring, and the person was almost dying. Qiu Yinming's heart flashed a trace of unbearability, but he still had the heart to wake up the man and ask for the way. The man was distracted and said vaguely, "...... Leader Huo. ”