The night is dark and the wind is high, and the big snowy mountains on the opposite side block the moon, so the moonlight is not visible in the snow river city, the lights in the city have already been lit, and there are enough people on the lively streets, and the sound of shouting and drinking and punching comes from the restaurants on both sides of the street, and the drunk man who shakes his legs and sticks to the wall and spits out loudly shouts that he is not drunk, of course, no one pays attention to such words.

The shopkeeper put down the dish in his hand and said, "Guest officer, please use it slowly." He turned around, grabbed the blackened tablecloth on his shoulder, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly turned around and went into the kitchen.

The chefs of the inn and street restaurants skillfully shook the iron pot, except for the noisy drinking chatter, all that was left was the sound of the city of spatulas hitting the iron pot.

The flames that kept rising in the iron pot roasted the fat chef with big ears and sweated all over, and the fat chef grabbed the girdle on his belly and wiped it, shoveled up the dishes, and handed them to the second little chef beside him.

The shopkeeper took the plate, reported a few more dish names, and immediately passed the dishes non-stop.

The fat chef cursed a few swear words, and then began to serve the dishes in the pot, and they didn't even bother to do such a procedure as washing the pot, and they didn't have to think about such a thing.

The steward on the counter was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and walked into the kitchen to comfort: "Everyone cheer up, after today, this month's bonus will be doubled!" ”

The chef with the big spoon turned around and scolded, "Reward your uncle..."

The steward's face froze, and he did not answer, and without waiting for the cook to finish scolding, he hurriedly turned around and walked out of the kitchen.

A sweaty shopkeeper walked over, and his face sank. He scolded the shopkeeper who was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground that he covered his face with a stinking scolding, and then he was in a better mood, squeezed out a bunch of smiling faces, and went to greet the guests who came to the door with satisfaction.

There is no curfew in Snow River City, and it stands to reason that the lively streets should be slowly quiet at this time in the past, but today, I don't know where so many people appeared in an instant, and even Snow River City was overcrowded.

Unlike the innkeeper who was so happy when he saw the constant appearance of guests, the head catcher who patrolled the city had just received a letter with fire paint at the gate of the city, and was hurrying towards the mansion of the county magistrate.

Snow River City said it was the county seat. Due to the proximity to the capital. The geographical location is special, and the county order here is a five-grade official.

Li Maoyuan, the county commander of Snow River City, was born in the first year of Wude, and he was born as a Jinshi in the top of the gold list, and he was able to reach the fifth rank in fifteen years. Except that it has some relationship. It has a lot to do with the fact that he himself is also a capable minister.

He took the letter from the headcatcher. Li Maoyuan, who was eating with his mother in the backyard, immediately stood up, bowed respectfully to the old man at the table, and said, "Mother." The child still has some official affairs to deal with, so he won't accompany his mother to dinner. ”

The old lady above the round table nodded: "Go!" Business is important. ”

Walking out of the backyard and coming to the study, by the light of the fire, Li Maoyuan carefully read the letter carefully, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and turned out the holy decree he had received before, and after seriously comparing the handwriting, he determined that the letter must be from Liu Wude's hand.

The head catcher who summoned to deliver the letter was about to speak, when a subordinate voice came from outside the door: "Master! Just now someone came out of the door, left a letter and left. ”

As he spoke, the servant handed over the letter, and like the letter in his hand, the fiery red sealing wax in his hand was still a little warm, apparently not long after it was sealed.

Li Maoyuan didn't rush to tear it open, but looked at this subordinate and asked, "What does the person who sent the letter look like?" ”

The subordinate replied: "I didn't see it clearly, but the person who came explained a word, and then disappeared into the crowd." ”

"Hmm!" Li Maoyuan nodded, turned his head to look at the catcher beside him and said, "How long is it until the city gate is closed?" ”

The head catcher replied, "There is almost an hour left, and it is just time to enter the city." ”

"Hmm!" Li Maoyuan pondered, casually put the letter in his hand under the oil lamp and lit it, and said, "The Qiao lady who entered the city the day before yesterday is still in Yuexin Inn?" ”

Yes, he did not tear open the letter, but clicked it directly, for no other reason, because he had seen a letter more important than this one.

The head catcher replied: "In the afternoon, someone saw her go to the Great Snow Mountain, and then I don't know where she went." ”

Li Maoyuan thought for a while: "Let's go, let's go to Yuexin Inn." ”

After speaking, without waiting for the head catcher next to him to answer, he walked over directly.

Walking out of the gate, there was a report from the official holding the waist knife in front of him, who was covered in sweat and ran over: "My lord, at least three waves of people suddenly appeared there at the gate of Xicheng, according to the small verification, one wave is the people of the nine families in the capital, the other wave is the forbidden army of the capital, and there is a wave of subordinates of the Xuan Wangfu." ”

Li Maoyuan stopped, pondered for a long time, and said: "Is there anything that has been missed, maybe there shouldn't be only three waves of people!"

As he was talking, a sweaty soldier rushed over again and reported: "My lord, a carriage dragged by nine horses has come in from outside the city, and there are now two masters facing each other on the upstairs of the Yuexin Inn. ”

Li Maoyuan nodded, indicating that he already knew, he walked out of the door, walked a few more steps, suddenly stopped, rushed into the study and took a streamer sword and walked out, only then did he say to the catcher behind him: "Close the city gate immediately, gather the officials in the city, and quickly gather at the Yuexin Inn." ”

After saying that, he hurriedly looked for the Yuexin Inn in the west of the city.

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In the west of the city, Qiao Yue's carriage dragged by nine healthy horses walked into the Yuexin Inn, which can be described as very eye-catching, in this era, except for Liu Wude, who else dares to use the carriage dragged by nine horses.

The carriage passed through the city gate and walked to the door of the largest inn in Snow River City, and the subordinates who rushed into the city in front of the carriage had already captured the mother-in-law who was the best at taking care of her face in Snow River City.

Dade's men carried Qiao Yue, who was unconscious in the carriage, to the room on the second floor of the Yuexin Inn.

Put on the bronze mirror, rouge gouache, the same can not be less.

The mother-in-law has been putting on makeup all her life, and when she saw Qiao Yue. I didn't expect that this time I had to put on makeup for the dead man, and I couldn't get the right sense of proportion in my hands for a while.

The eyebrows were saliva, it looked thick, the cheeks were covered with foundation, and it looked too much, anyway, half an hour had passed, and Qiao Yue's face not only did not have the slightest beauty in her hands, but became even more nondescript.

The people outside the door had already walked in and urged several times, and the mother-in-law trembled her hands. A cold sweat on his head. I didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, someone outside the door urged: "The hall master is asking, how long will it take to get better?" ”

The mother-in-law with the foundation replied, "In a while, in a while!" ”

Liu Xing slept next to her. It seems that the force of being stunned by a slap will not wake up tonight.

The subordinate who came up to urge said, "Hurry up." In a little while, the gates will be closed. The hall master doesn't have so much time to spend here with you. ”

The mother-in-law was busy, and after taking a large ingot of silver handed over by the person who urged her, she immediately focused on Qiao Yue's face. For her, nothing is more glamorous than silver.

The one who came up to urge had just pushed it at the door, when there was a loud bang on the roof.

A black-clothed figure wearing a hat, which had been damaged a lot, and was covered in blood, broke into the room at a rapid pace.

The slender sword was still dripping with blood, and a black shadow flashed, and the mother-in-law who was gesturing on Qiao Yue's face had already been slapped unconscious by him.

The man in black who came up nodded a few times on Qiao Yue's body like lightning, and his nervous face only decreased a little.

At this point, the blood beads that were still dripping on Qiao Yue's body suddenly stopped dripping, and the continuous blood seemed to have been stopped by him.

He looked left and right, and saw Qiao Yue, who had passed out, with an indescribable pain on his face, without delay, and when the people guarding the house rushed in, he had already carried Qiao Yue and flew to the hole in the broken roof.

The people who rushed in roared, and in the blink of an eye, Dade, who was guarding the door of the inn, had already swooped to the roof in response to this sound.

Suddenly, the two stared, just right, Dade blocked Jiang Hong's way, his face was a little surprised, he said: "You are not dead, we have prepared a way to deal with you, I didn't expect you to escape!" ”

Jiang Hong's face was unprecedentedly angry, he glanced at Qiao Yue, who was no longer alive or dead in his arms, and said angrily: "You shouldn't kill her!" Anyone who has bad intentions towards her deserves to die! ”

Yes, Jiang Hong is talking, but in ventriloquism, the kind of sound that can be made without moving his lips.

Fortunately, Qiao Yue had passed out at this moment, otherwise he would have been surprised, Jiang Hong had never been unable to speak, but he was too lazy to speak.

Dade looked at him with a jealous look in his eyes, and he stood on top of the crossed feet on the opposite roof, the long sword at his waist slowly drawn.

Yes, his every movement is very elegant, different from the previous appearance of the ruthless sword blade, at this moment, he is obviously much more dignified.

Because the person he has to face is the sword god Jiang Hong, and the entire Dashun Dynasty can't find ten masters.

The sword he drew from his waist was not a shiny white blade, but it was so dark that he couldn't see a single luster, especially in an environment like Snow River City, where there was no moonlight.

Say it's a sword! Actually, what he pulled out was a knife! An ink knife that is so black that there is no luster at all!

Jiang Hong's body was still bleeding, he slowly put Qiao Yue on the roof under his feet and lay flat, just glanced at Dade who was facing him, and when he saw the knife in his hand, Jiang Hong's calm face was also solemn, and he said: "I didn't expect that it was the Northern Desert's Departure Knife Gate, and you didn't abide by the agreement twenty years ago, and dared to step into the Shun Dynasty." ”

Dai De looked at him, thought for a while and said, "They are still abiding by the agreement, I am just a disciple of the Sword Sect, in fact, I am a person from the Shun Dynasty." ”

After speaking, across the street, the black sword in the hand of Dai De, who was standing on the roof of the opposite house, flickered, and there was an indescribable ghostly feeling, and he instantly fought towards Jiang Hong's side.

Jiang Hong's left hand shook, and the sword scabbard like a cigarette stick flew out instantly, with a speed beyond his reach, and soon the two fought together.

In the dark night, sparks flew, no matter who it was, it was impossible to see who the two of them were victorious and who was defeated, and the sound of fart la pala startled many people who were drinking in the inn and the restaurant to gather in this direction.

The sparks flying in the sky, I don't know how long it took, Dade happened to be standing on the roof where Qiao Yue was lying horizontally, and Jiang Hong happened to change positions with Dade, and happened to be on the opposite roof.

It's just, it's just that there is a little more blood flowing from him, and the broken hat is even more broken than before!

He looked at Dade with a calm face and said, "You, if you lose, you can go through three hundred moves in my hands, you should be proud." ”

Dade was very respectful, holding the black sword in his hand, no, it was actually a black knife, he said: "I lost, the seniors broke through the encirclement, in the case of my preparation, I still narrowly lost half a move, if it was under the heyday of the seniors, I think I should not be able to take a hundred moves in the hands of the seniors." ”

"Haha..."Jiang Hong laughed, "You don't have to be modest, the knife technique from the knife gate has always been only the eighteen styles of the mad knife handed down by my third brother's family can be restrained, you have already obtained all the true inheritance, I, Jiang Hong, naturally will not show mercy, but today, it is not a competition, and it is not an easy thing to take the eldest lady away from me." ”

This loud laugh must have torn the wound on his body once, and the bubbling blood had already trickled down the tile ditch to the eaves at his feet.

Dade looked down at Qiao Yue, who was fainting at his feet, and said: "Actually, the junior respects Mrs. Qiao very much, if it weren't for the fact that she agreed to Mr. in advance, the junior would like to be a good friend with her, I want to know what method she used to make the fish swim into her fishing net automatically, and I want to know how she let tens of thousands of catties of oil go up to the black cliff, of course, there is also the matter of attracting thunder, this is wisdom, not a reckless man who dances with knives and guns..."

Jiang Hong interrupted: "Is it possible that after you know, you can let the Northern Desert Kingdom cross the five cities of the Northern Plains and go directly to the capital?" ”

Dai De nodded: "The predecessor really deserves to be the Eight King Kongs under the account of the mighty marquis, and she can always explain the key to it in one sentence, and it is because of her that there is this transaction!" ”

Jiang Hong was puzzled: "Who is the person who traded with you?" ”

Dade replied, "Don't say it! ”

Jiang Hong nodded, without the slightest bit of anger, and pointed to Qiao Yue at Dade's feet and said, "But, she is dying, you can't get anything!" ”

Dade replied: "She committed suicide, it has nothing to do with me, from beginning to end, I Dade has never taken offense!" ”

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The two stood on opposite roofs and spoke, Jiang Hong didn't draw his sword for a long time, but his blood flowed more and more.

Dade hadn't made a knife for a long time, but when he looked down at the pale Qiao Yue, there was more and more unbearability in his eyes.

The moon finally climbed over the Great Snow Mountain, and at this time, the silver-like moonlight sprinkled into Snow River City, and the news that Li Maoyuan received before has never been more than three waves of people in Snow River City.

On the roofs on all sides, I don't know when three more people with different shapes appeared, holding weapons in their hands, and their footsteps were silent.

One, full of civility, dressed in a white robe, with a capable temperament with a bit of calmness, everyone in Snow River City knows that this person is Li Maoyuan who rushed over from the north of the city! However, before that, no one knew that in addition to his profound knowledge, he also had a proud martial arts.

The other, with a gloomy face, silent under his feet, holding a sword that is too small to be seen, however, his face has a murderous gloom, many people in the capital know him, he is the head of the nine families in the capital, nine stars, and the number one master in the palace deservedly!

There is another one, dressed in bright Kai gold armor, when he walked over step by step, the tiles under his feet were shattered, he held a mace in his hand, his face was rough, his beard was full of face, and he was more than eight feet tall, it was Bao Zhong, the first fierce general of the forbidden army! (To be continued......)