Zhili, Lake City.

The shore of Hengshui.

It is more than 500 miles away from the middle of the Kyoto of God.

Night.

Originally, in addition to inspection, the dock should be empty, but now it is full of elite guards, all dressed in black, holding big guns, silently distributed everywhere.

It's cold in the north after the night in early winter, let alone the water's edge?

However, none of the guards reached out and stomped their feet to avoid the cold.

At the beginning, a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance stood at the front of the pier with his hands in his hands.

The more than 100 sturdy and tall guards behind him looked at this person's back, but they were all respectful.

Time passed little by little, until Yin Zheng (three o'clock in the morning), far away two official ships rowed, moored and docked, a person came down from above, and the middle-aged man headed by the photo face the waist card, without even a word, then returned to the boat, and then, more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages from the boat down, the carriage just came down, the people on the boat immediately put away the ship's board, anchored and left.

Added up before and after, it is even just a pillar of incense.

While the boat was leaving, the carriage was not left on the docks, and in the blink of an eye it headed for a manor outside Lake City......

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Lake City, Zhaojiazhuang.

Zhaojiamen is in the green forest of the eighteen provinces, and it is also famous.

The prestige on the rivers and lakes in the north is even more thunderous.

It's just that the year is not good, and the world is declining.

At the beginning, with the name of the three emperors of Zhaojiazhuang, he was able to make the crumbs easy and dare not infringe.

But now in the past two years, the weather has been too bad, and the younger generations of the rivers and lakes who are poor and crazy and hungry have begun to ignore martial arts, and often use crowd tactics to attack, kill and rob the road.

The tiger is difficult to defeat the wolves, and there are only more than ten or twenty dart divisions in Zhaojiazhuang, counting more than 100 coachmen and Lifu, which is cost-effective, but this amount of manpower is really not enough in the face of thousands of thieves.

Coupled with the drought, the output in Zhaojiazhuang is really limited, and the darts not only did not make a lot of money, but also had to pay the guests for the dart silver, and the signboard could not be broken......

The addition of several items made this big man have to bow his head and accept the employment of the Delin.

However, Na Delin is a good proprietor, not only did he not treat Zhaojiazhuang as a slave and scolded him at will, he always saluted and did not say anything, but also moved a car workshop to find a job for the old and young masters of Zhaojiazhuang who were idle in winter.

After a few months, I was paid more than digging in the field and pinning my head to the waistband of my trousers.

In addition, the Delin gradually revealed the background behind it, not only is there a hereditary marquis of the Guogong Mansion, but there is also a royal palace background!

Later, there was a young man, who was said to be the nephew of the queen of Beijing......

In the end, a waiter came directly and sat here.

Since then, up to the Hucheng Governor's Mansion, down to the countryside Chang, no one dares to raid the Zhaojiazhuang.

With such an identity background and such thick thighs, he still treats each other politely......

If the people of Zhaojiazhuang don't hold on to this thick thigh, they will be stupid!

Yesterday, there was a new person, with one hand Taizu Long Fist, he actually had a draw with the patriarch of Zhaojiazhuang, and there was still still strength left......

Zhao Jiazhuang didn't say anything more, and the patriarch even put down his words, as long as he didn't rebel and did the killing business, Zhao Jiazhuang's thousands of lives would be sold to Delin!

However, as soon as the owner of the Zhao family said this, he had to move overnight and let the patriarch live in the house......

Because, according to the master, there are very distinguished guests who will come and stay for a few days.

During the few days of the guest's stay, Zhaojiazhuang must ensure that not even a strange fly is allowed to approach.

And in the capacity of embroidered guards, they are allowed to kill any villain who does not listen to the dissuasion and forcibly approaches!

At this point, the owner of the Zhao family knew that they had become the minions of the eagle dogs of the six doors......

But it has come to this point, but it is easy to get on the ship and difficult to get off the ship.

Thankfully, the Delin didn't let them do anything unreasonable.

Just gave up the mansion......

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In the courtyard of the Zhao family's patriarch's house.

After the rows of carriages stopped, a young woman with a protruding abdomen got out of the carriage first, looked at the four Zhaojiazhuang women with nervous and smiling faces, nodded, and looked around.

The seven or eight grandmothers in the carriage also got out of the car, and with some maids who got off the carriage with them, they went straight into the room and began to check.

A woman from the Zhao family hurriedly went in and pointed and said something like "the bedding is all new......

In the end, several young ladies Jin Gui, who were dressed in extraordinary clothes and looked like fairies, slowly got out of the carriage.

As soon as he got out of the carriage, someone raised his eyebrows and asked, "Xiaojing, what are you making a name for?" In the middle of the night, without making a clear statement, he drove us off the boat and brought us here. This is Gangnam? ”

Naturally, it was Li Jing who had a big belly, and after she was questioned, she laughed and arched her hand: "Don't worry, third aunt, the situation is always not changing fast." But don't worry, you can delay for three days at most, and then leave after three days. ”

Sister Feng is also very dissatisfied, she has rarely lost sleep recently, but today she was disturbed from her dreams, and then she complained: "What's the situation, it's good to bring people here." Strange and scary people who don't know the place......"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Are you still afraid?" Then he explained to everyone: "There has been some temporary changes, Brother Qiang is going to come over, everyone wait for him." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at them in surprise, Xiangyun stared at him with round eyes and smiled: "Didn't you say that you can't come, and his emperor won't allow him to come?" ”

Everyone laughed, and Daiyu said angrily: "When he comes, you can ask him again." ”

The crowd didn't care to get to the bottom of it, they all jumped up for joy, even if they were in a strange place, but there seemed to be nothing to fear.

The women of Zhaojiazhuang looked at these young girls, not to mention the appearance of the flowers and the moon, and the clothes on their bodies were also full of dignity.

The big red feather veil is a crane, a golden red feather satin cloak, and a big red gorilla felt cloak......

If you take out any of them, you can eat and wear them in Zhuangzi for half a year.

Noticing the three nervous and smiling women, Daiyu looked at Li Jing.

Li Jing understood, asked her mother-in-law to bring a few pieces of silk and satin, and said, "I'm sorry for you."

Those women were naturally flattered, and refused to accept it, and immediately the mother-in-law of the Jia family stepped forward to persuade her, and asked her to go to the side to hand over.

Daiyu asked Li Jing, "When will Brother Qiang come?" ”

Li Jing shook her head and smiled: "According to the master's plan, it should be soon, I can't arrive tomorrow, at most I will be able to arrive the day after tomorrow." ”

Keqing, who was standing not far away, smiled softly and asked, "Did he plan to come a long time ago?" ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "The plan has not changed quickly, I have already planned to send Miss Lin to Suzhou." Later, the emperor refused to let people go, so the lord naturally had to find another way. In any case, it is impossible for the master to let the girl go to Suzhou alone...... I want to get it. ”

The others didn't say anything when they heard this, and Sister Dufeng "tsk" out loud, sneering with a little sourness.

If a girl can live to this point, it is worth dying.

Daiyu blushed and said, "Let's hurry up and go into the room to rest, don't be frivolous!" Dyed with the wind and cold, it's not stubborn! ”

The girls giggled and went inside.

Although the farmhouse is far from being warmer and more comfortable than the boat, the brazier and smoke cage are lit, and the rough farmhouse furniture has a bit of rural interest.

For a while, no one wanted to go to sleep.

Ping'er asked Li Jing with a smile: "Why are you chattering, and you have to go ashore halfway?" If you just wait for the master, you don't have to be so mysterious, right? ”

After Li Jing thought about it, she looked at Daiyu and said with a smile: "Didn't you deliberately hide anything...... If we keep going south by boat, we will probably be attacked and killed. But don't be afraid, it's hard to say who is the hunter and who is the prey these days. ”

When the girls heard this, they were silent, and they always felt that something was illusory and unreal.

Raid ...... This kind of thing is too far away from their lives, and the most recent one was when Daiyu's carriage was burned last time.

Of course, Jia Qiang has encountered many times, but he always sees him smiling, never taking it seriously, and it is difficult for them to understand anything.

At this time, Ling Guan, who was standing behind the twelve opera officials, hesitated, but still stepped forward and walked up to Li Jing, and said softly: "Sister Xiaojing, I can help a little." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent again.

Daiyu's face was a little unpleasant, and she blamed herself a little ashamed......

Li Jing felt the subtlety of the atmosphere and said with a smile: "What's the matter with you?" Don't talk about you, but I was going to go first with the boat, and I was told to get off the boat by the girl. Ling Guan, the last incident was my idea. Miss Lin didn't know it, but she also taught her father and me a lesson when she turned around, and we also knew our mistakes. Don't take it to heart......"

Hearing this, Ling Guan hurriedly said: "That's not the case, I was born as a playmaker, it's him...... It was Master Hou who rescued me from the fire pit. Now although he also sings at home, he has long since learned something else in addition to his lowly status, which is not a drama. I have sung operas, and my body is more sensitive, so it is easy to hide, so Hou Ye and Sister Xiaojing entrusted me with important things. I didn't think much about it, Miss Lin treated me very well, Xiangling and Qingwen also treated me like family, so I was willing to contribute. Even if there is really something, it is also the wish of the heart, and there is no regret. ”

Hearing her say this, many people were very moved with red eyes and tears.

Daiyu laughed softly: "If you are like Xiaojing, and you also have strong skills, then you can replace me, and it will be fine." But you've only practiced acting for a few days, where can you go on my behalf? If something happens to you, even if you have no resentment in your heart, I will not be at peace in this life. There is no need to say anything about this matter, and besides, where is the need for me to go to danger again and again? It's this time, I'm going to talk to him when I go back. ”

Everyone laughed, and Sister Feng instigated: "Yes! I can't spare him this time! Let Qiang show you around...... Hey, Sister Lin, have you ever been to the Jinling Old Guogong Mansion? ”

Daiyu shook her head and looked at Sister Feng with a smile, Sister Feng laughed dryly and said, "Coincidentally, I haven't been there either!" The three girls must have never been there, let's go to my aunt's grave first, and then go back to the old house in Jinling to have a look, how about it? ”

Daiyu couldn't help but smile: "You can't go, you can't go...... If you go to Jinling, so many old relatives are old, where is there a day of peace? This time out of Beijing, our sisters are here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but they are not to accompany the phoenix girl to suffer from your relatives. I am not blessed to consume this blessing, or you should use it alone! ”

With that, Daiyu laughed out loud, and the sisters laughed in unison.

Sister Feng'er's face changed for a while, and she gritted her teeth and said, "If you don't go, I will let Qiang'er go with me!" Otherwise, I won't let those people eat it? ”

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Outside Zhaojiazhuang, Yue Zhixiang and Zhao Hu, the owner of Zhaojiazhuang, stand side by side.

Yue Zhixiang smiled and said: "Lake City is the hometown of martial arts, the Three Emperors Cannon Hammer is well-known in the rivers and lakes, the fist and gun are one, and the martial arts are powerful. It's just that as the saying goes, learn literature and martial arts, and sell the emperor's family. It would be a pity if the people of Zhaojiazhuang only dart for others and farm at home. Now cooperating with my Delin, Zhaojiazhuang is still Zhaojiazhuang, not a slave or a servant, and it is up to the sky, that is, the relationship between the owner and the buddy. If you feel that you are not doing well and have been wronged, you can break up at any time. I just hope that a month before this day arrives, Zhao Zhuang can inform us in advance, so that we can give us time and make more preparations. ”

Zhao Hu shook his head again and again when he heard this: "We farmers have not seen many officials, I used to think that all the officials in the world were difficult to serve, I don't want you to treat us like this, don't treat us badly, and treat us as people." So what else is there to say? The dart is a hard work, a life for the owner of the goods, and now it is becoming more and more difficult to do, the world is not good, and there are too many locks and too messy.

Now that you have to meet the support of nobles, you can live at home, which is a good thing that you can't ask for, how dare you break up?

If you don't know what to do, then you will be damned! Brother Yue, you are also a person who practices martial arts, so don't worry. Our men, women and children in Zhuangzi will have a few hands of crops, although they are not as clever as the brothers-in-law, but we can guarantee that these thousands of mouthfuls are not finished, and they will never let people enter Zhuangzi for half a step! ”

Yue Zhixiang stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay! Joyfully! Then I will entrust this place to the owner of Zhao Zhuang, and at most tomorrow evening, my family will come here in person. You can rest assured, nobles are not stingy people, and there will be heavy rewards. ”

Zhao Hu was overjoyed and hugged his fists and said: "It's all up to the nobles to eat!" ”

Yue Zhixiang smiled and reminded: "Brother Zhao, you are an understanding person, and you are also an old man in the rivers and lakes, and you know the seriousness of things. So be sure to remember what you said just now, if there is still a living person in Zhaojiazhuang, you can't let the living person enter your mansion for half a step. Otherwise, the consequences will be serious, don't say that a Zhaojiazhuang, that is, Lake City, or even the entire Zhili, can't afford it! ”

Zhao Hu's face turned pale, and he once again gave his hand and promised: "Unless there is a large army to suppress it, otherwise in this land, there will be no mistakes!" ”

Yue Zhixiang smiled and said, "That's good." The safety of this place will be handed over to Brother Zhao, there is an urgent matter ahead, I will go first. ”

Zhao Hu hurriedly asked, "Brother Yue, do you need manpower?" ”

Yue Zhixiang patted Zhao Hu's shoulder and said with a smile: "No need, keep Zhuangzi well, Zhaojiazhuang is a great achievement." As for me, I have enough men. Maybe after this time, there will be a chance to fight side by side with the Zhao family in the future. After that, Yue Zhixiang turned over and got on his horse, bowed his hand immediately, and said, "Farewell!" ”

Then, he led the men to beat the horses and drove away, and disappeared into the night.

After Yue Zhixiang took people away, behind Zhao Hu, a big man stepped forward and asked, "Master Hu, did they put a group of noble families here?" Is this too trusting of us? ”

Zhao Hu scolded with a smile: "You know a fart!" Over there in the wheel workshop, are there no people? Besides, do you know who was in those carriages? When a noble person acts, he will never be fully revealed, and he will have a very strong backhand. Don't talk nonsense, let the sons and daughters of Zhuangzi cheer up and inspect well. Don't say that a living person is not even allowed to enter the Zhuangzi by a male sparrow! Don't let our Zhaojiazhuang's great fortune become a disaster! ”

Hearing this, all the big men behind Zhao Hu were stunned, and they quickly cheered up and led people around to guard against it.

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At the beginning of the hour.

The two big boats of the Jia family just left the Hucheng section and entered the Xiang section.

Both sides of the canal are overgrown with withered grass, and there are wolves howling and wild dogs barking in the mountains, which is barren and desolate.

A bright moon is in the sky, and the moonlight is pale.

At this moment, what should have been a barren and uninhabited land suddenly heard a whistling sound breaking through the air.

Eight arm-thick Eight Ox Breaking City Crossbow Arrows, whizzing with ropes, shot at the two official ships, and the sound was amazing.

Eight city-breaking crossbow arrows were like iron anchors, holding the big ship forward.

At the same time, dozens of small boats, hidden in hidden places on both sides of the strait, roared forward and surrounded the two large ships, which were no longer feasible.

Torches were thrown onto the big boat, ropes were thrown onto the side of the ship, and countless men in black climbed onto the boat like bats.

Look at the neatness of the skills, all are masters!

"Smack!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, a burst of sounds that should never have appeared on this ship exploded like fried beans, startling the wild forests on both sides of the river, and night birds flew wildly......

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In the city of Xingxiang, there is an inn.

Qinglong and Suzaku pushed open the door, and when they saw Xuanwu who turned back in disbelief, they asked in a cold voice, "Why you?" ”

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