Under the torrential rain in summer, in the market on the outside of the valley, the muddy water has not reached the calf, Lou Shuwan sat in the tavern on the second floor of the market, looking at the chaotic scene below.

Thunder, rain, invective, and noise all converged in this astonishing curtain of rain, which washed all sorts of filth from above, and in the lowest store, people were busy blocking the water while trying to move the contents of the room to the second floor of the market. Many beggars ran through the sewage-filled streets without shelter from the rain, and some tried to enter people's shops, but were kicked out by the shopkeepers with knives and sticks. The man with the dirt on his body scolded in the street, and if it was a woman with a child, she could only hide in a nearby place and cry.

The market was crowded, and most of the horses that came with the people were brought to the second and third floors of the market, and the owners of these horses probably had some money or status. But there was still nowhere to go, and in the heavy rain, a horse, probably with nowhere to hide, stumbled down the sewage from above, and a man chased after it.

At the end of the market not far away, a large number of people were organized to dig ditches for drainage. In charge of the organization was a leader of Aoki Village, who had previously led a team of people to knock on the doors of these merchants from house to house, asking them all to help, whether they paid for hire or contributed themselves, and if they did not want to, they had to be driven out of the market. A large group of people were working like crazy in the rain at this time, and they had already dug through a long section of the way.

Although he was sitting in the most expensive box in the market, there was still a noisy scene around. Pedestrians came and went in the corridors in the middle, and sometimes there was the sound of horses' hooves and the smell of stinking, and the sound of scolding and shouting was not stopped. Lou Shuwan sat on this side of the street for a while, and then heard someone behind her say: "Hey, girl, you look very good, where did you come from, how much silver do you want?" ”

It was just a layer of wood on the other side, and someone poked their heads out and looked down, and they saw her face. Lou Shuwan's clothes have been as consistent as possible with the people in the rivers and lakes here. But the appearance and temperament are still outstanding. The man only thought that she was a girl from a nearby kiln, and was about to stretch out his paws when he smiled, but Lou Shuwan avoided it and said, "Don't stretch out your hand." There are some people you can't afford to mess with. ”

"Hey. Who I can't mess with? ”

The man laughed. Leaned out the upper body from outside the railing, and looked at the cubicle on Lou Shuwan's side. Qiu Guyan, who had been sitting in the corner in silence, had already stood up and glanced at the man. Then open the door and go out.

"What kind of person......" The man waved his hand, and then he heard a chaotic sound next door, and then bang, the other party was thrown from the upper floor by Qiu Guyan and fell into the sewage of the street below.

"I'm cāo! What the fuck are you going to do......" got up from the sewage, and the other man shouted in the rain, as if he had given a name, and then shouted for a group of people to rush up from the side. Next door, Qiu Guyan led people to block the stairs, and there was a burst of beatings, chickens and dogs jumping and shouting, and one by one people were beaten into the muddy water. When Lou Shuwan was lying on the railing and watching this scene, Qiu Guyan had already come back and walked closer: "Lou girl, beware of them throwing hidden weapons." Lou Shuwan nodded and sat in a little.

After a while, another movement sounded, and someone came in from outside the door, but it was Yu Yulin and a man in black, and the two came in happily chatting. When the man in black saw Lou Shuwan, his eyes lit up obviously, but Yu Yulin then introduced: "Chen is in charge, this is the Lou Junshi next to our Tiger King, don't look at Lou Girl is a woman, but she is a woman who does not let her eyebrows, and she is deeply valued by the Tiger King, and many businesses around the Tiger King are in charge of the Lou Junshi." Military advisor, this is Chen Jiaqu's second master, Chen Yingying, who has a straightforward temperament and is a good friend who can be made. ”

"I'm glad I will." Then Chen arched his hand to Lou Shuwan with some hesitation, glanced at Yu Yulin, and said: "It's not General Yu's recommendation, I didn't know that such a heroine came to Lu Liangshan, but ...... Is this a place where you can talk? ”

"It doesn't matter." Yu Yulin waved his hand, and a group of subordinates began to drive people in this wooden market, and suddenly there was another burst of chickens and dogs.

Lou Shuwan also smiled and arched her hand: "Chen Yingying, fortunately, sit." General Yu also sits. ”

Chen walked to the opposite side, spread his hands, and waited until Yu Yulin also came over before sitting down. When he looked at Lou Shuwan before, he only thought that she was a prostitute who accompanied her, and his eyes were a little unruly, but at this time, he had already reined in, and his words seemed heroic, but he did not lose a trace of shrewdness.

"Master Lou, right? Luliang Mountain is a dead land, and our mountain people don't have much contact with the outside world, but I still know the name of the Tiger King, and I have always admired it very much. In the past, it seemed that General Yu and Miss Lou came to make friends, and I Chen was very happy. But today, Miss Lou recruited Chen, it seems that it is not just as simple as making friends. ”

He had already talked a lot to Yu Yulin before, so he didn't have many thoughts about beating around the bush at this time. Lou Shuwan got up and poured him a cup of tea with a smile: "Where is Chen Yingxing, when he was leaving, the Tiger King once said that the heroes of Luliang are all heroic and generous, and they can not do anything else, but they can't make friends, so when I see Brother Chen today, the main thing is to make friends." It's just that Brother Chen looks down on the little sister......"

She picked up the teacup and saluted the other party, Chen laughed, picked up the teacup, and said to Yu Yulin: "You Lou Junshi really know how to speak." Then he took a sip of tea, "I made this friend." ”

Lou Shuwan poured the tea for him, and her words were soft, but she didn't drag her feet: "Originally, when I met Brother Chen, I should have prepared wine, but unfortunately the little woman couldn't drink, so she could only prepare some tea." ”

"Hey, although we are from the mountains, we don't drink all day." Chen waved his hand, "Since everyone is friends, open the skylight and say something." This time, General Yu and Lou Junshi came over, presumably with the same purpose as these people gathered in Qingmu Village, right? It's just that General Yu has been visiting the people in the surrounding mountains for the past few days, and Chen doesn't understand what it is. Frankly speaking, if the Tiger King really wants to become the master of Lu Liang, I, Chen Jiaqu, am willing, but I Chen Jiaqu and Xiao Xiangma are fighting. But it's not once or twice......

Among the several major forces in Luliang Mountain, Qingmu Village is currently at the lead. Outside of Qingmu Village, there are Xiaoxiang Ma Qiu Mengtang, the "Black Skull King" Luan Sanwolf, the Fang Yiyang brothers of the Fang family, and the group of people led by Chen Zhenhai, the "King of Troubled Mountains", and the rest are scattered idle forces. Tian Hu is quite famous in the underworld, in the early years, he wanted to reach out to Luliang Mountain, and many people were willing to submit, but because the economic pressure of eating these people was too great, he did not gain much. The Tiger King can only choose some people to support.

This time, many forces gathered in Aoki Village. Some nearby hills also sent people to watch the excitement and inquire about the wind direction. People like the Qi family, the people of the Wusheng Army, and Dong Pang'er have been negotiating with Qingmu Village since they came over, but only the people of the Tiger King, in the past two days since they arrived in Qingmu Village, have been contacting the people on the nearby mountain bandit village. Chen is the second leader of Chen Jiaqu. There are some doubts about this. In the past, Tian Hu has always supported Qiu Mengtang. That's because if you eat too much, the gains outweigh the losses, and now even if it's to have chips to coerce Aoki Village. Is the Tiger King going to carry the burden of the entire Lu Liang?

Everyone is a hungry wolf, if you don't want to be hungry, no one wants to occupy a mountain and fight to the death. But if the Tiger King wants to tell a lie and deceive people, everyone will not see the rabbit and not scatter the eagle, it is not that simple. In his doubts, Yu Yulin came to him today, but he didn't expect that it was a beautiful woman who was in charge, and after he asked his doubts, he saw the other party shaking his head while pouring tea.

"Brother Chen doesn't know, Xiao Xiangma is dead, and his village is now under our temporary control."

"Oh? That Tiger King wants to ......"

"I know what Brother Chen thinks, but we don't want it."

Xiao Xiang Ma Qiu Mengtang died, and the Tiger King contacted everyone again, probably to support the next agent, which is a natural inference. If this is the case, Chen Jiaqu can fight for it. Just before he finished speaking, Lou Shuwan had already smiled and shook her head. Chen sat up straight.

"Then you want to ......"

"I want to tell Brother Chen, how did Qiu Mengtang die."

“…… How did he die? ”

"The Blood Bodhisattva killed him." Lou Shuwan said, "On the day of the fight, General Yu was also there, and he had a relationship with the Blood Bodhisattva. Hundreds of people in front of the formation, the Blood Bodhisattva killed Qiu Mengtang and walked away, but no one dared to stop him, how to do it, the little sister doesn't know martial arts, she can't say it clearly, Brother Chen can ask General Yu. ”

The heavy rain mixed with the thunder sounded outside, Chen frowned and looked at Yu Yulin, Yu Yulin nodded, talking about the situation that night, and when he finished talking about things, Chen looked at Lou Shuwan: "So what?" He said: "The Blood Bodhisattva is strong in martial arts, and it is difficult for Lu Liang to have an opponent, as early as when she killed the old wolf master, everyone knew about it." Her master has higher martial arts, and he did not die in the Liao army in his early years. What does Miss Lou want to say? ”

"It's just to explain to you the future of Luliang Mountain."

"Hmm...... I understand. Chen thought about it, looked at her and laughed, laughed like this for a while, "Miss Lou wants to say that the Blood Bodhisattva is so powerful, coupled with the momentum of Qingmu Village, she will sweep all over Luliang Mountain next, and we won't have a head." Lou girl, you are not sincere. Others come to Luliang and ask our brothers for help, there is always some reward. You want to empty gloves white wolf......"

After he said this with a sneer, he pointed at Lou Shuwan: "Lou girl, you really don't regard me as a friend...... then his face turned cold, and he got up and left.

Lou Shuwan smiled and listened to him say these words, propped her fingers in front of her, and waited until the other party was about to leave, her face was also sneering, and she looked out the window: "......What do fools think?"

Seeing that he was about to break up unhappily, Yu Yulin hurriedly got up and went to stop Chen Yu.

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"Master Chen, if you have something to say......"

"What else is there to say!"

"At least listen to the words of the Lou military division......"

"There's nothing more to say, General Yu, the woman's strategy, I think you believe too much......"

In the midst of the pulling and pulling at the door, Lou Shuwan sat on the side with a sneer, and at this time, Fang stood up and showed a smile over there: "Brother Chen, at least let the little girl finish speaking, and when the time comes, you will say that it is not right, so as not to wronged the good person, don't you say?" Her previous sentence of "fool's opinion" did not avoid Chen at all, and at this time she smiled and spoke, changing her face, which seemed quite hypocritical. Chen laughed angrily. glanced back at Lou Shuwan.

After a while, he said, "Okay, what difference can you say from mine?" ”

He grinded his teeth and walked back to his seat, staring at Lou Shuwan. Yu Yulin walked back, his expression a little helpless.

"What the little woman wants to say is that Qingmu Village is indeed going to sweep all over Luliang, and you are almost out of trouble."

Chen spread his hands, and said with a clear expression on his face: "So what? Labor and management don't care. ”

"But it's a little different from what Brother Chen thought...... Completely different. She smiled. I know what Brother Chen thinks. A village that suddenly achieved such a big one, a village owner with strong martial arts. It seems to be huge, but Luliangshan has always been a place where people take turns to sit in the village, and anyone can only take advantage of it for a while...... This sentence was said by Qiu Mengtang before he died. I remember it well. I thought that was the case before I came to Aoki Village. But after coming. I found this time completely different. ”

In Chen's sneering expression, Lou Shuwan said: "Because of Zhao'an." ”

"Because the privy envoy Tan Zhi issued this edict, the situation in many places in the north has changed. And you're still watching the excitement...... I came over and found out. All of you, you're watching the excitement. The woman talked eloquently, her eyes calm, "Qingmu Village has developed so far, and there are only more than 6,000 people in total. The number of outsiders who gathered in Aoki Village this time, including us, was already in the thousands, and everyone was able to fight, so now it was overcrowded inside and outside. It seems that Aoki Village may not be able to suppress the situation at any time, and you are also very happy, and you have sent people to run over, waiting for chaos, so I will ask you, if there is no chaos, what will happen? ”

"The majority of the quota of Zhao'an Zhao, everyone is optimistic about Aoki Village. Why? Lou Shuwan said, "Because they have a channel over the mountain, because they are the biggest, and they can make money." Do you know how much business a single Qi family has in the south? With one more way to get through, how much money can they make? Aoki Village can help make money, what can you do? Except for me, except for the Tiger King, no one cares about you. ”

Lightning flashed outside the window, followed by thunder, Lou Shuwan's face was as calm as water, and her eyes looked at Chen Qi.

"Next, if nothing else, they will accept the recruitment. After that, they are officials, and you are thieves. You may not seem to be the same now, but I tell you that when Luliangshan is all thieves, it is one thing, and Luliangshan is the biggest official, and when you are thieves, it is another matter......"

The woman's voice slowed down, and she stretched out her fingers: "For the sake of military merit, they will beat you; For the sake of wealth, they beat you up; For the sake of pretense, they beat you up; In order to be in a bad mood today, they can also beat you up. This is the difference between an official and a thief, and once there is such a distinction, everyone is not talking about any morality. Now that you are in the mountains, everyone will fight and talk about the rules, but when the time comes, there will only be fights, and the rules will not be spoken......"

After saying this, Lou Shuwan's tone became slower and slower, and more and more sarcastic. Chen frowned: "You said yes?" ”

"Lu Liangshan has been in the past few years, and it hasn't changed, I say it's changed?" Lou Shuwan also laughed, and then looked at him, "But this time it will change...... Brother Chen, I met several people this time, and you were the first one to leave halfway through hearing it, and you are a smart person. So as long as you calm down, you must be more aware of what will happen if Aoki Village becomes an official and you are still bandits. There's no need for me to say more, you'll figure it out. ”

“…… Zhao'an Zhao. Chen thought about it for a moment and said with a smile, "Then we can also be officials." ”

Lou Shuwan also smiled: "Then Brother Chen, you should think about what it would be like for a Lu Liangshan to put down a bunch of officials...... You are a bandit, he may beat you when he is in a bad mood, if you are an official, he will have to beat you to death...... Is that right? ”

The friction between bandits and villages is for the sake of interests, and many times they can coexist. If you really imagine that the power of the officials in the outside world is tilted, and it is placed in a place like Lu Liang, then it is really endless. These things are just as Lou Shuwan said, although Chen doesn't know much, he can also imagine it. His face changed several times, and Lou Shuwan's fingertips touched lightly and opened his mouth again.

"Either continue to be a mountain bandit, or find a way to be recruited, Aoki Village is still a big official, you can only be a small official...... These things are already in front of you, but you are still very happy to watch the excitement here. That's right, the little sister came to Luliang Mountain this time to shoulder the task of the Tiger King. I'm going to get some bargain here and go back. But looking at your current situation, I can't help but feel chills in my heart, commenting on your stupidity and ignorance, do you think? ”

Chen's lips opened slightly, and after a moment, he said, "Then what can we do?" Miss Lou, your so-called cheapness is nothing more than wanting us to make trouble for Lu Liangshan, so as to coerce and persecute them, and you took our power. When the time comes, we will be the ones who will help. It's not much cheaper. Your calculations will be supported by empty words. Can I say yes or not? ”

"I don't want to mess with it." Lou Shuwan took a breath, "Second, it's not time to make trouble." ”

"I can hear what you want." In the midst of the rain. Chen was already expressionless. His tone was not good. At this time, he was already impressed, but as a smart person. Most things naturally have to be considered before making conclusions. After he said this, Lou Shuwan nodded.

"When the fish dies and the net breaks, you have to really help. The little woman is in charge of business under the Tiger King, she is a businessman, since it is business, it is nothing more than to put out chips and then negotiate. To be able to develop Aoki Village to such a big size, that Blood Bodhisattva should also be an opponent who can be talked about. This time I came to Luliang Mountain, such as the Qi family and the like, they looked down on you, at any time, they did business with the biggest forces, but in Luliang, the forces that can really pose a threat to Qingmu Village at the moment are still Brother Chen, you are the 'Black Skull King' Luan Sanye and them, if everyone can join forces, Qingmu Village will be afraid, once they are afraid, they will have to talk. ”

Chen thought for a moment: "How do you want to talk?" ”

Lou Shuwan laughed, knowing that this sales promotion had been almost done.

"It's actually very simple. The imperial court was very large, and it only did business with a group of people. Luliang Mountain is so big, in the end, it can only accommodate a group of people to eat and drink spicy. In the little girl's mind, Aoki Village will not be willing to completely subordinate, if they find the Qi family and find Wu Shengjun to join forces, they will be eaten to the ground. If you want to be safe, Qingmu Village can only join forces with you, with Luan Sanye, with the Fang family brothers and others. In my opinion, why not let the Blood Bodhisattva be the boss, and you all be the leaders again, and echo the Tiger King to the south, let's make this road bigger together, so that the little girl's errand will be easy to make......"

"If you want to promote this, the little girl needs your support, and you also need the help of the Tiger King's face. I will try my best to ensure that your power is not swallowed, so that I have to ensure a few things: first, each family has a stake in this road, and we must discuss it clearly, and after contacting everyone, I will discuss it with you; secondly, the matter of the alliance should be made public, and Lu Liang should be announced, and then everyone will be members of the imperial court; Third, it is far better to echo the north and south of the Tiger King than to cooperate with others, the Tiger King is a native of the Green Forest, and he does business through this road, but the control of this road is still in your hands, we don't interfere much, but we can ensure that you at least will not have infighting, and the Blood Bodhisattva will not want to fight with you as enemies and then fight with the Tiger King......"

In the midst of the thunder, the rain was still pouring down, and after coming out of the market, the sky was gloomy and dark. Lou Shuwan and others were arranged by Qingmu Village in the inner village, on the way back to the mountain, Yu Yulin was quite impressed by Lou Shuwan's appearance in the past two days, although the two worked together under the command of the Tiger King, but Yu Yulin was in charge of the army, and he still didn't know anything about Lou Shuwan's own actions before.

Lou Shuwan and others came over this time to promote the alliance between the Tiger King and Qingmu Village. But Aoki Village is expanding rapidly at the moment, and the Tiger King's deterrence on this side is obviously not enough, even if the business is willing to do it there, it may not take too much advantage. Before coming, the Tiger King was even willing to let Tian Shi join to ensure cooperation, but after arriving at Aoki Village, Lou Shuwan obviously found a better way.

Within two days, she had persuaded several mountain envoys in a row - these people may not represent their village owners, but at least in Yulin's opinion, Lou Shuwan's words were extremely convincing. Once most of the Luliang forces are united to force the palace in Qingmu Village, combined with the background of the Tiger King, this trip to Luliang will achieve very good results.

Just like Ning Yi's previous plan for Aoki Village, although it is a smuggling transit, what he attaches great importance to is the control of the village by Hongti, once the village becomes the cooperation of several forces for the sake of interests, the development may be very fast, but at the same time, the village will also lose its combat effectiveness, and then, as long as the other party has interests, they can participate. And Lou Shuwan's purpose is to force Qingmu Village from a monopoly to a large number of shares, and then the Tiger King wants to enter the market, and no one can refuse.

Theoretically speaking, the current Aoki Village does not dare to make enemies with the others who have united, as long as they can unite most of the people, they can negotiate with the Blood Bodhisattva and force her to compromise...... Thinking like this in her heart, she looked at a courtyard halfway up the mountainside, where the people of Zhuji now lived. The two sides live not far apart.

They all came to Aoki Village, and the other party is likely to be active, and speaking of which, if you have the heart, the other party may have seen yourself.

In the past two days, I have arranged to monitor the people over there, but I have not seen any signs of the other party's movements, and I have not received too many rumors about their activities. Ning Yi ...... It didn't even appear.

Where have you been and what are you doing...... In the heavy rain, Lou Shuwan thought of this, blinked her eyes, and exhaled with difficulty.

I've already fallen behind, you see...... Don't pretend you didn't see it if you saw it! What demons...... How do you solve this game, I'd love to see it!

Gritting her teeth, she walked forward in silence...... (To be continued......)

PS: I've had a bit of a cold in the past two days, and the first half of the 3,000 words were coded yesterday, or did I not send them until today after tinkering...... In fact, this chapter can be cut into two chapters. Every time I update, there are often some strange people who appear, and they say that I update just to grab a monthly pass or something. At the beginning of last month, it was a double monthly pass, I took the wrong medicine and didn't update it in the first seven days, and I deliberately ran to the end of the month to grab the ticket? I want a monthly pass for a month, and the first day of the month is the most effective, and I took the wrong medicine to press the first chapter to the second to more, and the big chapter of 6,000 words? Do people who say that I renew my monthly pass have an IQ of more than sixty? And I especially care about whether I grab a monthly pass, and I am often a person who has not subscribed. It's really weird.