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A day later.

Wancheng, the county guard's mansion.

Chen Xu, Jiang Beiting, Gao Yan, Wang Li, and Bai Zhen were sitting in a room with closed doors and windows.

There are forbidden guards around the room, and idlers are not allowed to approach.

The faces of the five people were very solemn, especially Jiang Beiting and Gao Yan, who could see that they were still a little frightened and uneasy.

"Ran Feng sneaked into Wancheng to prepare to burn the granary, but he didn't know their plans and arrangements, and he didn't know Ran Feng's whereabouts at the moment, so he couldn't search aggressively, once he escaped into Funiu Mountain, it would be too difficult to catch it again!" Chen Xu said.

"Master Hou, the best plan for today is to send more soldiers to firmly guard the granary, so that Ran Feng has no chance to take advantage of it!" The county lieutenant Gao Yan said in a low voice.

"It is natural to send additional soldiers, but it is not a long-term solution, as the saying goes, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, there is no thousand days to prevent thieves, once Ran Feng finds out that the soldiers are moving, he will inevitably escape again, and next time he will inevitably be in chaos again, and he can't prevent it, since he knows that Ran Feng has this plan, the best way is to wait for him to appear, and then capture him, and solve this scourge once and for all!" Chen Xu put down the teacup and looked at Jiang Beiting and Gao Yan said.

"Qinghe Hou, what should I do now?" Jiang Beiting's face was serious, but his heart was extremely bitter, although the young man in front of him and himself were both members of the third grade, but their status and status of the county guard could only bow down to him, and he could not have any dissatisfaction and resistance at all.

"The best way is naturally to let those mountain bandits continue to look for Ran Feng, once they can get in touch, find out their movements, and then secretly lay a trap, just wait for them to catch them when they do it, now we have taken care of their lair, if we miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to seize it in the future, maybe he will have a bigger disaster in the future."

"What Hou Ye said is good, right now, there are Bai Duwei, Wang Duwei and hundreds of strong guards and forbidden troops, plus the soldiers of the county governor's mansion, it will definitely not miss when dealing with a group of mountain bandits and homeless people in Ran Feng, only find out their movements first, please ask the Marquis of Qinghe to order, and we will definitely obey the order!" Gao Yan stood up and clenched his fists and said.

Jiangbei Pavilion also stood up and saluted: "Thank you Qinghe Hou for bringing back this news, if you let Ran Feng succeed, dozens of officials in Wancheng will be killed, and I will thank Hou Ye in place of my colleagues in Wancheng!" ”

Chen Xu waved his hand and stood up and said: "No need to say thank you, Ran Feng has colluded with some aristocratic businessmen of the former Six Kingdoms, and there must be a lot of capable people gathered around him, so don't be careless, the granary must not have an accident, this is related to the stability of the people of the entire Nanyang, and even the stability of the entire Daqin, Gao Junwei, what you have to do now is to secretly send henchmen dressed as grain officials, warehouse officials, helpers, etc. to closely monitor the granary, if there are abnormal people approaching, you must closely follow and monitor." ”

"Whoa!" Gao Yan clenched his fists.

"Bai Duwei led a hundred forbidden troops back to Funiu Mountain, and monitored the ambush in the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the mountain bandits' lair and the passage where the mountain bandits entered and exited, once a mountain bandit returned to the mountain, it must be captured, life and death are not limited!"

"Whoa!" Bai Zhen stood up and clasped his fists and saluted.

"Wang Duwei led the remaining forbidden army, disguised as ordinary people, and scattered throughout the city, closely monitoring the movements of several mountain bandits, once Ran Feng's whereabouts are found, strictly monitor, be sure not to let him escape!"

"Huh~" Wang Li stood up and hugged his fists to take his life.

"The guards and patrols at the city gate are as usual, and the outside and inside must not arouse the vigilance of Ran Feng and the others! That's it, no one should leak the news! ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" All saluted together.

Escorted by several forbidden soldiers dressed as guards, Chen Xu rode out of the county guard's mansion.

A beautiful girl with a slender figure wearing a light blue silk spring dress came in a hurry, hid behind a peach tree through the courtyard and watched Chen Xu leave, a trace of sadness appeared on her slightly thin cheeks, and finally slowly leaned on the peach tree, two tears rolled down her white cheeks.

"Alas~" With a slight sigh, Jiang Beiting came out of the room, slowly walked over and stroked the girl's hair, "Yue'er, Chen Xu is no longer the mountain boy of the past, nor is he the original Qinghe Town, you and him are very different in identity, and there is no hope of being together in the end, not to mention that he is about to marry the little lady of the Shui clan as his wife, you must not bother in the future, and don't think nonsense." ”

"Dad~~" The girl threw herself into Jiangbei Ting's arms and cried, "Why? Why can't I marry him, the lady of the Shui family he married is just the daughter of a businessman? ”

"That's different, the little lady of the Shui family is a disciple of Liezi, and her identity is transcendent, not to mention that Chen Xu also refused the emperor's marriage, he didn't even want to marry the fifth princess, not to mention your former identity, the original ...... Originally...... Alas......" Jiang Beiting sighed abruptly again.

"Dad, I want to go back to Xianyang!" The girl sobbed in Jiangbei Ting's arms for a long time and then wiped away her tears and said.

Jiang Beiting shook his head, and his face became extremely serious, "Your mind Daddy understands, Chen Xu will inevitably return to Xianyang after getting married, you want to see him a few more times, but this matter is not allowed, the fifth princess Chen Xu must marry, he just wants to correct the name of the Shui clan this time, not to mention that there is also a daughter of the imperial historian's family, my Jiang clan is not important in the eyes of the emperor, no matter the identity or status, I can't get involved, there are so many good men in the world, my father will definitely help you find a good husband!" ”

"Daughters don't marry anyone else!" Jiang Chuyue hid her face and left.

"Yue'er, why are you doing this?" Jiang Beiting looked helplessly at the back of his daughter's departure and cried, looking at the sky and sighing.

The wedding was prepared in an orderly manner, under the control of a group of Hou Mansion stewards and Wancheng officials, the letter of appointment, the letter of ceremony, and the letter of welcome had already been prepared in accordance with the etiquette of the wedding.

The custom of using wild geese for the six ceremonies of marriage continued for a long time in China, and later found that the wild geese were not easy to catch, so they changed it to send a goose, and finally changed it to send money, until more than 2,000 years later, giving a bride price became the only way to marry a wife, and the rich eventually became dependents and had no money...... If you have no money, you can only entertain yourself as a single dog.

A few days flew by.

And the quiet Wancheng in the past has gradually become lively, countless merchants and nobles came by carriage and horse, and many people entered the city after the cart and cart gifts were directly pulled to the Shui manor.

Most of these people are distinguished guests invited by the Shui family, and there are many businessmen who have heard the news, and they give gifts just to please the Marquis of Qinghe.

Under the investigation of hundreds of forbidden soldiers and a few mountain bandits, Ran Feng finally slowly surfaced, and he led a group of people to hide in a hidden manor outside the city, there were quite a few of these people, all of them disguised as grain merchants and caravans coming and going, constantly approaching and touching the granary.

As the wedding date is getting closer and closer, Ran Feng's activities are becoming more and more frequent, according to the estimation of Chen Xu and others, Ran Feng's move should be in this day or two.

"Master Hou, tomorrow is the day of great joy for you and the water girl, in recent days, the flow of people inside and outside the city has been complicated, or let's act at night, lest Ran Feng disrupt Lord Hou's marriage!" Wang Li said with some concern.

"It's okay, order your subordinates to strictly monitor and don't act rashly, Ran Feng's subordinates are complicated, and they have dealings with the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, and there will inevitably be people who take the opportunity to make trouble, just like last time, using the method of attacking the east and the west, if they dare to make trouble at my wedding, hehe, Ben Hou will give him a big gift!" Chen Xu grinned a few times.

"The subordinates are just afraid of hurting the Hou Ye!" Wang Li was still worried.

"Well, arrange for fifty forbidden army brothers to enter the Shui Manor in advance, Ran Hao's main purpose is to burn the granary instead of dealing with me, go ahead!"

"Oh~" Wang left to receive the order, and Chen Xu turned around to visit Yu Wuya.

After a few days of careful recuperation, although Yu Wuya had fully sobered up, his face still looked pale and bloodless, and he was still weak and unable to walk on the ground.

A monkey also sat cross-legged next to Yu Wuya, but a pair of eyes were turning, and when he heard Chen Xu's footsteps, he jumped up from the couch and squatted on Chen Xu's shoulder.

Chen Xu pushed the door in, Yu Wuya opened his eyes and wanted to stand up, but his feet were soft and he sat down again.

Chen Xu hurriedly went up and helped Yu Wuya to sit down, and then said, "Brother Yu, are you feeling better?" ”

Yu Wuya opened his mouth and pretended to have a relaxed smile, but in Chen Xu's opinion, it was like crying.

"I still feel that I still have no strength in my body, my internal breath can't function, and my internal organs seem to be displaced, that person is really amazing!"

"What does that guy look like?" Chen Xu sat on a chair and asked, while the monkey slashed around Chen Xu's head to find fleas.

"Over forty years old, dressed very ordinary, eight feet tall, thick arms full of calluses, looks like an old farmer, Engong, you must be careful, this person is very powerful, swordsmanship is extraordinary, almost catching up with the senior brother!" When Yu Wuya spoke, there was still a kind of fear on his face.

Chen Xu instantly thought of a swordsman with the image of an old farmer who often hung a super sword, so he pinched his chin and thought for a while and said, "The person you are talking about may have been seen by me, it should not be Ran Feng's subordinates, but Gongsun Beiyan's subordinates!" ”

"Gongsun Beiyan, isn't that the friend of Senior Sister Shui in Daliang?" Yu Wuya looked at Chen Xu suspiciously.

"Yes, according to what you said yesterday, the young woman you met who was called Princess Wei by the mountain bandits is Gongsun Beiyan, I met her once in Qinghe Town, a swordsman named Gai Nie and Gongsun Beiyan are almost inseparable from personal protection, and the person who injured you may be Gai Nie!" Chen Xu nodded.

"Gai Nie, is it him?" Yu Wuya's mouth grew and he was stunned for a long time, and then said with a gloomy face, "If it is Gai Nie, I will not be wronged if I sleep in the pigsty for a few days this time!" ”

"Gai Nie is so powerful?" Chen Xu was surprised.

In Chen Xu's cognition, Yu Wuya is already an extraordinary martial arts master, practicing authentic Taoist kung fu, and the master is also a half-immortal figure in historical legends Chi Songzi, just a big apprentice Yi Shengjia can be called a peerless powerhouse, ordinary one hundred and eighty ordinary martial arts masters are completely unable to get close, and belong to the kind of master who is about to break through the realm to reach the innate master, so Yu Wuya's insight must be extraordinary, even he has to admire the characters who feel defeated and not wronged, at least they are also characters with extraordinary backgrounds.

Sure enough, Yu Wuya smiled bitterly and said, "Gai Nie has long been famous, and the legend is that he came from the Guigu Cave......"

"Guiguzi's apprentice?" Chen Xu stood up in shock.

No wonder Chen Xu was surprised, but the legendary character of Ghost Guzi is completely a mysterious existence, the Chinese must know a little bit about the history of the Qin and Han dynasties, and there are many people who admire it, it is rumored that it has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, the unpredictable opportunity, more than 2,000 years of inheritance, the art of war respected him as a saint, the vertical and horizontal family respected him as the ancestor, the fortune teller respected him as the ancestor master, the strategist respected him as the saint, the famous family respected him as the ancestor, the Taoist respected him as the ancestor, the wisdom is outstanding, no one has been able to match it throughout the ages.

It is rumored that Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Bai Qi, Wang Qian, Li Mu and even Li Si are his apprentices, and these disciples and grandchildren span almost the entire Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the time lasts for hundreds of years.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period in China, the wars of the princes and the disputes in the Central Plains were all caused by Guiguzi.

Of course, these are all legends, because it is said that no one has ever actually seen Guiguzi.

And according to rumors, Guiguzi lived from the Shang Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty, and then disappeared inexplicably, and there is no more news and legends about him in the world.

And in history, the immortal figure Huang Shigong Chen Xu, who also saw the dragon without seeing the end, has seen it, and his real identity is Huang Tingjing, the son of the Mo family, although the ins and outs are still confusing, but after at least meeting once, he still looks like a mortal, and he has a fight with Yi Shengjia, which is not beyond Chen Xu's imagination.

And Chen Xu has also seen red pine nuts, although it is also mysterious, but Chen Xu can still accept it.

Only Guiguzi is like a fog, which no one can explain and understand from ancient times to the present.

Some people in later generations continued to speculate that Guiguzi was just a fabricated character, and like many immortals, he was touted by others.

There are also people who guess that Guiguzi is not a person, but a mysterious organization that has been manipulating all this, Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Li Mu, and Bai Qi are all from this organization, but they just strictly guard the secrets of the organization and do not reveal it.

But no matter what kind of speculation, Guiguzi is definitely a mysterious name, no one dares to underestimate it, although Chen Xu has experienced more than ten years of scientific knowledge and atheistic brainwashing in later generations, but after seeing Chi Songzi This kind of character who can come back to life, has a new understanding of these mysterious legendary characters, this world may not be as imagined, the ancient civilization of China, may come from a very mysterious place, otherwise why there is "Yellow Emperor Neijing", "Shan Hai Jing" and "I Ching" This is a kind of inheritance that is basically incomprehensible to future generations.