Ten miles east of Beihai County, Weizhou, at noon, next to the official road leading to Dengzhou, Gu Haotian and others were resting and eating in a wine shop on the side of the road, when they suddenly saw a person coming in outside the door, and after a closer look, it was Teng Huan, everyone couldn't help but be shocked, didn't he go to the Sancha River with Zhou Yunqing, how did he get here, could it be that there was something unexpected over there.

"Brother Teng Huan, how did you get here?" Gu Haotian hurriedly stood up and greeted him.

"Little official, you are waiting to leave quickly, but I am tired of chasing this day."

Teng Jian replied in his mouth, but he arrived at the table in two steps, picked up the teapot and poured it into his mouth, only drank half a pot of tea without a drop left, and then wiped his mouth and sat down.

Let's say that after going ashore on Jishui that day, Teng Jian and others went straight to Dengzhou along the official road according to Ruan Xiaoer's instructions, inquiring all the way along the way, and chased them all the way to Changle. It was not easy to find out the news of Gu Haotian and his party, so he chased him here non-stop, until he recognized the guards on the side of the road, and then put down the heart that had been hanging all the way.

"Little official, if it weren't for the fact that you and others were more eye-catching and easy to inquire, I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to meet you, and it would be troublesome if I missed something at that time." After Teng Hu reported what happened, he was still a little scared.

"The merchant ships of the Three Forks River actually encountered such a dangerous thing, but fortunately, the petty officials had the foresight and sent cavalry to rush there by land, but it was also a blessing in disguise to be able to find clues to the bandits." Xiao Jiasui was also very happy to hear it.

It was Yan Shun who attacked the Three Forks River fleet, Gu Haotian was also very shocked when he heard it, Liangshan One Hundred and Eight Generals, if there are a few people who are not pleasing to his eyes, this Yan Shun is one of them, "Water Margin" wrote that he was the first to eat human flesh, and he didn't know how many people had eaten sobering soup on Qingfeng Mountain. I didn't expect that this time it would be calculated on my head, but it's a pity that this guy slipped away, and I can only keep it for later.

A few people found a room in the wine shop, interrogated Wang Wu carefully, and then set off for Laizhou.

On this day, in a restaurant on Chengbei Street, Hou Chuanye, a businessman who was engaged in livestock trading, sat on a table near the window on the second floor, drinking depressedly. A few days ago, he happened to meet an acquaintance who had not met for a long time, and after some talking, he knew that he had a big deal in his hand, and he wanted to take it down, but then he thought about the characters behind him, for fear that the mutton would not be eaten and cause a commotion, but he let it go, and he was unwilling, so he introduced it to his peer Yan Shun and made a small profit. But the development of things was unexpected, and the acquaintance was later killed by Yan Shun. While he secretly rejoiced in his wisdom, he also thought that he was involved after all, and he always felt uneasy these days.

Just when Hou Chuanye was stunned out of the window, two uninvited guests sat down at his wine table.

"Shopkeeper Hou is focused, but what are you looking at?"

A sudden voice sounded, which startled Hou Chuanye, he turned his head and saw that there were two people sitting at the table, opposite a young man of more than ten years old, and a person who looked like a scholar in his thirties. His heart suddenly jumped unconsciously, and he cried out inwardly:

"Who are you waiting for? Why did you sit on my desk without permission? ”

"Shopkeeper Hou don't be impatient, since we found you, naturally it is not for nothing." The young man spoke unhurriedly, but had no intention of getting up and leaving.

"The merchant's death has nothing to do with me, and you will haunt me later." Hou Chuanye panicked in his heart, and blurted out what he was thinking.

"When did we say that you had something to do with the merchant's death, but now I'm curious, so you might as well tell me why you have nothing to do with it." The two people on the other side asked playfully with a playful face.

"I ......"

Hou Chuanye suddenly woke up to what he had said, but it was irretrievable, so he pretended to be dumb and deaf, never spoke again, and simply got up and left.

"Yaoshi Lane in the north of the city, two into the house, a family of eight, two parents, one wife and one concubine, the eldest son is ten years old......"

Hou Chuanye didn't take a few steps, but he heard a voice behind him, faintly like a boy reading. But for him, it was like thunder, and he instantly fixed there, as if he had been pointed at an acupuncture point, and then returned to his seat and sat down.

"If you want to know anything, just ask, but that person was killed by Yan Shun, and it has nothing to do with me, if you want to seek revenge, you can only find him."

Hou Chuanye thought that these two people were from Dengzhou and came to take revenge, so he hurriedly cleared up his relationship with this matter.

"We already know the cause of the man's death, but you just have to tell me where his horse came from?"

"You're not from Dengzhou!"

"Who is Dengzhou?"

Gu Haotian and Xiao Jiasui glanced at each other, secretly thinking that the matter of horses was really related to Dengzhou.

"Dengzhou ......" Hou Chuanye suddenly found that he had leaked his mouth again.

"You just have to tell the truth, I'll make sure you're safe, otherwise you'll ......" Gu Haotian lowered his face and said coldly.

"Alas!"

Hou Chuanye just wanted to give himself an ear scrape at this time, but the matter could no longer be hidden, so he had to continue:

"That merchant actually doesn't know much about Xia, but he met twice many years ago when he was doing business in Dengzhou, when he seemed to be working in a company called the Four Seas Trading Company, but at that time I had never heard of a livestock trader, and I was also surprised to come and buy horses suddenly this time."

"Do you know where his horses are coming from?"

"He didn't talk about it, but when he came from Dengzhou, he took a big boat, and there were a few horses in it, but I went to see it, and they were all good horses from Liaodi, if possible, they should have come from the north."

When Gu Haotian and Xiao Jiasui heard this, they suddenly felt a little closer to the truth, didn't Duan Jingzhu's horses be bought from Liaodi. So I thought of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, which may be the breakthrough point of this trip.

"How much do you know about the Four Seas Firm?"

"I only know that it is a big trading house in Dengzhou, from jewelry and jade, down to grain and cloth, all of which are operated, and it has a great reputation in the local area."

"Since it's such a big trading house, why don't you dare to take over his business, why are you panicking when you mentioned Dengzhou?"

Gu Haotian saw that he was dealing with it, so he asked sharply.

"This ......"

That Hou Chuanye hesitated for a moment, and then said in a snort:

"I've only heard that some of the goods in the trading house are unknown, and I guess there must be some strong people behind them, in case there is a mistake in the transaction, and I can't afford to be a little person like me, so I don't dare to take it."

"In this case, this is the end of today's words, and you can do it yourself, if what you say is not true, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, you will be found to settle accounts."

Gu Haotian saw that he couldn't ask anything anymore, so he put a heavy sentence, got up with Xiao Jiasui and left, but left Nahou Chuanye there like a chicken.

Half a day out of the west gate of Laizhou, it is a continuous mountain, and the official road to Dengzhou passes through the valley. Due to the urgency of the matter, after leaving Laizhou, Gu Haotian and more than 20 people, including Xiao Jiasui, Bian Xiang, and Teng Huan, hired carriages and horses to go first, and asked Ma Xun and Ruan Xiaoqi to follow up with the rest of the people. A group of people did not untie the saddle, this afternoon finally came to a place called Dengyunling at the junction of the two states, seeing that Dengzhou was in sight, everyone stopped and dismounted and entered a small shop on the side of the road to rest for a while.

Gu Haotian stood in front of the store, only to see that although there were only one or twenty households in this Dengyun Ridge, the high mountain behind it was majestic and precipitous, and when he was admiring, he saw a group of people turning out of the path on the side of the mountain in front of him, about thirty or forty people, straight to this side. Gu Haotian was alert, and after hinting at Bian Xiang, he returned to the store to watch the changes.

After a while, the group also came to the small shop, but saw that the two men in their thirties led by them entered the store, and the rest were scattered outside, faintly encircling the small shop.

"Xiao Er, come to a jar of good wine and cut two catties of beef."

The two men sat down at a table in front of the store, and one of them shouted.

"Whew!"

At this time, Teng Huan, who was standing behind Gu Haotian, suddenly laughed, and following Teng Huan's eyes, everyone found that there was a big sarcoma on the back of the shouting man's head, which was like a single horn, and it was extremely abrupt.

"Wu Na Bird Man, what are the thieves laughing at, I can't eat Grandpa's fist if I want to."

When the man saw Teng Jian smiling at him, he suddenly became angry, pointing at him and scolding.

"Master, I'm smiling at your bird business, and I have to nod and approve of you, a filthy thief bird."

Teng Jian is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he was already guarding against him in his heart, and he was willing to admit defeat there.

"Yikes! Yikes! It's the other way around, it's the other way around! Your grandson is too long, and today's grandfather is fulfilled by you. ”

The man drew a knife from his waist and pounced viciously.

"Humph! I'm afraid you'll not succeed. ”

Teng Jian sneered, took off a pair of tiger's eye bamboo steel whips from his waist, calmly took two steps forward, and protected Gu Haotian and the others behind him.

Immediately I heard a crisp sound of "dang", and the two weapons had collided together. The two sides have fought for more than ten rounds, and the battlefield has moved from the house to the outside of the house, but Teng Huan's martial arts are something that ordinary people can deal with, and when the two of them fight for more than thirty times, the man gradually loses his strength. At this time, another accomplice who was watching the battle couldn't stand it anymore, and he also joined the battle group with a knife. Seeing this, Bian Xiang was about to go up, but was stopped by Gu Haotian.

Seeing that the other party was coming again, Teng Jian was not only not timid, but even more excited, and he shouted:

"It's just right to come, the master is worried about the taste, and who else will come up with him."

But I saw that he was shouting, and at the same time, he made a pair of steel whips superb, and he looked completely at ease.

In this way, the three of them fought for fifty or sixty times, but the pair of men did not have the slightest advantage, so they gradually became a little anxious, and they had the intention of disturbing the opponent's mind, only to see the man with sarcoma on his head screaming:

"Brothers, shoulder to shoulder, take down this group of birdmen with me."

"Grandpa, I'm worried about having nothing to do?"

Bian Xiang sneered and greeted him with his escort.

"Hugh hurt their lives."

At this time, Gu Haotian suddenly commanded behind him. Bian Xiang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then ordered his men to turn the head of the gun and use the gun as a stick. In just over a quarter of an hour, the dozens of men who cried and shouted at their mothers fell to the ground.

What's going on, the two men were confused all of a sudden, and they panicked for a moment and suddenly became in a hurry.

"Hahaha! A few birds also want to rob the master's way, so I will send you to see Lord Yama today. Teng Jian let out a long laugh, raised his whip and struck at the man with a tumor.

"Hugh hurt his life."

At this moment, Gu Haotian shouted to stop him, and then let Teng Huan retreat. Then he came to the two of them and said something, but the two men were stunned on the spot for a moment.