At the junction of Lu and Hebei, the Tongji Canal and the Zhangwei River converge in Linqing.

Linqing was not rich in ancient times, but since 200 years ago, the Qi Dynasty set the capital Xuandu, and the supply of grain and rice needed to be transmitted by the canal, so it gradually became rich, and gradually won the reputation of "rich Jiaqi County", "prosperous pressure on two capitals", "Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south, and Linzhang in the north". In the past six months, however, it has been depressed by the silting up of the canal and the burning of the barns a few days ago.

The fire in Linqing burned for three days and three nights, affecting more than 400 households in the vicinity, and causing the mourning on the streets of Linqing now.

On the streets of Linqing, a carriage and horse are slowly driving in the dilapidated streets and alleys.

In the car, a man with a high crown and a coarse coat, with age and worry hidden in the wrinkles on his face, gently lifted the curtain and looked into the market. I saw that the street was extended by the fire, and half of the street was in ruins. Although this street is adjacent to the river, the canal was silted up due to the flooding, and only shallow turbid currents could be seen flowing in the river.

At this time, the servant who was driving the frame lifted the curtain and asked, "Elder Ge, do you want to take a rest." ”

The person in the car nodded slightly and said, "Just stop at that noodle stall over there and eat something." ”

The driver drove the carriage to the big willow tree by the river and tied it, lifted the curtain, greeted the people in the car, bowed down and asked, "Ge Lao, what do you want to eat, go buy it!" ”

The person in the car was called the elder of the pavilion, there is no doubt that Liu Shiqi has been traveling overnight these days, and he has been rushing for three days, and finally arrived in Linqing. At this time, he looked up at the broken scene, couldn't help but take a deep breath, closed his eyes and replied: "I have a poor appetite these days, or just eat a steamed bun like a few days ago." ”

The driver was ordered, and turned around and went to the corner shop to buy.

Liu Shiqi sat on the wheel by the willow tree, his eyes looked through the street, looking at Longshan and Phoenix Ridge in the distance.

Alas, even the adjacent Daning Temple did not escape this fire.

The wrinkles at the corners of Liu Shiqi's eyes couldn't help but deepen.

He had already gone to the warehouse to see it, and the situation was far more serious than he had imagined. There were a lot of traces of oil smoke and saltpeter residue at the site, and it was thought that in order to burn the warehouse more thoroughly, fire oil was used.

But more of the scene has been destroyed. According to the locals, it was due to the fact that after the fire, the affected residents were homeless, so they came to the barns to grab food. As a result, there is not much charred grain left in the warehouse today.

Liu Shiqi shook his head slightly, according to the reserves checked by the household department, there should be 2.27 million and 3,000 stone of grain stored in the warehouse, if there is still so much grain storage when it is burned, even if the warehouse is burned, it will not be robbed by the mob in the next few days.

In addition, the stored grain is not unhulled grain, even if the forage is flammable, it is impossible to burn all the stored grain like this.

So......

Suddenly, a trace of alertness flashed through his chest, Liu Shiqi looked up in amazement, but saw that the guy who was driving the car had already walked back with a few steamed buns at this time, and when he was still six steps away from the carriage and horse, a touch of blood suddenly burst out of his chest, and his upper body suddenly separated obliquely from his chest to his waist, as if he was split in two by a strange and sharp blade volley.

Assassination! A thought sprung up!

Someone on the street saw this scene and exclaimed, "Murder! But he was suddenly hit by an inexplicable hidden weapon, fell to the ground and died, and the rest of the people did not dare to watch, and they all ran away.

But at this time, a tall and thin boy in a green shirt slowly walked at the corner of the street, and the boy gently shook the folding fan in his hand, but a big bloody skeleton was painted on the folding fan. At the same time, a cold snort came from above the roof on the side, and a Taoist priest-like figure with a wheel blade in his hand sat sideways on the eaves, staring downward.

Liu Shiqi couldn't help but take a few steps back, and at this time, the iron shop behind suddenly "clanged", and a thick voice sounded, saying: "Liu Lao'er, don't want to escape, this is where you died!" ”

Liu Shiqi turned his eyes to look back, but saw a thick and strong man, but he held a short firewood knife in his hand, guarding behind him.

Liu Shiqi saw that he was already surrounded unconsciously, and immediately coughed and sighed: "The white pot of the wind and rain building is in charge, and the Nie ...... of the left head and the rotten Ke knife are abandoned That Nie Daxia...... If you want to take Liu's life, you have to bother the three grandmasters to make a move, and you are also exalting Liu. It's just that Liu only wants to know the cause of his death before he dies. "The words are not shocking, but they are quite old-fashioned.

Liu Baiju waved his fan, his brows furrowed, and he was about to speak, but he didn't expect that the stout man Nie Tong was already impatient with his mother-in-law. Nie Tong was originally the head of the Rotten Ke Dao in Yuezhou, but later because he was too greedy for money, he entrusted it to the Shence Mansion, so he was expelled from the Rotten Kemen by the clansmen. This matter was a hidden sore in Nie Tong's heart, and he was always unwilling to announce it to the public, but although Liu Shiqi recognized a few people, he called Zuo Heng the head of the house and called himself just a perfunctory "hero", he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted at the moment: "Since you recognize our details, you can't be left behind!" Look at the knives! As he spoke, a knife slashed horizontally into Liu Shiqi's chest.

Liu Baihu was originally the person in charge of the assassination, and the accompanying Nie Tong and Zuo Heng were also capable generals in the Shence Mansion, he thought that Liu Shiqi would definitely have a powerful guard with him when he went out on patrol, but he didn't expect to follow Liu Shiqi's chariot and horse in Linqing for a long time, and he didn't see Liu Shiqi any one to guard. And just now he tried it with Tian Silk, but the handlebar style didn't have any power to fight back, which was even more unexpected than he expected. At this time, when Liu Baihu saw Nie Tong making a move, he didn't stop it, but just turned his head sideways and looked at Jiangzhong.

But since it's going to be assassinated, the sooner the better.

It's just that this assassination ...... It's too easy!

saw that the rotten Ke knife was slashing at Liu Shiqi's chest with a knife carrying the wind.

Liu Shiqi spat out a mouthful of blood "wow", his body fell backwards, and the place where he stood was not far from the bank of the Tongji Canal, and he was actually carried down the river stream by the momentum of this knife.

Nie Tong succeeded with a knife, but he seemed to be extremely puzzled, holding the knife, and looked at the place where Liu Shiqi fell in a daze.

At this time, Zuo Heng had already jumped to Nie Tong's side and scolded: "Why did you use the strength of that knife just now? ”

Nie Tong came back to his senses at this time, and said: "I just used that trick "Soul Returning Axe", you know, only thirty percent of that move is strong!" ”

At this time, I saw Liu Baiju stepping forward, stretching out two fingers to clamp on the back of Nie Tong's knife, and took the rotten Ke knife flat, but saw that although there was a shallow blood pattern on the blade of the firewood knife, it was covered with a thin layer of water vapor, as if it had been steamed in the mist. Liu Baihu looked at it carefully for a while, and suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and all his doubts suddenly rose, and he scolded secretly: "It's not good, it's "dripping hidden dragon"!" Evacuate! "After that, stuff the rotten Ke knife to Nie Tong, and as soon as his body is displayed, he will run.

But at this time, Zuo Heng beside him suddenly snorted in pain, covered his shoulder, and when Liu Baiju looked back, he saw that Zuo Heng had nailed a small arrow with a length of an inch on his right shoulder, and the small arrow was completely black, and Zuo Heng's wound was also gushing black blood. Liu Baihu shouted angrily: "Where is the thief, have the courage to come out and see it!" As he spoke, he turned his hand and pointed at several acupuncture points around Zuo Heng's shoulder, and spread out with Nie Tong. Before his words fell, only the sound of horses' hooves on the street, about 20 horsemen galloped over, and in a blink of an eye, they formed an encirclement of about ten zhang by the river, led by six people wearing knives, and in addition to the knives, the weapons of the people who came were of different shapes, from the meteor hammer to the length of the nine-section whip, and the person who was the leader was wearing an iron fist, obviously should be a master of internal boxing.

Liu Baiju's face turned gloomy in an instant, he looked around at the people around him, bared his teeth and shouted in a low voice: "Yan Mu? ”

The person who was immediately in charge was really Yan Mu, the deputy envoy of the Xuandu Ti Dao Guard, but he didn't respond to Liu Baiju's question, his head turned away, and he said to the person next to him: "Lao Jiu, go and see, is he really dead?" "Swallow Lao Jiu has to be ordered to go.

When Liu Baiju heard this, he suddenly smiled, the folding fan suddenly closed, and sighed: "Alas, blame me for being too conceited, I was deceived by such a trick, sigh, sigh!" With a wave of his five fingers, the silk in his hand ran out invisibly, and he slashed it towards Yan Mu.

Yan Mu knew that the silk of the willow white pot was invisible and shadowless, and it was sharp and strong like an extremely thin steel wire, which was a momentary killer, seeing him waving his hand to attack, he exhaled at the moment, and under the operation of the breath, the iron fist struck out with a strong wind, and dispersed the offensive of the heavenly silk in the air. The willow white pot did not delay, and turned his hand, but he heard a wail from the horses under the throne, and the two fingers and forefeet were actually cut off by the silk.

Yan Mu had already taken precautions, but at this time he fell off the horse but was not chaotic, taking advantage of the opportunity of the silk swing away, his fists were wrong, and the iron fist brought up the sound of whining wind, and a move "Thousand Troops Broken" went straight to the middle door of the willow white pot.

Liu Baiju was forced to move back, and met Yan Mu's iron fist with his backpalm, but he heard a "click" and his palms intersected. Liu Baiju took five steps back, his face turned pale in an instant, and his right forearm seemed to be dislocated. I only heard Liu Baihu say hatefully: "You already knew that this Liu Shiqi was fake? There was a clicking sound, but it was he who connected the dislocation himself.

When Yan Mu heard this, he said in a deep voice: "You know too much! Saying that, with his fists together, he was about to attack the willow white pot.

At this time, Nie Tong saw that the situation was not good, and as soon as the rotten Ke knife was horizontal, he came up to stop Yan Mu.

But seeing that the change was sudden at this time, he saw that a sharp dagger suddenly popped out on the folding fan of the willow white pot, and the dagger actually stabbed Nie Tong in the back quickly!

Yan Mu obviously didn't expect this to happen, and after swinging away the rotten Ke knife with one punch, when he was about to smash the dagger again, it was too late. At this moment, I suddenly heard a muffled snort, and the meteor hammer of Hammer Ah Si had already smashed heavily on the chest of Liu Baiju. Under this blow, the willow white pot flew backwards like a broken paper harrier, and when Yan Mu saw this, he suddenly shouted: "Surround it, he wants to extinguish his mouth!" Saying that, he didn't care about Nie Tong, so he chased after the place where the Liu Baihu went, but saw that the Liu Baihu performed his light work, and under the wave of the heavenly silk in his hand, the blood in the neck of Zuo Heng, who had just been poisoned and fell to the ground, gushed out, and the head had already flown down.

Yan Mu didn't expect this person to be so cruel, shocked, he didn't dare to rush forward, but he brought those local catchers but didn't have time to react, and still surrounded him, but he heard a "cluck" sound several times, and the surrounding several high-headed horses and passengers were cut in half as if they were being cut in half by an invisible cutter, and between the waving of the willow white pot and green shirt, they were already hidden in the streets and alleys.

Yan Mu came back to his senses at this time, but he saw a bloody stain, and couldn't help sighing, and when he looked back at Nie Tong with a folding fan dagger on his back, he saw that although Nie Tong's back injury only hurt the skin, there was a black mist around the wound, which was obviously poisoned on the dagger. The man was unconscious. Yan Mu looked back at the poisonous sixth man at this time and asked, "Can this poison be cured?" ”

The poisonous old man pulled out the dagger, sniffed the blood on it vigorously, and grinned: "There should be no more than three people in the world who can solve the poison of this ghost Shura, unfortunately, I am one of them." ”

Hearing this, Yan Mu smiled and said, "Okay, cure him!" I'll give you a big credit this time! ”

The river was babbling in the distance, and the blood smeared the soil on the ground by the river, and if you look at the Phoenix Mountain in the distance, it can be regarded as a contrast with this burned and dilapidated town.

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On the same day, Jiaozhou, night, Fu Yin Fushang.

Lord Yin of Jiaozhou Mansion has taken advantage of the homelessness these days, and has cheaply entered five maids and a three-bedroom side room.

At this age, there are people with grass sticks on their heads, and it is a virtue to help poor and helpless women by themselves.

What's more, it is Lord Fu Yin who uses private property, and it is the beautiful woman who is rescued.

Even if it's not "selfless", it should be regarded as "beauty".

So these days, Lord Fu Yin seems to be a little aggrieved, and careful people also found that Lord Fu Yin has three changes: first, it seems that he has lost weight; second, it seems that some of the complexion is burnt yellow; Third, I like to go home when I have nothing to do.

I think it must be due to the worrying disaster.

That night, on a whim, when Lord Fu Yin was trying the hibiscus milk bath and ***** with Aunt Jiu at home, the housekeeper suddenly rushed to the outside of the bedroom, panting and shouting loudly: "Old ...... Sir, no...... No...... Oh no! ”

At this time, Lord Fu Yin Longyang Fangxing, frightened by this sound, immediately did not keep the ring of guarding the essence and solid yuan, and under the wild shock of the tiger's body, the kidney yuan erupted immediately. Lord Fu Yin couldn't help but get angry, put on a single coat and went out, and angrily reprimanded: "I don't know that my lord is practicing...... Rest? Speaking of the word "rest", it is already a strong inward.

But he saw more than 30 armored guards standing in front of him, and his butler was being escorted by a armor sergeant, standing in front of him trembling. In front of the guards, there stood a high-crowned old man and a Confucian shirt, and although the old man was thin, he was majestic, wearing a purple robe and jade belt, and the color of the clothes turned out to be the middle of the court - Lord Shoufu!

Yin has been an official for many years, and he already knew that the situation was not good, so his knees weakened at the moment, so he knelt down and said in a continuous voice: "Go down...... Xia Guan didn't know about Liu ...... Liu Ge Lao came to visit, there are ...... Lost that far away ......" his teeth trembled when he spoke, and he didn't say a word completely for a long time.

Liu Shiqi snorted, turned around, and said lightly: "What you have lost is not Yuanying, what you have lost is the face of the court!" "After that, he walked towards the outside first, and those soldiers kicked and stepped to the sides, and the formation was very neat, obviously not the local government soldiers. But I heard Liu Shiqi say: "I'm here to investigate the case, if you cooperate well, I will recommend you to the court." If there is the slightest slackness......" At this point, his face sank, but he did not continue.

When Yin of Jiaozhou Mansion heard this, as if he had been released, he hurriedly stood up and chased after him, but unexpectedly, the pants he was wearing before he got out of the bath were too wide, and he suddenly got up at this time, and couldn't help but feel the spring sun.

The cold wind blew on the bare cheeks of Jiaozhou Mansion Yin, making his fat ass tremble.

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"The Unsolved Mysteries of the World": "Tuba is a mysterious forbidden art handed down by Qiangben, which is based on the creation of things through imagination. Of course, it is difficult to explain whether the "thing" mentioned here represents a "thing" that conforms to the laws of physics, but if this spell is really feasible, it is a challenge to the origin and boundary between "spirit" and "matter". Of course, the use of imagination has been repeatedly mentioned in historical and literary works, Western magic, Eastern immortals, illusions, and ninjutsu may all be symbols of the materialization of imagination, but these are too ethereal, so they are not generally accepted, and over time, they have become strange and chaotic things. ”

"Book of Qi": "Xuande added a clearance warehouse, containing three million stones. ”

"Linqing Zhili Prefecture Chronicles" volume three: "Tianfu into the transport of the grain is called Cao, the retention of the famine is called Changping, there are warehouses, the old three warehouses, one is called Guangji warehouse, commonly known as the big warehouse, in the northwest corner of the Guangji Gate."

"Linqing County Chronicles": "There are three warehouses in the brick city, one is called Guangji Cang, commonly known as Dacang, in Guangji Gate; One is called Changying, commonly known as Xiaocang, two companies, counting hundreds; One is said to be in the Qing Dynasty, eighty-one companies, even ten, all attached to the warehouse, the northwest corner of the storage valley 200,000 stone is strange. ”