Guanhe is about six miles away from Shugang in the north, runs through the north and south of the city of Zhou, is just in the middle of the city, divides the city of Yangzhou into two halves, and can drive into the river through the water gate in the south.

Deng Ziyuan's Yangzhou branch is located next to the big city in the south of Luocheng, which is the most prosperous place in Yangzhou, close to Taiping Bridge.

Not far from the Taiping Bridge, several large boats lined up against the riverbank. Dozens of worn-out hired laborers busily carried boxes of cargo to the ship.

Jiang Cheng held a copper wine jug in his right hand, uncorked the bottle, and drank a sip of wine with his head up, the wine flowed from his throat into his stomach like a line of fire, instantly generating a wave of heat that penetrated all parts of his body.

The aroma of the wine is mixed with the smell of medicine, which makes people feel refreshed as soon as they smell it. This wine is the secret wine recipe of the Tianwu Sect, which is made of dozens of precious raw materials, and has the effect of regulating the spirit and lifting the spirit.

The production of French wine is not large, although the Tianwu Sect is wealthy, but the raw materials are difficult to find, and the annual output is only a dozen catties, only the high-level elders can get one or two, Jiang Cheng is naturally qualified to enjoy it.

Stuffed with the copper kettle, Jiang Cheng glanced at Deng Ziyuan, who was seriously commanding the shipwrights, in disgust, and spat on the deck.

The sanctimonious Deng Ziyuan used to be quite skillful, and when he arrived at the main altar the year before last, he still had the five-grade realm, but now looking at his excessive wine color and lack of breath, it is difficult to maintain the five-grade realm without declining, let alone going to the next level.

"Gangs compete by force, and wealth and power should serve the former, not the other way around, or at least both. It is a pity that the Holy Lord and the deacons of the sect are addicted to enjoyment, and have long lost the courage and hard work to work hard. Jiang Cheng said secretly in his heart.

"Heavenly Wolf" Jiang Cheng and "Dark Leopard" Ande have a very good relationship, and they are not used to the deacons in the sect headed by Xiang Yunfei who are obsessed with pleasure and do not use force. As a result, Ande was forced to leave, so he had to go to the Yue Wang's Mansion to take refuge under the saint Zhou Xuan'er, while Jiang Cheng was in charge of the secret force of the Tianwu Sect, often fighting with hostile forces, and barely maintaining his reputation.

Compared to the White Lotus Society, the Heavenly Witch Sect's money came too easily. The incense money of ordinary people is easy to earn, while the Black and White Society and other branches under the White Lotus Society all rely on transporting goods and manufacturing utensils to make profits, which is a bit difficult in comparison.

Deng Ziyuan said that he wanted to act secretly, but he didn't think so. Who in the Jiangnan realm dares to pull out the tiger whiskers of the Heavenly Witch Sect, and besides, there are too many treasures this time, and they can't hide it if they want to.

In the distance on the alley next to the riverbank, several pedestrians in civilian attire stared at the large boat, monitoring the movements of the fleet.

These large ships are not lightweight, even in the canal and the Yangtze River. Deng Ziyuan spent a lot of energy and connections to get so many big ships in a short period of time, which is quite proud of him. There are not many businesses that can be done in Yangzhou City, which shows his status and own ability in Yangzhou City.

Li Rong took a small boat and stayed on the side of the river not far from the water gate in the south of the city, waiting for the arrival of the Tianwu Sect's fleet.

After Di Renjie came to Yangzhou, he ordered the officials of Yangzhou Mansion to destroy the obscene shrine belonging to Tianwu Sect, but the officials of Yangzhou usually colluded with Tianwu Sect, and Gong Pengzu didn't care about this matter, so that the officials dealt perfunctorily, and Di Renjie could not directly send a thousand horsemen to do it, so as not to cause panic.

Yangzhou is one of the four major governors of the imperial court, and the prince serves as the nominal governor, which can be said to be the center of ruling the south.

"You are the Wang family, what does Wang Kun have to do with you?" Li Rong sat in the cabin, looked at the young man opposite and asked.

This young man was sent by Liu Xuan to contact him, he should be a member of the White Lotus Society, and his eyebrows are somewhat similar to Wang Kun, although Li Rong has only seen Wang Kun twice, and at night, but it is not difficult for Li Rong to see things at night.

There are not many people who can advance to the sixth rank at a young age, not to mention the mastery of cultivating the "Heavenly Martial Sword". Li Rong found out Wang Kun's identity from Liu Xuan's mouth, and the young man in front of him, who was dressed luxuriously and had eyebrows similar to Wang Kun, should also be from the Langya Wang family.

"In Xia Wang Ke, Wang Kun is my eldest brother, have you seen my brother?" Wang Ke said.

Li Rong's identity is not a secret, before leaving, Wang Xu and Liu Xuan had specially told Wang Ke, calling him a role model for the younger generation, so that Wang Ke could learn a thing or two.

"I fought with him twice, but because of the wrong timing, I only took a few swords from him, and I couldn't fully see the mastery of the Heavenly Martial Sword." Li Rong sighed.

"Tianji Martial Sword" is a martial art on the same level as "Xuanyin Wonderful Sword", Li Rong has long longed for it, but unfortunately the opportunity at that time was really bad, otherwise Li Rong would definitely have a good competition with Wang Kun.

"I heard that Brother Li has learned the Xuanyin Wonderful Sword, which is the supreme martial arts of my Southern Dynasty, and I also hope to see it." Wang Ke said proudly.

"You? Your realm is not as good as your brother, but your calm temperament is stronger than him, and you have a future better than him, but whether you can break through the seven-grade innate is still between the two. Li Rong said, "If you can break through the seven-rank innate realm within five years, come to me again!" ”

Whether it is Wang Kun or Wang Ke in front of him, he has not entered Li Rongfa's eyes, and his combat effectiveness is not as good as the Ande he encountered, but he relied on the help of his family background to use resources to reach this realm, and the realm of the six grades is already the limit, and it is impossible to break through the innate nature. Wang Ke's temperament is stronger than Wang Kun's, but it is also limited.

"You can be sure that you will be able to advance to the innate level?" Wang Ke said in disbelief.

Li Rong smiled slightly, did not answer, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Wang Ke stopped talking when he saw it, and learned to breathe with Li Rong closed his eyes as if he was a little vindictive. Warriors don't need to divide victory and defeat with their tongues, but rely on strength to see the truth.

Next to the Taiping Bridge, the fleet of Tianwu Sect was loaded, and the ships pulled anchors one after another and set off, heading towards the water gate of Nancheng in order.

The Nancheng Water Gate is the largest gate in Yangzhou City, which is dedicated to the passage of large ships, and these big ships of the Tianwu Sect can only go out of the city from there.

Jiang Cheng sat on the side of the boat, facing the river breeze and looking at the scenery along both sides of the river.

Yangzhou since the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Nandu began to prosper, after hundreds of years of development, to the end of the Sui Dynasty there is a saying of "Yang one benefit two", even Emperor Yang Guang also lingered in Yangzhou and did not return to Luoyang, it can be seen that its prosperity. Li Tang was established, and the imperial court took Yangzhou as the center of ruling the south, and there were tens of thousands of merchants in the city, and merchants from all over the country had shops here, and there were many shops on both sides of the Guanhe River, and the crowds were surging, which was not much inferior to Luoyang, the capital of the gods.

Deng Ziyuan was the owner of the Yangzhou branch altar and was familiar with the people in the city, so he stayed by Jiang Baiqing's side and waited, and sent Song Minghua, the deputy altar owner, to follow Jiang Cheng.

Song Minghua did not deal with Jiang Cheng either, and stayed on the second big ship to command the fleet.

The fleet headed towards the South Water Gate, and its huge size and rare number attracted pedestrians on both sides of the strait to watch and marvel, not knowing that the force in the city had such financial and material resources and could afford to hire so many large ships.

If there is a choice, Deng Ziyuan will not be so flamboyant, and it is only right to buy the gatekeeper Ding to go out of the city overnight. After Di Renjie came, all the forces in the city secretly wrestled, and the situation was tense, and Deng Ziyuan's inner line in the army did not dare to excuse the Tianwu Sect, and easily let the fleet go.

The Tang Dynasty implemented a curfew system, every night by the street patrol soldiers on duty, one watch three o'clock bell and drum, all the city gates and the square gates of each city and the city gate closed, the next morning five watch three o'clock open, the curfew night walking on the street at night to commit the night crime punished, 20 lashes. The same is true of Yangzhou City, the city gates are closed on time, and the fleet cannot get out.

The big ship of the Tianwu Sect is ten zhang long, more than one zhang wide, more than one zhang high, the draft is half a zhang, the white sail is half open, splitting the river, and moving forward. The waves of the water shook the rest of the ships on both sides of the waterway.

Li Rong stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the big ship, his eyes swept over Jiang Cheng, who was sitting on the side of the ship, and showed a knowing smile.

Jiang Cheng also seemed to be aware of it, his eyes turned back, and he glanced at Li Rong, and for some reason, there was a hostility in his heart.

The big ships went down the river without stopping, and the flotilla sailed one after another, and sailed out of the water gate with great triumph.

Wang Ke hurriedly instructed the sailors to rock the oars hard, and followed closely behind the fleet, and soon overtook them.

Ten miles south of Yangzhou city is the Yangtze River, and there is a river leading directly to the Yangtze River.

Li Rong and Wang Ke were not single-handed, and some people were ambushed and parked at the mouth of the Yangtze River in separate boats.

Before Di Renjie entered Yangzhou City, he left a warship, and about 50 thousand knights were outside the city to prevent accidents. Wang Xu also sent more than 100 elite warriors to follow the warship in more than a dozen boats and small boats.

"All on alert, go and call Song Minghua over," Jiang Cheng jumped lightly, jumped onto the deck, and said to the people around him.

Song Minghua did not take the same boat as Jiang Cheng, and only let Xing Ziqi, an ordinary subordinate in the branch altar, follow Jiang Cheng. Xing Ziqi is also Deng Ziyuan's henchman, this batch of property is the wealth accumulated by Yangzhou Branch for many years, Deng Ziyuan also felt distressed after sending it, and sent his henchmen to follow.

"Alert? Who would dare to snatch our Heavenly Witch Sect's ship in broad daylight? Xing Ziqi said disappreciatively.

"Smack", Jiang Cheng didn't say a word, stretched out his hand and slapped him, so that Xing Ziqi turned around on the spot and almost fell to the ground.

"Go, fool!" Jiang Cheng has long been unaccustomed to Deng Ziyuan and Song Minghua's arrogance, but he didn't expect a small subordinate to dare to talk back to him.

Xing Ziqi showed a resentful look in his eyes, didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly ran to the back of the ship to inform Song Minghua with a signal.

The figure of Li Rong at the gate of the city left a deep impression on Jiang Cheng, not to mention that Jiang Cheng had a special intuition, and he could often sense danger in advance. This intuition has saved Jiang Cheng many times, and there is no doubt that Li Rong also feels full of danger.