At the end of the battle, everyone was cleaning up the battlefield in an orderly manner, and the two brothers Zhu Houzhao were idle. Zhu Hou took care of the soldiers cleaning the battlefield and treating the wounded, and Zhu Houwei was also looking around, but these northern men were basically about 1.75 to 1.85 meters, and it was really difficult to find the person he was looking for.

Suddenly, Zhu Houwei saw a shadow under his feet, turned his head to look, and suddenly showed a reassuring smile. Ma Sanniang also smiled at Zhu Houwei, stood side by side with Zhu Houwei, and began to observe how the water and land camp did things.

Zhu Houwei also pretended to observe the soldiers, and said calmly, "You're not injured, are you?" The corners of Ma Sanniang's mouth rose slightly, "You haven't been injured in any martial arts, how can I be injured?" Zhu Houwei lowered his head slightly, glanced at Ma Sanniang's hand wrapped in gauze, and saw that it did not turn red, and his heart was relieved, but he still asked, "What about the injured hand, the wound is not cracked, right?" It's only been a few days since the injury, you must pay attention, don't let the wound open, otherwise" Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Ma Sanniang, only to see her smiling, but her brows were a little frowning and impatiently said, "Okay, okay." It's not the first time I've been injured, so I don't need to say so much. You're not very old, why is your mouth so broken? Zhu Houwei was depressed, "Okay, then I won't say it?" The two fell silent, and after a while, Ma Sanniang asked, "How long will you stay in Shandong?" Zhu Houwei breathed a sigh of relief, "It is estimated that I will have to contact with the food first, and it should be fine." Ma Sanniang replied lightly "Oh" and fell silent again.

It didn't take long for the team to return to the land and water camp near Texas City. On the road, Zhu Houzhao was riding a horse and talking to Dong Qinghai, listening to Dong Qinghai's report on what had happened on the road since he went to pursue, Zhu Houzhao only said one sentence, that is, "In the future, the wheels of the carriage will be made of iron for me." Behind them were Ma Sanniang and Zhu Houwei, who were riding horses, and the two seemed to be listening to Zhu Houzhao talking to them, admiring the beautiful scenery on both sides of the road, but they didn't know what they were thinking in their hearts.

One of the reasons for this operation was that Dong Qinghai did not expect that Dong Qinghai would bring people back, even if he arrived, otherwise the two Zhu Houzhao brothers might not be unharmed, and of course another factor was the assistance of the two princes of Sulu in Beiying Village. Ma Sanniang led people to Beiying Village to ambush first, and the two princes heard that it was the request of Zhu Houzhao and the two brothers, so without saying a word, they immediately vacated the room and let the water and land camp stay for one night. In this way, the thieves dared to kill with all their strength until there was no ambush. However, the two Zhu Houzhao brothers are not suitable to meet with the two foreign princes now, just remember this love, and try to help as much as possible in the future.

After a night of treatment, a seriously wounded soldier still passed away, and the land and water battalion lost a total of seven people in this operation, one person will not be able to go to the battlefield again, as for the other minor injuries, as long as they rest for a while. The results of this station are also obvious to all, not only eliminating more than 200 cult members, but also killing Luo Xing, the leader of the Luo sect, and some other big and small leaders of the sect.

The next day, the news came from Shiwei first, saying that the big shopkeeper of Jinan was coming, and the two Zhu Gongzi came to the door to talk. The two brothers Zhu Houzhao muttered in their hearts, "You are not small, although you have not identified yourself, but the two of us live in the water and land camp, and the official background is certain, and they even let us come to the door with a big grin." However, the two of them still led the people to the city at noon, after all, the food that comes first tastes okay.

Soon, a group of about 20 people entered the city, and with the news that Luo Xing and others were killed yesterday, the people in the city suddenly calmed down, and the atmosphere in the city was no longer depressing and tense. The group came to the central area to eat first, and went out to greet the Texas shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper greeted him with a smile, bowed slightly, and said, "Everyone, our shopkeeper is already waiting in the private room on the third floor." It is not very convenient for our big shopkeeper to welcome guests outside, and where it is rude, I also hope that a few distinguished guests will be Haihan. ”

Brother Zhu Houzhao nodded, didn't say anything, and followed the shopkeeper into the door. found that it was already a meal, but there was no diner before eating, and the shopkeeper saw the doubts on the faces of the two, and said in his mouth, "Today, the shop is closed to thank customers, and it is specially designed to entertain a few distinguished guests, which can be regarded as an apology to a few people." Zhu Houzhao nodded, and said calmly, "The big shopkeeper has a heart." ”

When they came to a room on the third floor, they saw one person standing up and walking towards the door. The person who came was in his early forties, very tall, about 1.85 meters, with a straight waist, and a feeling of rigidity in his gestures, especially on the left side of his face, there was a long scar from the eyebrow bone to the chin, which was already a little fierce, plus this scar, it is estimated that he will be arrested as soon as he arrives in the crowd, and the portrait of the Jiangyang thief on the official document is almost the same as this person.

This person is definitely not a businessman, he should be a martial arts person, and the following salute also confirms the conjecture of the two brothers. I saw him take a few steps out of the door and make a salute to Zhu Houzhao's brothers. Different from the general way of greeting, it is not a fist with both hands, but a fist with one hand for the palm and the other hand, which is often seen in martial arts films in later generations, and in ancient times, it was almost a special way of greeting people in the martial arts.

Zhu Houzhao and the two brothers still clenched their fists and bowed slightly, but Ma Sanniang returned with the same salute, which made the big shopkeeper take a second look. The big shopkeeper looked at Zhu Houzhao and the two brothers and said, "Under is the big shopkeeper who puts food first, surnamed Qiu, named Batian, no word, and a native of Shuzhong." Not much to say, a few please. As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and welcomed a few people in.

Of course, only the two brothers Zhu Houzhao and Ma Sanniang entered the house, and the others went to the next room. The room here is not big, there is no one to hide, and the rooms on both sides are interconnected, only one door is hidden, I am not afraid that the big shopkeeper has any plans, although Ma Sanniang's injury is not good, but it is not casually pinched.

There is a table of eight immortals in the room, except for Zhu Houzhao, the three of them are Qiu Batian. Qiu Batian asked Zhu Houzhao to sit in the main seat facing the door, and sat down by himself, Zhu Houwei, who was snickering, sat opposite Qiu Batian, and Ma Sanniang was facing the door with his back.

Finally, Zhu Houwei finally controlled his smile, otherwise it would be too rude, Ma Sanniang gave an inquiring look, Zhu Houwei just shook his head, saying that it was nothing. In fact, he thought of the villain in a TV series about Bao Qingtian in later generations, whose name is almost pronounced similar to this Qiu Batian, but this villain also has a loud nickname, called "Seven Provinces Obscene Demon", which is quite domineering.

After Qiu Batiandai sat down, he said loudly, "A few big men came, and there is nothing to entertain in the small shop, and I hope you don't dislike some thin wine and side dishes" "The mouth is polite, but the face is expressionless, and the long scar twitches with the corners of the mouth, which looks very scary, and now the three of them know why the shopkeeper said that the big shopkeeper is inconvenient to welcome guests.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Qiu is polite, this meal is not in a hurry, but today, the main thing is to discuss, this capital food is the first to open, I don't know what Shopkeeper Qiu wants." “

Qiu Batian listened calmly, "The two guests are noble, if you want to open a store in the capital, you will definitely benefit a lot from the food first, but you can't do it in the future, so you can only report it to my young lady." “

A calm paragraph made the Zhu Houzhao brothers feel up and down a few times, and said that the identity of the noble and some of the following words, Zhu Houzhao brothers knew that the identities of the two of them had been known, and they had a new understanding of the master's ability behind it, but when they said that they couldn't be the master, the two of them were a little angry, and they couldn't play with the master, and the last sentence said again, the master is a woman, and the two were a little surprised, after all, there are not many women doing business these years, especially such a big deal, no wonder no one knows who the owner of the food is first, It is still very inconvenient for a woman to show up to discuss business.

The two of them were still smiling on their faces, and Ma Sanniang stared at Shopkeeper Qiu with some surprise. Zhu Houzhao spoke: "I don't know what kind of rules your young lady has?" Shopkeeper Qiu sighed slightly, "Miss said that if the two of them knew her identity, it would not be too late to decide to cooperate." ”

Zhu Houzhao asked, "But it's okay to say." Shopkeeper Qiu frowned, and it didn't seem that he wanted to say much, but he pondered for a while before he spoke, "White Lotus Sect." ”

Zhu Houwei stood up after hearing this, looking at the shopkeeper Qiu with a wary look, Ma Sanniang also put his hand on the handle of the knife on his waist, ready to draw the knife at any time. Zhu Houzhao frowned, looked at Zhu Houwei who stood up, and then said to the soldiers of the Marine and Land Battalion who rushed in from the side door, "Okay, it's okay, you can retreat." ”

Zhu Houwei also reacted, and then sat down slowly. Qiu Batian drank the tea very indifferently, unmoved, and could see that this person had seen the world.