Chapter 196: Jianghu Hunt and Kill Order
On the fifth day of the first month, at dusk.
Zhou An and others arrived in Liangcheng.
At this moment, it has only been seven hours since Zhou An killed Qiao Shenghu. From last night to now, Zhou An's group, no one has rested, after finishing the Qiaojiabao incident, they rushed to the stars and the moon, from night to day, and then to the dusk at this moment, and finally arrived at Liangcheng, which is more than 500 miles away from Sankou County.
Everyone is a martial artist, and the weakest strength is also the innate realm, but they can also endure it.
However, the horses they were riding did not survive, and more than a dozen horses died.
It doesn't matter if the horse dies, it will be replaced when it dies.
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Just after night, the west of Liangcheng City "full moon building".
This is one of the best inns in Liangcheng, with a six-storey tower that covers a huge area and looks spectacular.
Rooms on the third floor.
Zhou An stood by the window with a small teapot, the window opened a gap, and he drank tea while looking at the street outside the window.
As the main city of Liangzhou, although the area is less than half of the Qianjing City, the population is far inferior, but the degree of prosperity here, at first glance, will not be much worse than the Qianjing City, the scene full of prosperity and prosperity, especially just in time for the New Year, has not yet come out of the New Year, Liangcheng is more lively than the usual time.
It's just nightfall, the streets and alleys of Liangcheng are full of people, lanterns are hung in front of every house, the cries are endless, children in new clothes chase and fight at the entrance of the alley, and horse-drawn carriages move slowly with the crowd on the street......
Here, even beggars begging for food are beaming.
After all, the Chinese New Year, when passers-by give alms to beggars, they are also more generous than before, especially those rich ladies who rarely go out, in the first month, Liangcheng has various activities almost every day, they are difficult to go out, but also bring enough copper plates, mainly for children, but also for beggars.
Although it is a disaster year, Liangzhou is a prosperous and rich place after all, and in the New Year, it is here, and it is impossible to see the misery and desolation of the disaster year.
Zhou An looked outside, drank a pot of tea, closed the window, put down the teapot, and went to sleep.
Two hours later.
Because of the long nights in winter, Zhou An fell asleep not long after nightfall, and slept for two hours, and it was only the second watch, but it was almost the third watch.
Zhou An changed his clothes, and when he walked out of the room, Pan Yuanyu and Deng Yu were ready.
Zhou An saw Pan Yuanyu, but he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, this Pan Yuanyu did give birth to a good skin, a good jade son! Pan Yuanyu also changed his clothes, and according to Zhou An's instructions, he changed into a brocade dress, with a jade plaque hanging around his waist, and a folding fan with calligraphy in his hand, dressed like a noble son.
In fact, Zhou An is also dressed as a noble son, but he will not be the protagonist tonight, Pan Yuanyu is!
According to the plan he formulated, Pan Yuanyu's identity tonight will be the prince of the Jinwang Mansion - Wu Chengqi! The jade ornaments on his body, including the ring, and the folding fan on his hand, are really Wu Chengqi's things! Zhou An even gave him the brand of the palace.
Zhou An can't pretend to be Wu Chengqi, because he is not old enough, his height is not enough, and he is too easy to be seen through.
Pan Yuanyu is extremely suitable, whether it is height, age, body type, or even temperament, it is somewhat similar, because Pan Yuanyu was originally a gentleman! What's more, he is also very good at deceiving people and pretending to be like something.
So tonight, Pan Yuanyu is Wu Chengqi!
And Zhou An's identity will be Pan Yuanyu's cousin, the son of Pan Yuanyu's uncle, named Xu Bing.
Deng Yu will be incarnated as Wu Chengqi's old servant.
The three of them met in the hallway.
When they went downstairs together, Pan Yuanyu looked like he wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't hold back, and leaned closer and whispered: "Childe, when I went downstairs before, I heard something about you......"
"Huh?" Zhou An was startled and looked at Pan Yuanyu.
What can I hear about him here? How can it be?!
"Someone issued a chase and kill order in the rivers and lakes, offering a reward of 10,000 taels of gold for your head, and Tongbao will give you a guarantee." Pan Yuanyu continued in a low voice, "The news came from Zhongzhou, and it has spread all over the world!" ”
"Oh......" Zhou An's expression was relieved.
The order was just a chase and killing order in the rivers and lakes, which was not surprising to Zhou An, he just thought that his identity was exposed here.
"Tongbao." Zhou An frowned again, but didn't say anything more.
Tongbao is a permanently neutral Jianghu organization, and it is precisely because of their neutrality that they can do the business of chasing and killing guarantees, which does not violate the agreement between Tongbao and Emperor Taizu Wu Yuanyin.
Because the so-called guarantee is that the person who issued the chase order will hand over the money to Tongbao, and Tongbao will spread the news to the world as soon as possible, and whoever completes the chase and kill task can go to Tongbao to get money without meeting with the task publisher.
Tongbao is equivalent to a platform, and if the Jianghu people issue a hunt and kill order to the Jianghu people, Tongbao, as the largest intelligence organization in the Jianghu, will sell intelligence, but if it involves people from the imperial court, Tongbao will not sell relevant information, but only give a guarantee.
This guarantee business, whether Tongbao does it or not, does not affect anything, because there are other Jianghu organizations that can do it, and even any Jianghu money bank can do it.
Therefore, the imperial court will not trouble finding Tongbao because of this, and there is no point.
The three of them came to the lobby on the first floor.
The lobby is very lively, although it is late at night, but there are still nearly half of the people at the table who are eating and drinking, the noise is very loud, in this level of restaurant, will sit in the lobby to eat, most of them are rich and capable Jianghu people, because Jianghu people like to be lively, informal, do not care about noisy.
Ordinary literati, or rich sons and the like, come to the restaurant, but also go to the upstairs private room, and rarely mix with Jianghu people in the lobby.
The lobby was full of voices talking, and it was chaotic.
Zhou An listened to it, and sure enough, he heard about the Jianghu chase and killing order, and he didn't listen to it much...... You don't need to think about it to know that it was Wu Xukuan's order to chase and kill in the rivers and lakes, and there were only a few enemies of Zhou An, spending 10,000 taels of gold to ask for his head, and there was such a big hatred, except for Wu Xukuan, there was only the Pure Land Sect left.
And the Pure Land Sect itself is the number one killer organization in the rivers and lakes, and it is impossible for them to issue a hunt and kill order in the rivers and lakes, otherwise they will have to make people laugh off their big teeth.
So it must be Wu Xukuan!
Wu Xukuan is also really willing, really rich!
Eighty percent of the ghost-faced fox was hired by him, and he had to spend at least 10,000 taels of gold, and now he has a reward of 10,000 taels of gold to send a chase and kill order in the rivers and lakes, and he has never seen him so interested in killing the empress.
The three of them walked through the lobby and out of the inn.
The carriage has been prepared outside the door, and the coachman who drove the carriage is naturally one of the people brought over by Zhou An, and he is a hundred households of secret guards.
Zhou An and Pan Yuanyu, who were dressed as noble sons, entered the carriage, and Deng Yu, who was dressed as an old servant, sat next to the coachman.
Let's go!
The carriage walked steadily.
Zhou An in the carriage seemed to suddenly remember something, and pulled out a small strip of cloth with blood stains from his arms.
He remembered the ghost-faced fox.
The incident of the Jianghu chase order reminded him, and he didn't know if the ghost-faced fox chased after him.
In front of Pan Yuanyu, Zhou An directly sealed.
"Heaven and earth are endless, thousands of miles to track ......"
The small strip of cloth burned, and the smoke drifted in front of Zhou An's eyes, and Zhou An stared.
He saw the horses galloping in the night, and the snowflakes raised by the horses' hooves...... He also felt that people were three hundred miles to the north.
Shaking off the ashes on his hands, Zhou An frowned.
It's fast, this is chasing you?!
Zhou An only arrived in Liangcheng today, how many hours have passed? The ghost-faced fox can travel overnight purposefully, and it must be coming to Liangcheng, and this tracking ability has to make Zhou An say, awesome!
However, Zhou An was not too nervous because of this.
It's still far away, and the ghost-faced fox won't be able to reach Liangcheng for a while, and even if he does, he has to investigate carefully and make assassination arrangements...... So at least in the past two days, Zhou An doesn't feel that he will be stabbed by the ghost-faced fox.
If you don't want to do that, you have to get things done tonight first.
After about a stick of incense.
The carriage stopped.
"Childe, it's here." Humanity on the outside.
Zhou An directly opened the curtain of the carriage and looked out.
On the opposite side of the street, there is a restaurant with brilliant lights and the sound of warblers and swallows, and the plaque of "Fengqi Building" is particularly eye-catching against the backdrop of the red lanterns.
Fengqi Tower is one of the largest and best green buildings in Liangcheng!
Two months ago, a southern girl came to Fengqilou, and once it was launched, this southern girl with the stage name "Linglonger" became the top brand of Fengqilou.
This exquisite child is Bai Xiaokui!