Chapter 131 Twenty-Eight Shops
"Congratulations to the host, who successfully rescued the four owners of Meizhuang in the hands of Ren Xing and did a chivalrous thing. Depending on the difficulty of the matter, the system will reward you with 3,000 exchange points and a 5 Fame Value. When Zhang Yang stepped out of Meizhuang alone, Mr. Cang's joyful voice suddenly came to his ears.
"No, there is a reward for doing this!" Hearing this voice, Zhang Yang was immediately overjoyed.
Although he went to Meizhuang this time to save him, he fell out with the other party for the sake of Meizhuang's four friends, and even Ren Yingying did not favor him.
In terms of interests, Zhang Yang's trip to Meizhuang not only did not please the beauties, but also offended his future father-in-law, which really lost his wife and soldiers.
But no matter what, if he didn't save the four of Meizhuang, he probably wouldn't be at ease in this life, so he had a clear conscience.
As for the exchange points and reputation rewards this time, it was quite surprising to him.
Especially the 3000 exchange points, it really feels like a charcoal in the snow!
You must know that before going to Meizhuang, in order to get the reward of the supreme lottery, he also took 27 points of fame as collateral in order to redeem the space-time pause.
"It seems that the 2,700 exchange points pledged with 27 Fame Points can be paid off."
Thinking of this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, using this time to get 3,000 exchange points, and the usury of the system can be regarded as a fall. And he also got 5 fame points, which is an even more unexpected gain.
All told, his current fame adds up to 85 points, and he is only 15 points away from his goal of 100 points.
"There are still 15 points of fame left to enter and leave this world freely......" Thinking of this benefit, Zhang Yang's depression just now was swept away.
After he used this exchange point to repay the system with interest, the last remaining exchange point was only 55 points, but at least there was no debt, which made him quite happy.
After leaving Meizhuang, Zhang Yang hired a carriage in Hangzhou for a leisurely transfer back to Hengshan. Anyway, it's not important, you will stay at an inn on the way, and enjoy it if you have food, but it is like a leisurely tour.
After about ten days of walking like this, I passed through a small town called Lorraine.
The reason why Zhang Yang paid attention to this not famous town was because when he left Hengshan, he handed him a secret contact location of the Hengshan faction in the field, and this Lorraine town has one of them.
After arriving in the town, Zhang Yang walked to a white shop that operated coffin funerals.
The shopkeeper is a white and fat middle-aged man wearing a Taoist robe, and the people who do white things in this era will not pull customers casually because of customs, unlike the coffin shops in later generations who have to greet customers with a smile when they enter the door.
In this era, the people who do a line are generally bitter gourd faces, and most of them are quite scary, like the fat shopkeeper, but there are not many people who are kind and kind.
When the fat shopkeeper saw Zhang Yang enter the door, he just raised his eyes and glanced at it, and then he got busy with his own work, and did not take the initiative to greet him.
"Shopkeeper, I'm here for a happy event." When he said this slogan, Zhang Yang himself was quite embarrassed, just because none of the strongholds of the Hengshan faction outside were shops for happy events, so this slogan was used.
And now it is very strange to say this in a funeral shop.
Fortunately, it was early in the morning, and there was no one else in the store except the fat shopkeeper, otherwise others would have regarded him as a psychopath.
But if the owner of this shop is not the contact person in the Hengshan faction, then Zhang Yang can only face the danger of being blasted out.
"Oh? May I ask you, who in the family is doing the happy event? After the fat shopkeeper was slightly surprised, he turned around and carefully looked at Zhang Yang's face, and immediately said this sentence in a similar way, listening to his tone, he seemed to really want to do a happy event.
Celebrations and funerals in ancient times were completely different from those of later generations, and it was impossible for the same shop to run them, and if that were the case, that shop would never have been in business.
The words of this fat shopkeeper were of course the secret words of the Hengshan faction for external contact, and Zhang Yang was relieved after hearing this. He didn't speak immediately, but took out a brown token from his arms, the sign was engraved with the word Hengshan, and in the bottom corner of the token was the word 'Zhangyang' in regular letters.
The fat shopkeeper immediately took two steps forward and looked at the token up close. When he saw the words in the token, he immediately closed the door of the store that had just opened in three steps and two steps, changed his sluggish attitude just now, and very respectfully led Zhang Yang to the inner room.
In a place similar to the main hall of the banquet, the man first hurriedly called for tea, cakes, and other things to come up, and then sent his subordinates out, and when the room was empty, he knelt down and saluted, and said:
"Subordinate Guyun, see the head, I don't know that the head is coming today, there is a place to miss the welcome, please forgive the sin."
"There's no one else here, Brother Guyun just get up and talk. The purpose of my coming here today is to check on the recent major events in the sect and the confidential events of other sects in the rivers and lakes. Zhang Yang groaned for a while, and said with a smile.
"The head came just in time, three days ago, his subordinates just received a letter from other places, this is for you to see, the head of the house wait for a while." After saying this, Gu Yun hurriedly left the hall, and after a short while, he came with an envelope in both hands.
Zhang Yang took the envelope and took a look, but found that most of the contents of the letter were irrelevant things, or some content that he couldn't understand, and suddenly remembered the reason, and couldn't help but say: "I have not been in charge for a long time, and I am not very familiar with the secret words in the letter, please Brother Guyun help me interpret one or two." ”
In order to prevent the outflow of important events in the sect, the contents of this envelope have been processed by a special encryption method, so Zhang Yang will not be able to understand it.
Next, this disciple named Gu Yun began to read the major events that happened in the sect and the rivers and lakes for Zhang Yang.
Of course, it includes the personnel changes of some sects, the major events that have occurred within the sect, and the recent changes in various sects and factions in the rivers and lakes.
Of course, the purpose of transmitting these messages to the various bases is to let some of the spies scattered in various places grasp the latest information, and assign some tasks to these spies, as well as to let the outer disciples who are doing business abroad scattered throughout the country know the latest trends in the sect.
If there wasn't such a channel, this disciple named Gu Yun probably wouldn't know Zhang Yang's true identity.
"Brother Guyun, you just said that the Hengshan Sect received an invitation from the Songshan Sect to eliminate demons, saying that the Demon Sect would go to the area of the Fuwei Dart Bureau to search for the whereabouts of the Evil Warding Sword Spectrum, how long did this happen?" When Zhang Yang heard this news, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and immediately asked rhetorically.
Just because according to the original book, the Songshan faction invited the Hengshan faction to Fuzhou, which was a big trap. In the end, the Dingyi master of the Hengshan faction was attacked by the masters of the Songshan faction in the twenty-eighth shop and died.
If it weren't for that, Linghu Chong in the original book would not have taken this opportunity to befriend the Hengshan faction, and finally won the position of the head of the sect.
It's just that this incident happened too far ahead, and if it was according to the original book, it should have happened at least half a year later.
When he thought about it, it was estimated that it was probably because he came here to disrupt the sequence of many events, causing the butterfly effect and changing the original course.
There are a lot of such things, such as the last time Guandi Temple rescued the Huashan faction, it also happened earlier, and the location of the incident also changed.
"Back to the master, according to the above explanation, this incident should have happened half a month ago, and this incident was heard by the spies I sent to lurk near Heng Mountain." Gu Yun replied honestly.
After hearing this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but fall into deep thought: "According to the news, those nuns of the Hengshan Sect are probably about to reach the twenty-eighth shop now. On this trip, I'm afraid Yilin is also among them. Yi Lin is already the queen. A member of the palace can't let her have an accident no matter what, so he has to find a way to help them, but ...... How can I help? ”
After thinking about it for a while, he still had no clue, Zhang Yang had to put this matter aside for the time being.
"Except for the Hengshan faction, have any other sects received invitations?" Zhang Yang asked again.
"We have fallen out with the Songshan faction, but they didn't send us an invitation. As for whether other sects have received invitations, this information does not explain in detail. Gu Yun replied with a clear eye.
Later, Gu Yun talked about some major events that happened in the Jianghu sect, such as the change of the leader of the Haisha Gang and the news of the death of a high-ranking monk of the Shaolin faction. When he heard something useful, Zhang Yang occasionally asked a few words.
Almost a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Yang thought that he would not hear any useful news, but he heard Gu Yun continue to say eloquently: "According to the report from the spies, Yue Buqun, the head of the Huashan faction, personally repaired the book to the various sects, saying that the second son of the Huashan faction, Lao Denuo, disappeared for no reason, did not listen to the orders of the master, and has now been expelled from the Huashan faction......
"Laudeno was expelled from the Huashan faction, how long did this happen?" Zhang Yang asked with his eyes open.
"According to the above, it was also news almost half a month ago."
Then after Gu Yun read the news for almost half an hour, Zhang Yang nodded with satisfaction, and rewarded the outer disciple stationed here, so he politely refused the disciple's request to pat him on the back and leave this place happily.
A luxurious carriage slowly moved down the path, and in the well-decorated carriage, Zhang Yang sat cross-legged on comfortable cushions.
On the surface, he seemed to be meditating on pranayama, but in fact, he was communicating with the Huashan outcast, who was thousands of miles away.
"Deno, how far have you cultivated the evil sword technique now?" Zhang Yang said in his heart.
"Back to the master, under your advice, I have basically completed the cultivation of this set of evil sword techniques now, but some of the moves are not yet familiar." Something may have been cut off, and now Lauderno's voice was rather hoarse when he transmitted the sound.
"Okay, you have worked hard to cultivate the sword technique of warding off evil spirits, and you will eventually be able to get ahead. Now there is a task to be handed over to you, you go and buy a good horse, and quickly go to a place called 'Twenty-Eight Pu' north of Fuzhou, if you encounter a nun of the Hengshan faction who is killed, you will definitely do your best to help. Moreover, special attention should be paid to protecting one of the disciples named Yi Lin. After Zhang Yang said a word of encouragement, he said the right thing.
He originally planned to go to the 28th shop to save the Hengshan faction in person, but anyway, when he returned from Hangzhou, he would pass by the 28th shop, just a slight detour.
It's just that his position at this time may be three or four days away from the twenty-eighth shop, and I am afraid that it will be bad if he can't catch up by then. So I remembered that Lao Denuo was in Fuzhou, he was only a day or two away from Twenty-eight Shops, and he should be able to arrive early.
I only hope that during this period, the nuns of the Hengshan faction will walk slower and arrive at the twenty-eighth shop in two days.
After receiving the task, Lauderno immediately respectfully agreed. Just because his family name and life are in the hands of Zhang Yang's thoughts, he doesn't dare to be disrespectful.
After instructing Laudeno to go first, Zhang Yang was much more relieved. However, for the safety of Yilin's stupid girl, he still let the carriage travel overnight.
Two days later, he received news from Laudeno and determined that the Hengshan faction had not yet reached the twenty-eighth shop, and that the Songshan faction had indeed begun to launch an ambush there.
As for the ambush method, it is similar to in the original book, these people first pretended to be horse bandits to scare most of the people in the town away, and then sent many of their men to pretend to be ordinary people to blend into the town.
The nuns of the Hengshan faction arrived there at noon the day after Lauderno's arrival, and Zhang Yang, urging the coachman to hurry overnight, finally arrived at the twenty-eighth shop that night.
The accurate name of this town should be twenty-eighteen shops, which is the main road of traffic between Zhejiang and Fujian, and the place where Xianxialing must pass through for the upward journey.
The main force of the Songshan faction gathered here to ambush, not only not worried about missing the people of the Hengshan faction, but also without showing a trace of the Hengshan faction to get rid of a few Dingzi masters who hindered and sent the faction, which is really the most ideal place.
According to the original book, the Hengshan faction should have been attacked in a small area on the way down the mountain, and the casualties were not large. But if you are ambushed here, you will definitely suffer heavy losses.
When Zhang Yang came to the town, it was already dark, and the town was unusually quiet.
After getting out of the carriage, he let the handlebar find an inn to rest, and he himself walked through the deserted streets.
"The front should be the Yuelai Inn mentioned by Lauderno." Seeing the two-story building with red lanterns hanging not far ahead, Zhang Yang muttered to himself.
I received the news from Lao Denuo just now, and the Songshan faction has sent someone to transfer the little nuns of the Hengshan faction, and then draw out the main force to besiege the two masters of Dingxian and Dingyi.
Because the Songshan faction sent four Songshan Taibao to attack this time, it was okay to deal with two of them with Laudeno's current strength, but facing four people at the same time, it was invincible. So Zhang Yang didn't let him act rashly, just asked him to protect Yilin for the time being, and as for the others, Zhang Yang couldn't care so much.
However, since there will be exchange point rewards for chivalrous things, Zhang Yang asked Lau Deno to go out to find the whereabouts of Dingxian and Dingyi after arriving at the twenty-eighth shop, while he himself went to the Yuelai Inn, where several little nuns of Yilin were gathered.
But when he was still ten feet away from the inn, he heard the occasional sound of weapons clashing inside.
"Could it be that the people of the Songshan faction have already found this place, and they dare to fight Yilin's idea, they really don't know whether they are alive or dead." Zhang Yang thought like this in his heart, and kept coming to the door of the inn.
When he came to the door of the inn, he did not rush in immediately, but listened through the door.
At this time, the woman's voice could no longer be heard in the inn, and only a rather obscene voice was heard: "There are a few beautiful goods in this batch of nuns, why don't you pick two out and have a good time......
"This is not good, you forgot the instructions above, if this time the matter is messed up, you will be severely punished by the sect, and you will lose your head. For the sake of a few nuns, you kid is really cowardly, don't you want to die? Another gruff man's voice immediately stopped.
"I'm just talking, why are you so serious. But then again, there are a few of the little nuns who are really good-looking, especially one of them, the two lumps of flesh on his chest are so big that he didn't have time to appreciate them when he restrained them just now. Now I'm going to touch it, it won't break the rules, right? It's a big deal, when I get home, I'll invite you to go back to the Yanlou to rub it, how about it? The obscene voice of the man still did not change his surname.
"This ...... Well, you're just touching it, don't do anything else, I don't want to capsize in the gutter. The other seemed to think about it for a moment, and then said in an impatient tone.
As soon as Zhang Yang heard the conversation between the two, he was almost so angry that he was angry, who else could the majestic person on the chest that the extremely obscene guy said be Yilin.
This guy actually dared to fight Yilin's idea, of course, he was angry enough.
But just as he was about to step into the door and dispose of the two guys who touched his scales, he suddenly heard Teacher Cang's voice ringing in his ears: "Dear host, you have just triggered a hidden task: to successfully touch the bald heads of ten nuns within an hour. After the mission is successful, you can be rewarded with a Proud Supreme Martial Arts Roulette Lucky Draw. Remind the host that there is no penalty for the task, and that the task will automatically disappear once the time limit has passed. ”