Sting.

A match burned brightly, lighting a cigarette.

Cha Knife was lying on a bald donkey, looking at the sky.

Cao Yongchang rode on another donkey, and Fei Lei sent him to Cha Xiaodao, and then returned to Li Yan, these two donkeys were bought by the two on the road.

It was a cloudy day, and it was almost night. The road is full of strange rocks, wild forests and weeds, billowing mist blown by the strong wind, and a stack of swaying money swaying in the wind under the mud blocks of three incense sticks.

"Alas!"

Cha Xiaodao, who was lying on the donkey, threw the match aside, and muttered contentedly: "There is smoke without fire, it is difficult to achieve positive results." There is fire and smoke, and it is difficult to be a god. ”

Cao Yongchang followed all the way and couldn't help asking, "Uncle, you really fell out with General Li." ”

"It's a falling out, and he'll see you when you see him again."

Cha Knife yelled.

Cao Yongchang grimaced: "I don't believe it." ”

Cha Xiaodao laughed.

He and Cao Yongchang crossed Zhejiang to Jiangxi last night, because they were both wanted and without Li Yan's official protection, the two of them had not entered the city these days, and they rarely even stayed in the village. Hunting pheasants and hares, picking wild fruits and springs to satisfy hunger, and checking the craftsmanship of the knife, it is quite nourishing.

However, the premise is that there are not some troubles that get on the stool.

Cha Xiaodao now also has three dragon and tiger flags on his body, which is the easiest to provoke the charm of the ghost, but the government is still in hot pursuit, and the cavalry and the gods of the provinces are crowded into Jiangxi, and it is bound to take the head of the cha knife to close the case.

I walked seven or eight miles. Cha Xiaodao saw that a grass shed had been set up in front of him, in which there were two tables of eight immortals and a soup pot of firewood, and a big tea word was displayed in the wind, but there were no guests.

The uncle and nephew hadn't seen grain food for a few days, so they simply tied the donkey and entered the store, but found that the store was extremely unusual.

The wild wind was bleak, and there were a few sloppy men sitting crookedly in the shed, all unkempt, with weed-like hair growing and bloodstained kitchen knives pinned to their waists. At first glance, it is not a serious family, but seeing that there is no village in front of it and no store in the back, the two of them have no better choice.

What's even more terrifying is that there are mountains of flesh and bones in the basket, and even a few severed hands can be seen.

There is no doubt that this is a black shop that kills people and robs goods.

"Excuse me, do you have anything to eat?"

Cao Yongchang asked when he entered the door, he glanced at the basket, and said: "Steamed buns and roasted naan are the best, don't have pickled things in the basket." ”

A wicked man with a toothpick in his mouth smiled, he pulled out the kitchen knife on the cutting board, and came over with a cruel smile: "This business is really getting better and better, such a situation has door-to-door goods, I said the kid ......"

Cao Yongchang suddenly tightened his fist, kicked heavily on the chin of the evil man, followed the buckle in the gossip palm and slammed into the man's arms, grabbed the knife against his neck, the man was scared and didn't dare to move, Cao Yongchang pulled his neck collar and pressed his head to the table, glared at a few dumbfounded black shop guys and said viciously: "The turtle son who doesn't have long eyes, is he a villain in front of my uncle?" Blind your eyes. ”

Zha Xiaodao clasped the black mud between his fingernails, and he didn't know whether to laugh bitterly or not, but Li Yan taught him those hands, and he used them today.

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"Sending you a thousand miles, you must say goodbye in the end. Everyone, please come back. ”

Li Yan took the reins of the flying thunder and hugged his fist at the team in front of the city gate.

Chen Yuewu's family stood in front of the city gate and came to see him off. There are also Xue Shengsoap and several hundred households from the local health center, about a dozen people, who look a little shabby, this should never be the treatment that should be received by the heroes who killed the Pig Po Dragon King and swept away Chen Ke's great evil.

Xue Shengsao shook his head and sighed: "I thought that although Zhu Changyun was a bit bigger, he was also a reasonable person. I didn't expect him to be so small-bellied, and I didn't talk about this decently, I really don't know how he became the dignified governor of Caoyun Yamen. ”

Li Yan didn't care: "When the court officials arrived in the poor countryside, they first groveled to some gentry and merchants, and finally got rid of the demons, and now they are making a lot of trouble. After reading the books of sages for so many years, I don't want to talk about their own decency with rude martial artists and flat-headed people. ”

"Don't go."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a surging crowd of people buzzing from the end of the alley, and he saw that they were all dressed in sackcloth.

Some of them were holding Wanmin umbrellas, and more than a dozen strong men pushed the merit monument to rush here, and a few goatee-bearded villagers walked in the forefront, shouting "Li Shouxi" and "Heavenly Master Dao" in their mouths, which seemed to be to see Li Yan off.

Seeing this, Chen Yuewu said: "Although this government changes with people, it still falls into the public opinion in the end. Li Zhenfu's exploits must be clear to the hearts of the people. ”

Li Yan only glanced at it and then stopped looking, he said to everyone in front of him, "Everyone, I'm going." Old man Chen, thank you for taking care of you all the way, Xue Dujian, there will be a period later. ”

A hundred households who came to see him off blurted out: "Li Zhenfu, the people love you, you still have to accept the people's umbrella and water and wine before leaving." ”

"Thank you for me, Master Zhu, he received this kindness. It's just that in officialdom, I won't deal with it. It's better to go, save the time to blush. ”

The so-called Wanmin umbrella, bereaved boots, or most of them are acting on the spot, and it can't be said that there is really no one, but there are so many disaster victims in Changguo who can't afford to eat, how can they have the money to erect a monument to the official?

This is Zhu Changyun's reluctance to see off a military general who is a few grades lower than himself, but it is not good to ignore it, so he gave Li Yan such a play. It can also be regarded as the governor of Caoyun, and he gives a little respect to the heroes who have made great contributions to Zhejiang's disaster.

It's not that the people present can't see it, but everyone carries the sedan chair, and no one pierces it. Li Yan was disgusted with it, so he simply ignored it.

Li Yan said that he would turn over and get on the horse, and Chen Yuewu sighed: "Calm down the lord." ”

"What's the matter, old man?"

Chen Yuewu smiled: "I asked someone to go to Liaodong to ask, only to know that you have no relatives, two have no wife, and your sleeves are breezy." Originally, I had a few acres of thin fields, and I wanted to give them to Zhenfu's family, and I had the right to mention a little bit of heart to Zhenfu, but it was not easy to open my mouth now. ”

He took two jars the size of watermelons from his subordinates.

"This is Jinzhou's Shilin Yao, my lord is in Liaodong, I think I drink well, you take it."

Li Yan took the wine jar, thanked him, and then patted away.

The demon horse Pegasus went out of the city for five miles, and there was a Bowang Pavilion around the hillside, and there was a person with black eyebrows on the pavilion, dressed as a scholar in his fifties. He held the lute in his arms, and there was a clanging iron sound.

Seeing this, Li Yan reined in his horse and looked at the people who came for a while. This man also looked at Li Yan,

"Good spirit, good steed."

Mo Houguang said.

Li Yan got off the horse and rushed to give a salute: "This is Mr. Mo Houguang, a well-known ballad in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I have a child who told me about you." ”

"I also often hear Yongchang mention the suppression, although he has a lot of ink about his godfather Huo Tu in his words, it is not difficult to hear, and his feelings for the pacification of the adults are also very deep."

Li Yan was reluctant to be polite: "I don't know what Mr. Mo is looking for me, so what's the matter?" ”

Mo Houguang smiled, and a few wrinkles appeared in the corners of his eyes: "This is a long story, old man, I am a drinker on weekdays, I don't like the rice wine in the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles, and I love to drink roasted koji, no matter whether it is Shaoxing Nanyao or Xinghuafen, I love it as my life." But only the Shilin burning in Jinzhou outside the Guanhai can not be seen after a long time. It's really greedy, I heard a few days ago that the shipping predator Chen Yuewu specially begged two jars of Shilin from Jinzhou to see off Shangguan, and later learned that this Shangguan is the Lord Zhenfu, this and this ......"

Li Yan glanced back at the wine jar hanging on the horse's buttocks, and smiled dumbly: "Why do you all like this tune." ”

"Huh? What did Li Zhenfu say? ”

Li Yan took off the wine jar and waved his hand at Mo Houguan: "Please." ”

Mo Houguang nodded with a smile, and the two entered the pavilion.

Li Yan pulled open the mud seal and found that the jar of the golden soju was still pasted with a layer of rice paper dipped in deer blood, which had been soaked in the liquor and was golden in color.

Mo Houguang handed over a silver dagger, and Li Yan used it to puncture the rice paper, and the strong aroma of wine immediately spread out.

There was a roar of thunder, and the two front hooves thumped on the ground.

Seeing this, Li Yan took a sea bowl, poured a large bowl of Shilin and put it on the side of the railing, and the wine was pale yellow. Flying Thunder Horse leaned over and sniffed, sticking out his big rough tongue and licking it with taste.

Mo Houguang took out two horn cups from his sleeve and filled them, took the cup in front of him, and took a sip. I only felt that my pores suddenly opened, and a fiery Huigan rushed straight to the Tianling Gai from my lower abdomen, and my body suddenly warmed up.

"Yes, yes!"

Li Yan also picked up the cup and tasted it twice, silently smacking the taste without speaking.

Mo Houguang held the wine glass: "I heard that the brewing of this Shilin roast is to pick the Guangning barley of the year, the black shell of red sorghum, and the pine pollen to brew, the process is as complicated as the famous wine in Guannei." ”

He sighed with satisfaction: "The world says that the southern wine should belong to Shaoxing, and the northern wine should belong to Cangzhou. The dignitaries and nobles of the Manchu Dynasty all love to drink Cangjiu, who would have thought that without saying a word, a little-known wine cellar outside the Guanguan would emerge......"

Mo Houguang suddenly raised his head: "What do you think of Zhenfu?" ”

"Wine?"

"Of course."

"Okay."

Mo Houguang was not happy when he heard this: "Chen Yuewu gave you this Shilin Burn, but it is an extraordinary product, this is still an ordinary product, I want to listen to Li Zhenfu's high opinion, what is a good wine?" ”

Li Yan showed a look of reminiscence: "I once begged two bottles of Taiqing Hongyun to drink with someone in Ryukyu, which should be considered a good product." ”

Mo Houguang trembled with laughter: "Suppressing such a heroic character, after drinking some wine, you can't be relied on, you are the pacification of Beiwei, how did you come to Ryukyu?" What's more, the Taiqing red cloud is the tribute wine of the Han Emperor, even the current God Emperor can't drink it, who can have such a good wine in the Ryukyus? ”

Li Yan smiled: "It's my bad memory, but if you want me to say, there are many fine wines in the world, and it's not just a rookie in Shilinyao, which one day comes from behind, and it's not a layman like you and me who can intervene." Oh, I'm talking about wine. ”

"Nature."

Mo Houguang looked a little unhappy, but quickly shook his head: "I can't drink the wine of the appeased lord in vain." ”

"Oh?"

Mo Houguang drunkenly stretched out a finger: "Suppressing the fight to kill the Pig Po Dragon King, a body of karma is superb, even if the Jinshan Ancestor is the head of the three demons in the hidden world, he is not necessarily the opponent who calms you." It's just that the calm listens to my words, the Dragon and Tiger Banner is dangerous, it is not so simple, but it is a situation. Don't go to the Qianguang Cave to find trouble with the golden mountain, honestly hand over the flag and go down the mountain, and don't give a reward, so that the benefits of calming you will be indispensable afterwards, otherwise, cough cough. ”

Mo Houguang coughed twice.

"Li Mou is a martial artist, I can't listen to such a warning without a head or tail, Mr. Mo wants me to believe you, it's too difficult to rely on red mouth and white teeth."

Mo Houguang was a little drunk, but he still turned pale: "That's good, although I am a ninth-rate singer, but walking the rivers and lakes, I boast that I also have some eyesight, and when the town is in Jiangxi, three things can be verified, if not, the old man who is the right to calm down is a madman and a fool." ”

"Mr. Mo, please speak."

Mo Houguang lowered his voice: "I expect that around September, the government will encircle and suppress Qianguang Cave, and return with a great victory." For one, civil strife will break out in the Heavenly Master Dao afterwards. There are high merit in Taiyi Pavilion, and they want to force the position of Dragon and Tiger Heavenly Master. Second; After that, Japan will inevitably station troops in the sea and eyeing our Ming Dynasty. Li Zhenfu must get out before all three things are fulfilled, otherwise it will be too late to regret it. ”

Li Yan's face sank: "Why did Mr. Mo say such earth-shattering words, not to mention that it is no longer Mr.'s duty to discuss national politics in vain." ”

Mo Houguang shook his head: "I should be tired of being a human language, and I love to listen to the autumn grave ghosts singing." I just sang the lyrics, I got to know more people, I knew more things, but in this treacherous situation, I was just in the fog. The thoughts of the big people are not something I can understand, but the people who are calmed down to drive out the pig Po Dragon King, protect the safety of the people, fire slaughter righteous anger and kill, except for Zhejiang Shen Ke, two knives overturn the officialdom and shed pus, people like you. It should not be caught in the chaos of the God Emperor, the Heavenly Master and the Tai Sui Heavenly Demon. ”

The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, apparently drunk and drowsy.

Li Yan listened and quietly looked at Mo Houguang for a while.

"Sir is also a great Jianghu person, thank you for your guidance."

Li Yan untied the big curtain and covered Mo Houguang, then stood up and pulled the reins on the dizzy flying thunder, leading it out of the pavilion step by step.

In the official residence in the city, Zhu Changyun cleaned his hands and listened to the report of his subordinates.

"Then Li Zhenfu only let a few people close to him, as well as Xue Dujian send them away, and then he went out of the city, and the Wanmin umbrella of a few squires was not sent out."

"I know, it's not in the way," Zhu Changyun sighed, in fact, he also had admiration for this Li Zhenfu, but admiration was admiration, the fire slaughter case was too involved, and he couldn't help himself in many things.

"By the way, at the noodle stall across the street, there is an idle beggar who talks about the fire massacre, blow him away, don't ask him to spread rumors and make trouble, and next time, lock him up and put him in a cell."

"Yes."

These days, there are crazy rumors in the city, fire slaughtering knives, killing corrupt officials and cool officials, and eliminating harm for the people. There are people everywhere who say similar comments and bullets, sugar man scripts, and they have to use the power of the official face to suppress it.

The messenger hurriedly left the palace, and when he got to the street, there was a large group of people eating noodles while listening to a beggar-looking man talking about how to burn Bao Xiangtai with a knife, how to rush into the yamen to kill the county order, and how to kill the prefect in the thousands of troops......

Suddenly, the beggar knew that it was powerful, and hurriedly fled, and the messenger hurriedly chased after him, and some diners also hurriedly paid for the meal, and ran away.

The noodle shop master found that many people took the opportunity to escape the order, and he could only curse a word of bad luck, only an old man in a gray robe on the stall did not move, his eyes were very deep, and he had a wooden stick in his arm, and his face was red from ordinary people.

"I said boss. Why did the descendant who was called Huo Tu kill the official? ”

As soon as the gray-robed old man spoke, his mouth was full of northwest accents.

"Why are you an old foreigner asking so much about it, what else can you do?" The owner of the noodle shop looked left and right, leaned closer and whispered: "There is a lack of virtue in being an official." ”

"Oh, oh. Also, they can't change it. The old man nodded: "Fire slaughter, fire slaughter......"

He unwrapped the package, put down the three copper coins, and limped away with the wooden roots.