In the battle with Zhaoqu, I made a big bet on myself from the beginning, and the odds were so high, I was sorry for my own money if I didn't copy the bottom. After winning the game, the dealer smiled from ear to ear, and I also made a lot of money. It's a complete poverty alleviation, but the appearance still hasn't changed, so I don't necessarily have to run into the mountains in leather shoes and trousers. Of course, this large sum of money is also the capital I want to withdraw from the rivers and lakes, at least I don't have to worry about my life in the future.

It was late at night, there weren't many lights in the town, and it was dark and quiet outside. I didn't fall asleep for a long time with my eyes open, because the fat man's room was next door, and the damn, snoring sound could actually penetrate the walls. I tossed up all night with my ears plugged, got up and poured a few sips of wine, and barely fell asleep in the second half of the night.

Early the next morning, I heard the clattering and cranking, and I got up in a daze.

"Shanzi, Shanzi, wake up, something is wrong!" The fat man's shouts and thunder sounded in my ears, and I rubbed my eyes and sat up cross-legged, and said, "Fat man, what are you shouting!" I haven't woken up yet. ”

"Lingqian's maid is gone!" The fat man's shout woke me up completely, and I got up from the bed and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

"I said that Lingqian's maid was gone, and she disappeared early in the morning, and we searched separately for a long time, and I don't know where we went!" The fat man said loudly.

I immediately rolled over and got out of bed, and after about ten minutes, everyone gathered and still found nothing.

The person who slept with the maid last night was Yuan Feng, where did he say that Yuan Feng was close to the goblin, and he should be very vigilant in sleep, but why did he sleep so soundly last night, and he didn't even notice any movement in the bed next door.

"Yuan Feng, you didn't hear anything last night?" I asked curiously.

saw Yuan Feng have an embarrassed expression on his face, raised his eyes and glanced at the fat man and said, "That, I found two lumps of cotton last night and plugged my ears." ”

As soon as she said this, everyone had a clear expression, only the fat man didn't know it, shook his head and shouted, "Why are you stuffing cotton?" Are your ears uncomfortable? Or a headache? ”

Luo Qiong smiled bitterly and patted the fat man's shoulder, pointed to his thick and ink-like eyelids, and said, "Brother Cui, do you know that you are snoring?" ”

"You know, what's wrong? Snoring is illegal? He still had an expression of no self-examination.

"It's not illegal to snore, but it's scary to snoring more than thunder. I solemnly asked that Brother Cui be moved to a private room upstairs, otherwise my brothers would really not be able to sleep well. At this time, the fat man realized his problem, touched his neck and said with a smile: "Haha, it's an old problem, I try to control it as much as possible......"

"Don't be poor, the top priority is to find Lingqian's maid, there must be something wrong with her sudden disappearance. Look for clues in the room first and see if there are any finds! Lai Guodong pulled the topic back, and everyone split up and began to look for it.

However, the clues were not discovered for a long time. Until the evening, the whereabouts of the Lingqian maid remained a mystery.

In the moonlit treetops, when it was time for me to go to see Lingyun, I repeated my old trick of letting a group of people go to the tavern to drink, and in a commotion I slipped through the back door and went into the woods.

The woods are dark and there is no light. I waited for a while and then saw a few people walking over from the opposite side, and when I got closer, I saw clearly that it was Lingyun who took the lead, or wearing that long robe, and there was no nonsense after meeting, he took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to me.

"The contract of the rivers and lakes, there is no legal constraint, it is all the word integrity, and if you sign it and press your handprint, you will bet your reputation on it, if you regret it, the consequence is that you will be ruined." He said casually as he handed the paper over.

"I know it without you saying it. So who is the notary? I nodded.

"I've arranged it all, Shui Lao, please come out." As soon as he finished speaking, a man came out from behind him, with long hair and a little crooked back, and when he walked, he looked like his feet were a little lame. When he got closer, he looked at me, and at a glance I saw a badge pinned to his chest, on which was a white bear.

"The people of Xiongshan Water Gate?" I don't know this old man, but I know this emblem, which is the identity mark of Xiongshan Shuimen, unique in the rivers and lakes.

This Xiongshan Shuimen is not a big sect, but it has a history of two or three hundred years, which is very long. However, the development is not good, to put it simply, there are some green and yellow, the old ones are already too old, and the new disciples are too few. In fact, many sects in the rivers and lakes have disappeared in this way in the tide of the new era, and no one persecuted them, but the general environment has not adapted to it, and they have not been able to make adjustments, so there is no way to continue to exist. It's like the dinosaurs disappeared from this world after the end of the Jurassic period, and in the final analysis, they are still not very adaptable.

"The old man, the water gate is long." The old man's voice was full of anger, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt very majestic.

"Living dragon water long sky?" I have an impression of this name, I heard that it is the predecessor of the past in the rivers and lakes, it is said that he is an upright person, good at fighting unevenly, and his subordinates have a trick Jiaolong to go to sea, so the rivers and lakes gave him the name of a live dragon.

"The old man was invited by Xiao Yun to be this notary, I don't think you have any opinion, right?"

"The old gentleman has a good reputation, but the rivers and lakes are sinister after all...... "I have something to say, in fact, to put it bluntly, you say that you are fair, do I have to believe it?" In this way, I'll just find a fat man to be a notary!

"You don't believe me? When the old man became famous, your kid was still in his mother's womb! Kill the three demons in the northwest at night, avenge the lonely soul and go to the wolf mountain alone, the old man has done a straight job all his life, and he says the same! Never do crooked things. If you don't believe me, find someone else to notarize! The old man turned his face when he said that he would turn his face, and he was displeased all of a sudden.

I actually have no opinion on who will do the notarization, anyway, Lingyun and I will cross the river and demolish the bridge after that, so I waved my hand and said: "The old gentleman has a big reputation, and I am too worried about it because of the junior, sorry, I can rest assured that you will notarize." ”

I looked carefully at the contents of the deed, and there were no major problems, so I signed it and pressed my fingerprint. This contract is also counted, the other party left one in the past, the other two, one for me, and the other will be handed over to Shui Changtian at that time. As soon as the contract was completed, Shui Changtian slowly left. There were only two people left in the forest, me and Lingyun.

"Now that the contract has been signed, you should tell me Lingqian's whereabouts."

"It's nature. Lingqun Ancestor said that Lingqian was locked up in the forbidden area of the back mountain is actually lying to you, Lingqian was locked up by the iron guard of the Lingqun Ancestor next to the Bitian Lake in the back mountain, there are a total of eighteen iron guards, each of whom is a master. Judging by your 507 standards, those are all above the middle level of Xuanzi's strength. It's not easy to deal with, and it will form a formation, and it will be more powerful after arranging the formation. I don't recommend that you break through, if you can split it up, you might be able to do it. His news didn't sound fake, I looked at the contract in my hand, and said with a smile: "There is no wine here, when you ascend to the throne of the head of the Ling family, we will have another drink." ”

"That's nature." Lingyun nodded and said, turned around to leave, I took a few steps back, and was about to return, but I didn't expect to take a few steps, there was a sudden low cry from Lingyun behind me, I turned around suddenly, and saw a knife piercing his shoulder and nailing it to the tree.

A few people came out of the darkness behind the forest, Lingyun's face was pale, he looked back after screaming a few times, opened his mouth and shouted, "Who attacked me?" ”

At this time, several dark shadows dispersed, and they saw Shuya, who was wearing a black robe, stepping over, his face was gloomy and cold, and he said, "I didn't expect to really have a secret meeting here. ”

"Zoya!" I frowned and said in some surprise.

"Ba Xiaoshan, we finally met in private, I didn't have a chance to say hello to you before, but now we can make up for it." There was a deep hostility in his words.

"How did you know we were here?" I asked.

"Last night I entered the guest house where you were staying and took Lingqian's maid away, and she told me about you sneaking away, and I was just watching from the sidelines, but I never showed up, wanting to see what tricks you were playing. I didn't expect it to be an alliance, hehe, this private thing is really beautiful. ”