Following.

Before dawn, the snow is getting heavier, and it is better than yesterday's snowy night.

And the saint also realized that the ministers had a difficult road, so it was convenient to declare yesterday that there was no morning dynasty today. As a result, on the streets of the imperial capital covered with snow at this time, there was no sound of the ministers' carriages going to court, and there was only a slight sound of 'rustling' snowfall.

It can be in the Seven Princes' Mansion in a brightly lit place. With the congratulations of the Seventh Prince, "Congratulations to Mr.", yesterday's father-in-law seemed to have just finished reading a holy decree and handed it to Zhao Zhou, who was also in the house.

"Lord Zhao, take the order."

"Thank you, Holy Lord." Zhao Zhou first bowed his hand towards the palace, and then took the holy decree and a token engraved with the word 'inspection'.

"I'm tired of my father-in-law." Zhao Zhou returned the salute to the father-in-law.

"Lord Zhao is serious, this is the slave's business." The father-in-law smiled, first saluted the seven princes next to Zhao Zhou, and then flattered Zhao Zhou as if politely: "Lord Zhao is now canonized by the Holy Lord as an inspection order, and he will have to work more for the Holy Lord in the future."

"Definitely." Zhao Zhou was noncommittal, rolled up the holy decree, hung the sign by his side, and took out a booklet from his bosom and handed it to the father-in-law.

"Father-in-law, I found this sword technique half a year ago. Let's see if the swordsmanship described above is subtle. Zhao Zhou's appearance looked like asking questions, and it looked like giving gifts.

"Evil Sword Spectrum?"

The father-in-law also had a straight face, took it and flipped through a few pages, and saw the small characters mentioned in this booklet.

However, he glanced at it a few times, and then pinched an orchid finger according to the internal force line of the sword move above, thought for a moment, but suddenly smiled and said: "Lord Zhao, the swordsmanship you have obtained seems to be similar to a martial art created by a minion. However, this sword spectrum only records the fur, and it has also been altered, and some of the meanings are not similar. ”

The father-in-law said, and he didn't hide anything like whether he knew martial arts, and he didn't ask Zhao Zhou where this exercise came from.

Because thirty years ago, this exercise created by my father-in-law was stolen from the palace.

So in his mind, in thirty years, his set of exercises may be spread in the rivers and lakes, or fortunately, Zhao Zhou is fortunate to see it, maybe there is no need to get to the bottom of it.

And Zhao Zhou saw and heard the news leaked by this father-in-law, but he pondered for a moment, and he was sure that this father-in-law was the eunuch who created the 'Sunflower Treasure Book'.

"The source of the sword spectrum to ward off evil spirits is the sunflower treasure book."

Zhao Zhou thought about it, and according to his own guess, plus this father-in-law can follow the saint, if there is no accident, he also thinks that this father-in-law may be the 'nameless father-in-law' on the 'heavenly list'.

"If Lord Zhao is fine, the slave will return to the palace to serve the saint." After this father-in-law returned the booklet to Zhao Zhou, he didn't think about it so much, or the people in the court knew that he was extremely powerful, so there was no need to hide it.

"Father-in-law walks slowly." When Zhao Zhou heard that the father-in-law was leaving, he also broke up his thoughts, and sent the father-in-law out of the door with the Seven Princes, the etiquette was in place, and he also took out a night pearl for the father-in-law to accept.

And when my father-in-law saw the beads glowing in the dim sky, he didn't say anything politely, and rubbed them in his palm.

Because this 'decree and gift-giving' has been the 'court rule' for thousands of years, it cannot be refused. If you refuse, it is easy to lose face on both sides, and it will make people feel that this gift is 'light' and appear to be too greedy.

"Lord Zhao is polite!"

The father-in-law accepted this gift, and after leaving the mansion of the Seven Princes, he did not let Zhao Zhou send it away, but thought about the previous matter of the sword spectrum to ward off evil spirits, and made a promise: "Lord Zhao, if you can see this exercise, change the Ming'er slave to write a copy and send it to you."

"Thank you." Zhao Zhou read it for a while, and he was full of this affection. After all, the catalogue of this profound exercise must be as much as possible, and those who come do not refuse, and if they don't want to practice, they can still learn from it. If you don't want it, you can send it to a good friend.

"The Seventh Prince and Lord Zhao don't need to send it, this light bead is shining, and it can still shine on the road." The father-in-law wrote down the matter of sending the exercises, and said goodbye again, his body seemed to float up, and where he landed, there was no trace of stepping on the snow, and he disappeared into the snow in the distance in three or two steps, and he could not find the figure.

If it weren't for the bead lighting up in the dim sky, the Seven Princes next to Zhao Zhou would have thought that his father-in-law would disappear with one step!

"This father-in-law's figure is taller than the owner of the first floor, Huang Shang." Zhao Zhou stood outside the courtyard, looked at the disappearing figure of his father-in-law and thought for a few breaths, and then looked at the 'Inspection' sign hanging on his waist.

And the official position of this 'inspection order' is also an official position newly proposed by the saint yesterday, which belongs to the imperial court officials, and is in charge of the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

But it is also such a new official position, and Zhao Zhou is a person from the Seven Princes' Mansion.

The saint also felt that Zhao Zhou, who was canonized by the dynasty, would definitely be blocked by the princes and ministers.

After all, although Zhao Zhou killed Tian Boguang for his merits, he should be rewarded, but Tian Boguang is not an 'earth-shattering figure' after all, so that Zhao Zhou's 'inspection of the seven products' is a bit too high, and there will always be people who are red.

Because of the official of Zhengqipin, it is already equivalent to a county order! It's just a human head in exchange, and some people must be unconvinced.

And, now, under the interests of this 'prince fighting for power'. No prince wants to let the 'opponent' have multiple 'staff' who divide power for no reason at this juncture.

Even for them, it's just a small seven-pin.

Then.

In order to reduce disputes in the court, the saint does not want to talk nonsense with the ministers and princes.

In addition, it happened to be snowing heavily today. On the grounds of 'heavy snow blocking the road', the saint ordered his father-in-law to privately seal Zhao Zhou, and wait for Zhao Zhou to handle some more 'cases', and if there are 'big things' that can be handled, he will be 'quickly promoted'.

At that time, Zhao Zhou will have a reputation, and the rice will be cooked, and the wood will be cooked.

In this way, the Holy One can also have a reason to convince the people, so that the ministers cannot refute it on the surface.

But to put it bluntly, the current saint is very old, and he is already a little incapable of returning to heaven, and can only 'convince people with reason', and cannot 'make an independent decision'.

Equally.

According to the situation of this court, Zhao Zhou can also think about these things.

But.

Zhao Zhou felt that this matter was tortuous, after all, it was still a word 'rules', and everything also paid attention to a 'notarization and fairness'. If you want to 'lean the government and the opposition', you must show your own ability.

The simplest thing is to kill some more masters of the rivers and lakes who have done evil and lost their conscience.

Because it's not enough to kill a mere Tian Boguang. I can't let the ministers in the court see it.

"Now that the year is over, every household is decorated with lights." Zhao Zhou thought for a moment and looked at the big red lantern on the prince's mansion, "And if I want to have a prosperous Chinese New Year's Eve with the seventh prince and others, I must increase the official promotion and let those ministers keep their mouths shut." ”

He thought about it, and after a few days, he said goodbye to the seven princes beside him, and as soon as his steps fell, he stepped lightly on the snow, and rushed to the west of the imperial capital.

Of course, his line of work is not ready to kill the ministers in the imperial capital. Instead, he is preparing to pay off some Jianghu masters before the New Year.

And use the lives of these masters to promote themselves to an official position, and have a prosperous year.

Especially.

The goal of this trip, Zhao Zhou also has a sign.

It is the 'Four Friends of Jiangnan' who are ranked 267, 89, 73, and 91 on the land list respectively.

and the 'eighty-ninth place on the land list' have long disappeared from the rivers and lakes for 12 years, and now they are imprisoned in the bottom of the West Lake prison.

"Kill these people, and there will be five fewer innate people in the rivers and lakes. And I can also be in the top 100 columns. In terms of reputation, he is a real master in the rivers and lakes and the imperial court. ”

also thinking like Zhao Zhou, according to the simple drawings bought during this period of time, he left the imperial capital and traveled westward.

Especially now that he has the 'resonance' supernatural power, and the five internal organs are all open 'gods', this time the qi kung fu is quite fast, at least one step and a hundred meters, he can step on an hour and a half, a full 2,000-mile journey, without eating to recover his strength!

And as time passed.

Zhao Zhou left the imperial capital, and on the way to the West Lake, the snow was all over the sky, and there was no stop, and the sky and the earth were snow-white.

It's just that.

The knee-deep snow in this heaven and earth could not stop Zhao Zhou from speeding through the snow.

Accompanied by the sound of snow squeezing and pushing.

Every step he took, where he landed, exploded into layers of snow, and then was swept up by the strong wind around him, as if condensed into waves in the water, branching at his side.

But.

Zhao Zhou walked and walked, and after leaving the imperial capital for thousands of miles, he suddenly found that many small roads were covered by snow and buried rivers.

But to put it simply, the snow is too thick, the world is the same, and Zhao Zhou suddenly got lost.

But.

Along the way, there are more or less merchants who brave the heavy snow, or villagers from mountain villages who sweep the snow in front of their doors.

Zhao Zhou saw it, and also stopped to ask, identified the direction, and at noon on the third day, the heavy snow gradually fell for an hour, and after a long journey, he arrived at the West Lake area 12,000 miles away.

Equally.

In this continuous half-moon of snowfall, the boundary of this place is also covered with snow, and the nearby mountains and forests are also covered with thick frost and snow, and the white expanse is endless.

When Zhao Zhou arrived here, he also searched for a long time in this place that seemed to be the same everywhere, and then in the afternoon, the heavy snow turned into light snow, and he did not find the location of the 'plum village'.

"I remember that after Dongfang was undefeated and imprisoned, he deliberately asked the four friends of Jiangnan to guard in Meizhuang. And the dungeon of Nameizhuang is also built under the West Lake. It is said that this plum village should be near the West Lake. ”

In the light snow.

Zhao Zhou thought for a moment in this long snow, and then thought about finding it slowly.

But after walking a few more miles, he rounded a mountain peak, but on the edge of a mountain forest, he saw several local villagers about 100 meters away.

Especially with the soft sound of 'popping', these villagers are not very old, they are all twenty-two or three years old, as if they are breaking the ice and catching fish in this woodside lake.

When Zhao Zhou saw it, he also delayed his body, walked a hundred meters, and with the intention of asking, he stepped forward and asked: "Dare to ask a few friends, can you know where Meizhuang is."

"Meizhuang?"

Several villagers heard Zhao Zhou's inquiry, looked up and saw that Zhao Zhou was dressed extraordinarily, wearing a piece of clothing that was not too thick on a cold day, and they knew what kind of master of the rivers and lakes they had encountered, and then they also looked at each other, stopped the ice chiseling action in their hands, and invariably pointed to the 'big snow slope' on the slope of a forest more than 300 meters away.

"That's Meizhuang. It's just covered in heavy snow. ”

A villager replied with his hand, perhaps afraid that Zhao Zhou would not believe it, and put down the ice-breaking iron weapon in his hand, and gestured with his hand to his own village five hundred meters away and said, "Daxia is looking for four owners, right?" The villain lives nearby, and often sees many heroes like to go to Nameizhuang to find the four owners to drink tea and talk about calligraphy and painting. And sometimes those heroes will also buy some wild things in our village..."

The villagers said, their faces showing envy. "The villain also often sees the heroes who come to the village and say 'heaven and earth list', only to know that the four owners are all the legendary 'earth list masters' in the rivers and lakes!" Many heroes come here, and they are also here to find the four owners! ”

As he spoke, when he said the words 'master of the land list' and 'gifts', his expression was even more yearning.

Similarly, several companions next to him, who were slightly younger than him, also had yearning in their eyes. But they are very longing for the 'rivers and lakes' that the heroes say, and they want to be in the 'second list of heaven and earth' that those heroes often say!

Because for them, the rivers and lakes are very mysterious, there is pride, there is good wine, and they don't have to work hard every day.

Especially in the second list of heaven and earth that they want to come, they are even more swordsmen, or like those four owners, they have a free life and are carefree.

"Thank you." When Zhao Zhou heard the news, he returned the salute and looked at the snow-covered mountain villa on the forest slope.

At the same time, Zhao Zhou also rubbed his eyes in the eyes of several villagers, and in the eyes of some stunned, he stepped on a step of a hundred meters, and disappeared in front of them in an instant, as if he had never appeared!

"We met the immortals?! I still saw the heroes of the rivers and lakes! Several people were in an uproar, shocked and inexplicable. Because among the many masters they have seen over the years, they have never seen Zhao Zhou's ability to 'disappear' in an instant in one step! Or it is a kind of light skill that heroes often say.

"He must also be a master of the land list! Maybe it's still a friend of the four owners! Several villagers also saw a master like Zhao Zhou for the first time, and they couldn't help but be a little excited, forgetting that they were going to break the ice and catch fish today, but instead talked about Zhao Zhou, and at the same time pulled to the top of the list. It can be regarded as 'fulfilling' his 'dream of being a hero'.

But it was only about ten minutes.

While gesturing with their hands and feet, they had just settled down and were ready to break the ice and catch fish, but they saw the 'fairy' who asked for directions before, stepping from the direction of Meizhuang in the distance, and seemed to be carrying six bloody human heads in his hands!

"That's...."After several people saw these six heads, their scalps suddenly exploded, and they were a little frightened, but they also found that among the six heads, except for an unkempt human head, one of them was the housekeeper of Meizhuang, and the other four were the four owners of Meizhuang! It is also the 'master of the land list' that they yearn for! ’

"This hero killed all the people in Meizhuang! That's the master of the land list, a master who has come to give gifts to many heroes of the rivers and lakes! "Several villagers saw this scene, and their hands and feet were cold for a moment, and they were sluggish in the snow, and they didn't dare to say a word.

"Could it be that this is the rivers and lakes..."The person who originally showed Zhao Zhou the way, including several of his clan brothers, was even more dizzy, and he was timid about the rivers and lakes.

And Zhao Zhou walked next to a few people, but he stepped on it, and after helping them break an ice cave, he tied the head in his hand around his waist, and then bowed to a few people and said, "I am the imperial court inspection order, Zhao Zhou." Today, I hope that a few friends will be witnesses. ”