Hexi. Zhou Zhe won the first provincial road for Dasheng.

Coal mines, iron mines, and the improvement of water conservancy by Zhengtong made Hexi a fertile soil.

In addition, the Xishan faction and the Flying Sword Villa were under the guidance of Zhou Zhe, and the north-south trade route was trafficked, making Hexi a real paradise on earth.

But since Zhou Zhe went into hiding, although the two factions are still doing the business they used to be, and without Zhou Zhe's restrictions, the power of the two factions has also begun to expand, and they have gradually extended their hands to various fields in Hexi. After all, human greed is endless.

Hua Zan and Ma Yao met several times, and Hua Zan could see that this old friend of his age was a little worried

"Ma Yao, you don't have to worry, even if Zhou Zhe comes back now, there is no place in the world. Hua Zan is dressed in a gorgeous dress, and the utensils next to the jewelry on her body are all perfect.

Ma Yao didn't think so, how could Ma Yao have the vigor of a young man in his twenties at this moment, and there were a few more strands of gray hair on the back of his head, obviously, he was overthinking.

"You say, Zhou Zhe just let go of Nuoda's power and retired to the rivers and lakes? Does he have any big plans? Also, if he returns, even if it is just him and Xin Chasing, I'm afraid it will be easy to kill us. ”

Hua Zan didn't think about it at all, he waved his hand

"There are people everywhere in the area of our two families in Hexi, as long as he appears, we will definitely know in advance. Just take precautions, and then leak his whereabouts, so that no one can do it. The four major factions are more anxious than us. ”

Ma Yao was better and nodded.

And Hua Zan hugged his good brother: "That's right." I contributed a lot of good things, and a few beauties drank and admired the moon together. Walk. ”

Although Zhou Zhe did not know the situation in the north of Hexi, he could guess a thing or two, after all, the two factions had betrayed, and there was no doubt about what attitude they would have towards themselves.

He walked all the way by water, passed the boundary of Dinghai Pavilion, and then disguised himself again and headed to the northwest.

There are few easy roads to walk in Hexi, but all roads lead to the west.

This time, Zhou Zhe changed into a gray-black monk's uniform, not as flamboyant as white, with two mustaches and a little oil on his head, full of philistine casual cultivation.

Xin Chai, on the other hand, wore cheap lipstick rouge and a thick layer of plaster-like cheek whitening skin care products on his face. Once again, he dipped his hair in bean paste to make a big beauty mole, which was unrecognizable to people when they saw it, and this was once the number one killer in the world.

Each of the two of them has a fifth-order weapon, which seems to be worth a lot of money, but this is more in line with the thinking of a casual cultivator who spends money on the blade.

Everything, flawlessly.

Again, when they strolled through Linxi City, looking at the prosperity and liveliness of Linxi City, Zhou Zhe was very comfortable

"Lu Douya is not bad, Xiao Gui Cao follows, and he can do it according to the charter left by Zheng Tong. ”

The two of them wandered around, and then went to the horse market, ready to buy a horse, and continued to the Western Regions.

"In this East Market, whether you are open for business or set up a stall to sell vegetables every day. Every month, as is customary, the money is paid. Several disciples of the Flying Sword Villa, holding swords in their hands, pushed and shoved the crowd all the way, shouting everywhere.

Xin Chai frowned, and Zhou Zhe grabbed her hand: "Don't care." ”

Xin Chai was a little annoyed, this doesn't matter, that doesn't matter. But I also know that if I take care of small things at this time, I am afraid that I will have to take care of big things in the future. In the end, he fell into the overall situation of Qi Xin's doing.

As for Lu Douya, who was followed by Xiao Gui Cao, since Zhou Zhe had gone into hiding, news came from the capital one by one, he was a little panicked.

Although he and Zhou Zhe are not close on the surface, as long as he takes his foundation out of the internal guard and checks it, everything will be clear. Therefore, during this time, he was careful not to have any friction with anyone. In the face of the expansion of the power of the Xishan faction and the Flying Sword Villa in Hexi, who had betrayed Zhou Zhe, he could only let it go, for fear of offending these people who had successfully stood in line.

It's not that he doesn't want to stand in line, but if he stands in line, what can he betray Zhou Zhe?

Zhou Zhe also took a share of the cooperation with him, and he couldn't pick it clean, and betraying Zhou Zhe was betraying himself. He only thought that no one in the court would think of him. Let him be in the position of political envoy of Hexi for a few years.

The two went around and finally found the horse market, which was very lively in Hexi. There are good horses from Dasheng, camels from the Western Regions, and occasionally sturdy dragon horses. The people of the Western Regions and the people of Dasheng can be seen frequently.

Just as the two of them saw the two horses and were about to come forward to talk, a voice suddenly came.

"I'm just selling a horse that I don't need, why do you have to charge three tiers of food stamps from the Xishan faction? This is the realm of Dasheng, and it's not from your Xishan faction. ”

A young man, surrounded by several spiritual cultivators of the Xishan Sect, argued with a red face and a thick neck.

And beside him is a middle-aged man with gray hair, although he is a little old, but the momentum is extraordinary.

The middle-aged man took his son's shoulders and said to the disciples of the Xishan Sect: "Isn't the commercial tax in Hexi one of thirty taxes? When will you Xishan faction still be able to collect taxes? ”

"Zheng Tong, why is he here?" Zhou Zhe recognized it at a glance, a little surprised.

The disciple of the Xishan Sect raised his head and smiled: "It's thirty taxes and one, but what does that matter to us? This horse market has already belonged to my Xishan Sect, and we say three layers, that is, three layers." As long as you sell horses here, it's three floors. Unless, old man, you call me grandpa. ”

"Hahaha!"

Zheng Tong was so angry that he could only stare and blow his beard, for him, Shi Yunjie's ridicule, he could ignore it, it was a contest of people of the same rank. never imagined that one day, he would be so insulted.

"When the Xishan faction was still breathing in Linxi City, it was time to accompany your old master to Huangquan together. ”

As soon as these words came out, many locals in Hexi were surprised, knowing that there were many people in the past, although they had this idea, but most of them could only rot in their hearts.

When the disciple of the Xishan Sect heard this, he was extremely angry, and immediately rushed to Zheng Tong to grab his collar with one hand.

Zheng Tong's son stepped forward to block it, but he didn't think that he was pushed by the disciple of Naxi Mountain, took a few steps back, and fell directly on the horse manure with his feet facing the sky, embarrassed.

"Old man, I think you're tired of being crooked!"

The high-headed disciple of the Xishan Sect stretched out his hand and was about to greet Zheng Tong's face, but as soon as his hand was raised in the air, and when he was about to hit down, he found that he couldn't move.

When he looked back, a cultivator with a beard and a loose cultivator was clamping his wrist tightly.

"You. The man obviously didn't expect that in the one-third of an acre of land in Hexi, there were still people who dared to so blatantly obstruct the Xishan faction from doing things: "Who are you? Don't be nosy, let go." ”

With the sound of scolding, the other disciples of the Xishan Sect who came with them also scattered their positions, staring at Zhou Zhe and Xin Chai with malicious intentions. Watching the excitement is not afraid of big things, even the people around them are shouting and saying

"Give them something awesome and take a look. "Completely forgetting that they themselves are also exploited and oppressed.

Xin swept around, looked at the onlookers, and sneered.

Zhou Zhe said slowly: "Do you know who he is? Even if Hua Zan is here, he doesn't dare to treat him like this." ”

Zheng Tong looked at the eight-character beard and the plaster face, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't think of the origin, because this appearance was too real.

The disciple of the Xishan Sect let go of Zheng Tong angrily, shook off Zhou Zhe's hand with a wave of his sleeves, shook the folds of his clothes, and half-held his head high

"I don't care who he is. Which onion are you? When is it the turn of Hexi to speak to the foreign cultivators? ”

This disciple of the Xishan Sect had a lot of experience in the rivers and lakes, and he immediately distracted himself through words, and then withdrew into the wings of his own people. After all, people with greater strength than him are obviously above him, and leaving the danger area as soon as possible is the best policy. Although he is very disdainful of casual cultivation in his words, you must know that there are also masters in casual cultivation.

Zhou Zhe pulled out his sword and directly condensed Ling Xiao's sword qi.

As soon as this move came out, the faces of several Xishan Sect disciples immediately became solemn.

"Ling Xiao Sword Qi. "There are also people in the crowd who know the goods, and they immediately know this kind of mastery, and there is no second one in the world.

This week, I immediately saw what it means to turn your face faster than to turn a book. Seeing that it was Ling Xiao's sword qi, it must have something to do with Ling Xiao Pavilion, the Xishan Sect disciple who had spoken with his head and nose facing the sky immediately clasped his fists and said very politely

"I don't know which deacon from Lingxiao Pavilion is here. ”

Zhou Zhe saw that there was no need to do anything, and his scare had worked, so he put away his sword

"In the sea next week. ”

As soon as he heard the name, Xin Chai almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

And the rest of the Xishan Sect disciples who heard this name did not wonder who this person was, but shouted loudly one by one

"Jiuang is famous, and it is better to be famous than to meet. Fortunately, I will be honored. Misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding, his horse hasn't been sold yet, we're just here to inform. Your Excellency has come from afar, so it is better to go east and go to the restaurant to get together. ”

Zhou Zhe didn't expect it, but thinking about it, even if the Xishan faction was powerful in Hexi, it couldn't afford to provoke Lingxiao Pavilion.

As for Zheng Tong's identity, this group of people has long forgotten to the edge of the sky. I was just thinking about how to set out the purpose of this person coming to Hexi at the banquet.

Zhou Zhe said politely: "It's nothing, I happened to pass by here, and I was going to buy some horses and weapons." Another day, I will definitely visit the head of the flower. ”

Seeing Zhou Zhe's refusal, a few more polite words were spoken before leaving, and they watched the movements of Zhou Zhe and the two not far away, and surveillance was naturally indispensable.

Zheng Tong, on the other hand, looked at the two people in front of him, looked at Zhou Zhe's appearance of sending people away with a fist and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then looked at the skin leaking from the neck and collar of the plaster face Xin Chai, and already had a rough answer in his heart.

"Why don't you take a step to speak?" Speaking almost at the same time, Zhou Zhe and Zheng Tong glanced at each other, and they both saw familiar looks in each other's eyes.

"Please!" Zheng Tong pointed to his carriage, smiled, and walked ahead.