Chapter 16 The Running of the Stars

Zheng Yan has never complained about his current life, nor has he really hated anyone, he should be very satisfied, grateful to those who care about and love him, because he wants to reciprocate because he is grateful, at least he can't cause trouble to them.

Grandpa must know about this time, but he still let himself set off alone, there is a transaction in it, but he will definitely have other arrangements, the house did not send someone out, all he can think of may be that there must be some action on the side of the clan, and grandpa's friends in the rivers and lakes may also appear, so there is nothing to worry about,

To tell the truth, Zheng Yan still doesn't want to have anything to do with this old man who sacrifices wine, he has known him for more than ten years, this old man has never been a good person, it seems that the left and right sacrificed wine is a hundred times stronger than him, but Zheng Yan knows what he looks like when he is serious, he is a real wine sacrifice lord, Zheng Yan likes pure people, but he doesn't want to have any in-depth intersection with these people, because he knows that he is not pure, because these people do things at any cost, and they will not look ahead.

Watching Zheng Yan ride away again, the Lord of the Wine Sacrifice looked helpless, "I can't live this day, I don't know when the next catastrophe will be, with the old man's amazing talent and brave and diligent advancement, I can't say that it will fall tomorrow, and when the time comes, I will really let the demons in my heart be ruined and find someone to cry to."

"Why don't you follow secretly?", a light and pleasant voice sounded around him,

The priest didn't look back, took out a dry money bag from his arms, and said helplessly, "Isn't this no money, why are you here?"

A slender and upright young man appeared on the ridge out of thin air, quietly looking at the figure on horseback in the north, carrying a striking red sheath short knife at his waist, the knife is more than two feet long, about a little more than two inches wide, the shape is simple and chic, extremely attractive, plus the appearance is uncasting, the real dragon and phoenix among the people,

"Others", the answer is short and crisp.

There was no surprise on the face of the wine lord, but there seemed to be a quick calculation in his eyes, he raised his eyes and quietly glanced at the red sheath short knife and swallowed his saliva, smiled and stood up, and didn't care about the soil of his body, "Tan Taifeng, say it in advance, the old man is really not malicious, what I said just now was not for you, since you came, the old man will go back, see you back", said and walked away with his hands in the south.

Tang Taifeng turned to look at the old man who walked away and frowned silently, the white jade hand rubbing the handle of the knife seemed to hesitate, and finally took a deep breath and turned around and walked north again.

The next day near noon, it rained, the rain was very urgent, soon it was pouring rain, the original deep dark clouds gradually turned into gray and flat, Zheng Yan was soaked, looked at the clouds and understood that the rain was falling, it was estimated that there were still five or six miles from the post city in front, through the rain and fog, there were shadows near the shadow and shadow to see a few villages, wiped his face and continued to ride forward, although the autumn rain was a little cold, there was no trouble, and it was also a kind of practice to feel the change of time in the scene.

There was a carriage with a pink curtain that was tapping and tapping from east to west, there was no driver on the wheel, and the horse walked briskly and steadily, never deviating from the post road. The carriage seemed to shake a little, and there was a strange sound floating out through the curtain rain and mist, and it seemed to be mixed with obscene words, thinking that it was a pair of men and women who couldn't bear the loneliness of the journey.

There were three horses whistling forward, all wearing black rain cloaks, mysterious and a little sassy, the horses' hooves flew and splashed muddy water, and soon caught up with the carriage and galloped away, and there were dots of muddy water splashing on the curtains.

"Zheng Lu, don't make trouble when walking the rivers and lakes", a sturdy figure among the three horsemen said in a deep voice,

The slightly petite figure next to him grinned lightly, "A pair of shameless men and women, doing such things on the road, I just give them a wake-up call, pay attention to some weathering", listening to the voice is cute and cute, probably a girl,

The other rider laughed loudly, "Zheng Yuan, you are too cautious, if people are unhappy, it will be a big deal for people to beat up and get angry, if they find us to fight hard, they will continue",

"That's it, didn't the sixth uncle also say that let us cherish this opportunity to go out to practice? I haven't even been to Baoyue City in the clan land, people say that we are soil buns, Brother Yuan, no wonder Sister Xingshuang never looks at you much, people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, don't you see Zheng Yan is bright and white every time he goes? Hey, it's not right, clean is clean and white doesn't seem to have anything to do with it", the girl who spoke before changed from a helping voice to a judge,

Zheng Yuan sighed lightly and had a somewhat complicated expression on his face, "Xinglu, Xingshuang is acting alone or by the side of the sixth uncle?"

Zheng Xinglu turned his head to look at the carriage that had disappeared behind him and said, "With her temper, she is probably acting alone, let alone the sixth uncle, Zheng Jian's unlucky child, I have to follow him Sister Xingshuang, I definitely don't know where to wipe my tears alone, the front should be Anxing County, Zheng Yan will definitely arrive today or tomorrow, let's wait here for everyone to meet",

Zheng Lu said very unhappily, "I don't want to see him, the prince is amazing, why did Sister Xingshuang and Sister Shu Wei marry him? Those guys in the clan have long hated him, Brother Yuan, can you swallow this breath?

Zheng Yuan said helplessly, "I can't beat Xinluo, and Sister Yingyue, if she protects Zheng Yan, I won't even dare to speak, I heard that even Ao Huan is not her opponent",

Zheng Lu shook the whip angrily, and said hatefully, "He has Sister Yingyue and Xinluo and still thinks about others, it's really angry, no wonder Sister Yujing and they don't want to deal with him",

Zheng Xinglu shook his head helplessly, all childish.

On a small mound in the north of Anxing City, there is a sword coming from the sky, people only see that there seems to be a hole in the heavy rain and fog, and then the four sides of the true yuan shield almost instantly shattered, a three-foot crystal long sword hovered in the air, fast as thunder but without the slightest sound, under the sword four tall figures in robes began to rush out of a blood line before and after, and then slowly fell, only a figure wearing a white rain cloak remained on the mound, trembling non-stop,

"What a "Ten Thousand Miles of Stars", dare to ask Your Excellency which senior of the Zheng family is you? Why do you want to kill my subordinates? My Hua Gu thinks that she has never done good, but she has never done anything to disobey the court", a slightly dissatisfied voice sounded under the white cloak, but she was a little trembling and vain,

A black figure came from the rain, stepped lightly on the mound, stretched out a white jade hand under the strict black cloak, and held the long sword hovering in the air, just a light wave, the sword light disappeared, and a terrible scream came from a long distance, there was a sound of the long sword returning to the sheath, and the woman in the white cloak was long gone on the mound,

"Alas, how many people have lost their lives because of wealth and danger! Although Hua Gu is barely a ground-level monk, but because of the perennial work of collecting yang and supplementing yin, her strength is really ordinary for Sheila, and it is nothing if you are killed by you with only one sword, these four peaks of humanity are almost sucked dry by that woman, and they are completely paper-paste, but why did that bell be destroyed? Although the quality is poor, it is also a magic weapon, you are about to marry into a wealthy family, and you will naturally eat and drink spicy food in the future, our poor relatives have not yet settled, Xingshuang, are you talking? Don't you feel guilty?",

A short and thin old man walked up and down the mound, angry and distressed, but helpless, his body was already soaked, and he looked desolate.

Zheng Xingshuang untied the cloak and threw it into the rain and mist, and finally revealed a jade-like face, it looks like she is fifteen or sixteen years old, she is definitely a big beauty in a few years, there is nothing to find fault with from top to bottom, her pink and delicate lips are particularly delicate and moving, but her expression has an indifference that is not suitable for her age,

"You said early on that we should safeguard the interests of the clan, so I never thought that one day I would be able to be crowned with a phoenix, so don't say this kind of thing again in the future, my mother said that once a woman has hope, she will do everything she can to achieve it, and my father said that no man will like a woman with a heavy heart, these two... There should be a connection, right?",

The old man was cleaning up the bits and pieces on a few corpses, and he almost collapsed when he heard the words, and said helplessly, "What do you ask me? I thought you were very sure, by the way, the two girls Shu Wei and Xiaowu practiced desperately to show that they were not married to Zheng Yan, and you practiced hard and suppressed the realm, wouldn't it be to make him a cow and a horse? Is it just because I preached to you when I was a child? I remember telling you to do what you like, there is no need to be rigid about other people's requirements, that is to say, you could have nothing to do with this matter, why did you take the initiative to apply this time?" ”,

The girl raised her hand to cover her heart, there was a close-fitting "watch year" money, which was the first time he lost the sword competition with himself in the Hui clan, which was the New Year's money he got when he was full moon, I remember that Yingyue was very unhappy at that time, and looked at her eyes very unkindly, and I always wanted to ask him, why did he give such an important thing to a humble mud boy easily, and he was so happy, these are just a reason, as for the rest, I haven't thought about it.

The old man didn't wait for the girl's answer and didn't care, packed up and walked north, waved his hand and said, "I still have some business, I'm waiting for you in Bianbei City in front."

Zheng Yan finally entered Anxing City, and it was easy to find the location of the post house along the main street, in fact, it was on the side of the road not far from the city just after entering the city, and he booked a room first with a horse and a horse plate, and then ordered some meals for the guy to deliver to the room. Hang your wet clothes aside and eat, wondering if you should continue to walk in the afternoon or wait for the rain to stop before leaving, this rain should be able to fall until tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow.

Just thinking about the sound of quarrel outside, a local son of a family mistakenly broke into someone else's room, right next to him, with an arrogant attitude, saying that he was looking for a little lady and asked the guests in the house not to get in the way.

As a post city and the county seat of Anxing County, 100,000 people can only be regarded as a middle county, including 10 towns and hundreds of villages, supporting 400,000 people, the whole territory of the Great Zhou is not Fengyanzhou, there are a total of 36 counties, 300 prefectures, 4,000 counties, countless villages and towns, like Anxing County is indeed not large, and the territory is almost a horse Pingchuan, so there is no need for a garrison, in addition to maintaining tranquility in addition to the county government service is just a regiment training township brave, so it will inevitably be controlled by local families, and it has become the norm to oppress the people in the township, in fact, most places are now like this, Anxing County is on the edge of the post road, and it is a post city, and the news transmission is faster and better, It's just that such a local snake still dares to bully a passing merchant at a loss, and I don't know what it will be like in a remote place.

The merchant next door was beaten, followed by the sound of softness, and after a while, Zheng Yan also heard a rough knock on the door, Zheng Yan was a little helpless, walked over and opened the door, two big men in blue with a full face of meat said nothing to enter the house, Zheng Yan sideways out of the way, there was also a white-clothed boy with a folding fan standing in the corridor, his face was slightly pale, and there were two black-clothed men with a gaseous and restrained temperament beside him, who should be a martial artist who cultivates both inside and outside, and has probably touched the threshold of cultivation, at least the fifth "ingenuity" in the nine realms of martial arts cultivation environment, but I don't know how the actual battle is in front of the enemy.

Before the Yin God in the later stage of refining the Qi Transformation God, the Huandan monks were almost not the opponents of the martial arts below the Kaishan realm, because at this time, the Huandan monks could not release the true yuan, that is, they could not release spells, and the second was that the true yuan was mostly used to open up the meridians and qi seas and other purposes, and the flesh was still very cowardly.

Zheng Yan is now in the mountain realm in terms of martial arts, one realm lower than the state of mind of these two craftsmen, but after a rough comparison, he found that he was able to solve them without much effort, one look at the posture and the other look at the spirit and spirit, these two people have a very poor foundation, the muscles and bones were not combed smoothly when they were young, they should have started to learn some horizontal kung fu in their teens, and then added the mental method, and the true qi is not condensed enough, martial arts cultivation is a very talented and financial cultivation path, and it is also the most difficult way to achieve success.

There were also young man's subordinates in the opposite room who went in to check, the door was wide open, Zheng Yan just noticed that he heard a woman's scream, a white man in purple was beaten out and fell into the corridor, followed by a burst of fat powder, just lying on the side of the white man's shoe, looking a little humble and cowardly, but Zheng Yan still noticed that he seemed to be deliberately hiding the sarcasm and viciousness, and then the two big men in blue pushed a woman with a graceful figure and a beautiful appearance and walked out, the man in white laughed, kicked the young man in purple on the ground away, walked forward and looked up and down unscrupulously,

"Beauty, what did my son say just now?

The woman looked flustered and sad, and seemed to glance at Zheng Yan inadvertently, pleading, expecting, pitiful, Zheng Yan was a little helpless, eldest sister, your eyes are too undisguised, right?

Ru Hui in the house has not less eyes to hone Zheng Yan, greed, lust, ambiguity, charm, seduction, cowardice, etc., although Zheng Yan has not felt anything, but Ru Hui has carefully analyzed it in line with the words of practice, Zheng Yan is no stranger, the two big men heard the sound and walked out of the house, Zheng Yan closed the door and continued to eat, and the corridor seemed to fall into a strange silence.

The people in the corridor have already left, and the smug laughter of the young man and his minions came from downstairs, Zheng Yan swallowed the last bite of steamed buns and got up to pack up and leave, it seems that he has been targeted, are the current Jianghu monks so bold? Grandpa is a little derelict in his duties, and it's not right, I remember hearing grandpa say that he has been raising rivers and lakes for more than 30 years, and I forgot why, alas, I can't be absent-minded next time.

I came out of the courtyard where I was staying, bought a cloak at a grocery store, thought about it and bought two more fire folds, then went to the front hall and got another horse plate, followed the post messenger to the stable to get the horse and set off.

Zheng Lu in the post house was so angry that he stomped his feet, "Bastard, what is the eldest young master, I booked a room and ate a bite of food and left, can't you go to the lobby to eat?

Zheng Jian, who was picked up, looked at the other two clan brothers, his eyes were full of questions, Zheng Yuan was a little displeased, Zheng Xinglu smiled and said, "Forget it, let him go, we are out to practice, not to protect him, there are many people but eye-catching, let's wait for the sixth uncle and Xingshuang according to the original plan, Xiaolu, can you Bailing...",

"Can't", the girl seemed to be angry and categorically refused, calmed down for a while, and suddenly shouted a few times, after venting her frustration, she raised her hand and released three pale yellow larks, the birds were vivid, flapped their wings and flew out of the window, and flew into the sky in the face of the continuous autumn rain.

Zheng Xingshuang has been standing on the mound and quietly looking at Anxing City in the rain and fog not far away, but he is not contaminated with a trace of water vapor in the rain, and he does not care at all about the four bodies that have been cold under his feet, one of them rode out of the city from the north gate to the north, Zheng Xingshuang's quiet face was a little moved, a pale yellow lark fell on the girl's shoulder, chirping, crisp and pleasant, "I won't enter Anxing City, next time we will meet in front", the girl finished speaking and went down the mound to the north, and the lark dissipated in the rain.

Zheng Lu shouted a few more times in the post house, "Sister Xingshuang said that she would wait for us in front, she has already left, and Uncle Sixth said that it is up to us to arrange it ourselves, he doesn't know where he is, and he crushed my lark, stupid, don't you know if you can help him lead the way?",

Zheng Yuan sighed and shook his head.