Baicaozhai

As the top luxury restaurant in Yongning City, Baicaozhai is the best choice for celebrities in the south of the city.

Bringing together famous chefs from all over the world in Yongning Prefecture, the main elixir is used for meals, accompanied by singing and dancing wine, which makes people experience it once and unforgettable for a long time.

Contrary to the quality, the price of the Baicao Zhai noodles is high, even if it is two side dishes and a pot of sake, the bill has to run for three or five hundred dollars.

Therefore, even if they are rich in the city, they will only hold a feast in Baicaozhai on very important days.

But on this day, Wanfeng Pharmacy took over the entire Baicaozhai.

Wan Long, the patriarch of the Wanjia family, led the clan elders of the Wanjia, the shopkeepers, and a group of Wanjia disciples to stand at the entrance and wait.

And Wanjia arranged such a grand scene, just to wait for one person - Gale Sword Yan Gang.

"Master Yan has worked hard, Master Yan has worked hard, Wan has already asked people to prepare the room, and prepared some wine and food, please Master Yan must appreciate it."

Seeing Yan Gang appear in Baicaozhai on time, Wan Long was very excited, the lord of the dignified family, grabbed the other party's hand and refused to let go, while leading the person upstairs, he opened his mouth to introduce Baicaozhai's resume.

even apologized that because of the rush of time, otherwise he would have to gather all the ten thousand families to meet Yan Gangyun.

But Yan Gang, who had just left the Qiankun Commercial Bank, didn't seem to understand the deep meaning of the master of the Wan family leading the horse and falling on it, and asked directly after entering the table: "Did you bring the sword trick?" ”

"It's all ready, please take a look at Master Yan!"

Wan Long was not ambiguous, and directly took a yellow-flowered wood brocade box, opened the brocade box, and a parchment scroll with the [Cangying Sword Style] was revealed.

Yan Gang, who had always been calm and calm, finally couldn't suppress the excitement on his face when he saw this scroll again.

Regardless of the presence of the Wan family, he unfolded the parchment scroll and reveled in the exquisite sword moves recorded on the scroll.

Looking at it, the villain on the scroll seemed to come to life, dancing with a sword in front of Yan Gang, and between the moves, there was heaven and earth that resonated with it.

"With a mere sense of qi realm, he can actually create a sword move that is close to the Great Dao, but he hates to be born at the wrong time, and he can't fight with it!"

The more he looked, the more excited he became, Yan Gang seemed to be out of his body, in a pure daylight, there was a transparent figure in front of him, he was practicing the firmament, and he forgot where he was, twisted up a chopstick, and began to compare.

Suddenly, the fierce sword intent filled the entire banquet hall, and the disciples of the ten thousand families and above the realm had their hair standing on end, and their whole bodies were tense, as if they were being driven by a knife to their necks.

Wan Long, who was closest to Yan Gang, was even more unbearable, and he was so strong that he didn't even dare to breathe.

The face of the master of the Wan family turned red, and he was about to suffocate, when he suddenly heard a "click".

The fierce momentum dissipated, and the temperature in the hall rose.

And Yan Gang has also regained his consciousness and clarity, but he stared at his right hand with a complicated face, it turned out that the bamboo chopsticks in his fingers were broken for some reason, and the fracture was smooth and flat, like a knife carving an axe and chisel.

Although Wan Long didn't know what was going on, he still handed over his chopsticks as soon as possible, and did not forget to flatter: "Congratulations to Master Yan for further cultivation in kendo!" ”

"The master of the Wan family is polite."

Yan Gang was not modest, took the chopsticks handed by Wan Long, and began to eat with vegetables.

With Yan Gang moving his chopsticks, this banquet officially began.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, under the deliberate catering of Bandung, Yan Gang, who was happy with the sword technique, was also set out a lot of information.

"Why did you join Qiankun Commercial Bank? I was originally in Xixia Prefecture to challenge the Taoist to collect sword styles, and one day my old friend Lou Hong came to the door and said that there was a task with easy work and good pay, so I joined the Qiankun Trading House. But then I found out that it was not like that at all, there were a lot of trivial things! ”

"The origin of the proprietor Zheng Qian? I don't know, I didn't answer after asking a few times, it may be difficult to speak, I think it should be the illegitimate son of a certain family in Xixia Prefecture. Why? Because of the pill that the other party took out! Four-color bear bile pills, marrow washing pills, can come up with this kind of pill, where will it be the general force. ”

"Lou Hong? The King Kong Gate of the Western Xia Imperial Mountain is exempt from the true biography, an old friend......"

"Danshi? Qiankun Commercial Bank has no Dan master, Wang Gua is a refiner, alchemy is a hobby, practice a Pei Yuan Dan, you can fry the furnace six times a day......"

"Okay, okay, why do you have so many questions!?"

Although Yan Gang, who got the sword trick, was in a good mood, but he couldn't withstand such intensive questions from Wan Long, after answering a few more questions about the business route and the origin of the payment, the man who was full of food and drink put down the chopsticks and said to Wan Long: "The food in Baicaozhai is good, I will stay here during this time to learn the sword trick, if you think about who you want to deal with, bring the word over." Remember, I only shot once, and the targets couldn't be Zheng Qian and Lou Hong! ”

After speaking, regardless of Wan Long's face, he went back to the room with the sword technique, from beginning to end, he did not have a word of greeting with the elders and disciples of the Wan family.

Such naked contempt made many disciples of the Wan family, who were born arrogant, a little unbearable.

Even Wan Long's face was not very good, he originally wanted to win over Yan Gang.

After all, Lou Hong's martial arts strength is obvious to all, and he can make the Lian family retreat with the power of one person.

If the Wanjia family can recruit the Gale Sword Yan Gang, wouldn't it directly suppress the Lian family?

But I didn't expect this swordsman to be so arrogant!

"Family master, it seems that this Yan Gang is a wolf who doesn't know what to do, so there's no need to bother with him."

After Yan Gang left, an elder of the Wanjia clan said with a pale face: "The most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the Qiankun Commercial Bank, our Wanjia is not comparable to the Lianjia, and the main profits are in Pei Yuan Dan and Yi Jin Pill and Bone Forging Powder." You also heard Yan Gang's words just now, the medicinal materials purchased by the other party this time are not only Peiyuan grass, but also a large number of intermittent flowers and fairy thatch. ”

"I'm not in a hurry, but the more anxious I am, the calmer I have to be."

Wan Long said in a deep voice: "No matter how many medicinal materials there are, someone must turn them into pills, just now Master Yan's words have been made very clear, the medicine house of the Qiankun Commercial Bank, in fact, is supported by the alchemist named Wang Gua, I have already sent someone to contact him, as long as Wang Gua leaves, the medicine shop of the Qiankun Commercial Bank will have to be closed the next day!" ”

"But what if Wang Gua doesn't want to go."

The elder of the Wan family said worriedly: "We have already produced three medium-grade elixir pills, and the other party is still not moved, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get it." ”

"Wang Gua refuses to leave, we can send him away."

Wan Long sneered: "We can't move Zheng Qian, we can't move Lou Hong, and we can't get a mountain and field Danshi?" ”

"What does the head of the house mean?"

The old eyes of the Wan family lit up, and the palm knife made a false split, "Draw salary from the bottom of the kettle!" ”

"It's a knife to kill people."

Wan Long sneered: "Even Yiren's old fox wants to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, we can't be stupid to be the gun in his hand, increase the poaching of the Qiankun Commercial Bank, and let the dark son of the clan go to touch the Golden Lane Dark Flower Reward, the Danshi apprentice of the Qiankun Commercial Bank, a head of 2,000 dollars, the Danshi King Melon, a head of 10,000!" ”

"Patriarch, Touching Jin Lane is full of outlaws who are not in the ranks, and the Qiankun Commercial Bank is located outside the city, self-sufficient, and has many guards, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get it."

The Wan family, who didn't quite understand, hesitated: "Moreover, according to the temperament of the Qiankun Commercial Bank, if you know that someone dares to offer a reward to your own Danshi, I am afraid that Lou Hong will be sent to make a big fuss and touch those people in Jinxiang, I'm afraid I can't stop it." ”

……

Yan Gang's departure had a great impact on the morale of the firm.

But that's not the worst of all.

After Yan Gang left, many fresh faces suddenly appeared around the Qiankun Trading House's station, most of them were wearing tattered clothes, and they did not approach, only patrolling around the periphery of the camp, from morning to night, day and night.

At first, everyone thought that these people were begging for food, and they would get some food and try to get closer, but these people were very wary, and when they saw someone coming out of the station, they would run away.

After three or five days, everyone got used to it, until an apprentice named Ye Hong took leave to return to his hometown to visit relatives, and after walking out of the camp not far away, he was swarmed by these strangers.

By the time the guys who heard the screams arrived, the group of strange faces had fled without a trace, and Ye Hong, the apprentice of Danshi, was left with only a headless corpse.

Lou Hong was furious and sent camp guards to arrest all the faces that remained around the camp.

Under questioning, I learned that someone was offering a reward for the Danshi of Qiankun Trading House in [Touching Jin Lane], a head of 2,000 yuan, and the head of Wang Gua was even more worth 10,000 yuan, so I came to try my luck.

When the news spread, the Qiankun Commercial Bank exploded.

Danshi apprentices are no better than guards and buddies, to learn alchemy, you must first understand medicinal pharmacology, in other words, all those who aspire to become Danshi, even if they can't become Danshi, they are also barefoot doctors who are proficient in medicinal pharmacology, and their livelihood is worry-free.

I chose Qiankun Commercial Bank before, just because of the good treatment, and Wang Guaken shared his alchemy experience.

But in the face of the threat of life and death, it is not so important to learn Dan or not.

Even though guards have stepped up patrols around the camp and begun to drive away strangers who come unexpectedly;

Even if Lou Hong had begun to investigate the details of Jinxiang, he was unable to retain the apprentice of Danshi.

In just a few days, the Qiankun Commercial Bank was dug up to the point that only Wang Gua was left as an alchemist.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go!"

What is surprising is that the apprentice of the Dan Master is gone, but Wang Gua is not angry at all, and even a little happy, "I can't stand these fools who can only ask questions and can't use their brains, now it's okay, the fools are gone, and they can finally concentrate on alchemy!" ”

Master Wang's happiness should be really happy, but Lou Hong was really angry, and Danshi's departure was regarded as a humiliation by him, so he proposed more than once that the guard camp should expand the patrol range, and then saw that there were strange faces approaching, and they couldn't explain the reason for the direct killing, and see if there were any outlaws who dared to come to Qiankun Trading House.

"Punishment without teaching is abuse, except for the group of hands-on, the rest are not thieves."

Zheng Qian didn't quite agree with Lou Hong's approach: "In this way, first put up some signs around the station, and write a sentence on the signs, which should solve the immediate problem." ”

"These are outlaws!"

Lou Hong is not very optimistic about Zheng Qian's indecision: "They don't even care about their own lives, and they can still be scared away by the brand!?" ”

"Give it a try"

Zheng Qian's eyes were far away, and his expression was calm: "If my idea is right, it should work." ”

"Hey, you're just too naïve, if you can be persuaded to quit by good words, these people won't be outlaws."

Although Lou Hong was not optimistic about the prospects of Zheng Qian's actions, he still decided to carry out the order, "Anyway, what is written on the sign?" Private territory or death to the transgressor? ”

"Neither."

Zheng Qian shook his head, and his tone was understated, "It is written on the card, Qiankun Commercial Bank recruits workers, including food and accommodation, the salary of men and helpers starts at 300 yuan per month, and the salary of guards starts at 500 yuan per month, remember to make the words bigger, it is best to let people see it clearly from a distance." ”

The road he had never imagined unfolded in front of him, and for the next few days, Lou Hong only felt that he was in a dream.

When the wooden signs were hung around the station according to Zheng Qian's instructions, the group of outlaws who kept patrolling day and night partially stopped.

They stood in front of the wooden plaque, their expressions tangled as if heaven and man were at war.

After one night, a fierce-looking outlaw moved, as if he had determined to die, and under the gaze of many outlaws, he pulled out the sign on the ground, walked head-on to the patrolling guards, and was led into the camp of the Qiankun Firm.

After a short time, the foul-faced outlaw changed his man's clothes and walked out of the camp with tears streaming down his face, saying nothing but putting the wooden sign back on the ground.

Then, countless outlaws pulled out the wooden signs in the field and ran into the station.

With tears in his eyes, Lou Hong didn't believe it with an expression.

He was sure that the vast majority of these outlaws who joined the Qiankun Trading House were only trying to get close to the mission goal and could betray at any time.

He even focused on delineating a few suspects, arranged special guards, and stalked one-on-one, so as to fully deal with them.

But what happened in the next few days left Lou Hong confused.

was supposed to be a despicable killer who disregarded his own life and the lives of others, but after joining the Qiankun Trading Company, he became the hardest working petty hired worker and the most desperately trained guard.

Even when they are excluded and isolated, they are accompanied by smiling faces, retreating again and again, and showing that they are more kind than good.

If Lou Hong hadn't remembered the faces of those people, just looking at his behavior in the past few days, he would even think that the old people in the business house were the bad guys, who were bullying and isolating this group of newcomers.

"Why is that?"

The result of the excessive magic made Lou Hong incomprehensible, and he asked Zheng Qian the question in his heart: "Why did these killers, these outlaws, become like this?" ”

"Where are there so many outlaws in the world, the vast majority of them are just at the end of their rope."

Zheng Qian opened the curtain of the commander's tent, looked at the newcomers who gritted their teeth and insisted on the school, and sighed: "If there is a choice, who is willing to fight for their lives." But in the hell of pain and struggle, what choice do the desperate have? Killing, you can't kill it, you have to think of other ways, so far, the effect is good. ”

"It's not bad..."

Lou Hong's face was complicated: "I have never seen hired workers who work so hard in my life, and team members who train so hard, they seem to be very uneasy and afraid, so they try their best to show themselves, and they are even more flattering and tolerant of our people." But our people... Our people ......"

"Let's make them a separate team, and find an old man who won't bully them."

Zheng Qian turned his head and asked, "Brother Lou has a candidate in mind?" ”

"There's one for you."

Lou Hong's face was strange: "But he... Not necessarily, I'm afraid. ”