Zhu Ziping and Li Jingxi ignored the people lying on the ground and slowly walked towards the inn. Li Jingxi asked, "Master Zhu, why did you come to the Jewelry Pavilion again?" ”

"No, I heard that the Salt Gang I met today is powerful, and you are out alone, I was a little worried, and I saw that team of people rushing over just now, so I followed."

Li Jingxi was stunned for a long time, then Fang came back to his senses and asked, "Master Zhu, can you accompany me for a walk?" ”

There is a garden near the Blue Sky Inn, the garden has no wall, in the middle is a lake dug out artificially, at this time there are several boats floating on the lake, faintly the sound of silk and bamboo, the light is reflected from the boat, and is rippled by the lake. There are a lot of spring magnolia, spring and begonia flowers and trees planted around the lake, exuding bursts of fragrance.

The two walked along the lake, and Li Jing suddenly asked, "Master Zhu, have you heard of the Tea Horse Gang?" Seeing Zhu Ziping shaking his head, he continued, "The Tea Horse Gang is also a big gang in Xi'an, and it has surpassed the Salt Gang in the past two years to become the largest gang. ”

"All I know is the Salt Gang, it's a bad gang." "Zhu Gongzi, there are more than 4,000 people in the helm of the Salt Gang in Xi'an, and it is inevitable that there will be a few bad people. If it is purely good and bad, the Tea Horse Gang is even worse. The Tibetans mainly eat meat, and tea has always relied on the supply of the Han people, so the imperial court traded tea with them. ”

After a pause, Li Jingxi continued: "In the fifth and twelfth years of Yongle, post roads were repaired and post stations were built twice, which improved communication with Tibetans and facilitated trade between the two sides. The imperial court strictly forbade the sale of tea, otherwise it was a capital crime, Hongwu for 30 years, and also killed the horse Ouyang Lun and the house slave Zhou Bao and others. But people die for money, although the ban of the imperial court is strict, the tea and horse gang is willing to spend a lot of money, secretly colluding with officials, the gang leader Ouyang Wen is Ouyang Lun's nephew, and the Xi'an helmsman Zhou Zhenwu is Zhou Bao's nephew, under their operation, the tea and horse gang has surpassed the salt gang in the past two years. ”

Zhu Ziping said "oh": "I don't care about the Salt Gang, the Tea Horse Gang, they don't mess with me, if they mess with me, no matter who he is, he won't let it go." ”

Li Jingxi said in a low voice: "Master Zhu, that's because I caused you trouble." You have already provoked them, those people just now are from the Tea Horse Gang, led by a hall master named Wang Dacheng. ”

"Miss Li, don't say that, I admire you for being a good woman who dares to act, don't say that I didn't know that they were the Tea Horse Gang before, even if I knew, I would definitely save you."

Li Jingxi bowed to Zhu Ziping Yingying: "Master Zhu, can I call you Brother Zhu like Sister Ouyang?" Seeing Zhu Ziping nodding, he asked again, "By the way, I heard Sister Ouyang and Yan Gongzi say that Brother Zhu provoked Li Sanye of the Salt Gang in Shangnan, why?" ”

Zhu Ziping was embarrassed, and said: "That's my fault, I don't know that Li Sanye and that woman are together." ”

Li Jingxi asked, "Then what did you do?" Zhu Ziping rubbed his hands: "They made a lot of noise in the room, I thought the woman was being bullied, so I rushed in...... Ahem, Miss Li, don't ask. Li Jingxi understood what was going on, her face was slightly hot, and she said softly: "That woman is the third master's concubine Chunxiang." ”

Zhu Zipingqi said: "How do you know? Li Jingxi was stunned for a moment, and said: "There is no one in Xi'an Mansion who doesn't know her, Li Sanye is Li ......, the helmsman of Xi'an of the Salt Gang Maocai's third brother, he is very good at martial arts...... By the way, Brother Zhu, who did you learn martial arts from? I've never seen such a powerful martial artist. ”

Zhu Ziping sighed: "It was my father who taught me...... I wonder what happened to him? "Brother Zhu, can you talk to me?" "It's not too early, let's go back to the inn first, and we'll talk about it later when we have time......"

In the inn, Yan Yue and Ouyang Lan were still talking about something, Ouyang Lan covered her mouth and laughed, and when she saw Zhu Ziping and Li Jingxi coming in, Yan Yue hurriedly stood up: "Miss Li, are you back?" ”

Ouyang Lan asked, "Sister Li, why are you with Brother Zhu?" Li Jingxi's face was slightly red: "I met Brother Zhu at the door of the inn just now, and he was counting the stars." Ouyang Lan grinned: "Ah, Brother Zhu still has that affection, why don't I know." ”

Zhu Ziping and Yan Yue returned to their rooms. Zhu Ziping was a little annoyed: "Second brother, now it's a big trouble, I got into trouble with the Tea Horse Gang." ”

Yan Yue was stunned for a long time: "Big brother, it seems that this trouble can't be solved...... and he gave his thumb up again, "The Tea Horse Gang and the Salt Gang are both big gangs, and when ordinary people hear this name, it's too late to hide, but big brother, you provoked two at the same time, which shows that you are really a big hero." "Second brother, you're still making fun of me."

Over there, Ouyang Lan said: "I have known Brother Zhu for two months before I call him the eldest brother, but there are people who have known each other for two days, and the eldest brother is long and the eldest brother is short...... Ouch! But he was caught by Li Jingxi, and he kept itching.

Li Jingxi said: "Besides, I won't spare you...... Yan Gongzi is graceful, gentle as jade, the Yan family is famous and rich in Xi'an, I don't know how many people like it, I will only like Yan Gongzi like that, Sister Ouyang, you say but? ”

"Then tomorrow I'll help Sister Li talk about it, how should you repay this big matchmaker? Why don't I call him over now and let you two talk to me? Ouch ......"

In the middle of the night, Li Jingxi suddenly heard someone outside shouting and neighing in her sleep, and hurriedly got up to look out the window, but saw Zhu Ziping already standing in the courtyard. The innkeeper opened the door and asked in a trembling voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, what are you doing here?" ”

A loud shout came, "Thief, your mother, tell that kid to come out and die!" Then the gate was kicked open, and more than 20 people, some with torches, some with lanterns, and all holding eyebrow sticks in their hands, broke in, and the first person was Wang Dacheng.

Seeing Zhu Ziping standing in the courtyard, Wang Dacheng shouted: "Boy, you are very interesting, do you know that the master is looking for you?" "I've already spared you, and I'm not interested, and I've entangled so many people, are you going together?" "Boy, don't be crazy, this is our deputy helmsman Zhou, dare to provoke our Tea Horse Gang, your time of death has come."

At this time, a person stood out from the team, this person was nearly forty years old, not burly, but very sturdy, wearing a red silk collarless cardigan, a colorful silk scarf at the waist, wearing silk bloomers, a pair of fast boots, and his eyes were shining with cold: "Who are you?" Why do you want to do it to my brethren? ”

Zhu Ziping hugged his chest with his hands: "You ask them, why do I want to do it." Deputy Helmsman Zhou's eyes flashed: "Really arrogant, boy, I see how many catties you have!" With one move of the iron rod in his hand, he swept over with a move of "getting on the horse and hitting the mountain", Zhu Ziping made a block, and the sound of "dang" came far away.

"Good!" Deputy Zhou's main iron rod was retracted, put it on his shoulder, and poked it out again, shouting in his mouth, "Bear a thousand catties!" "The Tea Horse Gang all use Qi Mei sticks, and all the moves are created from various movements in the transportation of tea horses, and the iron rods are six feet long, and they are even more whirring when they are wielded.

Seeing the stick coming, Zhu Ziping also poked the Falling Sun Gong on it, and with a bang, there was a loud noise again. "Good!" Zhu Ziping praised, "You can stand up to my second move, it's not bad!" With a wave of the next move, a move "like a bamboo" smashed the head of the falling sun, and the opponent took a horizontal stick, but when he heard the sound of "click", the iron rod was broken into two! Fortunately, Deputy Helmsman Zhou reacted quickly, tilted his head back, retreated sharply, and let go of his body.

Wang Dacheng saw that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly waved the iron rod and shouted: "Let's go together!" Zhu Ziping was not panicked, a move "the sky is spinning" Meteoric Yang Gong flew out of his hand, circling and whistling, first hit Wang Dacheng, and then continued to spin in the middle of the crowd that rushed up, only to hear a series of screams, and in a moment, more than 20 people all fell to the ground.

"! Don't worry, I'm waiting for you in Xi'an. Then he went back to his room and closed the door.

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Bayuan Teahouse is the largest teahouse in the county, full of people early in the morning, the teahouse is filled with the fragrance of camellia, but also full of the taste of green onion flatbread, dumpling noodles, artichoke glutinous rice and other breakfast. At this time, I suddenly heard someone ask, "Ai inquired, is there any news today?" ”

I saw a scholar put down the tea cup: "Everyone, have you heard, there were two fights last night, and one person knocked down more than 30 people." ”

Someone asked, "Ai inquired, is your news good this time?" "The scholar-like person surnamed Ai likes to inquire about the news, and then recounts it in the teahouse, attracting a lot of people to drink tea here, so the shopkeeper of the teahouse often does not accept money from Ai to inquire, and often gives him some wild mountain tea.

"Is there anything wrong with my message?" Ai inquired and seemed a little angry. The man hurriedly whispered: "It's me who is wrong, Ai inquire, don't hang everyone's appetite, just talk about it." ”

Ai inquired and took a sip of tea, picked up a piece of artichoke and took a bite, Fang said slowly: "Last night, there was a fight in front of the 'Jade Hibiscus' Jewelry Pavilion, and a blue-shirted young man knocked down more than a dozen people. ”

Someone asked, "Ai inquired, didn't you just say more than 30 people?" Ai inquired and ignored it, and continued: "Just after the hour, I saw another team of people rushing towards the Blue Sky Inn, led by Zhou Zhenglin, the brother of Zhou Zhenwu, the helmsman of the Tea Horse Gang and the deputy helmsman. ”

Everyone's voice, someone said: "It turns out that it was Deputy Helmsman Zhou who defeated more than 30 people, so it's not surprising." Ai inquired and shook his head: "What do you know?" I saw that the team of people came to the Blue Sky Inn, and they didn't answer, they kicked the door open with their feet, and when they entered the courtyard, they saw a young man with his hands on his chest, leisurely. The two sides didn't agree and fought, I don't know where the young man came from, the blade in his hand was wrapped in coarse cloth, and he knocked Zhou Zhenglin to the ground in just three moves. ”

When everyone heard that Zhou Zhenglin was knocked down in three moves, they snorted again.