Yan Ning opened the letter, and the pen and ink on the letter were new, only to see that the letter read: "

Virtuous brother Yan Ning

Foolish brother kowtow and thank you, now the foolish brother is in prison, no free body, and the Shen Mansion up and down, inside and outside unbearable, my father colluded with the corrupt official Liu Guangyuan, wantonly looted the people's fat and people's ointment, my Shen family was originally engaged in tea trading, has always been trustworthy, but my father's interests are smeared, and he did not hesitate to forcibly seize more than 100 miles of tea from the hands of the people, and used it to gather gold and silver, just to flatter and dedicate it to the lieutenant Kong Qian, in order to promote the official and make a fortune, he did not hesitate to do such things that violated the ethics of heaven and earth, this matter should not have implicated the virtuous brother, But now that the foolish brother has no one to rely on, he visited the virtuous brother and handed over the token in this letter to Brother Liu Zhengyuan, the owner of the Dragon Ghost Village.

Foolish brother Shen Fu kowtowed and thanked him. ”

Yan Ning read the letter, and roughly understood what Shen Fu meant, the old man of the Shen family colluded with the prefect of Liu, and wanted to pay tribute to the gold and silver scavenged from the people to the Taiwei Kong Qian, in order to be promoted and make a fortune, the letter written by Shen Fu was sincere, Yan Ning read it, his chest was depressed, and he said angrily: "I can't imagine that the prefect Liu is such a corrupt official, regardless of the livelihood of the people, but only cares about his own promotion and wealth, no wonder that Liu Renxiong is also so absurd, there is really a father and a son." ”

When the housekeeper saw him shouting loudly, he was afraid of disturbing the pedestrians, so he whispered: "Yan Ning, silence, you know about this kind of thing, don't talk nonsense." ”

Yan Ning said angrily: "I heard before that this Liu Governor's Mansion is a good official for the people, how do I know that all the officials are like this, and those who are officials are greedy, how can they not make people angry." ”

Seeing that he was not angry, the housekeeper nodded secretly in his heart, and said: "The eldest prince knows that you have such a temperament, and he is most unaccustomed to corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so he asked me to find you, it seems to be true." ”

Yan Ning said angrily: "This corrupt official, doing such a thing contrary to the king's law and heavenly principles, regardless of the life and death of the people, is really a well-dressed beast." He was angry for a long time, scolded the dog official, and saw the housekeeper standing aside, he still had doubts in his heart, and asked: "Butler, I still have a question, you are the housekeeper of the Shen Mansion, how did you deliver the message for Brother Shen?"

The housekeeper looked around, saw that there was no one around, and said in a low voice: "I'm ashamed, I was a gambler in my early years, I lost all my family property, and my wife was also mortgaged by me, I lost nothing, but thanks to the eldest son, he recruited me into the Shen Mansion, although I am a gambler, but I am also good at accounting books, so later the lord promoted me to be a housekeeper, but I never forgot the kindness of the eldest son, if it were not for him, I might have been eaten to death by the rotten dogs on the street." ”

Yan Ning nodded, seeing that his expression didn't seem to be fake, he said, "I didn't expect that the housekeeper is also a person who values love and righteousness." ”

The butler patted his thigh and said, "That's right, the eldest prince wanted me to do this, but when he saw that I was old, he wouldn't let me go, no matter how much I pleaded, he didn't want to, he said that I was so old that I should be happy, so how could I let me go on this trip to the troubled waters, alas! ”

Yan Ning stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said: "The housekeeper values love and righteousness, Brother Shen must also know the truth in his heart, although I Yan Ning is poor, but I also know the truth of knowing the kindness of the retribution, I dare not forget Brother Shen's kindness, if there is no Brother Shen, I am afraid that I would have been killed by those dog officials, the housekeeper can rest assured, this letter should be sent by me, but I don't know why I only told me about this tonight?" ”

The housekeeper sighed suddenly, and said: "The eldest prince didn't want to involve you, although he knew that you were not a merciless person, but this matter was important, he had many conflicts with the lord because of this matter, and the lord locked the eldest prince in confinement, and sent a few good people in the house to watch, and no one could enter." Today is also a coincidence, the little guy who delivered the meal is sick, I want to take this opportunity to sneak in and meet the eldest son, the two of us have a total of half a day, and I only think of you. I wanted to write to you during the day, but I didn't know that you and Miss were in the study, and I didn't want to disturb you, so I wanted to wait for you to go back to the room and talk to you, but then you beat that Liu Renxiong, but the master asked someone to clean up and beat you half to death, so I had to sell a clever man, trick the master, and save you. ”

Hearing this, Yan Ning sighed and said, "It's me who almost broke something." ”

The housekeeper said: "It's not too late at this time, I heard the eldest prince say that the old man and Governor Liu prepared the birthday gang for Captain Kong, and the escort convoy has just set off from Shenji, if you go to find Liu Zhengyuan at this time, there is still a turning point in this matter." ”

Yan Ning nodded, and asked again: "Butler, who is Liu Zhengyuan, and where should I go to find him?" ”

The housekeeper said: "That Liu Zhengyuan is the eldest prince of the rivers and lakes of the hero, I heard that he is the owner of the dragon ghost village, I am not a person in the rivers and lakes, but I heard the eldest prince said that he is nicknamed the panic dragon hand, in the east of Xuzhou is very famous, the dragon ghost village is near Ahu, from here, you ride a fast horse, about half a month to get there." The housekeeper took out a letter from his bosom and said, "This letter is from the eldest prince to the lord of Liuzhai, and when you give the token in your letter to the lord of Liuzhai with this letter, he will understand." ”

Yan Ning accepted the letter, and from the envelope of the letter that Shen Fu gave him, he took out a palm-sized unicorn jade pendant, the unicorn jade pendant was completely white, thinking that this was the token that Shen Fu said.

When the steward saw that he had accepted the letter and the token, and knew that he was a human being, he would do his best to deliver it, and he was reassured, and whispered, "Come with me." ”

The housekeeper pulled out a good horse from the stable, and took out a few ingots of gold and silver from his bosom and handed them to Yan Ning, saying: "You can take this horse and these silver, the road is long, and you need to spend some money on the road, the convoy escorts, and the march is not fast, you are injured now, you can rest in this inn for a few days, and then set off, it is also in time." ”

Yan Ning didn't shirk either, took the horse and the money, and coughed twice suddenly, just about to say without further ado, but the housekeeper saw that there was blood between his coughs, and persuaded: "Your injury is not light, you need to recuperate for a few days."

Yan Ning was anxious, the two argued a few words, Yan Ning said helplessly: "I can rest for one night tonight, and the housekeeper can rest assured." ”

The steward then instructed, "This is fine, this is a long way to go, and you must be careful." ”

Yan Ning agreed, and the housekeeper gave a few more words, and after leading Yan Ning to a guest room to rest, he left.

At this time, there was a person standing not far from the inn, who was wearing the clothes of the Shen family's servants, staring at the figure of the housekeeper leaving, and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't expect the housekeeper to do such a thing behind the master's back, I really know the face and don't know the heart, I should tell the master about this, maybe the position of the housekeeper will be mine in the future." ”

After Yan Ning stayed in the inn, he was busy sitting against the wall, his body was weak at the moment, and there was a faint pain in his abdomen, thinking that it was Liu Renxiong's kicks, which happened to be kicked in the lower abdomen, but fortunately, all the injuries on his body were skin injuries, except for the lower abdomen, there were no internal injuries.

He thought back to today's encounter, thinking of the vicious faces of Liu Renxiong and Shen Shi, and scolded in his heart: "That Liu Renxiong is so vicious, I think he is used to bullying people, but I didn't expect that the master of the Shen family was so confused, in order to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, he was also an evil person, but he was bitter Miss, alas! ”

As soon as he thought of Shen Qinghe, he couldn't help but sigh, he had escaped now, but Shen Qinghe was locked in the deep boudoir compound, thinking about Shen Qinghe's tenderness to him over the years, thinking that Shen Qinghe resolutely stood in front of him, thinking about the tears she shed when she saw that she was being bullied, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest, as if he was dripping blood, and he reached out to touch his face, but found that he had already shed tears.

Yan Ning was melancholy for a long time, sighed again, and spit out the sorrow and resentment in his heart, and then his heart slowly calmed down, he endured the pain of the wound on his body, and sat cross-legged.

He transported the true qi of the dantian, and guided the true qi to divide into two, turning into two opposing true qi, rushing towards the acupoint at the hand Shaoyin true scripture, one cold and one hot, two strands of true qi from the Jiquan acupoint to the Shaochong acupoint, before stopping, and then a familiar warm current flowed out of the dantian, moisturizing the whole body.

Yan Ning practiced for a long time, when he practiced before, he would always sleep until noon, he didn't know that it was when he first practiced, his body couldn't stand the impact of the cold and hot true qi, every time he practiced, he fell asleep, now he has been practicing for a long time, and his body is not as weak as before, under the impact of these two true qi, he can still stay awake.

He ran for more than ten weeks in a row, and at this time his luck had reached the realm of being able to retract and release freely, feeling that the wounds on his body were moistened by the true qi, and there was a tendency to heal very slowly, and he was very satisfied, thinking that the wounds would be much better tomorrow.

But at this moment, in the Shen Mansion not far away, Shen Shi, the master of the Shen family, was sitting in the hall, and below the hall, there were two people kneeling, one of whom was the housekeeper of the Shen Mansion, and the other was the servant of the Shen family who had just hidden in the dark and secretly saw Yan Ning and the housekeeper.

Shen Shi was furious at this time and roared, "Butler, what he said is true? ”

The housekeeper glared at the man on the side, kowtowed and said, "Master, this person is full of lies, I have been in the house for so many years, but I have never done anything sorry for the Shen family and sorry for the master." ”

The servant on the side hurriedly kowtowed and shouted: "Master, the villain's words are true, if you don't believe it, you can go with the villain to investigate." ”

Shen Shi snorted coldly, beckoned to the two beside him, and said, "You two go with him to see if it's true, if that's the case, catch that person for me, and I'll be rewarded." ”

The two people beside Shen Shi said: "Don't worry, Master Shen, if there is such a thing, the two of us will definitely arrest that person back." After that, the two people carried the knife and left, the housekeeper saw that the two people were not like the miscellaneous servants in the house, and saw that the two people were carrying a big knife, thinking that these two people must be the people in the rivers and lakes invited by the master, and the secret was not good, but he couldn't get out at this time, and he wanted to report to Yan Ning, but it was too late.

It turned out that this Shen Shi colluded with the prefect Liu Guangyuan, and was ready to escort the birthday gang from Shen Ji to the capital tomorrow, but he was old and cautious, and the prefect Liu sent many government experts, but for the sake of insurance, he found many people in the rivers and lakes, and promised to reward him with a lot of money.

The two followed the servant out of the door, and one of them said, "Hmph, Senior Brother Zheng, do you say that Shen Shi looks down on us and sends you and me to arrest that scholar?" ”

The other person said: "Senior Brother Qin, that Shen Shi is a dog's eye and looks down on people, you and I have only been here for half a day, and when we catch that kid back, you show a few hands of your wind knife technique, and I will play a few more knives, then Shen Shi will not treat you and me as VIPs?" ”

The man laughed a few times and said, "Haha, what Senior Brother said is extremely true, but how dare the junior brother show off in front of Senior Brother Zheng, Senior Brother has practiced the Storm Knife Technique, how can my little Wind Knife Technique be compared to Senior Brother." ”

The two of them boasted a few more words to themselves, and the servant on the side heard that the two of them were talking about playing with knives, and said in his heart that these two people were not jugglers, and they couldn't help laughing, and the two of them heard his laughter, and kicked him angrily, and the servant saw that the two of them had round waists and thick legs, and they were so frightened that they couldn't laugh.

The servant led the two to the door of the inn, and the servant stretched out his hand and pointed to the inn in front of him, and said, "Second master, that man is staying in this inn, but it was too late at that time, and the villain couldn't see clearly which room he was staying in." ”

Senior Brother Qin roared and said, "It doesn't matter where he lives, the two of us went in and searched one by one, what does Senior Brother think?" ”

Senior Brother Zheng was also a reckless man, and nodded in agreement: "What Senior Brother Qin said is extremely true. ”

Seeing that the two of them were so reckless, the servant was afraid that the two of them would scare Yan Ning away, and said worriedly: "The second master has to be careful, what if that person runs away?" ”

Senior Brother Qin stretched out his hand to grab the servant, lifted him up with one hand, and said angrily: "What's the matter, you little guy are still afraid that the two of us will not do bad things? Even if he is the king of heaven, he can't fly out of the palm of my two hands today. Then he threw the servant out, and the two of them slammed into the door of the inn, and the gate fell with a thud.

The shopkeeper in the door was awakened, and when he saw the two men coming in with knives, he shouted in fright: "Who are you, how dare you break in in the middle of the night?" ”

Senior Brother Zheng stepped forward, pointed at the shopkeeper with a knife, and sneered: "Shopkeeper, the two of us came to your store to find someone, I think you have a lot of opinions." ”

The shopkeeper wanted to scold, but Senior Brother Zheng pointed the knife at him, and he was no more than an ordinary person, and he was so frightened that his urine flew sideways, and his mouth trembled: "No...... Don't dare, the two masters are looking for someone to do it themselves. ”

The two sneered, and walked towards the upstairs guest room with a knife, these two people were tall and fat, and when they walked on the stairs, they made a burst of noise, causing the guests upstairs to scold angrily, and the two were not good at stubble, and scolded back to the people who were angry, and the dissatisfied people went out to scold and want to scold, but when they saw the two of them carrying knives, they were so frightened that they went back to sleep.

The two walked upstairs, and Senior Brother Qin suddenly turned around and asked the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, is there someone in your store who looks like a scholar to stay in the store?" ”

The voice was like thunder, and the shopkeeper was so frightened that he hurriedly said, "Second master, there are not many scholars in my store tonight." ”

Senior Brother Qin snorted coldly and roared: "Then the two of us will look for it, if you deceive the two of us, be careful of Lao Tzu's knife." ”

The shopkeeper didn't dare to say anything.

When the two of them went upstairs and roared, Yan Ning, who lived in the corner guest room on the second floor, was doing exercises to heal his injuries, but he was woken up by this noise, he hurriedly withdrew his skills, leaned on the door and listened to the sound outside, and vaguely heard someone talking about the word scholar, he was in his heart, pushed the door open and looked at a small opening, and saw the two of them carrying big knives, rampage in the guest room, and secretly said in his heart: "Oh no, isn't this matter exposed, known by the master of the Shen family, and now send someone to arrest me back?" ”

He saw that the two of them were menacing, not good, and that their hearts were not good, and that they were standing not far away, and that if he had gone out directly, he would have been bumped into, so he closed the door of the room, and came to the window, and when he saw that it was the stable, he gritted his teeth, climbed up the window, and jumped down.

At this moment, the two people happened to come to the door, and with a bang, the two knocked the door open, and there was no one in the room between the two, and they just wanted to turn around and leave, but Senior Brother Zheng suddenly shouted: "Senior brother, someone has lived here." ”

Senior Brother Qin turned his head back and saw Senior Brother Zheng standing beside the bed, touching the edge of the bed, and said, "This bed is warm, so someone must be here." ”

The senior brother of Qin glanced at it, saw the window wide open, ran to the window to take a look, and saw a person who looked like a scholar downstairs, who was stepping on a horse, he yelled: "That boy, stop for me." ”

The scholar was Yan Ning, Yan Ning was startled by this roar, but he didn't dare to answer, and hurriedly rode his horse towards the outside of the city.

The two brothers yelled badly, and they also hurriedly jumped out of the window, and when they saw that there were still a few horses in the stable, one of them pulled a horse, and rode on the horse and chased after Yan Ning.

Yan Ning rode his horse and fled out of the city gate, and the two of them were not slow on their legs and feet, and they also ran out of the city.

Outside the city gate, there was a large avenue, Yan Ning galloped in front of him, and the two brothers followed closely behind. Yan Ning didn't know how to ride a horse, but the horse he rode had a long mane, a fat body, and a stronger foot than other horses; And the horses ridden by the two brothers were just ordinary horses, although the two of them were good at riding, but for a while, they couldn't catch up with Yan Ning.

The three of them ran out of about a stick of incense, and at first the two brothers could gradually get close to Yan Ning, but as Yan Ning gradually became proficient on the horse's back, not as busy as when he first got on the horse, the horse's foot strength was highlighted, and the two of them were separated by a distance.

Seeing that Yan Ning was getting farther and farther away, Senior Brother Qin was anxious, slapped the horse's buttocks a few times, and shouted: "Senior Brother Zheng, how can that guy's horse run so fast, this kid is lucky, there are many roads along the way, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up." ”

I only heard that Senior Brother Zheng sneered: "Senior Brother Qin, don't worry, although that kid is a good horse, let him run for a while, if I am not mistaken, not far ahead, there is a place called Xin'an, where the mountains are steep, and if you want to cross that place, you need to pass through the city, you and I just need to follow him steadily, and when the time comes, in that city, forgive him for his wings and it will be difficult to escape." ”

Senior Brother Qin laughed loudly and said, "Senior Brother is really the reincarnation of Zhuge Kongming. ”

When Senior Brother Zheng heard this, he also learned Zhuge Kongming, and stroked his beard with his right hand and smiled.

But said that Yan Ning was driving a horse in front, he looked at the back from time to time, and saw that the figures of the two people behind him were getting smaller and smaller, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he patted the horse lightly and said, "Good horse, thanks to you." The horse seemed to have a spirit, and when he boasted about it, he galloped faster.

A man and a horse galloped for a long time, Yan Ning saw the sky with a white belly, only to think that after a night, the two began to find the door from late at night, to cross the horse and run out of the city gate, it was also two hours, he wanted to let the horse rest for a while, but behind him could still vaguely hear the sound of the horse's hooves, he didn't dare to slack off, patted the horse again, galloped the horse, and said: "Good horse, hard work." ”

A man and a horse, running on the road, under the light of the early morning sun, running into the mountains ahead, it is really "people must see the fire from afar, and the horse is not visible in the deep mountains." ”