Rustle rustle......

When the rain outside the window was dashing and the sky was gradually whitening, there were also noisy voices outside, buzzing like in the city.

"Don't ...... it"

"Hurry up, hurry up ......"

Night Terror opened his eyes, pushed open the aft window, and saw a large ship full of goods, on board several stewards of the merchants' houses, commanding the husband to cover the goods, and it seemed that the wind blew away the oilcloth at night.

Leaning out of the window to check, you can see that the merchant ships have docked, on the right is the wharf embankment, it is raining, the wharf is still crowded, the carriages and ox carts full of goods, almost blocking the traffic, and behind the wharf is a large town.

Looking at the river, the scene is even more magnificent. Thousands of sails converged on the riverside under the light rain, and the masts and sails blocked all the view, obviously on the river but could not see the river scenery at all, and there were probably no less than a thousand large and small ships moored on the riverbank at a glance.

With such a prosperous level, it is not surprising that Night Terror Hall is here, after all, this is the 'Jinjiang River Estuary', and on the shore is Xiwang Town.

There are many rivers in the Great Wei River, and there are three large rivers that enter the sea, which are divided into the Daliang River, the Qingjiang River, and the Wu River.

In order to facilitate shipping exchanges, all dynasties were building water conservancy, and slowly built the Jinjiang Canal and the Wuxi Canal, so that the three rivers were completely connected, and he could take a boat from his hometown Honghe Town to the Jiangzhou estuary at the other end of the Great Wei territory.

The confluence of the two Grand Canals is the Jinjiang estuary at the foot, people who go south and north, almost must pass through here, although it is only a small town, but its scale and prosperity, has not been inferior to any large city, Jianghu people usually put here on the spot the gateway to the capital.

Honghualou held its annual meeting, and the location was chosen here, firstly, because the major ship gangs formed an alliance to establish Honghualou, which was here; Secondly, there are too many people coming and going from the south to the north here, and the hall master of Honghualou came here in a low-key manner, so it is difficult to attract people's attention.

has arrived at the destination, there were no accidents along the way, and the stone hanging in the heart of the night terror hall was put down.

Scanning the river, I didn't find the small cargo ship with the 'Zhang' flag, and it was estimated that it had already arrived at the place and was unloading elsewhere.

Night Terror Hall put away his thoughts, tidied up his robe and walked out of the room, and it could be seen that Li Jian and others were standing on the shore, communicating with the steward of the dock about trivial matters such as loading and unloading.

In the next room, Sanniang has been cleaned up, dressed in a dark purple skirt, and her hair bun is also very dignified and mature, looking like a shrewd and capable female shopkeeper.

The bird was still lying on the bed, lying on the windowsill on all fours, with a handkerchief on his belly, and he couldn't bear to look at it when he was sleeping.

Last night, I was still keeping an eye on the birds in shifts, and the night terror hall didn't wake up the birds, and after washing up at the stern, I put the hat on my head, took an oil-paper umbrella, and went to the town with Pei Xiangjun.

The flow of people in Xiwang Town is huge, there are no less than 100,000 people gathered in the town, and the roads are blocked for a long time, even if it rains, you can see businessmen and people running around.

Night Terror Hall walked along the street, and before reaching the inn where he was staying, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and the vehicles and pedestrians on the street avoided on both sides.

Stomp ......

"Get out of the way......"

Night Terror Hall frowned secretly, escorted Sanniang to the side of the street, raised his eyes, but saw a convoy approaching.

At the front of the convoy were eight swordsmen dressed in brocade robes, wearing hats and robes, and the horses were all of great value.

Behind the eight swordsmen was a carriage, quite wide, the door was closed and no one could be seen, and behind the carriage were several stewards and servants on horseback.

Xiwang Town is full of people from the rivers and lakes, and the identity of people who can make everyone avoid it is definitely not ordinary.

Night Terror Hall looked carefully, and it could be seen that the eight swordsmen all had signs hanging on their waists, carrying large broad knives on their backs, and the blades were extremely heavy, and they could not be less than forty or fifty catties.

Junshantai ......

Night Terror Hall recognized the identities of these people from the shape of the big knife, and frowned slightly.

The father-in-law left a suicide note before he died, so that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would go to the person who abolished the father-in-law to find a place.

And this enemy is the ancestor of Junshantai, the 'Daokui' Xuanyuan Dynasty, and the people of the rivers and lakes generally call it 'Junshan Shenhou'.

The Xuanyuan Dynasty ranked among the eight great leaders, reached the peak in the rivers and lakes, and was the 'Marquis of Junshan' sealed by the imperial court, which can be said to have reached the apex of both black and white;

The Night Terror Hall understood the gap between each other, and did not rush up to find something for a while, but continued to walk as if they didn't see it.

But to his surprise, when the carriage passed by, the window was slightly lifted, and someone looked out from inside the carriage.

Looking around, you can see this middle-aged man sitting in the carriage, dressed as a gentleman in a brocade robe, facing a serious and handsome face, with eyes like an eagle falcon.

The Night Terror Hall didn't recognize this person, and didn't turn his head to look, waiting for the carriage to go away, and then asked:

"Sanniang, who is this person?"

Pei Xiangjun looked at the street shop and responded unhurriedly:

"Xuanyuan Hongzhi, the second son of Xuanyuan Dynasty, runs around all the year round, is responsible for communicating, and is also preparing to go to Zhou's family to celebrate his birthday."

"Why did he look at me?"

Pei Xiangjun motioned to the dragon ring-headed knife on the waist of the Night Terror Hall: "Junshantai's dragon slaying order, the one who slaughtered is the ring-headed dragon." is also a swordsman, you see that the other party is carrying a knife, and you also look at it a few times.

Night Terror suddenly raised his hand and put away the knife at his waist:

"When I'm out in the future, I'll wrap up the knife."

"Hmmm......"

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Grunt......

The carriage drove through the rain-curtained streets, and there was a constant noise outside the window, but it was very quiet inside the carriage.

Xuanyuan Hongzhi was sitting precariously, his eyes still outside the window, his brows furrowed.

His son Xuanyuan Zhe, who was sitting next to him, was a little puzzled:

"Dad, what were you looking at?"

After being silent for a long time, Xuanyuan Hongzhi shook his head and sighed:

"The crazy teeth have been dead for decades, and there are still people on the rivers and lakes who use dragon knives, alas, ......"

When Xuanyuan Zhe heard this, he immediately understood why his father sighed - in the last years of the previous dynasty, the Crazy Tooth was the sword leader, and the Dragon Knife was extremely popular in the rivers and lakes, his father was in his fifties, and he was born at the end of the Crazy Tooth Sect to dominate the sword world.

Then Zheng Feng, the heir of the crazy tooth, was abolished by the Xuanyuan family because of his sister-in-law's affairs, and he did not cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so that his father had a knot, and he was always worried that one day, someone would come to the door with a glass dragon knife to settle new and old hatreds.

"Dad is too worried, Zheng Feng himself has deviated from the knife method, and the eight-step crazy knife has long been lost, even if there is an apprentice, what if the knife technique was broken by his grandfather decades ago, what can he do if it comes out again?"

Xuanyuan Zhe glanced at the martial artists on the street outside the carriage:

"As for the first knife of the glass dragon ring, the stock used to be too large, and you can see one every few days, most of them are ancestral or old knives from the market, which is very common......"

Xuanyuan Hongzhi shook his head: "The rivers and lakes are the rivers and lakes, yesterday there was a cause, today there will be a result, no matter how invincible you are in the world, above 10,000 people, you can't escape the fate of this rivers and lakes." Back then, I persuaded your grandfather to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and your uncle had to care about that chivalrous obstruction, but the result was good, and this moment of hesitation was exchanged for thirty years of suspicion and paranoia......"

"Why don't you send someone to check the new swordsman on the rivers and lakes?"

"There are thousands of swordsmen in the world, where can I find it."

Xuanyuan Hongzhi retracted his gaze and replied with an unsmiling look:

"Go to the Zhou family first, the Zhou family occupies the ancestral property of Honghualou, this birthday banquet, if Honghualou has not shown up to ask for an explanation, it means that the general trend has gone. Qingjiang Wharf is the main port of Yunze Erzhou, such a large piece of fat, without the nod of my Xuanyuan family, the Zhou family can't eat ......"

"What about the outcropping of Honghualou? In the child's opinion, if you can't hold something, you should let it go decisively, so as not to go around without eating, Honghualou is also an old birthday star on the rivers and lakes, how can you not even understand this truth......"

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