"Bun ......"

"Sugar Gourd ......"

At the end of February, the wharf was crowded with businessmen coming and going.

A small ferryboat with an unattractive appearance slowly approached the shore in the noise, and three young men and women dressed as rangers walked down.

Dressed in an ordinary linen robe, with his hair tied up with a headband and a bamboo hat, Night Terror Hall disembarked and came to the river, and first glanced back at the southern land.

After staying in Jingjie City for ten years, the Night Terror Hall has basically recovered from its injuries, although the night night song is very intoxicating, but Yuhu's body is really not very comfortable, and it is easy to have accidents if it drags on for too long, so after his body is fine, he packed his bags and began the next stage of the journey to the rivers and lakes.

This time to Beiliang, the distance is not far, after the Yazhou border, it is near Hudong Road, the distance to Yanjing, and from Liangzhou to Yun'an, it will take a few days to practice lightly.

But in the two countries, the situation is completely different, the night terror hall is considered a hero in the Southern Dynasty, and the people in the rivers and lakes will more or less give face, but in the Northern Dynasty, both good and evil are on the opposite side of him, and the slightest carelessness will cause the Northern Dynasty to encircle and suppress the rivers and lakes.

Although the Night Terror Hall is not afraid of ordinary martial artists, after all, the Northern Dynasty still has peak overlords such as Zhongsun Jin, Xiang Hanshi, and Beiyunbian, and the slightest carelessness may turn into a situation where the dragon is trapped in the shallows.

For the sake of safety, Night Terror Hall took Yunli and Qinghe with them on this trip.

Yunli's martial arts are not bad, and his brain is even more clever, even if he was born to walk the rivers and lakes, he is already sixteen or seventeen years old, and he still has to take it with him to see the world, and he will shelter him alone.

Originally, he and Yunli were together on this trip, but Aunt Fan didn't agree, saying that they were two little children, and they didn't know each other, so what rivers and lakes did they take?

Qinghe has visited all the major schools in Beiliang over the years, and knows the roads of Beiliang rivers and lakes very well, so he volunteered to come over as a guide.

Night Terror Hall really didn't know about the situation in Beiliang, and Qinghe's light skills were extraordinary, and there were not many people in the world who could catch up, so he finally agreed.

Because of the strict martial law at the border gate, the people who came and went into the country were checked very strictly, and the night terror hall did not pass from Tianmen Gorge, but first followed the river all the way to the east, came to the junction of Yazhou and Yanzhou, and then went north out of the customs and arrived at the mouth of the Yan River in Beiliang.

At this time, it was noon, and Fan Qinghe, who had just gotten off the boat, stood on the side of the Night Terror Hall, and was familiar with the introduction:

"From here, continue to the east, it is Yanbei Road, which belongs to the rule of King Youxian. After walking north for about a hundred miles, you will reach the boundary of Chengtianfu......"

Fan Qinghe used to look like an exotic chivalrous girl full of wildness, but during this time, she was pulled by Shui Er to fight a group of five every day, and it can be said that she watched all the peerless studies on the tears of chivalrous women, which was an eye-opener, and now it has obviously faded away from the youthfulness, with a little bit of the charm of a young woman.

And Yunli is obviously still the same, when she first came to Beiliang, she was fresh from head to toe, dressed as a chivalrous woman in the rivers and lakes, carrying some sleepy birds, standing outside the tea shop on the dock, listening to the storyteller in the north telling the jokes of the rivers and lakes:

"Since the birth of the night devil, the rivers and lakes can be said to be bloody every day, but as the saying goes, heroes are born in troubled times, the old man dies quickly, and the newcomer takes the position quickly, it has only been half a year, and we have three heroes near Yanbei Road......

Zhe Yunli heard the title of 'Night Devil', thought for a moment and felt that it should be talking about the Night Terror Hall, his eyes were a little strange, and he quietly ran to the side of the Night Terror Hall:

"Shocking cousin, why do you call you the big devil in Beiliang Jianghu?"

Night Terror Hall actually listened to the gossip of the rivers and lakes, and said about it:

"I'm in Dawei, isn't it also a devil who kills people like hemp and doesn't leave a whole corpse, with his back to the imperial court, and the people in the rivers and lakes are just euphemistically called the king of Hades."

Zhe Yunli seems to think about it, and thinks that this title is very domineering, and there is a little longing:

"I don't know when I'll be able to make such a big name."

Fan Qinghe still bears the infamy of 'stealing saints', and for these people, he persuaded:

"It's better not to mix up these notories, otherwise in the future, the people of the rivers and lakes will kill people and set fires, and the matter will all be pushed on your head, and no one will believe you if you want to explain. Aunt Ling Lu used to take a jar of wine from someone, but she didn't say anything, just because of her good work, and now the rivers and lakes still say that I took it......"

"Really......"

……

Night Terror listened to the two chatting and didn't interject, but learned about the situation in Beiliang from the chatter of the idlers in the rivers and lakes, and soon heard the storyteller say:

"These three heroes, sitting in the first place, is none other than Situ Yanfeng, the head of Chengtianfu Huofeng Zhai, who practiced martial arts at the age of three, hibernated for forty years and once enlightened, not to mention extraordinary martial arts, but also received the national teacher of the dynasty, only relying on connections, can settle ninety percent of the rivers and lakes......"

When Night Terror heard this description, he thought about it a little, and he didn't remember this person, so he asked:

"There is such a tall man in Beiliang?"

Fan Qinghe ran all over the major sects, and he didn't bother to turn his head when he heard the words, and explained:

"This is close to Yanzhou, and many Jianghu people who smuggled from the Southern Dynasty will settle down at the wharf first, looking for powerful gangs to lead the way or take root.

"Most of the people who can escape from the Southern Dynasty carry a lot of money, and the small sect likes it the most, and will hire people to promote their own sect on the dock.

"This Huofeng Zhai, placed on the rivers and lakes is at most bigger than the Qinglian Gang, the head of Situ Yanfeng, used to fight privately in Yanjing, was arrested by the 12th Institute and locked up for fifteen days, good luck in prison, met the national teacher to go to the prison to pick up people, saw that he admitted his mistake and had a good attitude, so he casually told him to take the right path in the future.

Just this sentence, Situ Yanfeng has been blowing for more than ten years, and the locals don't believe it. However, if you want to get a proper identity, you can really do it if you look for him......"

The identity tag is the talisman carried by the Night Terror Hall when it entered Beijing for the first time, with the name and nationality on it, and the appearance and anti-counterfeiting emblem are also particular, so that the official can check it at any time; After he had the black yaya waist card, he naturally didn't use it.

Hearing Fan Qinghe talk about it, Night Terror Hall only remembered this stubble, although most of the Jianghu inns do not check the identity card, but when they arrive in Yanjing, they will definitely check, if not, they can only live in the bridge cave, so after listening for a while, he took the two of them to the market:

"Let's go buy a horse first, and then go to Huofengzhai to see ......"

"Tsk?"

"Oh yes, you should eat first, are there any good restaurants around here?"

"There is a boiled fish in front of me, I have come to eat it once before, and it tastes good......"

……

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Hundreds of miles away, Chengtianfu.

The Northern Liang inherits the ancient system, and the geographical division is not the same as the Great Wei, the Great Wei is a simplified 'state, county and county', while the Northern Liang is more complicated because of the mixture of the new system and the old system, but the main body is still 'prefecture and county', and the 'Dao' can only be regarded as a fictitious name, and there is no specific administrative role, and the local governor is still the prefect.

Chengtianfu and Yanjing Mansion border, are within the east of the lake, its geographical location is about equal to the Zezhou of the Great Wei, the waterway extends in all directions and is the Great Plain, rich in grain, it is the land of fish and rice in the Northern Liang, and a large number of families with a long tradition live there, among them, there is the Hua family who has ruled for many years during the period of the first emperor.

Twenty years ago, the Hua family stomped on the entire court and had to tremble, and the limelight was unmatched for a while, but the old lady Hua knew the truth of a son of heaven and a courtier, and since the death of the first emperor, he decisively resigned and stayed away from the court, and the influence of the Hua family naturally gradually became smaller.

However, after many years of domination, the influence of Mrs. Hua is obviously still there, and there are still many celebrities in Hudong Province who come to visit on weekdays.

The time has come to the end of February, and Hua Qingzhi, who has returned home for the New Year, is about to leave for Yanjing and return to China to continue her studies.

Because she is a granddaughter, Hua Qingzhi's status in the family is obviously not low, at noon, uncles and aunts all ran over, eating in the hall of the house, and even the old lady Hua, who is in her old age, showed up, sat on the main seat and told seriously:

"The current situation in the court is changing rapidly, and you must be careful when studying in the capital in the future. The Wang family in the east of the city will definitely take action when they hear the news that your old illness has taken a turn for the better......"

Mrs. Hua is over seventy years old, because she is not a martial artist, her hair and beard are almost white, but her face is quite kind, with a sense of majesty between her eyebrows, and her son and granddaughter sitting on the table are all listening carefully, and no one dares to interrupt.

Hua Qingzhi was also listening carefully to the advice, with a sad look between her eyebrows, and she understood what her grandfather meant.

The Wang family mentioned by Mrs. Hua is a great family of Chengtian Mansion, and her daughter married into the palace, is the favorite concubine of Emperor Liang, and gave birth to three princes.

The third prince, Li Chong, was only seventeen years old, but he was both civil and military, and he already had a lot of fame in Yanjing, and was deeply loved by Emperor Liang.

And the prince of Northern Liang, that is, the fat prince, has a fat head and big ears and is mediocre, standing with the three princes, it is not a painting style at all, and there have been cases before when envoys came over and recognized the three princes as princes and regarded the prince as a servant.

For these reasons, a long time ago, there was a rumor that Emperor Liang was going to set up another prince, but there has been no movement until now.

After all, there is too much resistance to abolishing the long and young, although the fat prince's mother has no big background, but she is known for her virtue and is the queen hand-picked by the old queen mother; And although the fat prince himself doesn't have any great skills, he hasn't made any mistakes, so it's not easy to scrap it.

As a relative, the Wang family must want to pull the crown prince down and let his grandson be the emperor.

Although the Wang family does not dare to interfere in the abolition of the crown prince, they can do things outside, such as the selection of the crown princess.

The fat prince himself has no big backer, if the crown princess chooses an ordinary person, without the help of the power of his daughter-in-law's family, Emperor Liang can directly dismount as soon as he dies.

And if the crown princess is from a big family of the same size, such as the Hua family, then the crown prince's position is obviously much more stable.

In the past, Hua Qingzhi's legs were disabled and she couldn't be the crown princess at all, so the Wang family was not afraid, and the two families were quite harmonious.

But now Hua Qingzhi's legs are almost healed, whether it is her background or her fame, she can be qualified as the crown princess.

In case Emperor Liang decides the matter, the chances of the three princes competing for the throne will be slim, and Emperor Liang will have to take a knife in order to pave the way for the new monarch.

For this reason, when going to Yanjing this time, the Wang family will definitely make a move secretly to prevent this situation from being promoted, and the Hua family can't guess what the specific action is.

Hua Junchen, as his father, was naturally worried about the safety of his daughter, and thought about it:

"If the Wang family arranges for someone to assassinate, there will be big trouble, this time in Beijing, or I will accompany me, and then hire some masters to accompany ......"

Mrs. Hua shook her head: "They are all rooted in Hudong Road, they know each other, no one is a fool, and the Wang family will not have to show up in Hudong Road in the future."

"If you want to prevent the other party from marrying the royal family, there are many ways. Decades ago, the Zhou family in Yanjing had the Wang family once, and the Wang family was originally moving around in all directions, and the choice of the crown princess was already nine out of ten, but the Zhou family came to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, arranged a handsome ranger, secretly hooked up, and eloped with Miss Wang before the court selected people.

"At that time, the old man of the Wang family was angry that he vomited three liters of blood, but he had no way to teach his daughter, and it was no wonder that the Zhou family had black hands, and he didn't say anything, and he lost an adult. That's what the Maison is all about. ”

Hua Junchen touched his chin and felt that this method was really clever, so he looked at his daughter:

"Qingzhi, after you enter Beijing, you have to be careful of those flowery rangers......"

Hua Qingzhi didn't want to be the crown princess at all, but in front of her uncles and aunts, it was hard to say it clearly, she just said:

"I'm not one of those little girls who haven't grown up, and I don't like martial arts, how can I be fascinated by the ranger's words......"

Mrs. Hua said earnestly: "Scholars are more difficult to prevent, especially those young people who are talented and handsome, read a few good poems, and coax two sentences, just Qingzhi Your temperament, nine times out of ten, you will be dizzy and run away with people......"

"Alas......"

Hua Qingzhi was not good at talking back to her grandfather, and she was helpless, so she just said:

"I know the measure, in the future, I don't go out of the gate in Beijing, and I can just study with all my heart."

Hua Junchen, as a father, was worried about his daughter's safety after all, and after thinking about it, he still said to Mrs. Hua:

"I know the proportions of the family, the Wang family can't say for sure, in case there are two brainless people in his family, send someone to assassinate, and it is easy to go wrong if he doesn't prepare.

"This time I entered Beijing, I still followed, and then recruited two good and down-to-earth guards. Hua Ning is honest, but he is a little timid, last time he was in Tianlang Lake, he was so scared that he almost hid under the carriage......"

"Dad, you don't know who you met in Tianlang Lake last time. Your face is frightened white, and you still expect Hua Ning's face to not change? ”

"The guards have to put the safety of the young lady first, otherwise why spend so much money to maintain the guards? Okay, these things will be arranged by my father, you will take your medicine on time, and when you are arranged, you can go to the capital to continue your studies......"

……

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At twilight, in the south of Chengtianfu, Huangmei County.

The sky is getting dark, and the lights are lit up in the small county town, because Huangmei County is located at the junction of the two places, which is quite remote from the government, and the people walking here are some Jianghu tourists who come and go from the south to the north.

The biggest difference between the north and the south is that the Southern Dynasties are chivalrous, no matter what their character is in private, they must look like a good man on the surface, and they will never expose flying knives and lime bags to the outside to be embarrassing.

The Beiliang rivers and lakes are not, very pragmatic, as long as you can kill people is good kung fu, the bottom rivers and lakes can be described as a miasma, flying knives and hidden weapons can be seen everywhere on the waist, and there are even two poisonous snakes on the arms as pets.

Fan Qinghe's waist is full of wallets with medicine bottles, and there is no need to cover them, and the female swordsman who has no hidden weapons like Zhe Yunli has no hidden weapons on her body, and she carries a single knife, which has become a clear stream in the crowd.

On the street, Zhe Yunli took a hat and stood outside the martial arts hall with the sign of 'Huofengzhai' with Aunt Fan, watching the passers-by.

Finding that everyone walked by, they would look at her a few times, Zhi Yunli was a little puzzled, and leaned slightly to ask:

"Aunt Fan, is there something wrong with my dress?"

Fan Qinghe wrapped her arms around the watermelon, leaning on the flagpole at the door, with a red veil on her face, looking like a ruthless bad sister. Hearing this, she reminded:

"You are standing too decently, like a fledgling in the rivers and lakes, if it weren't for your aunt standing in front of you, someone would have come to kidnap you."

Zhi Yunli looked down, and then returned to the appearance of 'Mom is not at home' - carrying the long knife on her shoulder, jumping slightly, sitting on the fence at the door, holding her knee with one hand, and picking a blade of grass in her mouth, posing as a standard old oilman in the rivers and lakes.

Not to mention, this posture suddenly merged with the smoky town, and there were no idlers looking sideways.

"Hey, this place is kind of interesting. However, the master and the master also came to Beiliang, if the master and the mother were walking here, wouldn't they be able to see at a glance that they were outsiders? ”

"Your master looks like a top master who has just come down the mountain, and no one dares to provoke ......"

"It's also ......"

……

In the martial arts hall in the rear, there are quite a lot of people, half of them are Huo Fengzhai's apprentices, and some are Jianghu people who come to Beiliang through some way to get identity certificates here.

In the study room at the back of the martial arts hall, there are desks, tea and other things in a decent manner, but the bookshelves are all dusted, and obviously no one usually reads them.

A middle-aged man in his forties, sitting behind the desk, dressed with a bit of fairy style, sat on the Taishi chair, turned two iron walnuts in his left hand, frowned and said:

"You said that you used to be a member of the Qinglian Gang of the Southern Dynasty, and you offended the gang leader Yang Guan, and you came to the north after being chased and killed?"

Night Terror Hall sat on the tea table outside the desk, with three points of sigh in his eyes:

"Yes, the name of the Qinglian Gang, the head of Situ may not have heard of it......"

"Huh."

Situ Yanfeng raised his hand slightly: "Eating Jianghu rice, being well-informed is the first priority, Yang Guan and Yang Erdao's name, how could I not have heard of it." The apprentice of the Three Peerless Immortals, walking in Yunzhou, was not killed by the night devil twice before, and now he is running a boat under the hands of Honghualou, right? ”

Night Terror Hall was really surprised when he heard this, after all, he had never heard of Situ Yanfeng's name, but the other party had heard of a little person like Yang Guan, and he was really well informed. He arched his hand and said:

"The head of Situ is really not an ordinary person, thousands of miles away, and across the pass, he has even heard the name of Gang Leader Yang."

Situ Yanfeng waved his hand casually: "Most of the people who can come to me are desperate friends of the Southern Dynasty, the Night Devil has such a strong momentum, how can I not hear the rumors of people who have a little relationship with him." How did you offend Yang Guan? ”

"Alas, Changjun, I got closer to the helper's wife, and I was discovered......"

“……？”

Situ Yanfeng was stunned for a moment, looked at the appearance of the Night Terror, and nodded:

"You kid, you do have the potential to eat this mouthful. Now that Beiliang has come, the past is gone, and everything starts from scratch. However, it is not so easy to reincarnate, if you want to gain a foothold, from the government to the rivers and lakes, you have to deal with ......it."

Night Terror took out thirty taels of silver from his sleeve and placed it on the table:

"I also brought two confidantes, and this matter will trouble the Situ gang leader."

When Situ Yanfeng saw the silver, he sat up a little straighter, took the silver back with a ruler, and said with a smile:

"You kid is affectionate, and you don't forget to bring your good friends when you run, which I like. Seeing that you are a talent, are you interested in coming to my door to do things? I know a lot of wives from wealthy families, as long as you can speak well, I guarantee that you will prosper......"

Night Terror Hall shook his head and smiled: "The Situ Gang Master is too uplifted. When I came over, I brought a little coil entanglement, and I wanted to find something to do in Yanjing on this trip, I don't know if the Situ gang leader has a way? ”

Situ Yanfeng smiled and leaned back in the chair again:

"I have a lot of doors, the twelve institutes have been recruiting people recently, I have a relationship with several fathers-in-law in the capital, as long as I say a word, I can send you into the yamen to eat imperial grain, or make up, not miscellaneous.

"But how much ability do you have, how much work can I introduce, you are new to the city, I don't know anything about you, I can't do anything when I send it, there is a mistake, check from above, don't I have to be implicated?"

The Night Terror Hall knew that the twelve were the guards of the Imperial City, and when they heard this, their hearts naturally moved:

"Situ has such a wide range of doors?"

Situ Yanfeng saw that the night terror hall didn't believe it, and from the small box next to him, he turned out a waist card, which was engraved with the word 'teaching':

"I don't have a way, I dare to do this business? This is the waist card for entering and exiting the Xicheng Station, holding it to enter and exit the forbidden army garrison and teach the forbidden army fists and feet. I spent a thousand taels of silver to get it down, and I sat down with the Gun Saint Qi Qingfeng and drank tea......"

Night Terror Hall has been on an errand in the capital for so long, and with a slight glance, you can see that the waist card of this 'Forbidden Army Sect Head' is not fake, and asked at the moment:

"How does Master Situ determine the level of ability? Have you and I have a fight? ”

"Alas, the level is determined by competition in the sect, and the ability to do things is compared to the rivers and lakes. If you don't have a bright brain, even if you have the ability of a grandmaster, how far can you go? ”

When Situ Yanfeng said this, he took out a booklet from the wooden box and flipped through it slightly:

"You are too young and your experience is definitely insufficient, and you can't go to the capital now, so I'll introduce you to two suitable errands first. There is a beauty difference here, ordinary people can't do it, but you kid should be able to catch it, and the reward is also high, three thousand taels, do you want to try it? ”

When the Night Terror Hall heard this reward, he frowned and said:

"Three thousand taels of silver, this has to kill the grandmaster, right?"

"You're quite knowledgeable."

Situ Yanfeng laughed first, then shook his head and said:

"The errand is bloodless, that is, to hook up with a big lady, and after the matter is completed, elope away and fly away, the girl belongs to you, and the silver belongs to you. The only requirement is not to go back to Hudong Road in the past one or two years, and then bring it back when you have a big fat boy, and you will be rich and prosperous for the rest of your life......"

Night Terror Hall has been walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, and it is the first time he has heard of this kind of beauty, and he is really confident in doing it, but he is too inferior, so he shook his head and said:

"I just suffered a loss on a woman, and I touched this unlucky, but there are others?"

Situ Yanfeng was a pity when he heard this, and opened the booklet again:

"You can definitely make it, go back or think about it, it's so easy to get silver, it's not easy to find it on the rivers and lakes, huh...... By the way, the Blue Dragons Club has lost a lot of manpower, and they are also recruiting people recently, but they have to try their skills somewhere first, why don't I inquire and talk to you when you get the guide? ”

Night Terror Hall knew that the Blue Dragon Society was the Qingji Pavilion, the number one killer organization in Northern Liang, and it was considered a wealthy faction.

He naturally had little interest in being an assassin, but it should be easier for the Blue Dragon to sneak into the palace than for him to break through by himself, so he immediately got up and said:

"Then thank you Situ Master."

"Alas, thank you for what, just collect money and do things. Walking in the north in the future, don't forget the number one Situ when you are developed......"

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