Wanbaolou is opened in the center of the capital, and the surrounding area is also a shop of calligraphy, paintings, antiques, etc., and there are not many people who come to this street early in the morning to wander around, and only a few individual visitors can be seen occasionally passing by on the street.

In the early morning, as the carriage of the four guards and the young lady drove out of the alley on the side of Wanbaolou, a middle-aged man walked out of the shop selling fans across the street, holding an ivory fan to appreciate it in the morning light, and glanced at the carriage in the distance.

And inside the shop, there is also an old man in a Confucian shirt, who looks like an old man in a big family, playing with a few fans in front of the counter, and talking with the shopkeeper who just got up:

"The scale of Wanbao Building opposite is not small, and the owner behind it should not be simple, right?"

"Mr. just came to Yanjing, right?"

"I used to walk around in the north, and I just came here."

"I'll just say it. This Wanbaolou is not a small shop, the owner behind it, it is said that it is a distant relative of the former Mrs. Hua, and recently Mrs. Hua's sister-in-law entered Beijing, so he temporarily lived here......"

"Yes. The old man is lonely...... The one who went out in the car just now was the son of Mrs. Hua's family? ”

"This is the car to Guozijian, it should be the eldest lady of Wanbaolou, Mr. Hua Qingzhi has heard of it, right? Yanjing's first talented woman, a little chess saint, but unfortunately she has been disabled since she was a child, and her legs and feet are inconvenient......"

……

After chatting with each other for a long time, the old man in the Confucian shirt casually took out the silver taels, bought an ordinary landscape fan, and walked out of the shop to the street.

The middle-aged man who was originally outside also came to his side at this time, and said in a low voice:

"Master, this Hua Junchen should live on the other side, what should I do next?"

The middle-aged man who spoke was named Ke Yu, the head of the Snow Wolf Valley in Northern Xinjiang, and he could only be regarded as a primary miscellaneous fish in terms of strength, and he didn't say much.

And the old man in the Confucian shirt next to him is called Twilight Yunsheng.

In the contemporary rivers and lakes, there are very few people who know the name of Twilight Yunsheng, but when it comes to the 'old city lord of Shuofeng City', the people in the rivers and lakes have some impressions.

The snow field is a desolate place in the North Liang, similar to the sandbar of the Southern Dynasty, although it is painted in the country, but it is not much different from the enclave, as long as there is no rebellion, the court is too lazy to care, and the master of the house has always been the Shuofeng City that is nicknamed the "Northern Xinjiang Protectorate".

Shuofeng City is not a sect, but a rare population gathering place on the snow field, the city lords of the past generations are the overlords of the rivers and lakes of the snow fields, and Twilight Yunsheng is the city lord of the previous generation.

Although it is the same as the contemporary snowfield overlord Beiyunbian, the name has the word 'cloud', but the two do not have a teacher-inheritance relationship, Beiyunbian is called this name, purely because he has been determined to be the snowfield overlord since childhood, and the name is taken according to the twilight clouds.

Because he took Duyun as a target since he was a child, after Beiyunbian successfully ascended to the throne, he did not kill the old city lord, but only banished him to the Northern Wilderness, confiscated all his family property, and did not allow him to re-enter the rivers and lakes.

This move seems to be a bit of a taste of dominating family property, but on the snow field that even Beiliang Xiaoxiao calls barbarian, even Mu Yunsheng's martial arts have not been abolished, which is already very martial arts.

The strong on the snow field are respected, although Twilight Yunsheng still wants to make a comeback, but due to the deterrence of the North Cloud Side, it is not easy to come to the surface after all, and he has been living in seclusion in the Snow Wolf Valley all these years, secretly pondering the way of cultivating immortals and immortals.

When the turmoil of the Snow Lake Flower set off a few years ago, King Zuo Xian was most worried about the deep-water old Wang Bazhong, who had the name of Twilight Yunsheng.

Twilight Yunsheng did go to Tianlang Lake at that time, the purpose was naturally to grab the Snow Lake Flower Refining Medicine, and try to improve the martial arts that had been standing still for many years; Originally, he also wanted to be the 'yellow bird' behind the scenes, wait for the Jianghu people to finish, and then quietly come out to reap the benefits of the fisherman, and act as low-key as possible, so as not to cause dissatisfaction in Beiyunbian.

But what people didn't expect was that as soon as he was halfway there, he found that the praying mantis that caught the cicada was a little fat, or two, and he killed King Zuo Xian in three or two strokes.

Because of this, Twilight Yunsheng just left, and instead ran to the east of the lake to find the way to the snow lake flower.

The Snow Lake Flower had been put into the emperor's private vault, and Twilight Yunsheng didn't dare to reveal his identity, and he didn't find a chance after searching for many days, and he was about to give up.

But just two days ago, apprentice Ke Yu suddenly got a secret news from the Blue Dragon Society-the Blue Dragon Society sent someone to infiltrate the forbidden land of the imperial court and obtained the exact information of refining the elixir.

Through the reaction of the Twelve, Twilight Yunsheng could confirm that this was true, so he asked Ke Lu to ask the Blue Dragon Society, and it turned out that the group of profiteers of the Blue Dragon Society opened their mouths for 30,000 taels of silver, and not a single child was missing.

Jianghu warriors dominate in one place, and while gaining countless fame and fortune, they often lose poverty; And vice versa.

Twilight Yunsheng was cleaned out of the house back then, and he has lost all the industries of Shuofeng City, no matter how high his martial arts are, if he doesn't dare to go out of the rivers and lakes, he can't change the silver, and even accept an apprentice for him to support his old age, it's not easy to publicize it to the outside world, not to mention paying 30,000 taels now, it's not easy to pay 3,000 taels out.

The Blue Dragon Society bit the price code to death, and Twilight Yunsheng couldn't show his identity, so he could only change his mind at the moment and focus on the person who the Blue Dragon Society was looking for.

In his opinion, those who can sneak into the forbidden land of the imperial court and find out this kind of secret news must be a middle and upper level grandmaster, or have a special identity and have the opportunity to come into contact with it.

And Yanjing seems to have a lot of people, and there are many spies and killers in the Blue Dragon Society, but it just meets these two conditions, and there seems to be only one person looking for them!

Grunt grunt ~~

Twilight Yunsheng held a folding fan, and just a few steps out of the shop was heard again in the opposite alley.

A coachman brought a luxurious carriage and stopped at the door, and then Hua Junchen, who was dressed in a brocade robe and a sword hanging from his waist, walked out of the gate of the mansion.

Hua Junchen's move was to scan the surroundings to see if there was anything dirty, but Twilight Yunsheng obviously didn't know.

Seeing that the other party noticed something different, Mu Yunsheng was really shocked in his heart, and no longer snooped with his afterglow, and only after he walked out of it did he speak:

"It seems that the rumors in the rivers and lakes are not false, this Hua Junchen's strength is indeed unfathomable."

Apprentice Ke Yu walked in front of him, nodded and said:

"According to rumors in the rivers and lakes, Hua Junchen was born in a family, and he didn't want to be contaminated with grievances in the rivers and lakes, so he has been hiding his clumsiness, and the real level is probably not under Xie Jianlan......"

Xie Jianlan can fight back and forth with the Night Terror Hall, and her strength is estimated to be a half-saint, and at the age of Twilight Yunsheng, there is not much difference between going up and sending her to death.

But Du Yunsheng is not blind, as an old man who has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes all his life, he knows how difficult it is to enter the sainthood, and he said:

"If you touch the threshold of returning to the basics, the spirit and spirit should look no different from ordinary people; Hua Junchen's essence is outward, and he is self-generated when he walks, obviously he has not yet reached that realm, thinking that in the eyes of the teacher, he should be stuck in the bottleneck of the unity of heaven and man. ”

"Master, are you sure you can deal with it?"

"Normal Wu Kui, the old man is naturally not afraid. But there are two kinds of martial artists in the rivers and lakes who cannot be treated with common sense, one is young and promising, and the other is a late bloomer. Hua Junchen's age obviously belongs to the latter......"

"What does Master mean?"

"Let's take a look first, and then talk about ...... when we get to the bottom of it."

……

——

At noon, Guozijian.

The warm spring sun sprinkles on the street, there is no midsummer heat, there is no winter breeze chill, it is very pleasant to be lukewarm, and people are a little sleepy unconsciously.

In front of the fragrant rabbit head shop, more than a dozen students from Guozijian lined up to wait.

Night Terror Hall was dressed as a guard, standing at the front of the team with a saber at his waist, because he had not slept well because he had patronized Aunt Fan last night, and stood for a while and beat him.

And the bird bird was on guard all night, and only woke up at this time, looking through the carriage window on the side of the street, his eyes were full of impatience, as if to say - dignified martial saint, eat rabbit head and queue up? Do you want to lose face......

Guozijian had just finished school, and Hua Qingzhi was sitting by the car window, looking at the side face of the night terror hall through the gap in the curtain that was squeezed open by the birds.

And the green bead sat beside him, and kept pulling the bird's claws, lest it run out and rob the rabbit's head, and comforted:

"Hungry? Why don't you eat two bites of jerky to cushion your stomach? ”

"Tsk~"

……

After waiting for a moment, Night Terror came back with a couple of oil-paper packets and pushed the probe bird back:

"Now go to the chess club?"

Hua Qingzhi smiled and said: "The competition is estimated to have begun, Lu Gongzi has a fierce chess style and is good at playing rapid chess, if you go late, you can only watch the second game, let's go over."

Seeing this, Night Terror didn't say much, turned over on the horse, and escorted the carriage to the chess club.

But the group had not gone far when they suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind.

Night Terror Hall looked back, but saw that outside the big archway of Guozijian, Wang Dagongzi, who had a relationship, walked over with a fan, carrying a bookcase in his hand, neither riding a horse nor bringing an entourage, and his expression was quite depressed.

Hua Qingzhi saw this scene from the car window, her eyes were slightly dazed, and she opened the curtain:

"Wang Gongzi, are you going to school again?"

“？”

Wang Jiwen was stunned when he heard the voice, raised his head, and found Hua Qingzhi's carriage, so he came over to complain:

"Not really. Miss Hua, you give a judgment. Didn't I ask for a painting two days ago and send it to the concubine Niangniang, the concubine Niangniang looked at it and praised it, and then asked me why I was still painting the ghost charm from the same Guozi Prison. I said that everyone has their own strengths, and the concubine said that diligence can make up for my clumsiness, and then asked me to come over on time every day, and then skip class and break my leg...... I was kind enough to send a painting, but I was punished so severely, do you tell me if it is wronged......"

Hua Qingzhi felt that she was not wronged at all, and the concubine persuaded Wang Jiwen to study hard, and she should be praised. She thought for a moment and said:

"The concubine asked Wang Gongzi to study more while he was young, and it was also to prepare for entering the government in the future......"

Wang Jiwen hurriedly waved his hand:

"This is still exempt, I should only harm the family, if it is an official, then it is the people who are harmed! My generation of scholars, even if they can't open peace for the world, they can't spoil the people's fat and people's ointment......"

“……？”

When these words came out, not only Hua Qingzhi, but even the night frightening hall was stunned.

Hua Qing Zhirao is a rich man, but he didn't answer the phone, and he pressed the probe in his hand to look at the smart bird, and held back for a long time before he diverted the topic and asked:

"Why is Wang Gongzi alone? Didn't go out with an entourage? ”

Wang Jiwen shook his fan and said depressedly: "Isn't the concubine Niangniang afraid that I will skip class, I said hello to the guards, sent it in the morning, and came to pick up people in the afternoon." I didn't come here often before, and I didn't know that school would end at noon today......"

Hua Qingzhi suddenly realized, thought about it and asked:

"Why don't you take Chen Gongzi and their car back?"

"I slept in the bell tower in the morning, and I was woken up when the bell rang, and when I came out, I saw that all the people had run away, and there was a ride. Well, that's it, I'll go first......"

Hua Qingzhi opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.

After all, Wang Jiwen is the eldest grandson of the gate valve of Hudong Road, and the Wang family and the Hua family have two pairs of doors, and they will have to deal with each other for a lifetime in the future, no matter what the private relationship is, the work on the table still has to be done well.

Hua Qingzhi saw that Wang Jiwen was really about to walk back alone, so she spoke;

"Huaning, take someone to give Wang Gongzi a ride, and Hua'an will send me to the chess club."

Hua Ning, who was next to the carriage, understood that the young lady wanted to go on a date with the Night Yama King alone, so he naturally didn't dare to say anything, quickly turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to catch the bookbox:

"The prince's daughter, walk back, what if you get lost. Come on, I'll help you carry it...... Hua Ying gave the horse to the prince ......"

The two guards who followed behind were not very confident about Hua'an's arrangement to send Miss alone, but Miss and the foreman both spoke, and they didn't talk much, so they passed over and made a horse for Wang Jiwen.

Wang Jiwen saw that the guards were gone, and only the people he arranged were left in front of Hua Qingzhi, so he was naturally surprised in his heart, and immediately said directly:

"Then Senior Sister Xie Hua. The concubine Niangniang just gave two boxes of frost cream, and the Western Xinjiang side came to pay tribute, and it was originally given to my mother, but I will ask Huaning to bring you a box later. ”

After that, he turned over and left in style.

Hua Qingzhi originally wanted to refuse, but when she saw Wang Jiwen leaving in a hurry with someone, she could only secretly shake her head and sigh.

Lu Zhu only probed at this time, glanced at the street, and whispered:

"Miss, why do I think this prince is smart and not smart, weird......"

Hua Qingzhi sighed lightly: "It's useless to be smart on the right path, that's it, my father was not like this when he was young, and when he gets married in the future, he will naturally be stable......"

The last time Night Terror Hall met Wang Jiwen, he felt that this person was not as simple as it seemed, and he also felt this way at this moment.

However, because this person was really no threat to him, Night Terror Hall didn't bother with it, and went to the chess club with the carriage......

———

Meixiang Chess Club is located in the plum forest outside the city, just attached to the west city gate, is a public garden, usually held in it on weekdays, the poetry meeting is often held in it, and there are many people who come to enjoy the scenery in spring in March.

Night Terror Hall came to the outside of the plum forest with a carriage, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the plum trees that covered the entire hill, among which there were several buildings with white walls and blue tiles, and there were sometimes polite pedestrians coming and going between the white stone paths, among which there were many well-dressed ladies and ladies.

After Hua Qingzhi got out of the carriage, she sat in a wheelchair and raised her hand to signal a path on the side of the gate:

"If you go here, you can go directly to the back of the chess club."

Night Terror was pushing a wheelchair, and he was a little puzzled when he saw this:

"Why don't you go through the main entrance?"

Luzhu walked in front of him with the pet bird in his arms and explained:

"Miss is the first talented woman in Yanjing, she is conspicuous in a wheelchair, and when she enters from the main entrance, she must be full of people who come to read almost well. This trail is still the owner of the chess club, Mr. Zhao, and he saw that the young lady was surrounded by people every time he came over, and he specially made it. ”

"Really......"

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall didn't say much, came to the side of the more secluded path, pushed Hua Qingzhi onto the dirt road, and then began to walk around Merlin left and right towards the chess club.

The plum blossoms in March are past the end of their bloom period, and they don't look as stunning as the snow on the mountains in winter, but the greenery is also elegant.

Hua Qingzhi leaned on the wheelchair, watching the bright spring scenery left and right, because there were no other people around, she thought about it and asked:

"Night Boy, do you remember any good poems? What about plum blossoms? ”

Night Terror knew that Hua Qingzhi liked these, and the last time his relatives had a face, he couldn't sleep for several days, and he was a little ashamed in his heart, so he didn't disappoint the fun at this time, and thought about it:

"I've been walking around the west before, and I've heard a few of them, huh...... There is plum without snow and no spirit, and there is snow without poetry and vulgarity. The sunset poem is full of snow and snow, and the plum is very spring. ”

Hua Qingzhi's eyes lit up and savored it:

"Good artistic conception, it's a pity that there is no snow and no plum at this time, and this good poem is wasted."

Night Terror Hall laughed: "You don't want to come to a song? ”

Hua Qingzhi was obviously aroused by Shixing, secretly pondered for a moment, and said softly:

"Snow disappears and spring is full of ...... in the city"

"Tsk!"

As soon as the poem began, the bird who was held in his arms by the green beads suddenly raised his head and looked at the trees in the distance.

Lu Zhu thought that the bird was naughty and wanted to hold it down, so as not to disturb the young lady's train of thought, but the night terror hall next to him also raised his hand slightly and walked to the front of the wheelchair.

Seeing this, Hua Qingzhi paused, probed from behind the Night Terror Hall, and looked at the front of the path:

"What's wrong?"

Trembling~

As soon as the words fell, three figures jumped out of the bushes beside the road and landed in front of the path, frightening Hua Qingzhi to shrink.

looked closely, but saw that the three people who jumped out were all dressed in black, with bamboo hats on their heads, and only the chins covered by black scarves could be seen.

The leader is about the same height as the Night Terror, with broad shoulders and a wide back, and he is very burly, giving people a sense of ferocity just by looking at his size.

Holding the green beads of the bird, his face changed when he saw this scene, and he hurriedly held the wheelchair and prepared to escape.

And Hua Qingzhi couldn't tell whether the martial artist was powerful or not, she only felt that the person in front of her was very powerful, and there was obviously a little cowardice in her eyes, so she hid behind the night terror hall a little, and raised her hand to pinch the corner of her clothes:

"Who are these?"

Night Terror Hall feels like a robbery, but looking at the skills of these three people, it is estimated that they can't even reach the miscellaneous fish, at most they are small shrimps in the rivers and lakes, and they came to the capital of Beiliang to rob the daughter of the family, no matter how you say it, it is a bit outrageous, and after thinking about it, I still asked:

"Who are the three strong men?".

The three people blocking the road were quite fierce, and the leader held down the handle of the knife, and said in a slightly cold voice:

"Anyone who knows the name of me and others will end up with nothing, so it's better not to ask. The three of my brothers came to ask this young lady for something. ”

“……”

Night Terror Hall nodded slightly behind his hands:

"Take what?"

"Snow Lake Flowers."

“？”

Hua Qingzhi was inexplicable, and wanted to say where she came from, but the night terror hall standing in front of her raised her hand.

Night Terror glanced at the three robbers whose brains were in the water, and asked:

"What if my young lady doesn't give it?"

"Humph......"

The leader didn't say much, and the left hand holding down the handle of the knife moved slightly, which was a 'click~', and the three-foot blade came out of the sheath and swept on the plum tree next to it.

Kalala~

The sound of branches and leaves breaking sounded, and the arm-thick trunk was cut open from it, split into two pieces on the left and right, and fell into the mud.

Night Terror Hall took a breath lightly, feeling that this knife-breaking method was really a bit spicy, and Yunli chopping wood was much more beautiful than this.

And Hua Qingzhi and Lu Zhu clearly watched the thick tree at the mouth of the bowl being separated by a knife, anyway, they felt quite powerful, and they coaxed a little more, and they both hid behind the night terror.

After the leader finished a knife, he slowly put the knife back into the sheath, and the hat always covered half of his face, which can be described as a master's full of spirit:

"If you don't give it, you know the end for yourselves."

“……”

Night Terror opened his mouth, a little speechless for a while, after all, he has been walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, and it is the first time he has seen such a rookie, and he has even learned the posture of pulling out the knife with his left hand and closing the knife with his backhand. He thought for a moment and asked:

"Your Excellency is quite particular about collecting knives, but the night demon of the Southern Dynasty who has learned?"

The leader was slightly stunned, and his hat was slightly raised, aiming at the saber of the Night Terror Hall:

"Your Excellency is also a fellow believer?"

Who the hell is the same person as you......

Night Terror Hall didn't bother to pull these down his image anymore, and asked directly:

"Where did you know that my young lady has snow lake flowers?"

The three people who blocked the road, called themselves 'Three Heroes of the Mountain', although they have big shoulders and round waists, they are thieves and make a living by stealing big households, because many people on the rivers and lakes have recently collected snow lake flowers at sky-high prices, so they came to the capital to try their luck.

Miss Wanbaolou has a snow lake flower, the news that she will come to the chess club today, they eavesdropped on it from the inn, originally just wanted to step on it, but unexpectedly found that this young lady has a big heart, and she broke away from her entourage, only took one escort out, and got into this secluded path.

Such a good opportunity is simply a godsend, if you wait to go to a place where there are many people in the chess club, you will have no chance; For this reason, the two of them jumped out, thinking of intimidating them and running away after taking their things, and with this single-handed guard, they would definitely not dare to compare with them.

At this time, he had been intimidating for a long time, but the young guard not only handed over the snow lake flower, but also got to the bottom of it, and the two accomplices in the rear cooperated and made a gesture to draw their swords and step forward.

And the boss in front of him was singing red-faced and raised his right hand to stop:

"I'm a good talker, but my two brothers are hot-tempered. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is not easy to end with a murder, you guys quickly hand over the snow lake flowers, and I will save me a trouble; If it's stubborn......"

From this skillful intimidation process, Night Terror Hall also saw that this couple was estimated to be a few rivers and lakes, and they didn't dare to pull out a knife to kill at all, and they didn't bother to talk nonsense at the moment, so they turned around and touched Luzhu's waist.

"Huh?"

Lu Zhu was stunned for a moment, and before he could be shy, he found that Night Terror Hall had taken out a copper coin from his belt and flicked it with his fingers.

Bite~

Buzz Buzz......

The three people who blocked the way, seeing this, all looked up at the copper coins flying in the air.

As a result, in the next moment, there was a sound of footsteps ahead.

The person at the head of the group also reacted quickly, and immediately took a step back when the secret path was not good, retracted his gaze and looked ahead, only to see the young guard who looked quite martial, with his left toe stuck into the mud, and jumped up.

Crash~

The sand and rocks on the trail suddenly flew away, and as soon as the three of them retracted their gaze, they were raised by the sand and gravel.

"You ......"

"Despicable Villain......

Bang Bang Bang –

After three crashes, Merlin returned to dead silence.

Although Hua Qingzhi had seen the Night Terror Hall kill people, she had never seen the actions of the Night Terror Hall when she made a move, and she was afraid to watch it, but she found that the Night Terror Hall kicked the sand, followed by two punches and one knee, and put down the three big men in the shape of a man, and her eyes couldn't help but show disbelief:

"That's it?"

The green beads are full of amazement: "The night boy is so powerful~"

Night Terror Hall has no feeling at all, but in the face of two amazing eyes, he is still quite satisfied, clapped his hands and smiled:

"What is this. Let's go, go and watch the game of chess. ”

Hua Qingzhi was pushed forward in a wheelchair again, and when she passed by three robbers with blue noses and swollen faces, she turned her head and looked:

"What about these three people?"

"I won't wake up for a while, go out and report to the official."

"You're not going to be exposed, are you?"

"Such a despicable style of play, people who talk a little bit about martial arts can't use it, and the official will know the cause and effect at a glance at the scene, and he won't be suspicious."

"Oh."

Hua Qingzhi nodded thoughtfully, thought about it and said, "I think this style of play is very good, it not only subdues the thief, but also does not stain blood on his hands." Just now I thought you were going to 'smack' again, and the three heads flew up......"

Night Terror paused: "You want to see it?" Or I'll put on a show for you......"

"Huh?!"

Hua Qingzhi didn't mean this, she was afraid that she would say something wrong, so she took away the three unlucky ghosts, and hurriedly grabbed the night terror:

"Don't ...... you"

After holding the big hand holding the wheelchair, Hua Qingzhi noticed the joking look of the night terror, knew that she was teasing her, inhaled gently, and the placket of her clothes bulged a little, but she immediately realized something, her hand shrank as if she was electrocuted, hid it in her sleeve, turned around and whispered:

"Even if you are an official, you have to be tried first when you kill someone, how can you please a woman by cutting off your head. Don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing in the future. ”

The night terror hall was originally to tease Hua Qingzhi, but seeing that this little girl's family was too thin-skinned, she coughed lightly at the moment and returned to her normal look:

"There's the chess club ahead, let's get over there......"

……

(End of chapter)