The southeast boundary of Qidi, the north bank of the Huaishui tributary, Kaiyang County, and dozens of miles of official roads south of the city.

"Brother Xu, you and I will be in Kaiyang County soon, can you be sure that you are in charge of the slaughter?"

"I don't have confidence in the next place, after all, this East China Sea Gang is located at the junction of the Northern Zhou and Southern Qi Dynasties, if I am the gang leader, I must not be offended, and it is not easy to say that the gang leader is slaughtered."

"I heard that Captain Xing is the brother of the leader of the Gang Slaughter, why don't you let Captain Xing be a lobbyist?"

"I have sent a message to the Marquis of Danqu, please come over, it should be a few days later than you and me. It's getting late, the clouds are thick, it seems that there will be a good rain, you and I go to the front of the post to stay. ”

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Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong left Guang'an County and went all the way north to Kaiyang County.

Kaiyang County is located at the junction of the eastern part of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Qi Dynasty, with Huaishui in the south, and the waterway and land routes extend in all directions, which can be regarded as an important hub connecting the Northern Zhou Qi and the Southern Qi Jianghuai Land, and it is also where the East China Sea Gang is located.

Although Kaiyang County belonged to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the two countries reached an agreement more than ten years ago to use this place as a buffer on the border between the two countries, so the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not send troops and horses to garrison on the surface.

Outside the Minyi, Xu Erren tied up his horses and walked to the post station, and the two of them heard the voices of several men inside outside the door:

"Brother Zhang, what do you think of our gang leader, he was ridden on the head and by the Wanchuan Gang, alas, you and I voted for the East China Sea Gang just to fight for wealth, go on like this, wealth is not expected, just don't starve to death."

"What Brother Li said is ah, originally our East China Sea Gang and the Wanchuan Gang were evenly matched, although there were old grudges, but in recent years, each has made its own fortune, and there are few conflicts, but I didn't expect that the Wanchuan Gang actually voted for the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and suddenly suppressed us by taking advantage of the momentum of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Cao Gang inexplicably mixed a kick, so that we lost the sphere of influence of Huaishui and Rising River in vain, and I don't know if the gang leader regrets it."

"But no, our Donghai Gang that was recruited by the Northern Zhou Dynasty first, but unfortunately our gang leader refused, which really hurt the brothers, and now only rely on this Huaishui tributary, how can thousands of brothers live?"

A few men complained word by word, and Xu Erren had already picked a seat in the corner and sat down.

"Brother Xu, is there any psychological problem?" Zhou Zhong asked.

Xu Yihang was concentrating on eavesdropping on the conversation of those men, so he replied: "I'm listening to the news, not eavesdropping." “

Zhou Zhong sighed and said, "Old Zhou, I mean why do you keep picking the table in the corner, is there something wrong with you?" ”

Xu Yihang looked at Zhou Zhong and said seriously: "Habit, habit, the corner is not easy to attract attention, you can observe the movements of everyone in this house, and you are not afraid of being attacked from behind. ”

Zhou Zhong pursed his lips and said, "Even what you said still has some truth. ”

At this time, it was already crackling and raining outside, and it seemed that there should be no more passers-by to stay overnight.

The guys of the Minyi stood at the door and looked out, several men from the Donghai Gang were feasting, and the wine and food were already on the table, Xu Yihang sipped his wine glass lightly, looking out of the wooden window and was stunned.

"Guest officer? Please go inside, it's raining heavily, why don't you have a rain gear? The Minyi man beckoned one person in.

Xu Yihang saw this guest in a hurry just now, he didn't even bring any luggage with one person and one horse, and this person entered the house covered in mud, as if he had rolled in the mud soup.

"Man, hurry up and boil a basin of hot water under the basin and prepare a change of clothes, this is silver tael." The guest who came in the rain said as he took out a bag from his bosom and poured out a few pieces of broken silver and gave it to the fellow at the inn.

"Guest officer, hot water is no problem, it's just that we don't have any clothes to sell in this Minyi."

"You can wait for the old clothes you are wearing."

"Okay, the guest officer will sit less, and the small one will prepare."

The guest removed the long knife behind his back, wiped the rain on his face, tidied up his hair a little, and walked inside.

Several men from the Donghai Gang were splashed with water stains, and one of them scolded: "Where did the little rabbit cub come from, he didn't have long eyes, and he splashed the uncle with muddy water." ”

The guest ignored the shouting and sat down at a table.

Xu Yihang recognized this person and secretly wondered: "Why is he alone?" What about the fleet? ”

Xu Yihang opened his mouth and said, "Shang Shao Sect Master? ”

A few days ago, Xu Yihang and his Nanqi Wangdu Shoucheng were separated, Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong went east to Guang'an, Shang Xiyun and the Bagua disciples escorted the convoy north to the Central Plains to return to Linji, the two had different routes, and they should not have met in Kaiyang.

Shang Xiyun was a little nervous when he heard this, and after seeing that it was Xu Yihang, he breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it, and came over to a table with Xu Yihang.

Zhou Zhong also recognized this young master of the merchant sect, and quipped: "Yo, what is the trouble of the young master, I haven't seen him for more than ten days, how did he end up in such a field?" What about the disciples in the door? ”

Shang Xiyun ignored Zhou Zhong and whispered to Xu Yihang: "Shang was hunted down and killed, and I am willing to pay a lot of money to ask the two of you to escort me back to Linji." ”

Xu Yihang saw Shang Xiyun's downfall, and knew that something must have happened.

Xu Yihang glanced at Zhou Zhong and saw that Zhou Zhong's eyes were shining, so he asked Shang Xiyun: "Your faction is also famous in the rivers and lakes, who is so bold that he dares to hunt down and kill the young master?" ”

Shang Xiyun said in a low voice: "Don't hide it from Brother Xu, it's a person from the Southern Qi Imperial Supervisor." ”

"What?!" Xu Yihang was surprised.

Shang Xiyun continued: "After Shang and Brother Xu separated in Shoucheng, they set off north on the second day, and there was nothing wrong all the way, but when they arrived at the border of Southern Qi, they were intercepted by a group of black-clothed people. I couldn't wait, all the brothers sacrificed their lives to protect each other, only I escaped, and Shang heard the words 'supervision envoy' when he fled. ”

Xu Yihang said secretly: "It must be the assassin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, who wants to blame the Southern Qi and take the opportunity to recruit the gossip faction to do things for the Northern Zhou." ”

This Shang Xiyun is also true, if ordinary people know that the matter involves the Zhenwu Division or the Imperial Supervisor Division, they are absolutely unwilling to get involved, after all, these two organizations represent the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Qi Dynasty, and he can completely deceive Xu Yihang and deceive Xu Yihang to escort him.

Shang Xiyun swallowed his saliva as he spoke, and looked at the pancakes and wine dishes on the table.

The embarrassment of this young master of Shang was seen by Xu Yihang, guessing that Shang Xiyun was chased and killed all the way, he had no food, and he didn't feel hungry when he was nervous, and he must be tired and hungry when he relaxed at the moment.

Xu Yihang didn't break it, and said: "It's also fate to meet the young master here, if you don't dislike it, how about you and I chatting while drinking?" ”

Shang Xiyun also lost his former arrogance, and replied: "Okay." ”

Xu Yihang said: "When I ask the guy to set up a set of wine utensils, the young master is running all the way, so you can eat something first." ”

Shang Xiyun was not polite, he took the bamboo chopsticks from the chopsticks on the table, grabbed a piece of pancake and ate it.

After a while, the post man shouted: "Guest officer, the hot water is boiled, the clothes are ready, and you will be in the firewood room in the backyard." ”

Shang Xiyun was about to answer, but saw more than ten horses riding outside the house.

Five men dressed in hats and robes with treasure knives at their waists broke into the bamboo house of this post station, and the eyes of several yin owls under the hat swept towards several people in the house.

For a while, this small folk post was terrifyingly quiet, and even a few men from the Donghai Gang were stunned and stopped moving.

"What are you doing, if you want to enter, come in quickly, this cold wind is swishing, don't pestle at the door." A Donghai gang man shouted dissatisfiedly.

"The Imperial Supervisor is handling the case! Idlers and others avoid! A man in a suit shouted.

Xu Yihang carefully looked at the men in the robes, and said secretly: "Self-report? Sure enough, it was a false accusation, this was for fear that others would not know that Nanqi did it, but I was afraid that there would be a living mouth on the convoy side to be used as a witness. ”

Several men from the Donghai Gang were not happy, and said one after another:

"When did my Donghai Gang become an idler? Aren't you great?! ”

"You call yourself the Imperial Supervisor, do you have a waist card?!"

"The Imperial Superintendent? This is the boundary of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and you Southern Qi Imperial Supervisor Department dare to go to the territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to investigate the case?! ”

The Donghai Gang had already drunk high, and they didn't notice the killing intent of these five men in the clothes at all.

"Noise!"

With a loud shout and a few sword lights, these men in robes suddenly made a move, and killed them all while the Donghai Gang was unprepared.

Good guys, this is even the East China Sea Gang involved.

At this time, a few more people came in from outside the house, and two or three people went to the backyard with knives, and the men of the Minyi were so frightened that they stayed where they were, and the drinking utensils in their hands fell to the ground.

Several men in robes gathered around Xu Yihang's table, and one of them said, "Master Shang, you still have the leisure to eat and drink here, come with us." ”

Shang Xiyun threw down the food in his hand, pulled out a knife in his hand, and said to Xu Yihang: "Brother Xu is willing to take over this job?" ”

Xu Yihang did not answer Shang Xiyun, but asked Xiang Lingyi's killer: "The Southern Qi Imperial Supervisor has always handled cases impartially and never killed innocents indiscriminately, those few people over there just said a few more words and lost their lives, you are not the people of the Imperial Supervisor Division!" ”

"Humph! Look for death! ”

The killer of the cloth almost started at the same time, the two of them swung their knives and slashed at Shang Xiyun, and the three of them killed Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong respectively, and the next few people wanted to step forward together, but the space in this corner was narrow, and there were too many people to use it at all.

There was a "clang", followed by the sound of dishes falling to the ground.

"Old Zhou, you kicked the table again."

"Momentum! Do you understand the momentum! ”

"Did you two accept Shang's commission?"

"There is a lot of nonsense from the master of the Shang Shao Sect, Lao Zhou and I have done it, what do you say? Don't forget to give the silver! ”

"Who is this provoking the master of the Shang Shao Sect? The martial arts of the previous few people are comparable to the masters of the mountain character list, and if a few more come up, Lao Zhou and I will be difficult to deal with. ”

During the scuffle between these people, a carriage stopped outside the house, and Xu Yihang vaguely saw a woman through the window lifting the curtain of the carriage and looking here a few times.

The four men in the robes who were guarding outside the house surrounded them, as if they were admonished by the woman, and in a moment, the woman pulled up the curtains, and the four men in the clothes turned around and ran into the house.

"The supervisor makes the lord have an order, and immediately cut the business Xiyun! No one at the post station can leave a mouth alive! A man in a suit shouted.

Xu Yihang can see that no matter what the origin of these people is, they are determined to blame the Imperial Supervisor.

The sound of "clang, click" sounded, the wooden window was smashed, Xu Yihang jumped out of the window and went straight to the carriage to kill.

Capture the thief and capture the king first, Xu Yihang's usual trick.

Zhou Zhong was wielding a long axe to fight with the Clothed Killer, when he heard the sound, he glanced at it with his residual eyes, and blurted out: "Okay! I really broke the window and ran away. ”

Seeing this, several killers in the house hurriedly chased out.

At this time, Xu Yihang had already arrived in front of the carriage, but the driver who was driving was calm as usual, and he didn't take Xu Yihang in his eyes at all, only a horsewhip was thrown out.

The long whip broke through the air, it was really majestic, and wherever the whip went, the rain separated, as if it had stagnated.

Xu Yihang was shocked and retreated with his sword.

The tip of the whip hit the long sword, and a strong force struck Xu Yihang's left hand holding the sword along the sword body, and the shock made the tiger's mouth hurt and his fingers numb.

When Xu Yihang stabilized his figure, the sword in his hand was already shattered.

Master! At the very least, he is a first-class master of the ground character!