A few people found an empty table and sat down, and immediately Xiao Er came over to greet them: "What kind of food do you want to eat?" ”

Bai Ao said: "Cut five catties of beef, there are lamb legs, smoked chicken, roast goose are all up, four more plates of seasonal fruits and vegetables, bamboo shoots, saltwater plum beans also come to some!" ”

Xiao Er asked again: "What kind of wine does the guest officer eat?" ”

Bai Ao looked at Zhao Ta, and when he saw Zhao Ta closing his eyes slightly, he said, "Take an altar of the best flower carving." ”

Xiao Er saw that he ordered it expensively, and couldn't help but rejoice: "The guest officer wants Hu Biscuits?" The Hu cake of the shop is a must, the fairy house is famous, the residents in the city often come out of the city to eat, everyone praises. ”

Du Yan said on the side: "This is wonderful, the big one picks up ten sheets, and then two bowls of sauce." ”

After finishing the wine and food, everyone waited, and then saw a few horses running on the road, hesitated for a moment by the bamboo forest, seemed to recognize something, and then dismounted.

These horsemen are all men, with strong figures, arrow sleeves and tight clothes, except for one carrying a bright and dangling Pu knife, the rest of the waist is tied to the back of the cloth wrapped in long things, no matter asking, it is known that it is a sword weapon.

Bai Ao said in a low voice: "Jianghu people." ”

Bai Zhan next to him said: "Brother didn't look at it, those tables are also full of rivers and lakes." ”

I saw that most of the more than a dozen tables under the bamboo canopy were sitting at this moment, both men and women, young and old, but without exception, all of them had bright eyes, the sun was high, and their faces were ruddy and full of blood.

If you look closely, these people are dressed similarly to those horses, except for a few wide clothes and big sleeves, the rest are dressed up in the rivers and lakes.

These people also have things under their tables, some of them are wrapped, some of them show a cold light, and at a glance they are blades.

Bai Ao whispered: "This is strange, why did so many people from the rivers and lakes come to Xianju for no reason, but they haven't entered the city yet?" ”

Du Yan said: "As for the things they brought, they can't even get close to the city gate, and they will be arrested." ”

At this time, the few people who rode down went straight to the adjacent empty table, a total of four, and the tiger-headed man with the Pu knife gasped and said: "But his mother has arrived, this immortal residence is too far away, and Lao Tzu is tired on the road, and I don't know why Hero Island chose such a place to go to sea, I'm afraid it's not a serious illness!" ”

When the other three heard this, they hurriedly waved their hands and said, "Fourth, silence, silence!" ”

The tiger-headed man threw the knife to the table, sat down and said, "Your brothers are too cautious, what can't you say?" Who is still drinking here at this time, who is not a hero who is going to Hero Island? ”

The eldest of the four was an old man with a goatee, frowning and said: "Even so, don't say it easily, no one in the rivers and lakes knows that this island is taboo, and they dare not say it at will, if the messenger hears it, I am afraid that he will be punished." ”

The tiger-headed man's expression changed immediately when he heard the word messenger, but he said a little stiffly: "So what, if you really have such great skills, how can you use the means of Mingjiao to spread the word?" After the heroic order is sown, the heroes of your own family are gathered! ”

The old man with the goatee slapped the table when he heard this: "Shut up! ”

The tiger-headed man shrank his head and muttered in a low voice: "I knew that I wouldn't come to Xianju on this road, so it's better to take Changle's side, which is closer to the sea......"

At this time, a person next to him sneered: "Although there are three paths to the sea, how can it be chosen by your fourth child?" You're taking your own house too seriously! ”

The tiger-headed man was silent, but his indignation was overflowing.

Zhao Ta and the others looked at each other, they all heard the next table talking, and they were surprised in their hearts.

Hero Island, what is this thing?

Heroic Order, what does this mean?

What other messengers sent down punishments, what used the means of Mingjiao to spread the word, what three routes to the sea, one of which was on the side of Changle?

This......

Du Yan and Wu Song shook their heads slightly, looking puzzled.

The three brothers of the Bai family frowned and pondered, and after a few breaths, Bai Ao lowered his voice and said to Zhao Ta: "My subordinates have never heard of it. ”

Zhao Ta took a deep breath, Hero Island, Hero Order, what else to go to sea...... Let's not talk about this, what does it mean to use the means of communication in Mingjiao?

He instantly thought of the symbols on the flagpole of the restaurant, as well as the daylight runes and moonlight runes in the Immortal View Hall.

Could it be that these methods were not left by the people of the Ming Sect, but by the people of Hero Island?

However, this level of contact information will definitely not be leaked to outsiders, even if it is really leaked...... After all, Mingjiao itself is a behemoth, although it is almost impossible to turn over at the moment, but the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and the rivers and lakes and green forests fraudulently use this kind of contact method, isn't it a big trouble for themselves?

Could it be ...... Zhao Ta raised his eyebrows.

Could it be that the high-ranking figures in the Mingjiao colluded with this hero island and allowed the other party to use and use the prestige of the Mingjiao?

So who is this high-level figure? Who has so much guts and power?

Lu Shisang? Fang Qi Buddha? Or ...... Fang La!

Zhao Ta's face was gloomy, no matter who it was, this hero island was by no means a good person, colluding with the Ming Sect was enough to destroy the door, not to mention leading these rivers and lakes to the island, saying that he couldn't do anything disobedient.

But where is this Hero Island? It seems that it is going to sea, which is a little difficult!

If he doesn't care about this matter, if Fang La is really on the island, then according to this person's skills, it is very likely that he will jump out one day and stir up the wind and rain.

But Zhao Ta didn't care about this, his biggest purpose in going to Jiangnan this time was to kill the Shi clan, collect gold and silver, and exterminate Fang La, even if Fang La rose again, send others to continue to conquer it.

What he cared about at the moment was the Ming Sect Leader Token on Fang La's body, this thing he was bound to get, and he must not let this token continue to stay by Fang La's side.

At this time, the wine and food came up, Zhao Ta nodded, and everyone began to eat and drink, only to see Du Yan drag the Hu cake in front of him first, this cake is indeed a cake, not a steamed bun, soup cake noodles and the like.

Because it came from the Western Regions, the name of this cake was preceded by a Hu character, not the oil cake pie of later generations, it was larger than that kind, and the largest one was the size of a person's arms.

I saw that Du Yan took one and spread it on the table, and then didn't care about any mutton, beef, chicken, and goose, anyway, he took some of each and put it on the cake, and then put all kinds of seasonal fruits and vegetables on it, and picked up the sauce bowl and sprinkled it, and a rich aroma suddenly overflowed.

This aroma is mixed with all kinds of meat aromas, as well as the fresh smell of fruits and vegetables, strange and attractive, smelling people will not be able to move their appetite, and they can't wait to feast on it immediately.

Just watched Du Yan roll the Hu cake, then rolled the meat and vegetables in it, wrapped all the flavors, he held the lower end of the flatbread with one hand, pinched the top with the other, and handed it to Zhao Ta.

Zhao Ta wondered, "What kind of statement is this?" ”

Du Yan said: "Childe, this is the way of eating handed down by the elders of the master, it was originally boiled in a cauldron of eight kinds of meat, and then served with fruits and vegetables and secret sauces. ”

Zhao Ta smiled: "Eat all over the world, melee in all directions? What a good name! ”

Du Yan said: "The materials of this restaurant are insufficient, and the son has some of them, and I will cook for the son when he has nothing to do." ”

Zhao Ta nodded and took the flatbread and said, "Look at the eating and drinking style of your seniors, you are also a good man who divides gold." ”

Du Yan sneered: "Let the son laugh, originally the division did have a hall in the green forest, but unfortunately the rival duel, defeated and collapsed, and then dispersed." ”

Zhao Ta took a bite of the flatbread, and suddenly felt the aroma rushing to him, and applauded continuously.

At this time, Wu Song did the same, and also spread the flatbread roll with meat and vegetable sauce, and ate and drank in a big gulp.

The aroma of "eating all over the world, fighting in all directions" wafted, and the adjacent tables before and after smelled it, only to see the tiger-headed man among the four people swallow his saliva violently and shouted: "It's tempting, I want to eat it too." ”

The old man with the goatee frowned unconsciously: "Fourth brother......"

The tiger-headed man said: "Brother, the cold cooking cakes that have been gnawed all the way, and the birds have faded out of their mouths, and now that they are on the ground, how can they not fight tooth sacrifices." ”

After that, he called Xiao Er and said, "What I ordered just now doesn't count, let's serve a set according to that table!" ”

Xiao Er looked at the wine, meat and cakes on Zhao Ta's table, and sang loudly: "Okay, guest officer, the same set of wine and dishes at the adjacent table." ”

Hearing this, Du Yan looked back at the tiger-headed man, the big man hugged his fists in embarrassment, and Du Yan grinned.

The old man with a goatee among the four kept his face calm and silent, and the man next to him with an elegant face but not a small age said in a low voice: "Fourth, do you know how much their table costs?" ”

The tiger-headed man was stunned and said, "Second brother, how much can this cost?" Isn't that table called to eat! ”

Another slightly chubby man whispered: "I just looked, don't say anything else, the wine is a flower carving, the old daughter is red, and the jar is still sticky with wet mud, and it looks like it has just been dug out of the ground, and this jar of wine is afraid that it will cost twenty taels of silver!" ”

The tiger-headed man was stunned, scratched his head and said, "Why is it so expensive?" ”

The old man with the goatee snorted: "Do you think it's the coarse wine you drink on weekdays and burns the knife for nothing?" You don't see that they don't have to be sifted! ”

The tiger-headed man looked at it, and sure enough, the table didn't need to sift the wine, and drank it when it was poured, so he muttered: "I'm so big, I haven't drunk the wine that hasn't been sifted......"

The elegant man smiled bitterly and touched one hand into his arms: "I don't know if our silver is enough or not." ”

As soon as he said this, the four of them immediately stopped talking, the rivers and lakes are not so easy to mix, the four of them are not green forests, green forests are in the rivers and lakes, but the rivers and lakes are not all green forests.

There are many violations of law and discipline in the green forest, and there is probably no shortage of sources of money.

The green forest kills people and crosses goods is called a hero, and the heroes of the rivers and lakes are heroes.

Not all the people in the rivers and lakes have endless money, especially those who boast of being famous and righteous, and they can't rob their homes, that is, they must have other livelihoods, or their families are rich, or they have the shadow of their ancestors, or their reputation, otherwise, they are just as poor, how can they hang out all day long, and they have endless idle silver.

In addition to the tiger-headed man, the other three were very distressed to see him order such a table, the tiger-headed man was straightforward and had no concept of money, but the three of them were different, knowing that this table was their expenses for several months.

After a while, the wine and food were all the same, and the tiger-headed man didn't let a few brothers, so he learned to roll the flatbread, and then took a bite, and even his expression changed in an instant, his eyes were shining, where to take care of the taste, gobbling it up, just a dozen breaths, the arm-thick burrito went down into the stomach, and then patted the mud seal of the wine jar, poured a bowl, and drank it all up, and served it heartily.

The other three looked a little ugly when they saw his gluttonous appearance, but they couldn't bear the smell of the aroma, so they all began to eat and drink.

The entrance of the flower carving, the flatbread into the stomach, no longer say anything about the cost, there are a few big words written on all faces, incense, what a fucking fragrance!

As the night deepens little by little, the full moon hangs high in the air, but the restaurant shows no signs of closing, and even hangs out a lot of red lanterns, the bamboo forest is like jade, the red light is like glass, and everyone seems to be in a fairyland.

Zhao Ta knew that he was wrong at this time, this restaurant was not innocent of carrying the black pot for Mingjiao, this restaurant was the stronghold of Mingjiao, and it was the eyeliner that the gods put outside.

Even if it has been this hour, there are still people from the rivers and lakes on the road, some in groups of three or two, some in front and back, some on horseback, and some on the top of the blood-red sedan chair.

The tables and chairs under the bamboo canopy have long been insufficient, but the restaurant seems to be playing tricks, from the cyan brick house, constantly moving out the tables and stools, the door of the house is black hole, it seems to be a bottomless, can never be empty.

At this time, many people were so drunk that they began to talk nonsense about Hero Island.

This Hero Island is an island in the vast East China Sea, no one knows the specific location, only that the island owner's martial arts are extremely high, to what extent...... is not weaker than the grandmaster on land, and may even be stronger.

Hero Island appears in the rivers and lakes once every ten years, and will send daylight and moonlight messengers to invite people in the rivers and lakes to visit the island.

Zhao Ta understood at this moment, and couldn't help but secretly move in his heart, this daylight and moonlight messenger, listening to it, is it related to Mingjiao, is this hero island not just colluding with someone in Mingjiao, but simply has some special relationship with Mingjiao?

But Liyanazar didn't mention it to him, whether it was Hero Island or the Second Envoy of the Sun and Moon, Liyanazar never said it.

Zhao Ta thought for a moment and continued to listen, although the voice was noisy, his ears were very good, and he could hear everything clearly.

A token is needed to go to Hero Island, which is the heroic order in the mouth of the tiger-headed man, which is brought by the Sun and Moonlight Messenger from Hero Island, and is half given and half sprinkled in the green forests of the rivers and lakes in the Central Plains.

There are a total of 360 Hero Orders, implying the number of Zhou Tian, of which 100 are Daylight Hero Orders, and the remaining 260 are Moonlight Orders.

The daylight order is given to the famous people in the rivers and lakes and green forests, one order is for one person, and others can't go up to Hero Island even if they take this order.

The Moonlight Order is different, the Moonlight Order is anonymous, whoever gets it, or whoever grabs it, is who's, and you can follow the messenger to the island with this token.

As for the benefits of traveling to Hero Island, Zhao Ta also heard clearly.

After going to the island, he will participate in a thing, and there is no danger in this matter, and whether it is successful or not, Hero Island will send people back in three months at most, and a large amount of gold and silver will be gifted.

Although there is no danger in going to Hero Island, there is a taboo, that is, after returning, you are absolutely not allowed to reveal the incident you participated in on the island, once it is leaked, the end will be extremely miserable.

There was once a big man who went to Hero Island, and when he came back, he couldn't help it, and told his friend about his experience on the island, and then it didn't take long for him to be wiped out, and the friend's family was also killed without a chicken dog.

There was also the owner of a certain cottage, who didn't care about this taboo at all, and when he returned to the village, he told his brothers what happened on the island, and within a month, the entire cottage was killed.

So far, although many people have been to Hero Island, outsiders have no idea what they have done on it or what they have participated in, and Hero Island has become more and more mysterious.

But even so, it can't hide the enthusiasm of these people to go to the island, if not for anything else, but for the curiosity that is about to move, and the generous gold and silver reward.

As long as everything is safe without divulging the experience, Hero Island will naturally keep its promises, and if they also keep their promises, then there is no danger at all.

The Sunlight Envoy and the Moonlight Envoy are not the same person, this is just a title, and the number of envoys sent by Hero Island every ten years is different, depending on the path to the sea.

This time, there were three routes to the sea, namely Tongzhou in Huaidong, Xianju in eastern Zhejiang, and Changle in Fujian, so Hero Island sent six envoys.

Not all of these people here at this moment have heroic orders in their hands, some of them only have a token in them, and the others are for escort.

The Moonlight Order can be obtained by snatching, so those who hold the token are especially cautious for fear of being snatched by others.

Especially in this place where the last party goes to sea, there is less time than a moment, and there is a possibility of being robbed at every moment.

Those who dare to drink and eat under the bamboo canopy are either proud of their high martial arts, or there are many people, and the rest of the people who hold tokens don't know where to hide, and it is estimated that they will only appear on the third watch day, and they dare not show up in advance.

Zhao Ta's eyebrows tightened, tonight's third watch day is the moment when the daylight envoy and the moonlight envoy appear, and then take the person with the token on his body to go to Hero Island.

According to these people, it is necessary to use the contact means of Mingjiao to find the two envoys of the sun and the moon, and Zhao Ta guessed that the place where these two envoys appeared should be the Taiyi Salvation Tianzun Hall of the Immortal Temple, after all, the contact symbol of Mingjiao pointed directly there, and it also implied that the three watches entered the hall to meet.

Zhao Ta looked at a few people beside him, these people were a little stupid when they heard it, obviously only their table was Xibei goods, and the rest were all heroes who were going to Hero Island.

Zhao Ta looked at a few and sighed slightly, a few people didn't know Zhao Ta's thoughts, and Bai Ao whispered: "Childe, we ......"

Zhao Ta narrowed his eyes, and then spread his hands and made an expression that we had nothing.

Bai Ao said again: "What does Childe mean...... The subordinates ......"

Zhao Ta nodded, he thought about it just now, and felt that Fang La was very likely to run to this Hero Island, because this island, whether from the name of the messenger sent or the way of secret contact, showed that it had a slight relationship with the Ming Sect.

There are only a few people in the Ming Sect who can be related to this mysterious island.

Fang Qifo is qualified, but his whereabouts are unknown, and it can even be said that his life and death are unknown, because he was seriously injured that day and was washed away by the Qinhuai River, and he never appeared again.

As the identity of Fang Qifo, if he hadn't died, then he should have appeared in the Battle of Hangzhou and the Battle of Bangyuan, but the fact was that he didn't appear, and the whole person seemed to have disappeared completely.

Either he was already dead, or he was so injured that he couldn't contact the Ming Sect, so it was unlikely that Fang Qifo would be planning the Hero Order with the island owner on this Hero Island.

Chen Fan is also qualified, and his whereabouts are also unknown, but according to Tong Guan, there is a person beside Taihu Lake Dakou Shisheng who is strong in martial arts and has changeable methods.

Zhao Ta has seen Chen Fan, Tong Guan described this person's appearance as similar to Chen Fan, then nine times out of ten it is Chen Fan, so Chen Fan can't be on Hero Island.

As for Lu Shinang, he is also qualified, although he only holds the position of a branch altar master in the Ming Sect, he is the first major sect leader in the Ming Sect.

Under the Ming Sect, the Light Envoy, the Dharma King, and the Sanren have their own powers, but the branch masters in various places are directly under the management of the sect leaders, called the sect leaders, among which the large number of people is the big leader, and the few people are the small leaders.

Although the status of the head of the sect is not as high as that of the Light Envoy and the Dharma King, it is not inferior to that of the Sanren.

If it is the head of the Great Sect and the number of disciples under his command exceeds 10,000, then it is almost the same existence as the Dharma King.

At most, there were nearly 100,000 soldiers under Lu Shinang, that is, the general Dharma king was not as powerful as him, and his identity was not as important.

So it is very likely that Lu Shisang is on Hero Island.

As for Fang La, he has been teaching since he was a child, and as a local tycoon, can he not know that this Hero Island attracts people to the island once every ten years? Can you know that the messengers of Hero Island are called Daylight and Moonlight?

Maybe there has been a collusion for a long time, and it is not even the sect leader of his generation, the previous generations of Ming sect leaders have already hooked up with this hero island.

Then, this is undoubtedly the best hiding place for Fang La!

As for what the Empress of Light said, Fang La looked at the four places on the map that day, it may be that Fang La played tricks on the Empress of Light and deliberately looked at those four places to mislead him, or or Fang La looked at the sea at that time, and the Empress of Light thought it was on land in the Xianju area of Taizhou.

From this point of view, Fang La's possibility of being on Hero Island is even greater than that of Lu Shinang.

Therefore, Zhao Ta must go to this hero island to have a look, find a way to find Fang La, and bring the order of the Ming Sect Master.

He just spread his hands and said that he couldn't go to the island without a hero order, so Bai Ao wanted to grab it for his own use, and after he nodded, Bai Ao was about to do it.

But at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, listening to the appearance of seven or eight horses, instantly came to the front of the bamboo canopy, and then a gloomy voice sounded: "You heroes are really good together, I don't know which one has a heroic order, please take it out and lend it to the next use!" ”

Bai Ao's body that had just stood up was slightly stagnant, but he didn't expect to be preempted by someone to take the matter, and he couldn't help but look at the place where the voice was sound.

I saw a few black horses parked outside the bamboo tent, and the people on the horses were wearing black short backs, wearing hats, and the leader even covered his face with a black scarf, and was looking into the bamboo tent with unkind eyes.

At this time, the men who ate and drank stopped talking, and the noisy atmosphere just now suddenly cooled down, and many people reached out to touch the weapons they were carrying.

The man's eyes swept around, and finally landed on a table where only two people sat opposite each other.

The two sitting opposites, one tall and thin, the other short and fat, their eyes flashed, and they did not dare to look at the man on the horse.

I only heard this person laugh and said, "Isn't this the Taishan Twin Heroes?" The acquaintance obediently handed over the token, and you could spare both of your lives. ”

The tall and thin man suddenly said angrily when he heard this: "Who are you?" Do you know our brothers? Do you dare to take down the veil and show the true face of the heroes present! ”

The man laughed and said, "What nonsense, I wear a veil because I'm afraid that you will recognize it, and someone will catch this Taishan duo for me and find out their heroic order!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, all his attendants jumped off their horses and headed straight for the table.

When Bai Ao saw this scene, he glanced at Wu Song, Du Yan, and his two brothers.

Several people quickly got up and rushed to the adjacent table like lightning, the tiger-headed man had not finished eating a burrito, and his mouth was stuffed with meat and vegetables, and he was put on his neck by Wu Song's ring knife, and his eyes suddenly widened, and the landlord couldn't help but let out a "woo" sound in his throat...... (End of chapter)