The officer asked respectfully, "I wonder who Niangniang is looking for?" Luo Yanran said: "They are in the private room on the second floor called 'Red Plum Pavilion'. ”

The officer looked around and wanted to call a maid to lead the way, but the sergeants of the city defense army were corpses, and then he remembered that all the hotel personnel, including the shopkeeper, cooks, and maids, had been temporarily housed in a large house in the backyard, and were not allowed to leave for the time being, in case of investigation. The officer turned around, hugged his fist at Luo Yanran and said, "Niangniang, please come with me." Immediately led Luo Yanran and the two of them up to the second floor, although he didn't know where the 'Red Plum Pavilion' was, but he thought that since he knew the name, it must not be difficult to find this place.

The three of them came to the second floor, the officer looked left and right and walked to the left, Luo Yanran said, "General, on the right." The officer hurriedly turned around and sneered: "Subordinate, subordinate has never been to the private room on the second floor, I can't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, and I ask my mother to forgive me!" Luo Yanran said: "The general doesn't have to blame himself, I know the path." As he spoke, he turned and walked to the right, and the officer hurriedly ran to the front to lead the way, and his eyes searched the edges of the doors on both sides, only to see that there was a wooden sign inlaid on the edge of the door of each private room, on which were written all kinds of elegant names, such as 'Tingtao Pavilion', 'Juyunxuan', and so on.

When the three of them came to an intersection, the officer couldn't help but stop, he didn't know where to go. At this time, Luo Yanran pointed to the corridor on the left: "I remember going to the left!" The officer replied "yes", and immediately walked to the left, and after a while, he saw the wooden sign on the edge of the door of a private room with three beautiful characters written on it, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and exclaimed, "It's here." Then I noticed that the door was locked, and I felt a little strange.

Luo Yanran and the maidservants came to the door, Luo Yanran saw that the lock on the door was still locked, and couldn't help but feel relieved, because since the lock was intact, it means that no assassins broke into here before, and since there were no assassins breaking into here, then Shang Shiheng and Zhuang Shaocheng must be safe and sound. Then he thought of the inexplicable noise coming from the room when he left, and he couldn't help but worry, and said to the officer: "General, please open this lock." ”

The officer had already determined that the person in front of him was Princess Yan, and when he heard the order, how dare he slack off, so he immediately made a promise, pulled out his waist knife, raised it high, and then slashed down at the copper lock! I heard a loud crack, sparks splashed, and the copper lock fell in half to the ground. The officer withdrew his long knife, reached out and pulled the chain down, and then pushed the door open. However, the room was pitch black and silent, and there was an indescribable atmosphere in the air.

Luo Yanran and the maid were women after all, and when they saw this scene, they couldn't help but be scared in their hearts, and they didn't dare to go in immediately. The officer shouted at several soldiers holding lanterns nearby, "Come here!" Several soldiers rushed to the scene. The officer said, "Come in with me." Several soldiers answered. The officer and several soldiers entered the private room, which was illuminated by the dim light of the lantern. I saw that the tables and chairs in the private room were in a mess, as if they had experienced a big war. Then one of the soldiers shouted, "This is someone! Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and suddenly saw two naked men lying on the ground with each other hugging each other, without any movement, I don't know if they were asleep, this situation, if it is a man and a woman, it is normal, but it is two men, which is very weird, and several people are stunned.

At this moment, footsteps came in from the door, and at the same time, Luo Yanran's voice came: "Are there two sons?" Are they okay? "When everyone came to their senses, the officer was shocked, and thought, 'How can this kind of thing be seen by the mother!' As soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly ran over to block Luo Yanran's master and maid, and said urgently: "Niangniang, this, this, you must not go over!" ”

Luo Yanran thought that something had happened to Shang Shiheng and Zhuang Shaocheng, so she asked urgently, "What happened to them?" The officer looked strange, and couldn't say why. Luo Yanran was anxious, so she wanted to bypass the officer to check the situation. The officer hurriedly stopped Luo Yanran again, and said hurriedly: "This, this can't be seen by Niangniang!" Otherwise, otherwise, the subordinates will never be able to afford to suffer! Luo Yanran was strange and worried, and asked angrily, "What's going on?" The officer was hesitant and stopped. Luo Yanran frowned, "Could it be that they are all dead?" When she asked this, Luo Yanran felt a little sad and guilty, feeling that the two of them were invited by themselves after all, but they suffered misfortunes, although they didn't hurt them, but they couldn't escape the blame.

After listening to Luo Yanran's question, the officer turned his head and asked, "Are those two people still alive?" A soldier stepped forward to check the snort and pulse of the two, then stood up and shouted, "I'm still alive, it seems that I just fell asleep." ”

When Luo Yanran heard this, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Subconsciously, he wanted to go up to check the situation, but he didn't expect the officer to stop him again. Luo Yanran couldn't help but get annoyed, and asked, "Why do you always stop me?" ”

The officer hurriedly said: "Subordinate, how dare your subordinates offend Niangniang!" It's just that the scene here really doesn't dare to let the mother see it! Otherwise, otherwise King Yan will blame him, and I will have to move when I wait for this head! Please forgive me! ”

Luo Yanran was very puzzled when she saw that the officer said so seriously, and at the same time she was even more curious, and she wanted to see what Shang Shiheng and Zhuang Shaocheng were doing. Looking ahead, the soldiers blocked it, and the light of the lantern was so dim that nothing could be seen. He withdrew his gaze and glanced at the officer, and saw that his face was full of begging, and he felt that it was not difficult for him to be strong, so he said: "Since this is the case, then I will not look at it!" As if the officer had been pardoned, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Niangniang!" Thank you, mother! Luo Yanran advised: "Although these two people can't be said to be my friends, they are acquaintances after all, and General Lao sent them home." The officer clenched his fists and said: "Although Niangniang is relieved, his subordinates will definitely send them back safely." Luo Yanran nodded, glanced ahead again, and turned to leave with a stomach full of doubts, and Yun'er hurriedly followed. The officer sent her master and maid out of the hotel, bowed down and said, "Niang Niang, go slowly!" Seeing that Luo Yanran and the two maidservants disappeared into the night, they turned around and returned to Fanlou.

The officer returned to the 'Red Plum Pavilion', looked at the two men embracing each other on the ground, frowned, and scolded: "These two guys, fuck! ”

One soldier asked, "Boss, what's going on?" The officer thought that they should not be too rude after all, so he said, "Leave them alone, wait until they wake up." Let's go out. Then they left the room, and the officer closed the door. ……

Early the next morning, the terrible screams of two men were heard in the Tianjing Hotel. Soon after, rumors about Shang Shiheng and Zhuang Shaocheng fighting 500 rounds in the Tianjing Hotel spread all over Tianjing New Town, becoming the talk and joke of the people of Tianjing New Town after tea and dinner, and whenever people talked about it, their expressions were very excited and ambiguous. When Luo Yanran heard this rumor, she couldn't help but think of the strange and strange behavior and expression of the city defense officer named Zhang Chun, and was ashamed, and scolded Shang Shiheng and Zhuang Shaocheng for being shameless, and at the same time faintly felt in her heart that this matter seemed to be related to King Yan, but whenever her thoughts touched this point, she took the initiative to avoid it. ……

In the study room of King Yan's Mansion, Yang Peng sat behind his desk and listened to Hua Jieyu's report: "Those assassins can't survive the punishment, they have already been recruited, they were instructed by a rice shop owner named Zhao Cheng in this city to assassinate King Yan!" The subordinates have already sent their subordinates to arrest that Zhao Cheng! ”

Huang Qiaoyun said angrily: "A rice shop boss actually has the courage to do such a thing!" At this time, in addition to Yang Peng and Hua Jieyu in the study, Huang Qiaoyun, Chai Yongqi, Zhang Xiang, Yelu Hanyu and other princesses with official positions were all in the study.

Zhang Xiang said: "Then Zhao Cheng must be just a middleman, the only way to find out the mastermind behind the scenes is to start from Zhao Cheng, and those killers must not know!" Hua Xie Yu nodded.

Yang Peng sat up and asked, "What is the origin of those killers, have you figured it out?" "They say they belong to a killer organization called the Black-Cloaked Regiment, and their subordinates have never heard of this organization. However, they have already confessed the contact points and strongholds of this 'black-clothed regiment' in various parts of the Central Plains. He then took a roll of paper from his sleeve, walked to his desk, and presented it with both hands.

Yang Peng took the paper roll, unfolded it and looked at it, only to see that the paper was densely filled with place names and people's names, only read it roughly, then handed the paper roll back to Hua Jieyu, and ordered: "Immediately send orders to all places, according to this list to arrest all the people for me!" Hua Xie Yu bowed down and retreated to his place.

Jiang Li hurriedly ran into the study, handed a letter to Yang Peng, and said, "Master, the urgent letter from Ningxia is sealed in orange. Yang Peng took the letter, opened the envelope, took out the stationery, unfolded it, and read it. He put down the letter, pondered for a moment, and muttered, "The situation in Western Xia is not optimistic! After a moment of silence, he muttered, "I have to go to Ningxia!" He raised his head, glanced at everyone, and said, "I have to go to Ningxia." It's the same here as before, when I'm not there, Han Bing and Mei'er will sit in Tianjing New Town for me, and if you all have anything, please ask her two for advice! Everyone hugged their fists and promised, but the faces of the women showed reluctance.

Later that day, Yang Peng stood alone on the North City Gate Tower and looked at the splendid rivers and mountains in the distance. Yan Ji, who was dressed in beautiful armor, quickly climbed the city gate tower, searched the city gate tower, saw Yang Peng, and immediately stepped forward. Came behind Yang Peng, bowed down and said, "My subordinates have seen King Yan, I don't know what King Yan commanded?" ”

Yang Peng turned around and looked at Yan Ji, who felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by Yang Peng like this. Yan Ji was a little uncomfortable by Yang Peng's eyes, and couldn't help but get angry, and asked angrily, "What does King Yan command?" ”

Yang Peng smiled and exclaimed: "Yan Ji is really Yan Ji, no matter how the environment changes, this temper will never change!" Yan Ji snorted and said, "If you want me to be like those minions, I can't do it!" If you don't like it, kill me as soon as possible!" ”

Yang Peng walked up to Yan Ji and said, "Whether you believe it or not, in my eyes, you are my friend!" Yan Ji said angrily: "Who is rare to be your friend!" ”

Yang Peng didn't expect her to say this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that I didn't even have this little blessing!" Hey, King Xiang has a dream, and the goddess is ruthless! Yan Ji's heart was pounding, her eyes were staring at Yang Peng, her face was flushed, she frowned, and asked, "I don't know what happened to King Yan's call?" When Yang Peng heard her ask, he stopped gossiping, turned around and walked to the railing, looked at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains outside the city, and said: "Hua Jieyu has already interrogated those assassins, and those assassins confessed that they are from an organization called the 'Black Clothes Regiment'!" ......" Yan Ji's expression moved.

Yang Peng turned around, looked at Yan Ji, and said: "This 'black-clothed group' is obviously a community on the rivers and lakes, and your Yinnu Palace used to be a community on the rivers and lakes, so I asked you, what kind of organization is this 'black-clothed group'?" ”

Yan Ji frowned and said, "The 'Black-clothed Group' is actually very similar to the situation in our Maiden Palace, they are all killer organizations!" Glancing at Yang Peng, he continued: "The strength of this 'black-clothed group' is still superior to that of our Yinnu Palace, when Pang Taishi was in power, I once heard that the 'black-clothed group' was accepted by Pang Taishi as a subordinate, but I have never seen the people of the 'black-clothed group'!" ”

Yang Peng asked: "Is the strength of the 'Black-clothed Regiment' only slightly stronger than the 'Yinnu Palace'?" ”

Yan Ji lowered her head and was silent for a moment, then raised her head and said, "I don't know how to answer this question. The 'Black-clothed Regiment' is even more mysterious than our 'Maiden Palace', and I don't know exactly what the situation is! However, according to what I learned from Master Pang back then, the strength of the 'Black-clothed Regiment' is definitely stronger than that of the 'Yinnu Palace', but it is unknown how strong it is! By the way, I once heard Master Pang say that the members of the 'Black-Coated Regiment' were not only outlaws on the rivers and lakes, but also death row prisoners who should have been executed, and the Black-Coated Regiment saved those death row prisoners through the relationship of Taishi Pang, and those death row inmates joined the 'Black-Coated Regiment' out of gratitude, and because they no longer had a foothold in the world. The 'Black-clothed Regiment' has done a lot of things for Pang Taishi, and there is no unsuccessful one, and one of the biggest cases is to eradicate Pang Taishi's fierce rival **Prime Minister! ”

Yang Peng said: "**The prime minister was killed all over the house overnight, and the social legend was that it was done by robbers, but it turned out that it was the 'black-clothed regiment' sent by Pang Taishi!" Yan Ji nodded. Yang Peng pondered: "It is said that at that time, there were not only hundreds of forbidden soldiers in the prime minister's mansion, but also many heroes and righteous men on the rivers and lakes to protect them. Unexpectedly, the 'Black-clothed Regiment' still killed them all overnight! ”

Yan Ji nodded, glanced at Yang Peng, and said: "In fact, no matter how strong the community on the rivers and lakes is, it is difficult to compete with the government, and most of them have been falsely spread to the gods, but in fact, it is not like that!" For example, the 'Black-Cloaked Regiment', the legendary 'Black-Cloaked Regiment', like ghosts, like demons, it seems that the people they are targeting, no matter how closely they are protected, their heads will be taken off unconsciously! But last night, the 'black-clothed regiment' attacked in a big way, but was killed by the 'secret guards' corpses all over the field, and the rest were all tied up, and the leader of the 'black-clothed regiment' was captured alive in less than twenty moves under the hands of Princess Ye, which shows that these organizations on the rivers and lakes are not remarkable! ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "That's a good thing! Glancing at Yan Ji, she said with a smile: "I heard that the palace master of the 'Yinnu Palace' is a fox spirit who likes to play with men to collect yin and supplement yang," Yan Ji couldn't help but blush her cheeks when she heard Yang Peng mention her reputation in the rivers and lakes back then. Yang Peng said with a smile: "But who knows that the palace master of the 'Yinnu Palace' is actually a heroine who despises men and treats men like dung!" Yan Ji couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hummed: "I don't care what others think!" People only have decades in this life, so why care about other people's opinions! ”

Yang Peng smiled and nodded, then showed a look of thought, and asked, "Are there many organizations like the 'Black-clothed Regiment' and your 'Maiden Palace' on the rivers and lakes?" ”

Yan Ji asked, "Is King Yan talking about the killer organization?" Yang Peng said: "It's not limited to the killer organization. Yan Ji said: "That's a lot, there are tide gangs that run waterways, there are salt gangs that sell illicit salt, beggars have beggar gangs, as for the killer organizations, in addition to the 'black-clothed group', as far as I know, there are also 'embroidered girls', 'vultures', 'flying eagle alliances', and some cult organizations." ”

Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Is there a Shaolin Wudang?" Yan Ji was stunned for a moment, and said blankly: "Shaolin Wudang? Shaolin Temple, aren't they just monks? Wudang's, aren't they just Taoist priests? What kind of organization are they? ”

Yang Peng was secretly surprised and said: "Could it be that the legendary martial arts Taishan Beidou does not exist?" Putting these chaotic thoughts behind, he turned around, looked at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains outside the city, and said: "I didn't take these Jianghu organizations in my eyes, but after last night's assassination, I suddenly felt that it was not a good thing to let these Jianghu organizations out of control!" ”

Yan Ji glanced at Yang Peng and asked, "King Yan wants to level the Jianghu Organization?" "I was faintly worried in my heart, feeling that if King Yan launched the action of leveling the rivers and lakes, I don't know how many people in the world would die.

Yang Peng turned around and said with a smile: "These are all heroes who lick blood from the knife edge and don't take their lives seriously, in my eyes, they are a group of talents, wouldn't it be a pity to kill them all!" Yan Ji was stunned for a moment, and said happily: "King Yan wants to incorporate the Jianghu Organization? ”

Yang Peng said: "You can say that, but it's not entirely accurate! These organizations are naturally good at small-scale operations, and because they have to avoid the government for a long time, they have all practiced a set of tricks to hide their whereabouts, but these people are all dissolute and unruly people who ignore the rules as if they were nothing, and if they are incorporated into the army, they are afraid that they will be out of place and will not be able to play their role. Therefore, my idea is to set up a special department to manage these Jianghu organizations, these Jianghu organizations will remain in their current state, but they must abide by Yanyun's regulations, we don't care about them in normal times, and use them to perform some special tasks when necessary. Yan Ji looked thoughtful, feeling that Yang Peng's idea was really unprecedented, but it seemed to be a very effective management method, and then doubts rose in her heart: Why did King Yan tell me these things, I am just a captain of the Feifeng Female Guard.

Yang Peng glanced at Yan Ji and said, "The department I plan to set up is called 'Hua Xu', and you will serve as the 'Hua Xu' cabinet leader and lead all the Jianghu organizations. Yan Ji was taken aback and said in disbelief: "Me? Yang Peng said: "I have been thinking about this candidate for a long time. It goes without saying that the candidate for this big cabinet leader must be both wise and brave, and there is also a very important quality, that is, he must understand the Jianghu organization! Although there are a lot of talents under my command, you are the only one who can meet the requirements! ”

Yan Ji was a little in a daze, she didn't expect King Yan to use herself so much, and she didn't expect that she would return to the rivers and lakes one day. Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Is there something wrong?" Yan Ji came back to her senses and hurriedly hugged her fists and said, "No problem." Since King Yan trusts me so much, I will never let King Yan down! Yang Peng patted her on the shoulder.

Yan Ji suddenly remembered an incident, hugged her fists and said, "But if I leave, who will protect Niangniang?" The mother in her mouth is naturally Mu Guifei. Yang Peng said: "You don't have to worry about this, I'll transfer a team of Feifeng female guards to replace you." Yan Ji nodded. Yang Peng said: "I will leave Tianjing New City tomorrow, this matter has been handed over to Han Bing and Mei'er, you go to them to discuss specific matters." "Yes!" ……

Early the next morning, Yang Peng led a team of secret guards to leave Tianjing New City and rushed towards Ningxia. After a few days, he arrived at the capital of Ningxia, Xingqing Mansion, which was the capital of Western Xia.

Li Tongren, who was left behind in Xingqing Mansion, was discussing business with his colleagues in the hall, when an official rushed in in a hurry and said urgently: "My lord, my lord, King Yan, King Yan is here!" Everyone in the hall was shocked, Li Tongren quickly stood up and asked the official: "What did you say, King Yan is here?" He hadn't received the news of King Yan's imminent arrival before, so he couldn't believe it. The official nodded vigorously, pointed to the door and said, "Already, it's already at the gate!" ”

When Li Tongren heard this, he hurriedly ran outside, and all his colleagues also hurriedly ran out. As soon as he ran out of the hall, he saw a large group of people rushing in at the gate, and the leader was dressed in civilian clothes and was heroic, it was King Yan. Everyone was surprised, and hurriedly rushed forward to pay respects: "My subordinates pay homage to King Yan!" I don't know if King Yan is far away, please forgive King Yan! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "No need to be polite. As he spoke, he walked towards the hall surrounded by all the guards, and the officials who were kneeling on the ground kowtowed: "King Xie Yan! Then he stood up and hurriedly followed the hall. I saw King Yan sitting on the top, and everyone stood with their hands down, waiting for King Yan to consult. Yang Peng glanced at Li Tongren and the others, and said with a smile: "I came all the way, the counties in Ningxia are thriving, the people are happy, very good, you have lived up to my trust!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.