"What's that up there?"

In the midst of the smoke and rain, on a large passenger ship, Lin Xi and his party were standing with umbrellas, looking at the ancient city in the distance.

"It's Gangneung in front of you." Yanshou looked at the map and scratched his head with a headache.

"Why aren't you sure?"

"We've been on the water for more than half a month since the day we got on the boat, and it's really ...... Some of them have turned. ”

Lin Xi took the map, touched Yanshou's face with a smile, and said, "Okay, it's okay, I'll see." ”

Guanyin said: "In this case, I will go and ask the guys on the boat, they must know where they are." ”

"Well, it's raining and the boat is slippery, be careful."

"Don't worry, I'm not a child—" Guanyin smiled again and touched Yanshou's head.

"My sister is so annoying, this can also laugh at me!" Yanshou and Guanyin frolicked on the boat.

"Hey! I just forgot about it, be careful! ”

"Then I'll accompany my sister to ask."

"Good...... Go ahead. ”

Looking at the backs of the two, Lin Xi was also much more relaxed.

"It's been raining for more than ten days, and it looks like the rainy season has arrived."

Ling Yebai held an umbrella and asked obediently: "What is the rainy season?" ”

"Oh yes, you used to be in the Western Regions, there was drought and little rain, and you didn't know where to go. There will be more than a month in the south every year is the rainy season, in this rainy season, rain is a common thing, the further north, the shorter the rainy season will be, the kind of place in the western region of Liao, there is no rainy season. ”

"Oh, Yebai sees."

"In the future, we may have to live in the south, and it doesn't hurt to know some things."

"Hmm."

"Lin Xi!" The two sisters quickly ran back again, "We asked, and there is Gangneung in front." ”

"Okay, this ship will anchor in Jiangling, and we will get off the boat, after all, the boat is bumpy on the Yangtze River, and everyone has not rested well in the past half a month, get off the boat and find an inn to rest for half a day, and set off again tomorrow morning."

Tang Xiaokan said: "Hey, don't you still say in Chengdu, wait a while for the daylily is cold, why are you willing to let us rest now?" ”

"Hey, I was too anxious at that time, but now I think about it, that batch of Bawangsan was also transported from Chengdu, and the time was only four days earlier than us, and we were still riding horses in the first half of the road, and the speed would definitely be much faster than them, and we caught up with the tailwind, I think...... Those who are lucky to be scattered are not much faster than us, and even - we may have surpassed them. ”

Zhou Baiyu was puzzled: "Exceeding?" Wouldn't they, they go so slowly? ”

"When they are transporting, they don't know anything, and they can't deliberately speed up. Once we get ahead of them and keep chasing, won't we get farther and farther away from them? ”

"Well, Lin Xi is right!" Yanshou said, she seemed much more excited.

"Yes~" Guanyin and Yang teased her weirdly: "Lin Xi is right about everything he says." ”

"That's right!" Yanshou snorted and responded arrogantly: "I just love to listen to Lin Xi, do you care?" ”

"Hey-no fighting!" Lin Xi looked at the two people who were pinching and pinching farther and farther away, and shouted as if they were lively, and immediately smiled.

When the boat stopped at Gangneung, the black clouds had already dispersed, and the drizzle gradually stopped.

The fragrance of the earth and green leaves mixed in the air, and in the market, some travelers and merchants had already come out of the roadside inns and restaurants when the rain stopped.

"Look there!" Lin Xi pointed to the sky ahead.

"Oh, that's a tall building."

In the direction that Lin Xi pointed, a pavilion stood in the sky.

"I've heard for a long time that it's Qujiang Tower, the best place in Gangneung City. Anyway, it's still early, why don't we go up and have a look? ”

Bai Yu patted Lin Xi: "Hey, Lin Xi, look at her-"

I saw Ling Yebai silently stopping under a peach blossom tree.

"What are you thinking?" Lin Xi quietly came behind Ling Yebai, picked a peach blossom and clamped it on Ling Yebai's ear.

"Lin Xi, I ......"

"I'm sorry, I haven't been able to show you Peach Blossom once."

"It's okay, I know there's still a lot of work to do, and besides, aren't we still young?"

"yes, it's still young—"

"Lin Xi, you don't have to worry too much about me, I don't have anything to do. I heard you were going upstairs? Let's go, then. ”

Lin Xi nodded inexplicably distressed, looking at the backs of the four people, sometimes feeling that he owed them a lot.

"Hey! Let's go! Yanshou shouted loudly in the distance, which pulled Lin Xi's thoughts back.

"Oh, here it is......"

"It's really strange, Sister Ling, what was he thinking over there just now?"

"I'm thinking about peach blossoms."

"Peach blossom? What peach blossoms? Did he go lucky again? ”

Ling Yebai smiled and shook his head.

"Hey, in my opinion, the two of you are the ones who should be the most suitable pair, and the words you say are sentence after sentence that people can't understand."

"Everyone go upstairs and be careful......"

Lin Xi took the lead and walked up, and saw that there was only one person upstairs, standing in front of the railing with his back to everyone.

Lin Xi made a gesture to let everyone quiet, and he said politely: "I was rude, disturbed Mr.'s viewing, and I hope Mr. forgiveness." ”

"Is this my own building, brother Tai went upstairs to watch the view, you don't have to apologize to me."

Suddenly, hearing this extremely familiar voice, Lin Xi's eyes widened in surprise, and he unconsciously looked at the middle-aged man with his back to him.

The middle-aged man turned around, and Lin Xi's jaw almost dropped in shock.

"Kou ...... Kou Xiang? ”

"Kobayashi?" Kou Zhun looked at the young man in front of him with the same surprise.

"Lin Xi meets Kou Xiang!"

"Alright, alright, hurry up." Kou Zhun helped Lin Xi up and said with a smile: "Xiaolin, don't be like this, I'm no longer the prime minister." ”

Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, and asked urgently, "Kou Xiang, what do you mean by this?" And how did you end up in Gangneung? ”

"It's a long story, sit down!" Seeing the team behind, he couldn't help but sigh: "Good guy, Xiaolin, how many people are you bringing here?" You're not going to be the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, you! ”

Lin Xihan said with a smile: "Kou Xiang is joking, if Xiao Lin has this ability, he must not be crazy to the limit!" ”

"Kou Xianghao!" Everyone said in unison.

"Okay," Kou Zhun smiled, "sit down." ”

After sitting down, Lin Xi asked again: "Prime Minister Kou, what did you just say, why are you not the prime minister?" ”

"Harm, don't mention it, it's not Liu Xi and the five ghosts who are traitors, who advance on the saint every day to offer slander, especially that Liu Xi, who actually said that I strongly persuaded the saint to conquer Lanzhou, what is 'desperate'! It is unreasonable to say that Your Majesty is just my Kou Zhun's 'desperate bet'!

Alas, you have also seen that I was demoted here by the Holy Decree to be a Jiangling governor. After the war between the two countries ended, I didn't want to continue to look at the faces of those ministers, but now it's okay - no official is light! It's so good here, I don't want to go back and suffer again! ”

"Kou Xiang, you, talk about it." Lin Xi explained.

"Xiaolin, don't call me Kou Xiang, I didn't say anything angry."

"Okay, Master Kou!"

Kou Zhun instantly felt a chill: "It's got it...... You still call me Kou Xiang, this title is really awkward to hear. ”

"Haha," Lin Xi smiled: "Look, it's been shouted for several years, how can you say that you can change it." ”

"Hey, that's what you said, I've been the prime minister for many years, but I didn't expect it to end like this......"

"No, Kou Xiang is a famous minister through the ages, even if he suffers some setbacks now, there will be a day when the clouds will see the light of day!"

"Alas......" Kou Zhun smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say again, "I hope so." ”

The more Lin Xi thought about it, the more angry he became, and slapped his palm on the table: "Those damn traitors are really rampant!" If my master is still ......"

Kou Zhun shook his head: "Alas, I'm afraid your master is still there." ”

Lin Xi lowered his head, sat on the chair weakly, and said in a deep voice: "The saint is mediocre and weak, and he favors the ministers, and one day he will eat the consequences......

Kou Zhun hurriedly stopped Lin Xi: "Don't say this outside in the future, it will cause big trouble." ”

"I understand, Kou Xiang."

"Hey, Xiaolin, what are you doing in Gangneung?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I spent time in Tangmen, and I found almost nothing, and all those who knew about it either died or fled. I can only plan to start with the boss's subordinate Shen Qingyun and re-investigate the identity of the boss. ”

"I see...... Didn't you still say that you were going to investigate the truth about the civil strife in Tangmen? ”

"This can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune, the real culprit of the civil strife in the Tang Sect is the master of the Tang Sect, Tang Yun, and his elders, and now the second elder and the third elder are dead, and the fourth elder and Tang Yun have disappeared one after another, and we will also find their whereabouts at the same time."

"The burden of a thousand catties falls on you alone......" Kou Zhun patted Lin Xi's shoulder.

"Fortunately, with these girls and friends, I'm not too alone."

"You might as well stay in the mansion for this trip, and I will arrange it for you."

"Kou Xiang, there are a lot of us, I am afraid that it will bring unnecessary trouble to Kou Xiang; Besides, we will stay for half a day, and the guest house will be fine...... Don't mention it. ”

"This ...... All right. However, the money for your guest house is all on my head, so don't shirk it this time! ”

"Yes, thank you!"

"Kou Xiang, Lin Xi, take a look below!" The two of them were talking at the table when they heard the shouts of Yanshou, and she was standing by the railing, and something seemed to be going on below.

Lin Xi cast his gaze, and many people below were forming a big circle, as if they were besieging a person.

"Let's go down and have a look!"

As soon as Lin Xi's words fell, he jumped over the railing on the second floor and jumped first.

"Hey, Lin Xi!" Yanshou shouted and saw that he didn't respond, so he hurriedly said, "Let's go down quickly!" ”

Below, more than a dozen people surrounded a man with a child on his back, and shouted to the man: "Hand over the child!" We'll let you go, or else... Don't blame us for being rude! ”

The man said nervously but firmly: "Impossible! Deliver this child into your hands no one! ”

"Then don't blame us! Brothers, grab it directly! ”