Xia Zhicicada almost slashed directly with a sword,

looked closely, it turned out to be the rich boy Qian Yiqian who got on the boat with him.

The latter had only just boarded the ship, and the youkai hadn't had time to suck his essence, so he was the only one who was sober among the many men.

"Save ...... Help me. ”

Qian Yiqian only said one sentence, and then rolled his eyes and fainted.

"I haven't been sucked up, what are you pretending?"

Xia Zhician kicked Qian Yiqian lightly angrily, feeling that the latter should not scare people at this time and pretend to faint.

But he kicked twice, and when he saw that the other party didn't react, it seemed that he really fainted.

"What's going on?"

As soon as Xia Zhicicada turned around, he understood.

The cat demon, which had grown bigger than a tiger, crouched beside her and wagged her tail, her fangs baring out of her mouth with a bloody frog leg bone in her mouth.

It would be strange if ordinary people saw this scene and were not frightened.

……

Seven days later, the merchant ship finally arrived at the dock in Jiangcheng.

Facing the autumn wind, Xia Zhician and Nan Er stood side by side in the bow of the boat, one holding a red wine gourd in his hand, and one holding a black sheath long knife in his arms.

Looking through the wharf, you can see that the streets of Jiangcheng are lit up on both sides, festive red ribbons are hung under the high eaves, and lanterns made of various colors of paper-cut are lit early.

It was not yet dusk, and the streets and alleys of Jiangcheng were already flickering.

"It's so lively? I'm afraid there won't be such a big movement during the New Year......"

Xia Zhician looked at the people coming and going on the street, all with happy smiles on their faces, if others didn't say this kind of scene, he would still think it was the New Year.

"Jiangcheng people have always paid attention to the river god sacrifice, even if it is the New Year, it is not as lively as this time......"

Nan Er was holding a long black sheath knife, he stared at the red and red streets everywhere, and he was unexpectedly distracted for a while.

"Feeling...... It's as if nothing has changed. ”

"Oh?"

Xia Zhician glanced at him.

"It's the same as I remember......"

Nan Er waited until the boat docked, and when he hadn't even boarded the gangplank, he relied on the light skills on his body and landed on the shore with a leap.

Xia Zhician waved his robe, and with a light touch of his toes, he also landed on Nan Er's side.

The movements of the two of them attracted the attention of the merchants and travelers who came and went on the docks.

"Look at those two, judging from their body style, they should be masters of the rivers and lakes......"

"It's not, you see that people have the same body as flying, I'm afraid this is not the legendary 'treading snow and looking for plums' on the rivers and lakes......"

"Treading the snow to find plums, isn't that the mastery of stealing saints......

"Thief? Hasn't he disappeared from the rivers and lakes for nearly ten years......"

The chatter around never stopped.

Nan Er held the knife in his arms, took a deep breath, and secretly said "I'm back" in his heart, but there was no trace on the surface.

At this moment, a tall and burly man with cheeks walked through the crowd, carrying a large knife shaped like a door panel on his back, and wrapped it tightly with black strips of cloth.

The big man stepped forward and clenched his fists:

"Under the Soul Breaking Knife Li Erhu, dare to ask the two knights, but do you want to go to Sima Mansion to congratulate you?"

When Nan Er heard the words "Sima Mansion", he frowned, his face was cold and he didn't speak.

Xia Zhician took over the conversation on the side, and asked with some curiosity:

"Hee...... What's the happy event? ”

"Today is the day when the eldest son of the Sima family marries the second lady of the Chu family...... Why, aren't you two here to congratulate? ”

The big man was a little surprised all of a sudden, and he thought that these two extraordinary sons must have received an invitation from the Sima family before they came to Jiangcheng.

"It's not."

Nan Er replied stiffly, and then even ignored the big man with cheeks, and left straight away from the crowd.

"This ......"

The cheeky man didn't know what to do for a while, he looked at the back of Nan Er's departure, and he couldn't figure out where he had offended the young swordsman if he wanted to break his head, making him so disdainful of himself.

Xia Zhician smiled slightly, and didn't explain, but just bowed his hand to the big man with a cheek as a return salute, and then chased after Nan Er's distant back.

Alas!

Dahan sighed secretly, he is also from the rivers and lakes, but he is just a little-known small character, and he has not made a name for many years. He saw that Xia Zhician and the two of them were extraordinary, and thought to himself that this must be a distinguished guest invited by Sima's family, if he could go over and make friends first, maybe they could go to Sima's house together.

It's a pity that he made the wrong plan, and the bamboo basket was empty.

……

"Let's go find an inn to stay in first."

Xia Zhician caught up with Nan Er, and he saw that the gloom between the latter's eyebrows was about to drip water, so he could only say something without words.

Nan Er did not speak.

At this time, the sound of gongs and drums was heard from the other side of the street, followed by the sound of musical instruments playing in unison.

Not long after, a team of people came from the street.

The son at the head rode on a tall horse, wearing the groom's red wedding robe, with a big red flower on his chest, and a green sheathed sword hanging from his waist.

The red-clad family members behind him are also wearing long knives at their waists.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for the wedding party to carry weapons, but the groom's identity is special, and his family is a well-known swordsmith family in the rivers and lakes, so the family members are proud to wear good swords.

"This is the eldest son of the Sima family, but he is really a talent......"

Xia Zhicicada heard the people watching from the sidelines say.

The groom is the eldest son of the Sima family, with the compound surname Sima, and the double character Chunlei.

Sima Chunlei can be said to be indeed a name as loud as thunder in the rivers and lakes.

"It's the second lady of the Chu family who is married, and this Chu family is also a famous family in our Jiangcheng......

"Yes, yes, it's really a good match......"

Of course, not all of them are praises, and some people secretly pouted and whispered:

"The last time the Chu family married a daughter, it was full of storms in the city, and the Nangong family, who was married, died all over, and today I married a daughter, hehehe......"

But a few sneers were quickly drowned out by the cheers of the majority.

Of course Xia Zhician heard it, he glanced at Nan Er, who bowed his head and was silent, shook his sleeve robe and did not speak.

Nan Er lowered his head, his eyes were like a deep pool of water that had been dead and silent for a long time, but at this time, from the bottom of the pool, a water plant called "revenge" began to grow wildly.

The aquatic plants were bright red, dyed with the blood of every one of his family members who died with hatred.

He lowered his eyes, trying to suppress the anger that was already burning in his heart.

Hmmm-

An autumn wind blew, and the groom, who was sitting on the tall horse, narrowed his eyes, and he actually felt a trace of murder in the autumn wind that suddenly blew just now.

Maybe it's my own delusion.

The drums sounded in unison, and Sima Chunlei rode away through the crowd.

When he was about to leave the street, he still turned back with some concern, and his eyes quickly searched the crowd on both sides of the street.

He hoped to find the person who had murderous intent on him.

It's a pity that no matter how much he perceives it, the trace of killing intent just now seems to have come with the autumn wind, and it has also gone with the autumn wind.

Sima Chunlei put his right hand on the scabbard, his fingers flicking gently.

"Childe, hurry up, or you'll miss the hour."

The butler-like person on the side reminded in a whisper.

"Okay, let's go."

As soon as the horses under the seat were urged, the greeting procession crossed the street and disappeared from Xia Zhicicada's sight.

"Let's go, find an inn to rest."

Nan Er patted Xia Zhicicada's shoulder, he seemed to have swept away all the previous haze, and returned to the appearance of Xia Zhicicada's memory.

Xia Zhician followed Nan Er with deep eyes, and he knew very well in his heart that the more normal Nan Er was now, the more abnormal it was.

But he didn't ask.

If Nan Er wanted to say it, he would naturally say it, but if he didn't want to say it, it would be in vain to ask himself.

……

"I'm sorry, guest officer, our rooms here have long been fully booked, and they are all coming from all over the world to visit our Jiangcheng River God Festival, and there are really no empty rooms......"

Xiao Er, who was in charge of the reception, looked at the two young men in front of him apologetically.

Xia Zhician and Nan Er glanced at each other, the two of them had already run the fifth inn, and it was still full.

"Don't hide it from the two sons, because this river god festival is an annual event in our Jiangcheng, so there are unusually many people who come and go to watch, and all the rooms in the small shop were sold out half a month ago......"

Xiao Er is a clever person, even if he can't do business, he doesn't get tired of accompanying the smiling face:

"Otherwise, you two will go to another house to see ......"

"Little second brother, I want to ask you, do you know where the post station in Jiangcheng is?"

Xia Zhician grabbed Nan Er, who was just about to leave, and he asked in the latter's puzzled gaze.

"Jiangchengyi? It is located to the east of the intersection of the south of the city...... But Childe, Jiangcheng Post is an official inn, and ordinary people can't stay in it......"

Xiao Er said, looking up and down at the two sons in front of him, these two people looked like knights on the rivers and lakes, not like officials in the court.

"It's okay, thank you."

Xia Zhician gave Nan Er a look, and the latter could only follow him to the post station in Jiangcheng.

The two walked through the street and came to the gate of Jiangchengyi.

At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the golden light stretched the shadows of the two men very long, like two straight lines that were forever parallel.

"Two, this place is an official post station...... Dare to ask the two of you, but you are serving officials? ”

Knocking on the door, the young postman still saluted the two very politely and said:

"If you are an incumbent official, you can move in by showing your identity and official certificate."

Xia Zhician took out the Lingguan Golden Seal from his sleeve robe, but he didn't hand it to the post man, just held it in his hand, and then said to the post man:

"Go and call the post man out, he should recognize it."

Seeing that the postman was popular, he didn't dare to slack off, so he could only welcome the two into the lobby, and then immediately turned around to find the post.

After a while, there was a sound of rustling footsteps, and the chubby post man almost ran out in a hurry, obviously it was a cold autumn, and he was actually running profusely sweating.

After panting breathlessly for a long time, he wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and then bowed his hand to the two sons with extraordinary temperaments in the room:

"Dare to ask the two ......"

Xia Zhician shook the Lingguan Golden Seal in his hand, he originally planned to hand it to Yicheng and let the other party recognize it again, but he didn't expect that the other party just saw the golden seal and knelt down directly:

"Xiaguan Jiangcheng Station...... Yicheng Zhang Yueban has seen Lord Lingguan. ”

When he was talking about Jiangcheng Yicheng, he also stumbled.

"Zhang Yicheng doesn't need to be polite, help me prepare two upper rooms."

"Yes."

Zhang Yueban stood up and personally led Xia Zhician and the others to a separate courtyard behind the post station.

"This is a small courtyard in the bamboo forest, and it is the best courtyard in my Jiangchengyi...... The two superiors, please come in. ”

"Thank you Zhang Yicheng."

"No, no, no, it's a great honor for Shangguan to come to my little Jiangcheng Station......

Don't look at Zhang Yueban is very fat, he shook his head quite flexibly:

"Although this Jiangcheng is said to have frequent official exchanges, there are few people who live in my Jiangcheng Station, and the two Shangguan came today, which really makes this place flourish."

"Since officials come and go frequently, why don't you stay in this Jiangcheng Station?"

Xia Zhician also has nothing to say, it can't be that Zhang Yicheng keeps talking alone, he still has to say two sentences.

"Alas, after most officials come to Jiangcheng, they will go to visit Prince Le, and then they also live in Lord Le's mansion, and few come to our Jiangcheng Station."

Zhang Yue sighed halfway, originally thought that he could make friends with a lot of dignitaries and nobles in this Jiangcheng Station, but he didn't expect that there would be a lot of people here all year round.

"Lord Le ......"

Xia Zhician nodded.

This Jiangcheng and even the entire Jiangzhou is the fief of King Le, and King Le's Mansion is built on the most prosperous East Street in Jiangcheng.

Prince Le is the younger brother of His Majesty the current Emperor of Great Qi and the widow of the first emperor. The meaning of the posthumous son is that when the first emperor died, he was not yet born. So he directly avoided the power struggle between the princes, and when His Majesty stabilized his power now, he sealed him in the rich land of Jiangzhou.

Let him be an idle prince.

To what extent did the Emperor of Great Qi favor his younger brother, not only gave the richest Jiangzhou to Prince Le, but also allowed him to manage local taxes, and even specially approved Prince Le to form a guard army of 3,000 people on his own.

You must know that what you are most afraid of as an emperor is that the vassal king has real power, let alone the army.

This shows His Majesty's love for Lord Le today.

Prince Le was born very late, even one year younger than the crown prince of the current dynasty, so it is rumored that Prince Le was actually born after his majesty had an affair with the first emperor and the concubine, that is to say, Prince Le was actually the illegitimate son of His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qi.

However, these are folklore and have no basis.

"The two officials rested early, and the officials retired first."

Zhang Yue left half-naturally.

Xia Zhician walked into his room, and there was an oil lamp lit on the corner of the table.

The lights swayed in the wind.

Syllable!

A scabbard appeared unexpectedly, and then struck the back of Xia Zhicicada's neck.

The strong impact caused him to pass out.

But when he was about to fall to the ground, he was held up.

The owner of the scabbard is, naturally, Nan Er.

He dragged Xia Zhician to the bed, let him lie down, and then closed the door and walked out.

It was already night, and the moonlight was shining like snow.

The eyes of the people under the moonlight were red, and the killing intent that had been suppressed for a long time was surging out at this moment.

Tonight, he took up a knife to kill.