Zhengyang, the overlord of the East, has been founded for more than 400 years. However, the alternation of yin and yang, birth, old age, sickness and death, and the cycle of all things in the world have always been an irreversible trend.

The male is like Zhengyang, and he has already passed the prime of life, dying of old age, and at this time he is more like a person who is struggling to breathe, forcing a way to continue his life.

In 458 years of Zhengyang, the drama of Kowloon seizing the heir was suddenly staged, and the city of Nanjing, which was the stage, was almost turned into scorched earth, and countless people died in vain.

A pair of young boys and girls lost their home forever in this year, but fortunately they were rescued by a white-bearded old grandfather, and their lives have since been transformed into an unknown road full of twists and turns.

In the 476th year of Zhengyang, the spring of the eleventh year of Xuyang

Dongting Wushuang Mountain, the first peak of Wuling.

Tianyun Peak is located on the west side of Dongting Lake in Huguangxing Province (Zhongzhou), is the first peak in the Wuling Mountains, the peak is covered with snow all year round, and about one-third of the mountain is shrouded in dense fog and white snow that does not disperse all year round.

Tianyun Peak is not a famous mountain, and even some are unknown, although it is the first peak of the Wuling Mountains, but because the peak is steep and dangerous, it is difficult for ordinary people to climb the mountain, so it is often forgotten. There is a big gap compared to some famous mountains in the Wuling Mountains.

In recent years, Tianyun Peak has become famous, just because the two leaders of the Martial Arts Righteous Path Demon Gate have moved their homes to this Tianyun Peak. For a time, countless martial arts heroes gathered in Tianyun Peak, and at the foot of Tianyun Peak, a prosperous town was born, called: Fair Town.

On the 10th day of the fifth month, it is the annual big gathering in Fair Town, on this day, all the shops and stalls in Fair Town will be closed. Because no matter how big or small, the store will be contracted by the martial arts people. And the things on sale and display on this day are naturally related to martial arts.

It is said that some people once bought peerless divine weapons on the big set in Fair Town, some people found cherished martial arts cheats, and some people even bought a disciple quota for a martial arts sect...

In short, the big market in Fair Town has evolved into a grand festival for the entire rivers and lakes.

The Welcome Restaurant in Fair Town is the only restaurant that is open during the big gathering, and it is rumored that this restaurant is the only thing that the Holy Sect and the Evil Sect have joined forces. The Welcome Restaurant occupies a huge area, six floors high, with hundreds of tables inside, most of the seats are placed below the fourth floor, and the fourth floor and above are membership-based, and they are not allowed to enter.

On the ninth day of the fifth month, in the evening, although the sun gradually set in the west, the orange sun tried to squeeze out the last trace of light and sprinkle the earth, but because Tianyun Peak blocked half of the sun, darkness had gradually fallen. But this fair town is still full of people, and most of these pedestrians are tall, burly and sturdy martial arts people, holding various weapons in their hands.

Because the Welcome Restaurant is located at the entrance of Fair Town, you can watch the flow of people from the upper floor of the restaurant.

At this time, in the private room on the fifth floor of the welcome restaurant, a huge round table was full of melon seeds and nuts, teacups were crooked, and the ground was full of spit melon seed shells and other garbage.

Everyone who entered Fair Town probably couldn't imagine that the member area of the Welcome Restaurant would be such an unbearable scene. And this group of young people are all from the holy place in the hearts of the righteous martial arts people-Holy Sect.

"Senior brother, senior brother, look! The guy over there in a red tights, this guy has a strong body, his eyes are sharp, he walks like a dragon, and he doesn't have any obvious weapons on his body, so he is probably a hidden one! The guy on the beam screamed while spitting melon seeds and husks, which made the unfortunate few people look at them angrily, someone picked up the teacup in his hand and smashed it, the man on the beam exclaimed, reached out, and grabbed the extremely fast teacup.

"Dog San'er! You give Lao Tzu down! This is the third bite you spit on me, do you think Lao Tzu is easy to bully? The burly young man who threw out the teacup looked up and scolded angrily, but the young man named Gou San'er was still lying on the beam and laughing, just ignoring him.

"Xiong Er, your voice is quieter, I'm going to be deaf!" The young man with his arms around his chest is the cleanest of all, whether it is meticulous hair, clean and smooth clothes, or a delicate face.

"Siniang, get out of the way!" Xiong Er continued to roar, he was the most difficult to deal with this sissy guy on weekdays. Now this guy stretched out his white hand and picked his ears, and this appearance made Xiong Er's whole body have goosebumps. The handsome young man nicknamed Siniang smiled when he saw this, this was his nirvana to take Xiong Er.

"Brothers, don't quarrel, listen to what Senior Brother has to say. The person the third brother said is about to disappear! A male duck's voice, whose voice had not yet completely changed, suddenly sounded, and although it was not loud, it still made everyone hear it clearly. It was a young man who was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old and was the youngest of those present.

"Xiao Qi, it must be a master, and this is still a big brother?" Siniang covered her face with one hand, revealing her eyes from between her fingers, and her eyes sharply analyzed the man in red that Gou San'er said.

"No, I want to listen to the senior brother! Big brother! Look at me, why are you in a daze again! Xiao Qi roared sharply in his male duck voice.

"Little Seven... How are you on it, what's going on? Rokuro! Liu Xin turned his body leaning on the window frame, and was a little surprised to find that Xiao Qi was tightly attached to the pillar, and it seemed that he was holding the pillar himself, but in fact he was tied up with a filament that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

Liulang's head poked out of the window, glanced at Xiao Qi, and then at Liu Xindao: "Senior brother, it was Xiao Qi who lost the bet with me, he should be trapped on the pillar by me for an hour, and it's not time yet." ”

"Fart, let him down. You lost a bet with the fifth uncle, saying that it would be good to blow the cold wind outside for a day, but you ate Jiuzhen duck and squirrel fish downstairs... I also drank osmanthus thick wine. You yourself are a person who doesn't abide by the gambling contract, and you dare to tie up Xiao Qi for an hour, messing around! ”

"You kid is a fool!" A young man with a vicissitudes of life, but his actual age was no more than twenty, he stood up from the chair with a bang, and looked at the head exposed from the window with an unkind face, and at the same time, there were four other unkind glances.

Rokuro, who was stimulated by ten pairs of eyes, swished back his head, and when he was about to let go of the restraints that bound Xiao Qi.

"Senior brother, senior brother! Sixth Senior Brother, he eats alone! Although Xiao Qi's voice is a little harsh, he is immature and the youngest of his brothers, so he is the most loved, and he is also the only person who can be coquettish without being beaten by Xiong Er.

Xiao Qi came to Liu Xin's face, Liu Xin rubbed the top of his head for a while, looked back at the sky, and as for the person that Gou San'er said, he had already disappeared.

"The person San'er said is not small, and it is estimated that he is a disciple of Emperor Wu City. But it doesn't matter to us, the most important thing now is to eat a big meal and go up the mountain after eating. Of course, Rokuro is not allowed to eat this meal, and he will clean the thatched house for ten days after he goes back! After Liu Xin finished speaking lightly, several people except Xiao Qi all showed different looks, some were vigilant, some were worried, and some were cold hostile.

"Senior brother, is Emperor Wu City coming because of the Great Dynasty?" The fifth uncle looked solemn.

"Who knows, you don't have to be too nervous, it's not eleven years ago, although Emperor Wu City is powerful, but in our land, he can't make any waves. Let's go, I've finished reading everything I should have seen today, Zeng Lao can also make a deal there, the work is done, let's eat! ”

"Okay, I'm going to eat Dongpo's elbow, senior brother!"

"Good!" Liu Xin smiled heartily.

Xiao Qi was the first to go out, Liu Xin stood at the door and turned to look, and found that Gou San'er and their expressions were no longer relaxed, so he reached out and knocked on the door frame.

"Let's go, there's nothing to worry about, Martial Emperor City is not the tiger that just came out of the slaughter. If you are really worried, then eat a good meal, go back and retreat, and give them some color at the big court meeting in a month's time, so that they can know that my Holy Sect is the leader of the righteous path! ”

Several people saw Liu Xin's natural expression, their eyes were full of confidence and indifference, and they felt that the pressure in their hearts was much lighter, and the dog San'er shouted, and slapped a strong palm on Xiong Er's broad back with a loud bang, and then ran out of the room with a smoke, and Xiong Er chased after him angrily.

Liu Xin saw that the expressions on the faces of the other two were also relaxed, so he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

As for how Liu Xin recognized the man in red as a disciple of Martial Emperor City, it was actually very simple, in today's rivers and lakes, except for the two major forces of the Holy Sect and the Evil Sect, as long as there is a cultivator who is above Xiaocheng, he is basically a disciple of Martial Emperor City.

The scattered cultivation of the rivers and lakes has disappeared, the smaller sects have almost all been destroyed, and the slightly larger sects are basically actively or passively attached to the city of Emperor Wu...

Eleven years ago, Emperor Wu City swept the rivers and lakes with the help of the imperial court, and at that time, everyone in the rivers and lakes was in danger, and the Holy Sect was also like a great enemy. These juniors and disciples of his had just entered the sect at that time, and even Xiao Qi and Liulang had not yet entered the Holy Sect at that time. But that year, the storm on the rivers and lakes not only had a strong impact on the rivers and lakes, but also affected the people at the lowest level. Xiao Qi and Liulang are the representatives of these two, and they are also implicated by what Emperor Wu City did, until now, they still have a deep fear of Emperor Wu City, or rather, fear!

Liu Xin may also have a trace of fear in his heart, so when he found out the origin of the man in red, he himself inevitably fell into the past.

The man in red who was confirmed by Liu Xin as a disciple of Martial Emperor City seemed to be very familiar with Fair Town, but this person was actually coming here for the first time.

After the end of the big market in Fair Town, the restaurant is still a restaurant, and the hotel is still a hotel, but these restaurants and hotels are basically the same group of people who have wrapped them during the day, and of course, many people will leave here overnight, and some people will follow by the night. This is the norm in the rivers and lakes.

The man in red enters a blacksmith shop called the 'King of Soldiers' before night falls completely. This type of ironsmith shop is the most common in Fair Town, second only to the medical hall.

These are also the two major industries that are most closely related to the people of the rivers and lakes: the ironware shop that cuts people, and the medical hall that saves people.

Therefore, in the second center of martial arts in Fair Town, there are the most these two kinds of shops.

The name of the 'King of Soldiers' blacksmith shop is extremely arrogant, but it is not ranked among the blacksmiths in Fair Town. There was only one blacksmith master with three apprentices in the shop, and the quality of the products was neither good nor bad, but the prices were relatively high, so the old people of the fair town did not come here, and only some passing customers would come in.

But this is also the purpose that the owner of this shop needs to achieve, after all, striking iron is his side business, and secret agents are his main business.

The man in red saw the blacksmith and the three apprentices in the backyard of the blacksmith's shop, and he respectfully bowed to one of them on one knee and said:

"Ruan Yongyi, a subordinate disciple of the outer sect, has seen Lord Wuhou!"

In the direction of Ruan Yongyi's kneeling, the middle-aged man, one of the three apprentices, smiled, wiped his hands on his linen pants, and then walked to a wooden pier on the side, and sat on it like that, he looked at Ruan Yongyi with interest and said:

"You're a clever person, how can you tell that I'm Wuhou?"

Ruan Yongyi maintained a kneeling posture and did not even raise his head:

"My subordinates have heard of your name and know some of your history, so they think that the work of a blacksmith is not in your temperament. If you are a man of great wisdom, if you want to hide in the blacksmith's shop, you should naturally dress up as the suitable, natural one, but at the same time not too laborious. Then you, the person who blows the wind, are naturally the most effortless one, so your subordinates boldly guess that you are the Marquis of Wu! ”

"Hahaha!" A laugh came from the other side, and the shrewdness and smugness on Ruan Yongyi's face disappeared in an instant.

"You're good, you're a clever one, but you're wrong. However, guessing wrong has the advantage of guessing wrong, proving that my disguise is effective! ”

Ruan Yongyi raised his head in disbelief, but saw the topless one next to the blacksmith, revealing his bronzed and sturdy figure, and there were potholes and money-like marks on it, which were the scars burned by the perennial iron after being hit by molten iron and iron flowers. Only a perennial iron striker will have such a mark...

And this person was the first to be ruled out by Ruan Yongyi, even before the blacksmith.

If Liu Xin is here, he will find that he knows this blacksmith apprentice, and he can even say that he is very familiar with it.

He has a rather bookish name:

Mo asphalt!

Mo Bitumen looked at Ruan Yongyi, who was sweating profusely, gave him a very kind smile, and then motioned to the blacksmith next to him to get busy, and let the apprentice who was mistaken by Ruan Yongyi for him help him up.

"What level?"

"Lord Hui Wuhou, he belongs to the subordinate Outer Gate Heaven Level!"

"Who's the superior?"

"The subordinate returns to Senior Brother Cheng and is directly in charge!"

"The city lord has passed on, Cheng is sheltered from the rain!"

"Yes!"

"Since he personally handled this matter, is he going to come to Emperor Martial City to make a big move?"

"My subordinates don't know, but Senior Brother Cheng has a secret letter for me to personally pass it on to my lord!"

After speaking, Ruan Yongyi took off his red robe, took off his underwear, tore off the inner lining of his underwear, and handed it to Mo Bitumen.

In this process, Ruan Yongyi's movements were unhurried, and unlike his previous nervousness, he was very focused and steady when he did this.

Mo Bi nodded slightly, this Ruan Yongyi is the material of a Wuhou secret agent, and Cheng Yuyu sent him to probably send him this talent.

Unexpectedly, even Cheng Yuanyu began to mix his own people in Wuhou, and Wuhou, this fragrant dumpling, is a mouse and is about to take a bite.

This thought flashed in Mo Bitumen's heart, and then he smiled and took the piece of fabric handed over by Ruan Yongyi, got up and went to the back room. This ordinary cloth can reveal words through some means, and there are not many people who are qualified to have these means in Emperor Wu City. Of course he is one, Cheng Fuyu did not have this qualification before, but now that he can also use this method, it means that Cheng Fuyu has successfully ascended to the position.

The content of the secret letter is not known to outsiders, and the purpose of the people from Emperor Wu City is also a mystery. Liu Xin, who returned to the mountain, looked out the window at the starry sky hidden by thick clouds.

Things in the world are so strange, the starry sky that can be seen clearly at the bottom of the mountain is not easy to see when you come to the mountain. When you get closer, you can't see clearly, this kind of truth Liu Xin didn't understand for a long time.

After drinking some wine at the bottom of the mountain, the strength of the wine finally began to rise, and Liu Xin turned over and went down the window.

But when I really go to bed, I can't sleep, and the more I close my eyes, the more energetic I feel. When Liu Xin opened his eyes, his thoughts unconsciously drifted back to eleven years ago.