In the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, the Qi State can be regarded as one of the few powerful kingdoms.

It is said that the Taizu of the Zhou Dynasty, when he led the troops to fight Kui, met the fisherman Lu Shang in Qidi, and on the bank of the Zishui River, holding a fishing rod, had a long talk, and pointed out the country. Taizu said that he saw that Lu Shang was unparalleled in his calculations, and appointed him as the military advisor of the army of Kui, and fought all the way, making countless miraculous achievements. When the Kui Dynasty collapsed and the Zhou Dynasty was established, Taizu made Qi Land a fief of Lü Shang.

The state of Qi was established because of this, and the descendants of Lu Shang also took Qi as their surname. For thousands of years, the state of Qi has continued to grow and has become a hegemon.

And there are several ancient families in the Qi Kingdom, the most famous of which is the Liu family.

The ancestor of the Liu family was originally a generation of kendo masters, and on the way to Kui, he was introduced as Lu Shang's personal guard, and saved Lu Shang in danger countless times. After the establishment of the Qi State, the Liu family also took root in Lindu, and established the Liu Sword Village to inherit the way of the sword, which has been for thousands of years.

Liu Changming, the owner of the contemporary Liu's Sword Village, is a well-known kendo master in the entire dynasty, and has a pivotal position in the Qi Kingdom.

Liu Changming's life is even more legendary, he showed supreme talent when he was a child, the beginning of kendo when he was young, and then traveled to various countries with a sword, did not participate in political struggles, and was only willing to make a living from kendo and indulge in the rivers and lakes. Nearly thirty years old, under the edict of King Qi, he returned to Lindu. It turned out that the old owner didn't want his son to be so good, so he begged the king of Qi to give him a marriage.

King Qi really valued the Liu family, and greatly admired Liu Changming at that time, so he married his twenty-eight-year-old sister to Liu Changming, who was already thirty years old, and ordered him not to travel around anymore.

Then when the old owner died, Liu Changming completely accepted his heart and settled down in Liu's Sword Village, but he and the sister of King Qi have been married for ten years, but they have never had an heir.

At that time, rumors were rife in Lindu, and even Liu Changming was injured when he was traveling abroad and could not be killed.

In the end, even King Qi was a little concerned and asked his sister what was going on, only to learn that Liu Changming had never slept with his sister in the past ten years since he got married.

King Qi couldn't help but be furious, so he led Liu Changming into the palace, and when asked, Liu Changming cried bitterly in front of King Qi.

It turned out that when he was traveling, he met a peasant woman, and they had made a private agreement with each other for life, but after returning to China, he was given a marriage by the king of Qi, and the old owner forced him to marry the princess of Qi on the grounds that he was seriously ill, and let him make a vow that he would never look for the peasant girl again for the rest of his life.

Liu Changming kept his oath, and even after the death of the old owner, he stayed in Lindu, sticking to the Liu Sword Village, and taking the way of the sword as his life.

But because he had something else in his heart, he was determined not to touch the sister of the king of Qi.

King Qi, who was originally furious, relented and did not punish him after seeing Liu Changming's crying and weeping appearance and understanding the cause and effect.

But he couldn't sit back and watch Liu's no queen, so he gave his widowed sister an idea, and gave Yin Yang and Hesan, and asked her to put it in Liu Changming's meal.

At that time, Liu Changming was already in his forties, and the princess who kept the empty boudoir alone had also entered middle age.

Although Liu Changming is a great accomplishment of swordsmanship, he feels guilty about the princess and lady in name only, and he is not the slightest wary on weekdays, so he fell into yin and yang and hesan.

After the incident, it was rumored that he was alone in the rain and did not close his eyes for a day and a night, and the princess and lady accompanied him like this, drenching in the rain for a day and a night.

As a result, the princess and lady were seriously ill, but it inevitably caused the anger of Qi State, blamed Liu Changming, and instructed her family not to report to King Qi.

When Liu Changming saw this scene, he no longer had any resentment, and the guilt in his heart was even stronger, thinking that he had already failed one woman and could not live up to the second woman.

So the life of husband and wife finally came to a real fulfillment.

On Liu Changming's forty-first birthday, his wife gave birth to a son, and the incense of the Liu family was finally inherited.

And the king of Qi gave his nephew the name - Liu Mu.

Liu Changming's wife, but in the second year after giving birth to Liu Mu, she fell seriously ill and passed away.

Since then, Liu Changming has never remarried in his life.

And his only son, Liu Mu Liu Gongzi, is the young man who galloped with a horse at the gate of the city and collided with Ye Chong and others, and he is also the Liu Duwei in the mouth of those soldiers who defend the city.

Just because he was young, he didn't want to be a kendo master like his father, but resolutely joined the army, hoping to win fame. He has a prominent status and has always risen through the ranks in the army, and now he is only in his twenties, and he has obtained the rank of captain.

And Liu Changming felt guilty about his late wife, and he couldn't discipline his son ruthlessly, and later refocused on kendo. It is also because of this that Liu Mu has developed a proud and domineering spirit, even if he is now a lieutenant in the army, he still has a squirming atmosphere.

And this gentleman collided with Ye Chong and others at the gate of the city today, and even in a hurry, he was dragged off the whip by Li Hui, and he did not stay, and hurriedly rode his horse into the city.

This is very different from his usual style, Ye Chong and the others don't understand, because they don't have many concerns, but the group of soldiers guarding the city know the reason.

It is all because Liu Changming, the current owner of Liu's Sword Village, the most famous kendo master in Qi State, Liu Mu's father, and the sister-in-law of His Majesty the King of Qi who is aging this year, passed away yesterday.

Liu Mu was from the army and rushed back all the way.

And today, the gate of Lindu is heavily guarded, and it is also because Liu Changming was assassinated!

The King of Qi personally ordered to find clues to the assassin of Liu Changming, but what kind of person was Liu Changming? What kind of master must be the person who can assassinate him? In the eyes of many people, this assassin is destined to be undug up.

Of course, there are also some obscure rumors, which are related to the dispute between the government and the government, and they are even more difficult for those ministers who are ordered to pursue the murderer.

That's all for later.

When Liu Mu returned to Liu's Sword Village, his home was already a gloomy fog.

The people in Jianzhuang, Liu Changming's disciples, and the servants of the Liu family were all immersed in the grief of the death of the owner.

Liu Mu quickly changed into filial piety clothes and stood in front of his father's coffin, his face was gloomy, like a dumb person, and he didn't say a word.

It wasn't until King Qi sent someone to send a pair of elegiac couplets that Liu Mu had red eyes, thanked him, and decided to mourn in the evening of the same day.

So on this day, Ye Chong took everyone and just settled down in an inn in Lindu, when he heard the sound of mourning coming from the street outside the window, he glanced at it hurriedly, only to see a group of men and women wearing filial piety clothes, whimpering and walking by, knowing that it must be the death of the prominent person in the city, there will be such a formation.

Just glanced at it in a hurry, he didn't see Liu Mu in the crowd, nor did he see Qin Wuyue and Shen Qing'er behind Liu Mu, who were also wearing filial piety clothes.

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"Sister Xi'er, you are here with Shui Zhu'er, and I will go separately with the others to inquire about the news of the third uncle and Mr. Lu. ”

Ye Chong said a word to Shui Xi'er, and left the inn with several other teenagers.

The young man who came to Lindu for the first time still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart at this moment, even if the steady sword shadow on weekdays was looking around, as if he wanted to remember the streets, shops, and pedestrians he saw in front of him.

Ye Chong could understand their feelings, and immediately divided into two groups with everyone. He and Lu Shan fought, and Jian Ying and Qu Yao and Li Hui went separately to find out the news.

Lindu City can be regarded as the top five prosperous cities in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the population and area are huge, it is not easy to inquire about a person, of course, this is for ordinary people.

The first thing Ye Chong did with Lu Shan was not to directly pull passers-by and ask about the news of Lu Yuanba and Liu San'er, but to ask passers-by for advice on the location of the most prosperous area in this Lindu.

Lu Shan had just arrived, and he didn't have any experience, and when he followed Ye Chong to the most prosperous area in the population of that road, he couldn't help but ask: "Although I know that we have come out with great difficulty, we must have a good time and see the prosperity of this big city." But...... Aren't we here to find the third uncle and Lu Yuanba, they are either waiting for our news, or they are also going out to investigate, isn't it good for the two of us to go to play secretly?"

Ye Chong seemed to have expected that he would have this question, so he smiled immediately and explained: "Actually, I did this for the convenience of ......."

As soon as he said less than half of his words, Lu Shan patted him on the shoulder with a smile and a knowing expression, "I understand, I understand." ”

"You know?" Ye Chong couldn't help but be a little surprised, after getting along for so long, he knew that Lu Shan's talent for cultivation, alchemy, and even stir-frying was very good, but he didn't expect that he could understand some rules of the outside world that he had never set foot in so quickly.

This really impressed him.

Then I listened to Lu Shan's expression of your careful thinking, I had already seen it, and said: "It costs silver to do something outside, we don't have any silver on us, and after you pay for the inn's room, there is not much silver on your body, if so many people come out to play together, it will definitely not be enough, but the two of us should be able to have a good time." Haha, after all, we are senior brothers, you can still think of me at this time, it is very gratifying to me, you want me to see, where should we go first? The most prosperous street, is there a green building? I have been longing for that place for a long time!"

So Ye Chong was dumbfounded on the spot, he looked at Lu Shan's self-proclaimed cleverness, and he was a little speechless!

"You're too good at thinking about it, right! I secretly took you to avoid other people to come out to play?!" Ye Chong glared at him, and then in his surprised gaze, he spoke: "In a city, the most prosperous area, there are often two places, one is a street that specializes in selling all kinds of luxury accessories, expensive objects and cultivation props, and the other is a place where the three religions and nine streams gather, such as the casino Qinglou, I want to take you to the latter kind of place, but we are not there to play, we are going there to find out the news!" In a strange city, only in those places where fish and dragons are mixed, there will be all kinds of news! Perhaps, we can get what we want!"

"Is that so?" Lu Shan couldn't help but fall into silence for a while after hearing this, as if he was thinking deeply, and then he nodded first, and then shook his head, "Then in that case, why do we have to split up with Sword Shadow and their soldiers, just go together, they don't have any way to find out the news?"

Ye Chong sighed and said, "This kind of place, let's go together, but it will attract people's ears and eyes, and it will be more convenient for fewer people." But Jian Ying, Qu Yao, and Li Hui are also coming to a city for the first time, let them stay in the inn, they will definitely not be able to stay, let them come out, and they don't really want to find out the news, I just secretly gave Jian Ying some silver, just to facilitate them to spend in the city. ”

"You gave them back the silver?" Lu Shan was shocked when he heard this, "That'...... Doesn't that mean that they are here to play, and you and I are just here to find out the news?"

Ye Chong nodded, "What do you think?"

"I ...... I ......" The corners of Lu Shan's mouth twitched, and then, his gaze suddenly sharpened, staring at Ye Chong and said, "Anyway, we have to go to the Qinglou anyway, right?"