Blackwater.

It was named because it was built next to a black water river.

This river originates from the remnants of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, and its source is an underground dark river, the water body is deep and cold, but it does not freeze all year round, even in this winter season, it still meanders and flows.

The rice irrigated with this river water, the color is bright, the fragrance is fragrant, and the nutritional value is extremely high, so it is highly sought after by the dignitaries and nobles, and the good black rice has been sold for two taels of silver.

Because of this, this Blackwater City is very prosperous.

But that's all in the past.

Today's Blackwater City, because of years of conquest and the lack of trade routes, has withered and depressed.

Although the rice paddies outside the city are still verdant, the rice merchants who once gathered here are almost extinct.

Last time, Zhao Ya and Zui'er bypassed this Blackwater City because they were walking on a mountain road, and they didn't enter.

This time, there was no need to take a detour, looking at the towering walls of Blackwater City from afar, Zhao Ya said.

"Let's stay in this Blackwater City tonight."

"Hmm." The drunken child has no objections.

Meng Shiwen will not have an opinion.

Along the way, she said very little, and spent most of her time sitting in the carriage in a daze, and only occasionally chatting with Zhao Ya.

The carriage headed towards Blackwater City, but before it could reach the city gate, it heard the sound of pleading from ahead.

"Master of the village, please be extrajudicial and merciful, how can there be a reason in the world that you have to pay seventy percent of the silver for the goods when you have a city?"

Zhao Ya's eyesight was excellent, so even from a great distance, he could still see that the speaker was a man in his thirties.

Behind him was Tian Heng, who had only met him yesterday.

It's just that at this moment, Tian Heng's face was pale, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth, obviously suffering internal injuries.

At the same time, the caravan he was guarding had also been held hostage by a group of people, and was moving things down at the moment.

In front of the pleading man stood a burly man, even in the middle of winter, shirtless, revealing his body full of cyan embroidery.

At this moment, after hearing the man's words, the big man laughed fiercely.

"I haven't heard of it before, but now I see it, don't you? Don't talk nonsense, your subordinates will do it with me, I didn't want your life, it's already cheap for you to load all the goods away, and then be crooked, be careful of your head. ”

Gao Cong was so frightened that he shrank his neck and secretly complained bitterly.

In the past, merchants often took the route of Blackwater City, where they stayed in stores and replenished supplies, and nothing happened to them, but who would have thought that something would go wrong this time.

It turned out that just two days ago, a group of strongmen who appeared out of nowhere actually broke through the government of Blackwater City, captured the city lord of Blackwater City, and seized power.

Then they began to exploit the passing merchants.

However, this group also has rules, except for some lonely small traders, they do not harm the big caravans, but only require them to pay enough tolls.

This is a very normal operation in this world, not to mention that the toll they ask for is not high, which is about 10% of the goods.

So the passing caravans pinched their noses and recognized it.

Although an extra sum of money was paid, it is fundamental that the world can be safe, and the big deal is that the price of the goods will rise again.

Those who can still go out to the outside world at this time are all high-value things, so except for two troubles at the beginning, they will soon be safe and sound.

Only when he met the caravan of the Gao family, something happened.

As soon as Gao Cong saw a new strongman coming, he stretched out his hand to ask for money, and he was naturally unhappy.

For him, every penny he has extra money is his own benefit.

But he didn't dare to make a mistake, after all, this was on someone's land, so he quietly ordered his subordinates to hide valuable goods and falsely report the value.

But who would have thought that this big man was careless and very shrewd, and he quickly noticed that something was wrong, and when he took stock in person, he immediately discovered the trickiness in it.

He didn't get angry, but immediately raised the toll from 10% to 30%, which was considered a punishment.

Gao Cong was angry and shouted two sentences.

The big man stretched out his hand to fight, but was blocked by Tian Heng, and the two of them moved.

Don't look at Tian Heng is also a martial artist of the Three Realms, but when he started with this big man, he was injured in just a few faces.

Then Dahan raised the toll to 70%.

Gao Cong knew that he was powerful, so he begged for mercy, hoping that the big man could raise his noble hand and let himself go.

But Dahan didn't pay attention to it at all, and just ordered his subordinates to hurry up and move the goods.

Although Zhao Ya didn't know these inside information, he also guessed a rough idea from afar, so he slowly drove over.

Seeing a lonely carriage coming from the official road, the big man couldn't help frowning.

Where did you come from?

Don't you see what's going on here?

If it were someone else, it is estimated that he would have avoided it a long time ago, but this person walked straight over, could it be that there is something to rely on?

A few thoughts flashed through Dahan's heart, but behind him was Blackwater City, and his brothers were also there, all of which gave him great courage.

Therefore, as soon as he made a look, someone immediately stepped forward to stop Zhao Ya's carriage.

"Who is here, and when you see the owner of my village, you won't get out of the car."

Zhao Ya sat firmly on the wheel, ignoring the clamor of these little minions, but looked at Tian Heng not far away.

Tian Heng naturally recognized Zhao Ya, and couldn't help but secretly sweat for him, and frantically glanced at Zhao Ya, signaling him to leave quickly.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ya didn't pay attention to these at all, but instead raised his hand and hugged his fist at him.

"Commander Tian, I didn't expect to meet again so soon!"

Tian Heng complained bitterly in his heart.

This teenager is too bold.

Although he should have some strength, Tian Heng had already fought with this big man just now, so he naturally knew how powerful this big man was.

Tian Heng even suspected that this big man was very likely to be a Four Realms martial artist.

The key is that this young man still has a female dependent in the car, isn't this a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

But Zhao Ya spoke, and he had no choice but to respond.

"Yes, Zhao Shaoxia, meet again."

Then Zhao Ya smiled slightly: "Did Commander Tian encounter something?" ”

Gao Cong naturally also noticed Zhao Ya's arrival, and when he saw him asking a question at this moment, he opened his mouth without waiting for Tian Heng to speak.

"This young man, we have passed by since then, but this village master has to let us leave seventy percent of the goods for the passage silver, this is too much, we can't afford this loss at all."

Zhao Ya didn't pay attention to this Gao Cong, but just looked at Tian Heng with a smile.

At the same time, the curtain of the car opened, and the drunken child poked his head out with some curiosity.

"Brother Xiaoya, what's wrong?"

Female dependents.

And she is an extremely beautiful lady.

Suddenly, these minions were stunned.

At this moment, Meng Shiwen also opened the window and looked outside with a frown.

"Xiaoya, do you want to do it?"

She also heard something wrong outside in the car, so she was ready to do it.

it, another one.

And it's beautiful.

There was a commotion among the minions.

The big man's eyes lit up even more, and he walked this way.

Seeing this, Tian Heng was anxious.

If such two flower-like little ladies fall into the hands of this group of strongmen, the fate can be imagined.

So he shouted desperately: "Zhao Shaoxia, run with the two ladies quickly, the farther you run, the better." ”

"Damn old thing, dare to spoil my good deeds, I'll kill you first." The big man scolded angrily.

At the same time, his men had surrounded the carriage.

The big man walked forward quickly, his greedy gaze turned around Meng Shiwen and Zui'er, and then smiled.

"Hey, kid, you're ......."

Before the words fell, a flash of knife flashed.

Then the big man was stunned for a moment, and then screamed miserably.

"Ahhhhh

It turned out that the knife was slashing at his eyes, and immediately nullified his two tricks.

Looking at Zhao Ya again, holding a knife in his hand, standing on top of the wheel, his face was flat.

The audience fell silent in an instant.

This Tian Heng is also stupid.

Because he didn't see how Zhao Ya came out of the knife at all.

At this time, the big man covered his eyes with one hand and waved it indiscriminately with the other.

"Give it to me, kill him, and I'll reward you with those two little girls!"

There were a few bold minions, and they raised the spear in their hands and stabbed at Zhao Ya.

They thought that with a spear in hand, the boy would have to struggle to come up with a knife.

But in the next second, another flash of knife flashed.

Then I saw the spears in the hands of these minions break at the waist, and then these minions split in the middle.

That's right.

It's a literal crack.

I saw a red thread stretching from the center of their eyebrows to their crotch, and then slowly parting from the middle and falling to both sides.

The smell of blood that is so thick that it can't be dissolved is disgusting.

At this moment, the faces of all the minions changed, and they retreated to the back, no matter how much the big man shouted, no one dared to move.

Joke.

No matter how stupid these minions are, they can now see that Zhao Ya is extraordinary.

Especially the unbelievable knife technique, which frightened many people's courage, and some people had begun to quietly retreat, ready to slip away.

After the last drop of blood slipped from the sharp blade, Zhao Ya said lightly: "Which mountain are you bandits?" ”

"I am the third master of the three villages of Yusong Mountain, boy, if you dare to hurt me, then wait for death!" Fang Dao shouted.

As soon as the words fell.

Another flash of knife light, Fang Dao's head immediately flew out, and then rolled to Tian Heng's feet with a grunt.

looked at the three village masters who were invincible and injured themselves just now, but now they were cut off without even snorting.

Tian Heng only felt a chill in his heart.

Where did this teenager come from?

How can the martial arts be so strong, and the shots are so neat?

But for Zhao Ya, killing someone like Fang Dao was as easy as drinking water.

"It's too noisy, now another person will answer my question, answer it well, and lose your head if you don't answer it." Zhao Ya still had a bland tone.

But these minions were so frightened that they were trembling all over.

Where have they ever seen such a ruthless person.

Even the master of the three villages was slaughtered as easily as a pig and dog in front of him, how could these people dare to resist.

"Yes...... Yes, uncle, what do you want to ask? One of the minions said with a trembling voice.

"How many people are there in your Jade Song Mountain?" Zhao Ya asked.

"Count...... Counting the general administration of the big village, there are more than 200 people in total. ”

More than 200 people.

Zhao Ya frowned.

He originally thought that this Jade Song Mountain could capture Blackwater City, and it should have some strength.

But I didn't expect to be such a small person.

"What is the strength of your big village master?" Zhao Ya asked again.

The minions looked at each other for a moment before the man spoke.

"I ...... How do we know what strength the Dazhai master has, but I have followed him to fight several battles, and I have never seen anyone who can go through ten moves under the Dazhai master. ”

Zhao Ya was thoughtful.

This Fang Dao who just died under his sword should be the strength of the half-step four realms, and if such a martial artist can be the master of the three villages, he can roughly calculate the overall strength of this Jade Song Mountain.

He didn't pay any attention to these minions, but turned his head to look at Tian Heng.

"Commander Tian, has your crisis been solved now?"

Tian Heng hurriedly nodded, "Yes, thank you Zhao Shaoxia!" ”

"You're welcome, this is also a reward for telling me about the current situation in Dancing Elephant City before, now that the crisis has been resolved, let's leave as soon as possible."

After that, Zhao Ya put the knife into the sheath, raised the whip to urge the carriage, and continued to walk forward.

Tian Heng couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, hurriedly stepped forward to block the way, and clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Zhao Shaoxia, where are you going?" ”

"Naturally, I went to Blackwater City to live in a sharp store, and I have been sleeping in the open along the way, so I should find a place to rest." Zhao Ya said with a smile.

Tian Heng jumped straight to his feet.

"You...... You must not be like this, that Blackwater City has now been occupied by the strongmen of Yusong Mountain, and you have killed one of their village owners, if you enter the city, won't you fall into the net? ”

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ya only smiled slightly at this, "Thank you Commander Tian for your concern, I naturally know this, but I am measured, and I also happen to have something to find this Yusongshan gang." ”

As he spoke, he urged the horse forward, leaving Tian Heng standing in place with a confused expression.

"Lao Tian, what are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and load all this cargo and get out of here as fast as you can. Gao Cong shouted.

But Tian Heng didn't move, but took a deep breath and said, "Young Master, I want to go into the city." ”

"Into the city? What are you going to do in town? ”

"This Zhao Shaoxia saved you and me, I can't see him enter this Longtan tiger's den alone."

Gao Cong looked Tian Heng up and down with an idiot-like gaze, and couldn't help but say, "Lao Tian, are you sick again?" This young knight is super strong, he must have an extraordinary background, since he goes to the city, he must have his reasons, what are you doing with it? ”

"But he saved us!" Tian Heng said in a firm tone.

"That's also his own volition, and we didn't ask him to save it! Don't think about this nonsense, why do I think you have lived to be forty or fifty years old, and why are you still as impulsive as a child of seventeen or eighteen? Gao Cong said disapprovingly.

But Tian Heng had already made up his mind this time.

"Young master, when I was practicing martial arts, my master told me that I had to do something and not do anything, and now I feel that I should come forward, as for the young master, you ......."

"It's not far from the destination, and there's nothing to do with it, so you can do without me."

Gao Cong became angry when he heard this, "Okay, okay, if you are willing to send you to death, then go, young master, I don't bother to care about you!" ”

With that, he turned and went to tidy up the caravan.

Tian Heng didn't say a word, arched his hand at the guards, and then strode towards Blackwater City.

Seeing that he was really gone, Gao Cong was even more angry.

"Damn, I've never seen such a person, my brain is so bad that I practice martial arts."

"Then what should we do, young master?" Someone asked.

"What to do? Hurry up, we're going to have a fight later, and we're all going to suffer. ”

Gao Cong left in a hurry with the caravan.

Zhao Ya didn't know about this episode, he had already entered Blackwater City at this time.

I saw that there were few pedestrians on the street, and most of the shops on the side of the road were closed.

After Zhao Ya's carriage entered the city, it immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Zhao Ya didn't find a place to stay, because looking at it like this, it is estimated that the inn is closed.

He drove the carriage to the center of the city.

Although I have never been to Blackwater City, generally speaking, the city lord's mansion is located in the center of a city.

Zhao Ya was not in a hurry, and walked slowly.

There were more and more peeping eyes at him along the way, and Zhao Ya didn't care, and even talked and laughed with the drunk children in the carriage.

Blackwater City is not big, and soon Zhao Ya's carriage crossed the central street and came to the front of the government gate.

By this time, a large group of people had gathered here.

There was such a big thing happening outside the city, and the three village lords were all dead, and the people of Yusong Mountain naturally got the news.

When they heard that there was only one person who came, and they had already entered the city, the others were okay to say, but Yao Wang, the owner of the big village of Yusong Mountain, was shocked.

As the strongest person in this gang of bandits, Yao Wang is a real martial artist of the Four Realms.

But he knew very well that this strength could be the king and hegemon in Blackwater City, but it was not enough to look at it outside.

The person who came to him could kill Fang Dao with one sword, and no one even saw how he made the knife, and his strength was obviously extremely strong.

How could such a cross-river dragon suddenly come to the door?

Worried in his heart, he summoned all his subordinates and waited for Zhao Ya in front of the yamen.

Really.

He saw a carriage approaching slowly, driven by a handsome young man who looked to be about twenty years old at most.

At first glance, the boy didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary.

But Yao Wang's face became more and more solemn.

Because the more you can't see the surprise, the more it proves that the person who comes is not ordinary.

"Your Excellency killed my Sanzhai Master and broke into my Blackwater City, what do you want to do?" Yao Wang decided to strike preemptively and asked directly.

Zhao Ya pulled the reins, and the carriage slowly stopped.

Then Zhao Ya didn't get out of the car, just sat on the wheel, first glanced at this Yao Wang, and then said.

"What do you have to do with Qingzhuling?"

(End of chapter)