"Senior brother, will you help me?"

"I can help you, but you have to do one thing for me."

"What's the matter?"

"If I go to Dali next year, you will accompany me, and if I go to the Western Regions, you will also accompany me, you will probably be very busy next year."

"It's really stingy, I'll let you help me a little bit, you want me to run around the world."

"Will you say yes?"

"Yes, it's all up to you."

"Tell me about Dali first, what are the emperor's plans, don't say you don't know anything!"

"How do I know?"

"The queen told you something, and then let you relay it to me, so that I don't make a big fuss."

"The details will not be known until March next year, and I only know the approximate goal.

One is to maintain the relationship with Dali, which is a matter of the messenger and has nothing to do with you;

The second is to arrest some Miaojiang bandits, do you remember Lu Bing's incident? He went to Lingnan to arrest the rebellion of the Blue Dragon Society, but was seriously injured.

Miaojiang, Dali, and Lingnan, these places not only have rugged roads, dense forests, and poisonous miasma, but also have many tribes, and they cannot be blindly tough.

According to the hint of the queen's mother, the imperial court should send two teams of people, one team to investigate the case, and one team to catch the thief, and your main task is to catch the thief. ”

Shen Lianqi almost flipped the table.

Jin Yiwei commanded Lu Bing, who was seriously injured and returned, how much does Lao Zhu think of me?

Seeing Shen Lian's complexion, Feng Siniang hurriedly comforted her: "Don't worry, the emperor will not give you a mortal task, he will provide you with some help." ”

"For example?"

"The military attache accompanying the envoy to protect the envoy, you can choose from the Ouchi guards and the brocade guards, as long as the selection is not particularly excessive, the emperor will definitely not refuse."

"I choose our master."

"Let you pick someone, I didn't let you make a wish!"

"Rice firmament?"

"You're not afraid that he will knock you to death with a stick?"

"My eldest brother and third brother are always okay, right?"

"This should work."

"I'll write them a letter and tell them not to make arrangements next March, so that they don't have trouble."

……

Tongfu Inn has temporarily entered the stabilization.

The town of Seven Heroes is not very rich, the scenery is not very elegant, and there are no gold caves, but it is very comfortable here, which makes people feel stable with all their hearts.

After living in Seven Heroes Town for a long time, you will feel that your heart is empty and clear, your heart is like water, and the killing aura that was originally entrenched in your heart has been dispersed.

Shen Lian likes the environment of Seven Heroes Town very much, Zuo Shi also likes it very much, and even the adventurous Feng Siniang feels that she can come here to live here for three months every year.

However, the days of stability will never last so long, in September, Shen Lian received an invitation from Hua Manlou to go to Hua's house to pay tribute to Hua Ruling.

Feng Siniang looked at the invitation and said in disbelief: "What the hell is this?" Is it a joke that someone in the world invites you to pay homage to your birthday? ”

Shen Lian: o(╥_╥)o

I'm not black and white, so why can't you invite me? Why can't I give birthday greetings?

Let's not talk about flowers, when my master celebrates his birthday, can't I give my master a birthday?

Those senior brothers in your own family, which one is not a famous troublemaker in the rivers and lakes, they all rely on the senior brother to help wipe their butts, your reputation is not much better than mine!

"Are you really going to pay homage to your birthday?"

"When I received an invitation, it was not appropriate not to go, and I have been too idle recently, and my bones are about to rust."

"When are you going?"

"Today."

……

The Hua family is the largest imperial businessman, and it is also the largest real estate developer in the south of the Yangtze River.

There is a saying - many children, many blessings!

Having more sons is blessed.

It is said that King Wen of Zhou had a hundred sons, so he was blessed with great fortune, long luck, and a great sage.

For the family, seven sons may not be much, but all seven sons are talented, and all of them can take charge of themselves, which is a blessed homeland.

As a wealthy man in the south of the Yangtze River and a real estate tycoon, the ancestral mansion of the Hua family is not luxurious, at least it is not as brilliant and vast as imagined, but full of elegance.

First, it is to avoid suspicion, and secondly, the Hua family is a founding hero and a meritorious family, not an upstart.

The architecture of the flower family is mainly Xiuya.

Gardens, lotus ponds, pavilions, corridors, attics, and study rooms all have their own elegance, but they can complete the harmony and unity of heaven, earth and man in a special way.

In particular, the source of the lotus pond is directly connected to the Meng River, and then through the waterwheel and the unique waterway, the water is brought back to the Meng River.

Back and forth, there are comings and goings, so that the lotus pond is always alive and clear.

If you look closely, you can see that this living water spreads to every corner, including the garden and kitchen.

If someone poisons the well water, the first thing to suffer is the flowers, as a warning.

Just wait for two or three days, relying on the unique pattern and the continuous waterway, you can complete the self-purification.

From the perspective of feng shui luck, the surname of the flower family is flower, the flower is wood, and the aquatic wood is born, so this source of living water is the long fortune of the flower family.

What is the Flower Family?

Imperial Merchant!

As long as the money is used for the right way, building bridges and paving roads, and building embankments, the water of the Meng River will not be exhausted, and the blessings of the flower family will not be exhausted.

To be able to lay out such a vibrant architectural pattern in the courtyard of the Hua family house is obviously a master's handiwork.

When he came, Shen Lian inquired that the designer of the Hua family's mansion was the "ghost king".

In addition to the ability to march and fight, he is also good at observing feng shui and building houses.

Many of the mansions of the founding heroes are illusory, but some can be kept, while others mess up their hearts and eventually lose their lives.

Hua Ruling obviously belongs to the keepable.

……

Hua Ruling is 55 years old this year.

For a martial arts master, this age is definitely not too old, not to mention that he is rich and wealthy, it stands to reason that he should be majestic and majestic, and he has the attitude of a dragon and a tiger.

In fact, he was polite, as if he was a knowledgeable and talented Confucian, and between his eyebrows, there was a gloomy aura, and Shen Lian could even see the twilight.

Twilight is dull.

If this qi machine is entrenched for too long, the twilight will eventually become a "tomb depression".

"The younger generation Feng Siniang has seen Uncle Hua."

"Junior Shen Lian, I've seen Uncle Hua."

This "uncle" is not a random name.

First of all, the two of them came to pay homage to their birthdays, not to investigate the case as a fast arrester, but to use their private identities.

Secondly, Hua Ruling's age is slightly older than Guo Bujing, and the two represent Guo Bujing, so they naturally call their uncle, otherwise they should be uncle.

Finally, it seems more cordial this way, in case it ends up making a fuss, so as not to be too noisy.

"Two good nephews, please."

Hua Ruling was very polite, polite and even a little excessive, until the two of them were welcomed in, and the two of them knew that the invitation was not Hua Manlou, but Hua Ruling.

Hua Ruling wanted to ask Shen Lian for help.

"Nephew, look at this."

Hua Ruling took out the yellow paper with bloody footprints printed on it.

Feng Siniang said: "Bloody footprints, I remember that this is a unique symbol of the iron shoe thief more than ten years ago.

Wasn't that guy gotten rid of by Uncle Hua?

The corpse of the iron shoe thief, in front of many fellow martial artists, was burned into ashes with a raging fire, even if he had the martial arts of holding his breath and faking his death, he would definitely die. ”

This kind of thing of feigning death and getting out is too common in the rivers and lakes, and even there are monsters like Ling Duxu, whose internal organs are beaten and shattered, and they can still recover as before.

A sword piercing the heart, jumping off a cliff and falling into the sea, these means are not very safe, and it can even be said that this is a prelude to an adventure, and you will get an adventure soon.

The head of the martial arts faction is not a fool, especially the great faction that has been inherited for hundreds of years, he has long known that there will be such a mess, and he has summed up his experience.

If you deal with an enemy who must be killed, you can't let him fall off a cliff, let alone leave a whole corpse.

Or cut off the head.

Either the bones are crushed and the ashes are scattered.

The iron shoe thief of the year was killed by Hua Ruling's sword through his heart, and after his death, he was burned in flames, even if his heart was crooked and he held his breath and faked his death, he would become a real death.

Hua Ruling sighed: "Although the Iron Shoe Thief died in my hands, Lou Er doesn't think so, he thinks that the Iron Shoe Thief is still alive and lurking around Huafu."

You may not know that Lou'er's eyes were not blinded by illness, but by the iron shoe thief.

This incident left a psychological shadow on him, and more than ten years have passed, and he has not been able to completely come out.

The old man fought with others in the past and was seriously injured, although he was treated in time, but he left a dark injury.

The old man has already seen the matter of life and death, and the six sons have already started a family, but Lou'er, I really can't rest assured, and I want to ask Shen Xian's nephew to help me act.

I forged this mark, and I will find someone to disguise him as Iron Shoes, and then let Lou'er capture him.

What Shen Xian's nephew had to do was to prove that the person was indeed an iron shoe and dispel Lou'er's suspicions. ”

Shen Lian looked at the mark of the Iron Shoe Thief, and did not immediately agree, but asked: "Uncle Hua, has you ever thought about a question, that is, the Iron Shoe Thief is indeed alive, and there is nothing wrong with Hua Manlou's feeling." ”

Feng Siniang frowned and said, "Are you still alive if you break your bones and raise ashes?" Is he an immortal? ”

Shen Lian said: "Iron Shoe Thief, it is said that this person can travel three thousand miles a day and steal eighteen families at night, which is more powerful than Sikong Xingxing and Chu Liuxiang, how is this possible?"

The only explanation is that the Iron Shoe Thief is not alone...... Senior sister, don't interrupt me.

The image of the Iron Shoe Thief is a black robe with a demon-like mask and iron shoes underfoot.

No one has seen his true face.

In other words, if I put on a black coat, a mask, and iron shoes, I am an iron shoe thief.

Uncle Hua, you still don't understand?

Let me give you a concrete example.

There are nine of us in the same family, except for the little junior sister with low martial arts, eight of them put on their costumes, that is, eight iron shoe thieves, and then make an appointment to commit crimes at the same time.

For example, tomorrow, the senior brother will commit a crime in Lingnan, the second senior brother will commit a crime in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the senior sister will commit a crime in Huajia, I will commit a crime in Jingxiang, and the rest will be in Western Xia, Tubo.

Don't say that you can travel 3,000 miles a day and steal 18 at night, but our senior brothers can even travel 30,000 miles a day and steal 80 at night, now do you understand? ”

Hua Ruling exclaimed: "What the virtuous nephew means is that there are at least two iron shoe thieves, I killed one of them at the beginning, and the other one who blinded Lou'er, and that person did not leave, but hid around the Hua family." ”

Shen Lian said: "That's what it means. ”

"How do you catch the Iron Shoe Thief?"

"With Hua Manlou's martial arts and perception ability, since this person dares to hide around the Hua family, it means that the Hua family has the treasure he needs, and he covets that treasure.

If you let go of the hole and give the Iron Shoe Thief a chance to steal, will he show up? ”

Hua Ruling said in a deep voice: "The iron shoe thief is treacherous and cunning, I'm afraid he won't be fooled so easily." ”

Shen Lian shook the mark of the iron shoe: "Didn't you set the perfect plan just now?" When we are acting, isn't it the biggest gap? ”

Hua Ruling laughed when he heard this: "The virtuous nephew is really a good strategy, the iron shoes don't come, the fake is real, if the iron shoes come, he will not come back." ”

Shen Lian asked: "Uncle Hua, in fact, I also have something to ask you for, I heard that the Hua family has a caravan to go to the Western Regions to do business, can you find me a guide." ”

"Nephew Xian is going to the Western Regions?"

"No, I just happened to hear some legends about the Western Regions and was very interested in it.

Caravans traveling along the Silk Road must have guides who are familiar with the local customs, preferably those who are interested in Tianzhu, Tibet, Tibet, Tantra, and Buddhism. ”

Shen Lian always felt that the legend of the Red Flame Knife was very familiar, but he couldn't think of it.

On the way to the Hua family, Shen Lian thought of the Hua family's huge caravan, and the people who did business must be familiar with the local customs, so he planned to ask someone.

The story of the Red Flame Knife can't be heard only by Feng Siniang, there must be related legends.

"It's simple, the Hua family has caravans in all these places, I'll go find you a few familiar ones, and let him tell you about the local customs.

By the way, there is also the latest proofreading of "The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", which can be watched by the virtuous nephew. ”

Shen Lian untied the knot in his heart, Hua Ruling was very generous, not only found a guide, but also asked people to send a map of the Western Regions...... Uh, the Tang Dynasty Western Regions!

Actually, it doesn't make a difference.

When Xuanzang walked in front, the Tang army followed closely behind, and when Xuanzang returned from learning the scriptures, he found that many of the countries he was familiar with had been destroyed.

Even Tianzhu, after Xuanzang left, was beaten violently by Wang Xuance's troops, so it is rumored that Xuanzang's customs clearance document was written by Li Shimin himself

- Either he goes over, or I come!

The guide that Hua Ruling found was very interesting, his name was Hua Ping, but he was definitely not a vase.

This person looks ordinary, but he is quite cute, which makes people feel good when he sees it, and this person is proficient in more than a dozen local languages, and has a deep understanding of the customs, folklore, and belief system of the Western Regions.

"Shen Zhutou, where do you want to hear the legend?"

"Since it is the land of the Western Regions, the most relevant must be Zhang Qian and Xuanzang, Zhang Qian is too far away, let's talk about Xuanzang, I worship Xuanzang very much."

Feng Siniang pursed her lips when she heard this.

Bah!

You're a killer!

Worship the Buddha of Whom!

The Buddha appeared, and suppressed you first!

(End of chapter)