In the early spring of March, it was warm and cold, but the people had already started the new year's farming, hoping for a good harvest this year.

Out of Hangzhou City all the way to the north, along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal can be seen on both sides of the field people bowing their heads in the rice fields, the plan of the year lies in the spring, this is a good time to sow seeds. At this time, the south of the Yangtze River is different from the north, the weather has warmed up, and there are many rich children who can be seen on the canal on the river.

Fishermen on the river steer their small boats dodge oncoming boats while looking for deep water to cast their nets, worrying about their harvest. The contrast between the drunkenness of the big boat and the worry of the small boat also makes up the unique scenery on the canal, which is a different taste from a distance.

On a big boat, a rich boy is lying on the couch in the middle of the boat, hugging his wife on the left and his concubine on the right, watching the graceful dance of several dancing girls hired from the brothel of Qinglou in the cabin, drinking the high-quality flower carvings brought by his wife on the left, and eating the new fruits of southern Fujian on the lips of the concubine on the right, which is really unhappy. He looked at the dancing girls with squinting eyes, thinking in his heart whether he should add a few more concubines, and even his smile began to be obscene.

When he was thinking about how to start, he suddenly heard a faint singing voice, which seemed to be a male voice, and the voice was slightly rough, not like a Jiangnan accent. After a while, the sound came closer and closer, and louder and louder, as if someone was singing loudly on the shore, and the voice said that it was singing, but it was really like killing a pig, not only the tone was hard to find, but if it was night, it would make people think that someone was crying for the grave.

For a time, the peasants on both sides of the river stopped ploughing, the fishermen who fished on the river stopped netting, and even the singer and the rich family in the boat could not help but stop dancing and go to the side of the boat to see who disturbed them.

From afar, on the left bank of the canal, someone drove a dilapidated ox cart on the field road slowly north, and the one driving the ox cart was the singing man. While walking slowly to the north, he continued to sing, from "the flowers fall and the water flows red, there are thousands of sorrows, and there are no words to complain about the east wind" to "the geese are flying over and are sad, the yellow flowers have piled up all over the ground, and the old time is in a hurry and the shadow is gone, and the flower shadow is with you last year" and sang "The snow flies in June for thousands of years, and the blood is splashed on the white silk for three years of drought, when to borrow the dragon slaying sword, and cut off the uneven world and the wide".

Driving a bull cart for a short distance, the brother who drove the car first sang from "The Story of the West Chamber" to "Wutong Rain", and then sang from "Wutong Rain" to "Dou E's Injustice", not only does not match before and after, it is nondescript, but it is extremely ugly.

At this time, the ox cart was getting closer and closer, and the person who was driving could be seen clearly, only to see that the man was in his twenties of medium stature, his face was not handsome but not ugly, it could only be said to be ordinary, but it seemed that he had not washed for many days, his eyes were sleepy, his beard was undrawn, he was wearing a blue brocade silk robe, embroidered with a crane flowing clouds, and a pair of soft-soled calfskin boots under his feet, which were very expensive at a glance, but the brocade robe seemed to have not been washed for many days, and the boots were even more muddy, as if he had just walked around from the paddy field.

The bullock cart was much wider than a normal ox cart, and it looked like a bed. A little straw was laid on the board, and two red lacquered wooden boxes were placed on them, and two single knives were hung on the wooden boxes. On the side of the wooden box was a crumpled futon that was almost unrecognizable, and there was nothing else on the cart.

The owner of the ox cart was now leaning on the wooden box with his legs crossed, driving the ox cart with a twig, and singing in a voice like killing a pig and crying for a grave, and then singing something that he didn't know what it was.

The farmers who work on the shore and the fishermen who fish are stupid, what kind of person is this, how can a down-and-out person have such a leisure to sing, if it is an ordinary person, how can an ordinary person afford to wear such expensive clothes, but if it is a rich child, how can it be so virtuous, only the rich child on the big boat lifted the curtain on the boat and roared loudly: "Which bastard is singing nonsense there, disturbing the interest of the master, be careful that I can't let you eat and walk around." ”

On the ox cart, the driver looked for prestige, and saw the rich son with an angry face on the boat, scratched his head, and arched his hand in the direction of the big boat: "The day after tomorrow, passing through the precious land, I don't want to disturb Gongzi Yaxing, the younger brother apologizes here, and I wish Gongzi a thousand years and ten thousand years, and will be prosperous and evergreen." As he spoke, he smacked the ox's buttocks twice with a branch, and the old ox pulling the cart was in pain, and trotted forward with a smoke.

"Your uncle, you dare to scold your master, believe it or not, I'll kill you. The rich man in the boat couldn't take care of Sven and began to scold. It turned out that the man called the day after tomorrow saw the man in the boat hugging left and right, arrogant and lascivious, although his pig-like singing disturbed others, but when he saw that the rich kid was not a good person, he simply turned around and cursed, as the saying goes, "the thousand-year-old king is eighty-thousand-year-old turtle", and the thousand-year-old is to let him be a turtle, evergreen, cyan and nearly green, is to make him a cuckold forever.

The rich boy sat back in the cabin angrily, and was scolded for no reason, and he was so angry in his heart that he lost the interest in watching the song and dance, and waved his hand to let the dancers stand back, sulking while drinking.

The day after tomorrow, he drove the ox cart for two miles before stopping, looked at the sky and saw that no one was chasing after him, looked up to the sky and laughed, and then took out a steamed bun from his arms, and while nibbling on the steamed bun, he thought about where to go.

"I said Brother Niu, you can also tell me where we are going," the day after tomorrow said vaguely to the old scalper pulling the cart while chewing steamed buns, "Every time I say where I go, you can also give an opinion!"

"Moo. ”

"I didn't understand what you said. ”

"Moo. ”

"To the north, right?" asked the day after tomorrow.

"Moo. ”

"Okay, then go to the north and have a look, I just haven't seen that stinky boy from Leng Tianfeng for a long time, let's just go to the capital to see him." The day after tomorrow said to himself, when it came to Leng Tianfeng, the originally sleepy-eyed eyes suddenly became attentive, and in an instant, the whole person became heroic, he turned around and picked up the double knife and hung it on his waist.

"It's been a long time since I've been in a fight, so it's time to find someone to fight and move my muscles. He muttered to himself, with an indescribable excitement in his tone, he looked in the direction of the distant capital, it was time to go to the capital to see.

"Brother Niu, let's go to the capital. ”

The capital, outside the Xuanwu Gate.

At this time, Su Jingxuan was sitting at a stall selling breakfast, she couldn't help yawning, even if a martial arts master hadn't had a good rest for more than ten days, she would still be tired, there was a bowl of steaming water noodles on the table in front of her, but she had no appetite at all.

"Guest officer, this noodle soup must be eaten while it is hot," the noodle seller in shabby clothes brought a plate of pickles and placed it in front of Su Jingxuan, and said innocently, "The noodles I make are famous in this outer city, you must try them." He smiled again.

Su Jingxuan hurriedly said in a thick voice: "Then thank you to the store, I will definitely try your craftsmanship." The noodle stall owner on the side smirked, sang a song and went back to cooking noodles.

Su Jingxuan was helpless, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat this bowl of clear water noodles. The street behind her was crowded with people, and the sound of hawkers was everywhere, and although it was early in the morning, it was very lively.

Since Yongle moved the capital to Beiping in the nineteenth year of Yongle, it has been seven or eight years now, and the capital has become more and more prosperous under the governance of three generations of Ming monarchs. This Xuanwu Gate has been regarded as an outer city, farmers outside the city often transport their own vegetables and fruits to sell here, over time here has become the largest vegetable market in the capital, there are many vegetable stalls along the street, ordinary people also come here to buy fruits and vegetables, gradually the people near the capital will be the most concentrated street of the vegetable market called the vegetable market street.

Because this place is mixed, and most of them are ordinary people, Dongchang's monitoring of this place is relatively weak, and most of them are under the jurisdiction of people from Jingzhao Mansion and Wucheng Terracotta Division, so it will be much easier to hide here than other markets. Su Jingxuan even wore a hat and a rag linen robe, and painted her face with incense ash, and pressed the hat down so that people couldn't see her face clearly, and she really looked like a thin village man from a distance.

Su Jingxuan had just finished eating the noodles and was about to pay the bill, when she saw Lin Mengting holding a mutton roast cake and gnawing on it while walking towards her, Lin Mengting's outfit looked similar to Su Jingxuan, but she didn't wear a hat, her hands were full of mud, and she had two whiskers on her lips, and she looked like a sloppy and sloppy lean man from a distance.

Lin Mengting walked to the table, hooked a bench from under the table with her feet, sat on it with one foot, stepped on the stool with one foot, and yelled at the noodle seller while desperately swallowing the mutton roast cake in her mouth: "Hurry up and bring me a bowl of noodles, a plate of pickles, and two steamed buns for me." "This makes people look like a hero.

Su Jingxuan looked at Lin Mengting's appearance, looking depressed, even if she was disguised, she always had to take into account that she was a daughter, how could she look like this. But Lin Mengting didn't care about this, she ate the mutton roast cake in two bites, picked up the noodle soup that had just been served, poured the soup with noodles, and poured it into her mouth one by one, and didn't forget to nibble on the steamed bun again, which was really bold.

Su Jingxuan pursed her lips and asked in a low voice, "Woman, do you want to bring you another green onion?"

"You don't need green onions, you can't get used to eating them," Lin Mengting said vaguely, "You can have two cloves of garlic." ”

Su Jingxuan rolled her eyes and couldn't help but say, "You are also a girl, can you pay attention to your image." ”

"It's hard to pretend to be a man again, who cares about this!" Lin Mengting didn't care, she really regarded herself as a man.

"If you are like this, who will dare to marry you in the future, do you want to marry someone else?" Su Jingxuan was very annoyed, feeling that she was more tired than being a mother.

"I'm not afraid," Lin Mengting didn't care, "That brother said that he would marry me when I grow up, and he will definitely come." ”

Su Jingxuan took a deep breath and tried not to be angry, she knew that she would definitely not be able to talk about this junior sister, so she simply changed the topic, "Have you inquired clearly, what is the situation?"

"I inquired clearly, it seems that the news is true," Lin Mengting whispered to Su Jingxuan while "snorting" and sucking noodles into her mouth, "According to the people we planted in the Five Cities Terracotta Division, the people from their Nancheng Terracotta Division assisted Dongchang and Jinyi Wei to escort Leng Tianfeng to the Imperial Prison the day before yesterday, and it seems that Dongchang really wants to kill Leng Tianfeng." ”

On that day, Leng Tianfeng suddenly released Lin Mengting in Tianshan, and then returned to Dongchang, the more Lin Mengting and Su Jingxuan thought about it, the more they didn't understand, obviously Lin Mengting's life had been handed over to him, but in the end, he let go again, which was not the style of Leng Tianfeng and Dongchang. After a brief discussion between Lin Mengting and Su Jingxuan, the disciples of the Tianshan Sect were dispersed immediately, and they were scheduled to gather in Luoyang in two months to prevent Dongchang from attacking again. And the two sisters immediately followed Leng Tianfeng back to the capital, in their opinion, this must be a conspiracy of Dongchang, and they must be guarded against. Therefore, the two of them decided to secretly follow Leng Tianfeng and secretly probe the movements of Dongchang.

Five days ago, Leng Tianfeng returned to the East Factory, and then it was rumored that Leng Tianfeng was arrested on the spot by the East Factory and imprisoned in Jinyiwei's Imperial Prison, and a few days later he was beheaded in the West Market. Lin Mengting and the others arrived in Beijing one day later than Leng Tianfeng, and as soon as they arrived in the capital, they immediately contacted the hidden pile lurking in the capital and learned the news that Leng Tianfeng would be beheaded. After hearing this, the two were even more shocked, if it was because they had not completed the task, then why did Leng Tianfeng let them go when he could have done it, especially Su Jingxuan felt even more puzzled, she knew that Gonggong Chen would do it to Leng Tianfeng sooner or later, but she never imagined that it would be so soon, and now that she and Lin Mengting were together, it was inconvenient to contact her cousin Kono Zongzheng, and she was even more worried in her heart.

Four days have passed in a flash, and Lin Mengting finally got the exact news from the dark pile, it seems that tomorrow's West Market will really behead Leng Tianfeng.

"Senior sister," Lin Mengting bit off the noodles in her mouth and looked at Su Jingxuan with a little doubt, "How do I feel that you seem to care about Leng Tianfeng very much." ”

Su Jingxuan's heart froze, but her face did not change: "I'm just very strange, although the eunuch nest in Dongchang will severely punish those who have not completed the task, but even if a master like Leng Tianfeng misses and is severely punished, he should never be beheaded to show the public, you think, masters are hard to find, aren't they really afraid that they will never find someone who can replace Leng Tianfeng?" she paused," The most important thing is that the Dongchang kills people, unless it is for Liwei, they will never be executed outside the Dongchang, they will never go to such great lengths for Leng Tianfeng, there must be an unknown secret in this fanfare, so I care so much. ”

Lin Mengting held the bowl in one hand, and then sucked the remaining small half bowl of noodles in her mouth, but she was thinking about what Su Jingxuan said, it really made sense, it was really unreasonable for Dongchang to spend so much time, she looked at Su Jingxuan and said, "Then let's mix in the crowd tomorrow and take a look, maybe there will be some unexpected discoveries." ”

The crowd on the vegetable market street outside Xuanwu Gate is still crowded, every morning, many people in the capital start their day from the vegetable market street to buy vegetables, although it is located in the outer city, but it is very lively.

The day after tomorrow, he walked alone on the vegetable market street, at this time he had changed into a clean cyan suit, and washed well, the whole person looked a lot refreshed, his uncombed bun looked a little bohemian, and he was carrying a slender burden on his body, which was containing his two sabers. This is the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, although others are prodigal, they don't dare to really carry weapons into the capital, if they go in, they will not be taken down by the officers and soldiers patrolling the city immediately.

He held a string of sugar gourds in his right hand, eating and wandering around, he had been to the capital once three years ago, and this was the second time, and the capital was still full of freshness for him. He himself is also an idle person, one moment he runs here to ask the price of the food, and the other time he goes there to see if the fish is fresh or not, but he is very busy.

"This is the kind of life that is most free. The day after tomorrow thought in his heart, "I don't know where Leng Tianfeng is?"

The relationship between him and Leng Tianfeng is strange, they are like friends but not friends, it was only three years ago that they didn't know each other, that is, he came to the capital once. The day after tomorrow, he knew that Leng Tianfeng was doing things for Dongchang, but he didn't care about what Dongchang didn't do, but he just felt that since he came to find someone, he had to clean up, at least he couldn't lose face in front of Dongchang people, so he specially found an inn in a small town near the capital to wash up, and stored the ox cart in the inn, so he came here again.

He heard that there are more people in the vegetable market, and there are many things to eat, and he has been wandering around Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the past few years, and he also wants to taste the local food in Beijing, so he specially came to this vegetable market street to start tasting it from breakfast.

He inquired around, and heard that there was a noodle stall whose noodle soup was a must-have in the outer city, so he didn't think much about it, and went straight to that noodle stall to have a good meal.

There were only three tables in this noodle stall, and he didn't think much about it, so he sat down at one of the tables, ordered two bowls of noodles from the boss, and began to taste them. At a table beside him sat a village man wearing a hat, his face dirty, and the hat was pressed very low, so he couldn't see his face clearly. Listening to him, although his voice was very rough, there was a shrill voice mixed in, as if he was deliberately speaking in a rough voice, and the day after tomorrow he looked at it strangely twice and then continued to eat noodles.

Although this noodle is ordinary, it is not made of fine materials, but the taste of the soup is incomparably delicious, the day after tomorrow I secretly praised it in my heart, and was about to praise it loudly, when I saw a lean man with mutton roast cake in his hand, a dark complexion, and two goatees came over, and the man hooked out of the bench under the table and sat down next to the man wearing a hat, and stepped on the stool with one foot, and then the two began to talk in a whisper, obviously the two were acquainted.

The day after tomorrow didn't want to meddle in things, he just wanted to come and see the so-called friends, just when he wanted to ask the boss to add some noodle soup, in a trance, he seemed to hear the name of Leng Tianfeng mentioned by two village men, and the day after tomorrow instantly felt a pang in his heart.

Leng Tianfeng, as a general banner of Jinyi Weibei Town, is the henchman of Chen Gonggong of Dongchang, not only that, but he is also a famous martial arts master, and his reputation is naturally loud. However, in the Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei and Dongchang were both in charge of supervising and secretly investigating the hundred officials of the imperial court, so the hundred officials regarded Jinyiwei and Dongchang as evil ghosts, but they were insignificant to the people, because these two yamen would never directly contact ordinary people when they were ordinary, and the martial arts of the rivers and lakes had nothing to do with the people, so Leng Tianfeng's name would never become a source for the people to talk about after dinner, which was also what he thought was strange.

The day after tomorrow slightly turned his head to look at the table next to him, the two were still talking in a whisper, but the voice was too small and the two tables were a little far apart, so he couldn't really hear what the two were talking about. At this time, he had looked carefully, although the two people had painted their faces, but the snow-white skin was still faintly visible under the mud and incense, especially the heroic man, although his hands were covered with mud, but the fingers were slender and the wrist bones were slender, and they were by no means the hands of men.

The day after tomorrow, I thought a little, ate the noodles in the bowl after dividing it by two, picked up the bowl, took two steps towards the stove, and said to the boss vaguely: "Boss, your noodles taste really good, I can't eat enough after two bowls, hurry up and give me another bowl." ”

"Well," the boss who was cooking noodles smiled for a moment, not only because the business was good, but also because he was recognized by the guests, "You still know the goods, but please wait a while, this noodles have just been cooked, and they have to be boiled again before they can be served." ”

"Well, there's no hurry, I'll wait for you. The day after tomorrow said nonchalantly, and sat down at a table of the two villagers, just now when he picked up the bowl, it seemed that he took two steps in the direction of the stove, but in fact it was closer to the table of the two people, so sitting down at this time only felt a little reckless in the eyes of others, but he never thought that he did it on purpose.

The two village men were Lin Mengting and Su Jingxuan who were disguised and disguised, and when they suddenly saw someone sitting at the same table with them, they instantly became alert, and the day after tomorrow looked at the appearance of the two, and grinned: "It's okay for me to sit here." As he spoke, he brought the bowl that was still in his hand to his mouth and drank the only remaining noodle soup.

Lin Su and the two glanced at each other, and secretly thought in their hearts: "Who is this?" At this time, they had just arrived in the capital for a few days, and Dongchang listed their Tianshan faction as important criminals in the imperial court, so they were extremely vigilant, lest this person was sent by Dongchang.

At this time, the noodle stall owner brought a bowl of freshly cooked hot noodle soup and put it in front of the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow picked up the chopsticks and began to eat, without looking at the two people in front of him. Su Jingxuan looked at the man in front of her and became more and more puzzled, and glanced at Lin Mengting, Lin Mengting understood, and glanced around to prevent someone from secretly approaching, and Su Jingxuan put a few copper plates on the table and wanted to settle out and leave.

"Wait, two girls," whispered the day after the day after eating noodles with his head bowed, "I have something to ask you." He kept his head down, ate his noodles, and didn't look at them.

Lin Su and the others were shocked, and they all held the hidden weapon, which could attack the day after tomorrow at any time.

"Two girls, don't move so much," the day after tomorrow still calmly lowered his head and ate noodles, "It's not good to be noticed, be natural." ”

Su Jingxuan quietly glanced around, but fortunately, no one noticed them, so she was slightly relieved, "Who are you?"

"Hehe, my name is Hou Tian," Hou Tian raised his head and said to the two people in front of him with a smile on his face, chewing the unswallowed noodles in his mouth, looking funny and ridiculous, "I just overheard the two of you talking about Leng Tianfeng, and I wanted to ask what the hell was going on?"

"The day after tomorrow?" Lin Mengting's heart was shocked, "Are you the dragon wolf knife the day after tomorrow?" The dragon wolf knife is the nickname of the day after tomorrow, he is used to using double knives in the martial arts, and the knife technique is known for being fast and fearless, so this person gave him the nickname "Dragon Wolf Knife".

"It turns out that you are the second fool," Lin Mengting looked disdainful in her eyes, she had heard of the name of the day after tomorrow, and she had already been a laughing stock in the rivers and lakes, "I really didn't expect to see you in my lifetime, it's an honor!"

"Hey, what do you mean," the day after tomorrow slapped the chopsticks on the table, rolled up his sleeves and planned to settle accounts with Lin Mengting, Su Jingxuan on the side hurriedly persuaded.

"Hou Gongzi, please forgive me, Su Jingxuan is sent in the Xia Tianshan Mountain, this is my senior sister Lin Mengting, my junior sister can't speak, please forgive me," said with both hands and bowed slightly, which was regarded as making amends, but he secretly called bad luck in his heart, and he actually met the most nosy fool in the rivers and lakes in this place, "I don't know what the son called the two of us?"

The day after tomorrow, seeing that Su Jingxuan was polite, and didn't care about Lin Mengting's rudeness just now, she picked up the chopsticks and stirred the noodles in the bowl while asking, "I just accidentally heard you say that Leng Tianfeng will be in Xishi tomorrow or something, but I didn't hear it clearly, so I wanted to ask the two of you what happened, oh, by the way, I came to the capital this time to find him." ”

Lin Mengting looked at him suspiciously and asked, "You don't know anything?"

"Know what?"

"Then why are you looking for him?" Su Jingxuan was also puzzled.

"I must be looking for him to fight, otherwise what else can I do? Drinking and chatting? But not that leisurely. The day after tomorrow pursed his lips, and thought about the picture of drinking and chatting with Leng Tianfeng, he couldn't help but feel creepy, it was more interesting to fight.

"Haven't you heard anything about the rivers and lakes recently?" Lin Mengting stared at the day after tomorrow, but never found any sign that he was lying, could it be that he came to Leng Tianfeng just to fight, this is too ridiculous.

"What did you hear?" asked the day after tomorrow, in his thoughts it was a simple fight, why was it so troublesome, "I came from Hangzhou, and I walked on the road for more than 40 days, although I didn't travel the mountains and rivers, but it was almost the same, I walked along the canal, and I didn't meet any people along the canal, so I don't know what happened recently, what's wrong?

Lin Mengting and Su Jingxuan looked at each other, not knowing how to answer, the matter of Dongchang and Tianshan faction has already spread all over the rivers and lakes, Leng Tianfeng was dismissed and detained after returning to Dongchang, and the truth is unknown, which has caused martial arts people to speculate, but it is an indisputable fact that the Tianshan faction was defeated by Leng Tianfeng, Lin Su and the two of them know the truth, so even if they want to cover it up, it is impossible, but if they tell the truth, they feel that they will fall into the prestige of the Tianshan faction, so they don't know how to explain it to the day after tomorrow.

Lin Mengting looked at Su Jingxuan's embarrassed expression, turned her head and asked the day after tomorrow: "You came to fight with Leng Tianfeng, aren't you afraid of Dongchang?"

"I'm just looking for him to have a fight, to see if his martial arts have improved, what does it have to do with Dongchang?" In his eyes, there was probably nothing more important than fighting.

Lin Mengting was also dumbfounded, is there really such a boring person in this world, just fighting for the sake of fighting? She could only continue to ask: "Are you very familiar with Leng Tianfeng?" are you friends?"

"Friends can't be counted, it can only be said that they don't know each other if they don't fight," the day after tomorrow thought about it, and continued, "It can only be regarded as acquaintances, and I have competed a few times, but that's it." ”

Su Jingxuan looked at the day after tomorrow, she also heard that the day after tomorrow, she only knew that he was strong in martial arts and did things without brains, never thought about the pros and cons, just did things according to his own preferences, maybe he could be a help to save her cousin Zongbi, and after weighing the pros and cons, she still told him truthfully, but the matter of the Tianshan faction was omitted, "Leng Tianfeng will be beheaded in Xishi at noon tomorrow." ”

"What?" he stood up suddenly, startling the noodle stall owner, who hurriedly sat down again, and asked with a solemn face, "Is this true?"

"That's right," Lin Mengting said, "I just got the news from the people we installed in the capital, and it's true. ”

At this time, there was no smile on the face of the day after tomorrow, and his face changed several times, and he arched his hand to Lin Su and the others: "Thank you two girls for telling me." Then he took out a hundred-dollar Da Ming treasure bill from his bosom and slapped it on the table, shouting, "Boss, settle the bill." With that, turn around and leave.

The owner of the noodle stall hurriedly came over to collect the money, and when he saw that it was Zhang Baiwen's treasure banknote, he hurriedly shouted to the back of the day after tomorrow: "Guest officer, you gave too much money, and you can't use so much money for three bowls of noodles." He waved his hand without looking back, and then disappeared into the crowd.

"That's a lot of money. The boss muttered to himself.

Su Jingxuan saw that she left in a hurry the day after tomorrow, and she also knew that this noodle stall was not a place to stay for a long time, so she didn't say much, so she hurriedly checked out and left, leaving the boss alone to clean up the leftovers on the table.

After leaving the noodle stall, he disappeared in the crowd the day after tomorrow, hurriedly walked, and arrived at the west market of the capital in only a moment. There is a tall archway in the middle of the road, the word West Market is written on it, the street is full of vendors from all over the world, the crowd is crowded with complicated accents, shoulder to shoulder, it is really lively.

The west market of the capital echoes the east market in the east, and the products sold in the east market are all the luxury things of the major shops in the Ming Dynasty, which are exclusively for the enjoyment of dignitaries and nobles, and there are not many ordinary people who are willing to spend money to buy, so it is slightly cold. The West Market is different, the West Market is a foreign trade transaction between local specialties and other subject countries, so the West Market will be more crowded and lively.

The day after tomorrow, it was observed that there was a simple wooden platform in the middle of the West City, and at this time it was surrounded by the guards of the West City Terracotta Division, which was the place where the West City officials announced their orders on weekdays, and also used as a torture platform when a prisoner was about to be beheaded. On weekdays, it is idle, and at this time it is surrounded by officers and soldiers, which proves that it will be used soon, and it seems that what those two people said is true.

The day after tomorrow took a deep breath, had a plan in his heart, and did not hesitate, he immediately pretended to ask about the sale in the crowd, but in fact, he began to secretly remember the terrain of the streets around the West Market, but he was deferring the route of retreat.

Lin Mengting and Su Jingxuan had come to a farmer's house outside the city at this time, this is where they borrowed after coming to the capital, the owner of the house is a nearly eighty-year-old woman, her wife has died for many years, and her only son was sent to Liaodong after joining the army, and has not returned for three years. The old lady lives alone, her eyes are dizzy, and there are few people who come and go, and her life is very hard.

Lin Mengting saw that the old lady was pitiful, and she needed a place to stay, so she took the usual Daming treasure money for the old lady to borrow here. The old lady happily took the money and let them stay. Lin Mengting's parents were disciples of the Tianshan faction of the previous generation, and they were killed in the war with the Mongols in the Tianshan area, so she was raised by her father's senior brother Lin Jiezhi, the head of the Tianshan Mountains of the previous generation, she had no father and no mother since she was a child, although the master loved her, but in the dead of night, she remembered her life experience but was always extremely lonely, so she was fierce to the enemy but extremely sympathetic to the lonely and widowed, so she decided to live here.

Su Jingxuan knew that Lin Mengting was sad in her heart, and when she saw that she had made a decision, she would go. In the past few days, Lin Mengting got up every day at dawn to carry water and chop wood, cook porridge for the old lady, really like the old lady's relatives, and the old lady also likes her very much. They had to disguise themselves when they inquired about the news, and the old lady really treated them as if they were her own grandsons.

Su Jingxuan looked at Lin Mengting, who had fallen asleep just lying on the bed, smiled slightly, and gently covered her with a quilt. rushed to the capital from Tianshan non-stop, to inquire about the news, and to help the old lady work, Lin Mengting was really tired these days, and she should take a good rest.

Just as Su Jingxuan was thinking about whether to take a rest too, suddenly a light cough came from the side of the bed, Su Jingxuan's face changed, and she immediately took out a dagger from her arms and rushed out of the house. At this time, a tall and thin figure was standing in the courtyard with his back to the door, and Su Jingxuan looked at it, and the person who came was actually her cousin Kono Somasa.

Kono Somasa turned sideways, put his finger to his mouth, signaled Su Jingxuan not to make a sound, and then turned around and left, Su Jingxuan hurriedly followed when he saw this. The two of them walked to a large tree 200 paces away from the house before stopping. Because the old lady lived in the middle of nowhere, and there were no neighbors around, she was not afraid of attracting attention.

"Cousin Zongzheng, why are you here?" Su Jingxuan looked delighted.

"Our people have noticed you a long time ago, but your junior sister has always been by your side, and it is inconvenient for us to expose it. Kono Zongzheng explained to Su Jingxuan, but seeing that his face was gloomy, he was obviously in a terrible mood, "Let's make a long story short, the plan has changed, Dongchang will attack us in advance, and we will rob the prisoner tomorrow and rescue Zongbi." ”

Su Jingxuan was stunned and asked, "What happened?"

"We originally thought that Dongchang would do it when Zong Bi returned to the capital for the sake of treasure and we told him the news, but two days before Zong Bi returned to the city, they found out where we were hiding and attacked at night," Kono Somasa's face was pale, obviously angry to the extreme, "Of the three strongholds in the capital, only the teahouse in the north city remains, and half of the people we brought from Dongying are also seriously injured, I have sent a message back to Dongying, asking the elders to send additional manpower as soon as possible." ”

"How can this be?" Su Jingxuan was also shocked, and she couldn't figure it out at all, "Doesn't Dongchang want the news of that treasure?"

"I don't know about this, but the most important thing now is to rescue Zong Bi. Kono said resolutely, he did attach great importance to this younger brother, although they hadn't really met yet.

"Please also ask my cousin to give orders?" Su Jingxuan also knew that the matter was urgent, and without hesitation, she was determined to obey all instructions.

"Tomorrow, on the Dharma field, I will lead people to disturb the scene, and you will find a way to persuade your junior sister to take Zong Bi away, and we will not contact during the process, so as not to let Zong Bi and Dongchang think that we are a group. Kono Zongzheng said concisely, it sounded really simple, but Su Jingxuan was puzzled, why did he do this after saving people.

"Please forgive Mio for offending, but Mio really doesn't understand why she did this. Su Jingxuan bowed and said to Kono Munemasa.

"Meixu, Zong Bi grew up in Daming, although Dongchang wants to kill him, but he always feels that he is a person of Daming, so we have to save him and let him be hunted down by Dongchang, when he enters a desperate situation, he will hate and be disappointed in Daming, when we tell him the truth, he will be more willing to return to Dongying with us, let him down first, and then give him hope, this is the most important thing, understand?" Kono Somasa told about his plan, the plan was so simple, but he had already arranged a path for Leng Tianfeng in the future that he didn't know about.

"Mio understands that I must fight with my life to save Cousin Zongbi. Su Jingxuan's eyes were extremely firm.

"Okay, then you go back, don't be discovered by your junior sister. ”

Just when Su Jingxuan was discussing with Kono Zongzheng, he had already made several rounds in the West Market the day after tomorrow. He has been to many places, likes to watch the crowd walk around, and enjoys the life of the city, he doesn't like to be clean, the more lively the better. Therefore, he also knows best that each different place has its own characteristics, different times have different winds, different passers-by, and different rhythms. He had to work out the best route of retreat on every street, and he didn't have any confidence in tomorrow's plans if he hadn't walked it a few times.

In this way, between the stop-and-go, an hour has passed, although the day after tomorrow has been deduced the best route, but always feel that something is missing, but I can't think of it, I raised my eyes and saw a small tea stall on the side, so I went to sit down and asked for a bowl of tea, while drinking tea while stunned.

A begging man named Hanako walked through the crowd, and everyone who passed by him covered their noses with their sleeves, lest they smell the unpleasant smell of his body and blast him away.

At this time, the man named Hanako saw the day after tomorrow who was drinking tea on the side of the road, and knelt in front of the day after tomorrow, crying: "This uncle is good, the little one hasn't eaten for three days, I beg the uncle to reward the little one with a few dollars so that the little one can fill his stomach, please uncle." ”

The day after tomorrow, who was drinking tea and stunned, was startled by the sudden kneeling of this called Hanako, and when he reacted, he impatiently took out a few copper plates, and waved his hand: "Hurry up, go quickly." Hanako happily took the money, made a gesture to the day after tomorrow, and then prepared to leave.

The day after tomorrow, I took a sip of tea, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly called the flower child: "You wait for me." ”

Seeing that Hanako stopped him the day after tomorrow, he hurriedly said, "Uncle, do you still have orders?"

The day after tomorrow, he looked at the Hanako in front of him, touched his chin, and suddenly thought of a way, and asked Hanako, "Do you still want money?"

When Hanako heard that, she fell to her knees with a thud, "Yes, yes, of course." ”

The day after tomorrow, he looked around, there were no suspicious people, and whispered to Hanako: "You help me do something, I'll give you a hundred yuan, can you do it?"

This is called Hanako is so poor that she wants to eat, what else is there to dare to do in order to survive, so she nodded and agreed: "Do it, do it, as long as the uncle gives money, in a word, I will do whatever you ask me to do." ”

"That's good," the day after tomorrow whispered, "You don't have enough for this matter, you call all the brothers you want to eat, one counts as one, and I will give you one hundred yuan, you are the leader, so you find someone and I will add another five hundred Wenqian to you, and you will take six hundred yuan before and after, and one hundred for each other, you will not lose." ”

This made Hanako stupid, thinking that this person was not a fool, but he couldn't dream of so much money, so he hurriedly kowtowed three times to the day after tomorrow, "Don't worry, I have been asking for food in Xishi for many years, and there are forty or fifty brothers with me, don't worry, I will definitely call you all." ”

The next day, Dongchang dispatched officers and soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and Jinyiwei coordinated with Dongchang to escort Leng Tianfeng from the edict to the Xishi Execution Ground for questioning.

At this time, it was just noon, the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division surrounded the torture platform, and the people watching the execution were separated by ten zhang and pointed at Leng Tianfeng, who was kneeling on the platform. At this time, Leng Tianfeng was wearing a black robe, his face was slightly haggard, and his nine-foot long hair was extremely messy, but the corners of his mouth showed a slight smile, he was a boy and a girl, at this time, the smile on his face looked at it from a distance, there was a strange beauty, he was wrapped with several black iron cables, his hands and feet were connected by iron cables, and his feet were shackled, even if he wanted to, it was difficult to move, let alone break free.

The crowd around the execution site was dense, and the torture platform was surrounded by water, and there were thousands of people. Even Hanako, who begs in the West Market on weekdays, came with forty or fifty people, mingling in the crowd, wanting to see the excitement.

Gonggong Chen was sitting on the second floor of a teahouse next to him at this time, and he could see the execution ground from the window.

"Father-in-law, everything is ready," one of his subordinates hurriedly knelt on the ground and said respectfully, "Our people have already mixed in the crowd, the three streets around the execution ground have also been deployed, and the men of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division have also arrived at their positions. ”

"Good job," Chen Gonggong's words were very simple, but this was already a rare reward, and his subordinates immediately understood that Chen Gonggong was in a good mood today, and he thought that he must do everything that is foolproof today, and he will be promoted to make a fortune in the future.

"Are you sure they will come?" At this time, a cold voice came from a corner behind Gonggong Chen, "Don't those gangsters understand that this is a game you have set up?"

Hearing the voice of this question, Gonggong Chen did not get angry, nor did he look back, and replied indifferently: "Of course they know, but they must jump into this pit." ”

"Oh, so sure?" the voice continued.

"I flipped through the old court files a few days ago, and found the secret files of the Mongols from the Zhao Palace of the Southern Song Dynasty in the old files of the Yuan Court seized at the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, which recorded the news of leaving the fire, and those Japanese Kou knew the same, since I had already found the clues myself, I didn't need to keep them," Chen Gonggong paused for a moment, and continued, " So I cleared their stronghold in the capital a few days ago, and immediately took down Leng Tianfeng, Leng Tianfeng is too important to the people of their Kono family, how could they not save it, I am just waiting here for them to jump into the trap I prepared for them. ”

"What a good method, the opponent knows that it is a trap and must come. ”

"So I'm just waiting here to watch the play," Chen Gonggong said with interest, "aren't you going down to play?"

"I prefer to hunt down my prey, and if one of them escapes, you don't tell me I'll go, but it's not my hobby. ”

"That's all up to you. ”

Lin Mengting and Su Jingxuan were also crowded in the crowd at this time, both of them were wearing the costumes of the village men of the past few days, and then disguised themselves as village men who followed and watched the excitement. Lin Mengting looked at Leng Tianfeng who was about to be beheaded on the stage with an excited face, she really came to see the excitement, no matter what reason Leng Tianfeng was about to be killed, he had helped Dongchang kill a lot of people from the Tianshan faction, so in Lin Mengting's heart, Leng Tianfeng's killing was a very happy thing.

And Su Jingxuan on the side was anxious, the night before, Su Jingxuan persuaded Lin Mengting that it was better to save Leng Tianfeng, she had to make up a reason, Leng Tianfeng was about to be beheaded, which meant that he had completely lost the trust of the East Factory, since it was better to save Leng Tianfeng for his own use, maybe he could bring down the East Factory faster. Although this is a reason, it can't convince Lin Mengting. Su Jingxuan knew that the reason was too far-fetched, and Lin Mengting was the head of the house, so she could only persuade but not force, and more importantly, she must not reveal her true identity, and in the end, she could only coax and deceive Lin Mengting to come to the execution ground, and as for saving people, she could only act at the opportunity.

There are too many people who watch the beheading, the field is extremely noisy, the people waiting to watch the beheading chatting with each other, some people speculate that they have offended Dongchang, some people say that such a big formation must be treason, and even more said that Leng Tianfeng was a man disguised as a woman to seduce the emperor and was found to be beheaded, and the day after tomorrow he disappeared in the crowd while listening to these nonsense while carefully squeezing to the front position, and he could see the situation on the torture platform clearly.

In this way, time passed slowly in the speculation of the people, the time was getting closer and closer to three o'clock in the afternoon, and the day after tomorrow it was estimated that the name Hanako who he bought had also reached the position that he had agreed in advance, and he couldn't help but clench his hands full of sweat, whether he could succeed or not was in this move.

After another half a moment, finally, the officers and soldiers on the stage began to move, and the prison officer also picked up the charge and prepared to read out Leng Tianfeng's charges, at this moment, forty or fifty people in the crowd suddenly threw out forty or fifty white cloth bags the size of fists at the same time, and threw them towards the execution platform from all directions. The cloth bags were not tightly tied, but scattered in the air, and clumps of white powder scattered from the cloth bags, and were blown away by the wind, and some of them even fell into the eyes of the spectators.

I heard a scream from the crowd, and someone shouted: "It's lime powder." ”

The people who threw the cloth bags were the forty or fifty people named Hanako hired the day after tomorrow, and each of them hid ten cloth bags wrapped in lime powder on their bodies, hid in the crowd and waited for an opportunity to approach the execution platform, and threw them just as they were ready to be executed. After the first wave of lime powder was thrown, those called Hanako immediately threw out the remaining lime one after another, and for a while, lime was scattered everywhere on the execution ground, like a fog and fog, a hazy haze.

Seeing this scene, Gonggong Chen, who was in the teahouse next to him, said without thinking: "Those Japanese robbers have made a move, hurry up and take them down." A brocade-clothed guard standing on the side didn't dare to slack off, and immediately rushed downstairs to command the soldiers and brocade guards to rush into the crowd to arrest people.

At this time, the lime powder on the torture platform has dispersed a lot, but it is already a panic, just asked Hanako to throw lime when the day after tomorrow has covered the face door, so it has not been affected by the lime, at this time he has taken off the double knife on his back, the double knife out of the sheath, and the figure has turned into a cyan lightning rush towards the execution platform.

The two soldiers guarding the torture platform had not yet recovered from the influence of the lime powder when they saw someone rushing up. The day after tomorrow, the left knife blocked, the right hand slashed horizontally, cutting off one person's legs, and he didn't love fighting, and then rushed straight to the stage.

The day after tomorrow is ten zhang away from the torture platform, the soldiers guarding the torture platform have come to block, the day after tomorrow do not dodge or dodge, the left and right double knives are like a storm, do not dodge or dodge, only attack but not defend, all the way forward to kill. The soldiers behind him chased after him, but he didn't even look back, and forcibly cut down the soldiers who were blocking the front one by one.

In just a moment, the clothes of the day after tomorrow have been stained with blood, but he is still arrogant, ignoring the soldiers behind him, just blindly rushing forward, all the soldiers do not have a general, the two knives seem to be attached to the power of thunder, every move is like a thunderbolt. The day after tomorrow, only a sea of blood and stumps and severed arms were left behind, and the soldiers in front of him seemed to have seen the Rakshasa demons of the Netherworld, leaving only bloody wind and rain wherever he passed.

Finally, the day after tomorrow finally broke out of the encirclement and came to Leng Tianfeng's side, he continued to fight back, and shouted: "The stinky boy surnamed Leng, I'm here to save you." ”

Leng Tianfeng saw that it was the day after tomorrow who came to save him, and his face was full of surprise: "Why are you a fool?"