On Songguo Mountain, Wang Ji's face was gloomy, and in his camp, he stared at more than a dozen people below.

He was carried back by his men.

With his sheath in his hands, he spoke,

"You are all people who have been with me for several years, otherwise you would not have been selected for this operation, I don't blame you for this, it was Lord Ben who underestimated that kid's ability, so he got started, remember, what to say, what not to say, you know yourself, if you let Lord Ben know who has no mouth, don't blame Lord Ben for not being emotional. ”

At this time, someone came to report, saying that Lord Zhou had released the news, the drill was advanced, and the offensive was launched after dark, with a limit of six hours.

Wang Ji didn't expect that the eldest brother would be a day earlier, so he ordered to act as soon as possible according to the previous plan.

The sky was getting dark, and Wang Ji, who was pretending to be the bandit king, did not have anyone in front of him, but arranged for a few people to hide fifty zhang away from him, and once something was found, he would send a signal.

He had only one purpose, to escape.

This is not his Wang Ji's tactic, but many bandits do it.

There is a saying among the bandits,

Those who dare to fight hard with the government are either hard wrists or looking for death.

They are here to rob money, not to fight the government.

Wang Ji held his breath and listened to the movements around him, it was a drill, and he didn't want to lose to his eldest brother.

Suddenly, he looked to the left, and about ten feet away, a man was standing there in his night clothes.

In the dark mountain, such a person suddenly appeared, which shocked Wang Ji into a cold sweat, he didn't even hear the slightest movement, and his subordinates didn't find the existence of this person.

This person is not from the Zhennan Army.

He's a master.

The moon has not risen into the sky, the stars have not yet dawned, only darkness, and mountain winds.

Drawing his sword out of its sheath, he let out a low cry,

"Who?"

It's not that he doesn't want to call someone over, it's that he has a guess about this person's identity.

The man stepped forward a few steps, pulled down the black cloth of his face, and did not speak.

Wang Ji also took a few steps forward, looked at it carefully, and after confirming the identity of the person who came, he put the knife into the sheath, stepped forward a few steps forward and approached the person, and said in a low voice,

"I've seen my lord!"

Zhangfu, Pingnan City,

Zhang Zhongqian's father-in-law, Cheng Yunde, came to the door again in person, but this time it brought good news.

To say that the friendship between the Zhang family and the Cheng family began when Cheng Yunde escorted the Zhang family to Jingzhou to do business.

At the beginning, Zhang Mansion wanted to hire Cheng Yunde as the head of the guard of Zhang's Mansion, and Zhang Yiwen, who had gradually taken over the family business, got along with Cheng Yunde all the way, and felt that Cheng Yunde was not inferior to others, and their status as businessmen was much lower than that of martial artists, so they befriended him and took care of Cheng Yunde, who came to Bazhou for the first time.

Later, Cheng Yunde opened a martial arts hall, and Zhang Fu was also very helpful.

Later, Zhang Yiwen's second son, Zhang Zhongqian, was sent to the martial arts hall to practice martial arts for three years, and met Cheng Yunde's eldest daughter, Cheng Junfei.

When Cheng Shifei was ten years old, Cheng Junfei, who was twenty-eight years old, married into Zhang's mansion and became the wife of Zhang Zhongqian, who was two years older than her, and the daughter-in-law of Zhang's mansion.

According to the established rules, Zhang Yiwen's eldest son Zhang Bonian will definitely take over the Zhang family in the future, and Zhang Zhongqian is in charge of the business in Jingzhou.

In the living room of Zhang's family, Zhang Yiwen and Cheng Yunde sat in the first place of the host and guest, and Zhang Bonian and Zhang Zhongqian accompanied them.

After several discussions with Cheng Yunde, Zhang Yiwen finally made up his mind to withdraw from the Zhang family's business in Jingzhou.

Why did he have to discuss with Cheng Yunde? In addition to needing Cheng Yunde's help, this decision actually had a great impact on Zhang Zhongqian.

Zhang Zhongqian is also a down-to-earth and steady person, Jingzhou's business has withdrawn, and he will make a comeback in other places, too insistence, in addition to taking huge risks, will only make the family unhappy.

Moreover, his father Zhang Yiwen promised that fifty percent of the materials withdrawn from Jingzhou would be directly distributed to the second child. Of course, the condition is to separate.

Making this decision too early is also to avoid turning against the brothers because of the family property when they are about to become ancient in the future.

Therefore, Cheng Yunde worked hard to worry about this matter, also so that his daughter could live a better life.

The person in charge of going to Jingzhou this time was Zhang Zhongqian, and six other good people were selected from the nursing home to follow together.

Speaking of these six nurses, they are all from the Yunde Martial Arts Hall.

There were not many people when I went, and there were only two subordinates who were responsible for everyone's daily life.

After all, along the way, the days of eating and sleeping are indispensable.

When he came back, there were more people, all of whom were sent from Bazhou, and the subordinates recruited locally in Jingzhou were given some severance money and returned to their respective homes.

Hearing that the Yunde Martial Arts Hall decided to let Cheng Shifei and the newcomer martial artist Yuan Xi as guards, Zhang Yiwen was a little surprised, and after Cheng Yunde finished speaking, he picked up the tea bowl and was silent.

Cheng Yunde smiled, didn't continue to speak, and drank tea.

Zhang Zhongqian, who was sitting below, opened his mouth,

"Dad, the child has seen that Yuan Shaoxia in the martial arts hall, although I haven't seen him shoot, but the child thinks he is an unfathomable character, after all, the child has also followed his father-in-law to practice martial arts for a few years, and he still has a little eyesight. ”

Zhang Yiwen raised his eyes and looked at his second child, and said,

"Oh, that's true, we still have such a young man in Pingnan City? ”

Cheng Yunde opened his mouth with a smile,

"Brother Zhang, I didn't mention this person to you before because I didn't expect him to agree. Now Yuan Xi is just temporarily serving as a chair martial artist in my Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion, the martial arts hall temple is small, presumably he will not live in the martial arts hall for a long time. Therefore, I treat my children with courtesy, so that they can form a good fate. ”

Picking up the teacup, gently blowing the tea leaves, and taking a sip, Cheng Yunde continued,

"Xiao Fei wanted to take this opportunity to go out and have a look, and begged me. Although Xiao Fei is my personal inheritance, after all, he is still young and playful, because he can't do kung fu at home, and he is not much stronger than his brother-in-law Zhong Qian. ”

Speaking of this, he said to Zhang Zhongqian,

"Zhong Qian, although you have practiced martial arts in the martial arts hall, it is not my father's housekeeping skill. As the old saying goes, a son-in-law is half a child, it turns out that I also taught you some skills in secret, including internal skills. But after all, the inheritance of the master, it is not easy to pass it on casually, so I master the martial arts, you have only learned most of it, since this trip is dangerous, I don't care about it so much, and after a while, my father will teach you the rest of the martial arts, although the time is in a hurry, but you still have the opportunity to practice along the way. Xiao Fei happened to follow, if there is anything you can't practice in practice, you two brothers can still confirm each other. ”

Zhang Zhongqian hurriedly got up, bowed and saluted, and said respectfully,

Zhong Qian thanked his father-in-law. ”

Cheng Yunde nodded and continued to say to Zhang Yiwen,

"I won't agree if I want to go, he's alone, it's good if he doesn't add to the chaos. He was friendly with Yuan Xi, so he told me that he would persuade Yuan Xi to serve as the guard of Zhangfu, so things took such a turn. ”

Zhang Bonian, who was sitting opposite Zhang Zhongqian, heard that Cheng Yunde was talking to Zhang Zhongqian, his eyes rolled a few times, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After Cheng Yunde finished speaking, without waiting for his father to speak, Zhang Bonian said,

"The little nephew has something unclear, and I ask Shibo to solve his doubts. ”

"Oh?, nephew, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

Glancing at Zhang Yiwen, who didn't speak, Cheng Yunde smiled and looked at Zhang Bonian.

Seeing that his father didn't speak, Zhang Bonian's heart was settled, and then said,

"Shibo, the withdrawal from Jingzhou is already a big loss for my Zhang family, and the hard work of the second brother over the years can be said to be in vain, so this withdrawal is even more important, the matter is important, don't blame the little nephew for being suspicious. ”

Cheng Yunde nodded and motioned for Zhang Bonian to continue.

Zhang Bonian glanced at Zhang Zhongqian, and then continued,

"I don't know how high this Yuan Xi Shaoxia's means are? Shi Bo can give the little nephew a reassurance, although the second brother said it, but firstly, he is not good at learning after all, and his vision is not enough, and secondly, he has not personally seen that Yuan Xi Shaoxia shoot. In addition, is this person reliable? The little nephew is only afraid of ......"

Cheng Yunde knew the meaning of Zhang Bonian's words, so he opened his mouth and said to Zhang Yiwen,

"Brother Yi Wen, you and I have been friends for more than 20 years, how can I just find someone to deal with you? You know, Xiao Fei is going to follow, think about it, if Yuan Xi is not a reassuring person, how can I rest assured of Xiao Fei?"

Zhang Yiwen glanced at Zhang Bonian, and then said to Cheng Yunde,

"Brother, I'm not as good as you, people who practice martial arts are in good health, now you are in the prime of life, but I am declining, I have worked hard for half my life, it is time to enjoy the blessings, now most of the business matters are handed over to Bo Nian to take care of, originally Jingzhou was for Zhong Qian, but unfortunately he was unlucky, and he had such a good year. This Bonian is also cautious and cautious, afraid that his own inadvertentity will bring losses to my Zhang family, so I have this question, not because I can't trust the world brother, after all, we don't know much about the people who practice martial arts, and I hope that the world brother Haihan!"

At this time, Zhang Bonian got up and saluted Cheng Yunde, and then said,

"It's the little nephew who said carelessly, and I ask Shibo to forgive me, Shibo thinks a lot about my Zhang family, and Bonian has always kept it in mind. ”

Cheng Yunde stretched out his hand and motioned for Zhang Bonian to sit down, and then said,

"It's okay, it's okay, about Yuan Xi, compared to the guards hired from outside, Yuan Shi's nephew can be said to be a person who knows the roots, you can rest assured. As for Yuan Shi's nephew's skills, let's put it this way, Brother Yi Wen, I was not his opponent when I was young, and we can match Pingnan City, I'm afraid that only General Lu of the Zhennan Army is the only one who can match him. ”

Hearing Cheng Yunde say this, Zhang Yiwen's eyes lit up, and he said,

"Is that really the case? I wonder what Yuan Shaoxia can ask for?"

Cheng Yunde picked up the tea bowl again, and the tea was just added to the water by the maid on the side.

After drinking tea, Cheng Yunde, who put down the tea bowl, said to Zhang Yiwen,

"Brother Yi Wen, you and I are both people in the business field, so I won't talk nonsense. Yuan Xi is also his own family, and he told me that what is the market for hiring people on weekdays, and how much is given to him. As for Xiao Fei, he is just a follower, and if he doesn't make trouble, he will burn incense. Yuan Shi nephew you look at it, after all, the market is not as usual now, and I am not good at talking to Yuan Shi nephew, after you decide, Zhong Qian will tell him. ”

Zhang Yiwen nodded, and then said to Zhang Zhongqian,

"Zhong Qian, this matter will be handled by you, these things were also handled by you in the past, when you are ready, you will set off on a certain day, go early, so as not to have an accident." ”

After the Zhang family made preparations, Zhang Zhongqian was really ready to go to Jingzhou. He went to the martial arts hall and met Yuan Xi. To his surprise, when he finished saying the conditions, Yuan Shaoxia casually agreed.

Although he thought that the price he gave was not low, it was already two and a half times the earlier employment price, but Yuan Xi was so casual, which made Zhang Zhongqian look at Yuan Xi differently.

Traders must compare baht, but they like to deal with cheerful people the most.

Cheng Zhifei also gave one and a half times the employment silver, although the father-in-law said that he didn't need to give it, but after all, it was Xiao Fei's hard-earned money, how could he, who was a brother-in-law, be able to do this.

Sure enough, when I heard that I still had money to make, my brother-in-law jumped up happily. At that time, Cheng Shifei patted Zhang Zhongqian's chest and said, brother-in-law, don't worry, I will make you feel that you are worth spending this money.

Cheng is naturally happy, not because he has more money and less money, but because this is the first money he has earned by his own ability, he feels that he is like an adult.

Because he wanted to go to the Zhennan Army to report his travel, after talking in the martial arts hall, Zhang Zhongqian left in a hurry and did not stay longer.

On the side of the martial arts hall, Cheng is still fighting wits and courage with Funny Fei.

After a few days, perhaps because of the familiarity, there is almost no hostility towards Cheng Fei, and Cheng Fei can also muster up the courage to play with Cheng Fei, even if he stands in front of him, he is no longer afraid.

I only feel that I have taken a big step forward in being afraid of dogs, and I am very happy to be right and wrong, and I am full of confidence, and I am not weak when I start my family.

Yuan Xi knew that there was indeed a breakthrough in the area of right and wrong, but it did not really meet his standards. Because the reason why Cheng Shifei can overcome the fear of teasing Fei also has a lot to do with the fact that this person is familiar with each dog.

But there is an opportunity, this is not in a hurry, since it is going to go far away, then it is just to find an opportunity to guide Xiao Fei on the road.

You can also take this opportunity to guide him on the road.

To Yuan Xi's surprise, Cheng Shifei actually asked to bring funny.

Yuan Xi has no opinion, anyway, taking care of the funny things is done by right and wrong.

In the camp of the Zhennan Army, Lu Yiping looked at the letter from the King of Shu to him, and there was a reply from Jingzhou to the assassination incident a while ago.

In the letter, the king of Jiangling first expressed regret for the assassination of Pingnancheng, and immediately ordered an investigation in Jingzhou after receiving the letter from the king of Shu, so the reply was slow.

What is surprising is that King Jiangling's side really found these five people, but they were only involved in a tragic case.

This sect is still a major sect in Jingzhou, called Wanqi Sect, located in Nanyu Mountain, Nanjun in the south of Jingzhou, and its fame is not small, especially in recent years, its fame has caught up with the Ziyang Pavilion, the first sect located in Xianyin Mountain, the capital of Jingzhou.

The Wanqi Sect is named Wanqi, and the tone is really not small.

However, it is true that the sect teaches various weapons and martial arts. Because of the many weapons and techniques he taught, he was quite sought after by people who practiced martial arts in Jingzhou.

A year ago, the head of the Wanqi Sect no longer recruited new disciples on the grounds of repairing in the door, and all the disciples in the sect were also out of the school within half a year.

According to those disciples who returned home, the five descendants of the sect have traveled down the mountain for a long time, and they have not returned to the mountain for more than a year, and there are only the head of the sect, the named elder, and two miscellaneous disciples left in the gate.

The head of the sect gave their statement that there was no news of several senior brothers, and in order to prevent accidents, they had to go down the mountain to find a few people, so the sect was temporarily closed.

The reason why it was discovered that the Wanqi Sect was destroyed was related to the assassination of Pingnan City.

According to the letter of the King of Shu, the weapons used by several people, the Jingzhou government thought of Wanqizong, and when the person who tracked down the matter arrived at Wanqizong, they found that Wanqimen had been destroyed. And five of them were the five people who assassinated Pingnan City.

In addition, the elders and two miscellaneous disciples of the sect were also killed, and the head of the Wanqi Sect was nowhere to be found.

As for the cause of death, the letter did not elaborate.

His brows were furrowed, and Lu Yiping felt that the world was becoming more and more unpeaceful, and such a sect would be destroyed if it was destroyed. The king of Shu said in the letter, speculating that it may be the deer cutting behind it, and asked Lu Yiping to strictly investigate the area of Pingnan City, so as not to cause any chaos.

Lu Yiping thought about what kind of existence the deer building must be, and the methods were so sinister, there was a suspicion of destroying the door this time.

It's just that this case is a matter of Jingzhou after all, but the people of Bazhou don't want to ask too much.

The king of Shu also said in the letter that the king of Jiangling still expressed friendly relations with Bazhou, and did not want to bring a rift to the alliance between the two sides because of this assassination.

However, the king of Shu told Lu Yiping that he had sent someone to inform Chu Weidong in Yunshang City to keep an eye on Jingzhou.

Lu Yiping knows that there are no absolute friends or absolute enemies in this world, and Jingzhou should be defended. You have to guard against this unscrupulous deer cutting building.

I don't know what the major sects think, if such a big thing happens, the major sects shouldn't sit idly by.

Since someone attacked Lu Guanju in Pingnan City in Lu Yiping, I am afraid that there are people he doesn't know about in the secret.

Shaking his head, Lu Yiping, who had no clue at the moment, could only try his best to protect his land.

At this time, someone came to report, saying that the Zhang Mansion in the city was going to send people to Jingzhou, and there were many returning people to report, so please take a look.

Lu Yiping remembered that when the owner of the Cheng Pavilion came before, he mentioned that his in-law Zhangfu had a business in Jingzhou, and it seemed that he had made up his mind to withdraw from Jingzhou.

Lu Yiping felt that Zhang Fu's decision was very correct, otherwise once Ba and Jing Erzhou suddenly became evil, they would have no place to cry.

Looking at the list of personnel, they are all Bazhou people, their own families, come back if they can come back, and then check it when you enter the city.

He casually asked who was going to Bazhou this time? and his subordinate handed over a list.

When I opened it, Zhang Zhongqian, the second son of Zhangfu, and eight people from Zhangfu. Looking further back, Yunde Martial Arts Hall, Yuan Xi, and Cheng Zheng Zheng.

If you can go, it seems that the Yunde Martial Arts Hall does have fewer people. Seeing the name Yuan Xi, he thought for a while, and then asked,

"Are Zhou Bochang and Wang Ji back?"

The corporal replied,

"General Yu, the two adults Zhou and Wu returned to the army this morning and are doing repairs. ”

Lu Yiping said,

"Call the two of them, and see who is there between Wu Zhong and Zheng Shuyuan, and call them together!"

Zhou Bochang reported the results of the drill to Lu Yiping.

As Lu Yiping expected, it was Wang Ji, who led people to pretend to be mountain bandits, to win, but fortunately, Zhou Bochang did not lose very badly and captured nearly half of Wang Ji's men.

Zhou Bochang reported to Lu Yiping about the situation on Yuan Xi again.

On the way back, Wang Ji told his eldest brother about the situation of fighting with Yuan Xi and Cheng.

However, in his mouth, it was Na Yuanxi and Cheng Shifei who did not listen to the instructions of the defenders under the mountain and trespassed on the drill hill and were discovered by him.

Cheng relied on his identity as the young master of the martial arts hall, did not listen to the advice of his subordinates, and wanted to chase a roe deer, and what kind of mountain is so big, you practice yours, I hit my prey, what is the matter?

And Na Yuanxi didn't say a word, and went straight inside.

He was nearby and rushed over to stop him, but he was snatched by Yuan Xi's saber, he ordered someone to release arrows, but everyone was injured by Yuan Xi with a hidden weapon.

The face of the Zhennan Army could not be lost, he led people to fight, but in the end they were all injured by Yuan Xi.

At that time, he said to Zhou Bochang that kid was deeply hidden, and with his ability, I am afraid that adults are invincible.

Thinking that Wang Ji was injured by that Yuan Xi, Zhou Bochang was also angry on his face, but with his understanding of the young hall owner of the family, he should not be such a reckless person.

The fight with Yuan Xi was reported by Wang Jiyu.

Lu Yiping slapped the table and scolded,

"What do you eat?"

Zhou and Wang knelt down on one knee and saluted,

"It's the incompetence of his subordinates, please calm the general's anger!"

Lu Yiping waved his hand, snorted, and then said,

"Get up, Wang Ji, tell me, you have held up a few moves in that kid's hands. ”

Wang Ji thought for a while and said,

"If he fights for his life, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold up two moves, he will shoot too fast. Especially his secret weapon kung fu, he is really good, just a wave of his hand, we hurt several brothers. ”

Lu Yiping frowned and did not speak.

It was Zheng Shuyuan who was in charge of staring at the martial arts hall today, and at this time Wu Zhong came over to restore his life.

I heard that Wu Zhong said that Yuan Xi was only out of the martial arts hall once, or with Cheng Shifei, and he tracked it down and did not find out who Yuan Xi met with.

Wu Zhong said, but according to his inquiry, on the day Yuan Xi went out, he did receive a letter, and I don't know if it was related to it.

Lu Yiping asked, did you know who the person who sent the letter was?

Wu Zhong said that his subordinates were incompetent, and they didn't know who it was, but they heard the news from the gossip of people in the market.

The child of the woman's family practiced martial arts in the martial arts hall, and he liked to talk more about things in the martial arts hall, so he mentioned that someone sent a letter to the Yuan Sect, and when it came to the woman's mouth, it became that someone loved Yuan Xi, and he used letters to convey affection.

Speaking of this, Wu Zhong did not continue, because the person who loved Yuan Xi in the market was Miss Lu.

He, Lu Yiping, also hates those people with long tongues, and he doesn't have a long brain to think about it, how can his Lu Yiping's daughter fall in love with a martial artist?

But the market likes to talk about it the most, most of them are rich girls falling in love with poor boys, and young masters falling in love with selling girls and the like.

Lu Yiping thought about it and told the three of them that they would go to Jingzhou with the Zhang family's convoy tomorrow, and they should not work on him for the time being, but they should carefully investigate Pingnancheng, and the assassination of Miss was very strange.

At this time, Zheng Shuyuan came back to ask for a meeting, saying that he had made a discovery.

When Wu Zhong and Zheng Shuyuan found out that someone had sent a letter to Yuan Xi, they focused on the Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion to see if there were any living people.

Zheng Shuyuan, who was watching today, saw a child running to the door of the martial arts hall, knocked on the door, said a few words, and ran away.

Zheng Shuyuan hurriedly followed, and saw that the child went to find a young man, and then ran away with a string of sugar gourds.

And this young man is none other than the son of the city lord, Dong Xianglin.

Zheng Shuyuan couldn't and didn't dare to interrogate the eldest prince of the City Lord's Mansion, so he came back to report.

Lu Yiping asked Zheng Shuyuan, are you sure that this letter is for Yuan Xi?

Zheng Shuyuan nodded.

He got this from the boy with a piece of pastry,

"This letter is addressed to Yuan Xi of the Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion. ”

Dong Xianglin: How did he know Yuan Xi?

Lu Yiping couldn't guess, it seemed that he had to go to the City Lord's Mansion and have a few more drinks with that Dong Shixian.

Zhang Fu sent someone to send a message, telling Cheng Shi Fei Yuan Xi and the two of them to prepare for one day and set off tomorrow the day after tomorrow.

Yuan Xi looked at the letter in his hand, still worried.

In the letter, he asked him to see him by the lake tomorrow, and he also made it clear that he was not allowed to bring anyone.

Still not settled.