In these years, the rivers and lakes are constantly disputed, it is not easy to make money by pulling goods, and businessmen like Zhen Shibei who still transport large quantities of goods are even rarer, and the goal of transporting a large number of goods is too obvious, and it will encounter a lot of resistance, if the overall strength of the pulling team is insufficient, it is very easy to be robbed.

The same is true for dart darts in the dart game, many darts are afraid to take a big order, in case the dart is not successful, the dart is lost and the compensation is not to say, if the damage to the manpower is more than worth the loss. Therefore, most of the current dart games take small orders, or break them into parts, make individual darts, small team darts, small goals, many times, and reduce risks, but the remuneration is not too bad.

And Zhen Shibei, a big businessman, encountered a big list of goods, thinking that once and for all, after the trip was done, he pulled a large number of people out to pull the goods, not that he didn't want to find a dart bureau to bet on the dart, but that the dart board dared to take his big dart at all. It's not that he is reluctant to spend money, invite some powerful people to darts, it is too unpredictable to transport darts, the risk is too great, the benefits are rare, and even lose their lives if they can't keep it.

Pinghai County, as the main battlefield of the anxious collision of various forces, only Zhen Shibei was carried away for the interests of the moment will risk the world's disapproval to Pinghai to ship a large number of goods, at that time also spent a lot of money to invite four Jianghu master bodyguards, how to think that on the official road can be robbed by the cardinal sect, the big evil god, was killed, fortunately, God blessed, there are people from the Moral League passing by, saving a life, but the goods were still robbed.

The second time I received a big order from Pinghai, I still didn't believe in evil, I went to pull hard, avoided the road, trekked through mountains and rivers, took the wrong road, took the small road, and saw that there was still a day away from the destination, but I encountered thunderstorms, flash floods, and even the goods and people were washed away. is also here in Jiangning County, thinking that there is a chrysanthemum garden to deter everyone, so he only takes his own guys on the road, who ever thought that this can be an accident, but it is really a back.

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(Thousand Peach Forest)

After separating from Murong Jing that day, Jiang Yichen traveled all the way east to the north, and finally arrived at Juyuan.

Seeing the peach blossoms in full bloom again, I couldn't help but think of the adventure of the peach valley forest, and I couldn't help but think of the strange conversation with the peach-faced old man, Jiang Yichen sighed in his heart, only out of the island for more than ten days, what he saw and heard has been more than ten years on the island, the rivers and lakes, it is really a wonderful place.

The little brown horse looked a little restless, because there were wolves in the Thousand Peach Forest, and the number was not small, and the most excessive thing for it was that these wolves were wandering around in the peach forest in broad daylight.

The encounter in the Peach Valley Forest, yes, can be regarded as an adventure for the owner, but what is it for it, an almost fatal encounter, the encounter of that day still makes it palpitate, and now, these wolves in front of it are dangling unscrupulously, although they don't mean to eat it, but it really makes it uneasy, and they are afraid of falling into the pit when they walk on the road.

Jiang Yichen found out that the little brown horse was strange, and he was also aware of it, so he had to keep comforting it.

After the ten-mile peach forest, there is the chrysanthemum garden, and you are about to see the old man.

Uncle, Jiang Yichen took a deep breath, for some reason, when he thought of these two words, he was a little nervous, it felt like a girl who had not left the cabinet and wanted to see her future father-in-law.

In fact, Jiang Yichen has only seen the old man three times, the time when he was brought to the old man after being rescued by an accident in his home, the same group of children or orphans were taken by the old man to Xishan Island to find someone to adopt, and the last time was last year when the old man made a special trip to find Yinniang and inform her of the news of revenge.

The first two times, Jiang Yichen was still young, and his memory was already blurred, but this time, the old man gave him the impression of being kind and majestic.

Jiang Yichen laughed at himself, he still doesn't know what the name of the old man is, he only knows that everyone respects him very much, everyone calls him old man, and he still remembers hearing Yin Niang say this about the old man when he was on the island.

"The old man in the minds of the Jianghu people is not only a Buddha but also a living Yama, he is not very tall, but many people have seen him and think that he is the tallest person they have ever seen in their lives. He likes to make friends, and there are few of his friends who refuse to work for him, and as long as he promises you, he will never let you down, and you don't have to pay him anything. Everyone's friendship and respect for him is the title of 'old man'. ”

The image of the old man has been set up tall enough in Jiang Yichen's mind, which has to be attributed to the oral traditions of the people on Xishan Island, and whenever the word old man is mentioned, their spontaneous awe, Jiang Yichen is also deep in his heart.

With the afterglow of the sunset, Jiang Yichen was like a wanderer returning home, and finally came to the gate of Juyuan.

Jiang Yichen came to Juyuan for the second time, he was a hurried visitor when he was a child, and he had no memory of Juyuan, but now he feels like he is going home for some reason.

The gate of the chrysanthemum garden is not big, it is just an ordinary moon cave gate. That is, the word "Juyuan" written on the door plaque with yellow characters on the black background on the door wall tells the world that this is indeed the heart of the Moral League that punishes adultery and eliminates evil, supports justice, and looks down on all directions in the rivers and lakes.

There were no guards at the gate of Juyuan, but at this time, there were more than ten people standing outside the door, respectfully waiting, not daring to slack off.

Jiang Yichen estimated that these people had something to ask to see the old man, so in order to show respect, he waited outside the door, and did not block the door, and only let the guards pass the word on his behalf.

Jiang Yichen had already come to him, and when he saw others like this, he didn't dare to slack off, holding the little brown horse in his hand, and waiting on the other side of the door, planning to report when someone in the garden came out.

Out of curiosity, but afraid of being rude, Jiang Yichen secretly squinted at the group of people.

There were thirteen people in the group, most of whom were young people, and only two of them were older, but they were only a young man. Their faces were written with exhaustion and emaciation after a long journey.

The first person was an older man, handsome and majestic, who seemed to be from a military background, but he saw that his temples were white, which was probably caused by excessive worry.

Behind him, there were two young men and women, the man was graceful and beautiful, but his face was too pale, which made people see that he was recovering from serious injuries and was sick.

Beside the man, despite his push, he threw the girl who was stubbornly supporting him, about the age of Mo Biyu, with a beautiful face and outstanding demeanor, but at this moment he frowned, as if he was extremely worried about the man's physical condition.

The first three should have a special status, and the next one is another older man, with a tiger's back and a resolute face that seems to have been weathered.

Before Jiang Yichen could carefully look at the group one by one, someone had already appeared at the door of the Moon Cave.

"Steward Xiaoshi, the old man is invited, let's all come in together. The person who came was a middle-aged man, very polite, and on closer inspection, he was a little similar to Zhen Shibei.

"I'm tired. The man at the head of the man, who was called the little stone butler, said with his hand, and then turned around, and together with the girl, carefully helped the seriously injured man slowly into the garden, and at the same time motioned for everyone behind to follow.

The group followed the middle-aged man into the garden slowly and orderly, Jiang Yichen saw that he couldn't find a chance to talk to the middle-aged man, he was very anxious, hesitated again and again, and finally, he had to follow the group and enter the garden.

The chrysanthemum garden is not as magnificent as imagined, giving people the preconceived impression that it is wide and simple, full of flowers and plants, if people who do not know see this scene, they are afraid that this is just a big garden.

The corridors are vertical and horizontal, pavilions and pavilions, there are rockeries, there are lakes, and the garden makes people feel tranquil and leisurely, which relieves the tension and antagonism brought about by the disputes between the rivers and lakes.

Although the park is large, with someone leading the way, the group did not spend much time and walked straight into the Taoran Pavilion in the north of the park.

Jiang Yichen followed closely, but felt that he had come in without being informed, so he didn't dare to disturb their deliberations, so he stopped in front of the door and waited outside the door alone.

Looking inside, except for the group of thirteen people and the middle-aged man who led the way into the garden, only two of them were among them. One is the old man, dressed in a white robe, standing up. The other person stood beside the old man, dressed in black, with long hair and a shawl, not angry and self-assured, this person Jiang Yichen also recognized that one of the old man's right-hand men, the most powerful general, Nangong Yan.

I haven't seen him for a year, and the old man is already a lot older, but the majesty between his eyebrows has not been lost, and the sharp turn in the situation in the rivers and lakes in the past year has also broken his heart.

When he looked at Nangong Yan again, he didn't know that Nangong Yan saw that there was still someone standing outside the door, and he happened to look over, his eyes were facing each other, Jiang Yichen was excited, and quickly lowered his head and hugged his fists to apologize for his rude offense.

"Chen'er?" Nangong Yan knew about Jiang Yichen's departure from the island, and met him a year ago, but he was not sure, so he asked the old man softly.

"Now that you have arrived, come in. The old man also glanced out, gave a look of affirmation, and greeted at the same time.

"Yes. Jiang Yichen felt very unhappy, kept hanging his head, and after walking into the pavilion, he stood silently aside.

Seeing this, the old man and Nangong Yan didn't say much, and their eyes focused on that group of people.