Jianghu people are bold and uninhibited, which is just the temperament of wine. Or maybe because of this, wine always has a special gravitational pull on them. Where there is wine, they all flock to it, and the wine shop has always been a gathering place for people from the rivers and lakes. Looking at it this way, Xia Chengyi is really an outlier here.

It's a very ordinary restaurant, and even the name is so arbitrary: often come. There are two floors in the restaurant, the decoration is simple, the things are old, and the dishes can only be regarded as average, but the location is good, but it is at the corner of the street.

Xia Chengyi asked for a seat on the second floor, ordered a few dishes, and asked for a pot of wine. She came here for two reasons: first, she was depressed and couldn't stay in the house, and second, and most importantly, this restaurant was diagonally opposite the "clay figure king", and the seat she was sitting in at the moment was just a panoramic view of the clay figure shop.

A plate of bamboo chicken, a plate of stewed beef tendon, a narrow wine glass, and a pot of old rice wine, these are all the things on the table. There were no chopsticks, and she thought they were too dirty, so she told the boys to take them and wash them.

It's time to eat, and the restaurant is rarely full. At the table next to her left were two healthy old men, eating and drinking, while quietly looking at the diners at the remaining eight tables.

"This is the capital of the city, not as good as our Xuanzhou, a few of you have given me some peace, don't give birth to an incident. In the southwest corner of the restaurant is a large round table, and there are seven people sitting, all of whom are carrying swords, obviously from the Jianghu sect, and a middle-aged man on the seat is the other six.

"Yes, Master (Uncle)!" the six replied in unison.

Zhao Xiaojie handed the middle-aged man the chopsticks and asked softly, "Uncle Ran, the summoning order on the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth month of June is still more than a month away, why did we come so early?" I asked Master, but he didn't answer me. ”

"Alas, our Lord Liu Jinbei, who went out of Xuanzhou, is a well-known good official, and he was harmed last time by teaching the Turks. Not to mention that he has a lot of favors for us to protect Zhongshan, just because he is our fellow villager in Xuanzhou, we should all go to his house to pay our respects first. In addition, there are not a few Jianghu sects called this time, and the situation is unknown, so it is better for us to come in advance to listen to some news as soon as possible, so as to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. This middle-aged man who was called "Uncle Ran" by Zhao Xiaojie is called Ran Xun, and he is the junior brother of Ma Quande, the head of Huzhong Mountain, and this time he led six disciples from the sect to summon him on the order of his senior brother.

Huzhong Mountain is the late ancestor Hou Bojun of Ma Quande and Ran Huan, who founded the school, and it has only been 30 years since then, which is a new school. However, Xuanzhou Huzhong Mountain is quite famous in the rivers and lakes, relying on Hou Bojun's self-created 49 "shadow chasing swordsmanship". Although Hou Bojun has been dead for many years, he only accepted four disciples during his lifetime, and the disciples withered, but the prestige of this set of "shadow-chasing swordsmanship" in the rivers and lakes has not fallen at all, just because of a martial arts fight seven years ago.

Seven years ago, the men of the two factions of Jile Gate and Huzhong Mountain formed a bond in the Xuanzhou territory, and each side lost people. The heads of the two factions didn't want the matter to worsen, so they met in accordance with the rules of the rivers and lakes. The losing side makes a mistake on the winning side, and the grievances are eliminated from then on, and no longer care about it. And in that martial arts battle, Ma Quande won the head of the Bliss Gate, Le Wushuang, with a move. The Gate of Bliss is the first major sect in Cangsheng County, with more than 1,000 people, and Le Wushuang is also a well-known figure in the martial arts, ranking twenty-four in the list of masters of the Star Pavilion at that time. Ma Quande won Le Wushuang in a situation where no one was optimistic, which caused a sensation in martial arts that year. Even if it's just one move.

"Master, there are those big names in the martial arts of the Turkic country, what about the martial arts? A young man of twenty-six or seventeen years old asked Ran Huan. As soon as he asked, the other five people also looked at Ran Xun at the same time, obviously quite interested in this.

Seeing that the six of them were all looking at each other, Ran Xun laughed softly: "The border between the Turkic Kingdom and Dahua has always been extremely strictly controlled, and the affairs over there rarely reach Dahua, so I can only say what I know. He paused, went to the table and toasted down, and then said: "The martial arts style prevails in the Turkic country, but there are not many people walking the rivers and lakes, and there are not many major sects in the entire rivers and lakes. ”

"Huh? How can this be?Uncle, do you know?" Zhao Xiaojieqi asked.

"Hehe, the imperial court of the Turkic country is very strict with the people, it is not allowed to walk darts, it is not allowed to buy and sell illegal salt, and the customs fees are extremely high, so the livelihood of many rivers and lakes will naturally be cut off. If you can't make a living, who would want to go to the rivers and lakes?" replied Ran Xun. Jianghu people are also people, they have to eat every day, and they have to dress themselves, which are inseparable from money.

Cuo Ayixi said with a smile: "The emperor of the Turkic country, this turtle son, is very stupid, those warriors can't run the rivers and lakes, is it possible to teach them to farm and collect firewood?

Ran Xun shook his head lightly and said, "It is said that those top masters of the Turkic Kingdom have all been invited by the emperor to the palace as guests, and their status is very noble! There are so many ruthless people on the rivers and lakes, and it won't be long before it falls silent, and the territory is unprecedentedly stable!"

When the six of them heard this, they were all stunned.

“... ... Turtle son, what a ghost!" Ayixi scolded softly with a glare. This method kills two birds with one stone, which not only removes internal troubles but also strengthens his own defense, and even he has to obey.

At this moment, a rough voice came from a table next door: "Senior brother, it's no wonder, the capital city is heavily defended, which of the noble eunuchs' house is not well-guarded? Those gangsters can succeed, it turns out that there are so many masters for them to drive." ”

"Bang!" Zhao Zijie suddenly snapped the case: "A few friends, why did you eavesdrop on us?

Walking in the rivers and lakes, you can't listen to other people's discussions casually, if you talk to someone without saying hello to the other party, it is regarded as eavesdropping. If the other party listened to this conversation and came forward to say hello and identify themselves, the people who guarded Zhongshan would naturally not be angry at all. There are agreed channels for the transmission of information on the rivers and lakes, and these channels do not contain eavesdropping.

"Friend, it's over! You are talking very loudly and clearly, and we are not trying to eavesdrop on it. There were three people sitting at the table, and at this time they knew that they were in a position to settle the matter, and a gray-eyed man replied in a deep voice.

Zhao Zijie snorted, sat down, and ignored them. Before he sat down, Ayi Xi said to Ran Xun with a disdainful face: "Uncle Shi, if there is something important in a while, we have to speak quietly, and the three turtle sons of Mojiao listened to it." When he said this, it didn't seem that he intended to let the three of them hear it, but he was naturally loud, so how could they not hear it clearly?

"Smelly little brute!" said a fat-faced man among the three, standing up and scolding, as he walked towards the seven, apparently to ask for an explanation.

Cuo Yixi was not afraid at all, and said with a smile: "Ouch, the big stunned man is really temperamental!"

"Wrong Yixi, don't make trouble!" Ran Xun frowned and reprimanded.

"Hehe, my uncle wants me not to cause trouble, so I won't worry about you today. Seeing that he was still staring at him coldly, he asked with a smile: "Are you still leaving?" At this moment, facing the big man, he looks confident.

The fat-faced man looked to be in his forties, much older than Cuo Ayixi, and when he heard the insults he had made to himself, he couldn't stand it, and he stretched out his hand and slashed at him. Wrong Ayixi suppressed a smile and jumped out of the seat to dismantle with him. After only a few tricks, he knew that it was not good, and he was not his enemy. At this time, the opponent's moves became heavier and heavier, and he could still try to avoid it at first, but after more than 20 moves, he couldn't avoid it, so he had to take it hard.

"Bang!" The two palmed each other for the first time, and Ayixi was shocked back four or five steps before stabilizing. "Your mother!" Although Ayixi knew that he was invincible, he was unwilling to admit defeat, and took the initiative to bully himself and attack, with a fierce posture of not afraid of death.

"Bang!" The two slapped each other again, and the wrong Ayixi took seven steps back this time and hit the desk before steady.

"Wrong Ayixi, don't mess around!" Seeing this, Ran Xun lowered his voice and reprimanded. Obviously, the fat-faced man has always had spare strength, and he just wants to teach Wrong Ayixi a lesson, but he doesn't want to seriously hurt him. Those who go to the rivers and lakes will inevitably conflict with others, and if it is not necessary, they usually will not be ruthless, so as not to hurt people's lives and tie the knot.

"The kung fu on the lips is very sharp, but the kung fu on the hands is also unusual!" The fat-faced man is powerful, so he naturally wants to regain face.

"Your mother!" Ayisi pulled out her sword from the table and stabbed at him with a "buzz". This is one of the 12 ways of the "Shadow Chasing Sword Technique", called "Spirit Snake Out of the Hole", the sword move is treacherous, like a snake walking without a trace. The fat-faced man saw that his sword move was exquisite and ruthless, and he didn't dare to take it hard, so he leaned back a few steps.

As soon as Ayixi took out the sword, he forced the opponent to retreat, and his confidence increased greatly, and he turned over and picked up a sword diagonally, like a wild cat suddenly jumping up. The fat-faced man's face sank, and he jumped four or five steps away. The two moves were both killer moves, and they went to the fat man's left chest and throat respectively, which made him angry.

"I don't know whether to live or die! A sword is a killing move, and Lao Tzu will teach you a lesson for your master today!" the fat-faced man scolded coldly, and Yan Bi quickly reached out and approached the wrong Ayixi.

After getting close, the strength of the long sword was gone, and the fat-faced man grabbed his right arm when he was receiving the invitation. Suddenly, a sharp pain came, and his wrist was slapped by him, and he dislocated it. The long sword came out of his hand and flew towards Xia Chengyi.

Zhao Zijie listened