Qingyang Town, located in the northern border of Taiqing Prefecture, is less than ten miles away from the Bronze Pass between Taiqing and Zhongyu Prefectures, and there are many merchants.

In the early winter dusk, the sunset is like fire, covering Qingyang Town with a layer of faint red.

On the official road outside the town, six horse-drawn carriages full of goods slowly drove towards the town.

I saw that on the first carriage, there was a white sail flag waving in the wind, embroidered with four iron hooks and silver black characters: Tianyi Dart Bureau.

The six states under the rule of the Great Zhou Dynasty have countless big and small dart games, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as many as cow hairs.

Tianyi Dart Bureau, although it has been open for more than ten years, but the qualifications are not deep, only in Taiqing Prefecture and Central Yuzhou within the boundaries of darts, but in the border of the two states of Henan Province, it is also a little famous.

There were a total of seventeen people in this dart, the first three of whom were riding tall horses, one was an old man in gray with two knives, and the other two were a pair of young men and women.

The man is honest-looking, about twenty years old, dressed ordinarily, and the most valuable thing on his body must be the black sheath long sword he holds in his hand, and the horses under his crotch belong to the property of the dart board.

Looking back at the young woman who walks side by side with the teenager, it is very different, not to mention the bright clothes, but also smart and moving, looking forward to it, giving people a heroic feeling.

Behind the young man and woman, on the six carriages, sat two dart masters, and at the back of the convoy were two dart masters on horseback and with swords, and their expressions were solemn, looking around from time to time, as if they were paying attention to the woods beside the road.

The brightly dressed girl looked back at the convoy behind her, turned her head to the old man who stepped forward slightly against her, and said, "Uncle Chen, before you came, didn't you say that this road might not be smooth? Why have it been two or three days, and you haven't even met a single bandit and horse bandit who robbed darts?"

When the old man with the double knife heard this, he didn't look back, he showed a wry smile on his face, and secretly thought that this route had been walked countless times, and all the little ghosts who should be dotted had already been dismissed, how could someone still rob the dart? The previous remarks were just to scare you......

The old man shook his head, ignoring this girl who was walking for the first time and didn't know the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes.

The sword-wielding boy who had been secretly paying attention to the girl took the opportunity to pick up the conversation: "I said Miss, this didn't meet the thief who robbed the dart, that's a good thing, is it possible that you still hope that someone will rob our dart." ”

As soon as the words fell, he was glared back by the old man who was walking in front, and the young man quickly shrank his neck in fright.

The girl who was also holding a long sword in her hand couldn't help but laugh when she saw the young man next to her stunned, "Of course I don't want someone to rob the dart, it's just that this is Miss Ben's first time walking a dart, if there is no wave at all, wouldn't it be too tasteless?"

The young man thought for a while and said: "Recently, it has been rumored in the rivers and lakes that there is a peerless sword in the Dongxuan Sword Pond that appears in the rivers and lakes, just here in our Taiqingzhou, it seems to be called the Red Soul Sword, but the cow broke it, it is said that even if you don't know martial arts, if you get this sword, you can immediately become a martial arts master......"

When the girl heard this, she immediately rolled her eyes and interrupted: "Fu Emei, do you also believe this? How can you become a master if you don't know martial arts?"

The boy who talks to the girl, his real name is Fu Feixue, but his appearance seems to be a little inconsistent with this poetic name, it is because of this girl who has a very different identity from him, and always jokingly calls him Fu Goose Feather.

Fu Feixue has long been accustomed to this, and sometimes even gets complacent because of this nickname, this is given to him by Yan Yuzhen, the daughter of Tianyi Dart Bureau, how can ordinary people have this treatment?

Fu Feixue said with a flattering face: "Miss, that's the case, I heard that this divine sword has its own sky-high sword qi, as long as you wave your hand, you can cut off the big tree thirty steps away in the air, think about it, if this is obtained by someone who doesn't know martial arts, as long as you can hold it, wouldn't you be able to become a martial arts master?

The girl frowned when she heard this, and asked the old man with the double swords, "Uncle Chen, is there really such a powerful divine sword in this world?"

The old man in gray is named Chen Qingshan, who is one of the best masters in the Tianyi Dart Bureau, and this time he leads the team, the dart is fake, and it is true to protect the safety of the girl behind him.

Chen Qingshan held the reins of the horse in one hand, twisted his beard with the other, and said with a smile: "It's just some rumors that are spread falsely, the Red Soul Sword is a divine sword, but it is impossible to have its own sword qi, the so-called sword qi is urged by people with advanced cultivation with their own internal force, no matter how good the sword is, if it falls into the hands of an ordinary person, it is just a relatively sharp dead thing." On the contrary, even if it is a wooden sword, as long as it is in the hands of a real master, it can crack the stele and kill people invisibly. ”

When the girl Yan Yuzhen heard this, she nodded with satisfaction, secretly thinking that Uncle Chen was worthy of being a master that even her father had to rely on, and this sound reasonable. She couldn't help but glance at the young man Fu Feixue beside her, "Where did you hear the gossip, and you want to deceive me, hum!"

The young man wanted to show off the gossip he heard in the alleys and alleys of the market, but he was deflated again, so he had to shut his mouth stupidly.

Soon after, the group came to Qingyang Town, which was not far ahead.

Sifang Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Qingyang Town, with one room and board.

Walking to the door of the restaurant, Chen Qingshan ordered someone to place the carriage in the backyard of the restaurant, and he took Yan Yuzhen, Fu Feixue and others to walk in first.

Every time the dart passes through here, Chen Lao Dart Head will drink a pot of Xinghua Village here, and the room here is also much cheaper than the boundary of Yuzhou outside the Bronze Pass.

The hall of the restaurant is not small, but Chen Qingshan encountered this almost full situation for the first time today, he glanced into the hall, and saw that these people were basically martial arts people.

Chen Qingshan asked the shopkeeper who came up to greet him, "Brother Zhu, why are you so lively today?"

The shopkeeper Zhu Fattou smiled bitterly, leaned in front of Chen Qingshan, and said in a low voice: "Brother Chen, I can't hide it, I don't know how there are so many people in the town recently, you see that they are all practicing families, and many of them eat white food, brother, I can't say if I have suffering...... That, the upstairs room is gone, brother, you will finish eating later, while it is not dark, but you have to hurry up. ”

The shopkeeper Zhu Fattou and Chen Lao Dart are old acquaintances, so they reminded a few words with kindness.

Chen Qingshan thanked him, and the group walked to a large round table and sat around the table under the arrangement of Zhu Fattou.

As soon as she entered the restaurant, the girl Yan Yuzhen was secretly looking at the guests in the hall, and found that there were men, women, and children, wearing clothes from different sects, carrying all kinds of weapons, at least five or six factions, and there were one hundred and ten people.

And these people seemed to be looking at her, Yan Yuzhen felt that at least a dozen eyes were staring at her, and the hall of the restaurant was also a lot quieter at this time, making the girl uncomfortable.

The girl's gaze inadvertently caught a glimpse of a man in white, and the man who looked like a boy and brother smiled at her, Yan Yuzhen quickly withdrew her gaze and sat down next to Chen Qingshan, looking a little restrained.

Fu Feixue on the side saw something strange and whispered in her ear, "Miss, what's wrong?"

Yan Yuzhen said in a low voice: "Who are these people? There are so many fierce and vicious people, it can't be that they are gathered here to rob darts, right?"

It was not the first time that the young Fu Feixue had taken a dart, but it was also the first time he had encountered such a big battle at the same time, he couldn't help but glance around, laughed dryly, and said in a low voice: "How can it be, the robbers are generally ambushed on the side of the remote road, Miss You think too much, it is estimated that these people gather here for other things, such as opening a martial arts conference or something." ”

At this time, the restaurant also became lively again from the short silence, but the voice of the basic speech was not loud, but the old man was still deaf and clear-sighted, but he overheard the names of several gangs: Hebaotang, Fuximen, Missing Moon Building, Thunder Fire Gang, etc.

Chen Qingshan's face was solemn, as a perennial dart veteran, he had naturally heard of these gangs, all of which were some local snakes in the territory of Zhongyu Prefecture, and they were not something that the Tianyi Dart Bureau could afford to offend, especially the Crane and Leopard Hall, although it was only a hall, but behind it was the "Tianyuan Gang" one of the best in Zhongzhou.

Chen Qingshan didn't know why these people gathered here, but his intuition told him that this place was not suitable for a long time, in case of a fight between gangs, it would inevitably suffer from the fish in the pond. But since they all came in, he couldn't leave the inn immediately.

After Xiao Er brought the meal to the table, Chen Qingshan ordered everyone to hurry up and eat, and continued to hurry after eating, even drinking a pot of apricot blossom wine every time, but the old man refused.

In the bustling hall, there is a gaze that has been looking at the girl Yan Yuzhen, a big man in black with some curly hair, with a slight beard, and a strange scimitar hanging from his waist, the handle and swallow shape are like a winged flying crane, and the workmanship is exquisite.

He held a wine bowl in his hand, and while drinking, he stared at the girl in brocade, and the more he looked at it, the more obscene he looked.

There was a middle-aged man sitting next to the curly-haired man, dressed in yellow, carrying a leopard-headed ring-eye knife, who seemed to notice the expression of the brother next to him, so he touched him with his elbow, and whispered in the ear of the curly-haired man with a smile: "Second brother, have you taken a fancy to that little lady?"

The curly-haired man didn't reply immediately, his brows furrowed, and he turned his eyes to the other table of guests, and found that there was a man in white, staring at him unkindly.

The curly-haired man snorted coldly and retracted his gaze, and whispered to the middle-aged man beside him: "Big brother, there are a lot of people, I'm afraid things are not so easy." ”

The middle-aged man took a sip of wine and said in a low voice: "It's okay, you just don't forget our business, as for the girls, hehe, when this thing is done, there will be water spirit girls." ”

The middle-aged man who spoke was none other than Jin Chuanbao, the hall master of the Crane and Leopard Hall, and the curly-haired man beside him was his second brother Cao He, who was also the deputy hall master of the Crane and Leopard Hall. The reason why they came to Qingyang Town was because someone was willing to pay a high price to buy the Red Soul Sword that flowed from Eastern Xuanzhou into Taiqing Prefecture.

There is credible information that the owner of the sword has passed through the town in recent days, and the other gangs here have also come for this purpose.

Jin Chuanbao didn't want the second brother to delay the big event for the sake of the Women's Day.

Cao He, the curly-haired man, smiled when he heard this, filled the dry wine bowl again, and suddenly got up in the surprised eyes of the people at the table. Jin Chuanbao's face changed, and he raised his hand to pull his robe, but was lightly avoided by the latter.

Jin Chuanbao sighed secretly, and could only watch his second brother Cao He's figure swaying towards the woman in the dart game.