At the border of Cao and Pu Prefectures, three horses stopped side by side, and the three of them immediately looked at each other.

Chu Jiangkai was thinking about the overall situation of Puzhou and did not dare to delay for a while. Sitting down "Pang Yun" was originally a divine horse that could travel thousands of miles a day, but now that he was walking with the two people of the Heavenly and Human Sect, he had to slow down a little. Although Ling Shuang's mounts were also high-quality horses, they were still slightly inferior to this "Pang Yun".

Now that the three of them have arrived in Puzhou, Yue Xuanqiu stopped the two of them, and said Jiao gasped: "Chu Daxia, senior brother, now that the sun is in full bloom, let's take a break and then hurry." "It's not exhausting, it's just that the scorching sun of June is like a stove on the head, which makes people and horses anxious.

Chu Jiangkai looked at the day and nodded to Yue Hangqiu. The three men dismounted and went out into the shade of the tree, and each of them took out of his horse dry food and water.

Chu Jiangkai's dry food is nothing more than pancakes and water, which are the most common pasta in the land of Qilu and are suitable for carrying out. And Ling Shuang and the two of them have a lot of food, including braised beef, steamed buns, and wine.

Ling Shuang naturally put these things on the ground and invited Chu Jiangkai to share them. Yue Xuanqiu had already set up two delicate small cups and poured them full of wine.

Ling Shuang raised his glass and said: "It is really an honor to be able to eat with Chu Daxia, and it is worth this life." Come, I'll give Chu Daxia a drink. ”

Although Chu Jiangkai has a lot more rules in the army now, he is a man from the rivers and lakes, so he is not informal, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and said: "Good wine." ”

Ling Shuang said with a smile: "This is the Liulin wine of Fengxiang Mansion, also known as Qin wine. If Brother Chu likes it, you can come to our Heavenly People Sect as a guest in the future and let you have a good drink. ”

The so-called wine table is not big or small, as soon as he drank this wine, Ling Shuangzhan also relaxed, and no longer said "Chu Daxia" awkwardly, but changed his mouth to call him Brother Chu.

Chu Jiangkai didn't care about these red tapes, he had naturally heard of the name of Liulin wine, but this was the first time he had drunk it, and it was really mellow and fragrant, and he was amazed in his heart.

This wine was a famous wine in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it has been well-known to this day, and it is still a tribute wine of the imperial court. During the Yifeng period, Pei Xingjian, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, sent the Persian prince back to China, passing through Fengxiang Liulin Town, drank this wine, and improvised a poem saying: "Send off the head of the pavilion, the bee is drunk and the butterfly does not dance." Sanyang Kaiguo Tai, beautiful Liulin wine. ”

Chu Jiangkai didn't care about Ling Shuang's words about inviting the Heavenly Sect as a guest, and only nodded lightly.

Yue Xuanqiu didn't drink, she saw the dry food that Chu Jiangkai took out, she had never seen anything like this, she was curious, so she mustered up the courage to ask: "Chu Daxia, what is this, can you taste it for me too?"

When Chu Jiangkai heard this, he handed over a sheet, and the cake was already rolled, the size of a baby's arm. He replied, "This is a pancake." ”

Yue Hangqiu had never heard of any pancakes, but felt that the cakes were very rough. She took it and put it in her mouth, and bit it down carefully, but she heard the sound of "rustling", and quickly took it out of her mouth, and pouted: "Ah! Why is this cake so hard, like a stone, and it can't be bitten at all, is it eaten?"

Chu Jiangkai looked at her aggrieved appearance, and couldn't help but smile, but he didn't say anything, picked up a pancake and ate it easily.

This was the first time Yue Xuanqiu had seen Chu Jiang laugh, and his face was always calm like a windless lake before, unfazed. This smile really makes people feel like a spring breeze, elegant with a bit of heroism, and even a hint of childishness. But this smile was a joke on her, Yue Xuanqiu couldn't help blushing, but muttered in his heart, "Isn't the food he gave me different from what he ate?"

Ling Shuang also laughed "haha" when she saw Yue Hangqiu's appearance, but she was blinded by her junior sister.

Yue Xuanqiu no longer cared about Senior Brother Ling Shuang's ridicule, but asked Chu Jiangkai: "Do you all eat these in the army?"

Ling Shuang Zhan listened to it, but he "sighed" in his heart, what Yue Xuanqiu asked, strictly speaking, is also a secret of the military aircraft, if it makes Chu Jiang suspicious, it will be troublesome. He shouted in a low voice: "Senior sister, don't ask about things in the army. ”

Yue Xuanqiu didn't understand the world, and was inexplicably drunk by his senior brother, and he felt even more wronged.

Chu Jiangkai said: "It's okay, the grass army has always been hard, and everyone knows that many soldiers can't even eat pancakes." However, our grass army has the people of the world in mind, and it doesn't hurt if we eat poorly. ”

Yue Xuanqiu has a lot of questions, and Chu Jiangkai's interest today seems to be very good. The hardships of the march, the cruelty of the war, the bravery of the soldiers, and the friendship and jokes of brothers and friends were all slowly told to her.

Where had Yue Xuanqiu heard of these things? She listened attentively, sometimes admiring the grass army, sometimes sympathizing with the dead and wounded, sometimes being sincerely moved, and also being amused by interesting stories. Ling Shuang is the same, he is from a famous family but has not walked many rivers and lakes, but he is just a rich young master, and he yearns for and respects the people and things in these armies.

Saying this, Chu Jiangkai suddenly became vigilant and said softly: "Someone is coming." ”

Ling Shuangxuan and Yue Xuanqiu didn't notice any changes, but these words came from Chu Jiangkai's mouth, so they naturally believed it.

After a while, sure enough, a voice floated in: "The best Liulin wine, give Poor Dao a sip." ”

At the beginning of the words, an old man dressed as a Taoist fell in front of the three of them. The old man smelled of alcohol, his hair was scattered, and his gray robe was already tattered and dirty.

Chu Jiangkai didn't recognize this person, but Ling Shuangcheng and Yue Xuanqiu were very familiar. And Chu Jiang heard the movement for a long time, and the two of them respected him even more in their hearts.

Ling Shuang said in a low voice to Chu Jiangkai: "Brother Chu, this old way is the Maoshan faction. ”

The person in front of him is a drunkard who is like a life, "drunk day and night", He is crazy. He Luo was not originally called He Luo, but He Ruohua. He was originally the most qualified disciple of the Maoshan faction, a young talent, and once single-handedly and with a sword leveled the thirteen villages of Taihang Mountain, which shocked the rivers and lakes. Later, he suddenly became addicted to alcohol, abandoned the cultivation of the master, and became a waste person who could only drink. He is not yet forty years old, but he is like a sixty-year-old. It is rumored that this person will only get drunk when he drinks during the day, and if it is at night, he will not get drunk no matter how much he drinks.

He Luo saw the three of them and the Liulin wine on the ground, and said stupidly: "Three little friends, this wine should also be tasted with the poor road." ”

Chu Jiangkai listened to Ling Shuang's words, and he also knew the name of He Luo, so he sighed in his heart for this once brilliant Taoist. It's just that he didn't speak, after all, this is not his wine.

This He is an elder of the Maoshan faction, but the Heavenly Man faction and the Maoshan faction have a lot of grievances. One is the leader of Confucianism and the other is the head of Taoist martial arts, both of whom want to overwhelm the opposite side, so the two factions have been fighting openly and secretly for hundreds of years, but because of the morality of the rivers and lakes, there has been no large-scale conflict.

Even so, Ling Shuang also sighed in his heart that the Taoist in front of him was about to take the wine jug and throw it over, but he didn't want another voice to sound and make him change his mind.

I saw two more people left behind beside He Luo. One of them was a young man dressed as a Taoist priest, but he was in his early twenties. He is handsome, with a straight nose and a radiant look in his eyes, but he reveals an endless arrogance. The other is a young man in Tsing Yi, although his face is white, he gives people a feeling of gloom.

Although the young Taoist priest was wearing a blue Taoist robe, he didn't look like a Taoist priest at all, but like a noble son. The voice before came from his mouth, "Uncle Shi, what are you doing here all of a sudden." ”

Hearing this, He Yan replied: "There is Liulin wine here." ”

When the young man heard this, he sighed helplessly, and looked at the three men. He first had a happy look on his face, and blurted out: "Senior Sister Yue, why are you here?" After a while, he saw Ling Shuang Zhan, his face gradually became cold, and there was a trace of anger, and he refused to say more. As for Chu Jiangkai, he only glanced at it, and then stopped looking.

Ling Shuangzhan also snorted coldly, did not move the wine jug in his hand, and did not speak.

Yue Xuanqiu was embarrassed, this young Taoist priest was none other than Zhao Wuji, the eldest disciple of the Maoshan faction. She also knew the grievances and entanglements between her senior brother and this Zhao Wuji, both of whom were Tianjiao, one was the son of the head of the Tianren faction, and the other was the eldest disciple of the head of the Maoshan faction. The two are the most prominent among the younger generation of martial arts, and they both think very highly of themselves, and they are fighting fiercely for the first person of this young generation. The two of them will agree to test their martial arts every year, but it has always been difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser.

Despite this, this Zhao Wuji treated her very well. The so-called "reach out and don't hit the smiling person", Yue Xuanqiu was about to reply, but he caught a glimpse of Ling Shuangzhan glaring at her, so he didn't dare to speak again.

Zhao Wuji saw all this in his eyes, and he was even more angry in his heart, and sneered: "Ling Shuang, you can only bully Senior Sister Yue." ”

Ling Shuangzhan was also resentful when he heard this, but he didn't argue with Zhao Wuji this time. Because Chu Jiang is here, he can no longer be as unscrupulous as before. If he is disgusted with himself because of this, then everything will not be easy to do in the future.

Zhao Wuji saw that Ling Shuang didn't react, thinking that he was afraid of the three of them on his side, and the pride in his heart was written on his face.

And He Luo still said stupidly: "Three little friends, this wine should also be tasted with the poor road." ”

Ling Shuang glanced at Chu Jiangkai and saw that he had not seen all this, and he was still indifferent. He simply threw the wine jug in his hand over: "Please ask Daoist He to drink." ”

He Luo took the flask, thanked him, and sat aside to enjoy it.

Chu Jiangkai opened his mouth at this time: "Let's hurry." With that, he got up and left. When Ling Shuang heard this, he deliberately pulled Yue Xuanqiu with him.

When Zhao Wuji saw them like this, he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, and shouted: "Ling Shuang Battle! ”

Without waiting for Ling Shuang to reply, Chu Jiangkai said lightly: "This Dao Chief, we are in a hurry, and the rest of the things will be talked about when we arrive in Juancheng." ”

Zhao Wuji snorted coldly and was about to speak, but he didn't want the figure in front of him to flash, it turned out that He Luo had drunk enough wine and blocked in front of him. He said, "Thank you for the wine of the three little friends, let's go, we also have something to do." With that, he pulled Zhao Wuji and left.

Seeing this, Chu Jiangkai flew on his horse and galloped away. Ling Shuang was disappointed in his heart, but he had no choice, so he had to get on the horse with Yue Xuanqiu and chase after Chu Jiang.

Zhao Wuji didn't want to stop there, but he was firmly grasped by his uncle, and he was helpless. Seeing that Chu Jiangkai and the three of them were far away, he heard He Yan say: "That man in white's martial arts are unfathomable, you better not mess with him." ”

Zhao Wuji snorted coldly, and the man in Tsing Yi smiled even more disdainfully.

He ignored the rebellious posture of these two young people, he knew that these so-called proud sons of heaven all thought very highly of themselves, and they didn't know the truth of people outside the world if they didn't suffer some losses.

He added: "We tracked Qinglong all the way to the border of Puzhou, and I am afraid that he deliberately led the way wrong." Either he sneaked back to Manichaeism, or he would have gone to Juancheng instead of Caozhou. Let's go back to Juancheng to meet your master. ”

It turned out that the Maoshan faction was on the way to Juancheng and found traces of the four Qinglongs. For these four disciples who betrayed Maoshan, they could have turned a blind eye. But what they took away was the "Four Elephant Realm Array", as well as the reason for betraying Maoshan. The Maoshan faction has not stopped searching for the four people over the years, but since these four people entered Manichaeism, it is difficult to find traces.

Until a few days ago, Maoshan sent a group of dozens of people to Juancheng, and they heard the sound of fighting on the road. Looking at it in the past, it turned out that the four Qinglong people used the "Four Elephant Realm Array" to trap four men and one woman. Each of the four great men made a spear with black tassels, like a long snake out of a hole. The woman's broad-bladed short knife was like a chill gull flapping its wings. It's just that these five people used their means, and they didn't break the formation in the slightest.

As soon as the four Qinglong saw the people from the Maoshan faction, they immediately withdrew. The four of Qinglong separated and left, and the Maoshan faction hurriedly divided more than a dozen people to chase them. The others had already been lost, and in the end, only He Luo was still searching, and there was no trace of the green dragon.

He didn't care about the world, he went down the mountain this time, just to find some wine to drink. However, the betrayal of the four Qinglong people from Maoshan was related to him, so he had to take action.

Zhao Wuji thought that Yue Xuanqiu also went to Juancheng, and the unhappiness in his heart was swept away, but he urged He Xuan and the young man in Tsing Yi to hurry up.