Belief is the premise that a person insists on going on the road they have chosen, and everyone has a belief in their hearts to always be vigilant and not forget what they have always insisted on in their hearts. And faith can be one thing, a thing, or a person, and some people are even willing to give everything they have, including their lives, for this belief from beginning to end.

Huai'an City, is an ancient city, is the place where the soldiers of the past dynasties must fight, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and is the most suitable place to open a branch in the eyes of the Central Plains martial arts sects, so it has become the most chaotic city in the world, full of open and secret fighting, mixed fish and dragons, and all forces are entrenched.

At this time, Huai'an City, and the past is not much different, is still overcrowded, the streets are full of people coming and going in the rivers and lakes, like a market, all year round seems to be like this, it looks like a microcosm of the rivers and lakes, if you don't know what the rivers and lakes are, then you can come here and see the rivers and lakes in this rivers and lakes.

But there is an unwritten rule here, but all forces will abide by, that is, you are not allowed to carry weapons into the streets without permission, probably because the forces here are intricate and prevent large-scale battles between the various factions, and even the soldiers patrolling the city here are not allowed to carry weapons, but only a stick in their hands to maintain simple law and order. This rule was originally made by one of the generals who defended the city.

This is also one of the reasons why Huai'an City has been complicated but safe for so many years, this has almost become a tacit understanding between the forces of all parties, if there is really any conflict, both sides will consciously choose another place to resolve the dispute, because if anyone breaks this tacit understanding, it is to offend the other forces, and it will not be long before all forces will be driven out of here, and even the territory will be slowly eroded. It's not that there hasn't been such a thing, but it was a long time ago, and then all parties began to gradually form this tacit understanding, which is also a kind of balance.

At this time, it was the third pole of the sun, and in a teahouse, there was a constant noise of talking, and the business was booming. This should be the largest teahouse in Huai'an City, a total of two floors, the hall on the first floor has a gentleman who is responsible for storytelling, telling stories about the strange things that happen on the rivers and lakes every day.

So this teahouse has become almost a place that the people of the city visit every day, and the main thing is that you can find out anything you want to know here.

At this time, at a table near the window on the second floor, there was a young man, playing with a teacup full of tea, listening to the noisy voices from downstairs, and the deliberately exaggerated tone of the storyteller, squinting his eyes, as if thinking about something.

The second floor of the teahouse is relatively quiet compared to the hall on the first floor, because this is the real place for people to drink tea, and only people with status can come up, while the first floor is a place for talking and listening to books, which is more chaotic. But even so, the sound from the first floor can be heard on the second floor, and it can be heard vividly.

At this time, there were not many guests on the second floor, only a few tables of guests, and the rest of the people had already chosen to stay on the first floor.

At this moment, the enthusiastic voice of the teahouse Xiaoer came from the staircase, and he personally walked up with a group of guests, with a smile on his face, probably a figure with a head and face in the city.

"General Lu, slow down and be careful of the stairs. Xiao Er walked up as he spoke, bending down and standing at the top of the stairs waiting, waiting for the big man behind him to come up.

Soon, a few people walked up slowly, looking a little arrogant, even lifting their chins when they walked, almost looking at people with their nostrils, they didn't need to look at it to know that it should be a well-known figure in this city, because these people were all wearing armor, and they should be the soldiers guarding the city in Huai'an City.

After these people came up, they found a place to sit down, but only one person sat down, it was the middle-aged man who was called "General Lu" by Xiao Er, and the other people who came with him should be his subordinates, standing behind him respectively, I didn't expect a small general to come out for a cup of tea with the guards.

This person had a few polite words with Xiao Er, made a few jokes, and then ordered a pot of tea and some snacks. But just as Xiao Er was about to go downstairs to prepare, he was stopped by this person.

"Wait!" the man suddenly frowned and shouted, although he was talking to Xiao Er, but his eyes were fixed on a table in the window, where the young man who was playing with the teacup in his hand was sitting.

When Xiao Er heard this person's shout, he immediately stopped, looked at this person blankly, didn't know what was going on, but seemed to see that there was something wrong with this person's face, and he didn't dare to step closer.

"Who is he?" the man known as the general glared at Xiao Er, asked expressionlessly, raised his head as he spoke, and gestured in the direction of the young man.

Xiao Er followed the gaze of the man called the general, and saw the young man sitting in front of the window, and couldn't help but change his face, his expression was embarrassed, and a trace of panic flashed across his face. I saw him hesitate and say, "Oh, tell the general, he's just a passerby, and he will leave after drinking tea." ”

"I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about what's going on on his desk? Have you forgotten the rules of Huai'an City?" the middle-aged man known as the general said coldly, but his eyes were looking up and down at the young man sitting in front of the window, especially the table in front of the young man.

The boy had a knife on his desk, a knife with a rusted scabbard and a pitch black one, on which his left hand lay motionless.

Xiao Er looked at the young man, and then at the middle-aged man who was called the general, swallowed his saliva, his head was already sweating, raised his trembling arm, wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "General, the boss saw that he was just a teenager, and he was just passing by here, so he didn't ask him to hand over the weapon in his hand." ”

In fact, when the boy entered the teahouse, Xiao Er had already asked the boy to hand over the weapon to the teahouse for safekeeping, although this was also a violation of the rules here, but the boy refused, and paid Xiao Er enough hush money, so the boy was able to come in with weapons.

But who would have thought that the general in front of him would come here to drink tea at this juncture, and Xiao Er was so busy that he forgot about the young man upstairs.

"Go and tell him to leave Huai'an City quickly, or I will order him to be arrested." The middle-aged man known as the general said coldly, not allowing a trace of refusal.

In fact, the teahouse's move has violated the regulations, but he is in a good mood today, and he doesn't want to make a big deal about it, and he has always had a rule of his own behavior, that is, he will not offend the people of the rivers and lakes unless he has to, as the general who guards the city here, he has seen too many rivers and lakes tragedy.

Xiao Er nodded hurriedly, hurriedly walked in front of the young man, lowered his voice and said: "Guest officer, you hurry up, the one over there is Lu Wanshan, the general who guards the city of Huai'an, he has already seen the weapon on your table, and the little one has already told you the rules here, but you don't listen, you go quickly, otherwise our entire teahouse will suffer." As he spoke, he cried and mourned, with a pleading face.

When the young man heard Xiao Er's words, he paused, turned his head and glanced at the general who was called Lu Wanshan by Xiao Er not far away, his face was as pale as snow, but the corners of his mouth inadvertently showed a sneer.

Lu Wanshan is a general sent by the government to Huai'an City to guard, saying that he is a general, but in fact he is just a small officer who has no status in the army, otherwise how could he run to Huai'an City, which is full of people from the rivers and lakes, to guard it.

Regarding the rule that Huai'an City is not allowed to carry weapons on the streets without permission, it was set by this General Lu Wanshan. It is precisely because of his rules that Huai'an City has suffered a lot less fighting over the years, and he is a member of the government, so the people in the rivers and lakes here are also polite to him.

Seeing that the boy did not reply, Xiao Er looked anxious, and was about to continue to persuade, but saw that the boy suddenly put down the teacup, stood up slowly, grabbed the knife on the table, and walked towards the staircase without saying a word, he was already planning to leave.

Seeing that the boy was leaving, Xiao Er finally let out a long breath, and his hanging heart finally let go. But then, he was stunned and at a loss, because he saw the young man suddenly stop at the top of the stairs, leaning sideways, and looking at Lu Wanshan, who was sitting not far away.

Seeing that the young man who had walked to the top of the stairs suddenly stopped and looked at him, Lu Wanshan's heart tightened, frowned, and he also looked at the young man unto be outdone. The four looked at each other, and neither of them spoke, just stared at each other's eyes so tightly, without blinking.

When the soldiers standing behind Lu Wanshan saw this, they were all on guard, for fear that something would happen, but when they thought about the Qi Mei stick they were holding in their hands, they didn't know the bottom of their hearts, because they also saw the rusty knife that the young man held tightly in his hand. And Xiao Er, who was still standing in place, didn't dare to step forward, and stood motionless in front of the table where the young man was sitting just now, not knowing what to do.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Wanshan, who had been looking at the young man, suddenly coughed, nodded to Wuxin, hugged his fists and said, "Brother Tai go slowly." A hint of embarrassment flashed across his face, and his face turned a little red.

Hearing Lu Wanshan's words, the young man immediately withdrew his gaze, didn't say anything, walked straight downstairs, slowly walked through the hall, and walked out of the teahouse, during which he also attracted the attention of some people downstairs, but he only glanced at the young man a few times.

Seeing the young man leaving, Lu Wanshan hurriedly got up, strode to the window, and looked at the street outside, with a gloomy face.

On the street, the boy was already walking slowly into the distance, walking very slowly, but his feet were steady. The black cloak was tightly wrapped around his body, and from a distance it looked like a ghost moving slowly forward, but his slightly thin body felt full of strength, at least in Lu Wanshan's eyes.

"Tell the gang of wastes guarding the city gate that if this boy doesn't leave Huai'an City before tonight, notify me immediately, and tell them that if the next time I put people with weapons into Huai'an City, I will definitely cut off their heads. Lu Wanshan turned back to one of his subordinates and said fiercely.

The embarrassment just now had gradually dissipated from Lu Wanshan's face, but there was still a trace of uneasiness in his heart, he was sure that he had seen something different from the young man's eyes just now, different from any of the Jianghu people he had seen here. This teenager is definitely not an ordinary person.

The young man who gradually disappeared into the flow of people was none other than Wuxin who rushed to Huai'an City from the capital. From the moment he received the secret letter from Furong Hall, his heart had not been calm for a moment, and he hurried here without any stop.

Originally, I didn't plan to inquire about some news about Red Feather in this teahouse, but I didn't hear a word about Red Feather after sitting all morning, people talked about some trivial matters on the rivers and lakes recently, and no one suspected of Red Feather was found in the hall, probably even if Red Feather really had hidden forces in Huai'an City, he would not blatantly run to this mixed teahouse.

When he first arrived in Huai'an City, Wuxin had already sent Leng to secretly investigate the news about Red Feather, hoping to find some clues. He didn't know how Furong Tang found out that the leader of Red Feather might be lurking in Huai'an City, although he also believed that the information should not be wrong, but he always felt a little uneasy in his heart, maybe it was because he had waited for this moment for too long.

I didn't know that although the person who killed my father was Qiu Wan, a golden knife guest, but all of this originated from Plum Blossom Villa, according to Zhongbo, my father was tracking a person to Plum Blossom Villa, and no one knew who the person he was tracking was, maybe only his father himself knew who was already under Jiuquan.

But Zhongbo once said that among the people his father tracked, there were three people, one was Qiu Wan, the golden knife man, and the other was Lei Zhen with a red spear, all of whom had died in his hands, and the rest was the mysterious person who had a tattoo of the word "forbearance" on his arm and never showed up. That mysterious person is most likely the head behind Red Feather.

With the passage of time, the veil of mystery has been lifted layer by layer, and no one knows what kind of secrets are hidden in it......