"Dongfang Nuannuan?" Xiao Jinyan smiled.

Dongfang Nuannuan asked, "Do you think my name doesn't sound good?"

Xiao Jinyan, "No, but interesting." ”

Dongfang Nuannuan sighed, "When I was born, I had a strange disease, my body was very weak, and my whole body was extremely cold like ice, so my father gave me this name. At that time, the doctor said that I was the body of the nine colds, and I could not live to be five years old, so I persuaded my father to throw me away, but my father refused, and tried all kinds of ways to treat me. The brothers in the sect either took refuge in Yuwen Tianlu or were killed by him, and over the years, we have been hiding in Fengyun Island and living a life of ignorance. ”

Xiao Jinyan was shocked in his heart, back then, the Bright God Sect was as famous as Shaolin and Wudang in the rivers and lakes, if you talk about martial arts masters, there are left and right protectors, four elders, eight evil kings, eighteen venerables, and even more than the two factions, but twenty years ago, it fell apart overnight. Yuwen Tianlu was the head of the Eight Evil Kings and purged the Cult of Light, but the leader of the sect, Dongfang Buliang, disappeared after that. After listening to Dongfang Nuannuan's words, I learned that there was such a reason. Knowing that Dongfang Buliang cured his daughter's strange illness, he didn't even take the position of sect leader, and he couldn't help but admire.

Dongfang Nuannuan said: "Over the years, my father took me to visit famous doctors all over the world, everyone was helpless against this disease, and then he found Dr. Xue, Dr. Xue said that the cold poison in my body is devouring the meridians of the whole body, if this continues, I will not live to be twenty years old." ”

When my father heard this, he was very anxious. Later, Doctor Xue said that there might be a way to ...... "Dongfang Nuan Nuan pointed to the mountain that towered into the clouds in the far distance.

Xiao Jinyan said: "Shujian Mountain?"

Dongfang Nuannuan nodded, "Three years ago, my father went to Shujian Mountain to ask for medicine for me, but who expected that he would never come back. Later, Yuwen Tianlu became the governor of the imperial court, and never stopped chasing and killing our brothers, half a year ago, one of our brothers went outside to run errands, exposed his whereabouts, and since then, it has attracted the pursuit of Xiaoxiaotang. At this time, only Elder Liu was in charge of the overall situation in the sect, and seeing that the situation on Fengyun Island was critical, and he was afraid that my body would not be able to support it, so he decided to go to Yangzhou to find Divine Doctor Xue. ”

Xiao Jinyan felt a little strange, "Since your father is no longer the sect leader, why does Yuwen Tianlu still kill you?"

"Although Yuwen Tianlu unifies the Divine Sect, he has never been able to claim to be the Sect Master, and that is because he has never obtained the Sect Leader's token of our Divine Sect: the Xuanhuo Order. Dongfang Nuannuan said, "My father can not have the power within the sect, but Xuanhuo Ling refuses to let it out." ”

"Why?"

"Because I am an extremely cold body, I have been able to live until now, relying on this Xuanhuo Order. ”

When Xiao Jinyan was in Dengwen Academy before, he had read the dossier of the Bright God Sect.

At that time, Dongfang Buliang's martial arts were superb, and he had fought with Zhang Benchu, who was the first in the three lists, for three days without winning or losing, but he lost to Yuwen Tianlu in the struggle within the sect, and the file did not record this matter in detail. Now Yuwen Tianlu is almost under one person, above ten thousand people, even the cabinet ministers have to give three points when they see him, the official title is the governor of the capital, and the title of Duke of Anguo, how can he have a soft spot for the position of the leader of the Bright Sect?

Xiao Jinyan couldn't figure it out, and Dongfang Nuannuan didn't explain it.

In the chat, the carriage came to a fork, according to the old man's words, not far in front of Shuanglong Mountain, he was a little difficult, not afraid of the green forest of Shuanglong Mountain, but in this case, he just wanted to escort Dongfang Nuan Nuan to Yangzhou as soon as possible, and did not want to provoke right and wrong along the way.

Xiao Jinyan asked: "There are two roads in front of us, which one shall we take next?"

Dongfang Nuan Nuan said: "It's okay, whatever, whatever you say, I'm willing to go." He said in a low voice: "Brother Xiao, my life will be handed over to you." Unconsciously, Dongfang Nuannuan changed Xiao Daxia to Brother Xiao, and in his words, there was more kindness and shyness.

When Xiao Jinyan heard this, her heart softened, and she had a desire to protect her, so she took a deep breath and said loudly, "When you arrive in Yangzhou, if Old Man Xue refuses to save you, I will put the knife on his neck and let him shoot." ”

Xiao Jinyan chose a road to the left and whipped his horse forward. The road was rugged, it had just rained not long ago, and the carriage was bumpy, Xiao Jinyan was afraid that Dongfang Nuan would not be able to bear it, so he slowed down. At noon, he went to the river to catch a few crucian carp, coated them with condiments he bought from a farmer's house in the morning, roasted them until they were seven or eight ripe, wrapped them in lotus leaves, coated them with yellow mud, and simmered them in the fire.

When the mud is removed, there is a burst of aroma.

Xiao Jinyan handed one to Dongfang Nuannuan and said, "Try my craftsmanship and eat it while it's hot." ”

Maybe it's a good appetite, maybe it's a good mood, this time, Dongfang Nuannuan actually ate the whole fish and praised: "Brother Xiao, your skills are so good." ”

Xiao Jinyan laughed, "If you like it, I will have the opportunity to make it for you every day in the future!"

"Okay, then ......" Dongfang Nuannuan suddenly fell silent, she and Xiao Jinyan were just in an employment relationship, and when they arrived in Yangzhou, they naturally parted ways, just said this kind of thing, wouldn't they follow her every day after that, who did she become? Thinking of this, she felt that her face was hot, and her face was flushed with shame.

Xiao Jinyan also realized this, hehe said twice, and did not answer.

The two of them had their own concerns and fell silent.

Awkward silence.

However, this silence did not last long, because there was a tree in front of it, blocking the way.

The tree was hugging thick, with a lush canopy, the roots had been sharpened, and there were no other trees nearby, so it was clear that someone had deliberately placed the tree horizontally. This tree has a title in the rivers and lakes, called the roadblock.

On the rivers and lakes, there are robbers who occupy the mountains as kings, and block the road with stones and big trees, and even worse, only sprinkle a line with white lime on the ground, which means "I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to fight this, leave the road wealth." ”

Of course, it is not absolute, such as the master of the dart, or the person who has a face in the rivers and lakes, these robbers either take into account the situation of the rivers and lakes, or are afraid of the other party's martial arts, and there are also those who open the net, if they are ordinary people or business travelers, they have to think that they are unlucky, and obediently pay the money and leave.

Generally speaking, there are rules and regulations, and there are ways to steal, and there are "seven do not rob and eight do not rob": do not rob the village, do not rob the postman, do not rob relatives, do not rob doctors, do not rob funerals, do not rob pregnant women, and do not rob the bride when she returns to the door. Do not take women, do not take small households, do not take the things of town houses, do not take prostitutes, do not take away ploughing cattle, do not take away funeral goods, do not take away pharmacies.

In addition, even if it is a robbery, at most two out of three belongings should be taken to leave enough coils and rations for the other party.

But when it comes to the most vicious robbers, that's a different story.

There is a rule in this roadblock, the person who is stopped must not move away without authorization, otherwise it will be a provocation to the other party, and the things that can be done in terms of friendship have to be solved by force.

Xiao Jinyan stopped the carriage. Dongfang Nuannuan asked, "What's the matter, Brother Xiao?"

"Maybe we're in some trouble. ”

Xiao Jinyan looked around and didn't see anyone, so he jumped down from the carriage, came to the tree, and said loudly: "Friends on the ligature, passing by Guibaodi below, want to take the road to Yangzhou, I don't know if you can raise your hand, put it in the past, and make a friend?"

The sound was not loud, but it came out a hundred feet away.

After a while, I heard the footsteps around the corner in the distance, and in a blink of an eye, I saw more than 20 people, holding blades and sticks, rushing all the way, led by two people, a scar-faced strong man holding a simple knife, and the other person with a black face, full of beard, holding a rope, gathered here, and everyone behind, all with blue noses and swollen faces, full of resentment.

Xiao Jinyan secretly retracted his thoughts, he is a hero of the rivers and lakes, he is proud of his identity, this kind of green forest, he is not even worthy of lifting shoes for him, if he meets this kind of person in the past, he will turn around and leave, how far to avoid, but now there is Dongfang Nuan Nuan in the car, Xiao Jinyan calculated in his heart, if he wants to do it, I am afraid it will inevitably hurt a few people.

When everyone came to the tree, the scar-faced man took the lead in shouting: "Boss, there is a tree here, do you want someone to help carry it away?" ”

Xiao Jinyan said in his heart, this is the robber of Shuanglong Mountain? In recent years, the robber has become more and more polite, so he stepped forward and arched his hand: "I don't know how much it costs to remove this tree?"

Scarface held out a finger.

Xiao Jinyan was surprised: "One hundred taels?

The bearded and black-faced man said: "Not much, not much, too much, not more!"

The scarface man said unhappily, "Okay, second brother, you don't take the top prize, don't drag the article here." He said to Xiao Jinyan again, "Boss, if in the past, it is definitely not high to charge you a hundred taels, our one hundred taels is a pass to Yangzhou, if you want to be cheap, go back ten miles, take another road, only thirty taels, but you can't stand to walk ten miles to collect once? ”

Xiao Jinyan shook his head, "It's still too high." ”

The scar-faced man laughed, "The price, of course it can be discussed, but it really doesn't work, then ten taels can also be used." ”

Xiao Jinyan was silent, turned back to the carriage, and prepared to turn around.

Seeing this, the scar-faced man was anxious, and shouted, "Stop!"

Xiao Jinyan turned his head and said with a smile: "What?"

The scar-faced man smiled all over his face, "Don't be in a hurry to go, you can discuss something, don't hide it, it's going to be the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, our Shuanglong Mountain Mid-Autumn Festival is a big reward, just one or two silver! ”

Xiao Jinyan said that it would cost one or two silver to inquire about the road, and if he really went back, he would inevitably have to take a lot of unjust roads, and asked, "There is no additional charge?"

The black face said nonsense, "There is also a good review cashback." ”

Xiao Jinyan saw him looking at him nervously, for fear that he would run away, and said that the robber should be on this job, and he was the only one who had no other semicolon, so he took out one or two pieces of silver from his arms and threw them over. The scar-faced man was overjoyed when he saw this, and even shouted to the people behind him: "Why are you still stunned, you still don't work?"

The robbers threw down their weapons and moved the tree to the side of the road, and when the carriage passed, it was restored to its original state.

The scarface man came up and said carefully, "What's the matter, are you satisfied with this service?"

Xiao Jinyan said with satisfaction, and said strangely, "I have been walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, and robbers like you who are thoughtful, able to bargain, reasonable, and polite, are really hard to find with lanterns, and if the robbers are like you, the world will be peaceful." When did you start here?"

Before the scarface man could speak, someone said coldly, "Yesterday." ”

A pretty woman in black walked out from behind the stone, it was Yu Wenshuang.

Xiao Jinyan's heart sank, what should have come has come after all.