Queuing up to hand over the road introduction paperwork, Lu Yi took Duanmu Yu through the door hole and entered the city.

The soldiers defending the city were armoured, carrying swords at their waists, and they were well-trained in an orderly manner, and most of the time they did not squint, but when they saw Duanmu Yu riding on the neck of Lu Yi, the serious face that did not smile smiled gently, and the little girl also reciprocated with a bright smile.

The prosperity of the county town is still far beyond the expectations of Lu Yi, and the so-called prosperity of the place like Xiangshan County is very different and cannot be compared.

The streets in all directions are paved with neat large stones, wide and neat, and pedestrians shout like shuttles, which makes the first time to enter the big city a little confusing, and in the end, thanks to the guidance of Yu'er on the head, the two will not get lost.

When they came in, the two had already discussed, and Lu Yi wanted to go to the City Lord's Mansion first, after all, Li Xiubai, the shepherd, appeared many times in the conversation with his mother, and he had a good impression.

However, now the Bac Giang Guard, after Li Xiubai took over the throne of King Mu, has become his youngest brother Li Xiuxuan, who is only in his early twenties this year, and now guards the most important northern gateway to Gangnam Province for the third brother.

Duanmu Yu suddenly reached out and patted the top of Lu Yi's head, and his small hand pointed straight not far away.

Lu Yi unexpectedly saw a sugar gourd stall surrounded by three or four children.

When he arrived at the stall, Lu Yi found that there were more than ten different flavors of rock sugar gourds on this stall with a plaque of a century-old store.

The stall owner was a kind man, and he kindly watched Duanmu Yu pick up this string and put down that string, and finally couldn't help but laugh: "Little girl, the first time you came to my house to buy sugar gourds?"

Duanmu Yu nodded fiercely, and muttered a little frustratedly: "I can only buy three skewers, how can this be good!"

The stall owner couldn't help but smile and said: "It's true that the rock sugar gourd is delicious, but it's not good to eat too much sweetness." ”

Duanmu Yu rolled his eyes and said sullenly: "It's the same as my big brother, it's just stingy!"

Lu Yi said with a smile: "Let's find an inn nearby to stay, how about you come to eat a bunch of different sugar gourds every day in the future?"

Duanmu Yu clapped his hands and applauded, and finally selected a string of the most ordinary hawthorn rock sugar gourd.

Lu Yichong arched his hand, paid the money and left with Duanmuyu, and saw a Four Seas Inn without taking two steps.

When he entered the door, a lean middle-aged man full of alcohol suddenly staggered out of it and accidentally bumped into Lu Yi's shoulder.

Lu Yi hurriedly pulled Duanmu Yu sideways in his arms, and when he looked back, he found that the middle-aged man had squeezed into the crowd on the street.

After the shopkeeper led the two into the room, Lu Yi always vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he really couldn't think of it, so he had to give up.

After dinner, waiting for Duanmuyu to wash up, and when the two were about to go to bed, Duanmuyu suddenly exclaimed, "Big brother, where is my burden?"

Lu Yi sat up suddenly, carefully counted the luggage, Yu'er's little burden was indeed gone, at this moment it was like a lightning bolt in his mind, and he vaguely reacted, and said guiltily at the moment: "Yu'er, do you remember the middle-aged man who hit me when I entered the door this afternoon?"

Duanmu Yu nodded with big eyes and said, "Remember, he's so thin, and he's drunk!"

Lu Yi smiled bitterly: "Your burden must have been stolen by him, I didn't expect that as soon as we entered the county town, we encountered thieves, I felt that something was wrong at that time, but I really didn't expect this." ”

"Then what should I do? Yu'er's Falling Star Knife is still inside. After saying that, Duanmu Yu's eyes turned red, this Falling Star Knife and the Sunset Knife in her sister's hand are a pair, and it is also a famous divine weapon in the Leaning Moon Sect, the most important thing is that this knife is already the most thoughtful thing on Duanmu Yu's body.

Lu Yi hugged Duanmu Yu, who was crying, and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, the big brother is thinking of a way." ”

As the saying goes, thieves don't go empty, where is it so easy to find the things that have been stolen by this kind of thieves of the upper and lower ranks? When his eyes swept over the pile of bits and pieces in the baggage, Lu Yi saw the Qingzhu Order that the little fairy gave him when they were separated, and he had an idea, why not let the beggars help his brothers? They are many and powerful, and they have contact with the three sects and nine streams every day, if they can have clues, maybe they can really find Yu'er's Falling Star Knife.

Dressed neatly at the moment, put away the Moon God Order in the baggage, this time I don't dare to be careless, think about it and feel afraid, if the Moon God Order is accidentally lost, the consequences may be unimaginable, and at the same time, it also makes Lu Yi have a new understanding of the rivers and lakes.

The two went downstairs, and Lu Yi led Duanmu Yu aimlessly around the street, although the beggar gang had tens of thousands of people in Fengtian, but after all, it was not as easy to find as the government.

After a long time, I finally saw a young beggar in his teens at the mouth of an alley near the city lord's mansion in Beicheng, holding a green bamboo cane unique to the beggars, leaning against the wall and falling asleep.

Lu Yi walked over with Duanmu Yu, and the footsteps woke up the young man, and he looked at the two people who came over with a wary expression.

"This little brother, there is something I want to trouble you. ”

The young beggar looked up and down, and felt that Lu Yi and the two did not look like bad people, so he nodded and said, "What's the matter...... Oh, it turned out to be a friend who held the Qingzhu Order, so you don't need to be polite, please say something. ”

Lu Yi put away the token in his hand, hugged his fists and said: "Trouble the little brother to lead the way, I have something important to ask you to help the hall master of the Beijiang General Hall." ”

The young beggar grinned and said: "My name is Gouzi, a native of Luoyang, and my status as a distinguished guest is noble, don't be a little brother or little brother, I dare not be ashamed, I will take you to meet our hall master." ”

The dog took the two of them out of the alley and walked south along a street, explaining as he walked: "The Beijiang main hall is in the south of the city, and I am usually in charge of the affairs of the north of the city, so there is still some distance from here. ”

Lu Yi said softly: "It's okay, it's troublesome Brother Dog." ”

In addition to the people who have positions in the beggar gang, the rest are commensurate with brothers, and there is a clause in the gang rules: all brothers in the four seas, no harm to the same family, the little fairy and Lu Yi get along for a few days, and some of the rules of the beggar gang are also told to each other, for example, the county town has a main hall, and there is only the helmsman in the county town like Xiangshan, and the hall master is already a high-ranking position in the beggar gang.

The dog asked with some envy, "Do you know Elder Qingzhuling of the Council of Elders?"

Lu Yi smiled and said politely: "Brother Gouzi, don't always call me a distinguished guest, my name is Lu Yi, this is Sister Yu'er, I am indeed familiar with Elder Qingzhuling." ”

The dog was also refreshed, patted Lu Yi on the shoulder and smiled: "That's very good, Brother Lu!"

In the process of chatting, Lu Yi said the purpose of this trip, and the dog thought for a while and said: "If it is a thief who eats in Beijiang all the year round, it is easy to say, and we are more familiar with it, I am afraid that it is a lonely Yan passing by, and he is not in a hurry to exchange things for silver, then it will be difficult to find!"

Lu Yi nodded helplessly and said, "It's all my fault for being careless, it's really helpless, and I have to trouble everyone." ”

The dog shook his head: "This is too outward, since we are friends of the beggar gang, we will go all out whenever we want, which is also the reason why our beggar gang can become the first gang in the world." In the end, I couldn't help but look a little proud.

Beijiang General Hall is in a slightly dilapidated alley in the south of the city, as soon as the three of them came in, there were many beggars in the dark and their searching eyes drifted over, and they did not show up to stop them when they saw that it was a dog, and there were three blue brick houses at the end of the alley, which was the main hall.

Hong Guichen, the head of the Beijiang General Hall of the Beggar Gang, is just fifty years old this year, and is one of the famous five masters of the Hongmen in the Beggar Gang, and has been in the Beijiang General Hall for more than 20 years.

After hearing the confession, Hong Guichen put down the account book in his hand, rubbed his gray hair and got up.

As soon as I walked out of the door, I saw the young man who walked in behind the dog, a little familiar, thinking of the portrait of his uncle Hong Kaitai, and laughed with a slight movement in his heart: "Lu Yi?"

"Do seniors know juniors?"

Lu Yi sighed, scratched his head, and was a little surprised, so he was about to lean over and salute, Hong Guichen stretched out his hand to help him, and intended to try the young man who was praised by his uncle Hong Kaitai, and his palm used three points of strength.

Lu Yi felt a strong force coming, his heart understood, smiled slightly, the phaseless Brahma was born naturally, bowed steadily, and then stood up with a calm expression.

Hong Guichen has a fierce face, his eyes are like electricity, and his face is full of beard, he is relatively sloppy, and he looks even more reckless, and his own nature is like fire, jealousy and hatred, and over time on the rivers and lakes, the enemy gave him the nickname of the Heavenly Master, secretly ridiculing his appearance to stop children crying at night and scare away a hundred ghosts!

But he didn't care, thinking that this nickname was more interesting than his uncle Hong Kaitai's thunder palm, so it gradually spread.

Duanmu Yu looked at the old man in front of him who was smiling as if the roof was moving, and was faintly afraid in his heart, so he secretly hid his body behind Lu Yiyi, and poked out his little head curiously to take a look.

Hong Guichen glanced at the eccentric Duanmu Yu, disagreed, and smiled happily: "Uncle didn't lie to me this time, it's really terrifying! At your age, I'm far inferior to you! By the way, my name is Hong Guichen, and you will call me in the future...... Call me ......"

When he said this, he seemed to think of something embarrassing, and after thinking for a long time, he finally said dejectedly: "Call me Brother Hong! Your uncle and my uncle are sworn brothers, and you are good brothers with the little fairy bastard, and I can only be your eldest brother!" ”

Lu Yi originally thought that he was thinking about something big, and it was because of this for a long time, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and hurriedly hugged his fists again and said, "I've seen Brother Guichen!"

The dog had already seen that he was not surprised, rolled his eyes, and interjected: "Hall Master, Brother Lu has something important to come to you!"

Hong Guichen patted his head and said with a confession: "Look at my head, patronizing nonsense, Brother Luyi, if you have anything to say, Brother Hong will call the shots for you! Oh, dog, when did you call Lu Yi a brother? Are you deliberately trying to take advantage of your hall master?"

The dog had already made several cups of tea, looked at the tea canister with disgust, and changed the topic and shouted: "Hall master, I didn't say you, you have to get some good tea, don't have any money, just use it all to buy wine!"

The hall is simple, there are more than a dozen wooden tables and chairs, empty and nothing else, Hong Guichen, who was sitting on the main seat, listened carefully to what happened to Lu Yi, and looked at Duanmu Yu who was looking around with some surprise, and then shouted in a loud voice: "Someone!"

A few beggar disciples waiting outside the door pushed open the door and walked in, leaned over and clasped their fists, and said respectfully, "Please command, hall master!"

Hong Guichen put away the laughing look at the beginning, and said solemnly: "Two things! The first thing is to let the two clever brothers go to the Four Seas Inn to retrieve the donkey and baggage of the first brother, and the reason why the distinguished guests of the main hall stay in the inn!"

"The second thing is to immediately inform the rudder masters, all the brothers in the city to inquire about the thieves who have been active in the city in the past few days, especially those who haunt the Four Seas Inn today, please come over for tea!

The disciples in the hall were ordered to leave.

"Trouble big brother!"

Lu Yi thanked him again.

Hong Guichen put away his serious expression, looked at Lu Yi and said with a smile: "Don't worry, seven or eight out of ten things can be recovered, if you really want to thank you, I heard that the fish you burned is simply a must?" Come on, come on, get some out and taste it!"

Lu Yi was dumbfounded, and it took a long time to react and say, "Brother Hong, where are you going to get fish in the middle of the night?"

Hong Guichen looked at the dog with a smile, and the latter said helplessly: "Every time I come to this trick! I can get fish! I don't have money to buy wine!"

Lu Yi looked at the two of them staring at him, sighed, and had to take out a silver ticket of ten taels from his arms, handed it to the dog, and said: "Sure enough, what the little fairy said is true, you beggars have everything, but you have no money!"

Duanmu Yu swallowed his saliva when he heard that he could eat the fish made by his big brother in a while, feeling that the knife was worth it this time!

While waiting for the dog to come back, Lu Yi asked Hong Guichen about some things about the Beijiang thief.

Hong Guichen sighed and said: "These things are a long story, the three religions and nine streams that people in the rivers and lakes often talk about, you must have heard of them, the three religions are Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, which have a long history and orderly inheritance, so naturally there is no need to explain too much, and then it is divided into the upper three streams, the middle three streams, and the lower three streams, and the thief door is a school in the lower nine streams!" In fact, they were all hard-working people at the beginning, but there will be a lot of scum in the development of any genre, and the original reputation is average, and then it is ruined by their own people, which is even more intolerable to the world. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Duanmu Yu meaningfully, looked into Lu Yi's eyes and said: "In this world, there are endless people who deceive the world and steal fame and are sanctimonious, just like the current popular distinction between good and evil, can you tell who is right? Who is evil? The Sword Alliance is all righteous and gentlemen? The Slanting Moon Sect must be all demons?"

Duanmu Yu's small hand holding Lu Yi's arm tightened slightly, and he hung his head unconsciously.

Lu Yi stretched out his hand and hugged Duanmu Yu in his arms, patted her back gently, thought about it and replied seriously: "Brother Hong said very well, I think people still need to uphold their hearts, the same knife, used to do good and evil is actually between the thoughts of the person who uses the knife!"

Hong Guichen lifted his beard and was happy, patted Lu Yi's shoulder vigorously and praised: "Sure enough, the hero is a young man! ”

Duanmu squatted in Lu Yi's arms and shaved his face at Hong Guichen, was glared at by the latter, and immediately retracted into Lu Yi's arms, where is there still the self-styled chivalrous demeanor some time ago!

It's really a thing to drop a thing, and the brine points to tofu.

At this moment, the dog walked in with two jars of wine in his right hand and a bag of lively river fish in his left hand, and saw the two chatting leisurely, and said angrily: "I bought something, you two don't sit and talk all the time! Come and help! It's okay to touch the fish, and I'll be a layman when I cook the fish." ”

Hong Guichen smiled and stretched out his hand to the dog and said, "Bring it!"

The dog pretended not to know, waved his hand and said, "What?"

"Brother Lu gave you ten taels of silver, how much is two jars of wine and this little fish?

"As a hall master, this little bit of money can be seen, it's really a shame in front of Brother Lu!"

"Two, you grab it slowly, anyway, I won't take it out of my pocket again, and where is the kitchen?"

Lu Yiyi lifted the fish with one hand, and led Yu'er with the other, and the two went to the kitchen, and when they passed by the courtyard, they found a lot of perilla leaves, so they picked a handful.

Duanmu Yu had long been surprised by Lu Yi's ability to find condiments anytime and anywhere, but at the beginning, Hong Guichen mentioned the matter of the Leaning Moon Sect, which made her still a little uneasy in her heart, and after coming to the kitchen, she asked in a low voice: "Big brother, is it really said that the Leaning Moon Sect is a cult outside? ”

Lu Yi saw the little girl who was a little worried, and said softly: "Yu'er, other people's opinions are always varied, saying that you are good does not necessarily mean that you are really good to you, and saying that you are not good is not necessarily a bad person, you need to understand it yourself when you grow up, or the truth that the big brother began to say, for good and evil are all here for yourself!"

After speaking, he lightly nodded Duanmu Yu's little head.

"And the eldest brother thinks that Yu'er has always been a very beautiful and kind child in addition to being a little naughty. ”

Yu'er nodded as if she didn't understand, and became happy, and after the little pimple in her heart was put down, she began to look at Lu Yi Grilled Fish with a focused expression, because her little heart felt that the big brother who was concentrating on making food for her was the best looking and cutest!

It doesn't take too long to grill fish, and after a long time, it loses its tenderness.

Hong Guichen and the dog sat on the table and began to sigh without eating a few chopsticks.

The taste of the fish is naturally extremely delicious, especially after adding perilla leaves, the special taste makes the two of them full of praise.

But what they really sighed was the way Duanmuyu's little girl ate, how could she be a heroine?

But fortunately, there are outsiders, Duanmuyu is still a little reserved, only ate three fish and stopped eating, after walking for a day, he was a little sleepy, and he fell asleep after a short time when he shrank into Lu Yi's arms.

The dog took a thin clean blanket from the room and helped cover it.

Hong Guichen looked at the sleeping child and said with some sighs: "You are still a half-sized child, it is really difficult for you." ”

Lu Yi shook his head, lovingly helped Duanmu Yu tive up the few strands of hair that covered his eyes, and said softly: "Actually, Yu'er is very sensible, and the road brings me a lot of joy, but she is still young after all, and she is always hard in the rivers and lakes." ”

"The Leaning Moon Sect is now cooperating with the King of Qi, I'm afraid it's more auspicious, the Duanmu family was originally a martial arts family, and they are also considered to be in the same way, and now it's stormy, since you have a relationship with them, it's good to be able to maintain it." ”

"Actually, I didn't think about it that much, but I was entrusted with the matter of loyalty, and Yu'er and I did get along very well, so I naturally did my best. ”

At this moment, a beggar disciple ran in from outside the door, and when he saw the three people in the house, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, looked at Lu Yi, and a little hesitation appeared on his face.

Hong Guichen waved his hand and introduced: "Brother Lu is a distinguished guest of our beggar gang, and he is holding a green bamboo order, so he has something to say, and he doesn't need to worry about anything else. ”

The disciples in the hall saluted the road again and reported: "It has been found out, the person who moved the road brothers' burden is indeed the person who stole the door, and the thief Beijiang Scoop has already brought someone over, and it will be there in a minute, but it ......"

"But what?"

"The knife in the baggage has been bought, and it has a lot of money, and it has an arrogant attitude, and it is not willing to return it. ”

Hong Guichen's face sank, and he asked coldly, "Who?"

"The young master of the Tianmu Sword Sect, Chen Gongzi. ”

Hong Guichen slapped the table and said angrily: "He can't do it even if his son Chen Zhenghua is here! Not to mention that Chen Gongzi who is neither male nor female!"

Chen Gongzi is not an honorific title, but his surname is Chen, his name is Gongzi, he was born a man and a woman, and he likes red makeup.

Because the Tianmu Sword Sect was originally established in Tianmu Mountain near the Beijiang River, and its strength was strong, Chen Gongzi was also one of the top rising stars in the Beijiang River, and won the reputation of the first son of Jiangnan Martial Arts.