Suzaku Hall is located on a street west of the county seat of Qiantang County, Gangnam Province, and it looks like an ordinary house from the outside. The two stone lions carved with bluestone at the entrance are the only decorations, and the vermilion gate is densely covered with four neat rows of large copper nails as decoration, which looks a little more magnificent.

But none of this is a bit of an obtrusion on this street.

This street was originally an area inhabited by the wealthy, and the prosperity of Qiantang County was very high in the nine counties of Jiangnan Province, especially the salt merchants, and since ancient times, the salt merchants were golden, and owning a house on this famous Suzaku Street is a symbol of status.

The Vermilion Bird Hall is located on the Vermilion Bird Street, in fact, it is really just a coincidence, mainly because the owner of the Vermilion Bird Hall fell in love with the courtyard of this house, which is tortuously carved and deeply carved beams and columns, and won the essence of the Suzhou courtyard.

When Su Liuer first set foot in Qiantang County, he was obviously stunned, when he was a child, he lived in the loess flying, dusty Liusha County, only the word desolation came into view, everyone's clothes can only be said to be able to cover shame, drink yellow, orange and orange water, and eat black hard buns.

What she saw in front of her was so strange, bustling with people and traffic. And almost all of them were fully dressed, at least she hadn't found a single patched garment yet.

The various vendors and shops along the street sold all kinds of goods that she had never seen before, and the aroma of the food wafting out of the restaurant with laughter and laughter was so tempting! The snow-white and attractive steamed buns on the steamed bun stall were piled up like a small mountain, and she knew the sweet taste, and she was bought by the money shopkeeper a few days ago and gave her the first taste of white noodles, and then she thought that she had come to heaven, although she knew what the fat man wanted.

In fact, she was sensible at a very young age, when she was six years old, she saw Wang Laohan next door with two black buns as a condition, and then her young mother, who had just turned twenty, consciously lifted the skirt to cover her shame, Wang Laohan pressed her mother on the edge of the kang to do what the money shopkeeper did to her a few days ago, and the cloudy eyes of Wang Laohan lying on her mother's own body turned to stare at her thin body, and his eyes were indescribably pickled.

Her father died early, and Su Liuer couldn't remember her father's appearance, only that he died of illness after fainting from hunger.

In the evening, the mother and the mother ate a black bun with boiling water, and the mother said to Su Liuer with tears in her eyes:

"Son, this is fate. ”

This went on for many years, and sometimes other men from the village came to her mother with steamed buns.

Until the last time, Wang Laohan stretched out his hand to Su Liu'er's newly grown body, and her mother picked up the axe of chopping wood like crazy and hit the back of Wang Laohan's neck.

Su Liu'er actually looked at the bloody Wang Laohan who fell down and was not afraid, she only had a faint excitement in her heart, she threw away a small knife in her hand, and went to comfort her mother in turn.

That night, the two of them ran along the back mountain.

Murder is wanted by the government, and a woman and a thirteen-year-old girl fall into the hands of officials who are more vicious than bandits.

So they had to flee, but they never left the village too far, and the mother was soon caught by the officials who followed her in order to cover her.

Su Liu'er was actually hiding in a sand nest not far away, and there happened to be a thorn covering her body well.

The three officials grabbed her mother and didn't ask questions at all, but just knocked the woman to the ground like a hungry wolf, stripped off her mother's clothes, and took turns ravaging the woman, the three hardcover men laughed wantonly, and it didn't take long for the women who were screaming and struggling for mercy at the beginning to become silent.

Su Liu'er silently recorded the appearance of the three officials, covering her mouth tightly with her hands, afraid that she would make a sound and be discovered by them, so she waited until the official messenger was far away for a long time before she dared to climb out.

Her mother died, and after the three officials were satisfied, they stabbed a big hole in the woman's chest, and the red blood stained a large piece of sand.

Su Liu'er buried her mother, stumbled all the way to the county town of Liusha, but was soon put in an iron cage by the traffickers in the black market, and a fat woman dressed in fancy clothes opened her legs and touched it seriously, and then smiled and paid a ruffian who led her in 500 copper coins.

Later, she met the money shopkeeper and Huang Yi, and today she came to Qiantang County, which was very new to her.

"Let's go, the hall master is waiting to see you. ”

Huang Yi understands the panic and surprise of setting foot in a bustling big city for the first time, especially a girl like Su Liuer.

Su Liu'er took a deep breath of air and followed Huang Yi into the Vermilion Bird Hall.

"My name is Luohua, and I will be your only master in the future, are you willing to follow me?"

Falling flowers are the hall masters of Suzaku Hall.

Huang Yi didn't know that the hall master had such a nice name until today.

Su Liu'er looked at the woman sitting on the high seat, and she didn't know why she suddenly thought of her dead mother in order to protect herself, but the hall master was more beautiful and elegant than her mother, but the little hidden care in her eyes was very deep, she could feel it, so she didn't hesitate, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully three times.

Luohua sat up straight, took this kneeling bow seriously, and the warmth in her eyes was a little more.

Huang Yi saw this kind of look from the hall master for the first time, and at the same time looked at Su Liu'er, who had already stood up straight, and instantly understood one thing, like, these two people are too similar, this kind of image is not the appearance, but the momentum of the two, a female tiger and a young tiger, although there are no minions standing yet, but she is a tiger cub after all, and over time, the fangs will naturally become extremely sharp.

Luohua turned her head and explained to Huang Yi:

"Tell all the deacons and helmsmen to come and take proceedings. ”

Huang Yi bowed and clenched his fists, and then walked out.

There were only two women left in the hall.

"Liu'er, come here and sit down. ”

Luohua gestured to an empty seat beside her.

"Yes. ”

Su Liu'er didn't feel anything wrong, and sat down generously.

"When I'm done, I'll accompany you back to Liusha County, and after burying your mother, you'll have to go to the place I arranged for you to retreat for at least three years. ”

Luohua didn't use a negotiating tone, and Su Liu'er also felt that this was the right order.

"When you have enough ability, I will let you go to Luoyang to replace the shopkeeper who was abolished by you, and now his restaurant is completely ours. ”

Su Liu'er replied respectfully.

By the time all the eleven deacons and seven helmsmen of Suzaku Hall arrived, it was about half an hour later.

Everyone except Huang Yi was slightly startled when they came in, who was the woman sitting in that position next to the hall master?

"I have gathered you here today to explain only two things. ”

Luohua stretched out two slender jade fingers, and her expressions when everyone entered the door were naturally clear, but she felt that there was no need to explain and say anything.

The eighteen people standing below were all the elites and backbones of the Suzaku Hall, and they should have been twenty people.

"First of all, our two bidders have not returned from the mission from Luoyang, and the ninth and twelfth deacons of the team have not been heard from yet, I hope to get more news. ”

"Secondly, this is Su Liu'er, and I will be my personal maid in the future, and tomorrow the third deacon Huang Yi and the fourth deacon Ding Sheng will accompany me to Liusha County. ”

After Luohua finished speaking, he sideways took out a jet-black waist card and two thin booklets.

"Liu'er, this is the Vermilion Bird Order of the Vermilion Bird Hall and a set of exercises and a set of sword techniques, you take it. ”

Su Liu'er stood up and took it respectfully, the Vermilion Bird Order was carved from a kind of wood, and there were two seals engraved on the front, thinking that it should be the word Vermilion Bird, and there was a big finch flying with wings on the back, that should be the Vermilion Bird.

As for the two booklets, what are the contents on them, no matter how smart Su Liuer is, there is only embarrassing helplessness left.

Luohua saw Liu'er's expression in her eyes, and there was a hint of a smile on her cold face.

"Qin Baili!"

"The subordinates are here!"

An old man in his fifties, who had been standing at the door in a long robe, bowed in and walked in.

"Liu'er will leave the next matter of literacy and hyphenation to you, you have to worry about it. ”

"Please rest assured. ”

Qin Baili saluted again and returned to the position where he had just begun to stand.

"Tell me about the last mission. ”

Luohua was a little tired, leaning lazily on the cushion behind the chair, showing her curves, but no one should dare to take a second look, and Liu'er naturally helped to hand over the teacup on the coffee table respectfully.

The archdeacon was an old man with white hair, his appearance was not good, and he had a dry tobacco stick more than a foot long hanging from his waist, and he was estimated to be about the same age as himself, and after years of caressing, it had a thick layer of pulp, and it looked antique.

He is the archdeacon of the Vermilion Bird Hall, and he has been doing it for decades, and the real name is estimated to be unknown to the people here, but when it comes to killing a foot in the rivers and lakes, it is really like thunder and famous, his dry smoke pole makes one hand to hit the acupuncture point, the moves are exquisite, and he has been alone, not close to women, but the practice is from the Hanging Temple authentic King Kong Duel, the internal force is profound, once and the beggar gang law enforcement elders fight ten palms equally, do not fall behind! The law enforcement elder of the Beggar Gang is the second master of the world's largest gang of beggars, and his internal strength is second only to the gang leader Hong Zhen, and the archdeacon is only an archdeacon in the Black Cloud Scout Suzaku Hall, which shows that the Black Cloud Scout is stronger than the Beggar Gang? Then you also underestimate the weight of the first gang in the world.

Therefore, there is a legend on the rivers and lakes, don't mess with strange old men, don't mess with boys who should walk alone in the rivers and lakes, don't mess with those who use strange weapons, the archdeacon has two things to do, and you have to stretch your neck to provoke, isn't that no different from looking for death.

The archdeacon walked to the center of the hall and reported in his characteristic husky voice:

"The missing ninth and twelfth deacons are carrying out this first-class assassination mission handed down from Luoyang, and the requirement is not to leave a living mouth, I think the biggest possibility is that the mission failed, but the other party has not responded for three months, which is also a strange thing, so that the subordinates are also puzzled. ”

The second deacon, Lin Hong, also walked out and said back and forth:

"The subordinates have arranged for people to search along the coastline for about six hundred miles, and found the last unique mark of the main parish left by the nine deacons more than a hundred miles from the port, and nothing else has been found. ”

Luohua suddenly squinted slightly and interjected:

"The Jiangnan Province Shepherd King has become more and more powerful in recent years, is it possible to clash with them?"

The archdeacon pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said:

"No, although the Shepherd King controls the rivers and lakes, he also abides by the rules, otherwise he will not win the respect of others, although he has been suppressing our Black Cloud Scouts, but he has not really deliberately targeted us, if our two bids are really folded in his hands, Xun Feiyu, who is in charge of the affairs of the rivers and lakes, will definitely inform us. ”

"Xun Feiyu, hum. ”

Luohua suddenly snorted coldly, Su Liu'er was keenly aware that the hall master attached great importance to this person, and silently remembered this name in her heart.

The archdeacon smiled bitterly and shook his head, he knew that the hall master and Xun Feiyu had a grudge and hatred, but the children of the rivers and lakes, and the personal affairs of the children, were the most unreasonable, and he was also careless in his mouth to pop up such a name.

"I think the most likely possibility is that the ninth and twelfth deacons encountered a difficult situation in the course of their mission, so they adopted a backup plan. ”

Hearing the words of the backup plan, the atmosphere in the hall was a little dignified, in fact, the backup plan was only four words:

Fight like Kilkenny cats!