When Xiao Jinyan woke up, he had a splitting headache, looked around, and was still in the wine cellar. A burst of wine aroma came to the nose, and the mellow aroma overflowed. I don't know when, the middle-aged Confucian put another row of wine jars in front of him, and he was holding a wine glass, drinking unhurriedly.

Xiao Jinyanqi said, "Haven't you already drunk the twenty jars of wine, where did you get the wine?"

The middle-aged Confucian said, "Fang Cai was about to take you away, remembering that the two guards said that there were 100,000 taels of wine hidden in the wine cellar, although I didn't taste all the world's fine wine, but Fang Cai's twenty jars of wine, although it was good wine, was only a thousand taels of silver." So he searched everywhere, and found these ten altars in a dark compartment. ”

Xiao Jinyan scratched his head, "You mean, we drank fake wine just now?"

"It's not fake, but it's not far away. The middle-aged Confucian priest sent the wine jar forward, "What's the matter, have you eased up, do you want to have two more jars?"

Xiao Jinyan's mouth was dry at this time, his whole body was hot, and the Venus in front of him was rising, he just wanted to jump into the river to take a cold shower, where could he swallow a sip of wine, thinking about how he almost got drunk to death for a few jars of fake wine, and he was angry in his heart.

The middle-aged Confucian poured a bowl of wine and said slowly: "This altar of Jian Nanchun is a thirty-year-old Tianyi old cellar, the wine is mellow, the cellar is fragrant, the mouth melts, it only produces more than 100 catties a year, half of which is sent to the palace, it is a pity that you don't drink it." ”

The essence of wine lies in the cellar. The older the cellar pond, the more positive the taste, the Tianyi old cellar of Jian Nanchun, which began in the Southern Qi Dynasty, has been more than 1,200 years so far, and the wine in the cellar pond can be sold for 1,000 taels per catty.

The middle-aged Confucian poured another glass of wine, "This bowl of Gujing Tribute Liquor, inheriting the nine wine-making methods, using Wuji water, peach blossom spring song, using the base wine for fifty years, blending for ten years, the entrance is glycol, the aftertaste is long-lasting, known as the peony in the wine, it's a pity that you don't drink it." ”

Every time the middle-aged Confucian student poured out a bowl of wine, he told the origin and brewing method of the wine, which made Xiao Jinyan's heart flutter and he had the heart to drink another bowl, but his body tried his best to resist.

Xiao Jinyan said, "I can't drink it, why don't we move away and go back and taste it slowly?"

The middle-aged Confucian shook his head again and again, and said, "We drink wine into our stomachs, this is called wine tasting, and if we move it outside the wine cellar, won't it become stealing?"

Xiao Jinyan was speechless, this sentence was exactly what he had just said not long ago, and now it was taken by a middle-aged Confucian student, and he couldn't find a reason to refute it.

The middle-aged Confucian drank a few more bowls, put down the wine bowl, sealed the wine jar, and said: "There is a way to steal, and today is not in vain, haha!"

Xiao Jinyan said, "I feel a little lost. ”

The middle-aged Confucian stood up, his body was a little shaky, and his face was drunk, he patted Xiao Jinyan on the shoulder and said, "It's not too early, we should go back!"

The two of them staggered out of the cellar, and when the night breeze blew, the wine surged into their hearts, and the drunkenness became even stronger. They were about to perform light skills and leave, when they suddenly found two old men sitting in the gazebo in front of them.

Xiao Jinyan was shocked, and after jumping on the wine cellar plaque with the middle-aged Confucian student, he looked at the pavilion. In the hazy night, the two men were dressed in black and were playing against each other, one of the old men stretched out his right hand, and a chess piece was sandwiched in his hand, and he was about to fall, hesitating, as if he was in a puzzle.

A quarter of an hour passed.

The old man didn't move at all, and he didn't seem to notice the two.

Half an hour passed.

The two remained still.

Not only Xiao Jinyan, but even the middle-aged Confucian was secretly frightened, with his Xuanxuan skills, even if there was any wind and grass within a hundred miles, he could sense it, but these two people were playing against each other in the pavilion, only more than ten zhang away from them, but he didn't have any induction.

What surprised him even more was that there was not the slightest fluctuation of internal force on the two old men. Although he claims to be the first in the world, it is only for the secular rivers and lakes, not to mention the sword cultivators and sword guards who suppress the martial arts sects in the world on Shujian Mountain, just the old monsters who have lived in seclusion for hundreds of years in the second pavilion, the third sect, and the four sects, just take out one, it is enough for him to drink a pot, not to mention that there are two in front of him.

Unexpectedly, the little Hidden Yang City is actually Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, if it was in the past, he still had the confidence to escape with a body of Xuangong, but today he fought with this kid all night of wine, if he wants to do it, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.

That night and His Majesty's Nanling played against him, he suggested to His Majesty a plan, which could ensure the peace of the Ming Dynasty for 10,000 years, so he went to Yinyang alone.

The middle-aged Confucian felt a burst of sadness in his heart.

He died before he left the school, which made the hero cry.

"Drinking and making a mistake!" he whispered, "These two people are not rivals between you and me. ”

Xiao Jinyan was also cold-hearted, he knew that this middle-aged Confucian was strong in martial arts, and he couldn't perceive his true realm with his strings, so he said so, then I'm afraid I will throw my life here tonight.

Another hour passed.

The old man still didn't move, the more they didn't move, the more scared the two of them became, not to mention anything else, it was the endurance that didn't move for two hours, and the middle-aged Confucian asked himself if he could do it.

In the back of Xiao Jinyan's neck, he already felt a burst of killing intent. This killing intent poured out from the chessboard, and it seemed that the black and white chess had turned into a great array of immortals, and it was going to crush the two of them.

A rooster crows in the distance.

It was getting dark, and there was a sound of footsteps.

An obese man in a fancy dress got up early, and when he came to the wine cellar, he saw that the two guards were still lying on the ground and sleeping, and he kicked them indiscriminately, and said angrily, "Chang San, Chang Liu, Lao Tzu asked you to guard the wine cellar, but I didn't let you sleep!"

The two woke up and confessed again and again, "Shopkeeper Cao, we were wrong." ”

Shopkeeper Cao snorted coldly, "What, I took refuge in the Shenlong Gang, my words are not good, right?" and pointed to the pavilion again, and said, "The two stone statues in the pavilion, let you move away, it's been three days, and there has been no movement." If you can do it, if you don't do it, you will get out, we will age it and not raise idlers!"

The two people hiding behind the plaque rubbed their eyes, and then went to see where there was a peerless master, but it was just two sculptures!

"Ahh

Shopkeeper Cao pushed open the door of the wine cellar and let out a heart-rending shout.

......

The two didn't say anything all the way, returned to Li Bufan's house, fell asleep, and never mentioned what happened last night.

When I woke up, it was already three poles of the sun.

Xiao Jinyan heard the sound of knives coming from the courtyard, pushed the door and walked out, but it was Li Bufan who was practicing knives. He didn't have to be on duty today, and he spent a little longer practicing his sword than before.

Li Bufan has no foundation of internal strength, but his arm strength is extremely large, and a long knife is wielded vigorously. Xiao Jin looked at it for a moment and saw that his moves were relatively rough, and in the eyes of experts, there were flaws everywhere.

Li Bufan practiced for a while, and when he saw Xiao Jinyan, he put away the knife, he was already sweating profusely, and said, "Brother Xiao, did you sleep well last night?"

After coming to Hidden Yang City, Xiao Jinyan did not use Tang Dabao's pseudonym, but intersected with the two under his real name. He said embarrassedly, "It's okay, I just came to the hour and slept a little longer." ”

Li Bufan said, "Yesterday you promised to instruct me in kung fu, it's better to choose a day than to hit the sun, how about the two of us have a discussion?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Don't you eat first?"

Li Bufan patted his head, "How can I forget about this, the days have been a little tight lately, I usually don't eat breakfast, I'll go and make it for you!"

Xiao Jinyan waved his hand, "No need, if you don't eat, don't eat, anyway, I often don't eat." ”

"Then look at the knife!"

Li Bufan slashed with a knife, although his body was fast and his strength was sufficient, but in Xiao Jinyan's eyes, there were flaws everywhere, his footsteps probed to the right, Li Bufan even changed his move to attack the right, Xiao Jinyan leaned forward and waved his elbow, knocking him to the ground.

Li Bufan shouted strangely, "Look at this trick again." ”

More than ten moves in a row, each move was easily cracked by Xiao Jinyan before it was exhausted, falling, knocking down, and bringing down, with a variety of tricks.

However, Li Bufan's comprehension is extremely high, he eats a trench, grows a wisdom, and when a set of knife techniques is finished, he comes again, Xiao Jinyan uses the original move again, but Li Bufan can already change his tricks to deal with it.

"Jizheng!"

"Weiyang!"

"Ugly!"

Suddenly, there were three sounds, and when Li Bufan heard this, the long knife attacked in the same way, forcing Xiao Jinyan to take a step back. Li Bufan was overjoyed in his heart, and put away the knife and said, "Thank you seniors for your advice." ”

The middle-aged Confucian nodded, "The understanding is good, but it's a pity that the internal strength is congenitally insufficient, and it's a pity that a good seedling is good." ”

Li Bufan said, "Seniors don't have to make judgments too early, I, Li Bufan, will one day become the number one sword master in the world." ”

Xiao Jinyan saw that he was full of ambition, and remembered what he said when he first met Zhao Lanjiang, "I, Zhao Lanjiang, will be the first swordsman in the world in the future." ”

At that time, Zhao Lanjiang was seriously injured and was dying, but the pride in his chest was somewhat similar to the Li Bufan in front of him.

Xiao Jinyan saw the middle-aged Confucian and said, "Senior, did you sleep well last night?"

The middle-aged Confucian looked embarrassed, and snorted coldly, "What do you say?" and said, "If you spread the news of last night, you will regret the rest of your life." ”

Xiao Jinyanqi said, "What happened last night? I drank too much and don't remember." ”

The middle-aged Confucian said in his heart, this kid is on the road.

Li Bufan remembered that this senior hadn't eaten either, and said, "Two of you later, I'll go get you some wine!"

The two of them shouted to him, "No need, it's not appropriate to drink today." ”

Li Bufan stopped, "Anyway, it's okay today, the two of you are new to the city, why don't I take the two of you around and feel our hidden yang atmosphere!"

The middle-aged Confucian said, "Li Qiuyi is dead, where is there any atmosphere in Yinyang! You two go, I want to go out and do something." He turned around and walked out the door and said to Xiao Jinyan, "In an hour, wait for me at the tile kiln in the east of the city!"

......

South of Hidden Yang City.

Jixiang leather shop has been operating here for 20 years, the boss is surnamed Xu, over the years, three days of fishing, two days of drying nets, close the door at every turn, although open in the downtown area, the business is very general.

However, no one knew that this was a rudder of the Bilobut organization in Yinyang, and this Boss Xu was also a core figure in the organization.

In the first battle of the reeds, Bimu Thirteen inexplicably encountered an ambush by a master, and lost three people. After this battle, Yuwen Gui suddenly received an order to stop chasing and killing the arrow boy, and went straight to Yinyang to wait for his life.

The middle-aged Confucian came to the leather store, as if he had changed a person, Yue Zhiyuan, and stepped into the store.

Everyone led by Yu Wengui knelt on the ground one after another, "I've seen the Grand Dudu!"

Yuwen Tianlu slowly walked past everyone and came to the lobby, "No courtesy." ”

Yuwen Gui knelt on the ground, "Yu Wengui is not effective, please punish most of the capital." ”

Yuwen Tianlu waved his hand, "What is the crime of me asking you to stop?" He sat on the Taishi chair, "How is the war in Western Xinjiang?"

Yuwen Gui said, "According to the news from General Liang, in the past few months, Chu Beiguo has sent 100,000 soldiers and horses to Hengduan Mountain in accordance with the covenant to confront our Western Army. Chu Bieli took this opportunity to get rid of the power of the old emperor, dispatched troops, and gathered military power in his hands. As the general expected, he is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and in the matter of Lai Ridan, he has tasted the sweetness, and he must not be willing to be a pawn at the mercy of others. ”

The confrontation between Daming and Xichu Hengduan Mountain was originally intentional by Yuwen Tianlu, but Xichu found an excuse to encroach on the West Eleventh Wei of Xizunikou and the disappearance of Lai Ridan, the director of the Wei Institute, for no reason, but it was beyond his expectations. For this reason, Yuwen Tianlu sent Yuwen Shuang to investigate the matter.

"What's going on over there with Frost?"

"A month ago, the eldest lady went to the West Eleventh Guard, and there is no news so far. ”

Yuwen Tianlu skipped this topic and asked about the deployment of the Western Army before he said, "How is the situation in Hidden Yang City?"

Yuwen Gui glanced at the leather shop shopkeeper Xu, who seemed to be harmless to humans and animals, and showed extremely shrewd eyes at this moment, and said, "My subordinates have four points to return to the metropolitan governor." First, Li Xiancheng hoarded goods and used his power to speculate the price of grain to 800 Wen; second, the spies deployed in the Hidden Yang City by Northern Zhou and Western Chu were very active, and their subordinates had already mastered five strongholds, which could be eliminated at any time. Thirdly, according to our informants in the Northern Zhou, the Tuoba Niu people have not appeared in the barracks for two months. Fourthly, the company has recently increased its staffing here. ”

His words were concise and objective, just stating the facts, and did not substitute any opinions or speculations, because of this, Yuwen Gui put him in Yinyang City, which is located at the junction of the three kingdoms, and it is a mixed place, and he is exposed to a lot of information every day.

Yuwen Tianlu nodded and said two words, "Very good." ”

He fell into deep thought, Li Xiancheng was just a clown jumping off the beam, so he didn't have to worry about it. What he considered most was Northern Zhou's reaction to this Mingchu confrontation.

Among the three kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty, Western Chu and Northern Zhou, the Ming Dynasty was the strongest, followed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Western Chu was the weakest.

Since the fall of the Crazy Sword Chu Ritian, there is no peerless master to speak of. Chu Bieli has ambitions, but the time in power is too short, the political situation is unstable, and there is a handle to be subject to the Ming Dynasty.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there are the Northern Zhou Dynasty God of War Tuoba Niuren in the army, and there are Helian Liangbi in the rivers and lakes, and there is a regent known for his insidious and vicious nature, plus the Northern Zhou Dynasty is located in a cold place, the north and south are extremely wide, and the Dingbei Army is terrified and ridden, which is indeed a difficult opponent.

Yuwen Tianlu has been in the western layout for many years, waiting for the time to be ripe, before arranging a battle of the golden knife and the crazy knife, and things are also going as expected, the crazy knife is killed, Chu Bieli ascends the throne, the two countries face each other, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty is eyeing each other, wanting to take the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

After Chu Bieli returned to the throne, according to the secret covenant, he wanted to pretend to deal with the Ming Dynasty and start a war in the west. They are the weakest, and they will inevitably pull the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and if they really start a war, they will only work and not make any efforts, and find a way to let the Northern Zhou and Daming fight to the death, and then take advantage of the fisherman's profits and take the opportunity to develop and grow.

In the Hengduan Mountains, the Western Army of the Ming Dynasty had 150,000 soldiers and horses, and the Northern Zhou and Western Chu had 100,000 each, and the forces of the three kingdoms contained each other, forming a delicate balance.

Yuwen Tianlu's westward journey this time is to break this balance, finish his work in one battle, and solve the border crisis once and for all, and in the capital, there is a more difficult and powerful opponent waiting for him.

There was not much time left for him.

He said to himself, "Mad Dog, Mad Dog, what move did you take?"