Xiao Jinyan and Li Chengcheng returned to the dock, and when they saw Li Dazhun drooping his face, they sighed, and when they inquired, they learned that Sun Qiangu had killed those people, and they didn't get the money for transporting the goods.

Zhao Lanjiang asked, "Have you seen Sun Qiangu?"

The two nodded, "This person's martial arts are unfathomable, if it weren't for Wang Banxian appearing in time, I'm afraid we would both have to stay there." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said that Sun Qiangu killed Xu with two swords, and the two were even more dumbfounded. Xu Fengfeng was the first swordsman in Northern Xinjiang back then, and even if he lived in seclusion in the rivers and lakes over the years, he was also the strength of the Tongxiang Realm, but he couldn't catch Sun Qiangu's two swords.

Zhao Lanjiang said: "Last time the strength of the rivers and lakes was ranked, Sun Qiangu was outside the top ten on the land list, could it be that he deliberately hid it? Or did he have other opportunities? Anyway, I always felt that there was something wrong with this Imperial Sword Villa, but I couldn't say it." ”

Xiao Jinyan said: "In short, it's better to be careful." ”

He told Zhao Banjiang when he told Wang Banxian, and asked Zhao Lanjiang for his opinion, but Zhao Lanjiang didn't want to agree, "Anyway, it's okay left and right, this sword-casting conference has gathered well-known figures in the rivers and lakes, if we don't show our faces, won't we still be nameless in the rivers and lakes in the future?"

Li Chengcheng sneered: "With the two divine weapons of the Golden Sword and the Crazy Knife, and the inheritance of the two great sword kings, who will dare to underestimate you in the rivers and lakes in the future?"

Zhao Lanjiang said disdainfully, "I want them to be afraid of me!"

Li Chengcheng yīn Yang Wei said angrily: "I'm so afraid!"

When the two of them saw that they were about to make a move, Xiao Jinyan persuaded him: "Okay, one person will say a word." He came to the bow of the ship and said to Li Dazhun, "Old man, your goods have been delivered, and we will also go all the way west, so let's leave it at that." ”

Li Jinhua's heart darkened, and he asked, "You go to the Imperial Sword Villa?"

Xiao Jinyan nodded.

"Take me!"

"Why?"

"It took us two months to get the goods here, they pulled the ship away, killed the people, and there were more than a hundred taels of silver unpaid, and I was going to the Edgeworth Villa to get it back. ”

Li Chengcheng said, "That's not necessary, I'll write a note, when you go back, go to Li's house on Xuanwu Street in Jinling, find someone named Qingcao, and he will give you a thousand taels." ”

Li Jinhua was like crazy, she raised her voice and said: "Li Qingcheng, am I scarce of your silver? You are very rich, is it great to buy a heaven and earth? I have sent this boat with all my might, and I have gained something from my hard work, and I went to the Imperial Sword Mountain Villa to ask for an explanation!"

Li Chengcheng was stunned, he didn't expect Li Jinhua to have such a big reaction.

Xiao Jinyan also felt that Li Tingcheng's words hurt the little master's heart, and even pulled him, Li Tingcheng was a little frustrated, and he didn't know how to say it.

Xiao Jinyan looked at Li Dazhun for help.

So many things have happened along the way, Li Dazhun is also worried these days, and now that the goods have been delivered, although he has not received the money, he is also relieved and persuaded, "Golden bottle, we can arrive safely on this trip, grandpa is already very content." Money, you can make it again if you don't have it, and it is only right that the family is reunited. ”

Li Jinhua looked stubborn, and the grievances of these days were vented in one go, and tears flowed down like a flood. She has hands, feet, ability, and can make money, and she doesn't want Li Tingcheng to look down on her, Li Tingcheng's words really hurt her heart.

Xiao Jinyan said to Li Tingcheng, "You have to say a few words." ”

Li Chengcheng muttered in a low voice, "I think it's great to be rich." ”

This emotional intelligence is really no one.

Xiao Jinyan took a deep breath and said, "Okay, anyway, we have to go to the Imperial Sword Villa, the one hundred taels of silver, we will help you get it back, now, let's enter the city first and find an inn to settle down." ”

Xiao Wu and a few other boatmen were in charge of guarding the boat, and the rest of the people disembarked and entered the city.

Along the way, Li Jinping was sullen, Zhao Lanjiang told a few jokes, but his ability to tell jokes was too bad, but it was self-defeating, which made Li Jinping droop. Xiao Jinyan and Li Tingcheng walked in front, and Li Tingcheng said, "I said something wrong, I just want to help the little master." ”

Xiao Jinyan said: "It's a big mistake. The little master is exquisite, thin-skinned and strong, you raise your hand and smash out with a thousand taels of silver, you think it is in the brothel of the Qinglou, in the future, this kind of thing of smashing people with money will become a layman like me, I am thick-skinned and can catch it. ”

Li Qingcheng sighed, "Is there any difference?"

"There is a difference because she is a woman. ”

Woman, it's strange.

Li Chengcheng is a merry child of a family, although he has not been involved in that squirrel, but he has been in the circle for a long time, and he has no concept of money.

For women, Li Chengcheng has never been so interested in it now.

As soon as you enter the city, the banners of the Double Twelve Sword Casting Sword Appreciation Conference of the Royal Sword Villa are hung everywhere in the streets and alleys, and the city is full of the atmosphere of festivals.

There are highly commercial guignes such as "Royal Sword Villa Double Twelve Special Purchase Conference" and "Sword Appreciation Conference, full 300 minus 50", as well as sensational guils such as "Your legend must be accompanied by a famous sword" and "Every successful knight has a sword behind him".

The annual sword appreciation conference of the Imperial Sword Villa attracts countless heroes to come to buy swords, the increase in the floating population, will definitely bring tourists to Wanzhou City, at this time of the year, Wanzhou City is overcrowded, inns, restaurants, and green buildings are very prosperous, of course, it will also bring public security problems, but Sun Qiangu sent two hundred disciples to assist the government to maintain order.

Walking on the street, everyone saw Li Chengcheng's handsome posture, and both men and women looked at it twice. Man, after reading it, I probably will

said that the little white face was useless, but the woman's eyes were shining, and she wanted to eat Li Chengcheng alive.

Several Qinglou women who were buying fat powder on the street, when they went out, they saw Li Tingcheng walking by, their eyes lit up, and they couldn't help but talk about it, and a woman said coquettishly, "Little boy, go sit in my sister's restaurant for a while." Sister sticks you upside down. ”

Li Jinhua was already angry, and scolded when he heard this, "Shameless!"

The woman was born in Qinglou, and when she heard Li Jinping scolding, she also opened her mouth to scold, she was mixed in the bottom all the year round, this kind of scolding on the street has long been familiar with the road, only three or four sentences were spoken, Li Jinping was defeated, she came to Li Chengcheng angrily, and threw a towel over, "You, wrap it, you can only show your eyes." ”

Li Tingcheng: "This ......"

Zhao Baojiang said, "If you want to pack, you will pack, how can you be like a mother-in-law?"

Li Chengcheng was helpless, and he didn't want to make Li Jinhua angry, so he had to obediently cover his head. In this way, his appearance is quite funny, and when Li Jinhua saw it, he laughed in his heart.

Unconsciously, it was already evening, and everyone came to an inn called Qi Xianju and stayed. After the settlement was completed, Zhao Lanjiang arranged a treat in the evening, and he received more than 100 taels of silver from Song Dachun, which is estimated to be more than a period of time.

The five of them asked for six dishes and one soup, and found a seat in the lobby and sat down.

Xiao Jinyan looked around, the inn was very lively, mostly people from the rivers and lakes, and the topics of discussion were inseparable from the sword casting conference and sword appreciation conference that would be held in two days. This kind of scene felt very familiar to him, he had been a timekeeper in the Xiaoyao Inn before, and it was the same every day in the inn. Men, there are no more than two topics, one is the rivers and lakes, and the other is women.

On the table next to it, there were a few Jianghu people eating.

"Have you heard, in this sword casting and sword appreciation conference, the owner of Sun Zhuang took out the treasure of the Imperial Sword Villa, and a number of famous swords on the Xiaosheng Jianghu list were also sold, could it be that the Imperial Sword Villa encountered any difficulties and wanted to go bankrupt?" said a blue-clothed swordsman.

Another gray-clothed man held a wine glass, shook his head and smiled: "Brother Chang, this is a bad word. You must know that this conference, the specifications are extremely high, and the top sects in the rivers and lakes such as the candidate Shilin Dao Chief, the Foguang Elder of the Shaolin Temple, and the head of the Taishan Sect, Mr. Rufeng, are all present, I am afraid that after this meeting, the Imperial Sword Villa will go to a higher level, how can it be said that it has declined?"

Chang's surname was Lanyi, "Brother Yan, you won't be interested in that mountain-shaking sword, right?"

The man in gray said: "I'm afraid that I'm interested in the sword, and the owner of the sword is interested in my life." ”

"Brother Yan, how much price are you going to buy this time? If it is suitable, let's partner and buy two at a time, and we can get some discounts. ”

The swordsman surnamed Yan said: "I didn't bring much money when I went out this time, only five thousand taels, just buy a similar one." ”

The blue-clothed swordsman was taken aback and said, "What, five thousand taels, you can buy the top fifty swords on the famous sword list." Brother Yan, your martial arts are not as good as the realm, why did you buy such a good sword?"

The swordsman surnamed Yan laughed and said proudly, "My generation of children in the rivers and lakes, martial arts can be commonplace, but the equipment cannot be sloppy at all. As soon as I drew my sword, I am the famous sword of the Imperial Sword Villa, you are the blacksmith Li at the head of the village, and before you can make a move, you will lose three points in momentum. ”

At this time, a young man eating wine next to him shouted, "Well said, well said!"

The young man was not tall, fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was quite clever, but there was a sly glint in his eyes.

The swordsman surnamed Yan said, "You also agree with the fallacy?"

The young man smiled, "I agree so much, what is the most important thing for a master's moves? What is the momentum! What is the momentum? Look at the blade! What do you look at the blade? Look at the brand!"

He stood up, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and handed it to them, "As soon as I look at the momentum of the two, I know that both of them are good people in the rivers and lakes, and they don't change their money, my father is the chief agent of the Imperial Sword Villa in the city, if the two of you buy a sword, you can find me." The swords at the sword appreciation conference, the fish beads are mixed, and the good goods are in the inner hall, ask me to take you in to ensure that you are satisfied. After that, he leaned over and whispered, "Moreover, I have an internal price, 50% off!"

The blue-clothed swordsman said, "Little brother, the two of us want two, so it's set, the internal price!"

When everyone here heard that this gold could actually get a famous sword at a special price if it was not exchanged, they all approached him, "I want one too!"

"Buy me two!"

Jin Buchang stretched his face, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by the blue and gray two, "Don't go!"

"I got a sword with an internal price, is it necessary to shout loudly? And this sword appreciation conference gave me a quota of ten swords, I still want to do business, okay, I will give it to you, I will drink the northwest wind?"

The man in gray said, "Who are you going to do?" In this case, we will pay you a deposit of ten taels first, how about it?"

Jin Buchang said disdainfully: "The sword I poured out of the villa can earn one hundred and eighty taels of silver as soon as I change hands, how rare is your deposit!" The gray-clothed man didn't give up, and stuffed the deposit into his arms, "You have collected the money, you can't do it!"

The man in blue also paid a deposit of ten taels.

The rest of the people saw that it was okay, and stopped Jin Buchang, who was about to go out, "Anyway, if you accept two, you should do a good deed." ”

Jin Buchang excused himself, and everyone stuffed the money, Jin Buchang sighed, his face full of frustration, "I deserve to say more, since everyone trusts me so much, I will accept this silver, and the day after tomorrow, we will see you at the Imperial Sword Villa." ”

After that, Jin Bu changed his face and left the inn gloomily, and as soon as he went out, he ran away like a rabbit. After a short time, the two men of the blue and the gray also went out, and after crossing a street corner, the three of them squatted together and divided the silver.

Xiao Jin

Yan witnessed this farce and shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Human nature is greedy, whether it is a chivalrous man in the rivers and lakes or a village man, when he encounters a little cheap, he can't help but lose the ability to think independently. He stayed out of the matter, and naturally saw the whole thing clearly, but if he really fell into it, it was like the incident in the dungeon of Edgeworth Villa, knowing that there was a lot of bad luck, he still had to do it.

Zhao Lanjiang suddenly said, "You don't think that gold is not exchanged, it seems that you have seen it somewhere?"

Xiao Jinyan said that there should be none.

"I said that tone, that trick, and that expression, is it a bit similar to Lao Fan?"

Li Chengcheng said: "Don't say it, it's really a bit like it." ”

Inside the inn, someone suddenly said, "That kid can't lie to us, right?

Some people also reacted, "I heard that his accent should be from the Jiangnan generation, how can it be the general generation of Wanzhou?"

Everyone wakes up like a dream, and you say a word to me, and I realize that I have been deceived. Some of these people are local masters of the rivers and lakes, and the loss of money is small, but after catching an eagle for a lifetime, they were blinded by an eagle.

After settling the account, the people picked up their swords and chased them outside.

Before everyone left the inn, a black-clothed swordsman walked in, glanced at Xiao Jinyan and the others, took a few steps forward, and sat diagonally opposite them. The black-clothed swordsman was burly, with a cold expression, fair skin, and a hooked nose, and he didn't look like a person from the Central Plains.

The man exuded a fierce momentum and put the knife on the table.

The guy came up, "What do you want to eat?" the young swordsman pointed to Xiao Jinyan's side, "Serve me a table according to their dishes." ”

Xiao Jinyan said in a low voice, "How can this person be a little familiar?"

Li Chengcheng sneered, "I only saw it a few days ago, how could you forget? If you guess correctly, he should have come at us." ”

Xiao Jinyan then remembered that Dongfang Nuan Nuan and Ren Pengju, who was a wine maniac, stopped the boat on the river that day, and it was this black-clothed swordsman who was standing next to Ren Pengju at that time. This person's surname is Zheng Yufei, a young master who has risen in the rivers and lakes, and now he has returned to the Illuminous God Cult and has become one of the two major protectors of the Light God Sect, and one of the youngest Dharma protectors in the twenty years of the Light God Sect.

When the wine and food came up, Zheng Yufei filled the wine jug and said to Xiao Jinyan, "This brother, getting together is fate, I wonder if you can move and have a drink together?"

Xiao Jinyan pointed at himself, "You called me?"

"Not bad. ”

Xiao Jinyan laughed, stepped over, Zheng Yufei held the wine glass, and said, "Please." ”

Xiao Jinyan stepped forward to get the wine, Zheng Yufei raised his right hand slightly, and his left hand buckled his wrist, Xiao Jinyan smiled slightly, he was already proficient in large and small grappling techniques, how could he not know his trick, sent his right hand outward, put it on his forearm, pressed it slightly, and pressed the wine glass to the left hand side.

This kind of skillful fight is compared to eyesight, strength and balance, if it is open and closed, the wine is out of the glass, it is a loss. After a while, the two exchanged seven or eight moves, Xiao Jinyan seized the opportunity, and flicked a finger on the numb point between his forearm, Zheng Yufei's hand was unstable, and he let go of the wine glass.

Xiao Jinyan smiled, "Accept!" and drank the wine.

Zheng Yufei was not discouraged by the mistake, he said calmly, "It is worthy of being the junior brother of Dean Li of Dengwen Academy, Brother Xiao, when you and I see each other today, I have a heart of love for talent, and I really can't bear to see you die under my knife later, can you give me a reason not to kill you?"

Xiao Jinyan said something messy, this guy forgot to take medicine, he has used string force to probe the surroundings, there is no ambush around, this Zheng Yufei came alone, it shouldn't be a matter of the Bright God Sect, but he has no grievances with him, why does he want to kill me?

Thinking of this, Xiao Jinyan asked, "Did Nuan Nuan let you come?"

Hearing the word "warm and warm", Zheng Yufei's face sank, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

He was originally a ranger, a few months ago when he met Dongfang Nuannuan, he was shocked, he fell in love, joined the Bright God Sect, and in the competition within the sect, he defeated several masters and became one of the two protectors. Hearing Xiao Jinyan call the holy woman Nuan Nuan, he said coldly: "You should die." ”

Li Chengcheng said suddenly, "On the Yangtze River that day, neither of you two Dharma protectors could get any bargain from me, but today you came alone to provoke us and others, wouldn't you kill yourself?"

Before the words fell, Zheng Yufei's long knife came out of its sheath, his body was like a fierce tiger, and he attacked Li Chengcheng with a sharp sword qi.

Seeing this, Li Chengcheng was not ambiguous, lifting the table, grabbing the knife, lifting his feet, kicking his legs, moving up and down in unison, and swinging a knife.

Zheng Yu flew away with a domineering knife technique, but he didn't back down, the two knives intersected, and the internal force spat violently.

Wooden knife against long knife.

Bang!

Zheng Yufei's chest was stuffy, and he took a few steps back, spitting blood out of his mouth.

With this knife, Li Chengcheng exhausted his ten successes.

Zheng Yufei breathed twice rapidly, breathing his internal strength, he wiped the corners of his mouth, and a strange smile appeared on his face, "I can't beat you." With that, he put away his long knife, threw a piece of silver at the counter, and staggered out.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "The protector of the Bright Sect is nothing more than that. ”

Xiao Jinyan shook his head.

Li Chengcheng also said: "He should have hidden his strength." I've fought him twice, and he's far more skilled than he seems, but he's not good at fighting. ”

Xiao Jinyan also agreed with this statement, "Just now, his grappling technique is not the Central Plains martial arts, the moves are very exquisite, but the performance is extremely incoherent, if you are not proficient, or you are deliberately clumsy." But why did he do that?"

Li Chengcheng analyzed, "Maybe it's done on purpose for others to see?"