"Ladies and gentlemen, I want to talk to you. In the past few days, Fan Wuchang tried his best to drive them out without spending money, and finally ran out of skills, so in one morning, he decided to negotiate with Xiao Jinyan and the others openly.

Fan Wuchang said: "In the past few days, you have eaten and drunk in my Fan family, spending several dollars of silver every day, you are all famous heroes, you must be reasonable people, my Fan Wuchang's money is not blown by the wind, and the landlord's family has no surplus grain." Xiao Daxia, we have to come up with a charter, right?"

Xiao Jinyan asked, "What do you think?"

"Either give the money or get out. ”

Xiao Jinyan sighed, "Look at my dress, I look like a rich man?"

Fan Wuchang glanced at Li Chengcheng, who was dressed extraordinarily, and the jade on his waist was even more crystal clear, and the accompanying scholar was also quite generous in a few days, so he said, "You don't have any money, but your friend does." I have to say it. ”

Xiao Jinyan smiled, "I'm afraid it's a little difficult." ”

Fan Wuchang said angrily, "You guys are too deceitful, don't you go out, then I'll burn down this house with a fire, and no one of you wants to live!"

Xiao Hongyu interjected, "Boss Fan, a person who only uses one wick for lighting a lamp on weekdays, would you be willing to burn down your house?" ”

Fan Wuchang was held by a sentence, and he wanted to cry without tears.

He remembered his son Fan Xiaodao, who studied art in the Xiaoyao School, the Xiaoyao School is one of the three secret sects on the rivers and lakes, Fan Xiaodao has been learning art for five years, and must have learned the skills of a Qimen Dunjia, so he wrote a letter, and only remembered after writing that he didn't know where the Xiaoyao School was.

"It seems that I have no choice but to ask my wife to come out. Fan Wuchang said in his heart, so he sent the guys from the silk village to send a letter to Mrs. Fan in the Wuliang Cave of Wuliang Mountain, saying that there were a few uninvited guests at home, and they would stay here all day to eat and drink, and ask Mrs. to come to the rescue quickly.

Mrs. Fan's real name is Li Lihua, the only daughter of Li Taihei, the owner of the second cave of Wuliang Mountain outside Gusu City, and before marrying Fan Wuchang, she was a well-known chivalrous woman in the rivers and lakes.

The next person said the reason, before Li Lihua could express his position, Li Taihei was already angry, it has always been my uncle who took advantage of others, how could he be bullied today, where is this for Fan Wuchang, this is obviously not to give Wuliang Mountain's face, so in the afternoon of the same day, Li Taihei and Li Lihua brought thirty brothers and came to Suzhou City.

Just in time for Su Zhengyuan to transfer troops and horses from the Suzhou garrison, Li Taihei and others saw this and hurriedly stopped.

Although the people on the immeasurable mountain make a living by robbing, but in line with the principle that rabbits do not eat the grass next to the nest, they also rob the business travelers or darts that pass by on weekdays, except for a few cases, rarely enter Gusu City, today I see the head of the six gates to transfer troops at the city gate, it can be seen that there are important things happening in the city.

Li Taihei then said to Li Lihua, "Girl, it's not that Daddy won't help you, we are bandits, people are officials, and now the court is sweeping away the gangsters, in this environment, it is better to cause less trouble." ”

"What we are doing is a serious robbery business, what does their anti-crime have to do with us?"

"Because Daddy is called Li Taihei. ”

Li Lihua said, "Daddy, do you really want to watch my husband being bullied by those people?"

"That's not true, it's better to find a way to lure them outside Suzhou City, outside, we kill people and set fires, and Suzhou City doesn't bother to care about us at all. ”

In desperation, Li Lihua had to go back to Suzhou by herself. Fan Wuchang saw Li Lihua, and said, "Madam, our family has been occupied by this group of scoundrels, you have to make the decision for me." Seeing Fan Wuchang's expression, Li Lihua was furious, and pulled out the double knives on her waist, "Where are the people who eat white food in our house?"

Fan Wuchang said, "It's in the courtyard." ”

Li Lihua came to the front yard and saw Li Tingcheng reading in the courtyard, the sun shone on his handsome face, shining with a strange brilliance, Li Lihua suddenly became a nymphomaniac, and said to Fan Wuchang: "Don't hurry up and prepare wine and food, I want to drink three glasses with this son." ”

Fan Wuchang said: "Madam, these are robbers. ”

"Nonsense, where have you ever seen such a good-looking robber. Saying that, he stepped forward to pull Li Chengcheng's hand, Li Chengcheng hurriedly dodged, frowned, and said, "What are you going to do?" Li Lihua said, "I want you to drink with me." ”

Li Chengcheng couldn't help frowning when he saw Li Lihua's burly figure, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and half a catty of incense powder on his face, "Madam, please respect yourself." ”

Li Lihua said, "It's not heavy, it's not heavy, it's only one hundred and eighteen." Come, can you drink with me!" I wanted to pester Li Tingcheng again, Li Tingcheng saw this, and hurriedly greeted Qingcao, "Pack up your things and prepare to change places." "Li Lihua said that the official, you are so ruthless, you have left the slave family behind, don't you leave.

In a moment, Li Chengcheng ran out of Fan's house.

Fan Wuchang clapped his hands and said, "Madame, good means." ”

Li Lihua snorted coldly, "With this ability, I still want to stay in my mother's house." Who else?"

Fan Wuchang said, "There are also two men and one woman, who seem to have gone out." I don't know where I went. ”

......

In normal times, Xiao Jinyan is either drinking or on the way to drink. But today, Xiao Jinyan came to the Li family's wine shop, but for another thing, to find Li Yinyang, the shopkeeper of the Li family's wine shop.

It was noon, there were not many customers in the Li family's wine shop, and the shopkeeper Li Ergou was sitting next to the wine jar and napping, and when he saw Xiao Jinyan, he thought that he was going to mix wine and eat again, and he looked impatient, and was about to get angry, when he suddenly saw the burly swordsman behind him, and hurriedly held back.

"Xiao Daxia, why are you here again?"

Xiao Jinyan laughed, "Ergou, don't worry, I'm not here to beg for wine today, I'm here to find your shopkeeper." Today, on the seventh day of the new year, I smelled the aroma of koji, which should be the day of the wine. ”

Li Ergou shouted at the inner room, "Shopkeeper, someone is looking for it!"

"Who?" An old man walked out of the inner room, dressed in coarse linen clothes, which was full of the smell of wine, at first glance, it was no different from an ordinary old man, this person was Li Yinyang, the shopkeeper of the Li family's wine store. When Li Yinyang saw Zhao Lanjiang and the simple knife on his waist for the first time, his eyes lit up, and he immediately hid his breath.

When he saw that it was Xiao Jinyan again, he hurriedly turned his head and left.

Xiao Jinyan shouted, "Shopkeeper Li?"

Li Yinyang said, "I'm not at home. ”

Xiao Jinyan waited for Li Yinyang, where was he willing to let him escape, and stopped him at the door in a few steps, "It's hard to wait for you to come back, why don't you have a chat?"

Li Yinyang muttered, "What is there to talk about, I have said it eight hundred times, I don't know anything about the things on Taihu Lake five years ago, and I haven't seen it, and I will answer this way if you ask me eight hundred times." Xiao Daxia, there are so many people in the town, why are you staring at me, a bad old man. ”

Xiao Jinyan was a little disappointed.

Zhao Lanjiang took a step forward, put his right hand on the knife, and suddenly emitted a fierce momentum, his eyes stared at Li Yinyang coldly, "You are the Golden Sword King Li Qiuyi?"

Li Yinyang couldn't bear the pressure of Zhao Yanjiang, took two steps back, shook his head and said: "I am not the Golden Sword King Li Qiuyi, nor the Sword Saint Li Chuntie, the little old man was originally a winemaker in Yinyang City, this hero recognized the wrong person." ”

Zhao Lanjiang didn't feel any internal force fluctuations in his body, and took a step back, and the pressure around him plummeted.

Xiao Jinyan hurriedly took the opportunity to scoop up a spoonful of wine, drank it all, and pursed his lips, "Regardless of whether you are Li Qiuyi or not, I came to you to tell you that the Western Chu Crazy Sword Chu Ritian came to the Central Plains." ”

Li Yinyang was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled, "Little Lao'er is not from the rivers and lakes, who is this Xichu Crazy Knife, I don't know, Xiao Daxia, if you and your friends buy wine, I am very welcome, otherwise, I will go to the back room to be busy for a while." ”

Xiao Jinyan smiled bitterly and had to let him go.

The two walked out of the Li family's wine shop, and Xiao Jinyan asked, "What do you think?"

Zhao Lanjiang shook his head, "It doesn't seem to be fake." ”

"Did I recognize the wrong person?"

Zhao Lanjiang: "Not necessarily. ”

Xiao Jinyan didn't have a good breath, "You are justified no matter what you say, if you say it, we won't have a meal when we go to Fan's house, why don't you find a place to have a drink?"

Zhao Lanjiang said: "No money." ”

Xiao Jinyan had to say, "I know that asking is also asking in vain." ”

Zhao Lanjiang changed his words and asked, "Chu Crazy Dao came to the Central Plains?"

Xiao Jinyan said: "I also listened to what Wang Banxian said, and few of his words are true. ”

Western Chu Crazy Knife Chu Ritian, whose real name is Chu Hao, is the eldest son of the former emperor Chu Ba of Western Chu, and the brother of the current Emperor Chu Qiu of Great Chu. At the age of twenty, Chu Crazy Knife practiced mad knife and went crazy, his heart changed greatly, he killed his wife and children, committed heinous crimes, which was outrageous, and was deposed by Chu Ba.

After Chu Qiu ascended the throne, regardless of his previous suspicions, he named Chu Hao the king of the sword, so there was a saying on the rivers and lakes that the West Chu was crazy. However, according to the grapevine of "Xiaosheng Jianghu", Chu Ritian's practice of the mad knife technique was given by the current emperor Chu Qiu, Chu Qiu expected that Chu Ritian was obsessed with the knife way, and he would be able to practice when he saw the mad knife method.

There is a mad knife in Western Chu, and there is a golden knife in Daming.

In the Ming Dynasty, the same name as the Western Chu Crazy Knife is the former Yinyang City Lord, Li Qiuyi, the King of the Golden Sword. Twenty years ago, Western Chu invaded the Ming Dynasty, and the troops came to the city of Yinyang, and Li Qiuyi led 3,000 people of Yinyang to defend the city for three months, waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court to arrive. However, after this incident, it is said that some unpleasant things happened in Yinyang City, and Li Qiuyi, the king of the golden sword, hung up his knife and disappeared.

Li family wine shop.

After Xiao Jinyan left, Li Yinyang returned to the inner room, rummaged through the cabinets, and pulled out a knife box from the corner of a cabinet. Pressing the dark spring, the magazine popped open, and there was only one scabbard inside, the scabbard was patterned, simple and clumsy, and glowed with a dark red light.

Li Yinyang took out the scabbard, looked at it for a long time, and said slowly: "Chu Crazy Knife, come on, and bring people over, it's really out of sight." ”

As he spoke, he flicked the scabbard with his index finger and made a "ding" sound.

The sound was not loud, and when it entered the rivers and lakes, there was undoubtedly a thunderclap.

On the long street, Xiao Jinyan was about to find a place to eat the overlord meal with Zhao Lanjiang, when he suddenly paused, "What did you hear?" Zhao Lanjiang's eyes lit up, and he said solemnly: "Sooner or later, one day, I will have to fight with this person." Xiao Jinyan didn't have a good breath, "It's not your turn yet." ”

The southernmost point of the mainland, under the Qingluan Peak.

A thin middle-aged man with a lot of linen grass was using a gourd to draw water in a mountain stream, and suddenly heard the sound of a sheath, roaring in the sea of knowledge, he pursed the corners of his mouth, and his eyes showed a trace of fanaticism, as if gluttony had found a good meal, and gently patted the sword box with his index finger to deduce the person's position. After a few moments, he saddled his sword and headed north.

Thousands of miles away, Wang Banxian was wearing a robe full of grease and patches, with a chicken leg hidden in his sleeve, and he had just caught two or three women begging for children on the street, and was about to find a way to cheat some money out and go to the Qinglou at night to have a good time.

A subtle and imperceptible fluctuation made him suddenly stunned, Wang Banxian looked in the direction of Jiangnan, and muttered: "Li Lao'er, is this a declaration of war? ”

Several women said, "Fortune teller, do you want to count it?"

Wang Banxian said, "Count it!"

In the woman's gossip, Wang Banxian cleaned up the fortune-telling stall, and while secretly scolding Li Qiuyi for being too impulsive, he blamed Xiao Jinyan for not being able to do things, and said secretly: "The group of Wang Balambs on Shujian Mountain are eyeing the entire Central Plains martial arts, and Lao Tzu's big chess game has been disrupted. Looks like I'm going to have to go to Gangnam. In any case, it is necessary to prevent this contest from happening. ”

Overnight, the two pavilions, the three sects, and the four gates all learned the news of the Golden Sword King Li Qiuyi's declaration of war on the Chu Crazy Knife.