A subordinate approached to take a look, but Zao Wou-Ki kicked him away. He said in his heart that the secret of the Martial Arts Sutra is hidden in a secret book of the Martial Arts in the Room, and it seems that I have to study it carefully.

He disobeyed the order of the third lady and betrayed Yuwen Tianlu, and when this matter was reported back to the capital, he would not be able to mix in the laughing hall. However, Zao Wou-Ki has long been tired of the days of making dogs for people, and he is determined to win the martial arts, not to mention that with this book, it is the icing on the cake.

Zao Wou-Ki couldn't wait to open this strange book, studied it for a long time, but did not find any sandwiches or the like, and tried to crack methods such as skipping words and hiding heads, but still couldn't get in. Zao Wou-Ki thought to himself, no wonder Xiao Jinyan has always carried this book with him, and it is estimated that it will not be easy to crack the clues.

This book is not long, but the words are fine, and the content is even more simple and practical, Zao Wou-Ki read it twice, if it weren't for his strong concentration, he couldn't help but practice it.

Zhao Wuji secretly thought: "Lu Xuanji is really a genius, hiding the clues of the martial arts scripture in it, ordinary people will naturally be obsessed with the content of the book and ignore the secrets hidden in it, if it is not for a person with great concentration, he will definitely not be able to calm down and study, could it be that he was a eunuch before?"

In a moment of thought, one of his subordinates said, "Hall Master, what are we going to do next?"

Zao Wou-Ki gave up exploring for the time being, took a deep breath, and said loudly, "Tianxianglou, I'm in for a treat." ”

......

On the way back to Suzhou City, Xiao Jinyan and others met Zhao Lanjiang, who came to meet them.

Li Chengcheng said strangely, "Zhao Lanjiang, you don't enjoy the fun of life in the prison, how did you have to escape?"

Zhao Lanjiang ignored him, and really let him touch a nail.

He told Xiao Jinyan about the robbery of the shadow of the Western Chu military in Suzhou Prison tonight. After hearing this, Xiao Jinyan only felt that things had become confusing, and his brows furrowed: "Kill him again, save him again, if Chu Zhongtian is Xibei goods, where is the real second prince?"

Tang Tang suddenly said: "Xiao Jinyan, if you let me go, I can tell you the reason." ”

When Bao Lu heard this, as soon as he pulled the bundle of immortal ropes, Tang Tang only felt that the internal force of his whole body was restrained, and he couldn't exert any strength at all, and he cried out in pain again and again. Xiao Jinyan came to Tang Tang's side, "You know?" Tang Tang snorted coldly, turned his head, and refused to speak.

Xiao Jinyan said to Baolu, "This woman has killed countless people, she has a vicious heart, and staying in the world is also harmful, so I will leave it to you to deal with." ”

Tang Tang didn't expect Xiao Jinyan to say such a thing, and said in shock, "What do you want to do?"

Xiao Jinyan smiled slightly, "You are not qualified to negotiate with me now, tell me what you know, I may consider sparing your life." ”

Tang Tang's eyes rolled, and he didn't know what the hell he was thinking.

Zhao Lanjiang put the long knife across her neck, "My surname is Zhao, my name is Lanjiang, you are from Western Chu, you should have heard of me." Compared with martial arts, I may not be as good as Xiao Jinyan, but killing unarmed people, this is my strength. ”

Of course, Tang Tang had heard of the wolf of Hengduan Mountain.

When she saw Zhao Lanjiang today, her body exuded murderous intent, covered in blood, she must have just experienced a fight, and she had already shown cowardice in her heart, and said: "Recently, there has been some turmoil in my Great Chu, and I have avoided war with your Ming Dynasty over the years, and the national strength is not as good as in the past, and there are different voices in the court." Among the nobles of Western Chu, the main battle faction led by the Gui family was very dissatisfied with the emperor's suppression of the nobles of the previous dynasty, and after learning that the second prince was hidden in Suzhou, he wanted to welcome the second prince back to Great Chu. When this matter was reported to the palace, Prince Xiang felt that his second uncle Chu Bieli was a threat to his family's throne if he stayed in the world, so he sent Shadow to assassinate him. It's a bit complicated, but that's what it means. ”

Xiao Jinyan asked again, "The Nineteen Cities of Hidden Yang that Yuwen Tianlu promised to give are not Chu Qiu, but Chu Bieli's henchmen?"

Tang Tang said, "Chu Qiu has been in power for twenty years, he is absurd and unreasonable, he sings and dances all day long, and his kneecaps are weak, where do you still have the courage to start a war with Daming?"

Xiao Jinyan gradually sorted out some clues.

Western Chu is divided into two factions, and now the Gui family, the main battle faction, has a very high voice in the court, and is not satisfied with Chu Qiu's power. Although Western Chu is also the emperor's power, in addition to Shangjing, there are eight lords, these lords formally agree with the power of the Dahe Chu family, but the royal family does not have much binding force on the noble lords, which is still different from Daming Securities.

Now the nobles led by the Gui family are not used to Chu Qiu's way of governing, and want to welcome Chu back to Western Chu, but Prince Xiang is trying his best to prevent this from happening.

Presumably, the battle between Chu Crazy Dao and Li Qiuyi was ostensibly a grievance between the rivers and lakes, but in fact, it was a cover for welcoming Chu to leave and return to the dynasty. In this way, the whole thing makes sense. If Chu leaves and returns to Western Chu, it will inevitably cause a change in the power of Western Chu.

Xiao Jinyan felt the seriousness of the matter.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Tang Tang said, "Xiao Jinyan, I have already told you everything I know, please keep your promise and let me go." ”

Zhao Lanjiang sneered, flipped the long knife, and slashed down.

Tang Tang only felt a cold light flash in front of him, and his head fell to the ground.

Baolu looked at Zhao Lanjiang with vigilance, and said in his heart that this guy had no warning when he made a move, how could he be so angry? Xiao Jinyan and Li Chengcheng also did not expect that Zhao Lanjiang would actually kill someone, and looked at him with a shocked face.

Zhao Lanjiang seemed to have done a trivial thing, and said lightly: "Don't blame me for destroying flowers with my hot hands, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to myself." ”

Tang Tang's corpse fell to the ground, a porcelain bottle fell to the ground, and a rustling sound was heard, it was actually thousands of stone corpse insects, which lost the control of their owners and escaped from the bottle. Seeing this, Li Chengcheng sprinkled a few balls of white powder in a row, and led them with sparks, and the stone corpse insects instantly burned, emitting a foul smell in the air.

Everyone felt that the smell was unpleasant, and they all took a few steps back.

"This poison is also a curse to remain in the world. ”

......

Everyone returned to the Xiaoyao Inn and found Fan Wuchang sitting in the lobby sighing.

Mrs. Fan, Li Lihua, also came to the inn. In the past few days, although Li Tingcheng comforted her and said that the shopkeeper Fan was living a very nourishing life in the prison, the woman was more thoughtful, and when she heard that Fan Wuchang had returned safely, she came to the Xiaoyao Inn from Fan's house overnight, hugged her head and cried.

"Husband, I haven't seen you for half a month, and you're all fat. What a sin you have suffered in prison!"

Fan Wuchang was almost gone in the inn, there was no business in the inn, and he was annoyed to death, and when he heard Li Lihua crying, he said dissatisfiedly, "Woman's opinion, what are you crying about, didn't I come back safely?"

Li Lihua wiped her tears, "Thanks to you coming back, these days, I'm worried and afraid, in case you have three long and two short in the prison, how can I live, if I find a stepfather for the knife again, it's okay to meet a gentle jade, but if you meet a violent one, our knife will not be tortured to death." ”

Fan Wuchang didn't have a good breath and said, "Madam, what you say, it's really comforting. ”

"I'm also thinking about our son. ”

Fan Wuchang said, "You better think more about his stepfather, that little ancestor, when did he suffer a loss, fortunately I am his own father, otherwise he would have sold him and helped him count the money!

Li Lihua lowered her face, "What do you mean by Fan Wuchang? Back then, you were in Suzhou City, and you couldn't even eat, if it weren't for the help of my Li family, you would be where you are today?"

Fan Wuchang heard her talk about the old past, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Twelve years ago, I didn't eat for three days and three nights, went to the mountains to collect medicine, and was captured by you to the Wuliang Cave. ”

Little Red Fish suddenly said, "Why do I feel a little messy?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Don't point fingers at other people's family affairs. ”

Xiao Hongyu was obviously still angry with Xiao Jinyan, pouting, and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Li Lihua sighed, "Husband, I miss our knife." ”

Fan Wuchang loves and hates this little ancestor, he usually feels sorry for his wife the most, seeing Li Lihua in a low mood, he stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder, comforting, "You can rest assured, although our knife does not look like me, but the ability to never suffer losses is the essence, even if he wanders the rivers and lakes, he has never been the only one who pits others." Hey, when he was by his side, he wanted to slap him to death, but now that he is gone, he misses him strangely, and he doesn't know what happened to the bastard, so he didn't even bring a letter back. ”

"You were afraid of spending money and wouldn't let him send letters. ”

Fan Wuchang snorted coldly, "If he still spends money to send letters, then he is not my Fan Wuchang's son." ”

Li Lihua uh and said, "It's not like that." ”

Fan Wuchang stood up and looked around, after a lawsuit during this time, the business could not continue, he thought for a while, and said: "Lihua, Suzhou City is a little chaotic during this time, you Ming'er pack up your things, take the valuable ones with you, and go to my old father-in-law's Wuliang Cave to live for a while." ”

Li Lihua said dissatisfied, "Are you trying to drive me away?"

"It's not that I'm driving you away, but I've heard some gossip recently, and judging by my intuition, something big is going to happen in Suzhou City. ”

"And what do you do?"

"The more dangerous it is, the more opportunities we have." I've figured it out in the prison, if I want to make a lot of money in this life, I have to go off the beaten path, madam, you go back first, I'll stay here, and I still have something to say to them. ”

Although Li Lihua has a personality, when she encounters such a major event, she has to listen to Fan Impermanence.

Fan Wuchang called Xiao Jinyan, Li Tingcheng and others over for a meeting, while Baolu squatted in the corner, holding a pot of rice steamed by the grass, and eating supper with donkey meat.

"During this time, I am deeply saddened that you have lived in my Escape Inn for so long. ”

Xiao Jinyan said that since this is the case, we will leave tomorrow.

Fan Wuchang even stopped, "Don't mind, I mean, you can't eat me for nothing, from tomorrow, our Xiaoyao Inn will reopen, we can't go on like this, I think, I decide, I declare, from now on, Xiaoyao Inn will only accept people from the rivers and lakes." ”

Little Red Fish said curiously, "Why?"

Fan Wuchang smiled slightly, "And set a rule, as long as you can beat any of Xiao Jinyan, Li Chengcheng, and Zhao Lanjiang, you can eat and live for nothing for three days and three nights!"

The three of them exclaimed in unison, "What?"

"I've thought it through, the martial arts of the three of you are not too weak in the rivers and lakes, if I can beat you, the other party must also be a person with a face in the rivers and lakes, eat and live for nothing, I should make a friend. If I can't beat you, I will live in the store honestly, and I won't dare to pay the bills. Moreover, the people in the rivers and lakes are more generous, and it must be easier to make their money. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "Boss Fan, I think you have a misunderstanding of the people in the rivers and lakes. Not all of them are as generous as Li Chengcheng's side. ”

Fan Wuchang shook his head, "No, I just want to make this reputation." If you bring people over, there will be great business opportunities, and I can know the news on the rivers and lakes as soon as possible. Sometimes, these news are more profitable than eating and drinking. ”

Xiao Jinyan sighed, "Fortunately, the nine-life civet cat Lou Yuanshan died, otherwise he would have jumped out and blamed you for robbing him of his business." ”

Zhao Lanjiang suddenly asked, "Shopkeeper Fan, the rules you set are valid for anyone?"

"Not bad!"

Zhao Lanjiang walked in front of Xiao Jinyan, "Xiao Jinyan, I want to challenge you!"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Get out of here, you stink too much." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said, "You can't beat me." ”

"Forget it!"

Zhao Lanjiang said to Fan Wuchang, "Shopkeeper Fan, I can live for nothing for three days and three nights!" As he spoke, he got up and went up to the second floor, found a room, and went to sleep.

Seeing this, Li Chengcheng said to Xiao Jinyan, "Xiao Jinyan, I want to challenge you!"

Xiao Jinyan didn't have a good breath, "Don't make trouble!"

"You can't beat me!"

"Forget it. ”

Li Chengcheng spread his hands, "I'm going to rest." "Let's go back to the room with the grass.

Little Red Fish jumped in front of Xiao Jinyan, "Xiao Jinyan, I want to challenge you!"

Xiao Jinyan said in his heart that you really pinched me as a soft persimmon, and stood up, "How are you going to fight?"

Little Red Fish smiled, "How about we go upstairs and fight for three hundred rounds?"

Xiao Jinyan panicked, "You won!"

The little red fish grinned, thanked Fan Wuchang, and staggered back to the guest room.

After Baolu finished eating a pot of rice, he saw the two staring at him, a little unnatural, and said, "What are you all looking at me?"

Fan Wuchang asked, "Where did you find a rice bucket?"

Bao Lu was furious when he heard this, and stepped on the bluestone slab in the lobby out of a big hole, which shook the inn for a while. Fan Wuchang asked in a low voice, "This monk has a lot of strength." Baolu patted his belly, "Xiao Jinyan can't beat me, and I'll go to sleep too." ”

In the lobby, Fan Wuchang and Xiao Jinyan looked at each other.

"Shopkeeper Fan, you have set that rule, I'll forget it. ”

"Why?"

Xiao Jinyan squirmed: "In the past two days, my body has been a little inconvenient. If you can't show your martial arts, isn't that afraid you'll lose money?"

"Xiao Jinyan, I want to challenge you. ”

The door opened, and the Blood Demon Shadow Sun stepped in without a trace.

Xiao Jinyan's heart suddenly rose to his throat, this person's martial arts are so high, he can fight against Jia Fuzi without falling behind, and when he comes tonight, the entire Xiaoyao Inn is full of blood.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Mr. Sun, the inn is closed today, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

Sun Wuxi's eyes were red, his eyes were indifferent, like a bloodthirsty hungry wolf, staring at his prey, and said coldly, "Correct, Xiao Jinyan, I'm going to kill you." ”

"You're also here for the Martial Arts?"

Sun Wuxian shook his head, "No, it's just to kill you." ”