With the Hongmen banquet approaching, people from all walks of life in the entire mainland have come one after another, and overnight, Xunyang City can be described as a sea of people, lively and extraordinary, and the streets have long been congested.

Among these people, in addition to the various families and sects who came to attend the Hongmen banquet, more of them came to see the lively poor people and the merchants who came from other places to stock up on goods.

The Hongmen Banquet is the largest banquet in the world, even if you can't participate in the banquet, you may witness the members of the various families here, and if you are lucky, you can also see those legendary and mythical characters, which is their own "Hongmen Banquet" for these poor people.

As for the vendors who come from thousands of miles away, the reason is very simple and straightforward. They don't care about the Hongmen banquet, let alone any legends, for them, the Hongmen banquet is their opportunity to make a fortune.

Because of the Xunyang City where Hongmen is located, people from all walks of life in the world will gather people from all walks of life in the world because of the Hongmen banquet, and some people will have a market, and this is the "Hongmen Banquet" of these vendors themselves.

But it cannot be ruled out that there are foot men who really care about the world's major affairs, and these people are not here to watch the excitement or do business to join in the excitement of this Hongmen banquet. And this is the difference between this year's Hongmen banquet and previous years.

The convening of the Hongmen banquet has a direct relationship with the safety of the entire Central Plains Continent.

Twenty years ago, the original intention of the Hongmen Banquet was only to reward the heroes of the first battle of Tianma Mountain, but since the Hongmen ancestor Hong Nanyang disappeared from the Hongmen Banquet twenty years ago, the Hongmen Banquet has evolved into a discussion to deal with the invasion of the Demon Sect Qidao Sect, to mediate the disputes between various family gangs, and to convene the high-profile Heroes Association.

But this year, not long ago, the slaughter of the Yellow Mansion in the Imperial Demon City has not yet been accurately explained.

There are still no survivors in the Yellow Mansion, where are these survivors so far? Was the slaughter of the Yellow Mansion the work of the Demon Sect Qi Dao Sect? These questions will only be seen after this Hongmen banquet. But how many people really care about the Huangfu? How many people really care about the statement given by the Hongmen Banquet?

No, what they really care about and care about is "Phantom Life".

"The one wearing the yellow robe is the Jinsha Gang, and the one in the green robe is the Lishan Su family......"

"Hey, look at it, those young men in green shirts and swords are the disciples of Qi Sword Villa, and the leader is Qi Wenbin. ”

"Qi Wenbin, is it Qi Wenbin who fought for the top spot with Hong Zhaosheng in the last group meeting?"

"Yes, that's him. ”

"Oh my God, it's really better to be famous than to meet, to be able to witness the demeanor of a genius boy in Qijian Villa here, it's like death without regrets. ”

On the streets, groups of people like this abound.

Ji Menglan was holding the horse in one hand and was pacing slowly with the crowd. Although I heard someone talking about Qi Wenbin, who had a relationship at the Yancheng Inn, and Qi Wenbin was in the crowd in front of him, Ji Menglan also bowed her head and moved forward.

After all, his identity is sensitive, even if he has more than one relationship with Qi Wenbin's senior brothers, he has to pretend not to know him on such an occasion, not to mention that Qi Wenbin's senior brothers haven't realized that they are here after them.

Now this person is coming and going, although many people will not notice him, Ji Menglan obviously feels that someone is eyeing him the moment he enters the city.

Maybe it's the people of Hongmen, they are making sure that all the people who enter the city are not disguised by the Demon Sect, after all, the Hongmen banquet is very important, and the remnants of the Demon Sect must not be allowed to mess with the situation. So whoever goes into the city, they will secretly observe.

Although it was such a speculation, Ji Menglan did not relax her vigilance because of her own speculation, before she found out the mastermind behind the destruction of the enemy, before she took revenge and eradicated the enemy, no matter where she was, it was a dangerous situation.

Ji Menglan currently has only one purpose, that is, to find her master Hong Dachuan, and after obtaining the black jade intermittent ointment, she will immediately return to Yancheng, after all, her junior brother Huang Linzhan is still waiting for her.

"I don't know what's going on, I hope Miss Hu Xia can take good care of him. ”

After stopping for a moment, Ji Menglan continued to move forward with the crowd.

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In the flow of people, Qi Wenbin held a sword in one hand and a burden behind him in the other, moving forward by himself. Despite the crowd and slow pace, Qi Wenbin did not feel impetuous.

But Zhuge Ming and Qin Ake, who followed closely, were not.

Zhuge Ming has studied the collection of hundreds of schools of thought since he was a child, and his typical scholarly temperament spreads out on his body. Although he was in the downtown area, he never had any disgust, but he appreciated the prosperity of the downtown with great interest, compared to Qi Wenbin, Zhuge Ming was better at hiding the ups and downs.

Qin Ake on the side was completely different from the two senior brothers.

Qin Ake has been living in Qijian Villa since he was a child, and occasionally goes out, but he only follows his brothers to experience around Qishan, how can he ever see such a flowery Xunyang City in front of him.

Everything in front of him was so novel, if it weren't for the presence of the two senior brothers, this little junior brother would have already gone away like a loose horse.

"Rock sugar gourd, delicious rock sugar gourd!"

The sound of on-face sales came, causing Qin Ake, who was complaining that the two senior brothers were only in a hurry, to stop suddenly. Staring at the rock sugar gourd on the peddler's shoulder, Qin Ake felt his taste buds as if calling him.

After stepping up to catch up with Zhuge Ming, Qin Ah Ke muttered solemnly: "Second Senior Brother, do you say that this rock sugar gourd is sour or sweet?"

Hearing the sound, Zhuge Ming raised his eyes to find the prestige of selling, and guessed the meaning of the little junior brother's words, shook his head and chuckled, so he replied unhurriedly: "There should be both sour and sweet, after all, I haven't eaten it either." ”

Hearing the second senior brother say that he had never eaten a rock sugar gourd, Qin Ah Ke's eyes lit up in an instant, and his face was full of anticipation and excitement and asked in a smile.

"Don't you want to taste it?"

"No, I've had a toothache lately. ”

"Ah......h

Zhuge Ming's answer was undoubtedly to pour a basin of cold water on Qin Ake, after all, he had no money, and all the entanglements of their trip were kept by the second senior brother Zhuge Ming.

Although Qi Wenbin is the eldest brother, he has very little attention to money, even if the entanglement is managed by Qi Wenbin, the senior brother has always been strict with himself, and it is even more difficult to eat a string of rock sugar gourds.

But the world is unpredictable, just when Qin Ah Ke thought that his hope was shattered and his face was depressed, Zhuge Ming no longer knew when he was holding a string of rock sugar gourds dangling in front of him.

"Well, I don't want to eat it, so I have to ask you to try for me whether this rock sugar gourd is sour or sweet. ”

"Hehe, thank you, Second Senior Brother, for ensuring that you will live up to your mission. ”

Like a child, Qin Ake took the rock sugar gourd in Zhuge Ming's hand and happily swallowed the dates.

"You eat slowly, no one will rob you. ”

In other words, this little junior brother Qin Ake is a child in Zhuge Ming's eyes, after all, among the many junior brothers, Qin Ake is the youngest, and all the junior brothers are very loved.

Looking at Qin Ah Ke's happy eating, Zhuge Ming also laughed heartily.

"Ah, Ke, hurry up and keep up, it's not good to stay here for long. ”

Although he never looked back from beginning to end, Qi Wenbin knew that Qin Ake had slowed down because of eating rock sugar gourds, so he urged.

"Oh, got it, big brother. ”

Rubbing off the last rock sugar gourd in one bite, Qin Ah Ke, who was satisfied, hurriedly stepped up.

"Did Senior Brother perceive something like me?"

Zhuge Ming noticed that Qi Wenbin's face was a little solemn, so he raised a question in his heart.

"Regardless of it for the time being, let's hurry up and talk about it when we arrive at Hongmen. ”

That's right, Qi Wenbin and Zhuge Ming both felt that someone was watching their every move, and it started from the moment they first entered Xunyang City.

But before, although they found that some people were staring at them a little uncomfortable, they all knew that those eyes staring at them were Hongmen's eyes, in order to prevent the demon sect thieves from taking the opportunity to sneak into the city. But just now, Qi Wenbin felt another line of sight cast on him, and it was a very unfriendly sight.

Next to the river, on the bell tower, a man in black leopard print civilian clothes is standing on the roof of the building. In the afterglow of the setting sun, although the face of this person could not be seen clearly, the handle of the dragon head knife with his hands around his chest was particularly eye-catching.

"Qi Jianshan Villa Qi Wenbin, hmph, you still arrived at my Hongmen, and soon we will meet again. ”

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Passing through the crowded crowd and coming to a river, Ji Menglan felt that the gloomy and oppressive dark clouds were lifted above her head, and she instantly became clear and open.

Looking at the smoky mountain not far away, Ji Menglan thought that after crossing the river, and then passing through the man-made woods was the location of Hongmen.

In order to obtain the black jade intermittent paste as soon as possible, Ji Menglan didn't dare to delay any longer and led the horse towards the stone bridge of the river.

Walking through the woods, a cyan boulder several feet high jumped into the eye socket, and the word "Hongmen" engraved on the boulder was particularly eye-catching.

At this point, Ji Menglan can be regarded as arriving at Hongmen in the real sense, but when she looked at the word "Hongmen", Ji Menglan couldn't help but shudder in her heart.

"Perhaps this is the deterrent power of the strongest man in the entire continent for centuries. ”

Looking at the word "Hongmen" that showed the majestic breath, Ji Menglan sighed in her heart, and at the same time thought of the person who carved the word "Hongmen" with a sword, the strong man who once made the world tremble when he sneezed.

I thought that after the woods, it would no longer be as crowded as the streets in the city before, but what people didn't expect was that under the cyan boulders, there were all black and oppressive people, and the gap between the crowds was smaller than the previous city streets.

After being surprised, Ji Menglan frowned.

Seeing that the crowd was crowded and unable to pass, I wanted to go around the gate from the back of the crowd, but I never thought that Ji Menglan would go around the left and right sides of the back of the crowd and there was no entrance, because the crowd of onlookers seemed to be standing around the gate of Hongmen.

In desperation, Ji Menglan had to stand on the periphery of the crowd and wait for the crowd to dissipate before entering. After all, now that the "gate" is impassable, and he is leading the horses, it is impossible for him to pass through this crowd of onlookers.

But then again, if you think about this crowd, with your own strength, you can take off and enter the air with just one jump, but this is Hongmen, one of the best existences in the entire continent, not a place for yourself to do anything wrong.

Moreover, among them, there are such masters, maybe a gatekeeper may have a fight with him, so no matter how anxious he is to get the black jade intermittent ointment, he must not mess up his proportions.

"Look at it, those two long thieves with eyebrows and rat eyes, and the two goods that are exactly the same, are the golden soldiers and golden generals of the Jinsha Gang, known as the Jinsha Double Wolves."

"Are the Golden Sands Twin Wolves powerful?"

"Cut, it's a big fart, it's amazing, the reason why it has this reputation is because these two goods rely on his father to be the leader of the Jinsha Gang, bullying men and women in the entire Hongmen border, as long as it's a woman, her eyes are blooming, and the degree of lust is unmatched."

"Then according to what you say, this Jinsha Gang is also under the jurisdiction of Hongmen, since this Jin Bingjin will be so rebellious, do you say that this Hongmen will not care?"

"Well, you don't know. This Jinsha Gang leader Jin Cuncai is the richest rich man in the entire Hongmen Mirror, even if it is placed on the entire Central Plains Continent, it is also one of the largest conglomerates. The annual offerings to Hongmen can be said to be countless, and they are something that other gang families can't do in a few years. ”

"So what this golden soldier and general did, this Hongmen is also turning a blind eye, of course, the premise is that these two goods can't go too far. ”

"Well, if you look at those few people in black robes, they are from the Western Demon City, and the old man with gray hair and a serious face is the second leader of the Demon Empire, Elder Xuanmei. ”

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In the crowd, from time to time, there were loud voices discussing the characters of the banquet gang, among these voices, some good and some bad, some praised and some blasphemous. It's not a big deal to speak, but people can't hear it anyway, even if they hear it, so many people, do you know who said it?

Judging from the attire of these people, Ji Menglan understood that these people were not the family sects who came to attend the banquet, but the ordinary people who came to watch the various family sects, of course, there were also some small gangs and factions that were not invited to the banquet.

Holding the horse next to a maple tree, although she couldn't see the situation inside, from the words that came out of the crowd from time to time, Ji Menglan also generally knew about the forces of all parties participating in the Hongmen banquet this time. For example, Muwangfu, Jinsha Gang, Qijian Villa, Huxiaotang, Lishan Su's ...... Wait, along with the Demon City, there are also people to participate in the banquet.

What Ji Menglan didn't know was that at this time, the members of the various families and sects who came to participate in the Hongmen banquet were lining up in an orderly long line under the cyan boulder, showing the invitation stickers marked with the Hongmen seal next to the two columns of "gates" composed of Hongmen disciples, and registering the forces to which the participants belonged and the number of participants.

The location of Hongmen is not surrounded by high walls like Muwang's Mansion, and the mansion plaques are supported by each other, but is located on the top of an independent hanging peak cliff west of Xunyang City.

The peak is in the shape of a ladder and slopes from south to north, and the other three sides are steep except for the south side, so if you want to get to Hongmen, you have to take a road to the south.

Therefore, there is no real gate in the Hongmen, if there is no such thing as a gate, perhaps the cyan boulder engraved with the word "Hongmen" is the gate of the Hongmen, and the Hongmen disciples who form two long columns to welcome the banquet participants from all over the world can also be the gate of the Hongmen.

This is also the unique place of Hongmen, there is no door. No door does not mean that anyone can trespass without permission, because no door is no door, and no one is an exception.

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After all, this is the Hongmen banquet known to the whole world, and it is not unusual for these famous family sects to appear here. It's just that when she heard someone mention the Demon Empire, even though the person who came was not in front of her, a sharp light flashed in her eyes, and Ji Menglan viciously cast her gaze towards the crowd.

Before his death, Shigong Huang Hongjin had instructed himself not to trust anyone easily, including the entire Demon Regiment, otherwise when he was in danger at that time, the Master would not let himself escape to Hongmen with his junior brother, instead of taking refuge in the Demon Regiment first.

In short, before the truth comes out, all family sects in the world except for Hongmen can be regarded as enemies. Although I don't know if the Demon Regiment's infection is or not, what Ji Menglan wants to be angry with most is the entire Demon Regiment.

Because when the Yellow Mansion of the Tiger Hunting Hall was in danger, the Demon Hunting Troupe, which should have been the first and most supposed to stand up, did not move. Putting aside for the time being, whether the Demon Regiments had anything to do with this massacre of the Yellow Mansion, where were the Demon Regiments when the disaster came?

Suppressing the anger in her heart, Ji Menglan breathed heavily.