Chen Jinke, a disciple of the Kongtong faction, received a special task, although this would deprive him of a lot of opportunities to make friends with fellow Taoists, but it reflected his uncle's high trust in his disciples, and he had no excuse to shirk it.

The Dragon King's whereabouts are secretive, and it is not easy to catch him, Fan Yongda came up with an idea, communicated with Cheng Yi Cheng Jiuye in advance, and the leader of the rivers and lakes in the capital proposed it in public, and it was quickly approved: all parties provided good hands, formed a luxurious team, and escorted one of the Dragon King's arrested subordinates to Luojiazhuang in Hedong to lure the Dragon King to appear.

Chen Jinke's task is to guard the prisoner inch by inch, really inch by inch, Fan Yongda ordered his nephew in a stern tone, "Eat and live together, even if you go to the toilet, you have to stay by his side, the Dragon King is not only a martial arts evil sect, but also a lot of tricks, the prince handed over such a major matter to the Kongtong faction to deal with, we can't make any mistakes, understand?"

Chen Jinke nodded solemnly, he didn't feel that dealing with a Western Regions demon needed to be so fanfare, but he knew very well that this kind of thing was not his turn to judge, and his responsibility was to show an attitude of obedience and hard work, and give a good impression on his uncle.

There are more than 100 people in the whole team, members are from more than 30 sects and gangs in the capital, all of them are characters who can be called, and even the people who take turns to drive the car are the darts selected by the three major dart bureaus, rather than ordinary coachmen and executioners, and another chief dart head personally went into battle, and Fan Yongda served as the leader of the trip.

There are two routes from the capital to Hedong Luojiazhuang, one is the waterway, which needs to be detoured to the south for a long time, which is very safe, and the other is a pure land route, which is closer, ten days away, but it has to pass through several sections of wilderness, in order to lure the dragon king to take the bait, everyone asked to take the latter road in unison.

Before the Dragon King's subordinates were escorted from the official prison, Chen Jinke made full use of the last free time to make friends with every member of the team as much as possible, and soon he found that he was not the only one to do this, and everyone was not interested in the Dragon King, and the reason why they participated in this escort operation was the same reason as Chen Jinke, who felt that it was a good opportunity to expand his reputation.

After a circle, Chen Jinke was busy sweating, but he was in a very good mood, the Kongtong faction still has a very high status in the rivers and lakes, as long as he takes the initiative to show goodwill, he can always get an appropriate response, and several famous people take him very seriously, and they will drink together after the mission.

The rivers and lakes are so beautiful, Chen Jinke felt as if there was a ball of qi in his chest swelling, fluttering, he had begun to get rid of the identity of an unknown person, what he had to do in the future was to make more friends, sooner or later, he would also be like Cheng Jiuye, he knew all over the world, no matter where he went, he would be warmly received when he reported his name.

There are all famous brothers in the four seas, although the world is big, but there is no strange place, this is the realm that Chen Jinke pursues, of course, he is from the Central Plains, so in his mind, the world is the Central Plains, the North Court and the Western Regions are not worth mentioning the wild land.

In the evening of this day, the dragon king's subordinates were escorted, Fan Yongda personally untied the shackles on the prisoner's body, and then took out a special thin chain made of stainless steel, and tied the two ends to the prisoner's left wrist and Chen Jinke's right wrist respectively, and firmly fastened them with two small locks.

This is not a comfortable task, but fortunately Chen Jinke has already met with most of the escorts, otherwise he might be mistaken for one of the prisoners.

Uncle Shi showed that he was with the crowd, but he attached great importance to the Dragon King inside, which made Chen Jinke slightly puzzled, but he did not have fear because of this, until he went to bed, he was immersed in the excitement of entering the rivers and lakes for the first time.

The two men lay down side by side, Chen Jinke began to feel uncomfortable, not because there was one more person around him, he was very young in the Kongtong faction to learn martial arts, and for several years he had been sleeping on a kang with his brothers and sisters, not to mention that there were people guarding the outside of the house and on the roof, and there was no secret place in the room, he just suddenly sympathized with the Dragon King's subordinates.

It was a young man who was not much older than him, and his face still had the old wounds left over from the torture, and his expression was blank and submissive, as if he had given up all struggles.

"Your name is Lin Xiaoshan, right?" An hour later, the night was dark, neither of them had fallen asleep, Chen Jinke couldn't help but talk, the residual heat of making friends during the day was still there, and he wanted to review it again.

The dragon king's subordinates did not say anything.

"I've heard about you. Chen Jinke knew that it was not easy to pry open the mouth of a frustrated person, so he continued to talk to himself, taking this as a challenge, "Don't worry, it's none of your business to catch the Dragon King, you can continue to do the silk business, after all, you haven't done anything illegal over the years, except for buying a piece of origin, hehe, it's not a big deal." ”

Like most people, Chen Jinke is accustomed to calling "Dragon King" rather than "Gu Shenwei", and the former title can make the operation more imposing.

Lin Xiaoshan still didn't squeak, like a pile of ashes, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't ignite it.

"Actually, the biggest problem is that the dragon king probably won't show up at all, and he probably won't remember you at all. Chen Jinke is telling the truth, except for his uncle Fan Yongda and Cheng Yicheng Jiuye, most people don't believe that the Dragon King will take the bait and take the risk of rescuing an old subordinate who has not been in touch for many years, even for the Central Plains Jianghu who talks about friendship, it is a stupid move.

"If the dragon king comes, you will all die. Lin Xiaoshan finally spoke.

Chen Jinke was very happy, he didn't care about the other party's threat, he laughed twice, "It's not that I'm arrogant, the Dragon King may have no opponents in the Western Regions, but this is the capital, there are many masters, just pick one out is enough for the Dragon King to deal with, you people in the Western Regions know too little about the Central Plains." ”

Chen Jinke didn't notice the contempt in his words, Lin Xiaoshan didn't show annoyance, he was silent for a while and said: "When I entered the hospital, I saw four disciples of the Qingcheng faction and three disciples of the Taishan faction, but there are no masters in them. ”

Chen Jinke sat up and pulled the thin chain with a loud sound, "I can't see that you are quite crazy." ”

Lin Xiaoshan didn't seem to hear his words, and said to himself: "Fan Yongda is an old Jianghu, he has seen the Dragon King, he must know that those people were not killed by the Dragon King, what trick is he playing?"

Chen Jinke was a little annoyed, although he was handcuffed by the same thin chain, he was a guard, the other party was a prisoner, and his willingness to take the initiative to speak was already considered condescending, but the other party did not appreciate it, but frequently spat out wild words, it seemed that he had forgotten the torture he had received before, "What nonsense are you talking about? The Dragon King killed a total of five people, and they all left their names, why, don't you dare to admit it?"

"Hey, you Central Plains people won't understand, how could the Dragon King do such a stupid thing as killing people and leaving a name?"

Chen Jinke became more and more annoyed, and sneered at the moment, "You still pray that the Dragon King will do 'stupid things', if he hides like this, you will be unlucky." ”

"The Dragon King will come sooner or later, and he will surprise you and all of you. Lin Xiaoshan's voice was very low, but it revealed a strong fanaticism, as if he was mentioning a god.

Chen Jinke regretted talking too much just now, lay down again, turned his back to the prisoner within the scope allowed by the thin chain, and after a while, his anger gradually dissipated, and suddenly a wave of doubts arose, this Lin Xiaoshan is familiar enough with the Jianghu sect, and he can recognize the origin of everyone in the courtyard at a casual glance, which is much more sophisticated than himself.

But he didn't ask questions, he had already made up his mind to treat the other party as a prisoner from now on.

The escort team departed in the early hours of the morning, Chen Jinke rode with the prisoners in a car, and the others rode horses, and he deeply regretted that while others were walking and talking in groups to enhance their relationship, he was restrained and could not make new friends freely.

Lin Xiaoshan ridiculed that there was no real master in the team, and it became less reasonable at noon that day: Hedong Luojiazhuang actually sent a family member.

Chen Jinke felt even more regretful, what a great achievement it should be to be able to make friends with the swordsman of the Luo family, he could only spread his anger on the prisoner, and said proudly: "Red Flame Fire Dragon Luo Shaoxiong, have you heard of it? Can you be considered a master, can your dragon king suppress this fire dragon?"

Lin Xiaoshan said coldly: "Everyone knows that the skill of the Red Flame Fire Dragon is a lot worse than the Divine Calculation Sword, Luo Qikang died under the Dragon King's sword, let alone Luo Shaoxiong?"

"First, it is not the Dragon King who kills the god with a sword, and second, it is an assassination, the Dragon King occupies the right time and place in the Western Regions, and sends a group of killers to attack the swordsmen of the Luo family, despicable and shameless, but this trick is not used in the Central Plains. ”

Lin Xiaoshan laughed, his inexplicable laughter stopped abruptly, and he refused to speak again.

The specifications of the escort team are quite high, but the members are too complicated, but it is not easy to control, Cheng Jiuye himself did not come, Fan Yongda and the chief dart head can only give orders to a few people, less than three days after departure, the team of more than 100 people has been stretched to dozens of miles, and sometimes there will suddenly be dozens of more people, all of them are some high-rollers, hearing the news, rushed to visit old acquaintances and make new friends.

More than 30 sects and gangs in the capital formed a team, this is not a common event, no one in black and white does not want to let go of such an opportunity, on the fifth day of the team's departure, there are even a few bandits from the cottage who came from hundreds of miles away, not to rob, but to respectfully send a lot of gifts.

What was not a very peaceful land route suddenly became an easy road like sightseeing.

Similar gatherings greatly delayed the trip, and Fan Yongda estimated that it would take them twice as long to reach Locke's Village.

Chen Jinke, who couldn't get out, regretted it even more.

"When will the Dragon King come?" More and more people asked such questions, looking forward to some stimulation, and every time the sound reached the carriage, Lin Xiaoshan always sneered and rarely spoke.

Chen Jinke believed that the Dragon King must be an ignorant fanatic, so there would be such subordinates who couldn't distinguish the situation.

More than ten days have passed, more than half of the journey, the excitement that everyone is looking forward to finally came, at noon that day, several gang disciples who ran in the front received a letter, but they couldn't tell the appearance of the messenger, they handed the letter to Fan Yongda, and then happily preached around: "Everyone is ready, the Dragon King has issued a challenge, just tonight." ”

Lin Xiaoshan said to himself coldly: "This is definitely not the Dragon King. ”

Chen Jinke was accustomed to the stubbornness of the prisoners, and said lazily: "Everyone will change......

Not long after, Fan Yongda lifted the curtain, looked puzzled, and asked Lin Xiaoshan: "Have you heard of the 'Five Summits'?"

Lin Xiaoshan shook his head, he had moved to the Central Plains for many years, and he had never heard of the Five Summits, although this reminded him of the title of "The Head of the Dragons and the Lord of the Five Peaks".

In fact, Fan Yongda had already asked around, and no one had heard of this gang, but it was the people who sent a letter from the Five Summits to challenge them, claiming that they were the Dragon King.