Chapter 2: Xiangfei Yuan Building

In Suzhou City, less than two streets away from Shangbao is the most famous and lively place in Suzhou City at night, Xiangfeilou, which is a man's paradise. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info If in the past, at this moment, this place is definitely lively, pink beauties, literati, princes and generals, prodigal sons of the rivers and lakes gather here, vulgar powder, wine is soaring, the most primitive desires in the world will be completely released here, liberated.

But at this time, the grand occasion of the past has long been gone, since the incident that happened half a month ago, everyone in the rivers and lakes laughed at the daughter of the dignified merchant fort actually died in the green building, and the reputation accumulated by the merchant fort in the past few decades can be regarded as ruined. Shang Qiushi was furious and immediately sent someone to block the Xiangfei Building, and the girls who used to show off in front of the Xiangfei Building have also been replaced by people from the merchant fort. At this time, there were four black-clothed people in front of the door of Xiangfeilou, two were standing around the door, two were walking around in front of them, and the night wind blew through the two red lanterns hanging under the eaves, swaying left and right, there was an indescribable weirdness.

At this time, a person slowly walked in the darkness of the northeast, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he was tall and thin, and he was surprisingly thin, and the four black-clothed people immediately became alert, and after a while, one of the black-clothed people saw the face of the person who came, and snorted coldly: "Yu Shaoxia asked to see my castle master three times and twice, but was rejected by my castle master, what's the matter? These days, he and Lian Shaoqun have visited Shangbao several times, with the intention of coming to help Shangbao, but they have been prevaricated by merchants for various reasons, and they have not even seen Shang Qiu's face, the reason for this, the two of them really don't understand.

Yu Renying said: "I heard that the long whale helped Qi Tianyou with a quick knife to shock the rivers and lakes, and the Qi family's knife technique is unsurpassed, so I came to ask for advice today", and his words were very humble. The man in black was taken aback, and said secretly in his heart: "How did he recognize me, I, Qi Tianyou, have been staying in Shangbao for the past five years, and I have never appeared in the rivers and lakes again, but how does this Yu Renying know." It turned out that five years ago, Qi Tianyou was in the Yangtze River area, encountered the enemy's pursuit and killing, although the enemy family who relied on the Qi family's knife technique to kill the enemy turned on his horse, but after all, he was outnumbered, and he was wounded in many places, and he was about to die under the enemy's sword. Although Shang Qiushi saved Qi Tianyou out of benevolence and righteousness, it was just a gesture for him, but for Qi Tianyou, it was a life-saving grace, especially when Shang Qiushi took the initiative to stay and help Qi Tianyou heal, Qi Tianyou was even more grateful. So after the injury recovered, he followed Shang Qiushi to Suzhou Merchant Fort, and since then he has changed his appearance, concentrating on taking care of the affairs of the castle in the merchant fort, and no longer shows up. If it weren't for such a big accident in Shangbao this time, I am afraid that Qi Tianyou would never set foot in the rivers and lakes again.

Qi Tianyou didn't expect that after five years, he would still recognize Yu Renying, and he was shocked, and then calmed down, seeing Yu Renying coming alone, but he didn't see Lian Shaoqun's figure, he was even more suspicious in his heart, and said: "Yu Shaoxia smiled, Qi has an old bone, and he has rarely practiced in recent years, and the Qi family's knife technique has long been abandoned, I'm afraid I will disappoint Yu Shaoxia." After speaking, he paused and said: "Yu Shaoxia came alone, and he looked down on Shangbao too much, he was old and cheap, I am afraid that it can make you unbearable, I don't know where Lian Shaoxia is now." Although Qi Tianyou has hardly walked around the rivers and lakes in the past five years, and he takes care of everything in Shangbao with peace of mind, Shang Qiushi will talk to him about things in the rivers and lakes from time to time, especially for a sect like the Xiaoyao faction that has been in full swing in recent years, plus the Shangbao and the Xiaoyao faction have been friends recently, and they know a lot about the situation of the Xiaoyao faction.

Yu Renying secretly admired in her heart: "This Qi Tianyou is really cunning and cunning, and he saw through our plan at a glance." It turned out that when Lian Shaoqun and Yu Renying came to check before, they saw that the Xiangfei Garden was heavily guarded, and the two walked around the Xiangfei Garden, and they didn't find any opportunity to take advantage of, and secretly admired the thoughtfulness and detail of the merchant fort. I thought of asking Yu Renying to come and distract these four people in the name of asking for advice, and then wait for an opportunity to act. When the two returned to the front door of Xiangfeiyuan again, Lian Shaoqun looked at the four black-clothed people at the front door, and suddenly realized that one of the older men was very familiar, and after a closer look, he vaguely felt that it was the Long Whale Gang Qi Tianyou, but after all, it was impossible to fully confirm that Lian Shaoqun's experience in the rivers and lakes was far better than Yu Renying, so he discussed this strategy and let Yu Renying appear to test it, but he didn't expect that the old man was indeed the Long Whale Gang Qi Tianyou.

Qi Tianyou didn't expect that Yu Renying said that he would teach his martial arts, and the long sword in his hand was attacked in the chest, before the sword arrived, the sharp sword qi had already come to the surface, and he was out of breath, and he was secretly surprised in his heart: "The swordsmanship of the Carefree School is really powerful, Yu Renying is so young, and the swordsmanship is already so good." Don't dare to be careless at the moment, turn over and avoid it, and at the same time make a move. This light dodge jump, which seems light, is actually extremely dangerous. When the sword stabs out, the tip of the sword keeps trembling, and the shaking of the tip of the sword is not the shaking of the left and right of the arm, but the traction of the internal force, which is intended to confuse and disturb the opponent, I don't know where the sword stabs to that direction, so that the opponent is unable to guard against it, and the internal force is strong to a certain extent, accompanied by the sound of "buzzing" like breaking the air, but Yu Renying's internal strength is slightly weaker, and this move can not be played to the fullest.

Qi Tianyou was in the air, not waiting for the move to be old, the volley slashed out again, and at the same time kicked Yu Renying's right shoulder with his left foot, Yu Renying saw Qi Tianyou calmly avoid this move, and he was extremely surprised: "Senior brother is right, this old man, sure enough, there are two strokes, this move is so easy to avoid by him", it turns out that Yu Renying will not easily use this move when he fights with people in the past, after all, it is the move he has studied the most, and he will never use it easily until the point of last resort. And if Yu Renying uses "pretentiousness", the opponent will give up the sword and admit defeat nine times out of ten. But as soon as he came up today, he used this trick, intending to catch the opponent off guard and go all out to deal with him, so that Lian Shaoqun could take advantage of the opportunity to enter Xiangfei Garden.

Yu Renying's right sword blocked Qi Tianyou's slash in the air, and took advantage of the situation to avoid his left foot blow, Qi Tianyou took advantage of the situation, and the fast knife swept Yu Renying's lower plate, Yu Renying was too late to retreat, and now swung his sword to the top of Qi Tianyou's head, this is a move to encircle Wei and save Zhao, if Qi Tianyou does not return the knife to block this sword, the top of the head is bound to be injured by Yu Renying's long sword, of course, Yu Renying's left foot may also be cut by the knife in Qi Tianyou's hand.

Who knows, Qi Tianyou didn't block this sword, but rubbed his body up, rolled on the spot, and approached him, Yu Renying was taken aback, this strange body not only avoided his own stabbing sword, but also exposed Yu Renying's entire abdomen in front of Qi Tianyou's eyes, as long as Qi Tianyou slapped it with one palm, Yu Renying had to suffer internal injuries.

Finally, Yu Renying was young and strong, kicked the ground with his right foot, and turned over from the top of Qi Tianyou's head, so he could avoid this palm, one shouted in his heart: "It's dangerous", and the other secretly said: "It's a pity", although the posture of wanting to be Ying dodging was ugly, but after all, he avoided this move, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat in his palm, thinking: "This one Qi Tianyou is so difficult to deal with, not to mention that there are three tigers standing next to him, it seems that only by using all his strength can the three people next to him also join in, and even the senior brother will have the opportunity to enter the Xiangfei Garden." In fact, how did he know that in terms of experience in the rivers and lakes, Yu Renying is far inferior to Qi Tianyou, but he is young and strong, and Qi Tianyou has not used his fists and feet for almost five years.

When the two fought for nearly sixty or seventy moves, Qi Tianyou gradually felt powerless, and Yu Renying became more and more courageous, and when the fight reached eighty moves, Qi Tianyou used the "force splitting Huashan" in the Qi family's knife technique, and went straight to Yu Renying's face door. The so-called "splitting" is like a giant holding a giant axe condescendingly, splitting the mountain and rock, and there is really a momentum of breaking the earth. However, Qi Tianyou fought with Yu Yu Yingli for eighty rounds at this time, and it had reached the point where he could no longer support it, and the first thirty moves could still be attacked, and when it came to forty and sixty moves, he could only attack half and defend half, and when he reached eighty moves, he was already on the defensive, how could he have the leisure to return the move, plus he was old and his strength was insufficient, this "force splitting Huashan" naturally could not make the original domineering essence of this move.

Yu Renying saw Qi Tianyou use "force to split Huashan", and immediately saw that Qi Tianyou's stamina was insufficient, knowing that under his long-term battle, his strength had reached the point of exhaustion, and without thinking about it, he stabbed Qi Tianyou's right arm with a move of "free and loose people", forcing him to drop the fast knife, and heard the sound of "Zi", the long sword had broken through Qi Tianyou's right arm clothes, and finally Yu Renying did not want to hurt him, the long sword was just attached to his right arm, and Qi Tianyou's right arm was half of the sleeve.

Yu Renying was about to say: "Stop here", suddenly felt two palm forces from the left side, one hit the chest, one attacked the abdomen, Yu Renying did not think twice, to the left to avoid the palm force of the attack on the abdomen, the long sword in his hand turned into a stab, cut to the hands of the man in black who attacked his chest, the man in black did not dodge, on the way to change his palm to grasp, he actually wanted to grab the long sword in Yu Renying's hand with both hands, only to hear the sound of "Zizi" a few times, the long sword in Yu Renying's hand was actually grabbed by the man in black with one hand, but the man in black was not injured. After a closer look, I found that the man in black was wearing a pair of gloves made of gold silk on his hands, how could ordinary swords hurt. Yu Yuying was shocked, withdrew the long sword, rubbed his body up, and rolled on the spot, his body was the same as Qi Tianyou's strange move just now, in front of the black-clothed man who was close, his right elbow was against the abdomen of the black-clothed person, and the sword in the black-clothed man's hand could not be slapped out of his palms, so he had to let go of the sword in his hand and jump backwards. Yu Renying returned to the long sword with his hand, did not dare to fight for a long time, kicked his feet, and floated into the distance, and Yu Renying's voice came from a distance: "The merchant fort is more and less to bully, so shameless, wait for me to call my senior brother to come, and then come to a big battle", the voice came from afar, and the person had disappeared on the corner of the street.

Qi Tianyou was forced to retreat by Yu Renying, and he gasped for breath, after all, he was old, and it was rare to be able to compete with Yu Renying, a first-class master of the Easy Sect, for more than 80 moves. Qi Tianyou said with palpitations: "The Xiaoyao faction is really talented, and the swordsmanship is good, even if the Qi family's sword skills are all completed, they may not be able to catch him with 200 moves." I'm afraid it's time for us old bones to quit the rivers and lakes." He said to the man in black who forced Yu Renying back: "Daoist Chen Lingzi, thanks to your 'Heavenly Silkworm Silk Set', this forced Yu Renying back, otherwise we won't be able to explain to the Lord of Shangbao tonight." The black-clothed man Chen Lingzi was originally a member of the Taiqing Palace in Laoshan, and was expelled from the Taiqing Palace by the Changqing Daoist for violating the rules of the Dao, and then defected to the merchant fort, and was stationed in front of the Xiangfei Garden with Qi Tianyou tonight.

Chen Lingzi said: "Brother Tianyou Qi's sword skills are extremely powerful, admirable, that Yu Renying is just young and strong, and he won by luck, I think the swordsmanship of the Xiaoyao School may not be better than the Qi family's swordsmanship, especially that trick to split Huashan, if Brother Tianyou made it open at the beginning, I am afraid that Yu Renying's arms have already been removed by Brother Tianyou", his words are indeed not a compliment, twenty years ago, the Long Whale Gang crisscrossed the Yangtze River for more than ten years, relying on the killer weapon of the Qi family's knife technique "Splitting Huashan" , It's just that time has passed, Qi Tianyou is getting older, this Qi family knife technique is known for its speed, once it loses speed and strength, the power of this Qi family knife technique will be greatly reduced.

Qi Tianyou waved his hand: "If you lose, you will lose, what reason do you want to excuse yourself, the prestige of the Xiaoyao faction has been very fierce in recent years, and it has been in the limelight for a while, and today Yu Renying is already so good, and even a few people ........" Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, and shouted: "It's not good, we only care about fighting with Yu Renying, but we forgot where Lian Shaoqun is, and when Yu Renying left, he said: 'I'll call my senior brother to fight again', I guess it's confusing us."

Chen Lingzi said: "Exactly, let's go into Xiangfei Garden, and we will meet this small group", saying that he asked the other two black-clothed people to guard the door, and then entered Xiangfei Garden with Qi Tianyou.

Xiangfei Garden is different from other green buildings with multiple exits, and even hidden secret passages, Xiangfei Garden is like a walled building, there is only one entrance, two floors up and down, the upper and lower floors are surrounded by a courtyard in the middle, two or three plane trees in the middle, and the branches are luxuriant. A lantern hangs in front of each house on each floor, the light is on to indicate that there is someone, and the light is off to indicate that the girl in the room is free. But at this moment all the lanterns were not lit, and all the lanterns hung under the eaves, constantly swinging back and forth, and it was quite desolate in the night.

As soon as Qi Tianyou and Chen Lingzi entered the courtyard, they immediately performed light skills and jumped up to the second floor, walked to the seventh house on the left, the two held their breath at the door, and waited for a while, Qi Tianyou gently opened the door, Chen Lingzi immediately flashed in, and then Qi Tianyou also entered the house and closed the door reflexively.

The furnishings in the house are graceful and luxurious, even if it is gloomy at this time, you can still feel the drunkenness of the past, gentle and fragrant, which makes people have an irresistible temptation. The two carefully checked the doors and windows, the bottom of the bed, and the floor for signs of anyone coming, searched any places where people might be hiding, and found nothing suspicious, the two looked at each other and slowly walked out of the room. I opened the door next to me and searched it as carefully as before. There were a total of twenty-three rooms on the upper and lower floors, and the two of them were unhurried, opened the rooms one by one, entered and searched them, and made sure that no one had come, and then walked out.

Qi Tianyou said: "Yu Renying came tonight, and he would never be willing to return empty-handed, maybe he would go and return." Tonight we must be in good spirits, and we must not be negligent."

Chen Lingzi nodded and said, "What's more, there is a young group of Lian Shaoqun in the dark, and we are in the light." The lord of the merchant castle treats us well, and now that his daughter has changed so much, we must protect the reputation of his merchant no matter what, and we must not add oil and vinegar to outsiders", after speaking, he sighed deeply, showing infinite desolation.

The two of them walked out of Xiangfei Garden, and when they arrived at the third watch, they suddenly saw two figures flash in, and the two of them rushed to the seventh room on the left side of the second floor, and immediately opened the door, entered, closed the door, and the action was done in one go, and after staying for a while, the two walked out of the room again. These two people are Qi Tianyou and Chen Lingzi, it turned out that the two of them had just entered Xiangfeiyuan and searched room by room without finding anything suspicious, and finally felt a little relieved, so they came to check again, and finally confirmed that no one came in.

The two of them had just gone out for a while, when a figure fluttered down from the plane tree in the courtyard, as light as a fallen leaf, and fell silently like a ghost, and then flew up to the seventh house on the left side of the second floor. This person is Lian Shaoqun, Lian Shaoqun is slightly fat, but his light skills are extremely good, jumping down from the tall plane tree, his posture is very graceful and light. He took advantage of the time when Yu Renying, Qi Tianyou, and Chen Lingzi were fighting, avoided his ears and eyes, entered Xiangfei Garden, and saw that the plane tree in the courtyard was very luxuriant, so he lived on the tree. Although Qi Tianyou and Chen Lingzi came twice and carefully searched each house, they did not expect that Lian Shaoqun did not enter the room at all, but hid in a tree, naturally leaving no traces. Qi Tianyou and Chen Lingzi searched carefully, completely unexpectedly that Lian Shaoqun would hide in the sycamore tree in the courtyard, which was really a hundred secrets.

Even Shaoqun also expected that Qi Tianyou and Chen Lingzi would definitely come in again to check it out, so he kept hiding in the tree, condescendingly watching the two of them go straight to the seventh house on the left side of the second floor as soon as they came in.

The house is exquisitely arranged, even if it is more than half a month, this house still has a faint smell of rouge, the whole room is clean and tidy, there is no abnormality, but it is more like a boudoir for a girl to be married, and it is not at all obvious that this is the place where the grass flies and insults the daughter of the merchant's castle.

Lian Shaoqun was slightly disappointed, and said in his heart: "Could it be that I went to the wrong place, this is obviously a girl's boudoir, how can it have something to do with the place where Cao Shangfei bullied the daughter of the merchant's castle." But I obviously saw Qi Tianyou and Chen Lingzi go straight to this house twice as soon as they came in, what's so strange about this?", even Shaoqun carefully looked inside and outside the house, but didn't find anything abnormal. Although he knew that the merchant fort would definitely take strict precautions here, he didn't expect that this place would be so orderly and orderly, and he vaguely felt that it was unreasonable.