"It's not good! I drank too much last night and overslept overly, and I drank and made a mistake!" "Senior brother, you go to the hall first and wait for me" After speaking, he hurriedly turned around and cleaned up. Xiao Er, who was standing on the side, saw that the two seemed to be leaving, and hurriedly went downstairs to call Tan Baishan.

Qi Yue left and right to go to the first floor, and when he came downstairs, he found that there were not many people in the inn at this time, most of them were drinking tea and resting, so he casually found a vacant seat and sat down, and asked Xiao Er for two breakfasts to eat.

Just when Qi Yue sighed that the porridge in the inn was not as delicious as the third senior brother, Shen Qing had already finished cleaning up and walked over to Qi Yue, "Senior brother, come on, I've already ordered breakfast for you, let's eat some and then go" Seeing Qi Yue beckoning him to eat, he wanted to refuse to go on the road early, but he didn't eat much after drinking all night last night, and now he was indeed a little hungry, so he had to sit down and eat with Qi Yue.

Shen Qing had just drunk two mouthfuls of porridge and suddenly remembered something, so he waved his hand to beckon Xiao Er over, "Shen Daxia, do you have any instructions?" Xiao Er asked respectfully, "The two good horses I ordered you to prepare for me last night are ready?" "Back to the hero's words, the shopkeeper has already ordered, last night Xiao Xiao had already selected two good Dawan horses from the Lin Horse Farm in the south of the city, although it is not a thousand miles a day, but there is no problem at all in a day of six or seven hundred miles, this horse is now in the backyard, do you need me to bring it to you?" ”

"Well, go ahead, by the way, thank you Senior Brother Tan for me" Xiao Er was just about to turn around and go to the backyard to lead the horse, "Haha, thank you, Senior Brother Shen will see the outside when he says this" Tan Baishan walked in from the backyard.

"Senior Brother Tan, it's early" Qi Yue saw Tan Baishan walking out with a smile, put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and said, "Haha, it's not early, it will be noon in a while, I'm ashamed to say that I drank too much last night, and I actually forgot that you and Senior Brother Shen are leaving today, and you haven't set off yet, I don't know if it will delay your business?" Tan Baishan looked at Shen Qing with a guilty face.

"Senior brother, don't worry, although the master has something to do with going down the mountain this time, it is not a matter of importance, so it is not in the way to delay some time, besides, you and my senior brother have not seen each other for several years last night, and there is nothing wrong with drinking two more glasses, junior brother, you don't have to blame yourself" Shen Qing comforted.

"That's good, I'm afraid that the master has something important for the senior brother to do, but because I delay, then I really can't redeem myself" Seeing that Tan Baishan seemed to be very reverent when he mentioned the master, and there was a feeling of taking the master's words as a holy decree, Qi Yue also comforted him: "Senior brother, don't worry, what we have to do when we go down the mountain this time is not something that can be completed in a day or two, so senior brother doesn't have to be like this, by the way, senior brother has just gotten up, presumably he hasn't had breakfast yet, so it's better to be together."

Tan Baishan saw that both of them said this, so he also sat down and asked for breakfast and ate with the two.

Because they were already getting up late, Qi Yue and Shen Qing ate some hastily, and they were about to get up and say goodbye, "Okay, breakfast has been served, and it is already noon, we should also leave, otherwise we won't be able to get to the next town before dark, junior brother, say goodbye" Shen Qing got up and bowed to Tan Baishan.

"That being the case, I won't keep you anymore, Senior Brother Shen, Senior Brother Qi, be more careful when you go out" After Tan Baishan finished speaking, he asked someone to take a small package over, and handed the package to Shen Qing, "This is?" "When you go out, the rivers and lakes are dangerous and unpredictable, and I can't help Senior Brother Shen's cultivation is profound, but please bring this money, as the saying goes, "a penny is hard to beat a hero", although Senior Brother is strong in martial arts, this silver must still be taken. ”

Shen Qing took the package into his hand, didn't say anything, said "goodbye" and went out, Qi Yue followed behind and said thank you to Tan Baishan, and followed.

Because Liuyun Inn is located in the center of Jiaoxiang County, the flow of people is dense during the day, and there is nothing in the inn, Qi Yue and the two of them went out to see the bustling and lively streets, last night when the two came because it was evening, so they didn't see many people, but today they suddenly went out to see, only to find that there were so many people in this small county, and Qi Yue asked: "Senior brother, is this Jiaoxiang County usually like this, it seems that this county is not big, why are there so many people?"

Shen Qing walked towards the outside of the city and replied, "That's not it, when I first came here twenty years ago, this Jiaoxiang County was just an ordinary town, with a population of less than 50,000, and it wasn't so lively at all. ”

As soon as Shen Qing said this, Qi Yue suddenly became interested, originally just casually asked, but now listening to Shen Qing's tone, it seemed that there was something hidden in it, and he couldn't contain the doubts in his heart, Qi Yue continued to ask: "Oh? Then why is it like this now?"

Shen Qing suddenly said proudly: "The reason why this Jiaoxiang County is prosperous today is all due to my Liuyunmen."

Qi Yue was surprised and said, "My credit to Liuyunmen, what does this mean?"

"It all has to start from 20 years ago, 20 years ago, Jiaoxiang County was just one of the poorest and most chaotic counties in the 47 counties of Beidi County, because it is located on the edge of the Queling Mountains, inconvenient transportation and no special products, has always been poor, plus more than 30 years ago there was a rebellion in Northland County, although it was later exterminated, but some of the remnants of the Queling Mountains got into the Queling Mountains to hide, the imperial court has sent troops to exterminate many times, but they have escaped with the help of geographical advantages, and then the imperial court gradually gave up, those remnants saw that the imperial court gave up arresting them, and then came out again, but they did not dare to be too far away from the Queling Mountains, only in a few surrounding counties, gradually they were divided into several waves were stationed in some surrounding counties and towns, and started to rob houses, and even in order to facilitate their robbery, the officials of these towns were all killed by them one by one, or driven away, originally if such a thing happened, the court could not sit idly by, but it happened that at that time, the Linxian country and the neighboring Yanting country were in a full-scale war, and they could not spare troops to suppress the bandits, plus these counties and towns were located in remote areas and it was not important, so the court did not care, and in the next few years, because there was no management of the court officials, the group of bandits were even more unscrupulous, burning, killing and lootingThis situation lasted until 20 years ago, when the master heard about the situation here, he was angry, and rushed over, one person and one sword killed the surrounding bandits within a few days, and then I don't know what the reason was that the master created the Liuyun Gate here, and then in the next 20 years, because of the deterrence of my Liuyun Gate, not only some of the mountains and wilderness rogues did not dare to gather here, and even some people in the evil rivers and lakes did not dare to come to my Liuyun Gate to spread wild, because of this, some people who had left their hometowns in previous years have returned to their hometownsGradually, the population of the surrounding towns became more and more numerous."

Listening to Shen Qing say so much in one breath, Qi Yue understood why, when he mentioned this matter, the second senior brother, who was usually more serious, suddenly became so proud.

Qi Yue suddenly thought, "No, if it's just because of this, then this Jiaoxiang County should only be the same as ordinary counties and towns, but there won't be so many people" Although Qi Yue has never seen other towns in this world, he had already discovered when he came yesterday that this Jiaoxiang County is not big, and there is no reason why the streets will be full of people.

Qi Yue told Shen Qing his question, and the strange thing was that Shen Qing did not answer in a hurry after hearing it, but was a little silent, and after a long time, Shen Qing sighed, "Alas...... To put it mildly, this is all because more than 20 years ago, the war between the Linxian Kingdom and the Yanting Kingdom, when the war has been fought for three years, both sides have exhausted their national strength and still have not conquered each other, so they signed a truce agreement, and agreed that the two sides will rest and recuperate for 20 years, and then fight to the death after 20 years, 20 years of time passed in a hurry, and the army of the court that had been repaired a few months ago re-entered the war with the Yanting Kingdom, but both sides have been attacking each other for hundreds of years, although they are extremely hateful to each other, but they are also familiar with each other, today you take a city from me, tomorrow I will retake it, and then counterattack your city, so the tug-of-war has lasted for several monthsFor this reason, some refugees in the south have been moving to my Beidi County in large numbers in recent months, and the northland county is the safest near my Liuyun Gate, so the population of this town has increased dramatically these days, and it continues to increase every day.

A few months ago, Senior Brother Tan saw the gradual increase in the population of the city every day, and he was a little worried, so he sent someone up the mountain to ask the teacher to discuss countermeasures, and after the master learned about this, he asked me to discuss with the senior brother, and the result of our joint discussion was to strengthen the master as soon as possible, and recruit as many disciples as possible to manage the emergencies within the scope of my Liuyun Gate, so this is why Senior Brother and I have to go out to collect disciples one after another. ”

"So that's the case, it seems that I also want to complete my training as soon as possible so that I can contribute to the sect when the time comes" Qi Yue said firmly, Shen Qing nodded and said: "That's right, the result of our discussion this time is that we plan to let you start to take over the management of the Liuyunmen sphere of influence after the experience, and start to form the Liuyunmen Outer Gate on a large scale." ”

Qi Yue was surprised: "What! You want me to form the Liuyun Gate Outer Gate?" But Senior Brother, I have just started and I don't know anything yet?"

Shen Qing waved his hand indifferently, "It's okay, let Senior Brother Tan assist you when the time comes, just ask him if you understand, besides, there are not enough people in the door, and Senior Brother and I will be responsible for building the inner door."