The two took the waterway to Yangzhou, took a boat from the Han River through Shiyan and Xiangyang, merged into the river in Hankou, and went east from the river to Yangzhou. This is the best walking route, because the waterway is convenient and hassle-free, and secondly, you can enjoy the scenery along the way.

Although Shang Caiwei has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, it is a dark experience, and she has been in a life of begging and stealing, she has never had such a relaxed mood, she promised Xie Tong Jinpen to wash her hands and change her evil ways, and she has been holding the mentality of playing, and the journey of the two in Yangzhou is quite smooth, mainly because Shang Caiwei rented a boat, and they don't have to squeeze around with all kinds of foot merchants.

Shang Caiwei sat on the deck, enjoying the river breeze comfortably, she had never felt so poetic and picturesque, and her mood was indescribably happy.

But Xie Tong was preoccupied, and after passing through Hankou, he entered Huang Chao's sphere of influence, and Huang Chao's army could be seen everywhere heading to the front line. Huang Chao's army is mostly composed of civilians, almost no formal training, but all of them are high-spirited, not discouraged by the recent defeat, Xie Tong guessed, this may be related to the upcoming sword conference, Huang Chao's momentum is extremely successful, not only to make the people's aspirations, but also to get the praise of the world's heroes, this sword conference, will be unprecedentedly grand. Xie Tong couldn't help but feel distressed, in this case, regaining the Qinggang Sword was a difficult thing to do, he had no clue, no plan at all, just blindly came to Yangzhou.

Shang Caiwei said: "What are you doing with a sad face." How pleasant it is to be able to take a boat to play the river, you look at the scenery on both sides, how charming, you stupid boy, you really won't enjoy it. ”

Xie Tong got up and looked to both sides, the boats on the river were all large transport ships, which were not affected by the war at all, and all kinds of goods such as silk and salt were continuously transported to the mainland.

I saw a big ship with double sails, rushing over from the upstream at great speed, Xie Tong raised his eyes, and he saw the person at the bow of the boat, it turned out to be Lu Li, the owner of Youran Mountain Villa, and next to Lu Li stood a mature man in his forties, this man was dressed in a strong suit, exuding extremely masculine strength, and at a glance he knew that he was a person with extremely high martial arts, and the two didn't know what they were talking about.

Xie Tong was frightened and was about to return to the warehouse, he was not afraid of Lu Li, but he didn't want to cause more trouble, Shang Caiwei saw Xie Yang staring at the opposite side for a long time, blocked the hatch of the ship and said, "Who are those two people, what are you hiding!"

Xie Tong said, "Where am I hiding, I'm just tired and want to go back to rest."

Shang Caiwei said indignantly, "I see that your kid is weak-hearted, and if you are afraid, you will admit it, are they your enemies!"

Xie Tong was silent, and slowly sat down at the hatch, quietly watching Lu Li's big ship overtake their ship and disappear into the distance.

After the boat arrived healthy, the two ended their long journey to the river, drifting in the two rivers for nearly half a month, and as soon as they stepped on the shore, Xie Tong actually had a very unreal feeling.

The two found an inn to live in, and it was an adjacent room, after dinner, Xie Tong lay in the room, fell asleep, and was too tired for half a month. As soon as she closed her eyes, Shang Caiwei broke in.

Xie Tong said, "Miss, you don't sleep, what are you doing in my room!"

Shang Caiwei said, "Healthy nightlife is so rich, why don't you go and have fun!"

Xie Tong looked at Shang Caiwei with wide eyes, as if she was really a handsome boy, Xie Tong said, "I'm tired and don't want to go." ”

Shang Caiwei crossed her hands on her waist and said, "You're saying it again."

Xie Tong couldn't afford to provoke this female snitch, so he had to get up and go out with her. The two of them wandered aimlessly on the street, the two passed by brothels and restaurants, Xie Tong really couldn't stand it, and when he wanted to return to the inn, an extremely familiar figure caught in the corner of his eyes, and in an instant, it flashed.

Xie Tong was sure that the person he saw just now was Lu Wushuang, and he said to Shang Caiwei, "You go shopping by yourself first, and I'll go have fun." ”

Shang Caiwei was dissatisfied: "Where are you going to play!"

Xie Tong didn't have time to explain so much, and he was in a hurry to get out, and he said directly, "Drunken Xianglou".

Zuixianglou was a brothel that she had just passed by, Shang Caiwei blushed, said, "Phew, men don't have a good thing", and left by herself.

Xie Tong flew around the corner and chased him out by feeling.

Sure enough, after chasing two streets, he saw Xiaojing.

Xie Tong had just poked his head out, and Lu Wushuang suddenly turned his head and looked at Xie Tong.

Xie Tong's heart was not good, he was in too much hurry just now, so that it aroused Lu Wushuang's suspicions. He hurriedly walked to a small stall nearby and said, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this Yali pear!"

Lu Wushuang inspected for a while, and Shi Shiran left.

Xie Tong had no choice but to buy two Ya pears and put them in his arms, this time he was no longer in a hurry, just far behind Lu Wushuang.

Lu Wushuang crossed two streets and entered a courtyard.

This courtyard seems to be the courtyard of a large family, with two big red lanterns hanging at the door, Xie Tong circled the courtyard and entered from the north wall. The courtyard is not big, but it is a standard pattern of front, middle and back parts, among which is the bedroom and reception hall of the head of the house, the lights are bright, there are no maids and long-term workers in the courtyard, compared to resting, Xie Yang slowly leaned towards the light, and just approached the house, Lu Wushuang's voice came out.

Lu Wushuang said delicately, "It's so late, don't look for someone! You also know that my father is healthy, if he knows, it would be strange if he didn't look for you desperately." ”

A strange man's voice smiled lewdly, "What are you afraid of, with your father by his side, how can he have time to look at you! Hurry up! Let me see if Wushuang's kung fu on the couch has grown", followed by the sound of undressing!

Xie Tong suddenly realized, it turned out that Lu Wushuang came here to cheat, and he followed him for so long a day in vain, he was a righteous gentleman, so naturally he would not do such a thing as voyeurism, so he sighed and was about to turn around and leave.

I heard a loud shout coming from inside the house, "Who!"

Xie Tong said in his heart that this person is so sensitive, and his light sigh from the wall fell into the other party's ears, showing that his skills are extremely profound. Seeing that his whereabouts had been revealed, Xie Tong didn't care about covering it up, he took up the whirlwind footwork and ran towards the wall like a fly.

I saw a figure flying out of the window, the speed was extremely fast like Xie Tong flying, Xie Tong didn't dare to be careless, the other party can maintain a high degree of vigilance when cheating, martial arts must be extremely high, Xie Tong sped up, seeing that he was about to reach the courtyard wall, and said that as long as he got out of the courtyard wall, with the light skills of the master's martial arts, the other party would definitely not be able to catch up.

But Xie Tong underestimated his opponent too much. When Xie Tong was still two feet away from the courtyard wall, he felt that two gusts of wind came straight to his back, Xie Tong gasped, the other party came so fast, if he blindly climbed over the wall, he would inevitably be hit by the other party's palms containing true qi, Xie Tong didn't dare to rush again, he hurriedly turned around, lifted Huang Tian's true qi, and fought hard with the other party. Hearing only a bang, Xie Tong took six or seven steps backwards and hit the courtyard wall directly, the courtyard wall removed most of the strength he had beared, but he was still uncomfortable, and the blood was surging all over his body, Xie Tong said in his heart, this person's strong internal force cultivation is considered the strongest among the people he has fought against. The other party only took half a step back with a hard palm, and then stood firmly, he didn't give Xie Tong any chance to breathe or escape at all, only to see the five fingers of both hands separated, forming an orchid shape, silently reciting the mantra, and suddenly pointed at Xie Tong.

Xie Tong had never seen such strange martial arts moves, but his intuition told him that this fingering technique was very terrifying, and his fingertips seemed to contain powerful true qi, if he was fingered, the consequences would be unimaginable. Xie Tong was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat,

The other party obviously saw that Xie Tong had peeked into the secret between him and Lu Wushuang and wanted to kill people, and when he was hesitating, the second finger had already pointed in his direction again, Xie Tong didn't dare to stay, and he didn't dare to jump out of the wall. If it rises into the air, it will become a live target, and there is no room to dodge.

He hurriedly raised his whirlwind walking technique to its best, frantically dodging the opponent's fingers. The other party's fingering is extremely fierce, everywhere it is, it must be a situation of broken stones and cracked monuments, Xie Tong has no idea of hard connection at all, but the body is fast and the movement of the hand is not fast, Xie Tong is almost crying, he doesn't go shopping, he prefers to be curious, and follows Lu Wushuang, otherwise how could there be such a crisis.

Xie Tong ran a maze of continuous dodges, and it was purposeless, he didn't even know where he was hiding next. Just blindly dodging, the other party's skill is also strong, and the finger strength is not at all, Xie Tong caught a glimpse of a small tree by the wall in his dodge, the trunk has a thick bowl mouth, it should be able to block twice, it seems that escaping from this yard can only take a risk, Xie Tong intentionally or unintentionally approached the big tree. In the fierce attack of the opponent, he finally hid on the side of the big tree. The other party obviously didn't put this thick tree in his eyes, and broke the big tree with only two moves, Xie Tong took advantage of the broken trunk to transport Huang Tian's innocent qi, and sent the broken tree towards the other party fiercely, and at the same time, he transported the whirlwind footwork and crossed the wall at the fastest speed.

This mysterious master slapped the tree trunk away with one palm, and pointed his right finger in the direction where Xie Tong crossed the wall, and shot out a breath of energy again, Xie Tong was in mid-air, secretly screaming that it was not good, it was too late to dodge, there was no possibility of borrowing, he was in a hurry, kicked out the shoe of his left foot violently, and hit the opponent's fingers, bang, Xie Tong's shoes went and returned, with the fingers of the mysterious master, at the moment when Xie Tong was about to disappear from the wall, he flew back and hit Xie Yang's lower abdomen, Xie Tong flew out directly.

Xie Tong fell outside the wall, his lower abdomen was hit by the fingers attached to his shoes, Xie Tong spit out a mouthful of blood, he didn't dare to stay, and he didn't care about the pain, so he quickly escaped from this courtyard as fast as possible.

When Xie Tong returned to the inn, Shang Caiwei was sitting in his room and was angry, Xie Tong walked into the room, Shang Caiwei said angrily, "What, I've been happy enough to spend all day, and I know how to come back!" As soon as the words came out, Cai Wei realized that she had missed her mouth, she was not Xie Tong's wife, how could she be qualified to say such things.

Xie Tong smiled bitterly and said, "Miss, is there anyone like me who spends all day drinking?"

Shang Caiwei took a closer look and found that the blood on the corners of Xie Tong's mouth had not yet dried, and several cuts had been drawn on the robe, which was extremely embarrassing. must have just started with someone, and he knew that he had misunderstood him, but he still didn't let go, "It won't be a stealing thing, it's not going to be a fight!" and immediately laughed. And he said, "Are you hurt?"

Xie Tong saw that Shang Caiwei had changed so quickly, he smiled bitterly, he recalled the thrilling situation just now, and still felt that there was a chill behind him, the strangeness of the other party's martial arts and the high skill were rare in his life, and he had an inexplicable sense of helplessness in the face of him, even the famous Datuk Venerable did not give him such a strong sense of oppression, he had no room to fight back at all, but such a person, unknown, even he didn't know who he was, Xie Tong would have a sense of fear when he thought of him.

Xie Tong didn't dare to think about this mysterious master, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Who made the eldest lady so angry!"

Shang Caiwei said, "Who else can there be!" I just separated from you, and went to the casino for a walk, but I met a master and lost everything. I don't care, it's all your anger, I want you to win it back for me. ”

Xie Tong looked at her with wide eyes, and couldn't imagine that such a delicate girl was not a fuel-efficient lamp, in addition to being a female snitch, she was also a female gambler, she was really proficient in all kinds of martial arts, and she couldn't admire it.

Xie Tong said slowly, "Miss, I don't know how to gamble."

Shang Caiwei said, "I don't care, in short, you must accompany me."

Xie Tong couldn't resist her, changed her clothes, and went to the casino where Shang Caiwei had just been.

This is a small teahouse renovated, Xie Tong's admiration for Shang Caiwei is simply devotive, he can find such a remote place, and he has nothing to say. The scale of the casino is not large, divided into the inner hall and the outer hall, the outer hall plays pai gow, and the inner hall plays dice, Shang Caiwei dragged Xie Tong through the crowded aisle and entered the inner hall.

An emaciated man in the inner hall saw Shang Caiwei and said, "Yo, the son went and returned, did you come back to find a place!"

Shang Caiwei said, "That's natural, my son was unlucky just now, and now that his luck is good, he naturally comes to try his luck." ”

Xie Tong looked at the man who spoke, and saw that he was about thirty-five or sixteen years old, very thin, with sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, curled up on the stool, and got rid of a thin monkey, the thin monkey only glanced at Xie Tong, and said, "It's still the rules just now!" ”。

Shang Caiwei said, "Don't be verbose, hurry up and shake the dice!"

Because Shang Caiwei played very much, other people playing dice left the table one after another to watch, and many people in the outer hall also gathered around.

The thin monkey raised his right hand, put the three dice into the dice cup like lightning, passed it high above his head, and shook it vigorously, the dice made a crisp impact sound in the dice cup, Shang Caiwei's ears shrugged slightly, staring at the dice cup in the thin monkey's hand with full attention.

The thin monkey shook for a while, pressed the dice cup on the table, looked at Shang Caiwei proudly, and said, "Childe, please!"

Shang Caiwei did not hesitate at all, and pushed the two taels of silver directly to the front and said "big".

The skinny monkey gently lifted the dice cup, revealing three crystal clear dice. said, "Two two points and one point, small", and smiled, and put the two taels of silver into his arms.

Shang Caiwei showed a look of disbelief, shook her head and said, "Impossible, I obviously listened to four, five or six."

The thin monkey said lightly, "Childe, hearing is false, seeing is believing!"

The thin monkey shook the dice cup again, and he skillfully shook it up and down, staring at Shang Caiwei from time to time.

Xie Tong carried Huang Tian's true qi, the crisp impact sound of the dice all fell into his ears, he clearly felt the jump of the dice, and the dice cup fell steadily on the table again, Xie Tong felt that it was three five points with the touch of true qi.

Shang Caiwei once again launched two taels of silver and said "big".

He secretly admired Shang Caiwei's brilliant ear power, but he clearly felt a subtle true qi penetrating into the dice cup, and the three fives became one, two, three.

The thin monkey lifted the cup, laughed and said, "It seems that Childe is not lucky today!"

Shang Caiwei still had more than ten taels of silver left at this time, she bit her lip lightly, and was hesitating whether to continue gambling. Xie Tong gently patted Shang Caiwei's shoulder and said, "I'll play for a while."

Shang Caiwei showed an expression of disbelief, pouted, and said, "Haven't you ever gambled!"

Xie Tong said, "Trust me"

Shang Caiwei reluctantly gave up her position, Xie Tong sat on the stool Shang Caiwei had just sat on, and said, "Let's start!"

Seeing this extremely ordinary-looking person sitting here, the thin monkey was happy in his heart, and he didn't say much, he directly shook the dice cup, Xie Tong gathered his strength, and listened to it really, when the dice cup fell, he faintly heard that it was two threes and one four, but he did not rush to bet, but looked at the thin monkey calmly.

Shang Caiwei gently pushed Xie Tong, signaling him to bet, the thin monkey looked in his eyes, and said, "This big brother, bet!"

Xie Tong pressed all the silver and said, "I will press it."

Everyone let out a cry of amazement, it had been a long time since they had seen a gambler who was desperate.

Shang Caiwei was even more surprised.

The thin monkey's face did not change, and he slowly stretched out his hand to the dice cup, and at the same time sent out a secret true qi, and the true qi came straight to the dice cup.

Xie Tong said in his heart, carving insect skills, he pressed his palm on the table, the true qi came out, and the dice in the cup were tightly wrapped, so that the true qi of the thin monkey returned in vain, Xie Tong said, "Open it and take a look!"

The thin monkey reluctantly opened the dice cup, and sure enough, it was two threes and one four, medium.

Everyone screamed, envious of the middle-aged man's luck.

One to three, Xie Tong bet more than ten taels of silver actually lost more than thirty taels, Shang Caiwei was secretly excited, she was defeated again and again today, and finally won once.

The thin monkey looked at Xie Tong in disbelief, he obviously moved his hands and feet, but there was no change, which made him re-examine this middle-aged man of unknown origin. He picked up the dice cup again and shook it with all his might. Xie Tong closed his eyes and judged the number of dice by feeling.

The dice cup landed on the ground, Xie Tong pressed all the money he had won, everyone exclaimed again, and even Shang Caiwei became nervous, although she loved to gamble, she had never pressed such a big bet.

Xie Tong said, "I'm small."

The thin monkey smiled and said, "This big brother seems to be very sure"

Xie Tong smiled slightly, did not make a sound, he pursed his lips and motioned to the dealer to unveil the cup,

The thin monkey stretched out his left hand and slowly moved towards the dice cup, he sent out a true qi, and at the same time observed the changes of Xie Tong, Xie Tong had already wrapped the dice with true qi, so that the thin monkey had no possibility of doing anything else, the thin monkey had a lesson from the past, and the foot under the table kicked towards Xie Tong fiercely, Xie Tong had already prepared, he secretly hated this person for cheating, and he did not leave his hand, and stepped out to meet him.

As soon as his feet touched, Xie Tong's domineering Huang Tianzhen Qi directly kicked the thin monkey out, and the thin monkey's body turned over in the air and was steadily caught by a young man.

The young man put down the thin monkey and said, "It's been a long time since there has been such a wonderful gamble here, I'll reveal this cup!" His words revealed a powerful momentum, Xie Tong was busy looking at this person, this person was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, tall, with good facial features, and he looked talented, and there was a proud momentum between his eyebrows, and everyone was forced by his momentum to give way one after another.

He sat down in the position where the thin monkey had just done, stretched out his hand and lifted it towards the dice cup, Xie Tong only felt a powerful true qi surging into the dice cup, and there was a strong collision with the true qi surrounding the dice, the dice cup shook slightly, the two of them withdrew their hands at the same time, the true qi was withdrawn, the young man's hand gently opened the dice cup, and everyone let out an incredible exclamation, it turned out that the dice all turned into powder. Only then did I know that the two had been competing just now, and they actually fought to a draw.

Xie Tong collided with his true qi, and his heart was shocked, because he was familiar with it, and it was Xuan Bing's true qi on the other side.

Shang Caiwei shouted loudly, "The dice are broken, not at all, nothing is small."

The comer's body was shocked, knowing that he had met a master, and said with a smile, "It should be so, thin monkey, pay the guest silver." Then he said, "Contemptible Jiankang City Meng Peng, I don't know what the two of you call you! Can you give the younger brother a thin noodle and go upstairs to drink two cups?"

Shang Caiwei said, "We are from the Hainan Sword Sect, he is my senior brother Xie Tong, my name is Xie Wei!"

Xie Tong gently touched Cai Wei's shoulder, and said, "Don't bother Brother Meng, we have offended a lot today, don't take it to heart!"

Ma Peng's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said lightly, "In this way, we won't stay together."

The two walked out of the teahouse, and Shang Caiwei said excitedly, "Xie Tong, I have never won so much silver, and this time I have made a lot of money." How did you just get it?"

Xie Tong took her hand and said, "Let's go, let's leave Jiankang immediately tonight."

Shang Caiwei shook off Xie Tong's hand painfully and said, "What's the panic, is it possible that he still dares to kill us?"

Xie Tong was dissatisfied, "As the saying goes, a strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, not to mention that we are not a strong dragon," Ma Peng made Xuan Bing's true qi, there is no doubt that he is slightly from the same door as Datuk Venerable, when he overheard Lu Wushuang talking just now, it is obvious that Datuk Venerable is in health, if he is chased and killed, he will not be able to protect himself, not to mention that there is Shang Caiwei who does not understand martial arts, thinking of that mysterious master, Xie Tong felt a burst of fear in his heart.

The two hurriedly returned to the inn room to pack their things, only to hear Shang Caiwei shouting, Xie Tong hurried over, Xie Tong asked "What's wrong".

Shang Caiwei replied in frustration, "It's stolen, and our congratulatory night pearl is lost." ”