When Xie Tong woke up, it was late at night, Zhu Wen was drinking in his tent, and Xie Tong said, "Lord Commander, where am I?"

Zhu Wen said, "Of course it's Lao Tzu's barracks, it's not this, where else could it be? Who injured you?"

Xie Tong hurriedly recounted the process of stealing the sword.

Zhu Wen was silent, he drank a few sips of wine in a row, and then said, "I didn't expect Datuk to invite the immortal immortal to come, no wonder he was fearless." ”

Xie Tong got up from the bed and asked, "Who is the Immortal Immortal?"

Zhu Wen scolded: "You kid really remember to eat or not, the immortal immortal became famous more than sixty years ago, and he was surrounded and suppressed by the five masters of the rivers and lakes at that time, you don't know about this matter?

Xie Tong's heart welled up with hatred, it turned out that this dead old man turned out to be the enemy of his master.

Zhu Wen drank all the wine in the glass and continued, "Who is the girl who saved you?"

Xie Tong thought about it for a long time, and then realized that he was talking about Shang Caiwei, and said with a smile, "It's a friend of Xie."

Zhu Wendao, "The general has promised her to you, and she will be married on a certain day after the Sword Worship Conference."

This time it was Xie Tong's turn to be surprised, isn't this a funny talk. Busy asking the reason, Zhu Wen told what happened after he fell unconscious.

Xie Tong was silent, Cai Wei was his savior, along the way, the two were like playmates, scolding and laughing at each other, like buddies, and they had experienced several life and death struggles, and he had regarded Cai Wei as his friend of life and death. This time, in order to save him, Cai Wei pretended to be cheating with him in front of everyone, which really made a great sacrifice and made him feel guilty.

Xie Tong walked out of bed, adjusted his true qi, and found that most of the injuries had recovered, but his shoulders ached faintly, he sat opposite Zhu Wen, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it.

Zhu Wen shot the wine glass and said, "How hard did Lao Tzu work to heal your internal injuries, now you are so weak, if you drink, wouldn't it be bad for Lao Tzu's skills." ”

Xie Tong said in his heart, it turned out that he had treated the internal injury, and he thought that Huang Tian's true qi would repair it automatically!

Zhu Wen sighed and said, "Huang Tiandao's internal strength and heart method is indeed worthy of its reputation, even if you have my skill to help, if you are an ordinary person, you have to cultivate for ten days and a half months, and you will recover as before in only half a night, hey, it is indeed domineering." Now that you can't steal the sword, Datuk and others are bound to make a big fuss, and the whole city will search for suspicious people, and those who attend the dinner party are all on the suspicious list, fortunately, you recovered in time, otherwise, if you are discovered, even I can't protect you, and the girl who saved you is a mortal situation. ”。

Xie Tong's heart was shocked, he didn't follow Zhu Wen's words to talk about it, he was now full of Shang Caiwei's affairs. "Can the Commander do me a favor?"

Zhu Wen didn't look at him, and said, "Let's take that girl out of the Wenhua Palace!"

Xie Tong sighed that Zhu Wen was really smart, and talking to a smart person really saved a lot of trouble, and said, "Cai Wei saved Xie Mou's life three times and five times, Xie Mou really has no face to let her put herself in danger, I hope the commander can send her away from Yangzhou, this place is too dangerous."

Zhu Wen was silent for a long time and said, "The situation is extremely unfavorable for us. Datuk has martial arts people to support him, and now he has invited the immortal to help, and his strength is now much stronger than ours, I guess, he must have a careful plan and deployment, we want to sabotage their assembly, and they also want to get rid of me. ”

Xie Tong hurriedly said, "Previously, Datuk planned to challenge you with me on the day of the Sword Worship Conference?"

Zhu Wen pondered for a while and said, "Datuk is a calculating, the plan must be seamless, not leaky, this time their killer weapon against me must be an immortal, and I am sure that I can't refuse." Hmph, what kind of thing is the immortal immortal, I want to taste the taste of his void palm. ”

Xie Tong didn't expect Zhu Wen to be so domineering, and he didn't even pay attention to the immortal immortal, and said, "This dead old man has two stunts, one is the palm in the air, and the other is what I don't know, but when I palmed with him, I felt that I had no strength at all when I hit the cotton."

Zhu Wen said again, "With your two sentences, I already have a way to crack it in my heart." There are still five days before the conference, in order to be responsible for the safety of Yangzhou, the army will move into the city tomorrow, and I will go to you to talk about Cai Wei, and strive to take her out first. ”

Xie Tong couldn't help but secretly worry about Cai Wei.

Zhu Wen scolded: "The manly man has a bit of backbone, although the enemy is strong, but he has not yet won the battle, we have not yet fallen into a defeat, the top priority is to recover his strength as soon as possible, I will go to inquire about the news, I hope the enemy will not suspect you." ”

Xie Tong sent Zhu Wen away, extremely tired, and fell asleep.

As soon as it was dawn, a soldier called Xie Tong to get up, and Xie Tong woke up from his sleep very reluctantly and asked, "Why do you get up so early!"

The soldier replied, "Today, the sergeants of the third battalion are stationed in the city, of course, they have to get up early to do it", and Xie Tong said, "Your Excellency!"

The soldier said, "The commander has entered the city first, and ordered us to inform the battalion commander Xie later." ”

Xie Tong stretched his waist and set off with the army.

After the army entered the city, it did not harass the people, but directly stationed in the city defense camp, took over the city defense, and sent heavy troops to defend near the Wenhua Hall and Tianxiang Pavilion.

Xie Tong was very bored in the city defense camp, and he didn't feel sleepy, but the commander went to the Wenhua Hall to find the general, and he had no choice but to go out of the camp alone.

After leaving the camp, Xie Tong felt that something was wrong. Yangzhou City was already turbulent, and groups of soldiers drove by from time to time on the street, looking like they were searching for someone, and these sergeants were obviously not Zhu Wen's people.

Xie Tong didn't know where to go, suddenly remembered Cao Pingyang, and walked towards Tianju Restaurant unconsciously. Turning the corner, Xie Tong faintly felt that someone was following him. That is an indescribable feeling, who is it! Xie Tong didn't dare to startle the snake, so he hurriedly quickened his pace, turned a street corner, and hid.

After a while, an extremely familiar person hurriedly walked over, it was Ning Qiangrose.

Xie Tong flashed out and said, "Rose girl, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know what to do with Xie Mou, it can't be that I have taken a fancy to Xie Mou!" He hated this girl for being ruthless last time, and deliberately teased her with words.

Ning Qiangrose glared at Xie Tong and said, "Don't dream of your Spring and Autumn Festival, I was deceived by you last time, and this girl hasn't settled accounts with you yet." ”

Xie Tong said triumphantly, "I don't remember when I deceived the girl, I only remember that I was repaired by the girl, people say that revenge is not revenge, I also want to repair and repair the girl, if I can subdue the girl, a kiss Xiangze, even if I die without regrets." His words were extremely explicit.

Ning Qiang's eyebrows rose, and she said angrily, "Look for death!" After speaking, she took out her long sword and stabbed straight at Xie Tong.

Xie Tong turned sideways to avoid the long sword, stretched out two fingers in his right hand, and caught the long sword at the moment when the long sword pierced into the air. Ning Qiangrose saw that the long sword was restrained, and pulled it back hard, but the tail did not move, Xie Tong lifted Huang Tian's innocent qi, and folded his two fingers hard, and the long sword broke in response.

Ning Qiang Rose looked at Xie Tong in disbelief and said, "You're not injured, it's impossible."

Xie Tong directly grasped the key point, it must have been the news of stealing the sword last night, and everyone suspected him, Ning Qiangrose was a person from Tianxiang Pavilion, and the news was naturally very well-informed. With the conceit of the Immortal Immortal, he had absolute confidence in the Empty Palm, so he thought that the sword thief had serious internal injuries, and Xie Tong was now like a nobody, which naturally surprised Ning Qiangrose. This news is too important.

Xie Tong deliberately smiled lewdly, and said, "What else does the girl have to do, just use it! If there is nothing else, I, Xie Tong, will play really."

Ning Qiang Rose bit her lip, looked at Xie Tong with both eyes, and stared at it for a while before she said, "Xie Tong, I know you are deliberately humiliating me, tell me, where is Xie Wei? ”

Xie Tong didn't expect Ning Qiangrose to miss Cai Wei, and felt bored in her heart, and said, "I don't know", anyway, without paying attention to her, she went to take care of herself.

Xie Tong came to Dao Tianju Restaurant, because it was not yet noon, the business was not prosperous, Xie Tong wanted to meet Cao Pingyang, after all, this person was too mysterious.

The shopkeeper had already seen Xie Tong, and the boss had instructed that this person was free in Tianjulou, and he knew that he was a big man, so he hurriedly came up and said, "Childe, please inside, dare to ask Childe what he wants to eat?"

Xie Tong was in no mood and asked, "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, is Boss Cao okay?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "The boss is indeed here, Childe wait a minute, let the old man go and report it."

Xie Tong was waiting in the hall, and there was already a small two ends of tea and water.

After a while, the shopkeeper asked Xie Tong to go upstairs.

Xie Tong is still the first time to come to the second floor of Tianju, into the private room, Xie Tong really felt the prosperity of Tianju Restaurant, the display in the private room is very simple, the tables and chairs are made of high-quality pear wood, the wall is hung with the calligraphy of the Jin Dynasty, all the utensils are exquisite Jiangnan porcelain, the design of the whole private room has no sense of splendor, but gives people a sense of poetry and painting.

Xie Tong looked around and saw Cao Pingyang sitting in a corner of the private room, staring at him.

Xie Tong said, "Senior Cao, I took the liberty to come here, and I was disturbed."

Cao Pingyang seemed to be in a good mood, and said, "Why did the virtuous nephew say this, and stay in Yangzhou City in the future, Tianju can be the home of the virtuous nephew." ”

Xie Tong was uncomfortable, this Cao Pingyang had never met him in the past, but he loved it very much, not only excused him at the dinner, but also allowed him to make this place his home, why! Merchants are all profit-oriented, but he has nothing worth taking advantage of.

Cao Pingyang is scheming and has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, how can he not see Xie Tong's thoughts of Xie Tong, and changed the topic and said, "The virtuous nephew came to find the old man today, what can it be." ”

Xie Tong said, "Last night, the seniors exonerated Xie Mou, Xie Tong was grateful, and he came to thank him." Xie Tong wanted to ask him if he was also interested in the Qinggang Sword, but this old guy was too shrewd, and he was afraid that a word would startle the snake and arouse his suspicions.

Cao Pingyang said with a smile: "Where did the virtuous nephew say! People have their own aspirations, and the pursuit is of course different, the old man was also like the virtuous nephew when he was young, full of enthusiasm and full of ambition, but he had no achievements when he was old, so he had to open a restaurant for the rest of his life. What's more, the old man was very dissatisfied with Pei Xiangru's aggressive attitude. He said this very cleverly, and Xie Tong didn't ask any reason.

Xie Tong said: "Why did the predecessors say this! Now that the righteous army is dominating Jiangdong, the seniors have a close relationship with the generals, so why can't they show their strength." ”

Cao Pingyang's eyes burst into light, and then flashed, and said thoughtfully, "Hey, I'm old, and I don't have the ambition I had back then!"

Xie Tong was almost sure that this old guy was lying, he entered the study room late at night, he must have coveted the Qinggang Sword, and said tentatively, "It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that those who get the Qinggang Sword win the world, this news has been hundreds of years, and now the Qinggang Sword has re-entered the rivers and lakes and was obtained by the general, so it can be seen that the general will dominate the country just around the corner." Why can't my predecessors be like me, and fight on the battlefield with the generals!"

Cao Pingyang wisped his beard and said indifferently, "The Qinggang Sword is the sword of Cao Cao, the King of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. Now this green steel sword is just a symbol of status! The general obtained the green steel sword, which really proves that he has obtained the mandate of heaven, and what he has obtained is the prestige of the sword, not the sharpness of the sword. His words were even more beautiful, from the history of the Qinggang Sword to the meaning, when it came to the true meaning of the Qinggang Sword, it was more detailed than his master Xuanfeng.

Xie Tong was about to ask, but the door of the private room creaked open. It was none other than His Holiness Dato.

Xie Tong looked at the Datuk Venerable vigilantly, how could he appear here!

Cao Pingyang said, "Hehe, it's the first time that several adults have come at the same time!

Datuk said, "During the banquet last night, someone sneaked into the general's study room and was injured by the guards, and someone saw that the guard's figure resembled Xie Tong, I came to take Xie Tong back to interrogate with the general......"

Xie Tong's heart was shocked, but he still didn't change his face and said, "Venerable, this is a bit untargeted!" Xie Tong didn't care about Dato's face, and confronted him in front of him, and finally tore his face.

Lu Li's face was unhappy, and he said, "Whether it's you or not, you'll know when you get to the general."

Xie Tong said: "Your Excellency, you have to give Xie a certain explanation!"

Zhu Wen snorted coldly and said, "The general will naturally give you an explanation."

Xie Tong said: "It's really strange! A few adults are inevitably too deceitful. ”

Lu Li couldn't control his emotions anymore, and said, "Long-winded, I think you are a thief." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pulled it directly towards Xie Tong. Xie Tong turned around and avoided Lu Li's move.

Lu Li saw that Xie Tong actually dared to resist, and raised his palms to slap Xie Tong. Datuk grabbed him and said, "Boss Cao, I want to take Xie Tong back to the general for questioning, I'm disturbed, and I ask Boss Cao to forgive me." ”

Cao Pingyang said, "It's okay."

Zhu Wen said, "Xie Tong, don't resist, the general has his own judgment on right and wrong, if he wrongs you, the general will naturally give you an explanation."

Xie Tong hesitated for a moment, not resisting.

The group left Tianju Restaurant with Xie Tong and went straight to Wenhua Palace.