[Chapter Word Count:3216 Last Updated:2014-08-3101:15:43.0]

Qianshan County, Anqing Prefecture, Jiangnan Province, at the foot of Tianzhu Mountain, the shore of diving. The Tianzhu Mountain Xue Jiazhai Jingxin Nunnery in the northwest of the county has always been unknown, and the incense is naturally absent.

Because there is no incense, no one knows about it, and it slowly disappears from people's memories.

There is no incense in a good hall, of course, this thing is strange. The weirdness is because of the location of the meditation hermitage.

There is a lone peak in the mountains, bare, only halfway up the mountain, a huge welcoming pine sticks out obliquely, and the diameter of the crown is more than nine zhang. The temple is on the platform under this pine tree, with three bays and two wooden green tile structures.

This is a platform dug out by hand, about 100 zhang high from the foot of the mountain. Only steep steps less than a foot wide go up and down, and the slope is almost vertical. If you don't have a certain amount of light body kung fu in your body, you don't want to go up.

Because no one could go up to it, the temple appeared for 60 years, and it became a place with no memory at all, and no one said that there were no living people here.

Of course, there was someone in the meditation nunnery, a middle-aged nun who looked to be in her forties. Mai Taoist robe, never go down the mountain.

The first month of the second year of the Apocalypse (1622) is coming to an end, and the Tianzhu Mountain is still white and snowy. The huge welcome pine shook off the snow on its head, and stubbornly revealed a touch of emerald green, adding a little vitality to the meditation nunnery.

There has always been only one middle-aged nun's meditation nunnery, and suddenly there is one more person.

This person is also a beautiful woman, who looks to be close to thirty years old. But her skin is better than snow, and she looks like a twenty-eight girl.

For the arrival of this beautiful woman, the middle-aged nun still knocked on the wooden fish as always, and was not disturbed in the slightest.

"Sect Master, may I ask what is the point of calling me back?"

Putting down the small gavel in her hand, the middle-aged nun turned around: "Xiyue, you have been gone for five years, have the results of the investigation been verified?"

Xiyue sat down cross-legged in front of the middle-aged nun: "Sect Master Qiyu: After five years of tracking, the news has come back from Luoyang that Xiaoyaozi was poisoned and died a year ago. It was previously rumored that he was killed by the Vulcan faction, which is pure exaggeration. ”

"Did the lone wolf of the Flame Silver Knife find out?"

"Got it checked. According to the information from within Jinyiwei, the lone wolf is very likely to be a disciple of the Tianshan Twin Eagles. However, he generally does not cross Chang'an, and has little impact on the Central Plains. Besides, even if the Flame Silver Sword enters the Central Plains, our third brother will be enough to deal with him. ”

"According to this, with the destruction of Xiaoyaozi, our ninth star on the birth star, that is, Schisandra, his position should be very secure, because the threatening person has disappeared. ”

"That's not the case. Xiyue shook her head: "Yesterday, there was new news from Jiuniang in Luoyang, after Xiaoyaozi was killed, I didn't expect him to leave an apprentice Balang to reappear in the rivers and lakes. ”

"This son debuted less than half a year ago, although he did not undertake the task of killer, but assisted the lone wolf to avoid a must-kill situation, abolished the iron hand of Chen Hongtai, the deputy commander of the Mianyi Weibei Town Division, and almost captured Yelitsatai, which is known as the Throat Lock Sword on the rivers and lakes. ”

"Recently, the good deeds on the rivers and lakes replaced Xiaoyaozi with a lockthroat sword, and compiled a ranking list of the top ten killers, and there are no people from us in it. ”

Jiuniang emphasized that three days ago in the Qingming Temple of the grotto, this lock-throated Jian Hachiro actually made the hidden killer of the dark river who carried out the cleaning of the portal retreat. It can be seen from this that if the Shangsheng Star Schisandra is against this lock-throated Kenhachiro, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win. ”

"However, Wuchenzi lost the first battle in Xuchang fifteen years ago, and he retreated for fifteen years in one go. I didn't expect to lose the first battle out of the customs, he was completely finished, which means that the hope of Dark River surpassing us is even slimmer. Unless they take out the pillars, then the last suspense is lost. ”

The middle-aged nun looked outside the door and pondered for a long time before she said softly: "We, the Qianlong Hall, are not trying to dominate the rivers and lakes, but to complete our own tasks. After all, there are so many people to feed, and if we don't have enough fame in our manpower, the price will be too much worse. ”

Xiyue asked softly, "Sect Master, according to your orders, we haven't taken on business for five years. If this continues, the funds will be a little stretched, and the income will not be able to make ends meet. After all, more than 400 people are more than 400 mouths, which is not a trivial matter. ”

The middle-aged nun nodded: "There is another top ten killer list, and there is no one from us?" It seems that the current rivers and lakes have forgotten the existence of Qianlong Hall, which is not a good thing." Have you had any business lately?"

Xiyue nodded: "It's still an old customer, there is news from the capital, and the court is discussing the issue of Xiong Tingbi's whereabouts." Wei Zhongxian and the others didn't want to see Xiong Tingbi appear in the court, and offered 600,000 taels. ”

The middle-aged woman frowned: "Isn't Xiong Tingbi an envoy of Liao? That is the pillar of the country and the talent of the pillars." No, this business can't be done. Caught in a partisan struggle in the imperial court, this is not our original intention. ”

"But the sect master, the people who are willing to bid for business now, except for those eunuchs, are those nerds. When the rest of the people see the political turmoil now, they don't dare to take action lightly. Xiyue was a little embarrassed: "If we don't take it, it will definitely be the Dark River Group in the limelight again." ”

The middle-aged nun shook her head: "Even if they all starve to death, we can't kill Xiong Tingbi, otherwise, our ancestors will not be at peace." ”

Xiyue nodded: "The other order is the price code of Songyang Academy, but the bid is too low, and I didn't connect with the other party." ”

The middle-aged nun frowned: "Who is the other one?"

Xiyue said in a deep voice: "The target is Yuan Chonghuan, and the other party bid 150,000 taels." After our investigation, the Donglin Party eliminated Yuan Chonghuan in order to allow Wang Huazhen, a disciple of the former Shoufu Ye Xianggao, to take over Xiong Tingbi's position. ”

"Ye Xianggao is a member of the head of the Donglin Party, if Wang Huazhen can take the position, the Donglin Party can control greater military power, thus increasing the weight of speech. ”

"The capital has already understood that Yuan Chonghuan is a scholar. Although he is full of courage and has three hundred guards, it should not be difficult to erase him without a trace. If we want to show our savings, Yuan Chonghuan's goal is quite appropriate. ”

"There are many ways to show our savings. The middle-aged nun still shook her head: "The killer's apprentice must be a killer, as long as it is a killer, it is our competitor." Have you checked out, what kind of throat Kenhachiro is, what is his origin?"

Xiyue shook her head: "Recently, there has been a commotion in Luoyang, saying that there are any martial arts secrets. So our main eyes are on the Longmen Grottoes, and we haven't carefully investigated a hairy young man. ”

"You go back, do your best to find out the situation, and then report it truthfully!"

The middle-aged nun casually threw down a sentence, turned to sit down again, and began to knock her wooden fish.

What happened in the outside world, Xiong Chu didn't know. When he came back from the West Mountain, it was already evening watch.

Wuchenzi can't kill Xiong Chu, so he can only choose to retreat. But before leaving, the token of the Great Elder was moved, and Xia Yun was forcibly taken back to Jiudao Villa.

Because the two strange people of Tianshan Shuangying robbed halfway, as a result, the braised hoof tendons and five catties of soju that Xiong Chu brought out in the morning ended up in other people's stomachs.

Xiong Chu was already hungry when he returned to the grocery store, and he couldn't wait to eat a whole cow in one go.

What he didn't expect was that not only did the grocery store not have a whole cow, but there was not even beef offal.

Not to mention offal, there are not even people. The door of the grocery store was closed, and there was no shopkeeper left.

The 10,000-year-old boy Luo Xiu, the temporary shopkeeper, disappeared, which made Xiong Chu puzzled.

Whether it's iron or steel, it's not okay to skip a meal, so Xiong Chu has already come to the hall of Wanfu Building and sat down.

It was still overcrowded, but the shopkeeper quickly cleaned up a small table for him, and then without asking, he had already served three catties of braised beef, plus three catties of roast knives.

Jianghu people have the temper of Jianghu people, eating and drinking are not so particular, no one has ever paid attention to what is meticulously crafted, and the color and fragrance are complete.

Eat meat in large pieces, drink wine in large bowls, kill people happily, and take revenge for pleasure. This is the rivers and lakes.

Xiong Chu is not particular either.

It's not that he doesn't want to pay attention, but he doesn't have the conditions to pay attention.

At the beginning, he was a slave, and he was already a god without being killed, what else do you expect to be exquisite?

Later, he followed Xiaoyaozi, but as long as Xiaoyaozi had wine in his mouth and a sword in his hand, he didn't pay attention to anything, and Xiong Chu couldn't pay attention to it.

Now, it's even more difficult to pay attention to.

The 10,000-year-old boy Luo Xiu suddenly disappeared, Xiong Chu ate the whole family alone, and he was not hungry, and he was also a fart.

Xiong Chu is not particular, but some people are particular.

And it's not ordinary, it's very exquisite.

This person is the new proprietress of Wanfu Building, Mo Jiuniang.

When Prince Xiong saw Mo Jiuniang, Mo Jiuniang had already sat opposite him. A pair of big eyes that can hook people's souls, looking directly at Xiong Chu.

Xiong Chu thinks that Mo Jiuniang is very particular, and there are two main meanings.

There are no less than ten tables of eating and drinking in the hall, and the new proprietress actually went downstairs to drink with herself, who dares to say that she is not particular?

Not only did he drink with himself, but he also brought over a plate of dishes. A very delicate emerald green small disc, inside which are also very delicate dishes, can you say that you are not exquisite?

"The cold is pressing, the good night is short, and the most lonely time is unbearable, eldest sister, I will accompany my little brother to have a drink!"

Yesterday's proprietor, Yan Erniang spoke like an orchid, which was already very beautiful. But Xiong Chu felt that this new boss lady spoke more eloquently, almost making people shudder.

"See, this is the tip of the scallion fried liver. Rest assured, this is not beef liver. Mo Jiuniang stretched out her ivory chopsticks and gave Xiong Chu a chopstick dish: "Of course, this is not a human liver." ”

Originally, Xiong Chu thought that he could swallow a whole cow now, and his appetite was not ordinarily good.

But as soon as Mo Jiuniang explained this dish, Xiong Chu found that he was now sour, and he had a feeling of wanting to vomit, and he had lost his appetite at all.

In fact, Xiong Chu has found that Mo Jiuniang is more iconic than Yan Erniang, especially the unique charm of a mature woman, which is not possessed by the proprietress Yan Erniang. After all, although Yan Erniang is a widow, she is unemployed.

"Actually, it's hard to get human liver, especially men don't have hearts and livers, little brother, are you right? So, even if I want to fry you a plate of human liver, I can't find it!"

When Mo Jiuniang spoke, she was also blowing like an orchid, which was pleasant to the ear, but Xiong Chu was chilled when she heard it.