In the evening of mid-April, it was still relatively dark, and it was already foggy.

At this time, on the official road east of the Guanzhong Inn in Xin'an County, a few horses suddenly appeared.

Xiong Chu didn't know what was going on, but after Huang Yanying let out a low shout, he still urged the Hulei Leopard to rush into the dense forest next to him.

Staring at a few horses on the official road, Huang Yanying said to herself: "Strange, how did they come over, did they also go to Yuanjiazhai to pay homage?"

Xiong Chu didn't know these people who came, so he looked at Huang Yanying: "Who is this, making you so nervous." We go our own way, is it necessary to hide?"

Huang Yanying stared at the movement on the official road: "It's not that we want to hide, but Peng Wuying in front of us made a gesture to let us hide, didn't you see that they also hid? I didn't expect that the Vulcan Sect on the other side of Dongting Lake would come over." See, the horse in the lead is Ge Youquan, the deputy master of the Vulcan Sect. ”

"Vulcan Sect?" Xiong Chu was taken aback: "This is trouble, there is a deep blood feud between me and the Vulcan Sect, and the destruction of the Seven Demons of Dongting and the Junshan Human Demon is all related to me." If they really want to go to Yuanjiazhai to pay their respects, then they have to fight?"

Huang Yanying shook her head: "You don't have to worry about this, the Vulcan faction doesn't dare to do anything to you in Yuanjiazhai, this is the rule of the rivers and lakes." Don't say that we are not afraid of them, if they dare to make trouble in Yuanjiazhai, the key is to disrespect Yuan Moyun, then there will be a good show. ”

"We hid not to be afraid of them, but to find out as many people as we could. You know that they belong to the peripheral forces of Dongchang, and they are mortal enemies of our Tianlong Group, and they must be eradicated as long as they have the opportunity. ”

Xiong Chu smiled: "Vulcan faction, I'm not afraid of them." Besides, they ambushed Xiaoyaozi, and a fire almost burned Xiaoyaozi to death. Vulcan faction, hehe, I'm going to kill it!"

"Senior brother, the martial arts of the Vulcan Sect are not strong, but they are very powerful with fire. Fang Qianxun said: "The Dongting Seven Demons and Junshan Demons you killed are all their peripheral forces, not the disciples of the Vulcan Sect. When Xiaoyaozi was almost burned to death, they did it. ”

"I remember what you said. Xiong Chu nodded: "Xiaoyaozi once told me about the killer features of several sects, among which the Yellow Phosphorus Flame Bomb of the Vulcan Sect ranked high. Two junior sisters, is there any way to deal with it?"

"Senior brother is really interesting, don't you know how to deal with it? Uncle Shi taught us to stab the sun with a sword, and he once said: If you can practice sword qi, you can shake it out when the yellow phosphorus flame bomb flies over, and it will not explode. ”

Fang Qianxun didn't care about the enemies outside, she cared about Xiong Chu: "It's a pity that I practiced with my senior sister for a year and didn't get started, and then I concentrated on cultivating the Cloud Piercing Sword." I don't know what Cheng Dù has been practiced by Senior Brother, has he practiced sword qi?"

Xiong Chu's face turned red all of a sudden: "Sword qi, I saw Xiaoyaozi appear when he killed someone, that is, a three-inch-long sword appeared at the tip of the sword." As for myself, I still haven't understood what is going on. ”

Huang Yanying suddenly shushed: "Shhh

Xiong Chu looked in the direction of her finger, and there was another group of people on the official road east of the Guanzhong Inn.

There were a lot of people in this group, and Xiong Chu counted them carefully, and there were seventeen horses, and they were all Taoist priests.

"Weird, weird!"

Hearing Huang Yanying's strange call, Xiong Chu became a little strange: "What's weird?"

"You think, these people are all from the Huashan faction. Huang Yanying said in a low voice: "Huashan is on the side of Tongguan, it should come from the west, how can it come from the direction of Hangu Pass? Isn't this weird?"

Fang Qianxun shook his head and disagreed: "What's strange about this, maybe they have already gone down the mountain, go to Luoyang first, and then come over to pay respects." Senior brother, are you right?"

"Well—" Xiong Chu dragged out a long tone before he said, "The possibility you said is there, but it's not big." ”

Seeing that Prince Xiong didn't agree with his point of view, Fang Qianxun was a little dissatisfied: "Why?"

"Not why. Xiong Chu said in a low voice: "Because when I got the Book of Thieves of the World, I asked the disciples of Huashan, and they said that a large number of people from the Huashan faction went down the mountain, and they had to ventilate to Yuanjiazhai. If Yuan Jiazhai does not agree, they cannot move freely. ”

"For the Huashan faction, now that seventeen people have appeared at once, this should be considered a large number of people, right? So many people are dangling on the territory of Yuanjiazhai, and I am afraid that I will not be satisfied with you-"

As soon as he said this, Xiong Chu's eyes suddenly narrowed, and then he reached out and rubbed his eyes again, and then asked softly, "Senior Sister Huang, do you know the person on the back of the third horse?"

Huang Yanying looked at it in response, and then nodded: "Lu Changming, the people in the rivers and lakes are called ghost hand scholars." Among the young disciples of the Huashan Sect, the three-point sword in one hand is more difficult. ”

Prince Xiong was thoughtful, staring at this Lu Changming, but asked Huang Yanying: "Does he have any brothers and sisters?"

"I don't know about that. Huang Yanying heard that something was wrong: "What does Senior Brother suspect? If you have to find out, you should be able to find out with all the strength of the Tianlong Group." ”

Xiong Chu was not sure: "This Lu Changming's figure is very similar to a person I know, but unfortunately the distance is too far, and I can't see his face clearly." Use all the power of the Tianlong Group, forget it, it's too much trouble. Maybe I'm too sensitive, maybe there's no need to mobilize the people now. Oh yes, what do you mean by the three-point swordplay?"

Fang Qianxun began to interject again: "Three-point swordsmanship, it belongs to the Huashan faction's peerless learning. Every time it is one move and three styles, sometimes two virtual and one real, sometimes two real and one virtual, sometimes it is a false move, sometimes it is a real move. People who fought with the disciples of the Huashan Sect for the first time were often caught off guard. ”

"Oh-"

Xiong Chu didn't say anything after a sigh, and Huang Yanying and Fang Qianxun didn't know what he meant.

Huang Yanying stood up, led the horses over and flew up: "Let's go, it's too dark now, there's nothing to see, it's better to wait for them in front." ”

This time, it was Huang Yanying who took the lead, leaving the road and cutting out diagonally to the northeast.

Xiong Chu suddenly remembered that Huang Yanying was repeating her old tricks, and she still didn't settle down at the Guanzhong Inn, but ran in the direction of Thirty Miles, and she did the same last time.

Linfeng Building, the last time three people and three horses opened a room for hours, Huang Yanying gave five taels of silver. Five people and five horses came over today, and they were going to stay overnight, so Xiong Chu thought that he would need no less than forty taels.

It was the second little boy from the shop who greeted him last time, and he didn't have a word at all.

The shopkeeper didn't even have half a word to welcome customers, and Xiong Chu already felt strange.

The last time was the third watch, and it can be said that I was afraid of affecting the sleep of other guests. But today is clearly not yet the day of the fixed watch, it is the most lively time for the guests to come and go, and the shopkeeper does not even speak.

Unexpectedly, Huang Yanying jumped off the horse and said: "Five people live in three rooms for one night." Then he took a minotion out of his bosom and threw it out.

Xiong Chu has been cultivating a sword to stab at the sun for four years, how powerful his eyesight is, but he saw that what Huang Yanying threw out was still five taels of silver.

If the shopkeeper doesn't speak, forget it. But the silver that Huang Yanying threw out, he carried it in his arms without looking at it like last time.

After walking around the rivers and lakes for a long time, especially with Miao Sanguan for a long time, Xiong Chu's perspective on the problem has finally changed, and he thinks about the problem a lot deeper.

This guy is definitely not an ordinary shopkeeper, but a very special shopkeeper.

When the shopkeeper receives the customer's money, he must not put it in his arms, but should immediately take it to the counter. Otherwise, once he has a business trip, he will not be able to speak clearly for the rest of his life.

According to the basic rules, the inn will never allow the shopkeeper to accept the customer's money without handing it over, but putting it into his own pocket.

Besides, the shopkeeper who collects the customer's money and puts it into his pocket is definitely not a good shopkeeper.

It's not a good shop, the time-honored inn will definitely not want it, and even break his dog's leg and drive it out.

In front of the shopkeeper, Xiong Chu saw that he received the silver twice, and put it all into his pocket.

Linfeng Tower is an old inn with a history of 100 years.

Such a well-known inn has such a strange shopkeeper, who can say that this is not a strange thing?

Xiong Chu followed the little two of the strange shop to the second floor, and found that it was actually the three upper rooms of heaven, earth and people, and they were also the only three upper rooms on the second floor.

What day is it?

The lobby below is already overcrowded, and most of them are Jianghu characters with swords on their backs, and if they don't do well, they will go to Yuanjiazhai to pay their respects.

With so many guests, and almost a new day, the only three upper rooms were still empty.

Xiong Chu finally knew that since there was a strange shopkeeper, there must be a strange inn.

Unexpectedly, the appearance of two strange things was not over, and even more strange things finally appeared, and Xiong Chu was dumbfounded.

There are three upper rooms in heaven, earth and people, and the number room is in the middle, which is normal.

What is abnormal is that Huang Yanying and Fang Qianxun live in the Tianzi room, and at the same time arrange for Li Xin, Peng Wuying and Xiong Chu to be crowded in the Tianzi room.

The lot number room in the middle is empty!

Seeing that Li Xin and Peng Wuying did not raise any objections, Prince Xiong had no choice but to keep his words in his stomach.

It's not boring, because according to the plan discussed in advance, entering Yuanjiazhai must obey Huang Yanying's arrangement.

Since Huang Yanying arranged it like this, it shows that she has her own reasons.

There is no reason and there is a reason, and if you ask, it is in vain.

Ask what should be asked, and rot in your stomach if you shouldn't. This is the rule of the rivers and lakes.

Just sat on the bed, and before she could catch her breath, Huang Yanying had already appeared at the door: "Brother Li, Brother Peng, Senior Brother, let's hurry down and eat." ”

"Shouldn't we let the shopkeeper get some hot water to wash his face, and then go down to eat?" Xiong Chu finally couldn't hold it back: "Look at us covered in dust, our faces are also messy, it's really not like words." ”

"It's like a painting on the wall. Fang Qianxun said in the back: "Neither of us spoke, you are embarrassed to pick and choose, it is serious to hurry down and eat." ”

Xiong Chu was still muttering as he walked out: "If Xiaoyaozi hadn't cleaned himself up back then, he would never have gone down to eat." I was taught three times to eat without washing my face. ”K