Cheng Yitian asked Du Boyang: "How about the one hundred and eight long knives of the horse gang in the past?"

Du Boyang knew his intentions, and he didn't beat around the bush, and got straight to the point: "Childe wants to measure the difference between them and the Black Wind Sword Formation?"

Cheng Yitian didn't say anything, this is the default. Du Boyang put down his wine glass, groaned slightly, and then said: "The long knife is domineering, but most of the people in the horse gang are reckless men who only know how to use strength. After a pause, he looked directly at Cheng Yitian, "Some of them have broken all the thirteen steel claws, do you know?"

Cheng Yitian was stunned.

Du Boyang bowed his head: "If so, compared with the sword formation of the one hundred and eight long swords and the thirty-six horsemen of the Black Wind, which is superior or inferior, you can know it when you think about it." ”

When Cheng Yitian heard this, he couldn't help but show a look of great disappointment.

"I thought—" He stopped.

Du Boyang smiled slightly: "I thought there was a way to defeat the thirty-six horsemen." This said Cheng Yitian's heart. Du Boyang personally gave Cheng Yitian a full cup: "Childe, the thirty-six horsemen joined forces to put you in prison." Thirty-six against one, there is no shame in failing. ”

"But—" The heart was as arrogant as Cheng Yitian, and he hurriedly defended.

Du Boyang waved his right hand and interrupted: "The old man knows that you mind, so he specially sent me." Gazing into each other's eyes, "In life, how many successes there will be, and how many failures should there be." The case of Yuezhou is an example! Those who say that we are successful because Xixinlou has stood still. And we know for ourselves that we do a lot of things to make wedding dresses for others. Up to now, more than half of the income of Xixinlou, Heshunju and Caiyunfang has been given to Lotus Palace. ”

Don't mention this matter, just mention it, Cheng Yitian's face that had just rounded up a little bit was stretched again.

Xixinlou is doing very well now, the store in Yuezhou is full of guests every day, a two-tael silver grilled pig face, and fifty servings are made in the kitchen every day, which is still in short supply. The situation of the store in Yangzhou is even better, the grilled pork face is not a rare dish there, the saury, anchovy, and puffer fish are very popular there, and the lion's head chopped out of crab roe is also a famous dish in the town. The place where the big salt merchants gathered, thirty private rooms were full every day, and there were countless individual customers, and it was difficult to find one at its peak.

Du Boyang calculated the account for Cheng Yitian, taking the Yangzhou store as an example, every day the private room and individual customers, the turnover will be about 600 taels, and there will be 18,000 taels a month, and the net profit will be about 9,000 after removing various expenses. Annual interest of 108,000 taels. The Yuezhou store is slightly inferior, with an annual profit of between 60,000 and 80,000. The time-honored brands in Yishan are the least profitable, with more than 20,000 yuan a year. And these add up, nearly 200,000 yuan will be paid to the Lotus Palace this year.

Is it a pity?

It's a shame to consider a single line.

However, the situation at that time was like this: the Shangwu Sect was waiting for an opportunity, and the super famous sect formed by the Six Great Sects, the Murong Family and the Meng Jiabao was aggressive, if the cooperation of the Lotus Palace was not accepted, whether it was abandoned by the whole Jianghu or suppressed by the government, Yicheng was very likely to be gone.

"From that point of view, it seems that we have failed less sadly. ”

"Uncle Du-" is young in the end, he understands the truth, and he wants to calm down the tone in his heart, Cheng Yitian himself feels that it is not easy, so he wants to talk about it.

Du Boyang understood him, bowed, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Thirty-six horsemen joined forces to defeat you, and it may be excusable to be outnumbered, but in the end you still lost." There are advantages to losing if you can lose. ”

"Let me understand that there are mountain people outside the mountains?"

"Yes!" said Du Boyan bluntly, "including the distinguished guest surnamed Bai—" At this point, his expression suddenly became a little serious.

Cheng Yitian asked softly: "Has Uncle Du seriously investigated his details?"

"Since I entered Yicheng, up to today, Transsonic Pavilion has spread all over the country. Up to the capital of Qiandu, down to the countryside of Yunnan and Guizhou, but where word of mouth is passed on, it will inevitably be collected. ”

Cheng Yitian's gaze stared.

Du Boyan sighed: "Nothing." ”

"How is that possible?"

"Nothing was found. There is no prince named 'Yingchu', and there is no capable person who can command the thirty-six horsemen of the Black Wind between the lake and the sea. ”

"From the sky?"

"It feels that way. ”

"But," Cheng Yitian said to Du Boyang after groaning slightly, "this person appeared six years ago. After thinking about it carefully, he said seriously: "The spruce has been taken away by him. ”

"Cloud girl?"

"Wandering the rivers and lakes alone, you can take out the money to buy a house, Wu Buyi treated the injuries of the former owner of Qihua Valley, Sang Yueren, and she paid 1,500 taels for the consultation. Just said this, Du Boyang's face changed color slightly, and Cheng Yitian continued, "Daily life and usage are all exquisite. ”

"I know that. ”

"Bai Yingchu definitely has a background, and the origin is not small. ”

Du Boyang was embarrassed, stood up, and bowed his hand: "My subordinates are derelict in their duties, and we must continue to investigate in detail." Sitting down again, Cheng Yitian poured him a glass of wine, and the two of them touched each other with cups and took a sip each. Putting down the wine glass, Cheng Yitian sighed: "I know that Uncle Du and my father-in-law are both good for me. He lowered his head in contemplation, and when he raised his head again, his brow furrowed, and his gloomy gaze cleared again.

I only heard him say to Du Boyang: "You are right, there are people outside the sky. Even if I have been practicing my kung fu well, it is not a shame to be defeated. ”

In the afternoon, Cheng Yitian, Du Boyang, Xiao Sanlang and Yin Shisan gathered together to continue chatting.

Du Boyang asked the other three people: "Do you remember the Meng sisters of Baihuatai? When Gongzi was captured, San Lang and Yang Yu brothers used to go there, what do you remember when they found it?" After a pause, he said, "An account book." An account book of the transactions of the two major organizations in Baihuatai, Yuxing and Qujiang. ”

After he said this, Cheng Yitian, Xiao Sanlang and Yin Shisan suddenly realized.

"No wonder!" Yin 13 slapped the table and said loudly.

Du Da, who was in charge of business in Yuezhou, suddenly came to Huawu, not just to do ideological work for the defeated son.

Yuxing and Qujiang are the territories of the Sixteen Churches in Jiangnan, and the two major organizations refer to the Yuxing Hall and Qujiang Hall in the Sixteen Churches in Jiangnan.

"Fang Shi and Wu Kun have both fled. This was said by Du Boyan, which was unprecedentedly very mysterious.

What Cheng, Xiao, and Yin all know is that among these two people, Fang Shi is the original hall master of Yuxing Hall, and Wu Kun is the hall master of Qujiang Hall.

Time goes back in time, when Cheng Yitian took Yang Yu and Xiao Sanlang in Hongzhou. Because the Meng sisters in Hongzhou were pressing, they had to investigate something that was beneficial to them. It was found out that the reason why Baihuatai was so domineering at that time was that the Meng sisters also thought highly of themselves in the Lotus Palace, completely because they not only mastered small roles like the Giant Axe Gang.

At that time, Meng Yao Immortal and Meng Shen Immortal had two trump cards in their hands: Yuxing Hall and Qujiang Hall, which both belonged to the Sixteen Halls in Jiangnan!

The sixteen halls of Jiangnan dominate the Yangtze River and dominate the south of the Yangtze River, and the power is called a big one. Yuxing Hall and Qujiang Hall are both important halls, and controlling them is equivalent to mastering one-third of the forces in the Yangtze River and Jiangnan!

What about specifically?

Describe the relationship between the two parties in terms of money alone. At that time, the net income of Yuxingtang and Qujiangtang was only about 50,000 yuan a year, but the amount of silver they paid to Baihuatai every year was exactly this amount.

You can see how close the relationship is.

Cheng Yitian took advantage of these, and the deal with the Meng sisters was also successful. However, because of the exposure of the secret, and because she was too arrogant and domineering, she executed the white arrow maid Yu Xuesheng without authorization, and in the end, the Meng sisters were still executed by Chu Qingyou, the red arrow maid under Xiao Feiyan.

Now, what asked Cheng Yitian to dig a little deeper was how the Sixteen Halls, which were one of the parties involved, knew this.

There is no such thing as an impermeable wall!

However, Shangguan Jiannan, who is the number one sword in the world, sits in the position of the head hall master, and it is not uncommon for him to see Mount Tai without seeing him.

Xiao Sanlang was the person who knew the most about the intelligence at that time, and explained to Gongzi: "Fang Shi and Wu Kun gave Baihuatai a reasonable income every year, but the subordinate Pingjiangtang still had to take a cut from their original income. It is said that four or six open. The lower hall mouth is six, and the upper subordinate hall mouth is four. ”

"This is much more than the Lotus Palace. "Yin Thirteen is noisy.

Xiao Sanlang smiled and bowed his head, and then said: "How to explain to the chief helm Pingjiang Hall, there is only one way. ”

"Overlord!" Du Boyang is an old man who has been in the world for many years.

Xiao Sanlang admired it very much and nodded: "The founder of the Jiangnan Sixteen Halls" "Five Heroes" was originally born as a fisherman on the river, and the Jiangnan Sixteen Halls are distributed along the river, and they eat this bowl of rice on the river. On the Yangtze River, including tributaries and lakes, most of the fisheries belong to them, and eight and a half of the ten fishermen need to obey the dispatch of the Sixteen Tang, and the fish markets in the three provinces of Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi are also in the hands of the Sixteen Tang. The rules of the sixteen halls are still that the income is open on June 4, the fishermen take the big head, the hall mouth takes the small head, and when the fishermen go to sea and what the underground nets are, all of which are arranged in detail by the hall. When the fishermen encounter wind and waves on the river, someone will go to the rescue at the entrance of the hall. On weekdays, if there is something in the fisherman's house, the 16th Hall will also send someone to help them settle it. However, after Yuxingtang dominated the market, the fishermen on the water still cast their nets, and the fish caught were divided into five or five points, and the standard for dividing was: big fish belonged to Yuxingtang, and small fish belonged to fishermen. Qujiangtang followed suit, and it was the same. ”

Why did Yuxing Hall and Qujiang Hall degenerate like this? This is not unrelated to the usual techniques used by the Lotus Palace. The details were explained by Du Da, who was in charge of the Transmission Pavilion: "Two years ago, Fang Shi married a concubine named 'Xiaoyu', and that woman was actually the companion of the Lotus Palace. Wu Kun of Qujiang Hall fell into the quagmire after following Fang Shi. ”

"Wu Kun also married the Lotus Palace maid?"

Du Boyang and Xiao Saburo glanced at each other and laughed together. Du Boyang nodded and said to Yin Shisan, "You are not wrong at all. After pausing for a while, he continued: "It is reported that Fang Shi's concubine is very generous on weekdays, and just to win over the various people in power in Yuxing Hall, it costs no less than 10,000 taels a year. Needless to say, what you eat, drink, what you wear, and what you wear. Fang Shiyuan and the Zhao family are very simple, and the Jade Lady must wear gold and silver whenever she appears in front of people at any time and place. Once met with the bigwigs in the city, the bigwigs praised her for wearing a moonlight pearl hairpin, which was rumored to be worth a thousand taels of gold. After saying that, he took a breath and added: "Wu Kun's concubine has not shown off Baochai, and her other behaviors are exactly the same as Fang Shi's Jade Lady. ”

"The movement is so big, it's impossible for Shangguan Jiannan, who is the 'No. 1 sword in the world', to think about it. Such an answer, in the end, was given by Cheng Yitian himself.

In the evening, facing the wax plum forest with flowers already in bloom, Cheng Yitian was still thinking about the incident they were talking about together in the afternoon.

Shangguan Jiannan knew about Yuxing and Qujiang, but he didn't have a seizure immediately. Now that Fang Shi and Wu Kun have fled, what does it mean?

There should be something that made the "No. 1 sword in the world" seize the opportunity and have to send it!

But what is "what"?

Think hard!

A bird flew in from outside the forest and flew over his head. Cheng Yitian thought about the problem intently and didn't pay attention. Soon, however, another bird flew from outside, a third, a fourth...... One after another, birds flew from outside the forest to into the valley.

Cheng Yitian noticed that something was unusual, did not greet others, and threw himself into the flower forest alone. Skirting the hundreds of wax plum trees, he finally saw a slender figure standing on a high slope outside the forest.

There were more than a dozen birds tethered to her.

Cheng Yitian was very surprised, and completely stepped out of the wax plum blossom forest and walked on a high slope.

She stopped going to put the birds' hands. The two looked at each other, looking at each other. A wave of heat surged in Cheng Yitian's heart, and he wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be blocked by cotton. The eyes are sour, the eyes are itchy, and the man should be self-reliant, and he can't hide the tears that began to flicker in his eyes unconsciously.

She was so touched that her eyes became wet.

It's just that no matter how sincere the affection of the two parties is, the hug she expected didn't appear. Cheng Yitian wanted to greet her, but at first, he couldn't speak, and then he thought that there were many things he didn't know about the secret: Who was Bai Yingchu? Six years ago, Bai Yingchu took her away, what happened between them? He had already arrived at Huawu, why did he come to look for it at this time?

Looking at the other dozen or so birds tied to the ground, Cheng Yitian took a breath, spit it out, and then asked, "Do you really have a way." ”