Luoshui
A young man in white clothes like snow walked to the river to greet the boatman. The old man who made a living by ferrying nearby could not help but praise him in his heart when he saw his face clearly. I can't remember how many people there are, but I have never seen such a handsome young master.
This young man is first-class regardless of his figure and appearance, and he doesn't know why he has a bald head. The most eye-catching thing is that there is a bright red dot on the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head. If you look closely, it doesn't seem to be drawn, it seems to be born there.
This old man is old enough to have experienced the demise of the Shang Kingdom. But maybe it's because I haven't seen Buddhist monks in the past few decades, so I forget that there are such a group of people in this world. But when he saw this monk, the old man suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he heard the adults say that people with bright red birthmarks will be extraordinary when they grow up, and the higher the birthmark is, the more beautiful it will be.
When a person gets old, some things can't be remembered, but some trivial things that should have been forgotten are remembered very clearly.
"Master, do you want to cross the river?"
"I want to go to the other side and ask my husband for help."
The young man answered politely.
The old man smiled heartily and said: "How can there be any help? If you want to cross the river, I will charge you to cross the river. This is a business. If you ask me to help, how can I accept your money?"
The young man groped from his bosom, found a piece of jade and handed it to the old man: "I didn't bring any silver with me when I went out. If you pawn this piece of jade, it will still be enough for your boat money. Jade is not worth much in troubled times, but it's fine." It’s okay, don’t take offense.”
The old man shook his head quickly: "Even if the price of jade drops sharply, I can't get your money back."
"I don't want your change."
After boarding the boat, the young man asked, "If you have any leftovers, just ask me a question from you, old man."
"question?"
The old man gave him a puzzled look, and felt that this person was a little strange. But since people said that this jade looks round and flawless, it can definitely be exchanged for a lot of silver. The old man thought that such a good thing should not be pawned, but should be kept as a family heirloom.
"As long as I know, you can ask."
The old man took the jade pendant carefully, wiped it twice on his body, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wrapped it meticulously.
"Crossing the river is Subei Dao. May I ask if there are any great Jianghu sects in Subei Dao?"
The young man said: "I just left home for the first time, and I don't know much about the affairs on the other side of the river. I heard that there are many great sects in the south of the Yangtze River. The old man has been begging for living materials on this waterway for decades, and he is not familiar with the affairs of North Subei Road. Should have heard more."
The old man looked at the young man again, and suddenly understood: "Oh... I see, son, are you going to enter the world? I will feel sorry if I don't persuade you after taking such a valuable thing from you. My son, the world said You are too big, it seems that you are leaving the house for the first time, if you want to make a living, you might as well take a walk around first, and you must not seek trouble from some famous sect first."
"Which of those powerful sects has no support behind them? Let me say that the Jindaomen of Subei Dao, which I know, is backed by the Jin family. Although it is said that the Jin family is not as good as before, it is still the first class." Besides, the two brothers Jin Shixiong and Jin Shiduo have raised their banners to rebel, and Jindaomen is also among them, why does the young master have to find hardships on his own for such a romantic person?"
"Since a person is born in the world, he must have the heart to make progress."
The young man smiled: "Golden Knife Sect, I wrote it down, are there other sects that are more powerful?"
"well."
Seemingly unable to persuade him, the old man said while punting the boat: "Since you are going to venture out, my lord, I will not say anything more as an outsider. I am not from the rivers and lakes, but I have heard a little about it these years. Su The most powerful sect in the North Road is not the Golden Knife Sect. Compared with the Mobi Pavilion, the Golden Knife Sect is not popular at all. The owner of the Mobi Pavilion is called a stroke of Jiangshan, and his name is Jiangshan. It is said that both civil and military , I used to be a teacher in the most famous Tonggu Academy in the south of the Yangtze River, and the most commendable thing is the one-stroke calligraphy, which is the best in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not easy for many powerful people to ask him to write a single calligraphy. "
"Later, it was rumored that he entered Taoism through calligraphy, and since then he left Tonggu Academy and set up his own school. Later, he challenged many masters of Subei Dao with a pen, and he won a complete victory. status has risen."
The old man said these words like a treasure. He floated on the water all year round, with so many guests passing by, naturally he heard many true and false rumors.
"The Ink Pen Pavilion?"
The young man nodded: "That's worth a visit. Although I haven't left home, I've heard of the name of Tonggu Academy."
"Tonggu Academy is not some Jianghu sect!"
The old man corrected: "Tonggu Academy is just an academy."
The young man smiled without retorting.
The two of them didn't talk much after that, the old man raised his hand from time to time and kept silent on his chest, which was where he put the jade pendant. It could be seen that he really cared about the jade pendant. Maybe I have worked hard all my life, but I have never seen such a precious thing.
When he was about to reach the shore, the young man stood up, glanced at the old man, and asked in a soft tone: "You have already seen my background, but you pretend not to see it. People really become cunning when they get old." Or is it that you are so greedy for money that even people from the Buddhist sect dare to ferry them casually."
The old man's expression stiffened obviously, and he raised his hand subconsciously to touch the place where the jade pendant was: "It's a pity that such a good thing can't be taken home to give to my grandson..."
He glanced at the young man: "I didn't realize you were a monk until I got close, how could I avoid it in time? I pretended not to know, why can't you pretend not to know?"
"because… "
As soon as the young man pointed at the forehead of the old man, the old man immediately fell backwards.
"I'm also very concerned about this jade pendant."
The young man bent down and took the jade pendant out of the old man's arms, then casually threw the handkerchief wrapped with the jade pendant into the river. He didn't take a second look at the corpse, as if this person had nothing to do with him. It was already very close to the shore, and he jumped onto the shore and walked towards the east.
"Ink Pen Pavilion..."
The young man muttered to himself as he walked: "I don't know what the cultivation base of this sum of money is, and how far it has to be suppressed. It's so troublesome to get out of the shell again and again..."
He touched his face with gentle movements: "Are you going to lose your face again?"
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Luoshui Bank
Liao Sheng looked at the boat that was towed back, and carefully checked the old man's injuries: "Master Hou, this man died because of a blow to his head, and my subordinates don't know what to do with that man. So there is no way to judge. However, it is expected to be him."
He turned his head and glanced at Wu Yidao who was standing aside: "We have already passed Luoshui and entered Subei Road, and it is no longer in our control area."
Wu Yiyi was silent for a while and then said: "Do you still remember what I told you when I was in Qingfeng City?"
Liao Sheng nodded: "Master Hou said that the person who hurt the lord will catch up even if he flees to the ends of the earth. No child of the Black Banner Army can bear such a thing."
"Cross the river."
Wu Yidao said two words lightly, then turned around and told his subordinates: "Go back and tell the lord, I will take the people from the Xiao Riding School across the river and enter Subei Road."
Knowing that the people of the Black Banner Army were chasing the murderer, fishermen soon came over and spontaneously shook the boat to send people across the river. After reaching the other side of the river, Wu Yidao didn't ask people to change their clothes. Xiaoqi School was still wearing the brocade clothes. He looked at the heavily guarded soldiers at the ferry not far away, and told Liao Sheng, "Go tell them directly, and say that the Black Banner Army is coming. To hunt down fugitives, whether they agree or not, I will go there."
The side of North Subei Road close to Luoshui was originally the territory of Tonggu Academy. Not long after the academy was destroyed, because Luo Tu joined forces with Jin Shiduo in Liuzhou, the court troops led by Yang Jian immediately marched eastward, and later Luo Tu was in Liuzhou. Proclaiming himself emperor and changing his name to Shengtu, no one in Subei Road even cared.
Now occupying Subei Dao is the joint force of several aristocratic families in Subei Dao, with only tens of thousands of troops.
To be honest, the soldiers guarding the Luoshui Ferry are most afraid of seeing the Black Banner Army coming from the other side of the river one day. Now that the Black Banner Army's position in the southwest has been stabilized and its military strength is strong, as a neighbor of the Black Banner Army, Naturally, the few families in North Subei Dao are not at ease for a day.
"The Black Banner Army crossed the river to hunt down the fugitives, please let them go."
Liao Sheng glanced at the soldiers: "If you see a bald man in white go by, tell me."
"This... can't it?"
The captain who was guarding the ferry was stunned, he really didn't expect the people from the Black Banner Army to come here so openly. There was a wave of uncertainty in his answers, but he didn't dare to refuse forcefully at all. Everyone knows how powerful the Black Banner Army is now. Pingyongzhou, swallowing four ways, and destroying Nanyan, these things have not passed for a long time.
"cannot?"
Liao Sheng sneered: "I'm just telling you, the rest is nothing to you. Either you ask someone to open the roadblock, or I overturn it directly. You are just a school captain, how can you report to the police?" It is their business how the higher-ups deal with it.”
"I… "
The school lieutenant opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to pull out the knife in the end, although the soldier's self-esteem almost made him pull out the knife at a certain moment.
Liao Sheng ignored him and waved his hand, and then a brigade of Xiaoqi School came over and moved the roadblock away. Everyone got on their horses and rushed over like that.
"what to do?"
A soldier asked the captain
"How the hell do I know what to do!"
The captain roared angrily, only then did he realize that his back was covered with sweat.
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Miaobi Mountain
Ink Pen Pavilion
Da Zizai, who was covered in wounds, glanced at the corpses all over the yard, then looked at the slack and lifeless eyes of the owner of the ink brush pavilion known as a stroke of rivers and mountains, and shook his head.
"Suppressed a realm, and fought so hard with you, your reputation is really not very reliable..."
He ignored the owner of the Mobi Pavilion who was unable to move anymore, took a look at the side room and walked over, pushed open the door, jumped onto the beam, hooked his feet on the beam and hung there upside down , and then slowly closed his eyes. The entire Mobi Pavilion had been killed by him, and the owner of the Mobi Pavilion collapsed in the yard, watching the man enter the side room with the door open, and then he watched helplessly. The man was hanging upside down on the beam.
Half an hour later, the owner of the Mob Pavilion, who was injured to the point of death, exclaimed in shock at what he saw, a stream of blood gushed up in his throat but he couldn't spit it out, he was stuck there, unable to move up and down, His eyes were almost protruding from the suffocation, and he fell to the ground after not holding on for long, unable to move anymore.
He was scared to death.
In the side room.
The person hanging upside down on the beam started to split from the feet, and the skin fell off by itself, hanging sticky on the body, sliding down slowly little by little.
Pata
The human skin fell to the ground.
It was dark, and the moonlight shone miserably, but it couldn't cover the bloody smell in the yard. The pale moonlight entered the side room from the door, and shone on the human skin, making it extraordinarily eerie.