In winter, the water dries up, and most of the migrant workers on both sides of the bank are repairing the embankment. They are working hard like ants to carry stones and sand. Listless, no one will put in much effort if he has no copper coins in his pocket after a busy day. Only the peasants who are working abroad have extra time to take a look at the river surface that has long been tired of, and learn from those high-ranking scribes and officials.
After looking at it, everyone was surprised. They saw that there were suddenly many more boats cruising up and down the river that was about to enter Jiangnan Road. Winter shipping was not as good as the other three seasons. It was rarely so lively, as if It seems that overnight, someone cast some kind of magic, and many boats were airborne and landed on the river.
Those ships were big or small, with different shapes and speeds, and there were even a few slightly modified triplanes inside. Triwing boats are official ships of the Jiangnan Navy. They are extremely fast and have never been allowed to be used by civilians. The same thing is that the men standing on these boats all have bulging waists, and they presumably hide weapons. Apart from the conspicuous rust on their dark cheeks, there is a silent murderous intent and vigilance.
To be able to mobilize so many ships to concentrate on this waterway entering Jiangnan Road within two days without alarming the government to speak out, the only one who can have this ability is the well-known Jiangnan Water Village. Da Jiang's ability, even the famous big families in Jiangnan, is far inferior to Jiangnan Shuizhai.
The full name of Jiangnan Water Village is Twelve Links of Jiangnan and related waters (the name is cute), and it specializes in living on the cobweb-like waterways in the south of the Yangtze River. Whether it is cargo transportation, passenger transportation or related industries, it depends on their faces. In particular, the private salt, private tea and horse trade business that was carried out secretly gave them extremely powerful strength. And after that Ming family, Xia Qifei, who was aliased as the head of the water village, made more efforts to build a good relationship with the government. It was even rumored that this Lord Xia could be called a brother and brother with the admiral of the navy in Shahu.
No one can stop the hooligans and the government. So these years, although the Jiangnan water village has reduced the underworld business on the surface, it has gradually stepped out of the lakes and aquatic plants, and came to the people in a fair manner, and its momentum is even stronger than before.
It was such a powerful force that was able to run unimpeded on the big river and pull boats along the river without fear of objections.
The one who issued the order was Xia Qifei, the leader of the Jiangnan Water Village. Although he didn't care much about the lives and deaths of his subordinates, Guan Yumei, who suddenly disappeared this time, was somewhat related to his mother's line. Holy, to be able to bite such a big piece of flesh like this without anyone noticing!
In March, the inner treasury will be reopened. According to previous years, it is not a two-dish meal between the Cui family and the Ming family, but this year, because the Cui family has collapsed, and it is known to the world, the jurisdiction of the inner treasury has been transferred to Her Royal Highness. It was transferred to Fan Tisi of the Overwatch Council, so Xia Qifei decided to give it a try, to see if he could take advantage of the new situation and take back what belonged to him in an open and honest manner.
It's just that the business in the internal treasury is too big, and the amount of the target silver starts at 100,000. Even if you want to go to the God of Wealth Gate to sit and drink tea in March, the money you have to take out will be scary.
The collapsed Cui family and the thriving Ming family all have this strength, but Xia Qifei absolutely does not. Even if his subordinates control the biggest gangster on the waterway, the money in his hands is still like a beggar compared to the Ming family. That's why he was in a hurry to search for silver everywhere, and even secretly ordered Guan Yumei to start the river pirate business again.
He refused to let go of such a small amount of money, and he was obviously driven to the point of going crazy. As the saying goes, a penny is hard to kill a hero. The heroes who live in the rivers and lakes want to learn to do business. The first problem they encounter is money.
At this critical juncture, Xia Qifei became more and more careful, and did not lose his mind. He was guessing whether what happened on the shore of Yingzhou might be aimed at him.
When the incident happened, he was in the city of Shazhou inviting Master Xu Shoushan, the guard of the Jiangnan Navy, to drink. There are always exaggerations in the legends of the rivers and lakes. The highest rank general of the navy he can contact now is the first rank of the guard. After the Master Xu knew about this, he kept silent and let Xia Qifei go to search for the boat, but he still gave a warning to the people in the water village: everything must be settled before the beginning of March, and after it is done, they will Wash it clean, and wash off the bloody smell on your body!
Because Mr. Tisi will come to Jiangnan from Danzhou in March.
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Dozens of boats from the Jiangnan water village searched the river for a long time, but they still couldn't find the big boat with obvious appearance. It was a little surprising. Xia Qifei listened to his subordinates' report, narrowed his eyes coldly, and said: "It seems that those people didn't come down... It's not so easy to move the box off the boat, it should still be near Yangzhou, have you checked it?"
The man with a white cloth wrapped around his head to resist the wind from the river was taken aback, and said in embarrassment: "Subordinates count the time, and in two days, the boat should arrive near Shazhou... I didn't expect that the other party would not leave."
Xia Qifei was so annoyed that he almost kicked him and scolded: "You are a pig!" After a pause, he shouted darkly: "Search up, if you want to see a person if you are alive, if you want to see a corpse if you are dead, at the worst Tow that boat back to me!"
The man took the order and left, not noticing what the village master said, which showed that his confidence had begun to weaken.
Xia Qifei sat at the table and was so angry that he couldn't calm down for a long time. This half year was the most important half year in his life, and he absolutely didn't allow anyone or anything to interfere with him, otherwise the long-planned revenge would have to be re-planned .
He poured down the cold tea in the bowl in one gulp, and he became a little hot from the excitement. There were two stern looks in his eyes, and he simply walked to the atrium, waiting for the good news from his brothers. He unbuttoned the front of his chest, revealing the scars on the horizontal flesh, but these scars are a bit strange, neatly lined up, not like the wounds of knives and axes from the fight in the rivers and lakes, but like after being tied up. Severely whipped in general.
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At noon, a large ship slowly sailed away from the bustling wharf in Yangzhou and marched downward.
At the same time, dozens of boats from the Jiangnan Water Village aggressively headed upstream, looking for the enemy's traces at the risk of traveling at night.
God did not deliberately arrange the time for hide-and-seek. Before the sun went down, the two sides finally met at Jingbo Bend, the gentlest section of the river.
Dozens of boats rushed up quickly, and the water bandits' natural ability to maneuver the boat was brought into full play at this time, but after a few changes, the big boat was surrounded in the middle of the river.
The boats from the Jiangnan water village carefully surrounded the boats from Kyoto, and the leading three-winged spaceship approached the big ship. The big ship had stopped at this time, as if it had given up resistance.
The leader of the water village on the three-winged spaceship shouted to the big ship: "Listen up, people on board, you are already surrounded, immediately put down your weapons and accept inspection." (Please forgive my laziness)
There was still silence on the big ship.
The leader of the water village had a serious expression on his face, and made a gesture. At the same time, a total of six ships approached, stretched out their long embroidery poles, hooked the side planks of the big ship with some difficulty, took out the dagger on his body, and prepared to forcibly board the ship.
At this moment, the big ship suddenly moved!
This movement was full acceleration, and rushed towards the outside of the encirclement line at a speed that made these water bandits dumbfounded. In an instant, the huge driving force of the big ship tore up all the embroidered long hooks that had just been put on the ship's side. More than a dozen water bandits who were climbing miserably fell into the water, causing countless waves and chaos on the river!
And the large water village boat that was blocking the front collided with the boat from Kyoto without any fancy—then turned its head, bent its back, and slid away gracefully.
Of course, this wonderful action is accompanied by the terrible accompaniment of the deck cracking and the sailors exclaiming.
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A white water wave was left at the tail, and the boat from Kyoto sailed rapidly downstream, leaving countless sawdust and water bandits floating on the surface of the mirror-like river.
The leader of the water village grabbed the edge of the ship, stabilized his figure in the big waves, and stared at the stern of the big ship with jaw-dropping shock. This ship...is too strong! And from being completely still to such a fast speed, how did the sailor who operated the ship do it? Why does it seem to be higher than my own level!
The sailors who came to the boat from Kyoto were all school officers who were withdrawn from the Quanzhou Navy. They have been studying the art of water warfare all year round. They are much stronger.
It’s just sailing on the river, because I’m afraid of underwater reefs, so I don’t dare to go straight ahead, so the boat from Kyoto is not fully sailed. Compared with the three-winged spaceships used by the navy, it does not have much advantage in speed. The ship broke through a line of defense, and was immediately followed by more than a dozen spaceships that followed.
At this time, half of the river is rustling and half of the river is red. The boats from the capital came first, and the boats from the Jiangnan water villages followed. A wonderful picture of hundreds of boats racing.
"Use the hook!"
Seeing that the boat from Kyoto was very aggressive, and the hull was made of unknown material, but it was so strong, the leader of the Jiangnan water village shouted loudly and made several gestures at the same time. Although the wind in the river was so strong that his words were blown into the sky in a blink of an eye, seeing his gestures, the water thieves surrounding the big boat took out a bunch of ropes tacitly and threw them onto the big boat.
More than a dozen ropes pierced through the air and landed on the deck of the big ship with a beautiful arc. The water bandits were extremely skilled in their techniques, as expected, they were used to this kind of skilled work. Then everyone tightened their hands, and the hook on the end of the rope was firmly attached to the plank of the ship. At this time, the speed of the two sides was similar, and the rope was not hard like bamboo. The rope began to climb up the ship.
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It was halfway through the climb again, at the pitiful halfway, more than a dozen partition windows were opened on the side of the big ship, and a long hook or long ax protruded from each window, and chopped down viciously at those people on the rope. ——Just listening to the gust of knife wind, screaming again and again, blood scattered with the river wind, stumps and limbs fell together in the turbid waves, and the water bandits suffered heavy casualties during a face-to-face encounter!
Some people fell into the river by chance, but those rope hooks were cut off, and then from the windows of the boats coming from Kyoto, more than a dozen arrows were stretched out, aiming indifferently at the surrounding boats. It didn't launch, but it was full of deterrence, as if to say, whoever dares to approach again will be killed!
The leader of the water village at the back looked with tearing eyes and was furious, but he felt chills in his heart—he had been wandering on the rivers and rivers for many years, and he had experienced how many times he had suppressed bandits. It is the standard configuration of imperial navy!
"Is there some conspiracy?"
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The boat sailed down at an extremely fast speed, and immediately left Jingbo Bay and came to the waters of the sandbar.
The water thief leader looked fiercely at the ship that was still besieged, and knew that although the other party was unexpectedly well prepared and powerful, elephants were also afraid of ants. , there will always be a way to make the other party sink to the bottom of the river, all he needs is time.
As if in response to his request, four large ships suddenly appeared on the river in front of them, lined up in the middle of the river, just blocking the descending river. The shadows are all stretched out, looking very powerful.
The leader of the water village squinted his eyes, and found that it was the navy boat that had been secretly cooperating with people like himself in recent years. He couldn't help being overjoyed, and shouted: "There are brothers to help, everyone, don't worry!"
The boat from Kyoto still rushed downstream silently and firmly, as if the four warships of the Shahu Navy did not exist, and it was as tragic as if they were about to commit suicide.
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Looking at the scene under the setting sun, the leader of the Jiangnan water village was dumbfounded and sat down on the ground.
Seeing that the boat coming from Kyoto was about to be pinched to death from front and back, and fell into a tight siege, the four warships of the Shahu Navy in the downstream, after an agreement, turned their rudders at the same time to make way for the boat coming from Kyoto. The boat sailed leisurely down the water!
How is this going!
The leader of the water village couldn't believe his eyes, but the remaining rationality in his mind told himself that the ship he had been chasing for a long time... was really similar to these four giant navy ships.
Without giving him time to think about it, the four navy ships had already laid across the ships in the Jiangnan water village like four giant beasts, feeling full of oppression.
The official standing on the bow of the navy is also known to the leader of the Jiangnan water village. He is a close friend of the Xia village master, the garrison of the Shahu navy—Master Xu Shoushan!
Xu Shoushan stood at the bow of the boat indifferently, but the clothes on his body seemed to have been put on in a hurry, and the belts were not fastened, which looked a little funny. He looked at the "old acquaintance" below, frowned slightly, and signaled to the other party with his eyes that he had better surrender quickly, regardless of whether the other party understood or not, he said in an authoritative voice:
"Listen, people on board, you have been surrounded, immediately put down your weapons and accept the inspection."
(again please forgive my laziness)
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The state city of Shazhou is just where the Shahu Lake enters the river. The water potential has collided. After ten thousand years, countless fertile soil has been accumulated. In addition to the hard work of the people, it has always been one of the famous grain-producing places on the edge of the river. Years ago, the Quanzhou Navy was dismantled, and the Shahu Navy became the largest naval base in the Qing Kingdom after accepting some of its personnel. Thousands of navy officers and soldiers depended on this state city, which strangled the throat of the south of the Yangtze River, in their daily lives.
The officers and soldiers of the navy who smelled of sweat and water brought endless troubles to the people of Shazhou, the girls of Shazhou brought infinite dangers, and the officials of Shazhou brought countless problems. Countless money and business opportunities, 90% of the salaries allocated by the imperial court to those bachelors every year are probably used in brothels, gambling houses and restaurants in Shazhou, so the entertainment industry in Shazhou is, to be precise, the No. The three industries are quite developed, and there are many restaurants of all kinds. The west side is full of red sleeves, and the east side is constantly shaking dice from morning to dusk... It's so lively.
On this day, a few people walked out of the most famous inn in Shazhou. The combination of this group of people is a bit weird, a young man, a girl, a scholar, and a child, followed by several solemn guards. A group of people directly hired a large car and drove directly to Nancheng.
This group of people is naturally Fan Xian, Sisi, the third prince, Shi Chanli and those seemingly ordinary tiger guards. They stopped in Yangzhou overnight, discussed and decided on the next itinerary, and people from all over the place adjusted it. As for the procedures used by the Shahu Marine Division, I don't know what procedures they used, but the military must protect the adults of the Overwatch Council no matter what. From Fan Xian's appearance, it seems that he is not going to hide his identity anymore, so he still remains at this time. Su Wenmao on the boat was very puzzled.
Let the big boat deal with those water bandits on the big river, but Fan Xian took the people around him and got off the boat at night in Yangzhou ahead of time, took a carriage, and came to Shazhou City comfortably along the official road, doing it secretly, No one noticed it.
The atmosphere in South City of Shazhou was a little tense. The three religions and the nine streams are mixed here, and everyone knows that the overlord of the Tao—the Lord Xia of the Jiangnan Water Village is doing something. I don’t know the specific details, but the leaders of the water village who keep coming and going in and out of the small yard know that this matter Things are a little troublesome.
That small courtyard may seem inconspicuous, but everyone knows that it is the sub-rudder of the Seventy-two Docks of Jiangnan Water Village in Shazhou.
So when Fan Xian's carriage came to a distance of several tens of feet outside the small courtyard, someone had already noticed it, especially the eyeliner scattered in the street by Shuizhai. , but no one noticed that in the dim twilight, those six seemingly ordinary assassins had already occupied the most advantageous locations on this street.
As the carriage got closer and closer to the rudder, some people gradually approached, aiming at the carriage intentionally or unintentionally, and the atmosphere was a little tense. The people in the carriage didn't seem to notice anything, and they drove straight to the gate of the courtyard before stopping. A scholar lifted the curtain, walked up the stone steps, and said a few words to the thug at the gate calmly.
After a while, a man with upside-down eyebrows and soybean eyes walked out of the rudder. He looked at him with a vigilant look, squinted and asked, "Who are you? Why do you want to see Lord Xia?"
The scholar is Shi Chanli, where has he been in the so-called rivers and lakes? Looking at the master's sinister expression, and looking at the thugs who came up around him, it was obvious that the opponent was carrying a murder weapon. The scholar was really flustered and couldn't help but secretly It was too inhumane for Master Sect Master to let him do such a thing, but he still suppressed his nervousness and said: "I'm from Kyoto, and I'm meeting Master Xia, and I have something important to discuss."
The master at the steering wheel looked at him contemptuously, dissatisfied with the other party's behavior, squinted at the carriage, and said, "Is it you, or the person in the carriage? If it is the person in the carriage, why did you come to the door?" Still not getting out of the car, so sneaky, how can it be reasonable to be a guest."
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The three people in the carriage did not listen to what was said outside. Fan Xian threw Shi Chanli out, also with the idea of training the minds of the scholar students. At this time, he was talking to the third child. He said gently: "Your Highness , From Yangzhou to Shazhou, the people's livelihood that you see along the way is very different from that in Kyoto, please keep it in mind, Your Highness."
Traveling at night, along the way, Fan Xian deliberately let the third prince get in touch with ordinary people along the way, so that he could see the most authentic folk life. A few words of gossip.
As for the so-called prince education, Fan Xian had no experience and no method, so he had to cross the river by feeling the stones and try to see if this method would work.
For Fan Xian's arrangement, Shi Chanli seemed to have a certain smell, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried for the master. The third prince accepted it calmly, and kept silent with a maturity far beyond his age, without talking nonsense.
"The people's livelihood is so difficult." The third prince replied respectfully: "In the Daqing Dynasty, although taxes were not heavy, the people's life was still difficult, but looking at the people along the way, there is a lot of happiness on their faces. The requirements are really not high. The key to the government is to meet the most basic food and clothing requirements of the people first."
Fan Xian is purely a blind guide, who knows how to govern the world. He nodded noncommittally, and said, "The common people are easy to appease, and if the court needs it, the officials' salaries will be obtained from the people. Your Highness will help His Highness the Crown Prince to govern in the future." All over the world, you must pay attention to what you should ask for, as long as you don’t exceed the limit, there will be no serious problems.”
The third prince glanced at Fan Xian, and suddenly smiled innocently: "Teacher, the folk customs of Yangzhou are far stronger than those of Shazhou, and the people there have resentment on their faces. It seems that the imperial court has taken too much."
On the boat, the young Third Prince asked very affectionately to be called Teacher Fan Xian instead of Mr. Si Ye. He deliberately wanted to close the relationship with Fan Xian. Fan Xian stopped him several times, but to no avail. Let him go. Hearing these words at this moment, he subconsciously thought of Yingzhou Zhizhou who had been murdered by him, so he didn't want to continue this topic, and instead asked: "What does Your Highness think about... Jiangnan Water Village? "
"The teacher said that chivalry is prohibited by martial arts, not to mention that the so-called water village is just a group of gangsters on the water, hooligans in the boat, who seek wealth and murder, and invite money by violence. There is no such thing as chivalry that the teacher said." Third Prince A trace of cruelty flashed across the innocent face, "According to the students, we should mobilize the army and catch them all. The head of the evil will be beheaded and exiled from the evil ones to the northern border."
Fan Xian was stunned, and said: "As I said before, the folk customs are caused by the terrain and living environment. If we blindly suppress them, it will be like a wildfire. Maybe we can clear the weeds for a while, but if we don't start from the people's livelihood, the people will not be able to survive. Still fall into banditry, just like the weeds reborn after the spring breeze, when will this cycle end?"
After thinking for a while, the third prince shook his head and said: "Teacher, this is wrong. Of course, the imperial court must use heavy codes to deal with such rioters. You also said that the Jiangnan water village must have something to do with the Shahu navy in order to survive until now. How will these disorderly people destroy the imperial court secretly in the future?"
He then said coldly: "To appease the people's livelihood and let the people live well is naturally necessary to make the world without thieves, but for those thieves who dare to show their heads, we must not be soft-handed. Those who should be killed must be killed." kill!"
Fan Xian looked at the third prince with a half-smile, and found that this child was indeed much more straightforward than himself, but his concealment skills were still far behind his own. He dared to raise objections in front of his face, presumably to show his status To be frank and honest, I proposed to use the word "suppression" to deal with the Jiangnan water village, because I wanted to show a decisive and undisguised side in front of myself, so that I could feel his sincerity—I wanted to deliberately influence and change the third child during my trip to the south of the Yangtze River. Want to influence myself—Although the little guy is not round enough, but he can have such a scheming at a young age, it is really amazing.
"Then why doesn't His Highness object... I'm here to share the helm in the Jiangnan Water Village today?"
"The teacher has his own ingenious calculations, which cannot be guessed by the students." The third prince regained his composure and smiled.
Fan Xian raised his eyebrows, knowing that although the third child didn't know the details, he should be able to guess his general direction, so he smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that he was indeed a hypocrite. At this time, the conversation outside the carriage was halfway through. I don't know what Shi Chanli said, but the master's face finally became flustered, and the thugs surrounding the carriage moved closer.
The curtain of the car was lifted, and Fan Xian stepped down. Looking around at the twilight scenery, he didn't seem to care much about the water bandits who forced them up.
Then he turned around and pulled the third prince and Sisi down.
The third prince stood beside him, put his armpit together, looked at the thugs around with great interest, and asked softly: "Teacher, are these the so-called Jiang Hu people?"
Fan Xian replied: "It should be considered."
The third prince was a little excited, but he didn't have any fear. He was a prince after all, so he didn't know the dangers in the rivers and lakes, and he never thought about his own safety when he was with Fan Tisi. The third child was sure, with Fan Tisi around, no one could harm him, not to mention that now the whole world knew about Fan Xian's life experience... The emperor's family was ruthless, but the third prince thought that Fan Xian was a special case.
Fan Xian glanced at him sideways, and asked softly curiously, "Master, why aren't you worried at all?"
The third prince grinned and said, "With the teacher here, what are you afraid of?"
In everyone's mind, Fan Xian is still that martial arts wizard who can be compared with Beiqi Haitang, but no one knows his real situation. He just didn't understand why Fan Xian dared to go so deep into the tiger's den, disregarding his own safety.
The conversation between the two fell on the ears of everyone in the Jiangnan water village, which seemed to reveal the identity of the other party. The child was probably the son of a certain rich family, and Fan Xian, a beautiful scholar, was a teacher, but his age seemed too young. some.
"Master, let's go in."
Ignoring the vigilant and nervous gazes of the people around him, Fan Xian took his leisure time, took the child with one hand and the girl with the other, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.
Shi Chanli lowered his head and followed him with shame. The exam was a failure. The teacher told him not to reveal his identity, but he wanted to enter the door openly. The scholar really had no choice.
The master's complexion kept changing. Looking at the other party's personnel mix, he guessed that the other party was the enemy that the village master was looking for, but... how dare the other party come to the door? When did the other party get off that ship!
At this time, countless brothers in the Jiangnan Water Village were hard at work chasing the traces of Fan Xian and the others on the river, and were engaged in a desperate struggle with the big ship. Who would have thought that the enemy they were searching for would come to the desert so carelessly? Zhou Zhou came to the sub-rudder gate in such an arrogant manner, and broke in directly!
"Take them down!" The master's face turned green and white, as if he had never seen such an arrogant enemy before, and he was a little flustered deep in his heart, but anyone who is arrogant, except mentally retarded, always has something to rely on. But Master Xia was in the courtyard right now, if he was slow to respond, he might have a big problem.
Following this shout, those thugs drew out their daggers, let out a roar, and charged at Fan Xian and the others!
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Fan Xian felt his right hand tighten slightly, turned his head to look, and saw that the third prince still kept an innocent smile on his face, but he had subconsciously clenched his hand earlier, thinking that he was a little scared beyond the disguise.
"Confidence." At this juncture, Fan Xian still did not forget to explain: "People in the Tian family must have confidence that overwhelms everything."
Dang dang dang, it was like the absurd song sounded, and the brothers of the Shazhou branch of the Jiangnan Shuizhai also saw a very absurd scene. They saw countless short knives flying up at the gate of the small courtyard, as if it was raining Usually, mysteriously escaped from the control of his own palm.
Immediately afterwards, there were countless muffled groans, and all thugs who blocked Fan Xian's path were blown away!
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Gundam led the six tiger guards and floated around Fan Xian and the four of them like a gust of wind. Silently, he drew out the long knife carried behind his back, and sent the thugs flying.
Fan Xian still held the two of them calmly and walked towards the small courtyard. Accompanied by the scream and the light of the knife, his steps were very steady.
"Although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go." He explained to the third prince beside him: "The imperial court does not need to deal with people from the Jianghu, we only need to arrange for them to do things, so at the beginning of the meeting, don't talk about anything."
The third prince nodded, staring wildly at the fight around him, thinking that this feeling is really refreshing, he was very excited, and his little palms began to sweat, slightly damp.
"Why are these... Jianghu people's kung fu so vulnerable?" The third prince was a little puzzled by the facts before him.
At this time, some people in the Jiangnan Water Village were already lying on the ground, unable to get up for a long time, and those who could still stand looked very fearfully at Fan Xian and his group, especially at those silent swordsmen. , was even more shocked. The master, who was covered in cold sweat, fixed his eyes on the hands holding the knife handle firmly, and howled in his heart, when did there suddenly appear so many masters of the seventh and eighth ranks in the rivers and lakes! He still acts as a bodyguard for someone!
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At this time, everyone had already reached the stone steps of the main hall. Fan Xian stopped and said to the third prince with a smile, "What is the purpose of practicing martial arts? Just like reading books, it is for power, profit, and fame. The world can give For warriors, more can be given in the temple, so the truly famous scholars are all officials in the court, and the really powerful masters are also contributing to the court. Young master, don’t be fooled by those scripts, the world is a poor Where can a job with no future like collecting protection fees attract real masters..."
In front of the main hall, Xia Qifei, the owner of the Jiangnan water village, finally stood up. He looked coldly at the pedestrians who were approaching, and said, "Let's all back down, don't be ashamed, I'm here to meet these people from the capital." honored guest."
His face was calm at this time, but in fact, he was extremely shocked deep in his heart. He had already guessed that the other party was the person on the boat from Kyoto, how could he have expected that the other party would not avoid him, but came to him so forcefully!
Without waiting for him to extend his hand, Fan Xian and his party entered the central hall naturally as if they were going home.
Fan Xian invited the third prince to sit down at the main seat, and then sat beside him with a big horse and a sword. Sisi and Shi Chanli stood quietly behind him. The seven tiger guards pressed the handle of the sword and distributed them Around the nave.
When Xia Qifei saw the other party acting like this, he was so angry that he almost burst into anger. Is this still his territory! Suppressing his anger, he cupped his hands to Fan Xian and said, "Qi Fei has seen Your Excellency... It's just that there are heroes in the wilderness. Your Excellency's previous words were too much."
If he still can't see that Fan Xian is a powerful person from the capital, then he is really an idiot, so he must suppress his anger. Within the borders of the Qing Kingdom, the imperial court is as unbreakable as an iron plate. Horror exists, and any force that attempts to confront the government will end up in a tragic end.
"Xia Qifei?" Fan Xian looked at the stern-faced figure in front of him, confirmed the identity of the other person, and said with a gentle smile: "I don't want anyone to know that I am a guest at your house for the time being. Many people have seen it before. You go and deal with it, it's a bit difficult, it's the official's first test of Xia Zhaizhu."