Ninety thousand miles of wind

Chapter 28

【Tenth of Getaway】

"...According to reports from various state roads, the number of alien beasts has decreased greatly since March. If this situation continues, it is no longer necessary for this so-called Jianghu sect to interfere in state affairs. I think, perhaps, it is also the time to It’s time to take back those ten gold medals.”

After King Ji finished speaking, the old man on the jade steps didn't answer, his face was sombre that he couldn't see any joy or anger, and he asked after a long time:

"Zuo Sijian, what do you think about this?"

After hearing these words, Ye Qiu stepped out of the class, bowed and saluted, and said, "I think it's impossible."

"—Why not?"

"Ten years have passed since the world was in turmoil. During the ten years, relying on the heroes and heroes of the rivers and lakes, the people will not be devastated and the surroundings will be safe. If the turmoil is about to subside, the original order of the militia will be abolished." , I'm afraid—"

Ye Qiu drew his voice and did not finish speaking.This kind of thing, everyone in the officialdom has long been accustomed to it.

King Ji was about to raise his head to say something, when he heard the old man cough: "Ye Aiqing is right. However, if the people are allowed to set up private soldiers, there will be many troubles after this example. On this point, it is absolutely impossible. King Ying, what do you think?"

The King of England also heard the sound, bowed and saluted, and said in a loud voice: "I believe that the gold medal must not be discarded. This method is not only for the imperial court to favor, but also a way to restrict people in the world. What can be taken back is the 'open militia group' at that time. In the Forbidden Law, all powers in the rivers and lakes are allowed to have a private soldier from the outside sect. If this is the case, it will come gradually, and it will be like Tang Taizong said in the past, "All the heroes of the world will be in my hub."

The old man on the jade steps still looked at them deeply, and didn't say yes or no.Although it is now after the May Festival, it is impossible to feel the cold, but standing there, Ye Qiu still feels a chill down his spine for no reason.

The last matter was also erased by the emperor with the word "reconsideration" in an understatement.

It wasn't until after leaving the palace that Ye Qiu was stopped by the King Ji who rushed over from behind: "Ye Sijian, stay."

He wasn't too surprised, he just turned around and asked, "What advice does King Ji have for you?"

The man who used to be in charge of the army in the northwest looked up and down at this ordinary scholar, and finally just smiled: "Gu Wang heard that Ye Sijian will be promoted soon. It's a pity that he will not be so upright and noble after that." job."

"King Ji is well-informed, it's not as good as being an official." Ye Qiu lowered his eyes and said politely.

"But the lonely king doesn't understand." Ji Wang stared at him with piercing eyes, "You are innocent, you are a son of a noble family, why can't you think about it, and you have merged yourself with those scumbags in the rivers and lakes? If you say it is for Your stupid brother... the lonely king can only say that I misread the person at first."

"You've said it before." Ye Qiu saluted, and said again, "——It's a pity that all the rough and rough places you mentioned, in my eyes, are all people with true temperament, but they are even worse than those in the capital. Most people are much more believable and cute.”

King Ji's face darkened, and he said: "It seems that you and I really have different ways, so we don't conspire with each other."

"I'm guilty of the crime," Ye Qiu said.

But how could King Ji still pay attention to him?He just flicked his sleeves, turned and left.Ye Qiu stood alone for a moment, sighed silently, and then walked towards his mansion.

As a result, after entering the house, he noticed that someone had come to the study.He guessed that it was probably Yang Cong or Bai Shu who came here again, so he sighed and opened the door while saying: "——Is there anything you can't find me at the official office?"

"Who do you think is here?" The person who was leaning on his bookshelf flipping through books looked up at him, and it turned out to be Ye Xiu.

"...Why did you come here suddenly?" Ye Qiu was somewhat uncomfortable.

"Look at my brother, by the way—" Ye Xiu picked up a bag of rice dumplings from the side, "I brought it for you."

"Is this made by the proprietress in your villa?" Ye Qiu took it and asked.

"Look carefully. Mother asked me to bring this to you." Ye Xiu said casually.

Ye Qiu almost didn't drop the zongzi on the ground: "Why didn't you tell me when you went home?"

"Why did I tell you when I got home? It's not good to wait for you to be beaten by my father with me." Ye Xiu smiled, "But it's okay, this time he stopped me before he could do anything."

"You are so lucky." Ye Qiu sighed, not knowing whether to be satisfied or regretful.

"—Wait, wait, you haven't said anything yet. Who would come to your study?" Ye Xiu asked, "The assassin and the shield sword that went to Huashan Sword Trial with you last time?"

Ye Qiu didn't answer him, and dragged a chair to sit down by himself: "You should take care of me now."

"Why do you care? I'm worried about you." Ye Xiu followed, "—you have to promise me that if anything happens, you will contact me."

Ye Qiu looked up at him.The two of them had twins, and they originally looked exactly the same, but after all these years, one of them has gone through ups and downs, and the other has a good life. No matter how similar he is to him, he will never be considered "the same person" anymore.

But even so, he is still his elder brother.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu relaxed the corners of his mouth and showed a smile: "How could it be that far? ——But, I promise you."

Ye Xiu patted the top of his head like he did when he was a child - no matter now they are all crowned adults: "That's good."

Mayday in the south of the Yangtze River is the rainy season.The young crops in the field were beaten by the rain, swaying and turning greener, and one person was wearing a green coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, walking slowly on the path in the field, when passing the private school at the head of the village, he heard the boy inside shaking his head He chanted "The way of great learning lies in Ming Mingde", and he stood still and listened for a while.

This person was Luo Ji.

He didn't have anything to worry about—or rather, he was a little homely and timid.

When he came down from Mount Hua that day, he hurried back to Kunlun—rather than explaining to everyone in Xingxin, he only asked Wang Jiexi, the master of the Herbal Hall.

At that time Wang Jiexi looked at him for a while, and said, "Of course I am anxious to go back to Shushan to visit. It's just you, why don't you go say goodbye to everyone in Happy?"

At that time, he seemed to be obsessed with ghosts, and he didn't know how to think, so he made up a lie and said that he had already been there.

—even though he never said a word about it.

Naturally, he was worried about whether he would be punished if he went to the mountain, and he also found a reason for himself, saying that he didn't want to worry everyone in Xingxin; but... In the end, he was just afraid of being so comfortable in Xingxin , I forgot the responsibility I should have received in Kunlun.

But the fact is not as bad as he thought.

After the Battle of Huashan, the Kunlun Shushan and other floating islands gradually lost their buoyancy, so they had to find their own caves to land; although the wish to ascend to the immortals was shattered, most of the cultivators still had to make clear judgments. situation.What's more, now that the three realms are reconnected, if you really practice more diligently, I'm afraid ascending to immortality may not be as difficult as before. In this way, an incident that seems to be about to tear apart the sect of cultivating immortals is just held up high and put down gently. ——even Master Luo Ji, who had been punished for a long period of time, was released with a few words of consolation.

"—It's just that the suspicion has already arisen now, and I don't know what to do after that." Zhang Yichuan sighed to Luo Ji, and went to push his Da Yan technique again.

Luo Ji stayed on the mountain for several months, but he was sent to run errands every day, and he didn't know whether to leave or stay; until one day, the senior brother who had gone down the mountain to look for him saw him and asked him why he was on Kunlun.

Luo Ji shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since the matter is over, I will return naturally."

His senior brother didn't yell at him, but just looked at him for a moment, and said: "You are already a person in the world, why are you still staying here in Kunlun? Go back to your villa."

"……Hey?"

Luo Ji was taken aback for a moment, his senior brother had already left.He went back to his master's cave in a dull mood that day, but his master managed to calculate a paragraph. When he came out and saw him, he couldn't help being surprised: "Why are you still here?"

"Hey?"

"I thought you had gone down the mountain long ago. What, you can't bear to part with Master?" Zhang Yichuan patted the little apprentice on the shoulder with a smile.

"I thought... I thought—" Luo Ji hesitated, "I thought things were over and I should go back to the mountain."

"Fool!" He said so, even his good-tempered master knocked him on the head, "You have been learning the art of Dayan with me for so many years, how come you can't even figure this thing out? Go, Figure things out for yourself, and then go down the mountain."

Luo Ji was taken aback, and hurried back to the room, spread out the paper, did some calculations, and finally laughed.It turned out that he was the one who got into a corner, so he couldn't see clearly. He was originally going to stay in Xingxin Villa...

So that very day, Luo Ji bid farewell to his master and hurried down the mountain.

It's just that I didn't expect that when I traveled all the way south, I would feel timid in this place, which is only two or three miles away from the village.

He held up his bamboo hat, thinking how to apologize, but suddenly he saw two people walking up from the opposite side, talking and talking, the tall one was holding his bamboo hat crookedly, looking like he thought it was a burden, he was dancing and talking about something the short one just listened without nodding, like the whole thing had nothing to do with him.In the end, the taller man with good eyesight saw him standing there and hurriedly said, "——Luo Ji! Hey, look, it's really Luo Ji!"

The short one was shaken by his shoulders, and he gave him a cold look.But Luo Ji already recognized that these two people were Baozi and Mo Fan, so he didn't care about being shy, and hurried over: "Baozi,—Brother Mofan."

"Hey, why don't you have a brother here? I'm your boss, boss!" Baozi said hurriedly.

"Okay, okay, you are my boss..." Luo Ji had a headache for a moment, and then said, "What a coincidence, I met you here."

"Coincident? The two of us came here specially to pick you up. Didn't you leave a letter saying that you will return to the mountain to deal with business, and you will return on May [-]th?" Baozi widened his eyes and asked Mo Fan, "Hey, hey, today Isn't it the fifteenth of May?"

Mo Fan was really annoyed by him, so he said one word: "Yes."

"--Letter? I..." Luo Ji was startled, and suddenly thought of Wang Jiexi's expression at that time.

"Oh, why are you still talking about that! I said you're so talkative, the Windward Banquet will be cold at this rate, hurry up and let's go back!"

Luo Ji didn't have time to think about the letter, so he followed Bao Mo back and asked, "How is everyone?"

"Okay, what's wrong?" Baozi said with a smile, "—the boss said, we will go to the sword test next year, so everyone should practice kung fu diligently. You haven't practiced with us for so many days, be careful of your eagle I was thrown away with a brick."

"Is everyone in the villa today?" Luo Ji put the bricks aside and asked again.

"Boss is away on errands, and he's not here. But the proprietress is going to train you well..." Baozi continued without caring whether the two people around him wanted to hear it or not.The plum rain is still falling gently, until the leaves and plants are bright green. The sound of frogs in the pond is overshadowed by laughter for a while. A moment of bird chirping, it is really a scene of peace with time.

"Taiping? What are you joking about?"

Han Wenqing pushed aside the invitations from the local gentry on the table—that is, because Zhang Xinjie took these invitations, he didn't throw them all into the wastebasket: "This group of people saw that we were the water gang before, so they didn't want to let us go." Just make up a fictional story, but now you don’t know what’s crazy, you have to invite us to a banquet once or twice?”

"If it wasn't for the decrease in the number of alien beasts, they were afraid that Tyranny would return to his old business, so naturally it wouldn't be the case."

Zhang Xinjie told the truth.

Han Wenqing leaned back in his chair and stopped talking.In the past few months, with the reconstruction of the connection between heaven and earth, the number of strange beasts has been much less than that in winter.And Tyranny's outer sect has so many divisions, and everyone seems to be bored these days, so it's not a problem if it goes on like this.

"I have an idea." Zhang Xinjie rearranged the invitations on the table again, "In the past few years, we have not let go of the water transportation business. If we continue to operate at this time, we can always divert some outer disciples. And the other part... I What I’m thinking about right now is running an escort agency business.”

"It's not impossible." Han Wenqing said, and looked at Zhang Xinjie again, "—but I always feel that you told me at this time, just to ask me to go to these boring banquets."

"If you have a good relationship with the gentry, this kind of thing will go smoothly." Zhang Xinjie admitted frankly.

Han Wenqing stared at him and spoke for a long time.

"……I dont go."

"If the boss doesn't go, the other party will doubt our sincerity."

"...Do you really think it's appropriate for me to go to that well-dressed banquet?"

"As I said just now, if the head of the family does not go, the other party will doubt our sincerity."

They were arguing in the study, their voices were heard through the window by Lin Jingyan and Zhang Jiale who were playing chess in the yard, Lin Jingyan said, "Would you like to bet on who will win this time?"

Zhang Jiale lazily ate Lin Jingyan's car with a cannon: "There's nothing to bet on, anyway, the second leader must win."

Lin Jingyan was discouraged, so he grabbed Zhang Jiale's candied fruit and ate it.Zhang Jiale hurriedly said: "Hey, hey, that old grandson brought me last time, it's not much, save me a little!"

"Anyway, the old grandson will come next month, so what are you afraid of?" Lin Jingyan said while eating, and then used the horse to eat Zhang Jiale's cannon, "...ah, but I forgot to ask you, your old grandson is always on business. , Which villa did he enter?"

"Oh, by the way, he mentioned it to me once..." Zhang Jiale patted his head, "He works with a son named Lou in the six gates of the capital."

Lin Jingyan took half of his bite, and the candied fruit landed on the chessboard with a "slap".He stared at Zhang Jiale for a long time before saying: "——You mean he went to be a policeman?"

"Of course it's not an official arrest," Zhang Jiale gasped, and Lin Jingyan said just as soon as he was relieved, "Non-staff, they just get paid. ——Ah, are you still going?"

"Zhang Jiale, do you know that our Tyranny was originally the Water Gang?"

Lin Jing's words were serious.

Zhang Jiale looked at him strangely: "So, what's the matter?"

—— Lin Jingyan suddenly felt that what Zhang Xinjie was about to worry about was definitely not just the fact that the head of the family refused to attend the gentry gathering.

"...I am a monk. Although I set up a medicine hall here, I don't ask about anything other than the medicine hall. I won't accept this post." Wang Jiexi explained to the people who came to the door once, "Is it still a problem?" Ask this gentleman to go back."

After finally sending away this stubborn housekeeper of a big family in the city, Wang Jiexi sighed, and turned to his apprentice: "—Next time there is such a person, you just refuse to accept him."

"Yes..." Gao Yingjie lowered his head as he said, "It's just that when I went out to buy herbs today, I was pestered by the housekeeper, saying that no matter what, I wanted you to attend this event Party..." He whispered more and more, and finally his face flushed, "I'm sorry."

Facing his apprentice who was too talkative, Wang Jiexi couldn't ask, "Where did your aura in the ring go that day?".What's more, the other party was clearly prepared, otherwise how could they find Gao Yingjie who is the most talkative among them all at once... Thinking of this, Wang Jiexi could only shake his head, and said: "It's okay to talk louder next time, they will After all, I don’t dare to do anything to the disciples of the Chinese Herbal Medicine Hall.”

"Yes."

"—then let's go," Wang Jiexi looked at the backpack in Gao Yingjie's hand, "Did Yuan Baiqing ask for these herbs?"

"Yeah!" Gao Yingjie smiled shyly, "I'll send it to senior brother right away."

Wang Jiexi saw that Gao Yingjie was about to walk towards the medicine hut, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called him: "Wait a minute. Yingjie, have you heard of the recent anecdote on the Huai River?"

Gao Yingjie was taken aback, and suddenly remembered what was going on: "——You mean the zombie murder that was widely rumored over there on the Huai River?"

"That's right. Originally, I wanted to teach your brother Xiaobie to investigate this matter, but now that I think about it, maybe it's more appropriate to ask you to investigate." Wang Jiexi looked at Gao Yingjie's slightly pale complexion, but still tensed Face, "However, considering that you are still young and have little experience in independent action, after much deliberation, it is more appropriate for you to go with another person."

Gao Yingjie couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Excuse me, the other person is...?"

"He's helping at the medicine house. You can go to him yourself. But, you have to persuade him to go with you."

Although Gao Yingjie was a little puzzled, he resigned, and walked to the medicine house where Yuan Baiqing lived, carrying the medicinal herbs he had collected in the morning.As a result, as soon as he passed the Moon Gate in the courtyard, he saw a familiar figure busy drying the harvested fresh herbs—and that figure was so familiar that he would think he was hallucinating.

But the "illusion" heard his footsteps and turned back, and it turned out to be Qiao Yifan who should be at Xingxin at this time.He was naturally very happy to see Gao Yingjie. He couldn't tell whether it was because the sun was shining in May or he kept his head down to work. He was flushed, "Yingjie."

"Why are you here?" Gao Yingjie hurried over and asked.

"We found a rare medicinal herb at Xingxin. An Wenyi looked at it and said that it couldn't be dealt with, so Master Ye asked me to send it to the Chinese Herb Hall, so as not to waste everything." Qiao Yifan pointed to the medicinal herb, "Senior Brother Yuan is researching there. Well, I'll come out and do some chores."

Gao Yingjie remembered Wang Jiexi's words before, and suddenly became so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.He took a step forward, looked at Qiao Yifan, and said: "Just now, the teacher told me that there was a murder case of zombies in the Huai River. He wanted me to go and investigate."

Qiao Yifan opened his eyes wide: "Isn't this very good?"

"The teacher also said that I'd better find another person to go with me as I gain experience." Gao Yingjie said, feeling his face was burning, but he continued, "——Are you in a hurry to go back to Xingxin Villa?"

Qiao Yifan looked at him in surprise, but soon laughed.

"Of course. Of course I'd like to go with you."

Zhou Zekai didn't seem to be in a good mood today.

This is the common conclusion drawn by Lu Boyuan, Wu Qi and Fang Minghua.

"When was the last time this happened?"

"Maybe it happened last summer?"

"At that time, I always went to the downtown to drink alone."

"Is something serious going on?"

"No...it's been too calm recently, not even a strange beast."

The three of them discussed it, but they didn't find the answer. They just made Sun Xiang, who was practicing the battle spear, look at it with disdain: "I think it's quite rare that he would agree to it twice out of the three times when I recently had a discussion with the city lord."

After saying this, the remaining three looked at each other.

——I'm already willing to find someone to discuss with, that's why I'm in a bad mood.

The problem was, to Sun Xiang who seemed to be in a good mood, he really couldn't say those words.

At this time, Zhou Zekai was in the busiest restaurant at the foot of Samsara City.The gangsters who come and go are discussing the gossip in the rivers and lakes as usual today.

"——I heard that the formations at that time were set up by the Taoist priests of Kunlun to attract the earth's energy, calm the yin and yang, and adjust the harmony. You see, there are far fewer strange beasts nowadays."

"What does that have to do with this Huashan Sword Trial?"

"I only heard rumors from the Danqing Association in Jianghu that this time the Huashan sword test is to gather the strength of the heroes of the world, and gather the yin and yang energy with the power of the Huashan Golden Soldiers-oh, I don't understand it, it's too complicated anyway, so the method of the test Naturally, it’s different every time, so it’s not accurate.”

"It's no wonder that this time, the unnamed Xingxin Villa's... what kind of undisciplined Lord Grim? He was able to overwhelm our city lord. Sure enough, there is a way."

"That's right, that's right. I'm optimistic that next year Samsara will regain the number one seat in the world!"

——How can you not do it right.

Zhou Zekai listened on the second floor and thought to himself.

That day, he and his predecessors did not hold back at all.Unless you really want to fight with your life, it is impossible to fight seriously.But these two were on the side of reincarnation, and from his standpoint, he couldn't get angry.

At this moment, Dr. Tea brought him a pot of Yan'er Mei as usual, put a wine glass on the side, and asked, "Do you want some side dishes?"

Zhou Zekai shook his head as usual, and only gave him the money first.Dr. Cha saw him several times in a row, knowing that the guest was bored, so he left.

Zhou Zekai sat there alone, looked at the sky outside, and sighed silently.

... Sure enough, I forgot.

A month ago, he and Ye Xiu had mentioned Snow Lotus Seeds in Tianshan Mountain.Ye Xiudao knew that there was a treasure land in the northwestern mountain of Samsara, there were many snow lotuses on it, he was in a hurry the first time he went there, he only picked one, and he always wanted to go again.Zhou Zekai thought for a while, then asked in his reply: The snow lotus will be open in May, senior, do you want to go with us?

Ye Xiu quickly returned the talisman: That's naturally good.

But seeing that the date of their agreement was approaching, they sent out to inquire about the talisman, but there was no reply.Compared to the annoyance of being let go, Zhou Zekai was more worried about whether Ye Xiu got himself involved in some trouble again.

You clearly agreed to go together, but you still keep it from me?

Zhou Zekai was thinking about it when suddenly the whole restaurant went dark, and he heard a familiar voice outside: "Xiao Zhou!"

"Senior?" Zhou Zekai was startled, and hurriedly walked to the window to look - only to see that Ye Xiu somehow borrowed the iron bird that the two ghosts had borrowed to go up and down the Huashan Valley - and even rode carelessly all the way to the city. Standing outside the window of the restaurant, he waved to him: "Oh, fortunately, Xiao Jiang is still reliable, he said that you are probably here, and I found you as soon as I came!"

"Senior, the talisman--" Zhou Zekai had just asked half a sentence, and Ye Xiu slapped his head: "Hey, I was just about to say that the talisman paper on me is gone, and I am rushing here again. Three days You must be in a hurry because I didn’t reply to your book.”

Zhou Zekai blushed and said resolutely, "No."

"It's a good thing I didn't miss the day," Ye Xiu stood on top of the iron bird, and stretched out his hand towards Zhou Zekai, "—how, come?"

Zhou Zekai was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly understood, stepped on the window lattice, and landed on Tie Niao's back with a jerk - he was extremely dexterous in his movements, and even when he jumped like this, there was no sound at all when he fell.Ye Xiu said "Catch it", and then turned the mechanism, the iron bird rattled twice, spread its wings, and soared towards the depths of the blue sky.

But the people in the restaurant and on the street only watched the two of them going away, and after a long time they all whispered, some people are immortals, some people are spirits, they can't agree on what to do, no one can agree with the other.And how could Ye Xiu and Zhou Zekai care about the words behind them?They took advantage of the clouds, carried the blue sky, and went straight to the depths of the unfettered sky.

Chronicle of the Rivers and Lakes