Alternative Jianghu Adventures

Laquan is located in the border area. Although it is not a place that military strategists must contend for, it is a place that must be passed when fighting with foreigners.

Therefore, every family will call on their friends to unite to dig a secret passage underground to prevent a war that may break out here at any time.

And the secret channel that Ding Fan pointed out by selling Hubing was obviously dug out by several companies.

Once you go, there is no discomfort in the secret passage at all.On the contrary, wicks soaked in flax oil have been inserted on the walls on both sides—this kind of wick has been specially treated so that it can emit a faint fragrance of flax when burned. More importantly, it is extremely burnable and is a kind commonly used by families in the border areas. Oil.

The dark passage is about fifteen steps wide, and on both sides are thatch piles as tall as a person.As soon as Ding Fan climbed down from the ladder, an old man wearing a tattered floral hat greeted him below, and even said "Welcome" to Hu Nu and her party in Usai.

Can't help but make people look sideways.

The two groups of people came from different backgrounds, but came together because of the same mission.But even though they had just experienced a crisis together, the two sides still did not become one. The two teams formed a column, closely following their respective leaders, without looking sideways.

Even if Ding Fan wanted to talk to the bearded girl, he was stopped by the beggar in the flower hat who was the leader before he could speak.

"There are a lot of people talking here, so it's better for the guards to speak carefully." This way of speaking, not in a hurry, with three points of amiability, seven points of vigilance, looks like an old slippery head who has been at the bottom all year round and has achieved high positions.

Ding Fan didn't feel offended, but was taken aback when he heard the words "too many people talk".

Looking sideways, I found that Nu Nu had the same doubts as him—except for the thatched piles on both sides and the few people in front of me, where did other people come from?

The questions of the two were quickly answered.

After walking a few steps, a haggard arm suddenly stretched out from a tuft of thatch in front, Ding Fan was so startled that he subconsciously pulled out his Snake Double Whip and was about to hit it!

"Bastard, draw back!" The beggar in the flower hat glared at the thatch pile, and the arm quickly disappeared before everyone's eyes.

Ding Fan couldn't help looking curiously at the gap in the thatch pile, and was surprised to find a haggard woman locked in the haystack. She seemed to have only one good hand, and she looked like she hadn't eaten for a year. The sunken flesh is almost close to the underlying bone. In this case, the eyes are like the greed of a hungry wolf staring at the prey, but when moved to the beggar in the flower hat, it is absolute fear and surrender. Look It looks very pervasive.

"The imperial court and Usai have been fighting a few years ago, and when it spread to our town, there were a lot of military prostitutes and handymen who came with the army. Most of the children born to these military prostitutes after being ravaged by some soldier Abandoned in this town. In addition to these abandoned babies, there are also "goods" discarded by the North-South human trafficking caravan for various reasons. There are also many local people who lost relatives and friends due to the war and became refugees. These people have nowhere to go , and it was too far to go south, most of them didn't have enough money and food to support them to go to the next city, so they all stayed in Laquan.

No one wants these deformed and disabled garbage, and it will annoy some adults if they stay on the ground too much, so most of them are hidden underground. "

The beggar in the flower hat introduced slowly, then stopped suddenly, turned his head to Ding Fan and the group of "outsiders from non-Laquan locality" and showed a strange smile, and said:

"The old man's surname is Su, and he is the leader of the Laquan beggar gang. All guests... welcome to the underground Laquan."

Beggar Su's words are as weird as they are, those eyes that should be senile exude the elite and ruthlessness that only a mature lone wolf on the grassland can have. Not only Ding Fan, but even Hu Nu, have always looked down upon him. The "Han" looked sideways.

"However, these people are not young," Old Man Su put on a happy expression again, paced back and forth, and continued to lead the crowd forward.

This is the sideways of the secret passage and it is a bit wider, and here even the haystacks don't bother to cover it up, a large number of people lie on the ground with their heads covered, their faces emaciated from malnutrition for a long time, for Ding Fan and his group It seems common for "misfit" people to appear here, and they don't even want to give them an eyelid.

"It actually alarmed the big shots in Shenyuan Pavilion." Old man Su took them to a wall and stopped, and motioned his subordinates to move up an escalator, "Although Shenyuan Pavilion has no stronghold in Laquan, the whole Laquan is in the I was protected by Shen Yuan Pavilion during the war, so I still have to help with this."

Old Su reached out and knocked on the legs of the rough bamboo ladder, and said in Chinese and Usai respectively: "This is a side courtyard, where the person who does not want to be named arranged for you to stay overnight. In addition, I must convey it to you, saying that the Northern Army will search every house in the past few days. Even the remote courtyard is not a safe place. If you want to say something, please hurry up, and you will have to move it tomorrow morning. , it’s best to travel from south to south, from north to north... This will prevent us low-ranking ordinary people from constantly circling in it.”

Ding Fan hastily thanked Old Su, and after saying "thank you", Old Su squinted his eyes and chased him away, "Remember, it's only for one night. Laquan doesn't welcome you outsiders. After this night, where are you going?" Where are you going back and forth, do you hear me?"

This is the meaning of the order to chase away guests, Ding Fan didn't dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly beckoned people to climb the ladder and come out.

But he let go of most of his heart.

Sure enough, it was the one from Shen Yuan Pavilion who made the move. Sure enough, it is definitely not a wrong judgment to ask them to be witnesses!

At the beginning of Hai.

The "Shenyuange man" repeatedly mentioned by Old Su has just thrown off the special envoy's pursuers. Wave chasers.

Xia Yun came out of the dye vat slowly, pulled off the layer of skin on his body, and threw the red jacket on the outside far away. He washed the red paint off his face with well water, and finally exposed After seeing his original appearance, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"The chase was tight enough." Xia Yun shook off the water stains on his face, and said in disgust, "Do those soldiers all have dog noses? It took them more than an hour to get rid of them!"

She took Qiao Anyue, who had just cleaned her face, by the hand, and said to the two kids who were left to fend for themselves: "Wash it up quickly, I'm starving to death, and I'm going to the restaurant! If you don't come, I won't wait for you !"

As he said that, he pulled Qiao Anyue over the wall and ran away, leaving behind the helpless brother and sister who had no choice but to use the big tree standing in the yard to follow over the wall.

Along the way, the rules of the royal family have long been worn out by Xia Yun. Such sneaky things that harm others have been done, if not a thousand, but eight hundred. The most important thing is that Xia Yun and Qiao Anyue have no status at all. The master's self-consciousness, every time he thinks of sending two people to do things, he only teaches and learns, and the requirements are quite abnormal-almost to the point where he will be able to do it after he finishes talking.

"When you really fight, you don't have that much time for you to master new tricks." Every time Xia Yun encounters a complaint, Xia Yun will turn people back with an irresponsible attitude, and will say badly, "Since you If you still have time to ask questions, why not go for another two-hour horse stance! Oh, and wash your clothes by the way."

... This kind of treatment made Yuan Chong even give birth to such a rebellious idea that "the first thing I will do when I succeed to the throne is to exile these two"!

It's really embarrassing to the royal family to have to do it every time I'm so angry but still deeply oppressed.

Where Xia Yun is unconscious, although she is very reluctant to be called "Master Xia" and confuse her with Xia Cunxiu, but it has to be denied that in terms of teaching apprentices, she, Xia Yun, has indeed obtained Xia Cunxiu's true biography— —It’s really maddening that the apprentice will not pay for his life!

A few people quickly found a small shed where they could eat side dishes.

It is already the beginning of the Hai Dynasty, if it is placed in a heavily guarded city in the south, although there is no distinction between the market and the market, but after all, there is a war, and the curfew would have already been imposed by this time.

But Laquan is special, not to mention that merchants come and go no matter what day or night, there will always be this kind of temporary tavern with signs in the cold night at any time of the year, doing some small businesses.

Outside Laquan is the grassland, where Hu and Han styles are mixed, and beef and mutton, which are quite expensive in the Central Plains, are the cheapest.

"Money! Take it out!" Xia Yun slapped his hand on the table as soon as he sat down on a small stool, staring straight at his two cheap apprentices with bright eyes.

"What money?" Yuan Chong pretended to be stupid.

"The money that was rewarded to you at the inn just now!" Xia Yunzi asked without hesitation, "Take it out, and invite you two to dinner tonight!"

"This is obviously the money that we have to endure the pain of flesh and blood. Why do you take it away at a disagreement..." This sentence was stuck in Yuan Chong's throat, but seeing Xia Yun smiling with a sinister expression, he Leng didn't dare to say it, but obediently handed over the money to the "evil ghost" under Xia Yun's strong coercion.

Satisfied, Xia Yun ordered the money, and took Xiao Er to order a few dishes of stir-fried beef and sheep, and ordered a few sesame seed cakes baked with diced beef and flour nettle oil, and added a small pot of kumiss. Picking out a few coins and throwing them back in front of Yuan Chong and Yuan Hua, "Da Fang" said: "Pocket money, why don't you thank Master?"

Yuan Hua: "..."

"...Thank you, thank you, master, Fu." Yuan Chong reluctantly opened his mouth.

humiliation!What a shame!

"Hey, before the dishes are served, let's do the debut question." Xia Yun narrowed his eyes, "You have also stayed in Laquan for three days, now use water as a pen and table as paper, and immediately draw me a picture of Laquan. map, if you make a mistake, you will be deducted, money, oh~"

"After the money is deducted, you can write a page of "Compendium of Materia Medica" silently or practice martial arts for half an hour." Qiao Anyue added leisurely from the side.

The faces of the two children turned pale.

Hastily dipped in water and began to draw on the table.

"Is it alright if you don't go over there in person?" Qiao Anyue wasn't worried about the two brats, but instead changed the subject.

"It's okay, I understand Ding Fan. He won't do business until he has figured out the terrain." Xia Yun took a sip of tea, "Those who walk the darts are more cautious. Don't worry, it is estimated that the negotiations between the two sides will be more in-depth. It's time to go. Besides, I have sent birds to follow."

"You haven't closed your eyes for three consecutive days, can you take it?" Qiao Anyue asked worriedly.

Xia Yun's face showed a trace of fatigue, and he shook his head lightly, "It's okay."

Since a few people went ashore, the changes in the situation this year made everyone have to disperse and act.

In a year's time, the Confederate Army successfully fought against the Northern Army.However, just when everyone thought that the south was about to go all out, the young emperor who was imprisoned in the court suddenly contracted serious illness news. The news came that he was seriously ill in bed.

There were not many people in Baicao Valley, and most of them were sent out to serve the Southern Army. Lu Kun took advantage of the weakness of Baicao Valley and cooperated with the traitors in the valley, and sent a large army to burn Baicao. Legend has it that Baicao Valley became a purgatory on earth at that time, and everyone disappeared. —It is generally believed that it was burnt to the point that there was not even ashes left.

When Cheng Zhe heard the news, he even ignored the remaining flower buds in the ends of the earth, and insisted on taking Chu Yi to Baicao Valley to find out.He just said "Shen Yuan Pavilion will look for you in the future" to Xia Yun and disappeared that night.

And Lansang, who had been away from an important position for a year, had to go back to report. Due to her duties, she had to report the news about the island to the higher-ups, and she also had to return to the headquarters temporarily.

Yu Ying said that she wanted to go home to report safety, and by the way, she was going to settle down with the family of her friend Mu Peiqing.

Everyone's direction is different, so they parted ways temporarily.

As a result, the southern army was weak and lost several important cities that it had captured. At the same time, a new general of the northern army repelled the southern army's many advances and was promoted along the way. He has not lost a single battle in a year, because Wearing a pair of iron masks all the year round, he gradually became known as the "Masked Warrior".

Neither the Southern Army nor Usay on the frontier wanted to see the Northern Army sitting in a large position.

In the early years, Usai was beaten to pieces by the first emperor, and in the past few years, he was suppressed and beaten by Lu Kun. A force gradually united the scattered groups.

User's new one wants to be a Khan, and he is not interested in the affairs of the Han people, but after all, the number is too small, and he is worried that after the Northern Army defeats the Southern Army, User will repeat the same mistakes as his predecessors, while the Southern Army The Army also needed another force that could jointly resist the Northern Army, so the two sides gradually developed a desire to unite.

But Hu Han is different after all. Both parties are worried that the other party will go back on their word, so they invited a middleman trusted by both parties as a witness—as long as one party goes back on his word, the middleman has the absolute right to make this contract public. The suppression of the "righteousness" of collusion is enough to cause heavy losses to the repentant party.

When Xia Yun sent a message saying that he would bring the two little ghosts back, Shen Gongze waved his hand and said, "Since you are back, you are the most suitable person for this matter." People rushed all the way, daring to live and die to reach Laquan three days before the meeting.

On the way, because of Lansang's relationship, she got a lot of news from the hidden piles of Fengge - including the leak of the talks.

Therefore, this retreat plan was arranged in a hurry, which not only caught the northern army by surprise, but also made their own people confused.

"Objective, the kumiss you want."

Xiao Er handed over the wine jug that had just been scalded, and Xia Yun poured it into his own wine bag without saying a word.

"It's always good to have more preparations for this kind of thing." Xia Yun Bianguan still didn't forget to explain his actions.

Just as she drank the last sip of wine comfortably, Qiao Anyue's sensitive five senses came with a heavy muffled sound.

It was the sound of heavy leather military boots stepping on earth bricks.

Qiao Anyue hurriedly grabbed Xia Yun, and the four of them tacitly put on temporary blindfolds at the same time - the four blindfolds were all made by Cheng Zhe, imitating the one Muzhi wore before when he practiced on the island, with different patterns. But it can cover most of the face, and it is quite easy to use in action.

Xia Yun laughed at that time: "Well, from now on you can use my name to go out and cheat."

Just as they put on their blindfolds, they noticed a man dressed in a military uniform wearing an iron mask passing by in front of the small shed.

——Does everyone like to wear a mask these days?

Xia Yun and the others' table was right outside, and it was easy for men to see this group of people when they passed by.

La Quan's Hu Feng was very heavy, and some people who came and went were unwilling to let others see their faces. Originally, Xia Yun and the others' outfits did not attract much attention, but the man still stopped in front of their table.

He stared at the two half-finished maps on the desktop, and suddenly spoke, his voice was inaudible, "Laquan's map? Or four people."

How does this sound sound like? Where did you hear it?

Qiao Anyue's first reaction was full of doubts - not Lei Zhen, not anyone from the Bagua Sect, but she had definitely heard this voice before!

And Xia Yun immediately stretched out his sleeves to wipe the water stains on the table, secretly thinking that it was not good—how can a normal person draw such a thing? !

Laughing again and again: "Master, our brothers and sisters just draw for fun... I'm a little curious, I can't help it, I just like to draw something at home."

In the dark, his left hand was stuck on the dagger at his waist, ready to draw/draw/come out at any time.

All of a sudden, the man drew out his handicap knife, and the tip of the knife approached Xia Yun—the speed was so fast that Qiao Anyue didn't know whether he could match—he lifted her chin lightly, "Take off the mask."