You Jianghu people really know how to play

Shen Guangming didn't intend to cry for a long time.It was only in front of Tang Ou that he could release his suppressed emotions a little bit.It is impossible for him to act recklessly in front of Chi Yebai, and it is even more impossible for him to cry loudly around Di Ren.Tang Ou waited for him to calm down, and whispered to him something about the reconstruction of Shen Qing and Shaoyi League.

The deaths of Lin Che and Liu Shushu made Shen Qing very painful. In order to let her leave the sad place, Tang Ou arranged her and the rest of the women and children of the Shaoyi League to the Jiezilou, and asked her to help check and transcribe the Jiezi On the other side of the building are volumes related to the Shaoyi League.The young leaders, led by Tian Ku from Jiezilou, Sima Feng from Sima Family, and Chi Yebai from Yingbeishe, questioned Xin Jiabao and Xin Muyun one after another.Xin Muyun never showed up, and even Xin Jiabao didn't respond to the complaints and censures from Jiang Hu.Xinjiabao seemed to be completely closed, no visitors were welcome, and no one came in or out.It is still alive, but it seems to be dead.

"Tang Ou, I have never had such a strong idea in my life." Shen Guangming said bitterly, "I want to kill people, Bailiji, Xin Muyun, and other people in Xinjiabao. I don't care about men, women, or children. "

"Then you should practice martial arts well," Tang Ou said.

Shen Guangming raised his head in surprise: "...I said I wanted to kill women and children, but you didn't stop me?"

"You don't have the ability to kill women and children. When you have the ability, we can discuss it again." Tang Ou said calmly, and then continued to tell him about the Shaoyi League.

Lin Che had already been properly buried.The Gu worms in her corpse had already been taken out by Shaolin people, so everyone knew that the key to Baili's corpse control technique was Nanjiang Gu.Lin Shaoyi and Lin Jian were deeply hit, and Lin Jian would guard day and night in the mourning hall, his beard and hair turning white all night.Lin Che was her adopted daughter, and the only blood left by his elder brother.Lin Shaoyi couldn't fall asleep for several nights, wandering alone in the ruins of the Book Pavilion, until Zhaoxu began to recite the mantra for him by his side, and then he could gradually close his eyes.

Tang Ou didn't talk about himself, but Shen Guangming knew that it was not easy for him.He was haggard, his clothes smelled of dust and alcohol, and there were dense blue stubble growing on his chin.

"...Tang Ou, you've lost weight." He said.

Tang Ou smiled: "You have grown taller."

Shen Guangming was taken aback: "Really? I don't know."

"Yes." Tang Ou compared, "I know."

After this battle, the Shaoyi League was severely damaged.Not only the houses were damaged, but also many members of the Shaoyi League were killed or injured.The most important thing is that the martial arts conference is about to be held, Lin Shaoyi, the leader of the martial arts alliance, has been hit hard, and all the gangs in the rivers and lakes are holding a wait-and-see attitude towards this year's martial arts conference.Lin Shaoyi was too young. After he defeated the previous leader to take over the position of leader, many quacks suggested that it was very inappropriate to say whoever is stronger should be the leader.In previous years, when the martial arts conference was held, many gangs were not present, and this year may be even more withered.

And every year in the martial arts conference, according to regulations, one day is dedicated to setting up the arena.The martial arts leader and his generals accepted the challenge from the rest of the gang who wanted to challenge this position.Lin Shaoyi had just recovered from her injuries, but because of Lin Che's death and the serious injury of Shaoyi League, she was depressed.Even Tang Ou didn't know if he could persist in attending the martial arts conference.

Shen Guangming couldn't help feeling worried when he heard the words.

He told Tang Ou how he came here from Shaoyi League.

Several people were suffocated to death on the boat, and being a slave in Dongyuan King's camp was also frightening.Shen Guangming has many stories that he wants to tell Tang Ou, but thinking of this and this place, it is really inconvenient to go into details, so he hastily brought them along.Instead, he described in detail how he won the trust of Shu Lang and Mindal, with a sense of pride in it: "They all trust me."

"Why do you believe me? Because you often say that you want to follow the son of the Di family for the rest of your life?" Tang Ou asked.

Shen Guangming: "That's natural. To win his trust, you must say something like this."

"What if the son believed it?" Tang Ou asked again.

"It's true. When I run away, it's really useless." Shen Guangming said, "He can catch up with people from Xinjiabao, which means he can go to the Central Plains. But the Central Plains is so big, he will be mad at me You can't find me if you lie to him."

Tang Ou pulled him to sit down, turned his head and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"It's so heartbreaking for the prince, as long as the prince takes a fancy to me, and he wants to follow the prince for the rest of his life, etc." Shen Guangming said, "Shu Lang likes to hear these words very much. Since he likes to listen to me, he can say more to please him , I feel better too."

Tang Ou: "Oh."

Shen Guangming said again: "Although the concubine is Han, Shu Lang looks down on me very much. He often said that I look like a woman, not only in appearance, but also in actions. In fact, I have become much stronger, and even my square inch palm has a little I have learned a lot, but it is unnecessary to let him know. He regards me as a woman, so he is not so guarded. He usually talks about me as a lie, but he never really reprimands or punishes me. I also admit that I am a woman .”

Tang Ou said sharply: "You are not a woman!"

"I know." Shen Guangming was a little dazed, "Of course I know. Shu Lang also knows, so he just talked about it."

Tang Ou's tone was not kind: "I heard that there used to be Di people who used to abduct men from the Central Plains for sex, especially those who are more feminine and feminine."

After all, he looked at Shen Guangming, and Shen Guangming also looked at him.

"Am I feminine?" Shen Guangming raised his hands towards him, which were covered with thin calluses, "Look at my hands, they are full of calluses and prickles, where does it not hurt to touch? Where do you think a man is tender?" ? When you touch it, it hurts wherever the meat is tender."

He and Fang Dazao hang out in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, and he has heard about the methods of serving the guests, so he directly speaks out.It's just that it's wrong to say it - Tang Ou is in front of him.

Shen Guangming's face turned red immediately, very embarrassed.Tang Ou also looked awkward, turned his head and said "um".

Just as he didn't know how to continue, Tang Ou suddenly reached out, grabbed his palm and spread it out, caressing the cocoon in the palm.

Shen Guangming's back went numb, and he froze immediately.

"From work?"

"...Yes, and secretly practice swords with wooden sticks on weekdays."

"What kind of sword do you practice?" Tang Ou frowned, "Then what kind of sword does the prince want you to learn?"

"Your Autumn Frost Sword."

Tang Ou was at a loss for words for a moment, he only grabbed his hand tightly, and then let go.Shen Guangming quickly withdrew his hand and clenched it into a fist quietly.

Actually, no more words are needed.The time of parting was not long, and it was a rare luck in this mighty rivers and lakes to see the other party in front of our eyes.After sitting for a while, the embarrassment disappeared, and Tang Ou spoke heavily.

"Chi Yebai said that he couldn't find me in the daytime. I was competing with officers and soldiers in the martial arts field." He said, "There is an old friend of my father in Lingyong City. He told me that there is an intelligence dealer in Yangweizhai. That dealer is Chi Yebai, I can’t find any news about you. The old man said, the defenders of the city have a lot of connections and acquaintances with the eldest brother, so I went to him. They were practicing at that time, and they heard that I was from the other side of the Central Plains People, so I became interested. Big brother Zhao also knows my master's reputation, so he wants to invite me to make gestures with all the brothers."

This narration has no beginning and no end, Shen Guangming didn't know why Tang Ou told himself for a while, and just listened carefully.

"Those officers and soldiers are in good order. I saw them practice several formations, which are very powerful." Tang Ou continued to say slowly, "Lingyong City is an important border area. It is not easy to hold on for so many years. Zhao Brother said that the soldiers in front of me are only the third order team, that is, the team that cannot fight. The first order team in Lingyong City is the most powerful, similar to those troops stationed on the frontier; the second order team is responsible for the patrol and management of the city wall , everyone has a pair of piercing eyes. The second-order team is the backup for the first-order team. If someone in the first-order team dies, the second-order team will immediately jump out to supplement it. The third-order team is the second-order team's reserve."

"Then the third sequence team should be very good. Can you win?" Shen Guangming asked.

"I can win." Tang Ou said calmly, "but I can't win."

Shen Guangming immediately understood what he meant and nodded repeatedly.

"They are all fighting for their lives in the army. There is no tomorrow. Looking at them, I think of myself. Shen Guangming, you know that my master is indifferent and doesn't like to get involved in the affairs of the world. I am actually somewhat similar to him. .”

Tang Ou crossed his fingers and his voice was low.

"But once you enter the rivers and lakes, you can't help yourself. You can't get out just because you don't like it. I know that Shaoyi doesn't like to be the leader of the alliance, but he has no choice. He has already sat in that position, so it's difficult to think about it. What about me? ?I don't like killing people, I don't like intrigue, and I don't want to associate with anyone. I'm covered with a layer of human skin. When I was looking for you, I spent the night by the stream and greeted the morning light in the ruined temple. At that time, I felt that I was I am really happy. My goal is to find you, without any other involvement, just to find you. Just like when I practiced martial arts on Ziyun Peak before, my goal is to make Master happy, that is to become a master."

He paused, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Those soldiers who are fighting for their lives have a very simple goal, which is to have a good night's sleep every day. The simpler and more direct the goal, the happier they seem to be."

Shen Guangming was a little confused and hurriedly asked, "What does this mean?"

"I mean, I haven't seen much treachery before, and I've already begun to feel that this world is very troublesome." Tang Ou said with a smile, "My current mentality is almost the same as that of my master."

Shen Guangming listened silently, not knowing how to answer.

He knew that Tang Ou should be tired.Zhang Ziqiao's death, Xin Muyun's duplicity, and the incident of the Shaoyi League all fell on him one after another. He had to choose and face it with vigor.

Tang Ou finished speaking quickly, and turned to comfort Shen Guangming: "I just want to talk about complaints, and there is no other meaning."

Shen Guangming quickly said: "I know many interesting places, and I can show you there. We will leave after the things here are done."

Tang Ou was taken aback: "What else do you need? I can take you away now."

Shen Guangming quickly waved his hand: "No, no, no. I have to help Chi Yebai find Tu Gan."

He told about Tu Gan, and Tang Ou's expression became very gloomy again: "Why has Ying Beishe become so annoying."

"Baili died when he died, but the secrets in his heart are too precious to just disappear." Shen Guangming said hastily, "When the news is dug out from him, he must die."

He is naturally very convinced of Baili Ji's fate.I can't wait to cut that person with my hand, I can't wait to move the long sword in and out, piercing that person's body.These bloody and terrifying thoughts came out of Shen Guangming's heart one after another, and he tried his best to suppress them and keep them in his heart.

Don't want Tang Ou to know.I don't want him to know the dirty and despicable thoughts in my heart.

Tang Ou seemed a little displeased, but didn't say anything.

"I'm going to find Brother Zhao tomorrow, and practice with those people. I'll come to you tomorrow night. You should help Chi Yebai find Tu Gan as soon as possible, and don't stay too long."

Shen Guangming wants to talk to him more, but this is the residence of Princess Di Ren after all, so it's better for Tang Ou not to stay for a long time.Tang Ou was not very clear about the situation on the other side of Bailiji, so he planned to ask Chi Yebai again, and disturbed his sleep by the way to relieve his depression.

The two said goodbye.Shen Guangming controlled himself not to make this frank farewell too reluctant, waved his hands hastily and ran away in small steps.Walking in the corridor, I couldn't bear it after all, so I looked back.Tang Ou was still standing on the rockery looking at him, with an overturned lamp under his feet.

"Light!" Shen Guangming quickly gestured to him, "Hang it up!"

Tang Ou bent down and picked up the lamp. When he looked up again, Shen Guangming had disappeared.

Tang Ou: "..."

He didn't understand why Shen Guangming left so simply, leaving only himself here, pitifully reluctant.

The next day, Shen Guangming got up early to find Shu Lang, and asked him who left the house with him.

Shu Lang was not in his room, the servant said that just now the sage Tu Gan hurried over to find the crown prince, and the two of them headed towards the princess like burning their butts.

Shen Guangming was taken aback, and quickly ran to Mindal's residence.

The place where Mindal lives has the best garden in the mansion, where her favorite flowers and trees are planted all over the garden.It was already late autumn at this time, snow had already scattered outside the pass, and the night in Lingyong City was also extremely cold.The whole garden looked very withered, the yellow and black leaves were covered in frost and fell all over the ground.

At this moment, many people were surrounded in the courtyard, and Shen Guangming saw Shu Lang's tall and straight back from a distance.

He approached carefully, and was surprised to find Chi Yebai in the crowd.

Chi Yebai has been to this mansion twice, and every time he was dressed in night clothes with a mask on his face, but now he is dressed in moon white clothes, standing out from everyone else.

"My lord, Chi has indeed seen this incident in some books, but the time it happened is definitely not now." Chi Yebai pointed to an object surrounded by the crowd and said, "In winter, there is heavy snow. There was more than a foot. The people dug out several stiff people in the snow in the middle of the road, their faces were black, their eyes were closed, and blood flowed from their eyes."

Chi Ye said a lot like a memorization, and finally changed the subject: "This record should be in the city annals of Lingyong City. Chi saw it in Jiezilou, "Strange Events" .”

Everyone was not interested in where he saw it, but was very concerned about what he relayed.

Shen Guangming saw a big man standing up next to the object, and saw that he was full of beards, so he knew it was the holy hand Tu Gan.

"This person has been dead for at least one day." Tu Gan said, "But there was absolutely no such thing here last night."

The maids and servants who were kneeling aside shyly responded, expressing that Tu Gan was telling the truth.

Shen Guangming got closer and finally saw what the object surrounded by people was.

It was a dead man covered in black.The dead man was squatting in the garden, with his hands in his arms, his head up, and his eyes were facing Mindal's house.

No wonder Shu Lang was so angry.Shen Guangming thought.He took a few glances at the dead man, although he felt very hideous, but because he had seen the water corpse driven by Baili Ji, the dry corpse in front of him was neater, and he didn't feel too scared.

As the head of Ying Bei She, Chi Yebai naturally attracted attention as soon as he entered Lingyong City.Now that such a strange thing has happened, it is natural to call the biggest information dealer to ask if he has heard of something similar.Shen Guangming was a little nervous: I don't know if anyone knows about Chi Yebai sneaking into the mansion.Standing outside the crowd, he quickly thought about how to make up a good story for Chi Ye Bai Ye Tan.

The dead body came so strangely that Shu Lang was full of anger and suspicion, Shen Guangming's request to leave the mansion was naturally rejected without any discussion.Shen Guangming was very annoyed, he couldn't even get in from Mindal, so he could only do some work of washing horses and mopping the floor as usual.

While cleaning vigorously in the corridor, a pair of moon-white boots with some patterns embroidered with silver silk stood in front of him.

"Master Chi, you dare to wear these clean shoes?" Shen Guangming raised his head and asked.

With a blank expression on his face, Chi Ye quickly took out a pair of incense candles and a pack of paper money from his sleeve and handed them to him: "Here."

Shen Guangming was shocked: "How do you know I need these?"

"Tang Ou said." Chi Yebai frowned, "I came to Lingyong City, and I couldn't sleep for a night. Last night, I finally fell asleep for a while, and was woken up by your Tang Ou again. It's very disgusting."

His face was really haggard, and there was a circle of light blue under his eyes.

Shen Guangming knew that Tang Ou asked Chi Yebai to bring it here.It should be because he was afraid that Shu Lang would change his mind today and not let him go out of the house, so he did this purposely.

"You talk to me like this... Aren't you afraid of being suspicious?" Shen Guangming put those things in his arms and asked in a low voice.

"I'm checking the situation in the mansion, and I'm asking the servants in the mansion, it's normal to talk to you, what's suspicious?" Chi Yebai looked displeased.

Because he was born upright and handsome, even if he looked displeased, he was still very good-looking.Unconsciously, Shen Guangming had a playful expression on his face: "Since when did the Chi family start doing this kind of business?"

"It had nothing to do with me!" He frowned, but did not continue, and instead asked Shen Guangming if he had seen anything suspicious last night.

The most suspicious thing is Tang Ou... Shen Guangming shook his head frankly: "No, no. How did the corpse come from?"

Chi Yebai pondered for a moment, then lowered his voice: "I crawled in by myself."

The sun was shining brightly, and Shen Guangming suddenly felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet.

Chi Yebai was still talking in a low voice: "This incident also happened in Lingyong City more than ten years ago, and it was recorded in the "Strange Events". The book is full of nonsense, but it touched on a key point: People have seen people walking with bowed waist on the road, their steps are stiff, and they should not respond."

He told Shen Guangming about the strange things that happened in Lingyong City more than ten years ago, and Shen Guangming was terrified.

"After that incident happened, the rich men in Lingyong City panicked, so they pooled money and hired people from the Sima family to help with the investigation. So it should be Sima Feng standing here at this moment, not me." Chi Ye Bai Man's face was filled with impatience.

"Wait... A corpse that can walk and climb walls?" Shen Guangming was influenced by him, and couldn't help lowering his voice, "Isn't this very similar to Bailiji's corpse control technique?"

Chi Yebai froze for a moment.