Wulin Xiaohui

Bishui Town is a small place. There is only one long street in the town. There are only more than [-] shops of various colors on the long street, and there are only two pubs.In recent years, because the World's No. [-] Martial Arts Association was held here, the people in the town regarded opening an inn as their main business.

At this time, the sun was setting, and three elongated figures appeared at the end of the long street. Two knights pulled a scholar, talking and laughing, walking towards the tavern.

The two taverns in the town are now full of people from the rivers and lakes who are drinking and eating. Ye Zang and Shen Yizhou finally found a table, ordered wine and food, and greeted each other.

I have talked a lot during the journey, but now I feel a little thirsty.Shen Yizhou picked up the tea that Xiaoer had poured, drank a few gulps, then put down the bowl, and wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve casually.

Ye Zang also picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. His movements were gentle and handsome, and he looked completely different from these reckless men.

Shen Yizhou made fun of him: "Brother Ye is so refined, he doesn't look like he is walking with me, but he wants to be with this faceless scholar."

Ye Zang glanced at the faceless scholar, and said, "Although that's the case, in my opinion, brother Shen is more handsome than this faceless scholar. If he dressed up as a scholar, he might look more like a flower picker than Ye."

Shen Yizhou laughed loudly and said: "Brother Ye dares to show love, but I don't dare to pick flowers. If I'm too shy in the future, I might just bite the bullet and rely on my appearance to cheat a bowl of rice."

It happened that the waiter was bringing wine and two dishes of cold dishes to the table. The two met each other with a smile, raised the wine bowl to salute, and cleaned up.

The faceless scholar sat between the two of them, seeing that they were drinking happily, he squeezed out a sound of "muh" from the rag.

"Brother Shen, this flower picker seems to have something to say."

Shen Yizhou was eating peanuts with chopsticks, he was noncommittal.

Ye Zang reached out to the faceless scholar's mouth, pinched a corner of the cloth with three fingers, and pulled.

As soon as he relaxed his mouth, he couldn't help coughing, Ye Zang frowned and raised an empty plate in front of Zhu Tang.

When Zhu Tang's breathing stabilized, Shen Yizhou didn't even look at him.

Ye Zang glanced at Zhu Tang carefully, and said: "In the past few months, Xiongtai has become famous in the Jianghu. Ye has heard of it a long time ago, but he didn't expect that the famous flower picker would have such a look. appearance."

Zhu Tang was bound by Shen Yizhou, he had no hope of breaking free, and he had no thought of breaking free, he just wanted to find a more comfortable way for himself on the way to Liangtang.

Facing Ye Zang's question at this time, Zhu Tang sighed: "It's a long story, but I have no other choice."

Shen Yizhou glanced at Zhu Tang with a half-smile, but he said to Ye Zang: "This scoundrel's words are untrustworthy, Brother Ye, don't be soft-hearted."

Ye Zang said: "It's okay, let's just listen to the story and have a drink."

Zhu Tang pouted at the wine on the table: "After driving for so long, my mouth is dry."

Shen Yizhou said: "Don't make too much progress."

Zhu Tang looked at Ye Zang, who was more friendly among the two, and the latter smiled and said, "Drink after talking."

Zhu Tang had no choice but to lick his dry lips, and said eloquently: "I was born in a wealthy place in the south of the Yangtze River. My family is a cloth merchant. At first, I gradually accumulated some wealth from selling cotton. My father and my grandfather worked together to build up the family business. It was past the age of studying, and it was a great regret for him that there were no scholars in his ancestors. In order to hire a teacher, he shut himself up to study in Xiaoxuan every day.

However, I was not very interested in reading, so I asked my father to hire some martial arts experts to teach me boxing and kung fu on the grounds that I wanted to forge all-round talents in both civil and military affairs.

I'm a little weak in learning martial arts, but within a few years, I can compete with those invited masters.

My father saw that I spent too much energy on martial arts training, and after persuading me to no avail, he dismissed all the master martial arts students.

I ran away from home in a fit of anger, and wandered in the rivers and lakes.

From then until now, I haven't read a book for a moment. "

Hearing this, Shen Yizhou picked up the wine and smelled it, and took a sip with a smile.

Zhu Tang continued: "Later, I met my master and became a flower picker."

Ye Zang put down the wine bowl near his mouth: "There seems to be something missing in the middle."

Shen Yizhou couldn't help laughing, and asked: "Who is your master?"

"My master is the one-armed Duan You."

Shen Yizhou laughed loudly: "Brother Ye, he spent so much time talking, only this answer is true."

Ye Zang let out an "oh" and said, "How did brother Shen know?"

Shen Yizhou reached into his pocket and took out a piece of paper: "This is the reward order posted in Liangtang City, it said that the faceless scholar was a house-breaking student raised by Duan You with one arm, but he was arrested three years ago. Expelled from the division."

Seeing the reward order, Zhu Tang didn't show any embarrassment on his face, and sat upright with great ease.If it wasn't for his hands and feet being bound, he wouldn't look like a prisoner, but rather a visitor to see the scenery.

However, Shen Yizhou's next words shattered the perfect mask on Zhu Tang's face.

"Xiao Yulan asks you hello?"

Zhu Tang's expression froze, and he looked at Shen Yizhou with a strange expression: "Who are you?"

Shen Yizhou didn't look at him, and said, "I'm just a passerby, Xiao Yulan asked me to arrest you."

Zhu Tang's face was livid: "Impossible, she... how is it possible!"

"Some words have been held in my heart for a long time and I feel uncomfortable. Tell passers-by to listen to it, and I will feel better." Shen Yizhou put a sip of wine to his mouth, and continued, "I have done so many bad things, so I should stop. .”

Ye Zang was confused when he heard this: "Brother Shen, you seem to know a lot of inside information?"

Shen Yizhou looked at Zhu Tang: "On one side is the benefactor who raised me single-handedly, and on the other side is the woman I love deeply. It doesn't matter which side you choose."

Zhu Tang's breathing became rapid, and his cheeks were flushed, but he couldn't break free from the rope on his body.

Shen Yizhou smiled: "Don't be so excited, I won't tell your secret."

Zhu Tang was depressed, lowered his head and cast his eyes on Shen Yizhou: "What did she tell you?"

"Tell me all you can say."

Zhu Tang stopped talking, Ye Zang looked curiously at Shen Yizhou, then at Zhu Tang: "Playing riddles? If I hadn't been patient, I would have died of anxiety."

At this time, three big men came from the door of the tavern, they scanned the audience with their eyes as soon as they entered the door, Ye Zang saw these people quite unfamiliar and didn't care.Unexpectedly, those people walked over and stood in front of Ye Zang.

Ye Zang was a little puzzled: "Several strong men..."

The big man in the lead raised the ax in his hand, and was about to strike at Shen Yizhou.

Ye Zang stood up with a snap, and was about to resist, when Shen Yizhou tilted his whole body to the side, dodging the blow.The big man's ax failed in one blow, and he played tricks on the other two. The three of them raised their murder weapons and surrounded Shen Yizhou.

The big man said loudly: "You surnamed Zhou, pay back the lives of my wife and children!"

Ye Zang stood aside and kindly reminded: "Strong man, his surname is not Zhou."

The strong man didn't even look at him, he just stared at Shen Yizhou's every move.

Shen Yizhou didn't move, and he was still in the mood to talk to Ye Zang: "Brother Ye is worrying too much, he knows that my surname is not Zhou."

The drinkers around heard that they were here to seek revenge, and they all felt that the matter had nothing to do with them. Except for a few tables nearby who stood up with their drinks and dishes, everyone else sat in their seats and ate and drank as usual.

Shen Yizhou felt sorry for the wine, so he said to the leader of the three, "Go out and fight?"

So those three people surrounded Shen Yizhou, and the four of them left the tavern in a confrontational situation.

Ye Zang was worried about the safety of Shen Yizhou, so he followed him out.

As soon as they arrived on the street, those three people raised their weapons and attacked Shen Yizhou. Shen Yizhou looked quite relaxed, blocking left and right, and was not hurt by those people.

There is a huge difference in strength between the two sides, and Ye Zang secretly admires the courage of these three people.

The three of them suddenly retreated together, and at the same time, they sprinkled yellow powder from their hands and went straight to Shen Yizhou's door.

Shen Yizhou covered most of it with his sleeves, but some powder still fell on his clothes.

Ye Zang hurried forward, pulled up his sleeve, and checked the powder on it.

"It's Linghuasan."

Linghuasan is a kind of medicine, which is mostly used by some unscrupulous flower picking thieves. The three big men fled away after spraying the medicine, and they had disappeared at this time.

Seeing that Shen Yizhou's skin was also stained with some medicinal powder, Ye Zang asked concerned, "Is there something wrong?"

Shen Yizhou brushed it off with his hands, and said casually: "Small tricks, you won't get the trick."

Only then did Ye Zang think about asking about the origins of those three people, Shen Yizhou said: "Those three people were sent by Zhu Tang."

"what?"

"If you don't believe me, go in now and see if Zhu Tang is still there."

Ye Zang went back to the tavern first, but Zhu Tang was nowhere to be seen.

Shen Yizhou Shi Shi ran in and sat down on the original seat.

Ye Zang suddenly felt puzzled: "Brother Shen, Zhu Tang probably didn't run far, there is still time to chase him now."

Shen Yizhou shook his head: "Don't chase after him." After saying that, he sat down at the original table, and even picked up the unfinished wine and began to taste it.

Ye Zang didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, and the person he finally caught escaped so leisurely.

Seeing that Shen Yizhou had no intention of talking at all, he had to find another topic: "How does Brother Shen know that they are from Zhu Tang?"

It was only when Ye Zang saw the powder that he realized that the three of them might be with Zhu Tang, but Shen Yizhou seemed to have known it for a long time.

Those three people deliberately loudly said that they wanted to avenge their wives and children, and they also wanted to prevent other people in the tavern from interfering.Shen Yizhou knew what those people were thinking a long time ago, but he went out of the tavern with them to give Zhu Tang a chance to escape.

Shen Yizhou didn't want to explain too much at first, but he felt a little sorry to see Ye Zang lost in thought, so he simply helped him out: "When those people came in, they sneaked a few glances at Zhu Tang."

Facing Shang Ye Zang's admiring gaze, he added with a smile, "I saw these people before when I captured Zhu Tang."

Ye Zang: "..."

"You knew it clearly, but did you let Zhu Tang escape?"

Shen Yizhou took out a cattail fan from nowhere, and shook it mysteriously: "The mountain people have their own tricks."

Satiated with wine and food, the two went to the inn where Ye Zang lived together.Thanks to the Martial Arts Conference, the supply of inns in the small town is in short supply, and it is impossible for a temporary visitor like Shen Yizhou to find a vacant room.Fortunately, Ye Zang's upper room was spacious enough, so Xiao Er prepared a floor bunk, just for one night.

When the two of them settled down, it was already dark, the town was backed by mountains, and the night was cool. Shen Yizhou hugged the thick quilt comfortably, and planned to go to meet Duke Zhou immediately.

Ye Zang, however, was very energetic, and looked sideways at the ground: "Brother Shen, I don't think you completely avoided the powder that those people sprinkled today, are you really all right?"

Shen Yizhou didn't expect that he was still thinking about fighting during the day, caring about himself, and forced back his sleepiness: "It's not a problem, ordinary poison can't hurt me."

Ye Zang heard that the Wentian Sect has a set of mental methods, which can be invulnerable to all poisons after practice. Even if you don't get to the Mahayana, it's not a problem to dissolve some ordinary poisons.As a disciple of the head of the Wentian Sect in the past, Shen Yizhou must have practiced this mental method.

When the even breathing sound of the person on the ground reached his ears, Ye Zang was still conscious, tossing and turning for a long time before he fell asleep in a daze.

At dawn the next day, Ye Zang woke up. He didn't sleep much, and he had to get up at dawn.

Looking under the bed, he almost laughed out loud, the sleeping posture stretched all over the place is called bohemian.

He sneaked out of bed and opened the door, but was startled by the scene in front of him.

"Zhu Tang?!" The white-faced scholar who ran away yesterday was still in a restrained posture, and there was a shadow under his eyes, and it seemed that he had not slept all night.

Zhu Tang lifted his heavy eyelids to glance at Ye Zang, and said weakly, "Please, send me to the government."

When Shen Yizhou finally got enough sleep and went downstairs to have breakfast refreshed, Ye Zang finally understood the reason.

After Zhu Tang escaped yesterday, he tried his best to untie the rope that bound him. Unexpectedly, no matter whether it was cut with a knife or burned with fire, the rope did not show any signs of loosening. On the contrary, it became tighter and tighter. It has already been strangled into the flesh, and it is impossible to advance or retreat.

In the pain, Zhu Tang suddenly remembered that the Xiao family in Guankou had a handed down treasure, the Seven Star Whip, also called the Immortal Binding Rope.Binding a person with the Seven Star Whip requires the user to inject internal force, once a person is bound, only the internal force of the same person can untie it.

So Zhu Tang, in extreme pain, searched for Shen Yizhou in various inns in the town in the middle of the night, but fortunately he did not go far.

While drinking porridge, Shen Yizhou looked at Zhu Tang weakly, seeing how pitiful he looked.

Ye Zang managed to wake him up, and his waking up almost knocked off the roof of the inn.

The three sat facing each other, only the sound of Shen Yizhou snoring and drinking porridge was heard.

"Well, can you untie it for me?" Zhu Tang frowned, and couldn't help saying, "It really hurts too much."

After eating half a bowl of porridge, most of the anger from being woken up was gone, Shen Yizhou stretched out his hand mercifully, and tied the Seven Star Whip to Zhu Tang's wrist.

With only his hands bound, Zhu Tang sighed comfortably, which made Ye Zang sigh: "I heard that the best way to cure seasickness is to throw people into the water, and then the seasickness will be cured without medicine."

Zhu Tang made a bitter face: "I never thought that one day I would feel so comfortable with my hands tied."

Ye Zang looked at Shen Yizhou with concern and said, "I know now, don't offend me, brother Shen, if you offend anyone, he really knows how to punish people."

After hearing this, Shen Yizhou smiled and comforted him: "Brother Ye, you can rest assured, this seven-star whip is tied to him, but no second person can be tied."

Ye Zang said again: "Speaking of which, brother Shen let him go on purpose?"

Shen Yizhou glanced at Zhu Tang with a smile, and nodded: "That's right, how do you know despair without hard work?"

The words were too harsh, Ye Zang couldn't help covering his mouth and sniggering, both of them looked at Zhu Tang's face, that fair skin was now full of colorful colors.

Shen Yizhou said: "Don't say I'm not kind, seeing your good brothers came, I was in a hurry to fall into their trap, if I let you escape on the way, you may not be able to catch up if you come back , I was still in the town yesterday and today, let you know that I can't escape, and it will be convenient for you to find it, right?"

Zhu Tang gritted his teeth: "I have to worry about you, Mr. Shen."

Ye Zang looked at Shen Yizhou, shook his head and chuckled, "It's not from a decent family."

Shen Yizhou said frankly: "I'm not upright, I don't talk about chivalry."

Ye Zang looked at him with a smile, then changed the topic: "Drink?"

Shen Yizhou smiled heartily: "Drink!"