Knight line GL

These few days are after busy farming and before the Dragon Boat Festival.

The head of Luchao City is covered with red and hanging colors, and red silk and blue flags are inserted all over the crenels, waving in the wind.The gongs and drums are beating in front of the shops in the city, and the actors and actresses are playing together, which is wonderful.

People from ten miles and eight villages gather here, carrying mountain goods and river fresh goods, bringing homemade cloth and embroidery, and coming to the market with the old and the young.People come and go in the city, shoulder to shoulder.

At this moment, the sky is getting dark, but there is an endless stream of pedestrians on the road.Daqian drove the mule cart out of the city, pretending to be calm on the surface, but feeling uneasy in his heart.He licked his lips, glanced out of the corner of his eyes, and looked suspicious at anyone he saw.

Xiaoqian hid in the carriage and looked out through the gap in the curtain: "Sister Zhaoxue, we are almost at the east gate. Is your home far from our place?"

Li Zhaoxue was in Runzhou, several days away from here, she was just cheating Xiaoqian's family, she planned to find a chance to leave after dark, then head straight to Jianye City.

"Not far." Li Zhaoxue pulled her to her side and took out a booklet, "Xiaoqian, don't you want to learn martial arts? This is the secret book my master gave me. There are only moves in it. I will recite the inner strength method to you , you must keep in mind."

Although Xiaoqian didn't know that she was going to leave, she vaguely felt weird and pushed the cheat book back: "Sister Zhaoxue, I can't read, so give it to me after you teach me how to read."

Li Zhaoxue was stunned for a moment, and said to herself: If I were in Xiaoqian's house, I should keep my inner strength skills silent.That way, even if I die, I can still pass on the mantle of my master.

Li Zhaoxue was measuring, when suddenly someone shouted outside——

"Is that big blacksmith's money? Wait a minute."

The three people in the carriage were startled, and all tensed their backs.The big money outside was even more frightened, his calf trembling and weak.

Xiaoqian called softly: "Father."

Big Qian took a deep breath, turned around and looked back.I couldn't see it, I felt my eyes went dark, and I almost jumped into the carriage and ran away.

A group of people came in a mighty distance, and the leader was riding a tall horse. He was the son of Wu Yong, the boss of the Seven Heroes of Luchao, and Wu Kekan, the current lord of Luchao City.

The person who spoke was Wu Kekan's entourage, a rich old neighbor.He ran over, grabbed Daqian's arm and said to Wu Kekan, "City Master, Daqian's workmanship is good, he works quickly, and he does his duty. Alas, he is honest."

Wu Kekan was dressed in a green Luo straight gown, with a small crown tied around her hair.A deer jade sword is hung on the waist, and a pair of carved white jade pendants are tied.Standing on the spot and looking at the big money, he nodded slightly: "Okay, let's count it."

The three people in the carriage heard it clearly, and all of them immediately showed shock. They didn't know what the city lord meant. Could it be that they wanted to pull strong men to build bridges, build roads and build palaces?

Daqian was also in a state of confusion, but fortunately he had seen the world more or less, so he suppressed his fear and asked with a smile, "My lord, what is this?"

"Good job, Taihe City is recruiting craftsmen and blacksmiths. Two hundred coins a day, food, drink and housing. After three months, you will get an extra half tael. If you have a lot of money, you can add more to your craftsmanship, maybe a day and a half."

A lot of money is indeed a good job.But he didn't care about it now, so he quickly declined, "Oh, it's good. But, well, I'm sending Yingniang and Xiaoqian back to her mother's house, how about..."

Hearing his evasion, Wu Kekan couldn't help frowning, and said coldly: "Then let's go together, there is also a shortage of cooks and odd jobs over there, and they all have wages."

Hearing this in the carriage, Xiaoqian stretched out his hand to tug on his mother's sleeve, winking: "Mother, this is a good thing, we are in Taihe City, are we still afraid that Zhuyi Palace will arrest us?"

But Li Zhaoxue knew that Taihe City was no better than Zhuyi Palace, just think about the seats at the Guangling Banquet that day.What's more, Taihe City is hundreds of miles away, when will you come back after leaving your hometown?But I don't know what is the intention of the city lord?

Why is Wu Kekan so hardworking?

At that time, the seven brothers in Luchao agreed that brother would die.But there was an accident, and now it's his turn to be the city lord.

A few days ago, Ming Rui, the second grandson of Ming, wrote a letter, referring to the position of city lord.With the support of the Jun Han Mansion behind him, he is coming in menacingly.Wu Kekan was so anxious that his mouth burned, and he lost a whole catty.

At this juncture, Taihe City came to form an alliance.It's not that he was sleepy and came to pillow, Wu Kekan can't wait to confess Taihe City now.

Big Qian was still hesitating how to refuse, Wu Kekan was immediately displeased when he saw his embarrassment.The subordinates observed the words and expressions, and immediately surrounded the big money.

Seeing this, Da Qian was so frightened that he was about to agree.There was a sudden commotion in the distance, and a person was seen running rampant in the crowd, rushing towards him, shouting heart-piercingly——

"City Lord!"

Wu Kekan supported the sword hilt at his waist, and said sternly, "What are you panicking about? Take your time."

The visitor hurriedly stood up, breathed calmly, bowed his hands and said back: "Report to Lord City Master, there is a fight in front of old man Feng's hotel, and it seems to be people from Ji Nancheng."

Wu Kekan kicked his eyes when he heard the words, his face paled anxiously, and he said angrily, "Why didn't you say it earlier!"

He raised his leg and was about to leave, he turned abruptly and pointed at Daqian and said: "Take them back to the mansion first. You guys, follow me! Wait, you go back to the mansion to call someone, hurry up!"

Seeing that the city lord had left, Daqian hurriedly asked his old neighbor for help: "Brother, please let us go. Please, I'm really in a hurry. I'll be back tomorrow, no, no, no, I'll be back as soon as I send Yingniang Xiaoqian away."

The old neighbor looked impatient: "Big Qian, what do you call that? Is it possible that I can still hurt you, Big Brother? I'm doing it for your own good, but you still want to embarrass me."

I dare not even say big money.

The man waved his hand: "Let's go, the city lord thinks highly of you, don't be ungrateful."

Da Qian's lips twitched, but he couldn't say anything, and it was useless to say it.He turned his head to look at the carriage, and looked at his daughter through the gap in the curtains.

Xiaoqian couldn't tell what was in his father's eyes, but just took a look, and his heart felt extremely dull, like an iron block pressing down on his heart.

Li Zhaoxue saw that Xiaoqian was downcast, so she stuffed the cheat book into her arms, and said softly: "It is said that fate is not caused by hard work, but if you have the ability, many fates can be changed by 'force'."

Xiaoqian stroked the cover of the cheat book and asked, "Sister Zhaoxue, are you willing to teach me?"

Yingniang was at a loss, feeling sorry for the parents of the world, and felt that it was not good for her daughter to learn martial arts, nor would it be good not to learn martial arts, anyway, she had no idea.

Li Zhaoxue thought of Ayan and Meizi, and felt very heartbroken: "You are a good boy, but I can't be your master. I had two apprentices, both of whom were good boys, but they both left. I don't have the fate of apprentices, nor The fate of the master. The old lady said to teach me martial arts, but she didn't accept me as her disciple. Well, you should do the same."

Xiaoqian was momentarily stunned when she lowered her head and whispered.She had never seen Sister Zhaoxue like this, although she did not shed tears, Xiaoqian felt that she was crying, and she cried very sadly.

No one spoke any more along the way, and the four were taken to the City Lord's Mansion and locked in a side room in the front yard.No one lives here, and there are hills of firewood piled up in the yard.

The four of them were silent, and each found another place to sit down.

I don't know how long it has passed, the sky is dark, and the moonlight leaks between the branches and leaves of the ancient trees in the courtyard, which are as sparse as remaining snow, and the early summer of April makes people feel cool.

There was a lot of voices outside, the servants and maidservants shouted, and the southern and northern sounds were mixed. It seemed that many distinguished guests came to the house today, and the back kitchen was busy.

Xiaoqian sniffed and muttered in a low voice: "Mom, I'm hungry."

The luggage was all in the mule cart, and now it is unknown who has fallen into it.All four of them were hungry, and only Xiaoqian was a child, knowing that he had nothing to eat, he couldn't help but speak out.

Li Zhaoxue was secretly annoyed, if she was strong in martial arts, even if she couldn't leave with the three of them, it would be difficult to climb over the wall to get some food to satisfy her hunger.

After a while, the orchestra played in the distance.

"The number of feasts is the same."

Suddenly someone spoke above the head, and the four of them stood up in surprise.

"My life is as cheap as mud, and my blessings are as thin as paper. I can only be his frozen bones outside the rich family."

Suddenly a person sat up on the pile of firewood, wearing a green robe, holding a folding fan, dressed like a storyteller.

Xiaoqian was young and bold, and said with a smile, "Who are you? You've been up there all along, but you scared me. You were also arrested?"

The storyteller shook his folding fan lightly, shook his head and said, "Confucius punished Shao Zhengmao, Emperor Shi Huang executed Lu Sheng, Emperor Xuan cut Yang Yun at the waist, it is not the fault of the speaker who hears good words but hates them."

Li Zhaoxue heard her quoting scriptures, knew that she was an extraordinary person, and secretly became vigilant in her heart.

"What are you talking about?" Xiaoqian was confused, shook his head and said, "You always talk like this? No wonder you annoy the city lord. I can't even understand him. He is a big fool."

Daqian and Yingniang were so frightened that their hearts trembled, one held Xiaoqian in his arms and covered his mouth, and the other hurriedly looked around.

The storyteller on the pile of firewood laughed loudly: "Wonderful, wonderful, children's words have no taboos, and there are no taboos to get the truth."

He jumped down from the woodpile, straightened his green shirt, put away his folding fan and saluted Xiaoqian: "Xiaosheng is a white-clothed storyteller who travels from south to north, mocking the wind and moon, judging the red and the green, not doing his job properly."

The person next to Xiaoqian didn't understand, but he heard the words "not doing business properly", and suddenly giggled: "My mother also said that I am not doing business properly."

The storyteller shook his folding fan: "Then we are destined."

Xiaoqian raised his head and thought for a while: "Yes."

The storyteller asked: "The little boy is screaming in his stomach, are you hungry?"

Xiaoqian hurriedly said, "Hungry."

The storyteller asked again: "It's so good, I would like to leave with Xiaosheng and find some food to satisfy my hunger. What do you think?"

Xiaoqian asked, "You said you went out to find something to eat?"

The storyteller said: "Exactly."

Xiaoqian clapped his hands and laughed, "Then I understand, okay."

The two chatted happily.The big Qian Yingniang and his wife next to him frowned when they heard it. Their daughter is still a child, so it's fine to play around a bit. This storyteller looks very smart, but he is so out of tune.

Li Zhaoxue secretly looked at the storyteller, but felt that this person was not simple.She didn't dare to let Xiaoqian talk to him again, she took a step forward to block Xiaoqian's face, and bowed her hands: "What's the master plan?"

"Jiang Taigong established the Zhou Dynasty, and Zhang Zifang built the Han Dynasty. Although there are many ingenious plans, we still need to..." The storyteller shook his head and walked to the door, holding the folding fan and patted the wooden door lightly, "There are thousands of troops."

Li Zhaoxue suddenly felt that the air around her was astringent, she didn't know why, and heard Xiaoqian exclaim——

"opened!"

But seeing the courtyard door open slowly, followed by a bang, the two wooden doors slammed on the ground, sending dust flying.

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In the previous and next chapters, there are some main plots, so it is inconvenient to skip them, and I hope for your understanding.