Wolf Dysprosium

Chen Shuang and Jin Yan looked at each other, and Qi Qi looked at the black-clothed swordsman.

The swordsman does not move, and it is completely impossible to tell whether he is a man or a woman from his body shape.

"Male or female, what does it matter?" The swordsman whispered, "What kind of men and women are there in the Jianghu?"

"Let me guess your identity." Yue Lianlou said with a smile, "I have spent a long time in Beidu Huixinyuan, and I have made a few friends who have traveled from south to north. From your accent, you are Beirong people."

The swordsman obviously knew that he couldn't attack Jin Yan today, so he jumped back and onto the roof to distance himself from Yuelian Tower.

"Bei Rong has a vast territory, and the accents of the five major tribes are also quite different. You already speak like a native of Beidu, but some words still have a Nushan accent." Yue Lianlou said, "The Nushan tribe is located at the westernmost end of Beirong. , the tone of speech is somewhat similar to that of Jin Qiang in the west."

He paused, and said a word of Nushan.

The swordsman was slightly taken aback.For the first time, shaken and shocked appeared in those cold pupils.

"What do you mean?" Chen Shuang asked in a low voice.

"...The people in Nushan are like sparrows, they can't be killed." Jin Yan replied, "I heard this saying in Xuelangshan."

The swordsman looked at him from afar and took another step back.After putting away the knife, she bowed to Yue Lianlou and Jin Yan, which is the way of Da Yuren's bowing. "I haven't heard the Nushan dialect for many years." Her voice changed, no longer deep, "Thank you."

After saying this, she jumped back and disappeared into the night in a few strokes.

Yue Lianlou put away the two swords, Feng Tianyu, and returned to Jin Yan's side.He told Jin Yan that there was an obvious ending of Nushan dialect in the swordsman's accent.This person has been haunting the Dayu Jianghu for many years, but he does not belong to any gang. He collects money to help people with affairs, and the scope of affairs conflicts slightly with Ming Yetang.Shen Deng once went to Xianmenguan to look for the swordsman, but the swordsman refused to join Ming Yetang.

"But she said her surname is Yuan." Jin Yan said, "There is no 'Yuan' surname in the surnames of the Beirong people. She is from Nushan, so she is the Nushan family, and this is her surname."

"When you come to Da Yu to beg for food, you always have to do as the locals do and give you a fake name." Yue Lianlou laughed, "Yuan, Miss Yuan. I don't know if she is beautiful or not? I didn't make it this time, and I will come again. When the time comes I unmask her face."

Chen Shuang was full of anger: "Yue Lianlou, I have to report what happened to the hall master today. You are here to protect Jin Yan, look what you have done!"

Yue Lianlou put away her hippie smile and said seriously: "I accept the punishment."

Chen Shuang and Jin Yan waited for his next sentence.

Yue Lianlou: "...I really accept the punishment!"

Chen Shuang: "I never thought that such a shameless person would actually accept punishment."

He said this to Jin Yan, as if he was whispering bad things about Yue Lianlou behind his back, but he was speaking for Yue Lianlou.Yue Lianlou showed excellent self-restraint: "I was wrong this time, you can scold me whatever you want. But don't be like Ruan Buqi who is so yin and yang."

As the two walked, they quarreled back and forth.When he arrived at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Ji Chunming had already been waiting at the door for a long time.

Sheng Keliang was detained in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, including Ji Chunming, and Jin Yan soon waited for Sheng Keliang to be dragged in the prison.Sheng Keliang was tortured a little, his toes were bloody, and Jin Yan couldn't help but glance at Ji Chunming.

"It's not me, it's Wei Yan." Ji Chunming couldn't help frowning slightly, "That's the style of Changlu Temple."

After retreating from the left and right, Jin Yan only left Ji Chunming by his side.Both Chen Shuang and Yue Lianlou stayed outside to ensure that no one would disturb Jin Yan's interview with Sheng Keliang.

Jin Yan didn't intend to beat around the bush, he directly took out the red gold silk-wrapped Kowloon bottle.

Seeing the Jiulong bottle, Sheng Keliang immediately turned pale.When Jin Ye revealed that the Jiulong bottle was found from Sheng Keguang's house and was stolen by Sheng Hong, Sheng Keliang let out a long sigh, and his tensed shoulders immediately collapsed.

He was silent for a long time, and this fact seemed to take all the energy out of him in an instant. "What does the little general want to ask from me?" Sheng Keliang asked, "If I tell you, can you keep my wife and children safe?"

"Yes." Jin Yan said, "The case of Yang Song'er is actually supervised by Cen Rong."

"I want a guarantee." Sheng Keliang said.

Jin Yan looked at Ji Chunming: "Ji Chunming is the witness. No one knows what kind of person he is than your immediate boss. If you tell me what I want to know, this Jiulong bottle will not appear in the It is in the list of Sheng Keguang's family. It will return to your home, and it will still be an imperial gift for you to keep and collect."

Sheng Keliang finally nodded: "Just ask."

There are two things Jin Yan wanted to ask from Sheng Keliang.During the back-and-forth debate and questioning between him and Sheng Keliang, Ji Chunming finally understood why Jin Yan insisted on getting the Nine Dragon Bottle and why he insisted on forcing Sheng Keliang.

Because Sheng Keliang was the only gap he was looking for.

"In the 32nd year of Yuankang, the Jinqiang invaded Beirong. My father led the Northwest Army to fight the enemy to the death at Baique Pass outside Fenghu City. In the end, they were defeated. My father died on the battlefield." Jin Yan clenched his hands slightly in his sleeves, "Why was the military rations transferred from the Northern Army and Liang Jing to the Northwest Army that day? Why was it intercepted? Who intercepted it?"

Sheng Keliang opened his eyes wide, and it took him a long time to laugh out loud.

"Sure enough, it's Jin Mingzhao's son. He hit the nail on the head and hit the nail on the head." He laughed twice, his face darkening, "I know I'm an abandoned son. Now I'm in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I have already died hundreds of times. I went to find Grand Master Liang for help that day, but Grand Master Liang avoided him, so I knew that such a day would come."

He raised his head and stared at Jin Yan: "In the deep autumn of 32, the situation in the north changed rapidly, and it was snowing all over the sky in October. The entire area of ​​Ronghe was caught in ice disaster, and all the grain that could not be harvested in the future was buried in the snow. Those who prepared winter clothes died of freezing and starvation, and in the city of Changliang alone, there have been thousands of starved and frozen corpses in half a month."

Changliang City is located on the south bank of the Liexing River, far away from Bishan City in the north, and is an important port of the Liexing River.The Rong River is a tributary of the Liexing River, and Changliang City is the largest city in the Rong River Basin.During the ice disaster, countless refugees from the upper and lower reaches of the Rong River flocked to Changliang City, which has abundant grain reserves, and Changliang City was under great pressure for a while.

Xia Houxin, the guard of Changliang City, opened the city gates to welcome the refugees. The people in the city cut down on food and clothing, and the wealthy donated clothes and food.

"Xia Houxin was the one who helped the victims, and it was Xia Houxin who withheld the military rations." Sheng Keliang said, "Xia Houxin is a student of Liang Anchong, and he acted on Liang Anchong's order."

Remnants of the Ronghe ice disaster flew to the court like snowflakes, and Emperor Renzheng had allocated grain to the north to help the disaster.This batch of disaster relief food only traveled by land, a little later than the military rations that were dispatched from Liang Jing to the Northwest Army.

"There is a big wharf in Changliang. Liang Jing's military rations are transported from Shenshui to Liexing River, and the Northern Army's military rations are also transported to Changliang through the Liexing River waterway. According to the arrangement, the two batches of military rations will meet in Changliang, and together they will be transported upstream in large ships. To Fenghu City."

Jin Yan nodded slightly, the candlelight in the prison was dim, half of his body was hidden in the dark, half of his body was exposed in the light, his eyes flickered. "Both batches of military rations were seized by Changliang Xia Houxin."

Sheng Keliang smiled slightly: "Xia Houxin is not that stupid. It was the refugees inside and outside the city who grabbed the food. Changliang received tens of thousands of refugees. At that time, the food in the city was running low. What used to be able to drink two meals of porridge a day became only one meal of porridge. .It is cold winter again, with snow falling day and night, and the refugees sleeping outside are extremely hard."

Before the refugees robbed the food, the grain storage warehouse in Changliang City was also captured by refugees. As a result, there was only wheat husk in it.When the wheat husks were eaten up, everyone in the city was in danger, but there was no more rice left.Just at this time, a message suddenly spread in the city: Liang Jing transported a large amount of food, but it was not for refugees, but for Jin Qiang as a collegiate gift.

Jin Yan laughed uncontrollably: "It's really hard to make up such an excuse."

"Although it was a lie, refugees were like gunpowder at that time, and they were easy to catch. Everyone didn't want to die. If you rob food, you will die. If you don't rob, you will die. But if you rob, you may earn two more days to eat. Many people drag their families When I came to Changliang, it was worth it even if I snatched a handful and a half handfuls of rice for my children.” Sheng Keliang said, “The robbing of grain lasted for three days and two nights, and many people died. How could the officers and soldiers guarding the grain beat thousands Tens of thousands of hungry people? Those are all desperate people."

He was silent for a moment, and then said: "At that time you were in the palace. As soon as the people in the court knew that the rations could not be delivered to the Northwest Army, they immediately knew that Jin Mingzhao would fail. Since he failed, what are you?"

Jin Yan closed his eyes. Now that he heard such words again, he was no longer angry.A greater, raging rage overwhelmed him.

"About seven or eight days after the food was robbed, the food for the court's disaster relief arrived." Sheng Keliang said, "Xia Houxin returned to the court to plead guilty, knelt outside the hall for five days, fainted and was splashed with water to wake him up. He is four or five years old. Ten, the officials couldn't bear it, and Liang Taishi persuaded him, and finally he was spared the death penalty, and the officials were demoted and sent to Xianmen City to guard the city."

Xianmen City is a small city in the south, in the lower reaches of Shenshui River.The status of the city guard of Xianmen City and the city guard of Changliang City are definitely not the same. If you want to discuss it in detail, even the documents of the Ministry of Punishment are several levels higher than that of Xianmen City Guard.

"The Immortal Gate..." Jin Yan repeated, "Is it the Immortal Gate Road outside the Immortal Gate City, the place where the Immortals laugh at the Immortal Gate Pass?"

"Exactly. There are seven sects and nine sects, with complicated grades, but Xia Houxin is a strange man. When he went to Xianmen, Xianmen immediately began to say that he was a good official who truly loved the people like a son. He is highly respected in Xianmen, and his shrewdness and smoothness can be seen."

Jin Yan memorized them one by one, stroking the Jiulong bottle with his fingers, and asked the second thing: "What's going on between Liang Anchong and the fifth prince, Cen Jin? Cen Jin went to Fenghu City, what's going on here?"

Ji Chunming was taken aback: he looked left and right at Jin Yan and Sheng Keliang, and for a while didn't understand what Sheng Keliang's matter had to do with Cen Zin.

Sheng Keliang's expression changed, and he smiled "ha": "You really belong to Cen Rong."

***

After leaving the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Jin Yan walked in the Qingming night, taking a deep breath of the refreshing night air in Liang Jing.Yue Lianlou and Chen Shuang followed behind him, both of them were angry: "Then what nonsense is Sheng Keliang talking about? Since when did the little general belong to Cen Rong?"

"If it is beneficial, it is not impossible for me to be Cen Rong's person." Jin Yan said, "There is no difference. Now everyone in the court thinks that I am indeed attached to Cen Rong, and the truth is not important anymore."

With a flick of his sleeve, he turned around and said, "Let's go find Cen Rong."

Yue Lianlou caught up with him: "Are you really going to Xianmen?"

"Yeah." Jin Yan said without hesitation, "Xia Houxin is in Xianmen, I'm going to see what kind of person he is."

Yue Lianlou: "Go with you."

Chen Shuang caught up: "I'll go too."

Jin Yan turned his head and said: "You have been coming back with me from Bishan, these days have been too hard. With Yue Lianlou here, you can rest for a few days."

Chen Shuang was unwilling: "Yue Lianlou can't believe it."

Yue Lianlou laughed loudly, rushed over to embrace him and kissed him fiercely.Chen Shuang knocked him to the ground and wiped the saliva on his face.Jin Yan bought Bingxue cold yuanzi from a stall nearby, and waited for the two to come over to eat.There was also a young woman wearing a gauze hat at the booth, she couldn't stop looking over here, Yue Lianlou couldn't change her faults, so she walked over with a fan: "Miss, this hairpin is not pretty."

Several women were taken aback: "What did you say?"

"Wearing it on a girl's hair cuts a bit of the girl's alluring looks."

Hearing the trembling laughter over there, Jin Yan was extremely puzzled: "Why do people listen to Yue Lianlou's sour words?"

"It's all because of that face." Chen Shuang took a sip of the sweet water in the bowl, looked up and said, "Don't drive me away, go to Xianmen, I will follow you."

Jin Yan: "Chen Shuang, you are not my servant or follower, you don't have to be like this."

Chen Shuang: "Little General, I'd like to follow you, you don't have to worry about it." He got up and asked the stall to order another bowl of fried cherries, and put it in front of Jin Yan.

This cherry fry uses apricot honey, which is different from the sweet-scented osmanthus honey that Jin Yan is used to.He ate slowly, and suddenly asked: "Chen Shuang, do you have any relationship with me?"

Yue Lianlou sat back and nodded immediately: "Yes."

Chen Shuang: "No."

Jin Yan: "... Is there or is it not? I don't have it. Could it be that you have a relationship with my father or mother?"

Yue Lianlou pursed her lips and smiled, shaking her folding fan and couldn't stop nodding.

Chen Shuang still insisted that there was no such thing.He finished eating Leng Yuanzi in a big gulp, and didn't watch out for Yue Lianlou's hand touching his head, like stroking a child. "Chen Shuang is the best child in Mingyetang." Yue Lianlou said, "He has a simple mind and a sharp tongue, but he has more secrets."

The women around her called Yue Lianlou over again, Yue Lianlou shook her head.Other men approached with fans, and wanted to buy those girls a drink, but they scolded them severely.

Yue Lianlou was overjoyed: "Does this person look like Hun Daer?"

Chen Shuang stepped on him under the table, Jin Yan didn't want to break everything that was happy and relaxed at this moment, so he answered with a smile: "It's very similar."

At this moment in Pingzhou City, Hun Da'er sneezed several times in succession.

He Lansone was coming out of a low room at this moment, and asked casually, "Are you sick?"

"Bah!" said Hun Da'er, "a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory."

He Lansone got on the horse, thought for a while, and asked again: "Zhuo Zhuo often said bah and what you just said at home."

Hun replied: "Don't doubt it, Ruan Buqi taught it."

He Lansone smiled quickly, did not answer, and slowly drove the horse forward.

Hunda'er rode his horse and followed behind him.After He Lansone came to Pingzhou, he quickly found Hun Da'er, who was guarding the city, and asked him to help him find the people in Mingyetang.Accompanying Helansone was Akula, and Balonger who disappeared with Zhuo Zhuo that day.

Everyone in Beirong knew that Helan Jinying was shot and killed by Xintianjun, and Tianjun pardoned Gaoxin people's crimes.Now looking at He Lansone, Hun Da'er didn't dare to mention He Lan Jinying rashly, but chatted with him casually.

"Did you know that Du Ze died?" He said, "I don't know how he died now. It is said that there are bandits on the Yinglong Mountain Range, but Du Ze was not discovered until the beginning of spring, and he has been frozen in the snow inside."

He Lansone was surprised: "They are all dead?!"

"Yeah." Hun Da'er said, "I don't have a partner anymore. Well, if I knew it earlier, I should have treated him better. You may not know, but Du actually doesn't like Jin Yan. He stole Jin Yan and Ruan Buqi's Things were stolen and then burned. Jin Yan often gave him wound medicine, but he didn't use it, and threw it all in the pool."

He Lansone's hands tightened for a moment: "He doesn't like Jin Yan? Jin Yan didn't treat him badly."

Hun Da'er couldn't tell the reason, and He Lansone suddenly felt strange unease.The two left the place where Da Yu lived together and met Balonger on the street.

"There is indeed a Beirong swordsman with a strange accent haunting Dayu, which coincides with the time when Yuan Sang went to Dayu." He Lansong said, "But the people in Mingyetang are not sure that he is Yuan Sang."

In order to buy this information, He Lansone gave a lot of money to the people in Mingyetang.At first, he thought that the people in Mingye Hall were just like Yue Lianlou and Ruan Buqi, but when he saw them today, he realized that most of them were normal people, just like Chen Shuang.Yue Lianlou and Ruan Buqi, the yin and yang duo, are nothing but weird and rare gems in Mingyetang.

"Then what are you going to do?" Hun Da'er asked, "You want to find this swordsman? Why are you looking for a swordsman?"

He Lansone: "Learn martial arts from him."

He stopped his horse and said to Balonger, "Write to Akula. We won't go back, we will go directly to Dayu."

"Da Yu is so big, where is Yuan Sang?" Balonger asked, "I've never been to Da Yu, just the two of us, okay?"

"It's just looking for someone, there's nothing wrong with it." He Lansone said in a deep voice, "The swordsman often haunts a place called Xianmen Pass. I got the map and route."

Hun Da'er said, "Pack your bags. I'll take you to Bishan."

"No need." He Lansone said goodbye to him, "Goodbye."

He still had a lukewarm attitude towards Hun Da'er, Hun Da'er's face was embarrassed, and he raised his voice: "Be careful on the road! If you see Jin Yan, say hello for me!"

The shadows in the wolf pupils of Helansulfone flickered, the stars above Pingzhou City were brilliant, and the moonlight was sparse.He came all the way from Xuelang Mountain to Beidu and Pingzhou City. Balongger would ask Jin Yan, and Hun Daer would ask Jin Yan, as if he would definitely meet Jin Yan when he went to Dayu.

The person from Mingye Hall smiled and said to him that the Immortal Gate Pass has always been a place where seekers of immortality often wander, if there is a fairy fate, maybe they will encounter some strange encounters.

What is Xianyuan?He Lansone was puzzled.

The man shook his head and shook his head: "The Immortal Gate Road outside the Immortal Gate City, the immortal smiles at the Immortal Gate Pass. If you get what you want, and reunite after a long absence, it is all a fairy fate."

He Lansone couldn't tell what expectation or fear he had in his heart, the two were mixed, and he couldn't sort out the clues.All I know is that I really wish Fei Xiao could run faster and faster, and I'd better reach Lie Xingjiang in an instant.

The author has something to say:

When writing these two chapters, Swordsman refused to join Mingyetang, I couldn't help but think of the elder brother who was released from prison a few days ago, "It is impossible to work part-time".

The Nushan plot related to this chapter can be traced back to Chapter 44.