treacherous world

What Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang saw surprised them so much that they couldn't speak.

And indeed, the scene in front of me can only be described as unimaginable - I saw that small island on the sea in the distance, slowly rising up, getting higher and higher.

"How could this happen?" Zhan Zhao felt incredible, would Kojima still grow taller by himself?

"Take a boat and have a look." Bai Yutang gave the order, but Bai Fu hurried to stop him, "No, fifth master, none of the people who went before have come back."

"Tsk..." Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao frowned together, which seemed to mean——you can sail the boat if you are asked!

But Bai Fu was determined not to let him go, he said hastily, "When I came out, the uncle and the fourth master gave me thousands of warnings, and I must not let the fifth master's temper do anything wrong, unless...

"Unless what?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked in unison.

"Unless..." Bai Fu muttered for a while, and then he dared to say, "Unless the two of you can swim in the water for an hour without drowning."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were immediately discouraged, thinking that this must be said by Jiang Ping's sick man, it was so mean.

The two couldn't hold back Bai Fu, he had to jump into the sea if they turned around and approached the island, so he had to follow the original plan and go to the Hailong Gang first to participate in the memorial ceremony.

As the boat drove farther and farther away, the small island gradually stopped growing and stood quietly on the sea.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang really can't imagine that such a small island doesn't really exist, there is no reason!

Soon, the boat arrived at the boundary of Hailong Gang.

Although Dazhai was burnt down, the foundation was still there. People built a mourning hall on the original small island, and many ships and painting boats were parked around, and there was an endless stream of people who came to mourn.

Zhan Zhao looked at the Hailong Gang, and seemed a little confused. He stroked his chin and asked Bai Yutang, "The original place of the Hailong Gang is not small, why is the water village built on the sea, and it took so much effort to build a dam?" , how good is it to build directly on land?"

Bai Yutang turned around in place, also feeling puzzled, and nodded to Zhan Zhao, "It really makes sense when you say that."

"Brother Zhan Bai!"

At this time, someone came up to say hello, and it was Lei Qinglang who was accompanying Cao Xin in sackcloth and mourning.

Cao Xin looked much better than before, and he was not so depressed. When he saw Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, he hurriedly thanked him.

Zhan Zhao looked at Lei Qinglang, "Master Lei, isn't the He Gang not participating in the memorial service? Why are you here?"

Lei Qinglang sighed, "It's all because those uncles and elders are too unkind. They are close neighbors separated by a strip of water, so why bother to come here?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, how should I put it - they always had an inexplicable feeling for Lei Qinglang.It is said that he does not know martial arts, and that he temporarily lives on Xingkong Island to avoid these martial arts matters, but on the other hand, looking at his words and deeds, he seems to be very keen on this kind of martial arts matters.After Cao Xin came, he seemed to be by his side all the time, feeling... Is it better to say that he is overzealous, or has ulterior motives?

Seeing Cao Xin alone, Zhan Zhao asked, "Where's your Xiao Hei?"

Cao Xin was stunned, because Zhan Zhao was amused, "Master Zhan likes Xiao Hei very much? He often disappears during the day, probably somewhere the cat got up and went to sleep, or went to play with other cats."

"Oh..." Zhan Zhao nodded and glanced at Bai Yutang.Bai Yutang subconsciously thought of the "cat disease" in Xiaoyao Island, and wondered if Zhao Pu and the others had found the way for those cats to come and go.

But at this time on the empty island, Zhao Pu sat on a pile of love books depressedly, glanced at the three cats squatting beside him, looked up, and saw Gongsun sitting on the side with all his heart, and asked for a prescription from the fourth son. Woolen cloth.

Recently, he asked the fourth son to start seeing a doctor. Every time a patient came, he was asked to take a pulse first, and then write a prescription.He also took it again to see if the prescription was written correctly.

"Nerdy." Zhao Pu yawned, "What do you think these cats eat and why are they so fat?"

"Oh... cats can eat anything! Both meat and vegetables are fine, and they will eat corpses." In one sentence, Gongsun said that Zhao Pu was covered in chicken skin, and continued to sigh with his hands in his hands.

Gongsun came over and whispered, "Let's go to Songjiang Mansion early tomorrow morning?"

Zhao Pu looked at him.

Gongsun wrinkled his nose, "I really miss the fourth son."

Zhao Pu stared at him stupidly, is this bookworm begging him?He nodded quickly and agreed.

……

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang entered the mourning hall, offering incense and saluting.

During the process of offering incense, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang discovered a rather strange phenomenon, that is, Cao Xin did not thank the surviving Hailong Gang brothers, but went in to offer incense like outsiders.

When he came out, everyone in the Hai Long gang still glared at him angrily.

Zhan Zhao didn't understand, so he asked Bai Yutang in a low voice, "What does this mean?"

Bai Yutang sneered, "There must be someone who should be held accountable, and it must be blamed on Cao Xin's mother's dead soul, but those people didn't start clean after all, they were sorry for his mother first, so they had to Angry, can't do anything else."

When he came out after offering incense, Zhan Zhao saw a large number of Jiang Hu people wandering around the island. He was a little curious, and asked Bai Yutang in a low voice, "Why are those Jiang Hu people so weird? They won't go back after paying homage, just wandering around the island... You see them staring at the ground, are they looking for something?"

Bai Yutang also felt puzzled.

After a while, the sky became cloudy, and it seemed that there was going to be wind and heavy rain. If there was heavy wind and rain on the sea, the boat would not be able to go.Doesn't the Hailong Gang have no tiles to be drowned?So everyone boarded the boat one after another... rushed to Songjiang Mansion.

After discussing with Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang boarded the boat and followed those Jianghu people to Songjiang Mansion.

Cao Xin and Lei Qinglang also wanted to follow, saying that they wanted to go for a walk in the city, and they were so bored these days.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had no choice but to take the two of them... After getting on the ferry, they split up.

"Don't tell me, there are really a lot of Jiang Hu people here in Songjiang Mansion." Zhan Zhao Juque held it in his hand and carried it behind his back. As he walked and looked, he saw a lot of Jiang Hu people gathered in a restaurant not far away for dinner... The two They also went in.

The two of them came here not to eat, but to hear news.I chose the busiest place to sit, and let the guys serve the food and drinks, and listened while eating.

I only heard a few people from the rivers and lakes behind me discussing the robbery of the Hailong Gang. They seemed to have heard the ghosts and were discussing.While talking, I heard one of them ask, "Then tell me, where is the moon?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback for a moment, then looked at each other—Yue?What month... the moon?

Afterwards, the two listened carefully to the conversations at the other tables, and many people had the word "month" in their mouths!What is this month?They have been in Songjiang territory all the time, why haven't they heard of it, but everyone outside knows it?

While wondering, Zhan Zhao glanced downstairs, reached out and patted Bai Yutang, telling him to look down.

Bai Yutang looked down and couldn't help frowning... Wondering what happened to Songjiang Mansion?I saw a group of people passing by below, and the leader with a green beard was particularly eye-catching.

Bai Yutang frowned—green bearded robber Zhang Qian?

Zhan Zhao then motioned him to look inside the inn, and there were a few people with strange faces and strange shapes.

Bai Yutang recognized them all, including the middle-aged man with the green beard who just passed by. These are all well-known habitual thieves in the world!Why did they gather in the Songjiang Mansion, and what happened that they didn't know about? !

Both of them are old Jianghu, this time they are so pissed off, thinking about sitting here and waiting, they might as well ask someone to ask!So, he spotted a skinny young man who had checked out and left, and followed.

The young man had just walked a few steps when he was dragged into an alley by a blue figure and pressed against the wall, only then did he see that it was Zhan Zhao who was holding him, and Bai Yutang was standing beside him.

This thin and tall young man is called Wang San, and he is a habitual thief.A thief would naturally recognize Zhan Zhao, walking on the grounds of Songjiang Mansion, of course he would also know Bai Yutang.Seeing that it was two masters looking for him, the man hurriedly begged for mercy, "You two, I didn't do anything bad!"

Bai Yutang asked him, "What are you doing in Songjiang Mansion?"

"Uh... Come to the Hailong Gang's memorial service."

"A memorial ceremony for the Hailong Gang?" Zhan Zhao sneered, "I thought you guys had been here for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and you kept talking about 'moon'."

Zhan Zhao came straight to the point, and watched the effect with Bai Yutang, pondering Wang San's expression.Sure enough, he opened his mouth and said nervously, "That..."

Seeing that there was a door, Zhan Zhao showed a rare ferocious look, pressed him against the wall, and asked, "Wang San, if you take out any lawsuits on your body, it will be enough for you to spend ten years in prison." of."

"Yo, Lord Zhan, you can't do this!" Wang San looked frustrated, "I..."

"You what?" Bai Yutang sneered, "Say it or not? Be quicker."

"Aren't you just asking about Yue? I said, I don't know where Yue is!"

"I ask you, what is a moon!" Zhan Zhao frowned.

Wang San was taken aback, looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang in surprise, as if he had seen something interesting and unbelievable, and asked blankly, "You...you two don't know Yue? Then what are you doing in Songjiang Mansion?"

Bai Yutang was angry in his heart, wondering if it would be good for me to live here.

Zhan Zhao heard some mystery and asked, "You mean, these people came to Songjiang Mansion to find the moon?"

"Yeah!" Wang San nodded again and again, "That's great wealth, how could we people not think about it!"

"What the hell is Yue?" Bai Yutang urged, showing an impatient look.

"Uh, this month is the moon." When Wang San finished speaking, Bai Yutang's eyes turned cold, and he quickly argued, "Don't get angry, fifth master, I dare not fool you two if you scare me to death!"

"Speak carefully!" Zhan Zhao suddenly thought of what Li Laofenger had been nagging to him before - if you want to find the demon city, you must find the moon!When asked specifically what Yue was doing, he only pointed to himself.

"This month, it is said that it is a piece of moon-shaped glass." Wang San said seriously, "It can show a map under the moonlight and guide people to the demon city. On the demon city, there are countless treasures, and there are demon tribes who will be able to find it." Take orders from the person who owns the moon glass."

"Ridiculous." Bai Yutang was a little displeased, "Where did the monster race come from?"

"Hehe." Wang San smiled helplessly, "Fifth Master, the wealth and honor of this demon city is not something ordinary people can resist." It's just an isolated island, how can it be identified as a demon city? Zhan Zhao felt that everyone's actions were a bit absurd, and at the same time he understood that those Jianghu people who were looking for things all over the island of the Hailong Gang were looking for the so-called moon glass.

"Where did this news come from?" Bai Yutang thought for a while, and felt that there was no reason why he didn't know, "Why is there no news at all on the empty island?"

"Tsk..." Wang San seemed very helpless, "Fifth Master, you are a decent family, and this month's Liuli and Yaocheng are one of the top ten must-see treasure tombs in ancient times."

"Top ten must-see treasure mounds in ancient times?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked in unison, feeling that this name is too domineering!

Wang San also couldn't laugh or cry, "This is the heirloom of the two families of Stealing and Stealing. Of course you know it when you join that low-level sect. For thousands of years, there have been ten huge tombs left, most of which were built by the emperors and generals back then. The treasure house was destroyed by wars or natural disasters after many years. You two think, these treasures will not rot or disappear, so they are buried somewhere. We only heard the name but not the real thing, but now we see this monster The city is almost the same as in the legend, I guess it can’t be wrong! Some ambitious low-level sects have come, good guy, it is said that there are countless treasures in the demon city, all of which were hidden by the demon clan in the sea. Steal it out, not to mention the entire treasure house, even if there are just one or two pieces, it is estimated that we will eat for several lifetimes!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang understood why everyone was so weird, and they gathered in Songjiang Mansion.Not to mention, apart from some low-level sects, there are many low-key and decent sects in Songjiang Mansion. It seems... everyone has a love for talent.

Zhan Zhao asked some more about the tragedy of the Hailong gang and other things, but Wang San said he didn't know about it, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't ask anything after seeing him, so they let him go first.

After Wang San left, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came out of the alley. At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and raindrops were already falling... The two thought about finding an inn to settle down, but it was a pity that there were too many people coming and going in Songjiang Mansion. The inn was full, and the two had no choice but to shelter from the rain under a bridge.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao stood on the small piece of dry ground under the bridge that could shelter from the rain, full of suspicion.

"Mao'er, what do you think about Yue Liuli's incident?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao seeing how awkward they were standing side by side.

"Hmm..." Zhan Zhao leaned against the arch wall of the bridge, looked at the rushing river and the river bank in front of him, and suddenly said "Huh".

"What's wrong?" Bai Yutang looked at him puzzled.

Zhan Zhao squatted down and leaned out to look at the river bank.

"Hey." Bai Yutang quickly grabbed him, "I can't swim, if you fall carefully, no one will save you!"

Zhan Zhao reached out and gave him a hand, "Look, why are all the aquatic plants outside?"

Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, then squatted down to look, "What aquatic plants?"

"Look!" Zhan Zhao pointed to the river bank, and saw that the grass on the bank was very high, and on the gravel near the water surface, there were actually a lot of aquatic plants and snails.

Bai Yutang reached out and touched the river, and found that the rocks were slippery, obviously soaked in the water all year round, and immediately understood, "It seems that the water level has dropped a lot."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while and asked Bai Yutang, "Tell me, could it be because the water level of the sea has also dropped, so we feel that the island has risen?

Bai Yutang thought it was reasonable, "That's right, the territory of the Hailong Gang has also suddenly become much larger! Maybe it's also because..."

Right at this point, suddenly... the two of them heard Masi's voice.

At the same time, looking in the blink of an eye, he saw a carriage running into the rainy field not far away.Two black horses pulled a small carriage, and the driver was a young man wearing a bamboo hat.

The two horses rushed into the rain shelter under the bridge on the opposite bank, stopped, shook their wet manes, and stood on the dry ground under the bridge exhaling.

The boy took off his bamboo hat and patted the water on his body, muttering, "What a horrible weather!"

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang saw the carriage, they couldn't help but frowned - because the two horses had red eyes, and the boy and the strange patterns on the carriage seemed to be familiar to each other.

Bai Yutang immediately remembered that he still had the string of summoning bells on his body.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and under the bridge, the two people stood opposite each other in a car.The young man raised his head and saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, he was suddenly happy, and quickly waved his hands, "Oh, they are two kind-hearted young masters, we are really destined!"

At this time, an old voice came from the car, "Who are you talking to?"

"Master! It's the two gentlemen who helped us get the carriage out of the pit that day!"

"Oh?" The man chuckled in a hoarse voice, and said, "It's really a predestined relationship."