Ding Zhou Ji

A thin and tall figure stood alone in front of the window with his hands up and down, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if he was in deep thought.

The moonlight, as cold as water, lightly sprinkled the lonely green shirt.

Youzhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on one side. The people living in this geographical environment are mostly fishermen or mountain people from generation to generation, and metallurgists who are directly controlled by the government.

As a result, this has also created the vast majority of areas in Youzhou, which are scattered townships with fishing villages or mountain villages as the main form of settlement.

As for what can really be called a city, there is only one Youzhou capital—'Diancheng', which guards all major traffic arteries and controls major mineral resources.

In the early morning two days ago, he and Xiao Yimo bid farewell to the hangover old general Qin Qi and the two Mengshi elders who had been with each other all their lives, and left the peaceful and peaceful mountain village.Before today's sunset, I successfully arrived and checked into a secluded manor belonging to Tenglian Pavilion located in the outskirts of Diancheng. .

Along the way, Xiao Yimo was obviously still angry about what happened on the gravel beach that night.However, probably because his body and spirit have not fully recovered, he didn't care too much about him.

Thinking of this, Yin Fuque couldn't help shaking his head slightly, a self-deprecating and bleak wry smile appeared on his pale, almost transparent face in the cold moonlight.

He turned around and turned his gaze to a letter with the seal of the Black Eagle on the round table in the room.

This symbol is the special imprint of Tengliange using its specially domesticated flying eagles to convey confidential information to each other.

This letter came from the Youzhou branch of Tenglian Pavilion, and the date Yin Fuque received the letter was the day before he and Xiao Yimo left Yingjing City for Youzhou.

It reported that:

The old Youzhou king has been used to die violently.It will be some time before the new king of Youzhou takes over.The most important military fortresses in Youzhou.They all switched defenses and became the people controlled by the complex.

The most important point is.Finally succeeded in obtaining the promise of the largest maritime merchant in the country, the Shui family:

The Shui family is responsible for cutting off the support forces of the other states from the waterway to Youzhou; and launching a harassing active attack on the defenders of Youzhou from the sea.It echoes with the land recovery operation.The inside should be combined with the outside.

This can be expected to minimize one's own casualties.And finally regained Youzhou in one fell swoop.

The Shui family was originally a pirate.After a sudden fortune about 100 years ago.Then most of the power was turned to maritime trade and maritime transportation.

Because of its ability to master both black and white ways, no one has ever been able to match it, so the Shui clan has dominated the waters of Dingzhou Kingdom for more than a hundred years, and has not shown the slightest sign of decline.

Because of this, Shui Jianguo could only temporarily recruit him and choose to cooperate with him.

As for the restoration of the Dingzhou Kingdom, this is not a business, not a thief, not an official, not a citizen, and it is not subject to any force, and the Shui family, which has almost become an independent kingdom of its own, is even more powerful. Indispensable strength.

It's just that in the past few years, although Tenglian Pavilion has never stopped trying to contact him about the alliance, the patriarch of the Shui clan insists on categorically refusing any contact with the Restoration Force on the grounds that it will hurt the family's interests.

This stalemate continued until the old patriarch passed away three years ago, and after the new patriarch took over the Shui family, a turning point appeared.

As for Shui's exchange conditions for assisting in the rehabilitation, there is only a short sentence in the secret letter: Shui Yanhuan requests an interview.

Shui Yanhuan is the new head of the Shui family.

It is said that since this person had a serious illness at the age of seven, he suddenly had a strange ability - that is, he can swim, breathe and even live freely in the water like a fish.There are even rumors that he once dived into the dead zone that no one has ever been to - no light. No sound. No air. No life in the deep sea bottom, and came back safe and sound.

The time when Shui Yanhuan took over the Shui family was almost at the same time as Yin Fuque took over the Tenglian Pavilion.

In the past three years, Yin Fuque has completed the overall planning and deployment of the war of restoration of the country in a calm manner; while Shui Yanhuan has done a good job in making his family business flourish and kill black and white.

Although the two have never met each other, they have admired each other's reputation for a long time, and there is already a faint feeling of sympathy for each other.

Therefore, Yin Fuque was very interested in taking this opportunity to have a good meeting with this 24-year-old head of the most powerful force in the sea.

It's just that he has to complete two other things before that.

The dots of lights on the Jiuqu Bridge, accompanied by the starlight in the sky and the bright white moonlight, spread piecemeal on the surface of the water with the breeze blowing past, like a ribbon full of bright gemstones in the sky. dance to tune.

It's a pity that Xiao Yimo didn't seem to notice such an intoxicating beauty.

Wearing a pink dress, she was lying on the railing of the bridge with her head tilted, looking boredly at the fish swimming around in the water wagging their heads and tails.At the same time, his mouth was still murmuring softly intermittently:

"Sigh...why does he always hide so many things from me and doesn't want to tell me?...Is it because he thinks I can't be trusted...or because he thinks I can't help anyway?...or is it ...I shouldn't have asked so many questions? ...

But I was also concerned about him, and wanted to share a little for him... But he didn't appreciate it... and always put on a hippie smile and didn't care...

Always think of me as an idiot...Hmph, he himself is the biggest idiot in the world...Aren't you right?"

Naturally, the fish were only interested in blowing bubbles happily in the water, and would not take this girl talking to themselves seriously.

However, she clearly heard an answer from the water: "Yes! Exactly!"

Xiao Yimo immediately jumped up, staring at the school of fish floating on the water and blowing bubbles, with an uncontrollable tremor in his voice:

"You... what kind of fish are you... no no... are you a demon... or a ghost?..."

"I'm not a fish. I'm not a demon. I'm not a ghost. I'm a fish fairy!" Although it was very hoarse and dull, it could still be discerned that it should be a man's voice.

"Fish Fairy?" Xiao Yimo was skeptical, but as long as she wasn't a ghost, her sense of fear would not be so strong: "Are you really a Fish Fairy? Then show yourself to me?"

"This request is too unreasonable! Have you ever seen any god who casually showed his real body for mortals to visit?" There seemed to be an unstoppable smile in his voice.

Xiao Yimo secretly held the Hidden Blade in his palm, raised his breath and stood on guard: "Really? Then what are you doing here?"

"Because I heard someone asking questions to my roe and grandchildren, but they can't speak human language, so only my old man can answer them instead!"

"Who are you? If you don't come out again, I won't be polite!" Xiao Yimo suddenly raised his Hidden Sword high and pointed it in the direction of the source of the voice.

I saw a black figure leaping out of the originally rippling and sparkling water, breaking the tranquility together with the string of water droplets splashing around, and a clear cry Long laugh.

"A little girl's family, don't play with knives and guns like others, be careful to cut your fingers!"

Xiao Yimo took half a step back, staring at the young man in a black suit standing in front of him, dripping water all over his body.Staring at his slightly dark face, shining eyes, heroic eyebrows, straight nose, and white teeth when he grinned: "You...you won't be always Are you hiding in the water?"

"I'm not hiding." The man casually wiped off the water droplets on his face with his hands: "I stayed there openly."

Xiao Yimo couldn't help but glanced at the empty water surface that had returned to calm now: "Who the hell are you? Are you from this manor?"

"You are our future Queen Xiao, aren't you?" The man didn't answer her, but looked her up and down with his arms folded, and he said, "But, why is she a little girl?"

Xiao Yimo replied angrily with embarrassment and annoyance: "You are talking nonsense! And you are just a young boy!".

The man stretched out the index finger of his right hand and waved it left and right: "No matter what I do, I'm older than you, a yellow-haired girl!"

Immediately afterwards, he put his index finger between his lips and made a gesture of silence: "Shh! Someone is coming over there, remember, don't tell anyone that you saw me tonight , including Yin Fuque. Otherwise..."

He rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I will definitely tell the world what you just asked me about those roes and grandchildren!"

After speaking, he showed his two rows of gleaming white teeth to Xiao Yimo who was about to get angry, and without waiting for her to react, he jumped into the water again, and never came out again.

He seemed to have completely disappeared into this secluded inner lake of the manor, leaving only Xiao Yimo who was dumbfounded as if in a dream, and the big puddle of water in front of her...