step on mountains and rivers

When everyone returned to the city, the leader of the sacrifice learned from Xiaochun that the two masters of Onmyoji were going to Pingjing City.In order to express his gratitude, he decided to personally send the two adults.

After discussing with Tang Qingfeng, he agreed to leave tomorrow, and then went back to prepare for the trip.

Tang Qingfeng watched him leave, and said to Li Zhenwu beside him:

"Zhenwu, we will set off for Pingjing City tomorrow."

"En." Li Zhenwu nodded, and then said: "Brother Tang, we have been separated since that day, but I don't know what happened to Brother Jiang and the others."

Tang Qingfeng thought for a while and said: "They should have been in Yingzhou for a long time, maybe we can meet in Pingjing City."

Just as Tang Qingfeng was speaking, Jiang Ling and the others were sitting at Mo Ban's house chatting.

After parting on that day, they disembarked from the Hanoi ferry and headed for the city of Pingjing.When Jiang Ling was looking for news on the streets of Pingjing City, he saw Moban's blacksmith shop.At that time, Mo Ban was casting knives in the shop.

When Jiang Ling saw him, he immediately went up to say hello.Mo Ban was very pleasantly surprised to see Jiang Ling coming.

Jiang Ling told Mo Ban about their purpose of coming to Yingzhou, and Mo Ban understood and agreed to help them find someone.

So far, they lived in Moban and continued to inquire about Zhuge Qingyuan's news.

After a few people chatted, with the help of Mo Ban, they inquired for another two days.

They found out from friends in Moban that there is a very powerful knife maker who has been frequenting Huajie recently.After everyone discussed, they decided to go to Flower Street to investigate the situation.

For the convenience of investigation, the five people were divided into three groups, each heading towards Huajie.

Flower Street is a bustling street located in the center of Pingjing City.Unlike ordinary streets, Flower Street is full of brothels of all sizes.

It was very late at night, the street was dark and silent, and there was no sound.But the flower street is brightly lit and very lively.

Under the dark red light, women with heavy makeup stood in the houses on both sides of the street, trying to show off their charm, waiting for the guests to choose.

The old and decrepit mother stood at the door and tried her best to promote the samurai into her own brothel.Under the introduction of his mother, the samurai chose a woman from the house, and carried her into the brothel.

Li Zhenwu looked at the things in front of him and sighed softly: "If life is not difficult, who would want to be selected."

Tang Qingfeng listened to his words and nodded.

The two walked into the flower street, and the mothers on both sides saw the handsome guest, they swarmed up and surrounded the two of them, saying in one go:

"You two warriors, come and have a look at my house. The girl here is very beautiful and the price is favorable. You will be satisfied." Mother A said.

"Master Samurai, my house is better." Mother B said.

"The girls in my family are very skilled and are very popular among warriors. Come and have a look at my house?" Mother B said.

"What are you doing?! I was the one who invited Mr. Samurai first!" Mother A said angrily.

"Oh, Ono, the samurai-sama didn't agree to you either." Mom C said.

"That's right, if you want to invite, Lord Warrior doesn't necessarily want to go. None of the girls in your family are good-looking, and you still want to lie to Lord Warrior." Mother B said.

"You're talking nonsense, let's see if I don't tear your mouth." Mom A said and started to pluck Mom B's hair.When the others saw Mother A making a move, they also joined the battle one after another.

Li Zhenwu looked at the women who were doing it, and stood there in a daze, not knowing how to persuade them.

The mothers are fighting more and more fiercely. Judging from this posture, it is estimated that it may evolve into a group fight.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Tang Qingfeng grabbed Li Zhenwu's arm and led him out of the crowd.

"It's so dangerous." Tang Qingfeng sighed softly as he looked at the women fighting.

Li Zhenwu looked at the person in front of him, smiled lightly, and smoothed his messy hair.

"What is Zhenwu laughing at?" Tang Qingfeng asked with a smile.

"Fireworks in the world." Li Zhenwu replied.

"Zhenwu likes it?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Hmm." Li Zhenwu looked at him and replied with a smile.

"Zhenwu, are you talking about me?" Tang Qingfeng asked with a smile.

"Brother Tang......." Li Zhenwu was speechless, but the answer was already clear.

Just as the two were joking, a familiar voice came from behind.

"Old Tang! Why are you here?" Jiang Ling and Lu Qing were looking for news, when they saw a group of mothers fighting, they came to check the situation, but they saw Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu outside the crowd.

Jiang Ling looked at the chaotic crowd, and asked with a questioning face:

"Old Tang, what's going on?"

"I don't know." Tang Qingfeng replied with a straight face, and then asked, "Why are you here?"

Jiang Ling told Tang Qingfeng about their encounter with Mo Ban, and Tang Qingfeng nodded in understanding.

"What about Moban and the others?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"It's also in Flower Street. Let's go separately and meet at the entrance of Flower Street after an appointment." Lu Qing replied.

"Okay, how long do you have?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"It's almost there." Lu Qing replied.

"Then go back first." Tang Qingfeng said.

Lu Qing nodded, and they walked towards the entrance of Flower Street.

The four of them waited at the entrance of Flower Street for a while, and then Mo Ban led Wu Xing'er and Lan Mo out of Flower Street.

The three of them saw a few people waiting at the entrance at a glance, and walked towards them quickly.

Walking closer, Mo Ban looked at Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu and said, "You are here too."

"En." Tang Qingfeng nodded.

Seeing that Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu were safe and sound, Wu Xing'er said:

"Tang Qingfeng, you did a good job."

"I know." Tang Qingfeng replied.

After Tang Qingfeng finished speaking, Lan Mo looked at the two of them and asked, "After that, how did you come to Yingzhou?"

Tang Qingfeng saw that this was not a place to talk, so he said to him: "This matter is complicated, let's talk about it when we go back."

Everyone nodded, turned and walked back to Moban's residence.

Inside the house, Tang Qingfeng briefly described what happened after falling into the sea.

Jiang Ling sighed after hearing this:

"I didn't expect you to encounter so many things."

"What about Yan Mo's giant hammer?" Lu Qing asked.

"Put it at Xiaochun's place." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Well, let's take a look tomorrow." Lu Qing said.

"Okay." Tang Qingfeng replied.Then he looked at several people and said:

"About Zhuge Qingyuan, what have you found out?"

Lu Qing shook his head and said to Tang Qingfeng:

"I only heard that there is a powerful knife maker who often haunts Huajie. We went to Huajie today to check, but we didn't see it."

Tang Qingfeng understood, looked at Wu Xing'er and Lan Mo, they shook their heads, Tang Qingfeng fell into deep thought.

Seeing the silence of the crowd, Mo Ban thought for a moment and said, "I have a friend in Huajie, she may know where the craftsman is."

"Huh? Do you have friends in Huajie? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Jiang Ling asked suspiciously.

Mo Ban looked at him and said embarrassedly: "She is the oiran of Ji Yuan's family, and I am not very familiar with her."

Seeing that Mo Ban was covering up, Jiang Ling pushed him curiously and said, "Mo Ban, tell me the truth, is there something wrong with you?"

"Brother Jiang, no, Miss Nami and I are just drinking buddies." Moban said.

"Really? They just called other people by their names, and they said it's nothing." Jiang Ling laughed.

"Brother Jiang, we are really just friends." Mo Ban explained.

Jiang Ling looked at him in disbelief.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Tang Qingfeng stopped their jokes.

"En." Mo Ban nodded, and said to Tang Qingfeng:

"Jiyuan's house is a well-known art hall in Huajie. Ms. Nami is the head of the art hall. The wine there is good. If the craftsman goes to Huajie, he may go there."

Tang Qingfeng nodded, and then said: "Then let's go see Miss Nami."

"Okay, I'll take you to her house tomorrow." Mo Ban replied.

"Mo Ban, you even know about her family, yet you still say you are fine?" Jiang Ling asked.

"Brother Jiang, we are just drinking friends. Ms. Nami is very busy, so I will go to her house for a few drinks occasionally." Moban explained.

"Tsk tsk, is that so?" Jiang Ling asked.

"Really." Moban argued vigorously.

Tang Qingfeng looked at the two playing around, and said to Lu Qing:

"I'll fetch the giant hammer tomorrow."

"Yes." Lu Qing replied.

Tang Qingfeng nodded, and said to Li Zhenwu: "Zhenwu, we've been tired all day, let's go to rest.

"Okay." Li Zhenwu replied.

The two of them walked back to the room to rest.Seeing the two leaving, everyone returned to their rooms one after another.

On the second day, Tang Qingfeng went to find Xiaochun early in the morning and brought back the giant hammer.

Lu Qing took the giant hammer, took a look, and said to Tang Qingfeng:

"I can't see it. I want to study it. I won't accompany you today."

As he spoke, he picked up the sledgehammer and walked into the room.

Mo Ban walked out of his room, glanced at everyone, and said to Tang Qingfeng, "Where's Lu Qing?"

"He went to study the giant hammer." Tang Qingfeng replied.

"Oh, then let's go." Murban said.

Everyone nodded.Follow Moban out of the house.

Everyone walked through several streets and came to a large wooden house.Mo Ban stepped forward, gently knocked on the door and said:

"Miss Nami, are you home?"

The stunning woman in the room was dressing up. When she heard the knock on the door, she dragged her loose clothes and got up slowly, and went to open the door.

With a creak, the door opened slightly, and a stunning beauty with a lazy expression looked at everyone sleepily.Seeing Moban standing at the door, she smiled softly and said:

"Mr. Moban, it's you, everyone, please come in."

As she spoke, she led everyone into the house.

In the room, everyone sat down, and Mo Ban said to Nami: "Miss Nami, I have something to ask for your help."

Seeing Mo Ban's serious expression, Nami said softly:

"Mr. Moban, tell me."

"Okay, Miss Nami, I heard that a very powerful knifesmith came to Huajie recently, have you seen it?" Mo Ban asked.

"Swordsmith?" Nami thought for a moment, and then said, "You mean Lord Zhuge?"

"Have you seen Zhuge Qingyuan?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

Nami was talking to Mo Ban, when Tang Qingfeng interrupted suddenly, Nami looked at the handsome young man in front of her, nodded and said:

"I have seen."

"Where?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Jiyuan's family." Nami said.

"When?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Last night." Nami said: "I drank half the night with him last night, and he left."

"Do you know where he went?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"I don't know." Nami replied, and then said: "However, he said that Jiyuan's wine is delicious, and he will come again tonight."

Hearing what Nami said, Tang Qingfeng thought for a while and said:

"In that case, let's go to Jiyuan tonight."

Everyone nodded.Nami looked at them and asked, "Do you have something to do with Master Zhuge?"

"Yeah." Tang Qingfeng replied.

"Oh." Nami thought for a moment, looked at the crowd and said, "Master Zhuge seems to be avoiding something, you may not see him if you go directly."

"What is he avoiding?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"I don't know, he didn't say anything, but he is very cautious. When drinking, he is accompanied by me alone. If he sees someone suspicious, he will leave immediately." Nami replied.

"Really, can Miss Nami please introduce us to him?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

Nami shook her head and said, "I have only met him once, but we have no friendship."

After listening to Nami's words, Tang Qingfeng fell into deep thought.

Seeing Tang Qingfeng's silence, Mo Ban said slowly: "This matter is indeed troublesome."

Seeing that Moban was distressed, Nami thought about it and said to him:

"Mr. Moban, I have a solution, maybe it will work."