"I don't use a sword." Le Yuancen knew how to use a sword, and it was still an extraordinary one, but she usually didn't use weapons anymore.This sentence is not a lie, although I don't know the purpose of the man in white's question, but as soon as Le Yuancen said this, he saw the light suddenly rising in the man's eyes and then went out.
Le Yuancen didn't have the slightest bit of embarrassment. Her goal of entering Hefangzhai was very clear. It was to talk to shopkeeper Hao if she had any ideas about selling books. After all, she needed a stable source of income.
If we can reach an agreement, we will cooperate. If we can't agree on an agreement, we will go to such a big place in the south of the Yangtze River. Are we afraid that we won't be able to find a good partner?
The man in white uninterestedly let go of the shopkeeper Hao's hand, picked up the sword on the inside of the counter, and walked towards the back hall of Hefangzhai.Since the visitor doesn't use a sword, no matter how advanced the other party's martial arts is, it doesn't matter what he does with shopkeeper Hao. These have nothing to do with him.
Shopkeeper Hao breathed a sigh of relief after the man in white disappeared, and his stiff body gradually recovered. He looked at Le Yuancen and said, "I have received the news, and no one else will come to me specially. It is Qi Ping introduced you, right?"
Le Yuancen nodded, she guessed that Qi Ping should have said hello to shopkeeper Hao.
"Le Yuancen, Uncle Qi didn't say much, he just said that if you want to find a partner for publishing books, you can come and have a look. Shopkeeper Hao, I think Hefangzhai is doing well, and you still have the opportunity to expand the scope of business. Thoughts?"
Shopkeeper Hao is just a shopkeeper after all, he is not the boss.
Le Yuancen didn't know whether Qi Ping knew the owner of Hefangzhai and asked the owner to support her, or he just wanted to introduce some contacts to her through shopkeeper Hao.
Shopkeeper Hao subconsciously looked at the back hall, then lowered his voice and said, "Miss Le, the one who went in just now is my boss. Although the boss is not in charge, it must not be fooled. Qi Ping and I are personal friends. Best not to let the owner know.
I received a letter from Qi Ping, and I probably understand your thoughts, that you want to print calligraphy and paintings into books and sell them.I know a few friends who run this business, both in Jiangnan and north, and I will write you a letter of recommendation in a while.
If you go to someone with a letter, they will definitely give me face. No matter what book you want to publish, as long as it is not a banned book that is explicitly prohibited by the imperial court, they will help you publish it and sell it. "
Sure enough.Le Yuancen was not disappointed. It is not bad that the shopkeeper of the pastry shop can do this.
However, shopkeeper Hao has such a boss who asks people if they can use a sword when they meet, it is really difficult for him, and he seems to understand why he doesn't want his boss to know that he is helping people introduce private jobs.
"Then I'll thank shopkeeper Hao first. It's getting late, and I think the store is about to close. I don't know if shopkeeper Hao would like to show your favor. I invite you to have dinner together."
"This..." If it hadn't just happened that the owner came to Beijing to temporarily stay at the pastry shop, shopkeeper Hao would have agreed to Le Yuancen immediately, after all, there are many friends and many paths. "Today is not suitable. How about tomorrow night, I treat guests to a gathering in Juxian Building."
"Then it will be tomorrow night. However, please give me the chance to treat the guests." Le Yuancen has no reason to ask the shopkeeper Hao to pay the bill. Regardless of whether the book is published or not, she should be the one to thank the shopkeeper Hao. "Shopkeeper Hao, don't refuse, we will see you tomorrow night."
Le Yuancen tactfully left first, thinking that shopkeeper Hao would have to deal with his cold boss.
Speaking of which, that person has a murderous aura all over him, so he should be from the Jianghu, and I don't know who it is.He was dressed in white, which was too unremarkable.There are swordsmen who like to wear white clothes everywhere, but don't mention the difference in temperament. Anyway, before you don't know their names, it is impossible to tell who they are one by one.
It would be different if you were wearing a floral dress.
Le Yuan Cen imagined that the man he saw just now was wearing brightly colored clothes. If he walked around the rivers and lakes in that suit, it would definitely make people think of who he is immediately.
It's a crime, she can't express this thought, otherwise she should be confronted with a sword.
But imagine again, if a man is wearing red flowers and green clothes and draws his sword, will the opponent laugh?With a sword so serious, you shouldn't be laughing, right?
If the opponent said one more thing, you use a sword but like to open a pastry shop, wouldn't it be easier to laugh?
During Hefangzhai, Ximen Chuuxue suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing into the window.Sure enough, it was mid-October, autumn had already arrived, and the weather became irreversibly colder.
This year, he has already used up three of his murder quotas, and he doesn't know if he can find out who the Plum Blossom Thief is.
If he finds out, of course he doesn't have to be stingy with the last remaining killing spot.After killing the Plum Blossom Thief, he went back to Wanmei Villa for the New Year. He didn't want to leave wine for Lu Xiaofeng this year.
Lu Xiaofeng didn't spend New Year's Eve in Wanmei Villa last year, but in Wuxia Town in the western frontier.
He also doesn't plan to go to Wanmei Villa this year, because the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is better, and more importantly, there are new friends he knows here.
"Have you heard? The position of head arrester of the Six Doors has been vacant for several years. A month ago, a new official took office, and it was not the first arrester, Jin Jiuling."
"You don't understand now. The water in the officialdom is very deep. I heard that the chief arrester was personally appointed by the emperor against all opinions. She is a young girl. I don't think it's easy."
"What's not simple? I heard that the girl also worked as a policeman for five or six years. She entered the Six Doors before Jin Jiuling, but she is not as famous as him."
"That's why it's not easy. There are also struggles in the six doors. Apart from Jin Jiuling, there are other arresters who are older than him. It's not suitable for anyone to be the head arrester. Why don't you choose the most unexpected one?" Others, I heard that it is called bone erosion, but I don't know if it is the bone erosion of ecstasy, or the bone erosion of heart."
Lu Xiaofeng listened to the wild guesses of the people in the restaurant, he shook his head and finished the pot of wine in his hand.The rumors in the world are inevitably distorted, and the chief arrester of the six sects he knows is not at all similar to the one in the rumors.
However, this is not what Lu Xiaofeng cares about the most, because Le Yuancen doesn't care about what others say.He didn't know how to ask about the things that he was concerned about.
Lu Xiaofeng walked out of the restaurant, carrying a box of pastries from one end of Hangzhou City to the other.He stopped in front of a small building, looked up at Huamanlou who was leaning on the railing on the second floor and smiling.
Hua Manlou nodded slightly to Lu Xiaofeng, "Brother Lu, you came at the right time, I just made scented tea."
So much alike, so much alike.
Lu Xiaofeng sighed in his heart, he couldn't forget the surprise in his heart when he saw Huamanlou for the first time.He once thought that if he saw the person Le Yuancen carved in the crowd, he would recognize him at a glance.
In mid-August, Lu Xiaofeng got to know Huamanlou due to the huge case of counterfeiting bank notes in the Bliss Building, and they became good friends.
Lu Xiaofeng knew that Huamanlou had never left Jiangnan, he had six elder brothers scattered all over the world, and Lu Xiaofeng was lucky enough to meet the other six sons of the Hua family during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the brothers were not alike.
In other words, the person who looks similar to that wooden sculpture is Hua Man Lou.
Lu Xiaofeng went up to the second floor and put the cakes on the table, "Congratulations on your housewarming."
Huamanlou has just moved out of his home to live in Baihualou, as a friend, Lu Xiaofeng will of course come to Baihualou to celebrate her, sit down and have a cup of tea together.
"Thank you." Hua Manlou smiled and poured a cup of tea for Lu Xiaofeng. Meeting a friend like Lu Xiaofeng is indeed a very pleasant thing. "Brother Lu, you seem to be extraordinarily quiet today."
Lu Xiaofeng looked at the cup of tea in front of him, the second thing that surprised him was that this person couldn't see it.It is too rare for a blind person to live a clearer life than the vast majority of sighted people.
"I'm just thinking about a friend, and I don't know where she is now, has she solved those troubles."
Lu Xiaofeng looked at Huamanlou and thought of Le Yuancen.He had already asked insinuatingly, Huamanlou didn't know Le Yuancen, nor did he know the rumored bone erosion.So is the wood carving just a coincidence?This question is not suitable for him to ask.
"Forget it, let's not mention these things. I shouldn't be looking at you but thinking about her. It will be the twelfth lunar month soon. This year I will stay in Jiangnan for the New Year. With Brother Hua as my company, this year must be a good one."
"Brother Lu, your sweet words are a bit wasted on me."
Hua Manlou smiled softly as he spoke, "Because I know that with Brother Lu here, this New Year must be an interesting one. I don't know when the first snow in the south of the Yangtze River will come. If Brother Lu is interested, you might as well come with me. Go to the Broken Bridge to listen to the snow."
It's that kind of smile.
Lu Xiaofeng really didn't intend to look at Huamanlou again and think of Le Yuancen, but this kind of smile is too similar, if you introduce them to each other, what kind of scene will it be?
In fact, Lu Xiaofeng knew very well that these two people were not the same, or that the similarity was only three points.
But maybe because of some kind of intuition, he felt absurdly that there was some kind of disconnected or closely guarded relationship between the two strangers, and of course it might be completely his illusion.
"The matter of listening to Xue is too elegant. Brother Hua, don't embarrass me. It is enough for me to listen to you playing the piano."
Lu Xiaofeng took a sip of tea while talking, this year is not the same as last year, and he doesn't know if he will meet friends who spent New Year's Eve with him last year during the New Year.
**
Le Yuancen was also a little curious about the case between Lu Xiaofeng and the Bliss Building.
However, things are prioritized.After she took over the position of chief arrester of Six Doors, she assigned the case of the Plum Blossom Thief to Jin Jiuling, and she had to go straight to Gusu first.
The case of Xiaoyaohou and Tianzong was not as turbulent as the Plum Blossom Bandit, but it had reached the most critical moment, because Xiao Shishilang reappeared in the world after disappearing for a year and a half.
According to the latest news, Xiao Shishilang is accompanied by a beautiful woman, not the married woman Shen Bijun who once caused gossip, nor Feng Siniang whom Le Yuancen knew, but a woman named Bingbing.
This Bingbing is not simple, I'm afraid the world doesn't know that her full name is Ge Shubing, she is Xiaoyaohou Ge Shutian's direct sister.
If the case starts from the beginning, it will start when Xiaoyao Hou established the Doll Villa.
Ge Shutian is a descendant of the Geshu tribe in Anxi in the old days. He was born with a disability as a dwarf, but he is also very talented and very capable.Near the ancient city of Loulan in the Western Regions, Ge Shutian searched for an underground city, and found extraordinary martial arts cheats in it, and practiced martial arts with his aptitude to become a peerless martial arts.During this process, Ge Shutian was not alone, his younger sister Ge Shubing was always by his side.
The accomplished martial artist Ge Shutian came to Guannei and established a doll villa, which became one of the most feared forbidden places in the Jianghu.
Doll Villa, as the name suggests, treats people as dolls, and takes pleasure in imprisoning disobedient Jianghu people. For example, the famous red cherry and green willow in the past have been trapped in it for more than ten years and cannot leave.
Xiaoyaohou not only established the doll villa known to people on the surface, but also secretly formed the Tianzong, which controlled many people in the world.
It's just that the person acting on his behalf is the young master, and in order to keep the secret of his martial arts and life experience, he sent someone to poison his younger brother Shu Bing.
Until two years ago, the news of cutting the deer knife came out, and Shen Bijun took the knife and married into Wugou Villa in Gusu, and married the owner of the villa, Lian Chengbi.
Xiaoyaohou may have been idle for a long time, he also wanted to see the acclaimed beauty Shen Bijun, and also wanted to see the miraculous deer-cutting knife, so he took Shen Bijun to the Doll Villa, which attracted the big thief Xiao Shishilang.
Leaving aside the gossip and rumors about Xiao Shishilang and Shen Bijun, a year and a half ago, the young master was killed, the Doll Villa was destroyed, and Xiao Shishilang and Xiaoyaohou disappeared together.
Disappeared is an ambiguous word.
To die you have to see a corpse, and to live you have to see a person, so that you can give a clear explanation.
The young master died, Xiaoyaohou disappeared, but Tianzong never collapsed.
After several investigations based on the directory, Le Yuancen pinned the suspicion on one person—the chivalrous owner of Wugou Villa, Lian Chengbi.
Although Lian Chengbi was implicated in the series of incidents after the birth of the Deer-cutting Knife, everyone in the Jianghu was gossiping about his wife being vaguely involved with the bandit Xiao Shishilang.
After Xiaoyaohou disappeared, Shen Bijun did not return to Wugou Villa, but also went to look for Xiao Shishilang who was missing together.
Lian Chengbi looked like an innocent victim.
Until Xiao Shishilang reappeared in the arena a month ago, people believed that he had taken over Xiaoyaohou's power.
However, Le Yuancen was sure that was not the case.
In this world, only Xiaoyaohou and Ge Shubing were familiar with the Tianzong's power, but Le Yuancen became the third person to know after getting the list, and she followed up and determined that the fourth person to know was Lian Chengbi.
Where did Lian Chengbi learn about Tianzong?
Since Ge Shubing has always been by Xiao Shishilang's side, there is only one possibility left. Lian Chengbi found the disappeared Xiaoyaohou, and let Xiaoyaohou tell everything about Tianzong himself.
As the chief catcher of the six sects, what he has to do is not to regret this period of grievances, but to remove the controller of Tianzong and completely disintegrate this power.
When Le Yuancen came to Jiangnan, a entanglement battle had begun between Lian Chengbi and Xiao Shishilang.
Obviously Lian Chengbi wanted to dig a big hole for Xiao Shishilang to jump into, so that people would think that Xiao Shishilang had inherited the Tianzong, and let him bear the indelible infamy.
This may be revenge, or something else, but it doesn't matter anymore. For this reason, Lian Chengbi doesn't care about other people's lives at all.This includes designing Xiao Shishilang's weaknesses, and using Shen Bijun and Feng Siniang's orders to contain Xiao Shishilang.
"You wake up, then eat something first." Le Yuancen saw Feng Siniang who woke up, she rescued Feng Siniang in a river.
"Boss?" Feng Siniang didn't expect to see Le Yuancen, but when she woke up, she was worried about Xiao Shishilang. She knew that Lian Chengbi was the one who designed Xiao Shishilang's notoriety as the successor of Xiaoyao Hou, "He Are you okay? I have to go to him and explain everything clearly."
Feng Siniang said that she got out of bed in a hurry, and was about to go out of the house in a staggering manner.
Le Yuancen sighed and hugged Feng Siniang horizontally, and pressed Feng Siniang back on the bed without any explanation.
"Make it clear? No need. Everything is clear. Xiao Shishilang has already left to find the missing Shen Bijun, and Wugou Villa has also been closed."
Feng Siniang looked at Le Yuancen in a daze.She only remembered that she and Shen Bijun were forced to jump into the water in order not to hurt Xiao Shishilang. "Boss, what happened?"
Le Yuancen put the porridge into Feng Siniang's hands, what this man should do to escape from death is to heal his wounds.
"I knew a general idea without eavesdropping. When I found you, I didn't find Mr. Shen Bi in the river. Then Xiao Shishilang should have seen through Lian Chengbi's frame-up. He broke Lian Chengbi's conspiracy. I watched with my own eyes. He left Wugou Villa intact. Two days ago, Wugou Villa dismissed all the servants, and Lian Chengbi closed the villa."
"Is it over like this?" Feng Siniang listened to Le Yuancen's few words.
It was the first time in a year and a half that she saw Xiao Shishilang again. She had so many worries or inseparable love, but at the moment she woke up, all the lingering, painful love and thrilling life and death seemed to be over.
Le Yuancen couldn't tell if it was over.
Lian Chengbi's plot was seen through, and his design failed for Xiao Shishilang. Even though he was not killed, the high-spirited and obsessed Lian Chengbi was gone.
So what if Xiao Shishilang smashed Lian Chengbi's conspiracy?
As long as people live, they have to face the future.Until the day of death, love and hatred cannot completely disappear.Shen Bijun who disappeared, Xiao Shiyilang who left sadly, Feng Siniang who woke up, life is still going on.
"You take a good rest. I've already paid the bill. Xianghonglou has everything you need. If you need anything, you can find Zhang's mother. I still have some things to deal with. If you have anything, I'll talk about it when you're fully recovered."
Le Yuancen didn't persuade Feng Siniang much, she still had one last question to prove.
Xiao Shishilang disappeared together with Xiaoyaohou. Later, Xiaoyaohou was imprisoned by Lianchengbi and asked about Tianzong.And for a year and a half, Xiao Shishilang and Ge Shubing were together.
Previously, Lian Chengbi had a trick in his plan. He spread the news that Xiao Shishilang was the new suzerain of Tianzong, but he kept playing the role of friend in front of Xiao Shishilang, making him think that it was Ge Shubing who took over Tianzong. Shaped Ge Shubing to use Xiao Shishilang, and spread rumors to frame Xiao Shishilang, if Ge Shubing is killed, there will be no proof.
Now, Xiao Shishilang has seen through Lian Chengbi's conspiracy, but is it really just Lian Chengbi's conspiracy?
This may be a somewhat complicated question. To put it simply, is Shu Bing, the brother who rescued Xiao Shishilang from Xiaoyaohou, really a kind character?
Ge Shubing learned strange martial arts with Xiaoyaohou since he was a child.She survived the killer sent by Xiaoyaohou. She was the key for Xiao Shishilang to kill Xiaoyaohou. She knew all the secrets of Tianzong. Did she really die in the hands of Lian Chengbi?
**
On New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily in Gusu.
In the closed Wugou Villa, there was a smell of blood.A sword with a cold light made a few drops of blood on the snow.There is not only snow on the snow, but also two people standing.
Le Yuancen looked at a weak beauty in front of him, this person was Ge Shubing who had been killed by Lian Chengbi.At the last moment, the deceased came back to life and killed Lian Chengbi who was said to have killed her.
"Che Gu, I've heard about your name for a long time, and you really came. Today, we finally meet."
Ge Shubing evoked a strange smile, "A few months ago, I felt that someone was eyeing Tianzong. But Lian Chengbi didn't notice it. Once people hate in their hearts, they become dull. Love and hate , are all boring emotions, and if there are too many, it is easy to make people fall short."
"So, all of this is in your plan. To save Xiao Shishilang, Lian Chengbi will do everything to fight him, including your own life and death. This is all part of the plan."
When Le Yuancen saw Ge Shubing, he verified her guess.Game in game, fight in fight, true and false has never been so easy to distinguish.The strange martial arts outside the Great Wall made Xiaoyaohou a peerless master, why can't his sister also perfectly perform a scene of suspended animation.
When Xiaoyaohou died, and Lian Chengbi who took over Tianzong died, Xiao Shishilang, who eliminated her dissidents, left thinking that everything was over. Who should the power of Tianzong fall into?
There is only one answer, Ge Shubing who has always shown himself as a weakling.
Ge Shubing smiled unabated, her plan has failed so far, or the meaning of winning or losing has long since changed.
Because of her, Xiao Shishilang found Xiaoyaohou's flaw and seriously injured him.Later, she rescued Xiao Shishilang who was also seriously injured, and they lived together for a year and a half.Xiao Shishilang thought that she would soon die from the poison, so he was willing to follow her savior's wish to spend the last time with her.
"It's not all a plan, there are many things that can't tell right from wrong. Just as you clearly guessed that I might kill Lian Chengbi, but you didn't stop it, because what you need is the complete destruction of Tianzong, you want me and him to die Only the dead are not threatened."
Ge Shubing calmly said this kind of speculation, "I knew you were coming, but I still killed Lian Chengbi, not to fulfill you, but because no one can use me. People who use me , then let him die."
Le Yuancen didn't speak, Ge Shubing's guess was right, only the dead are not a threat, and only by cutting the grass and roots can there be no need to worry about spring wind blowing again.
"As for, did I use Xiao Shishilang? I saved his life, and I lived with him for a year or so. Now he is looking for Shen Bijun who is still alive."
Ge Shubing paused at this point. Who can tell whether she liked Xiao Shishilang?It's like asking Xiao Shishilang to make a choice between Shen Bijun and Feng Siniang. Can he really choose?
"One thing is my last truth. I'm going to die. My good brother poisoned me. I'm really dying. When I meet you, you collect my body and Lian Chengbi's body. The ending is not bad either. If he and I die, you will be able to completely dismantle Tianzong. Collecting the corpse is just a small gift in return."
Ge Shubing stabbed her abdomen with a backhand knife, and she said the last sentence with a smile, "People always encounter unexpected things, you can tell the true and false of feelings from the false to the real, dare you say that you can tell the difference clearly ?"
Le Yuancen looked at the pool of red blood on the snow.
So far, Tianzong has been completely disbanded.However, there are many mistakes, true and false, and it has never been so easy to distinguish.
Now that the matter of Tianzong has been closed and Lian Chengbi and Ge Shubing have been cremated, we must move on to the next thing.Go to Hangzhou to visit Hua Ruling to check the follow-up of the Bliss Tower, and deal with the troubles that may be caused by the relationship between the old king of Hanhai Kingdom and Hua Ruling.
**
Dongfeng puts flowers and thousands of trees at night, and it is another year of Lantern Festival.
Le Yuancen came to Hangzhou from Suzhou, accompanied by Feng Siniang who didn't want to be alone, and they found an inn to stay.
It is the Lantern Festival, the city is full of lights, and many people are having fun in the streets.
In order to make Feng Siniang feel happier, Le Yuancen persuaded her to go to the streets to join in the fun, shopping and shopping can sometimes forget those unhappy things.
This is a very uninspiring proposal.However, if someone is willing to pay you to buy, buy, buy, you will feel better.
Le Yuancen didn't accompany her all the way. She thought that since the most difficult Tianzong matter was over and she would stay in Hangzhou for a while, she should take time to visit the friends of shopkeeper Hao. It's not her style to sit and eat.
However, there is one thing that I didn't tell Shopkeeper Hao beforehand that the book she was going to publish was not an ordinary picture album, and I didn't know whether Shopkeeper Hao's friends would accept the money-making work.
At this time, several children walking rabbit lanterns came to the street.
During the Lantern Festival, rabbit lanterns symbolize auspicious reunion.Wherever the rabbit lamp goes, it is also where auspiciousness goes.
The crowd on the street spontaneously vacated a lane for it, and they all looked at a row of rabbit lights passing by with smiles on their faces.
Le Yuancen waited for a string of rabbit lights of different styles to pass by, and she also felt the lively atmosphere on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.The next moment, she looked up again, but the smile on the corner of her mouth froze instantly.
"Xiangxiang, now that I think about it, I still have one regret in this life, that I didn't get to see you with my own eyes. '
Le Yuancen felt her eyes blurred, and she saw a person standing in a dimly lit place.
It was a face engraved in her heart, but why looking at his smile, she couldn't distinguish between the real and the fake and the false and the real.
Is there really such a similar look?And how many people can see through the soul through the body.
Maybe, I can't, because in the cycle of reincarnation, the past is turned into smoke and dust, and the reincarnation is already a new life.Unless it is a fairy, how can it be concluded that it is false or true.
Now, Le Yuancen is just an ordinary person.
Le Yuancen didn't have the slightest bit of embarrassment. Her goal of entering Hefangzhai was very clear. It was to talk to shopkeeper Hao if she had any ideas about selling books. After all, she needed a stable source of income.
If we can reach an agreement, we will cooperate. If we can't agree on an agreement, we will go to such a big place in the south of the Yangtze River. Are we afraid that we won't be able to find a good partner?
The man in white uninterestedly let go of the shopkeeper Hao's hand, picked up the sword on the inside of the counter, and walked towards the back hall of Hefangzhai.Since the visitor doesn't use a sword, no matter how advanced the other party's martial arts is, it doesn't matter what he does with shopkeeper Hao. These have nothing to do with him.
Shopkeeper Hao breathed a sigh of relief after the man in white disappeared, and his stiff body gradually recovered. He looked at Le Yuancen and said, "I have received the news, and no one else will come to me specially. It is Qi Ping introduced you, right?"
Le Yuancen nodded, she guessed that Qi Ping should have said hello to shopkeeper Hao.
"Le Yuancen, Uncle Qi didn't say much, he just said that if you want to find a partner for publishing books, you can come and have a look. Shopkeeper Hao, I think Hefangzhai is doing well, and you still have the opportunity to expand the scope of business. Thoughts?"
Shopkeeper Hao is just a shopkeeper after all, he is not the boss.
Le Yuancen didn't know whether Qi Ping knew the owner of Hefangzhai and asked the owner to support her, or he just wanted to introduce some contacts to her through shopkeeper Hao.
Shopkeeper Hao subconsciously looked at the back hall, then lowered his voice and said, "Miss Le, the one who went in just now is my boss. Although the boss is not in charge, it must not be fooled. Qi Ping and I are personal friends. Best not to let the owner know.
I received a letter from Qi Ping, and I probably understand your thoughts, that you want to print calligraphy and paintings into books and sell them.I know a few friends who run this business, both in Jiangnan and north, and I will write you a letter of recommendation in a while.
If you go to someone with a letter, they will definitely give me face. No matter what book you want to publish, as long as it is not a banned book that is explicitly prohibited by the imperial court, they will help you publish it and sell it. "
Sure enough.Le Yuancen was not disappointed. It is not bad that the shopkeeper of the pastry shop can do this.
However, shopkeeper Hao has such a boss who asks people if they can use a sword when they meet, it is really difficult for him, and he seems to understand why he doesn't want his boss to know that he is helping people introduce private jobs.
"Then I'll thank shopkeeper Hao first. It's getting late, and I think the store is about to close. I don't know if shopkeeper Hao would like to show your favor. I invite you to have dinner together."
"This..." If it hadn't just happened that the owner came to Beijing to temporarily stay at the pastry shop, shopkeeper Hao would have agreed to Le Yuancen immediately, after all, there are many friends and many paths. "Today is not suitable. How about tomorrow night, I treat guests to a gathering in Juxian Building."
"Then it will be tomorrow night. However, please give me the chance to treat the guests." Le Yuancen has no reason to ask the shopkeeper Hao to pay the bill. Regardless of whether the book is published or not, she should be the one to thank the shopkeeper Hao. "Shopkeeper Hao, don't refuse, we will see you tomorrow night."
Le Yuancen tactfully left first, thinking that shopkeeper Hao would have to deal with his cold boss.
Speaking of which, that person has a murderous aura all over him, so he should be from the Jianghu, and I don't know who it is.He was dressed in white, which was too unremarkable.There are swordsmen who like to wear white clothes everywhere, but don't mention the difference in temperament. Anyway, before you don't know their names, it is impossible to tell who they are one by one.
It would be different if you were wearing a floral dress.
Le Yuan Cen imagined that the man he saw just now was wearing brightly colored clothes. If he walked around the rivers and lakes in that suit, it would definitely make people think of who he is immediately.
It's a crime, she can't express this thought, otherwise she should be confronted with a sword.
But imagine again, if a man is wearing red flowers and green clothes and draws his sword, will the opponent laugh?With a sword so serious, you shouldn't be laughing, right?
If the opponent said one more thing, you use a sword but like to open a pastry shop, wouldn't it be easier to laugh?
During Hefangzhai, Ximen Chuuxue suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing into the window.Sure enough, it was mid-October, autumn had already arrived, and the weather became irreversibly colder.
This year, he has already used up three of his murder quotas, and he doesn't know if he can find out who the Plum Blossom Thief is.
If he finds out, of course he doesn't have to be stingy with the last remaining killing spot.After killing the Plum Blossom Thief, he went back to Wanmei Villa for the New Year. He didn't want to leave wine for Lu Xiaofeng this year.
Lu Xiaofeng didn't spend New Year's Eve in Wanmei Villa last year, but in Wuxia Town in the western frontier.
He also doesn't plan to go to Wanmei Villa this year, because the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is better, and more importantly, there are new friends he knows here.
"Have you heard? The position of head arrester of the Six Doors has been vacant for several years. A month ago, a new official took office, and it was not the first arrester, Jin Jiuling."
"You don't understand now. The water in the officialdom is very deep. I heard that the chief arrester was personally appointed by the emperor against all opinions. She is a young girl. I don't think it's easy."
"What's not simple? I heard that the girl also worked as a policeman for five or six years. She entered the Six Doors before Jin Jiuling, but she is not as famous as him."
"That's why it's not easy. There are also struggles in the six doors. Apart from Jin Jiuling, there are other arresters who are older than him. It's not suitable for anyone to be the head arrester. Why don't you choose the most unexpected one?" Others, I heard that it is called bone erosion, but I don't know if it is the bone erosion of ecstasy, or the bone erosion of heart."
Lu Xiaofeng listened to the wild guesses of the people in the restaurant, he shook his head and finished the pot of wine in his hand.The rumors in the world are inevitably distorted, and the chief arrester of the six sects he knows is not at all similar to the one in the rumors.
However, this is not what Lu Xiaofeng cares about the most, because Le Yuancen doesn't care about what others say.He didn't know how to ask about the things that he was concerned about.
Lu Xiaofeng walked out of the restaurant, carrying a box of pastries from one end of Hangzhou City to the other.He stopped in front of a small building, looked up at Huamanlou who was leaning on the railing on the second floor and smiling.
Hua Manlou nodded slightly to Lu Xiaofeng, "Brother Lu, you came at the right time, I just made scented tea."
So much alike, so much alike.
Lu Xiaofeng sighed in his heart, he couldn't forget the surprise in his heart when he saw Huamanlou for the first time.He once thought that if he saw the person Le Yuancen carved in the crowd, he would recognize him at a glance.
In mid-August, Lu Xiaofeng got to know Huamanlou due to the huge case of counterfeiting bank notes in the Bliss Building, and they became good friends.
Lu Xiaofeng knew that Huamanlou had never left Jiangnan, he had six elder brothers scattered all over the world, and Lu Xiaofeng was lucky enough to meet the other six sons of the Hua family during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the brothers were not alike.
In other words, the person who looks similar to that wooden sculpture is Hua Man Lou.
Lu Xiaofeng went up to the second floor and put the cakes on the table, "Congratulations on your housewarming."
Huamanlou has just moved out of his home to live in Baihualou, as a friend, Lu Xiaofeng will of course come to Baihualou to celebrate her, sit down and have a cup of tea together.
"Thank you." Hua Manlou smiled and poured a cup of tea for Lu Xiaofeng. Meeting a friend like Lu Xiaofeng is indeed a very pleasant thing. "Brother Lu, you seem to be extraordinarily quiet today."
Lu Xiaofeng looked at the cup of tea in front of him, the second thing that surprised him was that this person couldn't see it.It is too rare for a blind person to live a clearer life than the vast majority of sighted people.
"I'm just thinking about a friend, and I don't know where she is now, has she solved those troubles."
Lu Xiaofeng looked at Huamanlou and thought of Le Yuancen.He had already asked insinuatingly, Huamanlou didn't know Le Yuancen, nor did he know the rumored bone erosion.So is the wood carving just a coincidence?This question is not suitable for him to ask.
"Forget it, let's not mention these things. I shouldn't be looking at you but thinking about her. It will be the twelfth lunar month soon. This year I will stay in Jiangnan for the New Year. With Brother Hua as my company, this year must be a good one."
"Brother Lu, your sweet words are a bit wasted on me."
Hua Manlou smiled softly as he spoke, "Because I know that with Brother Lu here, this New Year must be an interesting one. I don't know when the first snow in the south of the Yangtze River will come. If Brother Lu is interested, you might as well come with me. Go to the Broken Bridge to listen to the snow."
It's that kind of smile.
Lu Xiaofeng really didn't intend to look at Huamanlou again and think of Le Yuancen, but this kind of smile is too similar, if you introduce them to each other, what kind of scene will it be?
In fact, Lu Xiaofeng knew very well that these two people were not the same, or that the similarity was only three points.
But maybe because of some kind of intuition, he felt absurdly that there was some kind of disconnected or closely guarded relationship between the two strangers, and of course it might be completely his illusion.
"The matter of listening to Xue is too elegant. Brother Hua, don't embarrass me. It is enough for me to listen to you playing the piano."
Lu Xiaofeng took a sip of tea while talking, this year is not the same as last year, and he doesn't know if he will meet friends who spent New Year's Eve with him last year during the New Year.
**
Le Yuancen was also a little curious about the case between Lu Xiaofeng and the Bliss Building.
However, things are prioritized.After she took over the position of chief arrester of Six Doors, she assigned the case of the Plum Blossom Thief to Jin Jiuling, and she had to go straight to Gusu first.
The case of Xiaoyaohou and Tianzong was not as turbulent as the Plum Blossom Bandit, but it had reached the most critical moment, because Xiao Shishilang reappeared in the world after disappearing for a year and a half.
According to the latest news, Xiao Shishilang is accompanied by a beautiful woman, not the married woman Shen Bijun who once caused gossip, nor Feng Siniang whom Le Yuancen knew, but a woman named Bingbing.
This Bingbing is not simple, I'm afraid the world doesn't know that her full name is Ge Shubing, she is Xiaoyaohou Ge Shutian's direct sister.
If the case starts from the beginning, it will start when Xiaoyao Hou established the Doll Villa.
Ge Shutian is a descendant of the Geshu tribe in Anxi in the old days. He was born with a disability as a dwarf, but he is also very talented and very capable.Near the ancient city of Loulan in the Western Regions, Ge Shutian searched for an underground city, and found extraordinary martial arts cheats in it, and practiced martial arts with his aptitude to become a peerless martial arts.During this process, Ge Shutian was not alone, his younger sister Ge Shubing was always by his side.
The accomplished martial artist Ge Shutian came to Guannei and established a doll villa, which became one of the most feared forbidden places in the Jianghu.
Doll Villa, as the name suggests, treats people as dolls, and takes pleasure in imprisoning disobedient Jianghu people. For example, the famous red cherry and green willow in the past have been trapped in it for more than ten years and cannot leave.
Xiaoyaohou not only established the doll villa known to people on the surface, but also secretly formed the Tianzong, which controlled many people in the world.
It's just that the person acting on his behalf is the young master, and in order to keep the secret of his martial arts and life experience, he sent someone to poison his younger brother Shu Bing.
Until two years ago, the news of cutting the deer knife came out, and Shen Bijun took the knife and married into Wugou Villa in Gusu, and married the owner of the villa, Lian Chengbi.
Xiaoyaohou may have been idle for a long time, he also wanted to see the acclaimed beauty Shen Bijun, and also wanted to see the miraculous deer-cutting knife, so he took Shen Bijun to the Doll Villa, which attracted the big thief Xiao Shishilang.
Leaving aside the gossip and rumors about Xiao Shishilang and Shen Bijun, a year and a half ago, the young master was killed, the Doll Villa was destroyed, and Xiao Shishilang and Xiaoyaohou disappeared together.
Disappeared is an ambiguous word.
To die you have to see a corpse, and to live you have to see a person, so that you can give a clear explanation.
The young master died, Xiaoyaohou disappeared, but Tianzong never collapsed.
After several investigations based on the directory, Le Yuancen pinned the suspicion on one person—the chivalrous owner of Wugou Villa, Lian Chengbi.
Although Lian Chengbi was implicated in the series of incidents after the birth of the Deer-cutting Knife, everyone in the Jianghu was gossiping about his wife being vaguely involved with the bandit Xiao Shishilang.
After Xiaoyaohou disappeared, Shen Bijun did not return to Wugou Villa, but also went to look for Xiao Shishilang who was missing together.
Lian Chengbi looked like an innocent victim.
Until Xiao Shishilang reappeared in the arena a month ago, people believed that he had taken over Xiaoyaohou's power.
However, Le Yuancen was sure that was not the case.
In this world, only Xiaoyaohou and Ge Shubing were familiar with the Tianzong's power, but Le Yuancen became the third person to know after getting the list, and she followed up and determined that the fourth person to know was Lian Chengbi.
Where did Lian Chengbi learn about Tianzong?
Since Ge Shubing has always been by Xiao Shishilang's side, there is only one possibility left. Lian Chengbi found the disappeared Xiaoyaohou, and let Xiaoyaohou tell everything about Tianzong himself.
As the chief catcher of the six sects, what he has to do is not to regret this period of grievances, but to remove the controller of Tianzong and completely disintegrate this power.
When Le Yuancen came to Jiangnan, a entanglement battle had begun between Lian Chengbi and Xiao Shishilang.
Obviously Lian Chengbi wanted to dig a big hole for Xiao Shishilang to jump into, so that people would think that Xiao Shishilang had inherited the Tianzong, and let him bear the indelible infamy.
This may be revenge, or something else, but it doesn't matter anymore. For this reason, Lian Chengbi doesn't care about other people's lives at all.This includes designing Xiao Shishilang's weaknesses, and using Shen Bijun and Feng Siniang's orders to contain Xiao Shishilang.
"You wake up, then eat something first." Le Yuancen saw Feng Siniang who woke up, she rescued Feng Siniang in a river.
"Boss?" Feng Siniang didn't expect to see Le Yuancen, but when she woke up, she was worried about Xiao Shishilang. She knew that Lian Chengbi was the one who designed Xiao Shishilang's notoriety as the successor of Xiaoyao Hou, "He Are you okay? I have to go to him and explain everything clearly."
Feng Siniang said that she got out of bed in a hurry, and was about to go out of the house in a staggering manner.
Le Yuancen sighed and hugged Feng Siniang horizontally, and pressed Feng Siniang back on the bed without any explanation.
"Make it clear? No need. Everything is clear. Xiao Shishilang has already left to find the missing Shen Bijun, and Wugou Villa has also been closed."
Feng Siniang looked at Le Yuancen in a daze.She only remembered that she and Shen Bijun were forced to jump into the water in order not to hurt Xiao Shishilang. "Boss, what happened?"
Le Yuancen put the porridge into Feng Siniang's hands, what this man should do to escape from death is to heal his wounds.
"I knew a general idea without eavesdropping. When I found you, I didn't find Mr. Shen Bi in the river. Then Xiao Shishilang should have seen through Lian Chengbi's frame-up. He broke Lian Chengbi's conspiracy. I watched with my own eyes. He left Wugou Villa intact. Two days ago, Wugou Villa dismissed all the servants, and Lian Chengbi closed the villa."
"Is it over like this?" Feng Siniang listened to Le Yuancen's few words.
It was the first time in a year and a half that she saw Xiao Shishilang again. She had so many worries or inseparable love, but at the moment she woke up, all the lingering, painful love and thrilling life and death seemed to be over.
Le Yuancen couldn't tell if it was over.
Lian Chengbi's plot was seen through, and his design failed for Xiao Shishilang. Even though he was not killed, the high-spirited and obsessed Lian Chengbi was gone.
So what if Xiao Shishilang smashed Lian Chengbi's conspiracy?
As long as people live, they have to face the future.Until the day of death, love and hatred cannot completely disappear.Shen Bijun who disappeared, Xiao Shiyilang who left sadly, Feng Siniang who woke up, life is still going on.
"You take a good rest. I've already paid the bill. Xianghonglou has everything you need. If you need anything, you can find Zhang's mother. I still have some things to deal with. If you have anything, I'll talk about it when you're fully recovered."
Le Yuancen didn't persuade Feng Siniang much, she still had one last question to prove.
Xiao Shishilang disappeared together with Xiaoyaohou. Later, Xiaoyaohou was imprisoned by Lianchengbi and asked about Tianzong.And for a year and a half, Xiao Shishilang and Ge Shubing were together.
Previously, Lian Chengbi had a trick in his plan. He spread the news that Xiao Shishilang was the new suzerain of Tianzong, but he kept playing the role of friend in front of Xiao Shishilang, making him think that it was Ge Shubing who took over Tianzong. Shaped Ge Shubing to use Xiao Shishilang, and spread rumors to frame Xiao Shishilang, if Ge Shubing is killed, there will be no proof.
Now, Xiao Shishilang has seen through Lian Chengbi's conspiracy, but is it really just Lian Chengbi's conspiracy?
This may be a somewhat complicated question. To put it simply, is Shu Bing, the brother who rescued Xiao Shishilang from Xiaoyaohou, really a kind character?
Ge Shubing learned strange martial arts with Xiaoyaohou since he was a child.She survived the killer sent by Xiaoyaohou. She was the key for Xiao Shishilang to kill Xiaoyaohou. She knew all the secrets of Tianzong. Did she really die in the hands of Lian Chengbi?
**
On New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily in Gusu.
In the closed Wugou Villa, there was a smell of blood.A sword with a cold light made a few drops of blood on the snow.There is not only snow on the snow, but also two people standing.
Le Yuancen looked at a weak beauty in front of him, this person was Ge Shubing who had been killed by Lian Chengbi.At the last moment, the deceased came back to life and killed Lian Chengbi who was said to have killed her.
"Che Gu, I've heard about your name for a long time, and you really came. Today, we finally meet."
Ge Shubing evoked a strange smile, "A few months ago, I felt that someone was eyeing Tianzong. But Lian Chengbi didn't notice it. Once people hate in their hearts, they become dull. Love and hate , are all boring emotions, and if there are too many, it is easy to make people fall short."
"So, all of this is in your plan. To save Xiao Shishilang, Lian Chengbi will do everything to fight him, including your own life and death. This is all part of the plan."
When Le Yuancen saw Ge Shubing, he verified her guess.Game in game, fight in fight, true and false has never been so easy to distinguish.The strange martial arts outside the Great Wall made Xiaoyaohou a peerless master, why can't his sister also perfectly perform a scene of suspended animation.
When Xiaoyaohou died, and Lian Chengbi who took over Tianzong died, Xiao Shishilang, who eliminated her dissidents, left thinking that everything was over. Who should the power of Tianzong fall into?
There is only one answer, Ge Shubing who has always shown himself as a weakling.
Ge Shubing smiled unabated, her plan has failed so far, or the meaning of winning or losing has long since changed.
Because of her, Xiao Shishilang found Xiaoyaohou's flaw and seriously injured him.Later, she rescued Xiao Shishilang who was also seriously injured, and they lived together for a year and a half.Xiao Shishilang thought that she would soon die from the poison, so he was willing to follow her savior's wish to spend the last time with her.
"It's not all a plan, there are many things that can't tell right from wrong. Just as you clearly guessed that I might kill Lian Chengbi, but you didn't stop it, because what you need is the complete destruction of Tianzong, you want me and him to die Only the dead are not threatened."
Ge Shubing calmly said this kind of speculation, "I knew you were coming, but I still killed Lian Chengbi, not to fulfill you, but because no one can use me. People who use me , then let him die."
Le Yuancen didn't speak, Ge Shubing's guess was right, only the dead are not a threat, and only by cutting the grass and roots can there be no need to worry about spring wind blowing again.
"As for, did I use Xiao Shishilang? I saved his life, and I lived with him for a year or so. Now he is looking for Shen Bijun who is still alive."
Ge Shubing paused at this point. Who can tell whether she liked Xiao Shishilang?It's like asking Xiao Shishilang to make a choice between Shen Bijun and Feng Siniang. Can he really choose?
"One thing is my last truth. I'm going to die. My good brother poisoned me. I'm really dying. When I meet you, you collect my body and Lian Chengbi's body. The ending is not bad either. If he and I die, you will be able to completely dismantle Tianzong. Collecting the corpse is just a small gift in return."
Ge Shubing stabbed her abdomen with a backhand knife, and she said the last sentence with a smile, "People always encounter unexpected things, you can tell the true and false of feelings from the false to the real, dare you say that you can tell the difference clearly ?"
Le Yuancen looked at the pool of red blood on the snow.
So far, Tianzong has been completely disbanded.However, there are many mistakes, true and false, and it has never been so easy to distinguish.
Now that the matter of Tianzong has been closed and Lian Chengbi and Ge Shubing have been cremated, we must move on to the next thing.Go to Hangzhou to visit Hua Ruling to check the follow-up of the Bliss Tower, and deal with the troubles that may be caused by the relationship between the old king of Hanhai Kingdom and Hua Ruling.
**
Dongfeng puts flowers and thousands of trees at night, and it is another year of Lantern Festival.
Le Yuancen came to Hangzhou from Suzhou, accompanied by Feng Siniang who didn't want to be alone, and they found an inn to stay.
It is the Lantern Festival, the city is full of lights, and many people are having fun in the streets.
In order to make Feng Siniang feel happier, Le Yuancen persuaded her to go to the streets to join in the fun, shopping and shopping can sometimes forget those unhappy things.
This is a very uninspiring proposal.However, if someone is willing to pay you to buy, buy, buy, you will feel better.
Le Yuancen didn't accompany her all the way. She thought that since the most difficult Tianzong matter was over and she would stay in Hangzhou for a while, she should take time to visit the friends of shopkeeper Hao. It's not her style to sit and eat.
However, there is one thing that I didn't tell Shopkeeper Hao beforehand that the book she was going to publish was not an ordinary picture album, and I didn't know whether Shopkeeper Hao's friends would accept the money-making work.
At this time, several children walking rabbit lanterns came to the street.
During the Lantern Festival, rabbit lanterns symbolize auspicious reunion.Wherever the rabbit lamp goes, it is also where auspiciousness goes.
The crowd on the street spontaneously vacated a lane for it, and they all looked at a row of rabbit lights passing by with smiles on their faces.
Le Yuancen waited for a string of rabbit lights of different styles to pass by, and she also felt the lively atmosphere on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.The next moment, she looked up again, but the smile on the corner of her mouth froze instantly.
"Xiangxiang, now that I think about it, I still have one regret in this life, that I didn't get to see you with my own eyes. '
Le Yuancen felt her eyes blurred, and she saw a person standing in a dimly lit place.
It was a face engraved in her heart, but why looking at his smile, she couldn't distinguish between the real and the fake and the false and the real.
Is there really such a similar look?And how many people can see through the soul through the body.
Maybe, I can't, because in the cycle of reincarnation, the past is turned into smoke and dust, and the reincarnation is already a new life.Unless it is a fairy, how can it be concluded that it is false or true.
Now, Le Yuancen is just an ordinary person.
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