The Book of Troubled Times

  Chapter 228 Rumors

   "Wow~" The sword seeker by the lake watched the two pig heads come out of the lake, and ran away in fright.

  Who can not run! It's fine if there are two pigs out of the lake, one of them is still smoking, a real monster!

   Suzaku laughed and laughed, thinking it was very funny.

  Zhao Changhe glanced sideways at her, feeling regretful in his heart.

  When he entered the sword room, he was so focused on thinking about Han Wubing and perceiving the remnants of the sword intent that he didn't even think of going to see her. The weather is still hot, everyone's clothes are very thin, what kind of beauty should Yu Jie's wet body look like after entering the water?

   As a result, the water came out, and she was able to dry the clothes by herself.

  Is Entrance Kunou so awesome?

He, Zhao Changhe, can only dry his body. He is far from drying his clothes, and even if he can dry his clothes in the future, he must slowly evaporate the water vapor. How can he do it in an instant like her? Dry, is this pumping or drying?

   Suzaku said: "What kind of eyes do you have? Are you regretting that you didn't look more in the sword room just now?"

   "No, no, I admire your cultivation."

   "The fire we cultivate belongs to true qi, and this aspect is of course more prominent than ordinary people." Suzaku smiled: "It's not like you and some people learn the meaning of spring water, and you will get wet even if you don't have anything to do."

  Zhao Changhe: "?"

   It seems that a wheel has run over it?

   Suzaku didn't seem to know that he was driving, and said leisurely: "Isn't it uncomfortable to be wet? Do you want me to help you?"

   "Help if you can."

   "Call me good sister."

   Waiting here, right? Zhao Changhe couldn't help laughing, but he didn't struggle, and really acted coquettishly: "Good sister~"

  Seeing a pig's head screaming "Sister" in front of him, Suzaku almost burst out laughing, endured and endured, and finally bent down holding his belly: "Hahahaha..."

  Zhao Changhe looked at her speechlessly.

  This sister is more and more fond of smiling, and it is not the same as when I first met. It seems that after taking off the snake face and replacing it with a pig's head, the mask has released a lot of looks.

   Suzaku seemed to be aware of his gaffe, but he didn't care, still panting with laughter, got up and patted Zhao Changhe on the shoulder.

   Fierce zhenqi surged through instantly, and under the steaming mist, the clothes dried directly.

  Zhao Changhe was stunned: "Amazing..."

   "Want to learn?" Suzaku smiled and said, "Join a teacher, I will teach you."

  Zhao Changhe didn't answer in a muffled voice, and strode straight into the city with big strides.

   Suzaku snorted and followed.

Jianhu City has always been a rather special city. Zhao Changhe learned about it the last time he came here. This city is actually just a town regulated by the imperial court. It is entirely due to the prosperity caused by "tourism". The city is expanding more and more, but the imperial court But it didn't upgrade the city, it's still a town. There is not even a yamen in the town, and it has completely become an "extrajudicial place" where various gangs and gangs live together.

   Zhao Changhe was confused last time, there is no government office, who cares about the tax... Can the subordinate officials in the town hold down these unruly gangs?

  Zhenmo Division does not have an independent government office, and for some reason, it actually set up its office in a brothel. Due to the passage of time, top thoughtful people such as the Four Elephant Sect have more or less guessed the nature of the Wanhualou. I don't know if the local gangsters know it.

  In short, this situation is very martial, but very unrealistic. There must be a reason for its formation, but I didn't understand it more deeply last time.

   Arrived at the bamboo forest in the backyard of Wanhualou with ease, the doorman was still a familiar one, and the pig's head was already an unfamiliar pig's head, so he was stopped without accident: "You two, this is a private bamboo forest, not a place to talk about love..."

   Suzaku: "..."

  Wherever you go, you will be talked about love and love, and those who robbed before said the same.

   Isn't it just wearing the same pig face, why is it just a love affair?

  Zhao Changhe didn't reveal his face, but just quietly took out his jade token to signal. The guards were shocked for a moment, looked around, and lowered their voices: "I have seen Mr. Secret Envoy. What are your orders?"

   Tsk, it seems that this brand is really high-level, not a spy, but an emissary...

   Suzaku squinted at him, but said nothing. This brand is likely to belong to Tang Wanzhuang's exclusive brand, the kind that looks like a face when you see the card, this little man has never thought that it represents Tang Wanzhuang from the moment he received the card, and he is not a subordinate spy at all.

  Being played by the big sister in the palm of her hand, I don't know yet.

  Zhao Changhe put on a pig's head and acted like a secret envoy: "Take us in, who is the person in charge here now, let him come to see this envoy."

   After speaking, he went straight into the courtyard and went straight to the bamboo building where Tang Wanzhuang lived. The guards took it for granted and hurried to report to the person in charge.

   Not long after, a middle-aged man in a well-dressed suit hurried upstairs, saluted and said, "My subordinate, Jianhu City Zishuwei Zicai, what orders does the special envoy have?"

   "I want the whole story of Han Wubing."

Wei Zicai was very straightforward: "He had a conflict with Ji Yinan of the Tianyi Gang, killed Ji Yinan during the fight, Pinghu would take the lead for the Tianyi Gang, and the two gangs worked together to capture Han Wubing, Han Wubing finally Losing to the combined forces of the two parties, they were forced to flee, and the Tianyi Gang was incorporated into the Pinghu Society."

  Zhao Changhe's first reaction was that this was wrong: "Incorporated?"

Wei Zi showed a slight smile: "Yes... so it is still unknown whether Ji Yinan killed Han Wubing, maybe it was Yan Lianping who did it. If he can be killed by Han Wubing, gather two gangs The power to capture Han Wubing, force out the source of the ancient sword and Han Wubing's new swordsmanship, and at the same time accept the Tianyi Gang logically, killing two birds with one stone."

   This is a real world affair. Zhao Changhe and Suzaku, who had just left the affairs of the Wang family, felt a feeling of going from court to rivers and lakes almost at the same time, as if they had changed the world.

   But to be honest, this is what they like more, at least Zhao Changhe is far more interested in such things than the world's major events from a high-level view.

Hearing that Han Wubing just escaped and nothing happened, Zhao Changhe felt much more at ease, and asked again: "Han Wubing lives in seclusion, why did he reveal some new sword skills, and was involved in gang fights? Is it because he was in the city?" Did it arouse other people's suspicion?"

"Han Wubing occasionally appeared in the city to purchase food, which is a normal phenomenon. He also behaved like this when he was living in seclusion by the lake, and no one cared." Wei Zicai said: "The real exposure is because he helped Zhao Changhe get ahead. .”

   "?" Zhao Changhe was stunned for a moment: "How did you get involved with Zhao Changhe, please elaborate."

"Someone spread rumors, saying that Zhao Changhe's physique and broadsword are not like those of Central Plains people, maybe he is a grassland spy, maybe the illegitimate son of the wild lion Helei. Han Wubing heard it while shopping, and was furious, and exposed it when he was fighting with him. It was only when he surpassed the other sword techniques learned in Jianhu that he was suspected of having mastered the secret of Jianhu."

  Zhao Changhe fell silent immediately.

   Suzaku took a look at Zhao Changhe, this buddy is really loyal... Originally, Han Wubing just ran away and didn’t die, so it’s really not necessary to get to the bottom of this matter, I’m afraid it’s impossible for Zhao Changhe to ignore it now.

  Zhao Changhe took a deep breath: "Your Majesty used this kind of knife in his battles. How did the so-called prairie style come from? Do people believe in such things?"

"There are a lot of idiots in the world, and if someone says it, someone will believe it." Wei Zicai said: "This kind of rumor may have a deeper intention. The subordinate also wrote to the chief two days ago. Now that the special envoy is here, it will be even more serious. good…"

  Zhao Changhe frowned, yes, talking about his origin is actually a very sensitive matter, trying to fundamentally shake his legal principles as the successor of Daxia, it sounds like it was done by the Four Elephant Sect.

  He turned his head and glanced at Suzaku, who stared at him coldly. Zhao Changhe smiled and shook his head. Of course it can't be the Four Elephant Sect. Times have changed, and the Four Elephant Sect is planning to admit him. Doing this is no longer good for the Four Elephant Sect.

   Could it be the Wang Family, the Maitreya Sect, or simply a foreign race?

"when did it happen?"

   "Three days ago."

  Three days ago, the Wang family was most likely, and this place was not far from Langya.

But having said that, Han Wubing exposed his martial arts because of this incident, but it may not be directly related to why Tianyi Gang Pinghu would trouble him. in other battles.

  Because this Jianhu City is a complete freak, there can be no secrets inside.

  Zhao Changhe pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Why is Jianhu City the current regulation? Can Wei Zishou talk about it in detail?"

  (end of this chapter)