The Book of Troubled Times

Chapter 228 Rumor

"Wow~" The sword seeker by the lake watched the two pig heads emerge from 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, regretful in his heart.

When he entered the sword room, he was thinking about Han Wubing's affairs and perceiving the remnants of the sword intent, so he didn't even think about 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, when the water came out, she was able to dry her clothes by herself, and she couldn't see it all at once...

Is Xuanguan Jiuzhong 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 twice 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 the spring water spirit that you and some people have learned, and you will get wet even if you don't have anything to do."

Zhao Changhe: "?"

Looks like a wheel has run over it?

But 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."

"Say 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 shouting "Sister" while pinching its throat in front of it, Suzaku almost burst out laughing, endured and endured, and finally bent down holding his belly: "Hahahaha..."

Zhao Changhe looked at her speechlessly.

This sister loves to smile more and more, it's not the same as when we 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 appearances.

Suzaku seemed to realize that she had lost her composure, but she didn't care, still panting with laughter, she got up and patted Zhao Changhe on the shoulder.

Fiery zhenqi surged through in an instant, and under the steaming mist, the clothes dried directly.

Zhao Changhe was stunned: "Amazing..."

"Want to learn?" Suzaku smiled and said, "Enroll, I'll teach you."

Zhao Changhe didn't answer, and strode straight into the city.

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?

The Zhenmo Division also does not have an independent government office, and for some reason, it actually set up its office in the 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 arts, but it is very unrealistic. There must be a reason for its formation, but I didn't understand it more deeply last time.

Arriving at the bamboo forest in the backyard of Wanhualou with ease, the guard is still a familiar one, and the pig's head is 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: "..."

No matter where you go, you are always talking about love, and those who robbed before also said the same.

Don't you just wear the same pig face? Why are you talking about love?

Zhao Changhe didn't reveal his face, he just quietly took out his jade token as a gesture. 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 secret agent, but a secret envoy...

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.

I don't know that I was played by the big sister in the palm of my hand.

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 dressed up hurriedly went upstairs, saluted and said: "My subordinate Jianhu City Zi grants Wei Zicai, what's the special envoy's order?"

"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 planted by Han Wubing, gather two gangs The power of the people and horses captured Han Wubing, forced out the source of the ancient sword and Han Wubing's new sword technique, and at the same time, he could accept the Tianyi Gang logically, killing two birds with one stone."

This is a real Jianghu affair. Zhao Changhe and Suzaku, who had just left the affairs of the Wang family, felt a feeling of going from court to Jianghu 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 for a moment.

Suzaku glanced at Zhao Changhe, this buddy is really loyal... Originally, Han Wubing just ran away and didn't die, so it is really not necessary to get to the bottom of this matter, and now it is impossible for Zhao Changhe to ignore it.

Zhao Changhe took a deep breath: "Your Majesty used this kind of knife in battles back then. Where 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 background 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 the 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 freak from the ground up, it is impossible that there are no secrets inside.

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