The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

It is said that the road to Shu is difficult, but the most difficult sections are at the entrance and exit of Sichuan. When you really reach the hinterland, the road conditions are actually much easier than you might imagine. The section of the trail from Shu Mountain to the north is very flat. According to some records in ancient books, this area of ​​terrain should be called a basin.

The road condition was good, so the progress was not slow. By noon, we saw a city standing among the mountains.

When he was about to reach the city gate, Zeng Yong saw two dark red characters on the gate: Yazhou! After years of wind and rain, they were already mottled.

Zeng Yong said: "We have arrived at Yazhou City."

Feng Jiuxiao said: "It's a good opportunity to replenish some fresh water and dry food here. We should also feed our BMW well."

Zeng Yong said: "Your car can go first. I don't have a Song Dynasty badge."

The soldiers at the city gate had been replaced by Song soldiers, who were checking people entering the city. If he went in first, he would definitely be checked, which would be a waste of time.

Big Wolf shook the reins and drove forward, not stopping until he reached the door.

When several Song soldiers saw that the carriage had been parked at the door and no one inside showed up, they suddenly became angry. They immediately surrounded them with frowns on their faces. Seeing their aggressive appearance, many passers-by immediately thought that something good was going to happen.

Unexpectedly, one of the Song soldiers suddenly stopped his companion, looked at Big Wolf and said, "Do you know Deputy Envoy Feng?"

The other Song soldiers immediately noticed that the driver had blond hair, a high nose and deep eyes, and did not look like a Central Plains person at all.

Big Wolf smiled and said, "Have you seen me? Of course I recognize Deputy Commander Feng Jiuxiao!"

The Song soldier immediately breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his fists, saying, "I am Sima Guang, an old soldier from Luoyang Tiger. Nice to meet you, sir!" Although many people knew that there had always been a blond man from the Western Regions by Feng Jiuxiao's side, few people knew where this person came from. No one knew his name or where he came from. It had always been a mystery.

Feng Jiuxiao followed the army on the Western Expedition, so naturally many people had seen Big Wolf.

Big Wolf also clasped his fists and said, "You're welcome."

Sima Guang glanced at the carriage and asked tentatively in a low voice, "Is the deputy envoy in the carriage?"

The curtain of the carriage was suddenly lifted, revealing a heroic young man's face. Who else could it be but the Deputy Envoy?
Sima Guang reacted very quickly, and immediately bowed and clasped his fists, saying, "Sima Guang, a soldier from Luoyang, greets you, sir!" The Song soldiers around him, no matter how dumb they were, also reacted at this time, and bowed and clasped their fists, saying, "Mo Dasheng, a wolf soldier from the Northwest, greets you, sir!"

"I, a humble soldier from Fengzhou, Huo Yuanyi, greet the Deputy Envoy!"

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The onlookers nearby immediately looked sideways!
The man in the carriage was actually a high-ranking official! These arrogant soldiers were so respectful when they saw him, not even a hint of disrespect could be seen! Who was in the carriage? Could it be their general? But they clearly heard them say "Deputy Envoy". What kind of official was Deputy Envoy?

Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "You have worked hard!"

Several soldiers immediately felt relaxed and happy, saying in unison: "It's not hard!"

It is such a great honor to receive praise from the Deputy Envoy!
These arrogant soldiers crawled out of the pile of dead bodies. They were fearless and never submitted to anyone. Even their generals were only lip service to their loyalty, because they had high status and great power. However, they were completely convinced by the deputy envoy, especially the old soldiers of Luoyang Tiger and Northwest Wolf, who were the most convinced! Because they had seen the peerless heroism of the deputy envoy! Dressed in white, he was like a nobody among thousands of troops! In the battle of Jingyang, he killed countless people! No matter whether they were living people or zombies, or skeleton soldiers, or these price demon crow soldiers, they were simply vulnerable in front of the deputy envoy! In that battle, Feng Jiuxiao was completely deified in the hearts of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty!

Feng Jiuxiao asked: "Is the situation stable now?"

Sima Guang said: "It's all settled! The governor here has been replaced by someone from our Song Dynasty. The governor will take care of the rest of the minor officials. Anyone who is willing to be loyal to our Song Dynasty will be retained."

Feng Jiuxiao asked: "From your tone, do you think there are still many people who are unwilling to submit to the Song Dynasty?"

Sima Guang said: "Yes, not many, just two."

"How did you handle it?"

"The details are not very clear, but I heard that the governor killed the two men after his repeated attempts to persuade them to surrender failed."

Big Wolf said, "Kill him? Can't you just let him go?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Let them go and wait for them to find an opportunity to deal with me? In this emergency, just kill them!"

Sima Guang was relieved when he heard Feng Jiuxiao's words. If Feng Jiuxiao was dissatisfied with the governor's killing, wouldn't he be hated by the governor?
"Mr. Deputy Envoy, what brings you to Yazhou? Do you need us to notify the governor immediately?"

Feng Jiuxiao waved his hand and said, "No need. We are just passing by and are in a hurry. After all, he has just taken over this place and there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with by him. We won't bother the governor. If we come back and pass by here again, let's call the governor and you brothers to accompany us, how about that?"

Sima Guang's eyes lit up instantly, and he immediately said excitedly: "That's great, we are honored! We will treat you when the time comes!"

Feng Jiuxiao was very happy to see their sincere and excited eyes, especially when he met the old soldiers of Luoyang Tiger and Northwest Wolf. These people were people who had fought side by side with him and experienced life and death together. They were comrades in arms as the old saying goes!

Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "I'll treat you! How much money do you make? Okay, keep the door closed and don't let the enemy's spies infiltrate. Pay attention to people with Xiazhou, Northern Han, and Tibetan accents. You don't have to arrest them for interrogation, as that can easily cause panic. You can follow them privately and monitor them."

Sima Guang immediately understood. The deputy envoy is clearly giving us military merits! As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial City Division, he has the most up-to-date information! Since he has pointed out the direction, we just need to keep moving forward, it will be right!

He winked at the Song soldiers nearby, and they all bowed and clasped their fists and said, "Thank you, sir!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Then I will go into the city first. The two carriages behind me are with me."

Sima Guang and others immediately made a respectful gesture of "please come in"!

When all three carriages entered the city, several soldiers immediately returned to their previous angry look, scanning every person entering the city with eyes like knives!
Sima Guang looked at a man who looked like a businessman and asked, "Where are you from?"

The man didn't expect the Song soldier's eyes to be so fierce. He looked like a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles and crawled out of a pile of dead bodies. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so murderous. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. "I'm from Xiazhou." He didn't dare to lie! His accent couldn't be changed for a while!
A strange light flashed in Sima Guang's eyes, and he continued to ask calmly, "Where are you going?"

The man thought to himself: I dare not lie about where I came from because the accent cannot be faked, but where I am going? You are not a worm in my stomach, how can you guess where I am going?
"I just went to Yazhou to buy some local products."

"What local stuff?"

The Xiazhou businessman thought: Are you asking so many questions? Fortunately, I made a plan in advance!
"Citrus and loquat."

“Why did you buy it here?”

"Oh, the fruits here are better than those in other places. You are like the yellow mandarin orange, the peel is thin and easy to peel, the center column is large and hollow, and there is basically no seed. The flesh is crisp and tender, juicy, sweet and sour. You are like the loquat, the fruit is large and sweet, soft and juicy, and easy to preserve."

Sima Guang said, "Well, go ahead." Then he looked at the next person who was going to pass.

The Xiazhou merchant immediately thanked him repeatedly, then entered the city gate with two servants.

Sima Guang looked at the woman in front of him. She was old and wrinkled. She looked like a farmer. He asked, "Where are you from?"

The old woman pointed to the city and said, "I am from Mang Village in Yandao County, Yazhou."

Sima Guang said: "Go ahead."

When the old woman passed by him, he winked at a soldier next to him.

The soldier immediately understood what he meant and whispered, "That Xiazhou merchant?"

Sima Guang remained calm and lowered his voice, "Including that old woman!"

The soldier was startled. "How did you know that there was something wrong with the old lady?"

Sima Guang said: "Based on intuition!"

The soldier was stunned.

The streets of Yazhou are clean, and the local population is large, making it quite prosperous.

When Big Wolf saw the wine flags in front of him, he knew that the people here were relatively well-off. Only when people have a lot of spare money can the restaurant business be prosperous.

He could see farther from the carriage, so he chose the largest restaurant and stopped the carriage. At this time, a bartender came over with a smile, stretched out his hand to take the reins, and said, "Please come in, customers, leave the carriage to me, we have a parking space in the backyard."

Big Wolf said, "Thank you." He was very interested in this young bartender! When the bartender saw him for the first time, he was obviously shocked by his appearance, but he recovered immediately. This agility was unmatched by ordinary people!
Zeng Yong and the others got off the carriages one after another, and the bartenders came to greet them. This restaurant was indeed very impressive, and there were several bartenders just responsible for managing the carriages.

Everyone looked at the three golden characters on the door lintel: Baidi Tower.

Zeng Yong said: "The name is also quite domineering."

A bartender nearby said with a smile: "Thank you for your compliment, our name Baidi is taken from Li Bai's poem "Come to Baidi in the Clouds".

Zeng Yong said: "You see, it has to be associated with Li Bai. It seems that if the restaurant in the world is not associated with the immortal Taibai, it will not be authentic."

Pang Shiwu said: "Is it authentic if it's hung up? The less authentic it is, the more ridiculous it is!"

The bartender smiled awkwardly, "Sir, you are joking. My house is different. The poet Li Bai did have a drink at my house!"

Seeing someone confronting him, Pang Shiwu immediately became excited and laughed, "What's the evidence?"

The bartender immediately laughed and said, "There is a seven-character poem written by Taibai himself on the wall of my house!"

Zeng Yong snorted, "Is this true?"

The bartender immediately patted his chest and said, "I swear, it's absolutely true!"

After entering the door, the room was full of guests and noisy.

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Business is booming." Pang Shiwu saw that the bartender was so proud that he wanted to tease him. He immediately said with a straight face, "Business is so good, let's close it, big brother."

The bartender was startled, then chuckled, "Excuse me, sir, what does it mean by accepting it?"

Pang Shiwu deliberately said mysteriously: "We will recruit you. You have two choices, either transfer the restaurant to us or pay a monthly tea fee."

The bartender was startled. He looked at Pang Shiwu, then at Feng Jiuxiao and others. He didn't know whether the young man in black was telling the truth or joking, and he didn't know how to start talking for a moment.

Their boss has taken root here for more than a hundred years, and his roots are deep. Without being modest, his master is well-connected to both the black and white worlds, and has connections everywhere. No one has ever dared to collect protection money from them!

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Don't listen to his nonsense! Find an empty seat, we'll leave after we finish eating!"

The bartender immediately felt relieved and said with a smile: "There is a private room upstairs, please come up!"

A group of eight or nine people walked upstairs in a mighty manner, startling many guests downstairs.

After all, Big Wolf's blonde hair is particularly eye-catching!
Secondly, Pang Shiwu actually has two swords hanging from his waist, which is rare in the martial arts world!
Four beauties walking together is also a beautiful sight! Although one of the women has a black veil on her face, her figure is graceful and her walking is like a lotus leaf swaying in the wind, which makes people's heart move!

There were quite a few people upstairs, but fortunately one table of guests was about to leave.

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It was because this table was almost finished eating that the bartender dared to show the guests in. Otherwise, once the guests found out that there were no seats, they would definitely be furious, the bartender would definitely be scolded, and the reputation of the restaurant would also be damaged.

There were eight tables on the second floor. Except for the table of guests who had just left, Feng Jiuxiao had checked all the remaining seven tables in an instant.

There are many martial arts masters.

But to him, the peak of the Ninth Realm were all ants! None of the people in this room posed a threat.

Among the seven tables, five are from Sichuan. Of the other two tables, one has an accent that sounds like someone from the north, but it’s not clear where they are from. The last table also has a mixed accent. It seems that the people at that table are all people who have traveled all over the country, and their accents are more or less mixed.

After the eight people sat down, the bartender immediately recommended local specialties.

The main dishes include casserole fish, sweet water noodles, mutton soup, royal tea pastry, bang bang chicken, tata noodles, tribute pepper fish, Jiuxiang yellow beef, Caoke chicken, pepper chicken, toast banquet, Tibetan hot pot, and bacon.

As usual, Bighuofu ordered the dishes first, and the first dish was naturally thirty kilograms of Jiuxiang yellow beef!

The bartender was stunned. "Eight people ordering ten kilograms of beef is enough. We still have so many other dishes!"

Big Wolf coughed dryly and said, "These thirty kilograms of beef are only for me. They haven't ordered how much to eat yet!"

The bartender was shocked!
Feng Jiuxiao said, "Okay, let's not waste time, brother. How about this, serve all the dishes in your house and we'll eat first. If any dish tastes good, we'll order another one. Serve now, the sooner the better, we still have to hurry."

Seeing that Feng Jiuxiao was so elegant and graceful, the bartender was sure that he was not joking with him, so he immediately said, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

When the bartender left, everyone lowered their heads to look at the teapot on the table. In fact, everyone was listening to others talking, after all, waiting for food is boring.

It's quite interesting to listen to these people talking about all sorts of things from all over the world.

There were four guests at a table near the south wall. They were obviously "heroes". They were loud and drank generously, one bowl at a time! One of them had a full beard, and looked like Zhang Fei in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! After he finished a bowl of wine, he slammed the bowl on the table and said in a rough voice: "I've finished it, why haven't you three finished it yet?"

When the three men saw him glaring at them, they killed them immediately.

The bearded man said with some displeasure: "I have to watch you drink, how boring!"

Opposite him was a burly man who chuckled, "Hu Zi, I've been drinking with you for quite a while, so what exactly is that big deal you're talking about?"

The bearded man, nicknamed Hu Zi, was drunk and a little smug. "What, you can't keep your cool?" He sat facing east, while the burly man sat facing west. Seeing Hu Zi's look of asking for a fight, he was immediately annoyed. "You called all the brothers over, but you didn't say a word for a long time. Who can keep their cool?"

Hu Zi smiled and said, "Brother Qiao, then what shall I say?"

The men on both sides also said impatiently: "Fuck, hurry up and tell me, you are taking so long!"

Hu Zi looked around, then leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "Do you know that Liu, the Marquis of Han, destroyed Zhou?"

Boss Qiao frowned and said, "Of course I know. I heard that he is a descendant of the royal family of the Later Han Dynasty. He was brought to Da Shu by an important official of the Han Dynasty since he was a child. When he grew up, he not only became a marquis canonized by the emperor of Da Shu, but he is also a martial arts genius. Later, he was even rated into the list of the top ten masters in Da Shu! Very impressive! Why did you mention him? Did you make friends with him?"

Hu Zi smiled awkwardly, "How can I make friends with such a big shot like him?"

Qiao Laodao said: "Then tell me, what happened?"

Hu Zi whispered, "I learned a secret by chance yesterday!"

"What secret?"

"The old ministers entrusted by Liu Bei to the care of the young emperor during the destruction of Zhou were actually smuggling salt!"

"What? This is a capital crime!"

"Yes! But Liu Miezhou is a marquis of the Great Shu Dynasty, so his network of relationships is complicated. When the Shu Emperor was in power, no one dared to investigate him. But now it is different. Now the world has changed to Zhao! Will the Emperor of the Song Dynasty tolerate Liu Miezhou competing with the royal family for profit?"

"What does this have to do with us? Is there a reward for reporting? How much money can it be?"

"Brother Qiao, look at what you said, what's the point of reporting? Like you said, how much money can you get? What I want to talk about now is the way! I now know one of their secret salt fields! As long as we can get a share of the salt field, it will be a lot of money!"

The man sitting next to him facing south immediately said, "Brother Qiao, I think this is a good idea!"

Boss Qiao looked at his brothers with a puzzled look on his face, "You guys don't have a fever, do you? Your brains aren't confused, are you? You dare to plot against Liu Miezhou's salt field, isn't this courting death? Will he let us go?"

"Brother Qiao, you don't know that his salt field is not guarded by any experts, but only by the old, weak, sick and disabled. Because the place is too secretive, they don't pay much attention to it. Every month they just send people to collect salt. In order not to arouse suspicion from outsiders, the people they send to collect salt are all strangers. Isn't there a loophole here?"

Boss Qiao pondered and said, "We collect salt regularly, and each time we come here, there are new faces. There is indeed an opportunity here!"

Hu Zi said, "Yes, we only need to collect salt under someone else's name the day before Liu Miezhou and his men collect salt, and we can collect 10,000 shi at a time!"

The other two people's eyes suddenly widened!
Ten thousand dan!

One stone is 120 kilograms!

I make thirty cents per catty for free, so one hundred and twenty catties is three thousand six hundred cents!
Multiply that by ten thousand!
How much is that?
Fuck it, if you can't count it, forget it. It's a lot anyway! At least tens of thousands of taels of silver! Isn't this much better than robbing a convoy car?
The four of you looked at each other, with uncontrollable excitement on your faces!
"where?"

Hu Zi habitually glanced around, and then wanted to tell the address, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized it and slowly turned his head to look at Feng Jiuxiao. He just glanced around, which was just a habit, but he didn't expect that he would find something unusual. He actually saw that there was a table of guests next to him who were very quiet and lowered their heads, but there was a young man in white who was staring at him!

He looked at Feng Jiuxiao, and Feng Jiuxiao looked at him.

Hu Zi was immediately furious, pointing at Feng Jiuxiao's nose and cursing, "What the hell are you looking at?"

Feng Jiuxiao said calmly: "Yes, I'm watching Niang's fart!"

Pang Shiwu had his back to Hu Zi, listening to other people's stories over the drinking table. He did not expect that a big unexpected scene would break out behind him. He immediately perked up, slowly turned around, and said with a smile: "Who is so stupid as to dare to scold my eldest brother?" Feng Jiuxiao saw that he looked very happy. He was not angry at all. It was obvious that someone had taken the initiative to give Shiwu a target!

Hu Zi suddenly became even angrier. He was very annoyed by the little kid in white clothes glaring at him, and then a young man in black clothes showed up and spoke dirty words. Are kids nowadays so rude?
He stood up suddenly, eight feet tall, like an iron tower, and the sheathed long sword at his waist also revealed its true appearance. He pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword and walked over slowly, with a fierce momentum and a strong sense of oppression!
The guests at other tables were chatting happily and hadn't noticed that there was a strong atmosphere here!

Pang Shiwu said: "Brother, what's going on?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "They want to rob each other."

Pang Shiwu said, "Isn't that great? After eating the black, we can use it to do good deeds."

Feng Jiuxiao said: "The target they want to eat is Liu Miezhou."

Pang Shiwu was startled. "What? Brother Liu? He's also involved in underworld business?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "It's selling illegal salt!"

Pang Shiwu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "What am I doing? I'm just selling some salt."

Feng Jiuxiao said: "You kid! This is a capital crime!"

Pang Shiwu asked: "Then why is he still alive?"

Feng Jiuxiao was actually stumped by the question. Although he thought of countless reasons, he eventually overturned them.

Pang Shiwu said: "There must be a reason for existence! The fact that Brother Liu can live until now means that he has either circumvented many court laws and skirted the rules, so the court cannot accurately list him as a wanted person. Or his business of killing people has won over countless officials to act as umbrellas to protect him! Or his secret power has eliminated all threats!"

Feng Jiuxiao gave a thumbs up, "Well, you're right, that's great!"

Pang Shiwu said: "So, selling some salt is not a big deal!"

Zeng Yong also gave a thumbs up, "Fifteen is awesome! You are really good at confronting your elder brother!" He is not afraid of big trouble.

Pang Shiwu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will fulfill my mission!" When he looked up, a tower-like figure was already standing in front of him! (End of this chapter)