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Chapter 4 The Uninvited Guest

At night, Ranfang Street, Shuanggui Lane.

Ye Jingtang led the old horse through the dark alleyway, looking around.

Niao Niao was in a good mood after walking around for a day, lying on the horse's backpack, looking up at the stars with her paws, and humming a little song:
"Chi Chi Chi ~..."

You can tell from the name of Ranfang Street that it is a slum with a lot of handicraft workshops. It has not yet fallen, and there are only a few small workshops around it. It is hard to see people when it gets dark.

This is especially true for Shuanggui Lane, where no one cares about it all year round, even the road has accumulated a lot of leaves, and when you step on it, it makes a soft "wipe~~" sound.

I went around the talent market just now, and there are a lot of errands, but those whose monthly salary can reach three yuan are all in demand.

As the saying goes, "poor culture and rich martial arts", Ye Jingtang, as a martial arts practitioner, can get a lot of money just by buying everything for the martial arts practitioners, not to mention the exaggerated appetite of the martial arts master, it is obvious that these tasks cannot be done.

Although he didn't find a job, he did find a place to live. Ye Jingtang thought that two taels of silver would be impossible to settle in the capital, but after some inquiring, he found the precious land of Shuanggui Lane—a dozen or so courtyards in the whole alley. They are all property of a landlord's wife, two taels of silver a year, whichever building you want to live in.

Ye Jingtang paid half a year’s rent, and the landlord didn’t give me the keys. When I came here to see it, it was in line with expectations—a dozen or so old courtyards were in disrepair, almost none of which had cracked walls, and only two or three rooms with intact doors. Not many people are willing to live without paying.

Ye Jingtang had enough food for one person and one bird, and the whole family was not hungry, and didn't care about these things, so he found a decent-looking yard and opened the door to enter.

The courtyard was full of fallen leaves, the doors and windows were open, and there was nothing but a bed frame, not even a table and chairs.

"grumble……"

Niao Niao jumped off the horse, and after turning around the house, she looked at Ye Jing Tang with her big black eyes, presumably meaning——how about we go back to live with Sister Big Tits.

Ye Jingtang ignored Niao Niao, tied the horse to the corner of the yard, fed some fodder, and then took off the bedding from the horse's back.

Da da--

The scythe collided with sparks, and then dimmed the candlelight, filling the poor houses with four walls.

Ye Jingtang leaned the knife against the wall, looked back and forth in the empty room, and suddenly found that the ground was quite clean, the dry thatch that made the bed was slightly sunken, looked down carefully, and found a long hair.

"Ok?"

Ye Jingtang picked up his long hair and looked at it - the quality of the hair is quite good, we can be sure that the time will not be too long, someone has lived here recently.

But in this era, both men and women have long hair, and the gender of the owner cannot be seen.

Could it be left by the previous tenant...

Ye Jingtang was slightly puzzled, but he didn't care too much. After throwing his hair outside the door, he brought sheets and bedding to make the bed.

Niao Niao was very naughty, pecking at the small parcel by herself, trying to get the dried meat from it.

"Still eating, living in this crappy place without looking at it? If you don't get any more money, I'll have to sell you for money next month."

"Gee~"

Niao Niao jumped twice, indicating that he was puffy and couldn't sell for a lot of money.

Ye Jingtang had just smoothed the sheets when he suddenly heard a slight noise from outside:

call--

It was as if a gust of wind had blown into the yard, stirring up the fallen leaves on the ground.

Ye Jingtang frowned, grasped the handle of the knife beside him, and looked out from the window which was only for decoration.

There is an extra figure in the yard!
The black lights are blind, the silver moon is like frost, and the moonlight over the wall only illuminates half of the yard.

The figure stood between the light and the dark, wrapped in a cloak and wearing a bamboo hat, unable to see fat and thin men and women clearly, holding a long spear wrapped in black cloth at a slant.

The figure didn't move at all, and said nothing, obviously it was not a good person.

Ye Jingtang secretly raised his finger, and told Niao Niao to go quietly to find his escort, and at the same time put the knife across his waist, and came to the door:
"Who are you? Could this be your residence?"

The bamboo hat guest is naturally the big tit sister who came to visit the young man in the middle of the night.

But Pei Xiangjun didn't say anything, slipped out the spear in his hand, held the end of the spear with one hand, raised the spear horizontally, drew a semicircle in the old courtyard, pointed at Ye Jingtang, and at the same time raised the bamboo hat, showing a grimace on his face mask.

Holding the tail of the gun with one hand and raising the nine-foot gun, it is impossible to do it without a solid foundation.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang retreated half a step calmly, holding the handle of the knife with his left hand, ready to fight.But the opponent didn't attack directly, but raised the spear horizontally and shook his wrist lightly.

Snapped--

In the deep alley under the moon, there was a sound of a whip.

The black cloth wrapped around the body of the gun instantly tore apart, revealing the body of the black lacquered spear.

The silver spearhead exudes a gloomy cold glow under the moonlight, and after the black cloth is shattered, you can hear the trembling sound of the spearblade like a dragon chant:
hum~~~
Ye Jingtang's eyes were slightly startled. It was easy for him to hold a gun with one hand, but it was beyond his ability to directly shatter the wrapped fabric.

Knowing that he was invincible, Ye Jingtang had a 'joyed' expression, and looked up at the gate of the courtyard:
"Hero Wang?!"

Pei Xiangjun quickly turned his head to check.

bang——

Ye Jingtang slammed on the ground and rose from the ground, leaped onto the roof, and ran towards the bustling street.

It's a pity that this trick may be useful to ordinary warriors, but this time it's not ordinary people!
Ye Jingtang jumped onto the roof, but he didn't hear any movement behind him, but there was a violent breaking wind from above.

Sa——

Ye Jingtang's blade was out of its sheath, and looking out of the corner of the eye, he was surprised to find that the bamboo hat man, who was still motionless just now, came after him, and reached the mid-air at a height of three feet, holding the gun with both hands, smashing Huashan Mountain with all his strength, and smashed towards the top of his head .

The house is only one foot high, and this jump is equivalent to a three-story building. It was the first time in Ye Jingtang's life that he saw someone jumping so high, and he couldn't help but be horrified!

Facing Mount Tai's overwhelming attack, Ye Jingtang quickly raised the saber horizontally upwards, and at the same time pressed his right hand against the back of the saber.

when--

wow-

With the sound of metal and iron clashing, the old roof collapsed instantly.

Ye Jingtang's shot was smashed into the room, and he felt that the spear contained an unstoppable brutal force, and it still hurt the soles of his feet after landing.

"Wait a minute, hero..."

Ye Jingtang wanted to open his mouth to escape, but the gunman who came suddenly didn't give him a chance, pierced through the hole in the roof, and stabbed directly at the front door.

clang--

Ye Jingtang slashed horizontally, and amidst the loud noise, several sparks exploded in the room, which also blew out the crumbling candle.

The long spear pierced from the roof was like a heavy iron pillar, which was split and moved sideways a little.

Ye Jingtang seized the opportunity and flew up, holding knives in both hands, and slashed at the five fingers of the bucket hat along the barrel of the gun, wanting to fight back.

But after the point of the gun came to a point on the ground, it flew backwards out of the roof, and landed lightly on the roof. The point of the gun pointed at the courtyard obliquely, and did not attack again.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang hurriedly stopped, and stood in front of him with both hands holding a knife, maintaining a posture of responding to the enemy.

dong dong dong...

The courtyard under the moonlight fell into dead silence, and a heartbeat that was about to burst could be clearly heard.

Ye Jingtang, with beads of sweat on his forehead, held his knife motionlessly, staring at the figure on the roof.

After a moment of confrontation, the person on the roof lifted his hat slightly and made a hoarse voice that was neither male nor female:

"You don't know how to 'eight-step mad knife'?"

Ye Jingtang frowned, he had practiced martial arts with his adoptive father since he was a child, and what he learned was normal kung fu with swords and spears, and he had never heard of the eight-step crazy sword.

As for related secret books, I have never encountered them before. The books that can describe Jianghu in Bianguan Town are all miscellaneous books such as "Tears of Heroes", "A History of Martial Arts", "Legend of Yan Heroes". learned a lot...

"I'm just an escort. I haven't heard of the eight-step mad knife, so I know a few tricks. Your Excellency may have found the wrong person."

"The 'Eight-step Crazy Sword' was created by the sword master of the former dynasty and passed on to the master of swordsmanship 'Zheng Feng'. Today, when you show your sword in Mingyulou, the starting style is similar to the Eight-Step Crazy Sword. I am afraid that the court will come to you soon. .But you really won’t, don’t worry, at most, I’ll give you a good beating to try the depth.”

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Another meal?
Ye Jingtang can roughly infer that 'Zheng Feng' is the alias of his adoptive father Pei Yuanfeng, but he really didn't expect that his adoptive father is still the real master.

But you have such a good knife, don't you teach it early?

If you don't teach, don't teach, what do you do with the whole starting gesture?How to be recognized...

It seems that I can't burn paper for you this year...

Ye Jingtang's heart turned a thousand times, but his expression was natural. Seeing that the other party seemed to be kindly reminding him, he asked:
"I have never heard of these things. Who are you?"

"Red God of Wealth."

Ye Jingtang recalled a little, and was shocked in his heart - he had heard of 'Red God of Wealth', the title of the owner of the rich family 'Honghualou', also known as 'Spear Chief', ranked seventh in the world, compared to his adoptive father and enemies The ranking in the arena is still high.

Although I heard the rumors in the rivers and lakes that the 'leader of the spear' seems to have changed, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, no wonder it is so powerful...

"It turned out to be the landlord of the Honghua Building, who has been admiring his name for a long time. I don't know why the senior came to the door and pointed out a junior to me."

"I see you are a good material, cherish your talent. Do you want to learn marksmanship?"

Ye Jingtang was stunned: "Senior wants to accept me as a disciple?"

Pei Xiangjun pointed his spear at the ground obliquely, and the master said in a full-fledged manner:
"The Overlord Spear is passed on to only one person in a generation, and he must be the helm of Honghualou. You and I met for the first time, and we were strangers. It was too early to ask for a teacher. First show your ability and character. I'll tell you the details."

Honghualou is different from the Green Bandit and Pingtian Sect. It belongs to a very low-key rivers and lakes force. It concentrates on managing its own one-acre three-point land and is not included in the government's clearance list.

He was born in the bodyguard of Yejingtang, and he was originally a person who ran the rivers and lakes. To be able to enter this kind of "decent" style of the rivers and lakes, and to be trained by the giants of the rivers and lakes as heirs is a step up to the sky.

Ye Jingtang didn't intend to learn from a teacher, but there was no safe place to live. With such a big road ahead, he couldn't find a reason to refuse for a while. He thought for a while and asked first:

"I have admired senior's name for a long time. If I have the opportunity to learn good marksmanship, I will be honored. I wonder how senior thinks of me?"

"Honghualou is a businessman. Martial arts is very important, but what is more important is 'humanity and sophistication'. You went to Pei's house today, and it seems that you have some connections. In the past, you helped Pei's family with things. I will observe my ability and conduct in secret. .”

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Ye Jingtang blinked his eyes, feeling something was wrong, and carefully sizing up the figure of the bamboo hat guest, but unfortunately he didn't see anything...

"My father asked me to give the property to the Pei family, and we have nothing to do with each other..."

Pei Xiangjun said solemnly: "You are asked to help, and you are not owed to each other for doing things with money. It's not that you are asked to be a rich young man. You are so embarrassed. At worst, you don't want wages, and you don't want to do a favor to your relatives?"

The words are hoarse, and the air of a master is full, but these words don't sound like a gangster... like a woman acting like a baby...

Ye Jingtang had some guesses in his heart, but it was hard to confirm, so he nodded after thinking about it:

"Forget it, just follow what senior said. But I am a straight-tempered person, and kung fu is a 'shoe' to me. It doesn't matter if the shoes are good or bad. I only care about the person who wears them. If you feel that senior is not suitable in the future, you can still Senior, please forgive me."

"People in the Jianghu should be like this. I rushed to the door to delay your time. If you are incompetent afterwards, you will not let you have a happy time."

After finishing speaking, Pei Xiangjun disappeared from the roof and disappeared into the night...

(End of this chapter)