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In the Central Plains, since ancient times, there has been a strange place called Jianghu.

The five lakes and the four seas are all called rivers and lakes, rivers and lakes are everywhere, and rivers and lakes are everywhere.

There are rivers and lakes, and there are people in the rivers and lakes, and there are all kinds of people in the rivers and lakes. Their lives are different from ordinary people. Among them, there are knights, assassins, and swordsmen.

A chivalrous man, wielding a three-foot sword, shovels all evil, takes care of the world's injustices, and is admired by the world with his blood.

Assassins, regardless of life or death, regardless of opponents, killing them is a big responsibility.

But Swordsman is different from these two.

That's why chivalrous men are called chivalrous men who dare to take the lead for the country and the people. There are very few such people, but it is not impossible. Those who can become chivalrous men must be remembered by people.

Assassins only want profit but not fame, and they are often not famous. The more successful assassins, people will never know their existence. For thousands of years, but they are definitely not successful assassins, famous assassins are failed assassins.

They don't care about the identity, character, or reputation of the person being assassinated. They are either for money or profit, and most of them don't have any sense of right and wrong. Once they have a sense of right and wrong, they are naturally not qualified assassins.

And Swordsman is different from either of those.

Swordsman is a businessman.

Where there is court, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are swordsmen.

Swordsmen receive customers and negotiate a good business, and they will do their best for the customers. The business they do is to kill people.

Of course, this is a business that cannot be put on the table, but it is not as deep as the assassin's hiding, and as a swordsman, they have professional ethics since ancient times, even if they die, they will not betray their employer.

Customers can choose suitable swordsmen, but swordsmen can also choose whether to accept employment or not. They can make decisions based on their own preferences and ethics.

Some swordsmen do all kinds of business, but most swordsmen have their own rules. For example, some swordsmen will not provoke the government, and some swordsmen will not bully the weak. The value and character of swordsmen determine them. Selected business.

A courageous swordsman may dare to accept a business that he may not even be able to handle, while a prudent swordsman will usually consider whether he can handle it before deciding whether to accept the business.

And just like a businessman's business, once the business is accepted but cannot be completed, then according to the fulfilled verbal agreement, the refund will be doubled. Under normal circumstances, being able to become a swordsman must be a promise.

Otherwise, as long as you break your promise once, not only will you never receive business again, but your peers will come to you by breaking the rules of the game. Normally, once you breach the contract, you can only end up dead.

Where there is business, there is naturally competition. Among swordsmen, the difference in fame and ability determines the difference in price.

Lin Dai'er is in the rivers and lakes, naturally she is very aware of the existence of swordsmen, and she also has a good understanding of the rules of swordsmen. When this person reported her name, Lin Daier's pretty face was slightly surprised, Can't help but said: "You just don't kill enemies like blood?"

"Don't kill women, don't kill children, don't kill monks!" The man said with a smile: "You must have your own rules when playing games."

Lu Tianyou also showed surprise.

Qiu Ruxue's reputation is definitely not small in the Jianghu, and he is definitely a top swordsman in the world of swordsmen. He never thought that there would be such a person among the prisoners who died with him.

Lu Tianyou couldn't help but clasped his fists again and said, "So it's Mr. Qiu!"

Three don't kill enemies like blood, and those who are familiar with him in the Jianghu will call "Chou San Ye".

Qiu Ruxue shook his head and sighed: "I'm ashamed and ashamed. I often walk by the river, and my feet will eventually get wet. I killed too many officials, but something went wrong, and I was caught in a trap...!" Feeling embarrassed, he waved his hands and said : "I won't mention it."

Lu Tianyou and Lin Dai'er looked at each other, knowing in their hearts that this Qiu Ruxue was probably caught in prison because of a business failure.

There was still some suspicion in Lin Dai'er's eyes, but Lu Tianyou said with a smile: "The third master always kills officials on weekdays?"

Qiu Ruxue chuckled and said, "It's only been discovered in the past few years that killing officials earns a lot of money. And officials seem to be hard to kill. Sometimes it is much easier to kill than those landlords and bullies." With a wry smile: "Easy If there are too many things to do, it is inevitable to be negligent.”

Lin Dai'er frowned and said: "The third master has many injuries on his body, he must have been severely punished in prison."

Qiu Ruxue smiled and said: "They want to ask about my background, but I don't want to tell them. In the past two years, the government has found clues that the deaths of many officials are related to my Qiu Ruxue. If I know that I was caught and beheaded, I will inevitably be complacent, and I will do many evil things in the future. I died silently like this, and no one knows that San Busha Chou Ruxue is already dead. Many people can't sleep at night... Hahaha, wouldn't it be a joy for a dead person to make many people sleepless."

Lu Tianyou also smiled and said, "That's right. It's a great honor to meet the third master today."

Qiu Ruxue waved his hands and said, "Brother Lu, you saved Qiu's life, and I will pay you back."

Lin Daier was thoughtful, but said nothing.

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Governor's Mansion Yamen.

Chu Huan and the others were full of wine and food, and the servants cleared away the dishes, but Qiao Mingtang still did not appear. Instead, the servants offered Yuqian Longjing tea, which was full of fragrance, for everyone to taste.

Everyone was full of suspicion and looked at each other, really not knowing what Qiao Mingtang was going to do.

Time passed, and it was the middle of the night, and everyone didn't speak. There was silence inside and outside the house, and the atmosphere was so weird.

Li Zongquan was quite impatient, and finally couldn't help asking Wei Tianqing: "Master Zhizhi, how long are we going to wait?"

The tea in Wei Tianqing's cup has been changed three times. He held the cup to drink tea, knowing that there must be a reason for Qiao Mingtang's arrangement. Although he was suspicious, he remained calm, glanced at Li Zongquan, and said calmly: "There is food and drink, wait Last year, you also waited obediently."

Li Zongquan was helpless, pulled out the knife to wipe it, and glanced at Chu Huan. He saw that Chu Huan was leaning on the table with a calm expression, his eyes closed, and he seemed to be asleep.

Li Zongquan sneered in his heart, he was about to insert it into the scabbard, there was a "choke" sound, several people looked at her, but they didn't speak, but Chu Huan didn't seem to hear anything, closed his eyes and rested, without eyelashes move.

After a while, Li Zongquan couldn't help saying, "We're not hungry!"

The servant smiled and said, "This is for General Guo Lang and General Qiao Lang."

Wei Tianqing frowned and asked, "Are they back?"

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the door, and then Guo Yang and Qiao Yin came in rather embarrassed, with rain on their armor, followed by two generals.

Wei Tianqing got up immediately, and everyone in the room also got up. Chu Huan, who had closed his eyes tightly, also stood up at this moment. Guo Yang took the lead and walked in front of Wei Tianqing.

"How's the situation?" Wei Tianqing hurriedly asked, "Can you catch up with the rebellious party?"

Guo Yang and Qiao Yin looked at each other, and then sighed: "My lord, I have only caught a dead man because of my humble and incompetent position."

In fact, Wei Tianqing had already had this premonition in his heart. The rebellious party can deliberately plan to rob the law field, so naturally they have figured out a way out. If they can really be caught, it will really be hell.

He motioned for a few people to sit down before asking, "What's going on?"

Guo Yangdao: "The humble officer led his men to chase from the north gate of the city. After more than ten miles out of the city, he saw the horseshoes on the ground fleeing in three ways. The humble officer had to divide his troops into three groups, and led his troops to continue chasing towards the north."

Wei Tianqing nodded slightly, and said, "Their purpose is to let you divide your troops."

"Beizhi went all the way to the north, but after chasing them for more than ten miles, they fled in three different ways. The humble officials could only continue to divide their troops and lead people to chase westward. After less than ten miles, they saw two people. The chaotic party fled, and when they saw us catching up, they split into two groups. At that time, the humble officer only wanted to catch one alive, so he didn't divide the troops, just stared at one person to catch up, shot an arrow to dismount that person, and caught up with him At that time, the man had already bit his tongue and killed himself... When we returned to the city to gather, the other parties did not catch up with the rebellious party, and only got the corpse...!" At this point, he was full of guilt, and stood up again , bowed and said: "My lord, I am not doing my job well in a humble position, please forgive me!"

Wei Tianqing shook his head and said, "I don't blame you, these people are scheming...!" Pointing to the food on the table, he said, "Let's eat first."

The four of Guo Yang came to the table to eat.

Wei Tianqing looked at Chu Huan and asked, "General Chu Wei, do you think this group of people will escape from West Mountain Road?"

When Li Zongquan saw Wei Tianqing questioning Chu Huan, he obviously regarded Chu Huan very highly. He had been with Wei Tianqing for many years, but he had never received such kind treatment, and he hated Chu Huan deeply in his heart.

After all, Li Zongquan still regards Chu Huan as his roadblock.

The four great generals of the imperial guards, Qiao Yin, Pan Fu and Guo Yang, are all in their prime of life. If there is no accident or transfer, these three will stay in the position of generals for a long time, and only general Fei Lang is older. In recent years, old injuries have occurred from time to time on his body, and the position of general general might be vacant. If Chu Huan hadn't appeared, with Li Zongquan's qualifications in the imperial guards, it is very likely that he would be general general.

However, when Chu Huan appeared, Wei Tianqing valued him so much that he even became a general in just ten days.

If he knew that Chu Huan was going to Beijing in the near future, he might not worry about the position of General Lang, but with his character, he would definitely hate Chu Huan for being appreciated by King Qi.

Chu Huan had already said: "My lord, although the rebellious party made a scene in the execution ground today, they did not succeed. One person was rescued, but another was caught by us. Since they dared to take the risk of robbing the execution ground, it proves that they were killed." Prisoners are very important to them, they will not give up easily, they may worry about the government's pursuit and disappear in a short period of time, but they should not leave the West Mountain Road, maybe when things calm down, they will come up with other ways to save people."

"That's suicide." Wei Tianqing sneered.

"He's a desperado, looking for his own death." Wei Tianqing just finished speaking, a clear voice outside the door answered, and then everyone saw Qiao Mingtang in casual clothes walking in with his hands behind his back.

Everyone saluted together, Qiao Mingtang already said with a smile: "Can you eat and drink enough?"

Wei Tianqing took two steps forward, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I don't know if you have summoned us here, what is your order?"

Qiao Mingtang smiled and said: "This is according to the order of Grand Master Xu, to be elite, not to be idiots!"

Everyone was startled.

Qiao Mingtang's expression became serious, and he said slowly: "You are all the elites of my imperial guards. Besides you, I have already selected two hundred elite soldiers in the imperial guards who are one against ten. This time, I want you to do a big thing... Only success is allowed, no failure is allowed!"