Chapter 371
At this time, Xu Ziling rushed to take the round, Shen Mu turned his head quickly, showed him his snow-white teeth, and laughed loudly: "Young Master Youling is by my side, which is enough to defeat his army of ten thousand people. Cut off the heads of the three bandits, and swear not to return to the teacher!"

The generals responded with a bang, resounding across the mountain, making blood spurt, Xu Ziling felt Shen Mu's innate appeal and charm.

The mountain breeze is blowing slowly, and under the magnificent starry sky, it feels like everyone has become smaller, but also seems to be greater, and there is an intoxicating feeling of cooperating with the heaven and the earth.

Xu Ziling took a deep breath and said, "Hou Xibai almost made a move."

Shen Mu was startled and said, "My good guy, you finally revealed your original ugly face. Under what circumstances did you meet him?"

Xuan Yong also left at this time to inspect the situation of the troops.

When Xu Ziling told the story, Shen Mu gasped and said, "Fortunately, you are so calm. If it were me, I would desperately force that kid Hou Xibai to come out to have a look. That would be terrible!"

Xuan You frowned and said: "No! I guess even Bao Rang and others don't know that there is Hou Xibai as a helper outside the window."

Murderous intent flashed across Xu Ziling's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "But he finally showed his fox's tail."

Shen Mu took a deep look at him, and said, "Do you think of Shi Feixuan?"

Xu Ziling nodded and said, "That's right! Hou Xibai is obviously an outstanding expert trained by an evil sect to deal with Concubine Shixuan, and he intends to use despicable means to shadow Concubine Shixuan, so that the witch can win."

Shen Mu smiled and said: "Do you think we should send someone to notify the bald man Kongna, and then let him tell Shi Feixuan?"

Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, "That seems a bit like a villain. Could it be that I told Shi Feixuan that I felt that Hou Xibai was hiding outside the window and wanted to sneak attack me?"

Shen Mu shrugged his shoulders and said, "What's the problem? Concubine Shixuan is not an ordinary woman, and she has her own sense of right and wrong, but we are doing what we want, regardless of what her mother thinks? Even if Concubine Shixuan will help Li in the future Boy, I don't want to see her being killed by a traitor."

Xu Ziling laughed dumbly and said: "I can guarantee that if Hou Xibai wants to play tricks on her, he will definitely end up with nothing. Let's take care of our own affairs first!"

Shen Mu said helplessly: "What's wrong with Master Concubine Xuan, you kid always seem to be quite indifferent."

Xu Ziling cut him off and said: "When I came all the way, I thought about the whole thing, and the conclusion I came to is completely different from what you said before. Do you want to listen, young commander?"

Shen Mu smiled lightly, and said, "Mr. Ling has something to say, and this commander will listen attentively."

Xu Ziling pondered and said: "I think Xiao Mi used a two-pronged strategy. On the one hand, he sent people to kill me in Jiangdu, and on the other hand, he tried to lure you to the Pegasus Ranch, and then planned to ambush you."

Shen Mu frowned and said, "I've also thought about this problem, so I used the fast to control the slow, in order to use the enemy's unimaginable speed to secretly march for thousands of miles, and defeat the three bandits and Zhu Can in one fell swoop before Xiao Xian crossed the river from Yiling. , and then sneak into the pass with you to try your luck."

Xu Ziling said: "Can we turn around and defeat Xiao Xian's army crossing the river first, before attacking Zhu Can and Cao Yinglong?"

Shen Mu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Okay! Let's play with him while Xiao Mian never even dreamed that we would dare to touch him first."

Lights flickered in the distance.

Shen Mu shouted: "Take the horse! It's time to start!"

In the early morning of the next day, the young commander passed through the plain north of Qingliu City without any danger, and arrived at the north bank of Chushui, where he rested in the dense forest beside the river. Hide in the tent.

Xu Ziling and Shen Mu came to a pile of rocks by the river and let the heavy rain fall on them.

Shen Mu sat down on one of the rocks, and said with a smile: "It's so fun! Only when it rains, people will feel that they have a relationship with God, and they are even more closely related when their clothes are completely wet like now."

At this time, the sound of footsteps sounded, and Xuan Yong rushed over in the rain, and said in a low voice: "A spy has been caught!"

The two were stunned.

In the depths of the forest a few feet away, the spy's hands were tied behind his back to a thick tree trunk, his clothes were blood-stained, his face was pale, he was in his twenties, and his facial features were regular.

Xuan Yong said in a low voice: "We followed the order of the young marshal and kept watch around. This man sneaked into the camp and captured him with my own hands. This kid is quite solid in martial arts, and he is a special way of the Jiangnan sect."

Shen Mu asked, "What did he say?"

Xuan Yong said fiercely: "Of course he presumes that he passed by by chance, hum! This is a barren mountain and wild land, if it is said to be hunting, there is some truth to it, just listen to his accent, you can know that he is from Zhejiang, how can he come here alone. "

Xu Ziling frowned and said, "Even a spy should have a partner, did you find anyone else?"

Xuan Yong shook his head and said, "I have sent people to search the surrounding forests, but they still haven't found anything."

Shen Mu said: "It seems that torture is necessary, are you good at it?"

Xuan Yongdao: "Leave it to me."

Just as he was about to go forward, Xu Ziling tugged at Xuan Yong, and couldn't bear it: "Before confirming the identity of the other party, it doesn't seem good to use torture."

Xuan Yong said in astonishment: "He refuses to speak out by himself, how can we find out his identity without torture."

Shen Mu smiled and said: "The invisible pressure of the spirit is the most brilliant method of using punishment. This is called using punishment to plot. Come on!"

The three of them came to the young strong man and waved back the guard. Shen Mu saw that the man closed his eyes and said with a smile, "He refused to open his eyes, so naturally he refused to answer the question. It is imperative to take your time so that this good man has a chance to consider his situation and make an intelligent choice."

"Pooh"!
The man opened his eyes suddenly, spat out a mouthful of bloodshot saliva, and shot Shen Mu quickly.

Shen Mu shook his head casually, and the phlegm shot away.

The man showed a surprised expression, obviously he didn't expect Shen Mu to avoid it, and he closed his eyes again.

Xuan Yong was furious, pulled out his dagger, and shouted: "Let me cut off his flesh piece by piece."

Shen Mu saw the look of disdain on the man's face, secretly praised him in his heart, and said with a smile to Xuan Yong: "How can a knife be as good as pliers, come here! Bring me the pliers."

Someone in the distance answered the order.

Xuan Yong and Xu Ziling stared at him puzzled.

However, Shen Mu turned to the back of the tree, inspected the man's bound hands, and said with a smile, "This old man's fingers are long and smooth, ha!" He moved to the front, and shouted, "Come here! Take it off for me!" Drop his boots."

The man opened his eyes and said angrily: "If you want to kill or cut, it's up to you, but why do you want to take off my boots?"

Shen Mu stretched out his hand to stop the men who came forward to take off their boots, and said with a smile: "Because I want to pull out your nails one by one, and I do it slowly. People say that the pain in the ten fingers belongs to the heart, but the toes don't know what the pain is. Prove it on the man. Don’t underestimate the toenails, without them, it means that you have lost your martial arts, and you can’t even think about walking with your legs to report the news, let alone kill you.”

The man's expression changed several times, and finally he said sadly: "I don't know who you are at all, I just walked this way to rush to Hefei to attend the company meeting held by Rong Fengxiang."

The three of them were moved when they heard this.

Shen Mu and Xu Ziling exchanged glances, thinking of Zuo Youxian who appeared in Hefei once in their hearts, assuming that both of them are on the list of eight masters of the evil sect, they might have a certain friendship. It was probably arranged by Zuo Youxian.

Shen Mu laughed loudly and said, "It turned out to be a misunderstanding. Somebody came and let me let this man go. The rain is getting heavier! We all hid in the tent, changed our dry clothes, and drank two glasses of his mother's wine." .”

This time it's Xuan Yong's turn and that person is stunned, he doesn't understand why he will be released on the spot just because of a single sentence.

When Xu Ziling went to untie the rope, Xuan Yong leaned into Shen Mu's ear and said, "The young commander forgot to issue a strict order not to drink alcohol, and we didn't bring any alcohol with us at all."

Shen Mu coughed dryly and said, "Then drink a glass of water!"

The man moved his hands that were numb from the cowhide bands, and said suspiciously: "Are you really willing to let me go?"

Shen Mu shrugged and said, "We are not the most vicious people, since we know it was a misunderstanding, what else can we do besides apologizing?"

The man cheered up and said, "My friend's name is Gao?"

Shen Mu smiled and pointed at Xuan Yongdao: "His name is Xuan Yong."

Before he had a chance to introduce Xu Ziling, the man said in shock, "Then you must be 'Young Marshal' Kou Zhong, and the other one is Xu Ziling!"

Xuan Yong nodded and said, "That's a good guess, friend, what's your name?"

The man became much friendlier, and replied bluntly: "I am Ze Yue, the son of Ze Tianwen, the Confucian businessman of the Longyou Gang."

Shen Mu and the other three looked at each other in dismay, because they had never heard the name of the Longyou Gang, and they couldn't even say polite words such as Jiu Yang.

Shen Mu smoothed things over and said, "Let's go in and take shelter from the rain. Fortunately, brother Ze only suffered minor injuries, otherwise we would have committed even more serious crimes."

Zeyue laughed and said: "If you can win three brothers, what's the point of a little injury?"

The reason why the Longyou Gang is not well-known in Jianghu is because it is a gang mainly engaged in business. It is a well-organized association centered on Longyou County in Dongyang County. It has the reputation of dragon roaming everywhere.

After Zeyue introduced the Longyou Gang, he happily said: "Our hometown and the surrounding areas have many mountains and few fields, and the need for commodity circulation is the most. The mountain people are forced to make a living. To make a living by selling business. My father started his business by developing the timber business. Now there are at least ten thousand people doing business in various places under the name of my gang. But there are only a few hundred people who really have the token of our Longyou gang. , They are the backbone of my gang."

Then he took out a bronze medal with a dragon pattern cast on one side and the words "Dragon roams everywhere" on the other side.

The rain outside became heavier, and the cold air rolled in through the tent door.

Shen Mu asked with great interest: "What kind of business are you mainly doing?"

Zeyue replied: "The so-called don't do it if you are not familiar with it. We mainly sell the local products from the mountainous areas to places where they are needed, mainly in the seven industries of bamboo, wood, paper, tea, bamboo shoots, oil, and herbs, and then buy them back. The things that are lacking, such as rice, salt, silk, cotton cloth, etc., form a distribution network, and gangs and associations in various places, no matter how big or small, will give us some face."

Then he said happily: "I am really lucky to know you two. When you defeated Li Mi that day, I was rushing from Guanzhong to Luoyang. Counting today's heroes, who can compare with Young Marshal and Master Xu."

Xu Ziling changed the topic a little embarrassedly and said, "Now beacon smoke is everywhere, will it not affect your business?"

Zeyue smiled and said: "In peacetime, there are peacetime ways, and in times of war, there are Zhanluan ways. Being treated as a spy like just now doesn't happen often, usually as long as I show the token of the Longyou Gang, people Everyone will give some face."

Shen Mu said embarrassingly: "Brother Ze is used to business, and his eloquence is really good, yes! Didn't you say that Rong Fengxiang is going to hold some mother's company meeting in Hefei? What is it?"

Zeyue's face darkened, and he sighed: "This is a disturbing thing. Rong Fengxiang has recently been the leader of the Luoyang Gang, and his influence has greatly increased, and now he is the elder of the most powerful Baiye Society in the north. , is even more powerful. This time he came to Hefei to call on the Jiangbei trade associations and business gangs to join the Baiye Society, in the name of unity. In my opinion, he must have other ambitions."

Shen Mu frowned and said, "What's the matter with Baiyeshe?"

Zeyue said: "It's just an alliance of various trade associations in the north. The elder has no governance power over the trade associations under his jurisdiction, but he can speak out to the forces in various places on behalf of the various trade associations. Price, settling business disputes, the influence can be large or small, it depends on who is the elder."

Xu Ziling and Shen Mu exchanged glances, both feeling bad.Rong Fengxiang is the incarnation of Pichen, a master of the evil faction. If he becomes the leader of the world's business gangs, what good things will he do?

Xu Ziling tentatively asked: "Isn't this a good thing? Why is Brother Ze bothered?"

Zeyue smiled wryly and said, "How can you not be bothered? The most important thing to do business is to be flexible and free, not to be restrained. Now Rong Fengxiang has put on a pattern of bullying the small, relying on the power of the Northern Baiye Society, forcing us to join him. Baiyeshe..."

Shen Mu interrupted him: "If you don't join the society, what will be the consequences?"

Zeyue pondered and said: "For the time being, it is still not clear, it depends on how well he controls the major companies in the north, but of course it will affect us to do business in the north."

Xu Ziling said: "Then is your gang ready to join or refuse to join?"

Zeyue said: "I want to go to Hefei early this time, just to discuss with experts from all over the world, so as to understand their ideas. If everyone rushes to participate, our situation will be very difficult, and maybe we have to follow the crowd to submit .”

Shen Mu said in astonishment: "Brother Ze is such a person?"

Zeyue smiled bitterly and said, "In the final analysis, I'm just a businessman, and any action must first weigh the interests. Oh! I haven't asked the two of you who are going to deal with such a laborious expedition."

Shen Mu replied: "It's not the two big bastards Cao Yinglong and Zhu Can."

Ze Yue said in awe: "So it's these two murderous demons who don't follow the rules of the world. If there is anything that needs Ze Yue's help, as long as I can do it, I will definitely go all out."

Shen Mu said: "You should do your business with peace of mind! But my two brothers can't ignore the matter of Rong Fengxiang, because this is another bastard. It is more terrifying than Cao Yinglong and Zhu Can, so we have to take time to talk to Ze Brother, I’m going to Hefei, luckily I’m on the way.”

Zeyue lost his voice: "What?"

Shen Mu put on the mask of his battle against Li Tianfan and Shen Luoyan in the Pegasus Ranch, and turned back into the middle-aged madman with hooked nose and full beard; Xu Ziling, of course, did not dare to pretend to be Yue Shan or the scarred hero, and took out the unused mask. With a mask, he turned into a vulgar yellow-faced man, who was older than Shen Mu, and the two of them felt funny when they looked at each other.

The three of them rushed on the road in the rain, only two hours' journey, and arrived in Hefei in the afternoon. Sure enough, people from various business associations came to the meeting, and there was no end to people and cars.

As soon as the three of them entered the city, they were greeted by someone from the Longyou Gang who arrived earlier. Zeyue, the son of the gang leader, obviously had a very high status, even though he didn't introduce them, his subordinates didn't dare to ask.

The Longyou gang opened a tea shop on the main street connecting the north and south city gates in Hefei, and the three of them settled down in the yard behind the shop. When Zeyue went to listen to his subordinates' report, both of them felt tired. After changing their dry clothes, they hid in the room. Rest inside.

At night, the two walked out of the house. It was past the third watch, and there were no pedestrians on the road, only the sound of dogs barking in the courtyard.

Due to the bad weather and dark clouds and low pressure, it was dark and deep outside the city of Hefei after nightfall.

Shen Mu put down the bucket, gestured on the wall that was half a foot high, and said, "Write it straight down, and each character is about a square, which is just enough to accommodate." Character."

Xu Ziling almost hurt his stomach from laughing, but he couldn't really laugh out loud enough to disturb people's dreams, he couldn't bear it so hard, he said with a low smile: "It's not so cumbersome, it's enough for Rong Fengxiang to be a demon of the Yingui sect, Who cares what his original name is, let alone add superfluous words at the end, 'pretend'."

Luckily, Shen Mu wore a mask so that he didn't have to show his red face. He coughed twice in embarrassment, and read: "Rong Fengxiang is the demon of the Yingui sect, ha! Eh! It's all a bit wrong, because the Yingui sect is only famous The sect that produces demon girls is not the one that produces demons. Anyway, it is born in vain, why not give him a position, such as 'Rong Fengxiang is the secret protector of the Yingui sect' or something like that."

Xu Ziling laughed so much that he wanted to put his hands on Shen Mu's shoulders for support, and panted, "Since there are secret protectors, should there be a secret sect leader? How is that different from ordinary protectors or sect leaders?"

Shen Mu said distressedly: "It turns out that spreading rumors is a science, so tell me! What the hell are you writing on the wall of this snow-white maiden?"

Xu Ziling bit his lower lip and muttered: "This is really a matter of choosing words carefully. Old Master Bai only knows how to teach. He never taught us how to spread rumors."

A soft and sweet female voice sounded from behind the two of them, "It's okay to write anything, as long as you add 'the mark of Tai Chi on your chest' at the end."

The two of them almost lost their minds, but with their keen senses, even if their minds were distracted due to jokes, they shouldn't let people sneak behind them and still not know.

She turned around in shock, only to see the immortal concubine dressed in men's attire, standing gracefully and elegantly, with an indescribably touching beauty and elegance.

The two stared at her dumbfounded, unable to speak.

(End of this chapter)

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